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By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
ATLANTA — With the biggest round of his career, Brandt Snedeker won something far more valuable than money Sunday.
He proved to himself he could beat the best in the world.
Snedeker knew his best chance to be the FedEx Cup champion was to win the Tour Championship, no simple task with East Lake as tough as ever and Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods going after the same prize.
Snedeker was the only player in the last five groups to break par.
He answered the final challenge with three big birdies on the back nine, building such a big lead that his final tee shot sailed into the grandstands to the left of the 18th green and it didn't even matter. Snedeker still closed with a 2-under 68 for a three-shot win in the Tour Championship, and a $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup.
But this was never about money.
"I think it solidifies what I already know," Snedeker said. "I think when I play my best golf, my best golf is some of the best in the world. I've never had more confidence in myself than I have the last five weeks, and I made sure that I kept telling myself that all day. I am one of the best players in the world. This is supposed to happen. It's OK to feel nervous, and no matter what I feel today, everybody else in the field feels exactly the same way I do.
"So go out there and get it done. I did a great job of that."
McIlroy, the best player in golf this year and the No. 1 seed going into the Tour Championship, faded early by dropping four shots in a four-hole span on the front nine. So did Woods, who already was 3 over on his round before making his first birdie on the par-5 ninth.
Snedeker wound up with a three-shot victory over Justin Rose (71) to win the Tour Championship, his second win this year and a trophy that came with $1.44 million. Add the $10 million bonus from the FedEx Cup, and it's the richest payoff in golf.
Big deal.
The 31-year-old from Nashville, Tenn., calls that kind of money "crazy talk ... like winning the lottery." Far greater perspective came from a 30-minute hospital visit Sunday morning with Tucker Anderson, the son of his swing coach who was critically injured in a car accident and is in a responsive coma.
"I asked him if he thought I was going to beat Rory McIlroy, and he gave me a wink," Snedeker said.
He beat McIlroy out of the FedEx Cup, and everyone else in his way at East Lake. Ryan Moore was tied for the lead with birdies on the 14th and 15th holes, only to make bogey on the last three holes for a 70 to tie for third with Luke Donald (67).
McIlroy had won the last two playoff events and three of his last four tournaments dating to his record eight-shot win at the PGA Championship. He still is virtually a lock to be voted PGA Tour player of the year, but he had to settle for second place — and a $3 million bonus — in the FedEx Cup.
And so ends the most successful year yet in the FedEx Cup — four wildly entertaining playoff events packed with the biggest names, even if the No. 1 player in the world wound up at No. 2.
"I'm a little disappointed, but at the same time, Brandt really deserves to win," McIlroy said. "He played the best golf out of anyone. He knew what he needed to do. He needed to come in here and win. He controlled his own destiny, just like I did. And he was able to come and do that. So because of that, he really deserves it."
How can Snedeker explain winning the FedEx Cup over a player who won twice during the playoffs?
"Life is all about timing," he said, grinning.
Snedeker, who finished on 10-under 270, won for the fourth time in his career and moved into the top 10 in the world for the first time.
It also was his first time winning with a share of the lead going into the last day. In his previous three wins, he came from five shots, six shots and seven shots behind, the latter at Torrey Pines this year.
That's what made Sunday feel more valuable than the cash. That's what he takes to the Ryder Cup next week at Medinah, where no one can question why U.S. captain Davis Love III picked him for the team.
"I'm a lot better under pressure than I gave myself credit for," Snedeker said. "I learned that over the last four weeks. I've had a lot of pressure the last four weeks and a bunch of different stuff going on in my life. To be able to focus in and do what I did was pretty impressive."
Snedeker joins Woods (twice), Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and Bill Haas as winners of the FedEx Cup in its six-year history.
It was an emotional week in so many ways for Snedeker, already a high-strung personality. His father, Larry, flew in to watch final round at East Lake, only the second tournament he has attended since having a liver transplant last year. And then came the visit with Tucker.
"It just made me realize ... as much as I made today out be important, how unimportant it really is," he said. "It got me focused on the small stuff, which I did a great job of doing today."
But he delivered some big shots — a 40-foot birdie putt on No. 8, just two holes after he dumped his tee shot into the water on the par-3 sixth and made double bogey; the 18-foot birdie putt on No. 13 that gave him momentum on the back nine; and a chip-in for birdie from short of the 17th green that effectively clinched it.
"I had complete confidence in what I was doing," Snedeker said.
Rose was within one shot on the back nine, but he never caught up after Snedeker's big birdie on the 13th. Rose will look back on the final round and regret a series of missed putts, mostly for birdies and one for par, all of them costly. He missed four putts inside 10 feet.
"He's mentally tough, Brandt," Rose said. "It's kind of a different pressure, playing for $10 million. It gets in your head more than other golf tournaments. Other golf tournaments, it's more routine. But this week, it's not routine. We talk about it all year long, and suddenly you have to walk the walk. And he did a great job of that today."
Snedeker, McIlroy and Woods were separated by four shots going into the final round. All any of them had to do was win to capture the FedEx Cup.
Woods, who was four shots behind, was the first to leave the picture. He missed the first fairway with a 3-wood and made bogey, hit into the water on the par-3 sixth hole and was never a factor the rest of the way. He birdied the last hole for a 72 and finished eight shots behind in a tie for eighth.
"I just didn't have it this weekend," Woods said.
McIlroy, three off the lead, also came undone early. He had 11 consecutive rounds in the 60s during the FedEx Cup playoff, but with a strong breeze and a fierce golf course, that was bound to end. He sped the process along by getting caught up in the rough on No. 4 for bogey, hitting into the water on the sixth for double bogey, and driving into a bunker on the next hole for yet another bogey. He shot a 74 to finish nine strokes back.
The toughest part for Snedeker is figuring out what to do with such a windfall. The only thing he has ever splurged on was his home in Nashville, which he said was "not grandiose." He still drives the SUV he bought when he first joined the PGA Tour in 2006.
"I'm not by any means a flashy guy," he said. "Of anybody that I know, I do not need $11 million. So there are going to be things we can do to really help people. So that's the way I look at it. This is unbelievable to be financially stable for the rest of my career. As long as I'm not an idiot, I should be fine, really. I really think we can make a difference and help a lot of people out in Nashville and Tennessee and the surrounding areas."
PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Stacy Lewis won the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday for her third LPGA Tour victory in five months, closing with a 3-under 69 to beat defending champion Lexi Thompson by two strokes.
Lewis parred the final two holes after a 12-foot birdie putt on No. 16 gave her the final cushion, and Thompson shot a 66 on The Senator course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex.
