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Scout | |
Basic Information | |
Icon: | |
Type: | Offensive |
Meet the Scout | |
" | Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, I hurt people.
— The Scout on himself
" |
A fast-running and fast-talking kid from Boston with a penchant for baseball and grievous bodily harm, the Scout flies like a butterfly and stings like a bat to the face. The fastest of all the classes (at 133% of standard speed moving forwards, 120% backwards), his speed and ability to double jump will leave slower opponents spinning. This, coupled with his Scattergun, Force-A-Nature, Shortstop or Soda Popper makes the Scout ideal at hit and run tactics, allowing him to inflict massive amount of close-range damage before dashing away to safety. Not content with only one way to harass his foes, the Scout can also equip his trusty Sandman to stun opponents with long-range balls.
The Scout is an ideal choice if you want an objective done fast; the Scout can capture points and move carts twice as fast as his teammates and leave with the enemy intelligence before any enemies can arrive to stop him.
Contents |
The Scout
Basic Strategy
- Main articles: Scout tips and Scout strategy
- Strafing may augment the natural advantage given to the Scout by speed, but the Scout's real strength comes from his ability to run and jump in unexpected directions.
- The Scout can also get to hard to reach spots with his double jump or his triple jump by shooting below himself with the Force-a-Nature.
- His Scattergun does high damage at close range and can take out high priority targets in one swift move.
- The Sandman stuns for longer the further distance you are, if you can see a Heavy and you are out of his vision you can easily stun him and kill him with your Scattergun before he is able to attack you.
- If you are able to flank the enemy, wait until you are directly next to your opponent before attacking for optimal damage output.
- Your Scattergun is lethal at point blank range, often killing in two or three hits.
- Scouts are one of the few classes capable of taking care of sentry guns without an Ubercharge. By taking a sentry gun from behind, the Scout can avoid taking damage, as the gun has to spend time swiveling in your direction. The gun may then be circle-strafed or cornered effectively. Using the pistol is recommended, as its damage output is higher than the Scattergun's once the time it takes to destroy the sentry is factored in.
- The Scout is capable of double-jumping to places other classes cannot reach, and one of the strengths gained by that is the ability to jump over the enemy's head, getting behind them quickly.
- The scout can get up to four jumps. Having his default double jump, a Force-a-Nature, and equipping The Atomizer.
- When under heavy fire, consider using the Force a nature's knockback feature to get away quickly and to a health pack.
Note: Weapon damage is approximate and measured at point blank range. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.
Weapon | Ammo Loaded | Ammo Carried | Damage Range | Special Ability | |
Standard |
Scattergun | 6 | 32 | Base: 85-105 Crit: 180 | |
Unlock/Drop |
Force-A-Nature | 2 | 32 | Base: 95-100 Crit: 175 |
(+) +20% pellets per shot
(+) 50% faster knulling speed (+) Enhanced knock-back on enemies that are hit (i) User is propelled backwards when firing while airborne (-) -10% damage done per pellet (-) -66% magazine size (-) 25% slower reload speed (for 2 shots) (-) When user reloads, any loaded shots are lost |
Drop/Craft |
Shortstop | 4 | 36 (Shared with pistol) | Base: 20 per pellet Crit: 43 per pellet |
(+) +100% damage done per pellet
(+) 25% faster firing speed (+) 50% faster reload speed (for 4 shots) (-) -60% pellets per shot (-) -33% magazine size (-) Shares reserve ammo with Pistol when Pistol is equipped |
Drop/Craft |
Soda Popper | 2 | 32 | Base: 95-100 Crit: 175 |
(+) 50% faster firing speed
(+) Hype Meter charges up as user moves. When Hype Meter is full, user mini-crits for 10 seconds (-) -66% magazine size (-) -7% reload speed (for 2 shots) (-) When user reloads, any loaded shots are lost (-) No random critical hits |
Weapon | Ammo Loaded | Ammo Carried | Damage Range | Special Ability | |
Standard |
Pistol | 12 | 36 | Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds/sec] | |
Promotional |
Lugermorph | 12 | 36 | Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds/sec] |
Unlock/Drop |
Bonk! Atomic Punch | 1 | 8 (6sec duration, 24sec cooldown) | N/A | Makes user immune to all damage for a short while. After effect has worn off, Bonk! must recharge before it can be used again. Cannot attack while invincible. |
Drop/Craft |
Crit-a-Cola | 1 | 8 (6sec duration, 24sec cooldown) | N/A | During the 6-second effects, all attacks fired are Mini-Crits, and all damage taken is Mini-Crit damage. |
Drop/Craft |
Mad Milk | 1 | 8 (6sec duration, 24sec cooldown) | N/A | Thrown like Jarate. Coats target in milk for 8 seconds. 75% of all damage dealt to targets coated in milk is returned as health to damage-dealer. Cloaked spies are rendered visible. Milk can be washed off by water. Also puts out fires like jarate. |
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to run external programs, passthru() is disabled. Drop/Craft |
The Winger | 5 | 36 | Base: 17 Crit: 51 [6 rounds/sec] |
(+) +15% damage done
(-) -60% magazine size |
Weapon | Ammo Loaded | Ammo Carried | Damage Range | Special Ability | |
Standard |
Bat | N/A | N/A | Base: 35 Crit: 105 [about 2 hits per second] | |
Unlock/Drop |
Sandman | 1 | 8 (15sec ball respawn) | Base: 35 (Ball: 5-15) Crit: 105 (Ball: 45) [about 2 hits per second] |
(+) Alt Fire: Launches a baseball at enemy, stunning them from 1–8 seconds (proportional to distance).
