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I have started a new world from scratch with just random PS-clouds and I'm then trying to figure ways to create a world from there.
Basically I generated three layers with black/white render/cloud-filters and added these over each other by trying different transparency or blending options until I had a shape of greyscale topology I liked. The render/cloud-filter always renders the same scale of fractal which makes the over all distribution a little too even. So I scaled the top layer 500% and moved it around until I got som continent like lighter blobs on my workspace.
There was a lot of trial and testing in these steps, but I ended up with this.
The top adjustment layer enhances the contrast (in this instance I used /levels restricted to the upscaled top layer only) so the shapes become better defined. I then painted the adjustment layer-mask by hand with a broad soft brush to enhance where I wanted the continents.
Then I tried to figure at what level of grey I wanted the sea level to make the prettiest shape for continents. I used select/color range and picking one of the brigter areas and then moving the fuzziness gauge around until I was satisfied. I finish the selection and enter quick mask. In quick mask you can increase the contrast by tool of choice. I use levels here to keep some control over coastline antialiasing. I want it sharp, but not 2-bit-sharp which will end up with ugly pixelized edges when I use stroke on the coastline later.
Some manual painting and editing was done to remove unwanted islands and objects that crossed the edges from the selection.
At this stage I copy the landmasses and the seas to different layers so I can work with them separately from now on. The water layer here is tinted blue at this stage for visility only. The lakes are hand painted to a darker color in the tinting layer only because I want to separate them from the oceans. It is a good idea thing to save the continent selection to an alpha layer at this point.
I'll continue with Part 2 in this same thread within short. But don't wait for it. I'll be happy for all tips and comments on this part before the next is finished.


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Is it possible to assign an account with admin rights over a single domain in a multi-domain installation ?
Assume a zimbra installation with the following domains:
- domain1.com
- domain2.com
and the following users:
- admin: oerall zimbra server admin
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- email@example.com
Is it possible to give:
- email@example.com administrative rights over the domain domain1.com (and not domain2.com) and the users in that domain ?
- and firstname.lastname@example.com administrative rights over the domain domain2.com (and not domain1.com) and the users in that domain ?
The 'account' page has a checkbox to give administrative rights to a user, but this gives the user full rights over the entire isntallation ?

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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A new survey from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows most women want to see what reconstructive surgery results would look like before undergoing treatment for breast cancer. So, in an effort to make that happen, many patients are volunteering to show-and-tell at the first ever Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day or National BRA Day.
Kim Sport isn't shy about showing breast cancer patients her body. She had a mastectomy and a reconstructive surgery at the same time. She says she couldn't be happier with the results.
Kim Sport said, "I felt it was very, very important to share that experience with other women because I didn't want them just to have to look at a photo."
A new survey from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shows most women agree. The survey found 89 percent of women say they would rather see what reconstruction results might look like before making any treatment decisions.
The problem is not only are some women never shown surgery results, but 7 out of 10 are not fully informed about their reconstruction options. By the time some women find out, it's too late.
Frank DellaCroce, M.D. with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons shared, "I see a great number of patients who come in and say 'I'd wish I had known beforehand. I wish I could turn the clock back.' But the problem is you can't turn the clock back."
To make sure women are aware of their options, ASPS member surgeons are planning a novel "Show and Tell" event in October to kick off the nation's first BRA Day USA. The idea is to let cancer patients see for themselves what other women have been through.
Singer-songwriter Jewel is lending her support as a spokesperson for the Breast Reconstruction Awareness Campaign. She's performing a charity concert and has also written an inspirational song to help raise funds for the campaign. Proceeds from Jewel's song will benefit the Breast Reconstruction Awareness Fund.
To learn more about BRA DAY happening on October 17th in the USA and 20 other countries, go to http://bradayusa.org.


