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Your business runs on IT. If your infrastructure goes down, so does your business. But implementing a reliable business continuity strategy can be time-consuming and expensive, requiring redundant infrastructure, complex planning, and expensive proprietary solutions. Because of this, many companies simply don't have actionable business continuity plans to protect their critical data and applications. Microsoft provides a variety of options for protecting both.
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Giving Harry Potter a Hand…Down Under
Librarians of the World: Australia
We love our readers here at The Merry Librarian. Your stories have made us laugh, touched our hearts, and even given us the creeps a time or two. As more people discover us, we continue to develope a faithful global audience of readers. In celebration of this, Merry has decided to host our first ever "Librarians of the World" month, exclusively featuring stories from librarians outside of the United States. March of 2010 will be dedicated to those fearless librarians working down under in Australia. We are excited to celebrate Australian librarians all month long!
Thank you to those of you who've already submitted stories. And to our many other international readers, we hope you'll submit your stories as well! We look forward to featuring more stories from the librarians of the world in the future!
Our first story from Down Under might make J.K. Rowling blush, we're afraid. Nonetheless, we got a giggle out of this tale from Sydney, Australia.
I used to work in a public library in Sydney (as a library assistant).
A patron was on one of the computer pods connected to the Internet. The computer is right by the stairs and also under a surveillance camera. A male staff member walked past the patron and saw him with his hand inside his pants, and alerted security staff. Security looked at the guy via CCTV for a little while, and went upstairs to the patron and asked him to leave the library. The patron asked why, and security pointed at his pants' zipper and said "You know why."
When asked what he was doing on the internet, the patron replied that he was reading Harry Potter.
The patron was then banned. He attempted to come back into the library but security already knew to not let him in.
I had walked behind him in the past [prior to this event] and saw him reading lots of text on the screen in Chinese. My guess is that he was reading some steamy stories in Chinese, which somehow didn't get blocked by the censoring software.
~"Betty" Sydney, Australia
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The cannon, operated by members of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, is traditionally fired after every Cyclone touchdown or field goal. Additionally, it has been fired on kickoffs and was formerly fired during the Cyclone Marching Band's playing of the "Star Spangled Banner."
An industrious group of Iowa State University students, which included pep council president Chuck Duncan, brainstormed in 1954 about ways to build school spirit. The Pep Council got the go-ahead from ISU alumni director "Red" Barron, sports information director Harry Burrell and Cyclone Club director Ray Donels to pursue the creation of a mascot.
Since a cyclone was difficult to depict in costume, a cardinal was selected from the cardinal and gold of the official school colors. A cardinal-like bird was introduced at the 1954 homecoming pep rally. A contest was conducted to select a name for the mascot, and the winning entry of Cy was submitted by 17 people. The first to submit the name, Mrs. Ed Ohlsen, won a cardinal and gold stadium blanket.
Hilton Magic
The now famous moniker for Iowa State's home basketball facility was coined by Des Moines Register writer Buck Turnbull on Feb. 14, 1989, after the Cyclones stunned third-ranked Missouri 82-75. The morning newspaper included a headline that read "Hilton Magic Spells 'Upset' One More Time."
In the article, Turnbull called for more Hilton Magic in an upcoming game with Oklahoma State. Cyclone fans responded and ISU defeated the Cowboys 90-81 and a nickname was born. The Hilton Magic term received great notoriety during a 39-game homecourt winning streak in men's basketball from 1999-2002.
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One cherished tradition of Cyclone football is the ringing of the Victory Bell after each gridiron triumph in Ames. It has graced the Iowa State University campus for more than a century. The bell was originally used to signal changes in class periods and student curfews. It was moved to Clyde Williams Field early in the 20th century and eventually to Jack Trice Stadium. The bell was cast in 1890 by the Clinton H. Meneely Bell Co. of Troy, N.Y.


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In response to kelvana33's comment:
I like O'Reiily, and certainly Fletch has the most knowledge about him, but is he that much better than Krejci? I don't think so. Then factor in he hasn't played and the way Krejci is playing, doesn't make sense for the Bruins to do this. Very good young player, but Fletch, I'm a big Matt Duchene fan, you think O'Relly is that much better then him and Landeskog?
One thing about the Avs, they have those forwards, but for me, they don't seem to gel together, like something is missing. Even when they are all healthy. Stastny is a good player, but he doesn't seem like a fit there. Losing Steve Downie hurt them..perhaps too many left handed shots..I don't know.
No, I didn't explain myself well.
I don't think O'Reilly is better than Krejci overall, and I'm not sure if he's any better than Duchene or Landeskog. But he was better than them last year. While those guys went through slumps and injuries, O'Reilly was the team leader and best player by far. I think he would have been captain this year if he had been signed.
I think Krejci, Duchene, and Landeskog are probably all more talented than O'Reilly. But O'Reilly outworks them all and seems to have that ability to raise his game, score big goals, and be a bear to play against. He's a fan favorite. So as you balance skill and blue collar workers on your roster, you get some of each with O'Reilly.
But you also need pure talent and skill like Krejci and Duchene on the roster, so in deciding which guy is most desired, you really need to look at what your team needs most.
I wouldn't trade Krejci for O'Reilly. But for a team like Buffalo, who is really short at center, I'd give up a lot to get him.


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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - U.S. Senate candidate Angus King is releasing seven years' worth of tax returns showing that he and his wife earned on average nearly $570,000 a year.
His campaign puts the average tax rate at 22.4 percent and average annual charitable contributions at 13.4 percent, with most going to Maine charities.
King responded to a challenge by Democratic Cynthia Dill, who called on the three leading candidates to release 10 years' worth of tax returns. King spokeswoman Crystal Canney said Monday that King released seven years, which is all that his accountant kept and all that's required by the Internal Revenue Service.
The majority of King's wealth comes from the sale of his energy company before running for governor. Much of his earnings came from reinvesting in the stock market.
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Greensboro, NC -- Police are looking for two suspects in a Greensboro vehicle theft and armed robbery Sunday morning.
Officers responded to the area near E. Lewis St. and Southside Square at 1:49 a.m. after the victim reported a robbery. The man told police two suspects approached him as he walked to his car, pulled out guns and demanded he give them his car.
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Book your room at Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links
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Located in Portmarnock, this beachfront hotel is in the historical district, 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Portmarnock Golf Club, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Dollymount Beach and Howth Harbour. Sutton Golf Club and Howth Golf Club are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Spend the day relaxing on the beach or practicing your swing at Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links's onsite golf course.
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All 138 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, TVs with satellite channels, and comforts like pillowtop beds and premium bedding. Guests will also find 24-hour room service, coffee makers, and down comforters.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
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Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links features a golf course and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 0 square feet (0 square meters) include a conference center. This beach hotel also offers spa services, multilingual staff, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Osborne Brasserie - Overlooking the garden, this brasserie serves breakfast and dinner. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required. Open select days.
The Sea View Lounge - Overlooking the ocean, this brasserie serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
Jameson Bar - Overlooking the garden, this pub serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.
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Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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|Holyoke football starts season with lopsided 46-0 win
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
Football season is finally here and Holyoke's boys of fall made their season debut at home by putting a 46-0 whooping on Perkins County, Neb. Friday, Aug. 30.
The Dragons shined under the newly installed stadium lighting at Max Bernard Field, dominating all aspects of the game en route to the blowout victory.
"I am very pleased with how we came out and hit them," coach John Zilla said.
With last year's 12-34 Holyoke loss to the Plainsmen still fresh in the memory of the coaching staff and players, Zilla said the team was eager to face off with Perkins County and redeem themselves.
After forcing the Plainsmen to punt on their first possession, the Dragons set the tone early as they moved the ball down the field with ease. On the first offensive play of the game for Holyoke, sophomore Bradley Cumming took a handoff for more than 30 yards to move the Dragons into Plainsman territory.
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Dylan Kotch makes his way through a huge gap to score one of his four 2-point conversions Friday night against the Plainsmen.


