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A stint as a disc jockey in college inspired the owner of this newly built 15,000-square-foot log cabin-style home to incorporate a full-fledged DJ booth into the lower level "nightclub." The booth, which includes professional audio and video mixers, synthesizers and computers, lets the owner craft his own music, while a connection to a Control4 A/V distribution and control system allows him share his mixes and accompanying video with friends and family.
The audience doesn't even need to be in the dance club to enjoy the show, says Noah Stein, a custom electronics (CE) professional at Smarthomes Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Control4 system delivers music and video chosen by the DJ to every speaker and flat-panel TV in the house—and there are lots of them. Smarthomes Chattanooga installed enough to create 32 individual zones of entertainment. The dance club alone has seven high-def TVs, plus a professional-grade sound system typically reserved for commercial nightclubs.
A 7-inch Contol4 touchpanel recessed into the counter of the DJ booth puts the owner at the helm of his whole-house entertainment. He can share music directly from the DJ booth or pull music and video from a rack of more traditional components including satellite receivers, Blu-ray players and media servers, which are stored neatly together in a utility room. He can display karaoke lyrics from the booth on every TV, or display a combination of karaoke and music videos—all while the music plays through beefy nightclub-style speakers.
Of course, every nightclub needs sensational lighting and special effects. Commercial-grade strobes, disco balls, colored LED lights and other fixtures can be operated via controls in the DJ booth. Operation of the traditional residential lighting is handled via same Control4 touchpanel that commands the audio and video.
With so many options, Smarthomes Chattanooga gave the tech-savvy homeowner access to Control4 programming software (see below) so he can experiment with, modify and design his own effects. He can assign a button on the touchpanel to activate only the disco ball, or also have it pulse the LED lights. "We left that part up to him," says Stein.
Connections to the rest of the house were the handiwork of the pros at Smarthomes Chattanooga—and with 38 wall-mounted keypads and 15 handheld remotes, control is never far away. From the DJ booth or from any of the touchpanels the homeowner can unlock and lock two exterior doors, open and close the garage doors, and pull up a view of an outdoor surveillance cameras on the screen of any TV. A Russound intercom system lets him talk with visitors at the door from the DJ booth.
Control4 Composer Home Edition
Using the Composer Home Edition software from Control4, the owner of this night-life home can program the routines and commands for the systems in his house to follow. He can create buttons on the Control4 touchpanels that with one touch can set the lights, adjust the thermostat and call up a music playlist. With so many different types of lights in his dance club, having the ability to modify and alter settings without having to call in (and pay for) a custom electronics (CE) pro has been extremely helpful—and fun, says Noah Stein of Smarthomes Chattanooga. The Composer Home Edition retails for $149.
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Control: Control4
Audio Distribution: Control4
Video Distribution: Knox Video
Displays: Sony
Intercom: Russound
Systems Design & Installation:
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Builder: Steven M. Henry Construction, Rossville, Ga.
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The mediastinum is surrounded by the breastbone in front, the spine in back, and the lungs on each side. Mediastinal tumor resection removes tumors in this area of the chest cavity.
Cancerous tumors must be removed to prevent the spread of cancer. Without removal or treatment, the cancer could spread to other areas of the body. The cancer could also start to compress organs in the chest, such as the heart, lungs, esophagus, or spinal cord.
Patients who have this surgery often have a better prognosis than those who receive either
Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have mediastinal tumor resection, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
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I am applying for two elk hunts (WY and AZ) this year that both have about 20% draw odds. I have to apply for both tags before I will know the draw results from the other state. I really do NOT want to draw both the same year, but I do have a fall back plan if that were to happen. I would hunt Arizona with a bow early and hunt Wyoming with a rifle late and forego the archery season in Wyoming.
If I only apply for one state I will only have 20% (0.20) chance of going elk hunting. I could go down that path for 5 years before I have a tag. If I apply for both, I have a 40% (0.40) chance I will have a tag.
My risk of drawing two tags is calculated by multiplying the odds of both hunts:
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So I just have to decide if the risk of a 4% chance of having two tags is worth having far better odds I will be elk hunting this fall.
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How many times can you put your name in the hat?
You can put your name in the hat as many times as you can afford. There is no limit.
Has anyone else bought their tickets yet besides me???
I have purchased my tickets, the one thing I don't understand is why everyone is on here telling the world about it!!! Less is more people!!!!
Go to the website and click on "apply for licenses" just like you do when you fill out applications for any other big game species. Input your personal info and then at the bottom there is a link for Super Raffle Tags. From there it is pretty self explanatory, just make sure you input how many of each tags you want, then click add to cart then do the next specie.
The money should help the state, so I guess it shouldn't be such a huge secret. However with this being their first year, I would imagine odds will never be better once everyone starts catching on. Maybe i should just stop talking now....
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for the first time all season.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. (WUSA) - Celeb chef and known pet lover, Rachael Ray, is donating $500,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help animals and families affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Ray announced Friday that her pet food brand, Nutrish, is shipping four tons of wet and dry dog food, and her Yum-o! organization is donating $100,000 to City Harvest and the Food Bank for New York City.
"When you make your living in food, you have to give back in the same way," Ray told AP.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for college and university students.
The Republican-led Florida Legislature included the hike in a $74.5 billion budget passed earlier this month.
Scott will sign the budget into law on Monday, but is expected to veto numerous spending items, including the proposed tuition hike.
In a copy of his veto message first obtained by The Associated Press, Scott writes that Florida should be proud that its tuition rates remain low compared to the rest of the country.
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MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) -- Police in a south Georgia town are investigating the drowning deaths of three puppies found in a large trash can filled with water after a home break-in.
The Albany Herald reports that the burglary suspect fled the Moultrie home after the puppies were drowned in the trash can inside a bathroom.
Authorities say the resident returned home over the weekend and found evidence of the burglary, and the bodies of the puppies.
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Two armed men attacked an employee at the Sunoco gas station on the 1800 block of North Grand River at 11:20 p.m. Sunday.
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They took his keys and his backpack, and ran away.
The 29-year-old victim was treated for a non-life threatening injury at the hospital.
The suspects have not been located.
Police are now checking for surveillance pictures of the incident.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - DeMar DeRozan led six Raptors in double figures
with 17 points to go with eight rebounds as Toronto held on for a 93-90
victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday at Air Canada Centre.
