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Last week Mikael reported on Copenhagen's plans to expand its network of bicycle lanes further outward to the suburbs, through so-called 'Bicycle Super Highways', which is uhm, yeah, super duper, as it will invite and enable even more people to comfortably opt for their bicycle as a form of transportation.
I'm very fond of Copenhagen's bicycle heaven, as you know, and I think their ambitions are only to be applauded and pretty much envied. Sure, Mikael is still fighting his Don Quichote-like but relatively effective battle with the institutionalized helmet zealots, who's fear mongering has brainwashed even the moderate (but, according to Mikael, very compliant) Danes into thinking they should wear these strange and deceptive contraptions, even though they supposedly live in 'the most bicycle friendly city in the world'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not nitpicking or picking a fight or anything, but rates-wise there are hundreds of Copenhagens in the Netherlands.
Anyway, I saw this bicycle infrastructure news, I figured it shouldn't go unmentioned here as it relates to the above and my last remark.
Dutch move into the fast lane with 'bicycle highways'
The plan is part of a government initiative to promote bicycle use, especially among those who commute to work everyday by car.
The Hague – Roughly EUR 25 million has been earmarked for the construction of more bicycle highways, announced the ministry of traffic and waterways Monday.
Bicycle highways are broad cycling paths without intersections which allow cyclists to quickly cover long distances. The ministry plans to double the number of such highways in the Netherlands over the cabinet period.
The plan is part of a government initiative to promote bicycle use, especially among those who commute to work everyday by car.
"Cycling is a practical, healthy and good for the environment,†deputy transport minister Tineke Huizinga wrote in a letter to the lower house of parliament.
At present, the Netherlands has five bicycle highways, including two connecting Amsterdam with Utrecht and Breda with Etten-Leur. There are currently plans for a bicycle highway connecting The Hague with Leiden and Arnhem with Nijmegen.Municipalities and provinces are invited to submit plans to the ministry for more bicycle highways in their region.
In addition to bicycle highways, the government has planned other measures to increase cycle use.
By 2013, the ministry hopes 100,000 additional bicycle parking places will be added around train, tram and bus stations. At least 20 municipalities will co-operate with the ministry in removing discarded bicycles from bicycle stalls, which will free up existing spaces.
The various measures and projects are in close collaboration with established players in the cycling field including bicycle industry representatives and civil societies, said the traffic ministry in a press release.
Source: Radio Netherlands / Expatica
So, if you've been following Mikael, David Hembrow and this blog, you can see the Dutch and the Danes have a similarly serious approach to cycling and appropriated means to enable it. However, there are literally hundreds of towns and cities in the Netherlands that have comparable or higher cycling rates (such as Groningen – currently close to 60%, Utrecht – 35%, or a smaller town like Houten – 55%) than Copenhagen. Amsterdam is still trying to figure out what the real modal rate is, but this fine city has achieved something memorable, as more trips are by undertaken by bike than by car.
In general, comparing Danish and Dutch cycling rates on a national or local basis is like comparing apples and oranges. Denmark has a far smaller population (5.4 million vs 16.5 million). Of course this alone doesn't take anything away from CPH's or Odense's achievements, but it needs some perspective.
The real difference is scale, inter-connectivity, quality and safety. While CPH is planning to connect the rest of the outer-city, The Netherlands (twice the size of New Jersey) has approximately 29.000 km of bicycle infrastructure, connecting the entire country, from cities to rural areas, it doesn't matter, anywhere you go, you'll be able to navigate a highly indexed and maintained network of separated bicycle paths & routes (and it's very likely you'll find many paths that aren't mapped out), all conveniently supported by clearly defined signage and most routes will provide you with the shortest distances from one point to the other (as compared to the vehicular ones). Ergo: urbanization, scale, density, but also sprawl have to be taken into consideration when you talk about these rates. And contrary to popular beliefs, the Netherlands has plenty of urban sprawl.
16.5 million people, 18+ million bikes and EVERYONE cycles, old and young. 37% of all Dutch people cycle daily, to work, school, the shops, etc. Amsterdam has the reputation, but is NOT the best example of a successful bicycle city in the Netherlands, there are many, many other cities that top its rates and quality of bicycle infrastructure. Speaking of rates, Copenhagen mostly advertises commuter cycle rates. Important, but not completely indicative of a truly bicycle-friendly city. Because other statistics show that about 20-30% of cyclists feel the need to wear a helmet (which is also promoted) and 50% of its citizens feels the infrastructure is not safe enough, also regarding letting their children ride to school. Comparing Amsterdam and Copenhagen (while acknowledging the differences in grid) based on just those aspects cycling is much safer and its infrastructure of significant higher quality.
To follow up on all of this, some more background info & updated news about the funding:
5 bicycle highways around Amsterdam and Deventer were put in place to see if these routes would indeed get people out of their cars and onto their bikes to commute to work. Apparently they worked. The norm distance for most people to decide to cycle to work is 7.5 km. The bicycle highways, completely segregated, well lit and comfortable (immaculate surface), stretched this distance to 15 km. In other words: the layout of these highways convinced 5% of car drivers on those routes to ditch their cars and cycle (longer distances) to work.
With these results, the minister acted swiftly and budgeted an extra 70 million Euros for expansion of regional (and potentially nationally connected) bicycle highways.
One particular aspect Amsterdam and Dutch government bodies really suck at is their obvious and deeply rooted modesty (and/or ignorance & lack of perspective) when we talk international cycling promotion. Sure, policy wise and in terms of policy cooperation with other cities around the world they do quite a bit, but there is not one powerful, concerted effort dealing with cycling promotion (in all its facets). Copenhagen beats them to the punch in creating a tangible and very uplifting export product. That, and our national cycling institutions completely underestimate what's going on worldwide.
It's pretty pathetic that there are basically a few private citizens and basically one professional doing their work for them.
Finally there's a moment in our history when we have something more exciting than cheese, tulips and wooden shoes to push…I mean excite people with…they should really, really, REALLY wake up and smell the coffee [or insert bicycle-acronym]. Come on, for crying out loud, even beer brewers did.
My overarching point? Mikael started this journey to a better cycling world by showing the means and the subsequent beauty of urban cycling and is one of the best advocates out there, but even he can sometimes get ahead of himself a bit. Bless his British-Danish heart. :)
Now, if only Dutch authorities and cycling organizations would really wake up and give BikeNL the proper push internationally…


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As for not having a windshield...... I was doing 70 on the freeway, in the rain with a faring/shield and while passing a car the sky opened up with hail. I was wearing my openfaced helmet and the hail went around my faring and hit me in the face like I was shot with buckshot. I went from 70 to 35 in the fast lane, and I was all tucked in behind my faring until I found a safe place to go. Man that hurt.
Steven Longing for a Goldwing, none of those over fast speed things.
Dragging Anchor
Countries I've ridden in: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, China, Singapore, Malaysia
States I've ridden in: Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Nevada, Missouri, Colorado
But then shortly after there was a picture of two bikes (and their riders) caked with mud up to two feet above the ground. So it evens out, I guess.
Dirt bikers = fun !
Harleys, hit or miss.... If you get 'riders', fun, if you get look-at-me's = embarrassing
Dealer rides, or Darwins revenge runs, are asking for trouble....avoid like unsanitary Mexican Diner
Squidrockets = liking working overtime. I ride for relaxtion. Squidery is just too much like work.
