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Let me tell you a story I recently heard from a friend of mine. My buddy has a pet that is one of nature's most ferocious and stubbornly independent obligate predators, a creature that quite honestly has no business living among the gentle citizenry of refined society. A creature that frequently enjoys the luxurious trappings of civilization while periodically giving in to base desire. I refer, of course, to the common house cat [1]. The house cat, unlike its larger canine counterpart [2], maintains close ties to its recent wild past. Feline domestication happened a scant few thousand years ago, and it's only in the past half century that cats have moved into the house.
Yeah, they're house cats now, but through most of their domesticated history, they were barn cats, farm cats, and alley cats – lurking, stalking denizens of the night who only came inside for a saucer of milk [3] or a quick chin scratch. Fifty years is not nearly enough time to extinguish the urge to hunt small beasts, both furry and feathered. Cats will stalk insect intruders, attack toes wriggling underneath blankets, hunt reflected light dancing along the wall, fling themselves at dangling strings, shred shoelaces, and murder defenseless houseplants. Unless they're sleeping (which is most of the time) they are on "hunt mode." It's an essential part of the cat's identity.
In the past year, my friend learned firsthand just how essential; his cat began exhibiting signs of urethral blockage. He would strain when trying to urinate, drops of blood began to appear, and, eventually, the cat was unable to go at all. He was totally blocked and surgery was nearly inevitable. The vet's diagnosis was stress-induced inflammation [4] of the urethral sphincter. Something had been stressing the cat out, and the resultant systemic inflammation led to a compromised urethral passageway which could no longer handle the flow of urine. Urinary crystals, which normally pass through without problem, began to accumulate, worsening the situation. He eventually had (expensive) surgery to correct the situation (he would have died otherwise), but that didn't take care of the stress [5]. My friend had to figure out what was stressing his cat out and how to fix it to prevent any future incidents.
Living indoors, the cat's catness had been stifled. Chasing feather toys and getting loaded on catnip only worked for so long. Eventually, the urge to kill became too much to ignore. This conflict between essential cat nature and artificial environment [6] caused tons of stress. Now, my friend briefly considered making him an outside cat, which would give him access to wildlife and adventure, but that comes with its own set of risks, especially in high-traffic West Los Angeles. He didn't want a dead cat. What if he brought the prey to him?
A quick trip to the pet store and three dollars later, my friend had several dozen large live crickets in a box. Crickets are agile, crunchy, inexpensive, not nearly as messy as rodents, and packed [7] with protein [8] and minerals, making them attractive prey for a bored house cat. He figured setting a couple loose and letting his cat have a go at them would make up for the hunting deficit and possibly reduce stress [9].
And it seemed to work. The cat was a master cricket hunter and began hunting and eating several a day (sometimes up to a dozen in a row). He'd play with them, bat them around, snap off a leg or wing, and take his sweet time. More importantly, he stopped showing outward signs of stress. He purred more often and more easily, he slept through the night without going crazy meowing and getting into trouble, he just seemed a lot happier and more content. All in all, he was a changed cat. And he was peeing without issue, largely due to the surgery, of course, but also, according to my friend, due to the reduction in stress. Why does he think it wasn't just the surgery? He recently moved across the state. As a result, he noticed a recurrence of stress-related symptoms in his cat, including odd litterbox behavior; upping the daily cricket quota eliminated the symptoms.
As he told me this story, I could only think of how analogous this is to our own situation as what Erwan le Corre calls "zoo humans [10]." Sure, it's far more complex with people, as our prime directive isn't just to hunt and kill, but we are animals with certain inherent inclinations toward certain acts, or ways of being, that often directly conflict with certain aspects of our civilized surroundings. And then there's my friend and trusted colleague, Richard Nikoley, whose blog, called "Free the Animal, [11]" is largely about exploring how our animal natures conflict not just with modern foods/lifestyles, but with political systems and society itself.
What does this cat and cricket story mean for us? Is it just further evidence that animals should be aware of where and how their health might suffer in modern "zoo" life? Does it simply reinforce the refrain [12] to avoid evolutionarily novel foods, habits, and stressors, so long as they are shown to be harmful?
It's more than that. We've got to acknowledge, as Richard says, that we are animals. Moreover, we are animals that seek to be free – free to pursue health, happiness, and free to revel in our animal natures. Animal [13] nature isn't a negative thing. It doesn't deserve the negative connotations (savagery, rape, war, hate, fear) cooked up by thousands of years of repression. Animal nature is not "good" or "bad"; it simply is. Empathy and love and compassion are innate and animalistic, and I think everyone would say those are good things.
And so I ask you: what are your crickets? Do you have any Primal, animal instincts that are being stifled? If so, how do you work around them? Or has civilization completely conquered and subdued the human animal inside?
I don't know about you, but I need my crickets. That's why I eat all the meat I want [14], lift what I want [15], wear the shoes [16] (or don't [17]) I want. Here are a few others:
- I need frequent "forest bathing" [18] to feel normal. Hikes [19], paddle boarding [20] excursions, snowboarding, even just sitting on a beach regarding the waves and sun dipping down below the horizon – immersing myself in nature [21], even using modern "technology" like books or boards, is a requisite stress fighter. The key is getting away from walled enclosures and into unpredictable surroundings [22].
- Lifting heavy things [23] and sprinting [24] keep me sane, whereas endurance training [25] never scratched that same itch (even when I did it for a living). There's something about giving maximum effort and knowing that this is all you have to give because it's so brief and impossible to maintain for more than a few seconds that it satisfies you deep down. Running long distance is also a kind of maximum effort, but more mentally trying than physically: is it really a test of physicality if you're able to do it for hours at a time? I like being limited by objective physical energy, and pushing that limit.
- Sex [26]. Yeah, it's the most notorious and frowned upon of all "animal instincts," but boy does it make you feel alive (and glad to be so). You can stick romantic love in there, too.
- A bloody steak. I need at least two or three a week. I'm even guilty of not letting the steak rest for five minutes before digging in. I dunno – I sometimes like the juices to get everywhere. I also lick the plate.
- Companionship, camaraderie, friendship. Having dinner with friends and family. Sharing a laugh. Confiding in someone. Arguing with someone whom you respect, ideally courteously but not necessarily so.
- Going shirtless. I know, I know. It sounds silly, but there's just something about shedding clothes that feels right. It's nothing to do with how I look; it's all about how I feel.
What are yours?
Hunting [27]? Meditation [28]? Playing sports [29]?
I reject the negative connotations accumulated from millennia of repressive thought that surround the idea of our animal natures. In fact, I think we owe it to ourselves and our health to revel in them. Don't hurt anyone, but don't hurt yourself by stifling yourself. My crickets don't put me at odds with the law, nor do they put anyone else in harm's way. They might get some weird looks from other people, but that's fine. This is not necessarily about formally opposing formal political authority. This isn't picketing or protests. This is merely about recognizing the (passive and nonpassive) ways in which civilization conflicts with human nature, and opposing the instances that become pathological, or harmful to our health. It is going barefoot [30] at the office, or constructing a standup workstation [31], or eating a pound of steak in the lunchroom slathered in butter [32]?
Tell me, what are your crickets?