Jose Calderon netted 13 and handed out nine assists, while Terrence Ross went
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MARS -- NASA's Curiosity rover has spotted something curious, a bright and almost metallic object glinting in the soil of the Red Planet, says the space agency.
The $2.5 billion Mars Curiosity rover took its first scoop of Martian soil on Sunday. Pictures showing the first scoop taken from a patch of sand nicknamed "Rocknest" also reveal that "a bright object is visible on the ground" between the scoop and the rest of the rover, says a NASA statement. The tiny glints are less than a tenth of an inch across.
The team has halted scooping tests with the rover to take more pictures of the glinting object. "The object might be a piece of rover hardware," says the space agency statement. The rover will take more close-up images of the bright object today.
"It's fool's gold," jokes neuroscientist Stephen Macknik of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, an expert on optical illusions. Mission engineers plan to look at the shiny object from multiple angles. That could help show whether the glint is an optical illusion cased by darker sand surrounding a light patch of soil or if it's a defect in the camera, Macknik says. "Most likely it is a mineral with a lighter color peeping up but they need to check the brightness to be certain," he says.
Mars has a history of curious optical illusions, such as the "canals" imagined by some astronomers a century ago and the "Face on Mars" that turned out to be a shadowy hill once it was viewed by improved cameras a decade ago. Nevertheless, the tiny bright object spotted by Curiosity has attracted plenty of attention from Mars watchers.
"Beats me what it is! It looks real - that is, something is really there - and it doesn't look like a rock," says astronomer Phil Plait of Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomy website. While the glint could be a piece of plastic from the rover, it doesn't look like a screw or important part, says Plait, by e-mail. "I think JPL and NASA are right to stop activities until they can determine if this is just a bit of Martian landscape or something that might have come off Curiosity itself. Either way, it's worth investigating."


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On Saturday VentureBeat posted Dean Takahashi's excellent, eve-of-E3 interview with ESA CEO Michael Gallagher.
Among his remarks, Gallagher took a rare shot at embattled anti-game attorney Jack Thompson, telling Takahashi:
[Thompson] is in the rear view mirror… The bright future that lies in front of us does not include Jack Thompson…
Naturally, we couldn't resist asking the volatile Thompson for his reaction to Gallagher's remarks. In an e-mail to Gallagher, cc'd to GamePolitics, Thompson wrote:
Dear Mike:
I really enjoyed your "Jack Thompson is in the rearview mirror" comment. I think it is a reasonable thing to say, based upon what you think you know about what is going on between me and The Florida Bar, but in fact it is not accurate. You don't know what is going on behind the scenes.
What I would like you to know, however, is that I plan to file a lawsuit this week against the ESA. It's about time. If you think my current, soon to be past, Bar problems are an impediment to that suit, think again…
I look forward to the entire video game industry having the ESA and the ESRB in its rearview mirror. That should be accomplished soon.
GP: The lawsuit of which Thompson speaks is apparently some type of RICO allegation. We've asked for more details but are taking a wait-and-see attitude as to whether this one ever happens. Not every lawsuit Thompson threatens actually gets filed, and this one in particular has the whiff of a non-starter.
Thompson also sent Gallagher the picture included in this report, which is, we have to admit, an amusing touch.
Getting all of the Thompson news out of the way so we can focus on E3, the controversial barrister has – not unexpectedly – filed several motions with the Florida Supreme Court, objecting to last week's report by Judge Dava Tunis which recommended that he be disbarred for life.


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ATLANTA -- The Fulton County School board held its first public hearing on the closing of three schools last night.
School board members voted to close the schools in January due to their aging conditions.
Three elementary schools, Mount Olive, Oak Knoll, and Harriet Tubman, are scheduled to close by the end of the 2016 school year.
The schools will be replaced by two new schools.
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San Diego's Stephen Neal went from the wrestling mat to Super Bowl success
Stephen Neal went from playing football for San Diego High, to playing football not at all for seven years, to winning a roster spot with the New England Patriots, to becoming one of Bill Belichick's favorite players, to starting at guard in a Super Bowl victory.
Pretty exciting stuff, wasn't it?
"It's pretty exciting as far as football goes," Neal said.
Neal found exhilaration on wrestling mats, too. Without wrestling, he says, he would not have gone to Cal State Bakersfield on scholarship and won two NCAA titles, would not have made the Patriots and lasted 10 years in the NFL, would not have planted the American flag on a foreign mat, in hostile Turkey, 24 years ago.
Wrestling, as much as football, if not more than football, launched Neal's journey in athletics – one that now, several championships later, will take the Poway resident into the Breitbard Hall of Fame.
On the wrestling mats, a prevailing toughness was revealed and developed in Neal.
"I'm a very stubborn person," he said, "and in wrestling, you either accept getting beat up, or you just decide that you don't want to get beat up anymore, and you start fighting back.
"So, I started fighting back."
Recalling his careers in both sports, the 36-year-old said he is grateful to former coaches and teammates too numerous to identify off the cuff.
Neal cheered for several San Diego sports teams, and still does. Watching the Sockers in the Sports Arena was "a lot of fun," and he referred to the Padres as "we" when recalling the 1998 World Series against the Yankees.
As such, he said he owes a thank you to his fellow inductees in the Breitbard class of 2013: Trevor Hoffman, the former Padres closer; Brian Quinn, the playmaking hub of several championship-winning Sockers teams; and the late Junior Seau, one of his favorite Chargers players and later a teammate with the Patriots.
"These were all people that made you proud of your town of San Diego," Neal said. "I'm very honored. I love San Diego; I love my town. I'm proud of it.
"To be in that group is pretty special."
He has three Super Bowl rings and also played for the Patriots team that went 18-0 before losing to the Giants in Super Bowl 42.
Steering a recent chat from football to wrestling, he recalled his victory in the 1999 world championships, against a Turkish opponent in Turkey. The two were heavyweights, competing in the 286-pound class.
"It was kind of a hostile situation," he said. "The fans weren't really big American fans over there. So, getting to have the American flag raised, and have all the people in that gymnasium have to listen to that song, the national anthem, and see that flag – that was something that was really special, because it wasn't just about me, it was about the country that I live in and that I represented, and getting to showcase that to the Turkish people."
Neal works today to keep wrestling alive at Cal State Bakersfield. He raises money for the program, cut four years ago because of a budget crisis, but revived by $240,000 in annual donations.
