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Most of us will already be working on a network with a Windows 2003, Windows 2008 or Windows 2008R2 Forest deployed. So it will be our job to integrate Windows 2012 into the existing environment. This might be installing Windows 2012 to manage File and Print resources, or taking over the running of a service like DHCP or DNS. Or it might be that we want to start adding Windows 2012 Domain Controllers (DCs).
In this article I'll talk through some things we need to think about before adding our first Windows 2012 DC to an existing Windows 2008 domain.
There are two ways to add Windows 2012 DCs to an existing domain:
1) Perform an in-place upgrade of an existing Windrows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 domain controller
2) Install a new Windows 2012 Server, join it to the domain and promote it to be a domain controller.
Perform an in-place upgrade
Domain Controllers running Windows Server 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 can be upgraded to Windows Server 2012 Domain Controllers. You can upgrade a Windows 2008 DC to a comparable version of Windows 2012 operating system.
If you are running a Domain Controller on Windows 2008 Standard or Enterprise edition you can upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacentre edition. If you are upgrading from Datacentre edition you can only upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Datacentre edition. So if you're running 2008, you have lots of choices!
However, you cannot upgrade from previous editions of Windows. So if you're running Windows 2003 Domain Controllers they must be upgraded to Windows 2008 as an interim step, then upgraded to Windows Server 2012.
Install a new Windows 2012 Server
How to use the functional Levels
In order to add a Windows 2012 DC to an existing domain, the Forest functional level must be Windows 2003 or higher. Remember that all domains must be running the Windows 2003 domain functional level first, before we can go through the process of upgrading our Forest to the minimum functional level of Windows 2003.
With the introduction of Windows 2012 we also have the option of new Windows 2012 domain and Forest functional levels. Once ALL of our DCs are running 2012 in a domain, we can upgrade the domain functional level to 2012 - and once all domains are running 2012 we can upgrade our Forest to Windows 2012.
The Windows Server 2012 Forest functional level does not provide any new features, but it ensures that any new domain created in the Forest will automatically operate at the Windows Server 2012 domain functional level. The Windows Server 2012 domain functional level does not provide any other new features besides support for Dynamic Access Control and Kerberos armoring, but it ensures that any domain controller in the domain runs Windows Server 2012.
Using Adprep.exe
Before adding your new Windows 2012 Domain Controller, or attempting to perform an in-place upgrade of an existing Windows 2008 or 2008 R2 DC, you must make sure that the Schema is upgraded to support your new Windows 2012 DC, and that you prepare each domain where you plan to install Windows 2012 DCs. To do this we can use the ADPREP.exe tool found in the support\adprep folder on your installation media.
Starting with Windows 2012 there is only one version of ADPREP available, and that is a 64-bit version. When you install a domain controller the ADPREP commands are run automatically as needed - as long as you are logged in with an account that has the appropriate credentials.
The two ADPREP.exe commands are ADPREP.exe /forestprep (to prepare the Schema) and ADPREP.EXE /DOMAINPREP /GPPREP (to prepare each domain).
In order to run ADPREP.exe /forestprep you need to be a member of the following groups:
- Scheme Admins
- Enterprise Admins
- Domain Admins for the domain in which the Schema Master resides.
In order to run ADPREP.exe /domainprep /gpprep you need to be a member of the following group:
- Domain admins for the domain in which you are running ADPREP.exe.
As we said earlier, the ADPREP.exe command is now integrated with the DC promotion process. But if you're performing an in-place upgrade, or not a member of the appropriate groups, then ADPREP.exe can be run separately.
The Windows Server 2012 version of adprep.exe can run on any server that runs a 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or later. The server needs network connectivity to the schema master for the Forest, and also to the infrastructure master of the domain where you want to add a domain controller. If either of those roles is hosted on a server that runs Windows Server 2003, then ADPREP must be run remotely. The server where you run ADPREP does not need to be a domain controller: it can be domain joined or in a workgroup.
Mike Brown, Windows Server Instructor at Firebrand Training


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Face on the train to Manchester, Dinner with the Family, Passport, What I wore on the Plane, Drinking Gin to calm my nerves, Up in the Clouds, Cocktails, Sunset, The view from my sunbed, Testing suncreams, Reading on my Kindle, Using the last of my Nailene Petite squares, Beach, Swimming Pool, Primark Neon Nail Polishes, Breaking my Caffiene ban, Watermelon, Even more Watermelon, Outfit with the Family, Mosaic at Ehpesus Museam, Hibiscus, Statues, Sunglasses cracking and peeling in the sun, Sun & Palm Tree's, Standing by a water feature looking less than happy.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
week in photos (holiday edit)
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So wish i was in Turkey right now, it looks gorge!!ReplyDelete
Hayley xo
So jealous!ReplyDelete
Wish I was on holiday right now,
Have fun!
Aw looks like your having a lovely time, that green cocktail looks amaze!ReplyDelete
Hope your having an awesome time, I really wish I was away somewhere hot too!
J x
Ginger Pickle ♥
Turkey looks so beautiful. LOVE the sunset picture. Looks like you're having a fun time!ReplyDelete
It looks so lovely, glad you're having fun :)ReplyDelete
I'm glad your having fun, it looks amazing :)ReplyDelete
Jess x
Nice photos ! Have a great time !ReplyDelete
Seems like someone's having the best holidays ever. I'm jealous!ReplyDelete
Have fun on holiday! The hibiscus looks beautiful xReplyDelete
Sirens and Bells
I`d love to be there and relax..enjoy your holiday.xxReplyDelete
Ahhhh your photos are lovely! I just touched down in Manchester yesterday after going to Greece. Major holiday blues!ReplyDelete
I really need a holiday and seeing all your photos is making me rather jealous! hahaReplyDelete
Hope your having a nice tan and getting super tanned!
Laura x
I really hope you had fun in Turkey, it looks like a lovely place. Lovely pictures:)xReplyDelete
Oh my gosh I want to go to Ephesus so badly! I am such a classical nerd but ah, I am jealous! The sunshine looks insane, too, lucky you! xxReplyDelete
you look so pretty :) and I'm so jealous of you that you can lay in the sun in turkey :'DReplyDelete
and I have to say that I adore the neon nail varnishes! *_*
xoxo FlirtingwithFashion
lovely pictures.hope you're having a great time xReplyDelete
Glad to see you're having fun and hopefully working on that tan!ReplyDelete
-Elodie x
I love holiday pictures! it looks lovely:)ReplyDelete
Looks amazing! Beautiful sun, and beautiful nails and outfits!ReplyDelete
karen joanne xx
- AnonymousSaturday, June 23, 2012 10:05:00 pm
the drinks look delicious!ReplyDelete
Looks amazing out there!xxReplyDelete
I'm jealous, it looks gorgeous and so sunny there! Hope you're having a great time :) xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousSaturday, June 23, 2012 11:47:00 pm
Amazing pics! So sorry for your sunglasses, such a weird thing happended!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSunday, June 24, 2012 12:08:00 am
Watermelon, yum!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSunday, June 24, 2012 1:27:00 am
I'm so jealous of your holiday, it looks like you're having a great time.ReplyDelete
i hope you are having a really good time on holiday, it looks soo sunny there so jealous! xReplyDelete
Beautiful pictures :D I wanna go to seaside too!ReplyDelete
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Looks like your having a great time,ReplyDelete
Love Coco x x x
I really love your neon nail polishes but I am always dubious about how long varnishes from Primark will last for!ReplyDelete
Your making me so jealous of the weather, everything looks amazing, hope your having a good time!ReplyDelete
i love looking at instagram pictures, it makes me happy xxReplyDelete
i have the primark neon nail polish and mine lasted for well over a week, i was so happy to find a cheap neon nail varnish let alone 4! hope your having an amazing holiday! xxReplyDelete
i wish i cud afford to go on holiday!ReplyDelete
Looka like you're having a lovely time, making me wish i was back there :( although hope you don't get hit with a £400 phone bill when you get back like i have...!ReplyDelete
Georgie <3
Lovely Photos! <3 looks like fun :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMonday, June 25, 2012 7:49:00 am
beautiful pictures ! :DReplyDelete
great photo's :) i'm totally jealous haha, it looks beautiful in turkey, hope you have a great time xxReplyDelete
love all these photographs, makes me crave some sunshine and a holiday :D xxReplyDelete
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After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica stops the presses
March 14, 2012
After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print, New York Times Media Decoder reports.
The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds, priced at $1,395.
It is survived by a $70/year online edition (free trial here).


