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Our Fall Sensory Box (with Allspice and ground Cinnamon added
We made an Apple-themed Sensory Box too!
Love the clothespin activity! Really trying to work on that with Elle now. We also added scent to our sensory table. Elle seems to enjoy the change. Thanks for sharing! Kerri
Wow! I love how you used the apple varieties as the apples for the tree! I think I am going to just have to share that fabulous idea!!
Love those clothes pins! Something quick and fun to do at home!
LOVE the fall sensory box! Logan would love that. I have to make one for him soon.
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Frisco, TX (Sports Network) - Marcus Williams couldn't fathom the thought of
not trying for a shot at winning three straight national titles.
The two-time All-America cornerback at North Dakota State said after the Bison
won their second straight FCS national title on Saturday that he would remain
in the Bison program next season and not enter the 2013 NFL Draft as a junior-
eligible player.
It's rare for an FCS player to leave for the draft early, but Williams has the
skills and credentials to consider joining that small group.
He intercepted two passes in Saturday's 39-13 Bison rout of Sam Houston State
to become the school's all-time leader with 18 interceptions. The Missouri
Valley Football Conference's defensive player of the year had seven
interceptions this season.
"We're a young team this year actually," said the 5-foot-11, 194-pound
finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award. "I mean, we only have about six seniors.
I have to come out with the guys I came in with. I love those guys to death
and I'm sure they have the attitude that we're coming back together."
The Bison, who finished with a 13-1 record for the second straight season,
would be returning 20 starters next season if not for injuries. They will be
heavily favored to get back to Frisco and seek a third straight national
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On a side note: I had the M1 installed where I was able to have my web server monitor port 80 and had zimbra monitoring port 443 .... please tell me I can stil do thsi with some sort of hack. I would be eternally grateful to get back to the way it worked before.
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Cass McCombs (born in 1977) is an American songwriter and performer from Concord, California. His debut E.P., entitled "Not the Way E.P." was released by the small Baltimore-based Monitor Records in 2002. After relocating there, his first full-length album, "A," was released early in 2003 on Monitor in the U.S. and in Europe and the U.K. by 4AD. After a week of recording in Michigan, his second LP, "PREfection," arrived in spring 2005. Later that year, he decamped to Southern California to begin work on his third full-length, "Dropping the Writ," which was released in 2007, by Domino Records. Following a period in Chicago, he returned to California to record "Catacombs...
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BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA9) -- The year was 1993 and Lynette Fitzgerald was doing anything but playing golf. Fast forward to today, she now lives in Reston, Virginia and everything's changed.
"I'm addicted," said Lynette Fitzgerald, smiling.
She has had an off-again, on-again relationship with the game of golf. The off was 16 years!
"I thought it was the silliest game," she said.
The on-again part of the equation ensued about four years ago.
"Out of boredom I figured why not go to the driving range and hit some golf balls."
Did she ever, Fitzgerald discovered she had game.
"Now I'm down to an 11,12, or 13 handicap."
And no surprise, the girl with a military background (Air Force) went all in. Fitzgerald, with the support of her husband, quit her job as a software engineer and dedicated her life to her newfound love.
"It was very scary."
In May she entered Mizuno's game improvement contest, a program designed to allow "average Janes" to live out their dreams of being treated like a pro. Of the more than 6,000 essays submitted, Fitzgerald was selected.
"I get the call from [them] and I'm doing my happy dance in my car seat," she said laughing.
Happy dance, happy girl. From Reston, Virginia to Atlanta, that's where she's headed to play in Mizuno's inaugural JPX Invitational, a tour level experience for amateurs.
"I see a pro-am, galleries, I'm not sure what will happen but that's what I see in my head," said Fitzgerald laughing.
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Editor's Summary
Accepting the 2012 ASIS&T Award of Merit, Michael K. Buckland mused on the inherent interest and social benefits of library and information science. As a child, Buckland saw being a librarian as a worthwhile endeavor, transitioning from child stage star until he found something more interesting. Through various positions as a professional librarian and researcher, he came to appreciate the value of effective library management, design, planning and the power of technology, as well as libraries role in informing and building communities. Libraries provide access to essential tools and methods for solving societal problems. The field should pursue dedicated research and directly address and promote its supportive and enabling position in society. Despite bemoaning ambiguous terminology in the field and occasional inadequate thinking, Buckland expressed envy for young professionals for their years of interesting and socially beneficial work ahead.
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Bulletin, February/March 2013
Special Section
Award of Merit Acceptance Speech
by Michael K. Buckland
It is a special kind of honor to be honored by ones peers. I felt that when I was elected president of ASIS&T, and I feel it again with this award, but more strongly. An elected president has work to do, chores to perform. But in this case there are no chores or work. Instead, two gifts: a silver bowl and a briefly captive audience.
The timing is nice since this conference marks 40 years since my first ASIS conference and, to within a few months, 50 years half a century since I started in this field. How could that be? The explanation is that I started young.
In fact, this field was my second career. My first career was in the theater where I started really young and at the top. At the age of two weeks I starred as Jesus Christ in a Nativity play, and I stole the show. The difficulty was then to find comparable roles. My whole life has had to be an anticlimax after that elevated start. By the time I was a teenager acting in an English pantomime loosely based on the nursery rhyme about Little Miss Muffet and her spider, I was cast as half of the spider. Spiders have eight legs so the arms and legs of two people are needed to make a serious spider. Going from Jesus Christ Superstar to half of a spider was a poor career trajectory even if it was an anatomically correct spider. I left the stage.
My parents kept asking what I was going to do when I grew up. The English have a sense that it is a mistake to grow up, but one has to earn a living. I didnt know. I didnt want to discuss it. I thought, If I give them an answer any answer theyll stop asking. But what answer? We lived next to a public library, and I thought that libraries were socially beneficial and probably a pleasant place to work. So I told them that I was going to be a librarian until I found something more interesting to do. Fifty years later, that is still my position. I am only temporarily in this field.
I went to work in the ancient library of Oxford University and observed the high price of poor management. Then off to library school where I learned an attitude: However things are being done, theres probably a better way. Then as a professional librarian at Lancaster, I helped create a whole new library for a new university and discovered the satisfaction of good design and effective planning. After that, five years of full-time research.
In 1972 I became a librarian again, in the United States at Purdue University, where I learned a lot about people problems. I left to help the Berkeley School of Librarianship move towards becoming a school of information whatever. Then back a fourth time to library work in what is now the California Digital Library where I learned a lot about the power of technology. Finally I began an entirely new career as a mere professor and retired.
Looking back, I had clearly underestimated how interesting this field is and how socially beneficial. Who could not be interested in the many neglected questions and paradoxes inviting our attention, in the challenges of design as new techniques and new technologies become available and in the human interest of forgotten pioneers?
As for socially beneficial, libraries are concerned with community building and, within that, with making accessible the documents that people want or need. Archives, publishing and social media do much the same, widening our scope. Professional schools and professional associations need to remember that fact.
Library schools have a well-understood mission and role to prepare professionals to work in libraries. Library schools have an identified market, profession and professional associations to deal with.
I worry that iSchools seem to lack that clarity of purpose, mission and identity. There is a compelling mission at hand, and it is the following: With a few exceptions, notably privacy and security, ignorance is a bad idea. Who wants an incompetent dentist? A lawyer ignorant of current law? An auto mechanic without manuals? A physician unfamiliar with the best new treatments? A military using out-of-date maps? The list goes on and on. I like the slogan, If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!
The situation is getting worse because we are all increasingly dependent on second-hand knowledge. It matters for society who knows what. That consequence is the rationale for our field. It is my rationale for our field.
Now, anything that is a really important societal problem will be complex, requiring a versatile tool kit. Who can predict what kind of tool will be needed next? People of my generation with my background liked to think of themselves as generalists. It may be a vain delusion, but it is liberating because it encourages one to work on any problem and to pick up any useful tool. The problem should determine the methodology. Whatever works is a good choice. If some statistics would help, do some statistics. If you can, engage a statistician. Being interdisciplinary is not in itself a virtue because drawing on other fields can be wasteful and detrimental unless it really suits our purpose. Our field has suffered from that.
Many of us are expected to do research in some form. We tend to do what is feasible, so most published research is routine if not rather trivial. If our field is to thrive we need to address the difficult and embarrassing questions: Why use public funds to finance libraries? How come our most scientific work is built on questionable assumptions? The danger is in not thinking through the hard and unpleasant issues because sooner or later someone hostile will go there, and it is unwise to be unprepared.
Talking of dangers reminds me of my grandmother who was rather fierce. She had a murder list of people she was going to do away with when she became prime minister. As a mild-mannered, impressionable little boy I would be put on and taken off her murder list unpredictably and inexplicably. These events were long before Margaret Thatcher and, eventually, I came to realize that maybe my grandmother might not become prime minister. That was a relief. She is dead now, so I am safe at least from her.
I myself never compiled a murder list, even though sometimes tempted. Not yet. But I have often thought that a semantic murder list would be useful: Words that should be taken out of service. Our field has been plagued by terminological problems and a failure to remember the fundamental distinction between a thing and its name. (The next time someone says, Information is . . . , beware!)
In my high school we had an assignment called Paraphrase. We were given a passage of text and required to rewrite it with the same meaning but without using the same words. It is a good exercise. When people have difficulty rewriting, the reason is usually inadequate thinking, not lack of vocabulary. We could try it: information-free Fridays, when the word is avoided. Christians could give it up for Lent.
Three recent recipients of this noble award mentioned my name when they spoke of the ancients of their youth. That makes one feel old. So as I stand here in the twilight zone between senior and senile and survey this room of (mostly) younger people, you might wonder whether I wish I were young again. I think not. I have been there and done that, and I could not hope to be so fortunate a second time around. But I will admit to a little envy of the younger among you for this simple reason: You have so many more years ahead to explore the interesting and to engage in the socially beneficial and useful. Thank you.
Michael Buckland is emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information and co-director of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative. He can be reached at buckland<at>ischool.berkeley.edu
Articles in this Issue
Third ASIS&T Student Design Competition: The "Truthiness Challenge"
ASIS&T Online Education Initiatives: Driving the Future
James Cretsos Leadership Award: What ASIS&T Means to Me
SIG/SI 8th Annual Research Symposium a Success!
The 23rd Annual SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: A Report
The History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology
Evolving and Emerging Research Methods: 2012 ASIS&T SIG/USE Symposium
From Vision to Reality: The Emerging Information Professional
Edward Chang: Mobile Opportunities
Award of Merit Acceptance Speech
A Career in Information Retrieval Research
IA: Slip-Sliding Away: Real World Challenges Await Us
RDAP Review: Looking Out For the Little Guy: Small Data Curation