(-) -15 hp on wearer (110 hp total).
Drop/Craft |
Holy Mackerel | N/A | N/A | Base: 35 Crit: 105 [about 2 hits per second] |
(i) Corner kill display replaced with the number of hits on a particular player. Kills result in kill icon with "FISH KILL" text next to player's name. |
Drop/Craft | Candy Cane | N/A | N/A | Base: 35 | (+) A Small Health Pack drops when enemy is killed
(-) +25% explosion vulnerability on wearer |
Drop/Craft | The Boston Basher | N/A | N/A | Base 35, Bleed 5 seconds | (+) Enemy bleeds for 5 seconds when hit
(-) User takes 35 damage and will bleed for 5 seconds when user fires but does not hit a target |
Promotion/Craft/drop | Sun-on-a-Stick | N/A | N/A | Base: 26-34 Crit: 89 |
(+) Crits burning enemies
(+) Can hit multiple enemies in a single fire (-) -25% damage done |
Promotion/Craft/drop | Fan O'War | N/A | N/A | Base: 4 Crit: 13 |
(+) Enemy is "marked for death" and takes mini-crits for 15 seconds when hit
(-) -90% damage done |
Craft/Drop |
The Atomizer | N/A | N/A | Base: 28 Crit: 84 [about 2 hits per second] |
(i) Wearer can triple-jump which deals 10 damage to wearer
(-) -20% damage done (-) 30% slower firing speed |
Promotional/Craft |
Three-Rune Blade | N/A | N/A | (+) Enemy bleeds for 5 seconds when hit
(-) User takes 35 damage and will bleed for 5 seconds when user fires but does not hit a target |
Taunt Attack
Attack | Weapon | Duration | Damage | |
Melee |
Bonk | Sandman, The Atomizer | 5 Seconds | 500 (Instant kill) |
- Main article: Hats
Original | Classless | Community | Hatless | Polycount | Mann Conomy | Australian Christmas | ||
Batter's helmet | Bonk helm | Ye olde baker boy | Troublemaker's tossle cap | Whoopee cap | Baseball Bill's Sports Shine | The Milkman | Bombing Run | Flipped Trilby
Promotional | Uber | |||||||
The Superfan | Bonk Boy | |||||||
Miscellaneous Items
Misc |
The Essential Accessories |
All | ||||||
Cheater's lament | Ghastly gibus | Bill's Hat | Max's severed head | Wiki Cap | Alien Swarm Parasite | |
Modest pile of hat | Noble amassment of hats | Towering pillar of hats | Mann Co Cap | Ellis' Cap | Saxton Hale Mask | |
Horrific Headsplitter | Spine-Chilling Skull | Voodoo Juju | Treasure Hat | Bounty Hat | Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect | |
Holiday Restricted Hats | ||||||
Scout Mask | Soldier Mask | Pyro Mask | Demoman Mask | Heavy Mask | Engineer Mask | |
Medic Mask | Sniper Mask | Spy Mask | Mildly disturbing Halloween mask | Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head |
Misc. items | |||||
Primeval warrior | Grizzled veteran | Soldier of fortune | Mercenary | Earbuds | Platinum Dueling Badge |
Gold Dueling Badge | Silver Dueling Badge | Bronze Dueling Badge | Polycount Pin | License to Maim | Companion Cube Pin |
Official class avatars
Offical Class avatars | |||
Original | RED 'ÜberCharged' | BLU 'ÜberCharged' | |
- Main article: Scout achievements
Scout pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.
"I don't usually kill morons this fast." "Hi Ma." "Look at me!" "If you order now ill throw in a second beating absolutely free." "Hey, catch this moron!" "I.hate.doctors" "Woosh" "Nice aim." "Yeah, yeah, yeah"
- The Scout's voice actor is Nathan Vetterlein.
- The BLU Scout's Mother is in a relationship with the RED Spy. A file in the BLU base contains photos documenting their 'activities'.
- The Scout is one of two classes with no emblem on their sleeves, the other being the Spy.
- The excited Scout mascot in the Force-A-Nature ad [1] also appears in slighty altered form as the icon for the 'You'll Feel a Little Prick' Medic achievement.
- The Scout wears a left-handed batter's helmet, despite being a right-handed batter on account of his headset being on his left ear.
- The Submachine gun for the Sniper was originally intended for the Scout.
- The Nailgun, a scrapped weapon carried over from Team Fortress Classic, was also intended for the Scout (the closest to it now is the Medic's Syringe gun). This makes the Scout the only class to have its primary weapon changed twice in production.
- After players noted a resemblance between the Scout and TV pitchman Vince "Offer" Shlomi, several players requested that Valve add an in-game line connecting the two. With the release of the Scout update, lines such as "If you order now, I'll throw in an extra beatin', absolutely free","Look at this, just caved in your skull- my bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'." and "No other class is gonna do that."
