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88 Minutes
|Release Date: April 18, 2008
|Running Time: 107 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $16,930,884.00
|Genre: Drama, Thriller
Al Pacino
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Leelee Sobieski
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Summary:On the eve of a brutal serial killer's scheduled execution, a new murder bearing his signature takes place, raising doubts about his guilt and casting suspicion on Dr. Jack Gramm, the celebrated forensic psychiatrist whose testimony led to his conviction. When Gramm receives a cryptic phone call saying he has just 88 minutes to live, it ignites a race against the clock to identify the copycat killer from among a throng of possible suspects--including some of those closest to him.
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text: By Pastor Vince CarrigSports Writer The 2012-13 Lady Plainsmen hope that a big change pays big dividends. After 10 years as an assistant, Deanne Bishop replaces Chris Mestl as the team's head coach this season. "When the opportunity presented itself, I thought it would be something I would like to try," Coach Bishop said. "I'm looking forward to working with the girls, and treat them as I would like my children treated." She inherits a team that earned a 15-8 record last year and missed a trip to Lincoln by just one win. The Perkins County girls will start four seniors this year, with Jessi Hoffert and Michi Prante up top along with Matisyn Humphrey and 6-foot-1 center Shania Metcalf stationed at the posts. Juniors Courtney McClenahan, Carlie Waitley and Courtney Lyon will round out the rotation. Ten players on the roster logged varsity minutes, depth that will help the Lady Plainsmen battle through some tough competition. Not only do 2012 state qualifiers North Platte St. Pat's hang out in their sub-district, but the always-tough Hershey girls as well. Conference opponent Sutherland and the teams of bigger schools like Sidney, Gothenburg and Chase County line up for a parade of challenging games. St. Pat's received former Maxwell guard Brooke Boucher as a transfer to bolster their squad. "We have a very tough regular season, but I hope that we will get better by playing great competition," Coach Bishop said. "The more often you play the same team, the more difficult it is to beat them." In order to prepare for this season, the coaching staff challenged the girls to work a repetitive shooting program. Taking 15 different shots in a 200-shot session 20 times over the summer equated to 4,000 shots. Ten girls earned the "4,000-shot-club" t-shirts offered as a reward. "Offensively, can we get the ball down and get into our offense? And who will be our clutch person we go to–we need to answer that," Head Coach Bishop said of this year's version of the Lady Plainsmen. "Defensively, we have a tenacious group of young ladies who can get after it." The team voted Prante and Jessi Hoffert as their captains; coaches Bishop, Mike Mayer and Greg Vest will combine to choose a (different) third captain for each game.First Action The Lady Plainsmen roll down Highway 385 to confront the Wray Lady Eagles on Friday and Coach Jeremy Thomas' Hershey Lady Panthers visit Grant on Friday to begin the season.


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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Charges have been filed against a St. Louis man for the murder of 25-year-old Prince Patton.
Michael Miller, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Police say the incident happened Wednesday in the 900 block of Bates around 12:45 a.m.
Witnesses told police Patton was talking to Miller when Miller pulled out a handgun and shot Patton several times.
Authorities say Miller then got into a white SUV with tinted windows and illuminated running boards.
Patton was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A female suspect was also arrested, but she has not been charged with a crime.


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More Captain Future maps: http://manifestfuture.wordpress.com/...tain-future-2/
I just found this, scroll down to the middle of the page:
COOOOL! I loved the anime series and have the whole series on DVD.
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Nice find - thank you.
Visit my Worldbuilding Blog or follow me on Twitter!
Great find. I will always have a soft place in my heart for classic pulp science fiction. I grew up watching the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serials, and no I'm not that old, just that dorky. Combine pulp sci-fi with maps and I think I may be overwhelmed by how geeky I am.
Captain No Sense of Scale might be a more apt name, but these are charming.


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Tall, red-haired character actor and dancer who, after studying in Paris, acted in New York in plays including "Emerald City", "Cloud 9" and "The Matchmaker". She also played a small role as a secretary in the feature "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984), and later worked with Jim Henson again when she served as director of choreography and puppet movement for the elaborate fantasy film, "Labyrinth" (1986). After acting in a not-dissimilar CBS TV series, "The Wizard" (1986-87), McFadden enjoyed considerable success in another venture into fantasy and adventure with the popular syndicated series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation". With her placid alto voice and mature, wide-eyed good looks, she... Continue Bio >>
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PCC in the News
News: Baseball Swept by El Camino
The Pasadena City College baseball team hit into six double plays as host El Camino College completed a 3-game sweep over the Lancers, 10-4, in a South Coast Conference game Saturday.
The Lancers (3-15 overall, 1-5 in SCC play) started their DP extravaganza in the second inning when Kori Grant hit into a 4-6-3 inning-ending play. In the third, Josh Clark led off with a single and Bobby Fraijo followed by hitting it back to the pitcher for a 1-6-3 pair. In the fifth, Joseph Acosta singled only to be retired a batter later when Cody Van Es hit into a 5-4-3 special.
In the sixth, PCC strung together three straight hits for a run before Acosta joined the DP parade with a 6-4-3 grounder. In the seventh, Fraijo was doubled up again on a 5-4-3 turn by the El Camino infield that ended that frame. Finally in the ninth, it was Clark's turn as he grounded into the sixth double play of the afternoon 4-6-3.
Clark (shortstop), catcher Cameron Silva, rightfielder Philip Perez, designated hitter David Kalendarian, and centerfielder Grant each had two hits as part of a 12-hit Lancers attack. PCC reliever Spencer Stute hurled 3-2/3 innings of 1-hit shutout ball after a tough start by losing pitcher Trevor Gleason (touched for seven earned runs in 2-2/3 innings of work).
On Thursday, the Lancers dropped a 10-5 road decision to the Warriors as ECC DH Dylan Hatch went 3-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI. For PCC, first baseman David Halstead hit 2-for-4 with a double and Perez (pictured) batted 2-for-5 with one RBI.
While PCC hit a respectable .324 in the 3-game series, the Warriors batted with more authority at .346 with eight doubles and a triple to PCC's two doubles. ECC also reached base at an alarming .446 pace, drawing nine hit by pitches and 12 walks from Lancers' pitchers. PCC only reached at a .385 clip and hit into eight double plays (Lancers turned just one) which halted a bevy of hitting rallies.
The Lancers will play three straight games at Jackie Robinson Memorial Field next week in their series v. East Los Angeles College. The Huskies' home field, under construction the past few years, will not be ready for a few more weeks. PCC opens with a 2:30 p.m. game Tuesday, March 19. The Thursday, March 21 contest will be a "road" contest for the Lancers who will bat first as the visiting team. The series concludes Saturday, March 23 in a 12 noon game.
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How good of a chance is there that Brackins stays around for at least next year? What are some reasons that he should stay/go?
September 15, 2007...one of the best days of my life!
Hasn't this topic been discussed a billion times already?
What post #2 says.....
If Brackins is a current lottery pick (which I think he is) he would be crazy to stay. It will be very hard for him to duplicate his stats from this season. His stock is very hot right now. He could work on getting a little stronger and improve his three point shot but he is IMHO definitely NBA ready right now. I really hope he comes back and takes ISU to the Big Dance, but sadly I think tonight was his final game as a Cyclone. He will go down as one of my all-time favorites. He was a very good representative of Iowa State University in his time in Ames.
I wouldn't blame him either way. He could have lower stats for a better team and improve his stock a lot. If he becomes stronger, a better defender and a better outside shooter, he could really shoot up.
His stats probably would go down if we are a better team.
