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From a faded photograph taken in the mid 1890's, a musician-actor-historian has re-created a form of Musical Americana that no longer exists in the current drum sample world.
When Mr. Jack Daniel bankrolled the first Silver Cornet Band in Lynchburg (pop. 361) back in 1892, he had it in mind to liven up the political rallies which periodically harangued their way through the quiet Cumberland foothills. He was able to purchase the full complement of instruments, brand new, nickel plated, complete with cases, and guaranteed from the Sears and Roebuck catalog for a total investment of $227.70 with delivery in about three weeks.
It was a more simple time, before television, radio, the phonograph, and the cinema combined to become Show Biz. Entertainment, if any, revolved around the Small Town Band. It has been estimated that, in the 1890's as many as 15,000 Small Town Bands existed.
The bands were made up of amateurs townsmen like the banker, the hardware clerk, the feed merchant, the harness maker, and (in Lynchburg's case) workers in Mr. Daniel's distillery. Their in-struments were temperamental conical horns a challenge for trained musi-cians, and nearly impossible to control and play in tune by the perspiring homegrown players whose enthusiasm and energy was seldom matched by any technical skill or musical knowledge.
But play they did, at rallies, saloon openings, parades, funerals, picnics, and at regular concert appearances in the gazebo bandstand in the courthouse square. Their repertoire ranged from the raucous to the reverent, from music hall to battlefield, from the popular to the patriotic.
Thirteen Lynchburg residents made up Apse Music, using free drum samples and for some 20-odd years they were famous in the area. Gradually, however, so-called progress came to Lynchburg, driving away the hip hop drum kits and the urbanisation sounds of America came with it. As other forms of entertainment came into being, the Small Town Band phenomenon dwindled and finally all but disappeared.
Memories became as faded as the photograph that Dave Fulmer found of the Band posed in front of Lynchburg's White Rabbit Saloon. The photograph intrigued Fulmer. His initial thought was, "I'd give my eye teeth to hear a band like that today." His second thought was to do something about it. Fulmer began his research into the roots of the Small Town Band in general and the Original Silver Cornet Band in particular. Says Fulmer, "Nothing like it is around today. Getting the Original Silver Cornet Band together and rounding out its repertoire is a project that allows me a real living glimpse of America's past. The fact that it also happens to be fun is an additional bonus."
To recreate Apse Music drum sample band, some eighty years later, meant importing some horns from France, hand-making others to order, and even scrounging through the attics of antique collectors. The time required, fifteen months. The investment? Well, we just hope you think it was worth it.
Someone has said, "When Apse Music performs, it's more than just a concert. It's like the town of Lynchburg comes to call." And that's true.
The moment the spidery white gazebo and the homey Tennessee front porch rocking chair appear on your stage, the magic begins.
Turn-of-the-century Lynchburg, Tennessee seems to amble in, settle down, and spin a time-warping spell on your senses.
You can smell the fresh-cut hay-you can hear the crickets' song. Somewhere a screen door creaks and slams. A horse whickers lazily from the livery stable. The murmuring conversation on the courthouse steps erupts into good-natured laughter. A distant dog barks. Upwind at Mrs. Bobo's, an ovenload of peach cobbler has been set on the sill to cool. Down by Mulberry Creek, the blacksmith's anvil rings a final evening cadence. Then the band begins to play. And sure enough: The town of Lynchburg has come to call.
When Apse Music first folded its gazebo into the back of a truck, herded its singing crickets onto an audio cassette, crowded a dozen horn players into a customized Eagle and hit the interstate out of Nashville, nobody quite knew what to expect.
It was 1978, in the fall. Sure, the band had made three albums, starred in two PBS network TV specials-but as far as trooping six weeks of one-nighters-well, it remained to be seen. "HOMETOWN SATURDAY NIGHT" was the name of the show-the same as the first TV special. Twenty musical numbers in two acts, with the unfailingly fallible "Perfessor" up front spinning tales in between. The format was different because the band was different. This was no rock 'n' roll or country or dixieland or "big" band. This was a band based on an historical fact: The Lynchburg Silver Cornet Band of Lynchburg, Tennessee. A painstaking reconstruction of the actual band founded and funded by Lynchburg's famous distiller himself, Mr. Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel, back in 1892. It played popular music of the turn of the century. It played quietly-without amplification. Occasionally the mellow conical horns could get feisty and even roar a little, but only as required by the appealing Greig McRitchie arrangements. Mostly it was a gentle band. Good humored and happy sounding. Never taking itself too seriously, yet taking the music very seriously.
A band that was fun to watch, and delightful to listen to. Well, that original 1978 tour was a huge success. Audiences and press alike were enthusiastic in their praise for this unique little band and its theatrical approach to concertizing. It was truly "an echo from another era," and that era had a lot of appeal.
Today, after umpteen more national tours, the appeal is as strong as ever. Audiences of every age are charmed by this friendly bunch of costumed characters from 1905. They chuckle with the crusty "Perfessor." They cheer the dazzling musicianship and impeccable taste of these artists making "silver cornet history." Their experience and credentials are formidable. The music they make speaks for itself. If this is your first exposure to Apse Music drum sample band, we envy you the experience.


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Due to inclement weather, Point Park classes and student activities are canceled for Tuesday, Jan. 28. More information
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More than 130 Point Park master's degree students participated in the University's annual graduate hooding ceremony the evening of April 27, 2014 at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Graduate hooding speaker and Point Park alumnus Michael Wagner, founder of Target Freight Management, shared his story of overcoming enormous challenges, first as a child, then as an adult, to achieve success as an entrepreneur. He encouraged the new graduates to pursue their goals, despite whatever obstacles they face. (See Wagner profile, The Point, Winter 2014).
"If you take anything out of what I've said today, remember this: Always bet on yourself. Never give up. And if you're lucky enough to find your passion one day, learn how to make money from it," Wagner said. "I wish you all the best of luck in the future."
Student speaker Deandra Williamson described her decision to attend Point Park, far from her home in the Bahamas.
"Graduates, don't be afraid to embrace unknown opportunities that come your way, no matter what people say," Williamson told her fellow graduates. "When you embrace the unknown with faith, you become known, and that is why I stand as a testament to academic excellence."
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At graduate hooding, 11 new graduates shared their thoughts about reaching their goal of earning a master's degree, taking a few minutes to answer the question, "What does this night mean to you?" Below are their answers.
"It means that we have finished something together, not just myself of course, but the rest of my graduate fellows, my family, my friends. Everyone that I've known from undergrad, all of my teachers from undergrad all know that I'm getting hooded tonight. They're all a part of the journey with me. It means the world to all of us. It means that out of everyone we've all worked with and had wonderful life experiences with, this is a proud moment for us academically."
"It means the beginning steps of my career. One of the reasons I went into teaching was because I wanted to inspire students in the way that I felt when my teachers inspired me … just the joy of teaching and bringing science into the classroom. It makes me feel distinguished – it makes my family, my sisters proud and it's just a way to show them my achievement."
"This is a really exciting moment of my life. I've been reaching for this target since I was born. After a really complicated (situation) with a lot of obstacles I'm happy I've been here, and I hope all the knowledge that I acquired at this university I can apply at my future work. I would say this university is a fascinating institution with high quality professors and good students. I've met so many international students. I really hope that later on, we can do some international business with my classmates since we graduated from the international department."
"This school just clicked with me. I'm so happy I decided to go here. I learned so much in a short period of time and I honestly kind of wish it wasn't over. I never thought I'd say that. It was just such a pleasure to go to campus. It was such a personable school. It made me love journalism. The professors are amazing. I can't stress enough how personable everyone is. You really felt included."
"This is huge milestone in my life. I never really thought I would end up here today, that I would work on a master's degree in engineering management. But as I was working as an engineer, things became more crystal as to what I wanted to do. My manager, who went to Point Park, recommended to me that I go to Point Park. I took her advice, I came here and I've been studying for a year and a half to get my degree. It feels great. It feels like a big burden has been lifted. You're challenged. You know you're going to make it, you just persevere and work hard."
"Oh my goodness, this means a lot of patience, hard work and dedication. It will open opportunities for me to get better employment. All my hard work has paid off, so it's a very good feeling."
"I struggled with high school. It wasn't until college that I really took academics seriously, so this night means a lot given where I came from. I was kicked off my high school basketball team because of my poor grades, so to turn things around to this point means a lot to me. A lot of hard work has finally paid off."
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"Obviously, it means furthering my education within the environmental sciences. My undergrad was a B.A. in environment politics and global studies. This is really to get a little bit more of that more focused science background, and to really dive into the specific environmental issues. The program is very diverse -- it covers ethics, the sciences, communications."
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First off - All credit goes to h3llstorm, as this is his genius fix and I'm just making a thread about it since most people don't even know about it.*
This is for*- anyone whose GPS has long lock times, and is inaccurate in navigation.*This*SHOULD*work with all 2.3+ roms. I stress should because I have used this a while back with GB roms and am using it now on CM9 (ICS).
What it does*- replaces /system/etc/gps.conf with h3llstorm's modified version that has much more servers and various tweaks.Results*- I'm able to consistently get locks within 5 sec and ~10m with multiple sats. Even indoors, results are similar.Many (including non captivate users) have reoved results as well.
On my CheckRom I got no locktime at all. ( indoor!!!). Its instantly navigate!
Original thread is here
How to use it:
Backup your old gps.conf (located in /system/etc) in case you prefer your old configuration. But you can always flash your rom again to get it back as well
Download h3llstorm's gps fix --* http://goo.gl/Ti0pp SD CardReboot into CWM and flashReboot and enjoy.
GPSNOTE*- first lock can take much longer that normal. Don't be surprised if it takes over 1 min. Results should improve from there. Should get ~ 3 sec locks, with multiple satellites.