Getting pulled as a group for the obligatory small town porcine/du you have zee paperrrrs check gets
old too.
Scooters= lots of fun ! out partay HD ruffians by a mile. Get drunk, get nekid !
I dont do either of those but the riding part is hilarious, too
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My HJC Symax modular flip-up is the very definition of a Fred helmet. It is full-face, modular, solid silver color and I have adorned with with reflective tape on all sides. I have to say, though, if you wear glasses, the flip-up helmets sure are handy in terms of getting the glasses on and off.
Regards, MillCreek
Snohomish County, Washington USA
We've already gone over the definition of squid. A lot of squids are found on sportbikes, aka "crotch rockets". He just put them together.
Countries I've ridden in: US, Canada, Ireland, UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, China, Singapore, Malaysia
States I've ridden in: Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Nevada, Missouri, Colorado
I took my RC51 out on Sunday. I was able to get into my 1 piece leather suit no problem this year too since Ive lost my gut riding my bicycle up and down these hills we have around here.
I'd check Arctic Cat snowmobile products. They sell very good gear imho. Ive ridden sleds and motorcycles in cold weather with a pair of their bibs/jacket and have been very comfortable. They also have a very good selection of heated and unheated gloves etc.
Why does Harley charge over $30K for a Road King? More puzzling, why does anyone pay that?
I don't know Rich, I just saw a top of the line Road King in the m/c buying guide, they said it was $30K+. Go figure.
If you've never been on a Road King, and are just intent on making
jokes about some goofy HD owners, there is nothing that will change your
mind. But, if you are actually interested in being an informed rider, maybe you
should rent one and drive up the Taconic Parkway one weekend and see what
they are all about. There lots of great generic touring bikes, most more high tech, but
theres nothing like a Road King. Nothing. Except maybe a Victory..... If you want
surgical, sterility in your touring bike, Hondas, BMW 4s, FJR, etc will all do fine,
but if you want a multi-stater that feels alive, only a Road King will do
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Cyclones Fall To No. 16 West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W. Va.- The Iowa State soccer team fell 2-0 to the No. 16 West Virginia Mountaineers Friday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in Morgantown, W.Va.
Turning point of the game
In the second period, West Virginia (10-2-2) was leading the Cyclones (6-7-2) 1-0, when West Virginia's Kate Schwindel scored a goal to put the Mountaineers up 2-0. After this point the Cyclones were unable to mount a comeback. Kate Schwindel and Frances Silva, who were tied for second in the Big 12 for goals scored this season, both score goals for the Mountaineers.
Discuss it now. Visit our Facebook page to have your say on the turning point of today's game.
Cyclone game ball goes to…
Haley Albert. The sophomore continued her hot-streak, tying for the Cyclones lead in shots (2) and shots on goal (1). The Cyclones were able to fire 12 shots as a team with four of them being of goal. Iowa State was able to get good looks at the West Virginia goal, but was unable to capitalize.
Cyclone Nation, who was your player of the game? Tweet the player along with the hashtag #CyclONEgameball to @cycloneSCR and we'll announce the fan's pick later before Sunday's game.
Cyclone notes
* Senior goalkeeper Maddie Jobe recorded six saves during the contest bringing her career total to 297.
* West Virginia was averaging 2.54 goals per game coming into the contest. The Cyclones held the Mountaineers .54 under their season average.
* The Cyclones took eight corner kicks in comparison to ten taken by West Virginia in the contest.Fan tweet of the game
Lets go @cycloneSCR !!!! You got it girls! #Believe #BigXIIgame— Michelle Shealy (@mshealy10) October 12, 2013
After each game, one tweet will be chosen as the "Fan Tweet of the Game". Fans are encouraged to tweet @cycloneSCR during the game and should check to see if their tweet was chose as "Fan Tweet of the Game".
On Deck
Iowa State continues their two-game road swing as they head to the University of Oklahoma to take on the Sooners at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Results will be available on Cyclones.com after the conclusion of the game. Follow Iowa State soccer's twitter account @cycloneSCR for live updates on the game.


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*re-issued November 2010 for passage this year*
Equality Now supports the International Violence Against Women Act (HR 4594/S 2982) in order to achieve a more comprehensive, multi-sectoral, and coordinated response to violence against women that is not only more efficient, but also a wise investment. The I-VAWA would:
Current U.S. efforts to address violence against women are well intentioned but fragmented, piecemeal and uncoordinated. Please write to your Senator and Congressperson to support the I-VAWA.
Dear [Senator][Representative]
I am writing to voice my support for the International Violence Against Women Act (HR 4594/ S 2982).
Globally, it is estimated that one out of every three women will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused over the course of her lifetime, with rates of domestic violence reaching up to 71% in some countries. Somewhere a woman is raped, beaten, killed by her husband, trafficked or forced to trade sex for food every day.
I believe that efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls should be a top priority in U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance programs. Not only is violence against women and girls a gross human rights violation, it is also a public health epidemic and a barrier to solving global challenges such as extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS, armed conflict and terrorism.
The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) supports innovative programs, which have been shown to effectively decrease acts of violence and support survivors. Many of these programs help women and girls do things we so often take for granted: go to school, earn an income to take care of their families, collect food or water without fear of rape and bring perpetrators of abuse to justice. I-VAWA will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of existing U.S. foreign policy to end and respond to violence against women and girls around the world.
When implemented, I-VAWA would help put an end to the fear, pain and suffering experienced by countless women and girls globally. Please use your leadership role to help facilitate the progress of this important legislation through Congress.
I thank you for your attention.
Sincerely yours,
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Everyone has been on the edge of their seats with anticipation, so without further ado: The Zimbra Collaboration Suite version 6.0 is now generally available!
With several thousand changes, there are far to many to list in this announcement; so here are a few places that provide overviews on the staggering number of cutting-edge enhancements:
» Beta 1 Blog
» Beta 2 Announcement
» RC 1 & GA Feature List PDF
» Product Tracking Portal
Before upgrading, kick-off a backup while you read the information-packed release notes.
6.0.0 Network Edition: Release Notes & Downloads
6.0.0 Open Source Edition: Release Notes & Downloads
From all of us here at Zimbra, we would like to extend our deepest thanks to the numerous organizations, developers, and testers who vetted the betas. Your feedback is invaluable. To those early adopters who will rush to deploy it on their systems: Your vote of confidence is the best encouragement our community can get. Thanks to all for helping to shape the next evolution of modern messaging software.
Subscribe to the blog for news on the latest innovations, and enjoy this GA release!
-The Zimbra Team
To answer a some common questions in advance:
-Posix & Samba extension users should understand doc1 & doc2
-Disclaimer extension also has some specifics.
-Large setups may be interested in optimizing the LDAP upgrade step, and for 1M+ sites bug 40648
-Some additional platforms are available; where prudent go 64-bit, it'll be supported longer.
-ZCS 5.0 releases will cover major issues only, 4.5 is now EOL.
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June 1, 2016
Six death row inmates have filed a motion in federal court requesting a temporary restraining order to halt next week's scheduled execution of Tracy Alan Hansen.
The motion and a lawsuit were filed Friday with the U.S. District Court in Aberdeen.
The American Civil Liberties Union and its local chapter joined Jackson attorney Robert McDuff in the filings. They are asking the court to stop the scheduled execution so that Hansen can testify in the lawsuit.