- The Scout has the same voice actor as the "Church Guy" character in Valve title Left 4 Dead. The voices used by Nathan Vetterlein for both characters are strikingly similar.
- For a long time, there was a bug that would cause the Scout's legs to disjoint crazily during a double-jump. Valve finally fixed the "Crazy Legs" bug in January 2010. [2]
- According to the Jarate comic from the Sniper update, the Scout likes tacos.
- The Scout and Medic are the only classes without a stubble of facial hair, with the possible exception of the Pyro, whose face is covered by his/her mask.
- During the Mac Update comic, the Scout tries to impress Jessica.
- The Scout's line "Would you kindly move your ass to the frickin' point?" may refer to a similar line in the popular RPG Bioshock.
- The Scout was the first class to have a melee weapon with a secondary attack.
- The Scout seems to have a great need for attention, saying things in-game such as "Look at me!" and "Is anyone even paying attention to me?" It is probable that this part of the character design was a result of his family history. Having seven older brothers, it is more than likely that he had to fight for attention in the home.
- The Scout attempts to flirt with Miss Pauling. It can be seen on the Meet the Director comic on page 5 on the 4th panel.
- At the end of Meet the Medic, the Medic's pet bird Archimedes can be heard stuck inside the Scout.
- As of the Über update, when Scout is gibbed in-game, there is a chance of Archimedes the Dove flying out of him. Seen here.
- RED Scout is the only one that dies in a meet the classes, which is Meet the Demoman.
See also
- Scout scripts
- Scout strategy
- How to play the Scout
- Scout match-ups
- Scout voice commands
- Scout responses
- Scout taunts
- Scout rush
- Scout's mother
- List of references (Scout)
External links
- Pro-Player Guide from AppZ by TFPortal.de
- The Scout Update
- TF2 Official Blog- Okay, this does not look good here. Umm...
- TF2 Official Blog- Hey good job, there, hardhat
- TF2 Official Blog- That's what I'm talking about!
- TF2 Official Blog- Better Late Than Never
- Steam Powered User Forums - Scout


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Title: | Reclaiming rare listening as a means of organizational re-enchantment |
Author(s): | Jo A. Tyler, (Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA) |
Citation: | Jo A. Tyler, (2011) "Reclaiming rare listening as a means of organizational re-enchantment", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 24 Iss: 1, pp.143 - 157 |
Keywords: | Communication management, Listening, Organizational culture |
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Abstract: | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a reclaiming of the potency of Rogerian listening in organizations. The paper views listening after Rogers, the father of active listening, as a process with potential to re-enchant organizations and the people who comprise them, in a move away from the popular view and professional training that fosters instrumentalized listening that deadens organizations and crushes the spirit of individuals. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs a text analysis using iterative coding processes and constant comparison. A total of 12 web sites focused on "active listening" in business contexts were analyzed for overlap and divergence with Rogers' descriptors and essential conditions for active listening. Findings – Rogers is almost completely disassociated from his original multi-sensory conception of listening, which is now reduced to a set of instrumental tips and techniques that help the listener gather data in the interest of achieving preconceived goals. Rarely was Rogers' intention invoked – of understanding in the context of growing a relationship between speaker and listener that was grounded in unconditional positive regard, care, and love. Research limitations/implications – Though the sample size is limited, it suggests a particular zeitgeist in organizations that inhibits the possibilities of re-enchantment by shutting down a principle of channel for developing understanding and making connections that can foster novelty and increase collaboration. An awareness of the current reduction of listening being taught in organizations, and the particular ways in which it varies from the richness of Rogers' powerful conception is the first step toward identifying and overcoming the barriers to re-enchantment at individual and organizational levels. Originality/value – The prevailing efforts in the literature include listening as one dimension in the broader field of communication skills, and tend to result in recommendations that deepen the instrumental nature of listening in business. This study focuses on listening exclusively, beginning with the origins of Rogers' "active listening," examining the ways it has been conceptually co-opted and distorted, as a first step in the process of reclaiming it from the territory of calculated and observable skill. |
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David Choe Untitled, 2010 Signed Dave Choe and dated '10 (lr) Watercolor on paper 23 3/8 x 17 5/8 inches Exhibited: Los Angeles, CA, Lazarides Gallery, David Choe: Nothing to Declare April 23 - May 23, 2010 David Choe channels elements of comic books and graffiti through his detailed paintings, utilizing a multitude of media including oil, acrylic, spraypaint and more. He is infamously known as the "Facebook Artist Millionaire," who as compensation for a series of murals in the Facebook offices, had taken the then fledgling company's stock in lieu of pay. His 2008 portrait of Barack Obama was displayed in the White House. Further reading: David Choe, Chronicle Books, 2012 C Sold for $5,000 (Includes Buyer's Premium) Estimate $5,000-7,000 Overall very good condition. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. | |
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Behind New Online College and University Rankings
The Online Education Database, or OEDb, released its third annual ranking of online educational institutions this week, prompting announcements and press releases from many of those that appeared near the top of the list.
The Houston-based OEDb, a subsidiary of DomainDev, is a for-profit company that makes money by referring visitors to the many online colleges and universities that advertise with it—which is to say that a more accurate title for the company might be the Online Education Database of Our Advertisers.