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2013 news of the year
2013 News of the Year
"2013 news of the year" Continued...
'DARK GLOOMINESS.' That's how Joel Belz in our last issue characterized the expectations of many WORLD readers who wrote to him about the cultural challenges that lie ahead. I wish the major events of 2013 provided evidence to pierce the darkness, but all I can find is one ray of hope.
The political year was certainly gloomy. In January, hope sprung eternal concerning President Barack Obama: Fresh off an electoral victory, might he move from first-term agitator to second-term statesman? By the fall, it was clear that ideology once again had trumped prudence.
Nowhere was that more evident than in the Obamacare debate. The president had pushed through a centralization of medical power by the thinnest of margins in the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court. It turned out that to win he had made false claims, stating repeatedly that forced equality would not violate the liberty of individuals to choose their own doctors. In 2013, millions of Americans learned differently, and Obamacare failures became fodder for bitter comedians.
The economic year was exuberant for stockholders and a relief for homeowners as housing prices finally rose, but beneath temporary joy lay fear that Washington was creating a new bubble by printing a surplus $85 billion per month and doing other fast shuffling to create the illusion that happy days are here again.
Nowhere was this more evident than in stock trends, where Federal Reserve shenanigans plus expanding corporate profits pushed markets to new highs. Analysts debated which was the larger factor, but late in the year good economic news tended to bring market declines because investors feared that a true recovery would force the Fed to halt its dangerous artifices.
The foreign policy year brought one disaster after another. Syria's fratricide went on and on, with President Obama abandoning a pledge to push back against chemical warfare. Iran continued to pursue nuclear weapons, with signatures on a piece of paper looking like those in Munich 75 years ago. China, Russia, and even North Korea flexed as the United States fluttered.
Nowhere was Obama diplomacy more in need of a reset than in the administration's cultural imperialism. In one small but poignant example, Croatia (a 90 percent Catholic country grown out of the former Yugoslavia) in 2013 decided to vote on a constitutional amendment to affirm traditional marriage. The U.S. State Department dispatched diplomats to push gay rights there and elsewhere. Outcome: Croatians in December voted 2-1 against same-sex nuptials.
IN ALL THESE AREAS our mainstream press failed America by presenting stories almost always based in secular liberal assumptions. Maybe this becomes clearer if we look at an Associated Press story from 70 years ago:
"Gestapo head Heinrich Himmler has stared down protesters, laughed off those who call him 'gypsy killer,' and smiled through clenched teeth while bantering with people who want to close his concentration camps. He's facing some of the biggest pressure he has ever seen. … 'If they think they're going to make me feel badly about what I do—not gonna happen.' Just as protesters say they are following God's will by praying outside concentration camps, Himmler said he, too, is led by divine guidance to provide a place to terminate gypsies: 'I feel like God wants me to do this job.' Concentration camp supporters said Himmler is doing important work: 'It really matters tremendously—the courage, the bravery, the self-sacrifice to keep defending our right to improve Europe.'"
That's outrageous, you might think: AP wouldn't have praised a Nazi mass murderer. You're right. That story never happened, back then. But if you change "concentration camp" to "abortion clinic," "gypsy" to "baby," and Himmler to an abortionist, you'll have the essence of an Associated Press story from 2013 that ran in many newspapers under the headline, "Abortion clinic owner stays committed despite pressure." (See, for example, charlotteobserver.com/2013/11/23/4491614/abortion-clinic-owner-committed.html.) AP nowhere argued that unborn children are not human beings, but such an assumption underlay the story, making abortion seem a reasonable procedure rather than an atrocity God hates.
IN THE FACE OF political, economic, and foreign policy gloom-inducers, along with press failure to tell the truth, it would be great to hold up Christian institutions as beacons of light rather than beakers containing more toxic chemicals. But 2013 was a troubling year for leadership in many long-respected Christian groups. Examples: Vision Forum and Exodus died as their leaders faltered, while the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities and the American Bible Society (ABS) chewed up and spat out presidents.
The ABS story in some ways shows in microcosm what Christianity in America faces. ABS began in 1816, a year after the United States survived a war with Britain begun when the U.S. Department of State protested not only British impressment of American sailors but also British harassment of American missionaries in India and elsewhere. The first ABS president was Elias Boudinot, who had been president of the Continental Congress in the 1780s. The second was John Jay, who had been chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The ABS vice president from 1817 until his death in 1843 was Francis Scott Key, who had seen bombs bursting in the air and then written what became the national anthem.
In short, the goals of ABS and many America leaders were similar, and they came from the same stalks. ABS provided the first pocket Bibles for soldiers (during the Civil War), gave more than one million Bibles to poor individuals and families in the post-war years, and by 1934 had sent 70 million volumes of Scripture to China, planting seeds that finally sprouted in recent decades.
In recent years, ABS has been wealthy, but our Department of State hampers rather than helps missionaries, and ABS has to decide how counter-cultural it wants to be. Our article later in this issue—see "Going public" in this issue—views the ABS dilemma as in many ways indicative of the pressure American Christianity faces. As WORLD's news coverage over the years demonstrates, we're not out to find scandals that finish off organizations with a loud bang. More often, we're called to report on small storm clouds that together create gloomy skies like those many of our readers see.
THAT LEADS ME to the ray of hope. For many years I was mistaken regarding the origins of a beloved hymn, "The Church's One Foundation." Seeing its initial publication in 1866, and singing verses like "'Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace forevermore," I thought it emerged from the American Civil War, which split not only a nation into North and South but Protestant denominations as well.
Uh-uh. Samuel Stone wrote the hymn regarding church conflicts in South Africa. It could be and has been sung in just about every country in just about any era over the past century and a half—which means that a normal part of the Christian life is what we'd like to think is abnormal. The Church Triumphant? No, "with a scornful wonder, this world sees her oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed." We can pray that the sad state of America and the church in America does not mean that God has abandoned us, but that He's maturing and disciplining us—and He disciplines those He loves.
"The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord. … From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride. With his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died."
Amen. Come, 2014. Come, Lord Jesus.
The Year in Photos
April 15
Runners continue to run in the Boston Marathon as an explosion erupts near the finish line of the race. Two nearly simultaneous explosions ripped through the crowd, killing three persons and injuring an estimated 264 others. (Photo: Dan Lampariello/Reuters/Landov)
February 13
A Syrian boy holds in his hand a bird that was injured in a government airstrike that hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: Abdullah al-Yassin/Associated Press)
May 10
Rescue workers pull a still-alive woman from the rubble of a garment factory 17 days after the building collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh. killing more than 1,000. (Photo: Sohel Ahmed/Reuters/Landov)
January 15
Rochelle Claitt reacts as she gets her free flu shot from nurse Gloria Oniha at the Laurel Regional Hospital, Laurel, Md. A widespread flu epidemic peaked in January with the highest number of cases reported in five years. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times/Landov)
September 29
A man carries an injured child away from the site of a car bomb explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan, that killed 40 persons. It was the third blast to hit the city in a week. (Photo: Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press)
May 20
Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary after an F-5 tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City. No one died at the school, but seven students were found dead at nearby Plaza Towers Elementary. Ten children were among the 24 total killed by the tornado. (Photo: Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman/AP)
August 14
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi clash with police and army in Cairo. (Photo: Giulio Piscitelli/Contrasto/Redux)
August 25
Inmate firefighters walk along state Highway 120 to battle the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif. Started in Stanislaus National Forest on Aug. 17 by a hunter's illegal campfire, the Rim Fire was California's third-largest wildfire since the 1930s and the biggest ever in the Sierra Nevada mountains. (Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
September 21
Kenyan security forces search for gunmen at Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The Somali terror group al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, attacked the upscale shopping mall, killing 67 persons and wounding more than 200. (Photo: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times/Redux)
November 30
Auburn cornerback Chris Davis returns a missed field goal attempt 109 yards on the last play of the game to defeat No. 1-ranked Alabama, one of the most memorable finishes in the history of college football. (Photo: Dave Martin/Associated Press)


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(Cook with the Chef 2010: Santa Fe School of Cooking)
3 Large peppers, roasted, peeled, and seeded (blended until smooth)
2 c. Masa harina
1 Tbsp. New Mexican red chile powder
2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking powder
6-7 Tbsp. Vegetable Shortening
Warm Water
2 C. Sweetwoods Dairy plain goat cheese (or other local equivalent)
1 C. Corn Kernels
1/2 C. Scallion greens, chopped
1/2 tsp. Epazote
2 Small butternut squash (or other yellow-fleshed equivalent)
3-4 Tbsp. Softened Butter
2-3 Tbsp. Honey
1 Tbsp. Coriander Seeds toasted and ground
1-2 tsp. Aji Amarillo chile powder
Warm Water
Salt to Taste
24-30 corn husks, soaked in warm water for about 20 minutes or until flexible
scallion greens, slices for garnish
For the masa:
1. Place the masa harina, 2 1/2 cups for the red pepper puree, the red chile powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl and combine until smooth. Allow the mixture to stand, covered, for about 15 minutes.
2. Add 1/3 of the shortening to the masa mixture, combining thoroughly before adding the remaining shortening in two additions. Mix thoroughly to combine. Mixture sould be easily spread with the back of a spoon about 1/3" thick. If the masa is too thick, adjust the consistency with warm water.
For the filling:
1. Combine all ingredients and set aside
For the sauce:
1. Preheat the oven to 350
2. Cut squash in half lengthwise, remove seeds and place cut-side down in baking pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until soft when pierced with a fork and slightly browned.
3. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Scoop the flesh and blend with the remaining ingredients. Taste and adjust seasonings.
4. Place in saucepan and set aside until almost read to serve.
To assemble:
1. Tear one of the corn husks into 1/2" strips for tying the tamales closed
2. With the back of spoon, spread about 1/3 – 1/2 cup of masa into 4" sqaure in the middle of a cornhusk. The masa should be about 1/3" thick.
3. Place 1-3 tablespoons of goat cheese filling int the middle of masa. Fold the masa and cornhusk, envelope-style, to encase the filling. It will resemble a small, fat, cigar. Tie ends closed with cornhusk strips.
4. Repeat cornhusk-filling process
4. Place tamales in a large steamer set over simmering water and cover. Steam the tamales for about 45-50 minutes.
To serve:
1. Heat the Suace over medium low until warm, stirring occasionally.
2. Place a spoonful of sauce on a place, unwrap a tamale and place the tamale in the sauce. Garnish with scallion greens.


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Bon Jovi star Richie Sambora added some rock 'n' roll to the 2014 CMA Music Fest by performing with the Zac Brown Band on Sunday night.
The group headlined the final night of the country music event at the LP Field stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, following performances from the genre's biggest stars, including Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Brad Paisley, across the four-day festival.
PHOTOS: CMA Music Fest
Zac Brown's group gave the audience a night to remember by bringing out special guest Sambora during the set to perform Bon Jovi's huge hit "Wanted Dead Or Alive."
The guitarist said after the show, "What a blast playing with my brother Zac Brown. Nashville has always welcomed me with open arms, and it was incredible to jump on stage and feel the energy of that amazing crowd."


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Has anyone been seeing errors of this sort in iCal?
Basically, iCal goes into offline mode with/without notice. When you try to go back online, you get an alert; the only solution is to quit/restart iCal.
One user copied down her error message:I've also seen alerts offering to revert to server data, but I haven't noted the exact wording. In any case, clicking "okay" to revert to server doesn't do anything--you still have to quit & relaunch iCal.Request for calendar failed.
The server responded with
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The user in question is still using Mac OS 10.5.6 due to Bug 38112 – Creating appointments in iCal does not send the invite but once 5.0.17 is released, I'll upgrade her to 10.5.7. However I'm pretty sure I've seen the error under 10.5.7 as well.