Lewis also won in Mobile in late April, edging Thompson by a stroke in that tournament. The former Arkansas also won the Shoprite LPGA Classic in June.
The 17-year-old Thompson rebounded from a third-round 74. She won the event last year at 16 to become the youngest champion in LPGA Tour history, a mark broken last month by 15-year-old amateur Lydia Ko in the Canadian Women's Open.
Lewis finished at 18 under, one shot shy of the tournament record set by Australia's Katherine Hull in 2010. Lewis reclaimed the No. 2 spot in the world rankings and opened a 56-point lead over Jiyai Shin in the player of the year race. The last American player of the year was Beth Daniel in 1994.
MIDLAND, Texas — Luke Guthrie rallied to win the WNB Golf Classic for his second straight Web.com Tour title, closing with a 6-under 66 for a one-stroke victory.
Guthrie, the 22-year-old former Illinois player who turned professional this year after the NCAA tournament, had a 17-under 271 total at Midland Country Club.
Coming off a victory last week in the Boise Open, he earned $99,000 to jump from fourth to first on the money list with $382,463. The final top 25 on the list will earn 2013 PGA Tour cards.
Guthrie has six top-10 finishes in seven starts on the developmental tour, losing a playoff to Ben Kohles in Columbus, Ohio, and tying for third in Omaha, Neb. The two-time Big Ten champion also has earned $284,672 in three PGA Tour starts, all top-20 finishes. He tied for fifth in the John Deere Classic in July.
New Zealand's Danny Lee and Australia's Cameron Percy tied for second. Lee, the third-round leader, finished with a 72, and Percy shot a 70.
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I am looking for intranet software. Should I design my own or use premade software. Any software suggestions? Thanks!
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Jul 11, 2008 at 9:43 UTC
What kind of functionality are you looking for and is Linux an option? On one end you have something like joomla that can do everything but probably requires a lot of tweaking. I've liked the functionality of plone as well. My $0.02 there are tons of pre-built, free solutions out there. It'll probably be easiest to start with one of them.
Jul 12, 2008 at 3:59 UTC
Depends what you want to achieve with it and what platform you have available.
Eg, if you're still running your SBS03 server, you've got Sharepoint at your fingertips.
Jul 12, 2008 at 12:16 UTC
Jul 13, 2008 at 3:08 UTC
For INTRAnet sites, i can see a lot of benefit to such solutions as Joomla and the likes, however, for INTERnet sites, do be careful, especially in regards to search engine optimization and a few other areas.
Jul 14, 2008 at 3:41 UTC
I'm using WSS as a suggestion of one of these forums. It's free and it has a lot of functionalities. It has lists, document control versions and workflow, task notifications, reports, query's, ability to interface with Office products, blogs, RSS, a lot of pre made templates, etc, etc. However, it's a collaboration sw and not intended for design.
Jul 14, 2008 at 5:09 UTC
I'll second the Joomla suggestion. There is a very active community there and lots of add ons that you can install to make it do what you want. Don't go down the road of writing your own, spend the time to learn a CMS (Content Management System) like Joomla as it will beat what ever you can write in 12 months hands down. I created a simple site for some fundraising that I'm involved in for a school here in Vanuatu using Joomla and I've found the functionality great. Check it out here:
Jul 14, 2008 at 8:13 UTC
I recommend DNN (DotNetNuke). It's open source, runs on the Microsoft Stack (IIS, SQL-Express or Full), has a lot of free modules, very inexpensive free modules and also has the option to integrate with Active Directory.
I use it for document management, remote file access to some of our existing file servers using modules that cost around $200...
Also has a great "My Profiles" module that a developer has made to allow for each staff member to have their own page. (haven't used this one yet though!)
I've been using it for academic web sites for about 4 years now, as well as a multitude of other sites. It works well for public websites allowing your marketing staff to update content without having to be web designers.
I'd be happy to give you a quick demo and also send you on some custom manuals that I have created for my staff to do the page maintenance, as well as docs for system administrators that I have created... There is existing documentation out there, and a huge community, but I like to taylor mine specifically to my portals and put a little bit of laymens verbage into them.
Don't design your own! There is WAAAAAY to much free functionality out there. You can better spend your time administrating an open source portal, DNN or otherwise, and use the rest of your time developing other systems or not working overtime!
Jul 14, 2008 at 9:36 UTC
I second the WSS (Windows Sharepoint Services) or Sharepoint Portal Server if you want to spend the cash, or get it through Action Pack.
Jul 14, 2008 at 6:38 UTC
I have to agree that Joomla is a great choice!
I've set up 6 sites this year (so far). There is just so much flexiblity with so many add-in modules and plugins available. There are also so many templates available that you can set the look and feel to be anything you want it to be, (you can of course design your own template, but I'd leave that until you've learnt the system).
Jul 14, 2008 at 6:41 UTC
The question comes back up. What are you trying to do with an intranet site?
This is important as advising for software without understanding your/your organization's needs in this area is about like suggesting that you should try cod liver oil to develop the intranet site.
So, what are you trying to accomplish by implementing an intranet?
How many people are you trying to serve?
Are there more than one department?
Do you require Active Directory/LDAP integration?
Is Open Source, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc. an option (either singularly or in any combination)?
What kind of architecture do you have to host this (internal or external)?
Will this have dedicated server hardware or a dedicated virtualized host or will it share space with another application?
Do you have a budget for this?
I can offer several solutions depending on what you are trying to do and what limitations you have.
Jul 15, 2008 at 12:25 UTC
Joomla is good, so is Drupal, and there are many others out there especially for the Apache/PHP/MySQL environment. If you're on an AD network and want single sign on you'll need an LDAP/AD add-on of some kind.
Jul 15, 2008 at 3:56 UTC
Check out http://www.opensourcecms.com.xn--6a; It has loads of CMS systems that are open source. I've touched and worked with Joomla but I've opted for MODX for a view sites. The community is quite active although the system is relatively new. It's is very easy to tweak and work with.
Jul 15, 2008 at 8:24 UTC
WSS is a great choose, I have used it for years. I have also used Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 and MOSS. Most places can use WSS and get what they need for an Intranet in a day. If at a later date you need more complex workflows or such things, you can import WSS contact directly into MOSS. But if you are more into the non-Microsoft world, DotNetNuke makes a good second. The basic system and a good basic collection of DNN addins are free. There is also a good collection of addins that folks have developed that are for sale.
Both WSS & DNN addins can be locally developed with any developemnt tool that .NET can be used.
