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A Memory of Pallas Green
by Guest Columnist Kat McMahon
Tracing our ancestors we discovered that my husband, Patrick's great grandfather had come from Pallas Green, County Limerick in Ireland. On our latest holiday in the Emerald Isle we decided to pay a visit to the ancestral home of John Grace, the aforementioned great grandfather.
Pallas Green is a very small town. Population 306 if you add all the farmers in the surrounding area together. It is so small that there is only one pub! Chaser O'Brian's Pub is a story unto itself but it was here that this story begins.
The pub was easy to find. It is on the main Limerick to Tipperary road about equal distance from them both. It is painted a bright orange with a thatched roof and every window is loaded with bowers of flowers. Once inside one is immediately greeted with what looks like a movie set version of what an Irish pub should look like and so seldom does! Beautiful oak bar with lots of barstools, lots of nooks and crannies with comfy couches and tables. Many separate little rooms all with a view to the bar. Big bog oak fireplace and incredible amounts of paraphernalia on the walls and on shelves all around the rooms, the walls painted a dark green. The floor area around the bar is stone, but the floor areas around the couches are carpeted in a red and green tartan plaid, and the bar itself is almost mind boggling in the amount of choice available, although everyone there that day was having the Guinness.
We sat at the bar. My husband ordered a Guinness for himself and a coffee for me. Three other people were at the bar and a younger girl was the bartender. It was about 11:30 in the morning and the lunch crowd hadn't as yet appeared.
Curiosity is an Irish trait, and it was soon learned that we were looking for our ancestors. "What name is it?" one old geezer at the bar questioned. "Is it yer grandfather?" another wanted to know, and seemed to have difficulty in establishing whether it was my grandfather or my husband's. "Grace is it? Michael would know. Michael knows everybody." "Yes," the bartender agreed. "You really should go see Michael Dwyer." "He lives across the street, the pink house," another volunteered. "Go see Michael, he's the historian." Historian was said with reverence as if he were someone very important.
Since they all seemed to agree that we should go see Michael Dwyer we ventured across the street. Had a bit of difficulty opening a rusty iron gate into the overgrown front yard. Went up to the door and knocked but no answer. We walked around to the back of the house on a stone path through more overgrown shrubbery and saw a small garden. We called out but heard no reply.
We went back to our car and decided to drive around and see if we could find graveyards. This we did . More disappointment as most of the old stones had weathered to the point that the inscriptions were gone. We drove back to the pub to see if anyone there would know about the oldest church thinking there might be a graveyard nearby with some of our ancestors and hoping that maybe there might be some with inscriptions we could read. They did indeed know of a church and gave us instructions However these were interspersed with many references to "Too bad, Michael isn't here. Ye really should see Michael."
We found the church built in 1883 right around the time that our John Grace had left Pallas Green for America and the only graves we found were of two priests.
Walking around the church we found a path half shrouded in shrubbery and entered through a double iron gate. We opened the gates and walked through. The path led upward, some places were steep and rocky and others well worn dirt. We reached the top and were greeted by a view of incredible beauty. A patchwork of greens and golds and silver of streams etched by the ages. Here we found a large colored map and a memorial to Lieutenant Sarsfield and the Battle of Limerick in 1691. As I looked over the fields divided by hedges dotted by the white of sheep and the brown here and there of a cow or two; I thought of how it must have been all those years ago. And of all the men young and old who joined the fight-- and kept the English out of Limerick for one more year. I wondered if one of our Grace ancestors had fought with them.
Driving back to the main road we again found ourselves at the pub. We were debating about going back in when we saw a very old man walking by. The clothes he was wearing were old and threadbare and appeared very dirty.I looked at my husband and said, "You don't suppose that's Michael Dwyer?" He replied, "No, that couldn't be him."
We were still talking in the car when a fellow we had seen in the pub earlier came out. He told us, "I see yer back, Michael's come home. Ye can see him now."
We again walked through the rusty iron gate and up to the door of the pink house. The old man we had seen walking by came to the door. "Michael Dwyer?" I asked. "The same," he replied. Up close we noted the clear blue of his eyes. He was tall and thin. Slightly stooped now but once had been a man of fine stature. I introduced ourselves, and Michael Dwyer invited us in.
The interior of the house matched that of the man himself. The floor was partially stone and partially dirt. We were in a kitchen - living area that had a stove, no sink, an old table, some boxes with old magazines here and there, and three very rickety old chairs that didn't match each other. One chair at one time had been upholstered the other two were wood, one had no back. He invited us to sit down offering me the nicest of the chairs. Michael sat in the chair with no back and my husband took the other.
We told him that the people at the pub had suggested we see him because we were looking for our ancestors that had come from Pallas Green. He asked the name. "Grace, ye say. Well... there's a family up in Templebraden by that name and... I think another in Oola. Did ya drive through there? It's on the road to Tipperary."
Then he began telling us many stories. We told him we had driven up to the church in Templebraden but that we couldn't find an older one. "No, ye wouldn't find it. It was turned into a creamery once the new church was built. Times were hard and the family runnin' it abandoned it years ago. Not even the stones are left now."
We told him the church had been locked. "I'm not surprised. We no longer have a full time priest here. Only comes once a week now. Used to be a lot of people livin' here... So many gone... America... Australia. Nothin' much left o' our town now. When I was a lad 'twas a fine place. On the main road ya know. Lots of people here then." He told us that many of his family had left and gone to Philadelphia and California in America.
He proceeded to tell us tales of the past. As he spoke we could see the respected historian the people at the pub has told us about. He was over ninety years old but his mind was quick and full of facts; not only of only the past but also the list of all the families still living anywhere in the area! "Don't know if yer related to any of the Grace's still around here. Ye need to go to the Heritage Center in Tipperary, They have all the records for the Pallas Green - Emly Parish." We told him we were in fact going there later today. "Ah good, ye'll be findin' all yer lookin' fer there."
He continued on in his narrative of Pallas Green and we sat there listening for almost two hours, enthralled by this man of many stories and so much knowledge. We no longer noticed the meager surroundings. The warmth of this man and the love of his town enchanted us and we could see why the townspeople spoke of him with so much respect and almost awe. He told us that his mother had been a McMahon and looked hopefully at us and said, "Maybe we're... A lot of McMahon's around here. Do ye know where yer father's family came from?" We didn't know if there was any relation in common but both of us liked the idea that there might be. We expressed concern for him and he told us, "Ah, they take good care o' me in the pub. A little soup." And with a wink, "A bit of the drink!"
Time sometimes passes so quickly. We had the appointment at the Heritage Center in Tipperary and had to leave. Back in the car I regretted that I hadn't taken a picture of Mr. Dwyer. But then maybe that was for the best. A photograph might only have shown the wizened old man we had first seen on the street and not Mr. Michael Dwyer, the Historian of Pallas Green.
This story was written in 2001 just after coming home from a trip to Ireland. We now have returned from another visit to Pallas Green. Time passes and places change. Chaser O'Brian's pub is now Chaser Fitzgerald's. The interior has been completely redone. The color scheme has changed and the bar is smaller. There is now a carvery where those lovely old "snuggies" once were. Was kind of sad to see TV screen all around but the locals were enjoying the game. It was really crowded mainly with younger people. One of the young lads there told me the saddest news of all: Mr. Dwyer, the Historian had passed away. He is buried in the graveyard across the street.
My husband and I walked over and searched among the stones until we found his lovely black marble monument. It reads:
Michael Dwyer
Artist and Historian
Died 29 January 2002 - age 89 Years
A Friend to All
Gave Freely his Time and Knowledge
Fresh flowers were on his grave.
Even as I write this to you I get quite emotional. He really was a special man.
Kat McMahon
Ed. note: A viewer just sent the above photo of Mr. Michael Dwyer. The acknowledgment reads "Knock Printing Service."
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Soft Economy Creates Hard Challenges for Some Communities
By Andrea Dono
In November, the National Trust Main Street Center took the pulse of communities to gauge the economic health of commercial districts throughout the nation. We asked how the downturn of the national economy is affecting Main Street and what, if anything, is being done to counter negative impacts.
