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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A TV commercial Samsung makes fun of Apple fans.
It claims that Android phones have always had better features and capabilities than the iPhone 5.
Consumer Reports put the phones through their paces to assess each one's features and options.
Everyone wants a big screen to watch movies, play games and use apps.
The iPhone 5's four-inch screen is Apple's biggest yet, but it can't compare with those on many Android phones.
"Voice control is another area of competition. Here Android capabilities are quite good, though they're no match for Siri, who can understand and execute more complex commands," says Mike Gikas.
Next - Navigation.
Gikas says, "Android has more detailed maps, better traffic info and more customization. Apple has a few glitches and until those are worked out, Android carries the day."
With everyone using their phone to take pictures, how do the cameras affect your Apple or Android choice?
While both the iPhone and some Android phones have the ability to take panoramic stills, when it comes to photo and video quality, the iPhone 5 outperforms the Android.
Want to to talk on the phone and connect to the Internet over the cellular network at the same time?
All 4G phones can do that, but not the iPhone on Verizon or Sprint.
So, while the iPhone gets many things right, so do a lot of the top-rated Android phones, making them worth consideration.
And, the new iPhone 5 is among Consumer Reports' top-rated phones along with the Samsung Galaxy and the Motorola Razr.


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Do you like Cos3 alot and was it easy to use?
After playing around with Cos3 a bit more, I made this map which I've come up with some storyline for just for fun.
"The Black Sector"
Limited data has been collected about The Black Sector since it's original discovery several decades ago. (Year: 2440 A.S.C)
Widely reknown as the largest black market source in the known colonized universe, the initial discovery of The Black Sector was the product of many years prior research. Research which included tracking down those who may have insider information on the sector, those who would be willing to trade their information, and abandoned data sources in areas that could possible contain information on it's whereabouts and what exactly occurs within it. Although rumored for hundreds of years before any real information about it had reached the public eye, The Black Sector has always maintained an extremely low profile (even to this day).
However, once the larger intergalactic mega-corporations had caught wind of it's existence through many high-class Business UniNet channels, their interest in gaining any information about the sector shot through the roof. A 'supposed' unknown sector in or atleast nearby colonized space that could be harboring many businesses that are potentially cutting out a portion of their profits could not be allowed to go on unknown.
After alot of searching, alot of bribing, and untold amounts of money being spent -just- to find correct sources for where to find real sources that may lead to information about The Black Sector, one person out of the many thousands having been contacted, made themselves visible to the consortium of mega-corps interested in finding The Black Sector.
A mercenary, who claimed to have made several trips to and back from The Black Sector was willing for a large sum of credits to go and obtain any information that could be collected without being noticed, and relay it back to the consortium. The price was hefty, but the chance to have information that could increase their profit margins by untold amounts, was not something that a price could be put on. Rumors have it that the amount paid was in the range of ten billion credits, but this information is highly refuted by any of the organizations that are claimed to have been involved in the consortium.
Ontop of the overall price for the job, the mercenary had one additional condition. A portion of the information that he would relay back to the consortium had to be released to the public, to make things more interesting for the future. The consortium could do so anonymously, and they could choose which information was to be released, but at least some portion of the evidence had to be released. Reluctantly agreeing to this added clause, the consortium paid their money to the mercenary and he went on his way.
Collecting and publicly dispersing information on The Black Sector was extremely risky, and usually meant certain death if you were discovered. However, the large sum of credits that was put up by the consortium was enough motivation for this mercenary to go with the job.
Two years passed until any information was sent back to the consorium which had originally contracted the mercenary. This would be the only information that the consortium would ever, (still to this day) recieve from the mercenary. Minus directions to actually get to The Black Sector, there was a map that had several solar systems plotted out on it without a coordinates grid of any kind. Rumors have it that the mercenary was killed during the attempt to finish the job, a likely story.
Although a very shrewd and elitist group, the consortium's members were people of their word, and as such they anonymously released the map along with the additional information explained here (minus the rumors of course).