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This baller was spotted this weekend either preparing to give his fans a shirtless show or hiding his face in shame for a poor performance.
Who is it?!
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Monday, March 2, 2009
PHOTO OP: Can you guess the baller behind the shirt?
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- AnonymousMarch 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM
no poor performance there!ReplyDelete
it's Djokovic having some trouble getting naked :)
it's the djoker! :)ReplyDelete
It's Nole. I saw the picture before the shirt went totally over his head and it looked like his head was screwed on backwards.ReplyDelete
It's really sad that I can identify Nole just from his bicep... *sigh*ReplyDelete
Definitely Nole. The hair's a dead giveaway...ReplyDelete
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|HHS grad returns to student teach
|Written by Chris Lee
2006 Holyoke High School graduate Kurtis Huss returned to Holyoke for a semester of student teaching.
Huss is teaching 10th grade American History and said his class has already done some projects and seems to enjoy the change of pace from other classes.
"It's going well," he said. "I think the students are enjoying the mix up of things."
Teaching a class in the 10th grade in Holyoke is interesting, Huss said. He knows many of the parents or grandparents of his students and went to school with many of their older siblings.
Huss expects to graduate in May 2010 after studying history with a concentration in social studies teaching from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins.
While in high school, Huss had teachers who made teaching interesting, sparking his interest in the subject. He said Roger Brady made American History really fun along with his other instructors.
Huss said Holyoke was his preference for a student teaching position, and it ended up working out.
After graduating from CSU, Huss sees himself searching out a high school/middle school teaching position in the Ft. Collins or Loveland area on the front range.
Huss is a volunteer coach for the Holyoke golf team and enjoys playing golf in his free time. He also enjoys reading and spending as much time outdoors as he can.


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Bechstein on Youtube
A click on www.youtube.com/bechstein1853 takes you on a tour of Bechstein's production site in Seifhennersdorf, Saxony, with Karl Schulze, the company's CEO. You will also find an interesting documentary from 1926 that underscores the brand's rich tradition. A playlist features debutant and noted pianists performing on C. Bechstein instruments: Sequeira Costa playing the grand during a visit to Berlin's C. Bechstein Centre (Costa's teacher was Vianna da Motta, who himself was a pupil of Franz Liszt); Kit Armstrong (a pupil of Alfred Brendel) playing on a piano that once belonged to Liszt; pop star Xavier Naidoo; and various recordings of concerts and piano competitions organised by Bechstein. The absolute favourite in the playlist, however, is the version of Take Five that Dave Brubeck recorded in 1966 on a C. Bechstein grand (more than four and a half million views).
Last but not least, you can also find various interviews on Youtube with great pianists and artistic directors who mention Bechstein.


