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This is our new home for the time being since the clan is in decline and the website runs out at the end of the month, its cheaper and easier to talk amongst the clan members if we are in a popular site.This thread is just to keep in touch with each other and set up in clan gaming nights.
Other ps forum users are welcome to come on here and chat with us if they would like to.We are not recruiting but feel free to join in the chat.
Kiss goodbye to your life once you get started on Skyrim!
Yeah, I've been playing Skyrim for the past 3 weeks or so now I have barely scratched the surface. Its too easy to forget about the quests and just wonder around Skyrim fighting dragons, exploring caves and mines or whatever else. Its very easy to lose a whole lot of time on it.
Having said that though, I have felt the need to mix things up a little bit. Playing the same game for so long can get a little bit boring at times so I have been casually playing BF3 and I went back to playing some Wipeout HD. I finally got that ever elusive Beat Zico trophy last night so I should be able wrap up what is one of the hardest games to platinum.
That's pretty impressive work on Wipeout HD, I really suck at it, think it's a fab and gorgeous game tho I'm just terrible at racers nowadays. Have about 4 trophies on it lol.
I've still not played battlefield 3 or MW3 yet, may have to rent them at some point
Will have a word with the website hosts for my work, see if I can sneak our forums on the back end
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Will have a word with the website hosts for my work, see if I can sneak our forums on the back end
Oooooo go on Sir :Thumbs:
I've downloaded the trial of BF3 as a Playstation Plus subscriber but still haven't got round to trying it yet.
Played the Darkness 2 demo ther other day and that was good fun, I really enjoyed the first game
d/load the demo of amular the reckoning as well, its rather good
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i have my eye on syndicate and the darkness2
Ah, I forgot about Syndicate. It looks decent. I really like the styling of it but I hope the rest of the game is up to scratch. I havent played the demo yet - I was hoping for an SP one rather than a co-op demo. Ive heard of a few problems connecting and lag issues which doesnt look to good for the full release. EA servers have always been a bit dodgy across all of their games. That said, I have faith Starbreeze will make a good game nontheless.
I picked up the MGS HD Collection on Friday which I really want to play now, but I know that if I neglect Skyrim any longer I will end up leaving it until the summer. Will probably play that tomorrow and focus on missions from now on. My random wandering has meant I have racked up a fairly substantial playtime yet achieved pretty much nothing in regards to main or faction storylines. I would like to get the majority done before my save file gets too large and the game inevitably starts bogging down on me.
I've quite a big save file on Skyrim and not noticed any major lag yet but a bit more in busy towns than before. I've decided to give Skyrim a rest for a bit and play some different games and come back to reality a bit. Though when I look out the window and see lots of snow part of me wonders if I am actually still in Skyrim!
I had done pretty much the same after 25 hours then thought best to get the main quest out of the way before the lag... dones about 42 hours now and my character is quite a machine so most quests are fairly easy for me now.
Just got FFXII-2... i wasnt the biggest fan of FFXIII as it was way too linear but I've read this is more varied and open so I was intrigued to try it out. So far not disappointed, the only really crap thing so far is the music! More pop sounding rubbish, I miss the days of FFVII's epic soundtrack.
dridgeway gave me this link for the one they use.http://www.forumotion.com/
My mum successfully damaged my 60gig today :smileymad:
She propped the loftspace cover against the wall, it slid down and (It's *****ing heavy) fell on the ps3's front.
So the on/off switch is now damaged and (sometimes) won't work when pressed, also the cover for the card readers has had one of its hinges snapped off.
What should I do? Best place to repair? Try repair by hand?
Luckily I have a backup ps3 (win), so no rush.
Ill have a look at that link over the weekend paul,
and Oss, I tried fix my 60gb by hand, and all I have left now is the top cover, ruined in 5 mins lol
Looks good Paul, Ill set something up over weekend
triple post ftw
Its in its infancy at the moment, looks wise and content wise,
Jonny is away on business for a couple of weeks and he said he would help me out when he is back,
so sign up people, ill activate accounts as sooon as I have time etc
Doe think ur sign up worked nem
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Tom Wolfe and a cognitive neuroscientist discuss status, free will, and the human condition
Benedict's Discomforting Message
"Benedict directly challenged an assumption so many Americans make about religion: that it is a matter of private devotion with few public implications. Not true, said the pope. 'Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted,' he told the country's Catholic bishops Wednesday. 'Only when their faith permeates every aspect of their lives do Christians become truly open to the transforming power of the Gospel.' That is a demanding and unsettling standard for the right and the left alike... This is the thinking of a communitarian counseling against radical individualism... Perhaps it is the task of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church to bring discomfort to a people so thoroughly shaped by modernity, as we Americans are. If so, Benedict is succeeding." READ MORE >
The Puzzling Pope: Six Surprising Things About Benedict XVI
"The head of the CDF has to draw lines, level punishments and basically talk tough, a role that Ratzinger seemed to relish, but one that won him epithets like God's Rottweiller and the old standby, the Panzerkardinal. But now that Cardinal Ratzinger is Pope Benedict, he knows better than anyone that he is also the chief pastor of the church. There can be no 'Panzerpope.' His job is to be the good cop, a symbol of unity who tries to encourage people to live their faith more deeply. As he told a dinner companion about his new role: 'It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.'" READ MORE >
Hiroshima: Has the ground zero of the nuclear age become too 'normal'?
