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Second Release Candidate for Open Office 3.0
The OpenOffice project has taken the next step toward version 3.0 of its free office package by publishing release candidate 2 (RC 2)
In a telephone interview, marketing manager Florian Effenberger told Linux Magazine the project was well within schedule, and the two week delay compared with the original timeline was normal, considering the extensive changes being made for major release 3.0. The project still hopes to release the finished openOffice version in the last days of September.
OpenOffice 3.0 RC2 is in Windows, Mac OS X and various Linux formats ready to download, although the project tells us some mirror servers are not yet up to date.
Issue 199/2017
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Red Hat Announces OpenShift.io
Red Hat takes its IDE online.
Microsoft Bakes Linux into Windows Server
Microsoft is slowly becoming a Linux vendor.
Fearless Coyote, Linux Kernel 4.11 is Out
The new kernel makes swap implementation more scalable, which will help cloud providers.
Docker Appoints Steve Singh CEO
The new CEO comes from a very strong SaaS background.
Docker Announces Linux Kit and Moby Project
Both projects help organizations build their own containerized systems.
Ubuntu Returns to Gnome as Its Mobile Plans Shatter
Mark Shuttleworth has resumed the position of CEO of Canonical.
Microsoft is Shutting Down CodePlex
Microsoft's open source code hosting platform CodePlex will come to an end after a more than 10-year stint.
Fedora 26 Alpha Released
Comes with Gnome 3.24
Old Linux Kernel Bug Discovered
The bug was introduced back in 2009 and has been lurking around all this time.
OpenSSH 7.5 Released
The new release deprecates the sshd_config UsePrivilegeSeparation option.


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Well, we certainly learned something from David Cameron's third speech to this conference. He can do drab. There was so little sparkle, so little wit. Here is a man who has ridden towards power on a magic carpet of optimism – and optimism is always good – but who now finds himself back down on the ground, looking for a new path for bleaker times.
Let's start with the positive. Cameron sounds like a decent man. His displays of anger, whether about the mistreatment of British soldiers, or small businesses throttled by bureaucracy, or those who have been failed by the NHS or the justice system, sounded genuine and were well directed. It was good to hear him calling for more flexible working for women, on the dangers of libertarianism, and the importance of corporate responsibility. He conceded other parties did good things, and his own could make mistakes. He addressed the sleaze stories that have embarrassed the Tories.
In short, he comes across as familiar, mild, safely middle of the road. He has none of the real dangerous fire of a Thatcher. This was reassuring Conservative rhetoric of the kind we've heard for years. He squirts out detoxification like a kitchen surface cleaner. The would-be incendiary stuff, about the horrors of political correctness, risk assessments, and health and safety, was simply torn out of newspaper editorials and read out with little appearance of thought or conviction.
The problem is that without any policies, it's so boring. There were long passages of such stultifying banality I gaped. "The right thing will always be right." Or "Those who say we haven't changed … [pause for effect] … Only show that they haven't changed." Duh! It wasn't far from "blue is good, pink is bad." (And let's not forget the most unappetising offer in any political speech I've recently heard: "Come with me to Wandsworth Prison.")
At other points, it was simply wrong. He claimed that policies mattered less than "character", followed by more self-congratulatory stuff about his own character. Actually, no, Dave, policies matter most. On and on and on he went about responsibility. I'm really, really responsible, he told us. He's hardly likely to say anything else. Again, such a dreary truism you wondered why he bothered.
Well, the answer is pretty clear. Sunny Cameron is hidden by economic stormclouds. Blairite Cameron is dodging back to the Tory comfort zone. Eager Cameron realises there will be no election soon. This was a holding speech and it gave a glimpse of someone we have not seen for ages: Beatable Cameron.


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Bogota bar kicks off Oktoberfest season in North Jersey
More than 100 pounds of different wursts are ordered, and the German beers are selected. Andy's Corner Bar in Bogota is ready for its annual Oktoberfest celebration.
"It's the only specialty day I really enjoy myself," says Andy's owner George Gray, whose Oktoberfest is Saturday. "I see a lot of people that I haven't seen or I don't see very often. It seems that everybody tries to make it in for this."
And everybody means everybody. No need to get a babysitter.
"It's not a drunkfest," says Gray. "People come with their kids. One year we got a picture of strollers lined up against the building."
Andy's Corner Bar is not the only Oktoberfest event in the area. Many are more fall festivals than focused strictly on German heritage, food and drink.Most are free to attend, but obviously there are charges for food, drink and, in many cases, activities like hayrides.
There is no hayride in Bogota. It may be a family event, but it is about enjoying the people, food and, of course, the beer. For the Andy's crowd, Oktoberfest is more than a one-time event and a chance to get together and enjoy some German brews — it's an unofficial kickoff into the best beers of the year.
"Traditionally summer beers tend not to be the most flavorful beers in the world, and most of my customers are beer geeks," says Gray. "The fall starts all the really good beers leading up into the winter beers, which tend to be the most exciting in the beer world."
On Saturday, Gray will serve six or seven German beers and fill in with American Oktoberfest fall beers.
Leo Jordan of Clifton is one of many in the area who love Andy's annual event. This year, however, Jordan is working the event as the guitar player for Carlos Colina and Straight Up, which after years of trying finally scored the gig.
Jordan is "thrilled" to be playing Andy's Oktoberfest, and Colina relishes the opportunity.
"I hope it'll expose us to a new audience," says Colina, who also happens to be the mayor of Emerson. "When you do that, there's [also] the challenge of winning them over."
Colina and Jordan aren't worried, though. They say their music spans a multigenerational crowd with its blues, swing and contemporary tunes. Their improvisational nature is something that Jordan says a crowd of beer connoisseurs will enjoy as well.
"This is not a frat party," says Jordan of Andy's Oktoberfest celebration.
And Colina adds that the band knows — and happily accepts — it isn't always "the" show, satisfied being the soundtrack to a day of good food, good beer and good times.
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Andy's Corner Oktoberfest
- WHEN: 1 p.m. Saturday(Band goes on at 2)
- WHERE: Andy's Corner Bar, 257 Queen Anne Road, Bogota
- HIGHLIGHTS: Outdoor event with live music, six or seven German beers and traditional German fare
- FOR MORE INFO: andyscornerbar.blogspot.com
Bear Mountain Oktoberfest
- WHEN: Noon to 6 p.m. weekends and Columbus Day from Saturday to Oct. 30
- WHERE: Bear Mountain State Park, Bear Mountain, N.Y.
- HIGHLIGHTS: German food, beer, entertainment and craft vendors. There is an $8 parking fee.
- FOR MORE INFO: palisadesparksconservancy.org
54th Annual German American Steuben Parade
- WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Saturday
- WHERE: Fifth Avenue from 67th to 86th streets, Manhattan
- HIGHLIGHTS: Music, floats and marchers. The subsequent Oktoberfest in Central Park is sold out. The parade's grand marshals are Travel Channel host Samantha Brown, German Secretary of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner, Director of Deutsche Welle Erik Bettermann and German Ambassador to the United States Peter Ammon.
- FOR MORE INFO: germanparadenyc.org
N.J. Botanical Gardens Harvest Fest
- WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 1 and 2
- WHERE: N.J. Botanical Gardens, Ringwood State Park, 2 Morris Road, Ringwood
- HIGHLIGHTS: Oktoberfest food, music and dancing, hayrides, pumpkin painting, face painting, storytellers, garden tour, autumn plant sale, craft fair and more. Unlike in past years, beer will not be sold.
- FOR MORE INFO: njbg.org
8th Annual Oasis Oktoberfest
- WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 14
- WHERE: McBride Field (across from the Market Basket), 813 Franklin Lakes Road, Franklin Lakes
- HIGHLIGHTS: This is a fund-raiser with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting Oasis, a Paterson organization dedicated to feeding and clothing women and children, as well as offering the women educational resources and skills to help them find a job. For $150 per person, there will be German food, drink and music as well as a raffle for a BMW.FOR MORE INFO: oasisnj.org
Oktoberfest 2011, 30th Annual Craft Show at the Duck Pond in Demarest
- WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 15 (rain date Oct. 22)
- WHERE: Between the Demarest train station and the Duck Pond, Demarest
- HIGHLIGHTS: German music, food and soft drinks, Korean delicacies, inflatable games, canoe rides and a craft fair
- FOR MORE INFO: demarestna turecenter.org
Dumont Oktoberfest Street Fair
- WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 22
- WHERE: Madison and Washington avenues, Dumont
- HIGHLIGHTS: Live bands and performances, vendors, trick-or- treating and rides. There will also be a Toys for Tots drive and anyone dropping off a donation will get free food from J&R's Twisted Tacos.