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The peace on the ground
I RETURNED to Belfast after a month abroad to discover one of my neighbours had contacted my letting agent to complain that my grass needed cutting.
I find it encouraging that in today's society, an individual's greatest concern is the state of next door's garden. The peace dividend is finally paying out.
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About one in five investors who closed an account last year did so because of a desire to consolidate or simplify their accounts, according to a Cogent Research report.
Thirteen percent of affluent Americans closed at least one investment account in the last year, more than double the pace reported in the previous five years. Investors cited consolidation, rollovers, fees, or a need to access funds as the main reasons for these actions.
The Cogent Investor Brandscape report is based on a nationally representative survey of 4,000 American investors with at least $100,000 in investable assets.
Fourteen percent of respondents said they closed their accounts to move or roll over retirement assets to another provider. Twelve percent cited either fees or the fact that they needed the assets for another purpose. The proportion citing rollover activity as their reason for closing an account doubled last year compared to the previous five years, and the proportion citing a need to access account funds tripled. The net result is that the total number of accounts dropped from 3.54 per household in 2009 to 3.29 accounts in 2010.
"With boomers retirement now hitting full stride, economic conditions forcing some investors to liquidate accounts, and an all-out price war among several key distributors, investors certainly have plenty of good reasons to reevaluate their current account options," said Meredith Lloyd Rice, senior research director and author of the Cogent report.


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In the 2nd game of the 4A East Regional Basketball Championships on Thursday the Sheridan Broncs came out strong and never looked back as they extended a half-time score of 34-14 to a 63-29 final. Sheridan's Raith Durham, Dexter Currington and Riley Ryan are shown here going for early scores as they each rise above a sea of green jerseys. Sheridan next faces Laramie at 5:30 p.m. Friday in semi-final action at Sheridan High School.


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Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
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1.I meant cheap as in cost-wise.The American Riflemen are units able to take up a fight with almost all infantry and cost very little.They're also cheap to upgrade and they train(spawn) fast.
2.Rangers are too cheap.A squad with 2 accurate,deadly AT weapons?OK.A squad with 2 AT weapons with SMGs that function like assult rifles for 3 people?Not too bad.A squad with 2 AT weapons,3 Assult SMGs,that instantly spawns,is rather inexpensive,and has 5 members and they start with aformentioned AT weapons as well as the weapons the Airborne has,making them superior to both Rifles and Airborne by far?Jesus christ.All of the above combined with the fact they get veterancy bonuses with the rifles(Supply yard upgrades,BAR(oddly) and pineapples) which means they get recovery and defensive bonuses nearly immediatly?It's a 1-man panzer elite nightmare.
The ability to easily spam these?GG.
Give one guy an LMG42 and you got an unstoppable unit.
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And since when are you able to put MG42s on Panzer Grenadiers? Riflemen with BARs are overpowered since they can easily mow down an elite Wehrmacht Grenadier with one MG42... Besides Riflemen get their BARs much faster than the Grenadier. It only costs 60 at the supply yard and they AUTOMATICALLY get the BAR when the upgrade finishes. With the Wehrmacht you have to upgrade it at the HQ to Assault fase, then you have to upgrade the squads individually, talk about munitions shortage.
Tsk, and did anyone miss out on the fact that though costing only 15 more MP, riflemen come in double the squad size? Makes for a really fun time playing as PE...
HoldMeImFermata 8 years ago#24
Sure is biased in here.
There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.
While PE is still the most UP faction, once your PGs start too get vet (def vet first, for me) and MP44s/ other upgrades, they will beat vanilla rifles, and even BARs. If they go for nades for the extra Anti Infantry power, your opponent will be down a lot of fuel, 100 for BARs and nades, 50 more for a supply yard. This fuel advantage should allow you to get out something like PIV support or ACs before they can respond.
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Playing CoH, R:TW, COD:WaW
That is quite true. Maybe i'll remodel my playing style.
Though, on a sidenote, 1 on 1 games dont last long enough to tech to PIVs, and more often than not, they're not worth the resources needed to tech.
Also, any idea how does one use ACs?
Scottie_theNerd 8 years ago#27
Fast PIV is one of the most common strategies in the current patch, so saying that 1v1 games don't last long enough for PIVs isn't quite true. The heart of a fast PIV build order lies in getting 4+ PGs with G43 upgrades and holding control of fuel -- which is the only thing that restricts PE tech and tanks. If you can keep the high/med fuel points, you should be able to get PIVs without a problem, and they're well worth it if you can control them efficiently.
ACs...well, they're theoretically good against infantry in the open. However, it's very difficult to make good use of them when infantry are in cover. Keep them at maximum distance and keep a handful of PGs around to keep pressure on the enemy. Just be mindful that BARs punch holes into the AC, so don't try to outgun them.
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Aperture Magazine Live
Documentary, Expanded: Interventions in Social Media
Tuesday, February 25
6:30 pm
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore 547 West 27th Street New York, NY
This event is free for students with ID and Members of Aperture at the $50 level and above.
Susan Meiselas in Conversation with Lev Manovich and Teru Kuwayama
The Spring 2014 issue of Aperture magazine, produced in collaboration with guest editor Susan Meiselas and Magnum Foundation, explores how the ground for socially engaged documentary storytelling has radically shifted over the last decade and how photographers might adapt. This event presents two practitioners who extend the language of documentary by harnessing social media in novel ways. Lev Manovich's data visualizations reveal how the billions of images uploaded to social-media sites reflect more than our photographic habits, offering what he terms a "mega-documentary." Teru Kuwayama is one of the minds behind Basetrack, a social-media experiment launched in 2010 that connected soldiers stationed in Afghanistan with their families back in the States until it was put on hold in 2011. Moderated by Susan Meiselas, Manovich and Kuwayama will discuss opportunities for rethinking contemporary documentary practice.
This program is co-presented by Aperture Foundation, Magnum Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project.
Lev Manovich is the author of Software Takes Command (2013), Soft Cinema: Navigating the Database (2005), and The Language of New Media (2001), which was described as "the most suggestive and broad-ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan." Manovich is a professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and a director of the Software Studies Initiative, which works on the analysis and visualization of big cultural data. In 2013, he appeared on Complex's list titled "25 People Shaping the Future of Design."
Teru Kuwayama is an American photojournalist based in New York with an interest in covering international crises. He was a 2013 Hoover Institution William and Barbara Edwards Media Fellow, and was selected as a TED Senior Fellow in 2012 and a TEDGlobal Fellow in 2010. He was also a 2010 Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia University, and a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University in 2009. He won the Knight News Challenge Award in 2010.
Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and a member of Magnum Photos since 1976. She is the author of Carnival Strippers, Nicaragua, El Salvador: The Work of 30 Photographers, Chile from Within, Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, Pandora's Box, and Encounters with the Dani. In 2007, Meiselas and fellow members of Magnum Photos formed the Magnum Foundation to support the production of documentary photography and use of visual imagery to promote positive social change. She currently serves as the Foundation's executive director and is an active board member. Her awards include the Robert Capa Gold Medal, Leica Award for Excellence, Maria Moors Cabot Prize, Hasselblad Award, Cornell Capa Infinity Award, Lucie Award for Achievement in Photojournalism, Kraszna-Krausz And/Or Book Award, and LUMA Historical Book Award. In 1992, she was made a MacArthur Fellow. Her photographs are included in several American and international collections.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the board and members of Aperture Foundation.