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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Illinois has yet to regain its shooting touch from beyond the arc, but escaped Chicago with a win due to the aid of the foul line.
Tracy Abrams hit 12 of the Fighting Illini's 27 made foul shots and finished with 29 points in No. 12 Illinois' 81-79 triumph over Auburn.
Abrams added seven rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Illini (13-1), who shot just 28.6 percent (4-of-14) from three after a porous 25 percent effort (8-of-32) coming off their lone loss of the campaign to Missouri last Saturday.
Frankie Sullivan sunk five triples and netted 21 points off the bench to lead the Tigers (5-7), who have dropped six of their last nine contests.
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We are conducting primary research to understand the ways in which rural and urban low-income households access and use financial services from formal and informal providers, including microfinance institutions.
Our work involves investigating ways in which the use of technological solutions to enable various aspects of financial service delivery can result in more cost-effective and scalable operations for providers, and cheaper, better quality finance for the poor. To this end, we are working on understanding the economic, social and design factors involved in effectively deploying technologies to improve financial service delivery to poor clients.
Current work: Managing Microfinace with Paper, Pen and Digital Slate
We are experimenting with a novel microfinance record management application that runs on a low-cost digital slate prototype device. The solution combines handwritten pen-and-paper input on ordinary paper forms, with immediate electronic feedback. Over a fifteen-month period, we designed and tested a solution that targets issues of data incompleteness, data inaccuracy and process inefficiency in managing the microfinance records of Self-Help Groups in rural West Bengal and Orissa in eastern India. Results from our initial field trial indicate that the use of the digital slate application to accept and process handwritten paper-based entries corresponds with significant reductions in meeting time and error rate, and improved data completeness. The digital slate solution performs as well as, and is strongly preferred over, a purely electronic alternative for record management. Our solution is able to achieve efficiency and quality gains, while also catering to the preferences and budgets of low-literate, low-income clients.
Previous work: Costing tool to evaluate financial viability
This Excel-based costing tool allows microfinance institutions to perform quick, accurate, cost-benefit analyses when evaluating different technology options to enhance their front-end data collection and management processes, prior to/during pilot implementation.
The tool is available here.
People involved: Researchers, Interns & Partners
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, David Hutchful, Pushkar V. Chitnis, Kentaro Toyama, Mike Koenig, Indrani Medhi, Nimmi Rangaswamy, Sean Blagsvedt, Rajesh Veeraraghavan
Olga Morawczynski, Keng Siang Ooi, Matthew Phiong, Sunandan Chakraborty, Mahesh Gogineni, Shabnam Aggarwal, Angelin Baskaran, U. Vasudha, Carol Savia Peters
PRADAN, Ujjivan, Ekgaon/CCD, BASIX, Unitus, CGAP, FINO
Olga Morawczynski, David Hutchful, Nimmi Rangaswamy, and Edward Cutrell, The Bank Account is not Enough: Examining Strategies for Financial Inclusion in India, in Proc. of the 4th IEEE/ACM Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and International Development (ICTD) 2010, London, UK, IEEE, IEEE, December 2010.
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Sunandan Chakraborty, Pushkar V. Chitnis, Kentaro Toyama, Keng Siang Ooi, Matthew Phiong, and Mike Koenig, Managing Microfinance with Paper, Pen and Digital Slate, in Proc. of ICTD 2010, IEEE, December 2010.
Rahul De and Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, Whose gain is it anyway? Structurational perspectives on deploying ICTs for development in India's microfinance sector, in Information Technology for Development, Wiley, 10 September 2009.
Aishwarya Ratan and Mahesh Gogineni, Cost Realism in Deploying Technologies for Development, no. MSR-TR-2008-196, May 2008.
Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, An assessment of Pradan's 'Computer Munshi' intervention to improve microfinance accounting operations, September 2007.
Mahesh Gogineni, Preliminary assessment of a pilot intervention run by BASIX involving the use of handheld devices to record microcredit repayments, June 2007.
Mahesh Gogineni, Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan, and Shabnam Aggarwal, Evaluating the viability of a mobile phone-based, SMS/GPRS-enabled, client data collection channel for urban microfinance, May 2007.
aishwarya ratan, Deconstructing 4 microfinance myths, no. MSR-TR-2006-194, December 2006.
Selected Presentations
Towards gains in (contextual) efficiency and user experience. Presentation at the 'Innovations in Information Technology for the Client and the MFI' session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Microcredit Summit, July 28-30, 2008, Bali, Indonesia.
Cost Realism in Deploying Technologies for Development. (2008, 29-30 May). Paper presentation at the Conference on "Confronting the Challenge of Technology for Development: Experiences from the BRICS", Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK.
Costs, Contacts and Convenience: Leapfrogging Access to Finance with Mobile Phone Technology. (2007, September 18). Presentation at the CGAP/ IFC/ VISA conference on "Next Generation Access to Finance: Gaining Scale and Reducing Costs with Technology and Credit Scoring", Washington D.C.
On microfinance (and technology), Techfest 2007, Redmond, USA.
Reports and Cases (unpublished)
Ratan, Aishwarya. 'A preliminary assessment of CCD and Ekgaon's MIS pilot intervention to improve microfinance operations.' December 2006.
Pichai, Hariprasad and Srikrishnan Ganesan. 'Study of Delivery of Financial Services in Rural Areas through ICT: An assessment of the NBFC Sanghamithra's Simputer pilot.' August 2006.
Medhi, Indrani and Aishwarya Ratan. 'Learnings from a usability test of Citibank's biometric-ATM prototype.' June 2006.