First, the good news. In a survey of 261 individuals in Main Street communities, 21 percent have not seen any significant business closures, reduction in sales, or stoppage of major development projects; 7 percent even reported a thriving business district. On the other end of the spectrum, however, 33 percent of the survey respondents reported lower sales than this time last year, 27 percent have seen new and current development projects stall, and 24 percent have seen one or more businesses close.
While many survey participants have felt insulated from the nose dive in the stock market, they aren't confident that their good fortune will last. The Center plans to resurvey the field in six months to see how the post-holiday retail and business environment will shape the economic prospects for Main Streets.
Right now it appears that the majority of community leaders and municipal governments understand the value of having an organization dedicated to the support of their commercial districts, such as the local Main Street® organizations surveyed. Only a few respondents mentioned looming cuts in municipal funding for their revitalization program or reductions in sponsorship levels for their programs.
To maintain this trend, Doug Loescher, executive director of the NTMSC, stresses that, "now is the time for aggressive communications and marketing by local programs to promote their districts and businesses. We need to remind community stakeholders and other financial supporters that their downtown and neighborhood district revitalization efforts are essential to rebuilding our economic vitality. Main Street provides a supportive network, business assistance, and continuous promotions that help keep shopping dollars local and the commercial district less susceptible to an economic downturn."
Exemplifying this mandate is the annual accomplishment report that the Downtown Las Cruces (N.Mex.) Partnership creates. The group understands that now is a pivotal time to emphasize the Main Street program's economic impact and convince "bargain hunters" to take advantage of affordable investment opportunities created by the current economic climate.
Most programs are doing what Main Street does best: providing business assistance and keeping the commercial district in the minds of consumers. The survey found that 62 percent of respondents have been producing additional and expanded special events and retail promotions, 32 percent have coordinated advertising or joint marketing programs, 29 percent have focused on building media coverage, 28 percent have launched shop-local campaigns, and 20 percent have been offering business assistance and training programs.
Several respondents indicated that while some of the more marginal businesses have closed, most of the stronger businesses have found creative ways to bolster their sales and business, and often with the assistance of local revitalization programs. To help business owners make it through tough times, for example, the Marion (Va.) Downtown Revitalization Association, Inc., produced a Small Business Survival Breakfast with the local Small Business Development Center, the local SCORE chapter, and a downtown bank to discuss the services they offer and answer business owners' questions.
Most Main Street programs are coordinating holiday open houses that build shopping excitement by creating "street theater" with carolers and musicians and feature exceptional customer service, extended hours, and refreshments in the shops. The Main Street program in Durant, Okla., has found another innovative way to lure people downtown by bringing in an ice rink.
Many shoppers are also being lured into Main Street districts thanks to "Shop Local" campaigns, which emphasize the quality and value offered by local producers and entrepreneurs. Dover, N.H., launched a "We Shop Dover" campaign for 45 days for $450. It features an online business directory, downtown certificates, window decals, business events, and a website (WeShopDover.com). Ever resourceful, the Main Street program worked with a Dover-based web development firm to get the website created for free and spent the bulk of its money printing window decals for the businesses. Thanks to press releases and PSAs, word is getting out about shopping local in Dover.
Communities aren't abandoning image-building marketing promotions either. Downtown Lee's Summit (Mo.) hopes to dazzle shoppers with its new "Sparkle" campaign. After an 18-month streetscape project, Lee's Summit's commercial district looks sparkling new: a gift catalog, 15,000 postcards, yard signs, promotional door tags, and holiday decorations with 100,000 sparkling lights point people to downtown businesses for sparkling gifts—residents within three zip codes can't miss the holiday sparkle of Lee's Summit's downtown.
Businesses in Main Street districts are finding ways to cope, as well. Making lemonade out of lemons, Keith and Shelly Crandall, the owners of Cafe La Ronde in Fort Peirce, Fla., built a buzz over their "Recession Lunch Menu" with $3.99 deals and new early-bird specials on their dinner "Depression Menu." Visitors to the Main Street program's website and the Sunrise Theatre's site can link to menus for downtown restaurants so they can plan their dining at La Ronde and other locales accordingly.
Other businesses are responding by expanding services. In Southwest Detroit, for example, some businesses are adding delivery services to their business model and some eateries are now offering boxed-lunch preparation for business meetings. One particularly entrepreneurial hotel in Athens, Ga., realized that smaller businesses were forgoing their annual holiday parties. By allowing several businesses to share the costs of one big, multi-company party, the hotel is throwing a "Big Small Business Holiday Bash" to give employers an affordable holiday party option.
At the National Trust Main Street Center, we believe that the creativity and positive vibes created by local Main Street initiatives will help local communities pull through this economic downturn. By strategically marketing to target audiences and using solid market data to understand local demographics and determine the right business mix for their communities, revitalization organizations can position their districts as places where businesses can thrive.
To help Main Street programs during these tough times, we have assembled a "List of Things You Can Do Right Now" to inspire local programs to take action today. We also offer ShopMainStreet.org where members can list local businesses in a national e-commerce-enabled independent business portal. Recently, the Center also produced a special national webinar on "Thriving in a Slow Economy"(the online archive is available for purchase). Look for helpful resources and articles in up-coming issues of Main Street News, where we will share more information on how to keep your districts vibrant.


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ECAM J310 and ECAM J311 are used for the LHU Testing Center. Equipped with thirty computers, the ECAM J310 has ample desk space for each of the thirty workstations is used as a testing room; while ECAM J311 is used as a required check-in area. Enter ECAM building through the front entrance doors, you will find the testing center located on the 3rd floor, on the 4th Street side of the buidling.
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By LCCC journalism students
Special to The Chronicle-Telegram
Issue 1, a half percent sales-tax increase, generated mixed reaction from a cross-section of voters today. The county-wide tax increase is projected to generate $16 million, half of which will allow a decrease in property tax, and the rest will go to the county's general fund.
Bridget Corriveau, who cast her ballot at the Spitzer Center in Elyria, did not support Issue 1 and questioned the need for the increase.
Another Elyria resident Mary Stewart also argued against all tax increases by saying, "They [tax increases] all start small, but eat up our incomes. I am strongly against that. I wouldn't vote for it."
Jake Saladonis, an Avon resident, echoed similar views.
"There is absolutely no need for tax increases," Saladonis said. "With the economy the way it is we cannot afford another tax increase no matter how small."
However, Terry Brouse, another Avon resident, disagreed. Meyers said Issue 1 is needed to "keep our community safe, clean and strong."
Sandy Domain, of Lorain, said the passage of Issue 1 is important because it would benefit the whole community. "The county needs to remain competitive with surrounding areas," Domain said.
Not all residents of Lorain County believe the proposed sales tax hike is necessary. Susan Ward and her daughter, Sarah, said they do not need to be taxed more than what is being done already.
Sheffield Lake resident Mark Erdei said he voted for Issue 1 and other issues. "I am working for the people," Erdei said. "I am looking to get four years to get the voice of the people".
Melissa Cook, of Wellington, voted for Issue 1 because "I feel that this community could use more financial support."
Sonal Dhiman, Rachel Jindra, Torie Kozyk, Jackie Sartschev, Karl Schneider, Paige Selzer, Brenna Shippy, Kimberly Teodecki and Brian Wilcox


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A restructure of a contract doesn't include additional years, an extension does. If you extend a player an additional year, that does not affect the spread of his existing bonus. Any new bonus money is spread into the new year. Usually what happens for an extension is the current year salary is cut and a signing bonus is paid. That results in a greater commitment to the player (making him harder to cut and limiting cap flexibility) and more money pushed into the future.
If a contract has already been restructured, money is converted into bonus which pushes it into future years. For an extension, you can cut the salary, but the bonus money cannot then be re-spread over the life of the new contract. If a contract is heavily leveraged (has been restructured in the past), that limits how much you can gain by a restructure or extension in the future because the amount of bonus has increased and that cannot be spread into future years.