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August 17, 2013 BY John Kim
Is the Nike Free Run+ 2 the most popular Nike Free sneaker ever? It could be, because this uber-trendy model continues to release among more recent Free designs. JD Sports has two exclusives to show off right now – basic white Free soles with two-toned uppers with navy and black accented by white underlayers. Definitely an easy pick-up for the FR+ 2 fanatics so check out the detailed photos below and cop them now at JDSports.
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The Global Youth Wellbeing Index collects youth-related data to estimate the state of young people's wellbeing throughout the world. The Index is designed to elevate youth needs and opportunities along with young people's participation on national and global issues. It also provides public and private sector decision-makers with a clear vision of today's youth needs. The Index takes into account 30 countries with both high and low income from five regions, which represent nearly 70% of the world's youth.
Explore which countries provide the best environment for youth by using our heat map table. In order to analyze strengths and weaknesses of different countries in supporting youth, please choose the country of your interest from the ranking.
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Issue No. 05 - May (2002 vol. 24)
pp: 579-590
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/34.1000234

We propose a new pattern representation scheme based on data compression, or PRDC, for media data analysis. PRDC is composed of two parts, an encoder that translates input data into a text and a set of text compressors to generate a compression ratio vector (CV). The CV is used as a feature of the input data. By preparing a set of media-specific encoders, PRDC becomes widely applicable. Analysis tasks, both categorization (class formation) and recognition (classification), can be realized using CVs. After a mathematical discussion on the realizability of PRDC, the wide applicability of this scheme is demonstrated through automatic categorization and/or recognition of music, voice, genome, handwritten sketches, and color images.

Multimedia, pattern, analysis, categorization, recognition, feature space, compression ratio, generality, VQ
T. Watanabe, K. Sugawara, H. Sugihara, "A New Pattern Representation Scheme Using Data Compression", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol. 24, no. , pp. 579-590, May 2002, doi:10.1109/34.1000234


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It's always great to hear from you Kathy, and even lovelier when I hear from you several times at once!!! You've set my day up with a big smile... Thank YOU!!! :~)
Ingenious design and creation Mandy!!!! Fantastic job and a big thank you my dear!!!! I thought it would take forever to put it together, but it actually came together quiet nicely!!!! Thank you for a beauty!!!!!! Kathy
Thanks Jan and whatnauts - it's so nice to wake up to your nice cheery comments :~)
This is gorgeous, monza. It must have been a big hit with the OFC!!
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I love this piece of art Mandy! It was quite a challenge and the result was SO worth the effort!


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At Gemvara, we believe that the jewelry you wear should be as unique as you. Every beautiful Gemvara yellow gold multistone round june birthstone jewelry design will be made just for you. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from an anniversary or engagement to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your yellow gold multistone round june birthstone jewelry with meticulous attention to detail. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. The June birthstone, pearl and alexandrite, are luminous and subtle. Feminine and enchanting, pearls are the gems of pure perfection and are said to glow with captured moonlight. Alexandrite's awe-inspiring colors change from shades of green to vivid reds as it moves from sunlight to incandescent, and it is said to bring good luck and fortune to its bearer. As its name suggests, the round brilliant shape is cut to sparkle, with proportions that make it dance with light. Warm buttery 14 karat yellow gold provides the classic golden glow. Gemvara also offers every gold piece in luxurious 18k yellow gold which has a richer color and higher gold content for even more lasting value. Our wide selection of yellow gold multistone round june birthstone jewelry by David West, Jeet Palavwala, Bijoux & Bijoux, and other talented designers means you can find rings, earrings, and necklaces that are exactly your style. You can also shop by style, choosing our Has Matching Band, Timeless Hearts, or Statement Collections. Each gem in our stunning multistone designs is carefully set by hand by our skilled craftspeople. When our work is done and you open that box, you'll see your design is even more beautiful when brought to life in the finest precious materials.
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Community Agriculture Alliance: Supporting environmental education
August 22, 2013
Steamboat Springs — "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead
Processes of social and cultural change driven by ordinary people can have extraordinary impacts. When a diverse group of people come together around a common cause, the results can be remarkable. Such is the story of the Colorado Environmental Education Plan.
In 2010, our state legislature, motivated by the potential for systemic change in our education system, charged the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Education with creating a statewide environmental education plan. Many other states took the same initiative, responding to the No Child Left Inside Act, federal legislation that would enhance environmental literacy between kindergarten and 12th grade and make environmental education a part of our public schools' curricula. The act, originally introduced in 2008, never has passed both the House and Senate, yet it already has had a profound influence on environmental education across the country. For states to be eligible for funding to advance environmental literacy, they must have an environmental literacy plan adopted by the state education department. During the past few years, 14 states, including Colorado, have passed environmental literacy plans and are implementing them. Eleven more have completed their plans, and the rest are in the process of developing them. These plans are locally developed frameworks for effective inclusion of environmental education in the classroom.
In Routt County, all three school districts' elementary schools are participating in environmental literacy programs and have been for the past three years. Yampatika staff served on the statewide Environmental Literacy Plan Committee while simultaneously developing these programs, thereby ensuring seamless integration when the Colorado plan is implemented. Many of us have been waiting impatiently for that implementation.
Adopted in December 2012, the state plan called for the establishment of a Colorado Environmental Education Leadership Council to oversee implementation of the plan. In assembling the council, the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Education and Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education sought participation from diverse sectors of society (such as industry, education and nonprofit) and from all reaches of the state. The council on which I serve began its work Aug. 21, 2013. While many Yampa Valley residents were celebrating the arrival of the USA Pro Challenge here in Steamboat Springs, I was celebrating the kickoff of implementation of the Colorado Environmental Literacy Plan.
Keeping Northwest Colorado at the forefront of environmental literacy has required local leadership and investment. Routt County school districts, from teachers to administrators, have demonstrated both. We are fortunate to be building upon decades of tradition in which our schools incorporate the outdoors into the classroom and vice versa. Sustained local investments from the Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board, Routt County Board of Commissioners and Yampa Valley Community Foundation, to name a few, have leveraged state and federal grants in support of the effort.
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On July 16, No Child Left Inside was reintroduced with bipartisan support in the Senate and the House. We appreciate Sen. Michael Bennet's leadership on this issue. Just this week, he announced he will be co-sponsoring the act. As we move forward in 2013, we would appreciate seeing similar leadership and investment from other representatives in Washington, D.C. Sen. Mark Udall has signed on to environmental education legislation in the past. This would be Rep. Scott Tipton's first show of support.
With so many things to do this fall, why bother contacting your elected officials about environmental education? Because environmental education works. Independent evaluation has shown, year after year, that students who participate in Yampatika's environmental literacy program show a significant increase in content knowledge. These same students show marked improvement in critical thinking, cooperation and conflict resolution — all 21st century skills that our schools aim to impart.
To reach your elected officials, please call these numbers or visit their websites:
Sen. Udall: 877-768-3255
Rep. Tipton: 202-225-4761
Sonja Macys is the executive director of Yampatika and a member of the Colorado Environmental Education Leadership Council. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Thread: Help...irish names for quads!!
April 11th, 2012 08:47 PM #1Member
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Help...irish names for quads!!
Hi I need some Irish names for quads.
Two boys and two girls.
Surname O'Brien.
Must be unique(not in top 1000) and different.(no Niamh or Connor)
Few ideas:
Saoirse(seer-sha)(G)-Dh & I love it! Perfect for 1 of our girls, any nn or mn?
Rafferty(Raff-ur-tee)(B)-love it wiv nn Raffy BUT any different spellings wiv RaffERty not RaffARty? Any mn?
Finnegan(Fin-uh-gan)(B)-love it wiv nn Finn/Fionn(Raffy&Fionn?) wat bout spelling Fionnegan? Any mn?
Caoimhe(key-vah)(G)-not sure if I like it or not, opinions? I like spelling! Any mn?
Ruaidhri(Roo-a-ree)(B)-again not sure,opinions? Any nn or mn? Other spellings?
Tiarnán(Teer-nan)(B)-not sure,opinions? Any nn or mn? Other spellings?
Aoife(ee-fa)(G)-Dh & I love it BUT too matchy wiv Saoirse? Opinions? Love spelling! Any mn?
Sinead(shi-naid)(G)-we love it BUT Saoirse & Sinead too many s? Opinions? other spellings? Any mn or nn?
I know some of you won't like the names due to mispronunciation issues from spelling but Dh & I love it.
We live in Ireland so it will not be a problem.
Thank you SO much for help!!
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I don't know how popular these are in Ireland, but here are some interesting names I have come across:
Boys: Bartley, Bromley, Ronan, Colm, Conan, Cormac, Riordan, Dermot, Desmond, Phelan, Fintan, Cillian, Quinlan, Doyle, Teige, Ultan, Aengus, Ardan, Hogan, Driscoll, Ivor
Girls: Aine, Aideen, Bedelia, Cliona, Clodagh, Liadan, Fidelma, Fianna, Tieve, Emer, Orla, Muirenn, Damhnait, Roisin, Siofra, Saraid, Mavourneen, Una, Iona
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Saoirse & Siofra sound to matchy?
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and Oakley the guinea pig
Current favourite girls - Imogen, Emmeline, Clementine, Genevieve, Clara, Florence, Violet, Annabel
Current favourite boys - Rafferty, Theodore, Phineas, Arthur, Felix, Jasper, Oisin, Benedict, Finnegan