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UK cable channel Sky Atlantic has revealed the premiere date of new Sci-Fi series Westworld in a unique fashion — with a 3D printed model.
Using stereolithographic (SLA) technology, a promo video shows the date rising out of a vat of resin with a robotic "host" from the new TV show.
The video is only 21 seconds long, but if you're too busy to watch then allow us to help. The UK premiere of Westworld will take place on Tuesday 4 October at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.
To create the video, Sky collaborated with 3D printing experts Hobbs Studio London, which currently operates the largest stereolithographic printer in the UK.
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The iPro9000XL at Hobbs Studio can print plastic parts up to 1500 x 750 x 550 mm in size. With a build space roughly the size of an office desk, it can fabricate prototypes of full car dashboards and context models for architects.
How does it work? The printer fires lasers on a vat of liquid resin to selectively cure the material into a solid form, building an object layer by layer as it emerges from the tank.
For the Westworld promo, the team created a tribute to the 'host' manufacturing line featured in the show, which fabricates the theme park's artificially intelligent inhabitants.
Based on the 1973 cult classic starring Yul Brynner, the new TV series is a dark re-imagining for a new audience. According to the official synopsis:
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Westworld stars Anthony Hopkins as the park's founder and creative director Dr Robert Ford. The cast is rounded out with Ed Harris (as The Man in Black), Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wood, and James Marsden.
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Lincoln County Courthouse
The courthouse where Billy the Kid made his famous escape from the second floor.
Smokey Bear State Park
All drives through national forests, and I have been doing quite a bit on this trip, pass wooden signs of a bear wearing a forest service ranger hat and levis, holding a shovel .
The signs state the fire risk in the forest.
Statues of this bear also appear outside many forest service ranger stations.
The bear, of course, is
Smokey Bear
, the forest service mascot.
(FYI, his middle name is
'The', no matter how many tourists state otherwise.)
People of a certain age remember that Smokey was once an actual bear.
I drove to
Smokey Bear State Park
in Capitan to learn his story.
In the years after World War II, the forest service had a huge problem.
Large numbers of people starting camping in the woods.
Many of them were quite careless, starting a wave of forest fires.
To combat this, foresters decided on an educational campaign.
They wanted something involving cute animals to appeal to families.
The first version used characters from the Disney movie
, which had recently premiered.
That campaign was less than
Smokey Bear
The real Smokey Bear
successful due to copyright problems.
Disney licensed the characters.
The forest service wanted their own.
They hired an ad agency in New York City to create one.
Many people liked the idea of a bear forest ranger, because kids think bears are cute but they are strong enough to be a realistic fire fighter.
The name Smokey came from the nickname of a deputy chief of the New York City fire department known for his education work.
The campaign launched in 1946.
Two years later a forest service crew was battling a human set blaze on Capitan Gap near the park.
They noticed a
bear cub
running through the burning woods.
Their job was fighting the fire, so they left the bear alone.
One of crew did tell the local wildlife supervisor, Ray Bell, about it.
Bell told them to bring him the bear if they saw it again.
The next day, they found it, half burned to death clinging to what had once been a pine tree.
Bell sent it to an animal hospital in Santa Fe.
At this point, the
Smokey memorabilia
A small sampling of Smokey Bear items over the years
state of New Mexico found itself the proud owner of an orphaned bear cub from a forest fire.
What should they do with it?
The head of the state forest service Elliot Barker had an idea.
He figured the Smokey Bear campaign would have a much greater impact if it featured an actual bear.
The federal government ultimately agreed, adopted the bear, renamed it 'Smokey', and sent it to live at the Smithsonian Zoo.
Over the next twenty five years, Smokey Bear became famous.
The forest service featured him, in both real and cartoon form, in
advertising campaigns
, TV programs, and school specials.
Kids wrote Smokey letters by the millions.
The service started a
junior ranger program
, based on those at National Parks, encouraging kids to learn about the forest and
be careful with fire
Those who passed and took an oath of forest stewardship got a certificate from Smokey himself in the mail!
In 1975, Smokey Bear officially retired and moved to another zoo in North Carolina.
For a brief period the forest service tried to replace him with a new bear, but quickly discovered there could be
Spotting Scope
How rangers plotted smoke plumes in the 1950s.
only one real Smokey.
All of the campaigns since have only featured the cartoon version.
Smokey himself died four years later (very old in bear years); he was subsequently buried in Capitan, near his birth place in the park now named for him.
The park itself contains two sections.
The first covers Smokey Bear's history.
It's absolutely filled with memorabilia.
One wall is just posters from campaigns over the years.
A memorable poster features a little bear cub trying on an enormous ranger's hat, an advertisement for the junior ranger program.
Monitors show programs where Smokey appeared over the years: news programs, talk shows, guest spots on Saturday morning cartoons, and everything in between.
One panel talks about the
Smokey Bear balloon
, which has appeared in multiple Albuquerque Balloon Fiestas .
It's very first flight ended with an
ignominious crash
into a radio tower.
The section also features a single plush toy of another character that will be familiar to anyone who grew up in the 1970s:
Woodsy Owl
, Smokey Bear's counterpart from an anti-litter campaign.
The second section covers
forest fires
Until fairly recently, the
Smokey Bear gravesite
forest service had a policy of suppressing all forest fires.
That allowed a dangerous build up of dead wood, creating the conditions for enormous fires that nobody could contain.
Yellowstone dramatically demonstrated the problems with this policy in 1988 .
Now, the forest service only fights fires that are either man made or threaten built up areas.
Unfortunately, the United States has plenty of those, and they are
appearing more frequently
To stop a fire, fire fighters must break something called the
fire triangle
Fire needs three things to survive: Fuel, oxygen, and heat.
Remove any one, the triangle breaks and the fire goes out.
Dumping water or other liquid on a fire removes heat.
Digging trenches removes fuel.
Smokey's shovel was one of the main trench tools in the 1940s.
Setting smaller controlled blazes near the main fire also attempts to burn out fuel.
In a kitchen fire, spraying foam or other extinguisher on it removes oxygen.
That doesn't work in a forest thanks to the porous soil.
Fighting forest fires
has always been tough dangerous work.
In the old days people mostly
Lincoln Main Street
Downtown Lincoln, once the most dangerous spot in New Mexico
used axes, shovels, and portable water pumps.
Now firefighters have high tech clothing, oxygen masks, earth moving equipment, and
much else
They still remove lots of fuel using axes and carry water pumps.
The park has a rare copy of a 1940s spotting scope used to locate smoke plumes.
It pivots around a map of the area around a lookout tower.
With the scope aligned, the map shows the location of the plume.
Two panels near the end talk about a phenomenon veteran fire fighters call the "zone of stupidity".
Many people like to build houses in the woods.
Most of them like to have trees close to their house to create a rustic look.
None of them give a thought to the fact that if the woods caught on fire,
their house quickly would as well
In these zones, houses are close enough to each other that a fire originally spreading tree to tree quickly spreads house to house instead, becoming that much larger in the process.
These zones exist all over the west, most notoriously the outer suburbs of
Los Angeles
Smokey's gravesite
John Tundstall's player piano
Tundstall was fairly wealthy, as something like this shows
sits outside the museum.
A short walkway passes samples of native New Mexico plants.
It leads to a large boulder with a plaque proclaiming it the final resting place the famous bear.
Nearby, a carved version clings to a tree.
The path also has one of the Smokey Bear signs from the 1950s.
Ironically, the one place people would expect to have Smokey Bear junior ranger kits has none at all.
The kits are produced by the national forest service, and Smokey Bear Park is a state park!
Instead, the information people hand out the address in Washington DC where people can write to get one.
Lincoln County War
Afterwards, I headed east to
, the site of one of the bloodiest outlaw wars in the history of the wild west.
It brought fame to one William Bonney, better known as
Billy the Kid
Although the entire town is authentic to the period, it looks quite underwhelming these days, a set of buildings along the highway.
The entire town is now a
state park
The history is what makes it important, so I headed
Lincoln County War artifacts
Items used by participants in the Lincoln County War
to the history museum first.
The blood soaked story of Lincoln starts with an army fort,
Fort Stanton
It was established in 1855 as a base for soldiers trying to subdue local Apache Indians.
Lincoln grew up near the fort, and became the county seat of Lincoln County.
The fort needed supplies, including a steady supply of beef cattle.
The Circle, the group of businessmen that ran New Mexico as a personal fiefdom , ensured that lucrative contract went to one of their affiliates,
Lawrence Murphy
In addition to ranching, he owned Lincoln's one general store, making him a one man local monopoly.
To enforce his control, he assembled a private police force called "The House".
They proved very effective in scaring off potential competitors.
In 1874, Irish immigrant
Alexander McSween
moved to town and started a ranch.
He decided to challenge Murphy's monopoly by forming a partnership with another recent arrival, Englishman
John Tundstall
, to open their own store.
The House responded as they responded to previous challengers, by burning down McSween's ranch multiple times, and harassing both men in the streets.
Murphy Store
Interior of the Murphy Store after the war. Nearly everything is original.
Unlike previous men who took the hint and hightailed away, Tundstall decided to retaliate.
He gathered his own group of gunfighters, cattle rustlers, and other shady characters,
The Regulators
, to take on The House.
One of those gunfighters was the eighteen year old outlaw Billy the Kid.
The House responded by shooting Tundstall dead in 1878.
The Regulators then retaliated by killing multiple House members, including sheriff William Brady.
It escalated into a series of daily gun battles now called the
Lincoln County War
The unusual part here was the scale; many other areas had battles over grazing land or mineral rights.
The war finally ended when The House managed to surround The Regulators when they were meeting at McSween's house.
The House set the building on fire with a cannon from Fort Stanton.
The Regulators came out shooting, launching a desperate three day gun battle.
McSween was killed in the melee.
Regulator members that survived fled town, and the war was over.
One of the war's more mythologized moments actually happed after it was over.
The new Lincoln County sheriff,
Billy the Kid shackles
Leg irons allegedly used by Pat Garret to hold Billy the Kid
Pat Garret
, tracked down and arrested Billy the Kid in April 1881.
The town had no jail at the time, so Garret shackled the Kid and locked him in the second floor of the county courthouse.
While still shackled, Billy the Kid managed to
overpower his guard
, steal his gun, and escape.
He killed two deputies along the way.
After Billy fled Lincoln, Garret vowed to hunt him down and kill him on sight.
Several months later he did, in Fort Sumter New Mexico.
Like most western history museums, this one has notable artifacts.
It has the player piano that once belonged to John Tunstall.
Owning one on the frontier showed his wealth.
The museum has saddles and uniforms from cavalry officers once based at the fort, including a company of buffalo soldiers.
It has copies of letters written by several participants, including one from a Regulator member indicating he will die soon.
Those lead to a room containing portraits and biographies of many participants.
Most share a similar theme, drifting through the west living by their guns.
Many suffered gruesome fates.
Billy the Kid kill number one
Billy shot a deputy on the grass below while still shackled
last section covers the war in popular culture.
The Lincoln County War, and Billy the Kid in particular, has become part of the myth of the wild west.
It was a popular subject for western pulp novels in the 1920s, which inspired a few
The question becomes why this particular outlaw war become famous while others faded away?
The section contains the answer, although a museum docent had to point it out.
Pat Garret, the sheriff who shot Billy the Kid, wanted to become a politician.
To bolster his reputation, he had journalist friend Ash Upson ghostwrite a
history of the battle
for him, with the sheriff and Billy's importance rather exaggerated.
The museum has a copy.
Garret lost his bid for office, but the book became a bestseller, and the war was well on its way to becoming a legend.
I walked through the town after the museum.
Lincoln is amazingly well preserved, and looks much like it did during the war.
When a railroad reached the area in 1899, it bypassed Lincoln and most residents moved away.
Ironically, that authenticity makes the place
Billy the Kid kill number two
Billy shot a second deputy at the foot of the stairs. Note the grey spot, where people chipped the wall around a bullet hole.
look underwhelming to modern visitors.
that caused the entire fracas still exists.
After winning the war, Lawrence Murphy moved his own business into his rival's building.
The state has restored it to its appearance in the late 1800s.
Glass bottles, tinware, and canned goods sit behind Victorian counters.
By this point it looks familiar, from similar stores in places like Columbia California .
After the war was over, McSween's house was not rebuilt.
Its former location is now an empty field along the main street.
A sign marks the spot.
Billy the Kid's Escape
The far end of town contains a two story wood and adobe building, the
county courthouse
where Pat Garret held Billy the Kid.
The first floor contains the fully restored courtroom.
By modern standards, it's incredibly plain.
The judge sat on a high chair on a platform, with lawyers and jury on smaller chairs around it.
Nearby rooms tells the story of the Kid and his famous escape.
That leads to the stairwell, where Billy famously shot deputy James
Sacremento Mountains
High mountain valley in the Sacremento Mountains
Bell on the stairs.
The wall at the bottom contains a bullet hole from one of his other shots.
The hole is larger than it should be, thanks to people chipping the wall for souvenirs.
The stairs lead to the room where Billy was held, now set up as another courtroom.
A glass display case holds a pair of shackles, supposedly the ones that held the famous outlaw.
A sign marks where Billy shot through a window to kill deputy Robert Ollinger outside after grabbing a gun.
After Lincoln, I drove south through the Sacramento Mountains.
This area is quite pretty, with lots of rolling slopes covered in pine trees.
The roadway followed a stream for a while through a wide mountain meadow.
It reminded me quite a bit of the Jemez Mountains to the north .
The beauty came to a quick end when I reached the town of
Thanks to high elevation, this area is notably cooler than the sweltering deserts around it, and the town has become a big resort area.
The surrounding hills vividly illustrate the "zone of stupidity"
Cloudcroft station
Reconstruction of the Cloudcroft Railroad station
discussed at Smoky Bear State Park, with expensive houses tightly packed in the pine forest.
Cloud Climbing Railroad Trail
Things improved further south at
It's also a resort area, but it's higher, colder, and smaller.
It was once a huge lumber camp.
To get the trees to the valley below, the timber men built a steep railroad filled with switchbacks and elaborate trestles across ravines.
Workers called it the
Cloud Climbing Railroad
The old railroad bed is now a hiking trail.
starts next to the restored station just outside Cloudcroft.
It's a small Victorian building with a huge pitched roof.
The outer walls are painted yellow and brown.
Oddly enough, soon afterward the path splits from the old railroad grade.
It goes to an overlook.
The view shows rounded mountains surrounding a very steep valley.
The valley leads to a large flat area in the distance with another mountain range behind it.
The flat area is brown and white, a desert.
The white part is the White Sands Desert, one of the most famous features of this part
Cloudcroft Overlook
Overlook of the route of the Cloud Climbing Railroad, ending at a barely visible Almogado
of New Mexico.
Past the overlook, the trail descends steeply down the mountain side.
It reaches the top of a rock ledge with a very narrow cut in it.
The cut was made for the railroad, and it's called the Nose.
Soon afterward, the trail descends to the old railroad bed and follows it downward.
The trees in this stretch are all second growth pine.
The path finally reaches the former location of one of the railroads unique engineering feats, the S bridge.
Most railroad trestles are perfectly straight.
The railroad builders reached a very steep ravine that would be expensive to cross.
They curved the bridge around the side of the ravine instead, forming a layout that looks like the letter S.
Sadly, the bridge fell down in the 1940s, so only portions still stand.
Pine trees grow in the gaps.
One end of the former bridge has a signboard showing what it used to look like.
Daylight now fades early, so I turned around after the bridge.
Back at the railroad station, I had a
S Tressle
All that remains of the S Tressle, once one of New Mexico's more impressive engineering feats
long drive down through the valley I saw from the overlook.
It's continuous and steep, at 6%!g(MISSING)rade.
After descents like the 12%!M(MISSING)oki Dugway , that part was easy.
The road passes through dramatic changes in vegetation.
As the overlook showed, the valley begins in mountain pine forest and ends in empty desert.
The first stretch is all pine trees.
The roadway then passes a large fenced off parking lot, which is under construction.
I just got a glimpse of the reason, another railroad trestle near the road.
This one is restored, and looks directly out of some western movie.
The trees get smaller as the highway descends, and bushes start appearing.
The vegetation still looks like the mountains as the highway enters a tunnel near a rocky ravine.
It exits into a world of bare rocks and bushes, open desert.
The valley ends soon afterward.
The highway ends in Almogado, the largest city in this area.
It was founded as a ranching center, but now caters to people working at nearby military bases.
The city will
White Sands Motel
not win any awards in the beauty department; its central feature is a long strip of mall stores, fast food restaurants, and chain motels.
That strip holds a road trip nugget, though, a blast from the past.
When auto travel exploded in the late 1940s, people built independent motels along the major routes.
Towns along US 66 such as Gallup became famous for them.
Sadly, most of these motels in the west have either closed or become fleapits.
Almogado holds one of the survivors, the
White Sands Motel
It's worth seeing for the blue neon sign alone.
The place is not fancy, but it is kept up and authentic.
I finally got the nostalgia trip I missed out on in Gallup and Grants by staying here.
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Duty of a Fiduciary
A trustee has a fiduciary duty that attaches to the office held as trustee. The term fiduciary has roots in the Latin term fiducia, which stands for "trust," as you trust someone to act properly. The fiduciary duty owed a trust by the trustee encompasses loyalty and honesty, and the trustee is to act in good faith and to manage the trust property as if the trustee were managing his own assets. This does not allow a trustee to steal money or property, as there is strict determination that all trust distributions follow the guidelines set forth in the trust agreement.
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If a trustee is stealing from trust assets and will not resign as trustee, removal of the trustee from office is required. This requires that the trust interested parties hire a trust lawyer to file a legal action in the court with jurisdiction over the trust to remove the trustee. The lawyer also determines if the filing of a surcharge action against the trustee to reimburse the trust for any funds or property stolen is required. The lawyer can also determine if the filing of charges of theft are required in a separate criminal proceeding.
Trustee Voluntarily Resigns
For a trustee that is stealing trust assets and voluntarily resigns as trustee, the interested parties still need to retain a trust lawyer. The trust lawyer determines if the situation warrants filing criminal theft proceedings against the trustee and will advise the trust beneficiaries how to proceed. In this case, the trustee owes compensation to the trust for any stolen property and a complete accounting of all trust actions provided to the trust beneficiaries.
Distributions Not Theft
If a trustee makes distributions of funds or property allowed under the trust terms, and the beneficiaries do not agree with the distribution, the distribution is not stealing trust assets. Beneficiary disagreement with trustee actions where the trustee is acting in good faith require different legal recourse. The beneficiaries do have the right to retain a lawyer to challenge the distribution in a court proceeding, but if the trustee was acting in good faith and in accordance with the trust terms these actions are rarely successful.
Stealing is a Crime
Stealing is a crime in any state and being a trustee is no different. If the trustee is accused or convicted of stealing assets outside of the trust, and the trust is not affected, then it is still a good idea for the beneficiaries to seek legal counsel to advise them of their rights and to remove the trustee from office.