The suit, filed against state Department of Correction Commissioner Robert L. Johnson and other prison officials, claims that the inmates' rights were violated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman because of poor living conditions and poor health care.
Special Assistant Attorney General Joe Goff said he doesn't believe the law allows the request to be granted.
Hansen, 39, was convicted in the 1987 killing of Trooper Bruce Ladner, who was gunned down after pulling over Hansen's car for speeding on Interstate 10. He is scheduled to be executed Wednesday.
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Were looking for a 2-D artist to join our Philadelphia game studio.
The Shenandoah Studio creates board games for iPad, iPhone, and other touch-based devices. Our first game, Battle of the Bulge, has earned critical respect and financial success. We are a well-funded startup with short development cycles, no death marches, and a fun and creative studio setting. For this full-time, on-site position we are seeking an artist with board and/or computer game experience to join our creative team. This is your chance to shape the future of premium mobile games.
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Strawberry Pie
In a small saucepan, combine:
1 cup of sugar
3 Tblsp. cornstarch
1 cup water and cook until thick and clear
Remove from heat and stir in:
3 Tblsp. strawberry jello, stir until dissolved. Cool.
Pour mixture over 1 to 1 1/2 quarts of sliced or whole strawberries and carefully mix until all berries are covered. Pour berries into a baked pie shell or graham cracker crust. Chill until time to serve. Serve with plenty of whipped cream!
* Hints and helps:
- You can layer the berries and gelatin mixture in the pie shell, instead of mixing them together first.
- Try this with red raspberries and raspberry jello.
- Add a yummy cream cheese layer by mixing a 3 ounce package of softened cream cheese with 1/3 cup of powdered sugar and spreading this mixture in the bottom of the pie shell before putting in the berries!
- Celebrate the 4th of July by garnishing with fresh blueberries.


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DePasquale launches Marcellus water safety audit
HARRISBURG - As one of his first acts, new state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has launched a performance audit to determine how well state environmental officials have monitored the impact of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation on water quality and waste disposal.
Mr. DePasquale, who took office Tuesday, sent a letter the next day to Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer informing him of the audit covering activities from 2009 to 2012.
Mr. DePasquale, a former DEP deputy secretary in the Rendell administration and Democratic House lawmaker, pledged to make this audit a priority during his campaign.
He reaffirmed that goal in his inaugural address.
"One of my first official duties as auditor general will be to initiate a performance audit of the Department of Environmental Protection to make sure our constitutional right to pure water is not compromised by natural gas drilling," said Mr. DePasquale.
In the letter to Mr. Krancer, the auditor general said one of the audit's preliminary objectives would be to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of DEP's testing and reporting of water samples from drilling operations and response to any evidence of water contamination.
Another objective is to determine how the agency has monitored the handling, treatment and disposal of wastes from drilling operations.
The audit will seek to find out if regional DEP offices have been consistent in their oversight of drilling activities, said DePasquale spokesman Barry Ciccocioppo.
A performance audit gauges whether a state program meets stated goals and if tax dollars are being spent efficiently and effectively.
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Here we go again...Was first alternate for a tag. F&G lady jusy called me to ask if I wanted it.
Have other good hunts planned that I drew for. Not sure if can afford it now.
It's hunt 750. Big Valley. 8 tags. 702 applicants and if I remmeber correctly it 56 max applicats. I was one of them. 100% kill with 10 tags last yr. I have to call here back by Mon. with answer. No pressure....Funny, have filled all 14 antelope buck tags in Wy. and one in Az. but hunting then in Ca. makes me nervous.
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LANDOVER, Md. (WUSA) -- The Giant Supermarket in Landover, Md. voluntarily recalled Daniella mangos due to possible salmonella contamination.
The recalled mangos included those purchased during July 12 and August 24, 2012 with the sku number 4959.
Eating food contaminated with Salmonella can be life-threatening, especially to those with weak immune systems, such as infants, the elderly.
Symptoms of salmonellosis include: diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within eight to 72 hours. Additional symptoms may be chills, headache, nausea and vomiting that can last up to seven days.
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4-Car Garage Plans and Larger Garages
Multi-car garage designs such as 4-car garage plans and larger detached garages are designed for the storage for four or more cars or other automobiles. They come in a wide range of sizes and styles ensuring you'll find just the right one to fit your lot and blend nicely with your home. Some architectural styles include country, Craftsman and traditional. The façades of multi-car garage plans typically feature finishes such as horizontal siding, shakes, brick and stone, adding character to each design. The exteriors can be simple, having little detail, or more decorative, sporting intricate details and other extras like covered porches, dormers and stylish overhead doors. Furthermore, various rooflines and different overhead door combinations contribute to a greater selection of designs. Multiple car designs like 4-car garage plans may offer four or more bays or perhaps two tandem bays accommodating four cars or maybe two automobiles and a boat, trailer or oversized vehicle. Sometimes, these floor plans incorporate deeper bays outfitted with taller doors, just right for storing an RV or camper. Multi-car garages work well for storing the family cars and other storage needs. If you only have two or three cars, use the other bay(s) for motorcycles, ATVs, kayaks, bikes, a golf cart or lawn and garden equipment. You might even want to use one bay for a workshop. Car enthusiasts will find that 4-car and larger garage designs are great for restoring and working on historical and other favorite cars. And if all this isn't enough, some of these designs incorporate other usable spaces such as a flex room, half or full bath, storage loft or workshop. Not only are multi-car garage plans functional and accommodating, they also will enhance any piece of property and add value to your home.
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Hey there....My name is Lacey. I am currently 28 and at the age of 20, I was diagnosed with female pattern hairloss. I had a scalp biopsy done, multiple tests done, and they all came back normal. Therefore, I was one of the many women to get this diagnosis that eats at me every day. I was on Rogaine for 6 years and it did help. I happened to write The Doctors and got on the show in 2008 for my hairloss. They gave me laser therapy and stopped my Rogaine. Unfortunately, they should have never stopped my Rogaine and I back-tracked. It was a great opportunity for me to show the world my story. You can even still watch it on youtube. I am currently back on my laser comb and my Rogaine. I also use Toppik every day to help me get through my day feeling better about myself. It definitely hides thinness.
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Shellfish and Fish Allergy Prevalence
Shellfish allergy is the most common allergy in Canada, affecting 1.42 per cent of the population. Most sufferers are adults: 1.69 per cent have the allergy, compared to just 0.5 per cent of children.
Fish allergy is less common, affecting 0.18 per cent of children and 0.56 per cent of adults.
In general, food allergy is on the rise in North America and other developed countries In Canada, an estimated 7.5 per cent of people have food allergies, representing more than 2.5 million people. In the United States it's estimated that 12 million Americans (or just under 4 per cent of the population) have food allergies.
A major study in the United States recently found that cases of peanut allergy in children more than tripled in a decade, and that more than 3 million Americans now have a peanut or nut allergy.
Here are the rates of some of the major allergens in Canada and the U.S.
|1.68 %
|0.71 %
|0.93 %
|Tree Nut
|1.59 %
|1 %
|1.14 %
|0.5 %
|1.69 %
|1.42 %
|0.18 %
|0.56 %
|0.48 %
|0.23 %
|0.05 %
|0.09 %
Source: Surveying Canadians to Assess the Prevalence of Common Food Allergies and Attitudes towards Food LAbelling and Risk (SCAAALAR) study. Published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, June 2010.
|Tree Nut
Peanut, Tree Nut or both:
Children – 2.1 %
Adults – 1.3 %
Source: US prevalence of self-reported peanut, tree nut, and sesame allergy: 11-year follow-up. Published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, June 2010.