- FOR MORE INFO: magicmarketerllc.com
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Ignatius Boatload was a hermit and the author of "The Book of Mysteries". He left his life in town to go live in Chillbreath Caverns as a hermit. According to the book, he stayed in the cave for 313 days, trying to find enlightenment, when Myra, from the village, dropped in to see how he was. When he replied that he was fine, she left. Afterwards, Ignatius could only think about "becoming one with her." According to Samuel the librarian, Ignatius was eventually killed by a group of mercenaries.
- After Myra leaves, it is unknown what Ignatius does. Whether he left to go to the town or stayed in the caverns is not known.
- He is buried in Mourningwood. His grave reads "Ignatius Boatload. Really did take leave of this world."
- Samuel the librarian remarks that Ignatius is considered the "holiest man ever."


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Chattahoochee Hills preparing for massive music festival
by: Tom Regan Updated:
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS, Ga. - Tomorrow World, one of the world's largest music festivals, is expected to draw more than 150,000 fans when it takes place in rural south Fulton County the final weekend of September.
A land owner near Chattahoochee Hills has leased several hundred acres for the event, which features elaborate stages, a village and a campground of 30,000 festival goers.
The three day lineup includes the top artists and DJs in electronic dance music.
"It will be a challenge, but we will have our officers and officers from surrounding agencies here," said Chattahoochee Hills Police Chief Matt Rook.
Rook told Channel 2's Tom Regan that he and other city officials have been meeting with event organizers to make traffic and public safety contingency plans.
Although shuttle bus service will be available, the police chief anticipates thousands of vehicles will pass in and around the small city on the festival weekend.
Fulton County police will provide the largest number of officers for the event.
"It's a learning experience for all of us," Rook said.
Rook said event organizers will have 750 security officers on the site and have a zero-tolerance policy for illegal drug use.
Fire officials are planning to have extra paramedics and first responders on duty to handle any road emergencies.
"We are going to gear up for additional wrecks with all the people coming in," said Chattahoochee Hills Fire Chief Ronnie Lyle.
Regan spoke with a clerk at the general store in Chattahoochee Hills, which has a population of less than 2,500 residents.
"It's exciting. Most concerns I have heard is about traffic. Traffic is going to slow a lot of people's days down. Hopefully we will get a lot of business in the store," said clerk Alex Smith
The festival runs from Sept. 27-29.


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DTE Maharashtra is conducting MHT CET on 11th May 2017 for Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2017.
Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2017
More details of Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2017 will be available after results release for MHT CET 2017.
You can see last year's Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission details given below for reference.
Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission Archives
Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2016 shall be granted as per the score for MHT-CET 2016. Eligible Candidates can apply for the admission in four year degree course in Pharmacy, and six year full time integrated course in PharmD. in State of Maharashtra for the academic year 2016-2017. Read the complete details about the application form, eligiblity and CAP Round process for Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2016 on this page.
Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2016
Candidates seeking admission to first year of Pharmacy and Direct Second year of Pharmacy are required to appear for Maharashtra Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT CET) conducted by Director, Technical Education, Mumbai (DTE).
Latest – Provisional Allotment Status for the Separate Admission Round of DTE MAH Pharmacy 2016 has been announced. Check below.
Quick Links
Schedule of Activities for Admission to First Year of Under Graduate Technical Courses in B.Pharmacy & Pharm.D for the Academic Year 2016-17 – Revised
|First Date
|Last Date
|Online registration of application for admission through
computer connected to Internet on the website for
Maharashtra State/All India candidates.
|16 June 2016
|22 June 2016
|Documents verification, updating and confirmation of
Application Form for Admission in person at Facilitation Centre (FC)
|16 June 2016
|22 June 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of the provisional merit lists on website.
|23 June 2016
|Submission of grievance, if any, at FC
|24 June 2016
|25 June 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of the final merit lists for all types of candidates on website.
|28 June 2016
|Display of Category wise Seat Distribution (Seat Matrix)
for CAP Round I.
|28 July 2016
|Online Submission & Confirmation of Option Form for
CAP Round-I, II, III through candidates
Login by himself/herself through the website.
|08 July 2016
|12 July 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-I
|13 July 2016
|Reporting to the Admission Reporting Centre (ARC) for CAP Round I.
|14 July 2016
|18 July 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-II
|19 July 2016
|Reporting to the Admission Reporting Centre (ARC) for CAP Round II
|20 July 2016
|23 July 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-III
|26 July 2016
|Reporting to the Admission Reporting Centre (ARC) for CAP Round III
|27 July 2016
|29 July 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of Vacant Seats for CAP Round-IV
|30 July 2016
|Online Submission & Confirmation of fresh Option Form
for CAP Round-IV through candidates
Login by himself/herself through the website
|31 July 2016
|03 Aug 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Display of Provisional Allotment of CAP Round-IV
|04 Aug 2016
|Reporting to the ARC as per Allotment of CAP Round IV
|05 Aug 2016
|08 Aug 2016 up to 5:00 PM
|Reporting to the Allotted Institute and Confirmation of Admission
by submitting required documents and
paying remaining fees, as per the Allotment.
|06 Aug 2016
|09 Aug 2016
Check the complete notice about DTE MAH Pharmacy 2016 CAP Round Schedule HERE
Separate Admission Round
Commissioner, State CET Cell, Mumbai has issued this notice for conduct of separate admission round for filling seats remaining vacant after CAP Round IV (if any) in Government, Government Aided, University Departments and University Managed Departments to First Year of Degree Courses in Pharmacy (B.PHARM/Pharm.D).
Schedule of activities for Separate Admission Round
- Click Here to check the Separate Final Merit Status – New!
- Click Here to check the Provisional Allotment Status – New!
- Candidates having their names in First 'Final Merit List' will be considered first and there on exhausting the candidates from it 'Separate Final Merit List' to be published on 8th Aug 2016 will be considered.
- In no case (irrespective of their score), the candidates appearing in the Second 'Separate Final Merit' List will claim preference over the Candidates appearing in 'Final Merit List'.
- Candidates who have confirmed the admission in earlier CAP Rounds and reported to the Institute are also eligible to participate in this Round.
- Candidates may fill Option Form for higher preference even if there is no vacancy at this stage, in above mentioned Institute as the vacancies may arise due to allotment during the process dynamically.
Check the complete notice about the DTE MAH 2016 Separate Admission Round HERE
CAP Allotment – 4th Round
Pharmacy CAP Round 4 allotment has been announced for admission to first year of undergraduate technical courses in B.Pharmacy & Pharm.D for the academic year 2016-17. Candidates have to enter their Application Id and DOB to check their allotment status. Direct link to check the Pharmacy CAP round 4 Allotment is also available on this page.
Check CAP Round 4 allotment Result here
Pharmacy CAP Registration
DTE MAH Pharmacy 2016 CAP Registration has been started. Candidates can register for DTE MAH Pharmacy 2016 and check the Seat Distribution for CAP Round-I on the official website or by the direct link given below.
- Registration Process is over…!!!
MAH Pharmacy 2016 Eligibility Criteria
First Year – Pharmacy
Maharashtra State Candidature Candidates and All India Candidature Candidates
- The candidate should be an Indian National;
- Passed HSC or its equivalent examination with Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects along with one of the Mathematics or Biotechnology or Biology and obtained at least 45% marks (at least 40% marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories and Persons with Disability belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the above subjects taken together ;
- Obtained Score in MHT-CET 2016.
Direct Second Year (Lateral Entry) – Pharmacy
For Maharashtra State Candidature Candidate and All India Candidature Candidate
- The Candidate should be an Indian National
- Passed Diploma Course in Pharmacy with at least 45% marks (at least 40% marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories and Persons with disability belonging to Maharashtra State only) from an All India Council for Technical Education or Pharmacy Council of India or Central or State Government approved Institution or its equivalent.