For example, If a player signs a 3 year deal for $12M with a $3M signing bonus, his bonus money counts for $1M for three years. If, in the 2nd year, $2M in salary is converted to bonus (pushing $1M into the final year), that provides $1M in cap relief but raises his bonus allocation to $2M for the final year. If you then go to extend the player, that $2M in unallocated bonus from his original contract can't be spread into additional years. His new bonus (for the extension) can be spread. Thus, his cap number at the start of the contract is the $2M in bonus from his original contract, partial allocation of his new bonus and at least minimum salary. You can't get around the cap hit, regardless of the players age.
Finally, no player with any contract leverage at all is going to accept adding a year on his deal without a sizeable signing bonus. The only security a player has in the NFL is signing bonus money. It is the only thing he is guaranteed to collect, because it is paid up front. For a player to push the date he is due for free agency, even if it is just a year, he will want some serious cash up front, if he is a good player. These guys are mercenaries, they want cash up front."
Here's an example of a restructure
Mankins' cap numbers
2014 -$10,500,000 – 6.25m salary +250K workout bonus + 4m prorated signing bonus
2015 – $11,000,000 – 6.75m salary +250K workout bonus + 4m prorated signing bonus
2016 – $7,000,000 – 6.75m salary +250K workout bonus
1.) Converting all but $855,000 of his $6.25m salary and workout bonus money ($250,000) to a signing bonus would have changed the above numbers to
2014 – $6,736,666 (a $3,763,334 savings) – 855,000 salary + 5,881,666 prorated signing bonus
2015 – $12,881,666 – (a $1,881,666 increase) – 6.75m salary +250K workout bonus + 5,881,666 prorated signing bonus
2016 – $8,881,668 – (a $1,881,668 increase) – 6.75m salary +250K workout bonus + 1,881,668 prorated signing bonus


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Italian fans got the chance to see a home rider on the podium at Mugello - even if it was the least beloved of their four premier class competitors.
Andrea Dovizioso is amongst the relatively few people who genuinely believes that this season's title is a possibility for a Repsol Honda rider whose initials are not CS. Unspectacular on track and a fairly nondescript character off it, Dovi's demeanour means that he has quietly slipped into the top three in the overall standings and is on an enviable run of form.
Thirty-three points separate the Italian from the Australian, and whilst this figure is not enough for Dovizioso to count as an immediate threat, neither is it too high for Repsol Honda team orders to come into play. An F1-style 'look after your fuel' pre-race instruction was either not issued or ignored in Sunday's contest as the 25-year-old took five points from Stoner with a last-lap move and added even more value to Jorge Lorenzo's victory.
Second place obviously meant a lot to the home rider, who has set out his stall as the 'anti-Simoncelli' this season. It's not quite the tale of 'The Hair (sic) and the Tortoise', as an utterly slow rider doesn't get regular podium finishes in MotoGP, but Dovizioso has a lot less bravado and maverick spirit about him.
He has now finished inside the top four at six straight race meetings, with a best trio of results in his MotoGP career. He is capable of battling with the best - think of the times in which he has had Valentino Rossi's number, starting with his debut at Qatar in 2008, or the fight with Stoner this past weekend.
The problem, however, is that Dovi is not converting strong performances into race wins. He has just one to his name, Donington 2009, under freak circumstances. It is a criticism that could also be levelled at him in the 250cc class, in which he was a permanent rival for Jorge Lorenzo without ever really managing to get the better of him. The Honda used during his final two intermediate class campaigns has been made out to be a dog of a machine, but was not as far behind the Aprilia RSV used by Lorenzo as folklore would have you believe.
Dovizioso used to be one of Honda's golden boys, but relations are slightly soured now after he dug his heels in at the end of 2010. When HRC wanted him out of the factory team, a group of Italian lawyers reminded the Japanese about the small matter of a contract with performance-based renewal as a key clause - and Repsol Honda had to expand to a three-rider outfit as a result. Even if he were to finish the season ahead of Dani Pedrosa, it is hard to see him riding the 2012 season onboard an orange and black bike.
The man from Forli's reasons to be optimistic, then? Repsol Honda's most recent premier class champion, Nicky Hayden, won only two races in his 2006 championship season. Those were strange circumstances, but no stranger than Marco Simoncelli taking out two of the title contenders in the early part of a campaign and Valentino Rossi failing to get to grips with a Ducati.
The downside? Stoner still has a comfortable advantage, Lorenzo and Yamaha appear to have found something that has boosted their performance over the last two races and Dovizioso has never consistently led races.
It's highly unlikely that he will be overtaking Stoner or Lorenzo on the MotoGP table any time soon, but if this belief helps him to keep up his run of form, then he may just establish himself further in the premier class hierarchy - and in the fans' affections.
Mugello post-race discussion - leave your comments below...
Was Italy the return of the title fight? Can Lorenzo keep Stoner honest until the new Yamaha horsepower developments for the engine arrive at Brno? Has 2011 turned into an extended test for Rossi? Will the CRT team candidates have upped their pace at the Mugello test? And is Dani Pedrosa back to full fitness?


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Description: These continuous rotation 3.8:1 gear ratio channel gearbox kits incorporate threaded side mounts to easily attach a standard size servo to numerous Actobotics products including tubing and channel; making it easy to incorporate a servo power gearbox into a custom pan & tilt, mechanical device, or robotic structure. Each gearbox kit includes a hardened 1/2" stainless steel final shaft with dual ABEC-5 precision ball bearings capable of supporting up to 200 pounds of vertical and horizontal loads. Additionally, the output shaft has a 0.382" bore which will allow you to pass wires through the center axis of this gearbox kit.
Actobotics is a robotics building system based around extruded aluminum channels, gears, precision shafts, and ball bearings. Thanks to the two standardized hole patterns, nearly all Actobotics components can be intuitively connected together. The wide range of components makes building complex electromechanical prototypes or finished projects a reality.
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I see that a potentiometer mounting bracket is included in the kit, but no potentiometer. Is there a recommended pot to use (pots come in all shapes and sizes)?
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Mortal Online Interview
At the Games convention I had the opportunity to talk to Henrik Nystrom and Mats Persson from Starvault about Mortal Online, which is currently in development.
Mats Persson: I would agree that Mortal Online is very different from most MMOs. It is first person and it is a sandbox game -- as opposed to a theme park game -- where sandbox stands for much more freedom in the world. We have chosen to have a truly action based combat. It reminds somewhat of a first person shooter in a different setting, with a lower tempo.
Furthermore, we have no levels. It is entirely skill based - the skills that you train define your character, not the levels. We also don't have any regular classes; you don't choose to be a warrior, priest or mage. You choose the skills you want to have and then you train your skills by using them in the game. As we have removed levels entirely from the game you won't meet other players that are at a higher level than you are. You have to watch them move and act to learn what they are good at and by looking at how they use their skills. The game is about the player's personal skills and how they interact.
If you compare most MMO's on the market with i.e. Counter Strike, then most people would say that counter strike is about your skills as a player, whereas in most MMO's it is about what character you play, what skills and level you have.
MMOWatch: Why did you choose first person?
Mats Persson: Because of the immersion. We want the player to have the feeling he is actually taking part in the world, living in that world, watching the world from their perspective - to see what your character sees. That is very important to us.
MMOWatch: How do I find out about the skill level of another player?
Mats Persson: That is something that is done differently. First why would you want to know that? Are you going to kill him?
Mats Persson: Then you should sneak up on his back and take him by surprise. What I am trying to say is that we want to avoid people killing each other like that. You will never know what type of character the other person is - if he is playing a warrior or a mage - and that is what we wanted to create in the world. You are living in this world and if you want to attack someone you have to accept the consequences. Perhaps he is the greatest warrior in the world, but he is dressed as a beggar. You have to take that into account. There is a big risk you are taking by actually engaging in a PvP fight with other players.