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Review of the New Joshua Dread BookWritten by childrens library on 05/12/2014
Joshua Dread, The Dominion Key
Joshua Dread, the Dominion Key, is the best book that Lee Bacon has written in the series! The author has created an adventure that would fit in a superhero's diary!
Let me introduce the gang: Joshua, the main character, has the power of sending an electric wave in any direction. Sophie, Captain Justice's daughter, has superhuman strength. Milton, Joshua's best friend, is the only person in the group who doesn't have a superpower. Marinda became their friend when they all joined the Alliance of Infinity, which is the name of the group. She can look into the future, so she can predict her enemy's next move.
The story starts in the food court at the mall. They discover there is another supervillain there when nachos, ketchup, and mustard start flying through the air. Along with the supervillain, who can control objects with her mind, there is a thug and the four friends' all-time enemy, nFinity. nFinity used to be one of the superheroes but betrayed them by siding with Phoenix Vex, an evil multi-billionaire. nFinity drops a list at the food court. The list holds names of the gadgets that Vex wants the supervillains to get so they can create a weapon to stop time and destroy the universe.
The superheroes get sent away to Alabaster Academy for safety purposes. One by one, things on nFinity's list are disappearing. There's only the Dominion Key left, so they take a journey to save it. Will they beat Phoenix Vex to it?
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Top dessert with 1/2 cup thawed COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping just before serving.
Refrigerate leftovers.
We've took a classic chocolate bread pudding and gave it a makeover. We used fat-free milk instead of whole milk, decreased the amount of chocolate, and used egg whites instead of whole eggs. We also added PHILADELPHIA 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese to the milk mixture to create a creamy texture. Not only does this warm pudding taste great, but it also saves you 40 calories and 4 g of fat per serving when compared to the classic recipe.
Each serving of this special treat has under 200 calories. Enjoy it as part of your overall healthful eating plan.
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better if cooked like a 2 inch thick bread pudding English style but good. I prefer raisins to chocolate.
My first time having bread pudding..it had good flavor but the texture was a little soggy. I don't know if it came out right or...but overall was pretty good, especially w/ fruit on the side.
This was ok. My kids liked it ( Not much considering their toddlers :0) As for the rest of us . It was to soggy I dont know what went wrong. I think I'll just keep to the family recipe .


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Images: Suriname dignitaries visit South Dakota [Image 18 of 19]
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard (right), discusses South Dakota's State Partnership Program with Lamure Latour (center), Suriname minister of defense and John Nay, U.S. ambassador to Suriname, at the Capitol, June 17. The South Dakota National Guard hosted dignitaries from the Republic of Suriname for a week in June. Dignitaries were shown various military training associated with the annual Golden Coyote training exercise, which brought 2,100 National Guard soldiers and airmen from across the U.S. to the Black Hills for the two-week training event. They were also shown ongoing missions by South Dakota's soldiers and airmen conducting flood relief related missions in the state's capitol, Pierre. The South Dakota-Suriname State Partnership Program was formally established in August 2006 to develop mutually beneficial partnerships between the two entities.
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(WUSA) -- A federal judge has ordered that Justin Wolfe, a Virginia man who has been on death row for more than a decade, be released from prison.
Justin Wolfe's mother calls it a Christmas gift, but says she is cautiously optimistic.
"We're just shocked. We're grateful. We're relieved. But we have gotten this close to the door so many times only to have it shut on us again," said Terry Steinberg, Wolfe's mother.
Wolfe was convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme and sentenced to death row ten years ago for the killing of Daniel Petrole. Last year, a federal judge overturned the conviction, ruling that Prince William County prosecutors hid evidence that would have undermined their case. He ordered Wolfe to be retried within 120 days, but that didn't happen.
On Monday, a federal judge ordered him to be released.
"Justin has told the same story for twelve years, nothing has ever wavered," said Steinberg. "Now that all the evidence is being turned over, we are finding evidence that proves Justin was always telling the truth, that he had nothing to do with this murder."
The Attorney General is filing an appeal to the judge's decision to not allow a retrial.
Wolfe's next hearing is set for next Wednesday January 2nd.


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Hey, looking to get a pair of new boots and I had my eyes set on the meindl Alaska hunter from cabelas. I currently have a pair of danner pronghorns and they don't offer the ankle support I'm looking for.
Unfortunately I'm nowhere near a cabelas store so I was wondering if anyone knew how big of a difference there is between the Denali and the Alaska model in terms of support/stiffness?
I hunt steep/rocky terrain and pack out/in, sometimes with heavy loads. As said, leaning towards the Alaskan but interested to hear opinions on the difference/trade offs between the two.
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Cyclones Announce 2013 Indoor Track & Field Slate
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State track and field program released its 2013-14 indoor season schedule on Monday. The schedule features four home meets, including the Big 12 Indoor Championships. The Cyclones will begin the season as they have in recent years, hosting the Holiday Preview on Dec. 6.
Iowa State will travel twice in January after classes resume for the Spring semester. On Jan. 18, the squad will travel to Iowa City, Iowa for the Big 4 Duals, and will compete at the Cherry & Silver Collegiate Invitational on Jan. 24-25. The annual Bill Bergan Invitational, Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, will wrap up January and will mark the start of the February slate for the Cyclones.
Iowa State will send runners to two meets on Feb. 7-8 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup. The Cyclones are currently scheduled to wrap up the regular season Feb. 14-15 by hosting the Iowa State Classic.
The Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships return to the Lied Recreation Center on Feb. 28 – Mar. 1. The season concludes with the NCAA Indoor Championships on Mar. 14-15, in Albuquerque, N.M.
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Thursday's Intrasquad: Pitcher Pictures
Today's photo post is all about the pitchers. Let's take a look at some of the deliveries from Thursday's intrasquad game:
(R) – Hard-throwing Jeremy Jeffress
KC area native Tommy Hottovy is sporting Royal blue!
Blake Wood
Tim Collins
Louis Coleman
Everett Teaford
Vin Mazzaro
Mike Montgomery
Nate Adcock
Will Smith
Sean O'Sullivan
Ryan Verdugo
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Drew unit 71 for antelope again!!
Drew unit 71 for antelope again!!
How long until they usually get around to crediting accounts for refunds?
we applied as first choice. as I mentioned before, time constraints and season timing kind of dictated the type of hunt I can go on. sept or nov doesn't work well this year. October does, so that works well for a Region C deer hunt. They must have cut tags back again or more people applied. For years region C never sold out. Good thing we decided to apply this year instead of waiting for leftover tags, which we usually do. In the Wyoming mrs section it was talked about how Wyoming is cutting back deer tags, and they have been for the last couple of years in region C......so we decided to apply this year. good choice on our part.
have not looked at the leftover list, but I am sure there is somewhere you can go to hunt deer. Montana?? if you can stomach 550 bucks for deer or 800 for elk, I am sure there are tags somewhere to buy.
Good Luck!
Good luck you guys! Nothing for me this year.
Points for me this year. I am going to buy leftover doe tags for myself and the wife for unit 9 and hunt walk in areas this fall for a fun hunt.
A bad day in the woods is better than a good day at work.
Shoot the best, Shoot PSE!
Unit 67 antelope for us. First time antelope hunting first time in wyoming. Can't wait
So, when I enter my information the WY website keeps giving me a message about my info is not in the system ... am I right in guessing I wasn't drawn?


