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On Sunday, I met with RedMonk* analyst Michael Coté at the historic Driskill Hotel during SXSW Interactive to talk about Pulse and Integrated Service Management.
It's a good bookend to the conversation that I had with Scott Laningham at Pulse on the Livestream (Live Expo interview).
IBM Pulse 2011 Recap, with Noah Kuttler – IT Management & Cloud Podcast #084
And this makes my second plug for Rudy's BBQ (for which, I am not getting paid, I just dig them). I clearly always have food on my brain...
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It all began in 1891 with the foundation of a factory in Södertälje for the manufacture of railway carriages. The name of the company was Vagnfabriksaktiebolaget i Södertälje (Swedish for "Wagon Factory Ltd in Södertälje), shortened to Vabis. Soon the company also started to develop and manufacture cars and trucks.
In 1900 Maskinfabriksaktiebolaget Scania (a mixture of Swedish and Latin meaning "Machine Factory Ltd in Skåne") was established in Malmö, the largest city in Sweden's southernmost province of Skåne, for the purpose of manufacturing bicycles. Soon Scania also began production of cars and trucks.
In 1902 the first truck was produced. In 1911 Scania and Vabis merged in order to meet increased competition from around Europe. The first bus was manufactured, and production of cars, trucks and buses continued in both Malmö and Södertälje.
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In 1935 Scania-Vabis became the general agent in Sweden for Volkswagen.
In 1936 Scania-Vabis introduced its first in-house diesel engine.
In 1939 Scania-Vabis unveiled the Royal, a unitary diesel using standardised components, a first for the company. This was the beginning of Scania's modular system.
In 1949 Scania-Vabis launched its direct-injection diesel engine. This engine was so durable that it became known as the "400,000-kilometre engine".
In the 1950s Scania-Vabis started to build up a sales and service network in Europe.
In 1957 Scania-Vabis began production of trucks in Brazil.
In the 1960s more production plants opened in Sweden – a bus production plant in Katrineholm and a cab production plant in Oskarshamn.
In 1965 the assembly plant in Zwolle, the Netherlands, was inaugurated.
In 1969 Scania-Vabis launched the new 14-litre V8 engine (350 hp). It was the most powerful truck engine in Europe.
In 1969 Scania-Vabis merged with the Swedish aircraft and car manufacturer Saab to form Saab-Scania.
In 1976 Scania opened a factory in Tucuman, Argentina.
In 1992 Scania opened a factory in Angers, France.
In 1995 Scania again became an independent company and was listed on the stock exchange in Stockholm and New York the following year.
In 2000 11 factories in five countries joined in the manufacture of Scania's 1-millionth truck.
In 2007 Scania presented the bus of the future, a full-size low-floor ethanol hybrid city bus that cuts fossil carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90 percent if fuelled with ethanol.
In 2008 Volkswagen became the main owner of Scania, with 68.6 percent of the voting rights and 37.73 percent of the capital rights.

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here we go 2007-08 season!
Starting lineup
Jiri, Brackins, Peterson ... shoot they took it down
Clark and Haluska I think
Radio feed for those who need it:
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14000 tix sold and most are being used. Good crowd, hopefully they are loud.
THAT 3 OUTTA PETERSON DOESN"T COUNT for the betting
Petersen hasn't looked good so far.
Man they're calling this tight.
Hopefully this is first game jitters. Not looking good so far.
Forever trying to find a cure for the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
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Hopefully this is first game jitters. Not looking good so far.
It hasn't been pretty, hope you're right and its just nerves.
Waaay too many turnovers.
Its ugly now, but as long as they get it out and over with this weekend, ill be ok with it. oh and they have to win too.
Slow going so far. Just early season kinks...right?
Deal or No Deal....Iowa
It looks like we are struggling to adjust to playing without Wesley. Also, the guys have not played with Jiri yet.
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|Council approves final draft of budget
|Written by Chris Lee
Holyoke City Council members approved a $6.4 million budget for 2013 at the Tuesday, Nov. 20 meeting.
Also approved was the first reading of the annual appropriations ordinance. The final reading and passage will be held during the council's Dec. 4 meeting.
Total appropriations in the budget are $6,401,571 with the majority in the general fund, $2,894,252, and utility fund, $3,116,581.
Other appropriations were as follows:
Sale of Heginbotham Land Fund $ 150
Equipment Replacement Fund 76,500
Library Land Fund 649
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 5,400
Fire Pension Fund 19,675
Massman Memorial Fund 100
Contingency Fund 0
Cem White/Leeper Memorial Fund 11,056
Conservation Trust Fund 70,000
LeBlanc Estate Fund 7,208
Capital Reserve Fund 0
Spindler Library Fund 5,000
Reports of city officials
Council members heard reports from Jeff Deselms and police chief Doug Bergstrom.
Deselms, filling in for City supt. Mark Brown, said last Tuesday, Nov. 20 was the final day for city leaf pick-up. He noted they were planning to make one last sweep of the town Wednesday, Nov. 21 but whatever was left after that would be left for the residents to clean up or take the risk of getting a ticket issued.
Deselms said he and Mayor Orville Tonsing met with representatives of Cobblestone Inn and Suites who said they are looking to begin moving dirt within two weeks of last week's council meeting for the new hotel on the south end of town.
Councilman Scott Murray noted he had been contacted by someone who was concerned with the cleanliness of the restrooms at the Holyoke Airport. He said the governor flew into Holyoke recently and the condition of the restroom could've been a bit better as that was probably the first stop the governor made upon arrival to Holyoke.
Bergstrom said his department has received some more calls regarding slashed vehicle tires in town. He said the department is changing up the schedule some to see if they can catch someone out and about committing the crimes.
During committee reports, councilman Kevin Scott noted Phillips County Economic Development Corporation is currently in the process of looking for another executive director. Scott said Jeff Weaver recently turned in his resignation.
Other business
In other business Nov. 20, council members:
—approved request to have a tree planted at Heginbotham Library in memory of Martin Roth.
—allowed notice for electric rate increase to be published with a two percent increase scheduled in 2013 for usage.
—approved holiday bonus for full-time employees.
—voted to provide the prize money and judges for the annual lighting contest.
—renewed the Volunteer Accident Medical Plan with CIRSA for 2013.
—accepted the 2013 renewal quote for boiler and machinery insurance from CIRSA at $1,158.
—voted to move the first meeting in January to Wednesday, Jan. 2 because of the New Year's Holiday.