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Hasn't this topic been discussed a billion times already?
my bad, I was unaware that it was commonly discussed. I figured that it would take the entire season to play out before there could be a solid opinion on this
probably 3+ new threads per day....im sure it will continue until he declares and tests the waters. at that point it will get real intersting with rumors he hired an agent or was seen driving around in a nice car
Just saw on WOI 5 interview with DG that Craig wants to talk to his dad about it since Dick Garret played in the league for a few years, DG ended the interview with, "I hope he stays though"
Some have suggested that his best option is probably to declare without signing an agent. He can find out what his real worth is and if it isn't where he expects it to be he can return to Ames and try and raise his value.
he needs to test the waters so at least he can see what he needs to improve on...but needs to come back:)
Just wanted to start my own Brackins thread to go along with the 10,000 others.
So, do you think he's leaving? Haven't see many opinions on that yet.
Good thinking.......I was thinking we were due for another one.
I heard from a friend of a dentist that he has decided to work for John Deere selling lawn equipment. For what it's worth.......
I think he will redshirt a year to work on his game.
Brackins offense is NBA ready but his defense needs some serious work ... after tonights performance I have a bad feeling (I'm glad for him though) that he is NBA bound.
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Everything is in the title. Please note, I've already seen the question, but unless I misunderstood, all answers were pointless, because proposing Zimbra *server* solutions.
Here are more details : I'm investigating Zimbra Desktop as a free replacement of Outlook, for my private usage. I'm currently using Outlook on XP and Win7 as :
1. A mail POP client for my mail POP accounts, which are either Gmail, MS, or my Internet provider (please note, none are Zimbra server based)
2. Occasionnally a mail Exchange client
3. Calendar and task management
For these three first items, Zimbra would be perfect
4. Finally, and that's the reason for this post, as the source for my Android mobile contacts and calendar. I'm synchronizing them using a free software, myDesktopCompanion.
In order to be able to completely replace Outlook, I'd need to get a way to perform this synchronization with Zimbra Desktop. I've seen references to calDav and cardDav, but my understanding is that they work with ZCS (server side), not ZD. Another sync software is LVsync, but it seems to need a Zimbra account, which I understand is remote, while I want the contacts and calendar to remain on the desktop.
So, are there ways to sync Android contacts and calendar directly with ZD, without ZCS, and with no remote upload of the contacts and calendar ?
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I came across this Smarter Commerce video a couple of weeks ago and I really like because it gets to the core of what Smarter Commerce is and why you should care about it. If you take a few minutes to watch it, what you'll notice is that it keeps coming back to the customer as a central theme.
And at the end of the day, that's really what Smarter Commerce is all about. It's taking all of that data you're collecting, helping you develop insights about your customer and the marketplace, and then applying all of that to every aspect of your business.
We recently conducted some research on a couple of specific areas with our colleagues from IBM DemandTec. Specifically, we looked at retail merchants and CPG sales organizations. The retail merchant research was conducted in collaboration with Planet Retail and the CPG sales org research was conducted in collaboration with Kantar Retail.
As we looked at the data from these research projects, we kept coming back to the same central theme as the video above: the customer. Everybody talks about being customer-centric. It's almost a cliché. But what we found was that while everybody talks about it, most aren't actually doing it.
Merchants tend to be product and category oriented, and CPG sales orgs tend to focus on their customer, the retailer, rather than the end consumer. Now we're not saying that merchants should forget about product categories or that CPG sales teams should ignore the retailer, but we found that groups that placed a strong focus on the customer (or more specifically the consumer when talking about CPG) tended to outperform those that didn't.
These "leaders" were customer-focused and collaborative, both within their enterprises and externally with vendors and partners. And they also made much greater use of analytics to uncover insights about their customers and the marketplace. The differences were really quite striking. For example, Leading Merchants were 1.6x more likely on average to use analytics to drive merchandising decisions, while Leading CPG Sales Organizations were more than 1.7x more likely to use analytics to improve product innovation.
If you'd like to learn more, our CPG paper, Putting consumers at the heart of the consumer products industry, is now available for download, as is our Retail paper, Understanding leading retailers. Take and look and let us know what you think. We're always happy to talk about our research and maybe your question or comment could be the basis of our next blog post.


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For No Good Reason
Release Date: December 06, 2013
Running Time: 89 mins.
MPAA Rating: R
Box Office: $67,105.00
Genre: Biopic, Documentary, Foreign
A portrait of artist Ralph Steadman, most frequently celebrated for his illustrations accompanying the writings of Hunter S Thompson and their collaborations identified as the Gonzo school of journalism that emerged during the turbulent eras of Vietnam and Nixon. Here, Johnny Depp appears at Steadman's home studio to observe his artistic process and the expansiveness of his work that goes far beyond his political and satirical pieces.
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Plastic storage containers and resealable plastic bags keep cookies fresh. Old-fashioned cookie tins do the job well, if they have a tight seal. Never store cookies in any kind of container until they have cooled completely.
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These are so good and easy to make. I love that it doesn't take flour.
I would make these again. Next time I might add some mini chocolate chips.
Super simple. I made these on Sunday morning and they turned out great. I left the nuts out for the kids. They were a big hit.
This is truly easy and the family loved them!!
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Following months of investigation culminating in 33,000 pages of documents, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Wednesday cleared Gov. Rick Scott and members of his transition team for emails that went missing shortly after Scott took office. State law enforcement officials found nothing criminal in the loss of at least 4.5 gigabytes of data from the email server used during Scott's transition into office. "During this inquiry, no evidence was found which would indicate that Governor Scott or any (transition team) member instructed Harris Media, Rackspace or any other person or entity to delete or otherwise destroy transition emails," the FDLE report concludes, referring to email vendors. "Additionally, no evidence was discovered which would indicate that Governor Scott or any member of the (transition team) was aware that email data would be permanently deleted…." The governor came under fire for the missing emails, which were created during his first few months following his November 2010 election but before he was officially sworn in as governor. "By casting the widest possible net and using cutting-edge technology, the transition team, in cooperation with FDLE investigators, ultimately produced the most comprehensive collection of gubernatorial transition documents in Florida history," Scott's office said in a statement issued Wednesday. The documents in question were posted to the Governor's Sunburst website and are available for public viewing.


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In case this catches someone else.
I have a self-signed cert on my Zimbra server tied to my world facing name (fred.bloggs.com). My BES connects using my internal network name (fred.vm.home) and therefore the certificate is flagged as invalid.
I had to change :
to 1 to allow things to get moving again. 7.1.0, 7.1.1 & 7.1.4 worked ok, so perhaps the default changed in 7.2.0 or the upgrade did something funky with my certificate.


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The Redington Women's Sonic-Pro Stocking Foot Wader offers you a true women-specific wader that fits your curves instead of feeling like a one-size-fits-all potato sack. The Sonic-Pro includes all the bells and whistles to keep you comfortably fishing for hours, while its Ultrasonic welded construction delivers a non-bulky feel, a more comfortable fit, and longer durability.
- DWR-coated fabric, double-taped seams, neoprene booties, and water-resistant zippers help seal out the rain, sleet, snow, and river splash
- Ergonomically shaped neoprene booties keep your toes comfortable
- Articulated seams allow you plenty of mobility while you wade and hike
- Gravel guards with custom-molded anti-fouling lace hooks help prevent small debris and rocks from filling your wading boots
- Custom Hemostat clamp D-ring securely holds your net
- Two ergonomic zippered pockets with brushed microfleece fabric help warm your hands during early mornings on the river
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I got these for my Mom for Christmas and they fit her great. She has a 34" inseam, so on the taller side and these waders are a perfect fit. In addition to the great fit, she likes how comfortable they are and how easy they are to put on and adjust. These waders have great pockets that are easily accessible and they pack down really small into the mesh carrying bag for backpacking trips.