...Hiroshima is still here to remind us of what happened when we first unleashed our "device" and how it can never happen again—supposedly. That's what everyone says after visiting Hiroshima, the statesmen and citizens who sign the guest book at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. We will never forget. But maybe we will. The very fact that Hiroshima is thriving with its KFC and Starbucks, with the carefully manicured lawns of its 'Peace Memorial Park'—the only evidence that hell was unleashed here—may have the opposite, anodyne effect. This is not John Hersey's Hiroshima, the Hiroshima of the horrific immediate aftermath, but is to a certain extent a Hiroshima that says a nuclear detonation is a transient thing, something that's eminently recoverable from with a little time and some good landscaping." READ MORE >
Coptic priest Zakaria Botros fights fire with fire
"The very public conversion of high-profile Italian journalist Magdi Allam — who was baptized by Pope Benedict in Rome on Saturday — is only the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, Islamic cleric Ahmad al-Qatani stated on al-Jazeera TV a while back that some six million Muslims convert to Christianity annually, many of them persuaded by Botros's public ministry… Many Western critics fail to appreciate that, to disempower radical Islam, something theocentric and spiritually satisfying — not secularism, democracy, capitalism, materialism, feminism, etc. — must be offered in its place. The truths of one religion can only be challenged and supplanted by the truths of another. And so Father Zakaria Botros has been fighting fire with fire." READ MORE >
Latin Patriarch's Easter Homily: Security Cannot Be Achieved by Inflicting Insecurity on Others
"For the people and for all our political leaders, the situation has become deadlocked, or still worse, a routine of death that the latter think they must only govern without ever giving it life. The recent events of these past few weeks, Gaza, the murder at the yeshiva in Jerusalem, the young people killed in Bethlehem, and many others, are no more than sterile repetitions of the events of all the past years. And we will not stop repeating that security cannot be achieved by inflicting insecurity on others. New means must be found…" READ MORE >
Pope Benedict XVI's Address at the End of the Way of the Cross
"Dear friends: After having lived together the passion of Jesus, let us this night allow his sacrifice on the cross to question us. Let us permit him to challenge our human certainties. Let us open our hearts. Jesus is the truth that makes us free to love. Let us not be afraid: upon dying, the Lord destroyed sin and saved sinners, that is, all of us. The Apostle Peter writes: 'He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness' (1 Peter 2:24). This is the truth of Good Friday: On the cross, the Redeemer has made us adoptive sons of God who he created in his image and likeness. Let us remain, then, in adoration before the cross." READ MORE >
Good Friday is the Feast Day for Those Who Suffer
"'Jesus died in utter agony but also with total acceptance of the will of his Father: 'Father, into your hands I commend my spirit,' he said. Such trust and belief is hard to understand, but it lies at the heart of what faith is about.' ... Suffering and doubt is part of what it is to be human, but Jesus rising from the dead shows us that [it] is not the end of the story." ... But today it is enough to be humble and to share that sense of pain and desolation, wherever we know it to be and which many of us experience from time to time and pray that the darkness and despair will turn to hope and to light." READ MORE >
Through His Eyes: Stations of the Cross
For centuries... many stations were crowded with Roman soldiers and jeering or appalled onlookers, perhaps set against someone's impression of first-century Jerusalem. Eric Gill's 1918 stations, carved in shallow relief for Westminster Cathedral in London, pointed in a new direction. The figures were few and without background; the compositions were simple and formal, not theatrical. Rather than dictating an emotional response, the stone panels left space for the devotee's own thoughts... Don Meserve, a fervent admirer of Gill, works within this contemporary current...'What strikes one from the outset is the absence of the figure of Christ — the perplexing absence of the protagonist himself.'" READ MORE >
Bearing the Silence of God: The image of Christ in the persecuted church
"…The greatest glory Jesus brought to God was not when he walked on the water or prayed for long hours, but when he cried in agony in the garden of Gethsemane and still continued to follow God's will, even though it meant isolation, darkness, and the silence of God. Thus, we know that when everything around us fails, when we are destroyed and abandoned, our tears, blood, and dead corpses are the greatest worship songs we have ever sung. The dead body is not the end of the story. The one who sacrificed his life is also the one who has been glorified: 'because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence' (2 Cor. 4:14)." READ MORE >
The last rendezvous with Arthur C. Clarke
"…Clarke, who is credited in real life with being the first to come up with the idea of an 'artificial satellite' that could 'broadcast to half the globe,' was nothing if not prescient. Two years before I was born, he had already grasped the inevitable, unstoppable business model of on-demand-sex-flicks in the privacy of your own living room [and] I mean, come on -- in 1960, Clarke had already sketched out 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.' Were there no limits to his imagination!?" READ MORE >
Apocalypse Now?
"On a recent Saturday night, I went to the movies. Walking past the theater showing 'I Am Legend' (plague kills most of humanity), I opted to watch 'Cloverfield' (inexplicably angry alien destroys Manhattan) instead. After sitting through back-to-back previews for 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' (ancient truce between Hell and Earth is revoked, resulting in mass destruction) and 'Doomsday' (lethal virus ravages England, a disease-ridden cinematic cousin to '28 Days Later' and 'Children of Men'), I found myself disturbed. The End of Days suddenly seemed imminent. Should I cancel my post-movie dinner reservation? What's with all this apocalyptic entertainment, I wondered, and what does it say about those of us who are filling the theater seats?" READ MORE >
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UH Hilo Chancellors Scholarships now availableUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
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University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Chancellor's Scholarships are now available, seeking the best and the brightest student leaders in Hawaiʻi's public, private and charter high schools.
The application deadline is January 31, 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic year. Applications are available through high school counselors Statewide and online at http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/prospective/chancellorscholars.php.
Applicants must apply and be accepted to UH Hilo as an incoming freshman. The scholarship includes full tuition for four years at the Hilo campus, provided the student maintains a superior grade point average each year.
Chancellor's Scholars must graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class and earn at least a 3.5 GPA. During their first semester at UH Hilo, the scholars take a student success course and are invited to participate in various leadership and service opportunities throughout their college careers. They also become members of the Chancellor's Scholars' Club.
This year's 2008 — 2009 UH Hilo Chancellor's Scholars are: Krista Dumandan of Kailua High; Dylan James of Kapaa High; Justin Lozano of Waianae High; Kelsea Machida of Kamehameha High—Hawai'i campus; Erin Mc Iver of Honokaa High; Jenny Nakano of Pearl City High; Sean Okimoto and Devin Tanaka of Castle High; Kimberly Oyama of Lanai High; Johnny Rivera of Pahoa High; Chihiro Sasaki and Aisha Tanaka of Waiakea High and Keshia Yorong of Hilo High.
For more information, contact Daryl Masanda at the UH Hilo Admissions Office, (808) 974-7414. Neighbor island residents may call toll-free, 1-800-897-4456.


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CROWLEY, La. — Rice farmers who want to use a recently approved herbicide are advised to follow a recommended timing for its application to fight red rice. The product, Beyond, made by BASF, is intended to be used only on Clearfield 161 and XL8 varieties of rice.
Alvin Rhodes, the BASF representative for Louisiana, met recently with farmers and agricultural dealers to explain how Beyond should be applied.
Beyond is in the same chemical family as Newpath, Rhodes said, and it is used in the Midwest on Clearfield wheat, sunflowers and canola.
Rhodes said Beyond is intended for an early post-emergence application between tillering and panicle initiation to control red rice not killed by two applications of Newpath herbicide.
"We don't want to take any chance of applying it too late," he cautioned.
By the time rice reaches the late boot stage, and into the flowering stage, Beyond will have minimal impact on red rice.
LSU AgCenter weed scientist Eric Webster said Beyond will control some broadleaf weeds — but only weeds that also are affected by Newpath. He said he has a study under way at the LSU AgCenter's Rice Research Station to determine Beyond's effectiveness on broadleaf weeds.
Other recommendations concerning Beyond include:
• Not tank mixing Beyond with other herbicides.
• If Beyond is applied to the one-tiller to two-tiller stage before flooding, then a flood should be established within five to seven days.
• Lowering the water level of a permanent flood so that two-thirds of the red rice plant is exposed above the water when Beyond is applied.
• Do not use Beyond on Clearfield 121 or Clearfield 141 varieties.
Rhodes said Beyond can be used at rates from 4 ounces to 6 ounces per acre, but research indicates that a 5-ounce rate is optimum. Beyond should be used with a crop oil concentration of 1 gallon per 100 gallons of spray solution, he said.
Beyond's cost is comparable to Newpath, and it's sold in 1-gallon containers.


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3 berth motorhome. May be different from the images supplied. No children under 8 years old or requiring a booster or child seat. - automatic 5 left Listed 4 Oct 2017 TCID 249352
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|8 Oct 2017
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Estimated route 1205 kms
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Opened in 1904 for the Manhattan Main Line, the City Hall Station was supposed to be the heart of the subway system. With the looks of the Grand Central and the emptiness, the secret station looks like the one from Harry Potter. Due to new, stronger trains, the station was forced to close in 1945 since it wasn't made for the larger trains. Trains were then forced to get off a stop before at the Brooklyn Bridge. Nowadays, the 6 train passes through the station, allowing passengers to view its glory from inside the car. Even though you can't get off on the stop, the train travels through slowly enough for people to view the beauty. To make the station even cooler, street artists of the Underbelly Project have turned it into a little, creepy art gallery (look at the picture above). Those who explore deep into the tunnels can see it during the night. However, only go by foot if you don't mind getting arrested or the small possibility of getting hit by a train…
How to travel to the station: Simply stay on the 6 train instead of getting off at Brooklyn Bridge, the last stop. The train actually makes a turnaround through City Hall station as it starts its return trip uptown.