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Review and Pictures of Dolce & Gabbana Autumn Winter 2012 Milan Fashion Week Runway Show
2012 A/W Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana
2012 A/W Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana
If we had to describe Dolce & Gabbana's A/W 2012 collection in one word, it would be opulent. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have a knack for capturing the essence and unbridled spirit of the Italian woman, and for Fall, they showed a luxe, Sicilian Baroque-inspired collection of lace, elaborate brocade embroidery, and sleek, sexy silhouettes. The show opened with stunning rose-covered chandeliers and sweeping floral arrangements to the music of authentic Italian opera — big names like Natasha Poly, Bianca Balti, and Joan Smalls graced the runway in delicate lace dresses with lavish gold embellishments, sweet, frothy frocks in layers of tulle, and ruffled bloomers that would make even Sophia Loren blush. The plunging necklines of Spring '12 were replaced with ladylike high ruffles and bow-ties, and although sheer lace was prevalent, most hemlines stayed well below the knee for a true sophisticated spin on la dolce vita. The bold needlepoint-style florals and cherubic mural prints will also be an editorial dream come the Autumn editorials — we can already see stars like Blake Lively and Sarah Jessica Parker getting shot in them. Get the complete breakdown below.
- Trends: Lots of lace; floral motifs, cherub prints, brocade, layers of tulle.
- Colours: Black, white, nude, gold.
- Key Piece: The sheer lace dress with brocade cape; the gold-encrusted party dress with black veil.
- Accessories: Bejewelled headbands, decadent drop earrings and statement necklaces, velvet evening bags, lace knee socks, carved wood heels.
- Who Would Wear It: Risk-takers like Zoe Saldana, Anna Dello Russo, and Lana Del Rey; not to mention Dame Helen Mirren, who sat front row at the show.


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If you're known by the company you keep, as an advisor you couldn't be in better company than the fellow advisors and industry gurus who will gather in Boston starting Thursday morning, Oct. 10 for the Think Retirement Income conference. While we can't pretend to be objective, Investment Advisor Editor-in-Chief John Sullivan has put together a dynamite program whose intent is to help advisors solve the retirement income puzzle, in large measure by learning from your peers.
The programming for this retirement planning conference with a difference was devised with the help of an all-star advisory board that includes folks like Harold Evensky, Greg Friedman, Charlie Farrell, Michael Kitces, Rob Francais and—well, the complete list is here. Many of these luminaries will sit on interactive roundtables during the show, that runs through midday Friday, Oct. 11, with other successful RIAs.
(Some seats are still available for the conference, being held at the Hyatt Regency Boston. You can register online here.)
The conference will be bookended by opening day keynote speaker Charles Ellis, the management consultant and author, who will share his thoughts on What It Takes: Seven Secrets of Success from the World's Greatest Professional Firms, with the closing keynote delivered by the always enthusiastic and inspirational Tim Noonan of Russell Investments.
A number of other regular contributors to Investment Advisor and Research magazines and ThinkAdvisor will also be presenting, including Olivia Mellan, Ben Warwick, Philip Palaveev, Matt Greenwald, Bob Seawright, Gavin Morrissey, Ron DeLegge and Friedman.
Look for more preview coverage now and onsite coverage on ThinkAdvisor; the Twitter hashtag for the event will be #ThinkRetirement.
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DR. HOOK- Eye, eye: See a floater? Get help quick!
I tell my patients that Im naturally blond with blue eyes. I just color my hair black and put on brown contact lenses so I dont look like an albino Korean-American man. Why does it seem to me everyone in Hollywood wants to be blue-eyed and blond?
Eyes are supposed to be the window to the soul. When I use my ophthalmoscope to look into my patients eyes, sometimes they ask what I see. If they're sassy, I sometimes respond, 6-6-6. Hey, is your middle name Damien?
Otherwise, I tell them I'm just checking their optic nerve, the vessels going in and out, etc. You can tell from the fundus (the interior back of the eye) if someone has uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, or some infections. So maybe the eye is the window to the soul?
Some people dont like to touch their souls. I have a couple of friends who wont wear contact lenses because the idea of putting something in their eyes is like Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye. What happens, though, if these people have a retinal detachment? Got blindness?
The retina is in the back of the interior eye and allows us to see. Light passes through the iris, refracts through the lens, and then hits the retina- which consists of many layers of nerve cells. When the most interior layer of the retina separates from outer layers, it's like pulling off Burt Reynolds' toupee attached with superglue. The nerve cells start to die from the lack of blood supply, and permanent vision loss can occur. Ergo, you need to see the ophthalmologist pronto to preserve your vision!
(By the way, since everybody gets this confused: an ophthalmologist is an MD who does surgery and prescribes meds. An optometrist has a different degree and does not do surgery or prescribe meds. Opticians make your glasses. Do boys make passes at opticians who make glasses?)
There are two types of retinal tears: rhegmatogenous (rhegma meaning "tear") and nonrhegmatogenous (caused by leakage beneath the retina, or vitreous traction on the retina).
The former are more common– a direct hole or tear in the retina. Posterior vitreous detachment tends to occur in people 50-75 years old because the vitreous, a clear gel-like structure in the back of the eye, starts to liquefy over the years. (Sounds like the Wicked Witch of the West, Im melting!)
Over a week and up to three months, the retina starts to detach. Traumatic retinal detachment occurs after– well–trauma to the eye. Lattice degeneration usually occurs in younger people with myopia (near-sighted, meaning you need glasses to see far away) due to thinning of the retina.
Nonrhegmatogenous retinal detachments occur in one of 10,000 people every year. Fifty-five percent of these cases occur in strongly myopic people (Lucky me! Im blind as a bat without my glasses). Tractional retinal detachment tends to occur in people with eye disease from poorly controlled diabetes. (Remember, diabetes is the #1 cause of blindness, and overweight/obese Americans are developing diabetes faster than people are buying iPods.)
Those with inflammatory medical conditions can have exudative retinal detachment.
Floaters, cobweb floaters, large housefly floaters, brief flashing lights, a shower of black spots, or gradual loss of peripheral vision are hallmarks that should lead you to the ophthalmologist ASAP. The sooner you treat a detachment, the more vision you will preserve.
We all have floaters from time to time. But if you start to have them all of a sudden and they wont go away, or there are a lot more than usual, see the doctor right away.
If you agree with me, you can say, Eye, Eye, Captain. Quick action can save your vision.