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The industrial crossing where a Seattle bicyclist died Wednesday has been dreaded for years by riders who know how easily a tragedy can happen.
Bicyclists position themselves different ways in the hectic street while short-haul truckers make turns to pick up their first loads of the morning.
Seattle police said a 54-year-old man was riding a black road bike north on East Marginal Way South about 7 a.m. Wednesday when he hit the left side of the trailer of a truck that was turning right from South Hanford Street onto Marginal.
Police have not released the identity of the cyclist, who died at the scene.
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Witnesses said the trucker, a 53-year-old man, didn't realize what happened until he was flagged down north of the crossing, KING 5 news reported.
Though city data show few accidents there, that might be because experienced bicyclists generally go to unusual lengths to avoid entanglements, cyclists say.
"What we need is a separated cycle track," said Don Brubeck, founder of West Seattle Bike Connections. "There should be a safe option. The number one disincentive for bicycling to downtown is the unsafe condition of East Marginal Way."
Cyclists and the city government have recognized the need for changes, for at least five years.
When bicyclists arrive from the West Seattle Bridge Trail, they turn a corner toward downtown and find themselves on a sidewalk west of Marginal Way. Then they judge how to cross the busy truck route to either reach a northbound bike lane or to pedal toward Sodo.
"I ride this twice a day. It really could be anybody," said Bob Anderton, an attorney who specializes in bicycling law. He commutes through there and said it was shocking to see the downed cyclist. "I have no idea what happened," he said.
Cyclists often bypass the intersection by pedaling on the sidewalk west of Marginal Way, where they continue north past a little-used dock entrance. When they get a few blocks north of Hanford Street, riders cross Marginal diagonally to reach the northbound bike lane, whenever a safe opening appears.
"It's all free form, and there's five places where people cross, and because of that, it looks crazy to the typical truck driver," Brubeck said. He said he's nearly been hit by a turning truck, so he now avoids the intersection.
About 12,000 vehicles a day use the corridor, while in a May 2012 official count, 286 bicycles passed from 5 to 7 p.m.
Dongho Chang, city traffic engineer, said that before Wednesday that stretch of road had only one collision in the past five years. "It's clearly not a dangerous intersection," he said.
That incident happened to Louise McGrody, outreach director for the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, injured in January 2008 when a trailer became unhitched from a pickup. McGrody bicycled past the fatality scene Wednesday morning.
Talks are under way between the Port of Seattle and the Seattle Department of Transportation, which eyes Marginal Way for "major separation" of bikes and motor vehicles, in a forthcoming Bicycling Master Plan update. Cycle tracks, which are now being built on Broadway and on Linden Avenue North near Bitter Lake, use a curb or barrier to divide bike lanes from the roadway.
Mayor Mike McGinn said he is directing Seattle Department of Transportation (Seattle DOT) chief Peter Hahn to look for immediate ways to improve the route.
"My heart and thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim. These tragedies hit hard on everyone involved: the driver of the truck, the first responders and those who had to witness the aftermath. It hits me hard, too," McGinn said in a statement.
The Cascade Bicycle Club's policy director, Craig Benjamin, said a future street rebuild, to accommodate heavy freight loads, creates an opportunity to improve the bicycling route, as well.
"It's tragic that it may take a loss of life to have these safety improvements taken seriously. It doesn't have to be this way," the club blogged Wednesday.
In the Seattle metropolitan area, there were 11 bicycle fatalities from 2007 through March 2013.
Ironically, May is National Bike to Work Month; and it was announced this week that Washington state held onto its No. 1 ranking from the League of American Bicyclists as the most bicycle-friendly state in the country.
Gov. Jay Inslee will speak Thursday morning at a Cascade breakfast.
West Seattle Bike Connections is organizing a safety meeting where truckers and bicyclists can share each other's perspectives, Brubeck said.
Truck drivers are friendlier and more observant than in the 1990s, said Aaron Goss, owner of Aaron's Bicycle Repair in White Center. Haste by either truckers or cyclists causes a hazard, but it's safe to ride slowly using the sidewalk, he said.
In recent years, the state built a half-mile of full bike trail alongside the Highway 99 tunnel portal, while the city widened sidewalks near the West Seattle Bridge route and made other improvements.
But Goss criticized the Hanford-Marginal crossing as poorly designed and faulted the city for failing to make better connections as part of the Spokane Street Viaduct project.
"Seattle DOT has to get bicycle infrastructure (as) part of their thinking — we still have to work on that," Goss said.
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VH1 Basketball Wives featured an event in Orlando on Sunday's episode that we told you about last year. The fashion show that nearly didn't happen, according to what Royce Reed's boyfriend Dwayne Moore told the Orlando Sentinel, actually did happen as evidenced in last night's episode.
Royce Reed's dance company Fantashique and photographer Dwayne Moore put together a charity fashion titled "Euphoria" last fall at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort. During a press conference for the show last year, Moore said Basketball Wives stars would participate.
As evidenced on the show, Evelyn Lozada and Jennifer Williams, wife of retired NBA forward Eric Williams, were expected to attend. But it turns out Evelyn Lozada and Jennifer Williams weren't quite the friends to Royce Reed they pretended to be. Neither came to the show in Orlando. To add insult to injury for Royce Reed, Lozada accused Reed's boyfriend Dwayne Moore of being an opportunist.
"I really feel like Dwayne is riding your coattails trying blow his [stuff] up and Fantashique is on the backburner," Lozada told Reed. "That's really how I feel.
She added, "the few times we've been around him, it's all about Dwayne."
Interesting perspective from Lozada about opportunists. (clearing throat)
So who is Royce Reed's boyfriend Dwayne Moore? In the Orlando market, Moore is known as a successful photographer and artist. Moore, like Reed, attended Florida A&M where he was a student party promoter. For more details on Moore and his work, check out his website iamdwaynemoore.com.


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Would anyone like to start up or help me out with a project with the goal of remaking KQ8? The idea is to bring the game in line with Roberta's vision of the game and make it the epic KQ8 it could've been. Many have noted that while the final product is generally something Roberta approved, there's also a lot of other voices drowning hers out.
There were so many changes done to the game, so much stuff cut or quickly cut and pasted together. The original game was much larger, but also much more concise.
A lot of stuff had to be junked (two whole levels, Daventry was supposed to be completely different, etc) and nixed mostly because the technology of the time wasn't able to keep up with Roberta's ideas, and because of budget constraints and problems coordinating development between the various teams working on the game, and with a change in management and video game demographics, the question of how much action should be in the game became important. Roberta wanted action, but said action might've only been limited to Bosses had the pressures of changing times not been on her.
I'd just love to do something that could make Mask of Eternity into the classic game it had the potential to be, as close as possible to what Roberta originally envisioned before others began tampering with her ideas, or before what she wanted got sidelined by technological barriers and demographics concerns.


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Halloween 2012 – An Art Project
This year I diverted a lot of free time from other hobbies and focused on one project; something you might think a complete waste of time. This year, and I do mean the entire year, I made a haunted house. The following are the details—and my attempt at justifying such behaviour.
Why, you might ask—must a blog about rationality, reason, skepticism, art and astronomy—be so encumbered with posts about… Halloween?
"I used to come here for science, or at least pretty pictures, guldangit! Why is this fool posting stuff about zombies and ghouls that I don't believe in! I HATE this Brad Blogspeed!"
Whoa. Easy partner. Maybe I should explain my Halloween obsession a little before you write this blog off forever. Perhaps by the end I'll be able to convince you of the following: that this spooky project was indeed my first ever cross-media art exhibit—something I've wanted to do forever—oh-so cleverly disguised as a haunted house.