There's also some really cool hidden London Tube Stations. Click the links below for some info on them.
Sources: http://www.travelettes.net/new-york-city's-hidden-subway-station/, http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/rare-look-at-new-york-s-secret-subway-station, http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/689759, http://fullgrasp.blogspot.com/2010/11/secret-nyc-city-hall-6-train-station.html, http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662679/stunning-nyc-subway-station-hidden-in-plain-sight-until-now


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Please give Theresa Meyers a warm welcome! Theresa is returning to the virtual offices to discuss her latest release, The Switched Baby Scandal. This is an Entangled Publishing release under their Bliss imprint.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Theresa Meyers] Former book publicist, multi-pubbed novelist, national speaker, avid reader, Creative Badass, writing paranormals, romance, steampunk and YA.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about The Switched Baby Scandal?
[Theresa Meyers] What if you found out the child you'd raised for the last five years wasn't yours? Worse still, what if you found out the biological parent wanted your child back? THE SWITCHED BABY SCANDAL taps into the switched-at-birth scenario but it also brings two broken single parents together and challenges them to overcome their battle for custody and instead forge something new. They are enemies turned lovers and at the same time both devoted parents to their shared child Emily.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Theresa Meyers] The idea started with a secret baby concept turned upside down. We always read stories where the guy finds out he has a secret child he never knew about, but what would happen if it was the mom who found out? How would you cope with that or the idea that you carried a baby to term that you never got to meet because it was switched at birth with the child you've come to love as your own? This naturally put both parents on the defense against one another regarding custody—but what if they were both wounded enough, single and attracted to one another. Then what kind of chaos could that cause? I know, I'm twisted in that I like to torture my characters my making things as difficult for them as possible. But it makes for interesting stories!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Taylor?
[Theresa Meyers] Determined. Protective. Wounded.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Reece had a theme song, what would it be?
[Theresa Meyers] Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman by Bryan Adams
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Taylor is never without.
[Theresa Meyers] A picture of her daughter Emily.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Reece's bathroom?
[Theresa Meyers] "O" Magazine, bubblebath, hairspray
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Taylor's greatest regret?
[Theresa Meyers] I believe Taylor's greatest regret was in getting involved with Michael – her ex. It scarred her in ways that have left her unsure of herself when it comes to men and relationships, and especially in risking her daughter's wellbeing with a father figure. But at the same time, it was probably the most significant event in her life because it gave her a daughter which changed her life and allowed her to love in even greater ways. I guess even the worst things have a silver lining.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Theresa Meyers] Honestly, I'd have to say my mother. She was an incredibly creative person. She painted, played the violin and piano, sang and was always reading aloud to us with a constantly changing set of voices to fit the characters. She always encouraged us to read and later for me to write. In her own way she left a huge impression on me in terms of looking at the world for more than just the surface stuff we see every day. She made just being alive kind of magical and always encouraged us children to look for the exceptional in everyday things, like the way dew made the grass sparkle like it was scattered with diamonds, and what if they really were diamonds and you could just run about scooping up handfuls of them, what would you do with them? That kind of thing.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Theresa Meyers] Tea with stevia and half and half.
Something to write with, I prefer a keyboard, but I'll make due with a cheap spiral notebook and pen when I'm traveling light or in a pinch (like camping where the laptop can't be recharged.)
My scene/chapter outline sheets that I make off of my plotting board so I always know where I am in the story even if I only have five minutes to write while I'm waiting to pick up the kids to take them to practice.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Theresa Meyers] The Devil Colony by James Rollins. I end up saving his books as my carrot to finish my deadlines.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Theresa Meyers] Let me modify that to say the one book that turned me on to reading romance – that would have been Victoria Holt's Mistress of Mellyn. I swear I grabbed everything they had in the library with her name on it and read it all in a month or two. I was totally hooked.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Theresa Meyers] A lot! Mostly I feel like a mom-taxi for my two teens, but much of the time what I do with my free time depends on the season and the kids' schedules. In the summer we'll often go out on the family boat and take the kids wake-boarding or go down to the sand dunes and run our quads out to the ocean. I grow and garden every year and the kids and I can veggies like dill green beans and homegrown tomatoes. In the fall and winter I like to bake and make homemade soups and watch movies and I'll often get sewing projects done or paint something when the weather is nasty outside.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Theresa Meyers] The easiest way for readers to find me is via my Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Theresa_Meyers or via Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheresaMeyersAuthor They can also reach me via email through my website at www.theresameyers.com.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
Theresa is hosting a tour wide giveaway and one lucky reader will win a Scandalous Bliss Bath Experience, featuring a set of four bath bombs and bubble bars from LUSH, chocolates and candles to make their reading bliss complete! Giveaway ends at 11:59pm on 7/7.
About the book:
Purchase from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Switched-Scandals-Sebastian-Entangled-ebook/dp/B00CVNQGQ6/ref=la_B002CLYSQ2_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369789985&sr=1-14
Purchase from Barnes &Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-switched-baby-scandal-theresa-meyers/1115375437?ean=9781622661619
Add to GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17933811-the-switched-baby-scandal
The Switched Baby Scandal
His child. Her daughter. One monumental mix-up.
Single mom Taylor Lawrence just discovered that the hospital sent her home with the wrong infant five years ago. Now the headstrong and handsome biological father wants his child back. But Emily has always been her daughter, and Taylor won't give her up without a fight.
Widower Reece Wallace believed his life was over when a drunk driver killed his wife and daughter. So when he learns of the baby switch, he sees this child as his ultimate salvation. But he never anticipated the fiery woman on the other side of this custody battle or how shed stir feelings in him long dormant.
As the media storm surrounding the hospitals mistake intensifies, Taylor and Reece find there's more to sort out than custody of Emily they must work together to protect her while grappling with their growing attraction. Can they pick up the pieces of two broken families and meld them into something new?
About the author:
Theresa Meyers | Raised by a bibliophile who made the dining room into a library, Theresa has always been a lover of books and stories despite dyslexia that made it difficult for her to write and read until the fourth grade. First a writer for newspapers, then for national magazines, she started her first novel in high school, eventually enrolling in a Writer's Digest course and putting the book under the bed until she joined Romance Writers of America in 1993. In 2005 she was selected as one of eleven finalists for the American Title II contest, the American Idol of books.
She is married to the first man she ever went on a real date with (to their high school prom), who she knew was hero material when he suffered through having to let her parents drive, and her brother sit between them in the backseat of the car. They currently live in a Victorian house on a mini farm in the Pacific Northwest with their two children, two cats, an old chestnut Arabian gelding, an energetic mini-Aussie shepherd dog, a parakeet and an out-of-control herb garden.
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The Senate confirmation process is a minefield for many presidential nominees. But Sen. John Kerry seemed to navigate those waters safely at his confirmation hearing to be secretary of state.