So comfortable!
I bought a large, i am 5'9 and 140lbs. They don't give me a wedgy, and I have bigger hips and a round butt, and they still are super comfy. Maybe just a little large, but I would rather large than going up the crack. They are very adjustable too, and the Feet fit SOOO good, fit into a boot perfectly. haven't slipped on any rocks yet either. Pockets in perfect spots too.
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I also set it up on an Exchange Server account using IMAP, and it worked fine. Therefore there is some sort of issue when communicating with MDaemon.
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Borgia 6 DuBourg 2
Warrenton 12 St. Clair 2
Sullivan won their own tournament at the Sullivan Country Club. Owensville came in second. Top individuals were Juergens and Yociss from Sullivan.
Borgia 196 St. Dominic 214 at the Franklin County Country Club. Clayton Voss was the medalist with a 33.
Three team match-Warrenton 162 Elsberry 200 Winfield 233. Chase Nelson was the medalist with an even par 35.
Girls Soccer...
St. Pius 5 Borgia 0
Fatima defeated St. Clair 2-1 on penalty kicks
Owensville beat St. Paul 1-0 in the first round of the Dixon Tournament.
The Warrenton boys took first at St. Dominic
JV Baseball...
Warrenton 7 St. Clair 4
Borgia 9 DuBourg 6
JV Soccer...
Borgia 3 St. Pius 2
Borgia 7 St. Clair 0
Sullivan at Warrenton for two games...
Game 1-Warrenton 5 Sullivan 2
Game 2-Sullivan 5 Warrenton 4
The Four Rivers JV Baseball Tournament...
Washington took first place, St. James was second, Union-third, Pacific-Consolation
Championship-Washington 3 St. James 2
Third Place-Union 13 St. Clair 3
Dixon Tournament...
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II Workshop on seagrass conservation and management, 9-10 october
13 September 2013 | Event
After the great success of the first edition, held in 2012, IUCN-Med is organizing a second workshop on conservation, valorisation and management of seagrasses in the Spanish coastline, within the frame of the Life+Posidonia Andalucia project. The workshop is open to the public, and will be held on October 9-10 at the Instituto Portuario of Málaga.
The first day will be devoted to the analysis of environmental services provided by seagrass meadows, and to the knowledge of their ecological status and health in Spain as well as the Mediterranean. In the afternoon, experts will discuss on the adaptations required on environmental impact assessment to address seagrass needs and specific conditions. The third session will portray the importance of coordinating permanent seagrass and coastal monitoring networks at local and international levels.
The second day will be focused on in the role and challenges for local administrations regarding seagrass management. Local administrators will also debate on how to ameliorate management of natural sea debries stranded on beaches, specially of seagrass leafs, which disturb some beach users. Their removal and waste treatment have a significant cost for Municipalities. On the other hand, seagrass' litter is a potential resource with several applications, but they are also very important for beach protection and a source of high quality sand, protecting local ecosystems. This could generate a conflict between exploitation and conservation.
A preview of the future Spanish Atlas of seagrass, which will be published at the end of this year, will be presented during the meeting. This Atlas is financed by the Spanish Biodiversity Foundation, and IUCN-Med collaborates in its elaboration.
LIFE+ POSIDONIA Andalucía is and European project, coordinated by the Andalusian Regional Ministry for the Enrvironment and Management of the Territory and co-financed by CEPSA. Project partners are, addition of the IUCN-Med, the asociation Conservaction, Information and Research on Cetaceans (CIRCE), the Andalusian Federations of Fishermen, and of Fishboat operators (FACOPE and FAAPE), the Andalusian Region Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, the Andalusian Agency for Environment and Water (AMAA) and the Andalusian Agency for Agriculture and Fisheries Management (AGAPA). The Spanish Biodivesity Foundation participates co-funding this workshop.
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Wild Hoss makes it three wins for red-hot jockey Leonel Camacho-Flores on Friday night
AUBURN, Wash. (April 27, 2012) – Trainer Don Munger and jockey Leonel Camacho-Flores stole the show Friday night at Emerald Downs.The 88-year-old Munger and the 28-year-old Camacho-Flores teamed up for three long shot winners on the seven-race card. They swept the early daily double with White River and Mt Peak, and later capped their big evening when Wild Hoss rallied for a 7-to-1 upset in the feature race for 3-year-old Washington-breds.All three winners were bred and co-owned by Munger and his wife Wanda. Also, the Munger-owned stallion Nacheezmo sired all three winners, and Camacho-Flores was up for all three victories and took over first place in the jockeys' standings with eight wins."It's only the second time in my life I've won three races in one day," said Munger, whose involvement with Thoroughbreds spans over a half-century.The 3-year-old filly White River tipped Munger's hot hand in Friday's opener, spurting clear for a five-length victory at odds of 9.50-to-1.In the second race, 5-year-old mare Mt Peak scored her maiden victory by 1-½ lengths at 4.30-to-1, making it two-for-two for the Munger/Camacho-Flores combination. And finally in the featured sixth, Wild Hoss looped past the field for a 1-½ length victory at odds of 7.20-to-1.A 3-year-old colt by Nacheezmo-Fesity Blue, Wild Hoss finished fifth in his season bow April 13, and improved dramatically Friday to win going away. The bay colt ran five furlongs in :58.36, and is now 2-2-1 in eight career starts.NOTES: Last Friday, Munger and Camacho-Flores combined with 22-to-1 Humongous for a 3-½-length victory… Friday's early $0.50 Pick 4 (2-4-8-1) paid $1,345…Trainer Doris Harwood broke into the win category in 2012 when Maltese Pins ($10.80) drew off to win the third race under Gallyn Mitchell…Emerald Downs President Ron Crockett enjoyed a big day Friday as he won two of the first three races at Golden Gate Fields—6-year-old mare Eyes On the Prize notched a $16.20 upset in the first, $32,500 allowance/optional claiming race on the turf and 3-year-old colt Johnski ($4) captured a $28,500 maiden special weight for 3-year-olds in race three. A Kentucky-bred by Lion Heart, Johnski is the latest runner out of the prolific broodmare Carrie Can, whose progeny include Harvard Avenue, Stormin J.P., Carry On John and Davos. Crockett race manager Lance Williams said Johnski could ship to Emerald Downs for the $50,000 Auburn Handicap on June 3. Incidentally, both of Crockett's Friday winners were saddled by Frank Lucarelli and ridden by Russell Baze, whose world record career win total now stands at 11,567…Washington Husky football fans almost had a dream hunch play come in Friday at Keeneland. The 3-year-old colts Coach Royal and Sark finished second and third in the 10th race for maidens on the turf…Washington-bred Missie Ky I You ($5.40) broke her maiden in her 20th career start Friday night at Betfair Hollywood Park. The 5-year-old You and I mare had compiled 0-7-5 record in 19 starts prior to Friday…The first Emerald A.M. of the season is 9 a.m. Saturday, featuring jockey Rocco Bowen and owner Jody Peetz…Live racing continues Saturday at 2:15 p.m. A $0.50 Pick 5 carryover of $1,885 is up for grab on races five through nine.-##-


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Right then ! This month the challenge was as follows:
"This months challenge is where you must make a map which fits into one or more other existing maps on the guild. The idea is to make either a small part of someone else map like a building in a city and map that building or to use the other persons map as a small part of your entry. I.e. you take somebody's village and make a regional map with lots of villages on it one of which is the reference map.