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Story by James S. Kim.
A Korean American activist for immigration reform interrupted President Barack Obama during a speech at the Betty Ong Center in San Francisco on Monday.
Ju Hong, 24, has been vocal about the rights of undocumented people, and he was standing behind Obama when he began shouting, NBC Bay Area reports.
"I need your help," Hong said. "My family will be separated on Thanksgiving," he said. "Please use your executive order. You have the power to stop deportation."
Others in the crowd joined in, shouting, "Stop deportation, yes we can."
When Secret Service agents rushed in to remove Hong from the crowd, the President said he could stay, prompting cheers from the audience. Obama then responded by insisting he does not have that power to bypass Congress on the issue.
"I respect the passion of these young people," he said. "But we're also a nation of laws, that's our tradition."
He emphasized addressing the laws that require deportation and called on Congress to pass "common sense" immigration reform, saying that it was an issue that needed to be solved now and not to be left for the next generation.
Hong, an undocumented immigrant himself, is a University of California, Berkeley graduate and a research assistant at Harvard University. He is also a member of Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education (ASPIRE), and several members were also present during Obama's speech.
He told NBC Bay Area that while he has supported Obama, he has been disappointed about his efforts on immigration reform.
This story was originally published at iamkoream.com.


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The XRC to NX100 Basic Programming Module is a transitional course to programming the NX100 controller. It is an accelerated version of the standard NX100 Basic Programming course and is designed for students who have achieved competency in the XRC INFORM II language and need to make the transition to NX100 INFORM III language. No prior knowledge of programming the NX100 controller is required.
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- Working safely in and around the robot cell
- Jogging the robot using all coordinate systems
- Modifying points, motion type and speed
- Adding position levels
- Checking specified point
- Recovering from alarms and errors
- Cutting and pasting instructions
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- Creating and working in user frames
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- Programming basic arc Instructions
- Programming basic weave instructions
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This course consists of classroom lectures, demonstrations, discussions and hands-on practice exercises. Covered topics are related to real-world examples and applications. To create an interactive and enhanced learning environment, class size is limited to 12. To perform the hands-on practice exercises, students are typically assigned 2 to a pendant at MTEC and no more than 3 to a pendant On-Site.
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Students receive a course outline, objectives, and a manual, which details specific topics covered in the class. Students are urged to take notes, participate in discussions, and inquire about specific operating issues.
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Chicago-based Boeing Co. is proposing closing its defined benefit plan to Puget Sound, Washington-based new hires in the engineers union and placing them in an "enhanced" 401(k) plan, said Matthew Kempf, benefits director, contract administrator, for the union, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace.
Kempf said Boeing's proposal would amount to a 40 percent reduction in benefits from current levels. The union's contract with Boeing expires Oct. 6.
"It's not good. There's no question about that," Kempf said in a telephone interview.
Doug Adler, Boeing spokesman, said the proposal is in line with market trends and peer companies and allows Boeing to "better manage retirement plan expenses and reduce financial risk."
"The proposed retirement benefit for SPEEA-represented new hires is a market leader compared to the plans offered by our aerospace competitors to their new hires and will give our new hires an opportunity to build significant savings for retirement," Adler said in an email.
On June 15, the union proposed extending the current contract with minor adjustments. Kempf said the union's proposal included money necessary for acceptable benefits regardless of retirement plan type, but he said Boeing was committed to offering only a defined contribution plan for new hires.
"If Boeing is not going to match benefit for benefit, we prefer to stick with the defined benefit plan," Kempf said.
Compounding matters is that the union has not even received a complete comprehensive proposal from Boeing. "It's difficult to see how terrible it is," Kempf said.
Boeing's proposal includes a 3 percent to 5 percent age-based automatic company contribution plus the continuation of the company match on employee deferrals to the 401(k) plan totaling a 9 percent to 11 percent total contribution from the company each year, Adler said.
At the beginning of the year, Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers agreed on a deal that kept new hires in the pension plan and provided retiree medical costs. Boeing's offer to SPEEA shifts the medical benefit costs to employees. Kempf said IAM probably took less of an increase in benefits than in previous negotiated contracts, but the contract was agreed upon about 10 months before formal negotiations were set to begin.
All SPEEA members who are Boeing employees are currently part of a DB plan and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions. Kempf was unsure if Boeing's proposal includes opening a new 401(k) plan.
Boeing's defined contribution plan, the Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan, had $33.3 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, according to its most recent 11-K filing. The defined benefit plan, Boeing Co. Employee Retirement Plan, had $13.8 billion in assets as of Jan. 1, 2011, and was 100 percent funded; Kempf estimated SPEEA members represent about 50 percent of the plan's liabilities. All of Boeing's DB plans had a combined $50.8 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, according to its most recent 10-K filing.
Boeing closed its DB plan to all nonunion new hires starting in 2009 and has since negotiated DC-only retirement benefits in 23 collective bargaining agreements, including SPEEA-represented engineers in Wichita, Kansas, Adler said.
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (WUSA) - On Tuesday, 9News looked at a question of integrity in politics and the issue of gerrymandering.
This election season, voters in Maryland have an historic opportunity to reject the congressional districts politicians have drawn by weighing in on Ballot Question 5.
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The 25th Jörðgarð (TM) Map-of-the-Week release shows the subterranean dungeon of the dark draug Morgurð beneath the ruins of Emperor's Rest. (The underground cave complex in which the dungeon van be found was the subject of last week's release.)
Morgurð's lair is a large and complex single-level dungeon. As a result, this makes more it more complicated than any previous releases in this series. The graphic above shows the overall view of the complete dungeon. To be useful as a gaming accessory, several different zoom views also are needed. That's no problem if one is working with the original Fractal Mapper (TM) 8 version of the map. FM8 offers unlimited zoom opportunities. However, those who use the JPG version also will need the separate zoom views. These are available in the JPG package listed below.
You can get this map in three versions:
1. The original FM8 map in FMP format, fully editable, from our Jörðgarð web page (28 MB). This version includes a 20-page PDF pamphlet that has all necessary key information and descriptions and that tells you how to use the layers that are built into the map.
2. The JPG package, from our Jörðgarð web page (15 MB). This version includes the overview dungeon plan, depicted above, and nine additional JPG zoom views as well as a 20-page PDF pamphlet that has all necessary key information and descriptions.
3. Only the complete overview, as a JPG flat map, 1360 x 1090 pixels (1.2 MB), available above.
All three versions are released for personal and commercial use under the Open Game License Version 1.0a, which you can read on the Jörðgarð web site.
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No. 11 Cyclones Host Iowa State Challenge
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Live stats for all three matches will be provided by cyclones.com, and a live blog will be hosted during the Iowa State matches.
Cyclone Headlines
- No. 11 Iowa State hosts one of the top tournaments in the country this weekend as the Cyclones welcome No. 14 San Diego and No. 18 Illinois to the Iowa State Challenge. San Diego and Illinois will play on Saturday at noon.
- The Cyclones are 4-0 after surviving a five-setter at Northern Iowa Wednesday. The Cyclones began the 2013 season with three wins at the UND Classic in Grand Forks, N.D.
- Senior libero Kristen Hahn has proven herself as one of the best players in the nation, and she has the stats to back it up with a team-high 93 digs at a staggering 6.20 digs per set.
- Hahn has recorded at least 10 digs in 44 straight matches, tying the school record set by Ashley Mass in 2007-08. Hahn also has at least 20 digs in seven of ISU's last eight matches.
- Hahn won her 13th career Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award for her efforts in the UND Classic.
- Ciara Capezio is off to a tremendous start to her career at Iowa State. The freshman led the way at UNI with 22 kills. That is the highest total by a Big 12 player this season.
- The Cyclones lead the Big 12 in assists (14.60) and aces (1.73) while Kristen Hahn leads the league in digs with a staggering 6.20 per set.
- Tenisha Matlock was named the MVP of the UND Classic with Mackenzie Bigbee and Hahn joining her on the All-Tournament team.
- The win over Texas A&M was the 175th of Christy Johnson-Lynch's career. She has now led ISU to wins in the first three matches of the season five times in her tenure.
- Three Cyclones were named to the Big 12 Preseason Team in Mackenzie Bigbee, Hahn and Victoria Hurtt. Hahn and Hurtt were unanimous selections.
- Both Hahn and Hurtt are also returning All-Americans. Hahn, the two-time defending Big 12 Libero of the Year, was named to the AVCA second-team, and Hurtt earned honorable metion.
- Many of ISU's stars got the chance to compete as part of USA Volleyball set ups. Bigbee, Hahn and Hurtt all were part of the A2 Program and Caitlin Nolan participated with the Junior National Team (see page six for more info).
About No. 14 San Diego
- The No. 14 San Diego Toreros enter the Iowa State Challenge with a 2-1 record, last cometing in the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Hawai'i.
- USD started the tournament with a four-set UTEP beofre taking on then top-ranked Texas, taking the Longhorns to five sets.
- The next day, San Diego closed out the tournament with an upset win of then-No. 11 Hawai'i in five sets. UH is one of the tougest places to play in the country, consistently leading the nation in attendance and having over 7,000 see the Wahine take on the Toreros.
- USD has three efficient attackers leading its frontluine in Katile Hoekman, Chloe Ferrari and Alaysia Brown. Hoekman leads the team with 45 kills at a .470 hitting clip in her first three matches. Ferrari, a 2012 First Team All-WCC honoree, is hitting .431 with 37 kills and a team-high 16 blocks. Brown has 44 kills at a .305 clip.
- San Diego finished 2012 with a 21-7 record and a 13-3 mark in the West Coast Conference to tie for the conference title. USD played Michigan State in the NCAA Championship, falling in three sets to the Spartans.
- This will be the third meeting all-time between the two schools. USD won the first meeting in five sets in 2006 at a tournament in Irvine, Calif. The Cyclones pulled an upset on the big stage in 2007, defeating the then No. 16 Toreros in five sets in the first round of the NCAA Championship.
About No. 18 Illinois
- The No. 18 Illinois Fighting Illini began their season at the Long Beach State Mizuno Invitational last weekend. Illinois swept then-No. 18 Florida State before falling in four sets to Long Beach State the same day. The next day, the Illini prevailed in a five-setter against then-No. 17 Kentucky.
- Illinois was one of two schools (USC) to defeat two ranked opponents on the first weekend of the season.
- The Fighting Illini are one of the top blocking teams in the country, leading the Big Ten with 3.04 blocks per set. Redshirt freshman Maddie Meyers won Big Ten Freshman of the Week by pacing Illinois at 1.67 blocks per set.
- Illinois sophomore Jocelynn Birks was the MVP of the LBSU tournament, posting 58 kills at 4.83 per set.
- The Illini have an outstanding libero in senior Jennifer Bletran, who has over 1,700 digs in her career and is averaging 4.25 digs per set this season.
- Illinois freshman middle blocker Katie Stadick is the younger sister of former Iowa State middle blocker Deb Stadick (2008-11).
- Illinois went 14-16 last season, finishing eighth in the Big Ten.
- This will be the fifth meeting in school history between Iowa State and Illinois, with the Illini havinga 3-1 edge. The two teams faced off twice in Champaign last season, with Illinois earning a 3-0 sweep and ISU taking the second meeting in five sets.
- In the Iowa State win, Mackzenzie Bigbee tied the Iowa State freshman record with 25 kills in the match.