—voted to extend the sewer to the south end of the property owned by Holyoke Hotel LLC.
—decided to stay with Vaisala for the AWOS maintenance contract.
—approved addition of Community Service Workers Accident Medical Plan with CIRSA for 2013.
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Generation of Pluripotent Cell Lines from Human Embryos
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) hold significant promise for regenerative medicine. In this application our goal is to derive hESC lines from pre-implantation embryos to generate a source of low passage lines that can be used in research and to develop the procedures required to generate a clinic grade cell-based product. In this application we will develop the procedures for deriving, expanding and banking using current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), which are necessary for producing a clinic grade line. We aim to do this using chemically defined media and surfaces in consultation with the Director of Regulatory Compliance at our Institution. Secondly, we aim to derive hESC lines from embryos that have genetic disorders. These genetic aberrations are identified following pre implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) or pre implantation genetic screening (PGS) of consented embryos from couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Deriving hESC lines from these embryos will be essential for understanding the underlying causes of spontaneous miscarriage, or as a tool to improve the quality of life of individuals born with these chromosomal abnormalities including Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), or Monosomy X (Turner Syndrome).
Human embryonic stem cells could revolutionize modern medicine if used in cell-based therapies. However, the translational use of hESCs will not be realized unless an appropriate repository of low passage cells is derived and made available. This resource will solidify California as a recognized world leader in ESC research through the generation of a centralized and comprehensive resource of hESC lines and the creation of jobs to support this effort, and validate the decision of California voters who ensured the passage of Proposition 71. Our proposal works toward generating lines that make treatment strategies from hESCs one-step closer.
In the first year of funding, we have made excellent progress towards our goal of deriving pluripotent stem cell lines from human embryos. We have generated twenty new human embryonic stem cell lines in total, with eight of these new lines carrying a genetic abnormality identified by pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) or pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS) in the embryo, which was subsequently confirmed in the established embryonic stem cell line. These aneuploid lines represent new cell-based models of human disease. We have also confirmed the fidelity of a feeder-free system with which to derive new pluripotent stem cell lines towards the generation of standard operating procedures for current good manufacturing practice of embryonic stem cell derivation and maintenance.
The goal of this CIRM New Cell Line award is to derive new pluripotent stem cell lines from human embryos for research, and also to develop the conditions for deriving embryonic stem cell lines by current good manufacturing practice. In this reporting period we are documenting the derivation of twenty one new embryonic stem cell lines. Nineteen lines have been Karyotyped, and twelve out of nineteen are diagnosed as euploid with a karyotype of either 46, XX or 46, XY. Three of the karyotypically normal cell lines (UCLA-1, UCLA-2 and UCLA-3), have been registered in the NIH stem cell registry as well as registered at CIRM. One of the aneuploid cell lines represents a new disease model for Trisomy 21.
This is a new cell lines award which involves the derivation of new human embryonic stem cell lines from human blastocysts. In this reporting period we have generated fifteen new hESC lines. In particular, we have generated two new disease hESC lines for Patau syndrome (Trisomy 31) and an additional disease hESC line for Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21). We have also generated a comprehensive collection of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the current good manufacturing of new hESC lines at our institution.
In the no cost extension period for this new cell line award we completed the basic analysis of ten human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines generated at UCLA and performed a comprehensive analysis of five additional hESC lines with trisomy 21 which constitute a unique disease model for Down Syndrome. Our data on the five Down Syndrome hESC lines reveals unique abnormalities in neural progenitor cell differentiation. Taken together, this New Cell Line Award has resulted in the generation of unique hESC tools for the scientific community, and in particular we demonstrate that hESC lines with Trisomy 21 have the potential to contribute unique perspectives on the underlying mechanisms of disease in individuals with Down Syndrome.
- Stem Cells Transl Med (2012) From skin biopsy to neurons through a pluripotent intermediate under good manufacturing practice protocols. (PubMed: 23197638)
- Hum Mol Genet (2011) Derivation of new human embryonic stem cell lines reveals rapid epigenetic progression in vitro that can be prevented by chemical modification of chromatin. (PubMed: 22058289)
- Lab Chip (2010) Microfluidic image cytometry for quantitative single-cell profiling of human pluripotent stem cells in chemically defined conditions. (PubMed: 20390128)
- Stem Cells (2010) Human embryonic stem cells as models for aneuploid chromosomal syndromes. (PubMed: 20641042)


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My hunting group used our prefernce points this year and successfully hunted unit 47. This was our first western hunt of any type and we had an absolute blast! So much so, that a couple of the memebers have suggested trying to hunt again in 2014. I have enlightened them that unit 47 is likely NOT a possibility with 0PP but there would be some options.
Those options of course are drawing a 0PP unit as a 2nd choice while gaining PPs for the future. The other option would be to pick up some left over tags after the draw is complete. As we all know, most of the 0PP units are majority private land or surrounded by private land.
I am considering the Gillette, Sundance and Douglas areas, mainly to stay close enough to major towns for motel access.
My questions for the forum are 1) where does one start in finding a rancher that will allow hunting access for no or little fees? and 2) Does anybody have a lead they would like to share based on a positive past experience in those areas?
Thanks for the help.


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ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) ---Area emergency room have seen a big jump in business for several weeks, and thanks to the flu, are now crowded and experiencing longer waiting times.
"It is a really bad flu season. It's all throughout the area and in the emergency departments in every single hospital, volumes are up 20, 30, even 50 percent on any given day," said Dr. Michael Kerr, Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Medstar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney, where the hospital has called in extra physicians and nurses to deal with the crunch.
Area emergency rooms are, simply, busy. "They might have to wait longer than normal, especially for those with less severe illnesses," Kerr told 9News.
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The average IT infrastructure is a lot like Stonehenge.
Few people can tell you when it was built.
Even fewer people can explain exactly what it's function is.
But everybody agrees that it is immovable.
That sucker is not going anywhere. Comedian Eddie Izzard has a bit about how the Druids flippantly ask the henge builders, "That stone and this stone. Can we swap them around?"
Outside of its original (and intended use), the immovable structure of Stonehenge makes for a great tourist attraction; but that's about it.
The immovable architecture severely limits its functionality.
Fast forward to today. The head Druid (or your CEO...depends on where you work, I suppose) asks you, "This workload and that workload. Can we swap them around?"
Is your infrastructure a Stonehenge? Or is it a Virtualized henge?
Horrible pun aside, I'm serious. Can you move those workloads around? Can you automate business priorities? How agile is your infrastructure?