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Three men discuss the Christmas presents they bought for their wives.
The first man says that he bought his wife a vacation home in the Bahamas and one in Jamaica. "That way," he explains, "if she doesn't like one, she can use the other."
The second man says he had bought his wife a sports car and a limo for exactly the same reason.
The third man says, "I bought my wife a negligee and a vibrator. That way, if she doesn't like the negligee, she can go screw herself."


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Free speech zones, airport style checkpoints and a huge holding facility prepared for G20 Summit
Steve Watson
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Preparations are underway for a massive show of force in Toronto this Summer as the G20 summit comes to town. Unprecedented levels of security are being undertaken, with one of the largest movie studios in North America being transformed into a giant holding facility for unruly protesters.
Police say they are prepared for huge protests during the summit, scheduled to convene over the weekend of June 26/27.
Toronto law enforcement officials have announced they are "tapping" social network websites to monitor the potential activities of protesters as they gear up for the event.
"(Social media) allows people to communicate in a lot more different ways. It's just another tool," Const. Wendy Drummond told CP24 news [1]. "The way we police our protests hasn't changed."
"The Olympics that you saw recently in Vancouver was actually the largest security event ever to take place here in Canada. The G20/G8 surpasses that completely," Const. Ed Boltuc, a Toronto Police Services officer and liaison with the RCMP-led Integrated Security Unit [2], told the Toronto Star recently. [3]
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"There's going to be a massive — absolutely massive — presence of police and security on the ground like you've never seen before." Boltuc added.
The Globe and Mail [4] has reported that up to10,000 uniformed officers, along with a 1,000 private security guards will be deployed, as well as Canadian military forces. The security costs are expected to cost the Canadian government (taxpayers) $179 million.
The plans include two security perimeters, walled in with huge 3 meter high fences, with Toronto police in charge of the outer zone and the RCMP in charge of the inner zone. Anyone entering the inner perimeter, where the Metro Convention Centre is located, will be processed through five levels of airport style security screening.
Various checkpoints throughout Toronto will be outfitted with "Magnetometers," "walk-through metal detectors," "X-Ray belt driven scanners" and "hand-held metal detectors."
Residents and workers in the area will have to register with the authorities to get access to their homes and businesses during the meeting.
The Canadian Forces plans [5] are described as "large-scale operational planning, land and air surveillance, underwater safety and security for the venues and some logistic and ceremonial functions. Support also includes drawing on the CF's ongoing partnership in the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)."
Protesters will also be subject to designated free speech zones. If they breach these zones they will be forced to move or be arrested.
Police have announced that they will be using a massive movie studio as a temporary jail [8]. The building is roughly five kilometres from the Convention Centre, outside the two security zones. The plan echoes tactics employed in the U.S. at recent DNC and RNC Conventions, where thousands of protesters were indiscriminately rounded up and kept for up to several hours in temporary prisons [9].
Sunday saw tactical officers take over part of the underground in the financial district of downtown Toronto in an unannounced simulated hostage event [10]. Police worked in tandem with private security guards and we're seen herding people through the building.
The drill was caught on video by Dan Dicks of Press For Truth:
Another training exercise on Sunday saw two military helicopters [11] flying around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and then landing at the nearby CN Tower.
The heightened security will begin two weeks before the summit.


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I have several family history events for January 17th. The most significant is the the marriage of my great grandparents:
1874: 141 years ago today my great grandparents, Leonard Crackett (Cracket) and Mary Parkinson, married at Morpeth in Northumberland. The banner picture at the top of my blog shows Len and Mary and their 10 children who all reached adulthood.
1900: My first cousin twice removed, James Edward Doleman Simmons, was born at Amble in Northumberland.
1916: Nora Graham, the wife of my first cousin twice removed Edmond Hanson, was born.
1794: 221 years ago today my 4th great uncle, Thomas Bainbridge, was born in Longbenton, Northumberland. Thomas was baptized two days later on 19th January.


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Community contributions were celebrated as the Palmetto Youth Center hosted its 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet.
Judge Charles Williams and attorney C.J. Czaia presided over the event Friday that began with the introduction of the colors by the Palmetto High School JROTC and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Jordan Sanders led the audience in singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Rev. Sirrnest Webster gave the invocation and Palmetto Mayor Shirley Groover Bryant welcomed the crowd with a proclamation.
Walter Presha presented the Edgar J. Price Jr. Humanitarian Award to Palmetto City Commissioner Charles B. Smith. A former executive director of the Palmetto Youth Center, Smith was elected at age 26 as the first black city councilman in Palmetto.
The Louise Johnson Humanitarian Award was presented to Shirley Pearson by Larry Newsome. Raised in Palmetto, Pearson moved away, but returned after retirement and became involved in developing Mount Carmel Community Resource Center.
Steve Arvey presented the Small Business Owner Award to Joe and Veronica Forney. The Forneys opened Kojaks Palmetto Rib House after moving from Oklahoma in 2002.
The Manatee County Smart Team accepted the award for Outstanding Citizenship that was presented by Karen Windon. Representing the Smart Team was Charlie Bishop, Eric Angersoll, Travas Green, Gary Phillips and Kasey Turner. They provided a day of service to the youth center in August, and it launched a month-long project.
"These are a bunch of wonderful guys who are worker bees that came here for a day and saw the ills we had here," center Executive Director Chris Lukowiak said. "They replaced doors, built stairs, revamped our handicapped ramps, helped with flooring. The list goes on and on."
The Government Award was given by Jay Thomas to Manatee County District 2 Commissioner Michael Gallen, who is vice chairman of the commission and the Manatee County Redevelopment Agency.
Earlier, as guests enjoyed dinner provided by Orange Blossom Catering, Steve Knopick of Bealls Charitable Foundation Scholarships introduced the 12th annual MLK Jr. Essay and Speech contest winners.
High school winners were Nathalie Kabongo-Chavez, first; Mackenzie Yaryura, second; Mollie Rainwater, third; and Samantha Grimes, honorable mention.
Middle school winners were Alex Kumar, first; Stevie Lee Romero, second; Miriam Schmoll, third; and Benjamin Varah, honorable mention.
The Rev. Stan Pavkovich gave the benediction to end the evening.
The center's mission is providing a safe environment for people of all ages. For more information, visit www.palmettoyouthcenterblog.com.
Bone marrow match
sought for Witt teacher
Local schoolteacher Nancy Newby recently received a multiple myeloma diagnosis and needs a bone marrow transplant, but no one in her family is a donor match.
The Icla da Silva Foundation, a recruitment center for Be the Match, is recruiting potential donors.
A drive for people to join the donor registry will begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday and continue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Jude Catholic Church, 3930 17th St., Sarasota.
Those registering to become a potential donors should be between the ages of 18 and 44 and in generally good health.
Newby, who teaches kindergarten at Gene Witt Elementary School, Bradenton, and her husband, Jim, are the parents of Jackson and Jaime.
In addition to joining the registry, people can make financial contributions, arrange to conduct a drive, volunteer or spread the word. For details, visit join.marrow.org/share or call Ileana Quinones at (904) 705-1593.
Banquet salutes award winners
Community contributions were celebrated as the Palmetto Youth Center hosted its 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet.


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Sideways Escorts, wailing BDAs, dry British announcers, and drier Finnish jokes. It's a documentary on Ari Vatanen, a year before he won the world rally championship, back when rally cars were devastatingly good looking, glorious sounding, and rear wheel drive.
It's easy to think of Vatanen as just another driver of the unhinged Group B era, or the sack of meat strapped into the Peugeots that dominated the Paris-Dakar and Pikes Peak.
But he's a real man, with a very aggressive style behind the wheel, a sense of humor, and a fantastic fashion sense if I do say so myself. This doc, 'The Vatanen Touch' gives you a better sense of the guy from before he became a champion and before he became a member of the European Parliament. On, and there's plenty of rally porn to boot.


