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Forum:New Admins?
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On This forum discussion, I suggested that we should bring back the VFS system. Apparently the VFS was flawed, and there are new ways of appointing administrators.
So the question is: Do we need any more admins?
After doing a little bit of research, I think that we should add a few new admins. I recently was glancing at the Admin page, and I think that the number of Sysops on the site should be increased. I am not here to criticize at all, I think nearly all of the admins here do a terrific job, I just think we should add a few more to take care of the workload. For example, I try my very best to maintain the site, and I have noticed that often when I post material at QVFD, or report someone at Ban Patrol, it takes some time for it to be dealt with. I feel that increasing the number of admins would take care of this, as well as many other site issues. I strongly feel that adding roughly five more admins would be helpful.
- Here's what I found in my research...
- There are currently 42 administrators, the following list is of admins who are rarely, or not at all, active:
Inactive 4 months +
- User:Bonalaw
- User:CRUSHERBOT
- User:Darkdan
- User:Paulgb
- User:Sophia-Our founder. No touchy.
- User:TheTris
Inactive 3 months +
Very Limited Edits
- User:BobBobBob
- User:Chronarion -Has more important matters to attend to
- User:David Gerard
- User:Elvis
- User:IMBJR
- User:Isra1337 - on sabbatical. will be back in a month probably
- User:KP
- User:Nytrospawn
- User:Stillwaters -
I assume same as ChronThe other founder.
- User:Todd Lyons - In the process of moving home, back real soon.
- User:Volte
Limited Edits
- User:Insertwackynamehere
- User:Splaka - Working on "other things" to benefit Uncyclopedia. Recent Edit History not the full picture.
That adds up to 20, almost half of the admins, leaving just 22 to run and maintain the site regularly. I feel this is not enough, and there are several users that are qualified to be admins. I propose that we add 2-5 new admins, to get a little extra help on Uncyc. The current admins could even just discuss who they think should be promoted. In conclusion, please vote your stance on this, and give reasons as to why. Also, if you feel like it, suggest possible candidates. GO NOW AND VOTE! And this time there is no Neutral!
For more info, and what others have already said, see here.
- Overall Score: +13
- For the reasons I provided. -- Sir C Holla | CUN 21:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- For -- Kaizer the Bjorn takkun (nya nya) (1961 model!) Check out T61! 00:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- For - Even I've noticed the occasional lapse in coverage lately, for the first time in months. The people we've got are doing a fine job, but 22 active admins probably isn't enough, and we can't have 42 total in any case, for obvious numerological reasons. c • > • cunwapquc? 01:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- For Yes, more vandal-slayers! --Composure1 01:28, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- For. I've been reverting so much damn vandalism, including on my own talk page that I'm sick of having to whine to the admins to do something about it. Crazyswordsman...With SAVINGS!!!! (T/C) 02:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- For And I already have a short list of a few people I'd like to get elected. » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 05:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yah. Two at the max though. • Spang • ☃ • talk • 06:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, whatever... ~ 08:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, but only the best of the best need apply. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 09:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- For.--Jtaylor1 19:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- For, as long as we limit it to one or two new admins. — Major Sir Hinoa (Plead) (KUN) 19:03, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sometimes things never cease to amaze me. In conversing with some other admins last night, we were able to identify four high quality admin candidates. This is practically unprecedented. I now forsee a tight race if we limit it below this many... » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 20:56, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with Dawg, whats so bad about adding four or five? It will just be helpful, and if someone ends up failing, they can just be de-opped...-- Sir C Holla | CUN 21:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- We've had too many admins before. People run up against each other, tempers flare, things are left in disarray. If we op two, and after a significant trial run find that's not enough, we can potentially op more. —rc (t) 21:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, I guess, but candidates who turn out bad could just be de-opped too...Either way. -- Sir C Holla | CUN 22:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Rc has a very good point, and I retract the change of my comment above and stick with this closer comment above. We should be conservative, as opping isn't that hard, de-opping takes about 30 more seconds (and talking to someone) than opping, we cannot accurately estimate our need at this point, and de-opping an active person generally creates too much bitching and moaning. A restriction means we will try our best to get it right the first time. Wheel wars are a bad thing and admins that are not team players do tend to alienate good admins through them... » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 22:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- We've had too many admins before. People run up against each other, tempers flare, things are left in disarray. If we op two, and after a significant trial run find that's not enough, we can potentially op more. —rc (t) 21:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Nope. Don't worry about, things are afoot. -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
- AF-FIR-MA-TIVE. Coverage has been spotty lately, with unsanctioned vigilante users doing much of the muckslogging. I for one think that those users who take it upon themselves to tirelessly patrol the Recent Changes (and similar) logs should be considered for police training. Provided they're not homicidal automatons... not that I know any. --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 14:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- For-Things do seem a bit dusty around the place. Mhaille and Dawg can't be expected to do everything *smile*-- Sir Claudius CUN VFH (carpe diem) 20:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- For Since I will be returning in full force once school starts again, it would be helpful to have more admins to whom I can hand the insta-huff crap, and all those other things I whine about on IRC. --Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 15:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- F0000R!!!!!!!! I agree. More admins need we. Trar (talk|contribs|grueslayer) 13:02, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- Frogs Zing! --Sir General Minister G5 FIYC UPotM [Y] #21 F@H KUN 13:40, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- For --Hotadmin4u69 [TALK] 16:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
If we're gonna add new admins we should at least get rid of the old ones first, no offense to them, if they show up anytime soon they can be re-opped, but having 1 admin for every 100 users on the site would look pretty bad. Idk, maybe we should have admin evaluations like they do on meta, it might give a little motivation or something. I'd lay out some sort of big plan or something, but it's late, and I'm tired. Also, I agree with Dawg, I've had my eyes on a few prospects for awhile now, and I think they deserve the title, but I also disagree with some sort of mass-opping like we've done before. t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 06:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Not really. Uncyc has a dramatically lower admin:user ratio than en.wp, which reflects the effectiveness of the admins and the helpfulness of the users. It's a strong community that some have equated to a corner pub, so taking this to the most extreme, our Cheers doesn't need the same ratio of bartenders/waitresses/bouncers to drunkards because our drunkards also sweep the floors and watch the n00b that just waltzed in the door wearing a really disturbing hat.