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Actually, tonight the GRS had a bit of orange hinted across the top, but was mostly pale across the bottom. This is different than rare nights where the entire thing is two shades of orange. Oval BA gave only the slightest hint of orange.
What is still striking to me is the difference in hues between the SEB preceding and trailing the GRS. Once you see it, there is no denying the trailing SEB takes on a blue-grayish hue. Not only that, but it extends across the northern edge preceding the GRS, too.
AND! If you look carefully, the southern edge is lined with a darker color, as well. It was so hard to tell, but I have to think that darker lining is the cloud being drawn over the top of the GRS, too. It was so very difficult to tell exactly what color it was crossing the GRS.
AND! Another hint of that belt in the NTZ on the preceding limb! That thing is so very subtle, I really can;t believe I saw it.
AND! Nailed another white oval tonight, one preceding oval BA is A8. I think the count is 5, now. A0 A1, A4 and A5, too.
Couple other interesting features. One was along the northern NEB directly above the festoon. Not sure what to make of it, but it appeared darker and maybe even "not brown." Looks kind of like a barge. There is another faint one hollowing it. The belt wrapping under the GRS is making some progress.
Seeing was about 7/10 with average transparency, at around 1300UT on 19 Dec.
EDIT: Had one of those GAAA! moments. I sketched in a fleeting glimpse of a blue protrusion jetting north from the SEB into the EZ. Starting to notice a few here and there. I waited for it to show again and lost confidence. So I erased it. But there is one there! GAAA!


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On a Lakers rumors fan site. I saw this via twitter.
A Lakersnation reporter is reporting that a deal is done between TWC and DirectTV:
Here is his twitter:
Jabari A. Davis @RealTalkOnSprts
Found out Directv and TWC worked out their issues, and I will be able to watch every second of action from @ejchristian7 #BestNewsOfTheDay.
Take it for what it is worth. Could be legit or just someone trying to get followers.
Nah ....
Can find no confirmation of this anywhere;
Seems like just a false rumor.