Neal, who compiled a 151-10 record in college, following a 45-2 senior year at San Diego High, calls it "kind of a tragedy" that cutbacks have eliminated wrestling at several universities, and that the International Olympic Committee plans to drop the sport from the 2020 Games.
As a college senior in 1999, he repeated as the NCAA champion by outpointing a wrestler from the University Minnesota, 3-2. The opponent was Brock Lesner, who became a famous pro on the World Wrestling Federation circuit.


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Happy 2013! Bringing in the New Year with a baby Kudu, a baby Wallaby & a baby Duiker! Still hoping to get a shot of the baby Duiker, but it prefers to stay in the barn, out of sight. Better luck in February!
February brings in Lunar New Year, and it's "Year of the Snake!". Martha, the Tiger gets to play with a snake full of goodies and she really enjoys her enrichment! The little Wallaby Joey is venturing out to nibble on grass now.
March & April brings Jillian out to play. She's a baby Sumatran Tiger. Many of the animals had fun in March with their Easter enrichment, made especially for them.
By May, the newly arrived San Clemente Island Goats gave birth to 4 kids in the Children's Zoo. They are full of energy and run around everywhere! There's also a new baby in the Chacoan Peccary yard, so stop by and take a look! The Magellanic Penguins are beginning to hatch, and I hope to have some photos of them next month.
June-July: The babies are growing fast! The San Clemente Island Goats are running around the Children's Zoo now, and the Penguin chicks have graduated from Fish School and returned to Penguin Island. The little Peccary pup likes racing around the adults now, and is nibbling leaves also. Jillian, the Sumatran Tiger cub is getting so big, but just as cute as ever! Ulu, the Polar Bear is now in a double exhibit - one with soil and plants, and the other with a pool. Stop by and see the new Red-Fronted Lemur on exhibit - there's a male and a female. They blend in with the trees, so you'll have to look hard!
August - September: The new Komodo Dragon on the block is "Big Daddy Bahasa". He's just a little guy right now, about 4 feet long, but he'll grow to be a lot bigger than that in the future! The baby penguins are settling in with the flock, and Jillian, the Sumatran Tiger cub, has grown by leaps and bounds!
October: The new Elinor Friend playground is just about finished, and it looks spectacular! The end of October brought 6 little Peccary pups! "Boo at the Zoo" was lots of fun, and many of the animals - big and small - received Halloween theme treats! Baby Gorilla girl is doing really well, and is now crawling around, and trying new things to eat.
November: The new Elinor Friend Playground is open, and it's lots of FUN! There are several new birds across from the Chimpanzees, and they are beautiful! Baby Girl Gorilla is doing well, and the Chacoan Peccary pups are getting big!
December: The Zoo Lights event was so pretty this year. I hope you had a chance to come out and enjoy the SFZoo at night! We have a new male Amur Tiger, and he's a beauty! The little Bennett's Wallaby has a baby in her pouch, (wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!), and I hope to see it pop its head out of the pouch sometime in January!
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A look at some of this week's recalled products and consumer news.
Nine children have broken their legs, prompting swing recall
Oodle Swings, made by Landscape Structures, is recalling the backyard play system after multiple reports of children getting their legs caught under the swings, resulting in injuries.
At least nine children have suffered a broken leg while playing on the swingset, which was sold primarily to schools and facilities with playgrounds. The swing seat can hold up to six children at once.
Yankee Candle recalls candle ring set due to fire hazard
More than 15,000 Yankee Candle candle ring sets are being recalled because they contain flammable material. The Pine Berry candle ring is a decorative ring that goes around the bottom of the candle. It contains synthetic pine cones and greenery, which can ignite.
Consumers should stop using the candle ring immediately and the Yankee Candle Company for a full refund.
Children's utensils recalled due to choking hazard
Cubetensils is recalling more than 1,000 sets of its children's utensils. The company says the handles can separate, posing a choking hazard.
The sets retailed for about $8 and were sold through major national retailers and online through Amazon. Consumers should stop using them and contact the manufacturer for a full refund.
Feds expand probe into Mercedes tail light problem
U.S. safety regulators have expanded an investigation into rear light failures in Mercedes-Benz C-Class luxury vehicles.
The probe now covers nearly 253,000 cars from the 2008 through 2011 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the stop, tail and turn signal lights can fail because of a melted electrical connector. The agency and Mercedes have received 402 complaints, including five fires and one injury.
The safety agency has upgraded the probe to an engineering analysis. That's a step closer to a recall, but so far no recall has been issued.
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For those of you in the know, we've been getting 3.2 ready for sometime with various beta releases. Due to the amount of new functionality we've decided to name it 4.0. RC1 will be out this week and we plan to release the final GA bits later this month. You may see some announcements and press regarding 4.0. The quickest way to be alerted to this(and future) releases is to subscribe to the Freshmeat announcements (see the link in my sig). For those of you in or around SF this week feel free to drop by our booth at Linux World.
Please take 4.0 for a spin and give us your feedback. The more feedback we get both positive and negative the quicker we can fix the showstopper bugs and get this out the door.
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The show must — and will — go on for Island Park Theatre Group!
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The show, now pared down a bit from the original, still features lively tunes and dance numbers. A portion of the proceeds will go to Lincoln Orens, and in addition, the PTA is going to be serving coffee and cake at intermission, and those proceeds will go directly back to the middle schools. M's Family Restaurant is offering a special meal to ticket holders before the Friday and Saturday night performances, and after the Sunday matinee.That money will also be donated back to the Island Park Schools.
"With all that has happened I am amazed we managed to pull the show together," said Rubin-Perry. "Island Park Theatre Group means so much to so many in the community — we're like a family, and like a family we gathered together, held each other up and helped each other along. The Island Park schools have given so much to IPTG and this is our chance to give some back. Island Park is our home, we take care of our own."
Hurricane Sandy and her aftermath reminded Upbin of the show's finale, "Stand by Me," and its now-more-than-ever meaningful lyrics:
If the sky that we look upon
should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no,
I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Show dates and times
What: Smokey Joe's Cafe
When: Friday, April 19, 8 p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m.
Where: Lincoln Orens Middle School, 150 Trafalgar Blvd., Island Park.
The show will now be a fundraiser for the school. Tickets previously purchased will be honored at all performances, but all seats will be first come first serve.
Tickets are $20 for adults, and $10 for seniors and children under 13. For tickets and more information, contact IPTG at (516) 554 6295.