Milk and egg allergy are both common in children. In the United States, 2.5 per cent of children under the age of 3 have a milk allergy. Egg allergy affects 1.5 to 3.2 per cent of children.
The good news is many children outgrow their allergies to milk and egg. Research shows 80 per cent of milk allergy is outgrown by age 16, while 68 % of egg allergy is outgrown by that age.
Source: AAAAI


text: By Pastor Vince CarrigSports Writer The St. Pat's Lady Irish served Perkins County notice that the Lady Plainsmen will have a very short playoff existence in February if things did not radically change with a 74-40 blowout win in North Platte last Tuesday (Dec. 11). Continuing on their current courses, 6-0 St. Pat's figures to meet 1-5 Perkins County in the first round of the sub-district playoffs later this winter. The Lady Plainsmen watched a parade of alley-oop passes to forward Sam Byrn, who remained in the air before banking them into the net. They saw a steady stream of Mandy O'Malley swiping dribbles and running them to the hole. Brittany Lawrence, the 6-foot-3 center and the Lady Irish all-time leading shot blocker, continually fed the basket from right underneath of it for 13 points. "St. Pat's is a well-balanced team with a full lineup of skilled players," Lady Plainsmen Head Coach Deanne Bishop said after the game. "We did a good job containing a few of their starters, but their other players were able to step up their own games and fill that gap." St. Pat's used their speed and athleticism to execute a defensive press that frequently allowed the Lady Irish to get the ball back right after scoring. Accurate with the jump shot and able to defy gravity longer than most, the senior shooting guard Byrn led all scorers with 20 points. Willing to line it up and let it go from behind the arc, senior point guard Mandy O'Malley registered 18 points. Perkins County guard Michi Prante's six first quarter points helped keep St. Pat's in the same zip code for six minutes of the game. She lofted a shot high off of the right corner of the backboard to pull the red squad to within two points, 10-8. But after distance runner Mandy O'Malley picked a pass and dropped it down and Shelby Alberry created an "and one" from a shuffling pivot, North Platte took a 19-8 lead. Only swing forward Carlie Waitley's seven points in the second quarter and 14 in the game prevented the Lady Plainsmen's burial under an avalanche of points. Waitley's first of two three-pointers that deflected high off the left side of the backboard only served to offset reserve guard Kari Slattery's steal and score that gave St. Pat's a 35-15 lead. Any momentum shift in their favor the Perkins County girls might have received from center Shania Metcalf clearing Alberry off of her rebound by visiting Alberry's nose with her elbow in the second quarter lasted only briefly. Metcalf tallied on a spin move from the right block immediately afterward to cut the Lady Plainsmen deficit to nine points (21-12), but Mandy O'Malley struck for three points to refocus the Lady Irish. The team in white with the marshmallow-round green numbers inflated its lead to 36 as the junior Lawrence put back a third rebound mid-way through the fourth quarter. Six of Mandy O'Malley's steals directly resulted in points for the Lady Irish.Next Action The Lady Plainsmen host former coach Chris Mestl's first return to Pritchett Court since leaving for Ogallala earlier this year. The 2-3 Lady Indians won close games against Lexington and Chase County but dropped decisions to Minden, Sutherland and Hershey by an average of 21 points.P.C. 40, St. Pat's 74Perkins Co. 10 10 12 8–40NP. St. Pat's 19 22 21 12–74 Scoring leaders–Perkins County: Waitley 4FG (2[x3])–14; Prante 4 0/2FT–8; Hoffert, J. 1 (1) 1/2–6; Metcalf 3–6; St. Pat's: Byrn 9 2/2–20; O'Malley, M. 6 (2)–18; Lawrence 6 1/2–13; Alberry 2 5/5–9; O'Malley, A. 3 2/2–8.


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Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - Luis Cruz hit a solo home run for the Dodgers
while Adam Dunn hit a two-run home run for the White Sox as the two teams
played to a 2-2 tie in Cactus League play.
Hanley Ramirez drove in the other run for the Dodgers while Zack Greinke gave
up just one hit over two innings in the start.
Erik Johnson pitched three innings of one-run, four-hit ball in the start for
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'The Office' ends and other shows get the axe
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On Thursday, "The Office" will have its 75-minute series finale at 9 p.m. It's preceded at 8 p.m. by a retrospective that includes cast and crew interviews, audition footage and favorite moments.
I can't speak about the show, as I don't watch it, but I know there are plenty of fans out there. Whether they get the finale they want or not, they can be glad they'll get the end the writers planned. With an official final season, the show has been able to go out on its own terms, not have its end thrust upon it through cancellation.
That's been the fate of a number of shows this week, as the networks have announced nearly all their cancellations and renewals. Here's a look at the shows that got the axe (including some previously canceled ones you might have forgotten about):
ABC: "666 Park Avenue," "Body of Proof," "Don't Trust the B-- in Apartment 23" (remaining episodes available on ABC.com, iTunes and Hulu), "Family Tools," "Happy Endings," "How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)," "Last Resort," "Malibu Country," "Red Widow," "Zero Hour." Ended: "Private Practice."
CBS: "CSI: NY," "Golden Boy," "Made in Jersey," "Partners," "Rules of Engagement," "Vegas."
CW: "90210," "Cult," "Emily Owens, M.D." Ended: "Gossip Girl."
Fox: "Ben and Kate," "The Mob Doctor," "Touch." Undecided, but most likely canceled: "The Cleveland Show." Ended: "Fringe."
NBC: "1600 Penn," "Animal Practice," "Deception," "Do No Harm," "Go On," "Guys with Kids," "The New Normal," "Ready for Love," "Rock Center with Brian Williams," "Smash," "Up All Night," "Whitney." Undecided: "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" (likely to return), "Celebrity Apprentice" (debatable; Trump says it's renewed, but no word from NBC), "Fashion Star" (unlikely), "Hannibal" (iffy). Ended: "30 Rock."
And for quick reference, here are the shows returning next season:
ABC: "The Bachelor/Bachelorette," "Castle," "Dancing with the Stars," "Grey's Anatomy," "Last Man Standing," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Nashville," "The Neighbors," "Once Upon a Time," "Revenge," "Scandal," "Shark Tank," "Suburgatory," "The Taste."
CBS: "2 Broke Girls," "The Amazing Race," "The Big Bang Theory," "Blue Bloods," "Criminal Minds," "CSI," "Elementary," "The Good Wife," "Hawaii Five-0," "How I Met Your Mother," "The Mentalist," "Mike & Molly," "NCIS," "NCIS: LA," "Person of Interest," "Survivor," "Two and a Half Men," "Undercover Boss."
CW: "America's Next Top Model," "Arrow," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Carrie Diaries," "Hart of Dixie," "Nikita," "Supernatural," "The Vampire Diaries."
Fox: "American Dad," "American Idol," "Bob's Burgers," "Bones," "Family Guy," "The Following," "Glee," "Hell's Kitchen," "Hotel Hell," "Kitchen Nightmares," "The Mindy Project," "MasterChef," "New Girl," "Raising Hope," "The Simpsons," "So You Think You Can Dance," "The X Factor."