Admission Procedure
These seats are allotted by the Competent Authority as per inter-se merit. For this purpose the Competent Authority shall invite applications, prepare a separate merit list for this category by following the same criteria as for Maharashtra State Candidature Candidates. In the event of non-availability of students in this category the same shall not be given to any other category of applicants.
Centralised Admission Procedure (CAP)
The Unaided Private Professional Educational Institution shall admit Candidates through the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) as referred in sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Act. The Government, Government Aided and University Department shall also admit the candidates through CAP. The stages of CAP shall be as stated below,-
- Display or Publishing of Information Brochure by the Competent Authority. The Information Brochure shall be published on the website of the Competent Authority and the hard copy shall also be provided to candidates on producing the original Hall Ticket of the MHT CET conducted by Competent Authority or at the time of purchasing the Application Kit for Admission.
- Filling Online Application Form by Candidate for participation in the Centralised Admission Process.
Allotment of seats by CAP Round I, II, III and IV
- All the CAP Rounds (CAP Round I, II, III and IV) shall be conducted by computerised allotment.
- In CAP Round I, II and III, the Stages I to III of rule 10 of these rules shall be executed.
- If the seat remains vacant due to non-allotment and non-reporting for admission, such seat will be considered for allotment in subsequent round.
- For the CAP Round-IV, the Stage-I to IX of rule 10 of these rules shall be executed.
- For First Year of Engineering and Technology Admissions, the Diploma candidates and Bachelor of Science candidates shall be considered for allotment only in stage IX of CAP round IV.
For more detail of Maharashtra Pharmacy Admission 2016 – Download Information Brochure.


text: Car keys on the kitchen counter aren't an invitation for your child to take the car without asking and go joyriding. But that simple act could be enough to leave you liable if your kid gets into an accident and injures someone or damages another car. At best, you will pay much more for insurance in the future. At worst, you might be personally liable for the damage your child causes. Determining who pays when your kid joyrides -- especially if he or she is unlicensed and not yet on your car insurance policy -- can be tricky. The most likely scenario, insurance experts agree, is that you will have to pay out of pocket for the damage the child causes. Here are some insurance issues to consider if your unlicensed kid joyrides and gets into an accident: Is the teenager even covered by your policy? Some policies will cover all household members, whether they're licensed or not, says Penny Gusner, consumer analyst for CarInsurance.com. Others will cover only licensed drivers. Any insurance company will require that you list all licensed drivers in a household; many will want to know the names of household members over a certain age, even if they are unlicensed. (See " Young drivers: What you need to know.") Not complying is a material misrepresentation and a form of insurance fraud, Gusner says. A joyriding accident could lead to a cancellation or nonrenewal. Every company has a policy, and it's best to ask beforehand. Can you make a claim for a joyriding-related accident? Unless your insurer is very forgiving, you're unlikely to be covered for what the insurer calls "unauthorized use." "Normally a car driven without your approval is not covered," says Bob Hunter, director of insurance at the Consumer Federation of America. It's up to your insurer's guidelines. Farmers Insurance, for example, will cover the joyriding accident. But afterward it would demand that the child driver be added or excluded from the policy, says Cristofer Pereyra, a Farmers' agent in Phoenix. Rates would be adjusted accordingly. Will homeowners step in? Nope, says Gusner, "not unless your teen hits your house." Do you need to press charges? "Unauthorized use" isn't covered by most car insurance policies, but theft is -- as long as you have comprehensive coverage. That leads some car owners to believe they must press charges against their own family members after a joyride-related accident. The problem, Gusner says, is that most insurers don't consider joyriding to be theft when a family member was involved. Prev 0 of 2 Next


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Previews designs of future Toyota sportscars. The Toyota FT-1 concept lavished in a graphite exterior and a tan leather interior with exposed metal surfaces is.
Report – Toyota and BMW's jointly developed sportscar coming in 2017
After signing a deal to manufacture a sports car back in June 2012, there's been silence on the product from the BMW Toyota joint venture..
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Boy who survived rare birth defect dies at 13
A former Indiana boy who overcame the odds to survive a rare congenital defect in which he was born with his heart outside his chest has died at age 13.
When Tyler Jacob Todd was born in August 2000, doctors gave him less than a 1 percent chance of survival. But he survived a four-hour procedure in which surgeons placed his heart back inside his chest.
The Times of Munster reports Tyler died unexpectedly Thursday at his family's home in Memphis, Tenn., where his family had moved two years ago from Hobart, Ind.
His great-aunt, Maryanna Mooney, says despite a lifetime of surgeries Tyler was able to enjoy the joys of being a normal boy during the past four years and he'd thrived on NASCAR racing.
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Saturday, May 26th 2012
"History is but the nail on which the picture hangs"
- Alexandre Dumas, Catherine Howard
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to talk to one of Second Life™ 's longest playing residents, Molly Montale.
|Molly Montale
Montale had joined the game since 2005 after seeing an article about it in New York Times™. Though not as active now as she was before,mostly because of health problems, Montale still granted me the time of the day when she had agreed to talk regarding one of Second Life's biggest issue back when the game first started standing up on wobbly legs.
Montale confessed that, although she had played Sims 2™, she had not really had a great deal of knowledge regarding virtual worlds. Her curiosity was peaked, however, when she watched a Second Life trailer regarding solitary individual snowmobiling. She decided to give SL™ a try and created an account on the 1st of November of 2005.
Back then, she narrated, every new resident arrives at Ahern Welcome Area after leaving Orientation Island. After popping up in the middle of a dozen chatting avatars, she found it highly unexpected and quite surprising. She felt lost and a little more than out of place in the sea of strangers, and by the time she logged out of the game, she was unsure if Second Life really was for her.
She did continue to log in-game over the next few weeks just listening to people talk at the welcome area.Though she'd come and join events that could be found from searching in the game's built-in search bar, Montale was beginning to think that Second Life was something not for her. Her hopes rose though when she read on the blog about this new sim called Blumfield.
It was laid out like a small suburban community with streets and eighty 512 square meter lots with prefab houses.
Montale soon learned that Second Life began to be a "free-to-play" game a couple of months before she had joined. Before that, Linden Labs charged a monthly fee to access Second Life. The total number of residents that had SL accounts were about 33,000 when she had gotten into the virtual world, and around two to three thousand avatars would login-world at any given time.
"I had arrived in SL as part of the first big wave of growth for SL. The grid was around 1,000 sims and nearly all were the Linden owned mainland," Montale shared.
|Picture of the BLUMFIELD sim
Montale also added that the mainland at that time seemed to be "a sprawl of haphazardly placed casinos,strip clubs and big box malls and dance clubs. Blumfield stood in stark contrast to what I had been seeing."
After that, Montale received an email from Lauren Linden inviting her to claim a house and lot in Blumfield.
The Lindens were a trying out an experiment to lure new residents to become premium even if the game was free to play.
Blumfield had something different from other sims that only comes with becoming a paying resident. However, owning a spot in the area was by invitation only. Grabbing that chance, Montale went premium on the 21st of November. She was excited about having her own little house and claiming her 512 lot, and it made a 180-degree turn of her original idea of leaving the game.
For the next couple of weeks, about 60 other residents claimed their lots in Blumfield. Each of them were new and had joined SL around the same time. They were trying to learn about this new experience with much enthusiasm, figuring out what to do with only 117 available prims. Patch Lamington, one of the new residents, began a Blumfield group and a small community quickly formed among themselves.
A month after that event, West Haven appeared. It was a copy of Blumfield and operated the same way the first sim did. Randomly selected residents were offered lots there if they become premium residents. "A friend of mine lost her waterfront view when West Haven suddenly appeared. Terraforming was turned off on these suburban sims.
Our only other restriction was that we could not list our new parcel for sale for four months.
We met with Pathfinder Linden a couple of times to see if our two new sims could have a covenant like Brown and Boardman had. We wanted to protect the residential quality of the two sims."
|Picture of WEST HAVEN sim
During that time, there was no point-to-point teleporting. Each sim had a little Linden telehub that they can use to go to other places. Theirs was located in Fuchsia to their southeast. Games 1 was on their eastern borders.