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Hrithik Roshan's Krrish 3, after taking Bollywood by storm, with the content provided, performances and most of all with box office collections, has thrown down the gauntlet to the Khan brigade which had been coasting on the back of some superlative successes like Salman Khan's Dabangg series and of course Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express and Aamir Khan with 3 Idiots or more recently with Talaash.
While Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan have already shot their respective arrows in the recent past, it is up to Aamir Khan to bring the long-standing equilibrium back in Bollywood with Dhoom 3, expected in 2013, or Peekay which is set to hit screens in 2014.
However, Krrish 3 has already set the bar way too high with box office collections of Rs 242 crore, having bagged a whopping Rs 25.50 cr on opening day and followed it up with Rs 72.8 cr in opening weekend and Rs 166.52 cr at end of week one to make a final count of Rs 242.53 crore. Since the movie is still running in many theatres it expects to add to the lifetime collections tally.
In fact, Krrish 3 has been able to notch up box office collections plus other revenues of over Rs 500 cr and the claim comes from none other than Rakesh Roshan who, in a chat with Bollywood Hungama contested a newspaper article that criticised him, but the filmmaker is standing by his words.
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ISU Remains Unbeaten in 99-63 Win Over Northern Illinois
AMES, Iowa – No. 13 Iowa State (12-0) shot 58.7 percent from the field and had six players in double figures in a 99-63 rout of Northern Illinois (5-6) Tuesday night in Hilton Coliseum.
Melvin Ejim and Naz Long led the way with 17 points apiece to pace the Cyclone effort. ISU drilled 11 3-pointers in the game, its fifth double-digit 3-point performance of the season.
The Cyclones remain one of eight teams nationally unbeaten at 12-0, establishing the second-best overall winning streak (12 games) and the best start in school history. It also marks the first time ISU went through its non-conference slate unblemished since 1956-57 (8-0).
It was an emotional game for the Cyclones. The Iowa State family lost one of its most iconic figures in the passing of the school's all-time winningest coach Johnny Orr this morning. The athletics department paid tribute to the legend with a video montage before the game, as head coach Fred Hoiberg, who played three years for Orr, and his team looked on.
The home team fed off the emotion, racing out to a 26-7 lead with under 13 minutes left in opening period. Georges Niang had the hot hand early, scoring 10 of ISU's first 26 points.
Iowa State led by 20 points (43-23) with 6:27 left in the opening period after a 7-0 run. Dustin Hogue made a trey to fuel the flurry. The Huskies cut the lead to 14 points, but the Cyclones led at the break, 55-34 thanks to a DeAndre Kane alley-oop feed to Ejim who dunked it home.
Iowa State led by over 30 points for most of the second half and never looked back.
Keys to the Game
Iowa State's hot shooting. The Cyclones made over half of their shots from the floor (37-63) for the sixth time this season at 58.7 percent. ISU shot 61.8 percent as a team in the opening period, as Kane went 4-of-4 and Ejim was 7-of-10.
ISU's 58.7 percent clip was the best team shooting percentage in a game since drilling 61.5 percent against Alabama A&M on Nov. 12, 2012.
Naz Long and Monte Morris came off the bench to combine for 9-of-14 from the field.
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DeAndre Kane The reigning Big 12 and National Player of the Week continued his torrid pace, falling just two rebounds shy of a triple-double (16 points/12 assists/8 rebounds). It was Kane's fifth double-double of the season and the 11th of his career.
Kane, who was 5-of-6 from the field, recorded a season-high 12 dimes and notched his 10th double-digit scoring effort of the season.
Cyclone Nation, who was your player of the game? Tweet the player along with the hashtag #CyclONEgameball to @CycloneMBB and we'll announce the fan's pick on Monday morning.
Cyclone Notes
*Iowa State has started the season 12-0 for the first time in school history. ISU's previous best start to a season was 10-0 in 1996-97.
*Iowa State has recorded a perfect non-conference slate for the first time since 1956-57 (8-0).
*Iowa State's current 12-game winning streak is the second-best string in school history (13: 12/3/99-1/19/00).
*Iowa State had 11 3-pointers, the fifth time the Cyclones have had 10+ treys in a game this season and the 52nd time in the Hoiberg era.
*Melvin Ejim had 17 points, scoring in double figures in all 10 games he's played in this season.
*Iowa State had six players in double figures (Ejim, Hogue, Niang, Kane, Long, Morris) for the first time since Kansas on Jan. 9, 2013. It marks the sixth time this season ISU had five or more players with 10+ points.
*Iowa State had a season-low five turnovers.
*Iowa State tied a season-high with 28 assists to assist on 28-of-37 baskets.
Tweet of the Game
Coach Orr was a great man and a legend in our profession. He's going to be missed.
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) January 1, 2014
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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - A former student at a downtown business school allegedly shot a financial advisor Tuesday before turning the gun on himself.
There were originally conflicting reports about how many victims had been shot, but NewsChannel 5 has confirmed one male was shot in his office and found in the lobby of the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts in the 1500 block of Washington Avenue around 2 p.m., the Loft District.
The victim, whom sources identified as Greg Elsenrath, was shot in the chest. Elsenrath is the financial aid director at the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts.
The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Sean Johnson, shot himself when police approached him in stairwell between the third and fourth floors. A handgun was recovered from the scene.
Elsenrath and Johnson were transported to area hospitals in critical condition.
Sources said a possible motive for the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts shooting was a discrepancy about the Sean Johnson's financial aid. Johnson had been attending SIBA part-time for at least two years.
Johnson went to SIBA on Monday in an effort to get financial aid to continue his studies, but was rejected, according to sources. He returned to school on Tuesday to "voice his disagreement" about that decision with Elsenrath.
This is not Sean Johnson's first run-in with the law. In October 2009, Johnson was charged in Bridgeton with second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced in July 2011 to five years probation on the assault charge due to mental health considerations and 6 months in jail on the weapon charge. However, the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole revoked Johnson's probation in May 2012 because of an undisclosed arrest. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, Sean Johnson had a warrant out for his arrest since that time.
Between 40 and 50 students were on campus at the time of the shooting, police said, and moved to a secure location to be interviewed by investigators.
Approximately 180 students attend the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts, which offers degrees in Fashion & Retail, Interior Design, Business Administration, Tourism & Hospitality and Paralegal studies. In-state tuition is $10,125 per year.