Take a moment to think about that. Is innovating your business a button punching task, or is it rolling rocks across the highlands?
Virtualization is a key technology enabler for Integrated Service Management and it's something IBM has a long and successful track record implementing with our customers.
I've been working with IBM products that have utilized Virtualization of some sort going all the way back to LPAR with the p630, and this video is one of the best things I've seen on communicating IBM's value with Virtualization.
Take the eight minutes to watch it and post comments below or reach out to your IBM sales rep and/or Business Partner (use the Business Partner Locator) and ask them to sit down and talk about it with you.


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Clothes-Shaming Our Teens
Last week, my take on young girls, high heels, and bikinis generated a lot of dialogue - ok, mostly disagreement - from my fellow moms. So it seems worth it to dig into this topic again.
Here's a sampling of what other moms wrote:
"Call me a mommy buzz kill, but I am way DOWN with mini-heels (I'm looking at you, Suri Cruise...)"
"My 4 year old daughter still wears SPF 50 shirts and thigh long shorts on the beach and I swear she'll have to be a teen to even consider a bikini. She is a kid -- not a mini me. I want her to stay a kid while she develops and figures out the world. There will be plenty of time to figure out how to be a woman later on."
"The 'sexed up' clothes, shoes, makeup that seems to assault the senses everywhere you go is alarming."
"What I want to know is...who is purchasing this stuff?"
"My daughter is a girl whose body was sensual from the time she began to develop. She had friends in middle and high school whose bodies weren't as sensual. Her friends could wear stuff that, on them, didn't exude sensuality or sexiness. My daughter could wear the exact same thing, and look 'provocative.' Some girls wear bikinis and it's just fine. Others wear bikinis and because of their sheer physical make-up, they look 'hot.' And also they may be completely unaware or, at least, confused that they give off cues they know nothing of and don't intend to."
I agree with everything said. But it's a complex issue. It's easier when your daughter is four, and you can pick her clothes. Harder when she is 14 and both of you want her to develop her own judgment. Which is what makes bikinis, makeup, and other parenting dilemmas such Technicolor challenges - we've got no black-and-white rule book to follow.
I hear too many adults stigmatizing young girls with a kneejerk "showing skin is bad" message. Kids listen to what we parents say as if they have little tape recorders everywhere.
There is enough shaming of women and girls in our culture that we moms -- the most powerful influence in our girls' lives -- don't need to be piling on with our own "clothes make a girl a slut" messages.
Some kids (one of mine, in fact) take a long time to be proud of their bodies. My daughter is larger and taller than the other girls in her class. Last year, she finally wore a plain pink camisole top to school after years of wearing baggy long-sleeved shirts. She looked cute and appropriate and totally a kid.
I was so proud. (And relieved.)
Then at school, one of the teachers -- in front of all her classmates -- told her she was dressed inappropriately, even though the school does not have a dress code that bans cami tops.


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Carlsbad moves to merit-based raises
Automatic pay raises are out; policy affects 299 city workers
Carlsbad this week became the first city in San Diego County to base pay increases on employee performance instead of granting automatic raises based on years of service.
The change is the latest step by a municipal government in California to rein in perks that have long been awarded to public-sector employees and to shift toward a benefit structure more typically seen in private enterprise.
It affects 299 city workers — less than half of Carlsbad's workforce — and excludes firefighters and police officers, who make up the bulk of the city's labor costs. The money set aside for raises is unchanged, so the city won't achieve any immediate savings.
Still, Carlsbad officials said they expect long-term benefits because employees will be more accountable and encouraged to work harder.
"You work excellently, you'll get rewarded for it — as opposed to just time sitting in a chair," Councilman Mark Packard said. "We're breaking new ground here, at least in the county."
The deal was part of a contract approved by the City Council Tuesday and by the Carlsbad City Employees Association on June 6.
Union leaders said they accepted the change because the performance criteria seemed fair, and because they believed city officials would push forward with the new system either way. In 2011, Carlsbad became the first city in the county to embrace pension reform and follow a San Diego County Taxpayers Association recommendation to slash pensions for new hires by 33 percent.
On Wednesday, the taxpayers association hailed Carlsbad's latest move as a model for other cities, school districts and government agencies to follow.
"It's similar to what the private sector does," said Chris Cate, vice president of the taxpayers association. "It will help make sure taxpayers and residents get the best service possible."
Public employee pay and pensions have come under increasing scrutiny since the Great Recession sharply reduced tax revenues and pension debt skyrocketed. Critics pushed for reform and, in the last few years, several cities have scaled back those benefits.
But many labor leaders say it's wrong to eliminate step increases and that allowing managers to award merit-based raises will bring politics, favoritism and personality conflicts into the process, not just job performance. They've also raised concerns about retaliation against employees active with their labor union.
Negotiated labor contracts grant government employees, with the exception of some top-level managers, pay hikes when they hit certain milestone years. These are commonly called "step increases."
For example, an employee might be guaranteed 3 percent raises at four years, eight years and 12 years after they get hired. Those hikes are in addition to any other pay raises negotiated by the employee's labor union.
In Carlsbad, those affected by the new policy include workers in recreation, maintenance, planning, finance, engineering, information technology and the city's sewer and water departments. The city has 637 full-time employees.
Mayor Matt Hall said council members plan to eventually make similar changes in the Carlsbad police and fire departments, but only after any possible kinks get worked out with the new pay-for-performance system.
"We need to let this shake out first," he said. "It's probably at least two to four years away — at best."
The workers in the City Employees Association voted 201-20 in favor of a new contract that included the switch.
Union President Pam Drew said the change creates opportunities for high performers to get rewarded,
"If you're competent, you're going to get something," she said. "If you suggest a way to save money and it gets implemented, you should be rewarded."
But Drew said a "handful" of employees are frustrated by the change because it will cost them long-anticipated pay hikes.


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In this image released by the Army Reserve, senior leaders and others with the 75th Training Command participate in a briefing in conjunction with a simulation training exercise in Houston, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The exercise was part of an effort to demonstrate a system developed by the 75th to allow various military units to conduct certain types of scenario-based war game training over computer networks. Using the system, reserve component military units are able to train in leadership and mission management tasks with a high degree of realism, and a low overall cost. (Photo/75th Training Command, Army Reserve Maj. Adam Collett)
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The Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador
The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. Since their first encounter with North American missionaries in 1956, they have held a special place in journalistic and popular imagination as "Ecuador's last savages." Trekking Through History is the first description of Huaorani society and culture according to modern standards of ethnographic writing. Through her comprehensive study of their extraordinary tradition of trekking, Laura Rival shows that the Huaorani cannot be seen merely as anachronistic survivors of the Spanish Conquest. Her critical reappraisal of the notions of agricultural regression and cultural devolution challenges the universal application of the thesis that marginal tribes of the Amazon Basin represent devolved populations who have lost their knowledge of agriculture. Far from being an evolutionary event, trekking expresses cultural creativity and political agency. Through her detailed comparative discussion of native Amazonian representations of history and the environment, Rival illustrates the unique way the Huaorani have socialized nature by choosing to depend on resources created in the past—highlighting the unique contribution anthropology makes to the study of environmental history.
"Rival's fascinating ethnography demonstrates that ecological adaptation cannot be understood as resource extraction alone, it is deeply embedded in Huaorani identity, sociality, symbolism, and historicity... Rival's work represents an important contribution to this developing approach." — Loretta Cormier, Journal of Ethnobiology
"A superb job in addressing issues of native historicity." — Michael A. Uzendoski, Latin American Research Review
"[Rival's] rich ethnographic analysis and theoretical discussion provide key arguments and materials to re-think further Amazonian people's relationships to the environment. " — Luisa Elvira Belaunde, Royal Anthropological InstituteUniversity of St Andrews
Trekking in Amazonia
The Upper Amazon from Omagua expansion to Zaparo collapse
The time and space of Huaorani nomadic isolationism
Harvesting the Forest's Natural Abundance
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Ana Ivanovic hasn't come close to sniffing a win at this year's WTA Championships but it isn't all bad for the Roland Garros champ this week.
She celebrated her 21st birthday today and was presented with a cake shaped like a tennis racquet (shocking!) made by Le Notre Paris at the VIP Village of the Khalifa International Tennis Complex. The Serb was joined by Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott, Tournament Director Karim Alami and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Staff.
I wonder what Fernando is giving her? Hopefully something big, shiny, and hard...like a diamond ring, silly!
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The forthcoming Arthur's Day celebration are the subject of debate about the rights and wrongs of sponsorship of the arts.
Donijka attended the protest outside Dail Eireann yesterday and was one of the protesters who were pepper sprayed.
Caroline's husband Martin is recovering from a laryngectomy. It results in him having a valve inserted in his neck . The control and management of the valve has been affected by the short term lack of a qualified person at Limerick University Hospital.
Maire's son has suffered with psoriasis all his life. She talks to Joe about treatment's that may be able to help monday's caller , Theresa.


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It's a 1977 (350, obviously) with a 5-spd transmission and what the parts dept told me was a 500cc clutch. (4-plate)Both near brand-new.
As far as the slop when the clutch is disengaged, that is normal. If you shimmed it up to get rid of the slop, then you couldn't disengage your clutch. It's all part of the process.Bare
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Happy May everyone... Has it been quiet because the boards only work in HTML these days?
SIL had her beautiful baby girl on Thursday! We got to meet her yesterday and she's adorable. In bed last night I just burst into tears, lol, completely bewildering DH and babbling about how meeting the new baby was so emotional and happy and makes it so real for us too, etc. omg, the hormones.
How's everyone doing? Who's next in line?
We're checking out the Cambridge Birth Center open house tomorrow and I'm really excited. Has anyone ever gone there?


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I recently deployed Zimbra to a company with about 25 mailboxes. The users previously used Outlook connected to their host's POP3 server.
After the switch, they asked me the following:
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Ths is grouping, not sorting. Sorting is fine, but they want to be able to group the messages.
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I hunted with Beaver Trap Outfitters in Wyoming under the previous owner and had a good hunt. I got to hunt with the current owner also that trip and he is a great guy. Ross will hunt you as hard as you are willing to hunt, if you are in good shape I'd bet on him finding you bulls. He has a website you can look up.
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Thanks Tdub. Do you happen to remember what bullet you were using?
Badger, If you want to get that point, you have until the end of September to buy it. Maybe someone else knows the cut-off date.
Good luck, and get that 7mm/08...it'll get the job done without all the noise & recoil of the magnum calibers. I know a young lady who gets her elk every year with a .243. She is one heck of a shot with that rifle, and knows it's limitations.
Going with an outfitter for your first hunt is a good plan, but than again I'm biased I can't speak of grizzlies, but frankly the wolf situation prolly isn't as bad as it's made out to be. Wyoming offers some fine elk hunting. My advice, when you do go with an outfitter take the time to learn about elk and elk hunting and even camp-building from them. Don't just make it a tag-along hunt, but use it as an opportunity to learn. A good outfitter who is willing to teach can take several years off the learning curve.
Thanks shootbrownelk. I purchased my point last night. Also the info. on calibers is good stuff. I have decided to go with the 7mm-08 for sure. Any other info. is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Twobear. That is some really good advice. I am more about the hunt than taking an animal anyway. Don't get me qrong it is a lot of money to not bring an elk home but if I see some elk that would be a good hunt in my book. I have never been out west so I am already excited even though it is a xouple years away.
What is the situation on nonresident tags in Montana? Is it on a draw?
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Hello all,
I recently built a few battlemaps for "Force of Nature," a D&D 4e adventure that appears in Dungeon #190. Since I found no maps online, I'll post them here.
Many of the objects are pulled from Dundjinni, most notably the vine cave by Kepli. The beautiful domed altar is by supercaptain.
The maps were made in GIMP, and the grid is set at 70 pixels. Currently, all the maps are gridded, but, if there is interest, I'll post ungridded maps.


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Blood pressure measurements are read as two numbers. The higher number, called the systolic pressure, represents the pressure in the artery when the heart beats. The lower number, called the diastolic pressure, represents the pressure when the heart is at rest. Normal blood pressure is in the range of 120/80. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is defined as systolic pressure greater than 140 and/or diastolic pressure greater than 90.
Blood pressure fluctuates throughout each day.
In most cases, the cause of hypertension is unknown. Genetic factors may be involved. In addition, the following conditions may cause hypertension: narrowing of the arteries, excess fluid in the blood, stronger than normal heartbeats, certain medications, or disorders of the kidneys, nervous system, or endocrine system (hormones).
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According to the American Heart Association, about 73 million Americans have high blood pressure, but it's estimated that over half of these people do not have their condition under control.
High blood pressure.
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High blood pressure. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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High blood pressure statistics. American Heart Association
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San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Logan Couture tied the game late in regulation
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Anaheim Ducks at HP Pavilion.
Couture found the back of the net with 2:45 remaining in the third period,
taking a drop pass from newcomer Scott Gomez and ripping a shot past Anaheim
goalie Jonas Hiller.
Handzus, the first participant in the shootout, beat Hiller over the glove.
Antti Niemi turned away the Ducks' first two shooters, Bobby Ryan and Corey
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WEIRTON - Wheeling Central exploded for five runs in the second inning, tacked on another in the sixth and outlasted Madonna 6-4 Tuesday night to put themselves in the driver's seat of the West Virginia Class A Region One, Section Four tournament at Ed Bowman Field.
The Maroon Knights are off until Thursday when they will play the winner of tonight's losers bracket game between Madonna and Bishop Donahue.
"It only puts us in the driver's seat for (Tuesday)," said Maroon Knights coach Jimbo Wodusky, whose club won its eighth game against 16 losses.
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Wheeling Central's Jeff Gwynn slides into second base for a successful steal during Tuesday's game in Weirton.
"In this tournament, the teams are so evenly matched that any of the three teams are capable of winning two games in a row. So I'm going to enjoy (Tuesday) and feel like I'm in the driver's seat, but come Thursday I'm going to be like its no wins against no wins."
With one out in the bottom of the second, his Maroon Knights pounced on Madonna junior Luca Fuscardo with four straight hits to plate the first three runs of the game. A Blue Dons error kept the inning going and winning pitcher Nick Naumann capped it off with a RBI double to the left center field gap to make it 5-0.
Fuscardo, who only gave up the five hits in the second inning, had very little trouble through the other four innings he pitched. His cousin, Tory Fuscardo, came on in the bottom of the sixth inning and was nicked for an insurance run.
Meanwhile the Blue Dons, after defeating Bishop Donahue in a walkoff 11-10 game Tuesday night, struggled to score runs.
"We waited till we got down five runs before we started hitting the ball," Blue Dons coach T. J. Brancazio said. "We booted about four or five balls that led to them having that big inning.
"But we couldn't get the timely hits again. We had the bases loaded in the fourth and couldn't score then we had a runner at third with one out in the sixth and couldn't get him home to tie the game.
"Now we have to battle back the hard way by winning three straight. It's not going to be easy, but it can be done and our kids believe they can do it so we'll give it a run."
After the Maroon Knights scored their five spot in the bottom of the second, the Blue Dons answered with two runs in the top of the third. Luca Fuscardo blasted a triple up the right center field alley sending Anthony Antinone and Mike Rogers home.
Catcher Dom Silvestri started the inning with his ground ball being misplayed. Antinone was the courtesy runner for Silvestri and went to second when Rogers walked.
Madonna scratched out its other two runs in the top of the fifth inning while getting just one hit, Kaleb Baire's leadoff single. Baire and Luca Fuscardo, who followed him with a walk, scored runs when the Maroon Knights had trouble making plays.
Madonna only had two hits in the game, but had runners on base nearly every inning earning six walks off Naumann.
"That is very uncharacteristic of Nick," Wodusky explained. "He seldom walks batters. He hasn't pitched in 12 or 13 days so he might have been a little rusty. That and I think he started to think too much about the game instead of just being a pitcher."


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Villa v Stoke team news: Lambert sticks with same line-up
Paul Lambert has named an unchanged starting line-up for today's Barclays Premier League game against Stoke City.
The Villa boss has opted to stick with the same eleven that earned a 1-1 draw at Queens Park Rangers last weekend.
The boys in claret and blue also go into the game with the same personnel on the bench.
It means Chris Herd keeps his place after a solid display at Loftus Road, while Eric Lichaj continues in the left-back spot.
Stoke have made one change from their 1-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion.
Match-winner Dean Whitehead replaces the suspended Charlie Adam in midfield.
Former Villa striker Peter Crouch takes his place on the bench for the Potters after having mouth guard fitted.
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Halo is a game that focuses on a particular set of skills required in the combat that may ensue between two individuals or small armies fighting with weapons which, on the whole, stem from those which would be commonly associated with a modern close quarters battle field. Halo exaggerates the strengths and weaknesses of guns, vehicles and strategies to force the player to make interesting decisions which reflect those which may be made at one point or another in a real life combat scenario. It also uses its sci-fi theme to throw in some variables which have no place in the modern battlefield, but which pose some interesting questions as to the skills which may maximize their effectiveness. While many of these weapons and such would not be expected to be seen alongside the weapons with which we are familiar in this day and age, most of them seem largely inspired in their properties, by old fashioned weapons such as catapults and bow-and-arrows.
A large emphasis is placed on weapon selection and implementation. Just before each battle, the player is presented with a number of different weapons and vehicles from which the player can carry 2 weapons and man a vehicle, if they desire. As with many FPS games, each weapon has a particular set of capabilities along with some inherent weaknesses: e.g. the shotgun shoots a cluster of projectiles with each shot which spread out as they travel, making it very powerful at close range but weak and inaccurate at medium and long range. Bungie does an excellent job of providing interesting pros and cons to consider every time the player switches a weapon by exaggerating the properties of weapons we know to just the right amounts, but also by inventing new ones to create a game which stands somewhat separate from the real-life phenomena which it otherwise imitates. The sniper rifle, for example, is given a weakness which is far from existent in the real thing: a line appears in the air, clearly showing the path of each shot fired, so that the enemy is alerted to the exact position of the sniper (in real life, the ambiguity of the snipers placement is its main strength). Another example is the so called needler, which fires relatively slow moving, purple-luminescent projectiles, which home-in on, stick to, and, soon after, explode in the target. It is up to the player to work out exactly how such a weapon is best used. Furthermore, weapons can be picked up in the middle of the battle, often from downed opponents. This often challenges the player to asses the dangers of switching weapons against the advantage that might be gained by doing so.
In each moment to moment scenario, there are many split-second choices to be made as to how exactly to use each weapon in combination with movement: the player must find a balance between direct attack and offensive or defensive movement. The shield plays a large part in shaping this process. The shield can take a certain amount of damage before it is depleted and the main health can be attacked, but the shield will always recharge after the player has not been hit for a few seconds. Each player must try to deplete the opponents shield while maintaining his own. He must let hes own recharge when it is very low, but in this time, the opponent will also do so, unless you gets in a quick shot to re-set the shield recharge timer. For the most part, it is hopeless to attempt to kill your opponent from long range, since he can always pop behind cover and let his shield recharge to full, and so, aggressive movement is necessary. Once again, Bungie creates the core system, while it is up to the player, and indeed Bungie, to work out how to work with it, what strategies are effective. Much like chess, the strategies which develop out of the simple rules could never have been imagined by the creator.
The vehicles have a believable set of pros and cons which are slightly exaggerated to avoid over-powering, retaining the possible usefulness of each weapon and vehicle. In the first Halo, most vehicles could not be destroyed, perhaps due to the technical difficulty of implementing this feature, but the functionality was still largely included. Shots fired anywhere on the vehicle would slightly damage the driver, resulting in the inherent weakness of many vehicles in that they provide a larger target, making the driver more vulnerable. The vehicles also have more difficulty navigating tight spaces and sometimes finds itself in a position where part of it can be shot by the opponent, which hurts the player inside, while the means of attack (the fixed gun) is not in line with the opponent. And so one will often have to leave get of the vehicle, perhaps taking cover behind it and luring the other player out before quickly jumping back into the high powered gunner turret (if the vehicle is the warthog). Naturally there is far more to the pros and cons of each vehicle, but suffice to say, they have all been very well balanced in order to create scenarios where the players have to make interesting choices.
The player also has frequent access to grenades, which are crafted excellently, emphasizing much of the functionality of real grenades, whilst allowing for other strategies which have less in keeping with the modern battlefield. The main grenade types throughout the Halo series have been the frag and plasma grenades. Both can be used to flush out enemies behind cover or around corners, as expected, but the plasma grenade will stick to any enemy, before exploding, making it more like some sort of medieval weapon, like a ball with spikes or something, or perhaps comparable to an arrow lit on fire. The frag grenade has the advantage of exploding quicker then the plasma.
Many more strategies, as well as very satisfying accidents, are made possible by the physics system. Weapons, grenades, crates and vehicles will all react convincingly to nearby explosions resulting in all sorts of emergent gameplay possibilities, such as; throwing a grenade to a gun which an opponent wants to pick up, propelling it out of their reach, or throwing a grenade to a vehicle which an enemy is hiding behind such that it tips over and squashes him.
The enemy AI, on the whole does an excellent job of forcing the player to think about the range of approaches and to skillfully pull them off. The Elites have recharging shields just like the Mastercheif, demanding aggressive play, since picking them off from long range will not be effective with most guns as their shields will keep recharging. The jackals carry shields, which force the player to aim very accurately, or use energy weapons to destroy the shields. The grunts basically make up the numbers, and encourage aggressive play in order to make them dispatch and cower.
It feels as though each level, particularly in the original game, has been designed to focus on a particular set of skills, by only making certain weapons or vehicles available, and crafting the level design and enemy-types to provide interesting challenges for each. An example of this is the library, which pits the player against masses of un-intelligent flood creatures. The player becomes very competent in dealing with lesser opponents in competitive multiplayer modes, and also develops fast, reaction-aiming, particularly with the shotgun, which is usually the weapon of choice against the flood.
The result of this system of long-term and split second choices is an extremely elegant and emergent gameplay experience. The factors which must be taken into account when making these decisions are such that the player will rarely be confronted by the same situation and the same choice to make twice. The elements are arranged in 3D space with continuous time, and are absolutely analogue in their positioning and such. Further more, the choices themselves are very much analogue ones (apart from the pre-battle weapon selection).
The controls are designed impeccably to pose a minimal boundary between the player and the game system. Of note is the grenade hotkey which allows the player to throw a grenade at any time, but is also designed such that the arc, and thus length of throw, is decided simply by the angle at which the player is looking. This makes for a highly intuitive input, compared to having the arc determined by how long the button is held. Grenade aiming is absolutely a skill to be mastered, and it feels well deserved when you stick a plasma grenade to your opponent from half-way across the field. Also of note is the execution of the right analogue stick for aiming. They have got spot on how fast the camera should turn depending on how far in any direction the stick is pushed, and also the speed at which the turn speed accelerates the longer the stick is pushed. Halo is the only console FPS that I have truly felt comfortable turning the camera and aiming in.
Like all good sci-fi, the interest of the visuals lies largely in the functions they indicate, and, in a game, actually have. Halo has a rather minimalist visual style, and the focus is placed heavily on the active gameplay elements. Nonetheless, there is a prevalent atmosphere captured in the scenery and background sound throughout most of the levels. I think this atmosphere exists quite separately from the gameplay, lends itself wonderfully, in my opinion, to evoke an overriding feeling of playing the game. This has been dimmed slightly in the later games which are more glossy, but it is still there.
Halo is a very well crafted system, which allows for a high degree of mastery, which is, for me, desirable, considering how compelling I find the subject matter of the core mechanics. This subject matter is very similar to most other first person shooters, but I think that Halo executes them so elegantly such as to allow for a considerably higher depth of possibilities then in others.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Butterfly Mobile With Watercolor Paper
6 comments:
- Teacher Tom said...
I was looking for something to do with all those balancing butterflies the kids have grown tired of. I love the use of the embroidery hoop!
- July 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
If you have a BUNCH of butterflies left over in your classroom I could see the repurposing of a hoola-hoop into a giant mobile with lots and lots of butterflies hanging in your classroom/or over the stage like a chandelier!
(pink and green mama)
- July 10, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- twolittleseeds said...
Love this..putting on my to do list. My son makes lovely watercolour pics so this is great.
L.O.V.E your ribbons holder....lush! x
- July 10, 2010 at 2:30 PM
- twigandtoadstool said...
Beautiful!!!! I mean, who doesn't love a butterfly mobile!!!
xoxo maureen
ps...we were at the market this morning when Ruby saw some marshmellow shooters...she was intrigued and I remembered that YOU just did a post on them...I said, have no fear child, we'll make our OWN marshmellow shooters!!!
Going to pick up our supplies tomorrow!!!
xox maureen
- July 10, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- CHILDHOOD MAGIC said...
this is fantastic! thanks for sharing--- I think we'll make one.
- July 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Toilet Paper said...
Very nice craft. The color of the butterfly is a perfect combination.
- October 17, 2011 at 4:36 AM
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Mounting An Auto Transmission In A 1949-1954 Chevy- Ditch That Six!Written by on April 1, 2009 Mounting A Small-Block And Auto Trans In A '49-54 Chevy The Easy Way
I've said it before but there probably hasn't been a better time to tackle a project car (the economy notwithstanding) given the extraordinary aftermarket industry we enjoy, and while it's not exactly rocket science to fabricate engine and transmission mounts at home, sometimes it's simply not worth the effort when someone has already done all the hard work for you.
In the case of the above mounts for '49-54 Chevy cars, that someone is Walton Fabrication. There's no mocking up motors and transmissions to get the correct location or angle, and the entire installation is almost a bolt-in job. It's so simple in fact that it's an easy weekend project, though of course you'll still have to hook up an exhaust and cooling system as well as swap out the closed driveline rearend before you'll have a driver, but that's to be expected. The transmission crossmember bolts in where the original's rivets were and accepts all GM transmissions, though in the case of the car shown here, where a 200-4R transmission from Gearstar Inc. was used, a slightly modified version is required to allow clearance for the sump pan and speedometer drive. If you fancy ditching that straight-six and dropping in a small-block Chevy, it couldn't be simpler than this.
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With the stock straight-six motor removed, these two ribs (passenger side arrowed) running from the top of the firewall to the chassis mount below have to be removed in order to fit a small-block Chevy.The majority of the rib was cut away using a cutoff wheel, leaving the lip attached to the firewall. Using a spot weld drill, which removes the weld but doesn't penetrate the layer of metal below it except for a small dimple, the spot welds were drilled out then the lip was pried from the firewall using a chisel.In order to fit the V-8, the emergency brake rod and clutch linkage assembly will also have to come out. The bracketry for the latter has to be cut away from the chassis mount.With everything clearanced for the V-8 to fit, engine mounts were in order. Walton Fabrication manufactures these neat mounts that are simple to locate without requiring a dummy motor (or your intended one for that matter) and even come with instructions. The Walton mounts bolt in place using a pair of the front suspension mounting bolts for location. Before they were welded, they were clamped to the frame to close up any small gaps.The distance between the mounts was double-checked as recommended in Walton Fabrication's instructions.With the motor mounts completed, the transmission mount was next. Walton Fabrication offers this crossmember that replaces the original, the central saddle is adjustable for a wide range of GM transmissions. This particular car was to be fitted with a 200-4R overdrive trans, which owing to the shape of its sump pan required a different saddle, as well as a notch in the crossmember (arrowed) to allow clearance for the speedometer drive on the 200-4R. If you're using this trans, make sure you specify this when ordering. The crossmember is supplied with all relevant hardware.Here's the stock crossmember, looking rearward under the car. This has to be removed carefully. Note the temporary box section crossmember used to support the original torque tube, as the rearend had yet to be changed but the car needed to be mobile.Removing the rivets that secure the stock crossmember is a dull and tedious job if you drill and punch them out by hand. The rivet heads were removed with an air chisel before a punch was used in the air hammer to drive out the rivets, making for a quick, if noisy job. With all the rivets removed, the crossmember was tapped rearward and removed.
Walton Fabrication's instructions let you know exactly what size to drill out the rivet holes to, in order to accept the new hardware.Fitting the new crossmember is as easy as lifting it into place and inserting the new hardware as directed. Note the crossmember allows you to retain the original fuel line should you so desire.Fitting the new crossmember is as easy as lifting it into place and inserting the new hardware as directed. Note the crossmember allows you to retain the original fuel line should you so desire.Walton Fabrication recommends you bend up the ears on the stock chassis outrigger sections and weld them to the new crossmember, though this was left until the end of the installation in this case.The Gearstar 200-4R transmission was then dropped into the car. To achieve the desired driveline angle, you may wish to add an aluminum spacer between the trans mount and the transmission, as shown here, though it shouldn't be necessary.


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April 20, 2007
The little birdie gets around. Rick Hartzell has heard the whispers, just like everybody else. But Greg McDermott is a friend of his, so he did what anybody would do when the rumor mill says a friend of yours doesn't want to play you anymore.
"I asked him about that, point-blank," Northern Iowa's athletic director says of Iowa State's men's basketball coach. "And his answer to that was, 'That isn't the case. We'll always play Northern Iowa.' He's my friend. I trust him. We've heard that rumor and I've asked him, straight up."
Fair enough. So why won't it go away?
Last summer, Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard floated the idea of moving some of the Big Four games to one site - Wells Fargo Arena - as a means of phasing out the Cyclones' road games at Drake and Northern Iowa. That got the ball rolling.
This week, it landed in the Hawkeyes' court. The Big Ten expanded its conference schedules for men's and women's basketball from 16 to 18 games. Adding league games in late December probably means you're looking for more creampuffs earlier in the month.
Given that criterion, the Bulldogs - who swept in-state competition last winter - and Panthers - who beat both Iowa and Iowa State - no longer comfortably apply. Is there such a thing as being too good for your own good?
"I'm not ready to jump to conclusions yet," Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says. "The series is important to us."
But not nearly as important as it is to Northern Iowa and to Drake. Hartzell once estimated that a home game with the Hawkeyes or Cyclones was worth $150,000-$250,000 per year to the school. Iowa and Iowa State are guaranteed sellouts at the Knapp Center.
Win. Win. The Bulldogs and Panthers get a nice gate. The Hawkeyes and Cyclones get nonconference road games with teeth. The fans get a shot at New Year's bragging rights.
"I think it's great for the state," Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb says. "I think it's a great tradition."
One that should be preserved. Nurtured. With Steve Alford's exodus and Tom Davis' retirement, every Big Four program has changed head coaches over the past 16 months. Things are just starting to get interesting.
On the bright side, Hatfield Clubb says she hasn't heard a peep from Iowa City. Neither has Hartzell. The Panthers and Bulldogs are comfortably on the Hawkeyes' slate for 2007-08. But beyond that?
"There's no question we're going to have to look at the rest of our nonconference schedules and see if we need to change how we do business in the future," Barta says. "I'm not at all ready to predict that we're going to eliminate (games with) the in-state rivals."
At the same time, the truth is this: The Panthers and Bulldogs, even as both enter what figures to be rebuilding campaigns, aren't so cute anymore. Nor are they a couple of gimmes.
The Hawkeyes and Cyclones have far more to lose than they could ever gain from these games, dignity notwithstanding. You win, you were supposed to. You lose, it's Armageddon.
But they play anyway. Bless 'em for that.
"They have plenty of room for in-state games if they want to play them," Hartzell says. "I can't imagine why they wouldn't. And I can't imagine that the public pressure that they'd get if they tried to get rid of them would be something they could stand."