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Thanks for posting...
Ramah, I'm finally finished creating the brushes from your map. The layer with the mountains you posted helped a lot. At the same time it made it harder because the extracted mountains were more detailed and in order to look smooth I had to find the right pieces to fill the parts that were covered by mountains in front.
Tell me what you think.
If anything is wrong with them tell me so I can fix it.
You'll find two zip files. The brushes are in .abr format.
In the first (Mountains_L), the light coming from the left, while in the second (Mountains_R) the light comes from the right.
In each set the mountains are named like this: Mountains, ** and Mountain Range, **, where ** shows the mountain's size.
Lg = Large
Md = Medium
Sm = Small
Tn = Tiny
I don't have right now a pic showing them, but I'll post one asap.
If you want to see the map check here:
Hey Ramah, could you post a layer with the hills too? I would like to have a complete mountain-hills set.
In the 12th post you can download the hill brushes from this great map
Last edited by vhailor27; 11-11-2009 at 06:29 PM. Reason: Addition of new brushes.
Thanks for posting...
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
Unless otherwise stated by me in the post, all work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
I've only had a few minutes to check them out but my word, you've done a really great job with those.
There are so many of them, they must have taken you ages. :S
Man, I wish I'd had this brush set when I did my range, hehe. If I decide to do any other regional maps from Vaniya you can be sure that I will be using these.
As for posting the hill layer, no problem. I'll get it posted for you tonight. I don't know if you'll find it easier or harder to do the hills because I personally think it's the shading between the hills that make them look a bit better. On their own they look a little too unconnected but I would imagine it would be very hard to separate them into brushes with the shading intact. I'll post both versions for you so you can decide yourself how you want to go with it. I'll post them up in your other thread so as not to clog this one up.
Edit: I took the liberty of doing a quick image for you that shows all the mountains from the Mountains_L set.
Last edited by Ramah; 10-21-2009 at 09:35 AM.
Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps
More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt
What is the licensing/usage for this brush set?
-Rob A>
My tutorials: Using GIMP to Create an Artistic Regional Map ~ All My Tutorials
My GIMP Scripts: Rotating Brush ~ Gradient from Image ~ Mosaic Tile Helper ~ Random Density Map ~ Subterranean Map Prettier ~ Tapered Stroke Path ~ Random Rotate Floating Layer ~ Batch Image to Pattern ~ Better Seamless Tiles ~ Tile Shuffle ~ Scale Pattern ~ Grid of Guides ~ Fractalize path ~ Label Points
My Maps: Finished Maps ~ Challenge Entries ~ My Portfolio: www.cartocopia.com
I'm pretty sure Vhailor has created them with a view to being usable by anyone for whatever purpose. From my own point of view I have no objection to them being complete freeware, or whatever the term would be.
It would be nice if anyone uses them to give some rep or credit to Vhailor though. I do believe his work in turning the mountains into brushes was harder than my original drawing of them.
Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps
More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt
Those look fabulous. Repped and rated
Actually, the rep should go to Ramah. That's why I included a link to the wip thread. Well... that and for the opportunity to admire a trully amazing map. Putting your soul into something you create, and mechanically copying someone else's work are two entirely different things. So, credits to Ramah.
As for the licensing/usage for the set, for my part is free for all. I'm just happy you liked them.
I have something in mind for the shading for the hills. If it works you'll see the results posted.
That settles it then. The brushes are there for whoever wants to use them for whatever purpose.
Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps
More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt
Rep to both of you, actually.
the tedium of making new brushes deserves it's own recognition, as well as the creation in the first place
[edit] as soon as the board lets me rep, that is, heh)
My finished maps
"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Wonderful. Repped!


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A big storm is making its way from the Southeastern United States up the East Coast tonight. While this storm is not expected to bring much wintry weather to the DC Metro, the forecast for New England calls for snow to be measured in feet instead of inches in some locations.
This storm has a textbook "Bombogensis" look on the forecast model data. This is a term I learned in college. It doesn't have a meaning in the dictionary, but it's a term meteorologists sometimes use for large (synoptic-scale) storms that intensify very rapidly.The NAM model's forecast projections from this morning have all the classic signs of true "Bombogenesis".
First up, the jet stream.
?This is the NAM forecast for the 250mb level winds, often called the jet level, at 7pm Friday. The yellow shading indicates relatively stronger winds, and the green areas have weaker wind speeds. What you see on this map is a split between the wind maxima at the jet level, almost directly over Long Island. The space in between the jet maxima creates a relative vacuum in the upper atmosphere. The air underneath rushes upward in an attempt to fill this void, creating one of the essential elements of Bombogenesis: UPLIFT.
Second, the 500mb map with absolute vorticity.
This is the NAM forecast for vorticity at the 500mb level, often called the steering level, at 7pm Friday. The highly-shaded area just south of Connecticut shows an area of Positive Vorticity Advection (PVA). Vorticity is a measure of the amount of spin in the atmosphere. If an area is experiencing PVA, the amount of spin is increasing, and that will also lead to increased uplift.
We should be able to see a measure of this increased uplift somewhere, right? Well, we can check the 850mb level:
Not coincidentally, we see a defined area of very strong uplift in the same region with the relatively slow winds at jet level and the positive vorticity advection. We would expect to see the surface area of low pressure form underneath the area of high vertical velocity (vvel). You can also clearly see some large vvel values over western Pennsylvania through the Maryland panhandle; these are in conjunction with the other part of the storm system moving across the Plains. As the secondary low traverses the Appalachians, it will lose some of its uplift.
So, all the elements are in place for Bombogenesis. What's the surface look like?
NAM forecast for precipitation over a 3-hour period at 7pm Friday; also shows lines of constant thickness and lines of constant pressure.
BAM! Notice that this is a map for 3-hour precip amounts, and the red shading is for up to 1" of liquid equivalent. If that were to all fall as snow (which it won't), it would be equal to about a foot of snow in just a 3-hour period! Also, check out the isobars, marked in light blue. They're really tightly packed near the center of the storm. Blizzard conditions are a certainty if this model prediction plays out.
If this storm turns out to be "The Big One" as the NAM model indicates, then I believe meteorology students will be using this storm as a case study in the future... just as I did with the Blizzard of '96 when I was in school. Only time will tell if this storm is one for the record books!


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Kickin It Old Skool (2007)
Kickin It Old Skool Synopsis
In 1986, a freak break dancing accident put Justin Schumacher in a coma. Now, 20 years later, he (Jamie Kennedy) is waking up to a new world and discovering that the more things change, the more he's stayed the same. With the girl of his dreams (Maria Menounos) engaged to marry his grade-school nemesis (Michael Rosenbaum), and his parents drowning in the debt of his medical costs, Justin must rally his former squad, bust a move, and win back the girl of his dreams.
Jamie Kennedy is back to relying on his Vanilla Ice wannabe shtick in his next cinematic travesty, Kickin It Old Skool. If ever there was proof that the guy is a no talent hack, here it is.
Actors become famous for a variety of reasons. Some make it big because theyre talented, others because theyre good looking, some because they appeal to some specific audience demographic. Im convinced that Jamie Kennedy keeps getting gigs because hes just one of those people that knows people. He has famous friends, and his famous friends keep showing up in his movies and getting him more gigs. Thats really the only explanation, I mean the guy is responsible for two of the worst movies ever made in Son of the Mask and Malibus Most Wanted. He should be unemployed.
Actually, thats the most frustrating thing about Kickin It Old Skool for me. Because Jamie has so many industry connections (or embarrassing blackmail photos), hes managed to put together a pretty great cast for Kickin. I actually like a lot of the people in his movie, but theyre totally screwed. Sorry Christopher McDonald, youre in a Jamie Kennedy movie. Youre going to hell.
Kickin It Old Skool Release Date
In Theaters April 27, 2007
Kickin It Old Skool Credits
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Maria Menounos, Michael Rosenbaum, Bobby Lee, Aris Alvarado, Debra Jo Rupp, Christopher McDonald, Vivica A. Fox, Alexander Calvert
Written by: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegel, Dylan Morgan
Directed by: Harvey Glazer
Produced by: Philip Glasser, John J. Hermansen, Jamie Kennedy
Length: 107 min
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Yari Film Group
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text: Rihanna has a brush with the French police while partying aboard her mega yacht on July 27, 2012 off the coast of France. Apparently her music was too loud and the police happily had to come aboard to check on things. Everything ended well, and the police even had a drink with the crew!


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Hot Rod WiringWritten by on March 1, 2011 Period Cloth-Covered Wiring Kit For Vintage Hot Rods
There was a time when a hot rodder copied a basic wiring diagram out of a motor's manual and bought the switches, relays, and connectors at the local auto parts store. The wire was what was available that day on the revolving rack of small wire rolls. Most budget-conscious guys only bought a few colors, which often made tracing a problem tougher later on. You didn't know if this one yellow wire was for the wiper or the starter solenoid.
Kits and components aimed at such rodders building their own cars have been around for three or four decades. Considering that the evolution of wiring kits and the competition between many new companies vying for the customers, for the most part we now have many choices for quality kits and components. The instruction materials are decent, and the modern high-temperature, cross-link PVC insulation on today's wires is far superior in strength and heat-resistance to the wire-by-the-roll of the past.
As good as most kits are today, none so far serve the growing but admittedly smaller group of rodders building today's retro rods. The kits try to be applicable to all kinds of cars, so unless you're wiring a "modern" car, you always have to tie off lots of wires that aren't used. Most traditional rods do not have cruise control, power windows, power seats, stereo gear, A/C, backup lights, dome light, electric fan, third brake light, etc.
Traditional builders hide their modern plastic fuse panel, and disguise the too-colorful PVC wiring as best as possible with black tape; the better to maintain that '30s, '40s, or '50s vibe. Now, Sacramento Vintage Ford (Sacramento, CA) has provided just the solution for this group of young and old fans of the "way it used to be."
Outside of the world of original Ford Model A and V-8 restoration, most rodders have been unaware that inside the Sacramento Vintage Ford warehouse is a section called "production." This is where a staff of three men utilizes ancient machines to produce concours-stock, cloth-covered wiring harnesses for early Fords that feature all the correct terminals, brass bullet connectors, and other OEM details. Over the years, those "crossover" guys (lucky stiffs with both a restored Ford or two and a hot rod) would come to the counter at Sacramento Vintage Ford and ask why they couldn't get an old-school wiring harness for their hot rod.
Now it happens that one of the people who make the Ford harnesses is our friend of 40 years, Bud Bryan, one of the pivotal editors of Rod & Custom, a man who was part of the R&C team that got '70-era rodders to start thinking about Flatheads, traditional cars, and long-distance driving to events. After a rod hiatus of eons, Bryan is finishing off a '29 roadster pickup full of collected old-school goodies. Bryan and Ron Palmer (the guy who keeps the harness machinery functional) were the most recent and final voices to be heard about making hot rod wiring kits with the cloth-covered wires and looms. The results are shown here.
Its name is the Vintage Hot Rod Wiring Kit (PN 17500), with an introductory price of $295. The beauty and practicality of the wires is that they are colored by the threads woven over the wires, so wires can be differentiated not just by garish plastic insulation colors as with other kits, but by a wide range of subtle designations, such as a pale yellow base with light green threads woven in as a tracer. The possible combinations of the basic thread colors and the tracers result in a wiring kit with little confusion. For instance, the horn button wire to the horn relay is a Yellow/2Green (two green tracers that cross) and there is no other wire used in the kit that is the same. With most other wiring kits, there could be half dozen red wires, but every wire in this kit has a different color, and can be told apart from any others without having to print the name of the destination all over the wire.
It should be understood that the wires used in the Sacramento Vintage Ford kit are modern in every way, except for the exterior cloth covering. The strength and heat-resistance qualities match any modern wiring kit. The cloth covering is coated with lacquer, just like the old days, which keeps the threads from fraying and makes the wires stay where you bend 'em better than just the plastic insulation.
The business of keeping your wires tidy in a loom of some kind is just as necessary as in any other kit. Tubular loom material is important to protect and organize your wires. In this kit you'll find no crinkly plastic split-loom, but rather old-school loom just like the early Ford kits, with wound paper coated with tar and then covered with cloth. Sacramento Vintage Ford offers the loom material in seven diameters, from 3/16 inch for one or two wires to 3/4 inch for a big bundle. The entire loom for the hot rod kit is black with two red tracers.
The Vintage hot rod wiring kit divides the whole car into sections, each with the wires, terminals, loom, and a wiring diagram for that section in a bag, such as the "Turn, Tail, and Parking lights." There are two other cool features of this kit we like. There are separate "optional" bags of goodies depending on the variations, such as for use with a one-wire alternator, standard alternator, or a vintage generator with separate regulator.
The other thing is that Sacramento Vintage Ford can help those guys who have already wired their car with a modern wiring kit, by offering 6- and 12-foot lengths of each size of their loom material and by-the-foot of any of their colors of cloth-covered wire. There are 29 different colors in 14 gauge, 11 colors in 12 gauge, and four colors in 10 gauge. Thus, a guy could get a few loom sizes and new wires to replace the modern ones that show in his engine compartment or at headlights, taillights, etc. The wire-by-the-foot ranges from $0.65 per foot to $0.95 (depending on the gauge) with a 10-foot minimum order. Note: when working with the loom tubing, be careful of abrading the covering at the ends, since this cloth is not lacquered. To cut it to the length you want, slide a piece of shrink-tubing over where you want to cut the loom, shrink it, then cut through the middle of the shrink-tube.
By the time you read this, Bryan will be out there amongst you again, drivin' the wheels off a traditional '29, though this time it'll be one that actually fits him (Brookville '29 rpu extra cab).
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When the machines run, it's like a Maypole with all the different thread spools spinning and feeding onto the wire or loom material. This is a bolt-on early Ford harness.This is just a sample of the variety of wire covering colors that are easy-to-trace and yet period-correct.Palmer used a 10x14-inch piece of plywood attached to the seat frame as a mounting point for the fuse panel and other electrical components.This may seem basic, but when attaching any terminals, strip only the amount needed, no more. Slide the shrink-tube on first, then the terminal.Palmer recommends using "lineman's pliers" (top) rather than cheap crimpers designed for plastic terminals.The lineman's pliers make a clean, even crimp on the terminal. Now you can secure the shrink tube with a heat gun or butane lighter.A handy tool when running wires through the loom material is an awl made from sharpening a screwdriver, which makes a wider hole than an awl.If you wanted to add a wire partway along a loom, just poke the tool in at a low angle and it will make a wire-sized hole. Don't stab yourself.
The fuse panel, glass fuses, and other needed devices are included in the kit, like the blinker can (although the horn relay seen here is not included).Wire loom was run through Bryan's guide headlight shells, where the ground was attached to the shell while the wires for the headlight plug and amber turn bulb up top were fed through the loom.The only non-covered wires on this car are the instrument lights, but all instrument panel wires are routed with cloth-covered to their destinations.If you have existing wires you want to cover, use the cloth-covered loom. Use grommets wherever wires pass through wood, fiberglass, or metal.Here's a cute idea. Bryan cut up an old tachometer cup to cover the sending unit on his T fuel tank, and routed the wires through Sacramento Vintage loom.