Linden Lab™held contests to develop games for Second Life. The prize for winning was that the winning group would have Games1 sim for one year.Montale's parcel was immediately next to Games1. Accordingly, Max Case 's tower was just across the line from her place. It was said to be the tallest structure in the virtual world that time.
Also in the Games1 sim was The Black Library that sponsored a literary group. "Max built a wall complete with barbed wire along the sim border to keep the 'mundane, noob suburbanites' out of the rest of the mainland." The place was patrolled by teddy bear guards.
Montale went on to say that she had met Philip Linden one evening while she was standing inside her little house. He had went to come see the sim and, while in the process of doing that, asked her a few questions about the Blumfield promotional experiment.
Montale verbalized to him that she thought Blumfield promotion was a success and that she was very happy with West Haven and Blumfield.
He thanked her and disappeared.
Not long after that, a month later,Shermerville was announced.
"Nine sims patterned after Blumfield were to arrive off of the mainland. Perhaps the idea was to offer some privacy. One sim would have a central park complete with a sandbox area.
The Shermerville promotion would be slightly different.The invited noobs could claim a free 512 lot and house. They would have four weeks to decide if they enjoyed having a house before they would need to go premium in order to keep their lot. The nine sims quickly filled up."
However, the Shermerville promotions didn't have the same welcome from the residents as the Blumfield and West Haven ones. Most people did not become premium to keep their parcels.The sims become very empty. The remaining residents folded into the central park and one other of the Shermerville sims. The other seven sims vanished.
Violet took the place next door to the east whenGames1 was closed. The Shermerville sims moved off of the mainland and next to Blumfield and West Haven, and Violet and Fuchsia were moved.
It was then that Michael Linden built the bridge connecting Shermerville with Nova Albion.
In early February 2006, a mysterious sim named Blumfield2 suddenly appeared off of the mainland. It was another copy of Blumfield. No announcement was ever made of it, and the sim also dropped out of sight after about one week.
The first few months in the sim,according to Montale, were very fun. It wasn't difficult and surprising to have a tight knit community quickly formed. Ahern was just nearby and still the only arrival point for new residents. Visitors coming into the sim were nothing surprising.
"In July of 2006, 14 of us from West Haven and Blumfield decided to buy our own private sim. The community moved off of the mainland. Only three of us from that group of 14 still have our original lots in Blumfield.
Blumfield and West Haven haven't been the same since then. They are now just a sleepy,bedroom community across from Nova Albion," Montale commented.
Up to the present, Linden Labs is still experimenting with ways to attract and retain new residents and to develop communities. The four "city" sims of Nova Albion had been built prior to Blumfield. Since Blumfield and the other three suburban sims, Linden Lab has developed Bay City, Nautilus, and the Linden Homes sims.
Initially, there had been a lot of heated debates on the forum, in blogs, and in-world about whether or not Linden Labs unfairly competed with residents in content creation and land with the emergence of this issue. Some felt it was contrary to the idea of Your World. Your Imagination. You be the judge of it.
But as part of Second Life's history, let us remember Thomas Jefferson's wise words "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
TY for reading my article and a special thanks to Molly Montale for her time and words that made this article possible. My name is Luc Fray, reporting for OI Magazine.
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Watch out for Tamati Ellison all you New Zealand fans and sports trivia buffs. For it was his grand-uncle Tom Ellison who captained the first New Zealand rugby team to wear the all-black strip with a silver fern on the jersey.
That was in 1893 - the year the New Zealand Rugby Union was formed.
Before that year, the colours of the national team were blue with a gold fern on it. Can you imagine the All Blues? Doesn't have quite the same ring, does it?
Tom Ellison, a Maori, played almost 80 times for the New Zealand Natives before the current governing body was formed. Greg Ryan, in his book Forerunners of the All Blacks, reveals that at the meeting in 1892 which led to the establishment of the NZRU, Tom moved that the national colours be changed to black with a silver fern.
In 1893, after the formation of the NZRU, Tom captained the first New Zealand rugby team to play in the new colours. And this weekend, you can watch his grand-nephew in action.
The younger Ellison, 21, has a proud heritage to upkeep. Apart from his grand uncle, another member of his family was an All Black - Vince Bevan, who played between 1947 and 1954.
Although he is still yet to earn his national spurs, the Wellington-born Ellison is tipped by many in the country as a future All Black in his own right.
A member of the New Zealand team who won the IRB under-21 world championship last year, he is set to follow in the footsteps of such notables as Jonah Lomu and Christian Cullen, who made their name in Hong Kong before moving on to the bigger stage.
'He is a very talented player and has the potential to go a long way,' said New Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens soon after he gave Ellison his first taste of international sevens in front of his hometown fans last month.
Apart from Ellison, two other members of the squad who made their sevens debuts for New Zealand in Wellington and are in this squad are Edwin Cocker (Otago) and Isaia Toeava (Auckland).


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Pinsents private equity partner Gregg Davison led a team of more than 40 lawyers advising HSBC Private Equity on the £170m purchase.
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Hijik was quite proud of himself. He was moving through the corridors of the High Council Flag ship in what almost seemed to be a waltz. Various thoughts raced through his mind…He felt a sense of victory come over him. His mind began racing, unable to think of how he would begin his studies. He stepped into the elevator, unable to contain his joy. His every thought was consumed with his inevitable studies of the Sample 77, otherwise known as Dylex. He stepped out of the elevator and began a brisk walk toward the containment room that Sample 77 had been held in when his spirits began to sink. The automatic door had been kicked open and was lying on the floor, glass spread all over the floor. Slowly but surely he entered the room where his subject should've been held, only to curse himself under his breath. There was Kirfa Jeryz, the Medical examiner he had assigned to the room, dead on the floor, his throat clearly crushed. To make matters worse, there was no sign of Subject 77 or his incredibly advanced Combat Armor. "Damn you, Human! Why must you always make my work impossible?" Hijik clenched his fist and asked rhetorically. Little did he know that his work was about to become much more complicated that he, or Dylex, ever could have imagined.
Dylex was virtually invisible. He created no noise while moving through the vents, avoiding any resistance he may have had to face originally. A tight fit it was indeed, but it was much preferred over moving through the alien infested halls of this foreign flag ship. Even thought he had no idea where he was going, he continued toward his unknown destination, hoping that it would lead him farther away from his captors. While he made no sound, he could easily hear those under him speaking about this "Overlord" who was looking for his "Subject 77". He continued listening as he made his way through the vents, but he finally came to a halt when he heard something most interesting:
"The last human you had on board here escaped as well! You can't just pretend this didn't happen, Hijik. You must find it and kill it!" A voice yelled.
Hijik threw his arms in the air, huffing and puffing. "No, you fail to understand! I cannot kill him. He is the key to solving this 4000 year long puzzle! We are so close, I can feel it! I must find him and give him the data...the council are under the impression that I am attempting to study him, but that is not my underlined motive. I must save him and send him on his way back to Vera!"
The voice retorted back at Hijik, expressing its disapproval. "No, you must find them and kill them! They are a danger to all of the Tridian! At least, you must quarantine the area he was last seen in! If anything happens to ship, you will be fully responsible!"
Hijik stomped his foot, expressing his anger to the maximum.
"I cannot simply search the ship! It doesn't work that way…even as a member of the Council, there are areas that even I cannot access. I cannot issue an Outbreak Alert, or I will never find him. If anything, I must get him the data!"
The voice yelled back at him, angering Hijik furthermore.
"I am not discussing this anymore. I have made my choice! It's my job to make the decision and it's your job to carry them out, no matter the collateral!"