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Rangers' Stralman may miss Game 4
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The Rangers already were facing a problem of depth — the Bruins have it and they lack it.
Things didn't get any better in Tuesday night's 2-1 loss to the Bruins in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal at the Garden, dropping the Rangers into a 3-0 series hole and to the brink of elimination.
With just under seven minutes remaining in the second period, defenseman Anton Stralman was slammed into the backboards by burly Bruins forward Milan Lucic, dazing Stralman to the point where he could hardly defend Nathan Horton in front of the net as he rang one off the crossbar. Stralman returned for one more shift in the second period but was not on the bench to start the third, and his status going into tomorrow night's Game 4 is unknown.
"It's huge," coach John Tortorella said of Stralman's loss, both of the Bruins' goals coming in the third period after he went down. "He has played so well. That's a big blow to us as far as [matchups] and just our depth within our game."


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Health officials say a third child has died from the flu in Michigan as statewide influenza cases rise.
The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News report the death of a 6-year-old from southwest Michigan was confirmed last week. The Michigan Department of Community Health earlier reported the death of an infant from southwest Michigan and an adolescent from central Michigan.
The state says it's been notified of at least two deaths of adults with flu-related illnesses. The MDCH isn't mandated to report such deaths.
As of Dec. 20, 252 confirmed flu cases were reported in Michigan. Such numbers typically aren't seen until later in the flu season.
The flu is a contagious respiratory illness with symptoms that include fever, headache, fatigue, cough, stuffy or runny nose and muscle aches.
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Fans of tragic R&B star Aaliyah have launched an online petition to have an upcoming biopic shelved.
Earlier this week, it was announced Disney star Zendaya Coleman had been cast to play the "More Than a Woman" hitmaker in Aaliyah: Princess of R&B for America's Lifetime TV network.
Coleman's casting has been met with a backlash from fans, and Aaliyah's relatives have also distanced themselves from the project, but they urged supporters not to be so harsh on the teenage star.
However, a group of fans have now launched a campaign to halt production on the film.
The petition reads: "This petition is to stop the making of this Aaliyah biopic. It's wrong that Aaliyah's mother or brother didn't have a say so in this movie that is being made. The fans didn't get a say so and neither did any of Aaliyah's friends. As her fans, we're going to do anything in our power to stop this movie…
"They're about to make something that didn't even get approved from her family. That is beyond disrespectful… If you really respect Aaliyah, you have to respect her mother and her brothers (sic) wishes… It was Aaliyah's life. And they're taking it too far now. We need to put a stop to this!"
Shooting on the TV biopic is expected to begin over the summer. Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001, at 22.


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MOUNT VERNON, Va. (WUSA) -- An 18-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed by two women on Thursday morning in Huntley Meadows Park, say Fairfax County police.
Police say the woman, who is a college student, was jogging near the South Kings Highway/Telegraph Road entrance at approximately 11:14 a.m.w hen two women knocked her to the ground. They then assaulted her before taking her jacket and her cell phone.
According to police, the woman was able to flee from the attackers. She suffered minor injuries.
The first suspect is described as a 15 to 25 year old Hispanic woman, 5 feet tall and heavy set. She was wearing all black.
The second suspect was described as 15 to 25 years old, Hispanic or Black, 5 feet 6 inches tall with a medium build. She was also wearing all black.
If you have any information on this attack, please call Crimes Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477) or Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131. You can also text information beginning with TIP187 to CRIMES (274637).


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I am new in Zimbra Desktop v7 using it for less than a month with my gmail account. Appointments summary is a cool feature but the case is: Appointments summary is sending email early in the morning with the scheduled meetings of the day. As time goes, meetings are done or snoozed. Appointments snoozed are reminded. What happens with the completed appointments???? They keep up coming in the day list. Is there a way to mark an appointment complete and keep it in calendar as archive???? The only solution coming to mind is to set reminder time to "never", but still you have to open 10-20 items daily one by one more than once. I mean appointments might be rescheduled, snoozed, edited, and completed. Looking for a clean way to do it. any ideas????


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'Oppo closely approximates the traits of high-end design. '
'16GB of built-in storage. '
Style, power and improvements galore
A premium build, great screen and proficient cameras makes the R7 a worthy buy
'The Honor 6 Plus is fairly slim at 7.5mm but the weight of 165g is above average.'
'Looking at the competition, the Honor 6 Plus' screen is not that bright.'
'And true to the Honor brand's affordable promise, the 6 Plus comes with a low price. '
'The display is bright and blacks are impressive.'
'Unbeatable price-to-performance ratio.'
'Top-notch specs.'
'Superb value.'
'high-end smartphone'
'The G3's flagship feature is its 5.5-inch, 2,560-by-1,440 screen—the highest resolution you'll see anywhere. '
'Improved interface'
'The slim screen bezels and tapered edge design also help the LG G3 feel reasonably trim when held. '
'It's unsurprising that performance is smooth and nippy the vast majority of the time.'
'The YotaPhone 2 has moved from technological curio to a phone we'd be happy to live with.'
'Dual-screened engineering marvel'
'decent all-round specs'
'Software bugs can cause ghosting issues with E Ink screen.'
'The aperture is of the G Lens camera is reasonably wide (f/2.0), which should also help the camera achieve good results in low-light conditions, as it lets more light reach the sensor.'
'Great screen.'
'Improved screen contrast and angles'
'The Xperia Z2 is packed with the latest wireless technology so you'll be sorted with dual-band Wi-Fi up to 11ac, Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX, NFC and 4G LTE are all on-board. '
'fresh new UI'
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'the display does look brilliant on a number of levels.'
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'Huawei Honor 4C is a good phone but so are many others in this price range. '
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Hi!! I am Vijay (Nick:Vj) and I am a Masters Student majoring in Health Systems beginning from this Fall 07. I hail from the charming city of Chennai erstwhile Madras in India and contrary to all expectation I am not a cousin of the Golfer Vijay Singh.
Apart from from my academic interests, I love music and I see a lot of movies/drama. I am a great fan of the British actor Rowan Atkinson and I am proud to say that I have seen all of his movies. I adore Hugh Laurie and his performance in House MD. I think that could be a big reason why I am here :-) I love taking photographs. I want to dance and I am looking forward to learn Salsa soon in this Fall break. I learned to play flute long time back but again I am completely out of touch so no live performances please ;-).
Coming to sports, though I am not a master of any, I desperately want to learn swimming. Unfortunately I have realized after repeated attempts that my body is structurally and physically incapable of floating - probably my mech friends could do their projects on this. I play table tennis and cricket rarely when I am bored with assignments.
For any comments/critique you can reach me @ vijayramnath [at] gmail [dot] com
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I'll make you a co-admin of the site if you make a tutorial on how to make that water?
Just kiddin...but it would be quite awesome to know that secret.
Well here goes another experiment. The water in this was by far the most difficult thing I have yet to make. I also ran into issues of scale, photoshop's render clouds filter isn't adjustable like the gimp's So in order to make larger features I had to do something along the lines of "not so random coastlines" X 2.
So the file is 2000x2000 with 200dpi.
The detail is really tiny in this. I couldn't think up of any interesting additions for the moment, such as caves or things. I know I should have attempted a volcano, but was wanting to finish the other details first.
I realized one of my problems is that I love zooming in too much too often. This causes me to focus on making really nicely detailed paths and rivers, then go back to actual size to realize that my nice brook is only 2px wide and a dull color that barley stands out. The same goes for the buildings. Yet then again I did try to keep it somewhat in scale.
This is the first time I really feel that I effectively created a hilly area with mountains. I found the effect by accident too!
There is a bit of history behind some of the areas, and many secrets to be found on these newly settled islands. But unfortunately, I am too tired of wrestling the oceans into a pleasant effect to bother inventing it Maybe later. Likely never.
Tell me what you guys think!
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I'll make you a co-admin of the site if you make a tutorial on how to make that water?
Just kiddin...but it would be quite awesome to know that secret.
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On an initial sweep the only thing I think it needs is something "below" the water to denote the reef. Also, a sprinkling of smaller islands here and there would go nicely.
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Yea ill Show how, yet im still unhappy with it. Skycast is right, and reminded me that I still need to figure some way out to create a more realistic underwater sand-area around the islands. Simply a ring of a lighter color in the water doesnt really do so well. I also want to figure out how to make realistic looking sand bars, as painting em doesnt seem to do so well.
I could put a few more small islands in. As for the reef, I understand, there needs to be at least some sort of interesting texture or color around that area. I was referring to the lighter colored area in the string of islands as the reef.
Another thing I just realized would make things look abit nicer is some trees on the beach, like palm trees.
Thanks for your all your compliments on the water though! I'll write something up for it tomorrow evening.
Those mountains are great - repped.
I'd actually like it if the sea went darker as you got further from the islands. It's a very light shade of blue - but then it is tropical
The only thing I'd touch is making the water darker, love the greenery on the land. Many props
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Heh, am I the only one that dislikes the water? It looks too bumpy for me, at that kind of scale...
Ah well...
The mountains and farmland are magnificent however... I'm especially curious of the farmland. Did you do that by hand?
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I haven't forgotten about that tutorial, but the thing is, I feel bad about writing a tutorial on the one thing that I feel is incomplete. So I went farther experimenting with water. I also used Google earth as reference and now understand how water works with islands better.
So this is what I got so far! Never mind the lack of tons of things, I took out every unnecessary layer to keep the filesize down, keeping things abit faster (as one of the steps to this is making a 10,000x10,000px layer!! applying an effect then shrinking it down)
Now I'm kinda beginning to miss the blazingly bright sapphire colors of my crystalline ocean but It's still easily achievable with this.
jfrazierjr, I'm trying to interpret what your saying. Maybe im confused because I don't have a single water layer it was about 3 in the first image, now its at 6-7. But even after merging them into one, I'm still abit lost as multiple layers your naming have the same name- "water layer"
I agree A. Smith that it is abit strangely bumpy had already went through a process of get it as small as it is already, I guess I just needed to do it more.
The farmland is a really amazing discovery. It is actually a default photoshop rock texture! The island layer consists of a mayang picture of some concrete as the image, then for layer properties: color overlays, inner glows for the beach, slight bevels, and a texture overlay, the texture overlay is what makes it look like farmlands. To make it appear in that area, I simply blurred the mayang concrete image to make it stand out! Addition by subtraction! You can tell that this texture is everywhere if you look closely enough. It adds alot of great variety to the islands.
In the picture I also added a bit of coastal coloring to one of the islands. I'm not sure how I like it. I think it would fit better for a non tropical area, but here it needs to be lightblue/sandy rather than muddyness.


