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Glacier View Landscape and Design, Inc. in Erie Colorado has taken great pride in developing a social media platform that is designed to keep past, present and future customers engaged in their landscape design and installation decisions. Glacier View's approach with social media has not been to garner new customers per se, but that has been some of the results of our endeavor. Instead, Glacier View has wanted to provide as many platforms as possible for our customers to view pictures of unique, one-off projects that they can apply to their own landscapes, and to showcase the capabilities of our landscape design and installation teams. As well, our social media platforms allow current customers to stay in contact with their projects if they happen to be out of town while our teams are working on their installation. Glacier View's Facebook page has been the go-to platform for updating our clients on current projects as it remains the simplest way to upload pictures in a project album format. We use both Facebook and Twitter to update our clients on the status of rain and snowfall or moisture conditions in the areas we service, since moisture is such a key part of landscape success in our arid region of the US. We provide "East Boulder County Moisture Updates" every 24 hours when rain or snow is falling and that, in turn, helps our customers to gauge whether to turn off automatic irrigation systems, winter water, or adjust their watering schedules accordingly. This "East Boulder County Moisture Update" really applies to any of the towns we service, from Brighton, Louisville, Westminster, Broomfield, Boulder, Erie, Niwot, Superior, Longmont, Lafayette, Frederick and Gunbarrel to all points in between in unincorporated Boulder County. We also use social media to provide winter watering reminders and guidelines because proper winter watering is one of the most important contributors to a plant's success in the following spring and summer months.
Facebook and Twitter have been the initial platforms of choice, but Glacier View is also using Google+, YouTube, Pintrest, LinkedIn and Houzz, as well as providing an opportunity for our users to post their own information directly from our website on Tumblr, StumbleUpon, Delicious, Reddit, and MySpace. Glacier View maintains a LinkedIn Group page to discuss topics related to landscape design and installation, as well as personal pages for the CEO on both Facebook and LinkedIn that are readily accessible from the website. The website has links to all the social media platforms we use, including a "Featured On Houzz" button.
Nothing helps new customers make decisions about what they would like to see in their landscape more than pictures, so all our social media platforms focus on providing original content and pictures of landscapes that Glacier View created. We never use packaged media pictures, or buy landscape photos from photo vendors. We want our customers to see the exact types of projects Glacier View has worked on successfully in the past. And occasionally, customers have helped prepare media for presentation. One customer set up a time lapse video recorder to tape his patio construction. That video can be seen on Glacier View's YouTube channel. Go find us on social media through our website at www.glacierviewlandscape.com and see what we have to offer. And lastly, our social media presence has helped our company stay on top of major search engine results pages so it is easy for our customers to find us. Glacier View wanted to maximize our use of social media. We expected to work hard to keep the sites up to date, but more importantly, we were prepared to see results as customers appreciated our dedication to the landscape trade and to present our work in a clear and concise manner.


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Los Angeles is the home of American cinema and these days, Gen Y is making the big bucks in this town. Vanity Fair recently compiled a list of Hollywood's top earners in 2009, including the likes of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Ron Howard. Fifteen percent of Vanity Fair's list, though, belongs to Generation Y.
Twenty-year-old Daniel Radcliffe broke the top 10 at number 6, raking in an estimated $41 million last year for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows I and II. Dan's Harry Potter co-stars, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, are numbers 14 and 15 on the list, respectively. Emma, 19, and Rupert, 21, both made approximately $30 million in 2009 for their roles in Deathly Hallows I and II.
British heartthrob, 23-year-old Robert Pattinson makes number 35 with $18 million in earnings last year, and his 19-year-old co-star, Kristen Stewart, is two spots behind at number 37 with $16 million. Both actors were paid $14 million for starring in the second and third Twilight installments, New Moon and Eclipse. Rob earned an additional $4 million for starring in a non-Twilight film entitled Remember Me. Kristen was paid $2 million for her portrayal of Joan Jett in the upcoming film, The Runaways.
Last, but not least, one of LA's very own, Shia LaBeouf, 23, came in at number 39 with an estimated $15 million in 2009 for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and the upcoming Wall Street sequel, Money Never Sleeps.
To check out the entire list of 2009's Hollywood Moneymakers, visit vanityfair.com.

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When the proposed relocation of the Canyons Resort ski maintenance building was denied last month, one of the reasons the county shot the site plan down was because a rock retaining wall as high as 18 feet was to be right on the boundary of a wetland. The controversy surrounds the fact that the retaining wall is a "structure" and thus had to be at least 40 feet from the wetland. Developers challenged that definition of "structure."
As per the Snyderville Basin Development Code, a "structure" is defined as:
That which is built or constructed, a building or edifice of any kind, installed on, above or below the surface of land or water.
Shawn Ferrin, external legal counsel for TCFC PropCo, the developer proposing the maintenance building, presented the case for why the retaining wall should not have been considered a "structure." Ferrin was joined by TCFC VP of Development Spencer White. Defending the interpretation of a structure were Community Development Director Pat Putt and Douglas Clyde, a witness of Putt's.
"Putt is interpreting the [Development Code] language very broadly," Ferrin said. "He interprets it to mean 'anything that is built or constructed.' TCFC believes 'an edifice or building of any kind' is the important part of the ordinance."
Ferrin added TCFC cannot be treated "arbitrarily" by the county and have to conform to a different interpretation of "structure" than that which has been historically applied.
Clyde responded by asserting that "structures" and "buildings" are not the same thing and that TCFC wants to define structures as buildings only.
"If you can't define the difference between a structure and a building, you can't do your job," Clyde said. "For flood control and watershed management, you have an interest in determining whether this is a structure."
Summit County Civil Attorney Dave Thomas said Putt can go against how the definition of "structure" has been historically applied, but if he wishes to clarify that the requested retaining wall is a structure he must do so without "animus" toward the developer and must apply that interpretation consistently in all instances thereafter.
County Council member Roger Armstrong said no one knows whether the examples of "structures" currently existing within wetland setbacks were properly permitted, and that such examples would not give sufficient reason for allowing the retaining wall next to a wetland.
Near the end of what was more than a two-hour deliberation on the interpretation of a "structure," Ferrin requested that Clyde's comments be removed from the public record since he testified in opposition to the Canyons Resort maintenance building last month and was thus biased and a "public clamor."
Thomas maintained public clamor only applies to those who simply "don't like a project" and that since Clyde provided a fact-based presentation, that assertion did not apply. Potential bias against the developer, he said, could be construed, although the Council would need to determine that.
In the end, the Council voted 5-0 to deny TCFC's appeal of the definition of "structure." Ferrin believed TCFC was treated differently with this project.
"Putt's application [of the definition of "structure"] is very inconsistent with how development approvals have been granted in the past," Ferrin said. "We can't have the definition of "structure" where it means retaining wall, and another where it means something else. It has to be consistent."