NBC: "The Biggest Loser," "Chicago Fire," "Community," "Grimm," Law & Order: SVU," "Parenthood," "Parks and Recreation," "Revolution," "The Sing-Off," "The Voice."
In the coming weeks, I'll look at all the new shows the networks picked up, but I have to tell you that, so far, I'm underwhelmed.
Season finales
ABC: "Grey's Anatomy," 9 p.m. and "Scandal," 10 p.m. Thursday; "Shark Tank," 9 p.m. Friday; "Dancing with the Stars," 9 p.m. Tuesday; "The Middle," 8 p.m., "Modern Family" (with Ann Magnuson), 9 p.m. and "Nashville" (with Brad Paisley), 10 p.m. Wednesday.
CBS: "The Big Bang Theory," 8 p.m. and "Elementary," 9 p.m. Thursday; "Undercover Boss," 8 p.m. Friday; "Mike and Molly," 9:30 p.m. and "Hawaii Five-0," 10 p.m. Monday; "Criminal Minds," 9 p.m. Wednesday.
CW: "The Vampire Diaries," 8 p.m. and "Beauty and the Beast," 9 p.m. Thursday; "Nikita," 8 p.m. Friday.
Fox: "American Idol," 8 p.m. Thursday; "The Cleveland Show," 7:30 p.m. (likely series finale), "The Simpsons," 8 p.m. and "Family Guy," 9 p.m. Sunday.
NBC: "Saturday Night Live," 11:30 p.m. Saturday (with Ben Affleck and Kanye West); "Celebrity Apprentice," 9 p.m. Sunday; "Grimm," 10 p.m. Tuesday; "Law & Order: SVU," 9 p.m. and "Chicago Fire," 10 p.m. Wednesday.
PBS: "Call the Midwife," 8 p.m. and "Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge," 9 p.m. Sunday.
Cable channels: "Doctor Who," 8 p.m. Saturday, BBC America; "Married to Medicine," 9 p.m. Sunday, Bravo; "Bates Motel," 10 p.m. Monday, A&E.
Series finale: "Rules of Engagement," 8:30 p.m. Monday, CBS.
Scripted series premieres: "Motive," 10 p.m. Monday, ABC (crime drama focusing on the why not who); "The Goodwin Games," 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Fox (siblings compete to earn a multimillion dollar inheritance).
Series premieres: "Surviving Zombies," 9 p.m. Saturday (a company manufactures weapons for the apocalypse); "North America," 9 p.m. Sunday, Discovery (exploring the continent's wilderness); "Life Below Zero," 10 p.m. Sunday, National Geographic (Alaskans living off the grid); "Bad Girls All Star Battle," 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oxygen (spin-off competition); "Girl, Get Your Mind Right!" 11 p.m. Tuesday, MTV (relationship advice).
Season premiere: "Master-Chef," 8 p.m. Wednesday, Fox.
Music specials: "Great Performances at the Met: Rigoletto," 9 p.m. Friday, PBS; "20/20: Rock 'n' Royalty: Billboard All-Stars," 9 p.m. Saturday, ABC; "Billboard Music Awards," 8 p.m. Sunday, ABC; "Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night," 9 p.m. Sunday, CBS.
Specials: "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise," 9 p.m. Monday, PBS; "The Bachelor's Funniest Moments," 8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC.
Online: Charleston native Ann Magnuson starts a four-episode arc on "The Young and the Restless" Friday. See it at www.cbs.com.
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Maxi Mini Bonsai Reef Garden
I grew up with my hands in soil, gardening with my Mom, and tend to approach reefing in much the same way as gardening. I seek to replicate what I see outside on a small, wetter scale. Hopefully this little tank will end up being the more manicured cousin to my 'cottage garden' style 12 gallon nano.
An Amano-inspired reef, comprised of a polyp lawn, a focal rock with a coral tree and a maxi-mini nem/porcelain anemone crab pairing, much like bees and flowers.
Kenya Tree
'Green Flame' Paly
Maxi Mini Carpet Anemone
Porcelain Anemone Crab
Modified glass 2.5 gallon AGA tank
Pump from an old Whisper power filter
10watt 50/50 PC bulb in a clamp work light from Lowes
Current Full Tank Shot
{click for larger image, I couldn't figure out where to resize it to so it wasn't huge}
The tank started out as a standard black-rim AGA, and I spray painted the top and bottom rim, the bottom of the tank and created a peninsula style back compartment that for the pumps. The shade of the clamp light as well as the return PVC tubing were also painted white.
I set the tank up yesterday with water from the nano and a piece of live rock that I'd stashed in the nano, so that's all that's in the tank at the moment, aside from a few hitch hiking brittle stars. I'll be picking up the maxi mini Wednesday or Thursday of this week, hopefully, with the other livestock to come in the next few weeks! The tank is bare bottom for the GSP to grow on, and I had a piece of acrylic cut to cover all but 1~inch of the top to minimize evaporation and keep it from throwing salt everywhere.
Here are pictures:
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The season finale of season 6 of Mad Men came and went. The season was the penultimate in a series featuring employees of a fictional advertising agency on New York's Madison Avenue in the 1960s.
The show's popularity and its faithfulness to historical detail have spawned a number of items related to the period and the show itself. Take a look below:
Highly recommended if you want to check out the series for the first time, catch up, or re-watch episodes. Each season has 13 episodes.
Two soundtrack albums have been released as well as a CD of period music.
- Mad Men: Music from the Series: Volume 1
- Mad Men: Music from the Series: Volume 2
- Mad Men: A Musical Companion (1960-1965)
Various aspects of the show and its historical and cultural setting of the 1960s have been examined in books.
- Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
- Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s
- Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp through 1960s America
- Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond
- Mid-century Ads: Advertising from the Mad Men Era
- The Fashion File: Advice, Tips, and Inspiration from the Costume Designer of Mad Men
Author Bio:
Jessica Chung is a MLIS student and an intern for the San Mateo County Library. She thinks Mad Men character Roger Sterling has some of the best lines on the show.
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Sterling always steals the show.


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Royals select pitcher Cesar Cabral in the Rule 5 Draft, trade him to Yankees
The Royals today selected left-handed pitcher Cesar Cabral from the Pawtucket (AAA) roster of the Boston Red Sox with the fifth pick in the Major League Baseball Rule 5 Draft. The Royals then traded Cabral to the New York Yankees for cash considerations, keeping the club's Major League 40-man roster at 39. In addition, the Royals selected left-handed pitcher Thomas Melgarejo from the Chattanooga (AA) roster in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft.
The 24-year-old Melgarejo (mel-guh-RAY-ho) from Minatitlan, Veracruz, Mexico, pitched for Saltillo (AAA) in the Mexican Summer League last season, compiling a 4-2 record with a 3.55 ERA in 49 relief appearances. He has posted a 1-0 record with a 2.58 ERA (10.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 12 SO) in 18 relief appearances for Aquilas de Mexicali in the Mexican Winter Leagues. The 6-foot-1, 216-pounder is 19-21 with a 4.54 ERA in 228 career minor league outings (32 starts), including his time in Mexico (2005, 2010-11).
The Royals did not lose any players from today's Major League or minor league phases of the Rule 5 Draft.


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I'm not one of those people whose favorite time of life was high school.
Yes, there are those people. I've met them. At forty, they are still able to make me feel fundamentally certain that I am not part of the Popular Crowd.