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Game Time
Guess what. I wrote a brilliant blog yesterday and then forgot to post it. Please, no wisecracks about the memory of Senior Citizens.
Weather permitting, the Phillies begin games tonight against Florida State University. LHP Joe Savery is the starter. A year ago he was pitching for Rice University.
The young players will get a lot of exposure in the early games. Players will still be dressed and ready to go at 10 a.m. (for 1 p.m. games). Batting practice and infield practice is routine for home games. Fundamental drills, many of which have been on the daily docket, will continue probably 3-4 times a week.
With so many pitchers in camp, the Phillies and Pirates have scheduled morning "B" games. Friday's game will take place at 9:30 at Pirate City, the team's minor league complex in Bradenton. On Monday, March 3, there will be another "B" game, this one at Bright House Field. Same time, 9:30 a.m. Gates will open at 9:30 so fans can basically see two games for the price of one on that date. Gates normally open at 10:30 a.m.
Today, the players were scheduled to be in uniform at 3:30 for the FSU night game. Jamie Moyer was in full uniform at 1:30 and working on his pick off move to first base on the half field with pitching coaches Rich Dubee and Rod Nichols. He was out there for an hour. He's still trying to perfect his game. Talk about a professional.
The J. D. Durbin golf team of Adam Eaton, Chad Durbin, Joe Swanhart (clubhouse assistant) and Kevin Gregg (media relations assistant) emerged as the winning entry in Sunday's team golf outing. They were one of three teams that were 13 under. Through a tie-breaker system, they were crowned the champs.
First radio broadcast on WPHT Talker 1210 is tomorrow afternoon (Reds) . . . First internet broadcast on phillies.com is Thursday afternoon (Pirates) . . . First TV game on CW Philly 57 is Saturday afternoon (Yankees). Game time in each case is 1:05.
Ray Koob of WMGK will be in camp the next three nights, a 7 o'clock to midnight show. Tonight, the show will originate from the Tiki Bar here at the park. Tomorrow and Thursday from the Palm Pavilion, a popular hangout for players and staff on Clearwater Beach.


text: Ben is out for who knows how long? Mendy still out (which I predicted he would be off a long time with an Achille's injury - maybe for the season). Troy out for God only knows. DeCastro still out. Brown. This is beginning to look like another "we are just too beat up to contend" type of season. We might even still make the play offs, but we won't be able to win any games vs. good teams in the post season. It looks like the season is probably over.


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The Golden Age of Botanical Art
New botanical art book available from Kew and Amazon:
This book brings together the stories of the intrepid explorers and the many professional artists who recorded the flora they discovered whilst on their expeditions. It's packed with pictures and has a 'canvas-textured' hard cover which makes it feel quite special. I feel that some of the reproductions aren't quite up to scratch and it does have the appearance of being a 'cheap' publication. However regardless of this, it is packed with information and images and would make a good addition to any botanical art book collection.
A section of Ferdinand Bauer's colour chart
Doryanthes excelsa painted by E. Weddell
Tropaeolum dekerianum painted by Jose Jeronimo Triana under the direction of Jose Mutis