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|Raymond Ames Spruance was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 3 July 1886, son of Alexander P. and Annie Ames (Hiss) Spruance. He attended high schools in East Orange, New Jersey, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and Stevens Preparatory School, Hoboken, New Jersey, before entering the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment from Indiana in 1903. Graduated on 12 September 1906, with the Class of 1907, he served the two years at sea, then required by law, and was commissioned Ensign on 13 September 1908. Advancing progressively in rank, he attained that of Admiral, to date from 4 February 1944. He was transferred to the Retired List of the US Navy in that rank on 1 July 1948. After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1906, he served on USS Iow until July 1907, then joined USS Minnesota, in which he made the World Cruise of the Fleet. In April 1909, he reported for instruction in electrical engineering at the General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York. Again ordered to sea, he served from May 1910 until October 1911 on USS Connecticut, after which he was Senior Engineer Officer of USS Cincinnati. In March 1913, he assumed command of USS Bainbridge. He returned to the United States in May 1914 and was assigned as Assistant to the Inspector of Machinery at the Newport News (Virginia) Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. During the period February to June 1916, he assisted in fitting out USS Pennyslvania and served on board that battleship from her commissioning, 12 June 1916 until November 1917. The last year of World War I, he was assigned as Assistant Engineer Officer of the Navy Yard, New York, New York, with additional temporary duty in London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, in connection with fire control. In January 1919, he reported as Executive Officer of USS Agamemnon, employed in returning troops to the United States after the end of the war. Between April 1919 and June 1921, he successively fitted out and commanded USS Aaron Ward and USS Percival. He was assigned to the Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department, Washington, DC, to the Commander Naval Forces Europe. He then assumed command of USS Dale and later commanded USS Osborne. He attended the Senior Course at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, during the period July 1926 to May 1927, after which he had a tour of duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department. In October 1929, he reported as Executive Officer of USS Mississippi and in June 1931 returned to the Naval War College for duty on the Staff. He was Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Destroyers, Scouting Fleet from May 1933 until March 1935, then again served on the Staff of the Naval War College until April 1938, when he rejoined USS Mississippi this time to serve until January 1940 as Commanding Officer. In February 1940 he became the Commandant of the Tenth Naval District with headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in July 1941 was assigned additional duty as Commander Caribbean Sea Frontier. He assumed command on 17 September 1941, of Cruiser Division Five, and served as second in command during operations in the Marshall Islands and at Wake Island in February 1942; and in the same capacity during the Marcus Island operations the following months. He was Junior Task Force Commander during the Battle of Midway in June 1942, when his force assisted in inflicting on the Japanese Navy its first decisive defeat in three hundred and fifty years. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and cited as follows: "For exceptionally meritorious service… as Task Force Commander, United States Pacific Fleet. During the Midway engagement which resulted in the defeat of and heavy losses to the enemy fleet, his seamanship, endurance, and tenacity in handling his task force were of the highest quality." He is also entitled to the Ribbon for and a facsimile of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the USS Enterprise. In June 1942 he reported as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and in September of that year was designated Deputy Commander in Chief. In August 1943, he became Commander Central Pacific Force, which on 29 April 1944 was redesignated Commander Fifth Fleet. During these Pacific assignments, he was in overall command of the occupation of the Gilbert Islands, November 1943; the invasion of the Marshalls, January 1944; operations for the capture of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas, which included the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 – 20 June, 1944, and later for the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was awarded Gold Stars in lieu of the Second and Third Distinguished Service Medals. The citations follow in part according to dates of action: Gold Star in lieu of the Third Distinguished Service Medal: "For exceptionally meritorious service...as Chief of Staff and later as Deputy Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, while serving on the staff of Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, from June 18, 1942 to August 5, 1943…(He) exercised sound judgment, keen foresight and expert administrative ability in carrying out his many and varied duties, and… contributed materially to increasing the tempo of the war against Japan…" Gold Star in lieu of the Second Distinguished Service Medal: "…in a position of great responsibility as Commander Central Pacific Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during the seizure and occupation of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943. In command of naval forces and certain Army amphibious and air forces during the assaults on Tarawa, Makin and Apamama, Vice Admiral Spruance conducted this action with daring strategy brilliant employment of the units of this command. The expeditious completion of this vital operation under his forceful leadership assured success in opening the Central Pacific Area to the United States Forces." He was also awarded the Navy Cross "for extraordinary heroism as Commander Fifth Fleet in action against enemy Japanese forces during the invasion and capture of Iwo Jim, Volcano Islands, and Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, from January to May 1945…" The citation further states in part: "Responsible for the operation of a vast and complicated organization which included more than 500,000 men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, 318 combatant vessels and 1139 auxiliary vessels, (he) directed the forces under his command with daring, courage and aggressiveness. Carrier units of his force penetrated waters of the Japanese Homeland and Nansei Shoto and inflicted severe damage upon hostile aircraft, shore installations and shipping…" Detached from command of the Fifth Fleet on 8 November 1945, following the capitulation of the Japanese in August of that year, he relieved Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas. He was relieved of that command on 1 February 1946 and ordered to duty as President of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. On 16 October 1946, the former Secretary of War, the Honorable Robert P. Patterson, presented the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Admiral Spruance, with citation as follows: "Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy, as Task Force Commander during the capture of the Marshall and Marianas Islands, rendered exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services from January to June 1944. During the joint operations leading to the assault and capture of the important enemy bases, complete integration of Army and Navy units was accomplished under his outstanding leadership, enabling all the forces to perform their closely co-ordinated missions with outstanding success." On 18 March 1948, Admiral Spruance was presented the Insignia and Chancery documents of the decoration of Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold with Palm and the Croix de Guerre with Palm, by the Belgian Ambassador for the Prince Regent of Belgium. He continued duty as President of the Naval War College until relieved of active duty pending his retirement on 1 July 1948. Shortly before his retirement, he received the following Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of the Navy: "Your brilliant record of achievement in World War II played a decisive part in our victory in the Pacific. At the crucial Battle of Midway your daring and skilled leadership routed the enemy in the full tide of his advance and established the pattern of air-sea warfare which was to lead to his eventual capitulation..." Admiral Spruance was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines by President Harry S. Truman in January 1952 and his resignation was accepted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 31 March 1955. In addition to the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with two Gold Stars, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Commendation Ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, Admiral Spruance had the Victory Medal, Overseas Clasp (World War I); American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; and the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp. Besides the Belgian decorations, he had the Gold Cross of the Chevalier of the Order of the Savior from the Government of Greece, and the Honorary Companion of the Order of the Bath from Great Britain. Admiral Spruance died on 13 December 1969, at his home in Pebble Beach, California.
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|Precommissing CO CDR Tate Westbrook.
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|Spruance under construction in March 2010.
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|As above.
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|Christening program for Spruance (DDG 111). The ceremony was held at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on June 5 2010.
|Robert M. Cieri
|100605-N-0000G-001. Bath, Maine, June 5 2010, Ellen Spruance Holscher, from Atlanta, sponsor of the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111), celebrates after christening the ship at a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after Holscher's grandfather, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. With Holscher are her two daughters, Dorothy Hamilton Holscher, left, and Margaret Spruance Holscher. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works by D. Griggs.
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|100605-N-0000G-002. Bath, Maine, June 5 2010, Ellen Spruance Holscher and an unidentified man break a bottle of Champaign to christen the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111), during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Holscher is the ship's sponsor. Spruance is named after Holscher's grandfather, Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works by D. Griggs.
|Bill Gonyo
|Bath, Maine, June 5 2010, the guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111) displays her best as visitors celebrates after christening the ship at a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the U.S. Navy commander at the Battle of Midway, fought June 4-7, 1942. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works.
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|PCU Spruance (DDG-111) under construction with most of the hull intact.
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|Launching an SM-2 missile on Sea Trials.
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|PCU Spruance (DDG-111) fire aboard at Bath Iron Works, the fire started because of a malfunction in the computer that regulates the fuel, the fuel continued pumping while the engine was not firing, then ignited.
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|120110-N-YM863-002. NWS Seal Beach, California, January 10 2011, the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) moored pier side at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, to conduct ordnance operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eli J. Medellin, USN.
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|110923-N-AC979-116 Key West, FL, September 23, 2011, the guided-missile destroyer pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Spruance (DDG 111) arrives at Naval Air Station Key West for its formal commissioning ceremony to be held Oct. 1. The ship, named in honor of Adm. Raymond Spruance, commander of Carrier Task Force 16 during the World War II Battle of Midway, is commanded by Cmdr. Tate Westbrook of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Spruance is the second Navy ship to bear the name and the 61st ship in the Arleigh Burke-class of Navy destroyers. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael K. McNabb.
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|110923-N-AC979-143, as above.
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|110923-N-AC979-243, as above.
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|Night time Commissioning at Key West, October 1 2011.
|Ron Reeves
|111024-N-ZC343-667. San Diego, October 24, 2011, family and friends greet Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) as the ship arrives at its new homeport at Naval Base San Diego. Spruance is the Navy's newest destroyer, commissioned Oct. 1 in Key West, Fla. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane.
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|120109-N-CJ186-124. Pacific Ocean, January 9 2012, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) transits the Pacific Ocean during a routine underway period. Spruance is a multi-system guided-missile destroyer designed to operate independently or with an associated strike group. Spruance is assigned to Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W Lee, USN.
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|USS Spruance (DDG-111) and USS Stockdale (DDG-106) at San Diego, September 30 2012.
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|June 17 2013 in San Diego harbor as seen from Shelter Island, at left is USS Spruance (DDG-111) moored at North Island, while USS Thatch (FFG-43) heads for sea.
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|131126-N-BB269-017. Yokosuka, Japan, November 26 2013, the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) arrives at Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a routine port call. Spruance is on her maiden deployment in the Western Pacific from its homeport of San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Raymond D. Diaz III, USN.
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|San Diego, USS Spruance (DDG-111) with USS Dewey (DDG-105) behind and USS Stockdale (DDG-106) on other side of the pier, December 30 2013.
|Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
|San Diego, USS Spruance (DDG-111) and USS Stockdale (DDG-106) on other side of the pier, December 30 2013.
|Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
|USS Spruance (DDG-111) foreground, pulls away as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD-14) approaches the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7), center, in the Pacific Ocean, June 24 2014. The ships are en route to participate in the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Knight. United States Navy News Service.