Dylex pondered what he had just heard. Another human on this ship? Perhaps he was not as alone as he had believed himself to be. He continued crawling through the incredibly small vent, keeping his focus on staying hidden more than looking for another human. The vent was incredibly dirty, as if it hadn't been cleaned in years. He was sweating excessively and was getting chlosterphobic, but he continued pressing through the tiny pitch black vent. The only thing that gave him any comfort was his shoulder lights, constantly keeping his path illuminated. He had already come across many exits, but they were all far to obvious and would've been spotted had he made the attempt. He was starting to get frustrated, unable to find a decent spot to exit his tiny cramped vent shaft. Finally after what seemed like forever, he was able to hear another voice. He crawled over toward the exit and looked down to see 12 fully armed Tridian soldiers rushing down the hall. He stayed quiet and listened to the following conversation:
"The human is loose on the ship!" Overlord Hijik said to the soldiers. "We cannot let him run amok unchecked. I want this sector locked down, all except for the waste systems. He couldn't have gone far!"
The soldiers bowed, immediately beginning their work. "What would you have us do first, Councilor? Tell us where to begin."
Hijik pointed at the elevator, saying to them "head straight to Energy Command. I want this sector locked down and shut down!"
They bowed and headed off to begin their work. Hijik retreated into the room that was behind him. Dylex, not wanting to waste any chances, began his slow but steady decent from the vent. He took his Combat Knife and picked the lock on the vent shaft opening, quickly slipping out of the vent and on to the floor. He remained silent in his landing even with his Combat Armor. He began creeping toward the entryway to Hijik's current location, remaining ever so quiet the whole time. Each step he took seemed like a lifetime, and he broke into a sweat cause by his undying concentration on his prey. Suddenly, the power went out.
Damn reapers must've gotten to the power already…
Dylex continued inching toward his prey, sensing his way through the now complete darkness, his only light being the sun of this galaxy, which was almost too far away to even provide any warmth. The door remained open, as Hijik had neglected to close it. It all seemed so very…uncanny.
Hm…did he just… did he leave this door open for me?
Dylex's senses were telling him to turn around and find the other human running amok the ship, but his gut and unyielding will told him to continue forward. By now he was already in the extremely large room, his prey was at least 40 meters away, judging the targeting systems in his HUD. His visor was closed, so night vision was now enabled. He could clearly see that Hijik was just standing there, working on what seemed to be a small computer. Dylex was beginning to wonder who was REALLY the one walking into a trap.
As Dylex continued slowly moving closer to Hijik, he felt as if he was walking on egg shells. One false move and his life would be over, it seemed. He was now within 10 meters of Hijik's location. He stood there perfectly still, almost as if he were waiting for Dylex. Now within 5 meters, he stopped, utterly amazed, when he heard Hijik speak.
"I am not your enemy, Dylex."
Dylex kept his distance from Hijik, now more interested in speaking then in hunting.
"How do you know my name? What else do you know about me?"
Hijik laughed, keeping his attention on his laptop rather than on Dylex.
"I know quite a bit about you, young man. I know your secrets and your sins. I know about all of our goals, and all of your aspirations…but that is not what interests me. I must know how you got that scar on your left arm...I must know why we carry the same birthmark."
Hijik removed the shoulder pad that hid his "heretic" marking. It was indeed the same marking. The same Z shaped marking that Dylex carried on his left arm. He was stunned, unable to think or speak clearly. He suddenly became overly enraged and loaded his side arm, pointing it at Hijik's head.
"What the fuck do you know about me, huh? I kill bastards like you!"
Hijik laughed as he turned to his laptop and began downloading something.
"Child, you will be your own demise. How can you be so arrogant but call yourself a warrior at the same time? You must humble yourself, or you will me a swift doom. I must inform you that your species and my own have had massive interaction within the past 100 years. You think you are wise, but you keep your eyes closed to what is truly obvious. Who invented your fuel source, I must ask? Who antagonized the beginning of your so called "Diatine Wars"? And this one is my favorite…who repelled the pursing AC fleets when your people were forced in to exile? We, the Tridian. No one knew it, but kept you farthest from harm in more ways than you can comprehend."
Dylex lowered his weapon. Hijik had a valid point…No one knew exactly how the small UDF fleet managed to pass through an entire blockade of AC Battle Cruisers. Most had left it to luck, saying that UDF technology was simply more advanced than the prototypes of it's predecessors, the AC. But the statistics seemed impossible. The odds were literally 100 to 1…Could it be that maybe Hijik was indeed telling the truth?
"How did you know about all of those things? That happened years before you were even born, I bet. And even then, how could your ships ever stop an entire BLOCKADE of AC Cruisers? It's impossible."
Hijik laughed once more.
"You seem to neglect the fact that we were once, just like you, a young race, bent on galactic conquest. Our own history is strikingly similar to your own. Just as you are now experiencing, we too once encountered a race far more advanced than we ever were. They helped us, nurtured us. They SAVED us from total destruction. They gave us the ability to create life…but that is when-"
Suddenly, the power came back on. Camera's were now booting up and preparing to record everything that was taking place. For the first time in life, Dylex actually began to panic.
"No! How could they have known? Argh…nevertheless, you must not let them stop you! You will take the vent shaft and then follow the map that I have installed onto this hard drive, do you understand? That should take you to the waste facilities, which I left unlocked for you. She is unaware that I know of her location, so you can expect some form of resistance."
Dylex shook his head, spouting off at Hijik. "You can't just expect me to follow your every waking order, now can you? I still don't buy into any of this bull shit…and for all I know this could be some sick and twisted trap!"
Hijik grabbed Dylex by his collar and pulled him far too close for Dylex's comfort.
"All civilization in the entire universe rests upon your listening skills, so I suggest you perfect them! The other human…she will be able to help you. As for the rest of my story…the rest of the information is on that Hard Drive. You must not lose it, understood?"
Dylex wasn't accustomed to taking orders from someone not in his command, let alone an alien, but he did as he was told. He kicked in the shaft door and prepared for the journey when Hijik put his hand on his shoulder.
"Please…if not anything else…promise me you will find my friend. All of his information is in File #38 Section 22. If anything that I have said has meant anything to you, then you will do this for me."
Dylex, for some strange reason, felt as if he had to do as the Triad asked. He didn't know him, but felt as if their connection had grown significantly within the past few minutes that he had spoken with him. He was reluctant at first, but he agreed.
"I'll look into it. Just make sure I get out of here alive, alright?"
Hijik sealed the door that Dylex had entered from, saying:
"I will continue to hold them off of you from here. You must use that map and get to the waste facility! I will keep in contact with you through your comm. channel…6 months to the day we will meet again. In don't know how, and I don't know why, but this I promise you. There is still very much to discuss."
Dylex jumped down the vent shaft, without any further hesitation. He landed in another dark muggy vent shaft, but this one was big enough for him to run in thankfully. He turned on his Shoulder lights once more and made a dash forward, following the map now broadcasting through his HUD. He was in a full sprint when he became confused because the map was telling to literally go straight down. He looked at what he was standing on…Not very strong. One wrong step and he could fall right through. It was then that he began to feel as if he had been tricked, but for some reason, he once again began to trust Hijik. Without any further hesitation, he took his pistol and fired straight through the thin surface upon which he stood. After it had been weakened, he slammed his foot through it, kicking it in. Without a second thought, he jumped straight through only to see three fully armed guards charging at him. They were firing blindly, almost as if they were trying to miss. Thankfully, he had landed in a very valuable combat position:
He was at the top of a set of stairs, and he was just as armed as they were. There were various cover spots for his enemies, but none of them really concerned him that much except for two giant pillars, similar to the ones in the Capital building of New Diamat. Shrugging off the irony, he quickly rolled to his right, leaving him behind the cover of the walls on the left side of the staircase. This was a huge advantage for him, as shooting with his dominant hand always made things easier. He loaded his T-36 AR which he had strangely forgotten that he had, and leaned out to the right and aimed down his sights. He fired two bursts, more as precautionary shots, hoping to cause them to hide. The first two hid behind the pillars just as Dylex had feared, but the other continued running up the stairs. Dylex knew that he had to take action or he could very well die. Without hesitating, he leaned out once more and fired 3 bursts straight into his enemies chest. The power of the blasts actually caused his enemy to get thrown backwards, doing even more damage than what he had expected. He reloaded his weapon, and prepared himself to continue what seemed to be a suicide mission.
The two triads were pinned down behind the pillars, but they did have a fix on Dylex's position. At that moment, he was leaning out to take a shot, so the triad on the left fired blindly while hoping that it would force Dylex back into cover. He leaned back behind his wall, just barely dodging the projectiles that came ever so close to his head.