Early in high school, I was the bespectacled, quiet, geeky kid who did better than most people on most tests and didn't get into any trouble. Later in high school, I was the contact-wearing, quiet, geeky kid who did better than most people on most tests and didn't get into any trouble.
I had friends, but they were a small circle.
Okay, "they" were one person. "They" were my best and dearest friend, who has gotten me through every heartbreak and triumph of the last thirty years. She was the kind of bubbly, out-going, hilarious, hip, and small-enough-to-be-carried-around-by-joking-boys girl that I wanted to be. She had a million friends. By extension, because she and I were dubbed Siamee I and Siamee II since we were never apart, I had a million friends-ish. "Ish" because while I was went to most of the parties, I knew that had it not been for her, I would have been welcome at none.
High school wasn't awful. I wasn't tortured or a loner or a screw-up. I was captain of this and editor of that and had big parts in all the school plays. (Perhaps I can act; perhaps it's just that my mother is a professional seamstress who will donate untold hours of sewing to her daughter's high school drama club if they are putting on Pride and Prejudice--which contains five daughters, a friend, and two mothers, all of whom appear in five acts and need different dresses in each--and they have a $100 budget for costumes.) I had great days--days when my brush curling iron produced perfect wings in my hair, and I rocked two layered pairs of different colored socks and three giant mis-matched hoop earrings (obviously only my left ear was double-pierced). And I had terrible days--days when I described my favorite animal in two words in creative writing class ("huge and graceful," as whales are) and everyone laughed at me when we had to read the words aloud after being told that they described how we secretly saw ourselves.
High school wasn't awful. But it wasn't the best time of my life either.
There were long afternoons lying drowsily on the bottle-green carpet in my attic bedroom, chin resting on my fists, listening to Madonna's "Crazy for You" over and over and thinking despairingly of The Boy in art class who never showed interest in me.
There were countless moments that seemed to me to prove that I lived on the fringes of the high school world. The Ecology Club camp-out where I had to sleep in an Army Surplus sleeping bag instead of a North Face one, and I was the only camper in our squirrel's nest platform not to sneak out--or even to be invited to sneak out--to drink rum and cokes in the woods...the Junior Prom for which I had no date...the less tangible but no less certain sense that I was not "in," discernible in all those subtle-but-powerful ways that fifteen-year-olds have of constantly, inexorably reinforcing the pecking order.
The ache and the longing of teenage-hood surrounded me. I wanted to be more, to feel different. To feel beloved. Witty. Pretty. Confident.
In short, I was as insecure as everyone else, only without the mask of real Izod shirts and orange base makeup precisely following my jawline to suggest smug confidence.
Of course, there were suggestions that life promised more. Such as the day in the middle of sixth period when I ran into Kirk in the otherwise silent hall, and this macho, velvet-voiced star of the gospel choir stopped me dead in my tracks by unabashedly looking me up and down and then asking, "Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No," I managed to whisper back, heart pounding, half dreading whatever was coming next.
He gave his head a short, sorrowful shake. "Man," he breathed, turning the word into a swear, "the white boys at Decatur sure are stupid."
And then he kept walking, surely unaware how completely stunned I was by the sentence that had burst out of him. Unaware that no one, ever, had given me a compliment so raw and genuine as that. Both of us ignorant of the fact that twenty-five years later, I would remember that moment as if it had happened yesterday, and that his appraisal was somehow profound in its ability to begin a shift in my sense of self.
Moments such as that--moments when we can pinpoint a sea-change--are rare, indeed. It is stunning thus to see ourselves through another's eyes and suddenly feel the power of honesty, instead of all the uncertainty and cliques and media-induced self-deprecation and the rest of the baggage that we learn to carry around with us from a very early age. With a flash of clarity, we see that being Being Popular is not as satisfying as knowing ourselves for whom we truly are. And even if we do not manage to embrace this as a permanent truth, even if we drop into the self-doubt and longing and angst of being sixteen again (which we will, probably at 16 and 26 and 36 and beyond), those moments are etched indelibly within us and gently help to propel us forward through dark days.
It must be said, however, that these moments are not the sum total of high school. In fact, they are in many ways the antithesis of high school. Their unexpected flash may glow fleetingly, occasionally, during those years, but hardly in a sufficient sum to make high school the best of one's days.
I don't care how Popular you were. There is far too much worry...about zits and brand names and who saw you talking to whom during the halftime show and who would give you a ride home and whether your mom was the only one uncool enough to insist you get home at midnight from the seniors' graduation party when you were a junior and a thousand other things...to make high school the best of life.
And yet, despite the lack of confidence and the longing and the feeling of being not-quite-whole without knowing why, high school--even high school boys, who have a notoriously bad rap for lack of emotional maturity--can provide moments that are breath-taking in their ability to show you the future, if only you are wise enough to see it.
I looked into my old yearbooks recently, and I found an upside-down note from Joe. It contained the lines, "You are a very attractive, intelligent, good girl. You'll see." At the time, I have no idea what I thought that meant. I don't even remember reading it. But now, with the wisdom of retrospect, I know that Joe saw what I did not: that my lack of confidence was hampering me, that if I could only give myself a few years, and grow into college where the boys were a little less emotionally stupid, I might find that my brand of quiet was attractive to some. That all it would take was time for me to become the person I wanted to be. And that, for the moment, I desperately needed someone to notice me for who I already was. I was awestruck a few weeks ago when I read those sentences. Who knew a high school boy could be so perceptive?
I am still fundamentally certain that I am not part of the Popular Crowd. I know women whose glances and mannerisms remind me of that pecking-order fact every time I run into them at elementary school functions with our children. Though I did not know them in high school, I know they were the Popular Crowd back then.
And they know I was not.
But the thing I am happy to have realized is that, unlike them, I have no desire to relive high school--its great moments or its angst. I no longer wish I were the sort of bubbly, petite girl that joking boys could pick up and carry around on the grassy hillside at lunch. I am not her (though she is wonderful). I am instead someone who was--like most of us in high school--unable to see what I might become.
Now that I am forty, and I find myself actually becoming some of that, I am deeply grateful. Grateful that high school is over. And grateful that there are Kirks and Joes in the world, boys who are wiser than their years, who will help prop up the quiet, insecure girls in ways the girls themselves do not even clearly understand at the time.
I wish I knew where either one of them were today. I would like to tell them thank you. And that I finally see.
And that I hope my son offers up a sentence or two to a high school girl one day to let her know that someone truly sees her.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
"You'll see."
I'm not one of those people whose favorite time of life was high school.
17 comments:
Well said! and amen to gently teaching our children to recognize that goodness in the quiet ones. thank you for a great post
- May 28, 2011 at 11:38 PM
- Zoeyjane said...
Brava, lady.
- May 29, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- AnnetteK said...
Love this so much.
- May 30, 2011 at 10:49 AM
- Fawn said...
I've had a post percolating in my brain lately about being a late bloomer, but I haven't had the inclination to sit down and think it through. This is far more profound than what I would have written. *sigh* I do wish I could meet you; I feel we'd be such good friends.
- May 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Kate Coveny Hood said...
I can't begin to tell you how much I loved this. It reminded me so much of myself.
- June 1, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- Renovation Girl said...