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|Phillips County Fair evolves with the times for over a century
|Written by Jes-c Brandt
Even in the early years of the Phillips County Fair, organizers would strive to provide entertainment for everyone. In the 20s and 30s aerial performances were quite popular. In the 1923 Fair in particular, crowds were awed by acrobats performing on the wings and wheels of the plane. A wedding performed in the air was also a favorite that year.
The Phillips County Fair is a tradition nearly as old as the county itself. For over 100 years residents and visitors alike have flocked to the fairgrounds to enter exhibits, enjoy the entertainment and generally have a good time with fellow fairgoers.
Now many seasoned fair participants would say they know what to expect from the Phillips County Fair, as the lineup has many consistent attractions. However, this hasn't always been the case. With all the changes the 20th century has brought about, the fair has continually evolved to keep up with the times.
In the early years after the county was incorporated, it is clear that a fair was something the citizens felt would be an asset to the community. As early as 1891, the fair was being formed, with the focus on the exhibits. Of particular note were huge turnips and beets, art, cooking, sewing and flower exhibits. The county purchased buildings to accommodate the event, but despite the apparent interest in holding an annual fair, it had a rough start.
Some years a fair was held, but others it didn't get put together. Due to the inconsistent nature of the early fairs, many meetings were held to decide if the fair would be continued or not.
Around the year 1916 the tradition of the Phillips County Fair started to move in an upward direction. The Phillips County Agriculture and Livestock Association conducted two fairs before turning over the responsibility to the County Commissioners. With the transfer, the Ag and Livestock Association contributed $1,100 in surplus cash and $1,500 in equipment, including grandstand seating, electric light globes and wire.
At that time, the county commissioners bought a 40 acre tract for the fairgrounds from Fred Borland. The land, half a mile east of Holyoke's Main Square, sold for $150 an acre.
From there the county fair quickly transformed into an extraordinary event. Officers were elected, grandstands and a racehorse barn were built, and organizers went all out planning fairs that would provide entertainment for everyone.
Horses were a popular attraction from the beginning of the Phillips County Fair, with races drawing contestants and spectators from near and far. At the 1928 Fair, trained horses were included in the scheduled entertainment.
The fair of 1923 was truly one for the history books. Touting the slogan 'make fair-time your vacation time,' the fair was heavily advertised. Newspaper ads called it the "greatest county fair" and a booster trip was scheduled to spread the word to neighboring towns. Ten cars carrying the Holyoke band, Judge Weir and a number of boosters traveled to a dozen Colorado and Nebraska communities, where they promoted the Phillips County Fair. The booster trip was a promotional tactic that was used for decades.
When the '23 Fair came around, it was everything they hoped it to be. Most of the businesses in town closed at noon on fair days, and practically the whole county turned out for the event.
On the first day alone, 1,015 season tickets were sold for the price of $2 for adults and $1 for children. That is up from only 560 the previous year. Between single admission and season tickets, an estimated 3,000 people were in attendance daily.
The first day of the fair was "Kids Day," and all the kids got in free. A number of kids races were held, not unlike the present day fairs. Some of the more unusual contests included catching a greased pig and climbing a greased pole. Some races had prizes up to $5 for the winner.
On the kids day, the entertainment was targeted at the younger audience. Music, comedians and magicians all had shows for the youth.
Horse racing proved to be a big hit at the fair. Over 100 horses were present for the meet, with approximately 3/4 of the horses coming from outside the county. In addition to traditional saddle horse races, competitors also competed in a chariot race for a $60 purse.
When the grandstands weren't packed for races, the crowds gathered to see amazing aerial performances. Acrobats did tricks on the wings and wheels of the plane and did parachute drops to the ground. When stunts were not being performed, fairgoers even had the opportunity to go for a ride.
Judge Weir performed a wedding between Lyle S. Dady and Mildred Cummings in the plane. It was said Weir's booming voice was the only one powerful enough to be heard over the roar of the motor.
At night the pilot did illuminated flights that could be seen for miles.
Throughout the duration of the fair, the brightly lit midway offered fun for all, with a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round and an aeroplane swing. Every night there were both pavilion and indoor dances. An old-time dance at the courthouse was just one more way the fair catered to as broad an audience as possible.
At the conclusion of the 1923 Phillips County Fair, they called it the greatest fair in history. Since that time, Phillips County has organized countless memorable fairs.
In 1928 "Aviator" the famous jumping horse, along with 10 other trained horses, was there for the county's entertainment. Five girl jockeys rode the horses, taking them over hurdles in thrilling races. For a dime, anyone could go for a ride on Aviator.
As the world changed over the years, the Phillips County Fair saw changes of its own. Where horses and airplanes once provided the big entertainment, the automobile eventually took their place. In this 1963 Fair, the grandstands were filled with people who wanted to see the tricks the drivers had to offer. To this day, cars are a big hit at the Fair, with stock car races consistently on the line up.
With the rise of the automobile, auto races soon found their way onto the fair schedule. Since the first races in 1924, cars have continued to draw a crowd during the Fair.
Another event that has become a fair tradition is the rodeo. The first rodeo was held in 1941. Some years the rodeo is the main attraction. In 1963 there were 16 steer wrestlers, 15 ropers, 13 bareback riders, 12 saddle bronc riders and 10 bull riders featured. A number of nationally ranked cowboys were included.
At that same fair, Miss Rodeo America made an appearance, and trick riding, roping, barrel racing and quarter horse cutting were popular attractions.
In addition to such events as the rodeo and stock car races, many current fair events have long histories at the Phillips County Fair. The parade has been around at least since 1919, and local organizations have always contributed to the effort with floats, cars and other entries.
Talent shows featuring local performers and concerts by outside artists have been a part of the fair since even the earliest years. The once popular vaudeville programs have since been replaced with the likes of Cowboy Capital Chorus and other such entertainment, but the entertainment remains key.
Now an obsolete tradition, the old fairs used to have one day dedicated as a "Haxtun Day," where citizens of the neighboring town in the county would make a special effort to attend the fair as representatives of their community.
A number of fair events have become yearly practices, but there have been some that only a lucky few were able to experience, such as Kongo a live gorilla, performing midgets and a magician sawing a woman in half. A 14 act circus in the grandstands was once included, and the "Wheat Queen" pageant was short lived.
At the tail-end of WWII, Phillips County Fair felt the effects of the war alongside the rest of the country. At the 1945 fair, a special display of war souvenirs was featured. Local men and women with a connection to the war were invited to contribute items. It was also noted that "money is of no hindrance this year," as it had been in years past. As a result, that year's fair had more events and more people getting out and enjoying them.