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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has urged princes, presidents, sheikhs and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass to protect God's creation, the weakest and the poorest of the world.
He is officially beginning his ministry as the 266th pope with a clear focus of his priorities.
Francis was interrupted by applause several times during his homily today, including when he spoke of the need to protect the environment and serve one another with love and tenderness and not allow "omens of destruction," hatred, envy and pride to "defile our lives."
Francis said the pope "must open his arms to protect all of God's people and embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important."
A cardinal intoned the rite of inauguration at the start of Tuesday's Mass, saying "The Good Shepherd charged Peter to feed his lambs and his sheep; today you succeed him as the bishop of this church."
Later a half-dozen cardinals approached the Argentine-born pope to vow their obedience.
The installation occurred in sun-drenched St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of people, princes, sheiks, rabbis and presidents.
The blue and white flags from Pope Francis' native Argentina are fluttering above the crowd that Italian media estimate could reach 1 million. Emergency crews set up barricades for nearly a mile (two kilometers) along the main boulevard leading to the square to control the masses.
The installation Mass is simpler than the 2005 ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI in keeping with Francis' style, but still grand enough to draw 132 official delegations and religious leaders from around the world, including the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians who is attending for the first time since the two branches of Christianity split 1,000 years ago.


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I usually have this problem when copying multiple emails from my inbox to another folder. If I receive an email just before I finish copying (while dragging and dropping the emails) Zimbra automatically updates the selection with respect to the new list of emails and so wrong emails become selected and copied. It also happens when marking emails as read.
Is this a known issue?


text: Successfully hunted region W (unit 82) last season so I am going to build the points for the all mighty region G and in the mean time I am going to chase the bugling bull in Idaho unit 30 this year. Good luck to all who pull the G tag this year. I've chatted with Todd Graham (region G biologist) recently and I will just say that I am jealous that I am not hunting it this year. Already anxious to hear the stories!


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We have been making beer for 25 years but remain students of beer. That might be one of the more fulfilling parts of this job – the never ending learning, head scratching, ah-ha moments. It's the fact that creativity if a part of the job description. One would think that being in the business for so long we would have exhausted all styles and variations of styles out there, but just like millions of musicians can still create unique combinations of sounds with the notes available to them, so can our brewers invent their own styles, combine past and present, and resurrect recipes and make them their own. Such is the case with the Deschutes Gose.
Gose is a traditional German beer that belongs to the Berlinerweisse / Witbier family, and similarly takes a fair amount of wheat in the grist bill. It is lightly soured by Lactobacillus and uniquely spiced with coriander and salt. Sounds like a margarita beer, right? Why the heck did it take us so long to brew one?
These days, there is no doubt in our minds that you are ready for a beer like this, nothing is too weird or out there for this population of beer fans. Sour? Coriander? Salt? Bring it!
And so begins the worthy challenge of being a pub brewer – how to respectfully design a traditional style of beer while making it our own. The first light bulb turned on when thinking of the salt. Like hell we were gonna use some boring old salt, but what kind exactly? One with a unique minerality for sure – a delicately gourmet Fleur de sel perhaps? We did some salt tastings and they went like this: the Himalayan pink salt: Salty! The Fleur Gris: Salty! The bright red Hawaiian salt: Salty! How could one select the perfect salt for this project and know what nuances it could impart to this widely unknown beer? How could we make this Oregon? How could we make this Deschutes?
Enter Ben Jacobsen: globe-trotter, alchemist, salt maker.
Was the illusive Gose a secret to him – NOPE. Salt is what this man DOES.
He introduced himself to one of our brewers at a festival telling him that he'd love to talk to us if we were ever interested in making a Gose. This is proof that us brewers really do get work done at beer festivals. It's not just a chug fest, people. He is Oregon's only producer of local artisanal salt and that fit the bill perfectly. His story is simple. He fell in love with great salt while living in Scandinavia. Shortly after he moved back to the Pacific Northwest, he set out to make a salt to equal and better finishing salts in Europe and Scandinavia. Jacobsen began scientifically testing locations and batches back in Oregon and Jacobsen Salt Co. was born 2 and ½ years later after countless batches of trial and error.
At Deschutes, we enjoy celebrating the successes of people who take risks. And so after meeting Ben and sampling his salt, it is gorgeous by the way, we celebrated by saying "let's DO THIS." Some giddiness ensued – Ben, thrilled to see his salt used in a beer, and the brewers excited to be working with an artisanal salt maker. A little beer in the mind of the brewer slowly but surely becoming a reality…this is a wonderful thing.
Please join us for a free tasting of Deschutes Gose on Saturday, June 1st at our Bend Public House from 5:30-7:30pm where you can sample the beer, meet the salt maker and the brewer. We tend to get excited when things come together so perfectly.


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A couple of days ago I read somewhere that the javascript UI can send requests with SOAP and accept request back with a different protocol. This is because parsing the soap XML isn't really fast.
The problem is that I don't remember anymore what the protocol was and where I read about it. So can anyone help me finding the name and the link to this protocol.
I have a second question. Could it be possible to implement a communication layer that uses XML-RPC instead of SOAP. Offcourse without changing other parts of the library. I think this is possible, but what do you think?