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Recommended uses for the Chubbsafes ProGuard 200E Eurograde 3 Digital Security Safe
- Cash - up to £35,000
- Jewellery - Rings, Watches, Heirlooms up to the insured value of £350,000
- Collectables - Photographs, Small Antiques
- Important Documents - Deeds, Birth Certificates, Bonds, Wills
- Small Electronics
Businesses that use the Chubbsafes ProGuard 200E Eurograde 3 High Security Safe
- Clubs and Bars - secure your cash takings from burglary
- Retail Shops - protect your sales overnight without risking a visit to the bank in the dark
- Coffee Shops and Restaurants
- Jewellers not only store their takings but their most valuable stock too
- Betting shops
- Late Night Takeaway Shops
What to store at home in the Chubbsafes ProGuard 200E Eurograde 3 High Security Safe
- Jewellery up to the value of £350,000
- Cash Storage up to the value of £35,000
- Collectables up to the value of £350,000
- Important Documentation such as deeds, wills, passports, share certificates
- Electronics such as cameras, external hard drives, smartphones, tablets
Installation of your Chubbsafes ProGuard 200E Eurograde 3 High Security Safe
- Safe Options recommends that all Eurograde Safes are professionally installed
- Professional delivery - UK mainland, No Stairs, No more than 1 threshold step, Access with a trolley is necessary (no gravel paths etc)
- If you choose to have a pallet delivery to save money please note the following:
Delivery on a pallet is only delivered to kerbside
Delivery can be at any time between 8am and 6pm
Ensure that you are physically able to move the safe without danger to yourself
We clearly show the weight of each safe in both Metric (kg) and Imperial (stones) to assist you in this decision
- If you choose Professional delivery or Installation our team will telephone you to make an appointment
- Remember it is your duty to ensure that the final location for the safe is clear prior to install
- We can deliver via stairs or steps subject to an appraisal of information we will request in advance
Useful information to assist you in buying a High Security Eurograde Safe
- Brand: Chubbsafes
- Safes Product Range: Chubbsafes ProGuard Grade 3 Safes
- Manufacturer Part #: PG/3/200E
- Condition: New
- Insurance Limit - Cash / Value: Grade 3 - 35k / 350k
- Locking Type: Digital Electronic Lock
- Supplied Safe Shelves: 2 Adjustable Shelves
- Supplied Safe Drawers: None
- Safe Key Hooks: None
- Safe Internal Fittings: None
- Fixing Methods: Bolt Down
- Security Testing Standard: AIS Insurance Approved, EN1143-1 Eurograde Security, Secured by Design Police Preferred Specification
- Lock Testing Standard: EN 1300 Class B
- Volume (litres): 214
Weight (kg):
48175st, 10lbs (approx)
- Warranty Period: 2 years
- Standard Delivery Time: 1-3 business days
External DimensionsH 1150 x W 600 x D 561 (mm) H 45.28 x W 23.62 x D 22.09 (inches)
Internal DimensionsH 1050 x W 500 x D 386 (mm) H 41.34 x W 19.69 x D 15.20 (inches)
Robert's Rating
Gold Award
Gold Rated safes are designed to resist serious burglary attempts and offer considerable resistance to a violent physical attack. Gold Rated security safes have usually been independently tested and received an internationally recognised security certificate such as Eurograde EN1143-1 approved by AIS (Association of Insurance Surveyors).
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"Robert's Ratings" - Robert's honest opinion about each and every safe we sell. Robert Phillips is the founder of Safe Options Limited and has over 25 years experience in the storage industry. Robert speaks to many customers who are confused about safes and storage, and he wanted to make the buying process easier for everyone - so that's why he rates every security and fire safe we offer - so you can easily select the safe that is right for you
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Products weighing less than 30kg take 1-5 working days
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On five different occasions, the United States had declared war on other countries: the War of 1812, the Mexican War (1848), the Spanish-American War (1898), World War I (1917), and World War II (1941 against Japan, Germany, and Italy; 1942 against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania).
That Congress issued these declarations of war doesn't necessarily mean that they should have been issued. It just means that it was recognized that a major military engagement called for a real declaration of war by the Congress according to Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution.
But not only did over 36,000 American soldiers needlessly die in the Korean War when we entered that conflict under the auspices of the UN, the results of this unconstitutional action are still with us today. Since the armistice was signed in 1953, a day has not gone by when the United States has not had thousands of troops stationed in South Korea. There are at least 25,000 U.S. soldiers still in Korea, some no doubt the grandchildren of the soldiers who fought in the Korean War.
But this Korean intervention also set a terrible precedent, as no declaration of war has ever been issued since World War II even though the United States has been involved in many military conflicts since then, with some of them being major wars like Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
A War for Our Own Good
Aside from U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and now Uganda, there is currently raging another destructive and unconstitutional war at home. And this one has been going on for over forty years.
It was just over 40 years ago that President Richard Nixon began the federal war on drugs. Said Nixon: "In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive." The President declared drug abuse to be "America's public enemy number one" and "a national emergency." He continued his military rhetoric in a special message to Congress on drug abuse prevention and control, calling for a "full-scale attack" on drug abuse "on many fronts." To wage "an effective war against heroin addiction," he called for "a worldwide escalation in our existing programs for the control of narcotics traffic." Legislation then recently passed in Congress provided "a sound base for the attack on the problem of the availability of narcotics in America."
None of this means that the federal government didn't fight against drugs and drug abuse before Nixon. Although all drugs in the United States were legal up until the 20th century, the federal government began introducing anti-narcotics laws in 1905. It was Nixon, though, that formally declared war on drugs, appointed the first drug czar, and oversaw the establishment of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 1973. The drug war escalated again under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s with his wife's "Just Say No" campaign. Although 15 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use, the federal war on drugs continues unabated and enjoys wide bipartisan support.
But what has the decades-long federal war on drugs actually accomplished? How much has it cost? Has it curtailed drug abuse? Has it, in fact, been any more successful at curtailing drug abuse than Prohibition was at curtailing alcohol abuse? Why, unlike Prohibition, was it imposed without a constitutional amendment granting the government the power to do what it is doing? And should the power even be granted through the amendment process, or should the federal war on drugs be ended?
Another Failure
Even though the federal war against alcohol known as Prohibition was constitutional owing to the 18th Amendment, most Americans would today undoubtedly agree that its repeal via the 21st Amendment was a good thing. But all of the unconstitutional wars the federal government is now waging — including its war on drugs — should be ended as well.
Like Prohibition, the war on drugs is a failure. It has failed to prevent drug abuse or reduce the demand for drugs. It has failed to keep drugs out of the hands of addicts and away from teenagers. It has failed to stop the flow of drugs into the United States. According to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: "Drug use in the United States increased in 2009, reversing downward trends since 2002." There was even a spike in the number of Americans admitting to using ecstasy and methamphetamine. The government's own Government Accountability Office has even said that the anti-drug D.A.R.E. program has had "no statistically significant long-term effect on preventing youth illicit drug use."
But that's not all.
The costs of the war on drugs exceed its benefits. According to a study released last year by the Cato Institute, spending on the drug war tops $41 billion a year.
The war on drugs has clogged the federal court system. Chief Justice William Rehnquist made this point as far back as 1989. And in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia remarked that "it was a great mistake to put routine drug offenses into the federal courts."
The war on drugs makes criminals out of too many otherwise law-abiding Americans. The DEA made almost 31,000 arrests last year. According to the FBI's latest report on "Crime in the United States," over 1.6 million Americans were arrested on drug charges in 2010, with almost half of those arrests just for marijuana possession. There is one drug arrest in the United States every 19 seconds.
The war on drugs unnecessarily swells prison populations. Over half of the federal prison population and about 20 percent of the state prison population are imprisoned due to the drug war.
The war on drugs hinders legitimate pain management. Physicians that specialize in pain treatment face the increasing danger of arrest by the DEA for prescribing their patients a dose of painkillers higher than some government-set maximum.
The war on drugs has resulted in gross absurdities. Due to the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act, which is title VII of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, over-the-counter allergy-relief products like Sudafed have been rationed and their use criminalized because they contain pseudoephedrine, which might be used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.
The war on drugs has destroyed financial privacy. Deposit more than $10,000 in a bank account and you are a suspected drug trafficker. Travelers carrying what the government thinks is too large an amount of cash are subject to harassment and having their property confiscated.
The war on drugs has provided the rationale for militarizing local police forces. The Pentagon has transferred millions of pieces of surplus military gear to local police departments. The majority of the 130-150 raids per day conducted by SWAT teams are to serve search warrants on people suspected of drug crimes.
The war on drugs has resulted in outrageous behavior by police in their quest to arrest drug dealers. The city of Daytona Beach Shores was recently ordered to pay four dancers and two bartenders (and their attorneys) a total of $195,000 to settle a federal lawsuit after they were illegally strip-searched during a raid on their club. The women were strip-searched in front of a group of male officers after police were told that some employees were selling prescription pills and other illegal narcotics to patrons. A federal judge found that "the search warrant did not authorize a strip search of anyone in the club."
Picking Up New Powers
The war on drugs has eviscerated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. In the recent Supreme Court case of Kentucky v. King, police were exonerated for kicking in the door of the wrong apartment while they were making a "controlled buy" of crack cocaine after they supposedly "smelled marijuana," "could hear people inside moving," and believed that "drug related evidence was about to be destroyed."
The war on drugs has increased the size and scope of government. The DEA has 10,000 employees in 226 offices organized in 21 divisions throughout the United States and 83 foreign offices in 63 countries around the world. There are even 300 chemists employed by the DEA. The DEA's Office of Aviation Operations has 100 airplanes and 124 pilots.
The war on drugs has served as a pretext for a war on individual liberty and private property. According to Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises:
Opium and morphine are certainly dangerous, habit-forming drugs. But once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments.
As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individual's mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest detail.
Mises did not believe that government at any level should interject itself into "the individual's mode of life." America's Founding Fathers did allow for some government involvement concerning the lives of the people in the federal system they created — but not at the national level. In The Federalist, No. 45, Madison summarized the division of powers between states and the federal government this way:
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.
Under the federal system devised by the Founding Fathers, the national government is quite libertarian, while state governments are less so. But the existence of multiple state governments, each operating under their own state constitution, provides an important check against enactment of "numerous and indefinite laws" — including drug laws — to the point where the "individual's mode of life" is restricted "down to the smallest detail." This is true not only because the actions of a single state could not destroy the liberties of the entire nation, but also because of the ability of individuals and businesses to move from one state to another if a state were to become too repressive, thereby encouraging states not to go too far in their taxation or regulation policies.
Of course, this system is not working as intended because the federal government has unconstitutionally usurped powers never intended for the federal level, and the states are acting as if they are mere regional subdivisions of the national government. The usurped powers include those being used to wage the war on drugs, which entails Soviet-style central planning by the federal government. Just as the government has a calculation problem when it comes to central planning of the economy, so also with drug regulation. The government can only arbitrarily decide which drugs should be legal and which drugs shouldn't be, which drugs should be available to minors and which drugs shouldn't be, which drugs should be regulated and which drugs shouldn't be, which drugs should be sold by prescription and which drugs should be available over the counter, which drugs should be classified as Schedule I and which drugs should be classified as Schedule II, etc. The drug war fosters too much trust in government planners, regulators, and bureaucrats.
None of these things matter to drug warriors, however, because taking drugs is unhealthy and immoral. While I don't deny the truth of those conclusions in regard to non-medicinal drug usage, advocating a federal war on drugs for these reasons teems with hypocrisy.
Facts Flying in the Face of Drug Laws
Figures vary, but tobacco use is supposed to cost the U.S. economy nearly $200 billion annually in medical costs and lost productivity and causes over 440,000 premature deaths each year from heart disease, stroke, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases. The number of annual deaths caused by all drugs — legal and illegal — pales in comparison to deaths caused by tobacco. It seems rather senseless for the federal government to wage war on drugs instead of on tobacco.
Every negative thing that could be said regarding drug abuse could also be said of alcohol abuse — and even more so. Alcohol abuse is one of the leading causes of premature death in the United States. Alcohol is a factor in many drownings, child abuse cases, sex crimes, violent crimes, divorces, suicides, fires, and home, boating, and car accidents. According to a study recently published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, alcohol ranks as the "most harmful drug," beating out heroin, crack cocaine, and ecstasy. Yet, it is only the decriminalization of drugs that conservatives like Bill Bennett call "stupid and morally atrocious."
And then there are the dangers of prescription drugs — that is, drugs the government says are safe and legal. According to various articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association, over 100,000 people die every year from drugs prescribed and administered by physicians. And over two million Americans a year have in-hospital adverse drug reactions. Thousands of people die every year from harmful reactions to aspirin.
One doesn't have to be a libertarian to recognize that the federal war on drugs is a monstrous evil — incompatible with private property, individual liberty, personal responsibility, free markets, and limited government — and an illogical and hypocritical activity of the federal government.
One of the most powerful arguments against the federal war on drugs, and one that has the broadest possible appeal, is the fact that a federal drug war is blatantly unconstitutional. The powers delegated to the national government are, as Madison said, "few and defined." Everything else is reserved to the states. And just to reinforce this federal arrangement, the 10th Amendment declares that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
The Constitution nowhere authorizes the national government to prohibit, regulate, or otherwise concern itself with the nature, quantity, or production of any substance Americans wish to inhale, inject, or otherwise ingest into their bodies.
When the federal government sought to limit the use of alcoholic beverages after World War I, it realized that it could only do so by amending the Constitution. That is why the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1919. If a constitutional amendment was needed to prohibit the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors," then it should also be necessary in order for the federal government to prohibit other substances like hallucinogenic drugs.
Strong Stances
One of the few members of Congress who actually tries to follow the Constitution in this matter is Representative and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Rep. Paul has cosponsored a bill, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2306), to end the federal ban on marijuana, not because he is a supporter of drug use, wants more kids to try marijuana, or is indifferent to the dangers of illicit drugs, but because he is a strict constitutionalist, a believer in individual liberty and personal responsibility, and an advocate of restoring the limited government established by the Founders.
Most members of Congress just don't get it because they see themselves as nannies and overseers entrusted to use the power of the federal government to stamp out vice and keep Americans healthy and safe because they are too stupid to take care of themselves.
Typical is Lamar Smith (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman, who vowed to block Paul's bill. "Instead of encouraging the use of marijuana," said Smith, "we should strengthen enforcement of federal drug laws to protect Americans from the devastating effects of drug use." There is, unfortunately, wide bipartisan support in Congress for continuing the federal war on drugs for another 40 years.
It is members of Congress like Smith that are more dangerous to Americans than illegal drugs. As C. S. Lewis has written:
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
If any war on drugs is to be fought, it will have to be on the state level. Any laws or regulations relating to the production, sale, distribution, possession, or use of drugs — whether we agree with them or not — should be passed by state legislatures, not the U.S. Congress or its agents like the FDA, DEA, or the Office of National Drug Control Policy. No American who has any respect for the Constitution, federalism, and the limited government established by the Founders should endorse, support, or defend the federal war on drugs, regardless of his political persuasion, religion, or moral code.
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Benedict XVI returning to Vatican on Thursday, will live at renovated monastery
VATICAN CITY – Retired Pope Benedict XVI is coming home.
The Vatican says the 86-year-old emeritus pontiff will move into his new retirement home in the Vatican gardens Thursday.
Benedict has been living at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, in the hills south of Rome, since he resigned Feb. 28.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Tuesday that Benedict will live on the ground floor of the monastery inside the gardens that has been renovated for his use. A small staff will join him.
Benedict looked remarkably frail on March 23 — the last time he was seen by the public — when Pope Francis traveled to Castel Gandolfo to greet his predecessor. Lombardi has insisted Benedict isn't suffering from any specific medical condition but is just old and tired.