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|160419-N-YB832-040. San Diego, April 19 2016, the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) departs Naval Base San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific region as part of Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG). Spruance, along with USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Momsen (DDG 92) and embarked "Devil Fish" and "Warbirds" detachments of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, will deploy as part of PAC SAG under Destroyer Squadron 31 (CDS-31). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ellen Hilkowski.
|Ron Reeves
|160419-N-RM689-214. San Diego, April 19 2016, USS Spruance (DDG 111) departs Naval Base San Diego for a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific as part of Commander, U.S. Third Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG). Spruance, along with guided missile destroyers USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Momsen (DDG 92) and embarked "Devil Fish" and "Warbirds" detachments of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, will deploy as part of PAC SAG under Destroyer Squadron 31 (CDS-31). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kelsey L. Adams.
|Ron Reeves
|160628-N-SU278-076. South China Sea, June 28 2016, Cmdr. Manuel Hernandez, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), observes from Spruance's bridge wing as an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 flies near the USS Momsen (DDG 92). Spruance and Momsen, along with the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) are deployed in support of maritime security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) under Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 31. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Will Gaskill.
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What is it about bath accessories that inspire us? Oh, we know...our mothers never even considered the importance of decorating the bathroom. Did they not realize how much time we spent in there, whispering on the phone with our best friends, experimenting with tweezing our eyebrows, daydreaming about the boys in our U.S. History class? Wait...what were we talking about? Oh, yeah, we really like the way this Duo Wall-Mounted Toilet Brush ($99) attaches to the wall and how it looks like we took time to really design the room.
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UMass Baseball Defeats St. Bonaventure 1-0
May 4, 2003
AMHERST, Mass. - Freshman righthanded pitcher Matt Torra (Pittsfield, Mass.) threw a complete game to lead the University of Massachusetts baseball team to a 1-0 victory over St. Bonaventure at Earl Lorden Field this afternoon. Torra struck out six, surrendering just three hits and walking none. The win completes the Minutemen's weekend sweep of St. Bonaventure, as UMass improves to 20-16 overall and 12-6 in the Atlantic 10. St. Bonaventure falls to 20-18-1 overall and 7-10 in the Atlantic 10.
The Minutemen took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning as freshman Frank Curreri (Weymouth, Mass.) singled to drive in senior Jeff Altieri (Whitinsville, Mass.) from second base. Altieri had singled and then reached second as junior Matt Reynolds (South Boston, Mass.) grounded into a fielder's choice.
Altieri's run proved to be the game-winner for the second straight game after his home run was the difference in the second game of yesterday's doubleheader.
Torra's performance marked the third straight start in which he has gone the distance and won, as he improved his record to 5-3. All three UMass starters for the weekend pitched complete games with junior Eric Chown (Fall River, Mass.) and sophomore Keith Doherty (Quincy, Mass.) each picking up complete game victories yesterday.
The Minutemen are back in action Tuesday, May 6, as they travel to Siena and then return home on Wednesday, May 7, to face Northeastern at 3:00 pm.
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Disease Proof
Destined for Fat
New research claims some people are born wired to be obese. Jeffrey Perkel of HealthDay News reports:
The brain circuitry that controls appetite might be wired differently in some people, and that could predispose them to obesity, California researchers suggest.Don't let your genetics stop you from living healthfully. Here's a great quote from Dr. Fuhrman. Have a look:
The study was conducted in rats, not humans, and yet it could ultimately lead to novel obesity treatments, said Philip Smith, director of the Office of Obesity Research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
"It is not just about drugs that modify short-term appetite," he said, "there may be drugs that stimulate development of the appropriate neural pathways. So, it is an exciting, but very early, time in this field."
The study was published in the February issue of Cell Metabolism.
We all have genetic weaknesses, but those weaknesses never get a chance to express themselves until we abuse our body with many, many years of mistreatment. Never forget, 99 percent of your genes are programmed to keep you healthy. The problem is that we never let them do their job.Hey, my genetics mean I should be an ox-minded hot-tempered Italian guy, but, I'm really as cuddly as a teddy bear—wink-wink.
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Richard Stallman, 1st Contact
By syw on Jun 04, 2008
"It is so, so cool, this gnu thing," I thought.
My first editor on Unix (BSD4.1) was naturally vi, much better than ed that I used before. One day, I went to a senior engineer for his wisdom and was dazzled by his editor. It split the screen into two parts, doing two tasks, without using job controls, at the same time. It was magical. It was emacs. I got to have it.
I ftp'ed, configured for SunOS, make'ed, and got my own shining emacs. I spent the next few years mastering it. I proudly complain the "emacs left pinky" ailment for over-using control key. I learned and wrote lisp programs to customize it. Good old days.
Imagine my giddiness meeting Richard Stallman. The man who wrote emacs. For about 30 minutes, we talked about menu choices from this restaurant we brought him to. He seemed always ready to preach: the fine points in Gnu ideas, the correct ways to refer to Linux (Gnu Operating Systems), the fund raising (books, t-shirts, direct donation), etc. The signature long-hair and full beard provide him with constant distractions: twisting, stroking, twirling, etc. Stallman seems to have a good command on Chinese sounds and use emacs on his OLPC XO (One Laptop Per Child) to record everything.
We have, slightly, different views on open-source and/or free software. Richard has been a proponent for free software (as in freedom) for the last quarter century. He insists that the freedom to distribute, copy, modify, and use all software is paramount to the modern society. He will not rest unless all software are free.
The famed GPL (Gnu Public License) codifies his ideology. Richard believes that if a license allows the licensee to do anything to restrict software freedom, then this license is as evil. Here arrives the strange logic that to grant someone the freedom to do whatever he/she wishes is actually evil, since the licensee may choose to restrict freedom with his/her derivative software. Simply put, if a software let its derivative software to become proprietary, then it is evil. Hmm, at least I am not as radical as High Priest Stallman. First of all, I do not believe all proprietary software are evil to begin with (I am also not sure all software should be free). Secondly, I do not really accept the responsibility of the derivatives. I have contributed to the world of free software community in the past. When I did, I put the software in public domain: no restriction what-so-ever. In theory, someone could have taken my software and create something that is not open or free. I am completely fine with it. But Richard will disapprove (and he did).
Software philosophy is not the only difference we have. Richard has a much cooler headgear, an old PDP disk platter worn as a halo (and matching high-priest gown). My OpenSolaris baseball hat looks so mundane.
It takes conviction and passion to change the world. Richard Stallman did just that. Is it a fault to believe too strongly? Not at all. I remain a big fan of FSF and Richard Stallman. Somehow, his preaches and conviction remind me the debates between Protestant denominations. They are all on the same side, yet observers will swear they would rather see their allies perish before the enemies. <script language="JavaScript"> TagStart() Technorati("Richard Stallman") TagEnd() </script>


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Ludacris will have even more provocation to yell "Move … get out the way" soon.
The ever-energetic emperor of metaphors has signed on for a role in "The Fast and the Furious 2," according to his label.
Ludacris' spokesperson did not have details about the rapper's character, but hinted that he'll probably be rolling out somewhere in the movie. Luda will be going to driving school next month, where he'll be hoping to pick up some nifty tricks behind the wheel, his rep said.
The ATL rapper will begin filming his scenes for the film, which is being directed by John Singleton, in October. Singer Tyrese and Paul Walker, who played the hero in the first "Fast and the Furious" installment, will also star in the flick.
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"We don't want this in our community at all," said Jody Lamp, "He needs to be staying in prison or whatever where he's at."
Lamp is referring to one of her neighbors, 46-year old James Patrick Tinker II, who now faces a series of charges after police say they discovered him sharing kiddie porn on the Internet.
They searched his home here on Turkey Point Road in Thursday.
"They recovered two computer devices that contained pornographic images of children," said Cpl. John Wachter of the Baltimore County Police Department, "The suspect was found to be responsible for the images on those devices."
Images of young girls, and police say Tinker is a social worker who counsels teens at clinics in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County.
While there's no evidence that Tinker physically abused anyone, they say crimes like these perpetuate the sexual exploitation of children.
"Somewhere there's a child that a crime has been committed against," said Wachter, "I mean these are real people that are in these images. Someone who shares child pornography might not be the person taking the pictures or taking the video, and in this case there's no indication that this individual was involved in taking the pictures or taking video, but somewhere there's somebody abusing those children getting those pictures and getting those videos."
We have also learned Tinker is married with a young daughter in the home, but it appears neither of them had any idea of his alleged perversions.