Of course, at the heart of the fair are the exhibits. While other aspects of the fair have come and gone, the exhibits are a guarantee. In the 20s the fair was praised for having some of the highest premiums in the state. Phillips County awarded $1 for first place and $.75 for second, while several other county fairs' premiums were $.75 and $.35 respectively.
The county as a whole seems to have always seen the value of holding the fair, as is evidenced by its large place in the county's history. A 1930 editorial in the Enterprise said the following about the tentative decision to not hold a fair.
"If a fair is not to be held this year and can be replaced by other celebrations of one kind or another, all is well and good... Yet when it is all said and done, we are very doubtful if anything can be invented in Holyoke that will take its place as far as a drawing card for the town is concerned, and we feel certain nothing will take its place as an educational institution for the entire county."
For a long time now the people of Holyoke have rallied to keep the fair a part of the town's yearly activities, not merely as a static event, but as a dynamic and evolutionary function, providing fun for all.


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In the wee hours of the first of January, 16 new laws came into effect that can and will effect our community. Many of the new laws are just technical changes to previous laws, but some deal with employee verification, protecting children in day cares, and stealing kitchen grease from restaurants.
Employers and local governments must now use E-Verify to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees. This law is a part of a phasing process that currently affects large companies and will soon impact smaller companies in July.
Harsher penalties have been enacted for those who steal cooking oil. If you steal more than $1,000 worth of grease, expect to be charged with a felony. Less than $1,000 in grease will result in a misdemeanor.


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We had the Outlook connector working within our local network (outside our local network required us to reconfigure the connections to take place thru another port b/c 443 is used by another program). Then I learned that Active Sync would allow us to make the connections with Outlook without changing the port number since it functions just like an Exchange server (I am not sure if this is the case, I would like confirmation of this fact). How do I stop the startup wizard from being launched at Outlook startup? I have reinstalled Office, but the startup wizard still launched with the first execution of Outlook. When I click cancel I get this error msg "Cannot open your default e-mail folders. The information store could not be opened".
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Net Worth: $9.4 billion
Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder and chief executive officer at Facebook, saw his fortune fall $8.1 billion following the precipitous drop of shares in the Menlo Park, Calif. social networking giant. Since Facebook debuted on the Nasdaq at $38 a share in May, the stock price has dipped below $20, dropping more than 48% as of late August. The decline isn't likely to change the hoodie-wearing CEO's lifestyle much. What's less clear: whether the 28-year-old executive, who married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan the day after the IPO and headed off for an Italian honeymoon, can right the ship and make Facebook into a winning public company. Speaking at a TechCrunch conference in September, Zuckerberg noted, "I personally would rather be underestimated."
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Sony recently announced a Beyond Touch application for Android and IOS devices, which allows users to control their Beyond: Two Souls PS3 game on the PlayStation 3 system with details below.
Download: BEYOND Touch / Beyond Touch APK File
To quote: Use the BEYOND Touch app to control your BEYOND: Two Souls game on PlayStation 3 system. The app can be used on Android devices to replace your wireless controller. All you'll need is for your PlayStation 3 system to be on the same WiFi network as your Android device and you'll be ready to play the game with touch controls.
Please note: This app acts only as a controller. In order to play the BEYOND: Two Souls game, you will need a PlayStation 3 system and the game, purchased separately at any participating retailer.
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- Play the game on your PlayStation 3 system with intuitive touch controls designed for your Android device;
- Easy to play, even if you've never played a console game before;
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- Play the adventure in Solo mode, or in Duo mode with a friend using your preferred device.
The following Terms of Use and Privacy Policy apply to use of this App, depending on your country of residence:
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From the visionary mind of David Cage, director of the award-winning Heavy Rain game, comes the most powerfully emotional experience on the PlayStation 3 system. A singularly unique, psychological action thriller featuring ELLEN PAGE and WILLEM DAFOE, the BEYOND: Two Souls game takes you on emotional journey through the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
- Dive into a gripping and unpredictable, psychological action thriller starring ACADEMY AWARD nominated actors.
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Finally, in related news below is a video from Berserker Devel on using a rooted Android device as a PS3 bluetooth keyboard, who states:
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Since low level apis are used, there is no way by now to ensure 100% compatibility with all devices (because of different bluetooth implementations of some vendors): if the log says "invalid or inactive bluetooth device" your only option is to try a different ROM like Cyanogenmod (if available).
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Trey Hillman Media Session: May 11
The Kansas City Royals have returned home after an extended road trip and are looking to turn things around. When manager Trey Hillman addressed the media, he stated he expects better baseball out of his club during the homestand.
Hillman also commented on the state of his bullpen. Hillman said that the bullpen has been doing a poor job of getting to Royals' closer Joakim Soria for the ninth inning. Hillman believes the key is too many walks from his relievers; whether it is a mechanical issue or out of fear, Hillman wants to see more competitiveness in the strike zone.
However, Hillman has been impressed by recent success of reliever Robinson Tejeda, who has not given up an earned run in his last seven appearances. Hillman credits the work by pitching coach Bob McClure in working with Tejeda to speed up his lower half, allowing his arm to catch up to his pitching motion.
Hillman also spoke briefly on the recent Royals' call up, infielder Mike Aviles. Hillman said that as long as Aviles continues to swing the bat well, he will find his way into the lineup. Hillman continued by saying that he sees Aviles' immediate future at second base due to the early production by shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt.


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|Medicare provider fee approved
|Written by Chris Lee
Something that has been on the mind of hospital administrators and staff throughout the state of Colorado hit home at the Feb. 25 East Phillips County Hospital District board meeting.
HB 1293, which is the Colorado Healthcare Affordability Act of 2009 or Medicaid provider fee, was discussed and explained by Melissa Memorial Hospital (MMH) Administrator John Ayoub.
The act would create more funding for Medicaid Colorado Health Program Plus and expand coverage to the uninsured. It would also increase payments to hospitals in Colorado. The fee would grant access to federal funds and use revenue from fees to get more matching funds.
About $341 million is expected to be raised from the fee. The federal government will then match most of that amount. Colorado hospitals will benefit $86.5 million in 2010, according to Ayoub.
The fee of $171,000 will be levied against MMH. Supplemental Medicaid payments of $303,000 will be received as well as Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP) payments of $93,000. Total payments will be $356,000. MMH will come out with $185,000 of which not all of that money will be "pocketed."