"When he tries to take aim again, put some fire up the stairs. That should hopefully bring him to a standstill, and from their I will be able to take a shot!"
The left triad was still new to the force, and was not very educated when it came to fire fights. Still, he did as instructed. Dylex leaned out once more to aim, but the Triad was faster this time. He leaned out himself and fired straight at Dylex just barely missing and hitting the window behind him. He continued firing, and told the Triad right to take his shot. The Triad opened his targeting system, and locked on to Dylex…
"I am so fucked!" Dylex yelled into his comm. At Hijik, "This is not even gonna work! You said you'd keep them off of me, so keep them off of me alrea-"
The bullet entered Dylex's right shoulder, as he fell down in excruciating pain.
"Dude, I just got shot! Seal off the fuckin' room so they cant get up the stairs!"
Hijik whisked his way through numerous rooms on the Tridian High Carrier. He finally managed to fid Dylex, and began sealing off the room in a desperate effort to keep Dylex alive.
"I have a fix on your location, and I am sealing the room now. They shouldn't be able to get any closer to you. Follow the map, you're almost there!"
Dylex managed to pick himself up, clenching his bleeding shoulder. Knowing that he would be unable to carry his rifle anymore, he dropped it in an effort to increase his speed. Now that he was only minimally armed, he couldn't go and get himself involved in a firefight. He didn't have a second try like he did in all of the simulations…he had to do this right or die.
He continued following his map which led him to a strange hallway. He was now confused once more. The map was telling him to go down once more, but clearly there was no way get down. He stopped to think for a moment, but was quickly brought back to reality by the sound of gunfire. Not knowing where the shots were coming from, he ducked his head and ran down the hallway, which was now a dimly lit red. He could hardly see anything, but that didn't stop him. He continued running…nothing could stop him. He wouldn't allow it. It was apparent that someone was watching over him, whether it be Hijik or Jesus himself, because as he continued running down that hallway, he saw an elevator labeled "Waste Disposal".
He continued running, hoping to evade the gunfire, but was once again struck by Tridian weaponry. The bullet hit him in his left rib, but he continued running. He had to run…he had to survive. Hijik was depending on him.
"God Damn, I REALLY don't need this right now! Hijik, I've been hit again…seal them off of me again! I'm almost at the elevator!"
Once more, Hijik searched through the numerous rooms until he found Dylex. He sealed off the hallway so that none could enter. Now that Dylex was safe once more, he climbed onto the elevator and took a moment to examine his injuries. His shoulder was bleeding badly. His armor had managed to block a lot of the impact, but it simply wasn't enough. His armor was designed to deflect AC weaponry, not these kinds of weapons. Having no medical supplies on him at the moment, all he could do was suffer for the moment. The second wound was far less worse, as it was a mere graze. It left a simple cut on the left side of his stomach, leaving it bleeding, but not to the point where it needed immediate medical attention. For now, he had to just focus on surviving. He had to survive…he had to. Hijik was depending on him, and so was the other human that was hiding down in the waste dumps.
The elevator continued it's decent. Since it was made of Ballistic glass, Dylex could see straight through it, and what he saw blew his mind. As the elevator descended, he could see what appeared to be a series of tunnels and canals…this was indeed the waste facility. There was no way he could ever be found in here, because it was simply to large! As the elevator came to a slow and steady halt, Dylex's brightened spirits became dim once more. He saw that the elevator doors had locked, and what he saw through the floor ruined his already dark and dreary day. Below him was a large, angled tunnel that was illuminated by several small lights on the walls and floors…and the only thing separating himself from it was a thin sheet of ballistic glass. He gulped, expecting the inevitable. Suddenly, the elevator floor slid out from under him, and he began his long and painful decent. The tunnel took it's own fair share of twists and turns, finally leading him to the bottom, where he landed into what appeared to be sewage.
Dylex was numb from all the pain. His vision was blurry, and the lights were slowly fading out of view. Slowly but surely, Dylex began to black out…and the last thing he saw was a figure emerge from the darkness, slowly approaching him…


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Today, Mr. George's "Motor City Blight Busters" business has worked on 1,500 ruined properties in northwestern Detroit, the bulk of which are in one of the hardest hit areas in the city called Brightmoor.
It appears to be an endless task. For every house that Mr. George and his team board up, refurbish or tear down, another unsightly property pops up.
"It took a long time to get in this mess and will take a while to get out of it," he said.
For now, Mr. George's Brightmoor neighbourhood has been excluded from receiving federal funds. That's because the city appears to be targeting areas that it can quickly stabilize. One is called Grandmont Rosedale, a wealthier part of northwest Detroit that is touched less dramatically by foreclosures.
With its winding roads, brick houses and decent schools, Grandmont Rosedale had always been a stable neighbourhood. But when the housing market imploded and sent millions of homes across the United States into foreclosure, a small strip within the community spiralled out of control. One row of houses leading to an elementary school was abandoned, something unheard of in this part of town. About 20 blighted properties have now been torn down, a move that is helping restore the neighbourhood back to its pre-crisis state.
Detroit's mayor, Mike Duggan, contends that every neighbourhood can have a similar future. But just how that can happen with scant resources and more than 80,000 properties in disrepair, isn't clear. And the real cost of blight is much bigger than the $2-billion price tag. Blight doesn't just hurt property values. It becomes a breeding ground for crime and a health hazard, all of which leads residents to flee.
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Decades of neglect, bad management and an eroding economic base have driven people out of Detroit and into the surrounding suburbs in droves. The city's population has plummeted from 1.85 million in 1950 to less than 700,000, with more leaving almost daily.
The falling population and weak economy have contributed to the city's financial ruin. Unemployed residents can't pay property taxes or rent and abandon their homes. Soon scavengers rip the building apart and steal the hot water tank, fixtures, copper pipes, electrical wiring and just about anything else of value.
The houses become unsalable and no one has the money or interest in fixing them up. Rebuilding would cost up to $150,000 per property and even then the house would barely fetch $80,000 on the market. It's easier just to let them sit there. Fire damage is prevalent as it allows owners to recoup some of their losses through fire insurance.
"As quick as you clean it up, it's back," said Michael Christopher, 57, who has spent his entire life in Detroit and mows other people's lawns to try to keep his neighbourhood neat. He works two part-time jobs and witnessed his father lose his businesses in Delray.
The plight puts him and other residents in a tough spot.
Eighty-five-year old Mary Fraser lives close to Palmer Woods, a wealthy area near the upper limits of the city that sits next to a golf course and is lined with mansions belonging to former auto executives. But Ms. Fraser's street has become a target for arsonists and every house across from her is burned out.
"The houses went to hell," Ms. Fraser said from her sagging porch. "I hate to see it looking like this."
Ms. Fraser's neighbourhood looks completely uninhabited. Her son and grandson come by to mow the lawn, the only sign that her house has not been deserted. She moved to Detroit from Tennessee in the 1950s and worked until her hip gave out. Now she spends most of her time inside watching television.
Ms. Fraser would like to move, but said she can't afford to, as her only income comes from social security checks.
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Removing blighted homes is costly and time consuming. The process can take months and costs run between $9,000 and $25,000, not including extra costs for taking out any asbestos and maintaining the vacant land.
For grassroots blight removers like Mr. George, the process takes much longer, especially as he has to rely on grants, donations and volunteers. First, he has to figure out who owns the property, and then buy it. There's also the cost of paying the city and gas company to disconnect utilities, and the time required to obtain permits to wreck the building.Report Typo/Error
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Plyometrics play a big role in improving an athletes quickness, explosiveness, and vertical jump.
Before I get into the nitty gritty of the different plyometric exercises and drills, let's take a walk down memory lane and examine its history…
The History of Plyometrics
Plyometrics are exercises that evolved from old Soviet training methods created by Yuri Verkhoshansky around the 60′s and 70′s.
It was originally called shock training, and this training method started getting popular because East European athletes began dominating the sports world in the 1970′s.
They were outclassing athletes from other countries in the olympics, winning medal after medal.
Their success was largely attributed to their unique training method.
The term "Plyometrics" is believed to have been coined in 1975 by an American track and field coach called Fred Wilt.