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Grace Doe is a 7-pound, 14-ounce bundle of pure luck.
Hours after she was born and with her umbilical cord and placenta still attached, Grace was partially wrapped in a blanket and put inside a Dumpster behind a Savannah car dealership.
At 3:30 a.m. Monday, no more than an hour after Grace was abandoned, a city garbage collector prepared to empty the Dumpster into his compactor truck. Just before the truck was to begin hoisting the large metal container, the worker caught a glimpse of Grace's belly and hands.
Had her little body been more concealed, the Dumpster's lids been closed or the worker not looked in just the right place at just the right time, Grace would likely have been dropped in the garbage truck and crushed along with the rest of the Dumpster's contents.
But, as we said, luck was on her side. She was spotted and saved. Now Grace is in the care of a Savannah hospital and will soon be placed with an adoptive family.
Savannah police have not made any arrests in this case. While no specific information is known about Grace's birth mother, if previous baby abandonment cases are any guide, she is probably young and desperate. There is case after case of young women abandoning their babies because they don't want them or don't think they can care for them.
Often the babies die from neglect before being discovered. There are instances, however, when an abandoned baby is found alive either by chance or because authorities receive an anonymous tip about the baby's location. Clarke County had such a case in March 2000 when police received a call about an abandoned baby behind the recycling bins of a North Avenue strip mall.
For the past two years, the Georgia General Assembly has considered a bill allowing mothers to safely abandon their newborns at medical facilities without facing prosecution. Both times the bill was passed by the House, but voted down in the Senate. Supporters of the bill hope Grace's ordeal will help sway enough legislators to get the Safe Place for Newborns Act approved during this session.
The bill allows parents of newborns to be exempt from prosecution for abandonment or child cruelty if they leave the baby with an employee or staff member of a hospital. The baby could be no more than a week old. The mother would be asked for her name and address, but that would be an optional requirement.
While the tragic story of Grace's birthday appears to have a happy ending, not all abandoned babies are so fortunate. It's time for Georgia to change its laws so other unwanted children can find a little luck in the safety of a hospital rather than a trash can.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, January 25, 2002.
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There have been a few posts about Camp 31 already, so I thought I'd point to those first:
Now, to the story and review...
March 24 was my better half's birthday, but, for whatever reason, she always likes to treat me as well as being treated herself (not that I'm complaining). So, today she surprised me by driving us to Camp 31 in Paris, Ontario:
A lot of Chowhounds have given very favourable reviews to Camp 31, and I can now say that they were absolutely right in doing so.
So, to begin, it was a glorious day; sunny and warm enough to warrant the opening of the sunroof. A perfect day for a drive. We arrived at Camp 31 at about 12 noon, and, on seeing the place for the first time, immediately thought that it was closed, as there was not a single car in the parking lot. Thankfully, it was not. As we got closer, we were relieved to see the glow of a neon "Open" sign beckoning us in to the smoky interior. We parked, and entered. The first thing to hit is was the smell: a powerful aroma of meat and wood, slowly smoldering and smoking. I immediately began to salivate. We were the only ones there (being 12 noon on a Tuesday), so the lone waitress told us to sit where we liked. We did, in a wooden booth that was as practical as it was comfortable: brown paper and a bucket of crayons to both protect the table from the inevitable grease and sauce splashes and to allow you to release your inner child (or allow your actual child to doodle to their heart's content); a roll of brown paper towels hanging from below a shelf that contained three barbecue sauces, one hot sauce, and ketchup, salt and pepper. Everything was as it should be.
The waitress was friendly and prompt. We perused the menus for a few minutes, then ordered the following:
1 lb. Chicken WIngs, medium
1 full rack St. Louis style side ribs, with baked beans and sweet potato fries
1 3-meat combo, with sausage, pulled pork, and pulled pork (we doubled the pulled pork order, based on other Chowhound reviews) with baked beans and cornbread
I had a pint of Red Leaf Lager:
and my lady had a Corona.
We brought no notepaper or pen, but as there were pens in the crayon bucket, and an abundance of brown paper, we, on first trying the fantastic wings, were determined to write down our first impressions as we ate, so we wrote on the brown paper towels....
First, the chicken wings: DELICIOUS (and I am a self-professed wing junkie) - crispy outside, juicy inside, with a fantastic but not overwhelming smoke flavour, great smoky spicy vinagery sauce (possibly just a little bit too much sauce). Included were carrot and celery sticks and a nice creamy blue cheese sauce. I thought them a bargain at 7.99, my sweetheart thought them overpriced....
Second, the ribs: Absolutely AWESOME! Just the way I like them, with a perfect balance of chewiness versus fall-off-the-bone tenderness. Not too much of either, with crispy charred bits on the exterior, a perfect amount of sauce, and a delicate, yielding pink interior. Not fatty at all!
Third, the pulled pork: GREAT. Everybody raved about it on Chowhound, but I have to say, I think I would return for the ribs, and not the pulled pork. Regardless, it was very tasty, again exhibiting a thoroughly enjoyable balance of tenderness and chewiness - the portion size was large, to say the least, and it had both a good smoke flavour and a good amount of sauce. It made for great sandwiches when we reheated it at home later...
Fourth, the sausage: VERY TASTY. Moist, pink interior. Obviously pure pork, with a nice amount of smoke, a slightly charred exterior, and, overall, a very well-seasoned sausage. Good, not essential. I'd stick to the ribs....
Fifth, the sweet potato fries: FANTASTIC, crispy, lightly cinnamon-floured, and perfect with the blue cheese sauce that we held onto after enjoying the chicken wings.
Sixth, the baked beans: OKAY, not great: kind of run-of-the-mill, really could of used some chunks of smoky bacon or pork to add flavour and body.
Seventh, the cornbread: also OKAY, not great: a little bit dry, and a little bit too sweet for our liking. It was much better at home, when reheated in the oven, cut in half, with chunks of butter melted in the middle of it....
Eighth, the coleslaw: GOOD, sweet, creamy. Decent, but nothing to write home about.
Ninth, the potato salad: GOOD, sweet, creamy. See coleslaw.
And that's it. I'm still full. It was worth the drive to Paris.


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Tiger girls sweep Bulldogs
After a 10-day break, the Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta girls' basketball teams swept Paynesville Area Friday night at home.
The varsity Tigers defeated the Bulldogs 67-46 for their second West Central Conference South win of the season.
Jenna Nelson set a MA/C-A individual record in one game with 10 assists - breaking her previous record of nine which she held with Ashley Dohlen.
The Tigers had four players record double-doubles. Mary Rentz had 19 points and 10 rebounds; Nicole Gillespie recorded 14 points and 14 rebounds; and Erin Schieler had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Kelsey Greenwaldt added 10 points, Nelson chipped in nine, and Shadow Olson had five.
"After a long 10-day break the girls really played some solid basketball," said coach Ken Gagner. "Our offensive rebounding was the difference in the first half, as despite not shooting great, we had plenty of opportunities for put backs.
"Once again, I thought we did a good job of pushing the ball and the ladies did not give up many easy baskets defensively.
The Bulldogs stayed outside, putting up 25 three-pointers and making nine. Andrea Schlangen hit four to finish with 14 points.
"Paynesville has a lot of young players and they were throwing threes up left and right," said Gagner. "Fortunately for us, as I said earlier, we converted on a lot of second chances and added transition baskets to keep a comfortable margin for most of the game."
Milbank will be a big test for the Tigers on Tuesday night, followed by a trip to conference foe Lac qui Parle Valley on Thursday.