The Massachusetts Democrat was treated gently on Thursday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — even by the same Republicans who relentlessly grilled outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton a day earlier on the administration's handling of the deadly September terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
It doesn't hurt that Kerry — widely scorned by Republicans in 2004 when he was the Democratic presidential nominee— is the panel's present chairman and popular with colleagues of both parties.
"You're ready to go," said Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the panel's top-ranking Republican. "My sense is your confirmation will go through very, very quickly."
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called his fellow Vietnam War veteran "my friend" and told members Kerry's qualifications for the job "are well known to you and all of our colleagues."
It won't be nearly as smooth for President Barack Obama's nominations of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary or John Brennan to head the CIA.
Both are sure to face tough questioning from senators— Hagel about past statements on Iran, gays and Israel; Brennan, now the top White House counterterrorism adviser, on the Benghazi attack.
Kerry and the committee members were clearly comfortable with each other.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the incoming chairman, wondered how Kerry would be able to "explain to world leaders how you could have been rooting for the Boston Red Sox instead of what the world knows is the New York Yankees as the team of the world."
Kerry laughed it off.
And the clear affection didn't only flow from the committee to Kerry.
Here's how he kicked off his testimony: "Let me say I've never seen a more distinguished and better looking group of public officials in my life."
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Things that made the list but not the cookie sheet were:
May the force be with you!
P.S. FAQ: Yes, these are hand-painted cookies (with food coloring and a paintbrush)
Wow, wow, wow!!! You are an amazing artist!ReplyDelete
You are simply beyond amazing Liz! WOW! I LOVE seeing your posts!ReplyDelete
Back in March when you first started painting on cookies you took my breath away with your first stunning attempts. Since then, every time you put brush to food colouring, you are raising the bar. You are a very gifted artist, whatever the medium you choose to work in.ReplyDelete
Crazy talented.ReplyDelete
Okay, these are crazy brilliant! And I mean AMAZING! You take cookies to a whole other universe. Wow, that was cheesy considering these are star wars cookies. But my son is obsessed with star wars so I am by default an expert, and you have done star wars proud! I'm basically obsessed with your mad skills all together. I'm following this train for sure!ReplyDelete
Paula, your comments are always so sweet!
Thanks everybody.
Ashleigh, I love cheese :D ALL ABOARD!
Your attention to the details is astounding!!!! I was especially impressed by your painting of the ship...oh man the name escapes me right now. Lame. Help me out Ashleigh. Any way they are outstanding in all ways great! May the force be with YOU!ReplyDelete
wow great job!! we have star wars freaks here and they would love these!!!ReplyDelete


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(Reuters) - Kinder Morgan Inc said on Sunday that limited marine operations had been restored at its Staten Island, New York, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, terminals following their shutdown by Hurricane Sandy.
"Rebuilding efforts continue at all the facilities," said Kinder Morgan spokesman Joe Hollier. "All facilities are moving product inbound and outbound. Power is returning. Generators are being used where needed."
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NYS Conference of Black Senators offer their support and prayers to the families and friends affected by this terrible natural disaster in Haiti
Members of the NYS Conference of Black Senators sent messages of prayers and support today, to families and friends that have been affected by the tragic earthquake that took place south of Port-Au Prince, Haiti yesterday. "The Haitian community is a very vibrant and important part of our districts and we will do everything possible to aid them during this painful time", Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson of the 36th District (Westchester and Bronx), Chairwoman of the NYS Conference of Black Senators (CBS).
Senator Malcolm Smith, President Pro-Temp, 14th District (Queens, NY) stated, "The devastation that our beloved friends in Haiti face is almost unimaginable, but the managing of it, the response if you will, is the most critical and essential element at this juncture. That's why I will be working closely with Governor Paterson, the American Red Cross in Greater New York and also holding a fund drive in my district, as we all come together as one in this time of need and humanity."
Senator John Sampson, Democrat Majority Conference Leader (Brooklyn, NY) stated, "I am deeply saddened by the tremendous loss of human life and the thousands who were injured in Haiti. I offer my prayers and condolences to those who lost family and friends, and to the Haitian community in New York at this very difficult time. My office is following developments in Haiti closely so we can respond in an effective and efficient manner to help the people of Haiti in every way possible. I urge all New Yorkers to come together and contribute financially to relief efforts."
Senator Eric Adams of the 20th District (Brooklyn, NY) stated, "It is in time of tragedy that the nobility and generosity of the human spirit can truly shine through. I know that New Yorkers from all backgrounds will join me in supporting and assisting the many people affected by this devastation."
Senator Shirley L. Huntley of the 10th District (Queens, NY) stated, "The citizens of Port-au-Prince and surrounding towns need a wealth of help and compassion from everyone in the international community. We all must play a role in lending a helping hand to those who need it most. In the darkness that many have encountered, know that there is light and help arriving. It is when adversity rises, do we truly know the extent of our inner strength and compassion. I hope that those residing in my district, throughout America, and in Haiti searching for loved ones, know that our prayers and condolences will continually be with them."
Senator Kevin Parker of the 21st District (Brooklyn, NY) stated, "I am profoundly saddened by the news of the devastating earthquake that struck just off Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. My thoughts and prayers are extended to the many families in and around my district who have relatives and loved ones in Haiti, as they struggle to cope with this terrible natural tragedy that has taken its toll on lives lost and property destroyed. In this tragic time for Haiti's people, we, as legislators, have a clear responsibility to help ensure the free and rapid delivery of humanitarian aid to the people who need it most. We must act now, before this crisis worsens. As New Yorkers, we understand the importance of acting decisively against the worst effects of any disaster. We must use our full arsenal of tools to reach out and assist our ailing neighbors and friends. "
Senator Andrea Stewart- Cousins of the 35th District (Westchester, NY) stated, "It is with profound sadness that we are all observing the devastation in Haiti. Words are inadequate in the face of this great tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with all those touched by this disaster, and I pledge whatever assistance my office can provide to give relief and comfort to all of the impacted families".
Senator Bill Perkins of the 30th District (Harlem, NY) stated, "The devastation and the aftermath that has hit the country of Haiti not only affect me on an elected official level but on a personal level as well. My office will be reaching out to the Haitian community to provide assistance with relief efforts and we have begun working with New York City Council Member Matthew Eugene (Brooklyn) on sending Medical Supplies to the country. My family and many families have been affected by this tragedy and we will what we can to help."
Senator Velmanette Montgomery of the 18th District (Brooklyn, NY) stated, "As Chairwoman of the Children and Families Committee, my heart goes out to the people of Haiti, who are living in mayhem and fear in the wake of the magnitude-7 earthquake that has caused colossal devastation to this country. I represent many people whose families are impacted by this horrific event. I support the relief efforts now underway in my Senate District and elsewhere in the State to bring relief to the Haitian people".
Senator Antoine M. Thompson of the 60th District (Buffalo, NY) stated "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the citizens of Haiti and all of the families with loved ones affected by this devastating earthquake. As with every natural disaster a tremendous amount of hope, faith and courage will be needed for this country to recover and rebuild. I trust that in whatever manner possible we as a country and state will assist and support these efforts in whatever manner possible,"
Relief efforts have begun and the NYS Conference of Black Senators will continue to post on our Website information on how to get help or send relief. Anyone looking to reach relatives in Haiti can call the State Department at 1-888-407-4747.