You would hope. If something isn't broke, then why do we keep talking about fixing it?
As a fan they're somewhat fun games, especially for those from the state of Iowa, but the fact is it's basically charity for ISU and Iowa to play both of them home and home.
Money aside, Drake and UNI were no better this year than they've been in the past. IMO, still the same creampuff. We and IU were just horrible.
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
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Money aside, Drake and UNI were no better this year than they've been in the past. IMO, still the same creampuff. We and IU were just horrible.
While I wouldn't go so far to call them the same creampuff, a big part of why ISU and Iowa went oh-fer against UNI and Drake was because both teams were bad. Especially early in the season.
UNI is still a very solid team and I don't see them falling off too much with Jacobsen at the helm. Don't people remember just how bad UNI was? They were terrible.
Can you imagine ISU and Iowa not playing Drake and UNI? I think it's just so built into the psyche of the state now that our four D-1 teams will play each other every year.
As for the home & home...I don't think that it's really fair of us to talk about cutting that when:
Both UNI and Drake beat us this yearUNI has made 3 NCAA tourney appearances in the last 4 years...and we have made 1Drake is getting better, and had a winning season this year for the first time in...a LONG timeEven though there really aren't that many UNI or Drake die-hards (with there being more UNI ones than Drake), the amount of outcry over ISU or Iowa cutting these games would be immense. While it may work better money-wise if we didn't play them (or at least didn't on the road) and would be an advantage for us if we only played them at Hilton, these two programs aren't the little kids they always used to be. The MVC is for real, and I don't think the quality is going to die off soon. So, instead of being afraid to play them, let's give them the respect they deserve, and tell 'em to "bring it on!" Then we can have a real "state championship."
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I agree DSM4Cy.
I think us considering getting rid of these to home and home series is as stupid as Iowa wanted to get rid of ISU home and home on the football schedule.
Where's the outcry now from Hawk fans who were lambasting Pollard/Morgan for even hinting at changing up the non-con schedule?
Originally Posted by EggMcClone
As a fan they're somewhat fun games, especially for those from the state of Iowa, but the fact is it's basically charity for ISU and Iowa to play both of them home and home.
What's the problem with helping out instate schools? We need to play OOC road games sometime. Its a good experience for our guys in games that really don't mean much other than bragging rights.
I don't think there is a whole lot to this story...
I agree with most of you that the idea of dropping these two games is a bit silly. I hate to say it, but iowa has more of an argument for dropping ISU in football than we would for dropping UNI and Drake in basketball. Besides, do you really think Mac would drop UNI?
"I'm starting to think some Iowa fans heads are getting too big." -- Tigerhawk22
I just wish UNI would stop making us play in the worst atmosphere in college basketball, AKA the dome. I realize they can sell an extra 2,000 tickets or so, but that place is horrible for fans and players alike.
I'll agree it's a good money maker for UNI and Drake. I went to the UNI game this year and all tickets were priced at $30. They were $15 for every other game of the season.
The UNI/Iowa game will be played in the Mcleod Center next season. I am presuming they will all be in there from now on.
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Documenting my family genealogy: the research, stories, and the journey.. Although I try to be thorough, don't take my information as total proof, please do your own research!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Surname Saturday -- FESSIA [with connections to Antonipieri, Felice, Pozzallo, Ciochetti]
I haven't been able to trace back as far as I'd like, as it's Italian, and the records in the civil area only go back to 1867. But the LDS church has microfilmed the records from the main town I'm interested in, so I've been trying to fill in the blanks.
My lineage in this line is
3. Margaret Fessia --- Mom
6. Augusto Secundo Fessia -- My grandpa. Grandpa was born 1 April 1890 in Gaglianico, Piemonte, Italy. He was sent to Lyon at the age of 11 ( according to Mom) to apprentice in silk weaving . His brother did dyes for the silk and Augusto worked with the design and machines. He served in the Italian Army and was in the Italo-Turkish War [guerra di Libia, "the Libyan war" September 29, 1911 to October 18, 1912.] He received a commemorative medal which my uncle had framed. The letter accompanying it stated ' il Soldato del 6 Reggimento Artiglierria de [da?] Fortezza". He emigrated to the US in 1913 to work in the silk mill in Utica NY. His younger sister Felicita and her husband, his younger brother Giovanni Battista (John) also came, but an older brother went to work in the beginning textile industry in Chile, and stayed there. Augusto married the widow Maria Antonetta (Tonina) Jacomina Teresa Antonipieri Felice in Utica 1 Jul 1917. He received his US naturalization in 1922. Grandpa was a very quiet reserved man. He had the most wonderful vivid blue eyes. He was diabetic and died 4 Jan 1968 of pancreatic cancer.
12. Giovanni Battista Fessia (b. 18 May 1847 Gaglianico, Piemonte, Italy-- 1903 Gaglianico, Piemonte, Italy). He married Margherita Anna Pozzallo ( 3 May 1866 Donato -- 28 May 1943 Utica, Oneida, NY) in Gaglianico. She later came to the US (12 Aug 1916- held for special inquiry!) to live with her children and grandchildren. There is a tale someone told me ( in my early days before I used proper citations!) that she was his second wife, and that when his first wife died, the children of that marriage went to live with her family in southern France. I have not been able to validate or disprove this tale, and that is one of my future tasks.
24. Pietro Fessia -- this is the furthest back ancestor.... unfortunately, his data is in the pile of unsorted research. I think that his wife's maiden name was Ciochetti. I will post more on him when I finish my 2010 GB Olympic task of filing and properly sorting!
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- Wendy said...
How interesting. Working in the textile industry in Chile must be more of a common theme than I realized, as my great-great grandmother's brother went and did the same thing. We have a letter from him in the 1920's, on the company letterhead (he and a partner ran the company).
I wonder if this was a normal endeavor for the time period, and because of your post, I'm going to look more closely at it. Thank you!
- February 13, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- Dr. Bill (William L.) Smith said...
Welcome to the Geneabloggers family. Hope you find the association fruitful; I sure do. I'm fairly new, as well, and have found it most stimulating, especially some of the Daily Themes.
Keep telling your ancestor stories!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"
- February 13, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- susan said...
Hi Sue,MY Mom's surname was Fessia, My Grandfather was born in Milan,Italy.Also My Grandfather's Sister's name was Margaret.I was born in Western Massachusetts.Coincidently My name is also Sue.
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