- Few need to delete, block, and 'manually' revert when there are scripts to make reverting almost automatic and we have Cliff, Frasier, and Norm cleaning up spills. » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 06:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- We have no need for more admins. In fact, we have like 41 too many at the moment. Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 22:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- All admins suck; the last thing we need is more of them. -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 23:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Uhh, I'm not totally inactive. I'm just kinda watching everything all the time. So.... Fish. --PantsMacKenzie 00:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
How did I avoid one of those low-activity lists? Also, the only reason Splarka has lowered in his outrageously high activity is due to 1) starting with wikia, and 2) various admins being not entirely admin-ish. He was/is the most dilligent admin uncyc has ever had. » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 05:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, but he always made me do stuff, I for one am glad he's gone. We should do a reskin! ;) t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 06:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
IMPORTANT: For various reasons related to past admin additions, I would really like if this vote is limited to current admins, although anyone should be able to nom (but noms from non-admins could be removed by an admin if they feel like it before it is voted upon). » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 09:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I concur, Dawg. The admins are the only ones who truly understand the extent of the
soul-wrenching horrorresponsibilities involved with their duty. It ain't all 007 "License to Ill" crap and win and stuff -- it's tedious, thankless, and frustrating (or so I've been told.) Ultimately I think that the admins are the only ones qualified to determine who among the faithful can bear that weight. --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 14:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- I concur, Dawg. The admins are the only ones who truly understand the extent of the
The risk in having only admins choose admins is that it tends to exxagerate any trend - good or bad - in the way the site is being operated. If we just happen to have a bunch of admins that want to frequently ban or delete at that particular moment, they're going to support the addition of more admins with the same tendency to frequently ban or delete. If we just happened to have a bunch of admins at some moment that want to keep every substub, they're going to support those who think likewise. As such, there is the risk that a completely closed only-admins-vote-for-admins system could easily push things to one extreme or another, it's a closed loop. --Carlb 10:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- We must protect the Uncyclopedia royal blood line! t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 17:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Here's something to consider: maybe we can let non-admins help in the sysopping process, but their votes count as half. Thoughts? — Major Sir Hinoa (Plead) (KUN) 17:38, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah. I think the admins should have to answer to the community in some way. I mean, at least for approval. We don't necessarily want a crappy editor who's friends with an admin get it for that reason alone. Crazyswordsman...With SAVINGS!!!! (T/C)
- We do answer to the community in various ways. Through bitching and moaning in the VD, through RYA, and by many other means. Our founder hand-picked the cream of the crop that made up our early adminatti, and they have endured as a lasting testament to the foresight, acumen, and wisdom of our dictator-in-perpetual-absentia. These admins and bureaucrats, in turn, with their finite understanding, and the trust of our glorious leader, bestowed upon notable members of the unwashed masses the power to delete and block for the good of uncyclopedia. The results have been a testament to their foresight, sacrifices, support, and persistence that has taken uncyclopedia from it's infancy to the informative and prominent position it holds today.
- I believe that it takes an admin to discern whether someone would be able to use the abilities responsibly, whether they have the requisite maturity, and whether their personality would be suitable. Uncyclopedia deletes 4/5 of new articles; combing through that many porn links, shock images, and cruft can turn an otherwise excellent contributor of written material into a blathering, humour-numb, zombie that may never be able to contribute a funny article again.
- If our adminatti was bad this site would not exist, and certainly wouldn't grow, which reflects that we're doing something right. Therefore, I believe that admins would actively vote for people that are best suited to continue our growth, understand and support the uncyclopedia ideals, and make this place better for current and future uncyclopedians. » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 20:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with everything that Mr Dawg has writ. There are some excellent writers on this site who should NEVER be given the soul destroying burden of Adminship, and I'd like to think that Admins are pretty assute at judging suitable candidates. -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
Non-Admins can't nomimate themselves.--Jtaylor1 18:32, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- That's a duh right there. Crazyswordsman...With SAVINGS!!!! (T/C) 18:35, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Let the crowd vote, but current admins should hold a Veto power.---Asteroid B612 (aka Rataube) - Ñ 20:12, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- I am in total 100% agreement. Active admins only vote. --PantsMacKenzie 23:06, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
You guys are silly. --Algorithm 19:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- D'you think if we had any sense we'd be editing Uncyclopedia? ~ 07:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- Poit, I say. Poit. --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 20:32, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Are you pondering what I'm pondering? ~ T. (talk) 11:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- What should we do tonight, Brains? -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
Well, then...
Are we doing this or not? Because if we are, I'd like to at least start before Saturday. I plan on taking a week off. — Major Sir Hinoa (Plead) (KUN) 05:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- You're an admin, you can do it if you really wanna. Without getting blocked,
torn to pieces and fed to the wild dinosaursor getting all of your edits reverted. ~ 07:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Need to speak with a couple more Admins, and then an announcement will be made. Real soon. -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
- OK sounds good. -- Sir C Holla | CUN 18:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, so who's gonna DM? I've already assigned my skill points and purchased my starting gear. I've got two new tubes of dice, and the mechanical pencil's full o' lead, and has one of those really good soft white erasers that don't leave ugly marks all over the sheet. I just need a time, a place, and someone to roll against and I'm so there. --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 19:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to propose that we vote in admin(s) with a specified job description. Is there something that we want to make sure gets done for at least a few months? We seem to be about up to date with respect to NRV huffage...perhaps a "check in on Uncyclopedia:Maintenance first, then QVFD/Ban patrol"? I'm saying this because the rest of us are mostly general-purpose, "show up and pretend to be doing soemthing worthwhile" admins. I generally hop on, check the "honeypot" articles that I watch for vandalism, hit QVFD/Ban patrol, check out IP addresses with moderately bad edits to see if they are doing anything nefarious, etc. After that I tear through VFD, and get my nazi out. I rarely go to the Maintenance page, nor do I check in on things like UNnews, the Dump here, etc. Are we covering everything we need to cover? If not, lets get some admins focused on that. Since us old farts hate changing our routine, this is a good time to get a foucused admin or two. Not to say they can't do everything else, just a "stop here first" job. Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 21:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- Could I ask any Admins who have not visited for a chat in IRC to do so asap. Thanks. -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
WHEN I FIND THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT BACK THIS REALLY OLD TOPIC, I'M GOING TO HAVE THE ADMINS COME DOWN UPON THEM SO BADLY! -- 17:09, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- This is a blast from the past..... -- Sir Mhaille (talk to me)
- I'm getting really sick of this shit. See my new topic for the new rule regarding bumping Forum: topics. —Hinoa KUN (talk) 17:23, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- "(Which is actually an old topic I bumped from a few months ago...)" t o m p k i n s blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 17:27, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'm getting really sick of this shit. See my new topic for the new rule regarding bumping Forum: topics. —Hinoa KUN (talk) 17:23, 12 May 2007 (UTC)


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A serial arsonist has been spared a real jail sentence for a string of fires which terrorized a Winnipeg neighbourhood.