MMOWatch: But it's a full PvP game - the essence is that you fight other players, right?
Mats Persson: No, I would say that if you want to make a good PvP game you have to base the game on PvP mechanics. You can't just make a PvE game and then throw in PvP on top of that and say that you both have a PvE and a PvP game. The PvP part will affect the PvE of the game, drastically changing the whole game.
If you design a game with PvP from the beginning and once you know that PvP works you can add PvE contents on top of that. So it is both a PvP and a PvE game. There is a lot of things to do in the game, basically the PvE is the whole world around you, all the encounters with monsters and a lot of interaction with players and there is where PvP comes in.
MMOWatch: In a new game with a new character, do I always spawn at the same place?
Mats Persson: You will probably be able to choose your starting location, based on the type of character and race you want to play. All players have the ability to start in the biggest city in the world; Timdrem, as all the different cultures and races have gathered in this city. But you could also choose to start way up in the mountains for example.
Mats Persson: It depends. We have something called safety zones in the game. The game is fully PvP in the essence that you can always attack whoever you want, but you have to take the consequences. 90% of the game are lawless zones, meaning that I could kill you and nothing would happen, but other people would see that you have killed me.
MMOWatch: What do you mean by "nothing would happen"?
Mats Persson: If you would run to me in the forest and you would fight me in that forest, nothing would happen as there are no guards there. But you will be flagged as a murderer for everyone to see. In the cities we have different law zones. If you attack me in the city, the guards will come up to you and see that you have committed a crime. Also if you kill me and run into the city after that. The guards will know that you killed as you are flagged.
MMOWatch: Am I flagged when someone else attacks me and I kill him?
Mats Persson: No you are not flagged. The one who strikes first is flagged when he wins. The one who is defending himself is not flagged when he kills the other one.
Mats Persson: Even then the first one that strikes will be flagged as a killer. There is the possibility that we will add a kind of dueling system, where both players have agreed to the duel, in which case the one who starts and wins is not flagged. You could also put some money on a fight then and make money that way.
MMOWatch: Do I lose the flag at any time in the game?
Mats Persson: You are flagged that you are a criminal for a couple of minutes. During that time you are free to be attacked by any other players. With each player you kill you will be flagged for a longer period of time, which serves as a warning system to you. If you however manage to kill several people you will eventually be permanently flagged as a killer.
MMOWatch: Do you have caps in the game?
Mats Persson: We have caps. Skills caps are really important. One of the important elements in the game is that we want the player to train your character skills from the start. At the beginning he won't be able to do that much as he doesn't have the skills, but at the same time we don't want to end up with a game where you have so much more skills as you have played the game for so long that another player doesn't stand a chance, so you will reach the cap pretty soon. I would say that you can start a character, play for one or two weeks and then you are maxed out - you have fully trained your character if you know what you are doing. But that is not the difficult part. The difficulty is in balancing your character. If you train only sword fighting and a few others and maxed out on those skill you will only have these skills and won't have any of the other skills. You need to choose carefully what skills you want to train. It is up to you how you train your character.
Mats Persson: If you use your sword in combat, you will train the skill. There is a maximum number of points. Let's choose a random number and say that there is a maximum of 600 skill points and that each skill can be trained up to a maximum of 100 points.
Suppose you start your sword fighting skill with some 50 skill points and when you start training sword fighting, you will train sword fighting up to a 100 skill points which is the maximum. Then you have used 100 of those 600 points. Then you train shield up to 60 and have a total of 160 points. You can keep on training skills like that until you reach the total of 600 points. Then no skills can be trained any further and you begin balancing your skills.
Suppose you want to train a spell casting skill now, but there are no skill points left anymore. You could then take skill points from one of the existing skills and invest those points into the new skill, by using that skill. This is done in the interface by selecting a minus button next to the skill you want to reduce, like sword fighting. In that case whenever you train the spell casting skill, skill points are moved from sword fighting to spell casting, making you better in spell casting and leaving the total amount of skill points at 600. Of course, this does result in you being less skilled in the skills you took the points from. It is also possible to lock skills, so you can no longer train those skills any further, allowing you to specifying which skills you want to train and which you don't want to train. So you can always train and re-train your character, but there is always a maximum cap.
What is different apart from skills is that we also have a huge skill tree. Basic skills open up other skills at certain trained levels of that basic skill, and those can be trained with no limi. If you learn basic swordmanship, a new range of skills related to swordmanship opens and training those won't take up skill points. However, if you reduce the skill points from your swordmanship you will lose these additional skills as well. If, for example, an extra skill becomes available when you trained basic swordmanship up to 80...it will be gone again when you drop below 80, when you decide to take skill points from swordmanship. You can retrain your swordmanship again resulting in the skill being available again.
MMOWatch: Are there races in the game? And can anyone from any race learn a skill?
Mats Persson: Yes, there are races in the game. We have the basic attributes:strength, intelligence, dexterity and stamina and those are based on which race you want to play. A half-orc will be a bit stronger than a human; the advantage is not that high, but if you like to fight a lot it will give you an advantage in the long run.
MMOWatch: The monsters in the game have skills as well?
Mats Persson: Yes, they have skills as well.
Mats Persson: It is kind of difficult to answer that one. We aim for a believable world...I wouldn't say realistic because that would be boring. You won't face a monster that is 10 cm tall and has 2000 hit points. That just won't happen. If you walk outside the city walls, you might meet a big bear that might be much too difficult for you to handle alone. At the same time if you manage to get into that highly secure area like a tomb that is being guarded by ghosts. You can face lizards and frogs, because they live in that cage and you could kill those with one strike or two, perhaps. I would say that your encounters are based on reality.
MMOWatch: How playable is the game if I prefer to go it alone?
Mats Persson: It all depends on what you want to do. Let's say you really like mining and want to become the world's best miner. You will have to explore the areas for the minerals to mine, but if you are standing at a gold vein and are hacking gold all day, take the gold and run back and forth to the city, you will get attacked. People will find you and take the gold from you. So you better get some protection from other players, if it is gold you want to mine. Or you should have very good hiding and sneaking skills and keep your eyes open for other players. You can have a lone wolf play style but it would be difficult.
MMOWatch: You have player guilds in the game?
Mats Persson: Yes - we don't know if they will be named player guilds or player clans or whatever, but we have that. Player guilds can trade amongst each other or start a war on another guild.
Mats Persson: We have different type of mounts. In the movie there are two of them. One is the big bronto and the other is actually not a horse, but something called a bullhorse. It is much bigger than a horse; it's a half-orc that is riding it. A half-orc is over 2 meters tall and it is too big for a normal horse, that's why it is riding this much bigger bullhorse...so yes, we have different types of mounts and each has their own advantages and disadvantages.
MMOWatch: Are mounts only used to go from point A to point B?
Mats Persson: No, absolutely not. We have mounted combat that we regard very highly. It is very important to us to get the mounted combat to work properly. It should not be different actually from fighting on foot. You should be able to make moves you can on the ground. Of course, you can't jump around on a mount, but you can swing your sword, carry a lance and use your skills. However, on a horse it is much more difficult to hit someone and you will be a more easy target for archers. One thing we talked about is about to go from 1st person to 3rd person on a mount, as it much more difficult to get 1st person to work properly on a mount, but that is not decided yet.
MMOWatch: Can I own a house?
Mats Persson: Yes, you can have your own house. We are experimenting very much on how we implement this, but you will be able to own a house. However, we have no details on that right now.
Mats Persson: Yes, I would say so, because we have this powerful swordsman skill that you can train and allows you to become pretty powerful in a fight rather quickly even when you don't go online that much. If you compare it to a first person shooter, you can enter the shooter because you want to play it with your friends. You can do that in Mortal Online as well, because your character will be able to help, like he would be in a first person shooter. You can make a difference in the game. When you have trained your character you should be able to log in or out and enjoy yourself when playing with your friends.
MMOWatch: How is death handled?