"That's horrifying that you wouldn't know that your husband was doing something like that. I can't imagine," said Lamp.
Tinker faces charges of possessing and distributing child pornography.
He's being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center with bail set at $200,000.


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I would like to take the time to thank you and all your devoted sports fans for the passion, loyalty and spirit that you gave to me during my eight seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Chief Artillery Officer Brig. Gen. Roy Riftin, who oversaw the surprise drill carried out by IDF forces on the Golan Heights today (Wednesday, September 19), expressed satisfaction with the forces' performance.
"I am very satisfied with the performance of the units; the forces were well directed. A drill on this scale had not occurred on the Golan in many years, and we met the required benchmarks that we had previously designated for ourselves," Brig. Gen. Riftin said today. "The goal of the exercise was to learn, and we will learn to glean lessons and to improve our abilities. Altogether, the competence of our forces is excellent."
The drill, which lasted throughout the day today, included only units of the IDF in regular service, particularly focusing on artillery forces. It was intended to realistically simulate a possible combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front. The exercise was notable both for the scale of the forces participating and because it came as a surprise.
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In early spring, the weather starts to warm up just a little and the sky changes from winter's heavy and dark gray to spring's light and clear blue. Each year, tea farmers look forward to the harvest.
Fertilizing in Spring
Tea farmers fertilize their crops about three times from the end of February to the beginning of May. Tea trees are fed with Organic fertilizers at the end of February or the beginning of March. Chemical fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potassium is applied in the middle of April. And ammonium sulfate fertilizer, which is nitrogen-based and rapid-acting, is applied at the beginning of May, which is just before harvest. Use of fertilizers is based on the timing of the harvest, with careful consideration of how long it takes each fertilizer to work. Organic fertilizers work slowly and ammonium sulfate fertilizer works fast.
Fertilizer is put around the base of tea trees
The old tea leaves have become a deep burnished green color. It is proof of tea tree absorbing enough nutrients
Pruning and Spring Bancha
To prepare for the first harvest, tea trees are pruned in March. There are many varieties of Bancha, but the leaves collected in March are used to make Spring Bancha. Every year, the plants are pruned not only in March, but also in October. Tea trees pruned in spring sprout more vigorously than tea trees pruned in autumn; however, they can be harvested later. Farmers decide which trees should be pruned in autumn or spring, considering the geographic condition and breed of each tree, harvesting schedule, and so on.
Preparing to Harvest
Twenty to thirty days before harvest, green tea trees for Gyokuro and Matcha are covered with special curtains. These curtains, called 'Kanreisha,' are used to shade tea trees from direct sunlight. Tea grown this way has a sweet and mild flavor, because without sunlight there will be few bitter tannins. Carefully grown in the shade for twenty days before harvesting, a cup of Gyokuro or Matcha has several unique features: an elegant aroma, a sweet taste and a light green color. Shading tea sprouts from the sun creates Theanine, a natural element that gives Gyokuro and Matcha a mellow taste.
Pictured here are the two different kinds of shading from sunlight: 'Tana' and 'Jikagise'. 'Tana' shades the tea trees from sunlight by a canopy, whereas 'Jikagise' directly covers the tea trees. Both styles of covering used to be made from straw and reeds but are now made from high-tech, modern materials. To grow top quality Gyokuro and Matcha, tea leaves are covered with 'Tana.'
In contrast to Gyokuro and Matcha, tea leaves for Sencha are not covered. They are grown under full sunlight. Flooded with sunlight before harvest, a cup of Sencha has a deliciously bitter flavor, a refreshing aroma and a golden-green color.
Shaded from sunlight by way of 'Tana' before harvest.
Shaded from sunlight by way of 'Jikagise' before harvest.
Sencha tea farm before harvest. Not shaded.
Harvest is the busiest time of the year for farmers. The best time to gather tea leaves is when the tea tree has three to five sprouts. The tea farmer must be careful not to pick the leaves that are too large or too small. If he gathers the leaves two to three days late, the tea's quality will be compromised. If he gathers the leaves too early, the amount will be too small. Therefore, the farmer must carefully ascertain the perfect time to harvest.
Picked by Skilled Hands vs. Trimmed by Machine
Today most tea leaves are trimmed by machine and traditional hand-picked Gyokuro, Sencha, and Matcha are rarely grown and therefore very precious. The flavor and aroma of hand-picked tea is much more mellow and smooth than tea trimmed by machine.
Tea trees for hand-picked and for machine trimmed are grown in different ways, and tea sprouts of both types of trees grow differently. In the case of tea trees trimmed by machine, tea sprouts grow from the previously trimmed stubble. In contrast, in the case of tea trees picked by hand, tea sprouts shoot from the natural forks in the branches. The flavor and aroma of hand-picked tea is much mellower and smoother than tea trimmed by machine and the leaves are of higher quality.
Even a skilled tea harvester can hand pick just up to 6 to 8kg of fresh tea leaves all through the day. The picked fresh tea leaves are processed and finished, at which point the total weight of the tea leaves is only about 18% of the fresh tea leaves. Even if about 20 skilled tea harvesters pick all through the day, we can only gather around 25 kg of finished precious hand-picked tea.
From the time the sprouts appear to the time the leaves become too large to harvest is just a few days. So tea leaves must be harvested as quickly as possible in one long stretch. Therefore it is never easy to pick large amounts of tea leaves by skilled hands in just a few days.
Top grade tea, hand-picked Gyokuro, Sencha, and Matcha are grown only in quite a small amount, because there is only one small place in all of the world perfect for farming this special tea - a tiny area of land located right here in the Uji region of Japan. Therefore, hand-picked tea is very precious.
Tea leaves just before harvest.
Trimmed by machine.
Picked by skilled hands.
Tea sprouts for hand picked. Tea sprouts harvested by hand appear differently than those harvested by machine.
"Aracha" Processing
"Aracha" Processing - Gyokuro and Sencha
After harvest, fresh tea leaves are processed the same day by the tea farmer. Processing steps are 1) Steaming, 2) Kneading, 3) Shaping, and 4) Drying. It usually takes about 4 hours to pass through all of the steps. Processed tea leaves are called "Aracha" and their weight is approximately one-fifth of that of fresh tea leaves. The moisture content of fresh tea leaves is 80% whereas it is only 5% in Aracha.
This processing method was created by Sohen Nagatani in 1738 and then mechanized. Modern science now confirms that the cell walls of the tea leaves are broken down by this traditional kneading process so that the beneficial nutrients naturally found in tea leaves can easily infuse into water.
1) Steaming
It is said that the Steaming step is the most difficult and requires the most skill and expertise, even though the steaming time is just 30 to 60 seconds. If tea leaves are steamed too heavily, the aroma characteristic of Sencha or Gyokuro is destroyed. On the contrary, if tea leaves are not steamed enough, the taste will not be good. In addition, whole tea leaves must be evenly and uniformly steamed, though tea leaves contain both soft baby sprouts and large sprouts. Therefore, it is quite a difficult task. Farmers arrange the steaming temperature and time, considering the conditions of picked fresh tea leaves (thickness of tea leaves, softness, etc.).
2) Kneading
The kneading process is divided into three steps: rough kneading, contorting, and middle kneading. Steamed tea leaves are kneaded for 1.5 hours or more. At this point, the moisture content of the tea leaves is around 25%. During this process, the moisture content should be uniformly removed from all tea leaves. If tea leaves are kneaded insufficiently or not equally, the flavor becomes cloudy and not fine. And if kneaded too much, the appearance of the tea leaves becomes whitish in color. In the case of processing competition grade tea, the tea master kneads the leaves for a shorter time than usual so that he can shape the leaves into the traditional sharp-pointed needle during the next shaping step. It requires much expertise and extremely high level technique.
3) Shaping
During the shaping process, tea leaves are shaped for about 1 hour. The end goal of this step is to create tea leaves shaped like a needle or bar. At this point, the moisture content of the tea leaves decreases from 25% to 12%.
4) Drying
Shaped tea leaves are dried for about one hour. At this point, the moisture content of the tea leaves decreases to 5% or 7%.
The Aracha process is now complete. As above, Aracha is processed by the farmer, but these tea leaves are not finished. The tea leaves are usually finished later by the wholesale merchant. Aracha is either sold directly to the wholesale merchant or bid on at the Kyoto Japan Agricultural Cooperative Association.
Tea leaves just coming out from steaming machine
Kneading machines
The temperature, moisture content of the tea leaves, air volume are carefully controlled in processing machine
Shaping machine
Tea leaves are shaped like a needle or bar
Drying machine
"Aracha" Processing - Tencha (Matcha)
Tea leaves which have not yet been ground into the fine powder of Matcha are known as Tencha.