But the annual rankings are a completely separate service, OEDb founder Andy Hagans told The Chronicle this afternoon. Hagans conceived of the idea when he noticed that there were no mainstream rankings for online schools. Any perceived conflict of interest, he said, should be dispelled by the site's thoroughly transparent methodology.
OEDb ranks the colleges according to eight separate metrics. Two of the metrics—retention rate and graduation rate—are the same as the ones U.S. News & World Report uses to formulate its yearly ranking of traditional colleges and universities. Several others bear some similarity to U.S. News metrics without being identical: The OEDb rankings do not use peer assessments of colleges, but they do score how many times a particular college's Web site is linked to from other colleges' Web sites. The metric, referred to as "peer Web citations," appears to use these links as a proxy for a college's reputation in the virtual community of higher learning.
The remaining OEDb metrics are acceptance rate, student-faculty ratio, financial aid, scholarly citations (how often outside scholars have cited the institution's research), and how many years the institution has been accredited by the U.S. Education Department's Office of Postsecondary Education.
The most distinct aspect of the OEDb's formula is that it weights all the metrics equally. For instance, the quality of each college's financial-aid program is given the same consideration as how many times that college is linked to from other colleges' Web sites.
Hagans said he decided to assign equal weight to all criteria because "any weighting we could give them would be arbitrary." He pointed out that visitors are able to view the rankings by individual metric, in effect allowing them to ascribe their own weight to each one. "We also publish all the raw data," he said, "so people could produce their own rankings if they want."—Steve Kolowich
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blog) in a way the Dolphins haven't experienced since star running back Ricky Williams abruply quit in his prime on the eve of the 2004 season. The NFL independently investigates what happened that caused Incognito to be suspended from the team and Martin to take a leave under emotional duress, but what happened or why shouldn;t be the biggest issue concerning coach Joe Philbin right now. It's what happens next with the two principles in this scandal, and it's a no-win situation for the club. Players fervently want Incognito reinstated and have lobbied for that, but the herald alreday has reported he he "done" here, and to welcome him back might be a P.R. nightmare. Players do not want Martin back, but taking him back anyway might be likely if only from a legal/liability standpoint. What to do, what to do? Help the Dolphins decide. Vote in this new poll and say why.
UPSET BIRD DAY: WEEK 10 NFL PREDIX: DOLPHINS WOES CONTINUE IN TAMPA: After a chaotic, distracted week spent answering nonstop questions about (of all things) bullying, I see the Dolphins ripe for an upset loss at winless Tampa Bay. (Reminding you, Dear Reader, that this isn't me hoping that, but merely predicting it. Click on Week 10 Gems for all of our latest NFL picks, and on The Dolphins' Dilemma for my Friday Page column. It's on the club's no-win choice moving forward on what do do with Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, which we discuss more fully (and ask you about in a poll) directly above in this blogpost. My week got off to a great start last night. I picked Vikings to beat Redskins in an outright upset, and the Purples came through for me.
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11:14am Thursday 17th October 2013 in Business By Andy Richardson
THE Forum of Private Business is calling on councils across the UK to lend their support to small businesses by waiving parking charges on the first UK Small Business Saturday on December 7.
The event will celebrate small businesses across the UK, and is the culmination of a campaign to encourage communities to shop local and support their small businesses.
The Forum has written to all local authorities to ask them to consider removing parking charges on the day in the spirit of the event and to help provide an added incentive to shoppers to hit their local high streets.
Parking charges discourage many consumers from shopping on the high street, diminishing small businesses' customer base.
The Forum believes removing these charges on December 7 would help generate the conditions needed to make Small Business Saturday UK a great success.
The UK is home to five million small businesses. Providing two thirds of private sector employment and almost half of private sector turnover, small firms are also a driving force in the recovery and getting Britain trading at pre-recession levels.
Campaigners sayd Small Business Saturday represents an opportunity for traders to showcase products and services to local communities.
Since the campaign launched earlier this year some councils have integrated free parking into their plans to support Small Business Saturday.
A small number have already taken a progressive approach to parking charges and are trialling free or reduced charge initiatives but the Forum called for it to be adopted nationally.
Phil Orford, chief executive of the Forum of Private Business said:
"Small businesses make up the grass roots of our membership and are at the heart of every local community.
"The Forum is a proud supporter of Small Business Saturday, which is about reconnecting people with the small businesses in their local areas and demonstrating the enormous value that they bring to individual customers and to the UK as whole. To make it a real success everyone needs to play their part and local councils have a key role to play in removing one of the barriers for small businesses."
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The prologue of the game is a heady atmospheric start to an amazing game, I'm 100% serious about this. I haven't seen this much care or thought placed into an opening of a game since Silent Hill 1. The mood lighting for the slightly abandoned hotel is enough to draw you in and peaks of sun keep you wondering what will emerge from this newly created hell. The couple from the trailer make a lazy appearance as you scoot around the hallways, stealing money and loot, which was something we thought was mildly racist for a black character and then we realised my friend chose the character coz he sounded like Morgan Freeman's slightly slow cousin.
The prologue is strong in making it single player as the closer explains how your bros are there. I could not recommend playing co-op more than I can curse at a mate when there's a zombie on my back and you have a gun and you don't even use it, Chris...The game is a heady blend of exploration and just all out fun and when people compare it to Fallout, I've always believed the series could really do with a graphical update, a nicer setting and better zombies...but Dead Island does lack in a lot of places in comparison.
The characters are unfortunately strictly built around stereotypes and that is their strength and weakness. You listen to a small audio biography of the characters Sam, Xian, Purna and Logan. The characters are all from different backgrounds and all look incredibly different which is fantastic, the amount of dynamics that are – or rather could play out is quite good. I'm not sure how far into the game you have to be, but only playing about 5 hours of the game, the characters didn't interact more than just cursing at each other or sharing a tiny bit of backstory about what they were doing and what they're gonna do next.
It's fairly bland in some places and could have been potentially fantastic. I didn't expect an epic sweeping romance, but you'd think that Purna, a half-aboriginal Sydney cop and Sam, a New Orleans born tough guy would talk about their prejudices and how the zombie outbreak doesn't have those prejudices and how that's kind of amusing and how this whole situation is sad, but no, no interesting dialogue, no key character development, just fairly bland and blank chit-chat in between quests. It's not too much to ask, it always feels like an after thought and zombies are always a good reflection of societal issues from everything from mass media to overpopulation to consumerism, but here, in paradise, it's just a big shambling bore fest.
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Out in America, a one-hour PBS documentary event, will deliver a compelling, multi-layered portrait of LGBT Americans through their own words and experiences. The film will connect the common themes running through numerous personal stories about growing up, coming out, nurturing relationships, overcoming social and familial challenges, fighting discrimination and HIV, and achieving individual status and respect in America. From the bi-racial Washington, D.C. couple in their 80s who have been together for 45 years to the 19-year-old Puerto Rican boy from Harlem; from the 25-year-old raised in small town Texas to the transgender police officer in California, we'll talk to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender persons from across the nation.
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The Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA/Chicago) announced the winners of "The Outstanding Building of the Year" (TOBY) Awards at an awards gala over the weekend. The TOBY Awards are designed to recognize excellence in office building management across several categories based on building size and type. The buildings were judged on tenant relations, commitment to environmental sustainability, emergency preparedness, budgeting, work order systems, security standards, staff experience and continuing education opportunities.
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Illinois Among the Top for New Green Space in 2011
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A new ranking of US states by green buildings finds Illinois in the top ten. The USGBC's list ranked states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita. The District of Columbia lead the nation, with more than 31 square feet of LEED-certified space per person last year.
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Posted by Shanti on March 22, 2002, at 22:40:17
In reply to Re: hi guys - Shanti Renee, posted by Shanti on March 22, 2002, at 22:24:07
ok, i'm here sorry for being a little late,
i guess i'll go first. went to bowling tonight (i just started this in Jan. had a baby in Oct.) never bowled on a league before just the occasional game through the years) so now after being there for 3 months my average is 130 tonight i bowled 113, 112, 107 ouch
then went to bingo my veg out state amongest some strange/lively characters great place to people watch but no luck their either?
who's next
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text: Feb. 27 NORTH DAKOTA: Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. being moved to death row Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. began the journey to death row on Tuesday, checking out of the Cass County jail at 8:16 a.m. after spending nearly 3 years in a cell there. The Crookston, Minn., man has been sentenced to death for the killing of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin. He will await his execution at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind. U.S. Marshal Dave Carpenter said Rodriguez would be driven from Fargo to either Sioux Falls, S.D., or Rochester, Minn., where he would be put aboard a government plane. "Once we get them on the plane, there are many routes," Carpenter said. "The plane may take them directly to their destination, or it may take them to another detention facility." Carpenter said he could not disclose the exact route Rodriguez would take. He said he expected Rodriguez to arrive in Terre Haute within 3 days. Rodriguez spent 1,022 days in the Fargo jail. "By far that made Rodriguez the longest-serving person in the Cass County jail ever," said Chief Deputy Jim Thoreson. A federal jury in Fargo last September convicted Rodriguez, 54, of kidnapping resulting in the 2003 death of Sjodin, 22, from Pequot Lakes, Minn. The same jury voted unanimously for the death penalty. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson made the sentence official on Feb. 8. Rodriguez's attorney, Richard Ney, filed an appeal shortly after the sentencing. Sjodin disappeared from a Grand Forks shopping mall parking lot 3 1/2 years ago. Her body was found nearly 5 months later in a ravine near Crookston. Authorities said she had been beaten, raped and stabbed. Rodriguez had been released from prison 6 months earlier for other crimes that included rape and attempted kidnapping. When Rodriguez was convicted he become the 45th federal prisoner on death row in the United States. He is to die by lethal injection. The average length of the appeal process in all death penalty cases in the country - state and federal - is about 10 years, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C. In federal cases, the process typically is a few years shorter, the center said. North Dakota does not have the death penalty. Rodriguez faced capital punishment in federal court because authorities said he crossed state lines after kidnapping Sjodin. (source: West Central Tribune) KENTUCKY: Death penalty to be sought for man accused of killing 3 women, raping 4th Prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing 3 women and raping another during a 14-year span. Robert F. Smallwood, accused of being Lexington's 1st serial killer, is charged with murder in the slayings of Doris Roberts, Sonora