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Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:10 AMthis one was a hard one for me between Dudley and Splash mt. I love the slapstick humor of dudley, and its amazing final plunge, but I love the detail and story of Splash mt. Ive been on both u.s. version of splash mt, and because of the fact that one is all about story and slow pace and the other has a story, but it more about getting you wet and livivng up to its name, my vote went to Splash mt.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:19 AMI've been on three of these...JP, SM, and DDR. I cast my vote for Jurassic, with Ripsaw a close second. This is mainly because I'm a big fan of Spielberg's initial entry in the series. However, I definitely got wetter on Dudley, and to me, that's normally the main criterion/consideration in whether I like a flume or not. I love several that were not part of this poll..GAdv, Dorney, KD, Busch Tampa, and more. By far, the WORST flume I've been on was last summer at Great Escape....a trough with NO scenery, NO splash, and hardly even enough water to keep the boat going. I mean, why bother?
Robert, maybe we should do a "WORST ATTRACTION" tournament in the future. Imagine the vitriol that would spew in THAT one!
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:23 AMThis is a dead draw between Splash Mountain & Dudley Do-Right. Splash Mountain brings a continuous smile to my face every time I ride it. The animatronics, theming, music & scenery are "the best". A FANTASTIC surprise ending also.I can ride this attraction all day. The only drawback is that you only get a little wet...I have fond memories of the Dudley Do Right cartoons from my long ago youth. I always laughed heartily, and the ride recreates that "dry" humor very well. Like Splash Mountain, its a long enjoyable ride. The theming is not as strong as Splash Mountain but it does get you very wet. Its like a ride through a wave pool, and I absolutely enjoy the drenching on a hot Florida late spring day.And its also enjoyable to stand on the bridge & watch the riders get soaked on the long long ending. The only way I can decide is to flip a coin...And the winner is, heads up, Dudley Do-Right...Jurassic Park River Adventure is OK but not in the class of Dudley or Splash Mt. I haven't been on the other two but their descriptions don't appear in the same class.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:24 AMI always thought Splash Mountain in Orlando was overrated. Aside from the drops, most of the ride is a boring, slow drift through scenes where half the effects are broken and you can't understand any of the dialogue.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:27 AMSplash Mountain: 10/10 (Utterly charming… wonderful whimsical theming and, gasp, an actual structured storyline, which is a rarity in the theme park world today. At the WDW version, there were some very serious problems with general upkeep and maintenance in early 2010… but a couple weeks later, everything was fixed and the attraction was as good as ever.)
Ripsaw Falls: 8/10 (Loved seeing some of my childhood favorite cartoon characters on this ride. The anticipation buildup and drop are both good. I love the exploding shack/boards effect out front. However, theming and details are rather inconsistent in both quality and quantity throughout the attraction.)
Jurassic Park: 7/10 (Some very poor quality animatronics, but the climax is very exciting and the majority of the ride is well themed.)
Journey to Atlantis: 5/10 (Don't get me wrong, the building is nice, the drops thrilling and the theming passable. But, the dialogue and special effects in this attraction are so terribly cheesy that they give me second-hand embarrassment)
Timber Mountain: Haven't been on this one in ages, so it doesn't seem fair to grade it. Even if I were to ride it again someday soon, the nostalgia factor would definitely influence my experience and, thus, my score… my vote wouldn't be impartial either way, haha.
I'm going to have to go with Splash Mountain.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:31 AMFantastic ride, love the double hop
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:37 AMI had to go for Jurassic Park here, it was a hard choice between this and Journey to Atlantis, Dudley would come in 3rd for me. Splash is too much a kiddie ride, no real thrill at all.
Dudley was better before the lap bars and this lost it points for me.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:48 AMSorry, my "best draw" and the coin flip winner comment above was mistakenly posted anonymously....I always own up to my comments.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:50 AMGotta go with JP. No matter what time of the day (I saw someone mention that nighttime riding is best) I've ridden it, I've always enjoyed it immensely. Who doesn't like dinosaurs? I don't expect it to win over Splash Mountain, but Jurassic Park always appeals to the kid in me.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 10:29 AMSplash Mountain is truly a wonder. It is my favorite attraction at the Magic Kingdom and my second favorite attraction in all of WDW.
So, Splash gets my vote, fair and square, despite the fact that the WDW version has quite a few ups and downs pertaining to proper upkeep....
Incidentally, Ripsaw Falls (the #2 flume imho) is a more thrilling ride than Splash, but Splash rules in theming and narrative immersion - which makes it the more complete attraction.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 10:34 AMEven loving Splash Mountain and its atmosphere, for me the unforgetable part of a flume ride is the last drop of DDR.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 10:41 AMThis is One tough Vote… Splash Mountain has great details and is a looooong ride with nice theming. The long ride is much appreciated after standing in line for 55 minutes on a hot day.. The only downfall is the final hill. Needs a betted degree angle of drop.
Dudley has the best flume hill with the fast drop and the double hill thrill.
Jurassic park is awesome and an all-around great ride, excellent final drop..
And Seal World Orlando - Atlantis has a nice smooth ride, good hill and theming …
JP gets my vote but it is so close between all of them..
Published: January 5, 2012 at 11:20 AMI wish that Universal would some day take some of that Harry Potter income and "fill in the gaps" on Dudley, making it a seamlessly-themed experience throughout, instead of subjecting us to those ugly empty spaces that mar the ride, and keep it from topping Splash.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 11:22 AMI went with Splash Mountain. The music and sets throughout the ride are amazing and the drops, while exciting, are a good bonus. The broken elements are an issue on most of these choices anyway and I find the thrill comparable so I'm not going to downgrade Splash.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 11:53 AMI voted for Splash Mountain due to its combination of great theming, thrills, and just pure fun. It's one of my favorite rides in any theme park, so it was an easy choice.
I like Dudley Doo Right, except for the fact that I got completed soaked at the end while sitting still. That wasn't fun, especially in 60-degree weather. Jurassic Park is a fun ride, though I wish there was more to it. Journey to Atlantis has a similar feeling. The coaster part at the end is a fun surprise, but it also is far too short.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 11:55 AMAll these rides are fantastic! I had to go with splash, but there is no wrong answer here.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 12:10 PMI voted for Jurassic Park, because the theming is totally immersive and for the superior thrill factor. However it was a tough decision as I also love Splash Mountain and wouldn't miss riding it whenever I visit Disney and I am impressed how totally soaked u get on the rip saw falls.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 12:28 PMI voted Splash Mt., but let's face it, all these rides would get 3s in the Winter :P
Published: January 5, 2012 at 12:35 PMThe Jurassic ride itself was good- HOWEVER... We were on it this past November and would never go on again from this experience. The water needs some major attention! Water which splashed on my face was SLIPPERY, and my clothes smelled of mildew for a good THREE washes after. Disgusting!!! Didn't have this problem with any of the other water rides- they need to drain that water and start over- and chlorinate!
Published: January 5, 2012 at 2:19 PMJames: If you're asking whether Jurassic Park is really a flume, I think you have a point. Now that I think about it, it's really just a well themed boat ride with a drop at the end. In other words, it's a more thrilling version of Pirates of the Carribean, which is not in this category.
Published: January 5, 2012 at 2:46 PMMy vote goes to Splash Mt, but not the Orlando one, Either California or Tokyo takes the cheese due to the lack of maintenance (dear Disney Parks, please fix this and the yeti).
Published: January 5, 2012 at 3:21 PMYeah, this is one of those examples where I had to stretch category definitions a bit in order to fit all the top rides in a manageable number of categories.
There weren't enough other legit nominees for "best water coaster" or "best themed shoot-the-chutes" categories, so Journey to Atlantis and Jurassic Park got folded into "best flume ride," which seemed to me the closest fits.
(There also will be "best rapids ride" and "best boat ride" competitions later in the first round.)
Published: January 5, 2012 at 5:52 PMOh, no, don't get me wrong, I agree JP makes sense in this category. I guess I just realized that the whole attraction is a "fancy" up-over-and-down, shoot-the-chutes or "monsoon" ride with an extended intro and an elaborate theme (Escape from Pompeii at BGW is fashioned similarly, however it is not even close to the same length or level of immersion). I love it when theme park designers take a standard amusement park ride and create something that transcends and even obsoletes its predecessors (kind of like what Disney did with drop rides when they built the Tower of Terror).
Generally only the parks with lots O ca$h can pull off "transcendence"!
Published: January 5, 2012 at 9:04 PMDudley's amazing drop is why I'm giving it my vote. Splash is a great ride, but the drop is a big letdown.
Published: January 6, 2012 at 8:17 AMAll four of those Orlando based flume rides are awesome but in the end I voted for Journey to Atlantis purely because the first time I rode it, that final section where it briefly turns into a coaster ride really took me by surprise. Love them all though.


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7/9/16 "Dream Dangerously" Screening
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Geoff will join celebrated Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin in Santa Fe, New Mexico this Saturday evening for the Southwestern theatrical premiere of a new documentary about the life and career of best-selling author Neil Gaiman.
Tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime event, being held at Martin's historic Jean Cocteau Cinema, are now on sale at www.jeancocteaucinema.com. Prices are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. The Jean Cocteau Cinema is located at 418 Montezuma Avenue in Santa Fe.


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Kiki & Garrett are over
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US Weekly broke the news yesterday that after four years together, Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund Full Story
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Gwyneth Paltrow's It's All Easy cookbook comes out today. She flew to New York yesterday for a few interviews. I LOVE these white pants on her. And this sweater, a recycle, has always been one of my favourites. Full Story
Beyoncé's ELLE takeover: the interview
The exclusive ELLE interview with Beyoncé was released digitally today – have you read it yet? I did this morning. As I wrote yesterday, Beyoncé was supposedly "in conversation" with Tamar Gottesman, presumably the daughter of billionaire hedge fund manager Noam Gottesman – the Carters are tight with him. Full Story
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Drew Barrymore's separation
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Idris's 5 minutes on Bond
Idris Elba is tired of talking about being James Bond. I'm tired of writing about it. But he covers the new issue if UK Esquire and, well, they talk about Bond. And he's willing to. Sort of. Full Story
Beyoncé speaks for Ivy Park
Beyoncé on the cover of both ELLE USA and ELLE UK. It's the long-awaited athleisure line. It's called Ivy Park. The album? Not sure. Maybe tomorrow? But you can see now that it's all converging. Full Story
Still a knucklehead?
Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen wrote a great piece about How Jennifer Garner Went Full MiniVan Majority tracking her career from Alias to Miracles From Heaven. Thank you, Anne, for the LaineyGossip mentions in the article. I came up with that expression almost 10 years ago and, at the time, it was used in reference to Jennifer Aniston, her appeal and her fan base. Full Story
The softer side of Charlize Theron
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Don't get it twisted. She's not cuddly all of a sudden. But this is one of the few profiles of Charlize Theron that I've ever read that shows her at her most vulnerable. And while it doesn't make me any less terrified of her (when she's coming down a carpet at you, and she does bitch-face better than most, with the exception of maybe Robin Wright, you feel the cold) it does offer a different perspective of someone who's been famous for a long time – which doesn't happen often. Full Story
Gwyneth on tour
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Coldplay kicks off the A Head Full Of Dreams tour in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The band has been there the last few days and bandmembers, with the exception of Chris Martin, have been seen sightseeing around the area. Full Story
Kristen Stewart thumbsucked
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DENSO Develops Highly Standardized Automotive Climate Control Unit
― The world's first automotive climate control unit that can be used across vehicle models ―
KARIYA (Japan) ― Global automotive supplier DENSO has developed a new automotive climate control unit that can be used for a wide variety of vehicles ranging from compact to luxury cars. Conventional climate control units are often designed and tailored to each vehicle model, but this product has a new structure which enabled to standardize components while realizing required performance. This highly standardized automotive climate control unit, which is smaller and lighter while realizing higher performance, is the world's first of its kind.
"Many of the subcomponents for this product, such as air mix door, servo motor and blower fan were newly developed, which enabled to reduce the unit's size by 20 percent compared to DENSO's conventional model, and significantly standardized the unit," said Katsuhisa Shimokawa, executive director responsible for DENSO's Thermal Systems Business Unit.
The thickness of the air mix door is half that of DENSO's conventional ones, by using sophisticated forming technologies, thus reducing the depth and weight of the unit. Also,the conventional unit required several servo motors to operate the air mix door, whereas the new unit has standardized doors and needs only one, enabling the unit case to be made smaller. For the new blower fan, the wing blades of the fan are re-shaped to best suite the wind flow, which allowed the new fan to become 15 percent smaller and consume 20 percent less power, yet maintaining high air discharge capacity.
With these new technologies, the new smaller, lighter climate control unit with higher performance can also be used in eco-friendly cars. For instance, for stop/start systems, the evaporator in the unit can be replaced with a cold storage evaporator, and for hybrid and electric vehicles the heater core can be replaced with a heat pump air conditioning system. Also by changing the blower fan to two layer structure, to take in external air and circulate internal air simultaneously, the air conditioning system could be used for vehicles with limited heat sources.
DENSO's new climate control unit is used in the new HARRIER, which was released last December and in the NOAH and VOXY which were released this month. This new climate control unit will be offered for a wide variety of vehicle models all over the world. DENSO will continue to help create an advanced automotive society by developing technologies that can improve the comfort and environmental performance of vehicles.