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Hey everyone,
I'm new to the community, but have always enjoyed the painstaking time and effort it takes to construct an amazing map for my D&D games. Here is the latest map I'm working on, which is an urban campaign that takes places exclusively on, below, above, under, and around the city.
I'm not sure about the colors yet, and I'm still thinking of ways to better convey the shallow waters. Also, if anyone has any tips for drawing a flooded cemetery I would be interested in hearing!
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Hi Redstar - and welcome to the Guild!
The colours work fine for me (it's a tried and tested colour combination) - did you make the map with CC3? I really do like the way you've depicted the buildings - it works well to the perceived scale of the drawing. It's a really convincing map. Presumably there are more buildings to come?
If shallow waters are to be an important part of the map, you could contours, but I'd suggest not having them outlined in black and maybe feathering them a bit.
The map is very evocative of the Waterdeep map for Forgotten Realms around the 90's. My only suggestion (and it's only a suggestion based on my preference) is to make the buildings a different color than the ground, to give it a little contrast.
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Hi Redstar-
Thanks for joining up and showing us your work. I like the map colours, as well. As suggested, setting the building fill to something other than the ground would help them to stand out.
As to the cemetery - how about just drawing the usual items (crypts, large tombstones, paths, etc) then using water colours in the flooded areas? I might make it clearer, too, if you only make a portion of the cemetery flooded.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone!
On colors: I actually color selected them directly from the Waterdeep City of Splendor book. I have a bad eye for colors, so I wanted to start with something that i perceived as looking good. I was worried the water looked a little too sky-like. I might add a texture to it.
Production: I drew the outline by hand, scanned it, tweaked the contrasts and now am laying out all the buildings in Flash (the pen tool is easier for me to use). For the gradients I'm just going back and forth between photoshop and flash with outlines and then importing a background image in flash.
It's still a WIP for sure. The buildings will be colored in, maybe adding some shading in the alleys to draw a distinction from the streets. That's for the ideas for the cemetery. I'll dabble with it and see what I come up with.
Stay tuned.
Excellent stuff. I agree with NeonKnight that the evocation of the Waterdeep style is very strong (in a good way); takes me back to FR1 in a heartbeat. I've always appreciated that style, and yours is looking to be a top-notch example of it.
Well, here is the latest. The buildings are coming slowly (argh! hand drawing!) but the largest area is almost done, which also contains the most small buildings (the slums). The other areas are smaller with larger buildings, so they should go quick.
I just went with white for the buildings to give them some contrast to the background. If I have time, I want to use a small palette of 3-4 colors for them. Any comments on the drop shadow? Keep it?
There is also a draft for the flooded abandoned docks/cemetery in the west.
Finally, I want to add ridges to the back side of the hills and perhaps some more elevation lives.
Any other comments would be greatly appreciated!
So far so good I say. Keep it up.
Looking good, and in this style of map, I personally wouldn't go with drop shadows..the buildings being so close together it might clutter it up too much. You might cut some time out of your day by using something like Illustrator or Inkscape... Xera also would probably work well to take some time off of use the pen too so much ... Photoshop has a pen tool as well, I find it works pretty good for something such as this... not quite as versatile as Illustrator, but it can get the job done...
awaiting the next wip
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Sure the stars will be gone. But hopefully other players will step up. Maybe players in the system will understand it better, like SC and Dendy. Ham, Dendy and Colvin will make jumps going into next year. Maybe the JUCO will bring something this team lacks. Maybe Eijm will come ready to play. This team played hard at the end of the season and was in a lot of games. DG made a huge leap from the start of Big 12 play to the end.
I guess I being postive is better than being pissy about next season all summer. When we have no idea what will happen.
The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we ought to have--and that is a moral problem, not an economic one. - Paul Heyne
Because blind optimism in year five makes you look like a fool.
I cheer for two teams, Iowa State and whoever is playing the hawkeyes.
Maybe I'm a fool, too, but I'm with kingcy.
I want every chance at success, and will be optimistic, and with the team the best.
However, to expect a freshman, or any incoming Juco to change the world of B12 competitive play, is repeating what we have done before, with same expectations.
We may get a different outcome but the sane conclusion is we will get the same outcome.
Because hope is not a strategy and this regime has not even given us hope.
Well, that drew the negative Nancy's like flies to ****. We have a nucleus coming back that has potential. We certainly need some players to have breakthrough seasons, and need the new players to step up.
Next year will be the first season that I won't be looking forward to the first MBB game.
Originally Posted by Cyclonepride
Well, that drew the negative Nancy's like flies to ****. We have a nucleus coming back that has potential. We certainly need some players to have breakthrough seasons, and need the new players to step up.
He made a statement of opinion, but at this point all we have is hope and no change.
As I said, I hope we are, but most would not predict as such based on returning players, new players and the state of the B12.
I'm with you Kingcy. Why would I want to waste the off season expecting the sky to fall? I am still going to get excited about the summer league, the new guys and the possibility that these guys might actually be a cohesive productive team. It happens all the time. The guys that are suiting up next year want to be here. The past has nothing to do with them and they don't need a bunch of whiners telling them how bad they are going to be BEFORE they play one minute of basketball. Go Cyclones!
CYKID, I agree.
Originally Posted by cyclonenum1
Because blind optimism in year five makes you look like a fool.
Going through life worrying about what others think is a waste of energy.
I'm always pumped for basketball season. It'll be nice not to have outside predictions of success.
Originally Posted by jsb
I'm always pumped for basketball season. It'll be nice not to have outside predictions of success.
When was the last time we had "outside predictions of success"? I certainly hope you are not calling our preseason pick to finish 8th this year a "prediction of success".
I think it's time to buy URBCLONE and cyclonenum1 a puppy to kick.
There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.
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I think it's time to buy URBCLONE and cyclonenum1 a puppy to kick.
I think it would be smart to only buy one and make them share. Why put two dogs through that, and why waste money we could use for tickets?
I'm looking forward to next year. It's Cyclone Basketball, and I always look forward to it. It's a lot better than sitting around grumbling all the time.
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Clean Access Quick Troubleshooting Guide
If you cannot to the residence hall network by following the "How do I Connect to ResNet (Step by step)?" instructions:
- Make sure you have an Ethernet cable. Verify you are plugged into the data drop and not the phone drop. The data drop is black in all residence halls, except Centennial Hall, in which it is only blue in a non-triple, and blue and green in a triple. If you are connecting via wireless, make sure you are choosing the RESNET wireless network. Verify your IP address by completing the following steps (PC users only):
For Windows XP,Vista/7/8 users:
- Go to the Start menu and click Run.
- Type cmd and then click OK.
- At the prompt, type ipconfig.
Each student computer should get an IP address that is similar to the following:
Midtown Campus
- IP Address: 10.129.XXX.XXX
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252
Westside Campus
- IP Address: 10.145.XXX.XXX
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.252
If you are a Mac user, all you are required to do is open a Web browser and enter your Windows username and password.
- Westside Computer Center (Westside Classroom Building, room 117, 837-8391)
- Midtown Computer Center (Haas Library, first floor, 837-9232)
- Student Technology Training Center (Student Center, room 225, 837-8715)
- Campus Center Computer Center (Campus Center, 3rd floor, 837-3291)
Downloading Clean Access Software
- Open a Web browser (ex: Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.). Follow the Clean Access instructions. After the Clean Access download, you will be instructed to download Microsoft Critical Updates or update your anti-virus software, if needed.
- If you receive an "Invalid username or password" message on the Clean Access webpage, but you are positive that you are entering correct information, your Windows password may have expired. Visit http://wcsu.edu/password to reset your Windows password. (Note: this page will only work if you know your existing password. If you are unable to reset your password through this page, please visit one of the computer centers.) Note: for anti-virus downloading, turn off your firewall, if applicable, and add Clean Access as the authorized program. Turn your firewall back on (if applicable).
- Ensure Microsoft Windows Update is turned on. Go to Start > Control Panel > System. Click the Automatic Updates tab. Select Automatic > date and time. Click OK.
Difficulty Updating System
- Cannot download Critical Updates, getting an error message:
- Most error messages refer to an unhealthy system. The recommended resolution is a full system restore. Be sure to backup all data and contact your vendor for help with a system restore.
- The Windows Update will fail if your Windows operating system (ex: Windows 7) is not properly licensed. You must have a legal copy of the operating system to connect to the university network. Contact your vendor for help.
- Call any of the University Labs (MTCC, WSCC, CCCC and STCC) to make an appointment to have your machine looked at by one of our Resnet Support Team Specialists
- This indicates an unhealthy system. The recommended resolution is a full system restore. Be sure to backup all data and contact your vendor for help with a system restore.
Clean Access requires that you have installed and maintained the latest anti-virus software definitions on your system. There are two options:
- Update your current anti-virus software with the latest definitions available from your software vendor.
- If your current anti-virus software has expired:
- You can renew the license for your current anti-virus software; or
- Visit http://www.wcsu.edu/technology/security/antivirus.asp for list of available free anti-virus tools and software.