Mats Persson: You can be fully looted if you die. The people that killed you can take your items. Your friends can take your items back for you or protect you from being looted. If you are attacked by a bear and die, your items will be on the ground. If someone would walk by and take your stuff, then he will become a criminal as he stole your items. If I kill you, I can take your stuff as I am already a criminal. If, however, you are a criminal and die, it is ok for others to loot you.
There are in the game no extremely valuable items such as epic swords that do a 1000 of damage - such a sword would nullify the need for player skills. The weapons and armor are balanced. You can choose a light armor as it makes you faster and choose a sword that does a lot of damage but it is much harder to wield and thus slow. It will be difficult to get good items in the game. If you, for example, would hunt a dragon and kill it in its cave the dragon won't drop a sword as dragons don't carry swords, nor does a bear or a frog. A dragon will have gold coins on him most likely. The only ones carrying swords are other players. So the player "drops" becomes very important and is one of the drivers of the economy in the game. So, it will hurt losing your items as it will take time to get new items.
MMOWatch: What happens next...I respawn?
Mats Persson: You will enter something called the etherworld. It is a parallel world to the one you are playing in. There, you will have to get to a temple and get an NPC or player healer to resurrect you, naked. You will have to go back to where you died and get your gear, if it is still there.
This might take long time or a short time...it all depends on where you are and if you were alone or not. If you are alone and traveling far away from a temple you are taking a great risk, as it is much more difficult to find your gear back compared to when you have your friends waiting and helping you to your gear. Also there are many dangers on the way to your gear, like monsters and other players that might kill you again.
Our thanks to Mats for answering or questions and we look forward to following the development.
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Developer: Star Vault
SP/MP: Massive
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: MMORPG
Combat: Real-time
Play-time: Unlimited
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Roundup: Alvarez's grand slam leads Pirates over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Pedro Alvarez hit a grand slam in the first inning off suddenly scuffling 10-game winner Lance Lynn and Andrew McCutchen had two hits before leaving with a sore left wrist, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 Saturday for their fourth victory in a row.
Jeff Karstens (1-2) thrived in sweltering heat, allowing four hits with seven strikeouts in seven strong innings.
Pittsburgh matched its longest winning streak of the year. It was 99 degrees for the first pitch and the temperature spiked to 103 later in the game.
RESULTS: Saturday's full MLB scoreboard
PHOTOS: Top shots from the week in MLB action
The Pirates are a season-best seven games above .500. If they complete a three-game sweep Sunday it'll mark the franchise's high water mark since the final game of their 96-66 NL East championship team in 1992. Erik Bedard (4-8, 4.27 ERA) opposes Jake Westbrook (6-6, 3.77).
Marlins 3, Phillies 2
MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in two runs, Mark Buehrle pitched seven strong innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies for their third straight win.
Jose Reyes had two hits, stole two bases and scored twice for Miami. The Marlins' winning streak is their longest since sweeping a three-game series from Washington on May 28-30.
Hunter Pence homered and had three hits for the Phillies, who have lost four straight.
Buehrle (7-8) allowed two runs and seven hits. Heath Bell allowed a one-out double to Carlos Ruiz before striking out Pence and getting Shane Victorino to ground out for his 16th save in 20 chances.
Cole Hamels (10-4) fell to 0-3 against the Marlins this season. He gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings while striking out five.
Brewers 10, Diamondbacks 2
MILWAUKEE — Ryan Braun homered twice and Cody Ransom added a three-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday.
Braun's two home runs gave him the National League lead with 22 for the season. Carlos Gomez also hit a home run as the Brewers had 13 hits and scored the most runs since May 20 when Milwaukee beat Minnesota 16-4.
Brewers rookie pitcher Mike Fiers (3-2) pitched six shutout innings to get the win. He struggled early in the game stranding five runners in the first three innings, but retired the last 11 batters he faced and ended up with a career-high 10 strikeouts.
In all, Fiers has not given up a run in his past 19 innings.
Padres 8, Rockies 4
DENVER — Yasmani Grandal and Alexi Amarista each homered twice, leading Edinson Volquez and the San Diego Padres over the Colorado Rockies 8-4 on Saturday night.
Grandal, called up from Triple-A before the game, made his first big league start memorable by homering for his first two hits in the majors.
Grandal, who had one at-bat in his debut four weeks ago, hit a solo home run in the fourth off Christian Friedrich. Grandal sent a two-run shot in the sixth into the left-field bleachers off Jereremy Guthrie (3-7) for a 3-2 lead.
Volquez (5-7) gave up one earned run and three hits in six innings.
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Me : are you sure about this?
DeeDee : yes this dress fit you well
Me : I feeling funny, this dress does not have pant
DeeDee : it's not really matter you look cute
Me : I'm....look like gay....
DeeDee : aww I'm sure your girlfriend will love it
Bell : WUT DA FUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH MY BOYFRIEND?
Me : *girly scream!*
DeeDee : ops outta here *blink*
Bell : Jorama...Explain this shit!
Me : (/゚Д゚)/........
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Bell is now my official girlfriend to my oc
now ladies COMMENT NOW!
think you would have her to chase after you sometimes you know.
oh wow,thats hailoures
You lucky! I really want Minnie LOL
As you probablly figured out I have a crush on Bell myself so this is why I madde this picture bry-guy.deviantart.com/art/Me-…
Really? than why don't you ask him to draw a picture of you and bell kissing?
so still have anything bugging you ? XD
Yeah I've seen that picture, that's we're I gave you that funny comment of me accusing Bell of cheating on me
and this is the pic you are asking for
ho i do have more than that alright,
You also live closer to his country, you live in Thailand, and he live's in the Philipines, I live all the way up in Canada
that's not make anysense
Okay yeah you're right I just found out that he has friends from the USA Bottom line I love PPGD What do you think of my picture anyway I know it's not great but still good!
I know I'm kidding This is just from my mind, you know how people like to imagine themselves kissing there animated crush, you're just closer friends with Bleedman because you're picture's are way better then mine! Bell's main love interest is Naga that guy with the ponytail anyway!
Hidden by Owner
I come in with a video camera and say okay keep doing what you're doing
in my pc
si la tienes completa, por que no la envias entera?
at least ENG please
who is Bell boyfriend?
what have deedee done to you ?
What do you think? >.>
A little corss dressing never hurt anyone >.>
Man, I would definitely be not in your shoes right now.
Correction your dead man, sorry.
Oh crude someones going to get the snot beat out of them.
Oh oh.
ROLMFAO girly scream** thats funny but cute i love bell and i bet ur oc is very happy XD
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Idle issues with pwsc and fc tb
Alright so the other day I finally put in the fc tb that I have had for a while on to the pwsc. My bbk tb was causing stalling issues. So I put in the fc tb and I had a issue first with the spring it was sticking out past the bottom of the tb so I figured this was normal and installed it by drilling just a tiny hole in the pwsc and it was outside where the gasket sits so I know it's not causing a vacuum leak. Well when I go to turn the car on the idle is around 1500 to 1900 even after warming up. I look as the idle screw and turn it lower but the metal plate that should hit it doesn't go any further. I don't know if this is normal or not. And way I found out if I turn the ac on the idle goes down to 900 to 1000 but jumps for like 2 or 3 seconds drops back down and jumps back up and down again and keeps this up when ever I am at a stop. So first the three holes in the tb are they all supposed to have their own hole in the gasket or can it be one hole. Pretty sure that I put the tps on the right spot so I have no idea what to check next
A good tune will help with those issues , what tune do you have ?
To set the idle , unhook your idle air controle valve , car should die , restart the car and set the idle screw to 750 rpm then plug in the idle aire controle valve , idle set properly
Ok when I adjust the screw back off to lower the plate that it should touch does not go down to it. And I am on the stock pwsc tune
Did you do the idle screw the way I stated above ? that is the only correct way to adjust the idle
You may have a Vac leak
A datalog would go a long way to help with your problem
The Ford Racing tune for the jrsc and the PW tune for the PW is only made for an all stock car with just the SC added any other mods added will change the tune
I hope you have at least a wide band air fuel gauge and are watching the AF , the PW tunes blew up a LOT of engines
Ok so I tried unplugging the iac valve but the car just just kept running like I didn't do anything. Idle is still in the 1500 rpm range
The tps is correct if it's in the 00-02 screw holes right?