Ideally you could map something which has both an existing larger and a smaller map and bridge the two with your entry. I.e. find a house and a regional map and make a town in that region with the house somewhere in the town."
and we have a good turnout of 10 entrants of which Torstan has withdrawn due to him selling his entry !!! A winner already. So with 9 entrants that means this month you get to vote for just the one selection.
as the voting should be based on:
"Voting should be based on the general quality of the map but also should take into account the continuity of the reference maps too."
and that second bit is a little difficult to visualize so this month I have a complete set of movies for those of you who wish to check how well their maps scaled with the references. The videos are in XviD format so a player like MediaPlayer or VLC (freeware download for multiple OS'es) should be ok.
Don't forget to check out the Thumbnails too.
Voting will close at end of month which is 5 days from now. Make sure you REP your favorite entries. May the best third of you win ! If we have a draw in the top 3 then we may have to have a special one day vote off or something.


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Industry Solutions: Communication Sector Blog
By Scott Sobers, Program director, Communications sector- Tivoli Software,
This popular notion was initially supported by stating that the wireless data market experienced 7.3 percent quarter-over-quarter growth in the fourth quarter of 2008, an overall 38.7 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2007. However, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting, this growth cannot be sustained in a continually deteriorating economy.
During these times, both businesses and consumers are scrutinizing costs, which leaves telecom service providers vulnerable to losing customers looking to cut household and business spending. Customers will be quick to drop services that don't meet their standards, so providers need to go above and beyond to prove their value. Subscribers have many carriers to choose from, and for some customers, the deal-breaker may be differing qualities of service, both at the network layer and call center level. According to Stratecast analyst Karl Whitelock, service providers lose a large percentage of customers because of service issues. For some carriers, the number of lost customers exceeded 10 percent of their customer base.
Proper customer care is positioned to be a game-changer for wireless providers as it builds trust and drives satisfaction. Service providers are aware that maintaining a high quality of customer service is a key factor in customer retention, but reaching this metric is always a challenge. The inhibitors to superior customer care include weak communication between call centers and network operations and poor network intelligence. By being more proactive about identifying service issues, service providers can empower their customer care representatives with the tools to improve customer experience and help grow business.
Providers can employ a number of best practices to improve customer service. These relate to boosting visibility across the network, monitoring communications capabilities and prioritizing problem resolution.
Visualizing service quality
Understanding when a service impact occurs, determining who it affects and how it impacts the business enables providers to pinpoint and resolve those issues before a customer has a chance to complain about them. This can be done by collecting key data from different systems and from multiple vendors, which can then be used to simulate relationships across the network, applications and databases in order to determine which factors are most critical to the service. With this information, service providers can more effectively oversee the health, quality and availability of their networks and, when issues do occur, providers can quickly identify the problem, its cause and easily "link" the service to the system running the affected components. By streamlining end-to-end network management, service providers can prioritize their responses and communicate the relevant information to all parties.
Monitoring the customer experience
Besides keeping their eyes on the internal network, service providers will benefit from maintaining a real-time view into customers' experiences. For example, being aware of how many customers are using a particular service lets service providers see how many subscribers are being impacted by service issues, which is valuable during the trouble reporting process.
Improving internal communications
Improving communications between customer care and network operations also helps providers solve network issues faster and more strategically. By providing the right intelligence to those who need it – operations, IT and customer care – snags can be resolved faster and with minimal impact to customers. For example, if a network supervisor can recognize an issue's root cause, customer care can be better prepared by knowing why a customer is calling even before they describe the problem, thereby having a solution ready for the customer when she calls.
Prioritizing problem resolution
In the event that glitches occur, service providers have to make strategic decisions – which will they respond to first? What will each issue's financial impact be? By linking their network and customer intelligence, providers can identify which issues affect the business most and respond to those calls accordingly. As a result, companies can prioritize efforts that offer the greatest value to the business and customer.
Final thoughts
Beyond resolving service issues, managing the customer experience provides other assets beyond consistent customer satisfaction. By studying the data collected day-to-day during the experience monitoring process, providers gain knowledge about how customers use different offerings, which will be useful during business planning.
We are witnessing the telecommunications market migrate from a strictly voice-based industry to one that sells Web access, rich media content and business applications on cell phones. As this evolution continues, service providers will have to deal with the added responsibility of fielding service questions about data issues, which according to Stratecast take three times longer to resolve than regular voice service issues. Faced with this challenge, customer experience management is a valuable tool that providers can use to deliver positive customer satisfaction, high service quality and gain competitive advantage.
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Florida Man Executed for Killing Police Officer
Starke, FL (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a police
officer during a traffic stop 33 years ago has been executed at the
Florida State Prison.
The governor's office said Manuel Valle was pronounced dead at
7:14 p.m. Wednesday. He was the first Florida prisoner to be
executed with a new mix of lethal drugs.
Valle fatally shot Coral Gables officer Louis Pena in 1978. He
also shot fellow officer Gary Spell, who was saved by his
bulletproof vest.
Florida's execution is the latest of a series in the South, including the Sept 21 execution of Troy Davis in Georgia for a policeman's shooting and the Texas execution that day of a white supremacist for a black man's dragging death. Alabama executed a man last week for a 1994 shooting death.
Execution Delayed for Convicted Cop Killer
Starke, FL (AP) - The execution of a Florida man convicted of
shooting a police officer to death during a traffic stop in 1978 is
being delayed while prison officials await an order from the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Sixty-one-year-old Manuel Valle was scheduled to die at 4 p.m.
Wednesday at the Florida State Prison. The governor's office now
says prison authorities are awaiting word from the nation's high
Valle shot officer Louis Pena to death. He also shot officer
Gary Spell, but he was saved by his bulletproof vest.
Valle's lawyers have unsuccessfully argued that a new concoction
of lethal drugs would cause him pain and therefore constitute cruel
and unusual punishment.
The execution was originally scheduled for Aug. 2. It was twice
delayed for appeals that were rejected.
Execution Set for Man Convicted of Killing Officer
Raiford, FL - Florida officials say Manuel Valle is calm and cooperative as he prepares to be executed.
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said
Wednesday that Valle had a visit with relatives and asked for a
last meal of fried chicken, white rice, Coca-Cola and peach
cobbler. She said his execution is proceeding as planned.
He had a non-contact visit with seven relatives before a contact
visit with his daughter, a sister and a niece.
Valle is scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. for fatally shooting
Coral Gables police officer Louis Pena on April 2, 1978.
Valle is the first prisoner to face lethal injection under the
state's new mix of three drugs. He is also the first prisoner to be
executed since Gov. Rick Scott took office.
Valle Files Another Appeal with Florida Supreme Court
Tallahassee, FL (AP) - A death row inmate set for execution
Sept. 28 again is appealing to the Florida Supreme Court.
Lawyers provided by the state for Manuel Valle filed the case
Thursday. He was convicted of killing a Coral Gables police officer
33 years ago.
The ttorneys are challenging a law that prohibits them from
representing death row inmates in non-criminal proceedings. They
want to file a federal civil action challenging the state's denial
of clemency proceedings in his case but can't because of the law.
They say that violates Valle's due process and equal protection
The Supreme Court last month lifted a stay of execution after
denying Valle's claim a new lethal injection drug would cause pain.
A federal appeals court then ordered another stay but also now has
lifted it.
Stay of Execution for Death Row Inmate
A death row inmate convicted of killing a Coral Gables police officer 33 years ago has gotten another stay of execution.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Friday ordered at least a two-day postponement to consider an appeal.
Manuel Valle had been set for execution next Tuesday.
The stay will expire at 7 p.m. Thursday unless further extended.
Valle's execution originally was scheduled for Aug. 2, but he was granted a one-month stay by the Florida Supreme Court.
The justices lifted it after rejecting his claim that a new lethal injection drug would cause pain.
Valle's death warrant was the first signed by Gov. Rick Scott since he took office in January.
He was convicted of shooting officer Louis Pena in 1978 after a traffic stop.


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The Lives of Others
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Summary:East Berlin, November 1984. Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend, the celebrated theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland. After all, the "operation" is backed by the highest political circles. What he didn't anticipate, however, was that submerging oneself into the world of the target also changes the surveillance agent. The immersion in the lives of others--in love, literature, free thinking and speech--makes Wiesler acutely awar... Full Summary >>


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|Farmers gearing up for fall harvest
|Written by Chris Lee
Football is here, the weather is cooling off and harvest is gearing up for many of the area crops—if they haven't already. It must be fall!
Sugar beet trucks have been rolling through town during the past few weeks, beans are being dropped off at Jack's Bean in Holyoke and farmers are itching to get into the corn fields to begin harvesting the annual golden crop.
With unusually dry and warm conditions this summer, harvest for many of the local crops has been jumbled up a bit.
With fall temperatures filling the air, corn harvest is nearly here.
—Enterprise photo
Area dryland corn took a beating this summer with extreme heat and little moisture. Grainland Co-op grain merchandiser Steve Young said the dryland was hit hard and a lot of farmers opted to chop it early. Those who are harvesting are finding it wasn't a good crop at all.
On the irrigated side of things, it should look pretty good this year. Young said he isn't sure how to compare this year's crop to last year's, not having seen any numbers yet as it is still early. He does think it may be down a little from last year but can't say for sure. "Once we get into it, we'll have a lot better idea," he noted.
Irrigated harvest hasn't really taken off yet. Young said Monday that he expects things to pick up within the next 10 days to two weeks.
What has come in has been corn that was a little drier due to receiving a summer hail.
Normally, the big push on irrigated harvest would come around the 15th of October. So things are roughly three weeks ahead of a normal schedule.
A summer hail storm did sweep through the area and damaged some of the corn crop. Those fields that got hit the hardest most likely won't see any production. In fact, some of the farmers chopped it down or disked it under.
Some of the fields bordering the hardest hit areas were weakened enough that farmers are being forced to pick high-moisture corn for feedlots before the ear falls to the ground.
Young said as of Monday, Sept. 17, millet harvest was roughly 90 percent completed. He noted it wasn't a very good crop this year.
Grainland will probably handle 30-35 percent of what they have the last couple of years. The poorer crop can be attributed to lack of moisture.
Many farmers are in the throes of bean harvest. Above, pinto beans are being swathed on the Mike and Don Lininger Farm southeast of Holyoke Monday, Sept. 17.
Jerry Haynes of Jack's Bean said Monday, Sept. 17 they were about 40 percent done with bean harvest. The first beans started rolling in around the third week of August.
Farmers usually try to cut and swath the beans when there is a little dew outside. With the extremely dry weather the area has seen, that task became a bit tricky this year. Haynes said harvest picked up some last week but was slowed as the area received rain Wednesday, Sept. 12. Farmers got back out last weekend, he said.
Haynes said the heat has delayed the maturity of the beans. He noted the later beans are showing good quality with average yields. Some of the bean fields in the area look patchy where some spots are drying out, while other spots within the same field are still green.
Haynes said there are probably three weeks left of harvest as there are still some beans being watered.
Haynes said popcorn harvest should begin within the next two or three weeks, depending on weather. He said some recent samples look very promising.
He noted the area didn't receive as much hail as last year and anyone that was able to keep water on the popcorn should see a good crop.
Sugar beets began rolling through Holyoke a week and a half ago with the season's first crop of sugar beets being harvested during the early harvest. Harvest is expected to gear up again Tuesday, Oct. 9.
—Enterprise photo
Sugar beets
The area's early sugar beet harvest was scheduled to come to a close Wednesday morning this week.
Les Watada of Western Sugar said so far the quality of the crop is looking good. He said some farmers are up on tonage while others are down a bit.
Watada said they were planning to wind down the early harvest either Tuesday evening or early Wednesday. As of Monday, Sept. 17, harvest was scheduled to kick off again Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Winter wheat
With farming almost always a gamble of sorts, some farmers have begun to drill their winter wheat crop, hoping moisture will come to help it get started.
Young said some farmers have already been in the fields, while others may wait until the end of this week or even next week to begin. He said everyone is caught in a quandary as to whether to drill now and hope for rain or wait it out and drill when the ground receives some moisture.
No matter the crop, this has been a different year for farmers. With fall officially beginning Saturday, Sept. 22, it won't be long before the area is really humming with harvest activity.
Holyoke Enterprise September 20, 2012


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The Ko Olina Resort Activity Center is located at the Marina, which is worth a visit just to see the floating docks and boats line up from small to yacht size. But, you're in Hawaii and one of the fantastic things to do is get out on that oh so blue Pacific Ocean. The Center has a wide variety of cruises to choose from, offering fabulous ocean cruises that range from romantic sunset cruises to deep sea fishing.
Both Ocean Joy Cruises Hawaii and Ko Olina Ocean Adventures are home ported at the Marina and feature cruises perfect for everyone from keikis (children) to grandmas. Along the way up the coast, you'll stop to snorkel, see Hawaiian Spinning Dolphins, giant sea turtles and during the winter months perhaps even Humpback Whales.
Add in sunshine, clear blue skies, tropical trade winds and the smell of the sea – it doesn't get any better than this.
Can you imagine swimming among hundreds of beautifully colored tropical fish, gliding in the water over coral gardens, seeing the giant Hawaiian sea turtles or be lucky enough to swim alongside a spotted eagle ray (they have little dolphin-like heads) and generally look like they are out for a Sunday cruise.
Snorkel tours give you all this, plus more. There is the ride up the coastline with the Waianae Mountains in the background, the opportunity to see Hawaiian Spinning Dolphins which often follow the boats and during the winter months perhaps a Humpback whale sighting or two.
The Ko Olina Golf Course is a challenging 18-whole course, designed by Ted Robinson. If you're a golfer you will definitely want to play this course at least once or perhaps on a daily basis while visiting Ko Olina Resort & Marina. Of course you'll have to be very focused to play a good game, as it will be tempting to look out to the Pacific Ocean at least once in a while playing at this extremely beautiful course. After, stop in a Roy's Ko Olina Restaurant for a sip of something refreshing and an appetizer or two for a perfect end to a perfect day.
Whether you are an avid deep sea fisherman or a total novice, it would be hard to beat the thrill and challenge of landing a sport fish and some of them off the leeward coast of Oahu are big – really big! Blue Marlin can weigh up to 1,000 lbs, with Stripped Marlin and Sailfish at a svelte – in comparison, 200 lbs. Mahi Mahi and Tuna average about 50 lbs. And the fishing charter is not just about the fish, but the comraderie of your fellow fisherman and the tales you can tell of the one that got away.
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Total Recall: GM, Phillips and Miss Bonnie's
General Motors has called back thousands of Impala and LaCrosse sedans for potential fire hazards and stability-control systems. Meanwhile, Philips calls back a compact fluorescent light that can cut. And Miss Bonnie's Gourmet warns that its cheese spread could be contaminated with salmonella.


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This is an undisputable list of the 15 fifteen posters, in reverse order for MAXIMUM SUSPENSE, in the history of these forums.