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I discovered this problem when renaming a user account in Zimbra 6.07
User firstname.lastname@example.com got married and needed to be renamed firstname.lastname@example.com
The rename is easily done in the ZAC, however when the user sends or replies to an email it is still being sent from email@example.com
Fiddling around with personas in Outlook or webmail did not fix this problem.
Personas worked when i set it to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com but not jane.black@mydomain even when i created a persona with jane.black as a persona.
The only way i could fix this was to use the zmprov command.
zmprov ga firstname.lastname@example.com | grep -i canonical
shows "email@example.com"
zmprov ma firstname.lastname@example.com zimbraMailCanonicalAddress email@example.com
In summary 6.07 removed the canonical address from the ZAC however renaming user accounts from the ZAC does not rename the canonical address.
Headaches for me but hopefully useful to know for others.


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I have max points in Wyoming, but still a little confused as to how things go down.
I understand the split of NR to resident, and max points and No points etc, regular tag to special tag...But I'm don't quite get the sequence they do the actual draw in.
Do they draw by the unit, or do they draw from the total pool and taking your first choice until the units are full? Do they put everybody who has unit 117 as their first choice, in a pool and start with the max points and work out until its full, or do they just start pulling name from the main pool, starting with max point applicants until they fill the allotted positions for each unit and then move on to he others applicants.
Are your second and third choices, looked at with preferences points when drawn, if your first choice is not available?
I've put in some pretty low demand units or as general as my third pick for 5 years, and never get a third choice hunt. Just crappy luck for me or am I thinking wrong?
Maybe someone can inform me as to how they actually do the drawing and how your second and third choice hunts are drawn.
Thanks in advance.


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TEApublican Gun-Psychos Threaten To Kill Another Democratic Lawmaker! (Video)
The New York Police Department is investigating death threats against another Democratic lawmaker for daring to take steps to reduce gun violence. Maloney supports a bill requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance or face a fine of up to $10,000. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) received calls threatening her life, which prompted her to cancel a public appearance on April 2nd.
This isnt the first time supporters of gun safety regulations have been threatened by TEApublicans. AATTP reported that in February a crazy Tea Partier was arrested for threatening to kill a Colorado lawmaker and her daughter over her support for gun safety regulations.
Heres the report from WPIX: http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/vi...y&VID=24708134


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(KSDK Sports) -- A pair of teams nipping at the heels of the SEC leaders square off on Saturday night, as the Kentucky Wildcats welcome the Missouri Tigers to legendary Rupp Arena.
Missouri is fresh off its most impressive win of the season, as it defeated fifth-ranked Florida on Tuesday night, 63-60, to improve to 19-7 overall and 8-5 in the SEC.
Much of the Tigers' success this season has come thanks to its undefeated mark at Mizzou Arena (15-0), but they have run into significantly more trouble away from home, winning just one of seven true road matchups.
Kentucky entered Wednesday's tilt with Vanderbilt having lost two straight for the first time all season, and while it suffered a scare late in the contest, it ultimately held off the Commodores, 74-70. The Wildcats' season (18-8, 9-4) would be considered impressive by most programs' standards, but the campaign has been a disappointment for a team with such high preseason expectations.
Kentucky has beaten Missouri in all four previous meetings, the most recent of which took place in 1999.
The Tigers trailed for virtually the entire game on Tuesday night, including by 13 points with under 11 minutes to play, but they battled all the way back and took control on a Laurence Bowers jumper at the 1:15 mark to lift his team to victory over first-place Florida. Missouri was slowed by the stout UF defense, as it shot less than 44 percent from the field and committed 19 turnovers. Fortunately, Mizzou held the Gators to just 40.7 percent shooting and won the rebounding battle, 40-28. Bowers finished with a double-double consisting of 17 points and 10 rebounds, Phil Pressey handed out 10 assists and logged three steals, and Jabari Brown and Earnest Ross poured in 12 and 11 points, respectively. On the season, Missouri nets a stellar 76.0 ppg and boasts one of the best rebounding margins in the nation (+10.2). The Tigers' strength in the frontcourt comes thanks to the strong play of Bowers (14.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.1 bpg), Ross (10.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and Alex Oriakhi (10.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.6 bpg). Pressey (11.8 ppg) is one of the top floor generals in the nation, handing out 6.9 apg. Rounding out one of the deepest scoring rotations around is Brown (14.5 ppg) and Keion Bell (11.6 ppg).
The Wildcats appeared to be in good shape up by 13 with less than eight minutes to play, and although Vanderbilt got within one possession following a 10-0 run, Kentucky would hold on for the win. Plugging into the starting lineup for injured superstar Nerlens Noel was Willie Cauley-Stein, who notched a career-best performance with 20 points (on 8-of-10 from the field), seven rebounds and three blocks. Archie Goodwin (16 points) and Ryan Harrow (12 points) were also strong for UK, which made up for a lackluster showing from the foul line (12-of-21) by shooting 51.8 percent from the field. Even without Noel (10.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 4.4 bpg, 2.1 spg), who will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, the Wildcats still have plenty of talent, with Goodwin (13.7 ppg), Kyle Wiltjer (11.6 ppg) and Alex Poythress (11.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg) the top scoring options. Harrow (9.5 ppg), Julius Mays (9.4 ppg) and Cauley-Stein (8.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.7 bpg) are also crucial to the depth for UK, which nets greater than 10 ppg more at the offensive end (74.3 ppg) than it allows to foes (64.0 ppg).
Even with Noel in the lineup, Kentucky was underachieving, and without him its status as an at-large selection for the NCAA Tournament field is far from certain. All things considered, Missouri appears to be in better shape at this point in the season, but the Tigers have not been strong away from home, which gives the Wildcats the slight edge to win their second straight game.