Love this post, but I think that pretty much everyone feels this way about themselves, "popular" or not. My mother recently went to her 50th high school reunion and they all thought the others were smarter, more beautiful, etc. They laughed when they realized they were all living with same silent uncertainty. I did crack up, too, at the listening to "Crazy For You." Girl, I was so there with you. What a great song to be completely and totally depressed to!! (and yes, I was a band nerd!) ;)
- June 1, 2011 at 11:14 PM
- Jess said...
Love. This. Post.
You summed up my high school days perfectly. And just in time for my 20-year reunion.
- June 4, 2011 at 3:09 AM
- Ann Imig said...
This made me tear up. I love Kirk and Joe so much.
And I never understand people who think they'd like to backwards and live childhood or adolescence over again. It just keeps getting better.
- June 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- January said...
So familiar, so true. I've been amazed over the years when someone from high school referred to me being one of the popular kids- I was not. I was friends with some of the popular kids. I was a coattail rider to the parties. My 20th reunion is fast approaching; I wonder how many will still be existing in their bubbles.
-Am following your blog now, I really enjoy your writing.
- June 4, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- The Empress said...
Really liked this post.
I wasn't popular, and my children aren't, either.
But the people that stand out in my memory are the ones who were kind to a skinny little brown girl who did not fit in.
I still remember.
- June 5, 2011 at 11:19 PM
- Anna Lefler said...
What a beautiful post! I couldn't agree more.
And thank you for the congratulatory note on my blog - I truly appreciate that.
I hope all is well with you and take care...and thanks again...
:-) Anna
- June 9, 2011 at 12:51 AM
- MomZombie said...
Both of my daughters are the popular types who probably get carried around by boys on the grassy hill outside school. How is this possible? Their mother was the brooding one standing in the shadows puffing on a cigarette. Great essay on the process of self-discovery. As always, your writing takes my breath away.
- June 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Last year, I reconnected with my first "boyfriend". I had the opportunity to thank him for being the one who made me feel worthy of affection. Funny part was, he felt I had done the same for him. You may have the chance sometime in the future to find those men. Take it and run with it!
- June 10, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- Steph said...
Great Post I can totally identify!
- June 17, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- Mr Lady said...
Wow, he SAID THAT?
I think God needs to pay him to go write that in every girl's yearbook.
And I love your guts, still.
- June 19, 2011 at 9:29 AM
- Marinka said...
I love this. And not just because I wasn't part of the popular crowd. I'm glad you see. I do, too.
- September 26, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- Marinka said...
p.s. I've heard tell that some people are looking up old friends on Facebook these days. May be a rumor.
- September 26, 2011 at 7:36 PM


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Our current CommuniGate Pro server hosts 500 accounts for our main domain, and 2000 accounts in 35 domains also hosted on the CGP box.
The 500 main domain accounts will be migrated to a new Zimbra box, while the other domains and their accounts will remain on the old CGP host. We will employ the split domain solution explained in the wiki.
The wiki explains that all accounts on the old host need corresponding accounts on the new, primary host that will be doing routing. Will we need to set up these "pointer" accounts within domains on the Zimbra box that correspond to the domains on the old, now secondary, CGP host?


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Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
02 Apr 2010 - 04 Apr 2010,
Circuit Profile
A fast, modern F1 circuit, Sepang's smooth surface offers a good level of grip. A hard set-up, with medium to high downforce the best compromise for the 2 long straights and high speed corners. The track layout is designed as a mid to high speed course with two relatively long straights and several compound curves. But the most important peculiarity for Sepang is of course the heat. The cars' as well as the drivers' ability to deal with this punishing heat is the key to achieve good results here.
Location : 50km South of Kuala Lumpur
Direction : form Kuala Lumpur, take the North-South Central Link Expressway southbound for the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), turn left at the Sepang F1 Circuit roundabout.
Airport : Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (4km)


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Tempe, AZ (Sports Network) - Kaleb Cowart went 2-for-2 with three RBI and a
run scored as the Los Angeles Angels took a 12-6 win over Italy on Wednesday.
Scott Cousins hit a solo home run and drove in two runs while Randal Grichuk
also drove in two for the Angels, who totaled 14 hits and seven walks in the
game. Jered Weaver gave up just one run on three hits in three innings of
starting work.
Alex Liddi hit a two-run home run and drove in three for Italy, which got two
hits, an RBI and a run scored from Lorenzo Avagnina. Carlos Richetti gave up
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Birth Name: Carrie Ann Inaba
Born: 01/05/1968
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Born: 01/05/1968
Birth Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Inaba steadily gained a reputation as one of Hollywood's hardest working dancers. She appeared on numerous televised awards shows and in feature films like "Showgirls" (1995), "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999), and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002). Inaba also had a recurring role as a dancer on the comedy series "Nikki" (The WB, 2000-02) and guest starred as a choreographer on "Hannah Montana" (Disney Channel, 2006- ). After many years of choreographing reality shows like "American Idol" (Fox, 2002- ) and the "Miss America Pageant," Inaba finally found her place in the spotlight as one of the judges on the hit reality competition series, "Dancing with the Stars," where profe... Continue Bio >>
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Currently we're using Tobit David-zehn here as an eMail- and fax-server. But since David lacks some features and the price for an update to the fx version is horrible I'm thinking about switching over to another solution - maybe Zimbra. Here are some needs and some questions and I'd be happy if one or several users with Zimbra exp. would answear them....
What I want & need:
- Install Zimbra locally in our office, probably OSX server or Debian.
- receiving & sending eMails via our database-center-server, receiving via pop3 out master-catch-all account there and sending of course simple smtp connection to the datacenter.
- Use Zimbra as a central station to store all the users eMails! Server-Client structure like Tobit or Exchange.
- Use Outlook 2003 on windows client machines and Apple mail.app on our osx client machines.
- Use the os build in calender apps to have personal & group calenders (outlook & iCal)
- Sync our iPhones with Zimbra: eMails, contacts, calendars. Ideal solution would be OTA syncing - LAN & internet (VPN...)
- good anti-spam / av solution (the current tobit one works really nearly perfect)
Questions - more or less connected to these needs:
- With the outlook synchronisation - does this work like the Tobit or Exchange solution? Messages are stored centralized on the server - clients only accessing them. So if people are changing the client pc they can login & use their mailbox seamlessly from every pc.
- How does the Active Directory thing works? With Tobit every user is created and linked to the AD profile.
- ATM Tobit is our fax solution as well: A special fax printer is installed and when printing anything to that printer a new tobit window opens where you can enter the receiver number. Then the server sends the fax via the 2 build in ISDN cards... same works for incoming faxes: The server accepts faxes and distributes them to the users mailboxes.
- Interacting with Avaya ACM solution? Currently we got this VOIP telephony solution here in house and we'd like to connect that to our central messaging application so we can dial out from apps like outlook & Co.. and of course incoming calls can pop up on our screens with the contact data. Possible?
- This is a bit tricky and of course influenced by personal opinion & experiences: How stable is the whole system? I read about several problems here with syncing, outlook connectors and so on - are these only rare problems?
- How are the mails & calenders stores on the server? A large file for every user or single files for each eMail? How easy is it to migrate for example from one zimbra server to another? -> For example when moving internally from one to another server. Easily doable or are the eMail-Files encrypted & signed with AD IDs and and and?