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HockeyShot necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 250 diseños de 51 diseñadores freelance.
Hockey Warehouse .ca
We are HockeyWarehouse.ca, Canada's newest place to shop for their hockey equipment needs. We sell everything from player gear, goalie gear, coaching equipment and lots more!
We are targetting the hockey population, especially Canadian players. Our market will include everyone playing hockey who is looking for the latest gear; players, goalies, coaches, and more.
We are after a cool new logo for the HockeyWarehouse.ca. Preferably, we would like Hockey to be on top and Warehouse.ca on the bottom. The use of a hockey puck / stick in the logo is also encouraged, we want the logo to show some movement and action for our hockey crazed consumers!
We'd like it to be cool, sporty and eye-catching, so that when people see it, it's instantly recognisable. Must scale large and small.
Adjectives we'd use to describe our company are youthful, new age, sporty, and enthusiastic.
The logo will also be used for caps, polo shirts, t-shirts, etc.
We'd like it to be fairly basic with not too much going on. We encourage creativity and are open to many designs.
Colours are preferably in the white, grey and red or blue (teel blue) colors! We know the site will have loads of white, and some black / grey, however we are not sure if we are going to go for a bright sporty red or teel blue.
Good luck to all and we look forward to seeing your designs!
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Florida Forest Services district manager Mike Kuypers is a firefighter whose passion for the outdoors has kept him busy for 33 years as Bunnell district manager for the area covering Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns County. Kuypers is retiring Thursday after a total of 36 years working for the state.
BUNNELL — Mike Kuypers is a firefighter whose passion for the outdoors has kept him busy for 33 years as Bunnell district manager for the Florida Forest Service area covering Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns counties.
Kuypers, 59, is retiring Thursday after a total of 36 years working for the state.
"It's kind of strange," he said Wednesday from his wood-paneled office. "I cleaned out the car yesterday. I'm working on the office today. I'll finish up the paperwork tomorrow. I've been in one place for so long."
It's been a good career, Kuypers said.
"I'm thankful no one has died or been real seriously injured in my 33 years" as district manager, he said. "I don't know how I would handle a fatality. There have been a couple of burn-overs (where fire overruns a firefighter, forcing the use of an emergency shelter). It's a scary thing. Fire is so unpredictable."
Other top firefighters in the county say Kuypers' wealth of knowledge and good leadership has helped keep those who work with him safe.
Flagler County Fire Rescue Chief Don Petito said Kuypers' retirement will leave a big gap.
"We are all going to miss Mike," he said. "We are losing a lot of experience with him leaving."
Palm Coast Fire Chief Mike Beadle called him "a great asset."
"Think of all the teaching, learning and education he's given us," he said. "I've learned a great deal from him."
Kuypers, in turn, said it is the support of others that has allowed him to be successful.
"Our work is done without a lot of fanfare, unless there's a really big fire," he said. "The rangers and support folks do a great job, day in and day out. I would not have success in my job without a lot of help."
While Kuypers said he will continue to teach emergency management courses across the country, he wasn't very forthcoming about his award-winning writing.
"He won a national award for a paper he wrote about the 1985 wildfires for the Executive Fire Officer Program," Beadle said.
That program is part of the National Fire Academy, one of two schools in the United States operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Md.
Kuypers, according to the National Fire Academy website, has also written about the 1998 fires, wildland fuel reduction and decision making in wildland firefighting.
Each major fire has been a learning experience, Kuypers said, that led to improvements in how fires and fire departments work together.
"The first real bad fire season in the district was in 1981," Kuypers said. "Back in those days, Forestry did what it did, as did the fire departments. But the Crane Swamp Fire in the Edgewater area brought to the forefront the need for us to work together."
Kuypers was part of the effort that brought the incident command system being used in California at the time to Florida.
"Then there were the '85 fires — two major fires that burned about 130 homes total," he said.
The term "wildland and urban interface" — where homes and brush meet — was coined after those fires.
"That's when we started working on reducing fuel," he said.
The 1998 fires, during which all of Flagler County was evacuated, caused the "largest single mobilization of firefighters ever," Kuypers said.
"There were 16 major fires burning across the state," he said. "Firefighters came from around the country. Both the Fire Management Team and the position of mitigation specialist, Timber Weller's job, were created because of those fires."
The Bunnell District is the one within the state that has the most fire activity, Kuypers said. Of the 36 state forests, five are in this district and account for 50,000 acres.
The 2011 Espanola Fire that burned 5,466 acres over the three months it raged "is proof," Kuypers said, that "big, bad fires" are still possible despite advancements in technology and improved procedures.
"Fires are a force of nature," he said. "Sometimes the conditions are right and you can't stop them."
Kuypers replacement has not been named.


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When we last saw Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises, he was traipsing about Europe with Catwoman and refusing to talk to his butler of many decades. But we all knew Bruce wouldn't be able to stay away from the crime-fighting game for long, and indeed he hasn't — because he's back battling evil on the mean streets of the UK. From the BBC:
A man dressed as the caped crusader Batman has handed over a wanted man at a Bradford police station before disappearing into the night.
Police said the costumed crime-fighter marched the 27-year-old man into Trafalgar House Police Station in the early hours of 25 February.
The man was charged with handling stolen goods and fraud offences.
Police said: "The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains unknown."
Batman has clearly put on a few pound since his Gotham days; probably all that rich French food he's been eating.
My favorite part of the video is when the newscaster points out no one knows what method of transportation Batman used to leave the police station. Hey, I'm just going to take a wild guess here, but... maybe it was the Batmobile?
Thanks to James G. for the tip!


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Queen Extravaganza - Leamington Spa
The Queen Extravaganza is a spectacular touring concert show designed to take the glorious music and live experience of legendary rock band Queen and bring it to generations of fans. Two of Queen's original band mates and songwriters— iconic drummer Roger Taylor and legendary guitarist Brian May—are the masterminds behind The Queen Extravaganza.
The 90-minute show features more than 20 Queen classics drawn from the band's biggest hits: "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Another One Bites the Dust," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "Under Pressure," "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions," "A Kind of Magic," "Radio Ga Ga," "Somebody to Love," and "Killer Queen" as well as other fan favorites. The production will be enhanced visually with rare video footage from Queen's extensive archives and also newly-created imagery.
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Saturday, 6th September 2014
Saturday, 6th September 2014
90 minutes
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The Assembly - Leamington Spa
Spencer Street
Leamington Spa Warwickshire
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Court Documents Allege 'Secret Pact' In Massey Coal Merger
Documents just unsealed in a lawsuit involving the pending merger of coal mine giants Massey Energy and Alpha Natural Resources claim a "secret pact" promised high-level jobs to Massey officials if the company agreed to the takeover.
The Massey officials include several who were directly involved in the management of Massey's Upper Big Branch coal mine, where 29 mine workers died in a massive explosion last year, and in the investigation of that disaster.
The documents were unsealed by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in response to a joint motion by NPR and The Charleston Gazette. Transcripts of depositions that contain further details remain under seal.
NPR and the Charleston Gazette plan to contest the continued sealing of those documents. (Note at 2:40 p.m. ET: NPR and the Gazette will make their case during a hearing that has now been set for 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday at the Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W. Va.)
One of the unsealed documents sought a court injunction (since denied) to block the merger, which is set for a shareholder vote tomorrow. Several large institutional Massey shareholders claim the friendly takeover by Alpha is an attempt to shield Massey executives and board members from liability and puts "their personal interests ahead of the shareholders in driving the sales process to favor Alpha ..."
One major example cited by the institutional shareholders in their pleading is "a secret pact with Alpha CEO Kevin Crutchfield that the Massey Energy officers who were directing the internal investigation of the Upper Big Branch explosion would be promised high-ranking positions within the post-merger company."
These Massey officers, the pleading alleges, include those "most culpable for the Upper Big Branch explosion ..."
Massey counters in its response that the "secret pact theory ... is at best frivolous," suggesting the job offers were not a major consideration in the merger discussions.
The pleading says that the Massey officials considered for Alpha jobs include Chief Operating Officer Chris Adkins, General Counsel Shane Harvey, CEO Baxter Phillips and Chris Blanchard and Jason Whitehead, senior officials at the Massey subsidiary that operated the Upper Big Branch mine.
Alpha has already announced that Adkins, Harvey and Phillips will get new positions at Alpha if the merger is approved.
Documents unsealed last week in a similar shareholders lawsuit in Delaware disclosed a consulting job offer at Alpha for former Massey CEO Don Blankenship. The same documents included Alpha and internal Massey criticism of the management of Massey and its safety culture.
Adkins will jointly "spearhead the implementation" of "Running Right," Alpha's main safety program, according to an Alpha announcement last month. His appointment was noted in a recent report from an independent team investigating the Upper Big Branch disaster.
Adkins' executive supervision of Upper Big Branch and the company's Aracoma mine, which experienced a deadly disaster in 2006, "makes him a questionable choice to run a safety program," the report said.
Alpha spokesman Ted Pile told NPR last month, "We spent a lot of time ensuring that these people [Adkins and other Massey executives] would be a good match with our ethics." Later, after criticism of the appointment surfaced, Pile said Adkins would not have any responsibility for safety at Alpha.
The independent team's report also questions the actions of Blanchard and Whitehead immediately following the explosion. The two executives, who were not mine rescuers and did not have mine rescue breathing apparatus, spent four hours underground and unsupervised in apparent violation of an order from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Some mine rescuers said the two left footprints and used self-rescue breathing devices behind, which caused some confusion during the search for victims. There's also concern that Blanchard and Whitehead had access to evidence.
The independent investigative report, which was commissioned by then-Gov. Joe Manchin just after the blast, also suggests Blanchard and Whitehead share blame for "the normalization of deviance" at Upper Big Branch, where investigators found serious failures and deficiencies in safety practices, along with intimidation of workers.
Alpha has not included Blanchard and Whitehead on its publicly-released lists of Massey officials tapped for Alpha jobs after the merger. NPR has asked Alpha to confirm whether they have been offered or given Alpha positions but the company has yet to respond.
In their response to the pleading, Massey Energy and the executives and board members targeted by the lawsuit, do not contest the claim that jobs for these Massey officials were discussed as part of a merger deal. But the pleading quotes the deposition of Alpha CEO Kevin Crutchfield, who called the job offers "a work in progress."
It "is simply not true," the Massey response says, "that all of the referenced individuals will be employed by Alpha post-merger."
But the response also notes that Massey director Bobby Inman discussed job arrangements with an executive at Arch Coal, which also considered a takeover of Massey.
The job offer discussions with Alpha raise questions about the company's oft-stated commitment to a safety culture that is distinctly different than the one documented at Massey Energy in the independent investigative report and in NPR's year-long investigative reporting project stemming from the Upper Big Branch explosion. Alpha has not responded to NPR's request to discuss the announced appointments with CEO Crutchfield.
The documents follow. Click on their titles to enlarge:
Update at 6:22 p.m. ET. NPR's Motion And Congressional Reaction:
-- NPR and the Gazette have just filed a new motion in Kanawha County Circuit Court, arguing that the documents that remain unsealed should be released to the public.
"This litigation is the result of a highly controversial sale of one of the state's largest companies," the motion says. "It also includes important records concerning the company's acts and omissions in one of the worst mining accidents in recent history."
-- Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) just released a joint letter to Alpha CEO Kevin Crutchfield critical of the company's decision to hire Massey Energy executives and managers.
"We have no intention of inserting ourselves into your personnel decisions," the lawmakers wrote. "However, we are troubled by indications that, as a Chief Executive, you could think that miners are fairly served by perpetuating Massey's safety culture for even one minute longer."
Miller and Woolsey are especially concerned about the new role at Alpha for Massey Chief Operating Officer Chris Adkins and General Counsel Shane Harvey. "The executives you are hiring do not appear to have rectified Massey's safety culture," they write.
The letter seeks Crutchfield's answers to a series of questions, including, "How can Alpha's safety program credibly cure the rampant defects in Massey's culture...if Alpha is retaining executives who authorized a confrontational approach with safety regulators?"
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Traders on Wall Street were expected to handle a "glut" of Facebook shares Wednesday after trading resumed following Hurricane Sandy.
Share prices for Facebook as well as Apple both dropped, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Facebook shares dropped due to employees of the company finally being able to sell their shares -- at $21.28, down from the $38 IO price -- and Apple dipped after the Couperin technology giant parted ways with two executives.
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Apple traded below the $600 per share price Wednesday for the "second consecutive session," the newspaper reported.
On Monday, Apple announced that software chief Scott For stall and John Brett, its "short-term retail head," were both moving on, the newspaper reported.
Apple sold at $591.45 at 8 a.m. Pacific time, the newspaper reported.
Analysts said the Apple would recover, and that the shake-up was evidence new current CEO Tim Cook is "putting his own stamp on the company," according to the newspaper.
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Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, a disciple of disgraced former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, released a campaign ad comparing the judge who recently struck down the unconstitutional Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy to Al-Qaeda:
Recently, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ordered a worldwide injunction to overturn the Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy on homosexuals serving in the military. With a stroke of a pen, this Clinton appointed judge — who got her law degree at Berkeley — unilaterally made the biggest single change in military policy in American history. . . . Most people believe that Al-Qaeda is one of America's biggest security threats, I think it's time to add liberal activist judges like Judge Phillips to that list.
Parker's hyperbolic claim about American history would come as a big surprise to the actual framers of the Constitution, who generally shared the view that the mere existance of a permanent standing army invites tyranny, but this kind of absurd and bigoted rhetoric is nothing new for Justice Parker. The picture above depicts Parker with two local hate group leaders. One is Leonard Wilson, a segregationist and national board member of a group called the Council of Conservative Citizens that has described African-Americans as "a retrograde species of humanity." The other is Mike Whorton, Alabama state leader of the neo-Confederate League of the South.
(As the Wonk Room recently explained, Parker is not the only candidate with ties to the League. Martha Dean, the GOP nominee for Connecticut Attorney General, is apparently taking cues from one of the League's co-founders, right-wing pseudo-historian Tom Woods.)
Nor is Parker's radicalism limited to hatred towards gay men, lesbians or other minority groups. In a op-ed published during his tenure as a justice, Parker attacked his colleagues for "passively accommodat[ing] — rather than actively resist[ing] — the unconstitutional opinion of five liberal justices on the U.S. Supreme Court." The same op-ed elaborated that he objects to the U.S. Supreme Court because they look down on "pro-family policies" and "Southern heritage."