Fresh tea leaves are processed just after harvest. At the most, they should be processed within 24 hours after harvest. Tencha (Matcha) processing includes 1) Steaming, 2) Cooling down, 3) Drying, and 4) Cutting / Sorting. Matcha tea leaves before ground into powder are called Tencha.
1) Steaming:
Fresh tea leaves just after harvest are steamed for 30 to 40 seconds. The steaming process stops oxidation (fermentation). Steaming temperature and steaming time should be adjusted by the condition of the tea leaves. The steaming process is one of the most important steps and determines the quality of the finished tea.
2) Cooling down:
Steamed tea leaves are quickly cooled by a strong blast of air. This fast cooling process extracts the aroma and bright color of tea leaves. Blown upward by the blast of air, the tea leaves soar upward about 6m (19.68ft).
3) Drying:
During this step, the tea leaves are dried in a fire pit. Inside of the fire pit is a three or four level structure, heated from underneath by a burner. The temperature of each layer is carefully controlled from 110 to 180C (230 to 356F). Before entering the fire pit, tea leaves are distributed evenly across a conveyor belt so that they dry consistently. There should be no overlap. Tea leaves pass through all levels of the fire pit to dry for about 20 minutes. This drying process determines the aroma and taste of Tencha (Matcha).
4) Cutting / Sorting:
After emerging from the fire pit, the tea leaves are cut and sorted to determine if they are dry enough. Thicker sections of the tea leaf such as stems and veins may not be completely dry, and are dried again in the fire pit. Finally, the cut and dry tea leaves are mixed thoroughly to ensure consistent quality and flavor. At this point, before Tencha is ground into Matcha powder, the tea is known as Aracha of Tencha.
Steaming process
Blown upward by a blast of air, the tea leaves soar upward about 6m (19.68ft) and are quickly cooled.
Tea leaves dry in a three or four level fire pit, heated from underneath by a burner.
The temperature inside the fire pit is carefully controlled.
Tea leaves emerging from the fire pit
Before Tencha is ground into Matcha powder, the tea is known as Aracha of Tencha.
Finishing - Gyokuro and Sencha
Aracha tea leaves go through two finishing processes: 1) Sorting and 2) Drying. During the sorting process, Aracha is sorted into standard tea leaves, non-standard tea leaves (larger size, old, or powdered tea leaves etc.), stems, and veins. The stems and veins sorted from high grade teas are called Karigane which is a good value and reasonable price.
During the drying process, the moisture content of the finished tea leaves becomes 3 to 4%. The moisture content of Aracha is 5 to 7%. The purpose of drying is to bring out the flavor and to enable the tea to keep in good condition long term.
Finishing - Tencha (Matcha)
Matcha tea leaves (Tencha) go through three finishing processes: 1) Sorting, 2) Drying, and 3) Grinding into fine powder. Tea leaves which have not yet been ground into the fine powder of Matcha are known as Tencha. After Tencha is ground into a powder, then it is known as Matcha. Tencha is ground with a stone mill. It takes one hour to grind 40g (1.41 oz) of top-quality Matcha with a stone mill. The result is a finely-textured powder. It is much better to grind Tencha into fine powder just before shipment to the customer in order to keep the fresh flavor and good condition. Of course, all of our Matcha is ground into fine powder just before shipment to our customers.
Grinding high quality Matcha
Stone mill
Traditional stone mill
Houjicha - Roasting
The first three processing steps of Houjicha tea leaves are the same as for Sencha: 1) Steaming, 2) Drying and Crumpling, and 3) Shaping. But to make Houjicha, the tea goes through one special additional step: 4) Roasting. The unique toasted nutty flavor of Houjicha is created by roasting.
Like Sencha, tea leaves for Houjicha are grown in full sunlight, so that Houjicha contains beneficial Catechin. And since Houjicha is pan-roasted, it is very low in caffeine. In Japan, Houjicha is commonly given to babies and people who are sick because it is both nourishing and low in caffeine. Besides, Houjicha is perfect for iced tea. It will cool you on a sizzling hot day.
Roasting facility
Tea leaves sending up smoke in the roasting facility
Tea leaves just completed roasting
Freshness is one of Japanese green tea's most important qualities. Unlike dry oxidized teas such as black or oolong, it does not last forever! Therefore, Japanese green tea needs to be stored carefully to preserve its essential freshness.
"Aracha" tea leaves, just after harvest and processing by farmers, are brought to the factory. "Aracha" tea leaves are finished: sorted, dried, blended, and so on. Then they are vacuum packed in 20kg (44.1lb) bags, and stored in a special cold storage chamber. Temperature in the cold storage chamber is kept at 0C (32F) to 5C (41F) throughout the year.
The finished tea leaves are repackaged into smaller size bags just before shipment to our customers around the world. The remaining tea leaves are vacuum packed and stored in the cold storage chamber again. The smaller size bags are packaged with nitrogen in order to keep the tea in good condition even during international delivery.
The harvest season is the busiest time of year not only for farmers but also for the factory. All "Aracha" tea leaves can't be finished at one time. In fact, more than half of the unfinished "Aracha" tea leaves are vacuum packed and stored in the cold storage chamber until after the busy harvest season is over.
Packaging in 20kg vacuum sealed bags
Cold storage chamber
Inside of cold storage chamber
Tea gathered in April and May is called 'Ichibancha,' meaning new tea or first tea of the year. In the Spring, the land is most fertile and that gives Ichibancha the best flavor. Japanese green tea is usually harvested between two and five times each year from Spring to Autumn. But the first pick, Ichibancha, is by far the best.
Similar to the Beaujolais Nouveau of French wine, the name Shincha celebrates the first tea harvest of the year. However, not all Ichibancha is Shincha. Only the Ichibancha which is sold specifically in celebration of the first pick of the year is called Shincha. Sencha's aroma is the best just after harvesting. Shincha Sencha is very delicious.


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Let us suppose you have a certain function $f(x)$ and you want to find out in which intervals this function is decreasing, constant or increasing. I know you need to follow these steps:
- Find out $f'(x)$.
- Find out the values for which $f'(x)=0$. In other words, we need to find out the zeroes of $f'(x)$. Let's suppose we find out two values which are $x=a$ and $x=b$, and that $a<b$.
- Now we need to choose a random value $r$ from the interval $(-\infty,a]$ or $(-\infty,a)$ (I don't remember exactly) and calculate $f'(x)$ for $x=r$.
- If $f'(x)<0$ for $x=r$, then $f(x)$ is decreasing in the mentioned interval. If $f'(x)=0$ for $x=r$, then $f(x)$ is constant in that interval. If $f'(x)>0$ for $x=r$, then $f(x)$ is increasing in that interval.
- We need to repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other intervals.
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Ethnographic Research As A Tool For Understanding Users
Key design firms have long used ethnographic research methods to study the users of products they are designing in order to understand how the users actually use the product. When IDEO was asked by Apple to innovate a new mouse for the Mac many years ago, the IDEO folks spent hundreds of hours studying people using the mouse device, as well as trying to better understand what people wanted to do with the mouse.
This article "Big Brands Turning To Big Brother" (not a particulary good title) describes how the makers of consumer products are turning to ethnographic research to understand how consumers choose and use their products. According to the article:
In less than a decade ethnographic research – detailed observations of the day-to-day behaviours of a small sample from a target group of consumers to shed light on how they use, choose or buy products – has established itself alongside consumer surveys and focus groups as a leading tool of market research.
In libraries, usability studies are far more common than ethnographic techniques. One weakness of most usability testing is that users are asked to perform certain functions and then are observed doing them. But the users will often do what they think the observers want to see (such as how fast can they find a book in the OPAC), rather than what they would normally do. Ethnographic research just observes the users as they use the products with no specific tasks in mind. This is one way in which the makers of the product learn that users are doing things they never expected or anticipated. This leads to unique forms of discovery and innovation.
But as you will learn when you read this article, proper ethnographic research techniques can be far more invasive into the lives of the subjects, and may be beyond what libraries could be capable of accomplishing. But by studying and understanding how ethnographic research works there may certainly be possibilities that we can integrate some of the techniques into our user studies – which will no doubt contribute to the design of better user experiences for library users.
Posted: 29 March, 2007 in User Experiences.