15. Ripdo
Ripdo has to be here. She just has to. Is she technically good? No. But Ripdo is the heart and soul of this forum, and the single greatest fodder in the history of the internet. Ripdo is a black woman who says things. Strange, amazing things that people can never make sense of. Listing this based purely on entertainment quality, Ripdo would be Top 5 easily. This forum would be a million times worse if Ripdo were never here.
Ripdo Quotes:
Originally Posted by Ripdostuf devilRipdo: But I cant right now i have to get off the computer soonShut up you perv, I don't care about your pants, I hate pants
Ripdo: im doing something with a robot
I don't want to know what behind that door!!I really don't know why she thinks he knows me or why anyone on here thinks they know enough about me to try and judge me be cause most of the time they get what I do and don't like wrong. I was born April 20th 1987I alto kill you!
Take my name off of there now!Fullmetal: Don't let the What if bird out of the What if cagethis has to do with mewtwo and no one else
hate that bird.
It messed up comics, TV and wasted a lot of peoples timeI wish peeki would come on MSM.......Peaches you've been acting strange.
peaches= pichubroAhhhhhI'm supost to
anyway I'm glad so see your back LM
right now I'm so mAD i COULD DELEATE MY ACCOUNT
14. Pikatwo
Pikatwo is an Australia man who throws boomerangs and slays Wildabeests. He first came in with CA and started getting into drama he had really no idea about just because it dealt with CA. This tarnished his early tenure and he made a bit of an ass of himself, but during this he got Fullmetal into debating. It continued like this for awhile, Pikatwo talking on stuff he had no idea about, making an ass of himself, and trying to act victimized. During last summer though, he turned it around. While he was once massively overrated, he became underrated as he because a high quality poster. His insulting of people in the newb forum is nice, and he's always around to take a moronic newb down to the level they belong. These days Pikatwo isn't very active, but when he does post it is always well worth the read.
13. Eve
Eve came in as Eevee, a 12 year old girl who posted in pink font, and was friends with Rai and Covert. Right away, she posted an unimaginable ammount. At her peak it was VERY rare that she would make under 100 posts a day. For awhile this worked against her, because in her newer days, she wasn't very good. Actually, she was terrible. Around November though, she dropped out of Rai's Squad of Faggots and befriended Dogar, God and Mex. Along with these four, she became one of the 4 post powerful posters on the forum for a good while. Her activity stayed as high as it was, it may have even went up, but now she was actually good. She wasn't a technically great poster like some who will be listed later, but she was very important for perpetuating the type and level of activity that made the Golden Era of PD so great, and she even made so very good posts now and then, too. She's been the center of a lot of netdramas, ranging from the massively shitty and annoying Eve vs. Jay, to the most important netdrama in forum history, CA. After CA left, her activity dropped temendously, and she went from a 100+ post per day average to something around 5 to 10. Since then, her activity has picked up, but it is nowhere near where it used to be, though she continues to be an important and quality poster on the fine Pokemon Dream Discussion Forums.
12. pikaschnozz McNutz
Coming in with just over 200 posts, his ranking this high is a testemont to his quality. Truly the finest quality over quantity poster of all time, he's been here about a year and a half, has made only 200 posts, but is still ranked this high. He hasn't been influencial, popular, or important, but he just makes incredible posts every time he's on, which is very very rarely. If he was as active as the others on this list, he would undoubtably be Top 5 material.
11. Giant Squid
Giant Squid came in out of nowhere and pissed a lot of people off. He started controversial threads and rattled the cages of popular members like Mex, Eve and Fullmetal. The only posters who liked him were God and TA, who were entertained at how riled up he got people with his controversial topics. He stayed this way for several months, only coming to post threads like these and debate. In one such debate thread, Fullmetal called him a pseudo, but with God's persuasion, Fullmetal accepted Squid into his heart and Squid is now an influencial and popular member, and even recently became a Mod. His post count isn't yet 2000, but he makes a lot out of the posts he does make. Since becoming a mod he has stirred up the massively entertaining Goku vs. Jimmy event and has generally done very well with his mod position. He could certainly do with being a lot more active, and could possibly even move up the list if he was, but his inactivity hardly actually hurts him, and with the not-too-abundant posts he does make, he has risen from near universal hatred to a Mod who is tight with the ruling clique.
10. Mex
In the earlier days of PD, losers would have post count battles to see who can get theirs higher in the range of the 2000s. Then Mex came along and showed those suckers how to do it. When records of PD history first started to become clear(when God and Dogar joined), Mex had 5000+ posts, and had only been there for 5 months - absolutely unheard of postcount growth for PD at the time. She nearly found herself on the badside of God and Dogar as they came in, due to her love of Green Day and liberalism, but she managed to become one of the first people to get in with them. He postcount continued to soar, and she would have been the first to 10k if her account didn't fuck up(she was the first unofficially), 20k, and WAS the first to 30k. Other than God, she is the only member to have been consistantly active throughout all of modern PD history. Like Eve, her large ammount of posting help sustain the level of type of activity of PD, but she was also very influencial on making PD what it is today, being one of the Original Seven who spammed up old PD and reshaped it in their image, along with God, Dogar, TA, RC, Devil and Xion. Aside from her activity and importance, she is also underrated as an actual poster, and makes some great posts from time to time. These days she continues to be very active, but has dropped down a bit from her former insanity, but not nearly the level that Eve has.
9. Xion: Master of Steel
When Xion joined, he became the first follower of TA and RC, and fought the man, though not nearly as effectively, with them, even going up to bat to get TA unbanned. When God and Dogar came, there was a misunderstanding that put him on their bad side, but when they came back from a 2 week absence all that was cleared up and Xion joined with them to make up the people who were mentioned in the previous bio. Xion was perhaps the most important of them behind God/Dogar and TA/RC, as he had studied under TA and RC and was already a very decent poster. When 90% of the good posters left for the summer during the summer of 05, Xion stepped it up BIG TIME, and carried the weakened forum on his back, even defeating a returning Neeherc with no back up. During this summer, he, along with pichubro, became a Mod. For awhile he was a great mod of justice and power, but during the Fall of 05, he grew to become seemingly power crazed, and entered into a feud with Dogar and God, deleting their posts and just generally being a bit of a bitch. He calmed down with this luckily, and reconciled with God, but the feud with Dogar continued, and had lasted until very recently, over a year and a half later. Recently, he has been fairly inactive, but when he is active he is great. His Greytown chronicals have become legendary, and he is always the mod you go to when you need a thread pruned of shitty posts. His activity does hold him back though, and he hasn't been fully active since November 05, and "post more xion" is one of the most hear phrases throughout the forums.
8. kg
kg is currently the longest sitting mod. She joined in the hazy unchronicled days of 2004, and became a mod, and was a very stereotypical PD mod for that time. She left during the Spring-Summer of 05, where the forum underwent a dramatic overhaul, and came back with a very outdated view of the forum and how a mod should handle it. Her official authority quickly came against the new found unofficial authority of God, Dogar and their cohorts. Luckily, she proved to be reasonable, and was quickly put in her place, and willing to become good. For while, she was a bit of an annoying try hard younger member trying to fit in with the new guard, but she fairly quickly did fit in and became great. She provided the fodder for the Dogar wants to do kg forum stage, which was one of the most hilarious things in internet history. She came into her own in posting, and became one of the highest quality posters on the forum, possibly in the top 3 active at one point. She started such great injokes as Graytown and Trannel being a Windmill. She was one of the best quality + quantity posters in PD history throghout the Spring and Summer of 06, but during the Fall of 06 her activity dropped significantly. When she is around she is still very good, but not close to her peak, which is probably due to inactivity.