You unplugged the IACV , car didnt die? should of , then you tried adjusting the idle screw OUT to see if the idle would lower and it didnt ?
Sounds like a Vac leak or wrong / bad Idle Air Control Valve , Vac leak would be my first choice
Ok you think the gasket from the bbk tb would not make a good seal with the fc tb? Tomorrow I am going to put the bbk back in and see if it is the iac valve
So I put the bbk tb back on and I still have a ideals with the idle. I tried unplugging the iac valve but same thing stayed running but when I revved the engine the Roma when to 3k and stayed there so I shut off the car. Should I go ahead and replace the tps or iac valve? Cause I figured it's one of them or both. Also my one rubber oil line burst and I have no idea what kind of rubber hose to buy. Is it just high temp rubber hose?
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Radio No Sound
I just lost sound from my radio. The radio turns on and tunes. The tape looks to still be powered. No equalizer power it appears. Help, any ideas? I take too many road trips to live without the radio!!!
I checked both radio fuses and they test good. (Under hood and trunk)
same thing with mine, no idea...
Me too same problem but sometimes it works fine but not for long then nothing sometimes for as long a 2 months hit a bump and boom there's the radio. Shut the car off and no radio when i start it again
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Re: Using Mathematica with GSL
> > Any there any glue libraries available that implements Glue
> > code, to evaluate C expressions exported by the Mathematica
> > Splice command, in terms of functions provided by the GNU
> > Scientific library (GSL).
> From memory, there was a paper at one of the Mathematica conferences a fe=
> years ago on this very topic. Try searching for "Industrial C Code
> Generation" by Y Papegay from the 2006 Technical Conference.
I don't think that's exactly relevant. The idea is just to have an
interface to GSL functions, kind of like this perl interface:
Mathematica + GSL would really be a powerful combination!
(Tommy, please follow up here if you make any progress on this.
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Enoch Steen
|Enoch Steen
Steen's signature on 1827 survey document
February 22, 1800
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
|January 22, 1880
(aged 79)
Jackson County, Missouri
|United States of America
|United States Army
|Years of service
|Lieutenant Colonel
|1st United States Dragoons; 2nd United States Cavalry
|Commands held
|Fort Webster (New Mexico); Fort Buchanan (Arizona); Fort Walla Walla (Washington); Union Army fort at Sandy Hook (New York Harbor); Fort Lyon (Colorado)
|Battle of Buena Vista; Indian skirmishes; American Civil War
Enoch Steen (February 22, 1800 – January 22, 1880) was a United States military officer and western explorer. He joined the United States Army in 1832, serving at posts throughout the United States, including many remote locations in the west. During his military service, Steen explored parts of the western United States including large areas of southern New Mexico and southeastern Oregon. He served as the commander of several Union Army forts during the American Civil War. Today, there are landmarks in Oklahoma, Oregon, and New Mexico named in his honor; however, many of the place names are misspelled as Stein.
Early life[edit]
Steen was born on 22 February 1800 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. His parents were Frederick Steen and Katherine Rector Steen. He was the third of five children. His family moved to Missouri when he was young. Growing up on the American frontier, Steen became a well known woodsman and hunter. As a young man, Steen worked as a surveyor before joining the volunteer Mounted Rangers as a second lieutenant on 16 July 1832.[1][2][3]
Junior officer duty[edit]
Steen transferred to the United States Army's 1st United States Dragoons as a second lieutenant on 19 September 1833. He was one of the initial cadre of officers to stand-up this historic cavalry unit. In 1834, he was stationed at 1st Dragoon headquarters at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1835, he accompanied Colonel Henry Dodge on an expedition up the Platte River, following its south fork to the Rocky Mountains and then returning by way of Bent's Fort, the Arkansas River, and the Santa Fe Trail. Later that year, Steen joined Colonel Stephen W. Kearny on an expedition along the Platte and then east to the Missouri River, meeting with Potawatomi Indians at Council Bluffs before returning to Fort Leavenworth.[1][3][4][5]
Steen was promoted to first lieutenant on 5 March 1836 and then captain on 31 December 1840. While the record is not clear, it appears Steen was stationed at Fort Gibson in the Indian Territory during this period. It is known that he dispatched a detachment of dragoons from that location to escort a wagon train to Santa Fe in 1843.[1][3][4]
Steen began the Mexican War as a captain. He departed San Antonio, Texas on 29 September 1846, leading two companies of dragoons assigned to escort General John E. Wool and his staff to the front in Mexico.[6] During the Battle of Buena Vista on 23 February 1847, Steen led a detachment of cavalry in a charge against a large body of Mexican lancers who were attempting to capture a United States Army supply train. Steen's attack broke and dispersed the Mexican lancer formation, saving the Army's supplies.[7] Steen was severely wounded during the battle, earning a brevet promotion to major for personal gallantry and meritorious conduct. Steen's brevet promotion was effective as of 23 February 1847, the day of the battle.[1][3][4]
New Mexico[edit]
In the summer of 1849, Steen escorted a civilian party from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe in New Mexico Territory. After completing his escort duty, he established and commanded an Army outpost at Doña Ana in southern New Mexico. From there, Steen with a detachment of 50 cavalrymen tracked a band of Mimbres Apache raiders to the Santa Rita copper mines. Steen and his men engaged and defeated the Indians on 16 August 1849. However, Steen was badly wounded during the battle. This was the first military engagement between the United States Army and Apache warriors.[1][4]
In June 1850, Steen led an expedition through the Organ Mountains, around the southern edge of the White Sands desert area and into Mescalero Apache country when he ran into a superior Indian force, and he withdrew to Doña Ana. Based on his reconnaissance, Steen recommended that an Army post be established near the Santa Rita mines. The Army agreed with Steen's recommendation, and Fort Webster was established in 1852. Steen was assigned as the fort's first commander.[1]
However, before taking command, Steen was sent back east to lead 183 Army recruits to New Mexico for duty. Steen finally took command of Fort Webster on 7 April 1853. Shortly after taking command, he successfully negotiated peace treaties with Mangas Colorado, head chief of the Mimbreno Apaches and Victorio, war chief of the Mimbreno Apaches. In May 1853, Steen escorted William Carr Lane from Fort Webster to the Gila River. It was probably during this trip that Steins Peak and Stein's Pass in southwestern New Mexico acquired their place names. Both were important reference points for frontier travelers. Steen was promoted to the permanent grade of major on 15 July 1853. While he was on leave the post of Fort Webster was abandoned, and Fort Thorn opened on the Rio Grande. Upon his return in May 1854 Steen took command of that post until December. In 1856, Steen negotiated an agreement with Cochise, chief of the Chiricahua Apaches, allowing settlers to cross Apache land while traveling to California.[1][3][4]
In 1857, Steen helped establish Camp Moore near present-day Rio Rico, Arizona. In 1858, Steen established Fort Buchanan in the newly acquired Gadsden Purchase (near present-day Sonoita, Arizona), and became the post's first commander. He hoped the outpost would deter Chiricahua Apache raids in the Sonoita Valley area.[4][8][9] Later that year, he escorted a survey party led by Lieutenant Edward Beale along a proposed road route from Fort Smith, Arkansas to the Colorado River. During the trip, Steen's Buttes in Caddo County, Oklahoma was named in his honor. Steen then led six companies of cavalry into Utah as the Mormon War was coming to a close.[4]
By 1860, Steen was posted in Oregon. On 28 March of that year, General William S. Harney ordered him to lead an expedition from Fort Dalles to Harney Lake, a distance of 275 miles (443 km). Steen's party followed the Walla Walla road to the mouth of the Deschutes River. He then turned south passing through the Ochoco highlands and the Trout Creek area before exploring the upper Deschutes River country. Near Pilot Butte, Steen turned east toward Harney Lake conducting road survey work along the way. While en route, another Army survey party led by Captain Andrew J. Smith was attacked by Indians north of Harney Lake. Steen immediately abandoned his survey work and proceeded to the Harney Lake where he joined Smith and his party. To protect the survey teams in the area, Steen established Camp Union on Silver Creek, 30 miles (48 km) north of Harney Lake.[1][10][11]