After the money is distributed to all Colorado hospitals, the Colorado Hospital Association will then redistribute that money more equitably.
Ayoub said the model still needs to be approved by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. While he expects them to approve it, he said there is the possibility they won't. Board members approved the fee, so if the model isn't approved, nothing will be done.
Another item on the agenda included a capital purchase change. MMH budgeted for a hi/low table to be purchased in 2010 and an ultrasound machine to be purchased in 2011. The table would be purchased for the sole purpose of patient comfort. Ayoub said they have someone who will begin providing ultrasound at MMH and it would make more sense to purchase the machine instead of the table.
The price difference for each is minimal so the switch wouldn't affect the budget.
Committee reports given
Sheryl Farnsworth reported the community linkages committee met and things are moving in a good direction. She said those participating are picking up tasks and working together. A May 8 date was set for the Hispanic Health Fair to be held at the high school.
During his financial report, CFO Greg Was reported January was an overall good month and MMH did very well compared to the budget.
Activity within the clinic saw an increase in the number of patients throughout the month. Both Ayoub and Was reported compliance.
Director of Nursing Claudia Powell explained pressure ulcers and the importance of keeping track of them. Pressure ulcers are an indicator on the balanced scorecard for MMH and an issue the quality committee has been looking at.
Documenting each case is something the hospital is working hard at. Ayoub gave praise to those who have been working hard to make sure MMH is on top of each case. "This isn't new, we've always done this work and we have always given good care," he added. Getting the process and documentation caught up is the reason behind mentioning ulcers.
Erica Brady presented members with the balanced score card and reported things look very good. Overall patient satisfaction was at 99 percent and Brady said it is amazing they can keep those numbers. "It really says a lot about our staff and facility," she added.
Administrator reports activity
Ayoub reported a good plan is in place with First Party Receivables. MMH sent out statements March 1 and First Party Receivables will resume with statements on March 25.
Ayoub participated in a CEO summit in Haxtun in January. Participants came from northeast Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. He reported the hospital in Grant, Neb. has purchased the necessary equipment for digital mammography. Ayoub said MMH hasn't given up on the idea of offering the same service locally.
The administrator also said he attended the Colorado Rural Health Center Critical Access Hospital Advisory Council meeting, where information technology (IT) was talked about.
Ayoub reported IT is something MMH and surrounding hospitals are dealing with. He said he is proud of the work the lab and Deb Tatum at MMH have done. Integrating a new lab system with the NexGen system is something MMH is working with and Ayoub said they are looking for assistance. TSI out of Georgia is one possible candidate for IT assistance, according to Ayoub.
Once the NexGen system is in place and everything seems to be working, training will continue with a wider range of employees, Ayoub said.
Jessica Cumming was hired as an accountant, and Ayoub said she will be a good addition to CFO Was' finance team.
MMH participated in Highline Electric's health fair, and Ayoub said they had a nice turnout. He also mentioned the health fair for MMH will be held March 20.
The day for the coumadin clinic presented by Judy Sudmeier, will be changed to Wednesdays, according to Ayoub.
Credentialing approvals were accepted for Cecilia Hirsch, MD (cardiology) a two-year appointment following her six-month provisional appointment; and two-year reappointments for Darrel Fenton, DO (orthopedics); James Hubbard, MD (radiology); Michael Kellam, MD (radiology); David McNaul, MD (radiology); James Beckmann, MD (cardiology); Cynthia Gryboski, MD (cardiology); Robert Kahn, MD (radiology); Thomas Lininger, MD (oncology); Gary Kliewer, CRNA (allied staff).
Thursday's meeting was the last for board member Ray Malleck who announced his resignation at the January meeting. The application deadline was Friday, Feb. 26 so board members decided to discuss election issues at the March meeting.
Ayoub also informed board members a 50th anniversary celebration is in the works for sometime in July. The district was formed July 1, 1960.
Other business
In other business Feb. 25, the hospital board:
—accepted administrator Ayoub's plan to pursue the hire of a lab manager.
—selected Gary Rahe as chair for the audit committee.
—noted the next board meeting will be Tuesday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m.


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The goal of a virtual research environment (VRE) is to provide an online space for research collaboration, and too often to enable a unifying point of entry to the myriad of tools, workflows, processes, data, and people involved in a research project or lab. The Research Information Centre (RIC) was a VRE prototype that was jointly developed by Microsoft Research Connections and The British Library from 2007 to 2009, which built upon Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 functionality to meet the needs of academic and industry researchers who are engaged in collaborative research projects.
From the RIC, project sites could be created and managed, and specific content, tools, workflows, and services would be presented to researchers in the context of a research project lifecycle. Each participating researcher had a personal space—independent of project participation—for storing documents, data, search results and tasks. Each researcher could be added to one or more project sites, providing them with secure access to the information related to each project. Individual project owners were provided with a rich set of building block tools, such as calendars, task lists, wikis, blogs, and surveys with which they could easily extend and customize the functionality of their project sites. Project sites were themselves considered to be scholarly objects, and could be exported and archived as individual projects were completed.
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The faculty of the College of Education recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of its students by bestowing three levels of honors with the bachelor's degree.
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- The magna cum laude honors designation requires a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, but less than 3.9, for all college-level work attempted.
- The cum laude honors designation requires a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, but less than 3.7, for all college-level work attempted.
The required averages of 3.9, 3.7, and 3.5 cannot be achieved by rounding. Averages are calculated based on performance in all courses in which the student has enrolled prior to receiving the degree.
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Each spring, the University designates a week in which to recognize students and faculty for their leadership and scholarship excellence. During the Friday of Honors Week, the College will recognize the Most Outstanding Student from each of its programs. In addition, the following awards are among those presented to undergraduate students:
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So I know if this is a really silly topic of discussion but I gave it and I wanted to hear other users thoughts. So where do your nicknames come from? I invented my nickname "Jacko" from my first name which is Jaakko and begins with the letter J. The extension of numbers comes from my birth year which is 1990 and though it sounds silly with my nickname it helps other users at recognizing me cause there's a user called Zacko. I find it often very hard to invent a catchy nickname starting with the letter J.
Feb 8 2011, 04:08 PM
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XBL Gamertag: your mother...