As the years went by, plyometrics grew in popularity, and today, they are very common in training programs for any sport that requires explosive movements e.g. basketball, volleyball, mixed martial arts, and most sports in general.
Benefits Of Plyometric Exercises
- Plyometrics develop the Type II fast twitch muscle fibers which are crucial in improving your vertical jump.
- Plyometrics train your Central Nervous System (CNS) to handle explosive movements associated with jumping higher.
- Plyometrics develop your reactive strength (elastic strength), which increases your quickness and explosiveness.
- Plyometrics complement strength training to ensure maximum vertical leap gains.
Plyometric Training Guidelines
1.Minimize ground contact time
- Doing this will enable you to rapidly increase your reactive strength and see the best results possible.
2. Don't Overtrain
- Plyometrics are deceiving because they fatigue your CNS instead of your body.
- This means that your body won't get as tired as compared to when performing regular exercises.
- This makes most athletes overtrain.
- Never do plyometric drills more than 3 times per week, because your CNS needs 24 hrs to fully recover between training sessions.
3. Start slowly and progress slowly
- If you have never done plyometric drills before or it has been a while since you last did them, you should always start with low reps.
- For an exercise like depth jumps, begin by only doing the 'landing' portion of the exercise. Simply drop off the box and absorb the impact (do not jump up).
- Also for depth jumps, start with a small box that is between 12-24 inches in height and only progress after you get the form down and are comfortable.
4.Make sure you are strong enough for plyometric training
- Most trainers advice that you should be able to squat at least 1.5 times your bodyweight before attempting plyometrics.
- This is because if you are not strong enough, you increase your chances of getting injured while performing plyos.
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1.Lower Body Plyometric Drills
Examples include:
- Depth jumps
- Squat jumps
- Split squat jumps
- Tuck Jumps
- Hops (several ariations)
- Bounds (several variations)
- Hurdle Jumps
2.Upper Body Plyometric Drills
Examples include:
- Medicine ball throws
- Plyometric pushups
- Upper body depth jumps
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Hyderabad: APNGOS president and chairman of Samaikyandhra Paririakshana Vedika, P. Ashok babu has made it clear that the stae government employees who are on strike, will not fear imposition of ESMA and will inch forward with their agitation for Samaikyandhra cause.
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A method is used for separately measuring the radiative and radiationless lifetimes of nonequilibrium charge carriers in injection sources of incoherent light. The lifetimes, internal quantum efficiency, and the optical loss coefficient in the radiative recombination region are found for two types of homogeneous junction gallium arsenide laser diodes operating in the incoherent regime. It is shown that diffusively grown samples, having a greater internal quantum efficiency than epitaxial samples, also have higher losses due to absorption.
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Title: Stranded
Authoress: StarryTian
Summary: Here's what would've happened in "Stranded" if I wrote it… RobinxStarfire. one-shot
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans and I don't really want to, because whoever owns them right now are doing an EXCELLENT and FANTASTIC job at it! (applauds)
A/N: Okay, I know that there are a lot of "Stranded" aftermath fics out there, but…. STRANDED IS JUST SOOOO COOL! Ahem… alright, here you go…
"STTAAAAARRFFIIII-IIIREEE!" Robin yelled, reaching as far as he could on the cliff without falling off.
"ROBIN!" she shrieked, thrusting her arm up, in vain hope of grabbing his hand. She screamed as she plummeted down to the dark depths below.
Without thinking, Robin jumped from the cliff, and dived towards her with his heart beating a million times her second. 'I have to reach her in time," he thought furiously. 'Can't lose her…' he was faintly reminded of the time Slade's henchman shot at Starfire, and again, he had jumped off the cliff with little regard of his own safety. The things he would do for her…
Starfire's scream brought him back to his senses. Narrowing his eyes in concentration, he willed himself to dive faster… faster towards her. Relief flooded his chest as he caught Starfire in his arms. She uttered a little half-scream, half-gasp as she felt Robin's arms wrap protectively around her. They looked at each other for a split second and would've stayed like in each other's arms forever if Robin had not glimpsed a cave on the far side of the cliff.
Reflexively, he reached in his utility belt and shot out his grappling hook, pressing the button to release the string. His arms ached a bit from supporting both his weight, and Starfire's, but it was a small price to pay. Once he felt the hook catch onto something, Robin again pressed the button to wind them in. Robin pulled her closer, as the two teens rocketed upwards towards the cave. Blushing at the close contact, Starfire stared at her handsome leader's face. She had never been so close to him before…
Rocks were flying everywhere, hitting everything in sight. Robin swerved one easily, and grunted as he let go of his grappling hook, and fell on top of Starfire. Finally, the last rock fell in, obscuring the entrance from view. The two teen superheroes stayed there, panting as they gasped for breath. Finally, Starfire asked timidly, "Robin? May you please get off me?"
Blushing a deep red, Robin muttered, "Yeah, sorry…"
"Thank you…" Starfire replied. But then she remembered she was still angry with him for demanding 'the space' so rudely. "It is cold," she remarked, although she felt no such thing. The only coldness she felt was the emptiness inside her… the space where Robin used to be. 'Perhaps it will still be there…' She sighed again. "I shall go fetch some wood," she said, standing up.
Robin nodded dumbly. "Uh huh… I'll…err… do that too."
After around 5 minutes of collecting wood, Starfire lit a quick starbolt, and shot it at the pile. Then, she sat down at the far side of the log, purposely facing away from Robin. Robin sighed as he snapped off the last piece of wood and threw it into the blazing fire. He sat down as well.
The tension in the awkward silence was too much. Robin was worried sick for her. Gathering up his courage, Robin asked, "Star… what happened back there? Why couldn't you fly?"
Starfire looked at him with sad eyes and said truthfully, "Tamaranian powers are inclined by our emotions."
A dim ray of hope lit in Robin's chest. 'She's not mad at me,' he thought gleefully. 'Maybe I'll…. Yeah…' Seizing the opportunity, Robin confirmed, "So the way you feel affects your ability to fly."
Starfire sighed again. 'Perhaps I will just tell him…' "Yes… and right now I am feeling unfamiliar confusion," she said, wanting to get everything off her chest.
"But… we've faced danger before without your powers failing…"
"It is not danger that confuses me Robin…" she murmured. Then, she spilled everything out. "It is you. I do not understand… us."
'Oh crap…'
"Ever since Cyborg said the 'girlfriend', things are different between us."
Robin went for his boyish grin. "It's just a misunderstanding. Everything's okay."
But Starfire thought otherwise and faced him. "Everything is not okay, we are not okay. I fear we will never be okay again, and you will not tell me how you feel!" She walked away from him.
"Uh.. y-… I'm not very good at that…" Robin admitted awkwardly, as he snapped the collar of his cape.
Starfire sniffed. "Then… do Earth Boys come with some sort of manual?"
Robin couldn't help but smile. "That would make things easier."
Starfire sighed and turned around. "Then how am I to know what you think about me?"
'Oh no…' Robin thought. 'This… can't turn out good…'
"Starfire…" Robin exhaled. "I think it's… awesome… the way you shoot starbolts…" he inwardly smacked himself. 'Way to impress a girl, Boy Wonder!…auggh…'
This, however, did not seem to matter to Starfire. 'Oh X'hal, he is complimenting me! Is this…?'' "Yes… and?"
Robin felt relief flood through him again. Apparently, he was doing a pretty good job. "And… it's also cool that you're the strongest girl ever…"
She walked towards him and said timidly, "Then…you do not mind having a friend who is a girl?"
Robin almost laughed out loud, and took her hands in his gloved ones. "Mind? Actually, in fact, I kind of… well…" 'Oh no, don't stop now… you were doing so good…!'
"In fact, I think…" he took a deep breath. "I think that I…really don't mind it."
Starfire furrowed her eyebrows cutely. "Erm…?"
Robin sighed, and held onto her hands more tightly, in fear of losing her. "I just… I don't mind, that's all… no wait…I—"
"Robin, I do not understand what you are sayi--- EEEEEK!"
At that precise second, the monster chose that moment to make its return. Immediately, Robin sprang apart from Starfire, and started to attack it. Disappointed but relieved, Robin and Starfire both assaulted it with various techniques, each letting the other executing a blow. Finally, the monster screeched its literally ear-splitting scream, causing them to topple through the hole, narrowly missing the cliff.