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Designed with attention to detail, the newly built Tekfen Tower establishes a new standard in the Istanbul office market. The tower's list of high-profile tenants includes major international organizations and consulates. In addition, Tekfen Tower has resolved for its tenants one of Istanbul's main struggles with a car park which can accommodate 800 vehicles in the heart of Istanbul.
Levent is one of the main business districts in Istanbul, and home to some of the major skyscraper clusters of the city. Tekfen Tower is only a 5 minute walk to Levent Metro station which connects to 12 other stations in Istanbul, providing our clients a convenient commute from Hacıosman station in the north to the Şişhane station at Beyoğlu in the south. Servcorp's location on the 9th floor has a sleek and modern look with granite stone flooring, sliding glass doors and red glass walls, and offers impressive boardrooms, meeting rooms, a sunny coworking space.
Ataturk Airport is a 45 minute trip by car
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Taxis are available 24/7.
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Britney Spears gives paparazzi an eyeful on Tuesday, flashing her panties for the second time this week (she flashed photographers while climbing into the back seat on Monday).
The 25-year-old chronic panties flasher showed off her hot pink underwear as she did some furniture shopping at an antique store and stopped for a manicure at a local nail shop in Los Angeles, Calif.
Brit's sheer white top also revealed her sky blue bra. The pop princess toted around her fave metallic handbag again and finished off her look with a polka dot head scarf.
Hey, her pumps are nice, no?


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Dr. King nominates Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam, for the Nobel Peace Prize. He describes Hanh's accomplishments and assures that he is "an apostle of peace and non-violence.
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The brothers of the US man charged with kidnapping and raping three women, locking them in his home for a decade, said they had no idea what was happening, in an interview aired in part on Sunday.
"If I knew that my brother was doing this, I would not be, not — in a minute, I would call the cops because that ain't right," Pedro Castro, 54, told CNN.
"If I knew, I would have reported it, brother or no brother," he added.
Pedro and his youngest brother, 50-year-old Onil, were arrested soon after their brother Ariel Castro on Monday, when the three women, and a daughter born to one of them while in captivity, were discovered at Ariel's home in Cleveland, Ohio.
But Pedro and Onil were later released, with police saying there was no evidence they participated in the crimes.
In the interview, both said they feared they would never fully be freed of the suspicion raised after police announced their arrest and made their mug shots public.
"It's going to haunt me down because people going to think, yeah, Pedro got something to do with this. And Pedro don't have nothing to do with this," Pedro said.
His brother, Onil, concurred, adding, "The people out there that know me, they know that Onil Castro is not that person and has nothing to do with that. Would never even think of something like that."
The two, and their 71-year-old mother, are in hiding, saying people have thrown rocks at their homes and sent them death threats over the Internet, CNN reported.
Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old unemployed bus driver, was arrested after one of the victims, 27-year-old Amanda Berry, managed to call out to a neighbor, who kicked in the door to the suspect's home and rescued her and her six-year-old daughter.
Police arrived on the scene and entered the house, finding two more women: 23-year-old Gina DeJesus and 32-year-old Michelle Knight. All three had been snatched in separate incidents around a decade earlier.
The prosecutor has said investigators would go back over the many torments Castro allegedly inflicted on the women during their long ordeal, with the aim of bringing additional charges, including ones that may carry the death penalty.
Castro was ordered held on an $8 million bond on Thursday.


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Hunters in Mississippi's Southeast Deer Management Zone are still able to hunt February 1-15 during open primitive weapon, archery, crossbow, and youth gun seasons.
The Southeast Deer Management Zone includes all private and open public lands south of U.S. 84 and east of Mississippi Highway 35.
During these February seasons, adults may harvest legal bucks only on private land and open public land. For adults, legal bucks are defined as having either a minimum inside spread of ten inches or a minimum main beam length of thirteen inches. Youth are allowed to harvest either sex, and are not restricted by antler criteria.
The bag limit on antlered buck deer is one buck per day, not to exceed three per license year. The bag limit on antlerless deer is one per day, not to exceed five per license year.
"Later deer breeding dates in Southeast Mississippi allow for the extended season, and we hope that hunters will take advantage of this opportunity to get in on the late season rutting activity," says Southeast Deer Program Biologist Justin Thayer.
Deer breeding dates in Mississippi follow a general trend of early to late beginning in early December in Northwest Mississippi to mid-February in the far southeastern region.
"Hunting seasons are established around those breeding dates so hunters in every part of the state have an opportunity to hunt during periods of greatest activity," Thayer said.
For more information regarding deer or deer hunting opportunities in Mississippi, visit atwww.mdwfp.com/deer or call 601-432-2199.


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Locked Out of the Vaught...
Did you happen to earn this nickname in new orleans?
Once upon a time, big fat titties, and they all lived happily ever after. The End
A friend of mine (who's an Arkansas alum) lives there and said it's like a bigger version of Fayetteville.
He must be fricking outside his mind.
The thing that really turned that WR on to the UofA was the atmosphere when he visited the Alabama game last year. Granted our atmosphere isn't always like that, but it is closer to that most of the time than Mizzou will ever be. You have to wonder if he doesn't walk out of the tunnel for his first game, look around at the empty seats, and think to himself "what the fuck did I do?"
There are things about Columbia that have that "Fayetteville feeling" to them, but in reality, Columbia wishes it was as happening as Fayetteville.
The football team sucked though. The stadium, which didn't have a night game until 1992, makes WMS look like Lucas Oil Field. Homecoming was just an excuse to go to Schnucks Foods and get a bottle of whiskey. No one cared about football.
Unpossible. I've read in the other thread WMS is the worst in the country. (nevermind that LSU's Tiger Stadium is a true shithole albeit with 90k seats)
The football team sucked though. The stadium, which didn't have a night game until 1992, makes WMS look like Lucas Oil Field.
Now listen.Fayetteville has Dickson Street.
It's Hurtt!
that guy's got 50 lbs. on Hurtt.
How much if you cut off the mullet?
Hurtt's mullet?
He has one as awesome as that guy?
HAD one. It's gone now, but I'll tell you, son...it was fucking beautiful.
Yea but was it PERMED??
More evidence that Mizzou is a poor fit, culturally, in the SEC. Now, pass me a coke.https://tastyresearch.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/popvssodamap.png


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Raymond Johnson, 88 - April 15, 2009
Ray Johnson, 88, of Cozad, formerly of North Platte, passed away April 7, 2009, at the Cozad Community Hospital.
Services were held on April 11 at the Church of Christ in Cozad with Mike Dennis officiating. Burial with military honors was at the Arbor Cemetery at Stockville.
Johnson was born Jan, 27, 1921, at Orafino to Philip and Elnora (Perkins) Johnson. He graduated from Curtis High School in 1938.
On Dec. 25, 1941, he married Beverly E. Arent at Overland, KS. In September of 1942, he entered the U.S. Navy where he served in World War II.
Following his discharge, he and his wife moved to Gothenburg where they operated a cabin camp. In 1948, the couple moved to a farm site south of Farnam where they lived and raised their children until Johnson's retirement from farming in 1979.
Following retirement, the couple moved to North Platte where Johnson decided to attend Mid Plains Community College in pursuit of an associate degree in electronics. Following his graduation in 1980, he began work at Midwest Office Supply in North Platte. In 2005, the couple moved to Cozad.