Brandon Sutyla, 21, pleaded guilty to nine counts of arson Tuesday as part of a plea bargain with justice officials. The Crown dropped 13 other similar charges and agreed to a two-year conditional sentence which allows Sutyla to remain free in the community.
All of the fires occurred between May and July 2011 in Fort Rouge and caused more than $100,000 damage. Sutyla admits he set several garages, garbage bins and even vehicles on fire. There were no injuries.
Defence counsel Martin Glazer told court his client has the mind of someone "half his age" because of severe cognitive issues which includes autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Sutyla is a no stranger to the courts, having been convicted for setting a garage fire on Wellington Crescent in 2009. However, he also confessed at the time to setting more than a dozen other fires in which charges were eventually dropped.
Police arrested Sutyla again in early August 2011 after finding him near a small-car fire on Chancellor Drive, which he admitted to setting. Police questioned Sutyla for 16 hours and subsequently charged him with the other offences. He also took police on a tour of the neighbourhood, pointing out fires he claims to have set.
Sutyla has been free on bail for the past 15 months with strict conditions which include having his mother install an alarm system in the home that will let her know if her son attempts to sneak out. There have been no allegations of breaches
A court-ordered report also shows Sutyla is a low risk to reoffend provided he is being properly supervised and monitored in the community. As part of his conditional sentence, he will be under a nightly 9 p.m. curfew.


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HOUSTON - A "bad egg" burglarized a chicken shack next to the University of Houston's main campus early Wednesday morning.
The original Frenchy's location, at 3919 Scott St., is considered an institution by many Houstonians. The walk-up style restaurant opened in 1969.
The owner said while this certainly is not the first time this location has been burglarized, it is the first time surveillance cameras have caught such a clear image of the perpetrator.
"I wish that I could get to him and tell him to change his life now because the path that he is on will lead to bad things," Frenchy's owner, Percy Creuzot, said.
Creuzot has been known to hire people down on their luck and with criminal records.
Early Wednesday morning, the man, described as being in his 20s, broke several front windows to get to the registers.
What that man failed to notice is that the register drawers were already wide open to show there was no cash inside.
The man, who may have been working with a lookout not seen on camera, left a big mess before he flew the coop.
"When they catch him, they need to put him in jail and not let him eat any chicken for a while," said Will Hamilton, a long time lunch customer.
Anyone with information about the burglary should call Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated October 14th, 2013
Didem Ürer: Last week reports were published in the world press claiming that Hakan Fidan is the most important person who organized the Syrian opposition and that he is close to Iran. Former US Ambassador James Jeffrey, in his interview with Wall Street Journal said; " Hakan Fidan is the face of the new Middle East" and stated that he is not really a friend of the US.
Adnan Oktar: Well, they can trust Hakan Fidan, the whole world can. I guarantee that, insha'Allah. He is a very brave man. He is a religious man. He is a very trustworthy person who thinks deep, who loves his homeland, his country, who takes great pleasure from the Islamic Union, from the Turkish-Islamic Union. Let me state that much so that you could understand. He is such a brave man. Since I am giving such a guarantee, the whole matter should be closed. Masha'Allah. Yes Didem, I am listening to you.
Didem Urer: About this, it is claimed that Hakan Fidan's independent attitude in respect of Syria and Egypt disturbs CIA and Mossad, that it even annoys them and that both of those intelligence agencies are making attempts to defame Turkey's reputation over incidents like Gezi Park and Syria.
Adnan Oktar: Well, they cannot do anything with Gezi or anything. Turkey is a very great country. Let us compare these attempts to a rabbit walking on a lion. No such thing can be attained by that. Furthermore, how nice that in Gezi incidents youngsters showed the world that Turkey is a democratic country, that there is a lively, dynamic Turkey. Our people played pots and pans.. That was nice as well. That showed that they are able to protest some things when they feel like it. The world saw this, they saw the democratic face of Turkey. That was nice. But of course the things they've done with Molotov cocktails, with bombs etc. were unacceptable, these are ignominies, these were against good conscience. Especially attempts against the police officers. They are protecting our lives, our possessions, our honor and they are putting their lives on the line to defend those. They are all very young men and attempting to injure them would be against good conscience. But Turkey will always go towards better, Turkey will grow and become Turan. Turkey will grow and embrace the whole Islamic Union. A great Turkish-Islamic Union, a great Islamic Union will be established. There are some secret heroes [striving to achieve that] and some evident heroes, there are some brave men working to that end. Everyone is putting their efforts from one end. And Hakan Fidan is working from that end. He indeed has a sincere effort and it can be spotted. That is a successful effort in front of the eyes of the whole world. He wouldn't do anything crooked. He is a man of good conscience, insha'Allah. Yes Didem I am listening to you.
Didem Ürer: Master, Cem Küçük wrote that the attack towards Hakan Fidan was actually made to send a reference to our PM Erdoğan and that the Neocons of the US are in an alliance with Israel, Germans and England to divide Ak Party.