On a reconnaissance expedition from Camp Union, Steen explored the country along the Donner und Blitzen River, south of Harney Lake. After a skirmish with Paiute Indians in that area, he chased the Indians over a rugged peak that Hudson's Bay Company trapper, John Work, called Snow Mountain. After Steen and his men crossed the mountain in pursuit of the Indians, the peak became known as Steens Mountain.[1][10][12][13]
In late 1860, Steen was given command of Fort Walla Walla in the Washington Territory. He remained there until the outbreak of the American Civil War.[1]
Civil War[edit]
In April 1861, Confederate force attacked Fort Sumter, initiating the Civil War. On 3 August 1861, Steen was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment and ordered to return to the east coast. On 28 September, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, reassigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and posted to Cantonment Holt near Washington, D.C.. Steen remained there until June 1862, when he was sent to Fort Craig in the New Mexico Territory.[1][3]
While Steen remained loyal to the Union, his son, Alexander Early Steen, served as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He was killed on 7 December 1862 at the Battle of Prairie Grove in Arkansas.[4][14]
In March 1863, Steen was reassigned to Benton Barracks in Missouri. On 23 September 1863, he was officially retired from the Army at Benton Barracks, for incapacity resulting from long and faithful service and wounds received in the line of duty. However, Steen continued to serve on active duty in various capacities. On 30 September 1863, he was placed in command of the Union Army's fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, overlooking New York Harbor. In 1866, Steen was sent to the Colorado Territory to command Fort Lyon.[1][3][15]
Later life[edit]
When Congress passed a law prohibiting retired officers from serving on active duty, Steen left the Army. He settled on a farm in Jackson County, Missouri. Steen died at his Jackson County home on 22 January 1880. He is buried at Mount St. Mary's Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.[1][3]
Steen played an important part in the history of the western United States, leading military expeditions through large areas of the west. As a result of his early explorations, there are landmarks in Oklahoma, Oregon, and New Mexico named in his honor.[1][4][12]
In Oklahoma's Caddo County, a group of three of sandstone hills were named Steen's Buttes by Lieutenant Edward Beale whose survey team was escorted by cavalry under Major Steen's command.[4][16][17]
The most prominent landmark that bears Steen's name is Steens Mountain in Harney County, Oregon. With a 9,733 feet (2,967 m) summit, Steens Mountain is the highest peak in southeastern Oregon. The mountain extends over 50 miles (80 km) north to south. As a result, it is often mistaken for mountain range rather than a single peak.[12][18] Another Oregon landmark named in honor of Steen is Steins Pillar. It is a 350-foot (110 m) high rock column in the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon. Because of an overhanging ledge near its summit, the pillar was not successfully climbed until 1950.[12][19][20]
There is also ghost town in New Mexico named Steins. The town site is located just off Interstate 10 in Hidalgo County. It was originally called Stein's Pass after the nearby pass through the Peloncillo Mountains, where Steen camped in 1856 while exploring the Gadsden Purchase. The town was founded in 1880 as a fueling stop for the Southern Pacific Railroad. In the early 1900s, the town had 1,300 residents; however, the population slowly declined until the town disappeared.[21][22]
In southwest New Mexico, there are two mountains and a stream named in Steen's honor. Steins Mountain is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Steins town site. The summit of Steins Mountain is 5,459 feet (1,664 m) above sea level. Stein Peak is located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to the northwest of Stein's Mountain. Its summit elevation is 5,715 feet (1,742 m). Both mountains are part of the Peloncillo Range. Steins Creek begins on the southern slope of Steins Mountain and flows southwest across the New Mexico border into Arizona.[23]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Thrapp, Dan L., Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography (Vol. III, P-Z), A.H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 1988, pp. 1363–1364.
- ^ "Enoch Steen", Rootsweb Ancestry, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, 20 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789–1903, United States Printing Office, Washing ton, D.C., 1903.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Surveyors of the Louisiana Purchase", Historical Land Records, Commissioner of State Lands, State of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, 7 July 2010.
- ^ Wainwright, R. P. Page (Captain, 1st U.S. Cavalry), "The First Regiment of Cavalry", The Army of the United States Historical Sketches of the Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief, Maynard, Merrill & Company, New York, New York, 1896, p. 153.
- ^ The Mexican War and Its Heroes, Grigg, Elliot and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1849.
- ^ Longacre, Edward G., A Soldier to the Last: Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Blue and Gray, Potomac Books, Dulles, Virginia, 2007, p. 12.
- ^ Pfanz, Donald C., Richard S. Ewell, A Soldier's Life, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1998, pp. 92, 100.
- ^ "Dragoons: Garrisoning the Gadsden Purchase", Huachuca Illustrated (Volume 11), Huachuca Museum Society, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1999, p. 21.
- ^ a b Brogan, Phil F., East of the Cascades (Third Edition), Binford and Mort, Portland, Oregon, 1965, pp. 61–64.
- ^ "Special Order No. 37, Headquarters Department of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, 28 March 1860", Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress (Volume II), Report of the Secretary of War, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 3 December 1861, p. 528.
- ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A., McArthur, Lewis L., Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh Edition), Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, Oregon, 2003, pp. 912–913.
- ^ "A Little Bit of Malheur History" Archived September 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of Interior, Princeton, Oregon, 10 November 2008.
- ^ "Monuments and Memorials", Historical Information, Fort Smith National Cemetery, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 6 January 2011.
- ^ Henry, Guy V., "Enoch Steen", Military Record of Army and Civilian Appointments in the United States Army (Volume II), D. Van Nostrand Publisher, New York, New York, 1873, p. 193.
- ^ Wright, Muriel H., "Steen's Buttes", Mark of Heritage, Oklahoma Historical Society, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Oklahoma, 1976.
- ^ Peterson, Robert V., "Some Interesting Historical Items About West Central Oklahoma", Durant Daily Democrat, Durant, Oklahoma, 5 June 1983, p. 13.
- ^ "List of Oregon's Highest Peaks", Mazama Mountaineering Center, Portland, Oregon, 4 March 2011.
- ^ Staats, Scott, "Steins Pillar Offers Hikers A Look Into The Ochoco's Ancient Past", Bend Weekly, 18 August 2006.
- ^ "Steins Pillar", Summit Post, www.summitpost.org, 7 July 2010.
- ^ Julyan, Robert Hixson, "Steins", The Place Names of New Mexico (2nd edition), University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998, pp. 341–342, ISBN 0-8263-1688-3.
- ^ Claridge, Drusilla, "Steins—a Railroad Ghost Town", www.southernnewmexico.com, 16 July 2003.
- ^ New Mexico Steins, New Mexico area, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of Interior, Reston, Virginia; displayed via ACME mapper, www.acme.com, 4 March 2011.


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Lazio midfielder Antonio Candreva has revealed that his team will be looking to earn a Europa League spot for next season after their 1-0 victory over Fiorentina on Sunday.
The 27-year-old is hoping the Biancocelesti, who were recently eliminated from the Europa League in the round of 32 by Bulgarian side Ludogorets, can now find continuity in these last few months of the Serie A campaign as they try to make their way back into European play next season.
"We played a great game in a difficult stadium," the Italian international told Mediaset.
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THE former Commonwealth ombudsman Allan Asher has attacked the federal government for paying lip service to the watchdog and hobbling its ability to investigate the immigration system through a lack of funding.
In a speech to the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Mr Asher, pictured, described himself as a ''former immigration ombudsman who mistakenly believed that the government was genuine in its commitment to the compassionate and tolerant treatment of asylum seekers''.