Johnson was a member of the Frontier County Fair Board, Frontier County Election Board, Draft Board, Farnam Telephone Board, District 14 School Board and the Curtis American Legion.
?He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, square dancing and playing cards. He especially loved spending winters in Arizona and summers in Colorado with his wife, the family said.
?He was preceded in death by: a brother, Clarence; two brothers-in-law, Butch Janus and Kenneth Greenlee; sister-in-law Carole Mae Johnson; nephew Bill Greenlee; and niece Rhonda Janus.
Survivors include his: wife, Beverly Johnson of Cozad; son, Larrie (Janice) Johnson of Cozad; daughter, Sharron (Larry) Call of Omaha; sister, Dorothy Janus of Lexington; brother, Gene Johnson of Gothenburg; sister-in-law, Ruth Johnson of Ogallala; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great- grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to Central Plains Home Health & Hospice or the American Heart Association. Condolences may be shared at berrymanfuneralhome.com.
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Gary L. Flowers
Executive Director & CEO
Black Leadership Forum, Inc.
Last week twenty-four long-term employees of United Continental Holdings, United Airlines, and Continental Airlines filed a lawsuit in San Francisco, California alleging race discrimination, retaliation and harassment in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and State Fair Employment laws.
I vividly remember United Airlines television commercials of the 1970's featuring the phrase "Fly the friendly skies of United." In 2012, the skies appear to be anything but friendly for Black pilots as they seek an employment policy from United Continental that allows them to be promoted to the management ranks, as their White colleagues are so often elevated.
The issue basis for the lawsuit is not new. In 1976, a consent decree was issued to United Airlines for race discrimination against African American employees. The 1976 consent decree stalled in 1995. In 2010, African American pilots and Operations Supervisors who were members of the United Coalition for Diversity filed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints for discrimination. Following the EEOC complaints, United Airlines hastily hired three African Americans for management positions. But that is not the point.
United Airlines—the world's largest airline—does not know its own history relative to promoting Black pilots. In an official 2012 United press release one of the Blacks quickly hired for the management position of Chief Pilot for the Northeast Region, Captain James Simons, Jr., was falsely touted as the "first" African American Chief Pilot at United Airlines. Wrong! Actually, Captain Alfonzo "Rick" McCullough was the first Black Chief Pilot at United.
Ironically, in 2012–the same year that Americans lauded the much-heralded feature movie, Red Tails, which highlighted the competence, courage, and commitment of Black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen in the 1940's who faced blatant racial discrimination—Black pilots are still fighting for equal opportunity as their colored colleagues did some 70 years ago. United airlines cannot salute the Tuskegee Airmen in magazine ads and simultaneously refute evidence of current racial discrimination.
Like the Tuskegee Airman today's Black pilots are extremely competent. While piloting airplanes may have been their passion through U.S. Air Force and other training routes to the Captain's chair those who filed suit are extremely qualified to serve in management. For example, 22 of the plaintiffs have Bachelor's degrees, 3 have earned Masters of Business Administration (MBA's), 1 has a Masters of Science, and 1 has a Masters of Arts. Yet, by being passed over for management positions at United and Continental Air Lines none of them seem to "qualified" for jobs their less-credentialed White colleagues now occupy. And America wants to claim we are a "post-racial" nation!
Predictably, African Americans and people of color are woefully underrepresented in managerial ranks in proportion to their total numbers in the United workforce. Worst still, there seems to be an air (pun intended) of retaliation for "whistleblower" pilots. Of the 13 pilots who filed EEOC complaints in 2010 none of them have been promoted to management despite filing scores and scores of applications. The three Blacks who were hired in 2010 either did not complain or were brought in from outside of United's ranks.
What United pilots are seeking can be summed up by the words of Captain Leon Miller who said, "The struggle for inclusion at United Airlines is a long-standing issue that many have tried to address over a long period of time…we must break the glass ceiling and stop retaliatory actions, and make a corporate culture change that is truly inclusive." Amen.
In 2001, following evidence of racial discrimination at the automaker Toyota USA I had the experience of organizing informational pickets in 24 American cities with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. As a result, Toyota admitted being a bad actor in the transportation industry and committed to a 10-year 8 billion dollar diversity plan throughout the company. While airlines are somewhat different than automakers the principle developing a measurable plan for inclusion is in the best tradition of American ideals. United may learn a lot from the Toyota model.
The United States of America was founded on the principle of I pluribus unum (out of many, we are one). The same should hold true for Black pilots in the so-called friendly skies of United Airlines.


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Carly Rae Jepsen to Join Broadway's Cinderella
Alongside Fran Drescher.
Enthrall me maybe? Invite me to the Prince's ball please maybe? Sentient mice sewed my dress, so check out the staircase where I took that fall maybe? Whichever wordplay delights you most, the important part is Carly Rae Jepsen will be taking over for Laura Osnes as Broadway's Cinderella starting February 4. Jepsen's twelve-week gig will coincide with Fran Drescher's performance as the production's new evil stepmother, which is only slightly less exciting than if they somehow transmogrified an actual pumpkin into a carriage during every live show.


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A Lebanese daily newspaper published an article to coincide with Passover this year that resurrected the age-old blood libel about the "barbaric rituals" of the Jewish people.
The article in Al Sharq accused Jews of using human blood in their religious rituals, a notorious anti-Semitic smear.
The author, Lebanese writer Sana Kojok, claimed that during Passover, the Jews eat matzah made with the blood of non-Jews.
Kojok also called on the Palestinians to turn Israeli's religious holiday from one of joy into one of weeping and wailing.
The Middle East Media Research Institute reported the claim.
Kojok's article began by explaining some of the Jewish holiday traditions, including Sukkot and Hanukkah, then described what he called the "barbaric rituals" of Passover.
He wrote: "During the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins today, strange and bizarre rituals are held, according to instructions by the Talmud: Houses are cleared of all leaven, that is, all bread and bread products containing yeast, which are called 'hametz' in Hebrew.
"Additionally, on the holiday eve, the Zionist Jews eat unleavened bread which during its preparation is mixed with blood – but that blood must be from a non-Jew! This unleavened bread is called 'matzah'," Kojok claimed.
The "blood libel" myth dates as far back as 1840, when a tale was spread around Syria that a priest, Father Toma, went to the Jewish Quarter of Damascus, where he was slaughtered by a group of rabbis and other Jews. As the historically inaccurate account goes, not a drop of blood was spilled because it was collected to make Passover matzah.
"Imagine someone eating matzah made with blood!? How do these barbarians think?? Such barbaric behavior – even in eating and drinking?!" Kojok wrote.
Kojok asserted that Jews were calling one another to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque and celebrate Passover there. Muslims regard the Al-Aqsa Mosque as the third holiest site in Islam, located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It sits on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.
"How can the world expect us to negotiate with people who crave the blood of human beings – not only in their wars, but even in their holidays?" he wrote.
In 2003, Arab media aired a program that depicted a boy being sacrificed and his blood used to make Passover matzah. Prominent Saudi clerics reiterated the myth in a 2012 interview, claiming also the Holocaust was "exaggerated."
In 2000, the Palestinian Liberation Army mufti, Sheik Col. Nader Al-Tamini, stated in a debate on Al-Jazeera that there can be no peace with the Jews because they suck and use the blood of Arabs on holidays such as Passover and Purim.
Kojok urged his fellow Muslims to turn the Jewish holiday into one of "weeping and wailing."