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Hey college students, do you want a job? Then you may not want to study architecture or the arts.
A new analysis of government data finds that recent college graduates with degrees in fields such as health and education have much lower unemployment rates than those who earned degrees in architecture and the arts.
Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce crunched government data from 2009 and 2010 to find out which majors are the most likely to land you a job right out of college.
In general, the researchers found that people are much more likely to get a job out of college when they choose a major that puts you on a specific career path, such as business. By contrast, people who get more general degrees in things like humanities and liberal arts may find it tougher to land a job, especially given the current job market.
"Your degree matters less and your major matters more," said Anthony Carnevale, the Georgetown center's director.
That's a change from past thinking, when conventional wisdom held that just getting a college degree would be enough to set you on a lucrative career path.
Still, even some very specialized degrees don't guarantee a good job. Saying you're an architect may impress people (or at least George Costanza always thought so), but Carnevale said it's long been a very competitive field.
"It's like being a chef," he said. "You may end up being a cook instead of a chef."
The recent slump in construction has made the job market for architects even worse, and that could last for years. The unemployment rate for recent architecture grads was 13.9 percent, according to the report.
The findings also show that there continues to be strong demand for people with degrees in engineering, math and some computer science fields.
Still, the overall unemployment rate for people with computer and mathematics degrees was a little high, at 8.2 percent. Carnevale said that's because there are a growing number of less technical computer information specialists degrees, and hiring in those fields slows down in recessionary periods.
The unemployment rate for education grads also was particularly low, at 5.4 percent. Although there have been cuts in education in recent years, Carnevale said it's continued to be a good bet for jobs because there are lots of older teachers who are retiring.
The good news for all college grads, regardless of major: As time goes on, unemployment rates generally go down.
"The truth is, if you get a four-year degree … you'll do OK," Carnevale said. "It'll be worth some money."


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It's something many are smiling about as the new ECU Dental School was dedicated Friday.
The dedication of Ledyard E. Ross Hall took place Friday afternoon. The dental school building is named for Dr. Ross of Ayden, who contributed 4-million dollars to the School of Dentistry, one of the largest donations in ECU history.
The dental school is on the ECU Health Sciences campus, near the hospital.
ECU Dental School Dean Greg Chadwick led the effort to open the school to address the shortage of dentists in rural counties, like Tyrrell, Hyde and Camden who have no dentists.
The 188,000 square foot building houses dental clinics, and teleconfrence rooms, where students can interact with students at similar facilities in the state.
Second year students will see patients at the Greenville facility next month.


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One step at a time is good walking.
– Chinese proverb
Walking shares with making and working that
crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world,
of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.
– Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country.
A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.
– Paul Scott Mowrer
Solvitur ambulando
(To solve a problem, walk around)
– St. Jerome
How often have I had this longing for an infinite walk – of going unimpeded,
until the movement of my body as I walk fell into the flight of
streets under my feet – until I in my body and the world in its
skin of earth were blended into a single act of knowing.
– Alfred Kazin, The Open Street
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
– John Muir
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
– Friedrich Nietzche
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking
Angels whisper to those who walk
– Raymond Inmon
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being …
I have walked myself into my best thoughts,
and I know of no thought so burdensome that
one cannot walk away from it.
– Soren Kierkegaard
Walking is a man's best medicine.
With beauty before me, may I walk
With beauty behind me, may I walk
With beauty above me, may I walk
With beauty below me, may I walk
With beauty all around me, may I walk
Wandering on the trail of beauty, may I walk
– Navajo: Walking Meditation
Walking is the great adventure,
the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and
soul primary to humankind.
Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.
– Gary Snyder


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Tim Kretschmer, the German teenager whose shooting rampage left 16 people dead earlier today, was a fan of the first-person shooter Counter-Strike, according to an early report from the Associated Press:
A 17-year-old who would give only his first name, Aki, said he had been studying this year with the shooter at a private business school, and described him as a quiet, reserved person.
Aki said the two played poker together, both in person and online, as well as a multiplayer video game called "Counter-Strike" that involves killing people to complete missions.
"He was good," Aki said.
Meanwhile, UK newspaper Telegraph reports that Kretschmer was experienced with weapons:
A former classmate said… "The only thing which stands out is that Tim was always very good with weapons. He mainly shot air weapons firing plastic balls, but the house had several gun cabinets occupying square metres of walls, mainly air guns."
"He was a pretty good shooter. He used to shoot in a forest behind his house. Sometimes we'd have air gun battles in the summer."
Another student told the AP that Kretschmer seemed troubled:
Sabienne Boehm, 12, said she recently met the shooter through a friend, and that he had shown her a note three weeks ago that he then sent to his parents.
"He wrote to his parents that he's suffering and he can't go on," she said.
GP: Video game violence is an ongoing topic of discussion among German political officials. Today's events will almost certainly spur additional debate on the topic.


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It seems in John's gospel and and in other letters by John, there is a big theological emphasis on the difference between (in the Greek) ζωή "Zoe" life and ψυχή "Psyche" life.
John 12:25 (NIV)
25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Is there any evidence of this idea preceding Christ, in Jewish thought up to that point, or in other religious traditions or is this unique to Christianity?


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After not drawing a Wyoming tag for units 73 and 83 (Mule Deer), and then finding a OTC Nebraska hunt to be undesirable at this time, we decided to purchase a leftover Montana tag. It appears that the leftover tags are there because of mule deer #s down and the price of the tags are a little steep.
I called the Miles City office and was given a few general ideas. They pointed me toward the Broadus area west to the Custer National Forest.
Any suggestions, thoughts, ideas, or warnings would be appreciated. Also if we elected not to hunt opening week, would that be a deal breaker? And.....when does the 'Rut' start in that area?
These may seem like simple questions, but as I mentioned in my introduction post (Greetings from Michigan), I have been out of the loop for quite awhile. There will be me and my nephew hunting, plus I have convinced my son to not make the same mistake I made. Take some time off of work (FOMOCO), and go hunting. He's goin! FORD#1


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I was using Zimbra 6.0.1 for the last 4 years without any problem. Now I have installed ZCS 8.0.6 64 bit in Centos 6.2. Really I am avery much surprised to see the new features that have been included in the new version.
Thanks for all the Zimbra team for such a change.
Now I want to migrate all of my accounts to to the newest version(8.0.6) from ZCS open source 6.0.1.
Kindly give your advice how to do that. Is there any document/how to's for doing this??
I checked some of the documents with rsync and imapsync in the forum?
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - In what was a tragic and agonizing week for
the city of New York and the tri-state area, the Knicks gave people a reason
to smile.
After their scheduled season opener was postponed in Brooklyn due to the
aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Carmelo Anthony led a solid, all-around New York
Knicks performance, scoring 30 points to help give the hosts a 104-84 blowout
victory over the defending champion Miami Heat.
Anthony grabbed 10 rebounds and came away with two steals. His scoring output
was a game-high, but he got a lot of help from his teammates, as five other
Knicks scored in double-figures.
Offseason acquisitions Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd both started in the
backcourt for New York and helped facilitate the offense. Felton dropped in 14
points and dished out nine assists, while Kidd drained 3-of-5 from 3-point
range, finishing with 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Steve Novak, last season's leader in 3-point field goal percentage, finished
with 17 points and converted five of the Knicks' 19 makes from 3-point range.
Off the bench, J.R. Smith contributed 11 points and six assists for the
Knicks, who lost in five games to Miami in the first round of the playoffs
last season.
After winning their season opener on Tuesday against the Boston Celtics, the
Heat found themselves trailing by double-digits most of the night on Friday.
LeBron James scored a team-high 23 points while also grabbing seven rebounds
and dishing out five assists. Dwyane Wade shot 7-of-10 from the field and
scored 15 points, while Chris Bosh finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
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In response to BsLegion's comment:
In response to Orrthebest's comment:
In response to BsLegion's comment:
To me when they say conditional pick I don't think if TT signs as a UFA the Buins get anything.
Just the fact they free up some cap space it's a win win situation.
Thank you Mr Thomas for 2011
The Islanders have the option to toll TT's contract and I can not think of one reason they wouldn't toll it. I would be surprised too see TT hit free agency.
that's right !!! Wouldn't that be lovely for TT, he'll belong to the Islanders next year and might demand to be traded. Now it wouldbe the Islanders that control his destiny and that's Karma .
Seems to me these Islanders have a little experience with forcing goalies that dont want to play for their awful team to play there anyway... Nabokov, anyone?