He accused politicians of giving inadequate support to the ombudsman's office.
''Most particularly, relevant ministers were, at times, resistant and resentful of the work undertaken by the ombudsman whenever criticisms were made of the administration of aspects of asylum policy,'' he said.
He was particularly critical of a lack of funding for the office. ''Despite funding extra resources for almost every other aspect of management of asylum policies … no new resources could be found to support the impossible workload of the office for the ombudsman,'' he said.
Mr Asher was forced to resign last year after he prepared questions for Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to ask about his office in Senate budget estimates hearings.
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He said he believed the office of the ombudsman - which is supposed to conduct six-monthly reviews of asylum seeker cases - was hamstrung.
''The Immigration Ombudsman has the legal powers, experience and skills to play a significant role in maintenance and management of the human rights of asylum seekers,'' he said. ''Nonetheless, without the active support of the executive or the Parliament, the role will continue to fall short of its potential.''
A spokesman for the Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, said the government was open and accountable.
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By Ridge Mahoney
The David Beckham Era in MLS ended as he and his teammates were showered with confetti after beating Houston, 3-1, at Home Depot Center in MLS Cup 2012.
Here's a few thoughts in the aftermath of the Galaxy victory which marks only the third time in league history a team has won back-to-back titles.
GALAXY'S COMEBACK PERSONA. On its way to the 2011 crown the Galaxy didn't often need to rally. It featured the league's stingiest defense and won 11 league and playoff games by a 1-0 margin.
This year it came back from a poor start (3-8-2) to the season to qualify for the postseason as the fourth-place Western Conference team and rallied in three of its four playoff phases, starting with a 2-1 defeat of Vancouver in the wild-card game that it had trailed, 1-0. In the Western Conference semifinals, it lost the first leg at home to San Jose, 1-0, then spanked the Quakes with three first-half goals en route to a 3-1 win and 3-2 aggregate triumph.
It capped off the postseason by blasting three goals past keeper Tally Hall, two of them from the penalty spot, after conceding a goal to Calen Carr in the 44th minute. Defender Omar Gonzalez, at fault for playing Carr narrowly on-side when the Houston forward scored, equalized with a looping header from a Juninho cross in the 60th minute, Landon Donovan converted the winner five minutes later, and Robbie Keane put away a penalty kick he won himself in stoppage time.
"That's the character of our team," said goalkeeper Josh Saunders, who returned in May after sitting out a month undergoing league-mandated behavior treatment and rebounded from letting in a bad goal against San Jose in the first leg. "It's just that belief. That's the character of our team. We know what it takes to be a champion. We never stopped believing, we never gave up, and we pulled together when times were tough."
Said defender Sean Franklin, "A lot of people were doubting us when we were last in the West but that was two or three months into the season. We know it's a long season, we knew we had plenty of games to get back into it. Everyone who doubted us, they know what they can do."
OMAR THE MAGNIFICENT. The most impressive comeback was that of Gonzalez, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee after colliding with defender Timmy Chandler during his first day of training with German club Nuremberg in February.
The Galaxy defense creaked and the team struggled in his absence but upon his return it got back on course. Beginning with his return to the starting lineup, the Galaxy's record with Gonzalez was 10-5-3 (regular season and playoffs).
"He's a warrior," said left back Todd Dunivant. "Those are difficult things to return from but he's played at a high level. He hasn't dropped off and I think that's the difference. He was his old self and scored a huge goal for us. If he doesn't score that goal, who knows how the game turns out?"
GOING OUT IN STYLE. The setting for Beckham's last game in MLS didn't lack for spectacle. Posters and banners praising him dotted the record crowd of 30,510, he hit several raking passes and dangerous free kicks, and the skies cleared in the second half following several days of rain.
Sunlight bathed the field in the second half and seconds before the final whistle, head coach Bruce Arena made a substitution. Beckham came off to a thunderous ovation. During the postgame awards ceremony, he stood on the hastily constructed stage wrapped in an American flag. His sons, wearing Galaxy jerseys -- they that read "DADDY" instead of "BECKHAM" -- raced around the Galaxy locker room as the players drank and sprayed beer and champagne.
Beckham leaves MLS as player with back-to-back titles and the powerful memories of a league transformed during his tenure.
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Pope Benedict the 16th will address a crowd of more than 200,000 during his final public appearance as Pope.
He will soon become the first retired Pope in 600 years.
The leader of 1.2 billion catholics around the globe will retire to a former gardener's house at the vatican to lead a life of prayer, likely removed entirely from public life.
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Things I liked: Power. Rugged feel. Thumbhole stock. Trigger.
Things I would have changed: Lose the cheap scope. It immediately diminishes the overall quality impression of this rifle. I wanted to use all the included butt plate shims to extend the pull (I'm 6'2" with long arms) but stock screws were not long enough to allow. I probably could have found longer screws to sub but didn't want to change anything until I knew the gun worked and met my needs (which it does). Thumbhole position works for my grip but..... it is awkward at best or will be impossible for some to disengage or engage the safety from the firing position. I have to disengage the safety BEFORE I take my grip and aim, otherwise (if I forget), I have to release my grip, disengage safety then re-grip, re-aim and fire. I would prefer to disengage the safety after acquiring target, just before pulling the trigger without having to pause, remove my right thumb from the thumbhole while supporting the gun with my left hand, disengage the safety then re-grip, reacquire target and fire.
What others should know: This thing is a beast; heavy and hard to cock, which I expected. Shot 8" high out of the box (open sights) @ 12 yds. Adjusted to zero and now hammering pesky squirrels. 25 cal. is "overkill" for small pests but I wanted power to dispatch larger critters if needed and am confident this provides a humane and effective means of control. Not sure if this gun is quiet since all I hear is the mechanical bang of the gas piston in my right ear when fired. No chrony numbers yet. Using JSB Exact King 25.39g. Very pleased w/ accuracy Did not try other pellets; no need.
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Things I liked: Power and accuracy. I really like the thumb hole. It is also not the loud. Cocking is no problem for me due to my years of powerlifting.
Things I would have changed: A better scope.
What others should know: Be sure to clean your barrel. It hits very hard. I feel sorry for the next group of squirrels that come into the neighborhood.
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Things I liked: Accurate right out of the box with Iron sights,Mounted a UTG 4x16x40 on it and about 5 shots later I have 1" groups at 30 yrds,It's a solid feeling rifle,fit and finish very good, it is not as hard to cock as other reviews state,I'm 54 yrs old 5'4,170lbs I can shoot this for hours,Excellent gun for the money
Things I would have changed: The scope,Hatsan should ship it without the junk scope and maybe lower price 20 bucks
What others should know: It's heavy
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Specs say 36 lb cocking effort. Is this accurate?
Uh the specs say 50lb cocking effort? Thats pretty close.
Can I mount a pya-A-4432 on this rifle
I tried the one piece mount on my 125 sniper would not stay put even bent the scope mount stop so i used the weaver option with badger ordinance high two piece mounts with a Aeon 3x12x50mm scope. Does not move now.
If you buy a Leapers Accushot 1-Pc Mount w/1"... to go with it.
Is there a left-handed version of this rifle?
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AllSee LED UK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
AllSee Technologies
Ltd with
other corporate offices in China and India. AllSee has an excellent
reputation for developing, manufacturing, and marketing LED (Light Emitting
Diode) display panel solutions for multiple indoor & outdoor applications for
all sizes organizations, including
digital signage billboard,
stage, sports stadium and other remote LED displays
across the globe. With numerous finished LED projects in the digital screen
industry that holds itself to the highest standards of quality. AllSee employs
the most advanced technology, the highest quality manufacturing facilities,
and world-class, round-the-clock technical support, to ensure that its LED
screens continue satisfying customers on every major continent.
find out more about AllSee and our entire range of
LED display panels,
please take a moment to explore the rest of the website.
Our products are ideal for indoor and
outdoor advertising. Used for sports stadiums, stages and billboards.
Our products are used all over the
world, if you would like to view the pictures of our products please view our
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