Allen and Erica Butler from December 1999 to April 2006. He is charged in the 1993 rape of Viola J. Greene, 83, a retired schoolteacher who died in 1998 of natural causes. Smallwood also is charged with 1 count each of burglary, robbery, sodomy and being a persistent felony offender, according to Fayette Circuit Court records. On Tuesday in Fayette Circuit Court, Smallwood's attorney said she will ask for separate trials on each of the murder counts. Trying them together would be prejudicial, public defender Kate Dunn said. Prosecutors said they will oppose Dunn's motion. Circuit Judge James Ishmael set a tentative trial date of Oct. 29, though that might change if he decides the cases must be tried separately. The trial is scheduled to last nearly 5 weeks. Smallwood's next court appearance is May 29. (source: Herald-Leader) CALIFORNIA: Gag order issued for death penalty trial A San Joaquin County Superior Court judge issued a gag order Monday, banning attorneys, police and witnesses from talking with the media about the anticipated death penalty trial of a Manteca man accused of killing a Ripon woman. A former pastor from Ripon who sold his church building without telling his congregation and then spent time with the accused killer at the San Joaquin County Jail may have prompted the judge's ruling. Roy Gerald Smith, 45, faces the death penalty if convicted of luring Mary Morino Starkey, 46, of Ripon from her home to kill her. Starkey was last seen June 15, 2005, and her body has never been recovered. Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Garber banned anybody involved in the trial from talking to the media. Garber would not talk about the active case, when asked outside of court to explain the gag order. Prosecutors, who replied with "no comment" to questions Monday, have said they are prepared to present DNA evidence from the jeans Smith wore when he was arrested that links Smith to Starkey. Former pastor Randal Radic will also be part of their case. John Schick, a Stockton attorney who has defended 5 men charged with capital crimes, said he believes Radic, 54, could be behind Garber's ruling. "That's probably the 800-pound gorilla in the room," Schick said, who isn't directly involved in Smith trial, but agreed to comment. "He's probably going to be a central part of the case." Schick said both prosecutors and Smith's defense attorneys may want to keep Radic from talking to the media about his role in Smith's case. The former pastor is likely articulate, but may not be very credible in light of his own crime. Radic pleaded guilty in January 2006 to embezzlement for selling the Ripon church. He then spent six months at the county jail while awaiting sentencing, but was released when he struck a deal with San Joaquin County prosecutors. Radic claims Smith shared incriminating information with him while in County Jail. Radic agreed to testify against Smith in a deal that keeps the former pastor out of state prison as punishment on his own embezzlement case. It's not clear what Radic is expected to say during Smith's trial, scheduled to begin in September. Only attorneys involved in the case know that, especially prosecutors who will depend on Radic's credibility to convict Smith. "I'm sure they want to keep that discussion in the courtroom only," Schick said. "They probably don't want to have people reminded in great detail what happened to his congregation." (source: Stockton Record) SOUTH DAKOTA: Death penalty measure signed When death row inmate Elijah Page is executed the week of July 9, he will be able to choose which type of drug cocktail is used in the lethal injection. Gov. Mike Rounds on Friday signed HB1175, the state's new death penalty law, which will take effect July 1. The old law called for a 2-drug cocktail. The new law is less descriptive and says death shall be inflicted by the intravenous injections of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity. The law reads "any person convicted of a capital offense or sentenced to death prior to the effective date of this act may choose to be executed in the manner provided in this act or in the manner provided by South Dakota law at the time of the persons conviction." That gives Page the right to choose whether to use a 2-drug lethal injection or the 3-drug one officials planned to use at his first scheduled execution last summer. The 2-drug cocktail would have used an ultra-short-acting barbiturate intended to put the inmate into a deep sleep and a chemical paralytic agent intended to stop his breathing. The 3rd drug is potassium chloride, which induces cardiac arrest. Rounds stayed Page's execution set for Aug. 28, 2006, just hours before the lethal injection was administered because prison officials were planning to use a 3-drug method, rather than 2 drugs as outlined in state law. After Rounds halted the execution, South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long said the standard protocol for lethal injections throughout the country is to use the 3-drug method, which is believed to be more humane. Lawrence County State's Attorney John Fitzgerald, who prosecuted the Page case, said Monday that the new law takes into consideration the possibility of complaints by the inmate that the law was changed after the sentencing. "In essence, they really haven't (changed the law) because he still has the option of having it done the way it was on the books when the sentence was handed down," Fitzgerald said. Page, 24, of Athens, Texas, pleaded guilty to murdering 19-year-old Chester Allan Poage in March 2000. Page and 2 other men took Poage to Higgins Gulch near Spearfish where they beat and tortured him for hours before killing him by throwing large rocks on his head. Fitzgerald said having the execution carried out will provide closure for Poage's family. "It's the completion of justice," Fitzgerald said. "It's not revenge. It's justice being done for a horrible murder. As the prosecutor who asked for a death sentence in the case, Fitzgerald will be one of the people who watch the execution take place in July. "It's my responsibility to be present when the law carries out that punishment," he said. Briley Piper of Anchorage, Alaska, also pleaded guilty in the murder and was sentenced to death. 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The state claims that lethal injection is not a medical procedure, that executioners are qualified to perform it, and that using medical professionals would be nearly impossible since the American Medical Association discourages them from participating in capital punishment. The judge plans to use the information to balance the harm to Evans if he is forced to undergo an injection performed by executioners against the burden to the state of Maryland if it is forced to recruit medical professionals. 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Parent to Parent: Losing a Pet
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Dealing with a sick pet, or the loss of one, can be devastating for an adult, and especially for a child. So how do you talk to your kids about losing their cuddly companion? 7's Lynn Martinez gets some expert advice in tonight's Parent to Parent.
WSVN -- Derek and his dog Hannibul have been inseparable since Derek was just three years old.
Jason Touhsant: "He's been there the majority of my son's life, and they're best of friends. He's my son's protector."
So when Hannibul was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, his dad wasn't sure how to break the news to his son.
Jason Touhsant: "It floors you. You have to deal with the impact yourself, but then you also have to deal with the impact on your child."
Vickie Saez is a breeder who lost several of her award-winning French mastiffs to canine lymphoma.
Vickie Saez, Pet Loss Counselor, Pawstrong: "I ran into so many people who were experiencing the same thing."
So she decided to help others by becoming a pet loss bereavement counselor, and formed an organization called Pawstrong.
Vickie Saez: "To help them deal with not just the loss of a pet, but an animal who might have a disease that compromises their quality of life."
Like most parents, Jason had concerns about how to tell his son Hannibul was sick.
Jason Touhsant: "I really wanted to bring it along from where it was something Derek understood what was going on to as much as a 5-year-old could understand."
Vickie says, when you do talk to your child, use terms appropriate for their age.
Vickie Saez: "A smaller child is not going to be able to cognitively process the details of a sickness or a death."
If the pet needs treatment, explain how that may affect them.
Jason Touhsant: "'You can't play with Hannibul the same way that you used to play, we have to take it easy, he's still recovering.'"
But whatever you do, Vickie says, be upfront. Don't hide the situation from your kids.
Vickie Saez: "Addressing it is the single most important thing you can do for your child."
Derek had a lot of questions for his dad when it came to Hannibul's health and how he was feeling.
Vickie Saez: "You use that time when the question comes up to say. 'Well, let's write it down, and then let's do some research on it.'"
It's been a year since Hannibul's last surgery, and the vet gave him a clean bill of health. Jason says despite the scare, he feels the experience has been an important life lesson for him and his son.
Jason Touhsant: "It was a growth process for me as a parent, and it was a growth process for Derek."
Vickie adds, if your pet does pass away, don't replace it with another pet right away. Allow you and your kids to go through the grieving process.
For a link to the Pawstrong website, log onto wsvn.com.
Pawstrong Animal Cancer Foundation
8835 SW 107th Avenue, #336
Miami, FL 33176-1411
Miami Veterinary Specialists
8601 Sunset Drive
Miami, FL 33143
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A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed.
Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern—and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year.
An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees—how they approach worker safety—and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones.
What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives.
They succeeded by transforming habits.
In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.
Along the way we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuro scientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation's largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death.
At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.
Habits aren't destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.
Buyer's Review
In this wonderful book, Charles Duhigg, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, tackles an important reality head on. That is, people succeed when they identify patterns that shape their lives--and learn how to change them. This idea--that you can indeed change your habits--draws on recent research in experimental psychology, neurology, and applied psychology.
As you can see from the TOC below, Duhigg really goes after a broad range of topics. He looks at the habits of individuals, how habits operate in the brain, how companies use them, and how retailers use habits to manipulate buying habits. This provides some fascinating research and stories, such as the fact that grocery stores put fruits and vegetables at the front of the store because people who put these healthy items in their carts are more apt to buy junk food as well before they leave the store. The author's main contention is that "you have the freedom and responsibility" to remake your habits. He says "the most addicted alcoholics can become sober. The most dysfunctional companies can transform themselves. A high school dropout can become a successful manager." He makes a convincing case for all this. The only problem is that's all he does. He doesn't show you how to do it.
1. The Habit Loop - How Habits Work
2. The Craving Brain - How to Create New Habits
3. The Golden Rule of Habit Change - Why Transformation Occurs
4. Keystone Habits, or The Ballad of Paul O'Neill - Which Habits Matter Most
5. Starbucks and the Habit of Success - When Willpower Becomes Automatic
6. The Power of a Crisis - How Leaders Create Habits Through Accident and Design
7. How Target Knows What You Want Before You Do - When Companies Predict (and manipulate) Habits
8. Saddleback Church and the Montgomery Bus Boycott - How Movements Happen
9. The Neurology of Free Will - Are We Responsible for Our Habits?
My chief complaint is he doesn't really show you how to break bad habits. For this you should consider Emotional Intelligence 2.0. That book was great for my self-control.


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1. Argentina 78
I don't know what it is that makes this so pleasing on the eye to me. Perhaps it's those simple stripes in a shade of light blue so evocative of Argentina (OK, Uruguay too, if you must) or the way they curve sinuously around the ball like a pair of hands. Maybe it's that clear depiction of the Adidas Telstar ball that had only been introduced eight years earlier but had already become a design classic. Or perhaps it's the fact that the overall shape of the logo is unique and doesn't really mean anything specific, added to the clear Helvetica-style font to add an air of friendly importance. All in all, I like it because it's enigmatic but somehow just looks right because all the component parts play their part perfectly.