Adnan Oktar: Well then they've undertaken a very difficult job. It wouldn't matter where ever they land on, nothing would ever come from that. These are all vain attempts. The philosophical foundation of Turkey is a good one. What is the philosophical foundation? We've routed Darwinism, materialism. Consequently we've intellectually broken the hands and legs of the Communist, Marxist way of thinking with science. The government's hands are at ease at the moment. But if we hadn't defeated Darwinism, materialism, if the philosophical basis of the government were corrupt… And that was the case in the time of the Democratic party and they've defeated them in an instant. Also at the time of Demirel, the government lacked the philosophical basis, they didn't have a foundation, a stand point. The governments were always aloft, in the time of Menderes, in the time of Özal the governments were always aloft, they just survived, God protected them. The right wing barely survived. But right now, we've planted their legs on steel. Once we've defeated Darwinism, materialism, even a weak government could stand comfortably on this firm foundation. And if you pay attention you'll see that they remain standing firmly. Everyone is supporting such attempts trying to pull them down but no such thing happened and it won't. That is because there is the Promise of God, the Islamic Union will be established, Mahdi will appear, the Prophet Jesus Messiah will come. In my opinion, Jesus has come, I understand that from the false Messiahs.
Didem Ürer: Yes.. Wall Street Journal is the newspaper of Neocons. In this article, in between the lines, they employed a threatening language that threatens PM Erdogan and Hakan Fidan and that has been intensely criticized saying that the US is acting on a logic demanding Turkey to work with them.
Adnan Oktar: Turkey is already a country in the axis of NATO. I mean there is no need to say "work with us". Because they are a member of the NATO, Turkey is already one within the US. All military equipment, weapons are generally with US origin. We are already one within the US, there is no need to state this. Asking to work with them, do they expect an officer to work with them? Is Hakan Fidan to work with them? He is the Secretary of National Intelligence Agency of an independent country. It is not like he would be waiting hand and foot in front of them. It is natural for MIT to work secretly. Of course they wouldn't go and inform CIA saying "We've done this, we've done that."
Well if they feel uneasy by this secret activity. Nothing would come out of that, all the countries are conducting secret activities. Turkey wouldn't do anything abnormal, she is a very compassionate, very merciful country. But of course we have some requests from the government. The reason why the US feels uneasy is the new developments in Turkey's Israel policy. We request Turkey's policy towards Israel to be more lenient. It should be made more mature, more compassionate, more embracing and more loving. That is the only problem and there is no other problem. But in essence, the trade in between Turkey and Israel is in the highest level, tourism is in the highest level, military agreements are still going on. Supposedly we are against Israel however this is not the case. Turkey's standing against Israel is a mere formality and there is no such thing in practice. Our PM Tayyip Erdoğan of course employs some balance-policies however these are frequently misinterpreted and we want this to be corrected. This is one of the most crucial matters; Turkey's relations with Israel. Israelis are a wronged nation, everyone had a run against them, everyone is after destroying them. Let them live in those lands. God tells us that they will exist in that region anyway. Many verses of the Qur'an state that they will reside in that region. Whether you want it or not they will be in that region anyway; this is how their destiny is. Insha'Allah. On the contrary you should watch over them, show them compassion, right? The spirit of greatness demands this, good morals necessitate this. Be merciful. Nothing could ever come out from rage and hatred. Turkey is not a raging, hateful country. Turks are a forgiving, compassionate nation. This is how our policies have been conducted all along. We expect our PM Tayyip Erdoğan to make that point right and he seems to have made some progress in that respect as well.
And another point is about women. Well my brother, women like dresses revealing their beauties. They like to have their beauties appreciated. They like being adorned. They are the adornments of this world. If we were to say "why are you adorned like this, why do you have colors? Why are you colorful like this? Why do you smell nice?" to a flower, would that make sense? These shouldn't be questioned in a woman either. "Why are you beautiful like this?" Well, are they supposed to be ugly? Of course they would be beautiful. Actually clothes revealing their beauties look good on them. They look very beautiful in them. As long as it is within certain limits according to the society they are in, according to place they are in. If they are in a trustworthy environment they can wear such clothes but if there are indecent people around, they wouldn't even go out if necessary. Or they would wear hijab or do anything necessary to protect themselves. Consequently that should be left to women's discretion. They should be trusted about that. Acting as if women wouldn't know but they know it better, is not be acceptable.


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VILLAGERS have expressed their delight that Wembdon is to have a proper hall for the first time as part of a £2million project.
The Mercury reported last week how Sedgemoor District Council had given the scheme, which also includes two cricket pitches and three junior football pitches, the go-ahead.
Mike Solomon, chairman of Wembdon Parish Council, said it was "delighted the plans proposed by the Wembdon Village Hall and Playing Field Trust have now been approved".
He added: "We recognise the immense amount of work done by the Trust and many others in our community to get the project to this stage and pledge our full support."
Mr Solomon said Wembdon had long needed a proper village hall and described the proposal as a "truly exemplary development."
District councillor Ann Bown said the scheme would benefit the whole village, particularly young people.
Nick Searle from Wembdon Junior Football Club said: "We are extremely excited that planning for this unique opportunity to provide first-class football pitches together with changing rooms attached to an iconic village hall has been granted".
The club has over 200 junior players and is continuing to expand, meaning many sites around the district have been used in recent years.
Nick added: "This facility will allow all of our teams to play on one site bringing the club together to form a true community club.
"We intend to continue our close work with the Trust and in our own right will actively fundraise to contribute towards the total cost of this project."
The football club should start using the new pitches in 2014, while the cricket club will probably move in a year later.
Dan Bingham, from the cricket club, said: "This is the result from hours of hard work, dedication and perseverance; the dream is now one step closer."
The first stage of the project will see a new access built from Homberg Way, starting in January, including a bridge over the Kidsbury rhyne.
Work on the facilities should start next spring and finish a year later.