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 130,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, totaled US$38.1 billion.


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Baton Rouge-based AlwaysCare Benefits Inc. has moved into the health insurance business, offering employers limited benefit medical plans, according to a news release.
The plans provide basic medical benefits for employees, and their covered dependents, who are not eligible for or cannot afford comprehensive major medical coverage. The workers include those in hourly, temporary, seasonal and low-wage jobs.
The plans cover a portion of hospital stays, surgery, physician office visits, wellness and laboratory and radiology work. The exact benefits and amounts vary by plan.
AlwaysCare's plans also feature non-insurance benefits, including a 24-hour Nurse Helpline, a vision access plan, an online wellness improvement plan and prescription drug discount benefits.


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At Ten Thousand Villages, we work with over 130 artisan groups in more than 38 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East to bring you fair trade jewelry, home decor, gifts and more. Fair trade enables artisans to earn a fair wage and provides the opportunity for a better quality of life.Come visit us in historic Fells Point!
aMUSE TOYS
aMuse Toys is a proudly independent toy retail store(s) based in the Baltimore area and family owned by local Fells Point residents, the Towles family. At aMuse Toys we strive to bring engaging, innovative and creative play through an amazing selection of award winning toys and gifts from around the world. We're humbly thankful to have been voted Best Toy Store in Baltimore 2012, by Baltimore Magazine.
This unique shop features a huge selection of new and used CDs and DVDs, an inviting atmosphere, and we're open late seven days a week, it's no wonder our store has been chosen Baltimore's Best 13 years running.


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Discussion in 'Style Releases' started by John, Jun 7, 2013.
John submitted a new resource:
Swatch Style - Creatively flexible
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Nice style! Not something I'm in need of, but it looks really good! Great Job!
Oh I encountered a bug with the quick search drop down.
The search icon doubles, and the small button at the bottom doesn't have the icon in it. Also the style selector is transparent.
And I think the resources page needs a bit more styling.
Isn't Swatch a trademarked name though John? Style looks great though.
Yeah thought so..
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Don't wanna see you getting in trouble with those Sweds!
Swatch is also a noun, as defined in the dictionary:
Thanks for the concern, but I doubt I'm in violation of any trademarks.
Okey Doke, just don't wanna see you get in trouble John, we like you
What browser do you see that doubling of the image in? The dropdown arrow is there, it just doesn't show well against a light background...I'll work on that.
I am using Chrome.
Strange, I can't get it to reproduce for me in any browser
I'll be purchasing shortly. Been waiting for a style similar to Red Alert and this looks real close.
Excellent looking style @John very nice job with this one.
John updated Swatch Style with a new update entry:
Small update to RM styling
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I'm getting it here too.
There is another Error in the Notice Slider. If you click the Sidebar Toogle both messages are in one notice
XF uses a fixed width setting for horizontal scrolling notices, so this is the problem, however if you refresh your browser, it fixes itself. Vertical scrolling notices do not have this problem.
Hey @John any word on updating this for 1.2? I have and LOVE this style and was able to get it to work very well with my 1.2 version via some workarounds that you helped me with. The only thing I am missing is I would love to have the fluid version vs. the fixed. But we couldn't get IT to work with 1.2. Also, would like for my members to be able to pull it up on their smart phones as a mobile-friendly. I know you had said you were getting close (I think) to having a new version to a lot of your styles and that Swatch would be one of the first to be upgraded. Keep up the good work! Hope to hear from you soon!
Hi @MistyMeanor . I have Swatch updated to 1.2 on my localhost, but I don't plan on releasing upgrades on any styles till 1.2 is declared stable...although Swatch will be first as it's more or less ready.
Great... well all I can do is just wait it out, and hope the XF team is able to release a stable version of 1.2 I have to say though, I haven't found ANY bugs in the candidate I have... it has been awesome!
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A woman named Deanne McDonald who previously worked for the 'Grown Ups 2' actor and his family is now ordered to repay him $80,000 for breaching confidentiality agreement.
Adam Sandler and his company HP Production have won a legal drama against a former nanny who complained about working conditions at his household. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, a woman named Deanne McDonald started working for the actor's family in 2009. After McDonald left, she raised the issue about her employment.
The "Grown Ups 2" star agreed to settle the matter quietly and paid her $48,000 in 2010. The woman's attorneys also received $32,000 with conditions that she signed a confidentiality agreement. McDonald, however, attempted to terminate the settlement and accused the actor of criminal activity and slavery last year.
An arbitrator later decided that McDonald breached the confidential agreement and she was ordered to give back the money. Earlier this week, the California appeals court upheld the ruling.
In happier news, Sandler recently cheered up an 8-year-old leukemia patient named Grady Lynch by talking to him on the phone. Lynch's family said that the boy was a huge fan of the actor and they posted an online plea asking the actor to get in contact with their child.
A family friend named John Kinnear later shared the good news on his Ask Your Dad blog. "Adam Sandler's people reached out to me earlier today and we were able to get them hooked up with Jeff and his wife Carry. Adam was fantastic and called Grady directly this evening, the two of them hit it off and had a great conversation!" he said.


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I know I have a lot of questions on here that are more rants and vents than literal questions and I see a lot of questions like that. What if there was an actual section for it? You could still comment, but people wouldn't be wondering what you're really asking. I know there's the story/article area, but it doesn't seem enough...i don't know.
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Re: TJ Willever, New Jersey
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Christopher Barker 1/07/06
HI! I am researcing the brother of your Elise -- Alden Willever Kelly. As you already know, their parents were Dora (Isadore/Isadora - found spelled both ways) Willever and her husband, Wesley Harrison Kelly (thanks for telling me the middle name - I only had his middle initial).
They married April 11, 1882 in McLean Co, IL (where Bloomington is located) and then moved shortly after (or right away) to Clinton, Clintonia Township, DeWitt Co, IL. where Wesley already had a job.
I found a newpaper clipping dated Feb 9, 1883 announcing that Isadore's mother Mrs. Willever of Bloomington was in Clinton visiting her daughter Mrs. Wesley Kelly. The two counties border one another and Bloomington is straight up from Clinton.
Alden was born in Clinton, and attended school in Clinton as late as 1903 (have group school picture of him and his class). They evidently moved sometime between that 1903 picture and 1910 where they show up in the census living in Portland, Oregon. The 1920 and 1930 census have them in Jennings Lodge, Oregon.
I also have info on the Kelly line if you're interested.
I'm more than happy to share anything I have. Benita
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