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Applying Local Patches to Ebuilds
This is just workprint. Feel free to contribute.
Localpatch feature is severely outdated and removed from portage, use foobashrc ebuild!
localpatch is no longer part of portage. You need to install foobashrc:
root # emerge app-portage/foobashrc
This will install the script foobashrc.bashrc at /etc/portage/. It is intended to be used in the emerge process through /etc/portage/bashrc (see Hooking In the Emerge Process (Gentoo Manual)). If you do not have your own bashrc yet, you can just link it to foobashrc.bashrc:
root # ln -s /etc/portage/foobashrc.bashrc /etc/portage/bashrc
To complete the installation you need to add
foobashrc_modules = "localpatch"
to your make.conf. By un-/commenting this line you can easily activate/deactivate localepatch.
How it works
By default, localpatch will look into /etc/portage/localpatches in order to search for patches. This can be changed by setting LOCALPATCH_OVERLAY variable within make.conf.
The actual patches for a package are placed in subdirectories with one of the following naming schemata:
- ${CATEGORY}/${PN}-${PV}-${PR} - example 'app-foo/bar-1.0-r1'
- ${CATEGORY}/${PN}-${PV} - example 'app-foo/bar-1.0'
- ${CATEGORY}/${PN} - example 'app-foo/bar'
Only the patches within the first matching schema are used and are applied within numerical order.
See Also

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You'd think it was an issue as dead as Arnold Schwarzenegger's marriage.
The mountain lion was hit and killed by a car in Kern County three years ago. Since then, its remains have been stored in a freezer amid bureaucratic wrangling.
On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown mustered up a helping of sarcasm as he signed SB 769, which clears the way for the big cat to be thawed out, stuffed, and displayed in a Southern California museum.
U.S. & World
Noting that the "presumably important" bill got strong legislative support from Republicans and Democrats alike, Brown tossed a barb.
"If only that same energetic bipartisan spirit could be applied to creating clean energy jobs and ending tax laws that send jobs out of state." Brown said.
Brown's irritation with a mountain of bills left by the legislature is showing. His veto and signing messages of late have been laced with comments deriding Republican opposition to his tax and jobs plan.
The mountain lion bill came about because the dead animal couldn't be displayed at a museum in Ridgecrest unless an exception was granted to an initiative voters approved two decades ago to protect mountain lions.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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This time I'm giving you the full range of characters; this poll will be continuous, and will have no ending date. Reason? The last two polls didn't get much response.
This poll will, however, include more of the cast than the main (or original main, however it may turn out) four characters.
My vote this time's going to Mykelos, because he didn't get any votes last time. Phooie on you!


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As I mentioned before, I spent about a month off the video-game-playing grid after Xmas, first through travel and later through the perspiration-centric malady I described in my last post. But since I had my nintendo DS and my laptop along for the ride I did sneak in some gaming here and there.
What games I did play served to impress the centrality of learning to video games on me. Games aren't terribly good at delivering narratively structured content, compared to other forms of media, but they have some unique competencies when it comes to schooling players in the dynamics of a system. Many of us bring a set of accumulated generic abilities to particular games (we know how it is we're supposed to jump in two-dimensional space, or how it is we're to shoot in three dimensions), but almost every game we play has some new set of rules it seeks to communicate-- controls, mechanics, enemy behaviors and the like. Often it's something as simple as "doors that look like this can be opened by using this item," or "this enemy can't be beat with your usual attacks, you'll have to do something different," but most games faces the task of making their underlying logics apparent to the player.
Every game needs strategies to communicate the lineaments of its underlying ruleset, and this goes double for games whose basic controls and mechanics are innovative, or deviate from the player's generic expectations.
This was the case with World of Goo, one of the two games I played over the break. World of Goo is a physics-based-puzzle game produced by the pop-and-pop game developer 2-D Boy. The ungainliness of the "physics-based-puzzle" moniker should point up the novelty of the game; we lack a ready vocabulary to describe what kind of game it is in the first place. (Roughly, it's a game where you make bridges) And so you think that it would be difficult to communicate the rules of the game to the player-- but the really remarkable thing about World of Goo is the game's tremendous ease of play given the novelty of its mechanics.
I chalk this ease of access up to meticulous craft. It's all in the way the game introduces its basic concepts. From the very beginning it eases you into the idea of goo-based construction. It doesn't ever throw a bunch of new rules at the player at once; the new mechanics and gameplay ideas you need to solve the puzzles are layered in gradually from level to level. If there's some new trick you need to master in order to surmount the next few levels (say, setting a portion of the bridge ablaze, or suspending it from baloons, or whatever), you'll be required to do something simple with it before you'll be asked to do something hard. The puzzles always run a few steps in front of your core competencies, and this is how it should be: you feel neither frustrated nor coddled.
This careful layering of game-mechanics reminded me of Portal, the game Goo most resembles in both its design and sensibility. If you've ever listened to the developer commentary to Portal (which you should, as its the cheapest course in game design you'll ever come by) you'll be struck by the deliberate way that the designers introduced the potentially bewildering portal-mechanic. The player has to learn to use static portals before they are asked to move them, and they have to learn to manipulate one side of the portals before they are asked to manipulate both ends. The game forces you to master a battery of basic concepts about the portal-physics before it guides them towards the complex later stages.
And this is just how it works in World of Goo, as well: the gradually-more-complex puzzles call for the player to synthesize and re-deploy the rules and concepts you've amassed in simpler contexts. It leads to these satisfying moments where you feel that solving the game is a genuine piece of human ingenuity.
My other diversion over the break was Shiren the Wanderer, which is actually a DS port of a 1995 SNES game. (I owe my knowledge of this game to Zach Reese's zealous evangelism.) "Diversion" is probably to mild a word; my girlfriend quipped that Shiren qualified as my common-law husband by the end of the vacation. Let's just say that the playtime I sunk into that infernal amusement approached Fallout 3 levels.
What's remarkable about Shiren is how much unlearning it foists the player inured to the conventions of traditional-RPGs. All the trappings of the game bespeak RPG standbys: there's an inventory full of swords and spell scrolls, recovery herbs, and the like. There's experience points and levels and so on. But Shiren the Wanderer swiftly undercuts this expectation; all the elements of the RPG language are there, but the basic syntax of the game is radically different.
It all turns on the game's attitude towards progression. In the classic Role-Playing Game, core appeal of the genre is the progressive empowerment of your player-characters over the course of the game. Whatever the setting, you expect to continually gain levels acquire better weapons.
When you die in Shiren, there is no progress-saving resurrection item on offer. Every time you fall, you irretrievably lose all of your levels and items. You start again from level one in the starting town. There are persistent elements of the game, which progress and improve between playthroughs, but your character isn't one of them.
If World of Goo belongs to the Berlitz language school of game-pedagogy, Shiren is an example of learning-through-immersion: it dumps a dictionary in your lap, dumps your ass in the town center and speeds away. There's a kind of "tutorial dungeon" in the first town, and the early run of the game is filled with villagers has a handy tip to pass along. It's not that this information isn't valuable; mastering all the wrinkles of the game passed along in the early-going often mean the difference between death and survival in the later stages. But it's only over the long course of prolific misfortune that you pick up on their importance. For example, a man in the first town tells you he stores food in jars. And on the twentieth-or-so level you start running into these traps that rot all your food unless it's in a jar. It took a round of soul-crushing starvation on that twentieth level to impress the importance of that minor tidbit.
By and large Shiren's pedagogical tool is death. You die in countless frustrating ways until you get the hang of the subtleties of the mechanics and learn of the few contributions you can make to your future success. And over time you find that you get a little bit better at the game each run-through. And it's immensely satisfying, because the first 20 times you die think that there's no way you're ever getting better at this game. Your (relative) mastery of the game's myriad wrinkles and challenges is a hard-won accomplishment secured against overwhelming odds, and because of this you feel a sense of pride at your ability to stave off death.
And so my holiday was spent with games on the opposite ends of the spectrum: World of Goo's patient instruction versus Shiren's school of hard knocks. And despite their different approaches I felt that each, in their own way, did credit to the core competence of games as a medium: inspiring the pleasure of finding things out.