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The event was the first of its kind in Armenia to target university students and spread startup culture in the academy. Startup Boost Weekend aimed at promoting startup culture among Armenian students and at contributing to the startup ecosystem development. Representatives of successful tech companies in Armenia and abroad acted as mentors and passed on some valuable advice. Among them were Sergey Bogdanov (YellowRockets), Arkadiy Seleznev (Startup Samara), Valeria Arzangulyan (Granatus Ventures), Dmytri Chumak and Dmytri Chisnikov (RVC).
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The event created an exciting environment for students of all backgrounds who are willing to make a difference through entrepreneurship. Young software developers, designers, marketers and entrepreneurs came together to build new startups in just 54 hours. During the weekend, the students tried their hand at startup pitching, customer development, prototype building, design and business model generation.
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This article was published 17/11/2013 (1374 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Every float in the 104th annual Santa Claus Parade earned applause from the thousands of people lining Portage Avenue, but five were singled out for special honours.
This year's "Wow" award and the $500 prize for best in show went to the entry from Art City, the not-for-profit community art centre, which featured gigantic Styrofoam robots that were operated like puppets and drew gasps from the huge crowd as they marched up the avenue.
The "I" awards for most innovative and inspirational entries, which come with a $250 prize, went to Accurate Dorwin in the commercial category and MADD in the non-commercial category. The MADD float carried a sobering message -- a smashed-up vehicle to warn of the consequences of drinking and driving.
The "Ahh" awards for best combination of light and sound, which also carry a $250 award, went to Dynasty Bath & Kitchen in the commercial category and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate in the non-commercial category.
The almost 100 floats in the 90-minute parade were judged by a panel consisting of Global TV morning weather specialist Mike Koncan, Energy 106's Frankie Hollywood and Free Press humour columnist Doug Speirs.
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If you're serious about growing your business don't miss the B2B Bash. The B2B Bash is an elite networking community for serious business owners and professionals. It's THE Social Life for Your Business. Early Bird Discount ends March 12th.
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To participate in the breakout VIP Sessions you must purchase your tickets before March 18th.
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Tickets sales close March 18th in order to do the VIP matching. If you do not purchase your ticket before March 18th, you will not be elegible for the VIP sessions.
What make us different...The VIP Sessions.
Many people, before they experience a B2B Bash event, assume that VIP networking is like speed networking. It's not. VIP Networking is a targeted matching process that we designed specifically for our events. Note: You are only eligible to participate in the breakout VIP networking sessions when you purchase your ticket in advance.
The Monday afternoon before each B2B Bash, the registration closes and we sit down and 'match' the participating businesses based on who you want to meet, who wants to meet you and who we know would be a good fit. This is not random like speed networking. This is a targeted approach designed to optimize your time at the Bash.
Then, during the night (usually an hour into the Bash), we pluck you out of the crowd and put you into smaller groups of 5 or 6 people, who are pre-selected especially for you, so you can meet and talk to the people who can actually help you grow your business in a more intimate setting.
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I think many of the subcategories under Category:Real world need to be renamed to fit this wiki's in-universe point of view. At the moment, Category:Artists (real-world) and Category:Composers are used for real people, and this makes it difficult to to sort characters like Magenta Comstock and Musidora Barkwith under Category:Individuals by job. I think that all real-life categories should be prefixed with "real" ("Real actors," "real authors," etc.), as awkward as that seems, in order to make it easier to categorize fictional subjects. ★ Starstuff (Owl me!) 21:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
- I agree. Another example is Category:Translators; Hermione Granger cannot be categorized there currently, despite having translated The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which puts that article under the slightly less appropriate category of Category:Authors. Oread (talk) 22:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


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Earlier this week, Facebook hit the reset button on their failed "Places" venture with a complete overhaul to the Facebook "Nearby" feature in their mobile apps. The updates to Nearby position Facebook as a serious competitor in the check-in and local discovery engine space. The move is not only a direct and powerful strike at Foursquare, Yelp and Google Local, it is also a potential boon to local businesses, as well as Facebook users. The move comes at an important time for Facebook, as they continue to be challenged on how they can use mobile as a revenue-driving channel and ultimately further monetize their massive 600+ million-user base.
What is Nearby?
Nearby is a feature within the Facebook for iOS and Android apps that is intended to help users find and discover local businesses and signals a major push forward from Facebook into the local search space. With this newly released update, in addition to showing which friends have checked in at a particular establishment, Nearby will help people discover places near them based on their interest graph, as well as their friends' recommendations. People can search for local businesses by category as well as provide star ratings and recommendations for places they have checked into.
Once a user has clicked through to a specific business page, they will be shown basic information about that business, including location, phone number, their timeline, recommendations, and friends that like the place. While Nearby will help users to find new places, the true power of the discovery engine comes in the form of personalized recommendations which will become refined the more users and their friends rate, recommend and check into places.
Brand Implications – Things to Keep an Eye On
For brands with physical locations, this will be an important channel of focus, but one that will take attention to leverage most effectively. Facebook has pointed to an almost EdgeRank like algorithmic approach to surfacing local establishments based on check-ins, star ratings, and friends recommendations. To that end, businesses should consider updating their pages to be fully optimized for discovery with Nearby.
Facebook has offered the following tips on their blog for local businesses looking to benefit from its new functionality:
- Include basic information such as your address, store hours, phone number, and details about your business in the about section.
- Update your category. For example, if you are a sushi restaurant, you will not appear if you do not have the correct category listed.
- Encourage connections from customers: likes, check-ins, ratings, and recommendations.
In addition to the tips Facebook has offered up, it will be important for brands to drive Facebook activity via in-store promotion in order to prompt and encourage users to Like, check-in, make recommendations and provide ratings of their establishments. Another area of continued focus for brands should be moderation of comments and activity on their pages. While this should always be a critical part of any social program, the potential for heightened visibility and eyeballs to brand pages through Nearby, only further underscores the need for prompt and diligent dialogue with fans of brands. In addition to social moderation, as the platform grows and becomes monetized, brands should keep an eye on the potential for paid media opportunities via promoted places, sponsored results, click-to-call advertising or other mobile-location based ads.