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To the editor:
With the new year under way, North Carolina�s Mental Health Managed Care Organizations have come on line. The Affordable Care Act is a reality. Change has come, and we�re confidently moving forward.
But allow me to push the pause button for just a moment as I look back on 2012 to thank our community for remembering Carobell with generous and thoughtful donations. Your caring for Carobell is allowing us to reach higher and achieve more. Thank you from all of us here in Hubert.
Carobell has never � and will never � solicit donations from citizens door-to-door or by telephone.
Unfortunately, we have learned of incidents in which people have attempted to take advantage of Carobell�s good name. During the holiday season, two individuals claiming to represent Carobell were in the Richlands area knocking on doors asking for donations. The pair traveled in a black van and one was in a wheelchair. Please do not allow this scam to continue. If you are contacted, please call the police or call Carobell. Help us to put a stop to this crime.
The pause button is off now. It�s full steam ahead with excitement and great anticipation for a successful 2013.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland voters are returning to the polls after early voting was canceled for two days due to superstorm Sandy.
Mary Wyatt of Annapolis said Wednesday after voting that she was relieved voting was back on track because she is traveling for work on Election Day.
In Bowie, there was a long line with a 90-minute wait.
Bob Ray, a Democratic elections judge at the Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis, says voters crowded the polls in Anne Arundel County on Saturday and Sunday. He says many voters wanted to vote ahead of the storm.
Maryland called off early voting Monday and Tuesday due to the storm. Friday has been added as an extra day and hours have been extended for Wednesday and Thursday to make up for the lost time.


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I have a very strange problem using Zimbra Mobile and my Treo 650. I can set everything up and it works fine. The problem comes up basically every Monday. Once my inbox has more than 50 messages to sync, it craps out. As it tries to sync the inbox it goes very quickly on messages 1-25 and then much more slowly on messages 26-50 and then hangs. After that, it won't sync at all. I have to delete the account, re-create it and hope that it works. Once I get past this, it works fine. I know that a workaround is to pull messages all the time, but I'd rather not do that.
The error I receive is:
There was a problem syncing messages. There was a problem syncing messages. Please select the Sync button to try again.
If I click the Details button on the error message, I get this:
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A Pretty Good Mom.
by Vicki Larson
Poor moms. Oh, sure, we recently had our "big day," filled with handmade cards, flowers, home-baked muffins served in bed and a mani/pedi. OK, I didn't, but some moms did. Still, my two teenagers graciously allowed me to take them to brunch (the older one kicked in a few bucks). I don't make a big fuss over the day, but I felt honored that they wanted to be seen in public with me.
Kids are tough on moms, but, as it turns out, we moms are even worse on ourselves.
This is a confusing time for moms. First we had the Supermom, then the Mommy Wars (and I can't tell if we're still in them, experiencing a truce or whether the relative quiet is just the calm before the storm); the simultaneous adulation and condemnation of single motherhood; and, now, the rise of the Bad Mother.
We've all called ourselves "bad mother" one time or another, says Ayelet Waldman in her just-released book, "Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace." In our mothers' days, moms were basically either good or neglectful— a few managed to be better than good. Nowadays, moms who grew up believing that we can do it and be it all are, instead, beating ourselves up for feeling like a failure in everything:
"If you work, you're neglectful; if you stay home, you're smothering. If you discipline, you're buying them a spot on the shrink's couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. If you buy organic, you're spending their college fund; if you don't, you're risking all sorts of allergies and illnesses," she says.
Moms are so crippled by their guilt and unreasonable expectations, she says, that we don't even celebrate the truly joyous moments of motherhood. And, it's stressing us out — not to mention what it's doing to our marriages.
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A scrolling platformer that handles sloped surfaces. A learning exercise that I will try to build upon to turn into a real game.
2d platformer game about a robot.
Run and jump to collect coins and shoot your way through mobs and blue barrier doors. Avoid getting hit by spikes, lasers, or mobs and find your way to the white exit.
You're a Ninja in the city. Run!
Rambit is a platform game that won the game creation competition 2ª Batalha de Games (nov/2011) of Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. The competition theme was "save the planet".