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#14 Bridgette Begle
|Houston, Texas (Clear Brook)
2013: Played and started in all 59 games at shortstop…Fifth on the team with .261 batting average…Tied for second on the team in triples with three…Six doubles…One home run...Tied for first on team in sac bunts with 13…Tied for third on the team with 25 runs scored…Tied for third in stolen bases with 13…Fourth on the team in multi-hit games with 11…Fourth on team in hits with 47…Four multiple RBI games…Only player on team with four hits in one game.
2012: Made the move to shortstop and started 54 games... Hit .224 with a home run and nine RBI to go with 16 runs scored... Scored the game-winning run on four occasions... Started slow before a 2-for-3 day against IPFW (March 7), where she homered and drove in two runs... Had season-high three hits, including two doubles, an RBI and a run scored at Cal Poly (March 11)... 2-for-2 with an RBI against Jacksonville (April 1)... Went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI against FGCU (April 6)... Scored the game-winning run in late-season victories over Western Kentucky (April 25) and USC Upstate (May 4).
2011: Started all 50 games at second base, hitting .229... In the field, second on the team with 79 assists... Started the season slow, getting only two hits in her first 16 at-bats... Picked up steam as the season went along... Went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in against Providence College for her only multi-hit game of the season; she also drove in two runs... Season-best six-game hitting streak, March 29-April 8... Drove in two runs against Campbell to propel the Lady Bisons into the A-Sun Tournament Championship game... Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
High School: Led team to 2009 and 2010 District Championship … Earned First-Team All-Conference honors at third base (2008, 2009) and shortstop (2010) … Named MVP Defensive Player 2007-2010 … Four-year letterwinner in softball … Graduated with distinguished honors … Coached by Ashley Pillow at Clear Brook High School.
Personal: Bridgette Ann Begle … Born January 28, 1992 … Daughter of Brian and Eileen Begle … Has two younger sisters, Erin and Kathleen … English teaching major … Nickname is "B" … Both parents are lawyers.


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No it's not.
I don't have the the Expert badge for killing all UK, French, Japanese, and American tanks and the only tanks I need to destroy are premiums. I need the Black AMX CDC, the Black FV201 (A45), the Senshi STA-2, and most of the T7 Combat Cars.
The badge states "Destroy at least one of every enemy vehicle currently available in the game".
I'll likely never get it as I never see the Black version of the tanks I need to destroy and I don't play T2 so I don't see the Combat Cars.


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August 3, 2009 at 7pm to September 15, 2009 at 10pm – Artobes Düsseldorf Germany Galery Artobes Düsseldorf Germany presents : Arandus | Yola Berbesz | Alexander Besel | Frank Hauptvogel Joachim Hiller | Antonius Höckelmann | Siglinde Kallnbach Thomas Klefisch | Tadeuz Koper | We… Organized by Mona Schwenker | Type: paintings
January 8, 2009 at 6pm to January 8, 2010 at 7pm – fine art school of rouen Opening Thursday, December 3 at 17:30 This exhibition is intended to promote the trip to New York for students of 5th year. Press Release: 13 Who are we to challenge paraskevidékatriaphobie? The f… Organized by ecole des beaux arts de Rouen | Type: fundraiser, exhibition
April 13, 2009 to March 30, 2013 – Blurb on line http://www.blurb.com/books/508534 Miniscapes" book launch. Book covers a 15 year period of works portraying over 40 original illustrations approximately 10" x 14". They are essentially mixed media: m… Organized by Susan Shulman | Type: book, launch
July 17, 2009 at 7pm to September 25, 2009 at 7pm – WMC 367 bedford ave "HARD HEARTS" opening reception July 17th, 2009 7-10pm @ The Williamsburg Music Center 367 Bedford Ave Brooklyn Ny 11211 718-384-1654 (see attachement) Live MUSIC BY BOOKER T WILLIAMS, TARA THIERRY,… Organized by gerry eastman | Type: multi-media, art, exhibit/event
July 19, 2009 to November 30, 2009 – New York City - Manhattan - Brooklyn ONGOING CALL : This call has been launched in July 2009. Deadline for registration and submission is SEPTEMBER 6, 2009. September 14, 2009: ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS AND PUBLIC PRIZE WINNER. • Octobe… Organized by gila paris, CI Europe & frank shifreen, CI USA | Type: international, art, call, &, exhibition, usa, première
July 24, 2009 at 7:30pm to September 24, 2011 at 7pm – 272 Clinton Ave. Brooklyn NY, 11205 Contact Gallery House 808/385 0312 or firstname.lastname@example.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS ADVISORY GALLERY HOUSE IS PROUD TO PRESENT STYLE OF NATURE BY JONATHAN LEVY 50% of all proceeds go to Council… Organized by Gallery House | Type: art, exhibition, fundraiser, environment
August 4, 2009 at 10pm to September 12, 2009 at 5pm – Prague Organized by Chvaly Castel | Type: exhibition
August 24, 2009 to October 2, 2009 – Backstage studio productions Backstage studio production's at 323 wall st kingston NY 12401 is showing a large body of work by the artist Michael Kulick. Over 40 paintings for sale...on display till October 2nd Organized by Michael kulick | Type: artshow
August 26, 2009 to September 15, 2009 – Z Carniceria Organized by Miguel Anselmo | Type: expo, art
August 26, 2009 at 6pm to September 30, 2009 at 7pm – www.yaniartgalleries.com In the heart of South East Asia - Thailand, Yani Art Galleries promote traditional, modern, and contemporary arts from both emerging talent Thai artists and established Thai artists. We proudly prese… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: opening, day
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – Yani Art Galleries Yani Art Galleries proudly presents a new graphic art collection from Cholasinth. His art works reflect stories of daily life, which contains memories of both good and bad, happiness and sadness, and… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – www.yaniartgalleries.com Yani Art Galleries.com proudly presents a new Intaglio Art collection from Samart Suttima. His imagination and inspiration of real-life experience can be displayed fascinatingly through Intaglio work… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – www.yaniartgalleries.com Yani Art Galleries.com gives you a new Lithography art collection from Naj Phonghanyudh. Her works represent indulgences, materialistic, and fashion conscious harmoniously. Please see more of Naj's w… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 27, 2009 to December 31, 2009 – www.yaniartgalleries.com A new Thai traditional art from Mathasit Addok. His works present stories of Load Buddha with a combine of Thai flora curve design that enlightens the truth of Buddhist belief. Please see more of his… Organized by Yani Art Galleries | Type: new, art, collection
August 28, 2009 at 8pm to September 26, 2009 at 7pm – 717 Prospect Place Super/Prime announces its first exhibition of works by young artists, 717 Prospect Place, opening on Friday 28 August, 2009 at 717 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY. Super/Prime is a new effort to locate… Organized by Super/Prime | Type: exhibition
September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 – New York City, Frankfurt, and Istanbul The theme of this exhibition is Zeitgeist - 'about time' and the spirit of our 'creative now'. It is an exploration of the marriage of art and technology, creative networks and communication. SIX WIN… Organized by United Creators | Type: international, art, exhibition
September 1, 2009 to September 7, 2009 – www.allthingsbarbara.etsy.com Tucson, Arizona 25%-off SALE on all jewelry! Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, & anklets Natural stone & unusual glass Designed & hand made by Barbara Jensen, Tucson, Arizona Organized by allthingsbarbara | Type: jewelry, sale, www.allthingsbarbara.etsy.com
September 1, 2009 at 7pm to September 13, 2009 at 6pm – Ouchi Gallery Opening Reception: Sept. 1 (Tues) 7~10pm Exhibition: Sept. 2 (Wed) ~ 13 (Sun) 12~6pm (appointment by email only) Ryoko Goto was born in Tokyo in 1977. She studied art, mainly oil painting, at Mus… Organized by Ouchi Gallery | Type: solo, exhibition
September 5, 2009 at 11am to September 30, 2009 at 11pm – Ward-Nasse Gallery Organized by Leda Prado/Luiz Cavalli | Type: exhibition


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Taylor Mason
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|Inman, S.C. (Spartanburg Christian Acad.)
2011 Track and Field: Finished third in the javelin throw with a season-best 37.61m (123' 4") at the Spring Break Invitational... Fourth in the javelin at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold (35.69m; 117' 1")... Had top-five finishes in four events at the Governors Invitational: fifth in the hammer throw (29.52m; 96' 10"), fourth in the shot put (10.08m; 33' 1"), third in the pole vault (2.52m; 8' 3.25"), and runner-up in the javelin throw (29.53m; 96' 10")... Fifth in the hammer throw (personal-best 29.32m; 96' 2") and runner-up in the javelin (34.42m; 112' 11") at the Boston-Moon Classic... Finished fifth in the javelin at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships (33.73m; 110' 8") and set a personal-best in the shot put (12.02m; 39' 5.25"), where she finished ninth.
2010 Track and Field: Finished seventh in the javelin throw at the Spring Break Invitational (29.94m), while also setting a personal-best in the 200m dash (30.37s; 45th)... Won the javelin at the Austin Peay Spring Fling with a 35.05m (115' 0") throw... On return trip to Clarksville, was runner-up in the javelin (33.12m; 108' 8") and set personal-best in the discus (27.98m; 91' 9"), where she finished eighth... Runner-up in the javelin throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a personal-best 38.84m (127' 5") toss... Ended season with a sixth-place finish in the javelin at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships with a 35.43m (116' 3") throw.
Prep: An anomaly: did not compete in track and field in high school... Was an all-South Carolina choice in softball in 2008 and 2009 and was all-region all four years of high school... Also and All-Region volleyball player in 2007-08... Lettered two years in basketball... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Tyler and Kelli Mason... Has six siblings: three brothers (Steven, Aaron and Jimmy) and three sisters (Hannah, Olivia and Selah)... Father played football and ran track at Nebraska-Kearney, and brother Steven played football at Faulkner and ran track at Lipscomb... Plans to major in exercise science; both parents are chiropractors and she plans to attend chiropractic school after graduation.


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Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has stated that he would be open to discussion regarding a reunion of supergroup Audioslave.
The band, who formed in 2001, consisted of Cornell and Rage Against The Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk. They split in 2007 after releasing three studio albums.
With Cornell set to release a new solo record shortly, the singer recently spoke to Total Guitar about the possibility of Audioslave reuniting.
"I think it would be great," he said. "We did a lot of songs [before the split], and with the benefit of not having done anything with those guys for so long, I can't imagine what it would be. It would be a really amazing experience just to get back and work with the same guys again.
"We were certainly a prolific group of people; we wrote three whole albums in around five years, maybe less. And these were albums that were raw, and we had extra material, and we just never seemed to have trouble ever trying to agree on what would come out of the songs."
Cornell added: "They were great guys, and I really enjoyed the experience that I had with them, so yeah, I would always be open to doing something."
Chris Cornell recently confirmed plans to release a new solo album in the autumn. His fourth solo record, 'Higher Truth' will follow 2009's Timbaland-produced 'Scream'.
Cornell was in the news last year after a woman was charged with allegedly tweeting him over 100 abusive and violent messages from nine different Twitter accounts. Another woman, Jessica Leigh Robbins, was later arrested for sending death threats to the 51-year-old and his family.
Soundgarden reformed in 2010 and released the album 'King Animal' in 2012.


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Teachers Union Thinks It Blocked Online Classes...But It Didn't
from the acted-like-assclowns-to-boot deptI've always struggled with the concept of unions and collective bargaining. The realist in me knows the history of employment in the early days of this country and how woefully employers treated their people. Early labor unions also had a heavy hand in social reforms for ideals like free public education. Yay, unions! On the other hand, we're all aware of the stories of waste and corruption among big union leadership, the inefficiencies they create in the workforce, and the potentially detrimental effects on the economic competitiveness of America in a global marketplace. Damn you, evil unions!
And so it's under this same conflicted backdrop that I read what SD sent in, a story about the University of California's teachers' union gleefully celebrating the blocking of online courses. More specifically, the union is saying the language in the contract would allow them to block any online course that would result in lessening employment statistics for the school's lecturers, which make up a hefty percentage of the teaching force. Let's tackle a couple of things relating to this story.
First, examine some words from Bob Samuels, President of the union and possible jerky-quote-producing-android-automaton:
"We feel that we could stop almost any online program through this contract. We feel we got something that the university didn't really understand."The article goes on to note:
"And stop it they would. Regardless of any data administrators trot out to argue that students learn just as well online as they do in the classroom, the union would do whatever it could to block the university from moving courses online if it decides the move would make life worse for lecturers, says Samuels."Now, perhaps you're like me and any time you hear someone say something that so clearly dismisses anyone else's well-being aside from their own, your brain shuts down your ears for fear that your entire faith in the basic providence of humanity would be vanquished in an angry mind-fire. So let me break this down for you. Samuels, President of a union of teachers, is saying that they'll block online courses regardless of any evidence as to their efficacy if it results in even one less lecturer on campus. Learning? Rising costs in education for students? Technological progress? Unimportant, fools! This is where I think back to the union leaders of old, who pushed for social reforms effecting those outside their union members, and wonder where it all went wrong.
(Fun side note: Samuels recently wrote an article for the Huffington Post suggesting that we forgo Obama and the Tea Party in favor on an online activist party. WHAT!!??? And put all those businesses that spring up around both the Obama campaign and Tea Party rallies out of work!!?? You know who disagrees with Bob Samuels? Bob Samuels!)
And here's the really fun part. The University reviewed the langauge Samuels is referring to and promptly chuckled something close to, "what the duck is he talking about?"
"They do not have the power to block the university from implementing new online programs," says Dianne Klein, a spokeswoman for the Office of the President. The most the [union's] bargaining unit could do," Klein says, "is provide written notice saying, 'We don't like this.' "I think what's most amazing to me in all of this is that apparently there aren't any Public Relations teachers willing to give Samuels a hand. If you want to gain public support for limiting online classes, it's possible. You come out with some kind of study or research suggesting the benefit of lecturers to the actual education process, you make your argument to the school and the public, and we find out who wins. What you don't do is misinterpret legal language in a contract as saying you have power you don't and then gleefully provide quotes in articles that essentially amount to, "We got one over on a higher education institution and now they can kiss our collectively bargaining asses."
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NEWCASTLE lord mayor Jeff McCloy said ongoing frustration with political opponents prompted a voicemail blast which accused a fellow councillor of acting like a ''petty little schoolgirl''.
The message, left for Cr Jason Dunn last week and obtained by the Newcastle Herald, exposed a divided council chamber less than two months into its new term.
Cr Dunn has since lodged a code-of-conduct complaint.
He said in an email to councillors yesterday that the call was ''threatening, intimidating and completely inappropriate''.
Responding to questions about the voicemail, Cr McCloy released a statement last night that pointed the finger at opponents on the politically divided council.
"In the two months since winning office, it is clear to me there are councillors who are operating with a self-serving and petty political agenda, which, if allowed to go unchecked, will lead to the continued demise of our city," the mayor said.
His voicemail message to Cr Dunn was left after the latter had twice questioned general manager Phil Pearce about the authority of Josh Hodges, the former Port Stephens councillor.
Mr Hodges had been working as the mayor's chief of staff, though he was not yet employed in any official capacity by the council.
''I've just seen with your note to Phil Pearce, you've had a second go at me now over something so petty I just can't believe,'' Cr McCloy said in the message.
''You want to behave like a petty little schoolgirl, I'll treat you like one. And I'm just about sick of it. Now I won't miss you. So you keep it up Jason, and you'll get what you deserve. I won't talk to you about it again.''
Cr Dunn emailed councillors yesterday morning with a copy of the recording and the details of his code-of-conduct complaint.
''While I was not intending to circulate or discuss the message with you, it has come to my attention that the lord mayor has spoken to one or more councillors about my complaint,'' he wrote.
''As a result, and in the interests of fairness, I feel you should know exactly what was said.''
When contacted by the Herald about the voicemail, Cr Dunn said the mayor should set a better example for the city.
''Regardless of the issues involved, intimidating or threatening behaviour is totally and utterly unacceptable in any workplace,'' he said.
Cr McCloy said he left the message out of frustration, having already tried to contact Cr Dunn several times and ''because the council has enough problems working together without that sort of pettiness''.
''My time is being bogged down with entry to swimming pools when we've got a $20million deficit,'' he said.
In his statement yesterday, the mayor said councillors must focus on the big picture.
"I didn't stand for lord mayor for political glory, I stood to revitalise our city and its suburbs and for fiscal responsibility,'' Cr McCloy said.
FRUSTRATED: Lord mayor Jeff McCloy has clashed with Cr Jason Dunn.
NOT HAPPY: Cr Jason Dunn has laid a complaint against the lord mayor.


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Topic: Top Bounty Hunters
Name your top 5 to 10 bounty hunters. There are only 3 requirements:
1. No bounty hunters from the same franchise. That means you cant have both Jango and Boba Fett, since they're both from Star Wars. This goes for all franchises.
2. Each bounty hunter must be a playable character from at least 1 video game. For example, you cannot pick Psy Crow from Earthworm Jim because he's not playable.
3.You must provide any pic you can of the hunter.
Other than that pick whoever you like, any franchise.
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Tim Cook's New Apple World Order
Jul 10, 2014 6:39 AM PT
Editor's Note: At ECT, writers and editors often banter about topics, puzzling out angles. For today's column, we decided to share that banter between columnist Chris Maxcer and managing editor Mick Brady.
Hey Mick!
I've been brainstorming column topics -- and struggling to find something relevant that's connected to an opinion. Working now on a piece, "Tim Cook's 'Inclusion' Is Fundamentally Changing Apple," covering the San Francisco Pride Parade inclusion idea, noting that SAP and Nike have used the phrase relating it to innovation, but noting that maybe for Tim Cook, this idea seems to have a whole new meaning for Apple -- the notion may be trickling into the very way that Apple is now approaching its entire business.
Case in point is CarPay, HomeKit, HealthKit, Apple's apps that now can talk to other apps, even including app features in other apps, in addition to bringing Beats into the family and hiring a whole new batch of leaders. Cook is even looking to add board members.
So Apple is shaking out to become a very different sort of Apple, one suddenly more inclusive than ever before. The question for the rest of this year is if all this inclusion will really lead to innovation.
Looking forward to seeing the answers, of course.
So, something along those lines. Keep at it?
Mick's Response:
Well... here are some sort of random but loosely connected thoughts to chew on...
I'm struggling to see this in a business light. I don't think Cook would have risen to be CEO of Apple if he weren't shrewd about business.
However, as Cook is one of probably a very few out gay CEOs of giant corporations (is there another?) it's difficult to ignore the cultural side -- but then to think that Apple's product development and strategies would somehow be drastically influenced by the CEO's sexual orientation seems absurd.
Apple's cultural, social and political identity has always been kind of muddy to me. From a business perspective, it seems dangerous to take positions that might alienate potential customers. Yet Cook seems to be moving in that direction.
Another thing that strikes me is that as an Apple fan, you seem mostly inclined to go with the flow -- you were pretty much happy with the company when Steve Jobs ruled with an iron fist and carefully nurtured Apple's exclusivity. Now you seem favorable toward Tim Cook's kinder, gentler "everyone is welcome" approach. Are other Apple customers as flexible as you seem to be?
I spoke to one recently who said she had gotten a look at leaked photos of the supposed iPhone 6 prototypes and thought they were ugly. If that's what the next iPhone looks like, she would probably switch. She seemed to think that without Steve Jobs, Apple had lost its mojo.
The way I see Apple, it has not been among the great innovators -- it's been a great packager, marketer and brander of ideas that really originated outside the company. So is Cook's move toward inclusion perhaps a little dangerous? Does Apple want to become the company that's first at the expense of being the company that's best?
Let me know if anything gels from all this cogitating...
Chris Again:
Hmm... I didn't mean to imply that sexual orientation connected to the Pride Parade means much to the Apple business model, but what if the phrase, "inclusion inspires innovation" really is meaningful to Cook? What if that phrase is more than a marketing message cooked up and repurposed by PR flacks to create a sense of shared humanity in companies that are just businesses masquerading as something more than just a corporation?
I mean really, to think that when you include everybody, you're somehow naturally more innovative? In my experience, smaller teams tend to come up with more innovative ideas. But is that a law of the universe? It might not be for Tim Cook's version of Apple.
If you take the concept of inclusion and apply it to Apple's business practices and product road maps lately, the Steve Jobs version of Apple was far more exclusive. So, can a way of thinking -- of believing that inclusion inspires innovation -- can that shape how a CEO runs a company?
Organizing principles for businesses are key. Apple puts the product first, with the customer experience second -- but to get there, other rules of thumb help give direction to the company's movement.
There is no doubt that Tim Cook approved of the Apple Pride video. So does Cook believe in this idea at the leadership level? I'm not talking about whether Cook believes you need a certain percentage of minorities in leadership roles to be an effective company. There's a bunch of older white men running Apple, and I think they think they're doing just fine. I seriously doubt that Cook brought on Angela Ahrendts because she's female. I believe Cook brought her on because she's Angela Ahrendts who kicked ass at Burberry.
More to the point, I'm thinking that this "inclusion inspires innovation" theme is also relevant to how Apple is now approaching its product development.
Case in point?
HomeKit. HealthKit. CarPlay. Third-party apps that can work with other apps in iOS -- even Apple apps. These are all based on the premise that developers and manufacturers all working together will be able to deliver the next round of innovation.
In fact, a very inclusive mindset may be the only path forward for an innovative new Apple. What's the problem with Apple TV? Despite having many channels/apps and fancypants AirPlay, it's still closed to much of the TV industry. It doesn't really replace cable and satellite boxes and DVRs, and it doesn't bring much live content to the screen. To make a real Apple TV shine, Apple will have to work closely with an outside industry that's hell bent on fighting change.
Could Apple have created a whole set of home automation products with the Apple logo? Probably. But worth the effort? Probably not. Instead, Apple created HomeKit to let outside manufacturers create home automation products that let consumers use them with their iPhones. Apple's innovation isn't in creating mood lighting; Apple's innovation is creating a system that's appealing and understandable to consumers.
That's the real invention here -- taking complex products that communicate in confusing ways and producing something sensible out of the mess -- only Apple can do that, right? Maybe, maybe not. But that's certainly an innovative effort.
Take the Beats acquisition and the inclusion of Iovine and Dre. Will their Apple outsider (but industry insider) passion bring innovation to Apple? Will those two guys just go on vacation for the rest of their lives, or will they use Apple's vast global resources to build something more meaningful than pretty headphones and curated streaming music? I think Tim Cook is betting that they will bring something more to Apple.
So the real question, then, isn't whether Apple is shifting toward being a more inclusive company -- I think the evidence is ample -- no, the real question is if this new direction toward "inventor inclusion" and collaboration is a sign of weakness... or a sign of evolution.
Is this the only sustainable path forward for Apple? Bringing in new talent -- like the recent hire of Pruniaux from the respected TAG Heuer watch company?
At the same time, Cook has clearly attempted to better integrate Apple's senior management over the last couple of years, and the ongoing metaphor for WWDC was continuity connecting a wide variety of distinct devices into a seamless experience. Isn't this innovation? Continuity takes serious inventive effort.
Heck, how's the continuity in the Windows experience right now? Seems to me that clunkiness within a single operating system has been the common complaint there.
Meanwhile, back to the real test. What will Apple invent? What new product will Apple introduce? The thing is, I don't think Apple will ever invent another discrete cool new product that sort of stands on its own. I think Apple has changed and will only invent products that are part of inclusive new ecosystems. So that's the test. By the time the iWatch hits, it won't just be a pretty smartwatch or fitness band. It'll have an ecosystem of developers and apps that will be inherently part of the whole.
I think people still want to see Steve Jobs hold up something shiny and have that be the product, the invention. All of Apple's "new important inventions" will be fundamentally packaged with apps, services and integration -- which is the business plan that most closely will guarantee their success. For instance, a pretty shiny cover will no longer be enough to sell smartphones to the masses. If that's all you needed, the Nokia Lumia 1020 running Windows Phone 8.1 would sell like crazy.
This is the world in which Tim Cook can win. So I think this is the business strategy that Apple is pursuing: far more open than ever before, and far more inclusive -- not only of human talent at the top, but also in terms of how new products are rolled out.
I can't wait to see how it shakes out, and it'll shake out in one of two ways: great products, great experiences; or vague items that are shippable but uninspiring products of group think. Like I said, I can't wait to see how it shakes out.
You know, I just dropped most of the key points in this email exchange, why don't we try something a little crazy and just publish the email back and forth? A little nontraditional, mildly innovative, yes?
And Mick again:
OK, OK, you beat me down with this topic. Sheesh. Let's go with it.


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It is a time of peril for the Republic. The jedi have left to fight evil Sith lords
while the sith troopers attack key Republic planets. You may eithe be a sith, sith trooper, a jedi, a republic soldier, or a bounty hunter working for both or either side . No godmodding please it ruins the storyline for others and those who god mod suck!!! I hope you enjoy this role play as much as I seeing as how its my second one.
*Character Sheet*
Planet of exile:
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Current planet: Dantooine
Appearance: Long black sith robes, wears a karabac skull, light brown eyes,
Personality: Dark, keeps to himself, hates the jedi, rude to his soldiers
Force Abilities:Choke, stun, repair,battle meditaion, leap, speed , heal, lightning, mind trick, etc.
Hisuke had been tracking a Jedi down for some time now and was beginning to get frustrated with his pray, wait he could sense the padawan's fear of death and tracked it down he came around the corner the student was waiting and jumped at him no use he activated his saber too quickly and pointed the one activated part outwards stabbing right through the young learner. He then went back to his ship to prepare for his next hunt.


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When building, adhesives are often overlooked and considered at the last minute. However, adhesives are often more toxic than the flooring and other products they are made to adhere.
Most adhesives are still based on SB latex, which releases large quantities of toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The volatile solvents are used to emulsify (or liquefy) the resin that acts as the bonding agent.
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Titebond Construction Adhesive – by Franklin International, is a solvent free construction adhesive (no VOCs) for plywood, paneling, hardboard and wet or frozen lumber.
Timberline 2051 Wood Flooring Adhesive – by Timberline for laminated plank and parquet flooring
Elmer's Carpenter's Glue – a low odor, non toxic water based adhesive for porous materials.
100% Pure Silicone Caulk – by DAP/Dow Corning Products can be used as a sub floor adhesive. Specify aquarium grade caulk without additives. Available at many hardware chains including Home Depot, Ace Hardware.
Safecoat 3 in 1 Adhesive – by AFM is a low odor, non-toxic, water-based adhesive designed for hard composition wall and floor tiles as well as carpeting. (ceramic, parquet, Formica and slate where a typical carpet adhesive would be used.
Auro No. 383 Natural Linoleum Glue – by Auro is suitable for unfinished cork tiles in a thin bed application, but not suitable for floors in humid areas.
BioShield cork adhesive – is a water-based elastic glue made from natural latex, plant oils and resins designed for use with cork and carpets. Can be used on finished concrete wood and plywood.
Dri-Tac – is a water-based low VOC adhesive that claims superior tack. This product is recommended by Dodge-Regopol natural cork flooring manufacturers.
CT-12 by Capitol Adhesives is a solvent-free mastic for installing ceramic wall and floor tiles.
Almighty Adhesive – by AFM is low odor, non-toxic, water based adhesive for gluing wood and wood laminates
Auro No. 385 Natural Carpet Glue – by Auro
BioShield cork adhesive – is a water-based elastic glue made from natural latex, plant oils and resins designed for use with cork and carpets. Can be used with sisal, coco, wool and jute backings.
Hendricksen Naturlich Manufacturer's Adhesive
Envirotec Health Guard Adhesive #2027, 2045, 2054, 2055, 2060, 2070, 2080
Envirotec Health Guard seaming tapes #3070, 3080, 3090, 3093, 3094
Alternatives to utilizing adhesives with carpeting include, 3M's Tac Fast system using a loop fabric on the carpet back that engages with hook tape applied to the floor surface (like Velcro). This system eliminates the IAQ issues involved with liquid adhesives. Another mechanical application method is tacking down carpeting on tack strips eliminating the need for large quantities of adhesives.
AFM makes a Caulking Compound as part of the "SafeCoat" line which is a non-toxic, water-based, elastic emulsion type caulking compound designed to replace oil caulk and putty. It will not dry out or crack and does not release any solvents or obnoxious odors. SafeCoat caulking compound provides a water resistant, flexible, easy to install, non-sag sealant with excellent initial and permanent adhesion. This caulking compound has properties, which enable the application to be made without stringiness, and yet maintains flexibility and toughness. It mat be applied to a variety of substrates and has high durability. High resin content affords maximum bond strength.
Another caulking option is 100% silicone caulk, or aquarium grade caulk. These caulks are available in either clear or white and can be found at most hardware stores.


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BEAUFORT � An alienation of affection case that awarded a Carteret County man $1.4 million is back on the court docket this month.
BEAUFORT � An alienation of affection case that awarded a Carteret County man $1.4 million is back on the court docket this month.
A hearing scheduled Monday in Carteret County Superior Court for a motion to dismiss an appeal in the case.
Attorney C. Jason Humphrey of Swansboro filed the motion to dismiss on behalf of his client, Gregory Alan Szczepaniak.
Judge Jack Jenkins heard the case May 13 and the judgment was filed May 17.
An alienation of affection complaint was served on David B. Mayfield in late October alleging an open affair between Mayfield and Szczepaniak�s wife, Theresa Szczepaniak.
Mayfield is an area bond agent and owner of Bond Chix, where Theresa is employed.
When contacted by The Daily News about the judgment against him and the appeal, Mayfield said he was only trying to help a victim of what he said was a domestic violence situation.
�I offered her a secure place to stay,� he said.
He refutes the alienation of affection case.
�North Carolina thinks women are chattel. And women of domestic violence don�t have the right to seek shelter,� he said.
But his choice to represent himself in the case may have added to his legal troubles.
After the initial complaint was filed, Mayfield by law had 30 days to respond. He quickly requested and was granted a 30-day extension.
He filed a second motion for an extension to answer, but that motion, which had to be heard by a judge, did not meet the required deadline and Humphrey filed an entry of default.
With Mayfield�s failure to reply, the entry of default put the case in the plaintiff�s favor.
Mayfield did follow up with a motion to set aside the entry of default and a motion to dismiss the case. However, when the April 22 hearing date was set, Mayfield didn�t show up in court and the default judgment stood.
The issue before the court was no longer whether the alleged affair had happened.
�It wasn�t a question of if it happened, it was a question of how much in damages my client was entitled to,� Humphrey said.
Mayfield did appear in court for the May damages hearing, and the judgment and $1.4 million award followed.
Mayfield says he was wrongly denied time to file his answers to the complaint.
Humphrey said those who represent themselves pro se are required to know the rules of law just as an attorney.
Had the answers to the initial complaint been properly filed, the case may have taken a different turn. Humphrey said such cases are often settled or Mayfield could have defended the accusations in trial.
North Carolina is one of a handful of states where alienation of affection cases are still permitted
Humphrey said cases can only be filed while couples are still married and must show they were happy before the third party entered the picture.
The cases can be difficult to prove but Humphrey said they had a good case.
He said the affair was open and well-known to others, with previous employees at Bond Chix ready to testify of such. He said the couple was married nine years and less than a year before the alleged affair the plaintiff had adopted Theresa�s child from her first marriage.
�My client is relieved by the outcome and feels he got some vindication,� Humphrey said.
The hearing on the motion to dismiss Mayfield�s appeal remains.
If granted, the judgment stands. If Mayfield�s motion is granted, he would have to file the appeal with the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Mayfield filed a notice of appeal on June 18.
According to court documents, Mayfield stated that he had not been served by the court or the attorney for the plaintiff and became aware that the judgment had been entered on June 17 by checking the court docket.
He said all past correspondence and pleadings were sent to an address fraudulently altered to commit fraud on the court and deny him legal recourse.
Mayfield has represented himself in the case.
The motion to dismiss filed by Humphrey states that the notice of judgment was served by the court within the required 3-day period and that Mayfield�s notice of appeal did not meet requirements, and was served a day after 30-day notice requirements.
The motion to dismiss calls Mayfield�s notice to appeal an unnecessary delay of the court�s judgment and requests sanctions for filing a frivolous appeal.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or email@example.com. Visit JDNews.com to comment.


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Lebanese troops have sealed off a town near the Syrian border after attackers ambushed an army force, killing two soldiers and wounding others, the state-run National News Agency reported Sunday.
The agency said special forces set up checkpoints on roads leading to the town, Arsal. Troops were also deployed in fields around the town to try to prevent gunmen from escaping.
The troops were ambushed Friday while trying to detain a fugitive, Khaled Hamid, suspected of involvement in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists. They were abducted in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley and held for nearly four months before being released in July that year.
Some security officials have said that Hamid crossed the border into Syria over the past months to fight with rebels trying to depose Syrian President Bashar Assad. Many in Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town, are sympathetic to Syrian rebels.
Many in Lebanon fear Syria's civil war could spill across the border.
Lebanon and Syria share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries which are easily enflamed. Lebanon, a country plagued by decades of strife, has been on edge since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011. Deadly clashes between pro and anti-Assad Lebanese groups have erupted on several occasions.
Many among Lebanon's Sunni Muslims have backed Syria's mainly Sunni rebel forces, in which radical Islamists have become increasingly active. Lebanese Shiite Muslims, including the militant Hezbollah, have leaned toward Assad, whose tiny Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
A Lebanese army general told The Associated Press Sunday that "several people" have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the Friday ambush. The general spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.
President Michel Suleiman told the father of Capt. Pierre Bashaalani, who was killed in the ambush, that the army is determined to find all those involved and put them on trial.
Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwaji said in a statement to the troops that "we will not be silent or accept any political deal." He added that the "army will not retreat no matter what happens and will punish the criminals no matter whom they belong to."
Lebanon's LBC-TV showed photographs Sunday of uniformed soldiers being held in the municipality building in Arsal. Some of the soldiers had bruises, and others were bloody.
Some residents in Arsal have said that the troops who were ambushed were in civilian clothes and using civilian cars. They said they believed they were pro-government Syrian militiamen who crossed the border from Syria to capture Hamid.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati said all those involved in the attack on the Lebanese army should be handed over to authorities.