Robin quickly got up and clicked his grappling hook, only to find that it was empty. Swiftly, he threw it away and looked directly at Starfire. "Let's fly."
"But---" she started, but halted when she saw Robin's hand threaded through hers.
Robin smiled at her, despite knowing the monster was slowly regaining its strength. "As long as we're together, we'll be okay…"
Starfire squeezed her eyes shut, and they both plunged into the darkness below. He studied her face while she was falling. Her hair beautiful auburn-ginger hair whipped around her as she concentrated on flying… Robin decided to squeeze her hand to give her some confidence. That did it. Suddenly, Starfire's eyes shot open, encased in an emerald green glow. She u-turned and flew back up, gripping Robin's hand rather tightly. He allowed himself to be pulled by Starfire, back into the light once more as the monster fell into abyss, never to be seen again.
Once their feet were safely on the ground, the two teen heroes looked deeply at one another, and smiled. Wordlessly, Starfire and Robin shared a gentle hug. This experience was new for Robin. Usually, Starfire's hugs were deadly, and often screamed for air. This one… this one was different. It was innocent, gentle, and also thrilling. Both never wanted to let go, but once they felt the T-Ship in the air, they broke apart.
"Ahem!" came the amused voice of Cyborg.
"Friends!" Starfire merrily called to Beast Boy and Cyborg. "It is glorious to see you!"
Robin smiled, while keeping his arms around Starfire's waist. It felt so… right…
The T-ship landed on the Titans Tower, upsetting the dust that was around it. One by one, the titans got out, and set all the controls back to their original state.
"Who's going to pamper me?" Raven bluntly stated, as they all filed into the living room.
"Dude, what?" Beast Boy said.
"I was treated like royalty there," Raven said, trying to keep her voice monotone. "Now what am I going to do?"
Cyborg shrugged. "Your problem, man."
Beast Boy, however, took this chance. "Well…" he said slyly. "I can pamper you. Want a massage?"
"Uh… sure…" the sorceress was taken aback at this.
"Nice one," Cyborg whispered, while Beast Boy smirked.
Robin and Starfire, on the other hand, had other problems.
"Robin, what were you going to say…? Before…?" Starfire asked, while sitting down on the couch next to him.
The Boy Wonder groaned. He really didn't want to talk about this right now. "Nothing, Star. Forget about it."
Starfire frowned. "But… you… on that planet, you said you----"
"Nothing, I lied," Robin lied swiftly, catching the look of Beast Boy and Cyborg.
Starfire bit back tears. 'Why does he deny this?… I thought we had a… bond.'
"But, Robin!" Starfire persisted. " You said that you---"
"Star, just let it go, okay?" he answered roughly. Robin sighed. He was just too tired at the moment.
"Robin!" Strarfire called almost desperately, earning the attention of the other three titans. "I do not understand! Why do you always deny this?" She stood up, and towered over him, blinking back tears. "You… I---"
"Starfire!" Robin cried exasperatedly. "Just leave me alone! God, I'm tired!"
"Robin, You cannot be my best friend if you keep secrets from me!" she almost screamed.
This was the last straw. Gripping the couch tightly, he stood up and faced her, causeing her to step back a bit. "Fine," he seethed. "You want to know how I feel about you?"
Starfire slowly nodded, afraid.
"Star, I hate you."
"Robin, I do not understand…" Starfire choked out.
"Didn't you hear me?" Robin snarled. "I hate you."
Starfire was in shock. 'This is not true… this is not so…'she kept repeating in head. The other three titans froze.
"Don't you 'Robin' me!" he hissed. "I hate you!"
"SHUT UP!" he yelled almost hysterically. "Stop saying my name! Stop contaminating it! Stop!"
Starfire had started to cry freely now.
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" he screamed. "Starfire, I hate you! Stop crying! SHUT UP!"
She would not.
"I hate the way you're always so innocent! I hate the way your hair flows in the wind! I hate the way you shoot starbolts. And…" he took a deep breath… then whispered, "I hate you so much… I lo-love you…"
The alien princess was taken aback at her leaders change of mood.
"…huh…?" she managed between sobs.
Robin did not do anything. Nobody did anything. He just kept staring at her… seconds passed… minutes passed… neither of them knew what to do… then----
"Robin, I---" but she never finished her sentence, for at that precise moment, Robin planted his lips firmly on hers. She did not object, rather, she replied. Ever so softly, they started to move their lips against each other. If they had not needed air…
"Starfire, remember this," he whispered hoarsely. "I hate you." And with that, he walked away, leaving Starfire behind.
Starfire touched her lips, transfixed, then murmured as she walked away, "Robin… I hate you as well…"
Seconds passed in silence once more. When Raven decided the coast was clear, she merely shook her head and muttered, "He needs to work on his pick-up lines…"
A/N: And there you go. If you're wondering about the "I hate you" thing… I guess that was just Robin's way of saying "I love you"…. O.o…. Anyways after I saw Stranded (for like the 57th time), I just NEEDED to write a one-shot about it… it's so sweet!
Season 1: Sisters- A little fluff, but not too much. Robin: "Nobody's taking her away!"
Season 2: Date With Destiny- Starfire's jealousy. Robin: "I guess one more dance wouldn't kill me…"
Season 3: Betrothed- Robin's jealousy. Robin: "YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!"
Season 4: Stranded- TOTAL FLUFFINIESS! Robin: "As long as we're together, we'll be okay…"
Season 5: EEEEEEK! I CAN'T WAIT!
Alright… does anybody know when the movie "Teen Titans: Tokyo" is coming out? If you do, let me know! Thanks!
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Columbus (Ind.) safety/cornerback Steve Brown (6-1, 200, 4.4) says it's down to a two team race for him between Notre Dame and Michigan. Both have offered.
"I like both programs right now a lot," said Brown, from Columbus East High School. "Both schools offer similar situations in how they want to utilize me on the field. They both have great atmospheres with some rich traditions, and the football is great at both schools. Right now though, I'm mainly focused on the academics that each have to offer.
"I want to study Communications in college, so when I was out at Notre Dame last week for an unofficial visit, I got to meet with one of the professors there and he showed me around the department. I really liked what I saw. They've also got a big list of students at that school that are Communications majors, so I like that. The academics, education and connections I'd have after college are what stand out about Notre Dame right now.
"I've always liked what I've seen at Michigan's program…I've grown up a big fan of theirs as a kid. I was out there for an unofficial (visit) as well, a few weeks ago and I also liked what I saw. I know that they offer some really good academic support there, like tutors and stuff if you need it. That would be great for me because there would be no opportunities to slack off," he said.
"As far as depth goes at both schools, I'd have a better chance at starting early at Notre Dame. Michigan has got a lot of depth to them at my position. So, it would seem pretty appealing for me to go with Notre Dame. But really, no matter where I go, I'm going to have to work hard for a starting spot. I'm not the type to sit back and watch people play…I mean if I'm eligible, I want to play. But it's also appealing to me to compete with other players and have the opportunity to just get better," he said.
"Right now, I'm looking at the positives and negatives of each school. I just want to go to the place where I feel most comfortable. It's a real toss-up between the two. The players at both programs are all really nice and receptive. But with Notre Dame, I already know guys that are committed there, that I'm friends with, like Patrick Kuntz (Notre Dame '05 signee), James Aldridge (RB) and Luke Schmidt (RB).
"I've met James recently through the camps we've done and stuff and we've stayed in contact since. He's called me up a few times to see how Notre Dame has been looking for me. And Luke is cousins with A.J. Edds and that's how we got introduced. Luke's like one of my best friends. It would be nice to know some guys in college right off the bat, but with all that aside, it's still a toss-up between the two schools," he said.
"The coaches at both programs are looking at me more as a safety now because they think I'm going to get too big to play corner.
"I've been told that I'm a safety with cornerback abilities. I've got great lockdown skills and I can get up and jam a receiver no matter how big or fast they are. I run well and use my hips well too. This is going to be my first year playing safety so I need to work on reading the quarterback's eyes more, and pick up my progressions more too."
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