- I guess I can't try out first my whole scenario with outlook & apple's mail.app on a free base, eh? The connectors only come with the full version?
maybe more to come
I've read a lot on the website of zimbra and I *guess* the suite would fit my needs - or? I think I need this:
- Zimbra Network Edition Professional
- Zimbra Mobile
Anything else I forgot?
Thanks for feedback of any kind!
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Director of the Baltimore County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
On Monday June 4, County Executive Kamenetz reminded citizens of additional tools to help county emergency managers reach you with critical information in the event of an emergency. And on the Baltimore County web page for emergency preparedness , http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/emergency_prep/index.html, you will find information to help you prepare for community emergencies. Please take a look because in the world of today, information is power and society is on the go.
To stay in touch, first, sign up to follow our Twitter feed to get updates about evolving events and actions taken by first responders. If you live in Baltimore County and have a Verizon telephone number, we can call your home telephone to send critical time sensitive warnings. If you want these messages sent to your mobile phone, and if you have an e-mail address, you can register that number by following the instructions on the emergency preparedness web page. Finally, we always encourage you to sign up for messages and text alerts from local news and weather stations because today, news is published and distributed much faster than ever, meaning you can often follow events as they develop.
So when are you likely to get a call or e-mail directly from your emergency managers? We promise to avoid unnecessary interruptions to your day and generally only send very specific messages to very specific areas of the county. And these messages are sent only for urgent safety advice. In other words, if it is likely you already know about the event from other news sources, you probably will not get a call from us. So please join us as public safety partners in being ready for unpredictable events.
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GLEN DALE - For the first four minutes Saturday afternoon, John Marshall's girls' basketball team looked like one playing its opening game of the season with two freshmen in the starting lineup.
For the remaining 28 minutes Coach Mark McCormick's squad looked like a team with two very special freshmen in the starting lineup that could be ready to make some noise both locally and around the state when all is said and done.
Freshmen Tori Derrow and Bailey Filben combined for 37 points and 18 rebounds while senior standout Kylie Howard provided her usual solid game filled with plenty of hustle, scoring 18 points and grabbing eight rebounds as the Monarchs played well in just about every phase of the game in rolling to a 73-34 rout of visiting East Fairmont.
In all, the Monarchs had four double-figure scorers, three players with double-digits in rebounds and a pair that recorded opening game double-doubles. It was also a game that could be either a statisticians dream, or nightmare, however you want to look at it.
With John Marshall controlling the boards to a tune of 61-23, leading to continuous trips of two, three and even four shots, the hosts were able to throw up 92 field-goal attempts. McCormick's crew had as many rebounds in the first quarter (23) as the Bees did the entire game.
However, things did not start well with the two teams combining for eight turnovers, six points (3-3) and a 1 of 15 showing from the floor in the opening four minutes of play. That is when Derrow took over, hitting four hoops as the Monarchs opened up a 17-8 lead after one.
''The girls said at the half that nerves and jitters played a big part in that opening four minutes,'' McCormick said with a smile. ''I know we sure didn't get into the flow of the game as quickly as I would have liked.''
Then it became the other freshman's turn as Filben scored all 13 of the Monarchs' points during a second quarter-opening 13-2 blitz that made it a 30-10 count. Filben, who picked up two quick fouls and did not score, or even play much in the first quarter.
With the score 41-19 at the break, Derrow returned to the court and dropped in John Marshall's next three buckets, and four of five to push the score to 53-19 midway through the third quarter. With the game in hand, the fourth quarter belonged to Howard, who tallied half of her 18 points in the final eight minutes.
''Tori and Bailey have done a great job coming into the program, but give my three seniors (Howard, Kristin Lewicki and Morgan Watson) a lot of credit, they have really put them under their wings and taken care of them which has allowed those two to pick up the system quickly."
Derrow finished with a double-double in her first high school start, scoring 20 points and pulling down 10 rebounds while Filben had 17 points and added eight boards. Emily Winters came off the bench to tally 11 points and add just as many rebounds while junior Sissy George hustled her way to collect 10 missed shots.
Brooklyn Weaver paced East Fairmont with 16 points, however, the Bees committed more turnovers (38) than they scored points in the contest.


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Birth Name: Marilu Henner
Born: 04/06/1952
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: 04/06/1952
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Although the actress was born Mary Lucy Denise Pudlowski in Chicago, IL on April 6, 1952, "Henner" was not a stage name she chose; her car salesman father, Joseph, and her uncle changed the family name for business purposes - probably in an effort to sound less ethnic, as was often the case in less tolerant times. The third of six children in a Greek/Polish household, Henner was two years old when she took her first dance lesson at the studio her mother, Loretta, president of the National Association of Dance and Affiliated Arts, ran out of the family's garage for 20 years. After graduating from Madonna High School in 1970, Marilu enrolled at the University of Chicago, abandoning her studies... Continue Bio >>
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Current AnnouncementsFROM: Dr. Cheryl Hettman and Prof. Suzanne Palko RE: GOT SOAP? Calling All Students/Student Clubs, Faculty, And Staff
Sent: 11/5/2012 2:38:58 PM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff
GOT SOAP? Calling All Students/Student Clubs, Faculty, And Staff
What's SOAP got to do with it, you ask?
· Women who give birth in many foreign lands are often without the essential healthcare services that we have readily available in the United States.
· In particular, it is not uncommon for women in Africa and other developing countries to give birth on the ground in very remote areas.
· In order to help provide a safer, healthier birthing environment under these conditions, BIRTHING KITS which contain simple items like soap, cord, plastic, etc. are provided through organizations such as the Zonta Club of Washington County, Inc. (a chapter of Zonta, International – a service organization which assists/advocates for women in need: http://www.zonta.org/ )
Faculty members and members of Zonta, Dr. Cheryl Hettman and Prof. Suzanne Palko,
invite you to join the Department of Nursing faculty, staff, and students in a
Birthing Kits Community Service Project
1. Join the project as individuals or through your Cal U clubs/groups, classes, etc.
2. Gather the supplies listed below as donations for the project (from your family, friends, student groups, businesses that you may know of, etc.)
3. Drop off the supplies/donations to one of the following facilities at the day/time listed:
Tuesday or Thursday mornings – 7am to 11:30am – Department of Nursing, Morgan Hall, Room 333
Monday, November 19 – 2pm to 5pm - Natali Student Performance Center
4. Help pack the Birthing Kits on Monday, November 19th 5-7PM in Natali Student Performance Center. Completed kits will be shipped to Gambia, Africa for distribution through GAMCO TRAP (Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children) which promotes the rights of women & children working towards a Gambia free of female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional practices.
**Supplies Needed **
Soap (small hotel-sized bars
Umbilical Cord Tape or clamps (available at www.1cascade.com)
Gauze pads(4x4 inch)
Quart sized clear zip lock bags
Latex Gloves
Any questions, please contact Suzanne Palko at email@example.com or 724-938-1621.


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I run 5.0.1 GA (Open Source on Debian Etch) and would like to use my existing (commercial) certificates I use right now for my webserver.
I would like to use the certificates for imaps and smtps. In 4.5.3 version I was able to use them, but in the 5.0.1 I can't figure out how to do so - the search didn't lead me to the solution...
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Happy music is annoying when you're in a bad mood, so generally you can take music listening data as a pretty good reflection of a person's emotional state. The Last.fm Mood Meter attempts to deduce how your friends are feeling based on their most recently listened music. At the time of writing it appears to be broken, but it might be working by the time you read this. Try it here.
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