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Philipps, Star of the TBS Original Series "Cougar Town,"
Will Also Serve as SAG Awards® Social Media Ambassador
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 28, 2012) — Busy Philipps, star of the TBS original comedy series "Cougar Town," and Taye Diggs, star of the ABC drama "Private Practice," will reveal the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® nominations on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The announcement will be telecast live on TNT at 9 a.m. (ET)/6 a.m. (PT) and webcast live on tnt.tv and tbs.com. SAG-AFTRA Co-President Roberta Reardon and Executive Vice President Ned Vaughn will introduce Phillips and Diggs to the assembled media. Just prior to the nominations announcements, SAG Awards Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson and Committee Member Woody Schultz will announce the stunt ensemble honors nominations at 8:50 a.m. (ET) / 5:50 a.m. (PT).
Additionally, Philipps has been named social media ambassador for this year's SAG Awards. Through posts on Twitter and Facebook, Philipps will serve as the online face for the awards during the six weeks leading up to the live Jan. 27 simulcast on TNT and TBS. She will give viewers access to behind-the-scenes moments, including updates on the production, presenters and fashion. She will also be posting from the red carpet on awards night.
In the hit sitcom "Cougar Town" – which joins TBS' original programming lineup with the launch of the show's fourth season on Tuesday, Jan. 8 – Philipps plays Laurie, the feisty protégé to realtor Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox). With their group of friends known as the "cul de sac crew," they support each other through the challenges and pitfalls of life — with a little dysfunction and a whole lot of wine.
In addition to "Cougar Town," Philipps' has had TV roles in "Dawson's Creek," "Freaks and Geeks," "Undeclared," "ER," "Love, Inc." and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." Film credits include "Made of Honor," "He's Just Not That Into You" and "I Just Don't Know How She Does It." Her next big-screen role will be opposite Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Brendan Fraser, Peter Dinklage and Sam Rockwell in "A Case of You," due for release in 2013.
In 2003, Diggs shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a motion picture cast for his work in director Rob Marshall's "Chicago." A Syracuse University graduate in musical theater, Diggs began his professional career in a Broadway revival production of Rogers & Hammerstein's "Carousel" and created the role of Benjamin Coffin III in the Tony Award-winning "Rent." In 2005, he reprised the role for the film version of the musical.
In "Private Practice," Diggs portrays Dr. Sam Bennett, aka "Dr. Feelgood," an internist, cardiothoracic surgeon and founding partner of Seaside Heath & Wellness. He originated the role of Bennett in 2007 on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy." Other TV credits include "Ally McBeal," "The West Wing," "Kevin Hill," "Will & Grace" and "Day Break." Diggs made his feature film debut opposite Angela Bassett in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." He will next be seen in the independent feature film "The Trials of Cate McCall" opposite Kate Beckinsale, James Cromwell and Nick Nolte.
About the SAG Awards®
TNT and TBS's live simulcast of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will take place Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at 8 p.m. (ET), 5 p.m. (PT), 7 p.m. (CT) and 6 p.m. (MT). West Coast viewers who prefer to watch in primetime will be able to catch the encore presentation on TNT at 7 p.m. (PT) / 10 p.m. (ET).
The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. For more information about the SAG Awards, SAG-AFTRA, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about, "like" SAG Awards at facebook.com/sagawardsofficialpage and follow SAG Awards at twitter.com/sagawards.


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Superchargers a game changer
Superchargers a game changer
Thanks for all the good points! Once enough Supercharger stations are in place gas will have nothing on EV's
If they'd been used to buying gas, they'll have lots of money to spend!
Totally. Time to do your own thing is precious. Plus that's on a trip, which naturally feels like a journey anyways. Think of all the time an EV can save you when you charge overnight at home instead of visit the stinky annoying gas station every few days.
Sure, EV's are different than ICE cars. Even if there were a few minor risks or adaptations required, like John Broder tried to convince us, the benefits should far outweigh those initial minor setbacks. It's like going from crawling to walking and maybe falling a few times in the process, or going from walking to skating: well worth it in the long run. Broder prefers to still crawl like a baby.
The Achilles' Heel of the Model S 85 KW-hr may not longer be the battery, but it certainly is the lack of SuperCharger facilities. In the areas that I travel that include Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas there are no SC or even hi capacity 240V chargers. If I am lucky, I will find some low capacity charger 240V that will take about 8 hours to charge a MS85. Going from Dallas to Houston is an anxious trip with a distance from destination to destination at 250-270 depending where in the big cities. The car barely got the range at 60 mph, which should be ok, except the traffic is going at 75-80 mph, including big semi trucks. Worse at night, not to mention with wife and kids!
Tesla should have focussed resources on SC deployment. Who cares about leasing! There are plenty of bank loans. Resale value would actually improve with SC network, even if the battery capacity decreased slightly over time. I read that a SC station with 6 bays costs $250,000. We need something like 200 in the US to get started. That amounts to $50M. In the big picture, it is not much.
Battery range is ok, but now that the 60KW-hr is the low end and then there is the 85 KW-hr one - we need a hi end model with battery capacity of 125 KW-hr. This way HVAC, etc can be used and the car can keep up with traffic at 75 mph on a long trip. Sure, it will cost more, but buyers seem to be interested in hi end cars with range. No many of the 40 KW-hr MS were sold!
HI end MS should include some extra features like anti collision, smart cruise control, features. etc. Just about any mid end car has those these days.
FL is one of the designated next SC opening areas.


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Letter, Knox & Kellogg to Jas. B. Abbott
Author: No authors specified.
Date: November 16, 1857
Attorneys Knox & Kellogg wrote from St. Louis to James Abbott in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, responding to a lawsuit brought against them by Samuel Cabot. Cabot held them responsible for the long delay in returning several rifles that had been stolen from him the previous spring by Missouri "Highwaymen." Knox and Kellogg reported to Abbott, acting as agent for Cabot, that the lawsuit had been dismissed and the damage to the rifles was to be appraised by a third party.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: James Abbott Collection, #252, Box 2 Folder 10
Item Number: 102525 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Abbott, James Burnett; Cabot, Samuel; Guns; Knox & Kellogg, Attorneys; Lawsuits; St. Louis, Missouri
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