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Miles Davies Lives
For over 60 years, Miles Davies made us bop to his Bebop Jazz.
Even though he is no longer with us, his music is still being released, sampled, rerecorded and re-released. In the 1940s, Miles embraced the bebop sound to record a classic "rebirth of cool." Later his sound was to evolve into Jazz fusion, which blended elements of funk and R&B along with Jazz.
This latest CD "Evolution of the Groove" Featuring Santana, allows us to hear what Miles Davies would have sounded like had he still been alive. The CD takes original songs from Miles and adds modern break beats, guitar and vocals to it. All this was done by producer-drummer Vince Wilburn, nephew to Miles Davis.
Nas appears along with his father Olu Dara playing Trumpet on "Freedom Jazz Dance." Santana kicks off "It's about that time," with his unmistakable grungy electric guitar—
this track has a lot in it; African drums, electric guitars and lots of horns all blended seamlessly over a steady Bebop rhythm. "Black Satin," which was one of Miles' biggest songs also got a taste of the remix treatment. The song was taken from the album "On the corner," and was boosted with more bass, percussion and guitars.
All tracks still contain the sounds from the original musicians like Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Ron Carter and many more greats of yesteryear.
The CD blends many elements of modern music to Miles Davies' Jazz and creates a high breed which I hope will be the next big thing; it's surely an experiment that has clearly worked. The CD was released by Sony BMG records.
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Angelina Jolie Covers 'Time' Magazine After Mastectomy
Angelina Jolie looks as beautiful as ever in a portrait on the cover of Time magazine's latest issue, which was released shortly after she revealed news of her preventative double mastectomy.
The issue, which hits newsstands this Friday (May 17), explores the effect that the 37-year-old actress' reveal will have on other women and science in general.
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Wayne County executive undergoes deposition in lawsuit filed by former employee
Robert Ficano being sued by former employee James Wallace over firing
DETROIT – Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano testified under oath Friday afternoon in a lawsuit filed by a former employee.
James Wallace said he was fired as a graphic designer for the county because he refused to do political work for Ficano while on county time.
Ficano has said Wallace was fired as part of a budget-cutting move.
Ficano was required to testify in the deposition as part of the civil lawsuit, and Local 4 had the only cameras there. He wasn't thrilled with having to appear.
"It's waste of time I think," Ficano said. "Unfortunately, the taxpayers are paying for a bill that's for something that is frivolous. The bottom line is we've laid off more than 2,000 people since I've been in office."
Ficano said there is no indication that he created a work culture where keeping him in office was a priority, as the lawsuit alleges.
"There is no proof," he said.
Wallace's attorney, Deborah Gordon, said her client was fired for no reason.
"Well, my client is out of a job for no reason whatsoever," she said. "The communications department, where he worked, just hired two new people in less than a year after (Wallace) was let go, supposedly for a layoff for which there is no paperwork documenting that anybody needed a layoff."
Troubles in Wayne County
Ficano's office has been plagued in recent months with executive administration employees being federally charged.
The county's chief information officer, Tahir Kazmi, and the county's director of enterprise application, Zayd Allebban, were convicted of pressuring a county vendor to lie to FBI agents during their investigation into possible corruption in the county.
The FBI began looking into county government in the fall of 2011 after a $200,000 severance deal was approved for the county's outgoing development director, Turkia Mullin.
Mullin was given the deal when she left her position with the county to become CEO of the Wayne County Airport Authority.
Mullin later agreed to repay it and gave the county a check for the after-tax amount of $135,900. Mullin has since been fired from her position with the airport authority.
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The Art of Tradeoffs
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High Fidelity
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Patterns and Piano Chords
Patterns are not templates—they are abstractions that help us communicate.
Star Trek and Adaptable Systems
What can the crew of the Enterprise teach us about software development (apart from "she cannay take it, Captain")
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