7. Mario The Black Knight
Mario made the greatest introduction of forum history with the PD Loser Disfest, coming out of nowhere and tearing into the shitty members of the forum, completely destroying him, on his first day. He was already known by God and Dogar(in real life) and TA and Devil(from the legendary Chicken Is The Shit on gr00vy forums) so he had hype coming in. After that beginning, it was much of the same. He became the single great pure flamer in internet history, no one could match his pure rage. He could do what most people do in a 5 paragraph essay-like response in just calling someone a faggot in term of shutting suckas down. In his earlier days, he was fairly inconsistant, sometimes he would be subpar, but when he was good, he was one of the absolute best. God has noted that Mario has made him legit lol the second most more than anything else on the internet. His internet was down throughout fall, winter and nearly all of spring 06-07, and without his stern police force terrorising shitty members PD's quality fell considerably. During breif comebacks he had in these times, he completely shook the forum up with his flaming and proved his powerful returning power. He has since gotten the internet back in a way(although it is currently fucked up) and has made slight improvements, but once he kicks out the Disfest, Farfetch'd story etc, the forum is sure to improve tremendously from his efforts alone.
6. TeenageAngst
TA is the third most important member in the history of PD. In the days before God and Dogar, he and RC stood alone against impossile odds, fighting the good fight for the benefit of the people. He stood against the mods in complete defiance, and made fools of them. Without him softening up the establishment, the forums wouldn't be even close to what they are today. Once God and Dogar came, he and RC joined with them to make the fall of the old guard complete, and turn PD into what it is now. His original fight is legendary and glorious, and all members who know whats up have massive respect for his accomplishments. He hasn't actually been active since Summer 05, he drops by now and then, and when he does he still has what it takes to hang with the elites - after all, he was the first elite. TA is a great poster, always was, always is, and he deserves a salute.
5. Devil
When Devil first joined, he was a young Serbian fellow who barely knew English, and stuck to welcoming people in the newbie forums and giving people 5/5 in the writing forums. But when the revolution on PD began, Devil saw what his true calling was, and joined to help make PD what it is today. Although he was still not very proficient in English at this time, he still fought the fight the best he could. But once he actually become good in English, around November, right in time for Celebi, he became what he is today, one of the greatest dispensers of Justice known to man. No one can tear someone down like Devil, no one hits harder. Devil is easily the most un fuck withable poster, and completely annihilates the very few who dare to try. When he posts regularly, he is one of the best ever, with several great threads, antics and hilarious posts. He hasn't been fully active since Fall 05, despite a bit of a comeback during Summer 06, where he helped sustain the quality of a severaly hurt and weakened forum. God constantly seeks Devil to be a mod, as he, like everyone, knows no one knows whats up like Big Milijan, but Devil will not take the post. His inactivity hurts him in a respect, but when he does come, it is a massive occurance, and no one has the aura of a rare appearing legend like Devil. Simply put, no one keeps it realer than Devil, and he doesn't care who he crushes on his path to ultimate justice.
4. Fullmetal
Fullmetal came in as a mod, because he knew Mewtwo in real life, and this drew much hostility from the regular members who had been campeigning for more competant mods who were the posters themsevles for sometime. Luckily, Fullmetal proved that his hostility was unwarranted as he was a groovy dude. He became one of the regularly active posters, and a good one, even adding some originality with the rants he would pull now and then. After an ONLINE RELATIONSHIP WITH CA went bad, he left for several months. When he came back, he was a more hard hitting Fullmetal than he ever was. His rants became more prominent, and he was more into debating, and he would smash the opposition. He was a very good regular poster, and along with great rants would make humorous posts and engage in antics. He posted a autobiography-like thread, filled with more to-the-point rants in the Writing Forum, and this was the prototype for his current blog thread. After the Great Purge he left again, then about two months later came back. His lead the CA drama, and triumphed in it, driving CA off the forum. He wasn't very active over the summer, but towards the end of the summer and the spring, his activity picked up and his power skyrocketed. He reached levels of power before known to no one else other than God and Dogar. He completely changed the forum with his blog thread, and his developed a significant following among the newbs. He was well known for his intellectual posts, but severaly underrated as a regular post, where he was one of the best ever. Without Fullmetal the current state of the forum would be unimaginably shitty. He's made classic, original threads like his blog and the Cool List. He's been in nearly ever major drama, and came out on the winning end of all of them. He's threatened to leave for good no less than 5 times, but each time has come back. He is currently the second most influencial member, and arguably the third most of all time, and arguments could even be made that he could possibly become the current #1 some day, and his position here dosn't look likely to change, no matter how many more times he may threaten to leave.
3. redcheetah
redcheetah came in shortly after TA, and was his apprentice. With TA he fought the glorious fight before anyone else dared stand with them. Aside from his massive influence, he was also the most successful gimmick of all time with his furry stuff, and he even managed to not let the gimmick overtake him, and just let it be an addition to his awesomeness rather than his whole persona. With not many more than 1000 posts, he is very much a quality over quantity poster, and said quality is enormous. Every post he makes is incredible, and his hijinks are legendary. Although TA was more important than him, RC edged him out for posting quality, and even hung with God and Dogar in that department when they first joined. RC is as great as anyone with 1300 posts could possibly be.
2. Dogar the Brave
Although the Number 2 poster, it could easily be argued that he is the Number 1 most important. He knew TA in real life, and after him and God were banned from previous forums, he decided to come here because TA's sister was a mod, and bring God with him. Dogar revolutionized the forum, and the take over could not have happened without him, as he was the perfect link between the regular posters and the revolutionarys like God, TA and RC. Without Dogar's charisma and likeability mods and regular posts would never have been won over to their cause. He took charge and became extremely active when he first joined, and the entire forum seemed to revolve around him, even moreso than God at that point. He was funny and revolutionary enough to be ranked with God, TA and RC, but was the middle man between them and their opponents with calm discussion and niceness, and he bridged the gap which caused them to be successful. His hijinks are legendary the greatest you will find on the internet, such as the Dogar wants to the KG stage, which included outragously hilarious posts, even the penis bomb. Dogar broke down walls on PD, with his outrangous sexual posts, blatant racist jokes and even posting porn. He's had hilarious gimmicks like pokemastershawn13, and HolyMonkey's Child Porn gimmick, which even Fullmetal, Dogar's biggest detractor, admitted was hilarious at the time. He was involved in a netdrama with Fullmetal that caused his leaving, which tarnished his legacy and is still a subject of controversy and internal debate. But before that no one can possibly deny his importance and quality. He suffered from inconsistancy at times, at his worst he was boring and sometimes annoying, but at his best, there was absolutely no one better, perhaps not even the #1 poster.