According to Facebook, this is an early release and there will be more to come with Nearby, including the addition of data from third party services. It stands to reason that Facebook will (and should) provide brands the ability to offer specials, discounts and coupons to users who check-in. Currently, offers are not part of any visible functionality within the Nearby experience.
One other question that will continue to proliferate is user adoption and why would a user utilize this service over another similar check-in like service? That is a valid question, which will be answered over time. At present Facebook has nested the Nearby feature within the left navigation menu, rather than in a prominent location in the header – which could limit user adoption. While we don't have stats from Facebook on usage patterns, it stands to reason that most users (outside of power users or community managers) are strictly focused on their news feed and thus might not be exploring outside of this user experience.
The potential for Facebook and brands with the launch of a revamped Nearby is obvious and clear. The question now becomes, is there room for another horse in the social, local, mobile race and who will ultimately be the last one standing? My chips are on Facebook.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A $5 bill presented to a turn-of-the-century vice president is expected to fetch up to $300,000 at a Texas auction this month.
The bill from the First National Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska, was presented to the frontier city's namesake, Charles W. Fairbanks, in 1905 when he served as vice president under Theodore Roosevelt.
His great-grandson, Charles Fairbanks IV, learned last year that the uncirculated note's estimated value had skyrocketed above the estimate of $50,000 to $60,000 set in the mid-1990s.
The 66-year-old didn't feel comfortable displaying it in his Santa Barbara, Calif., home. And he didn't want to hide it in a safety deposit box.
So he decided to sell.
The Oct. 18 auction will be held in Dallas and online as part of the American Numismatic Association National Money Show.


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By the end of the 18th century, Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, attracted wealthy families from all over the Highlands to settle and enjoy the balls, assemblies and pleasures found in a metropolitan city.
A ring of mansions and fine houses sprang up around in the neighborhood of Inverness. The finest of the country houses still survives, Culloden House, an exquisite Georgian mansion set in open parkland.
But the existing house, already over 200 years old, is not the first house to stand on the site. Originally it was a 16th century Jacobean castle and parts of the house date back to this time.
Early on various owners claimed Culloden as their home ranging from the family of the first Stuart King, Robert II, to the chieftain of the Macintosh clan.
Forbes Family
In 1625 Duncan Forbes purchased Culloden from the Macintosh chieftain and the Forbes family began their nearly 300 year history with it. Descended from the Forbes of Tolquhoun on his father's side, and of the Keiths, Earls Marischal on his mother's, he was a clear example of a wealthy urban merchant leaving trade to set his family up as land owners and lairds.
The Forbes were known for their lavish lifestyle and generous hospitality. The 4th Laird of Culloden's nickname "Bumper John" cames from his fondness for French wines. Around 1730, the author of the book Letters from A Gentleman in the North of Scotland writes about Bumper John:
"There lives in a house or castle called Culloden, a gentleman whose hospitality is almost without bounds. It is the custom of that house, at the first visit or introduction, to take up your freedom cracking his nut (as he terms it), that is a coconut shell, which holds a pint filled with champagne, or such other sort of wine as you shall choose. You may guess that few go away sober at any time; and for the greatest part of his guests, in that conclusion, they cannot go at all. A hogshead of fine claret was kept in the hall, so that guests or even passer-bys could refresh themselves with a pint of claret."
It was the most famous Forbes of all, another Duncan, who inherited the lands from his older brother, Bumper John, and moved into Culloden House.
Duncan was Lord Chief Justice of Scotland at the time of the '45 Uprising. As staunch Presbyterians, the family had suffered during earlier Jacobite uprisings, including having the house occupied and plundered by Viscount Dundee in 1688.
Wise and persuasive, Duncan convinced some powerful Highland chiefs not to join the '45 uprising. Sir Walter Scott described Duncan as the "distinguished Scotsman who by his efforts saved the Hanoverian throne".
Duncan, however, was appalled by the aftermath of the battle and urged George II not to inflict harsh punishment on the Highlanders. But George II was shaken by the rebellion and not in the mood to listen. He angrily responded to Duncan's pleas by withholding payment of funds owned Duncan by the crown, nearly ruining his fortune.
Duncan died a few years after the battle, it is said, of a broken heart.
It was left to later Forbes to rebuild the family fortune and create the beautiful house we know today.
New Beginnings
Duncan's son John was able, slowly, to rebuild the family's fortunes. These efforts were crowned when his son Arthur married an English heiress, Miss Sarah Stratton, from Kent. They had now the means to renovate Culloden House into a fine new house.
Their plan was for a house designed in a manner made fashionable by Robert Adam, the pre-eminent architect of this time.
As typical with Adam make-overs, the plan was to keep the main house walls intact but remove the outer castle fortifications. Indeed, lasting peace in the Highlands following the Battle of Culloden meant Culloden's defensive surround walls were no longer necessary.
Robert Adam
Fortunately for the Forbes, Robert Adam and his family were commissioned by King George II to design and build Ft. George located just six miles away.
Extant letters show that Robert Adam was a friend and houseguest at Culloden House during this period. His influence in Culloden's 1770's renovation can be seen in the elegant Palladian architecture, the light and airy interiors, and the Adam plaster reliefs and fireplaces.
They succeeded in creating what has been described as "one of the most attractive small country houses of its period in Scotland".
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U.S. oil futures traded above the global crude-market benchmark, North Sea Brent, for the first time since 2010 on Friday as signs of strong demand from U.S. refiners boosted spread trading and bets that the era of the U.S. discount was ending.
While prices on both sides of the Atlantic fell for most of Friday's session as traders booked end-of-week profits, U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed in the final minutes of trade to close near a 16-month high above $108, while Brent settled lower.
Trade data released late on Friday by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed hedge funds had assisted the move, amassing record bets on rising U.S. crude oil prices in the week to July 16.
In early afternoon trade, U.S. crude for September delivery reached a 5-cent premium over Brent in heavy trading volume, finally erasing a discount that has persisted for 33 months.
"It was kind of a historic moment, really. It's come a long way so fast," said Phil Flynn, energy analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago.
"I think the trend is going to continue because the quality of U.S. crude is high, and it's coming from a country that's a major user of oil with an economy that's doing better than the alternatives right now."
The last time WTI traded above Brent was October 2010, but historically it was often the higher priced oil and served as the world's benchmark.
As recently as February of this year, Brent traded at a $23 premium to U.S. crude as stockpiles mounted at the contract's delivery point of Cushing, Oklahoma. But increased pipeline capacity has seen stocks now start to fall.
Brent for September fell 63 cents to settle at $108.07 a barrel after hitting $109.18 earlier in the session.
August U.S. crude hit a 16-month high of $109.32 earlier in the day and settled at $108.05, up 1 cent. It extended its gains in post-settlement trading, up 28 cents to $108.32 at 3:37 p.m. EDT (1937 GMT).
U.S. oil for September delivery ended up 6 cents at $107.87 a barrel.
Friday's trade followed a month-long rally in which both benchmarks topped $109 a barrel. Brent crude has gained 7.5 percent in the last four weeks, while U.S. crude has shot up by more than 15 percent.
Hedge funds have been betting heavily on the rally continuing, the CFTC data showed on Friday, and now hold futures and options contracts equivalent to more than 350 million barrels of crude oil, or almost four days' worth of global demand.
"I wouldn't say it's a bubble, but we're certainly, intuitively, in that area where you would think it's a very crowded trade to the upside," said Stephen Schork, editor of The Schork Report in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
The convergence of the two front-month crude benchmarks comes as increased pipeline capacity has drained the glut of oil at the WTI delivery point of Cushing, Oklahoma, to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where refinery demand has been high. Stocks at Cushing have fallen to 46 million barrels from 52 million in January.
Refiners, enjoying bumper profit margins on export sales, are running their hardest since 2005, drawing down U.S. crude inventories at the fastest rate on record.
On the Gulf Coast, refinery runs averaged nearly 8.5 million bpd, the highest level on U.S. government records dating back to 1992, and up nearly 400,000 bpd from June 14.
Some traders expressed skepticism that the U.S. contract would extend its gains.
The measure of the relative strength of U.S. crude oil futures has shown them technically "overbought" for the longest stretch in four years, according to one indicator.
The relative strength index, or RSI, has been above 70 since July 5, a sign that a commodity has been overbought and ready for a fall. On Friday, it ended above 75.
"Now that U.S. crude is almost on par with Brent, we have to search for a strong enough factor that's going to push both markets higher," said Gene McGillian, an analyst at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut.
"Here in the U.S., the economy continues to improve, but it's not all roses yet. The market has over-extended and it's vulnerable to profit-taking."


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The annual Hermanus Whale Festival in October is a major visitor attraction.
Tear yourself away from the sea, the whale-watching and the beautiful beaches and head off to SA Forest Adventures just a few minutes outside Hermanus.
Situated on a lovely farm in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley (renowned for its fine wines), SA Forest Adventures is the place to get active.
Quad biking is everybody's favourite and there are different bikes to choose from. You need no previous experience because trained guides will have you zooming along in no time. Take a trip through the vineyards and fynbos, up the mountain to a lookout point where you'll be treated to fantastic views of Hermanus and the sea. On a clear day you can even see Cape Town.
If you're short of time then combine your quad biking with some wine tasting at two different wine estates, where you'll sample excellent wine and enjoy more splendid views before climbing back on your sturdy metal steed to enjoy the ride back to base. And if the weather is clear, a stargazing outing by quad bike is a must.
Fancy yourself as Tarzan? Then tackle the tree top slides. Even if you're a bit apprehensive, your guides will take you through the process, give you lots of confidence, then away you go on a 200m slide, 16m high, touching down at 12 different platforms before you come back to earth.
If you're in a big group and want a shared experience with an edge, then paintball fits the bill. Whether you're an expert or a beginner, you can choose a full war experience (for those with high testosterone levels) or just some casual fun play for the novice.
Then there are the water adventures, like rafting and tubing on the Palmiet River near Kleinmond (about half an hour from Hermanus).
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From Hermanus take the R320 toward Caledon. Turn left at the Camphill turn-off and follow the road until you see the paintball sign.
Around the area
The Hemel-en-Aarde Valley; Grotto Beach; Old Harbour Museum.
Tours to do
Creation wine estate is nearby.
What will it cost
Depends on the activity, but approximately R200 to R600 per person.
What to eat
The fresh seafood in Hermanus is delicious.
What's happening
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A wide-ranging midterm budget bill cleared the Ohio Senate on Wednesday after lawmakers removed a contentious pilot program that would have tied welfare benefits to clean drug tests.
Democratic state Sen. Shirley Smith of Cleveland said the last-minute decision by the Senate Finance Committee earlier in the day helped decide her vote in favor of the budget bill. She said it showed her majority Republicans were willing to compromise.
In a 25-8 vote, the Senate passed the measure with many of Gov. John Kasich's government-shrinking proposals intact, including shared service options for local governments and altered or eliminated roles for various government boards and commissions.
Kasich took the rare step of proposing the measure outside of Ohio's traditional two-year budget cycle.
Democratic state Sen. Mike Skindell was among its critics, blasting such initiatives as undermining public sector unions and consolidating power to the governor's Cabinet.
"This represents an incredible consolidation of unbridled power into these agency heads, and it should be a concern for the citizens of the state of Ohio," he said.
Several of Skindell's fellow Democrats, including Smith, spoke favorably of the bill, which delivered an additional $42 million to the Clean Ohio fund that preserves farmland and green spaces and another $350,000 to a Lake Erie protection program.
Kasich applauded the bill in a statement for having "a significant, positive impact in improving how Ohio manages the taxpayers' resources and the initiatives to that serve them."
Following the Senate vote, the Ohio House voted to send the bill to a conference committee to iron out differences between the chambers, including whether the Legislature should have a say over transfers of money to the state's Rainy Day Fund. That panel is expected to convene next week.
Kasich said there were still issues he'd like to see changed in the legislation, "but I'm hopeful we will find common ground soon."