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Scrabble game fonts
Carl Seal
Prolific Woodland Hills, CA-based typophile and type designer (1937-2013) whose portfolio consisted largely of revivals and who used the alias Character for his typographic work. The Los Angeles Times posted this obituary: Herb passed away after a brief fight against esophageal cancer. He was a 42 year resident of Woodland Hills Ca. Son of the late Jean and Mary Van Brink, he was born in Manhattan, graduated from Stuyvesant High School (1952) and Queens College (1956) and always considered himself a New Yorker. He had a long career in Information Technology and retired from Arco. He loved traveling, bowling, genealogy, and was a bridge Life Master among his many interests. He was a trickster and a perfectionist. He leaves his wife, Paula, his son, David Van Brink and DIL Deb Culmer of Santa Cruz CA, his daughter Qarin Van Brink and SIL James Ray of Burien WA, grandchildren Amelia and Wilhelmina Ray Van Brink, brother and sister-in-law Jeffrey and Louise Van Brink of E. Northport NY and nephews Matthew and Jordan Van Brink.
His typefaces:
Fontspace link. Dafont link. Fontspace link. And another one. See also at abfonts. Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿
Darcy Baldwin
Dirk Uhlenbrock
Dirk Uhlenbrock
Darcy Baldwin (DJBFontography) is the Texas-based designer of these handwriting typefaces in 2007: DJBABITOFFLAIRE, DJBADEE1, DJBAMANDAG, DJBANGELA, DJBANNALISE, DJBANNETTEscript, DJBCHERE, DJBCHRISTINEC, DJBCINDA, DJBCINDAs, DJBDAWN, DJBDOODLEDOO, DJBELIZABETHK, DJBELKE1, DJBEMILYS, DJBEuroscript, DJBGINAE, DJBGISELLA, DJBJANELLE, DJBJANINE, DJBJENB2, DJBJENNA, DJBJENNIFER, DJBJENNIFERscript1, DJBJOAN, DJBJOYscript, DJBKATHERINE, DJBKATRINE, DJBKEELYB, DJBKEELYBscript, DJBKELLEY, DJBKENNAscript, DJBKIRA, DJBLINDSE1, DJBLINDY, DJBLIZ, DJBLORRAINE1, DJBMANDY, DJBMEGAN, DJBMETA2, DJBMISH, DJBMichael, DJBPOOKIEDOO, DJBRITA2, DJBSOFEE1, DJBTABITHAscript, DJBWENDY, DJBWENDYPscript, DJBWRITESALOT. In 2008, she made DJB Treasure Hunt, DJB Curlie Wurlie, DJB 2Cute4U, DJB Heart of Dixi. Fonts made in 2009: DJB For Annie, DJB Sloppy Joe.
In 2011, she made DJB C Lyle Run, DJB Blueprint, DJB Crazy Goofy Cool, and DJB Cassandra.
Typefaces designed in 2012: DJB Play Misty For Me (made in conjunction with Misty Cato), Bean Pole, DJB Liz, DJB Worn at the knees, DJB Cris Script, DJB Doodle Beans, DJB Squirly Q, DJB Jacked Up Kinda Luv, DJB Lena, DJB Pookiedoo, DJB Geeks Who Wear Glasses, DJB Brewhaus Special, DJB Emily's Garden (curly alphabet, codesigned with Lauren Grier), DJB Room Mother Script, Lucy Lu.
In 2013, Darcy published the outline typeface Just an Outty (made together with Lauren Grier), the curly swirly DJB Swirl Me Around (made in conjunction with Shawna Clingerman), and the hand-printed DJB Boyfriend Jeans.
In 2014, she made DJB Tweenybopper, DJB Holly Serif, DJB Chalk It Up, DJB Angel Baby, Upstairs at the Abbey (blackboard bold), Scruffy Angel, This Font Is Empty, All Cool Chicks, DJB Me and My Office, DJB Holly Serif, DJB Tweenybopper, DJB Angel Baby, DJB Holly Jolly, DJB All The Cool Chicks, DJB Doodle Beans, DJB Bad Stamp Job, DJB 2 Cute 4 U, DJB A Bit if Flaire, DJB I'm No Wizard, DJB Annalise The Bold, DJB This is my life, DJB This Font is Bold, DJB Holly Berry Wonderland, DJB Baby Bump, DJB Upstairs Downstairs, DJB Coffee Shoppe (Venti, Buzzed, Espresso), DJB Holly Enchanted, DJB Dear St. Nick, DJB Color Me Chic, DJB Coffee Shoppe Buzzed, DJB A Bit of Flaire, DJB Sarah Prints, DJB Monkey Scratches (scratched, sketched typeface), DJB This Font Is Worn, DJB Vintage Find Stamped (with Jennifer Barrette), DJB This Font Is Bold, DJB This Font Is Stressed, DJB This Font Is Empty, DJB Werecow of Danville, DJB Geordie Girl, DJB Fancy Nancy, DJB Fizza Wizza Wowza, DJB What A Babe, DJB Chubby Muffins, DJB Rubia's Tiny Print, DJB Chicken Scratchez, DJB High Zombie, DJB Holly Enchanted, DJB Coffeeshoppeespresso, DJBHeatherG, DJBZoraPrints, DJB Belly Button Outtie, DJB Skritch Skratch, DJB It's Full of Stars, DJB It's Full of Dots, DJB Doodle E Doo, DJB Mess in My Head, DJB Miss Liz, DJB About A Boy, DJB This Moment, DJB Danielle 2.0, DJB Merry, DJB BellyButton-Innie, DJB I Love A Ginger, Hand Stitched, Hand Penned, Baby Bump, Rubia Tuesday, DJB Bailey, DJB Emphatic, DJB You make Me Blush, DJB Doodled Bits, DJB Hunky Chunk, DJB Bad Stamp Job 1 (2), DJB Chalk It Up, DJB In Such A Rush, DJB Sheldon's Girlfriend, DJB Uncertain Tense, DJB Holly Jolly B'Golly (a great poster typeface), DJB Lemon Head (hand-drawn), My Boyfriend's Handwriting, Sugar Shock.
Typefaces from 2015: DJB On The Spot, DJB The Generic, DJB Nouveau (beatnik typeface), DJB Nouveau Straight, DJB Monogram Font, DJB Ransom Note Clipped, DJB-Another-Mandy, DJB-Dear-Mr-Claus, DJB-Eggsellent-Wobbly, DJB-Eggsellent, DJB-Got-No-Time-For-That, DJB-Lemon-Head-Dots, DJB-Speak-the-Truth-Bold, DJB-Speak-the-Truth-Boldly, DJB The Generic Kinda Funky All Caps, DJB It's Our Choices, DJB Mr. Claus, DJB Sunflowers for Vincent, DJB Standardized Test (+Oval), DJB Up on the Scoreboard (dot matrix font), DJB Friday Night Lights (dot matrix font), DJB My Last Amen, DJB The Cheerleader, DJB Drives Me Dotty, DJB This Font is Bold, DJB This Font is Empty, DJB On The Spot, DJB Don't Call Me Crazy, DJB Sticky Tape, DJB Messy Amanda Goes Bold, DJB Pokey Dots Font, DJB Friday Night Lights, DJB Up On The Scoreboard (dot matrix font), DJB Starry Starry, DJB Linus Pumpkin, DJB Number 2 Pencil, DJB In A Hurry, DJB Gonna Share My Story, DJB Stinky Marker, DJB Get Digital (LED font), DJB My Last Amen (sans), DJB Standardized Tests, DJB Number 2 Pencil (in the style of Comic Sans), DJB Sticky Tape Labels, DJB Speak Softly, DJB Ransom Note, DJB Meet Me At My Locker, DJB Ransom Note, DJB Lemon Head Dots, DJB Messy Amanda Goes bold (handwriting font), DJB Jenna, DJB Speak Up, DJB Sandra Dee, DJB Speak Out (outlined sans), DJB Pinky Swear, DJB Oh Suzannah, DJB Gimme Space, DJB My Mood Ring Says Blah, DJB Elliephont, DJB Fan Girl, DJB Sissy, JB I'm No Wizard, DJB Writes A Lot, DJB Letter Game Tiles (scrabble font), DJB Just An Outty, DJB Speak Up, DJB Poppyseed, DJB Lemon Head, DJB Miss Molly Brown, Holly Typed, Speak Out, DJB Writes A Lot, DJB On The Lighter Side, This Font Is Stressed, DJB Straight Up Now, DJB See Spot Run, DJB Jacked Up Kinda Luv, DJB I Love Me Some Brook, DJB This is me, DJB I Love Me Some Aly, DJB This Is Me, DJB Speak The Truth Boldly, DJB Me and My Shadow, DJB Rubia's Tiny Script, DJB Fresh Start, DJB Poppyseed, DJB Tootsie Wootsie, DJB Tootsie Wootsie Bold, DJB Downstairs at the Abbey, DJB Holly Typed Too Much, DJB Heart Attack, DJB That Font I Saw On TV, DJB Constance Beauregard (architectural lettering font), DJB I Love Me Some Aly, DJB Annalise, DJB Carly Sue Got Married, DJB Miss Molly Brown, DJB This Font is Worn, DJB Almost Perfect, DJB Holly Typed, DJB What A Babe, DJB How Cute Am I, DJB Brit's Thick Pen, DJB Brit's Thin Pen, DJB Scruffy Angel, DJB Sand Shoes and a Fez.
Typefaces from 2016: DJB It's My Birthday, DJB Happily Ever After (curly font), DJB Journaling, DJB Yard Sale Marker, DJB Gonna Share My Story, DJB Smarty Pants, DJB This Font Is (Bold, Stressed, Worn, Empty), DJB Elliephont, DJB Nouveau, Cutouts, Drives Me Dotty, It's Our Choices.
Dafont link. Creative Market link. Fontspace link. Klingspor link. [Google] [More] ⦿
Eyesaw (was: Fontomas.com, or Signalgrau)
Dirk Uhlenbrock's (b. Essen, 1964) studied communication design at BUGH Wuppertal. His typographic contributions were presented under various labels such as Signalgrau, Fontomas.com, Eyesaw, or TypeType.
His fonts: Buddies (funny dingbat font), Scrabble (1999), Pizzo (pixel font, 2000), Accient (2000), EURASIAOblique, Freak (1998), SpaceAge, Fivejive (2000), Missu (2001), T-Series (a family by Stephen Payne (UK, 2000) for Territory), XXX (1998, sexy silhouettes), Y2k (2000), Basm (family by Miguel Basm Visser, 2000), Corner-bi and Corner-mono (both by Ole Fischer for Fischer Jr Design), Persona, Creatures (dingbats by Dirk Uhlenbrock, 1998), Thaipe, Thaiga, (squaregrid (Jay Marley, 2001), Bath (Heiko Hoos, 2001), Honey (Dirk Uhlenbrock, 2001), Pinx (Dirk Uhlenbrock, 2001), Tuna Salad (Dirk Uhlenbrock, 2001), Evo (2002), EvoThin (2002), Gen3000 (2002), Gen3000Thin (2002), HanneloreOutline (2001), Hannelore (2001), MassBlack (2002), MassOutline (2002), Mass (2002), MassStriped (2002), MassThin (2002), Microbe (2002), PellegriniItalic (2002), Pellegrini (2002), PileOutline (2002), Pile (2002), Rickshaw (2002, Indic letter simulation), Swisz (2002), SwiszThin (2002), TurbonItalic (2002), Turbon (2002), Apollo9, Apollo9Italic, Bite, Blob, BlobThin, Bubble, BubbleWild, Crack, Creatures, Dennis, Dioptrin, Dna, Electrance, Frakt, Launchpad, ORAV, Paul5, Paul6, PlakatOne, PlakatTwo, Push, Rubbermaid, RubbermaidSingle, Ticker, Tubeone, Tubetwo, Tvdinner, TvdinnerFull, Ufo, UfoItalic, Yodle.
At Fountain, he designed Robotron and Super and Girl (2003, a Bauhaus experiment).
Kombi was created in 2003.
The Fontomas CD published in 2005 (40 dollars for 75 fonts) is reviewed by Yves Peters. On it, we find older fonts as well as newer ones by Dirk himself: Ove, Gen1000 (DNA style), Hannelore, Mass, Micro B, Pellegrini (script), Pile, Swisz, Turbon, Rickshow (Indic simulation).
At 14. tage der typographie in 2013, he spoke on Grafik gegen Rechts.
Dafont link. Old URL. Another old URL. Alternate URL. FontShop link. Klingspor link. Fontspace link. Fountain Type link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿
Herbert F. Van Brink
Italian company which offers a free 500-set font package, of which five were made by Lecce, Italy-based Jecko (b. 1990), according to their web site: Jecko Legacy, JD LCD Rounded, JD Familla, JD Stars, JD Rings.
FontStructor who designed the dot matrix typeface JD LCD Rounded (2011).
Fontspace has several fonts made in 2011: JD LED 3 (dot matrix face), JD Scarabeo (white on black face for Scrabble tiles, +Light), JD Erica Regular (octagonal), Jecko Legacy, JD Jessica Regular (dot matrix face), JD Garden Regular (octagonal outline face), JD LCD Rounded, JD Eugeni (octagonal, white-on-black), JD Gina Regular, JD Star Regular, JD Rings Regular, and JD Nadia Regular, JD Brush, JD Stefania, JD Jerk, JD Hands, JD LED3 (dot matrix face), JD Familla, JD Treasure (hand-printed), JD Rossella (hand-printed), JD Fabiola (hand-printed), JD Techno (hand-printed), JD Teresa (hand-printed), JD Lecce (octagonal), JD Eugenia (white on black), JD Code (octagonal), JD Stars.
Fonts from 2012: JD Lucrezia, JD Digital Regular.
Fonts made in 2013: JD Melted, JD Carnival, JD Royal, JD Tuline (bilined), JD Digisquare (textured typeface), JD Glare, JD Pictura, JD Talk (a multiline typeface), JD Rosaria, JD LED 7, JD Vega, JD Teresa, JD Stefania, JD Gina (octagonal), JD Arrow Up, JD drip, JD LED 5, JD Wave, JD Fynx, JD Tyr, JD Fantasy (stitched font), JD Neos (octagonal).
Typefaces from 2014: JD Belt, JD Gems (FontStruct), JD Lovers (FontStruct), JD Bagues, JD Cloverleaf (dot matrix style), JD RevLED, JD Irregutype, JD Quadz, JD Cereus, JD Stripex, JD Din (scribbly hand), JD Alessandra (curly script), JD Sophara, JD Equinox, JD Estrellas.
Typefaces from 2015: JD Sketched, JD Vortex (dot matrix), JD Persegi (dot matrix), JD Raw Script, JD Ducky (curly script).
Abstract Fonts link. Fontspace link. Dafont link. FontStruct link. [Google] [More] ⦿
Little Red Circles (or: LRC Type Foundry)
Carl Seal was a designer at Tealeaf Digital Type Foundry in the UK. He founded the free font foundry Little Red Circles, which is based in Manchester, UK. His typefaces are preponderantly of the grunge style, which was in fashion at the time of their creation, ca. 1998-1999:
Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿
RAF Web Designs (was: ARRF Designs and RA Fonts)
Randy Ford (Sarasota, FL) has been designing typefaces since 1997. His (free) creations: Angelized, Cool Dots (this face, also called Desiree's-CoolDots, was inspired by randy's niece, Desiree Chubb), Digital Surf, Flakes, Showtime (1998, art deco), CreepyGraves, Tilez (for scrabble), Lizzard (2008, inspired by his son, Ryan), Squaresville, the magnificently beautiful HypnOtik, YearbookMess, Molecular (2008), Barcoding, Futured, Christmas.
In 2012, he created Sporedom.
Fontspace link. Fontsy link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. MyFonts link. Fontm link. Old URL. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿
Randy Ford
A type 3 postscript font for Scrabble, written by Henry McGilton and Mary Campione, as part of chapter 10 of their successful book "PostScript by Example" (Addison-Wesley, 1992). In that same chapter, one can also find a card deck font in type 3 format. [Google] [More] ⦿
Signalgrau *(was: eyesaw fontz)
Signalgrau was eyesaw fontz. It offered free Mac/PC T1 and TrueType fonts by Dirk Uhlenbrock from Essen, Germany (b. 1964). Many of his fonts are "techno", but there is some variation in the selection. The "Creatures" dingbat is very very funny, and a must-see. Check also the erotic font Xxx, which can be seen here. Names: Alienation, AlienationOutline, Alieo, Apollo9, Apollo9Italic, Atman, AtmanBold, Atmandings, Bald, Baldhead, BeBop, Bite, Bits, Blob, BlobThin, Bubble, BubbleWild, Crack, Creatures, Dennis, Dioptrin, Dna, Electrance, Frakt, Gordon, Launchpad, Max, Kazoo, M Werk, Rosalinde (original script-techno font available at Fountain), Jetset, FSB, Ticket, ORAV (hacker font), Paul5, Paul6, PlakatOne, PlakatTwo, Push, Rubbermaid, RubbermaidSingle, Scrabble (1999), Speedway, Splat, Ticker, Tubeone, Tubetwo, Tvdinner, TvdinnerFull, Ufo, UfoItalic, Xxx, Yodle, Honey (pixel font), Super, Girl (Fountain, 2002), Robotron (Fountain: futuristic type). Swisz, a 5-weight family, is used in the magazine Massiv. [Google] [More] ⦿
Simon Daykin (Byte-sized Computing) created Keyboard (shareware font) and Scramble (1996, a Scrabble letter font, demo version only for free). Alternate URL. Fontspace link. [Google] [More] ⦿


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College Hockey:Dartmouth Edges Union
Big Green's Wyman's Two Tallies Fuel Sweep
HANOVER, N.H. — One of Dartmouth hockey's Minnesota natives is picking a good time to go from ice cold to red hot.
Junior J.T. Wyman scored twice last night to propel the Big Green to a 3-2 ECAC Hockey League win over Union at Thompson Arena. The weekend sweep, combined with Cornell's 2-1 loss to St. Lawrence last night, put Dartmouth (11-9-3 overall, 7-6-3 league) and its Ivy League rival in a tie for fourth in the league with six games left in the regular season.
Wyman spent much of the early season allaying an injury-forced manpower shortage on defense, but is starting to feel a return to his old offensive form. The Wayzata, Minn., native also scored in the Big Green's 5-2 win over RPI on Friday night.
"He's a big, strong guy who can really skate," Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet said. "It's a little bit of a confidence thing, but he's feeling it now. . . . J.T. really stepped up and was huge for us. I was hoping it would come, I could see it coming and it was just a step away."
For the second straight night, Dartmouth's opening goal came off Wyman's stick. Kevin Swallow shook off a defender to feed Wyman in the low slot; Union goalie Justin Mrazek (34 saves) made the initial save, but Wyman gathered the rebound behind Mrazek and jammed it home.
Torren Delforte leveled the score early in the second for the Dutchmen (13-13-2 overall, 6-10-0 league), but Rob Pritchard put the Big Green ahead to stay with a rebound over Mrazek's left shoulder at 2:31 of the third. Wyman then stretched the lead to 3-1 at 12:23, enough to overcome a T.J. Fox one-timer less than two minutes later.
Although the Delforte and Fox goals came on the power play, Union's man-up unit came up short on its best, most crucial opportunities. Dartmouth killed a two-minute five-on-three near the mid-point of the final stanza and survived another two-man disadvantage Jon Grecu in the box, Mrazek off the ice for the extra attacker for much of the game's final two minutes.
"I just think we didn't convert on our chances," Union coach Nate Leaman said. "I thought we had better chances in the second period, and I thought we had the same chances as them in the third period. We just didn't convert on our chances, and they did."
The loss dropped the Dutchmen into a tie with archrival Rensselaer for last place in the league. Union could be Dartmouth's best friend next weekend with wins over Cornell and Colgate at Achilles Rink.
Mike Devine made 22 saves for Dartmouth. The Big Green visits Quinnipiac and Princeton in its next ECACHL contests.
Greg Fennell covers Dartmouth hockey for the Valley News of West Lebanon, N.H.
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TUCSON, Ariz. ?C The Arizona softball coaching staff has been set for the 2008 season, head coach Mike Candrea announced today.
Candrea will be taking an eight-month partial leave of absence from the program while he serves as the head coach for the U.S. Womenˇ?s National Team in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Although Candrea will be traveling the country with the national team throughout the spring, he is tentatively scheduled to be present at 17 Arizona softball games, to be in Tucson for a minimum of six weekdays per month over the course of the season and will continue to be involved in the recruiting process.
As he did in 2004 when Candrea coached Team USA to a gold medal in Athens, Larry Ray will serve as interim head coach. A 17-year veteran on Candreaˇ?s staff, Ray led UA to a Pac-10 title and 55-6 record in 2004. In a five year hiatus from UA, Ray guided the University of Florida softball team through its inaugural four seasons to a 169-106 record and was named the 1998 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year.
"I have the utmost faith in the ability of my staff," Candrea said. "I wouldnˇ?t even consider doing this if I had the slightest doubt that they could handle the program.
"Two other critical elements for me are that both Larry and Dave have head coaching experience, and that on a daily basis ?C particularly at practice ?C they have responsibilities that typically go to a head coach."
Dave Feinberg, who is in his third year with Arizona, enters his first year as a full-time assistant coach after serving as the programˇ?s volunteer assistant for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. In that time, Feinberg worked primarily with UAˇ?s outfielders, who committed just one error in 155 chances last year. In addition to his other responsibilities which include various administrative roles and scouting, Feinberg will serve as the Wildcatsˇ? hitting coach this year.
Like Ray, Feinberg brings head coaching experience, as he served as the Arizona Western College baseball teamˇ?s skipper before entering the Division I ranks as an assistant coach for UNLVˇ?s baseball team.
Gale Bundrick completes the staff as the programˇ?s volunteer assistant coach. A former Wildcat football letterwinner, Bundrick has spent the last 23 years as pitching coach at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson. Under his leadership, the Dorados won three state championships, and seven of his pitchers went on to play at the Division I level.
The two-time defending NCAA Champion Arizona softball team will begin its 2008 season at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe on Feb. 15 against Notre Dame.


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Most goose hunts are hunted from layout blinds in corn or grain fields.
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- Regular Season Duck and Goose Hunting (Opens Early Oct.-Jan.) 6 Duck Limit – License by lottery, must apply by July 9th for all non-residents.
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The Canada goose season includes brants.
Daily Limit: 8 from Sept. 3, 2011-Sept. 30, 2011; 3 for remainder of season
Possession Limit: Twice the daily limit
Spring Light Goose Hunting
This Conservation Order is issued annually for a spring hunt to control an overabundance of these geese. Light geese generally migrate into the eastern one-third of South Dakota in late February to early March.
Cost: $285 per person/day includes hunt, food and lodging.
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
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Last week on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" fans saw a huge brawl go down. Now an insider of the show is saying that after this fight one of the women involved will not be returning. On Tuesday, E! Online shared that either Porsha Williams or Kenya Moore will not be back on the show next season more than likely.
At this time, they have not decided who will stay and who will go. It will be up to the show, but one of the women may decide that they are ready to go making the decision easier on them. Of course the show likes drama for the ratings, but they don't want it to end up with people fighting as bad as these two.
Kenya Moore has been hinting that she wants to leave the show. Porsha Williams makes it sound like she has plans to stay but the show would have to decide that they want to keep her around. NeNe Leakes and Phaedra Parks both spoke out saying that they feel like Kenya is at fault. They probably wouldn't be very happy to see her stay on the show either. Fans are also voting in a poll and over 90% of them are on Porsha's side.
Hollywood Life shared how Andy Cohen isn't happy about how Porsha attacked Kenya on the reunion show. If you upset Andy, that is not a good thing and could end up ending her time on the show. At this time, there is a lot of speculation and viewers will just have to wait to see how it all goes down.
Don't miss new episodes of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" on Sunday nights on Bravo. This season has been wild and it is going to be interesting to see how it all turns out. You can also see NeNe Leakes on "DWTS" on Monday nights.


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Sparano lays down the law
Tough guy Coach Tony Sparano put his charges on notice today with: "We're kind of out of the hurtin' people's feelings business right now. We're getting into the real deal."
Sparano wasn't happy with Saturdays' 17-6 loss, although he did praise rookie QB Chad Henne and rookie linemen Jake Long and Donald Thomas.
The bad news is that backup LB Kelvin Smith is most likely out for the season with a serious knee injury. He might not have made the team anyway, and now he'll get an injury settlement.
Also, we found out that he wasn't just resting OLB Joey Porter. JP hurt his back in practice last week and is day to day. The LB depth got even more thinner when OLB Charlie Anderson (hammy) went down. His hammy looks far worse than DE Vonnie Holliday's.
Sparano may be getting ready to bring in more receivers. He's tired of them dropping the ball. Ernest Wilford has gone from the most reliable veteran receiver on squad to fourth-string, now that David Kircus is stepping up.
Sparano said that Chad Pennington may get the, "dominant," amount of snaps at practice this week because he's seen the other guys.
Sparano praised Henne for stepping up in the pocket and making some, "big league" throws to Kircus and Anthony Armstrong. And also for not taking a sack that would've put them out of field goal range. Instead Henne gained about 3 yards and set up Carpenter's 49 yarder.
He's not content with the special teams play. They gave up far too many yards on punt returns (four for 75 yards). He wasn't happy about the nine penalties either. Tampa has zero.
Expect a very tough practice today. Omar will keep you up to date on Chad Pennington's first day on the job.