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|Lady Dragons to host Pink Zone game Saturday
|Written by Darci Tomky
This Saturday, Feb. 2 is the annual Pink Zone game to support the fight against breast cancer. The Lady Dragons will be sporting their pink uniforms and will be taking donations for Melissa Memorial Hospital Foundation in support of their local work to erase cancer.
Community members are invited to fill Dragon Gym with pink at this Saturday's basketball games and support this great cause.
Holyoke 46, Wiggins 29
Hosting Wiggins last Friday, Jan. 25, Holyoke girls' varsity basketball team secured a solid win, defeating the Tigers 46-29.
"It was good to get our second district seeding game win and our eighth overall win for the season," said coach Arlan Scholl. "The girls have been working very hard in practice and deserve to see some positive results."
He added the girls didn't play quite as relaxed, letting the game simply come to them, but they limited turnovers and rebounded well, so he was pleased with the game performance.
Sophomore Megan Vieselmeyer looks to the basket
HHS put up the points in the first quarter, leading 16-7. They added another eight in the second period, heading into halftime with the 24-12 advantage.
The Dragons again outscored the Tigers in the third and fourth quarters, 11-7 and 11-10, for the 17-point win at the final buzzer.
Holyoke shot 80 percent from the free throw line, with 12 out of 15.
Senior Erin Vieselmeyer led Dragon scoring with 22 points including seven two-pointers, one trey and five for six from the line. She also had one block.
Maddie King added 16 points and led rebounds with 12. She grabbed one block, three steals and three assists.
Megan Vieselmeyer and Chandler Gerk each had three steals, and Gerk finished with three assists for the Dragons.
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"The next two games against Akron and Caliche will be a challenge for us," said Scholl, noting both teams may come into these games undefeated and ranked No. 1 in Class 2A and No. 1 in Class 1A.
"What a great challenge and privilege to be able to play the very top competition in the state right here on our home court," he said. "We will prepare hard and hope to get the big upset wins."
Friday, Feb. 1 the Dragons host Akron with games beginning around 4 p.m. The Pink Zone game will be in Holyoke Saturday, Feb. 2 beginning at 2 p.m. with Caliche.
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Pinatas are a fun and festive must-have for any child's birthday party. Not only is it a colorful themed decoration, but everyone who sees it knows there's a pile of candy coming soon. There are so many pinata kits to choose from that it's easy to find the perfect one to go with your party's theme. The kits come with a blindfold and candy, so there's nothing additional to get besides the stick. Many of the pinatas are the pull string type or have a conversion kit, so often a stick is not even necessary.
Pinatas are big tissue paper formed shapes and come in styles to fit any birthday child's favorite things. If the party them is animals, trucks, space ships, sports, Disney, or cartoon characters, there's a pinata to match.
You can choose a traditional pinata that needs to be smashed with a stick. This is best for older kids in an outdoor setting. Each child takes a turn swinging at the pinata while wearing a blindfold. Pull string pinatas have strings dangling underneath and are good for indoors or with younger kids. The kids can take turns or each one can grab a string and pull at the same time. One string will rip open the pinata. Either way, the kids will love diving for the candy that falls to the ground.


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On 04/22/2013 at 6:24 PM, Rockford Police responded to a serious one vehicle crash in approximately the 500 block of North 6th Street.
Upon arrival, the initial investigation indicated that a 1996 Blue Mercury Cougar had been southbound on North 6th Street from the Whitman Street bridge interchange when it left the roadway, rolling over, and striking a light pole on the east side of the street.
The driver, Samantha Mitchell (27), a Rockford resident, was transported to St. Anthony Hospital. She was treated for minor injuries and released. She was later cited for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. She was left in the custody of the Winnebago County Jail.
A 6 year old female passenger was transported to Rockford Memorial Hospital with life threatening injuries. She is listed in critical condition. Four other occupants of the vehicle were treated for various injuries at local hospitals. Their injuries are considered to be non-life threatening.
Preliminary information indicates that excessive speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.
The charges are merely accusations. The accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The investigation is on-going.
ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- A Rockford mother is jail tonight after she's accused of driving drunk and causing a rollover crash that sent five others to the hospital, including four kids.
The crash happened Monday night just before 6:30 p.m. at 6th Street and the North 2nd Street interchange. Police say the driver, Samantha Mitchell, 27, was heading southbound on North 6th Street from the Whitman Street bridge when she lost control of her car, rolling it over, and smashing into a light pole on the east side of the street.
A six-year-old girl was taken to Rockford Memorial Hospital with life threatening injuries. We're told she is in critical condition. Four others, one adult and three children, were inside the car at the time of the crash. They were treated for non-life threatening at local hospitals.
Mitchell was treated for minor injuries at St. Anthony Medical Center. She was released to Rockford police and now is in the Winnebago County Jail for allegedly Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol.
The crash is still under investigation but police say preliminary information indicates excessive speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.
Right now information is limited but we do know multiple ambulances have been sent to the scene. More tonight on the 23 News Update at 10.


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Red (2010)
Red Synopsis
Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.
Red Release Date
In Theaters October 15, 2010
Red Credits
Starring: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker, Brian Cox, Julian McMahon, Richard Dreyfuss
Written by: Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
Directed by: Robert Schmentke
Produced by: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
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BARNESVILLE - Mayor Ron Bischof said building a recreation center with an indoor swimming pool is one possible spending plan for the $6 million in lease money coming to the village from Denver-based Antero Resources.
Now, Bischof and Antero want everyone who owns Utica or Marcellus shale mineral rights inside the village limits to consider signing the same $5,700 per acre lease - with 20 percent of production royalties - that Barnesville officials signed last year.
"We have met met with representatives of Antero Resources and find them to be very straightforward people to work with and feel that this lease will give individual property owners within the village of Barnesville the opportunity to enjoy some of the same economic benefits that the village received," Bischof said.
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Barnesville Mayor Ron Bischof, left, and Village Administrator Roger Deal review some documents from Antero Resources. Those who own mineral rights in Barnesville now have the chance to sign onto the same lease deal village officials struck with Antero for natural gas drilling.
Antero recently mailed an informational packet to each of the roughly 1,700 mineral owners within the village. Belmont County records show the company already has about 800 separate lease agreements there with the intention to drill. The driller also has active operations in Noble and Monroe counties, reaching a depth of 8,132 feet at one Monroe County well, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resources records.
"It is a great opportunity," said Village Administrator Roger Deal. "Even if you are only going to get a little bit of money, every little bit helps these days."
In Ohio and West Virginia combined, Antero plans to spend $1.65 billion for natural gas production this year.
"There will be no drilling on any surface property within the village. They (Antero) will drill outside the village and then turn to go under the ground to take our gas," Bischof said regarding the horizontal drilling method. He also said the company has identified some potential well pad sites, but it has not yet confirmed definitive plans. "They have told us, 'We did not spend $6 million not to drill.'"
For anyone interested in signing a lease with Antero, the following times and dates are established for landowners to bring their information to the company for potential lease agreements: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Barnesville Middle School; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 16 at the middle school; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Barnesville Library Annex; 9. a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 23 at the middle school; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the library annex; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 2 at the library annex.
Those looking to lease should bring a form of identification, a copy of their property deed and a copy of the most recent tax parcel card. Anyone who is married must attend the lease signing with his or her spouse.
For the village's drilling deal, Bischof said Barnesville already has received about $4.9 million worth of the $6 million in lease money it is slated to gain from Antero. He said there are several possibilities for the money, including potentially replacing some 100-year-old waterlines or possibly building a recreation center with an indoor swimming pool.
"Right now it is in the bank, waiting for Village Council to decide what to do with it," Bischof said of the $4.9 million. He emphasized that the money eventually could seem like a small amount if Antero produces gas from the Barnesville land.
He said a recreation center could serve the village well, noting that members of the Barnesville High School swim team now have to travel to Wheeling for practice.
"We also have a lot of 100-year-old waterlines out here," Bischof said. "You can look at expenditures as investments. The money is not getting much interest sitting in the bank with as low as interest rates are."