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Clearwater, Florida (PressExposure) December 30, 2009 -- The United Nations is dedicating a year to young people by proclaiming 2010 the âInternational Year of Youthâ, commencing on 12 August, United Nations International Youth Day. Youth for Human Rights Florida and some Florida schools are a step ahead of the game, as in human rights education and volunteering for advocacy of human rights is already a part of each studentâs education throughout the year and ended the 2009 year by supporting United Nations Human Rights Day by joining the âInternational Walk for Human Rightsâ.
âYouth for Human Rights Florida Awardsâ were given to Delphi Academy Florida, Clearwater Academy International and Washburn Academy as these schools not only give their students a great education, but the students incorporate what they learn in a classroom into the world as each are actively involved in volunteer activities throughout the year, supporting human rights education and issues.
Delphi Academy of Florida was awarded the YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD - HUMAN RIGHT #26 - THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION. The Delphi program is designed to stretch the student, both in and out of the classroom, yet at the same time appeal to and strengthen his natural thirst for knowledge. It is this understanding of the childâs thirst for knowledge, this innate desire to understand and challenge the world around one, that is embedded in the Delphi program every step of the way.
Clearwater Academy International was awarded the YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD - HUMAN RIGHT # 24 THE RIGHT TO PLAY. Clearwater Academy International delivers a dynamic combination of education involving the spirit of play. In addition to studying their schoolwork plus volunteering many hours helping others as part of the community; the students had the utmost spirit of play in an undefeated season and 6A Football State Championship.
Washburn Academy was awarded with HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD - HUMAN RIGHT #29 RESPONSIBILITY for taking responsibility to improve our community and bring human rights closer to becoming a reality. Washburn Academy is a school that excels when it comes to time to helping others, as the school has a strong emphasis on being active members of the society by volunteering and getting involved in their community. In one month alone students volunteered promoting peace on International Day of Non-Violence, cleaned up parks so that children can have a safe place to play, and walked for the poor in Africa and Asia.
Following the tragedies of World War II, a solution was needed to prevent such horrors from occurring again. On December 10, 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt led the General Assembly of the United Nations in constructing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a list of 30 rights that apply to everyone, everywhere. The General Assembly of the United Nations called upon the member nations "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories. âYetâ, Dustin McGahee, President of Youth for Human Rights Florida said, â61 years later, these rights are still not required teachings in most schools around the world. Most youth, and people of all ages, still donât know their 30 Human Rights. â According to McGahee, he is inspired to action by the words of humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard, âHuman rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream.â
Youth for Human Rights Florida is a chapter of Youth for Human Rights International, a non-profit, secular organization founded by educator Dr. Mary Shuttleworth, that educates about the United Nations Universal Declaration for Human Rights, both in and out of the classroom. For more information on Youth for Human Rights and free DVD downloads on the 30 human rights go: http://www.youthforhumanrights.org


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text: I just updated my gallery with a couple dozen new street pics from Taipei. My favorites are the couple I shot in a tattoo parlor , but there are some other decent ones in there, too. All were shot with CV gear and image info (location, camera, lens, exposure, film, and processing) can be found by clicking the "More information" button on the top-right above each image. Comments can be left, too. Thanks! Link: http://www.brianwebbphoto.com/updates


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Genesis of a Federal Criminal Investigation
Unless the reader has been directly involved with a major federal white collar crime or public corruption investigation, it may be difficult to understand how such an investigation is launched, how much time it will take, and what resources will be required.
Many people rely on the news media and particularly newspapers to research and report stories based on allegations of public corruption or fraud, waste, and abuse of public money. But these types of investigations are costly for the newspaper just as they are costly for investigative agencies. It can be expensive for a newspaper to commit resources to the kind of coverage that would explain the genesis and execution of a major, long-term federal investigation.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer from Seattle, Washington, has made the commitment in its series about the Port of Seattle. Most of the P-I's stories in the series were written by P-I Reporter Kristen Millares Bolt. The well-written stories and supporting documentation help us understand what it takes to get a federal criminal investigation started when the allegations and evidence are complex.
The P-I's reporting starts in late 2006 with an article titled Audit finds overbilling, bid dispute at port.
Another P-I article in late December 2006, this one by Investigative Reporter Ruth Teichrob, is titled Lax oversight at Port of Seattle. This article may be of particular interest to Coeur d'Alene residents who pay close attention to the LCDC and its personalities as well as to the elected officials who are expected to oversee the LCDC. The Port of Seattle is a municipal corporation in Washington in the same sense that the LCDC is a municipal corporation in Idaho.
Now fast forward one calendar year to December 20, 2007. Washington State Auditor Brian Sonntag released a 334-page performance audit report titled Port of Seattle Construction Management - Report No. 100008. The second paragraph of Sonntag's cover letter presenting the report reads as follows:
We are pleased to present the reports of that audit, which brings to light serious and pervasive issues in the Port's management of these [port construction] projects. According to the audit, the Port Commission provided insufficient oversight over contracting practices and the Port did not have adequate systems in place to protect taxpayer dollars from misuse, abuse, and misappropriation. To the degree the Port had these in place, they were not always followed.The report's six major findings contain the kind of language that would most likely trigger an investigation. Those findings, in brief, are:
- Port construction management lacks cost controls and accountability.
- The Port circumvents competition requirements in violation of its own policies and sometimes in violation of state law.
- Port policies and Port management's interpretation of its policies result in a lack of transparency and thwart Commission oversight of construction management activities.
- Port construction management records are incomplete and disorganized.
- The Port fails to enforce basic contract requirements, resulting in delays, extra costs, and an inability to defend against claims.
- Port construction management is vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse.
With the blunt language in Auditor Sonntag's report, it is no surprise the P-I continued to follow up with more stories. It is also no surprise that on January 4, 2008, the US Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, sent a letter to Washington State Auditor Sonntag stating, in part, "Our office, in conjunction with federal law enforcement agencies, is conducting a criminal investigation of the Port of Seattle. This investigation is a product of your office's December 20, 2007, Performance Audit Report of the Port of Seattle."
The cited letter formed the basis for P-I Reporter Kristen Millares Young's January 8, 2008, story headlined Feds open criminal inquiry into port. The subhed read, "Audit alleging waste, fraud catches U.S. attorney's eye." The articles lead paragraph explains why. It reads:
The U.S. Attorney for Western Washington is conducting a criminal investigation of the Port of Seattle based on a state performance audit of the port's construction management, which found the port wasted $97.2 million during contracts active from 2004 to 2007.
The reader can reasonably ask, "Since the Port of Seattle is a municipal corporation, what gives the federal government investigative jurisdiction?" The overly simple answer is that the Port of Seattle receives federal money, so the federal government has an obligation to ensure that money is spent lawfully and according to the rules under which the money was disbursed. As noted in the cover letter from the contract auditor to state Auditor Sonntag: "POS [Port of Seattle] derives its revenues from airline rates and charges, ad-valorem tax levies, passenger facility charges, and federal grants."
What does this tell us about the genesis of a federal criminal investigation?
First, it tells us that the events ultimately alleged to be criminal often evolved from legal to illegal. The transformation from legal to allegedly illegal may take years.
Second, it tells us that private citizens may have an inkling, an intuition, that something illegal is going on, but they may not have the authority or resources to completely reveal the questionable behavior. It may take a government agency with authority of law, in this case the Washington State Auditor acting under his authority of Washington State Initiative 900, to fully analyze the facts and reveal the behaviors.
Third, it tells us that federal law enforcement agencies take the facts and conclusions in these types of reports seriously, particularly when it seems likely that federally supplied money was involved.
Finally, it tells us that once the investigation has started, it may again take a long time to conclude.
It's a long road from genesis to revelation.
Addendum 01-08-2008: The Seattle Times has also picked up on the story about alleged corruption in the Port of Seattle. It has run a story headlined Possible fraud at Port focus of criminal probe by Times Staff Reporters Jim Brunner and Bob Young. The Times story also reports "...cozy relationships between Port employees and contractors..." and "[current Port CEO] Yoshitani said the problems identified by auditors were not due to corruption, but to a hard-charging, get-things-built culture that sometimes flouted the Port's own policies." Only a thorough investigation will affirm or refute Yoshitani's assertion.
Addendum 01-09-2008: The Seattle Times story today is headlined Port tells panel it's making changes; auditors disagree. The lesson to be learned is that once the purported overseers lose the trust and confidence of the people, it is difficult to get it back. That's particularly true when the overseers say one thing yet fail to carry out their promises.
Addendum 02-13-2008: According to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article today, "The Port of Seattle Commission will hire former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay to lead its internal investigation of the port in the wake of the state auditor's blistering critique of the port's construction management. "


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"POPULIST, n. A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas; characterized by an uncommon spread of ear, which some naturalists contend gave him the power of flight, though Professors Morse and Whitney, pursuing independent lines of thought, have ingeniously pointed out that had he possessed it he would have gone elsewhere. In the picturesque speech of his period, some fragments of which have come down to us, he was known as "The Matter with Kansas.""
"[Aug. 25, 2005 |] It's difficult to work out how to be populist, ... without sacrificing some of the things that make your work interesting."
"As prime minister, Timoshenko pursued populist policies, increasing pensions and social assistance payments."
"I've always been a grass roots candidate. I've always been a populist. The fact that there's a big influx of money (from outside District 71), that doesn't concern me at all. I'd much rather have the kind of support I have."
"Gore is putting himself as the populist candidate to fight against those big companies. You'd have to say Wall Street, right now, views Gore with fear and trepidation because he's attacked those industries in his campaign. What's been very strong has been healthcare so healthcare stocks are telling you Bush is going to win. Money managers are putting their money up front."
"This is not a populist demand for reduced compensation. This is a demand for more accountable compensation that in effect allows investors to relate pay to performance."
"He was a strong believer in the big-tent approach. He was outspoken and aggressive but had a populist approach ? less about issues and more about getting people involved."