2. Euro 88
It goes without saying that when you design a football tournament logo, it should contain a football symbol somewhere within it, even if my second choice above goes against that rule of thought. The key is what you do with it, and the 1994 World Cup showed that it's possible to be creative without showing off. With the competition being held in the US, the ball in this logo effectively took the place of the stars in the Stars and Stripes. Using some extra blue lines to convey movement over and above the red and white of the flag, this logo ticked all the boxes for style, simplicity and ability to convey a message. The finishing touch was to display the title of the tournament in a Swiss font using a combination of styles and colours, but essentially that was it. Crisp, clear, unambiguous graphics. Nice.
4. Euro 2012
Anyone that owned a Panini Europa 80 sticker album will remember the competition's logo – a stylised flower based around a football motif (told you). It was this logo which proved the inspiration for the Euro 2012 tournament, designed by agency Brandia Central, that brought the flower idea up right up to date in a more colourful and slightly 3D way. The design itself is gorgeous with a football for the main bloom of the flower, yet it and the petals all use human figure devices with outstretched arms as part of the understated styling throughout. The colours of the host nations, Poland and Ukraine, feature noticeably but tastefully and the font is modern but informal. Rather cleverly, the floral design could be applied to a variety of different uses from umbrellas to posters and on its standard purple background rarely looked anything other than absolutely superb.
5. Italia 90
I do like it when something is designed in a way that's simple but clever. That's what you get with the Italia 90 logo which is fundamentally an old fashioned football symbol with a coloured shadow. The colours, of course, are carefully chosen – the red and green from the Italian flag – in order to stand out from a clean white background. Nothing else is needed because it works entirely well on its own. There's also, however, the very distinctive font which is in a stencil style tilted back in perspective below the ball. Once again, a stroke of genius and one that completes the subtle, chic look that for all we know could have been created by one of Milan's finest design agencies.
Got a Favourite 5 of your own that you want to tell us about? Drop us a line at admin [at] thefootballattic [dot] com...


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Lynn Gibson isn't afraid to tell you her age. She's 42-years-old, thank you very much. She's been running for most of those years. Her dad was, in her estimation, an avid marathoner and ultra runner. These days he would be known as a Marathon Maniac. She remembers going to long distance races all over the country. She thought the participants, including her dad, were nuts. What else would a kid conclude after watching her dad throw up in someone's hotel room after a marathon bonk? Still a flame was
ignited in Lynn's heart in those formative years. She grew up to be her father's daughter.
Over the past few years, Lynn has been running marathons and 50K races of her own. Her emphasis has been on long, slow runs. "This has been terribly fun," she says, "but as my kids get older I am finding I have less time to work out." Tired out by the long hours required on the road and trail, Lynn has changed gears a bit. She is now focused on becoming leaner and faster. "I am by no means a fastie," she humbly confesses. Still, she has dropped about ten pounds and made some nice gains in speed.
Since Gibson runs early in the morning most days, getting in her workout before her family or even the sun is up. She doesn't often train with a partner, so she's grateful for the dailymile community. She loves meeting the amazing everyday people there, receiving tips from them, sharing her experience with others. She often thinks of other dailymilers during her runs to motivate herself. "It's like they are there with me," she says.
The site also feeds Lynn's passion for reading race recaps. "I just love hearing about races," she admits. "You get to witness people overcome struggles so common to all of us. Some of the dailymile race reports are so incredibly written and parallel real life in the most profound ways." She loves it when someone hangs tough when they feel like there is no way they can finish. She celebrates in her heart when a runner who's overcome cancer crosses the finish line. She loves the way strangers help each other finish something meaningful. "dailymile is almost always supportive," she reports.
Looking back at what she's been able to do in life two events stand out to Gibson. The first of the two was climbing Monkey Face, a large rock with a very intimidating drop and a 150-foot free rappel. She and her buddies in college took it on. "I had never climbed anything so nutty and it took tremendous faith and courage for me to reach around the rock and make a blind step with a huge drop below." The other event she cherishes is running in last year's San Diego Rock 'n Roll marathon with her sister. It was her sister's first endurance event, making it extra special.
What's next for the 42-year-old? "I'd like to run a sub-1:35 at the Foot Traffic Flat Half Marathon on the Fourth of July," she states. She'd also like to see just how fast she can run a 10K, aiming boldly for 44 minutes or less.


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Shawn Klush fans receive a 20% discount off of the public pricing on our web site, good through the end of June. Cabin availability on a first come first served basis. All suites are offered on the same basis and include 2 free VIP packages (subject to availability), this is a $400 value on top of the discount.
How about we also include a cocktail reception/photo op with Shawn's fans
In order to qualify the fans just need to call 1-800-704-3034 and ask for the Shawn Klush special.
The Elvis Cruise > Home or http://www.theelviscruise.com/
Monday, 19 May 2008
Elvis Cruise Special Offer for Shawn Klush Fans
Elvis Cruise,
June 2008,
Shawn Klush
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