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The old cliche saying "It's better to lose
early rather than late" has always been related to football at the FBS
In FCS football, losses, no matter how early or late, usually result in two
ways. First as a learning tool to re-evaluate a team's strategy. Second, it
can lead to a dangerous path of destruction.
At the unofficial halfway point of the 2012 FCS season, one of the most
important aspects of a team is learning how to respond to adversity.
Take, for instance, the No. 19-ranked Citadel Bulldogs, who have quickly
dropped three straight games after an impressive 3-0 start. Coach Kevin
Higgins' squad looked to be the early season dark horse with wins over Georgia
Southern and Appalachian State. However, opponents have suddenly put together
a blueprint for the triple option attack. After a disappointing 38-7 loss
versus Samford, The Citadel is in serious trouble.
Other teams like Youngstown State and Illinois State both found the loss
column after being routed by conference foes. Most importantly, the losses
don't necessarily mean they are out of the postseason picture in any way.
Instead, it's a chance to regroup and improve upon its weaknesses.
Perhaps Delaware is realizing the downside of scheduling cup-cake opponents
early on in the season. The Blue Hens have looked dumbfounded in the last two
weeks, losing versus New Hampshire and home versus Maine. After a 4-0 start
and Top 10 ranking, UD's ground attack has looked average at best and the
team's bye week couldn't have come at a better time.
Most likely, this week's Top 25 rankings will be shaken up with a handful of
highly rated schools either looking great, or even more vulnerable than most
thought in losses or close wins.
Albany (5-1), Stony Brook (5-1), Tennessee State (6-0), Samford (5-1), Cal
Poly (5-0) and even Alabama A&M (6-0) - yes, a team from the SWAC - are making
strong cases for more Top 25 votes.
Other schools accustomed to the limelight better be prepared to bring their
best game each week. Especially when you consider the number of quality
conference foes which will face off in the near future.
For all the promise in its teams, some things can never be
Whether it be scores, statistics or standout performances, the numbers never
Here are some important figures from Week 6 of the 2012 FCS season that should
not be overlooked:
Two Missouri Valley Conference teams, Youngstown State and Illinois State lost
for the first time in 2012 in Week 6. Collectively, they were outscored 65-7,
outgained 546 to 393 in total yards and committed a combined seven turnovers
in the defeats. Illinois State was 0-for-12 on third down conversions, while
Youngstown State was 3-of-12.
Seven teams ranked in the FCS Top 25 remain unbeaten through the first six
weeks of the season. They are North Dakota State (5-0), Montana State (6-0),
Old Dominion (5-0), Wofford (5-0), Lehigh (6-0), Cal Poly (5-0) and Harvard
(4-0). Tennessee State (6-0) and Alabama A&M (6-0) from the Ohio Valley and
SWAC, respectively, are the only remaining undefeated teams which have not
been ranked in the FCS Top 25 yet.
Michael Cole of Maine and Jordan Piper of Nicholls State set new single-game
defensive highs in Week 6. Cole totaled five solo sacks in his team's 26-3 win
at Delaware. He finished with nine total tackles and one forced fumble, while
the Black Bears defense came away with nine total sacks in the game.
Piper had a career-high and national single-game high of 23 total tackles in a
34-14 loss at Central Arkansas. He also forced one fumble.
Three wide receivers totaled over 200 yards receiving in Week 6. They were
Elon's Aaron Mellete (13 receptions, 237 yards, three touchdowns), Eastern
Illinois' Erik Lora (17 receptions, 215 yards, one touchdown) and Stony
Brook's Kevin Norrell (eight receptions, 214 yards, two touchdowns). Stephen
F. Austin's Cordell Roberson came up just short of 200 yards with 14
receptions for 199 yards and three touchdowns. Norell was the only receiver
whose team came away with a victory.
Georgia Southern set an FCS single-game high in 2012, with 614 rushing yards
in a 45-13 win at Western Carolina. The Eagles had three 100-yard
rushers in their first road win of the season. It was only the fourth-largest
rushing total in school history and the win was their 18th straight over WCU.
Portland State snapped a four-game losing streak in impressive fashion,
defeating Idaho State, 77-10. Freshman quarterback Kieran McDonagh rushed for
66 yards and scored four touchdowns and he passed for 280 yards and one
touchdown. The Vikings amassed 758 yards of offense and set a new school
record with 437 rushing yards.
In Stephen F. Austin's 51-43 loss in the Battle of the Piney Woods versus Sam
Houston State, the Lumberjacks rushed for just 21 yards on six rushing
attempts. Running back Gus Johnson was the only SFA player to attempt a carry.
Alabama A&M is 6-0 for the first time since 1966. The Bulldogs took down
Mississippi Valley State, 35-0, in Week 6, shutting out an opponent for the
first time since 2005. Quarterback Deaunte Mason has accounted for 19
touchdowns through the first six games, including 11 touchdowns passing for
1,195 yards. The senior also has rushed for 214 yards and eight touchdowns.
Howard linebacker Keith Pough became the FCS' all-time leader in tackles for
loss as he accounted for 3 1/2 in a crucial, 17-10 win over Florida A&M. The
fifth-year senior now has 66 tackles for loss in his career. He added 17 total
tackles, a forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one pass broken up and 2 1/2
sacks to help the Bison move to 4-1 on the season.
Stony Brook's super running back Miguel Maysonet became both the school and
Big South's all-time leading rusher against Charleston Southern. Maysonet
surpassed Conte Cuttino's school mark of 3,607 yards and Rashad Jennings'
conference mark of 3,633 yards.
Six teams ranked in the FCS Top 25 lost in Week 6. Two of those teams came
from the CAA, Towson and Delaware, and two more came from the Missouri Valley,
Youngstown State and Illinois State. The remaining teams, The Citadel and
Eastern Kentucky, are from the Southern Conference and the OVC, respectively.
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5 or 30 minute exposures for narrowband?
Posted 27 January 2013 - 06:47 AM
The only advantage I can see is that fewer exposures will have less read noise but that's it. The other sources of noise are proportional to the total exposure time aren't they?. Read noise is pretty small compared to everything else isn't it?
The disadvantage I can see are that if something goes wrong more is lost with long exposures.
Posted 27 January 2013 - 07:33 AM
Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:23 AM
I quite accidentally discovered that I could get some nice results with (hold your breath) ONE MINUTE NB exposures!
It amazed me!
I've posted the attached image here before. It was taken with a 180mm lens at f3.5 and a SBIG ST-8300M camera with a 3nm Ha filter.
I'm not saying it's ideal to do this. Not hardly! But, if short exposures are the best your gear can do, you can still get some pretty nice images.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:57 AM
Posted 27 January 2013 - 09:26 AM
So now, when you take a long exposure, your also more prone to image shift, tracking error etc, that blur the image and kill some detail. The purpose of a longer exposure though, is to bring out that detail, by increasing SNR.
Not all setups can handle really long exposures as well as well as others though. I think for most setups, there is a happy medium between what the equipment can handle and the minimization a of camera reads and therefore "read noise". Not everyone has a Paramount mount, and zero flex in their optical train etc... And not everyone will see a difference between a super long exposure and lots of shorter exposures. Think people are best advised to experiment and see what works best for their particular equipment combination.
Posted 27 January 2013 - 09:56 AM
f/ratio plays a role because a faster system will accumulate sky photons faster per pixel than a slow one. Again - this is independent of the nebulosity signal itself and only depends on the "black" parts of the sky - but it means faster systems can use shorter subs.
If your guiding and polar alignment aren't ideal then that would bias things toward the shorter exposures - due to guiding and resolution rather than noise.
It's good to know the actual read noise of the camera and how much signal is coming from sky glow rather than nebulosity. A few exposures should give a feel for these values.
Posted 27 January 2013 - 10:19 AM
Posted 27 January 2013 - 10:35 AM
Posted 27 January 2013 - 11:16 AM
Just another though, as I sit here, playing with some test images, taken last night to try out my new setup.... I'm looking at some 4 min, versus 10 minute m81 pics,. In the 4 minute exposures, I can use the histogram to bring the core to a pinpoint. However, with the 10 minute, the core is saturated and at best maybe 20-30x the size. Granted the setup did handle the 10 minute exposure fine, the stars don't show more trailing in the 10 minute, there is better detail in the arms etc... But the minimum resolution of bright objects, just isn't there.. Of course, you could always take both long and short exposures and blend them to get certain detail, which may end up more efficient than taking lots of short exposures, but as mentioned, it depends,
On a very bright DSO such as M 81, you are going over saturate the core with long exposures. Short exposures will leave out all the detail in the rest. The best method is to combine short and long. In my example below, M 31 was shot at 15 min exposures and 2 min exposures. The core was blended into the image in using a reveal all mask and feathering as a layer.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 02:45 PM
Posted 27 January 2013 - 05:11 PM
For me, I want to balance the benefits of shooting longer exposures (injecting a smaller multiple of the read noise into the final stack for a fixed total integration time) against the desire to have enough subs to capitalize on dithering by using an outlier-rejection method for image integration, removing uncalibrated hot pixels, cosmic ray strikes, satellite trails, etc. I have therefore standardized on 20 minute narrowband exposures and 3 hours minimum per channel, which means I'll have at minimum 9 frames to stack.
Longer would be better. If I planned 5 hours of exposure, I'd probably do 30 minute subs because then I'd have 10 to stack.
All this assumes that your mount and guiding solution is capable of exposing for arbitrary lengths of time without trailing. If that's not the case, your hardware will set an upper limit on your exposure time.
Posted 27 January 2013 - 05:22 PM
There is theory . . . and there is what YOU can do in YOUR world with YOUR equipment under YOUR skies!
I quite accidentally discovered that I could get some nice results with (hold your breath) ONE MINUTE NB exposures!
Do you happen to have links to full-resolution versions of these shots, ideally without noise reduction? It's really hard to judge whether the 1 minute exposure versions are noisier at the image scale you posted.
Posted 27 January 2013 - 05:56 PM
What I'm hearing is that the idea is to make the read noise a small part of the contribution to each image and that the time this takes depends on the amount of other noise, such as sky glow.
In my case I'm in the UK, on the edge of a town, so am not getting the sort of dark skies you get in New Mexico Skies - in fact it's often more cloud glow than sky glow.
I haven't measured it but would guess that I can get away with more like 5 minutes for now, even with narrowband filters. In any case I'd rather stack 10 out of 12 5 minute exposures than loose two out of three 20 minute exposures because of clouds or passing planes.
Thanks for your help,
Posted 28 January 2013 - 12:08 AM
Do you happen to have links to full-resolution versions of these shots, ideally without noise reduction? It's really hard to judge whether the 1 minute exposure versions are noisier at the image scale you posted.
Original posting.
Rest assured, theory IS correct! The longer exposures DO produce a smoother image than the ones fifteen times shorter!
Point is, people who don't have high $$$ mounts can still get some nice pics with rather shockingly short exposures . . . even with NB filters.
Posted 28 January 2013 - 12:56 AM
Posted 28 January 2013 - 06:24 AM
Longer is better since, if there is missing some very weak signal in short exposure, it doesn't show, up no matter how many of them you going to stack. Specially in NB imaging. Usually I'm using 1200 seconds subs but now and then, I have gone up to an hour, if the target is an extremely dim one.
Posted 28 January 2013 - 07:38 AM
The ccd noise models could be wrong or incomplete - but in that case it would be nice to know what is missing - so it can be added to the model.
Posted 28 January 2013 - 09:18 PM
Posted 29 January 2013 - 02:25 AM
The importance of read noise and longer subs depends entirely on the scale of read noise compared to other noise sources. Without those numbers, you can't say if longer subs would help much - and as described by several people above, they may make the end result worse due to imperfect guiding and having fewer subs for a good statistical combine with noise rejection.
Posted 29 January 2013 - 04:24 AM
Also, narrowband signals are inherently weak, requiring long exposures of 20 – 40 minutes.
Posted 29 January 2013 - 08:45 AM
Also, narrowband signals are inherently weak, requiring long exposures of 20 – 40 minutes.
Yes, but at what focal ratio?
You most certainly do not require such exposure durations with f/2.8 optics. Lots of iconic objects in astronomy are not small in angular diameter and not especially faint in Ha either.
These can be imaged very satisfactorily in NB with fast camera lenses and almost all of us do image these objects when starting out in this hobby.
Sure, it is ideal that one can do long subs and great if your gear is up to it. But, for a great many of us, our gear limits what we can reasonably accomplish.
My biggest thrill in this hobby to date was when I first tried an Ha filter with a DSLR and a 300mm f/2.8 camera lens. No one should deny themselves this out of fear their gear is not up to 20-40 minute exposures. Stack up a dozen or two exposures of a few minutes each (or even less) and be prepared for a kick!
Seems to me there is a conflict of expectations here. What you need to image a small SNR in NB and what you need to do The Rosette, The NA Nebula complex, the Horsehead, and the like are pretty different in regards to FL, associated focal ratio and attendant sub exposure length.
Posted 29 January 2013 - 09:07 AM
But again the point is why stack 2 dozen images. There is zero gain from going beyond 16.
Posted 29 January 2013 - 09:10 AM
Posted 29 January 2013 - 09:16 AM
Anyways though, still in practice, you may well be better off taking longer exposures wot the low e- cameras, but as mentioned, I'm sure there a lot of factors to consider, even without considering camera noise models.
Posted 29 January 2013 - 09:30 AM
There is zero gain from going beyond 16.
No doubt gains decrease as you go, but anyone who understand statistics and the central limit theory, should understand that there is alway a gain until you reach the asymptote. Again, i'm no expert on ccds, but do know enough to know there will be a gain... Whether the gain improves snr noticeabley depends on all sorts of factors, but I would be interested to hear how he came up with 16. I suspect that is a rough example, based on a certain setup, sky conditions, target brightness etc.. That may be true for that one instance,, but clearly is not generalizeable. I know I can certainly see a difference between a statck of 16x5 min exposures and a stack of 50... Whether or not the stack of 50 would be better than a single 250 minute exposure, I don't know "generally" but with my setup the 50x5 would be better LOL


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The New World Alliance to reduce number of transpacific vessels soon
January 18, 2011 - LM Editorial
Coinciding with the Lunar New Year celebrated in Asia next month, several major ocean carriers will be withdrawing capacity on the Transpacific.
Spokesmen for The New World Alliance (TNWA) – comprising APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine and Mitsui OSK Lines – noted that factory shutdowns during the holiday warrant the temporary carrier reduction.
The announcement comes at a time when industry analysts are concerned about too much existing capacity in all trade lanes.
Drewry Shipping Consultants, Inc. in London believes that the industry has emerged from the global recession with both carrier profitability and demand figures recovering. But analysts there beg the question: have the carriers learned from their experience?
The fact that no major companies "went to the wall" still seems to have insulated the industry from the despair of 2009 and there is now the feeling that perhaps the dark days did not happen," said Neil Dekker, editor of the Drewry Container Forecaster.
In essence, Drewry observes that it is back to normal operating conditions.
"Perhaps the biggest carriers are happiest with no long-term profitability as long as they have market share. However, the utopia of freight rate stability sought by shippers seems a long way off if carriers abandon their short-lived prudence and profitability," said Dekker.
Dekker cautions that, "Just before the crucial contract re-negotiation period, carriers are passing any aces to their customers once again, but shippers maintain that they do not necessarily just want low rates – they also want a sufficiently reliable service. The Federal Maritime Commission is also suggesting that both parties talk to each other more, but unfortunately, it seems that some carriers are not necessarily heeding this message. However, it is also time for shippers to bring more detail and information to the negotiating table and anecdotally we hear that this process is starting to happen."
Donald Pisano, the newly-appointed chair of the Ocean Transport Committee for National Industrial Transportation League, said his organization will also be monitoring the situation closely.
"We would like to see continued momentum in freight policy reforms ensuring adequate vessel and equipment capacity to meet the transportation needs of our members," he told LM.
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- This year, Thursday is the new Black Friday.
Take a look at all the big stores that plan to open shortly after you finish your Thanksgiving meal.
Toys R Us, Walmart, Sears and Kmart all plan to unlock their doors at 8pm. And, Target will open at 9.
We know of at least one retailer who plans to keep Thanksgiving as it's own holiday.
Nordstrom says it will open on Black Friday, and will not deck it's hall with Christmas cheer until then.


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WALDORF, Md. (WUSA9) -- A man was shot while in his car in Charles County on Thursday afternoon, police said.
It happened at around 3 p.m. at the 2800 block of Lyon Court in Waldorf, police tell WUSA9.
The three suspects Anthony Deandre Dance, 18; Jermaine Marquette Hagen, Jr., 21; and Jalen Donte Kirk, 17 have all been charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, unlawful possession of a handgun, attempted robbery, and use of a firearm in commission of a felony, police said.
Police say the suspects were in the car with the victim, when they shot him, police said.
"An investigation revealed the victim and his friend, 21, were originally in the area of Wingate Court to make a drug transaction with three males who were known to them. During the transaction, which occurred inside the victim's car, one of the males pulled a gun and fired multiple shots, striking the victim; his friend was not injured. The victim was able to drive to Lyon Court where police and medical personnel responded," according to a press release.


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Archive for the 'Story of the Week' Category
Reprise of Tough Love from a Tough Dad
In honor of Father's Day, we wanted to reprise this incredible story sent in from Colorado. "Tough Love From a Tough Dad" was one of our most popular stories, an continues to be one of Merry's favorites! Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there!
I work at a small library in an area of town that tends to house the lower-economic demographic. It is not unusual for things to be stolen from our library on a regular basis–most frequently our DVDs. One day, I was at the reference desk when a man came in with a young, teenage boy. The man looked pretty haggard. He had tattoos everywhere (even a cross between his eyebrows! Ouch!) and lots of piercings. He looked like he'd had a pretty hard life. When he came up to the desk, he set a very tall pile of DVDs in front of me–at least 20 DVDs.
"I found these in my son's room," he said. "He didn't check them out. He stole them."
I didn't quite know how to respond, so I (rather stupidly) said, "Oh. Okay. So none of them are checked out?"
"No, ma'am," he answered. Then he knelt down on the ground so that he was eye to eye with me. His son knelt beside him, looking deeply humiliated and angry.
"Listen," the man said quietly. "I spent the first ten years of my boy's life in prison. I screwed up a lot when I was younger, and I'm not proud of the man I was." He put his arm around his son. "I want so much more for my boy than I had. I want him to be a man of integrity. So I brought him with me today because I wanted him to be accountable for what he'd done. Son, do you have anything to say?"
The boy looked at the floor and mumbled an apology at me.
I thought things would end there, but I was wrong. The dad continued talking.
"I am really proud of my son, ma'am. You need to know that. I love him so much more than anything in the world. He's a great kid. A really great kid. I just feel bad that I was such a bad example to him. He has made some decisions lately that reflect how much I failed him, and I regret that. But I love him. I want him to be a better man than me."
He then looked at his son, who had tears in his eyes, and said, "I love you, son. I love you."
Then, the boy who had looked so tough and stubborn when he'd walked in, put his head on his dad's shoulder and cried like a child. His dad held him, and wiped away a few of his own tears.
It was the most powerful thing I've ever seen. I, too, had teared up and had to fight to keep my voice steady as I thanked them both for their honesty. I told the boy that he was welcome to come back and get a library card when he was ready, and I returned all of the DVDs. They left, and I have never seen either of them again…but I will never forget them.
-"Diane" from Colorado
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Reprise of An Affair to Remember
This Story of the Week is officially one of our all-time favorites. When this one was submitted, Merry laughed out loud–and received a few glares from patrons. Stories like this one are the reason The Merry Librarian exists…and why she's so merry! Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as we did…
I sympathize with the librarian in "Lost in Translation" who was asked to translate Mayan hieroglyphics into Egyptian hieroglyphics and so forth. My previous organization produced a commemorative poster of Gerardus Mercator (1512 – 1594), the famous cartographer, and it included an old woodcut with a Latin inscription surrounding the image. A woman called up our public inquiries center and asked for a translation of the Latin. Her telephone call was referred to me in the library.
Since we had produced the poster, I went ahead and–after a great deal of difficulty, an old Latin dictionary and some schoolboy church Latin–I was able to call her back and say the inscription more or less said, "Here is the great Mercator, in his study, surrounded by all his instruments."
The woman was obviously heart broken and began sobbing.
When I asked her why she was upset, she stated that she thought it was a coded message from Mercator to her, through all the centuries. She was so disappointed that it wasn't a love note addressed specifically to her from the famous man. She knew he loved her.
Cue the theme from the old Twilight Zone TV series.
Well, I ruined her day. But she sure made mine!
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A Year with Merry: Great Stories from ML
This was our first post on The Merry Librarian, and it remains one of our favorite (and most disgusting) stories. You could say that this story started it all! When Merry heard this tale from one of her coworkers, she knew she had to start a blog to chronicle some of the insanity of working in a library. Enjoy this gem from our past, and keep the Merry Librarian alive by sending in your own stories, too!
"Leaving a Legacy"
It has been a very busy day at the library, and the librarian takes a breath for the first time since lunch. With the breath comes a whiff of something very foul. Groaning inwardly, the librarian steps out from behind her desk to investigate—but she doesn't get far.
Starting at the front door and passing through the self-check area, past the main desk, through the Children's Section, up the stairs, around Adult Fiction and out the back door is a trail of human feces.
The librarian alerts the staff, who all try to keep from gagging while discussing what, exactly, should be done. A search is mounted for the defecator while the custodial crew (aka, the librarians) use the "Bodily Fluids Clean Up Kit" to dispose of the chunkier material. Later, one of the clerks realizes she's stepped in a piece of the fecal matter and has been tracking it throughout the library. She is so upset that she has to go home to change clothes and shoes.
The perpetrator cannot be found, and so the security tapes must be viewed. Suspecting a child, the staff eyes the tapes carefully. Instead of a child, however, a middle aged woman–wearing white pants–walks through the front doors. She is apparently oblivious to the legacy she is leaving on the floor behind her. Nearby patrons, however, turn, point, hold their noses and hurry out of the library. Not one of them reports the woman to a staff member before she has left her trail throughout the library.
Moral of the story: If you see a person leaving a trail of poop, giggle, point, hold your nose and run away. Under no circumstances should you do something helpful, however…such as report the incident to staff.
June, 2009
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Hi everybody,
i setup a Blackberry-Server 4.1SP6 with Outlook 2007 and ZCBBeta3 nearly one year ago.
No Upgrade done until now.
As the Upgrade of the Zimbra get's done the next time, i want to ask the correct way of Upgrading the machine.
when i read the manual correct:
- Stop all Blackberry Services
- Install all Windows and Office Security Upgrades with microsoftsoftupdate (windowsupdate) (without MSIE8)
- restart Server
- Stop again all Blackberry-Services
- Install Blackberry Connector 5.0.19
- restart all Blackberry Services (or Reboot)
does there exist any gotchas?
with regards


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Thursday, January 21, 2010
PHOTO OP: The royal treatment
Prince William made a surprise appearance at the Aussie Open today during Roger Federer's match against Victor Hanescu, won by the Swiss.
He even grabbed a photo with the 15-time Grand Slammer as well as Oracene Price + Serena Williams.
No word on whether Wills confirmed the marriage rumors with either baller.
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I used to have a crush on William (who didn't?) and I even had the whole Disney Princess scenario played out in my head (I was like 11) but then I grew up and he lost his hair... But alas... he looks good here and I laughed when Jim Courier had Roger welcome the prince on court.ReplyDelete
Though I didn't have a crush on Wills I had (still have?) a crush on Harry. He's always been cuter to me. And I, too, had the Disney Princess scenario. Don't ask.ReplyDelete
Yeah, Harry is definitely a cutie there's no denying it. I frankly wouldn't mind either, not that their top secret security would let me anywhere near that palace. ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 1:25 PM
LOL - I used to be in love with William too (same scenario as Sara in my head), but I also moved on to Harry.ReplyDelete
At some point (and I have no idea how, b/c I'm not usually a redhead fan), I decided red hair was better than no hair.
At some point (and I have no idea how, b/c I'm not usually a redhead fan), I decided red hair was better than no hair.ReplyDelete
LMAO! I heard from a friend (no, really a friend not me - pinky swear) that redheads have a funny smell and their bush is "like fire."
Can anyone confirm???
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 6:14 PM
If anyone can get me past Harry's bodyguards, I definitely volunteer to confirm :)
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 4:10 AM
Nothing wrong with a redhead, I like me a bit of ginger.ReplyDelete
I veer wildly between the unelected spongers view and the Queen is pretty funny/a German married to a Greek while said Greek is racist about non-brits *snigger* view; so can't really fancy them although Wills does a lot of good work.
For all the Harry fans: http://www.awkwardboners.com/2009/05/prince-hardy/


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On Friday morning the current chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Miko Beasley Denson, broke a tie on a deadlocked tribal council vote which ordered a new Chief's election in a race he lost.
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The Choctaw election commission initially approved votes that were cast after 8 PM the night of the general election, but when the appeal came before the Council Friday morning, Denson broke an 8 to 8 deadlock, paving the way for another election.
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These are answers to some frequently asked questions about anal cancer:
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A: Anal cancer is cancer that starts in the anus. The anus is at the end of the rectum. Through it, bowel movements leave your body. The lower part of the anus is called the anal margin. Different types of tumors can form in the anus. Some of these tumors are not cancerous. These are known as benign tumors. Some are cancerous. These are called malignant tumors.
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Making Ends Meet in Weirton
February 20, 2013
Unless there is some emergency during the upcoming fiscal year, Weirton officials should avoid commitments for new projects or even to add funding to existing budget line items....
all this and they even charge you a city fee for working in their city.
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They need to look into reducing the police force. While the population and instances of major crime has dropped significantly in Weirton, the police force has actually increased. And lets be honest, some are just outright dishonest and terrible.
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If the city administration is serious about saving money they need to make changes in the fire department. They have known for years that they do not have to pay overtime to these employees based upon federal wage laws, yet continue to do so. Money is being wasted that could be used for needed services. They have hiredd new employees in the past year that didn't need hired--a change in the work hours could have prevented yet another waste of money. I say this as I sit and look at the crumbling pavement on my street.
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Did the whole thing as demo (ilvl496 no tier set) found it a lot easier than learning destro but I am a master demonologist so hey ho.
Just save fury/ds for fellhunter and Los the pit lord, use immo aura to get aggro when they spawn, had to take a purification pot just to beat the enrage (was about a minute off). Providing you take a pot it's all about mechanics and how you manage them, excellent excellent fight!
Went demo:
Soul leach
Shadow fury
Sac pact
Unbound will
Siphon life
Drain life
Enslave glyph
Set up:
Position gateway on the middle left ring to behind far left pillar
Portal next to gateway
Started with my imp out and popped everything including doomguard
Gosac imp (the dispel is needed) as he summons pit lord
Shadow fury pit lord and enslave
3 abilities on the pit lord:
Stun (interrupts chaos bolt and cata)
Flame breath (removes his dots)
Heath funnel (heal)
Stunned and breath as soon as enslaved
Dps standing in breath but not under his RoF dispelling his his dots
Just about make a 2nd stun on the chaos bolt but might need to portal to gateway and Los the cast
3rd stun when he does cata
Position pit lord right in front of his portal and stand between it and and 60 imps. Breath on the imps and cast GoH/immo aura in meta. Usually used sac pact plus pit loads heal
Portal to gateway and Los the chaos bolt!!
Stun his cata
Breath to remove dots and heal
Position pit lord on far right behind pillar (might need to do this early as he's slow)
Stand behind his portal casting immo aura to aggro felhounds
Nuke the fuck out of the fellhounds ASAP use shadow fury wimps all cd's
*wipe -many times-*
Portal and gateway Los chaos bolt
Attack him with pit lord -you might need to re-enslave-
Stun cata and breath to remove dots
Dps as normal
Re cast portal next to gateway
Position pit lord infront of his portal
Shatter when the doomguard is summoned and attack it with pit lord
Portal to gateway and Los chaos bolt
Stun cata
Potion of purification to dispel ultimate doom after 2nd fell hunter phase
Enslave on the pit lord last only 5mins to I left one fellhound up when Los chaos bolt to eat it left me just enough time to enslave and interrupt cata.
Remove his dots constantly (they can dot a lot of damage plus stun/void zones can screw Los the chaos bolt, bad times) basically keep using the sac'd imps dispell and running close to pit lords breath
You can banish one of the doomguards but I found letting the pit lord tank was easier
LoS chaos bolt can be tricky, I had a few wipes due to be running back before he finished casting it or being in mid gateway flight when he finishes it, I could just about take one with unending resolve and twilight ward followed by some fast healing!
It's probably the most challenging thing I've done. Meant to be a lot easier as destro but I wasn't hitting 20% by the 3rd wave of imps but with new lfr gear it should be very easy if you get the mechanics down which is by far the brutal/unforgiving of any encounter/raid I've done. Ever.
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PTR was freakin laggy like most of the time is, 300ms~ . Also when i did this on PTR i had 495ilvl, i had 4717 haste breakpoint and all possible to crit to gank the felpuppies asap.
Demo was the slowest kill record i had in all 3 specs for the reason of not having multiple targets to generate fury faster and a serious problem was the mana issue, Life tap while having dots rolling on you is very dangerous and demo struggles for mana, so it's very critical you getting dispelled on every CD by Pit lord, not to mention the free healz he gives you :P
when imps come you just cast your x2 HoG to a middle-ish imp to get tons of fury with 1 cast of Harvest life and u are on full Fury to dump it with 1 Imo Aura and 1breath by Pit Lord and everything is dead.
For Felpuppies i saved DS and if not full fury almost to gank the 1st with touch of chaos and 2nd+3rd with Chaos Wave and shadowfury followed by ToC if still alive.
rest is easy always keep using gateway to dump agrro so Pit Lord gets slaped.
486 ilvl, just died at 100k hp. This fight is insane.
EDIT: Killed him.
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someone here knows something about Akama's Seal of Courage??
Ghostcrawler is gone, time to celebrate!
Edit: nvm killed it :P
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Got Kan killed twice again for a guy from Canada , US realm 495ilvl and another one from German realm 488 ilvl.
Gotta say every single time he dies faster. The most recent time i killed it he got bugged and Doomguard and Pit Lord didn't disappear , must be cos he died while being stunned by Pit Lord , gotta love x4 shadowburns taking 4mil in 2sec
That's why you need me.... Need someone to punish you for your sins.
Never have I been more sad and depressed in my 8-year long WoW career.
After 300 wipes my best attempt was to die due to curse of doom. There no purification pots or mats for them on the AH on my server, so even that is against me.
Dat Lock, I have written to you on youtube since I cannot write PMs here.
I have read that you could soulshatter during or shortly afetr the imp phase, move the Pit Lord behind a pillar and he will have aggro from Kan during the whole Felhunter phase. Is this true?
Anyone has/wants to update a video doing it on Demonology?
am i able to farm another tome to sell after i did the quest?
Ok so if I cast soulshatter while he is summoning the imps should I not attack him again until after the fel hounds so I dont aggro him and end up with him and the fel hounds on me? Is there a way of getting the pit lord to attack the boss while I'm on the hounds? No matter how many times I try I always seem to end up with the aggro from the boss, I soul shatter and use gateways but still can't drop aggro
Unsure about affliction and demonology but destruction seems perfect for this fight. Did it with a 497 ilvl and killed it once I got the groove of it, love the fact that we are forced to use Enslave Demon and do pet managing, it is what our class is about after all.
-Soul Leech
-Shadowfury (used on imps + felhunters)
-Sacrificial Pact (used on every Chaos Bolt cast on you along with Twilight Ward)
-Blood Horror (never used)
-Grimoire of Sacrifice (Imp to dispel yourself)
-Kil'jaedan's Cunning
Some tips that are just being repeated but hopefully they help.
-Once you have the Pit Lord use the charge as much as you can before he summons the imps
-Use your gateway as much as possible to keep 0 threat on yourself (make it short travel distance)
-Once all imps are out and you have used RoF use SoulShatter and have the Pit Lord do his breath on them.
-For felhunters move your Pit Lord away, pop all cds and CB + Conflag the first puppy. It should instantly die or be under 5%. Havoc the second and CB the third so the 2nd and 3rd get hit. All three should die within 10 seconds (Shadowfury the second two when they pop).
-Banish focus the first Doomguard, fear the second Doomguard.
-Summon your Doomguard under 20% or use Infernal on third set of imps if fight lasts this long
Best of luck to everyone!


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Video: James Holmes to appear in court Monday morning
Video: Prosecutor in theater shooting case: Death penalty decision months away
By Carolyn Pesce and Gary Strauss, USA TODAY
AURORA, CO - The suspect in the Colorado shootings appeared in court for the first time Monday with dyed reddish-orange hair looking dazed as his eyes drooped shut during the brief proceeding.
Unshaven and wearing a burgundy jailhouse top, James Holmes, 24, sat motionless and didn't say anything as the judge advised him he is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder. The former graduate student is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 when he started shooting at a midnight showing of the latest Batman movie on Thursday.
Holmes appeared in court shackled in a chain that bound his legs and hands. He has has been held in solitary confinement since Friday.
Authorities say Holmes is refusing to cooperate and it could take months to learn what prompted the attack.
Carol Chambers, district attorney in the 18th Judicial District, which includes Arapahoe County, said after the hearing that "there's no such thing as a slam-dunk case."
She said prosecutors have not decided whether they will seek the death penalty. That decision could take at least two months and will be made after discussions with the surviving victims and the relatives of all victims.
"There's so much that victims have to take into account," she said, adding that victims are impacted when the death penalty is sought because it becomes a long process that affects their lives.
Chambers said it could take a year before the case goes to trial. Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned on formal charges on July 30.
"It's still a very active ongoing investigation," Chambers said. "We are looking at this from every angle."
It is also possible that there could be federal domestic terrorism charges, she said.
James Holmes has been assigned a public defender. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said the former doctoral student has "lawyered up" since his arrest early Friday, following the shooting at the Aurora theater.
"He's not talking to us," the chief said.
Holmes has been held without bond at a lockup in Centennial, Colo., south of Denver and about 13 miles from the Aurora theater.
His hearing was at the same complex, and security there was tight early Monday. Uniformed sheriff's deputies were stationed outside, and deputies were positioned on the roofs of both court buildings at the Arapahoe County Justice Center.
Hundreds of cars packed the parking lot of the courthouse before the hearing. Dozens of journalists from around the world have staked out the courtyard near the building's entrance as sheriff's deputies direct traffic and stand guard on walkways into the compound.
Anggiat Situmeang was mobbed by reporters and camera people on his way into the courthouse.
Situmeang, who said he lost a nephew in the attack, said he came because "it's very important" the killer face justice. He was then whisked inside by a woman wearing a PIO (public information officer) tag on her shirt.
David Sanchez was outside the court Monday morning. His son-in-law, Caleb, was shot in the right side of the head and is in stable condition in the hospital. Caleb and Sanchez's daughter, Katie, were in the theater. Sanchez said Katie is due to deliver the couple's son, Hugo, on Monday.
"It's been horrendous," said Sanchez, 53. "Nobody should have to go through anything like this. I hope he gets the death penalty."
During reporters' questions Chambers spoke personally about the case.
"It's just a difficult type of case to be involved in and everybody has been working all weekend," she said. People haven't "stopped to think of the impact yet."
Contributing: Strauss and Oren Dorell, reporting from Aurora; Marisol Bello and Carolyn Pesce, McLean, Va.; Associated Press.
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NewsChannel 5 carried James Holmes' court appearance live on NewsChannel 5 and on KSDK.COM with a stream courtesy of our sister station 9NEWS which was the sole provider for all stations.
A few minutes in to the court hearing, the video and audio froze-- a little bit at first-- and then so much you couldn't make sense of what was happening.
It's not because 9NEWS doesn't know how to provide good video, it's because the court encouraged the use of new technology for security reasons.
The judge allowed live video to be transmitted from the court room, but insisted that it be done without any wires running in or out of the room. The station opted to use LiveU, a sort of TV live truck in a backpack.
Trouble is, the LiveU relies on the cell phone network, making multiple simultaneous connections to cell towers to increase the amount of bandwidth it uses and provide HD-quality video live.
The technology crashed because of the multitudes of people using smartphones outside the courtroom during the proceeding. The sheer volume of data usage in the area sapped the bandwidth that was going to the source of the information: the one feed being relied upon by the world to observe the court hearing.
9NEWS is working on lessons learned and looking for solutions for next time.


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A copy of a post I made on another forum from a ways back - might contain some nuggets that had been overlooked or unseen by other parties. Specifically some of the under-the-radar map symbols and shading components. Hopefully these can help you pickup on using interrelated programs and pieces to build something better.
A new resource I've found from doing research about real-world cartography. Still a lot of the information is readily transferable to trying to learn how to expand your understand of map making and the like.
If you're looking for specific help you might also check out, http://www.cartotalk.com. They seem rather nice and helpful despite being far more advanced than I can claim to be. These guys are working with GIS topographical data instead of trying to build it from the ground up, but its still applicable in practice of technique and steps for desired results.
Resources are also widely available like map icons sets and the like.
Color scheme selector, one of many on the web these days: http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
Dozens of materials patterns in PDF, Illustrator and other formats for use. Great resource for terrain development.
Main Page: http://structure.harvard.edu/~andrea...erns/index.htm
Some parks service symbols for map designation, fairly useful.


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Lineups: KC Live Mascots
It's not always Royals games and schools appearances for mascot Sluggerrr. This morning, Sluggerrr joined six other area mascots at the KSHB-TV studios to help "KC Live" celebrate their two-year anniversary. The furry crew included the mascots from the Chiefs, Wizards, T-Bones, UMKC and KU. Although it wasn't a contest, there was really no doubting that Sluggerrr stole the show. Here are some photos we snapped from the mascot morning get-together!
Hanging out with his fellow mascots….
…stretching before the big professional mascot race…
…joining the other mascots and the "KC Live" crew on the set.
Moving on from the mascots to the game tonight…
Rotation Change: Leo Nunez gets the day start on Thursday, while Kyle Davies is scheduled to pitch the first game of Friday's doubleheader in Minnesota.
Here are tonight's lineups. Zack Greinke (5-5, 4.25 ERA) starts again, this time against Detroit's Andrew Miller (5-4, 4.97 ERA).
For the Royals:
DeJesus – CF
German – 3B
Grud – 2B
Butler – DH
Brown – RF
Gordon – 1B
Pena – SS
Gathright – LF
LaRue – C
Greinke – P
For the Tigers:
Granderson – CF
Polanco – 2B
Thames – LF
Ordonez – DH
Guillen – SS
I. Rodriguez – C
Casey – 1B
Perez – RF
Inge – 3B
Miller – P


text: By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican She didn't have to go far to find a student teaching job. Brittany Pofahl of Grant is student teaching at Chase County Schools this semester. Starting in kindergarten with teacher Arlys Cupp, Pofahl will then spend 10 weeks in special education with Linda Lakey. She will graduate from the University of Nebraska-Kearney this December with a degree in elementary education and special education. The daughter of Tim and Connie Pofahl graduated from Perkins County High in 2009. After lifeguarding one year, Pofahl has managed the swimming pool in Grant since she was 16 years old. She likes being around younger children. "Definitely the younger ones, kindergarten to second grade," she laughed. "They're easier to work with." Pofahl hopes to feel more comfortable with her students while student teaching. While taking classes at UN-K, she visited many classrooms. It will now be nice to see how one school system works, she added.


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Cyclones Sign BGSU Transfer Paris Imholz
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State softball team added a valuable arm to its pitching staff in Bowling Green State transfer Paris Imholz. Imholz, who recently signed her financial aid agreement to attend Iowa State, joins the Cyclone roster after pitching two seasons for the Falcons, head coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler announced this morning.
Imholz pitched a total of 358.1 innings in her two years at BGSU, amassing an ERA of just 1.86 while striking out 178 batters. In her 52 starts in the circle for the Orange and Brown, Imholz posted a career record of 33-17, including nine shutout victories.
"We're really excited about Paris joining the team this season," Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. "She will have an immediate impact on our pitching staff with her experience and all the success she's had in her first two seasons of collegiate softball. Those attributes will be a good balance for us with incoming freshman Katie Johnson on the staff as well as returning sophomore Riley Fisher."
A native of Antioch, Calif., Imholz built an impressive resumé in her time as a Falcon, being named to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) All-Freshman Team (2012) in her initial season and encored by earning MAC All-Second Team accolades in her sophomore campaign (2013).
In high school, Imholz was a four-time varsity letter winner at Antioch, where she was listed in the Contra Costa Times Top 125 Athletes of the Year. Imholz was Antioch's defensive player of the year in each season from 2008-10. She also earned varsity letters in volleyball and soccer.
Imholz will study journalism at Iowa State.


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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
* Artsy Crafty Goodness Around Our House This Past Weekend
Saturday morning kicked off with our neighborhood wide
annual summer garage sale --
we scored this awesome (vintage)
mint condition "lite-brite"
for me...um, I mean for the girls. They (we) love it!
We also scored some books for the kids, a globe,
and some homeschooling goodies from a retiring teacher - score!
Then, because it was super hot this past weekend and we're mentally ill,
Geoff and I loaded, unloaded, and spread three truck-fulls
of free county mulch in our backyard for the rest of Saturday
while the kids played in the backyard.
They had a major water canon fight -
I made it into the line of fire a few times to cool off!
Then, we made ice cream cone snacks for everyone
and the kids ended up heading indoors to "weave" and watch a movie
while Geoff and I tried not to pass out from heat exhaustion.
I didn't take photos of the mulch project - we were filthy and it was hot.
But... I did get some candid photos around the house this weekend
at the rest of our crafty goodness.
After much needed showers and some awesome margaritas
made by my sweet hubby (for the grown-ups not the kids!),
we spent the rest of the weekend puttering around the house
and creating fun stuff in the art studio.
It was a very "sew-y" and "weave-y" kind of a weekend.
(yes...I'm inventing words)
(C's weaving project on a mini loom made out of a scrap of cardboard.)
(E's loom and yarn stash on the couch)
See the cute new green cabbage fabric pillow?
I just made that with some fabric I scored at Ikea in May -- love it.
Got the new couch at Ikea too...love it too.
The other pillows are also homemade -
I sewed them out of napkins from World Market.
New family room decor = fun!
"E" had to make homemade goodies to trade/sell in her classroom
as an end of the year economics project so she whipped up these adorable
little fabric flowers and we stitched them to little white bags from the craft store.
I think they'll sell out in a minute.
Sew cute!
She made a bigger bag for her teacher as her end of the year gift.
We're adding a beach towel, some magazines, and sunblock.
This adorable quilt arrived
while I was mucking mulch around the yard.
I ordered it from Etsy (Quietude Quilts - mother's day gift to myself!)
I waited to unpack it until after I was cleaned up.
It's draped on our new "reading" couch in the playroom (our old family room couch)
Love the quilt's vintage prints with my adorable owl pillows made by my
very talented friend Lisa from her awesome Etsy shop (5 Orange Potatoes).
"E" reading one of her new garage sale books on the couch.
It's a diary of a girl her age from the Titanic.
I also made new curtains for the girls' bathroom window.
Love them, will post details and more photos later - yes,
we made our own fabric (well, we colored black and white Ikea bird fabric)
So that's how we spent our weekend, and Friday
we officially start Summer Vacation
with E's last day of school -- it's about time!
Let the SUMMER fun begin!
Pink and Green Mama
Posted by pink and green mama MaryLea
Labels: Homemade Gifts, Mother's Day, Sewing Fun, Weaving
4 comments:
- Jenny said...
The flowered tote bags are darling! What a clever girl! Can't wait for more photos of the curtains. Happy Summer vacation.
- June 13, 2012 at 7:28 AM
- Geoff H said...
This was a super-fun weekend, especially the margaritas!
-Mr. Pink and Green
- June 13, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Leah said...
First of all, how awesome you found a Lite-Brite! That's a great treasure. Second, I LOVE those fabric flowers. Can you tell me how you made them? I want to do the same.
- June 17, 2012 at 1:12 AM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
We'll have to write up a quick tutorial for the fabric flowers, just cut out cute petal/star shapes from fabric scraps, layer them then stitch to a bag or whatever with a button in the middle -- super easy!
Pink and Green Mama
- June 17, 2012 at 9:44 AM
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|Baseball schedule
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Summer baseball is underway in Holyoke, and both Green and Gold teams have already faced some of their opponents. Scheduled for the rest of the summer are several other games. The conclusion of the season will be a tournament held in Haxtun June 23-27.
Gold Team
The gold teams, coached by Kyle Bules, include a Pee Wee and Babe Ruth team. Start times for games will be 4:30 for Pee Wee and 6 p.m. for Babe Ruth.
The team started their games last week, against Chappell on May 20 and Oshkosh on May 22.
Upcoming games for the gold teams are as follows:
Wednesday, May 27 at Haxtun; Friday, May 29 against Green Team in Holyoke; Monday, June 1 in Wray against Wray and Caliche (Babe Ruth only); Wednesday, June 3 at Fleming; Friday, June 5 at Chappell.
Monday, June 8 against Oshkosh in Holyoke; Wednesday, June 10 against Sedgwick in Ovid; Friday, June 12 against Haxtun in Holyoke; Monday, June 15 against Green Team in Holyoke.
Wednesday, June 17 against Wray and Caliche in Holyoke (Babe Ruth only); Friday, June 19 against Fleming in Holyoke.
Green Team
The green teams, coached by Stefan Betley, include Pee Wee, Little League and Rabe Ruth. Start times are 4:30, 6 and 7:30 respectively.
Games already played include Fleming on May 20 and Haxtun on May 22.
The Pee Wee and Little League games against Fleming scheduled for May 20 have been postponed.
Upcoming games for the green teams are as follows:
Wednesday, May 27 against Oshkosh in Holyoke; Friday, May 29 against Gold Team in Holyoke (No Little League); Monday, June 1 against Sedgwick in Holyoke; Wednesday, June 3 against Chappell in Holyoke; Friday, June 5 against Fleming in Holyoke.
Monday, June 8 at Haxtun; Wednesday, June 10 against Wray in Holyoke; Friday, June 12 at Oshkosh; Monday, June 15 against Gold Team in Holyoke (No Little League).
Wednesday, June 17 against Sedgwick in Julesburg; Friday, June 19 at Chappell.


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Southern Miss the nation's best 0-6 team
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- THERE ARE 12 undefeated teams in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but only three of the 124 teams are winless.
All three are 0-6 and two are from the Mid-American Conference, which should trigger some snickering from Marshall fandom. Those are Massachusetts, which is reclassifying from below, and Eastern Michigan, which is ... Eastern Michigan.
The third 0-6 team won't have Thundering Herd fans laughing: Southern Mississippi. After a 38-31 double-overtime loss Saturday night at Central Florida, you can confidently declare the Golden Eagles the best 0-6 team in America.
And the most shocking. This is a proud program with 18 - that's one-eight - consecutive winning seasons, a streak two years longer than the history of Conference USA. The Eagles are the defending C-USA champions and have appeared in bowls in each of the last 10 years.
But now, this team has won one fewer game than perennial plodders such as Kansas, Akron, Memphis, Kentucky, New Mexico State and, gulp, Tulane. The Eagles are on the brink of attaining bowl ineligibility two weekends before the end of daylight savings time.
Next up: Marshall, which will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., after a week off to ponder its agonizing 2-4 start. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. Eastern from M.M. Roberts Stadium, with the game airing on CBS Sports Network.
I'm slapping the "must-win" tag on the Herd (2-4, 1-1) for this one - do you really want to be 2-5, 1-2 when UCF comes to Huntington on Oct. 27? You know Southern Miss (0-2 C-USA) wants to avoid a seventh loss, but the Herd should play with equal desperation.
(So how large is that Ohio game looming about now?)
One more log to toss on the fire - when I compile my mythical C-USA rankings on my blog this week, I promise you Southern Miss' final five foes will be ranked below the Herd. In other words, a win over Marshall can spark a season-saving 6-0 run.
Here are a few reasons the Eagles are a little better than that record:
Alford went 14 of 27 for 165 yards and ran for 71 more on 12 carries, with two touchdowns. He did throw two interceptions, though, including the game-ending toss snared by UCF's Kemal Ishmael.
Chris Campbell, who has considerably better efficiency numbers but is not as much a running threat, missed the UCF game with an injury. Ricky Lloyd has started two games, though it appears he is third string for a reason.
The Eagles held Louisville to 269 total yards (in a downpour) and limited Boise State to 310 (five turnovers fed that 40-14) debacle. On the other hand, Nebraska riddled the Eagles for 632 yards, and Western Kentucky amassed 560.
"Bandit" end Jamie Collins is a name you might know, and he recorded his 15th and 16th sack at UCF.
Marshall should go no worse than 4-2 the rest of the way, and really should finish 5-1 or better. But the Herd must maneuver through this Mississippi minefield to get where it wants to go.
Chances are when you went to bed Saturday night, Texas A&M was smacking future C-USA entrant Louisiana Tech really, really hard in an off-campus game at Shreveport, La. The Aggies led 39-13 late in the first half.
The final score? A&M 59, Tech 57. In fact, the Aggies had to foil a two-point conversion attempt with 38 seconds left to keep the contest from overtime, and to knock the Bulldogs out of the Top 25.
It is a good thing for the rest of C-USA that the Bulldogs will lose seven senior starters on offense, including quarterback Colby Cameron (44 of 58, 450 yards, five TDs). The defense will be the veteran side, though that may or may not be a good thing.
Whatever the case, Louisiana Tech will be a fun addition to Conference USA, football-wise. Consider the Bulldogs an upgrade from Big East-bound Memphis, for sure.
Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130, dougsmock@ wvgazette.com or follow him at twitter.com/dougsmock.


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A civil rights group says the time has come for the Pitt County School System to meet with them about school redistricting.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals last week overturned a federal district court decision which approved the school system's plan to realign school attendance areas. Now, the Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children says it's now time for the school system meet to work out a plan attaining "unitary status".
At a morning news conference, the group says since the appeal, the school board has refused to meet and discuss a possible resolution.
That original attendance plan favored student location to schools over demographically balanced facilities.
But the school system says it included the group when it received public input about the plan. Superintendent Dr. Beverly Emory says there hasn't been communication between the two groups because of the legal action brought against them. She said it's typical practice when someone hires a lawyer that the school board stops talking and let the lawyers work it out.
Emory says the court decision means the plan needs more review and the criteria used for the plan may not have been the right criteria.
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The Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children will hold a press conference about "what's next" after winning a court ruling over education in Pitt County.
The press conference will be held in front of the Pitt County Board of Education headquarters on Tuesday. The group said they plan to propose working together with the school board to establish a joint "unitary status plan."
Redistricting in Greenville and Pitt County has been an ongoing issue, as officials looked to balance the race of children who attend schools along with trying to keep kids in the schools closest to their homes.


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Toddler recovering after alleged beating, hospitalization
A Montana high school student is fighting to protect his baby son after the child's mother and her boyfriend allegedly beat the child.
NBC Montana traveled to St. Ignatius Wednesday to get first-hand accounts from the family.
We're told toddler Mason Evans is doing well considering just a month ago he had to be airlifted to Seattle for emergency medical care. Now Mason is home again with his father Dylan Evans in St. Ignatius.
Dylan is a student, an athlete, even captain of his high school basketball team, but he says more importantly, he's a father.
He described the day he got the call that his son had been hospitalized with serious injuries.
"It was definitely really hard to see a baby -- let alone my baby -- like that, but they told me what to expect and how he looked," said Dylan.
Mason's grandma Lisa Evans says she can barely stomach what happened to him.
"I didn't think this would happen," she said. "I'm still shocked. It's so hard to fathom."
Lisa says Mason suffered internal bleeding, a broken leg, even lacerations to his pancreas.
"You could see bruises all over him and he was just lifeless," she said Lisa. "He reached for Dylan when Dylan walked in the room and then when I walked in the room he reached for me and I just held him all night long."
Dylan says Mason was released from the hospital after five days of treatment, and now his family couldn't be happier to have him home again.
"He says some funny things. He talks on the phone and he likes to take orders and then go and make you food," said Dylan. "He's precious and he's amazing."
"Everyone loves him and he's been spoiled rotten, and this community is so wonderful, which is good because he deserves to be spoiled rotten after everything," said Lisa. "They say as many good things that happen will help him forget all of the bad things."
As for Dylan, he says with Mason doing better, so is he.
"I can't imagine not being his dad now, it's an awesome feeling," said Dylan. "It's crazy to think I'm still in high school and a dad but at the same time I could never ask for a better life and I would never change it."
The Evans family wants to thank St. Ignatius and the surrounding communities for their support through this difficult time.
Dylan Evans tells NBC Montana the child's mother, 19-year-old Alexis Paul, and her boyfriend, 20-year-old Riley James Charlo-Whitworth, are expected to be in court in early June.


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Carter's has baby clothes on sale for up to 50 percent off original prices. The sale includes some Easter and Spring clothing.
Newegg.com has refurbished iPads with Retina Display for $449 (16GB). Consumers who pay using Visa's new V.me service and use the code VMEPROMOMAR13 get an additional 10 percent off and the price comes down to $405. Keep in mind New Egg does not offer cash refunds on this sale, just replacements. (From Dealnews.com)
CVS drugstores have bags of jelly beans on sale for .99 and shoppers get .99 back in store credit, called Extra Care Bucks, if you show your CVS Extra Care card at checkout.


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Winfield students box items for McDowell youngsters
WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Jillian Carney nervously eyed the number of shoeboxes stacked in a bin in the hallway of Winfield High School on Tuesday.
"I'm really worried," she said.
The Winfield High senior, along with the school's student council, is trying to collect 1,000 shoeboxes filled with items for elementary students in McDowell County by Dec. 10.
They had fewer than 100 on Tuesday.
Carney, 17, of Scott Depot, who is president of the student council, came up with the idea with the help of her mother, Kathy Carney.
"My mom is very passionate about helping people in the state -- she loves West Virginia," Carney said. "So many people always send help overseas, but we need it here at home too."
After receiving information about the national project Reconnecting McDowell, designed to improve the southern county's struggling economy, community services and schools, Carney pitched the idea to student council members.
Once they were on board, Carney called the McDowell County Board of Education and asked which elementary schools could use the supplies. "All of the schools responded," she said.
To be able to give every elementary student a shoebox full of things like school supplies, sanitary items, clothes and anything a student might like, they need about 1,000 boxes, according to Carney.
"It just fills my heart with pride," Nila Stover, a teacher's aide at Winfield High, said about the project.
Stover, who said students in her class have put together 12 boxes, has relatives from McDowell County.
"It's just amazing seeing people want to help those who are less fortunate," she said before stuffing some packets of animal cookies into the bin.
Carney has gotten students from Poca and Nitro high schools to participate and hopes other schools will join in and help the effort.
The boxes need to be packed up by Dec. 15. "That's the absolute deadline," she said.
Carney plans to personally transport the boxes to McDowell.
"I want them to know this really means a lot to us," she said.
"We're helping our own state, which benefits everyone," said freshman Jada Kuhn.
Faith Burchett, a senior, agreed, "We have to take care of our own."
For more information about how to donate, visit a Facebook page dedicated to the project at www.facebook.com/McDowellShoeboxes.
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Duck, Chicken Meal, Chicken, Oatmeal, Pearled Barley, Menhaden Fish Meal, Brown Rice, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Lamb, Potato, Tomato Pomace, Whole Egg, Salmon Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Cheese, Flaxseed, Brewers Dried Yeast, Alfalfa Meal, Carrots, Lettuce, Celery, Lecithin, Chicken Cartilage, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, DL-Methionine, Chicory Root Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium Longum, Lactobacillus Plantarum, Enterococcous Faecium, Vitamin A, D3, E, B12 Supplements, Choline Chloride, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Carbonate, Manganous Oxide, Copper Oxide, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Sorbic Acid, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite.Our Price: $27.63