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Here's a problem with a company's zimbra server. They can't send any mails from their domain to gmail accounts.
When attempting to send to my gmail account they receive the following mail back:
This is the mail system at host mail.farmaciacatedral.com.py.
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be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
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What's more, when checking into /var/log/zimbra.log I found these entries there:
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Aug 27 06:53:18 maila amavis[10627]: (10627-03) Open relay? Nonlocal recips but not originating: email@example.com
where email@example.com would be my gmail account and email@example.com is the mail account used to send test emails to my account.
I also used mailradar.com to test if their mail server is an open relay, here is the result:
[Method 18]
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It has obviously passed this test, so would any of you help me? Why this company can't send mails to gmail accounts? I'm kind of new in this whole zimbra world so if here's not all the information needed to help me please let me know.


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PHOTOS: Amazing pictures of waterspouts and other severe weather events!
Tampa, Florida -- The man charged with shoplifting from a Tampa Target store entered a guilty plea Monday morning, the day he was to go to trial for the death of a security officer who suffered a heart attack after a four-minute brawl to stop him.
36-year-old Mervin Bettis pleaded guilty to 3rd degree murder. Judge Emmett Battles sentenced him to five years in Florida state prison, followed by five years of probation.
A Target Loss Prevention Agent had caught Bettis in the act, watching him on surveillance camera as he stashed $1,112.90 worth of merchandise in a cooler.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the agent had been tracking Bettis because he was suspected in other high dollar thefts from other Target stores in the area.
Surveillance video from the Hillsborough Avenue Target store in May of 2011 shows Bettis attempting to walk out of the store with the cooler in a cart when he is grabbed from behind in a bear hug by the agent who was trying to stop him.
Moments later, you can see 65-year-old Russell Horner, a uniformed security guard at the store, rush in to help.
The men struggle for four minutes before the agent and Horner are able to put cuffs on Bettis and bring him back to the store.
Surveillance video later shows Horner get up from a room where Bettis was being held. He collapsed after suffering a heart attack. Horner later died at the hospital.
An autopsy showed the heart attack was due to the heightened exertion during the four minute struggle.


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More than 300 people came to honor veterans of World War II, Korea and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Saturday. But the 10th Cobb County Republican Women's Club Veterans Celebration Brunch paid special attention to those who served in Vietnam.
Event organizer Donna Rowe, herself an Army nurse in Saigon, called the 50 Vietnam vets in attendance to come line the walkway in the center of the Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel and Conference Center ballroom. With 1960s music from Buffalo Springfield and Credence Clearwater Revival playing, Rowe told the veterans they were getting the welcome home they didn't receive at the time.
Rowe said the average age of the soldiers in Vietnam soldiers was 18, with more than 33,000 of the 58,267 names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington being 18 year olds.
"Ten years of our lives, our youth, were spent in war, 74 percent of these men were volunteers, they were not drafted, like the liberal media painted them as dropout draftees," she said. "A hundred percent of the women were volunteers, they didn't draft women in those days…I wanted to tell you all this because these men deserved a coming home, and this is it guys, this is your coming home."
Rowe then asked the audience to show their appreciation toward the veterans.
"Welcome home!" attendees said in unison.
Dave Hambrick of Marietta, who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, said each time he came home from Vietnam, he received either a negative or no reaction.
"This is probably the most moving experience we've had since we've been back," said Hambrick, a retired Marine captain who served from 1964-85. "We really appreciate Donna Rowe, being a Vietnam veteran herself, she understands the experience."
The keynote speaker for the event was Army Maj. Daniel Gade, who lost his leg when his Humvee was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in January 2005 near Ramadi, Iraq. He later went on to serve in President George W. Bush's administration in 2007-08 and is now an instructor in the social science department at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He's also competed in several cycling and triathlon events.
Gade told the audience that the word "hero" is often overused. He said that athletes like Tim Tebow and even many veterans are incorrectly labeled heroes.
"Hero is an outcome," Gade said. "Hero is not a person."
Heroes are formed by a combination of character and a moment, Gade said.
"When we talk about people who are heroes, typically what we are talking about is people of great character, who have met with difficult circumstances and thrived through those circumstances," he said. "Of course the term hero applies to many of you here today, but you would have been heroes whether or not you were wounded in action. You would have been heroes whether or not you ever went to combat, because the root of hero is in the idea of character."
Gade said that character involves keeping physically, mentally and spiritually healthy.
"If you have character, then it doesn't matter what the bad thing that happens to you is, because you're going to thrive and get through it," he said. "Heroes are people who recognize beforehand, before the race ever starts, that they must develop their character now in order to succeed when hard things happen in their life.
Gade said that veterans and non-veterans alike can be heroes.
"I like to serve as a gigantic warning sign, it doesn't matter f you're young or old, man or woman, there are things coming in your future that are hard things," he said. "I would encourage you to think about what level of development is your character, is your character at a level that, when something bad happens, you can come out on the other side and get through it? When the bad thing happens, it's just way too late to develop your character at that point…If you think about the kinds of decisions you'll make today, whether or not to have that extra drink, whether or not to go workout, whether or not to obey the speed limit on the way home. I would encourage you to begin making those small hard right choices rather than the easy wrong choice. That way, your character will be developed, and when your character is developed, you'll be able to go through the bad things and thrive."
Gade joked with emcee Moby, a country music disk jockey, that Moby had told him the event would be non-partisan. While mentions of the upcoming election were rare, Moby did get in some shots at Democrats, including Barack and Michelle Obama and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Others in attendance included U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Marietta), former Rep. Bob Barr and Cobb Commissioners Helen Goreham and JoAnn Birrell.
(Reprinted from the Marietta Daily Journal. Written by Geoff Folsom, October 28, 2012. Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal – Vietnam vets given 'welcome home' at Republican brunch)