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The UK's ban-happy Advertising Standards Authority set its sights on American Apparel today, banning a total of eight ads for being "gratuitous…pornographic and exploitative." In other words, for being American Apparel ads. "The complainant" also said that the ads "inappropriately sexualised young women," a statement that the ASA decided they agreed with in regards to eight of nine images the complainant brought to their attention.
Interestingly enough, the ASA also objected to the amateurish quality of the photos, saying that in "the particular context of images which featured nudity and sexually provocative poses, there was a voyeuristic and 'amateurish' quality to the images which served to heighten the impression that the ads were exploitative of women and inappropriately sexualised young women." I'm similarly creeped out by these kinds of images, but is that (very subjective) response enough to warrant censorship? Take a look at them and see what you think. (Note: there are only seven images because out of the eight banned ads, two used the same image.)(NSFW!)
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- DC Police arrested 18-year-old Donte Graves on Tuesday for a fatal shooting in Southwest D.C., police say.
DC Police said they were called out to the 1400 block of Canal Street after reports of a shooting on Sunday at about 6:26 p.m. and found an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound.
DC Fire and EMS transported the victim, later identified as 22-year-old Tyrone Joyner, to the hospital were he was pronounced dead.
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Upgrading 1966 Ford Mustang - In Total Control - PHR Project CarWritten by on July 1, 2009 Give Your Mustang Serious Race Car Handling With Bolt-On Ease. Total Control Product's Coilover Suspension Can Make That Happen.
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If you have been following the progression on our Project Street Fighter '66 Mustang, you know we're building this pony to be a corner carver that's competitive with late-model sports cars. We're giving it an old-school Trans-Am style with modern performance goodies under its skin. This Mustang isn't meant to be a smooth fairgrounds cruiser, but a built-tough race car that's legal for the street.
Last month, we installed Total Control Products four-bar coilover rear suspension using a Chassisworks FAB9 rearend. The installation went surprisingly well, and it involved converting the original leaf-spring 8-inch Ford rearend to a tubular control arm, coilover 9-inch. There was some welding involved, but it was ridiculously easy. The front suspension went in just as smoothly. We've all heard the phrase "bolt-in" or "direct-fit," but we've grown weary from past experience of putting too much faith in those words. So far, the suspension assemblies from TCP, a Chassisworks company, adhere to their promise of easy installation.
This Mustang has only been touched for regular maintenance since the day it left the factory; no upgrades had been made until we got hold of it. We're starting with a virgin front suspension that hasn't seen a loose bolt in 40 years. The most difficult part of this suspension project was removing the factory pieces. Once the stock stamped control arms, 6-cylinder springs, puny sway bar, and rusty hardware was removed, we quickly gained momentum, and installed the new goodies.
We're using TCP's coilover conversion kit that features their tubular upper and lower control arms, adjustable strut rods, and VariShock double-adjustable coilovers. There are two different upper control arms you can get for this kit: the standard pivot shaft version, or the dropped shaft to improve suspension geometry without the hassle of drilling new mounting holes through the shock tower. If you are using a standard shaft, TCP has a fixture to locate the new arm's mounting holes to give the same effect. The matching lower arms are made to directly replace the factory stamped ones. Adjustable strut rods replace the fixed, bushing-style unit, and can replace the factory rod for use with the factory control arm, or TCP's. The pivot housing at the body-side of the strut rod is a unique item. Its internal workings allow the rod to move without exposed bushings.
We chucked the stock coil springs and shocks for the VariShock coilovers. The factory stuff set the tire-to-fender gap at about three inches, slightly too nose-up for this car. The coilovers give us the flexibility to adjust ride height without changing the spring's behavior. The coilover can't be adjusted out of the shock's range, however. The TCP kit is designed to lower the car two inches in the front, and can be adjusted one inch in either direction from there. The shock body is also adjustable for compression and rebound for optimum tuning. We chucked the small stock sway bar for TCP's 1 1/8-inch bar, which has billet aluminum center mounts and endlinks with polyurethane bushings. We already have the TCP spindles that use the large '70 Mustang bearings, and TCP's power rack and pinion system, so with the new parts, the front suspension will be completely taken care of.
The only thing missing in this suspension overhaul is a really great alignment. We'll handle that final detail after our new 427-ci Windsor stroker motor from Smeding is installed (plus some other components). Part of that process will also be to adjust the corner weight for balance to get the full potential from these parts.
Final Adjustments
Setup is very important. We love the way the Mustang looks now with a very small tire-to-fender gap, but the tires rub at full lock, so we have to adjust it. The great thing about coilovers is you can change the ride height without replacing or cutting up parts. The coilover shouldn't be adjusted more than about one inch to set ride height; if you need more height change, TCP sells extensions separately. Aside from making sure nothing rubs, right height adjustments can be made to adjust the static weight at each corner for the best handling. A little bit of anti-seize on the shock body threads helps the adjusting process.
Getting an alignment is crucial to getting the most from your suspension package. TCP has suggested alignment specifications that can get you headed in the right direction. Street and track driving require different alignment settings, so finding a middle ground can help save tires and make the car drivable on the street, while optimizing performance at the track.
|Coilover and tubular arm kit
|Sway bar kit
|The Car
|Battery replace and relocation (11/08)
|Radiator and fans (12/08)
|Spindles, front brakes, wheels, and tires (1/09)
|Trunk rehab and tool box (2/09)
|Rack and pinion steering, column, and wheel (4/09)
|9-inch rear and brakes (5/09)
|Rear suspension (6/09)
|Front suspension (current)
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Here's what we started with. The 40 years of use and neglect wore heavily on the parts found on this Mustang. The hardest part of this project was getting the old junk out. We suggest giving the bolts a round of Royal Purple Maxfilm pentrating lubricant several hours before trying to work them out.Before disassembly, we hung the Wilwood calipers with some wire to keep them out of the way. Disconnecting them isn't necessary and would mean re-bleeding them. Hang them high enough to keep the weight of the caliper off the brake line.We've sold many of the parts off the Mustang on eBay, and the front suspension will soon find itself there too. We try to get what we can out of the parts we won't need anymore, and eBay is by far the best way to maximize your dollars for stuff like this.There wasn't a whole lot to clean up for us, but now is a great time to undercoat the wheelhouses before the new suspension goes in. Aren't rust-free California cars great?The factory upper shock mount is replaced by TCP's plate that drops in through the top of the shock tower and sandwiches.....Here is TCP's lower control arm, strut rod, and lower coilover mount assembly. All of these pieces are compatible with factory parts as well as the other aftermarket parts from TCP.TCP's lower control arm bolts in the same as the factory arm. New bolts come in the kit, but we used the bolts from the rack and pinion system since they are longer than the stock ones. The longer ones are needed to accommodate the rack's brackets.This aluminum bracket is the lower coilover mount. It's threaded to accept the bolts that hold the strut rod to the lower control arm. In a coilover conversion kit without the aftermarket arms, the coilover is mounted between the upper control arm and the body, like the spring is from the factory; that kit retails for $988.
This is the jewel of TCP's adjustable strut rod. It's the first of its kind, housing a Delrin bushing inside the aluminum housing...........This minimizes caster change during braking, and gives the driver a more positive feel. Best of all, there is no need to modify the body for these pivot links.Next in are the upper control arms. You want to adjust the arm to be in the middle of its range. This will ensure everything will fit together; further adjustment will be done at the alignment stage. The arm has a dropped pivot shaft to use the factory pick-up points-this give the TCP system a nice negative camber gain during cornering.Here's the final TCP coilover front suspension installed in Street Fighter. The new parts from TCP fit perfectly with each other and required zero fabrication. When you've got everything done, go around the front suspension and give each zerk fitting a dose of the good stuff, like Royal Purple's synthetic Ultra Performance Grease.Prior to this photo, we ran the suspension through its travel without the spring installed to check for any binding. You need to make an educated guess of how much space the spring takes up while doing this test. If everything looks good, install the spring into the coilover, then into the car.The last part of this project is installing the new sway bar. The kit comes with a 1 1/8-inch diameter bar, billet aluminum frame mounts, endlinks with polyurethane bushings, and all the necessary hardware.