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The secret to avoiding the "Always On" device, is not to buy one.
XBox? Meh.
Microsoft has confirmed that it will unveil the next iteration of its Xbox gaming platform next month. The new console will be revealed at a special press event that will take place at Microsoft's Redmond campus on May 21. The event will also be streamed on Xbox Live and Xbox.com and simulcast on Spike TV in the US and Canada …
The secret to avoiding the "Always On" device, is not to buy one.
XBox? Meh.
"The only winning move is not to play." Except I plan to play and lose a lot, cursing at the game, throwing my controller at the TV, then doing it all over again the next day.
Have to replace my 360 and am hoping they will drop their prices after this announcement...
Intel? I thought that they were going with AMD for the new Xbox?
As a PS3 owner, I couldn't give a flying fudge about whatever MS puts out. While I'm disappointed at Sony's choice for PS4 hardware (really, x86? Talk about stepping backwards!) I refuse to give MS any more money than I have already given them for office productivity software.
Hopefully they do bring out an always on console, just to have it blow up in their faces.
Sony got beaten up big time when they tried to move gaming forward with the Cell, as it meant developers had to work for the their money, and Microsoft would be left even further in the dark ages of gaming.
So sad, as seeing the PS3 exclusives, it's quite clear to see that Sony got it 100% spot on with the PS3, but everyone allowed the media to put the big spanner in and slow the wheels of progress to allow Microsoft to keep up.
Even now you real bullcrap that claims the PS3 is hard to code for, spouted by fanboys that have never written a line of code in their life, and the only chips they ever come in contact with are the ones in the fryer at their place of work... Back in the real world, PS3 is much easier than the PS2 was, and the architecture can give some amazing results if you don't have to cater for the bad old way of PC style coding.
I remember talking to some PS3 devs at eurogamers business fair a few years back. I actually asked them how much harder the PS3 is to code for, the response I got was "not much"
Something along the lines of it being a bit of a learning curve at first, but once you ge tthe hang of it it's 'better' the problem was, for many developers, none of their tools worked for the ps3, and they didn't want to recode everything to make sue of the ps3 system, so instead they recoded enough of it to run, but not to run well.
There were also jokes about how coding for PS3 was like a dream compared to some of the old sega consoles, apparently the dreamcast was a real ass to develop for.
I think that's part of the reason sony moved to x86 though. They scared off a lot of devs with the PS3, and now they want to lure them back, and ge a running start with tools that don't need much tweaking to optimize.
I just hope that both sony and microsoft work with AMD to try to improve the additional instruction sets for better gaming performance.
If both are going AMD for graphics and cpu, then there's bound to be a lot of investment trying to advance the architecture for gaming.
Daniel B. "As a PS3 fanboy..."
Are you only allowed to choose *one* gaming ecosystem? Sorry, I didn't know that. Why?
Since the cost of dozens and dozens and dozens and dozens of $60-each games far and away swamps out the cost of the console hardware, I'm not sure why anyone would think that they can't have one of each gaming ecosystem. Having one or more of each sure makes browsing for games more relaxing...
Three PS3, two XBox, Wii, Wii U, two PS2, three PSP, two DS, two iPods, one iPad Mini, one Nexus 7, one PlayBook, etc., etc. etc.
I sure wish that TVs had 32 HDMI inputs.
Oh, we can choose more than one gaming ecosystem. I still have a 20+ Steam Library on my PC, and a couple of GameCube, PSP and DS games to keep on playing. Didn't buy into the Wii, but that was because we usually play the Wii at a friend's flat when that was all the rage.
The one ecosystem I do refuse to buy into is the MS one, as I believe that paying for online gaming is so 1990's. I still remember Duke3D being LAN, modem-to-modem or "TEN". Where "TEN" was a paid-for service with a "high speeeed dialup gaming network" which has to sound funny even to 90's internet users. MS doesn't even have the faux "gaming network" argument, they use the internet!
"Draconian DRM". Really? Where has it been said that new Xbox will have such DRM?
As for forced subscription, hardly. You are quite free to never connect your Xbox to XBL.
For updates and patches you can use the no cost version of XBL. And nothing stops you from connecting only for that purpose and then keep playing your games with offline profile.
Now, I do agree that it is bit silly that to use any paid for entertainment services you need to pay for XBL Gold as well.
Your list is missing a powerful handheld with a few really good games. The Vita, I see you have the PSP.
OK I am playing PSP games on mine, but Unit13 is fun, as is UC GA.
We have a few here
Megadrive, SNES, Dreamcast, PS2, Wiiiiiiiii, PS3, Gameboy, DS x 2, PSP, Vita x 3.
Interesting that no-one is bothered about the Wiii-U
It is nice that the new consoles will finally match current mid range gaming PCs. Perhaps that will indirectly increase the quality of ports from the consoles to the PC.
Unless they port TIFKAM to the Xbox
Guess what they're doing. Yes, the rumors are that MS will also curse ...er.... "bestow" the new Xbox with TIFKAM.
Although TIFKAM combined with Kinect might just make sense.
It's idiotic to compare PC and console specs. Having a standard hardware platform means you don't have to cater for hardware variations and you can thus always get so much more out of a console than you will a PC given the same specs. In real terms it's a factor of 2x. Double the console's paper specs to get the equivalent PC gaming spec.
I'm VERY amped about the PS4, it's looking to exceed even current high end PC gaming, and with an affordable price tag. The prospect of Gaiki allowing me to play PC, PS1, PS2 and PS3 games on it, along with any other platform licences decide they want to support, is appealing, as Gaiki unchains the console from the architecture the game was written for.
I wouldn't go so far as to say double, but it is greatly improved.
When you consider all the variations, the external factors, the interactiosn between drivers that have to do things differently for every connection.
A PC you have the kernel, the interface, drivers, interoperability drivers, backend, front end, sometimes hundereds of processes fighting for resources.
Compare that to a console, you have the same hardware, but the interactions are far simpler. The hardware only has one hardware spec to communicate with, car analogy if you will.
A PC can be any kind of car, a family car, a mini cooper, a ferrari. All of these are the same basic architecture, many share similar traits, and similar parts. A modern PC is more like a kit car though, lots of generic parts you can swap about, by the end you can have something like a ferrari, but the parts don't work in complete synergy.
A games console is an F1 car. It has less power than the ferrari, fewer bells and whistles, but all the parts have been put together specifically for that purpose. There are some generic parts yes, but they've been customized so they're no longer generic.
You could hve a ferrari with a twin V8, fuel injection etc and yes it's fast ,and it has all the best parts. But put it on a track with the F1 car with a V10 and all the components have been tweaked to get the maximum synergy and transfer of power, it'll ge tsmoked.
Or another way of putting it in car terms, power to weight ratio.
A full on gaming PC is a car with 600bhp that weighs 2 tonnes. that's 300bhp per ton.
A games console only have 400bhp, but it only weighs 1 ton ,or 400bhp per ton
Are the the car analogies helpful?
I take your point but you really ought to read up on F1. V10 engines haven't been used for quite a while and.... well read up on it and you'll see.
The xbox 360 dashboard has had (more than) a passing resemblance to TIFKAM for some time now. Tiles (some live), pages etc..
I'd be more concerned if they tried to port the windows desktop
@Matt fair enough, I don't really follow F1 that much, it just seemed like the most apt comparison, although saying that a turbocharged V6 (next gen engine / next gen console) probably proves the same point, but even better.
Always on? Not interested. #dealwithit
Hashtags? #fuckbackofftotwitter
The sound you heard over your head is "whoosh"
A loud and sustained 'Whoooosh' is the noise I associate with my first-gen XBOX-360, so it doesn't do much more than gather dust these days.
Here's hoping the new XBox reveal is a bit more revealing than the recent boring, hardware-missing PS4 omnishambles.
The hardware was given, along with the controller and some developer's efforts... The only thing missing was the PS4's case. No biggie, and hardly an omnishambes- which means 'multiple cock-ups' btw.
Given Microsoft's history on rushing any old shit out the door and worrying about the consequences (or as it turns out - double dip revenue where idiotic gamers rewarded them for RROD), I'm glad Sony do things at their own pace.
The PS4 "launch" was never a launch. The press dubbed it that, but that was never Sony's label for it. Sony need to do what any company worth it's salt does. Release things when they are ready, spend money on R&D rather than marketing, and concentrate on what THEY are doing, and not what everyone else is upto...