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Last season was Pompeii on a baseball
field. Everything came crumbling down for the Boston Red Sox in 2012.
Nothing went right in the first year of the post-Theo Epstein Era in Boston.
Bobby Valentine started the season off on the wrong foot by questioning the
commitment of third baseman Kevin Youkilis. The Red Sox would later trade
Youkilis to the White Sox about a month before the trade deadline.
Right around that same time, outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury collided with Rays
infielder Reid Brignac on a play at second base and ended up on the disbaled
list for three months.
Carl Crawford had hoped to return to action shortly after the start of the
regular season but a lingering elbow injury kept him out until the All-Star
Oh, it gets worse. Daniel Bard's failed conversion from reliever to starting
pitcher (5-6, 5.24 ERA before his demotion) put added stress on a rotation
that was already struggling to get outs. And even when the rotation did put
the team in a position to win, interim closer Alfredo Aceves rarely made the
ninth inning look easy (eight blown saves in 33 chances).
Will Middlebrooks (.288, 15 HR, 54 RBI) and David Ortiz (.318, 23 HR, 60 RBI)
were bright spots but neither one of them could stay healthy. Meanwhile Dustin
Pedroia (.290, 15 HR, 65 RBI, 20 SB) did the best he could while playing
through a painful thumb injury.
After hovering around .500 for most of the first half, a 4-11 stretch in mid-
August ended any slim hopes the Red Sox had of making the postseason. That's
when first-year GM Ben Cherington decided to blow it all up.
With a little help from Magic Johnson's personal piggy bank, the Red Sox
pulled off one of the more jaw-dropping trades in recent memory. The Sox
shipped pouty starter Josh Beckett, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, utility man
Nick Punto and Crawford to the Dodgers for James Loney and a handful of
The swap pretty much assured that the Red Sox would finish in last place
(which they did) but it also gave the team enough financial flexibility to
rebuild in the offseason.
After finishing September with a 7-19 record, Bobby V finally got the axe,
allowing the Red Sox to bring in former pitching coach John Farrell as the new
Boston's final record of 69-93 was the team's worst since 1965 when the Sox
finished an embarrassing 62-100.
2012 FINISH (69-93) - Fifth Place (AL East)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Mike Carp (1B), Ryan Dempster (SP), Stephen Drew
(SS), Jonny Gomes (OF), Joel Hanrahan (RP), Mike Napoli (1B), David Ross (C),
Koji Uehara (RP), Shane Victorino (OF)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: Scott Atchison (RP), Mike Aviles (SS), Aaron Cook
(SP), Rich Hill (RP), Daisuke Matsuzaka (SP), Mark Melancon (RP), Vicente
Padilla (RP), Scott Podsednik (OF), Cody Ross (OF)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Jacoby Ellsbury (CF); Shane Victorino (RF); Dustin Pedroia
(2B); David Ortiz (DH); Mike Napoli (1B); Will Middlebrooks (3B); Jarrod
Saltalamacchia (C); Jonny Gomes (LF); Stephen Drew (SS)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Jon Lester (LHP); Clay Buchholz (RHP); Ryan Dempster
Felix Doubront (LHP); John Lackey (RHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Joel Hanrahan (RHP)
MANAGER: John Farrell
Boston's rotation was a train wreck last season, finishing 27th in the majors
in ERA (5.19). That's inexcusable for a team with a $100 million payroll.
Part of the problem was Jon Lester. The 29-year-old's confidence completely
disappeared after the Blue Jays ripped him to shreds in late July (4 IP, 9 H,
11 ER, 5 BB, 4 HR). He needed a scoreless outing in his last start just to
keep his ERA under 5.00 for the season.
Clay Buchholz wasn't much better. His ERA skyrocketed to 4.56 and he finished
the year by going winless in his last eight starts (0-4 over that span).
The Sox never got involved in the Zack Greinke sweepstakes this offseason,
instead opting for the more affordable (and significantly older) Ryan Dempster
(12-8, 3.38 in 28 starts for the Cubs and Rangers last season). They'll also
be getting John Lackey back after he missed the entire 2012 season recovering
from Tommy John surgery.
The key to turning it around could be John Farrell. The new skipper served as
Boston's pitching coach from 2007 to 2010 so he already has a rapport with
Lester, Buchholz and Lackey.
Farrell's wisdom might be working already. Buchholz is 2-0 this spring (0.96
ERA) while Lester is 3-0. By pitching six perfect innings against Tampa Bay on
March 17, Lester lowered his spring ERA to 0.90. If that success carries over
into the regular season, the Sox will have a good chance to stay competitive
in the AL East this season.
When healthy, David Ortiz is easily the most dangerous hitter in Boston's
lineup. Before he suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in July (though he
did come back for one game in late August), Ortiz had been on pace to swat 41
homers with 108 runs batted in.
Of course, we wouldn't be having this conversation if that were the case. The
fact of the matter is, Ortiz isn't healthy and it's getting to the point where
you have to wonder if he ever will be.
Papi has barely picked up a bat this spring because of inflammation in both of
his heels. Though the Red Sox haven't established a timetable for when Ortiz
could return to action, he's already been ruled out for Opening Day against
the Yankees on April 1.
It's hard to tell if the Red Sox are just being extra cautious with Ortiz or
if this is an ailment he's going to have to deal with for the rest of his
career. Boston went 23-49 without Ortiz at the end of last season so obviously
Papi is hugely important to this team's success.
Boston can probably handle missing Ortiz for a week or two. But if this injury
ends up costing Ortiz a month or longer, the Red Sox can kiss their playoff
hopes goodbye.
Scott Boras clients almost always test the free agent market, which means
there's almost no chance that Ellsbury will sign an extension with the Red Sox
during the season.
Ellsbury has been brilliant in spurts (.321, 32 HR, 105 RBI, 39 SB in 2011,
team-record 70 steals in 2009) but his injury history and age (he'll be 30 in
September) make him far from a sure thing.
After watching the Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez deals blow up in their
face, locking Ellsbury up long-term might not be worth the hassle for the Red
Sox. That's why it's very possible that Cherington could look to move Ellsbury
before the trade deadline.
Meanwhile, 22-year-old center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. is having a monster
spring (.444 AVG, .523 OBP in 24 games) and might even make the Opening Day
roster. Bradley's progress should give Boston even more incentive to deal
Ellsbury before July 31st.
X FACTOR: WILL MIDDLEBROOKS: What learning curve? Middlebrooks was spectacular
in his first month in the big leagues. It only took him 11 at bats to hit his
first homer and then one night later he left the yard twice. Middlebrooks
finished May with six homers, 21 RBI and a .316 average.
Middlebrooks cooled off eventually but he was still able to bop 15 homers in
his first 75 games. That extrapolates to 32 round trippers for a full season,
which would be the most ever by a Red Sox third baseman.
So now the question is, will Middlebrooks fall victim to the sophomore slump
or will he be able to build off of his strong rookie campaign?
Left field at Fenway has always been kind to right-handed pull hitters,
turning routine fly balls into wall ball doubles. That should help
Middlebrooks but his .288 batting average could dip into the .250/.260 range
if he doesn't work to fix some of the holes in his swing (70 strikeouts in 267
at bats). Middlebrooks seemed to run out of gas before his wrist injury (.194
in August), which also raises some questions about his stamina.
At age 24, Middlebrooks doesn't need to become a superstar right away. But it
definitely couldn't hurt.
The Red Sox lost their identity in 2012 but now they've found it again. They
went back to their roots by bringing in a group of scrappy, hardworking
veterans this offseason.
Bringing in Farrell to shore up the pitching staff was another smart move by
Cherington. Farrell's familiarity with the organization is also a plus.
The lineup looks pretty solid from top to bottom and Ellsbury and Shane
Victorino give the Sox an element of speed that's been missing in recent
There's a lot to like about this team and there's no way the Red Sox are going
to have as bad a year as they did in 2012. The problem is that there's also a
lot to like about every other team in the division.
The Red Sox should be above .500 but that probably won't be enough to make the
playoffs and it might not even be enough for a top three finish in the
division. That's no knock on the Sox. That's just an acknowledgment of how
competitive the AL East has become.
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