1. God
It should come as no suprise to anyone. God was dragged by Dogar to PD, and he was originally skeptical. But when he joined, his legend became unrivaled. Right away he made the biggest opening impact in internet history, taking out a power crazed nazi Mod in just 10 POSTS. While Dogar was more influencial at this time, God, who was already somewhat of a Message Board veteran, was the better poster, creating classic threads and usurping TA and RC as the most militant revolutionary straight away. He and Dogar took charge, surpassed TA and RC, and devloped a following, and they completely took over PD. God, despite being the better poster, was still somewhat in the shadow of Dogar, due to inactivity because of shitty computer(early God was THE quality over quantity poster) and lack of dedication. But once the Fall came, he took over. During the Celebi drama, he usurp Dogar as the clear #1 of the forum, by dealing with the situation perfectly. He wasn't afraid to flaunt his power to Celebi, but over all was more interested in a peacful resolution than an all out war - he became the Ronald Reagan of Pokedream. During the Summer of 05, he created the gr00vy forums, the elite of PD forums which are remembered fondly by all thos elite enough to have been there. In October 05, gr00vy2 opened, just in time for the Celebi drama. Celebi had banned some members, and the forum were useful for showing off God's behind the scenes muscle, as he had some of the mods he was good with unban the banned, and even ban Celebi himself. Aside from his importance in various issues, God is the best pure poster of all time. He's greated countless great threads, and if many of them hadn't been deleted, a vast majority of the threads in the old Archives would have been created by him. Once he got a better computer, he transformed into a quality over quantity poster into a quality + quantity poster, having a large post per day average, and being of high quality every single time. When the forums were at their best, God lead them, when the forum were at their worst, God pulled out a huge performance and could single handedly pick up their quality. He was even the one who got Mewtwo to make the Archives. He engaged in legendary antics, setting himself, a regular member, not just equal to every mod and admin, but ABOVE them all, and most of them did his bidding. During the summer, he finally won the biggest victory of the forum yet, and Mewtwo, who had previously BANNED him during the Great Purge(he was unbanned by pichubro!), gave into the inevitably and made his authority official, modding him. As a mod, he continued his power, solving the various problems of the forum, and maintaining its quality the best he could, despite it being in a dire state. At the end of the Winter of 06, God finally won the great battle of PD once and for all, talking Mewtwo into getting a vB, which he and Dogar payed for, and making them and Fullmetal administrators. God, the revolutionary who had come in as the enemy to the administration, was threatened with banning, and was even banned several times, with Mewtwo's blessing, became the #1 OFFICIAL ruler of the forums, as the most powerful and influencial Administrator.
there we have it folks, the Top 15 in PD history.
lets have some extracirrucular shit in here ya heard
BOTTOM 5 all time posters:
1. Celebi
2. Kayko
3. Neeherc
4. Raichu.26
5. Old Sassy_Suicine
and for those who want to know whats up CURRENTLY
(besides me)
1. Fullmetal
2. Mario The Black Knight
3. Giant Squid
4. Mex/Eve/Hicky
5. Goku_king_anime/kung_fu_jimmy_show
honorable mention on both lists to those too great to even rank: pichubro
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For residents, the images are unforgettable: Water cascading into a lower Manhattan subway station, buildings transformed into islands, premature babies ushered down darkened stairwells of crippled hospitals.
For experts, the lessons are mixed. While they warn that the next Sandy won't be exactly like the last Sandy, they say the storm exposed systemic flaws in planning and preparation that need to be addressed -- from hospital preparedness to protecting those with special needs.
Click here to read five areas in which work has been done. Experts say there's much still to do.
Tuesday, President Obama released a statement on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. It reads:
"One year ago, Hurricane Sandy's landfall devastated communities up and down the East Coast - a tragedy that demanded massive rescue, recovery, and rebuilding efforts. Today, we remember our fellow Americans who lost their lives to that storm, and we comfort the families who grieve them still. And while there are still homes to rebuild and businesses to reopen, the last year has also served as a reminder of the strength and resilience of the American people. We've seen first responders act with heroism, strangers lend a helping hand, and entire communities come together to heal. There's more work to do, but that's the spirit with which we'll continue to do it for our fellow Americans who still need a hand.
Over the past year, my Administration has fought for these communities throughout the response, and the federal government will remain by their side as our fellow citizens rebuild. We've provided billions of dollars of assistance to hundreds of thousands of people and small business owners through direct aid, grants, and loans. We've helped thousands of families stay in their homes, communities cut through red tape and bureaucracy to receive the help they need, and worked with state and local officials to open 97% of public beaches before Memorial Day, sending a strong message to the country that the shore was open for business. Through a federal commitment to a long-term rebuilding effort, our roads, bridges, hospitals and businesses are coming back stronger than before.
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Israeli doves weaken hawks' grip on power
UPDATE: Israeli voters returned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party to power Tuesday, but not by the large margins some poll-watchers predicted.
Netanyahu now must form a broad-based coalition to keep control of parliament. Likud and its hardline allies won just half the body's 120 seats, with the centrist Yesh Atid party capturing as many as 19 seats, many more than expected. Official results will continue to come in throughout the evening, and final seat totals could change.
If Netanyahu does try to bring more centrist parties into his coalition, it could breathe life into the stalled Mideast peace process. Netanyahu's opponents said they would only join forces with Likud if the prime minister made a serious push for peace with the Palestinians.
On his Facebook page late Tuesday, Netanyahu said he would work toward consensus.
"According to the exit polls, it is clear that Israel citizens decided that they want me to continue to serve as prime minister of Israel, and that I form the widest possible majority (coalition)," he said. "Already this evening I will begin working toward the widest possible government."
EARLIER STORY: Exit polls predict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will head back to office after Tuesday's election, despite divided opinions about his leadership.
The 63-year-old politician has faced criticism internationally for his hard line on concessions to the Palestinians and at home for his nation's economic struggles.
For the first time in decades, the Mideast peace process didn't take center stage in the election. Instead, many Israelis focused more on monetary woes than ending their conflict with the Palestinians.
The country faces a declining economy and swelling budget deficit, which means painful government spending cuts and possible tax increases are in store for an electorate already strained by the high cost of living.
And around every corner looms the possibility that the country could attack Iran over its suspect nuclear program—a move that would likely draw harsh retaliation from Iran and its proxies.
Still, many voters said they saw no viable alternative to the current prime minister.
Polls suggest hard-line and religious parties that have been Netanyahu's traditional allies will continue to form the core of his next coalition government.
The big question is whether Netanyahu will be able to entice centrist parties with more moderate positions on peacemaking into his governing coalition—and whether they would have any influence on his policies.
According to Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, there's "nothing to see here."
"If Netanyahu decides to join forces with former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, the peace process will be back on the menu for the next term. Labor … not so much," she wrote in a blog post today. "Most Israelis have little hope that the Palestinians are ready for anything other than conflict."
And according to Pletka, neither President Barack Obama or Sen. John Kerry, if confirmed as secretary of state, will be up for an endless rerun of the peace process.
"Instead, we'll be looking to Obama's new team to figure out how to stop the Israelis from acting against Iran when it gets the makings of a nuclear bomb this year, stanch spillover from an increasingly turbulent Middle East, and manage the retreat that is the Obama foreign policy signature," Pletka wrote.
"In other words, Israel, peace process … whatever."
All the polls show Netanyahu's Likud Party—in alliance with the more hawkish Israel Beitenu party—winning more than a quarter of the seats in parliament. When joined with other rightist and religious parties, the coalition will command at least a narrow majority.
Yakov Krugliack of the Nokdim settlement in the West Bank said quality of life was foremost in his mind as he went to the polls.
"The economic challenge will be the biggest challenge of this government," he said. "I would like to have a house, I would like to live a good life with my family."
Up to one-sixth of the incoming legislature is expected to be settlers who advocate holding on to captured land the Palestinians want for a future state. The pro-settler Jewish Home—a likely coalition partner that has drawn a surprisingly large number of votes away from Netanyahu's list, according to polls—is even pressing to annex large chunks of the West Bank, the core of any future Palestinian state.
Motti Saban, a 25-year-old student in Jerusalem, said he would vote for Jewish Home.
"We are right-wing and we want to see a parliament that is more right wing than now," Saban said. While social issues are important, he said, they are being promoted most by left-leaning parties more open to making territorial concessions, including partitioning the holy city of Jerusalem.
"So yes, social issues affect us all, but I won't give up Jerusalem, that's more important," Saban said.
Polls close at 10 p.m. local time (3 p.m. EST), and preliminary results are expected about two hours later.