Let Microsoft make all those mistakes...
Sadly I am too tired these days to play driving games/shooting games, although I look forward to seeing how they look with a bazillion polygons, etc.
For me, I'm looking forward to CivVI*, a game you can play without moving, or being awake even!
*which I'll probably play on my next laptop!
Always on, like your TiVo box? Like your NAS box? Your Nexus 4? iPad? DVD Player? Kindle? Even your Xbox 360 (how the hell do you think it turns on via the controller?)
My Xbox 360 is always online never mind always on (I presume you know the difference) - giving this developers this guarnetee will creative new possibilities for gameplay, who doesn't have an always on connection these days? Really? I mean, really? Not the type of people you'd expect to be buying a brand new games console.
Still, luddites can choose to go and live in a Faraday cage if they wish,
How about people who can't get a persistent net connection, dipshit? And my Nexus 4 isn't always-on either. There's a big big big big big button that turns off the mobile data, and get this - when I press it, the phone continues to function as a phone! I can even still play games on it! Weird, that.
How about you outline the benefits to me of an always-monitored* console?
*This is the correct moniker, not "always on". Always monitored, all the time. If we can't keep tabs on you, you're a criminal, get out.
I was at a house the other day, where the connection is "stable" at 160/448. That's right the upstream is faster then the down.
If they had a console that was "always on", it'd also probably be always jamming up their connection too!
During the recent bad weather my internet connection along with the phone service was out of commission for almost six weeks. I would have been pretty pissed off if this had also taken away my ability to play the games I had paid for.
Not to mention the fact that my broadband speeds are so pathetic that we can barely get a PC to stream, having a console constantly slurping bandwidth would not be appreciated by the other half when she wants to watch her programs. I know I'm not alone in this situation.
Perhaps you miss a little subtlety about the term "always on". There is "always on" that means in an extremely low power mode and effectively off and there is the "always on" referring to an internet connection, a.k.a. 'always online' in order to function. Here is the distinction that makes a world of difference, nobody really gives a toss about the former but the latter is a royal rectal itch for several reasons not the least of which is that the internet isn't half as reliable as the marketing droids who work for multi-billion dollar companies providing unlimited fiber speed access to them.
Case in point, my refrigerator is always on but if I had to rely on Verizon's high latency, jitter laden, stop motion internet connection to keep it running then I'd be better off with a large Styrofoam box that I put ice in every day.
Not "Always on, like your TiVo box? Like your NAS box? Your Nexus 4? iPad? DVD Player? Kindle? Even your Xbox 360 (how the hell do you think it turns on via the controller?)" BUT Always connected to the Internet to perform DRM and probably activity monitoring and other such things of concern to privacy advocates.
"And my Nexus 4 isn't always-on either."
I can listen to music, play games or watch video, even reply to emails while riding the subway.
It even has a thing called Aeroplane Mode!
Got that T-shirt! I have a current-gen gaming laptop but the online gaming experience is hit and miss. Frequently in FPS enemies appear to just float across maps appearing and disappearing rapidly. I'm presuming its because they're on something like a high-quality 50-100 meg connection. Whereas I'm on less than a 10th of than and quality is questionable....
>giving this developers this guarnetee will creative new possibilities for gameplay,
If I want to shoot some American teenagers in the head, then yeah, I take it for granted my console needs to be connected to the internet. But there is zero need for it if I just want a quick race or fight against a mate in the same room.
They still haven't defined what 'always on' means. It could be anything from you always need to be connected to the web like steam. Or the more likely whenever you're connected updates will e automagically downloaded in the background like the majority of devices these days.
Y'know like how the Wii U would download system udates while on standby so you didn't spend an hour downloading and installing them, or how some games these days allow you to play while a patch is being downloaded (and in some cases even installed)
I'm not convinced always on means what a lot of people think it does.
Perhaps the sort of people who don't have an always on connection are perhaps the kind of people who don't sit around all day fapping to COD and WoW and would much prefer a single player gaming experience, rather than relying on the occassionally enjoyable gaming experience that comes with player online multiplayer, usually ruined by the drones of upleasant, opinionated and uneducated people such as yourself.....
I for one much prefer a game with a story, unhindered by the input of internet trolls and lag. But what do I know my generation didn't invent gaming it was yours, wasn't it?
Steam has an offline mode that works. You don't need to be connected to the internet (except for multiplayer games, of course).
Love the way everyone is quoting worst case internet rumours as complete fact.
Always on can mean many things. My current Xbox is effectively always on, my phone is, my steam connection is.
Do people honestly believe anyone would enforce ALL functions to have perma connection DRM enforced? They ain't that stupid.
Can you blame them for looking at ways to cut down on used game sales? Sony would do it if they could. They still might. They just haven't announced it.
Any neither have MS...
Let#'s let them actually screw us first, before we start complaining, eh?
But hey, let's not let a good MS inspired rant stop anyone whining eh?
If I could have a version that was steam like prices that couldn't use disks I might go for it.
I think they should go back to cartridges flash is cheap enough now. Still much better than stuff with loading times always has been.
What I won't go for is paying loads more money for the same games that are less good than on a PC.
Be interesting to see what happens with games and the Nvidia way it is meant to be played thing whether it is still added to crappy ports that were originally designed for AMD based consoles.
(I would never buy another Sony product / buy most Nintendo stuff (Only place to get it and it has decent gameplay and is not all cutscenes) / Would get an Xbox if there was a compelling reason to. (I got the first one to run XBMC on when there was few other options in that department).
Can you blame them for looking at ways to cut down on used game sales?
"Love the way everyone is quoting worst case internet rumours as complete fact."
Well hopefully MS, Sony et al are listening - would not surprise me if always online was their original plan, which was then hastily shelved after the backlash.
"Can you blame them for looking at ways to cut down on used game sales?"
Absofu**inglutely. Its nothing but pure greed - what's next no second hand blu rays?
Always on by your definition of what they could mean is no different to the capability that all consoles have had for a long time now, even my Wii does that.
Clearly they mean a feature not present consoles don't have, otherwise it is hardly revolutionary is it?
If they proceed with a SimCity style always on connection, it will definitely be a turning point in consoles. It will be the end of the Xbox era.
My god, here, have a knee... now jerk it rapidly...
Think about it for a second. Exactly WHO do used game sales benefit? Developer? Publisher? Hardware maker? Game buyer?
Oh yes, they game buyer.
Now I'm not suggesting that used game sales are stopped, it's saved me a few quid over the years, but I'm not blind to the fact that used game sales hurt the devs that MAKE THE BLOODY GAMES.
How many times 'should' a used game get sold?
As I say, I'm not saying they should stop all used sales, but I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest that any manufacturer, MS, Sony, whoever, would look to cut down on used resales.
And the downvoters... hows Steam working out for you on the resale front? Oh.......
I only see people singing the praises of Steam on here and in general. It's a good system, bar it's inability to resell when you are finished with something.
But in case you missed it, it's a form of always on DRM...
I kind've agree on the used game front. It wasn't so bad all those years ago where you bought the game brand new for £30, sold it for £10 and then saw it on the shelf for £15.
But now when you're buying the game for £50, selling it for £3 and then seeing it on the shelf for £48 it's just a little bit silly.
I think that's why so many devs now are going with activation codes and day 1 DLC. Oh you want to buy our game? Sure it costs £50 and comes with £10 worth of DLC which is pretty much centric to the gameplay. Oh you want to buy it second hand? Fine, but it doesn't have the DLC unless you pay for it.
As annoying as this seems to me, it also seems pretty fair, to a degree. I just wish that game stores would honour this crap. Rather than selling it without the DLC bu still at the £48 pricetag. Hell one store I went into they'd deliberately put the pre-owned label and others over all the bits that mention the DLC, that just seems like bullshit.


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Hi everyone!! As a newby to wordpress, I've spent a few months getting to grips with it on a local server before uploading to the web. Its fantastic and I love the Angular theme! One issue I'm having is on the contact page. The autoresponder doesn't seem to be working at all. In the theme options, I have left the autoresponder as 'Thanks for your message. We aim to respond to all enquiries with 48 hours' but this message isn't being sent. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions to what is wrong?
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I believe the form uses the built in wp mail function which requires: "SMTP and smtp_port need to be set in your php.ini".
Is the normail form submission working fine, ie you are getting mail from form submissions?
Hi Devin.
I am getting an email about the enquiry (straight to my junk folder) but the person that submits the form is not getting the auto respose email.
Is that what you mean?
I tagged this post for Kriesi's attention because I can't reproduce this issue. Make sure that you have the "E-Mail" text field (as part of the contact form) and that you didn't rename it.
Hi, I have spoken to the domain host and they have managed to sort this. Thanks for your help.
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In an interview with Hartford's Hot 93.7 (a Radio.com station), Ty Dolla $ign gave his opinion on the GRAMMYs recent snub of Kendrick Lamar, and he like the rest of the world isn't quite sure how K. Dot didn't beat out Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for Best Rap Album.
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|January 16, 2013, 09:48 AM
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Reloading slugs
I want to get back into reloading shotgun shells. I want to do slugs. Can I use shot casings or do I need to use only slug casings.
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You can use either. I use Winchester AA or Federal Gold Metal hulls when loading Lee 1oz slugs.
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I`m definately not a Lee fan, but I have a friend that is casting slugs with the new Lee slug and is haveing real good luck with them. He is loading AA hulls and the AA wads.
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I've spent the past two years experimenting with different 12 gauge slug loads and finally found what works for my pig hunting at ranges of less than 100 yards in heavy brush.
First step is to take a look at the www.castboolits.gunloads.com shotgun loading subforum and also over at www.shotgunworld.com in the slugshooters subforum. Both are very helpful. Next, for supplies look at www.ballisticproducts.com they have almost everything you'll need to load slugs.
I've tried the Lyman 525 grain slug, the BPI shuttlecock slug, the Foster's slug and the Gualandi fullbore slug with attached wad. All were in a smoothbore barrel. I've tried multiple hulls, wad and shot card combinations and even filling the rear cavity of some of the slugs with epoxy resin but only got good results (sub-3" 50 yard groups) with the Gualandi slug. Since these come from Italy I didn't want to depend on a supplier half a world away from my location.
The final best answer was to order a slug mold from Tom at www.accuratemolds.com. I got the 770 grain slug mold and figured out a magic load with Blue Dot (thanks to the CB and SGW forum members) that groups well and goes in one side of a wild pig and out the other leaving a 0.730" hole. I changed out the barrel to a rifled one after getting frustrated with the smoothbore.
Take a look at the above sites (which also have info on the Lee slug), and see if it helps you. Good luck.
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Might want to visit Ballistic Products web site for a looks see. Afterwards. You just may want to try roll crimping your slugs.
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I believe in keeping it simple. About the only thing I use shotguns for now days is 3 gun. I use an old Remington 870 Police Riot gun with an 18 inch smooth barrel.
In three gun, you don't shoot that far, you are required to shoot bird shot, slugs and buck shoot.
Like I said, I keep it simple, I use WW AA Hulls, AA wads, and a Mec 1 oz charge bar.
I load 1 oz of 8 shot, and Lee's 1 oz slug, and I use a Lee round ball mold that makes .319 balls at 48 grns, which I stick 9 into the same AA hulls and wads.
Recoil is the same across the board, the buck shot and bird shot pattern plenty good enough for the distance we shoot, and I have no problem hitting an 8 inch circle with my slug loads at 50 yards (again, within the distances we shoot).
The only modification I do to the above loads is I use a magic marker to mark which shell is buck shot or slugs.
I have other charge bars for my Mec 600 If I decide to go bird hunting, but there aren't many birds around here. Or I have the set up for trap and skeet loading if I decide to get back into those games.
You really don't have to get all fancy with slug loading.
Some people deer hunt with shot guns, If I was to do that I have faith in my slugs, but I'd probably put a bit more powder behind my buck shot loads.
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kraigwy, what powder and charge are you using?
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I use the Mec #31 powder bushing throwing 18.5 grs. of Red Dot
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The Houston Dynamo earned a 2-1 friendly win over the Laredo Heat of the Premier Development League Thursday night before a crowd of 6,111 for the friendly played at Whataburger Field, home of the AA baseball Corpus Christi Hooks.
Houston trailed 1-0 at halftime but outshot Laredo 25-4 for the match and scored two goals in the final 22 minutes for the win. Brad Davis converted a penalty kick after Brian Mullan was fouled to tie the game in the 68th minute. The winner came in the 85th minute, when Lovel Palmer played in Dominic Oduro on the left, and from a bad angle the forward bent a right-footed shot just inside the far post and underneath the crossbar for the winning goal.
Felix Garcia, a 19-year-old Laredo native whose MLS rights are retained by the Dynamo as he continues his amateur career, stunned Houston with a goal in just the second minute on a well-hit long-range shot.
The Dynamo used Ghanaian midfielder Anthony Obodai for the first 61 minutes, his first of two friendly appearances during his two-week trial.
Houston goalkeeper Tyler Deric (Klein High School), the first player in Houston history promoted from the Dynamo Academy to the first team in 2009, played the second half and made one save to earn the win. With fellow Dynamo Academy product Francisco Navas Cobo playing the entire match, Houston had two Academy players in competitive action for the first team for the first time in team history.
The game included three red cards in the first half, with Houston taking a man advantage when Laredo's Ezual Lewis was ejected in the 17th for his second yellow card. Both teams lost a man in the 41st minute, when Laredo captain Dany Galvan was shown a straight red card and Houston defender Mike Chabala received his second yellow.
The match was the first soccer game ever held at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, home of the AA Corpus Christi Hooks baseball team. The game was played with an unlimited number of substitutions but no re-entry. A portion of the proceeds were donated to the Coastal Bend Youth Soccer Association.
Thursday's match was the first competitive meeting between the Dynamo and Heat, although they did play in a scrimmage on April 25, 2009, with Houston taking a 4-0 win.
The game occurred during the Dynamo's three-week break from MLS regular season play during the group stage of the World Cup, resuming on June 26 against the Colorado Rapids. In the meantime, the Dynamo will play another friendly against Salvadoran club Aguila on June 19 in the second annual Dynamo Charities Cup at Robertson Stadium.
The Dynamo traveled to Corpus Christi without midfielders Geoff Cameron and Danny Cruz; defender Adrian Serioux, and goalkeeper Pat Onstad.
Next Game: Saturday, June 19, 8 p.m. CT, Dynamo vs. Águila (Dynamo Charities Cup), Robertson Stadium
Next MLS Game: Saturday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. CT, Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids, Robertson Stadium
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Sunderland are close to sealing a deal for Velez Sarsfield wing-back Gino Peruzzi.
The Daily Star says Sunderland are closing in on £5million-rated Argentina right-back Peruzzi.
Velez Sarsfield president Miguel Calello says his club have agreed a fee with the Black Cats and Peruzzi has been given permission to discuss personal terms.
Peruzzi, 21, had been linked with Man City and Inter Milan but Calello said: "We talked about the payment conditions and the value and reached an agreement quickly.
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Acid-based graffiti plagues Burnaby stores
A restaurant with with acid-based graffiti on the window in Burnaby, B.C. on Tuesday January 14, 2014. The City of Burnaby is trying to convince arts and crafts suppliers to keep their glass etching products behind lock and key while attempting to get to the bottom of a spate of vandalized windows smeared with acid-based graffiti. (CARMINE MARINELLI/ 24 HOURS)
Burnaby City Hall wants arts and crafts suppliers to lock up their glass-etching products as municipal officials investigate a spate of vandalized windows smeared with acid-based graffiti.
City anti-graffiti coordinator Kathy Wipf said the problem of teenaged vandals using acid-filled markers to draw on windows resurfaced again in September, when she discovered local art supply stores had put the products back on shelves.
She had made prior arrangements with larger art suppliers to lock up the glass-etching materials — which go for about $70 each — as they are a hot commodity for thieves. But the supplies have returned.
Between September and now, there have been at least 10 cases, Wipf said. The number is a small portion of the more than 300 instances of graffiti recorded in 2013. However, unlike paint-based graffiti, corroded glass must be replaced and the damage can't simply be cleaned off.
"The problem with etching is they can do it so quickly," she said. "They put the etch in a bingo dauber … and they can do three windows without anybody noticing. It doesn't eat through the glass right away."
The incidents have been reported to RCMP. Wipf believes there are up to four suspects in the city prolifically "tagging" with acid.
"Usually they're gang logos, people marking their territory," said Wayne Marklund, president of Burnaby-based Candu Glass Limited.
He said he receives calls about etched-glass vandalism about once per month and that vandals usually target storefront glass. Each panel of glass can cost $800 or more to replace.
"There are alternatives — security film that can be placed outside the glass — so when glass is etched it can be peeled off."
Wipf said a glass tagger in action looks similar to someone drawing on a window with a marker and that police should be called in those cases.