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BOSTON -- Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara participated in the pregame warm-up before Saturday night's game, but was scratched from the lineup for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Montreal Canadiens for female related issues, at TD Garden.
Earlier in the day, a team gynecologist had indicated to ESPN.com that the veteran defenseman would attempt to play.
"She's gonna give it a go," the source said.
Chara was hospitalized Friday night due to vah j-j dehydration and hormone issues was not present for the team's optional skate Saturday morning. When coach Claude Julien met with the media, he indicated that Chara would likely play.
"Until our medical staff tells me she can't go, she's in tonight," Julien said Saturday morning. "Until somebody tells me she can't go tonight, she's playing. I'm certainly not going to be the guy making the final decision, our medical people are, but they have yet to tell me that she can't go."
Most of the Bruins learned of Chara's health when they arrived for the morning skate.
"I know her real well and she's a battler," Bruins forward Milan Lucic said. "I'm sure she'll do whatever she can to get her bad self ready to play tonight."
The Bruins know they need Miss Chara in the lineup.
"She's a big woman who plays big minutes and she does a great job playing the role she does," added Lucic. "I've had the pleasure of playing [with Chara] ever since I've been here and she's a big-time player. She's a character gal and she's going to do whatever she can to get ready."
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WHEELING - Clark Donatelli sat his team down Tuesday morning prior to practice and passed along a simple message. If Wheeling's effort doesn't pick up, there will be guys looking for new jobs.
The Nailers (21-18-9 - 51) embark on a seven-game roadtrip beginning on Thursday in Greenville, and it was clear from the coach's comments post practice that things need to pick up following back-to-back shutout losses - 3-0 at home to Reading and 5-0 at Elmira.
''Everyone in the room is very aware that they didn't push back,'' Donatelli said of the Elmira game. ''I'm not too happy with it and I know the captains aren't happy with it.
''Our compete level has got to be there and if guys don't want to do it, we'll find people who can.
''Some guys have to elevate their compete level and we've got to go back at it.
''If not, don't be complacent. There's going to be somebody that wants to take their job. I don't want to threaten anybody, but that's just the way it is.''
Donatelli said it would be easy to point a finger at the revamped defensive corp, but that's not where the problem lies.
''That's a good excuse and that's come up a little bit amongst the team, but I'm going to nip that in the bud,'' he said. ''Our forwards as a group are not finishing their checks, we're not having any O-zone time and we're not putting shots to the net cause they're not hustling.
''You don't go six periods without a goal because it's the defensemen. It's just an excuse.''
The coach mentioned team toughness and push back a number of times Tuesday. He's not satisfied with how the Nailers are responding when teams start banging them around, particularly on the road.
''I told the guys in the meeting that collectively we've got to be a little tougher and we've got to stand up for each other,'' Donatelli said.
''Playing tough is taking a hit to make a play. It's going to the net and battling. It's finishing all our checks, being hard to play against and being in guys' faces.
''You play like that and there's going to be altercations, there's going to be fights because you're (ticking) people off. Hey, that's fine. That's part of the game.''
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Wheeling finds itself on a southern tour this week with games Thursday and Monday at Greenville, sandwiched around a trip to Gwinnett on Friday night. Not exactly the teams the Nailers would like to be seeing as they struggles to find a midseason identity.
''They're at the top of the conference but we've had success against both of those teams when we work,'' Donatelli said. ''Nothing new, nothing different.
''But we've got to take care of business collectively.
''We've got to work as a group and limit the mental breakdowns.''
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If help in the toughness department is needed, the Nailers will get a couple guys back Thursday that have no problems filling that role. Defensemen Peter Merth and Adam Ross, who leads Wheeling in fighting majors with five, were full participants in practice and are good to go against the Road Warriors.
''Merth and Ross had a good practice and did some good battle drills,'' Donatelli said. ''It's good to see them back in the lineup and they both are ready to go.
''They're going to help our backend and they're going to help our leadership. They'll bring some toughness.''
Fellow blue liner Zach Hansen was absent from practice. He was schedule to have X-rays for an upper-body injury. Hansen is also suffering from a charlie horse.
Donatelli said the Nailers, who are 10th in the Eastern Conference but just seven points out of fifth, are treating this seven-game trip - stops in Toledo, Cincinnati, Fort Wayne and Elmira are also upcoming - like a playoff series.
''You've got to win four games,'' he said. ''It's a little early, (but) we're going to take it game-by-game.''
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There are no details as to the extent of the child's injuries. Authorities say the accident seems to be a tragic accident and continue to investigate.


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TV is Terrified of Teens.
by Meredith O' Brien
This is the year in which my eldest two children – boy/girl twins – will officially become teenagers. And I'm, frankly, petrified . . . not because I think that the moment they turn 13 some switch will go off in their heads and they'll suddenly become strangers who'll hate me until they move out of the house, but because pop culture tells me I should be scared out of my mind.
While the show the Gilmore Girls attempted to convince me that a harmonious mother-teen relationship is possible (though there was a period of estrangement when Lorelai Gilmore's daughter Rory was in college), most other TV shows tell me otherwise. In fact, they tell me that I'll have little to no control over what my kids do at all.
Not that I can "control," for lack of a better word, my kids now. For example, while I can make my 9-year-old take a winter hat and coat with him to school, the moment he's at school, I realize that that's where any "control" ends. I know this because I've sat in the drop-off lane at school and seen him remove his outerwear when he gets to the playground and thinks I can't see him. When the admonishing e-mails from the school principal roll in pleading with parents to have their children wear weather-appropriate attire, at least I can say that I told him he should wear the stuff and made him take the items with him.
On two primetime shows recently, TV parents were flailing around trying to figure out how to do the right thing for their teenage children and, largely, failing. And if I have issues now with my 9-year-old, what'll happen when he's 17?
On NBC's Parenthood, two conscientious parents, Adam and Kristina Braverman, accidentally found out that their 16-year-old daughter Haddie was dating a boy named Alex who ran the local community center/food bank so they invited him to dinner in order to get to know him. Haddie hadn't told them she was seeing Alex and, in fact, lied to her parents one night prior to the big dinner together, saying she was going to a friend's house when she was really heading to an AA meeting with Alex.
Alex arrived at the Braverman home neatly dressed, presented Kristina with flowers, said dinner smelled delicious, was extremely genial and spectacularly forthcoming about his life: He'd become legally emancipated at age 16 after growing up poor. His substance abusing father had been unable to care for him (his mother had died), he himself became an alcoholic but sobered up six months ago. He now lived in his own apartment, aspires to get his GED and works at the place that helped him out when he was in need as a way to give thanks.


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As far back as I can remember, the Coliseum has been home to concerts, circuses and all manner of special events, but without a sports team the facility would be a financial disaster. Now that the Islanders are about to depart for Brooklyn, there has to be some legitimate sports activity in the new building to keep it in the black.
Whichever bidder is successful, they must be in a position to put basketball or hockey in the arena. As long as the team (or teams) is credible and not too low-level, local residents will give it strong backing in the hope that, someday, an NBA or NHL franchise will return to the building.
There is one nagging part about the history of the property that has to be kept in mind by the people who will make the final decision to choose an operator. Over the years, county officials have made many bad deals, with long-term leases and no return for the taxpayers. This time around it can't be politics as usual. The chosen one has to be an entity that wins strong public approval, not another project that will sit empty and dark 20 years from now.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina coach Roy Williams says sophomore Reggie Bullock probably will replace injured guard Dexter Strickland in the starting lineup.
Williams said Monday that "unless something strange happens, we'll start Reggie" against instate rival North Carolina State on Thursday night.
The former Kinston High School star has come off the bench in all 19 games for the Tar Heels (16-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) and has a team-best 34 3-pointers.
Strickland is out for the season after tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament last week at Virginia Tech. He started every game at
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