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|New Year's Baby born Jan. 1
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Landon Timothy Jaron Scott Robb, first baby of 2011 born at Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke
Claiming the unique birth date of 1-1-11, Landon Timothy Jaron Scott Robb was born at Melissa Memorial Hospital at 8:40 p.m. on New Year's Day to win First Baby of the Year honors in Holyoke.
Landon's mother, Brandy Nichols of Fleming, as well as his two brothers and one sister, look forward to introducing him to his daddy, Shelby Robb, who is serving his country in Iraq. Shelby got to meet his son by Skype on Jan. 2, but that won't be nearly so good as hugging him when he returns to Colorado for a visit in February.
In a small community such as Holyoke, for the first baby to actually be born on the first day of January doesn't happen very often. In fact, it had been 26 years since that had occurred.
William Arthur Zwirn Jr. was born Jan. 1, 1984, when his parents, William and Donna Zwirn of Yuma, were visiting Donna's grandmother, Hazel Gaunt, in Holyoke. The baby made a surprise entry into the world, three weeks ahead of his due date, and there wasn't time to return to Yuma where Donna was doctoring.
Thirty years ago, on Jan. 1, 1981, Billie Dee Absmeier was born to Jeff and Debbie Absmeier to claim first-baby honors.
This year's first baby was actually due on 1-11-11, but his mom said it was extra special for him to be born on 1-1-11, sticking with the #1 theme. He had tried to be born prematurely in Denver around Thanksgiving, but they were able to delay that delivery.
At 8:40 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2011, in Holyoke, Colorado, Dr. Dennis Jelden delivered Landon Timothy Jaron Scott Robb at Melissa Memorial Hospital.
Landon weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 20 inches. He sports a thick head of dark hair and was a docile, happy baby as of the second day of his life.
Brandy, who does in-home care of the disabled, said all four of her children were born at MMH.
Proud siblings of the New Year's Baby are Brandon Lee Walter Eugene Guhl, age 7; Jeffery Joe Dale Elliott Morrison (Joey), age 5; and Randy Sue Helen Jean Morrison, age 4.
Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Sandy Nichols of Fleming, and great-grandparents are Norma Jean Schumacher of Haxtun and Helen Rogers and Russ Dingafeller of Corry, Pa.
Paternal grandparents are Misty and Scott Robb of Florence, and great-grandparents are Bob and Cheryle Rowe of Florence, Skip Bulhman of Arizona and Brenda Joslin of Tucson, Ariz.
Gifts presented to family
Twenty-one businesses contributed gifts for Landon and his parents as part of the First Baby of 2011 contest.
Participants included Melissa Memorial Hospital, Holyoke Ampride, El Buen Sazón, Regent Park & Carriage House, Bank of Colorado, Bill's TV, Veronica's Full Service Hair Salon.
PC Telcom, First Dragon Chinese Restaurant, Holyoke General Store, First Pioneer National Bank, KarDale's, GPRC/Peerless Theatre, Holyoke Marketplace.
Holyoke Cleaners, Flower Garden, Holyoke Community Federal Credit Union, Crazy Prices Store, Pizza p.a.d., Inklings Book Store and The Holyoke Enterprise.
30-year history of first babies in Holyoke
Considering the small size of Holyoke, it's interesting to note 24 of the last 31 First-of-the-Year babies were born between Jan. 1-16, while four were born between Jan. 21-30 and three between Feb. 5-12.
Holyoke was cited as the hometown for the families of 24 of the 31 First Babies. Two were from Julesburg, two from Lamar, Neb., one from Haxtun, one from Yuma and this year's from Fleming.
From Billie Dee Absmeier on Jan. 1, 1981 to Landon Timothy Jaron Scott Robb on Jan. 1, 2011, Holyoke's First-Baby at MMH record follows:
Jan. 1, 1981, Billie Dee Absmeier; Jan. 11, 1982, Candice Renee Koehn of Lamar, Neb.; Jan. 13, 1983, Jennifer Sue Adams; Jan. 1, 1984, William Arthur Zwirn Jr. of Yuma; Jan. 3, 1985, Kathy Jo Anderson.
Jan. 7, 1986, Edgar Dominguez; Jan. 8, 1987, Amber Christiana Ringleman; Jan. 3, 1988, Preston Lee Bornhoft; Jan. 30, 1989, Natasha Anne Burch; Feb. 12, 1990, Hannah Rosenell Newman.
Jan. 9, 1991, Aaron Raymond Peter Kramer; Jan. 16, 1992, Duncan Alan Brandt; Jan. 10, 1993, Chantel LeAnn Rafert; Jan. 25, 1994, Natasha Dawn Peregoy; Jan. 10, 1995, Jonica Danine Goens.
Jan. 21, 1996, Noe Bencomo; Jan. 16, 1997, C.J. Ruybalid; Feb. 11, 1998, Kolten Eric Knipp of Julesburg; Jan. 2, 1999, Noah Samuel Bell; Jan. 4, 2000, Tristen Bruns.
Jan. 23, 2001, Kaylee Rees Camblin; Feb. 5, 2002, Jimena Vega; Jan. 5, 2003, Efrain Flores; Jan. 6, 2004, Jacob Todd Anderson of Haxtun; Jan. 9, 2005, Erin Paige Susan Andersen.
Jan. 3, 2006, Porsche Brooklyn Wilson of Julesburg; Jan. 9, 2007, Grace Kristine Hubbard; Jan. 10, 2008, Angel Sebastian Gutierrez Cid; Jan. 3, 2009, Christopher Matthew Hansen of Lamar, Neb.; Jan. 9, 2010, Jeremy Fernando Perez Ortiz; and Jan. 1, 2011, Landon Timothy Jaron Scott Robb of Fleming.


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St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Vladimir Sobotka scored 2:16 into overtime to
lift the St. Louis Blues over the Minnesota Wild, 5-4, on Sunday.
Wade Redden, Patrik Berglund, Chris Stewart and Barret Jackman also scored for
the Blues, who have won three in a row. Brian Elliott made 12 saves.
Zach Parise had two goals and an assist for the Wild, who have dropped three
straight games. Mikko Koivu and Dany Heatley each had a goal and an assist.
Niklas Backstrom stopped 29-of-34 shots in defeat.
The Sports Network


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Outlook does have the very nice feature that it integrates birthdays from contacts in the personal calendar. So when you create a new contact with a birthday or change the birthday of a contact this day is displays (and only displayed) as a recuring appointment. With Zimbra and shared contacts / calendars this ets messy quite fast.
Person A creates a contact with a birthday in a shared contact folder. This birthday is displayed in Person A's calendar.
Person B sees the birthday only in the shared contact but not in her calendar AND not in the shared calendar of Person A.
Person B then changes the birthday of said contact to another date. Now the new birthday is display on Person B's calendar but on Person A's calendar the old birthday is still displayed.
Any solution to this conundum?