PSN Name: artistadam
Xfire Identity: i said your mother!!
wow, i guess i never posted why i chose bOnEs... years and years ago i went by the moniker, "artistadam"... it was the first name i chose for my very first email address, and it became my online alias as well, and still is to this day... but after falling in love with the golden age of piracy from the 16th/17th century and this image from a zelda enemy,
...i came up with the name "captain bones"... i used that for years but, more recently i've had the ability to choose "bones" to shorten the moniker at forums like this... but, when bones isn't available, i usually spell it like this, .:bOnEs... i've adapted to "bones" over the years and have stuck with it... but, i still use "artistadam" for a lot of things because, it's usually always available... and if it isn't, i call myself, "therealartistadam"...
Oh, good one. The "you're on the internet so you must have no life" insult isn't moronic or unoriginal at all. You must, without a doubt, be a very important member of society, not at all a waste of the already barely valuable gift of life.
As is the case for everyone who takes issue with people who make them sad on the internet, you are one of two kinds of people:
You are exactly what you claim I am, and that is a lonely, pathetic basement dweller. You life is spent eating eight pounds of junk food per day, masturbating to anything you find online that's even remotely feminine, and wishing you had good looks and social skills. You continue to live with your mother until she dies of a combination of lung cancer and liver failure brought on by the chain-smoking and heavy drinking she used to cope with what a failure you are. Your mother mercifully dead and free of the living embodiment of failure she regretfully thrust from her loins, the bills start to pile up and you, unemployed and unable to pay these bills (of course), lose the house and everything in it. Somehow even more of a failure than you already were, you wander from place to place eating out of dumpsters and sleeping in your own filth until you finally die of AIDS, which you contracted from a diseased whore you scrounged up enough money to pay for, so you could finally lose your virginity while at the same time pretending that your mother was back in your life.
You are the type who was an athlete in high school, who was genetically doomed to be an idiot but managed to finish school and even get a college scholarship because you were so good at a worthless children's game. You went off to college with a suitcase full of polo shirts and condoms, the polo shirts, because you're a douche, and the condoms to prevent you from impregnating the dim-witted young college girls whom you could never touch without the aid of Rohypnol, a drug you refer to as "roofies" because you can neither spell or pronounce Rohypnol. You scrape by with borderline D's for the next four years, and leave the campus to go out into the real world where your realize you're not intelligent or talented enough to do anything of value with your life. Misery and minimum wage ensues for thirty years, then you blow your brains out, and your corpse, alone and forgotten, is not discovered until the smell of rotting flesh seeps under your door and your bodily fluids finally soak through the floor of your studio apartment and into the room below you. Your body is cremated, the ashes scraped into a garbage bin because there was no one in your life who valued you enough to pay for a casket, funeral, or burial plot.
You're undoubtedly one of the two, otherwise you would have better things to do than complain about the theme of a forum that doesn't care about anything you have to say.
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It is nice that Zimbra Desktop has this Applications Preference feature now and it works once set (i.e. use Firefox for URLs) but the preferences don't stick. Once I close ZD and re-open it I have to set the prefs again. Rather annoying.
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Wow... so pretty! Id love to visit there one dayReplyDelete
ugggggggggghhhhhh stunning. Makes me want to go to Holland now. SO many places I want to go!ReplyDelete
love their colorful bicycles! i've never been there, must put that on the wanderlist :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful!! I definitely want to travel here one day!ReplyDelete
cute! i really want to go to kukenhof this spring to see the tulips!! :)ReplyDelete
ps. where are you moving? france? excited you'll be "on this side" of things. :)
that pic of you in the sailor's hat is the cutest thing i have ever seen. come back to der schweiz and we can be neighbors/bffs.ReplyDelete
Great pictures...I'm so ready for spring now.ReplyDelete
Beautiful!! Adding Holland to places I need to visit ASAP! :)ReplyDelete
I've been to the Amsterdam airport tons of times, but I've never been able to go out and explore the city. I am really envious of all of your travels + photos! It is definitely something that I would love to spend the rest of my life doing. And you look gorgeous in every single photo. Your hubs is a lucky man! xoxoReplyDelete
love my captain sadiekins!ReplyDelete
so lovely! another additon to the travel list :) xoxo jcd :: cornflake dreamsReplyDelete
Tell me you got a pair of those Dutch clogs (though I'm not sure if that is the proper term for the shoes). I've always loved them!!ReplyDelete
SO pretty. i'm dying to get over to europe, i've never been!ReplyDelete
Amsterdam is #1 on my list of places to visit! I want to rent a little bike and ride it up & down the streets there!ReplyDelete
so pretty! I love the red flags!ReplyDelete
LOVE it!! I want to visit Holland SO badly!ReplyDelete
i haven't been there but I'm so excited to go!!ReplyDelete
I adore your site and your pictures! Amsterdam was one of my favorite Europe stops and all the bicycles are one of my favorite memories! (Okay, the bicycles in pretty much every European city is my favorite memory!)ReplyDelete
I love Amsterdam, such a vibrant bustling city. I wish more people rode bikes in the US. Lovely pictures, you're making me want to go back now!ReplyDelete
this pictures are so beautiful! specially the one with the mom on the bike with her kiddiesReplyDelete
oh these pics are so lovely, those tulips in the pink bike basket are adorable!ReplyDelete
ooh gorgeous pictures...looks like you had an amazing time! I love those little shoes :)ReplyDelete
1. ur the cutest thing everReplyDelete
2. my parents lived there for a bit
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lovely photos! looks like such an adventure!ReplyDelete
You always have the best photos!ReplyDelete
what a great post!!ReplyDelete
No wonder you love this place! It is amazing and your photos are beautiful. Hmm, maybe we should stop here on our way through Italy.ReplyDelete
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i loveee amsterdam!! i also love the fact that the last three travel posts you have done, Paris, Milan and now Amsterdam, well i have been to them all too. we are connected :)ReplyDelete
i loved your comment on my blog it made me smile. you are the BEST! and noo not a stalker at all haha.
hope you are having a perfect day xxx
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, amazing shots!:D Thanks for posting, it's like a mini trip for me.ReplyDelete
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you take great pictures! this was one place I wish I had gotten to visit!ReplyDelete
TUCKER darling!! You are adorable :) xoReplyDelete
You are too cute in that hat!ReplyDelete
What a neat trip! Love those wooden shoes:)ReplyDelete
This is my home! (For Now :) ) I live in Amsterdam with my Dutch BF but hope to return to the States again someday.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you had a great time!!ReplyDelete