Senate spokeswoman Angela Meleca said the welfare drug-testing provision would be taken up in a separate bill later. The timing was not yet determined.
The proposal had been added to the bill only a day earlier -- and was criticized on several fronts. Opponents said it was discriminatory to the poor, ineffective in other states, and potentially unconstitutional.
Republican State Sen. Tim Schaffer, who proposed the two-year pilot program, said it is intended as a test run at taking welfare drug tests statewide. His plan calls for instituting the drug tests in three counties that volunteer, with those who test positive losing access to their benefits for at least six months.
Schaffer said his proposal would allow family members not addicted to drugs to receive the benefits while the drug user is being treated.
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Job prospects are looking up again in Winnipeg, according to the results of the latest help-wanted survey by the Conference Board of Canada.
The Ottawa-based think tank said today a January survey of 79 job-posting websites in Canada showed an increase in the number of help-wanted postings in 25 of 27 Canadian cities, including Winnipeg.
That suggests labour markets are on the rebound and that near-term employment prospects are positive after a widespread decline in job postings in December, the board added.
It said even in the two cities that saw a drop-off in postings — Sherbrooke and St. Catharines-Niagara — the declines were modest. That suggests stable near-term employment prospects for workers in those cities, it added.


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EH Publishing Names Arlen Schweiger New Electronic House Editor
CE Pro sister publication Electronic House names Arlen Schweiger, former managing editor of CE Pro and Commercial Integrator, as editor over its print and online publications.
EH Publishing, the leading publisher covering the residential consumer electronics market, is pleased to announce that Arlen Schweiger has been named new editor of Electronic House magazine and electronichouse.com, sister publication to CE Pro.
Schweiger (Twitter: @ArlenSchweiger) returns to Electronic House, where he served as managing editor from 2007 to 2010, to lead a veteran editorial team that will continue to provide readers their expert voice on today's "guide to connected living." The move is effective immediately, as Electronic House begins work on its January/February 2013 issue. Schweiger is a longtime home theater enthusiast and audiophile, who can usually be found listening to his extensive vinyl record collection or watching the latest Blu-ray concert release. He has also logged countless miles walking the show floors at the industry's annual CEDIA Expo, CES, InfoComm and Integrated Systems Europe tradeshows.
"With all of the innovation in mobile- and tablet-based applications, higher-quality audio and video products, and home networking and automation conveniences it's exciting to be part of a publication whose central message is how it all ties together to help homeowners," says Schweiger, who is based at EH Publishing's Framingham, Mass., headquarters. "I'm looking forward to working with an energetic editorial and art staff that will keep Electronic House ahead of the technology curve, and maintaining our close relationships with the manufacturing and custom electronics professional communities that play such an integral role in our message."
Veteran Electronic House writer Lisa Montgomery assumes the role of executive editor and will continue delivering her expert electronics trends analysis and stories of how custom electronics professionals have transformed homeowners' residences into awe-inspiring showcases of sophisticated technology.
Schweiger has held various editorial roles since joining EH Publishing in 2006, including most recently as managing editor of CE Pro and Commercial Integrator magazines. Prior to joining EH Publishing, he worked in newspapers for nearly a decade as a writer and editor in the sports department of three New England-area papers. Schweiger holds degrees from the University of Richmond and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
"We at EH are very proud of Arlen's career growth, contributions to the betterment of the custom electronics channel," says Steve Martini, EH Publishing's chief operating officer. "We're excited about what he can do as the editorial leader of an already strong team supporting Electronic House magazine and web. He knows the products, services and needs of the reader and has great new ideas from which to guide the brand forward."
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo baseball team was unable to answer six Barry University runs scored between the second and fourth innings as the Lions dropped the opening game of a three-game Sunshine State Conference series 8-3 to the Buccaneers at Southard Stadium on Friday night.
"We got beat in every phase," Head Coach Russ McNickle said of the Lions' series-opening setback. "Their starting pitcher, Brad McAllister did a great job; we never made an adjustment with him. Defensively we made three errors. Offensively we had chances, but we didn't execute. Barry beat us. They beat us in three phases and when that happens you're not going to win many games."
Saint Leo (15-7, 2-2 SSC) opened up the scoring in the first inning as leadoff hitter Ryan Brnovich came out swinging, smacking the first pitch he saw into right field. The Lions' second baseman would later score when Anthony Santa grounded into a double play.
The advantage would be short-lived as Buccaneer bats caught up to Saint Leo starter Aaron Brandt (4-2) starting in the second inning. Barry (10-9, 4-0 SSC) would tie the game in the second, take the lead in the third with a two-run shot from the bat of designated hitter Tim Blackmon, and ultimately chase Brandt from the game with a three-spot in the fourth.
The 6-1 advantage would see the Lions leave eight of their nine runners on base in scoring position as Saint Leo failed to capitalize on opportunities with less than two outs. In addition, the visitors from Miami Shores, Fla. managed to get the leadoff runner on base in six of the nine innings in the contest.
Saint Leo relief pitching was a highlight for the Lions as three relievers; Brandon Terry, Matthew Hewitt and Henry Johnson combined for nearly six innings of work, allowing the Bucs to plate just one earned run.
McAllister (2-0) tossed six complete innings, allowing two runs and six hits. He fanned just three Lions but worked efficiently, needing only 81 pitches.
Brandt picked up the Lions' loss, going three-plus innings and surrendering those six runs, all earned.
The first two hitters in the Lions' lineup did the most damage with Brnovich going 2-for-4 and Chris Newcomb posting a 3-for-5 night with an RBI.
"This is home turf," McNickle said when asked about preparations for tomorrow's doubleheader against the Buccaneers. "You've got to win games at home and so hopefully we'll find out what kind of group we have. I'm excited about coming back and playing tomorrow because I believe in this team and I think they'll bounce back. It'll start on the mound."
The Lions will look to rebound from tonight's loss when they continue the SSC series with Barry on Saturday afternoon. First pitch for game one of the doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Southard Stadium. For the latest news, information, and updates on the baseball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.