"Their d***** Talmud neither respects nor recognizes any monotheistic religion. The Palestinians should challenge the Zionist aggressors and turn their holiday from one of joy and pleasure at the taste of blood into one of weeping and wailing," Kojok wrote.


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WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – After the King women's track & field team had all but locked up their side of the inaugural Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships, Jordan Noe's performance in the men's mile run tipped the scales and pulled King to the front of the pack in the men's team standings. The Tornado took first place as a team, securing the conference's first Indoor Track & Field championships on both sides. Hannah Witt won two distance events and was crowned Female Track Athlete of the Year. The championships were held at the JDL Fast Track in Winston Salem, N.C. as part of a larger open event.
King crowned five individual conference champions during the day-long event, two claimed by senior Hannah Witt (Mountain City, N.C.). Witt blew the competition away by finishing more than 10 seconds ahead of the next nearest finisher in the women's 5,000-meter run. Her time of 17:53.87 earned her first place honors and 10 team points.
The senior followed that performance with another title in the women's 3,000 meters, defeating Lucy Schmitz (Belmont Abbey) by just under four seconds with a 10:22.63 finish time. Witt then completed her final event of the day in the one-mile run, where she placed second overall by just over a second to event winner Schmitz. With her 5:18.26 time and runner-up finish in the mile, she added eight more points to the team total, finishing with 28 just in her events.
For her two individual titles and one runner-up finish, Witt was named the inaugural Conference Carolinas Female Track Athlete of the Year.
The Lady Tornado were well on their way to the first-ever Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship with a well-rounded team performance that included a conference title earned by Maegan Henry (Bluefield, Va.) in the weight throw (14.41m) and second-place finish in the shot put. Melissa Arnold (12.31m) and Kayla Gash (12.14m) took third and fourth, respectively, in the women's weight throw to set personal records and add an additional 10 points to King's team total.
Lanneickia Brewton (Inman, S.C.) earned the fourth individual title on the women's side in the 200-meter dash, defeating Barton's Breyuana Kittrell by 0.13 seconds. King stole three of the top-4 position in that event with Tia Nelson earning third place (26.27) and Alexis Robinson taking fourth (26.64).
The Tornado faced a steeper challenge in earning their team conference title as they went back-and-forth with Limestone College for much of the day before overtaking the Saints late. Jordan Noe's performance in the men's mile may not have earned a title but his second-place finish served as the turning point for the men's team in the penultimate event.
"Jordan [Noe] executed his race perfectly and almost stole the win," said assistant coach Dave Milner. "It represented a huge point swing in our favor since we expected the Limestone runner to win and us maybe sneak one or two pints out of this race."
Noe, ranked seventh in the conference coming into the race, moved up two positions from fourth place at the halfway point of the race to secure second-place honors and eight team points to overtake the lead.
Heading into the final event of the championships, the men's 4x400-meter relay team held on to their five-point advantage over Limestone with a second-place finish to secure the team title with 110 points. The team of Reggie Warren, Justin Newring, Alson Edgecombe, and Jordan Tippens finished the relay in 3:25.14, just 0.73 seconds behind the event champions, North Greenville. Limestone finished second in the event to complete the meet with 103 points.
Aiding in the men's come-from-behind indoor meet championship was Forrest Stuart (Appalachia, Va.) who earned an individual championship in the men's long jump. The sophomore out-leaped Mount Olive's Nick MacAdam and placed atop the leaderboard with a 6.79m jump.
The King men scored points in every event with exception of the 800-meter run.
Other notable performances include:
Lanneikia Brewton: third place, 60m dash (8.01); third place long jump (5.12m)
Atlanta Westbrook: fourth place, 400m (1:01.76); second place long jump (5.20); third place, long jump (5.20m)
Alexis Robinson: fourth place, 200m (26.64), fourth place, 60m (8.03)
Shelbie Burchfield: second place, high jump (1.60m)
Women's 4x400m relay (Todt, Ruth, Westbrook, Brewton): second place (4:08.68)
Reggie Warren: third place, 400m (50.61); third place, 60m (7.11), fourth place, 200m (22.94)
Justin Newring: second place, 400m (50.60); second place, 200m (22.78), fourth place, triple jump (13.19m)
Joktan Moore: second place, triple jump (13.58), fourth place, long jump (6.58m)
Forrest Stuart: third place, 60m hurdles (8.50)
Spencer Frantom: third place, 5,000m (15:20.72)
Dickson Kurgat: fourth place, 5,000m (15:25.93)
Men's Medley Relay (Noe, Tippens, Smith, Swiney): third place (10:45.54)
Jeremy Stamper: weight throw, fourth place (12.57m, PR)
Tom Lamkin: weight throw, fifth place (12.21m, PR)
Complete results are available on www.timinginc.com or by clicking here. Full results will be posted online when they become available.


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- Guidelines
- Information for Students
- Adding a Proposal
- Google Summer of Code 2012 Project Ideas
- Project Ideas
- Core Clojure
- Clojurescript
- core.match
- core.logic
- Mobile
- Tooling
- Type Systems
- Web
Information for Students
These ideas were contributed by our developers and users. They are sometimes vague or incomplete. If you wish to submit a proposal based on these ideas, you may wish to contact the developers and find out more about the particular suggestion you're looking at.
Being accepted as a Google Summer of Code student is quite competitive. Accepted students typically have thoroughly researched the technologies of their proposed project and have been in frequent contact with potential mentors. Simply copying and pasting an idea here will not work. On the other hand, creating a completely new idea without first consulting potential mentors is unlikely to work out.
If there is no specific contact given you can ask questions on the general Clojure Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/clojure
Adding a Proposal
Please follow this template. If you don't have Confluence access please submit your idea, following this template to the clojure mailing list with the subject prefix
[GSoC Idea].
Project title (heading level 3)
Brief explanation: A few sentences describing the problem to solved.
Expected results: What should the student have been able to produce at the end of the project. This includes things like tests and documentation.
Knowledge prerequisites: If a student needs to know something to be able to complete the project, be sure to list it.
Mentor: Add your name if you are developer who is willing to be a primary or secondary mentor for the project.
If you are not a developer but have a good idea for a proposal, get in contact with relevant developers first.
Google Summer of Code 2012 Project Ideas
Please see the Google Summer of Code 2012 for examples of project ideas.
Project Ideas
Please organise your project idea into a category below. Feel free to create new categories if needed.
Core Clojure
Brief explanation: ClojureScript is in constant need of further optimization and optimizations which are likely to deliver across all the major JavaScript implementations. We need to assess the corners of ClojureScript which seem to lag too far behind Clojure on the JVM and see what can be done. This includes but is not limited to improvements to persistent data structures, function invocation, the EDN reader, and to code size. It would be extremely desirable to generalize the ad-hoc benchmarking that is in currently in place. A web based tool that graphs changes over time that continually run the tests a la Are We Fast Yet? would be extremely beneficial - we imagine highlighting changesets that cause regression with links to GitHub, etc.
Expected results: Improved performance and comprehensive benchmark suite that is available on and offline.
Knowledge prerequistes: A JavaScript performance nut. Experience with Clojure.
Difficulty: Medium
Mentor: David Nolen
Source Maps
Brief explanation: ClojureScript debugging is still significantly harder than it should be. Source Maps would greatly alleviate the difficultly. A considerable amount of work has been done, but there is more to do during emission in the compiler before the source maps we generate will be truly accurate. Even after Source Maps work, there's the question of step-by-step debugging. Perhaps it's possible to do this via a mixture of source maps and something via the Remote Debugging Protocol in Chrome. We could even imagine editing ClojureScript source in Chrome.
Expected results: Accurate source mapping in browsers that support.
Knowledge prerequistes: A JavaScript & Programming languages nut. Experience with Clojure.
Difficulty: Medium
Mentor: David Nolen
Extending dogfort for real world use
Brief explanation: Node.js provides a lightweight and fast server implementation, that's commonly used for real time applications. Although its possible to make clojurescript applications targeting nodejs, the current experience is far from pleasant. Partly due to node's heavy use of callback hell, and partly because most existing node libraries are heavily object oriented and imperative. Dogfort (https://github.com/bodil/dogfort) is a nice proof of concept , inspired by ring and compojure, that abstracts out quite a few of these issues.
- sessions
- cookies
- authentication middleware
- route filtering middleware
Mentor: Bodil Stokke
refactor and documentation
Brief explanation: core.match provides ML & Racket style extensible pattern matching to Clojure & ClojureScript. The project is in need of refactoring and extensive internal documentation. In order to aid debugging the pattern matrix transformations, a tool for stepping through the pattern compilation process would be very desirable.
Expected results: An core.match with fewer bugs and a code base that welcomes internal contributions and simplifies external extensions.
Knowledge prerequisites: Familiarity with at least one functional programming language that includes pattern matching as a feature.
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Mentor: David Nolen
CLP(FD) enhancements
Brief explanation: core.logic now ships with a basic support for efficient constraint logic programming over finite domains. However this work could be taken considerably further. For example new constraints could be added that would allow core.logic to solve FD equations much, much more efficiently. It's also not clear precisely what kinds of classic FD problems core.logic excels at and on which ones we perform poorly on. It would be informative to take the problems found in mature solvers like GeCode and port them over to core.logic so a more disciplined comparison could be made. It would also be interesting to discover if core.logic can be made to defer FD constraint solving to external solvers like GeCode or JaCoP if that is desirable to the user.
Expected results: Improved performance and benchmark suite.
Knowledge prerequistes: Experience with Clojure, though significant functional experience in Common Lisp, Scheme, Racket, Haskell, OCaml, Scala is OK too if Clojure experience is lacking. Experience with Prolog or another language that supports constraint solving well is a big plus.
Difficulty: Hard
Mentor: David Nolen
Brief explanation: CLP(Set) would greatly widen the applicability of using core.logic for various forms of static analysis. It would also make core.logic programming more natural for more kinds of problems for Clojure programmers.
Expected results: Basic support for CLP(Set). If CLP(Set) work begins in earnest by core.logic developers, we expect the student to tackle the various significant subproblems we expect to encounter.
Knowledge prerequistes: Experience with Clojure, though significant functional experience in Common Lisp, Scheme, Racket, Haskell, OCaml, Scala is OK too if Clojure experience is lacking. Experience with Prolog or another language that supports constraint solving well is a big plus.
Difficulty: Hard
Mentor: David Nolen
Brief explanation: core.logic with probabilistic programming features would be a powerful extension to core.logic with a high degree of real world applicability.
Expected results: Basic support of CLP(Prob).
Knowledge prerequistes: Experience with Clojure, though significant functional experience in Common Lisp, Scheme, Racket, Haskell, OCaml, Scala is OK too if Clojure experience is lacking. Experience with Prolog or another language that supports constraint solving well is a big plus.
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Mentor: David Nolen
Enhancing Clooj IDE
Brief explanation: Clooj (https://github.com/arthuredelstein/clooj) is already a good IDE for Clojure beginners to start with, if they do not already have a preferred development tool set. It is the easiest to install. There are ideas for enhancements in the Issues tab of the project.
Expected results: An enhanced version of Clooj that fixes existing issues, adds new features, etc.
Knowledge prerequisites: The student would need to know or learn Clojure, and something about GUI development using Java Swing, the GUI library currently used by Swing.
Mentor: Arthur Edelstein, the developer of Clooj, would be an ideal mentor, if he has the time and interest in doing so. No one has yet approached him with this possibility that I am aware of.
Type Systems
Improve and document core.typed
Brief explanation: Optional type systems are more effective when only a small subset of code needs to be tailored to its needs (3-6%). Currently several important Clojure idioms are not understood by core.typed.
Documentation for core.typed is sparse, making the transition to it much harder than necessary for users.
Expected results:
Type check more expressions and idioms:
- More complete multimethod support
- eg. multiple dispatch
- Support for function keyword arguments
- More core functions/methods assigned types
- Should understand common control flow idioms across body expressions (in progress)
- eg. function preconditions, assertions bound to throwaway locals like _
- Improve Java method inference for method calls that the Clojure compiler does not already infer
- Namespace management tools
- eg. typed-require, typed-use, typed-load
- Contract generation from types
- Useful for preserving static type invariants when using typed code from untyped code.
- More comprehensive handling of complex operations
- eg. assoc, dissoc, update-in, assoc-in, get-in
- Be able to successfully type check the current ClojureScript compiler
- "Wrapper" types
- eg. SQLSafeString
- Better design metadata types
- especially for `with-meta`
- Add support for Clojure Records
- implement correct behaviour for when all base keys are dissociated (a record loses it's type)
- Design solutions to correctly handle macros with complicated expansions.
- especially `for`, `dotimes`, `doseq` etc.
- Design a type generalising scheme to help better guess the type of loop variables
- eg. (loop [a 1] ...) ; a should probably be Long, not the type (Value 0)
- harder: (loop [a nil] ...) ; should be (U nil (Seqable Any)) ?
- Design a sound solution for boxed/unboxed positions
- Often doesn't make sense to give a function a primitive return.
- eg. `int` should probably be something like `(MaybePrimitive int)`
- Target Clojure 1.5 boxing semantics
- Understand common higher-order functions in non-higher-order contexts
- eg. juxt, every?, comp, partial, etc.
- Comprehensive user guide
- Untyped -> typed migration guide
- Code examples
- Complete typed CLJS compiler
Knowledge prerequisites:
- Reasonably complete knowledge of core.typed or Typed Racket internals
Mentor: David Nolen
Student: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant
Previous GSoC Student Partiticipation: Typed Clojure (GSoC 2012, Clojure organisation)
Mentor-Student relationship:
- 2011 - core.match + core.logic development & docs
- 2012 - Mentor-Student for Typed Clojure GSoC 2012
Improve local type inference in core.typed (via Alms) Brief explanation: Local type inference in core.typed (aka. Typed Clojure) is based on Pierce and Turner's Local Type Inference. LTI's strength is in its simplicity, but the authors note that squeezing just a little more inference adds significant complexity to the implementation. A particularly annoying prerequisite is that LTI requires that all function arguments be annotated with a static type. Alms is a new language most notably featuring affine types. It includes a novel implementation of local type inference that can infer more accurate types for some function arguments. The algorithm is described in Chapter 6 of Jesse A. Tov's PhD dissertation. The algorithm used for local type inference in Alms could be applied to core.typed Expected results: ? (Prototype, document, evidence of incompatibility) Knowledge prerequisites: Difficulty: High. Mentor: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant