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Joined: 10 Jan 2012
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Posted: Fri 13 Jan 2012, 06:19
Post subject: problem changing resolution in ati catalyst control center
I already posted this problem in the beginner forum, as I thought it was my incompetence with Linux, but an Administrator there suggested it could be a bug, so here is the thing i have trouble with:
As i do have an Ati HD 5670 gfx card, I installed the ati_fglrx-11.8 driver pet. Now whenever I try to change the default resolution 1920*1080 to 1440*900, the sceen only shows a part of the desktop.
It looks like it only shows the 1440*900 part of the 1920*1080 desktop. This means I can not see the desktop icons on the far right and also not the taskbar on the bottom.
Also using Xorgwizard while the Ati driver is installed doesnt work, meaning changing resolution in Xorgwizard with installed Ati driver, always gives me a black screen.
In additional, after rebooting Slacko Puppy (and saving on a CD) it doesnt keep the resolution I set in the Ati Catalysts Control Center,
it always changes back to the default 1920*1080.
However using Xorgwizard without the Ati driver works fine.
On a general note, I do like Slacko Puppy very much, because after trying several differnet Puppys its the first one which recognises my sound chip and everything else works fine, which is great.
Hardware Info Summary:
Processor : 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz
Memory : 3106MB (177MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 13 Jan 2012 08:13:09 CET
Resolution : 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel, AIC 887-VD
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
-Input Devices-
Chicony Chicony wired mouse
NOVATEK Wired Keyboard
NOVATEK Wired Keyboard
Power Button
Power Button
PC Speaker
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223C
Generic CF Card Reader
Generic SD MS Reader
Generic SMC xD Reader
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Joined: 11 Oct 2008
Posts: 8787
Location: qld
Posted: Fri 13 Jan 2012, 07:29
Post subject: Re: problem changing resolution in ati catalyst control center
G.Smiley wrote:
As i do have an Ati HD 5670 gfx card, I installed the ati_fglrx-11.8 driver pet. Now whenever I try to change the default resolution 1920*1080 to 1440*900, the screen only shows a part of the desktop.
It looks like it only shows the 1440*900 part of the 1920*1080 desktop. This means I can not see the desktop icons on the far right and also not the taskbar on the bottom.
Also using Xorgwizard while the Ati driver is installed doesnt work, meaning changing resolution in Xorgwizard with installed Ati driver, always gives me a black screen.
In additional, after rebooting Slacko Puppy (and saving on a CD) it doesnt keep the resolution I set in the Ati Catalysts Control Center,
it always changes back to the default 1920*1080.
However using Xorgwizard without the Ati driver works fine.
On a general note, I do like Slacko Puppy very much, because after trying several differnet Puppys its the first one which recognises my sound chip and everything else works fine, which is great.(snip)
Ok, looks like I need to invest in a bigger monitor to test these things
I do have a late model ati card but my oldish monitor is the bottleneck.
As for the task bar this is a limitation of the window manager .. JWM. If you open a terminal emulator (aka 'console' or 'terminal') type
jwm -restart
and that should fix that, or an X restart (see shutdown menu, "Restart X server") will fix both the task bar and RHS icons.
As for not saving your X settings on a reboot I'll have to investigate.
Please hang in there!
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Joined: 08 Nov 2008
Posts: 880
Location: Australia
Posted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 08:15
Post subject:
I have been using Slacko for over a month. I can say that Firefox 7 on Slacko is significantly less responsive than Firefox 3.6.4 (or whatever the version was) on Wary. Despite this, I'm happy to stay with Slacko until I get a chance to try a newer Firefox (is it up to version 10 now?) as soon as a pet becomes available. It may be that Firefox is just not getting faster with each version.
Just want to say I greatly appreciate the collective effort that goes into each Puppy derivative. I'm using a 560MHz PIII so it's a good test of what puppy can make of older hardware.
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Posts: 2674
Location: Japan
Posted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 10:46
Post subject: UPDATE: grub4dosconfig-1.7.2
UPDATE: grub4dos-0.4.4.v1.7.2.pet
v1.7.2: fix was mmc card(ex. mmcblk0p1) failed(thanks to jemimah), which vmlinuz and initrd should be taken(thanks to Karl)
Work around Puppy Linux
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Joined: 20 Jan 2008
Posts: 319
Location: Germany
Posted: Thu 19 Jan 2012, 18:12
Post subject:
I have installed slacko 5.3.1 on a SD-card. This works with my Lenovo 12 Netbook. But if I try to use it with my brand new Shuttle Barebone XS35V2, it boots but suddenly says
puppy_slacko_5.3.1.sfs not found. Dropping out to initial-ramdisk console...
I don't quite understand that.
The Shuttle machine: Atom D525 1,8 GHz Dual Core, 4 GB RAM, No Disk, 2 GB SD-Card.
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Karl Godt
Joined: 20 Jun 2010
Posts: 4208
Location: Kiel,Germany
Posted: Thu 19 Jan 2012, 18:19
Post subject:
When you are in the ram disk console , cat the files in the /tmp directory for hints .
This would be a woof thingy . Probably missing HDD or SDD sda = HDD and CR = sdb or such like .
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Posts: 319
Location: Germany
Posted: Thu 19 Jan 2012, 18:28
Post subject:
Sorry, Karl, it took me some time to grasp cat.
# cd /tmp
# ls
# cat bootinit.log
FATAL: Module hid:b0003v0000046Dp0000C05A not found.
FATAL: Module hid:b0003v0000046Dp0000C31C not found.
FATAL: Module hid:b0003v0000046Dp0000C31C not found.
# cat probepart.log
ONEDEV=mmcblk0p1 Size=1929244 DEVICE=mmcblk0p1
SIZE=1929244 FSTYPE=vfat
ONEDEV=mmcblk0 SIZE= DEVICE=
# cat puppy-files-search.log
The output of
# cat uevents.log
filled more than a screen,
I'd rather not write it down and I don't know a way to save it from the console.
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Posts: 29
Posted: Sat 21 Jan 2012, 10:14
Post subject:
Thank you 01micko for this release: very 'em 'speedy''
I have a little issue with Mplayer (1.0.4) retaining the sound card preferences. I can resolve this by choosing the correct card each time I open the application, but thought I'd ask the question anyooohs....
Has a 'fix' been reported for this yet; as I am coming up empty on successive searches?
I still retain the sound through HDMI for any system sounds, so I don't think it is the same issue which results in the total loss of all sound that some are reporting...
@Lale: A few suggestions in this thread you may want to try
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Posts: 8787
Location: qld
Posted: Sun 22 Jan 2012, 08:33
Post subject:
You can now update PPM and get gnome-mplayer-1.0.5 (although it will not likely show)
You can get it here:
Also needed is gmtk:
and dconf:
That should help.
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Posts: 29
Posted: Mon 23 Jan 2012, 12:10
Post subject:
Upgraded without issue, and user settings remain 'set ' upon re-opening.
Thanks 01micko..
e2a: Was tempted to raise the GSettings error, but then a quick search reveals that you "refuse to compile against the gconf bloat!" - I'll get back to playing with my working 1.0.5 then
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Posts: 1268
Posted: Tue 24 Jan 2012, 22:33
Post subject:
GNOME MPlayer version built-in in Slacko doesn't work properly for me. When I open a video, I can listen to the sound but I get a black background instead of the video itself. I can see the video when I move the window, but resizing it the video gets distorted. This doesn't happen with version 1.0.2 which is what I'm using now, it works flawless.
The following was
in the Spanish forum:
tayacha wrote:
I want to use skype but it only detects the usb camera and not the built-in mike. When I run alsa wizard it detects only one sound card, sis si7012, When I run alsa config, it detects that sound card, and also detects the usb/audio of logitech. However, when I choose usb/audio, skype detects it, I can record but not play the sound (it doesn't detect si7012 card anymore)
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Posts: 233
Location: Washington State
Posted: Wed 25 Jan 2012, 17:18
Post subject:
Slacko will not shutdown, it says it saving to sdb1 (USB Flash drive) the goes back to the desktop.
I have seen two threads so far.
any ideas? My 1gb that also has Slacko works great.
I did not try to fix it, there is one idea/ fix here
Right now I am using the upgraded Slacko, it has been working just fine.
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Posts: 33
Posted: Sun 29 Jan 2012, 13:09
Post subject: Touchpad and wireless connection
torgo wrote:
Hi folks. I mentioned a Slacko driver issue in a thread on the Beginners forum, and someone suggested that you might want to know about it here in this thread as well.
The device is the Tenda W311U wireless-N USB adapter. It works in Lucid 5.28 but not in Slacko.
Lucid tries to load the rt2800usb module. That one doesn't work. But if you prevent rt2800usb from loading, Lucid also loads the rt2870sta module - and that one works fine when configured with the Network Wizard.
But in Slacko, neither module works. In the Network Wizard, it fails when you click to Scan for wireless networks. The error message is:
Failed to raise interface wlan0.
Failed command was: ifconfig wlan0 up
Error returned was:
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted
Simple Network Setup shows the wlan0 interface on the list (using either rt2800usb or rt2870sta) but gives the "Failed to activate interface wlan0" error window as soon as you click the wlan0 button.
Hopefully that's enough information to mean something to somebody. I'm also trying out other modules, but so far none of them will run the device.
I have the same error with HP pavilion dv6 i7 intel 8GB ram and ralink rt3090 pci wireless card.
The second problem i encountered is with flSynclient 0.6. In this case i cannot use the two/three finger touch enabling the right/center button emulation.
I only can use the one fingher touch for left or right or center button (with windows7 i can use all features of my touchpad).
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Posts: 1
Posted: Sun 29 Jan 2012, 16:58
Post subject: GParted missing dependencies - not in repository?
I can't seem to get GParted to work in Slacko Puppy.
When i run "GParted" in Terminal, I get "/usr/sbin/gpartedbin: error while loading shared libraries: libgtkmm-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
Libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 doesn't seem to be apparent in the repositories. Am I just missing something?
I'm running Slacko 5.3.1 in a hard drive installation on a Lenovo G550 Laptop. I have the Slackware, Salix & Slacky repositories loaded. I'm no more than an intermediate n00b at Puppy, so please forgive any cluelessness.
Just want to add that I'm looking forward to the future of Slacko!
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Posts: 178
Location: TAS
Posted: Fri 03 Feb 2012, 09:20
Post subject: Conflict between Figaro's fpm2 and clipboard manager
Hi, I hope that this is the appropriate place to post this:
I have come across a problem using Figaro's fpm2 password manager under Slacko 5.3.1.
There appears to be a conflict between fpm2 and the clipboard manager (CM).
Slacko by default runs Parcellite CM at startup.
When all three of Parcellite's 'Clipboards' preferences in the 'Behavior' tab are enabled [i.e. Use Copy, Use Primary, Synchronize clipboards], then some limited functionality only for fpm2 is possible.
The functions which work that way are the copying of 'User' or of 'Pass' by way of the toolbar icons or through the 'Edit' menu.
However, REPEATED paste/Ctrl+V or mouse middle click on (any) target is possible because fpm2's 'Clear target after paste' preference setting does not work when CM is running [CM retains the copied data].
fpm2's 'Jump' function will copy both Password and Username, but ONLY the Password can then be pasted by either paste/Ctrl+V or mouse middle click [depending on fpm2's 'Launcher' preference settings]. And again, REPEATED pasting is possible.
fpm2's 'Copy Both' function [from the 'Edit' menu] will work similarly to the 'Jump' function.
Any change to the above Parcellite 'Clipboards' preferences prevent ANY copy/paste from fpm2.
I have used fpm2 under Lucid 5.2.5 without a problem.
The reason: Lucid's CM (Glipper) is not loaded at startup.
If Glipper is run, then the same problem as in Slacko is encountered.
In addition to CM preventing proper functioning of fpm2, running the two together seems to be creating a security risk.
If for example fpm2's 'Jump' function is used, then CM retains both the Username and the Password and makes them available for viewing in cleartext. What's more, it appears that Parcellite's preferences can be set so that clipboard content will be saved [I have not tried that]. Username(s) and Pasword(s) could thus be made visible through CM in subsequent sessions.
It seems wrong in principle, that data which is supposed to be stored securely in fpm2 may become accessible through CM.
Can't say whether fpm2 or CM is to blame for the situation. There may be valid reasons for what CM does and how it does it. But my feeling is, that the CM should not be permitted to run when fpm2 is in use.
As for my own setup, I have now removed the symlink to /usr/bin/parcellite in /root/Startup/.
That way, Figaro's fpm2 works as I think it ought to.
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If middleweight Michael Bisping walked down the street and saw a pot, chances are he would stop and give it a stir. He just can't resist.
The big-mouthed — albeit personable — Brit has been no different in the buildup to his fight Saturday with Vitor (The Phenom) Belfort, taking verbal potshots at the veteran Brazilian.
"I always try to make it as interesting as possible," Bisping said dryly.
"He's a very very nice guy. He's a very classy guy," he added of Belfort. "So there's no real ill-will towards him. But you know what I'm like, I'll take a few stabs in the press here and there if I can, try to play a little psychological warfare, try to put doubt in his mind.
"And also make it fun for the people that are thinking about watching the fight. That always makes it more interesting if it's a little heated. And it certainly helps me."
Mission accomplished.
On Thursday, Bisping (24-4) managed to get Belfort's blood boiling when the two posed for photographs after a news conference. Bisping knocked Belfort's hand away when he deemed it had got too close to his face.
Belfort (21-10) put his hand back and started shouting at Bisping after the two were separated.
It was a world away from last September when both men were fighting in Toronto at UFC 152, swapping stories about their kids on the bus.
The stakes are high Saturday. A Bisping win on the televised UFC card in Sao Paulo could mean a 185-pound title shot against Brazilian star Anderson Silva.
"For me Vitor is the hardest fight outside of Anderson in the middleweight division," said Bisping. "I know it's a dangerous fight, especially fighting him in Brazil. And I've trained accordingly. Everything's gone fantastic.
"Initially a few people said to me: '(He) seems like a strange opponent. Why did you take that fight? That's very dangerous considering how close to a title shot you are.'
"For me the answer was simple. If I can't beat Vitor, then I don't deserve to fight for the title anyway. This a big fight. And if I win this, I think it clearly cements me as the No. 2 middleweight in the world and the No. 1 contender."
Of course, Bisping has had his chance before at booking a title shot, only to lose to Dan Henderson (via spectacular KO at UFC 100 in July 2009) and Chael Sonnen (by decision in January 2012).
There are few contenders out there at 185 pounds. Alan (The Talent) Belcher and Tim (The Barbarian) Boetsch were beaten last time out. Chris (All-American) Weidman is injured and probably still has some dues to pay.
"I've been around long enough now and I think I deserve it," said Bisping.
The 33-year-old Brit points derisively to some who have already faced Silva, naming Canadian Patrick Cote, Thales Leites and Demian Maia.
"I'm certainly a lot more deserving than those guys," he said. "And Vitor is a legit opponent, an all-time legend and one of the best. So if I beat him, I think I'm clearly the No. 1 contender."
Bisping points out that Belfort, in the buildup to this fight, called him a "hooligan."
He responded by saying the Brazilian has "the body of a lion, but the heart of a chicken."
In typical Bisping fashion, the insult came out of a joint public appearance in Brazil to promote the fight. It was a hot day and Belfort arrived in shorts. Bisping recalls marvelling at Belfort's impressive arms, then noticing the muscular torso was balanced on chicken-like legs.
The Bisping brain went into overdrive. Insults followed.
Bisping's rationale is that Belfort is a world-beater when the fight is going his way. But when he realizes his opponent isn't going anywhere, the Brazilian "starts to crumble mentally and looks for a way out."
The 35-year-old Belfort, 3-2 in his latest stint in the UFC, is coming off a fourth-round submission loss to light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones in Toronto.
"Listen, he threw up an armbar in the first round. Other than that he didn't really do much, he was a walking punching bag," Bisping said dismissively.
Bisping also accuses Belfort of giving up against Jones.
"He's a black belt (in Brazilian jiu-jitsu) and he's been around a long long time. And he put his arm in a position where he knew he was going to get submitted. He wanted out of that fight."
Bispng also mused about how Belfort manages to bulk up when he fights at light-heavyweight.
Belfort's other recent loss came via a devastating front kick from Silva at UFC 126.
The Brazilian is still known for coming out hard.
Belfort was just 19 when he won the UFC 12 heavyweight tournament in 1997, needing just two minutes to finish two fights in one night.
In 2004, he won the light-heavyweight champion in 49 seconds over Randy (The Natural) Couture due to a cut at UFC 46. Couture won the title back later that year.
Sonnen, no stranger to trash-talking himself, fought Silva twice but calls his bout with Bisping "the hardest fight I've ever had."
And he says the Bisping-Belfort contest is easy to handicap. If Bisping can survive the first five minutes, he will win.
Bisping agrees.
"He's going to come at me hard and fast in the first round and he's going to see that I'm still there, he's going to realize I'm a much harder opponent than he fought previously.
"He's going to start to dwindle. He's going to start to fade and he's going to fold under the pressure once he sees I'm still there. ... I predict late third, fourth round, I'll take him out by TKO."
Bisping beat Brian Stann last time out in Toronto, winning a convincing decision.
He has won 12 of his other 14 UFC fights, losing a disputed decision to Wanderlei (The Axe Murderer) Silva in 2010 and a split decision as a light-heavyweight to Rashad Evans in 2007.
Bisping has worked hard on his craft since entering the UFC in 2006 via winning Season 3 of "The Ultimate Fighter." The former kickboxer has proved that Brits can wrestle and has a good all-round game.
Bisping's fitness is always top-notch. He is a mobile fighter who is hard to catch. He is not known for knockout power but can deliver plenty of punches.
According to FightMetric, Bisping lands 4.57 significant strikes per minute. Belfort, a hard-hitting southpaw, lands 1.35.
"I'm hungrier than I've every been. I'm certainly training just as hard as I ever used to when I was younger," Bisping said. "My skill set's getting better and better all the time, especially since I moved out to California and got a new bunch of coaches and new training partners. I'm learning a lot of things.
"I've still got a long long way to go."


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And the Rest: All Pizza Haiku Entries
Here, after the jump, are the rest of the entries in our Pizza Haiku Contest. In no particular order, they are ...
Steaming strands of cheese
Ripe tomatoes, plump and sweet
That's a pizza pie
Tracey Pollack
No one will agree
Red, white sauces. Meat? Cheese? Crust?
Ev'ry slice is sublime.
Doc Railgun
a white slice for me
and a diet snapple ice tea
oh sod it, corona
Rachel Dayman
Hot, oval in shape
I am Lactose Challenged
I will eat you still
Peter Shankman [This one expressed bravery in the face of great opposition.]
Red sauce, meat and cheese
Topping the thin circle of dough
Heaven in the round
holy fucking shit
this slice is fucking awesome
tastes better than sex
Dave Lozo [This one was the funniest. It's pretty balls-out.]
Heavy cheeses sweat
Languid full men undress joy
Frantic slices writhe
Spun high in the air
Anticipation fills me
The first taste is best
David July
Coal oven goodness
Blackened crust, tomatoes, cheese
Eight perfect slices
Eli [Points for givin' props to the coal oven!]
Hot triangle, drip
A river of juice on lips
Licked clean by my tongue
Amanda Kentridge [This was easily the sexiest haiku.]
slice she pulls by slice
stretch cheese crust crack see my heart
empty pizza box
Michael DeLeeuw
I live in Kansas.
We have no good pizza here.
Why do you tease me?
Darrah Buren [Props for mentioning the Sunflower State.]
Sad little slices
Dry beneath the warming lights -
Gods, I miss New York!
C.Z. Rasmussen
Doughnuts make you fat
Celery makes you skinny
Pizza makes you smile
David Rosenberg
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All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


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Oklahoma City-based US Fleet Tracking to work Super Bowl, Winter OlympicsPublished: Thursday, February 4, 2010 7:00 am By: Stephen Carradini
Oklahoma City's US Fleet Tracking will provide GPS support for the 2010 Super Bowl and Pro Bowl, 2010 Winter Olympics, and 2010 World Equestrian Games. US Fleet's real-time GPS tracking technology ensures that personnel and critical equipment are always located.
US Fleet's technology allows tracking to eight inches of a target's location at intervals of five to 10 seconds, making it a leader in the industry. The systems will be used to track AFC and NFC team buses at Sunday's Super Bowl, horses in this summer's Equestrian World Games, and Winter Olympians in this month's Vancouver Olympics.
US Fleet Tracking is in its fifth year of existence, but has grown rapidly. The 20-employee company has experienced 400 percent annual growth and is providing assistance for its fourth consecutive Super Bowl.
"The safety and security of athletes and personnel are our highest priority," said Jerry Hunter, US Fleet Tracking founder and chief executive officer. "


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54 km (33 mi) south of Majahual, 5 km (3 mi) past Costa de Cocos, Xcalak, Mexico
"The whole experience was definitely worthwhile"
Posted by: Gabriel II on Jan 9, 2010
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Playa Sonrisa (Smile Beach) ~ A Casual Paradise for Couples.
Private Beachfront Bungalows with kingsize bed, hot showers, cold drinks and delicious food. All this with the peace & quiet of a remote "middle of nowhere" hideaway.
Naturist/Nudist Families excepted.
(No children under age 8 please)
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"The whole experience was definitely worthwhile"
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Visited on: Dec, 2009 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
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Playa Sonrisa (PS) made our vacation perfect and it is the highlight of our time away from home! This is paradise, definitely; a jewel hiding in this planet. The setting is beyond excellent. From the moment of our arrival, to the time we departed and anything in between: the meals, the bocce games, and the relaxation on the grounds and on the beach. The best parts: 1) you may spend all your time au natural (except for meals) 2) the connecting bond that you establish with your significant other, and 3) the contact with nature in all senses. By the latter I mean sun, ocean, beach, clean air, fauna, flora and stars. Just imagine the perfect sensation of watching the morning sunrise and the afternoon sunset all au natural. My wife and I had the privilege of recently being guests at PS in December 2009. On one of the nights while there, there was a meteorite shower, and what a spectacle that was, keeping in mind that electricity is turned off at certain time late into the night. I walked by myself to their dock past midnight, lied down on a lounge chair and watched the celestial show. It will be unforgettable. The rooms and their private bathrooms are kept very clean and the quality and flavour of the meals cooked at PS are beyond excellent! Their food and drinks prices are very reasonable too. The setting is totally private and since our windows were open all night, there was no need for using the air conditioning at all. The camaraderie with other naturist guest couples becomes second nature too. Murph and Cindy are fabulous hosts. They are both attentive when needed, and at the same time respect your space and privacy. As primitive and remote as the location of Xcalak sounds, it is very, very safe, including the drive from Cancun, which is not really bad at all. You definitely do not need an SUV to reach PS. I would totally recommend this naturist resort to anyone who wishes to connect closer to their spouse/partner and to anyone looking for a real vacation away from all rushes and electronics of life. We had a fabulous time and the whole experience was definitely worthwhile. We can't wait to go back. Thumbs up to PS!
Very sparkly clean, comfortable. Private bathrooms are also kept very clean. Although unnecessary, the showers have hot water. Shampoo, hair conditioner and soap are provided. The rooms have air conditioning which was not needed at all during any of our nights as we kept all windows open overnight and there was a nice ocean breeze to cools us down.
Restaurants and Bars::
Continental breakfast is included in the room's fee. One litre bottle of water is supplied daily to the room. Snacks and drinks are priced very reasonable in the bar and they use the honour system. The food served at dinner is out of this world.
The beach is kept very clean. The ocean waves are very gentle and the depth of the water by their dock reaches shoulder level at the most.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel::
The best activities on this resort are: 1) Total relaxation away from hassles and electronics of life 2) Constant contact with nature (fauna and flora) 3) Enjoyment of sun, beach, ocean and clean air 4) Bocce games, development of a stronger relationship with my spouse and meeting new friends.
Other Comments::
The drive from Cancun is not bad at all. You DO NOT need an SUV to come to Playa Sonrisa. This is the perfect place for relaxation and connecting with your spouse/partner


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It is with much regret that I announce that the Writing Center is temporarily closed due to a recent reduction in staff. Until the Center is reopened, you can access on demand tutoring through your classroom or the the Student Common. I have truly enjoyed working with all of you over the last 5 years and I wish you the very best. More information is forthcoming.
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Landmark agreement on Common Fisheries Policy reform
The main elements of the new Common Fisheries Policy
The European Commission has welcomed the landmark agreement between the Council of Ministers and European Parliament on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The aim of the reformed policy is to end overfishing and make fishing sustainable environmentally, economically and socially. The reforms aim to support sustainable growth of the fishing sector, create job opportunities in coastal areas and ultimately provide EU citizens with a healthy and sustainable supply of fish.
When will the reform come into effect?
After the agreement reached at political level, finalisation of the co-decision process and formal adoption will follow in the coming months. The new CFP will enter into force by 1 January 2014. Implementation of the new rules will be progressive, for instance on the landing obligation, because there is a need for the sector to adapt and to be able to deliver results. But the reform sets clear deadlines.
Fishing at maximum sustainable levels, under multi-annual ecosystem-based management
To rebuild a vibrant fishing economy in Europe, fish stocks need to return to a healthy state. To do this, fishing will progressively be managed at levels that correspond to maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels, and setting of quotas will respect scientific advice. Where possible by 2015, and at the latest by 2020 all fish stocks will be managed at MSY.
Multi-annual management plans will move from the current single-stock plans to fisheries-based plans – covering more fish stocks in fewer plans in support of reaching sustainability. Stocks will also be managed through fixing fishing opportunities by Council, and other conservation and technical measures which are part of the toolbox of instruments proposed.
Banning discards
Discarding, the practice of throwing unwanted fish overboard, is estimated at 23% of total catches (substantially more in some fisheries!). This unacceptable practice will be phased out with a precise timeline for implementation (progressively between 2015 and 2019) and in combination with some flanking measures. Fishermen will be obliged to land all the commercial species that they catch. Under-sized fish can generally not be sold for human consumption.
This ban will lead to more reliable data on fish stocks, support better management and improve resource efficiency. It is also an incentive for fishermen to avoid unwanted catches by means of technical solutions such as more selective fishing gear. The Commission envisages financial support to introduce more selectivity and innovations to reduce unwanted catches.
Decentralised governance
The new CFP will bring decisions on technical and conservation measures closer to the fishing grounds, in particular to national administrations, fishermen and other interest groups. This should end micro-management from Brussels so that EU legislators will only define the general framework, the basic principles and standards, the overall targets, the performance indicators and the timeframes and then the Member States will develop recommendations on the actual implementing measures.
Fish stock recovery areas
Under the new CFP the Union and the Member States shall attempt to establish protected areas on ground of their biological sensitivity, or of heavy concentrations of juvenile fish or in spawning grounds. This will be in addition to already existing protected areas.
Management of fishing capacity of fleet
Member States will have to ensure that the fleet capacity (number and size of vessels) is in balance with the fishing opportunities. Where a Member State identifies overcapacity in a fleet segment, it will develop an action plan to reduce this overcapacity
Support for small-scale fisheries
In the EU, the small-scale fleet accounts for 77% of the total EU fleet in vessel numbers, but on average its impact on the resources is less, with only 8% of the EU total in tonnage (vessel size) and 32% of EU engine power. Small-scale coastal fisheries often play an important role in the social fabric and the cultural identity of many of Europe's coastal regions. The reformed CFP extends to 2022 the right for Member States to restrict fishing in a zone within 12 nautical miles of the coastline.
Developing sustainable aquaculture
A better framework for aquaculture will contribute to increased production and supply of seafood in the EU, reduced dependence on imported fish and boosting of growth in coastal and rural areas. By 2014, Member States will draft national strategic plans to remove administrative and other barriers, while upholding environmental, social and economic standards for the farmed-fish industry.
Improving scientific knowledge
The CFP establishes the basic rules and obligations in order that Member States will be entrusted with collecting, maintaining and sharing data about fish stocks, fleets and the impact of fishing at sea-basin level, so as to improve the advice to policy and management.
New market policy - empowerment of the sector and better informed consumers
The new market policy aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the EU industry, improve the transparency of the markets, and ensure a level playing field for all products marketed in the Union.
The existing intervention regime will be modernized and simplified: producer organisations will be allowed to buy up fisheries products when prices fall under a certain level, and store the products for placing them on the market at a later stage. This system will foster market stability.
Producer organisations will also play a greater role in collective management, monitoring and control. New marketing standards on labelling, quality and traceability will give consumers clearer information and help them support sustainable fisheries. Certain labelling information will be compulsory, other claims may be supplied on a voluntary basis.
Taking international responsibility
In bilateral fishing agreements with non-EU countries, the EU will promote sustainability, good governance and the principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) will replace the existing Agreements and they will ensure that the exploitation of fishery resources takes place on the basis of sound scientific advice only targeting surplus resources as internationally recognized. Under SFPAs, partner countries shall be compensated for granting access to their fishing resources and financial assistance shall be provided to the partner countries for the implementation of a sustainable fisheries policy.
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If you've been considering an upgrade to Office 2013 from Office 2007 or Office 2010, there's one feature definitely worthwhile: Excel 2013 now displays multiple open spreadsheets in their own window, which lets you view them side-by-side, snap them to either side of the screen, etc. You'd think the ability to easily compare workbooks side-by-side would have made it in to one of the eight major releases over the last 28 years.
Fortunately, with Excel 2013, there's no need to fuss around in the View ribbon. Simply open two Excel spreadsheets and snap them to either side of the screen. Easy!
The View ribbon is still available, as is the View Side by Side option. To use it, open two spreadsheets, then click View –> View Side by Side.
By default, this will arrange your windows horizontally.
You may want to collapse the ribbon (CTRL + F1) to get a little bit more viewing space.
To arrange the windows differently, click Arrange All.
This will give you a few different options: Tiled, Horizontal, Vertical and Cascade.
While you're here, also try Synchronous Scrolling. This synchronizes your windows scroll bar so you can scroll both of them at once. You must have View Side by Sideenabled for this to work.
This feature isn't exactly groundbreaking, but it is highly useful.
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The corn crop in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa is being planted in very rapid fashion when soil conditions are fit for planting. During a four-day period from April 24 to 27, nearly ideal planting weather resulted in a large amount of corn being planted in most portions of south-central Minnesota. Crop experts have estimated that as much as 15% of the corn grown in a given area can be planted in one day, when field and soil conditions are at optimal levels. As of April 27, it was estimated that 50-65% of the 2012 corn crop has been planted at many locations in southern Minnesota. Some farmers have finished their corn planting, and are now waiting a bit to begin planting soybeans, hoping for a bit warmer soil temperatures. Soybeans can be planted up until about May 20-25 in order to maintain optimum yield potential. In general, soybean yields are much less sensitive to planting dates than corn.
Some of the early planted corn in south-central Minnesota that was planted around April 11-13 is now emerging, and crop stands look very good. Based on university and seed company research, the ideal window to plant corn in for optimum yield potential in southern Minnesota is April 15-May 5, so most corn in the region will likely be planted in that "window" for the 2012 growing season. Topsoil moisture has been adequate for seed germination and early seedling growth; however, there has been some concern due to periods of very cool soil temperatures in the past couple of weeks.
Even though more frequent rainfall events in the past two months have alleviated dry topsoil concerns for spring planting in most areas, there is a continuing concern over the limited stored soil moisture as we head deeper into the 2012 growing season. Most of south-central and southwest Minnesota, as well as adjoining areas of northern Iowa, remain in a moderate to severe drought as of April 24, according to the NOAA U.S. Drought Monitor Service.
Since Feb. 29, rainfall amounts at the University of Minnesota Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, MN, have been slightly above normal, which has greatly improved the topsoil moisture. However, rainfall amounts during the past two months have varied considerably across the region, with southeast Minnesota generally getting more total precipitation than other areas. Total precipitation during a six to seven month period from late July 2011 to late February 2012, was less than 50% of normal at most locations in the region, which has lead to the continuing drought concerns in many areas for the 2012 growing season.
At the U of M Research and Outreach Center at Lamberton, in southwest Minnesota, the measured stored soil moisture in the top 5 ft. of soil was just over 3 in., as of April 15, 2012, out of a maximum capacity of 10 in. of stored soil moisture. The 2012 amount is less than 50% of normal stored soil moisture for late April at Lamberton, and compares to almost 9 in. of stored soil moisture in late April 2011. The stored soil moisture data at Lamberton shows that most of the stored soil moisture is in the top 6 in. of soil, and at the 3-5-ft. soil depth. There is very little soil moisture from the 6-in. to 3-ft. range in the soil profile. If this pattern continues, we could see drought stress on crops in some areas during extended periods of hot, dry weather this summer.
The month of April featured freezing temperatures in many locations of Minnesota and northern Iowa.
While there was very little frost damage to corn in the region, there was some damage to alfalfa, fruit and vegetable crops. The heaviest economic damage was probably to commercial apple and grape producers in the region. Alfalfa also received moderate damage in some areas.
Editor's note: Kent Thiesse is a former University of Minnesota Extension educator and now is Vice President of MinnStar Bank, Lake Crystal, MN. You can contact him at 507-726-2137 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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GUEST COLUMN: NY Safe Act has good, bad aspects
This week, sheriffs from across New York State met in Albany to carefully review the NY Safe Act.
At the conclusion of the week the sheriffs in attendance in conjunction with the NYS Sheriffs' Association formulated a formal position statement.
There are a number of provisions in the law which I, along with other sheriffs felt were helpful to law enforcement officials and our citizens.
There were also a number of the provisions that caused a concern to me and other sheriffs. We believe that these provisions of concern should be reexamined by our governor and our Legislature.
There are six provisions of the new law which I believe will increase the safety of our citizens:
1) Restricting the Freedom of Information Law request regarding pistol permit holders.
2) The killing of emergency first responders would be an automatic aggravated or murder in the first degree charge requiring life without parole.
3) National Instant Criminal Background Check check on private sales of firearms.
4) Comprehensive review of mental health records for issuance of new permits and to determine if revocations of current permits are required for mental health reasons.
5) Safe storage of firearms.
6) Increased penalties for illegal use of weapons.
There are other provisions that were reviewed in which I believe need to be revisited:
1) Assault weapon ban and the definition of assault weapons is too broad and prevents the law-abiding gun owner the possession of such firearms that are legitimately used for hunting, target shooting and self-defense.
2) Inspection of schools by state agencies, which gives them the responsibility to review safety plans. The funding for such review will be giving to these state agencies to implement such safety plans. I believe that sheriffs and local police agencies can perform these duties effectively and efficiently. As the chief law enforcement officer of the county, I feel that sheriffs and local police agencies are in the best position to know the security needs of the schools in their jurisdiction. The state should pass this funding onto the sheriff and local police agencies to keep our school safe, because we are already deeply involved school safe plans.
3) Reduction of magazine capacity will not reduce gun violence. This will unfairly limit the ability of law-abiding citizens to purchase firearms in New York state.
4) Recertification of pistol permits and registration of existing assault weapons has been delegated to the State Police. This conflicts with the duties of the sheriffs office regarding the issuance of pistol permits. These records should be maintained at a local level and should be accessible to the Sheriffs'Office. The Sheriffs'Office has always been responsible for the initial investigation of pistol permit applications and pistol permit records. All of this information should be maintained at the local level and forwarded to a state database for law enforcement use.
5) Sale of ammunition needs to be clarified.
As sheriff of Madison County, I have taken an oath of office to uphold the constitution of the State of New York and the Constitution of United States. The NY Safe Act, as recently passed, requires me to reaffirm the oath I swore to uphold; I understand my constitutional obligations and the concerns of my constituents.
This office will continue to enforce all laws of New York State and will protect the rights off all Madison County citizens. The safety and well-being of our community will remain my top priority.


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Archive for January, 2013
Winter Cycling Tire Selection/Setup.
Saturday was a foggy damp day here in Pennsylvania. Unseasonably warm for January. 45 degree start and was above 50 by the time we finished. The sun even poked it's head through the clouds for a few minutes, warming us even more. The evening before we had a few hours of rain showers and this left the roads damp almost tacky. Perfect conditions for the Holiday/Snowfalls treated tarmac to wreak havoc on our group ride.
There were 19 of us on the group road ride. There were 8 flats (9 if you count the broken valve stem during a flat fix) today. It was clear we pedaled through an agressive patch of gravel. It was when we realized the group was getting flats 3&4, at the same time too, that I asked everyone to check their tires and pick out what they could. It was a feeble attempt but worth the try.
As I watched the flat changes, my friends running their gloved hands over their spinning wheels I observed something. Almost everyone had their summer tires on. (I was able to make this observation because I was not worried with my tire/wheel set up. More on this below.)
Hence this blog post. Over the years I was taught AND learned a few things that really improved winter road riding. I'll share them with you.
1. If you can't afford a whole new set of tires, I have had great succes with Mr. Tuffy tire liners. Easy to install and they really do work. These were essential for winter riding in State College, PA. I was dirt poor back then too. A good friend Chuck Bednarczyk turned me onto these things. I used them back in my BMX days (1980's) as well!
2. If you can afford yourself some tires then get yourself a more durable pair! Lightweight "racing" tires are to thin to ward off the type of shredded slag, glass, stone gravel that is used so commonly here in the mid-atlantic.
Two tires that have stood the test of (winter) time:
Continental GatorSkin
Specialized Armadillos
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3. Go tubeless! A fine setup is obtaining yourself a Stan's NoTubes converstion kit. If you have Mavic Ksyriums you won't need the kit. All you'll need will be a pair of valve stems, some sealant and tubeless ready tires.
If you have Shimano tubeless ready wheelsets you'll need the Shimano valves, some sealant and tubeless ready tires.
4. Ultimate setup: Stan's NoTubes Alpha wheelset with Hutchinson tubeless ready tires! This is my current set up and I've been very pleased. Not only am I able to experience the beautiful ride that tubeless provides but (jinx) I have not flatted (jinx) in over two years! I'll take this as proof! Note: I run the Hutchinson Intensives (I highly recommend these tires) almost all season. For road events the Hutchinson Fusion 3 is brilliantly good.
So do yourself and the rest of the group a favor. Put on the appropriate rubber for the winter, then ride with confidence!
For my local community:
Have more questions about Stan's NoTubes and their products or neat first hand help with setups? Let me know and I'll help you out.
If you would like to demo a set of Stan's Alpha road wheels w/ Hutchinson tires you can message me via Facebook, Email or Twitter. You must provide your own SRAM or Shimano cassette.
BONUS WINTER RIDING TIP: Get yourself some WRAP AROUND STYLE fenders!! ESSENTIAL for those wet rides. Keeps your bum and toes drier. Also reduces road spray through the group and keeps your water bottles free of gritty road grime. Stay dry to stay warm!
ps – if you have another tip, tire recommendation or fender recommendation; post it up as a comment! #community.


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New Movie Releases: 'Immortals,' 'J. Edgar' and 'Jack and Jill'
Fantasy aficionados, history buffs and those who enjoy slapstick comedy will find plenty to keep themselves occupied at the movies this weekend.
In 'Immortals,' a warrior named Theseus must lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion and his evil army for the fate of mankind.
Leonardo DiCaprio's 'J. Edgar' chronicles the life of J. Edgar Hoover, the controversial former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief.
And 'Jack and Jill' stars Adam Sandler as a family man who dreads the annual Thanksgiving visit from his twin sister, whom Sandler also plays.
Here's a sneak peek.
Directed by: Tarsem Singh
Starring: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Stephen Dorff, Kellan Lutz
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Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench
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Reconomy acquires waste management specialist Network Waste
Reconomy, the UK's leading provider of outsourced waste management services, has confirmed the acquisition of Just Hire UK Limited, trading as Network Waste. International M&A specialist BCMS acted as lead advisor to the shareholders of Just Hire UK Limited.
Network Waste is an innovative provider of outsourced waste management services, with a pioneering online waste management tool. Its customers include major national companies with multiple sites across the UK.
Paul Cox, Managing Director of Reconomy comments: "We are delighted with the acquisition of Network Waste – it's an excellent business, and like Reconomy it has a strong team that is performing well. It has been very successful in recent years with an excellent customer base which complements that of Reconomy.
"The acquisition of Network Waste further underlines Reconomy's position as a clear leader in its field and we are looking forward to working together to develop the combined business."
Chris Dear, Managing Director of Network Waste, comments: "BCMS' significant experience and contacts have brought numerous opportunities to us. However, it was important that we found the right partner for the business' customers, staff and suppliers.
"It was Reconomy's commitment to excellence that led us to agree to the sale of the business. We feel completely satisfied that the Network Waste customers, staff and suppliers will benefit under the new ownership."
BCMS' Mike O'Connor adds: "With increasing emphasis on regulation, compliance and maximised recycling rates, waste management is a strong and growing sector. Network Waste demonstrates strong profitability and a dynamic business model, and understandably there was significant interest in the company from parties across the industry. In Reconomy, the business has found a perfect partner."
The move to acquire Network Waste builds on Reconomy's impressive growth. The acquisition is the second for Reconomy this year, following the purchase of Countrywide Waste Management Ltd in January 2015.
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By default CML8GX3M2A1600C9B works at 800MHz. At this speed, we could not tighten the timings any further from 9-9-9-24. If you want memory to run at 933MHz, you'll have to increase the voltage from 1.5V to 1.65V.
On the following pages, you'll notice that overclocking the memory from 800MHz to 933MHz improved the gaming scores up to 14 percent. This number is closer to 30 percent when you compare 666MHz and 933MHz memory.


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Identity thieves target taxpayers, investors
Criminals could pose as you, file taxes
Criminals are finding new and creative ways to access a target's identity, including document fraud at tax time.
"They are filing as you, and they are getting your tax return, and they are running off with that money," said identity theft consultant Carol Fredrick. "So when you file, you don't realize it's already been filed but you got your return already."
Dozens of local law enforcement agencies gathered in Mission this week for a lesson from the pros. The FBI joined forces with Lifelock for the seminar about the growing problems of investment fraud.
Thieves are preying on victims who have lost thousands in battered 401(k) accounts.
"They are actually finding out what investments you are part of," said Paige Hanson of Lifelock. "They will actually call you up and ask to buy back your stock for a high price."
She said the offer usually seems too good to be true, because it is.
Fredrick said these types of scams often target younger people.
"It's not the seniors that get hit with identity theft," she said. "It's those active people, financially, ages 20 to 40 that get hit hard. They are buying things. They are getting loans. Their information is out there."
Experts said any investor should stay vigilant, monitor all accounts and take advantage of online banking options so they can get instant updates on any activity.
The Federal Trade Commission said there was more than $1.4 billion in consumer fraud reported last year.


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Chewing rawhide helps break down already existing plaque and tartar, but chewing rawhide coated in DentaShield ™ may block tartar formation up to 83%. The patented ingredient DentaShield™ was developed by researchers at Indiana University's School of Dentistry, and is offered exclusively by Hartz®. Coated with a clear beef flavor that dogs love.


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You might think the General would have addressed the brake weights added to the Chevy Camaro's squealing calipers for their Indy 500 pace cars. You'd be wrong, because these have those plus a ton of weights for actual wheel balancing.
Shhhh, those are probably just "speed weights," you know, to keep the car firmly on the ground during high speed pace car duties.


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Upper Fish Creek Site Investigation
Author(s): Barb S. Beck
Year: 1983
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30093 (Fips Code) • Montana (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Silver Bow (County) • United States of America (Country)
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min long: -113.085; min lat: 45.625 ; max long: -112.19; max lat: 46.185 ;
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Sponsor(s): USFS Deerlodge NF
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NADB citation id number(s): 000000292170
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J-Town Discgolf Club Meeting 1
McDonalds- 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Members in Attendance:
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Ray Hill
1) Create mission statement
To promote the sport of disc golf.
2) Adopt constitution
Constitution passes unanimously. (Posted separately)
3) Adopt bylaws
Bylaws accepted unanimously. (Posted separately)
4) Select Board of Directors
a. Initial Board Members
i. President
Ray Hill
ii. Vice President
Frank Grimes
iii. Secretary
Dean Bingham
iv. Treasurer
Jason Poole
v. Member Advocate
Roy Bazan
b. Set office dates and election time.
Board of Directors term is from June 1 to May 31 and are elected in May. First election to take place in 2011.
5) Sign-up/Tag Distribution form.
a. Name, PDGA, Address, e-mail
b. initial tag number, carabineer
c. Money received
Sign-Up form accepted.
Possibility of adding a non-tag level of membership (to be discussed at a future meeting).
6) PDGA Affiliate
a. 10 PDGA Members required
b. $25
Paperwork will be completed to become an affiliate club for 2009.
7) Rules for playing bag tags.
To be discussed at a future meeting, as issues arise.
8 ) Handicapped singles league.
To be discussed at a future meeting.
9) Financial
a. Bag Tags Purchased (1-120)- $189.75
i. J-Town Discgolf Club
Funding and naming approved. Funds loaned from Jason Poole to be reimbursed as membership payments are accepted.
b. Quote received for 500 carabineers (300 Black, 100 Green, 100 Royal)- $225.00
i. JTownDiscgolf.com
Quantity to be increased to 1000 and to include additional colors.
Funding and naming approved.
Funding to be loaned by Jason Poole to be reimbursed as membership payments are accepted.
c. Open new checking account
Ray Hill and Jason Poole are going to look into getting a tax id number in order to get a checking account in the clubs name.
10) Club sanctioned tournament.
Approved unanimously. Details to be discussed at a future meeting.
11) Open Discussion
Jason Poole selected to hold the staff position of webmaster.
Frank Grimes selected as Park Liaison to the Channahon Park District.
Last Edit: September 17, 2009, 10:51:56 AM by JTownDiscGolf
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November 30, 2009, 07:44:18 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
11/21/09 6:00 PMmeeting 2
McDonalds- 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Members in Attendance:
Dean Bingham
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Ray Hill
1) Financial Report
Club Balance: $558.06
Jason Poolereimbursed for initial investment of bag tags
Keep gift for membershipcarabineer
2011 membership will consist of a $15 donation to the clubincludes a new bag tag and a carabineer
2) Club Statistics
Number of Members
75 total59 PDGA members
Number of remaining tags
45- Will look into purchasing more tags once were down to 20
3) PDGA Affiliate 2009
Motion to become a PDGA Affiliate-passed
4) Schedule for future meetings
2nd Monday on ODD Months
Location for General Membership meetings- still looking for convenient places
5) Member Feedback/Concerns
No concerns at this time
6) Sanctioned Tournament
Ray will ask Brett for tournament availability (presented by the J-Town Disc Golf Club)
Contact a vendor to handle merchandise for possible tournament
Sanctioned club tournamentpossibly during the week in July
o 2 divisions- Pro/Am
7) Tag Challenge Day/Time/Organizer
Rotate officers who are organizing the challenge
o Ask for volunteers to help organize/run the challenge
Saturdays at 10:00 am (follow current league schedule)
o Ray- 1st week (1st Saturday in December12/05)
o Frank- 2nd week
o Jason- 3rd week
o Dean- 4th week
Personalized scorecards for Tag Challenge
8 ) Handicapped Leagues
Tuesdays- following summer league schedule
9) Club vs. Club Challenges
Tryouts held to select players
Contact Fox Valley for Club Challenge
Come up with different formats for the Challenge
10) Open Discussion
o possible blurb about the members and their accomplishments in the Disc Golf community
o Course improvements
o Upcoming events
Club colors have been changed to orange and blue
Motion to close the meeting- 7:45 pm
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January 13, 2010, 07:35:55 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
1/11/10 5:30 PMmeeting 3
Panera Bread- Rt. 59 & Caton Farm Rd., Plainfield, IL 60544
Motion to bring meeting to order @ 5:33PM, seconded.
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
1) Financial Report
Purchased 27 clipboards, salt, and pencils
2) Club Statistics
105 members, 77 are PDGA members
More tags will be purchased for 2010 with a little more research for 2011
3) PDGA Affiliate 2009
$25 plus $.44 for the stamp
Jtown members are encouraged to sign-up/renew your PDGA memberships through Jtown Disc Golf Club (officers: Ray Hill, Frank Grimes, Jason Poole, Dean Bingham, Roy Bazan) for a discount on the fee
4) Ice Bowl
Thor and Frank Grimes are working on details
Sponsors are always welcome
There will be a spokesperson On Air with Kevin
5) Tag Challenge Day
Successful when the weather has been nice
6) Club vs. Club Challenges
Frank is contacting Randy
7) Q & A for Members
Members can also ask questions or make comments to
Motion to adjourn @ 6:42PM, seconded
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March 10, 2010, 04:18:34 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 4
McDonalds 4280 W Jefferson St., Joliet, IL 60431
Motion to bring meeting to order @ 6:00 PM, seconded
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Jason Poole
Frank Grimes
Dean Bingham
Josh Knight
Dana Vicich
Randy Bruemmer
Tom Matesevac
1) Franks & Beans Tuesday Nights
Start date: April 20, 2010, Follow the same schedule as the doubles league.
$5 entry fee, optional Ace ($1) & CTPs (2-$2/CTP) = $5, CTPs will be designated as Prize Fund & Club Enhancements. The payout will be the top 30% with a minimum of $5 for last cash. $0.50 from each entry fee will pay the hot round of the day.
Handling of non-rated players: If you do not have a PDGA rating, your first 3 rounds at the handicap leagues will be free to establish your handicap. You will only be allowed to participate in the Ace Fund, CTPs, and Bag Tags. Another option to acquire your handicap; if a club officer is willing to play those three rounds outside of league night. After you accumulate more rounds your rating will be taken from your best 3 of your last 5 rounds.
Frank Grimes and Dean Bingham will be running it.
We have decided to stick with pen and paper for now until we progress with leagues. Need for a computer will be addressed at a later date.
2) Discontinuum Club Challenge on 3/28/10 in Hoffman Estates
We need commitments from members. We didnt realize it landed on the last day of winter leagues. If you do not have a lot vested in going to the last league come out and represent J-Town. You will find information on the message board under Leagues & Tourneys. It is a free, non-sanctioned event. There will be three other clubs competing: Discontinuum, Fox Valley, and Streamwood.
J-Town will be responsible for setting-up a few of the temp holes. Since they have expanded to 2 courses to include us, it would be nice to show up with great numbers. J-Town needs to bring a few extra baskets. We are looking for some good baskets we could borrow from members.
3) Ice Bowl Review
Ice Bowl was a hit! Thank you players and of course everyone that was involved. 88 players and sponsors raised $3559 & 300 lbs. of food. All proceeds went to the Morning Star Mission. See you next year!
4) Financials, Member Count
(see attached)
5) Inner-Club Team Challenges
To be discussed at a later date
6) Free Club Member PDGA Tournament
Ray Hill is going to contact Brett Comincioli about setting a July 9, 2010 date for a members-only sanctioned tournament. Details: 9:30 AM tee-off, 2 rounds (Highland, Channahon), 2 divisions (Pro/Am). This is simply a perk for club members to accumulate points and ratings. The Pro division will have a $10 entry fee that will all go to the Pro purse. We are going to work on getting trophies for 1st place in each division.
7) Addressing Lost/Stolen Bag Tags
$5 first instance, $15 second instance, hopefully there are no more than two.
8 ) Member Concerns/Feedback
Address working relationship with Mokena
Club working with area schools
Motion to adjourn @ 7:39 PM, seconded
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May 12, 2010, 06:04:40 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 5
Channahon Community Park
Motion to bring meeting to order, 6:01 PM, seconded.
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
1) Financials
(see attached)
2) Club Logo
Contest Rules: Submission deadline will be 06/09/10, approximate size (1.2 x 2.5), needs to include 2011 & J-Town Disc Golf Club.
Once submissions are collected, there will be a vote.
3) Club Tournament
State Coordinator contacted and approved, PDGA contacted
Jason is looking into making a score port.
Possibility of making a replica hole, out of Legos, for the trophies.
4) Member Communication
Looking for member input for the newsletter.
Motion to adjourn, 6:44 PM, seconded.
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July 14, 2010, 12:28:58 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 6
Channahon Community Park
Motion to bring meeting to order, seconded. 5:00 PM
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Nate Winterstein
1) Financials (see attached)
2) Officer Review
Roy Bazan resigns from the position of Member Advocate.
The vote to change unanimously to anonymously in section II, B, 5, b; of the J-Town Disc Golf Club Bylaws & Operating Procedures was passed unanimously.
II. B. 5. Member Advocate
a. The Member Advocate is responsible for maintaining a positive relationship between the Board of Directors and the general membership.
b. The Member Advocate shall talk with members to come up with member concerns and desired changes in a more informal setting than the general membership meetings. These topics will then be presented at meetings on the members behalf, anonymously if desired.
Nominations for a new Member Advocate will be made until 8/2/10
8/3/10 voting will open
8/9/10 voting closes at J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
Nominations, so far; are Tom Matesevac, Dave Kocuiba, Darrin Johnson, Nate Winterstein, Randy Bruemmer.
3) Club Tournament Review
Need to advertise more
Need to use it as a promotional tool to recruit more members
The vote to strike III, D, 3 from the J-Town Disc Golf Club Bylaws & Operating Procedures was passed unanimously.
The vote to replace III, D, 3 with Any memberships sold on or after October 31st will be valid for the remainder of the current year and will extend through the following year, was passed unanimously.
4) Club Logo
Sean Cooke, Mike Kursell, Brian Schuman, and Dave Kocuiba are being contacted about submitting their drawings. If there are any other artists that would like to submit something, please contact any of the club officers (Ray Hill, Frank Grimes, Jason Poole, Dean Bingham).
Motion to adjourn, seconded. 5:51 PM
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Re: Meeting Minutes
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August 23, 2010, 09:48:41 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Special Meeting
Channahon Community Park
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Sean Cooke
Mike Kursell
1) Member Advocate
Votes were tallied for nominees:
Randy Bruemmer 4
Darren Johnson 5
Dave Kocuiba 8
Nate Winterstein 4
Dave Kocuiba is the new Member Advocate for the J-Town Disc Golf Club
2) Club Logo
5 rough drafts were chosen from submissions. They will be finalized by 9/5/10. Then, they will be voted-on by the members of J-Town Disc Golf Club. One of the designs will be chosen for the Club Logo. The others will not be discarded and possibly used on future t-shirts, stamps, stickers, club merchandise, etc.
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September 16, 2010, 10:30:06 AM »
J‐Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 7
9/13/2010 5:00pm
Channahon Community Park
Channahon, IL
Motion to bring meeting to order, seconded. 5:15
Members in attendance:
Jason Poole
Frank Grimes
Dave Kociuba
Ray Hill
1) Financials
(see attached)
2) Club Logo votes tallied:
a. 31 total member votes
b. Submission C was the winner with 22 votes.
i. (A‐4 votes B‐4 votes C‐22 votes and D‐1 vote)
c. For the logo being chosen, Mike Kursell will be given a membership to the 2011 J‐Town
Disc Golf Club season Congratulations Mike!!
d. All other drawings and submissions will be saved and talked about later for J‐Town
advertising or events.
3) Introduction of Member Advocate
a. Dave Kociuba was enthusiastic to take office and is ready to contribute. He stated that
he understands his role and looks forward to helping the club advance in a positive
4) Ice Bowl 2011
a. Frank Grimes is already planning for a great tournament.
b. Would like the fund raising efforts to be more of a group action. Getting members
involved is vital to a successful outcome. The sooner we start collecting donations the
better the results.
c. The tournament will be held in the middle of February. Date TBD depending on
sanctioning agreements, etc.
5) Bag Tags for 2011
a. Now that a logo has been decided the board can order supplies for 2011.
b. Memberships for 2011 will begin to be sold after October 31, 2010.
c. The tags will remain the same size and style as 2010 with the newly voted logo being
6) Handicap League Wrap up/ Awards
a. A single travel trophy as well as a keeper plaque/ trophy will be awarded to 1st place
in the first season. The idea is that the trophy will go home with the winner for the off
season and or until a new winner is declared.
i. Winners names from year after year will be appended to the traveling trophy
b. Funding for the travel trophy will come out of the Club Enhancement fund that has
been collected throughout the season.
c. Second and third place trophies/ plaques will also be awarded.
d. Shopping for trophies and plaques are currently being quoted by the board.
e. All awards to be handed out in conjunction with the Doubles Picnic October 16th.
Motion to adjurn, 6:10
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November 16, 2010, 04:07:41 PM »
J‐Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #8
Shorewood, IL
Motion to call meeting to order 5:00pm, seconded
Members in Attendance:
Jason Poole
Frank Grimes
Ray Hill
1) Financials
(please see attached)
a. Member Count
b. Member Funds Saved
c. Member Funds Spent
d. Future Purchases
$25 for the club PDGA affiliation renewal.
JTown Disc Golf Ice Bowl expenses
2) Ice Bowl 2011
Morning Star Mission to be the charity Jtown will once again work with.
Date will be February 5th, 2011 at Channahon Community Park
Singles 2 rounds of 18 PDGA C-tier Event
With the Frank and Beans team working so well Dean Bingham has been nominated to be the TD of the event. (Frank Grimes to be co-TD and taking officials test any day now)
There will be a special meeting in the near future to hand out jobs and tasks for the tourney. Please contact a board member if you have any interest in working the tourney.
Frank Grimes will lead the fund raising efforts once again
3) Club Challenge Review
Inspired by the success of the club challenge between Discontinuum and Fox Valley, we thought it would be nice to keep it going with Streamwood Disc Golfers Union
Jason Poole and Ray Hill will make efforts to contact a club member of Streamwood to have an official club challenge
Looking to do it early December if all works out for both clubs
Stay tuned for details as they are made available
4) Distribution of 2011 Bag Tags
Will take place on November 28th after leagues at Lockport
The number of people that show up to play for their tag number will be taken out of the first (X) that stay. Example is 15 players show up then 1-15 will be taken out for play that day, and distributed according to scores.
The rest will be sold numerically to the best of the boards ability to those that do not want to play for the lower numbers that day.
5) Winter Projects
Castle Wall for Channy #2
o Current Bid Proposal for materials being prepared by Frank Grimes
6) JTown PDGA Renewals
Approved to pay the PDGA $25 to remain in the Affiliation Program
Communicate to members that they do receive a $5 on renewal through the club
7) Addressing Member Concerns and or Member Feedback
Talk to Cory Clements about Tag Saturdays and where that stands.
Getting the non-for-profit paperwork together
Establishing a checking account
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January 16, 2011, 09:17:59 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #9
McDonalds Rte. 52 & I-55
Shorewood, IL
Motion to call meeting to order 5:10 PM, seconded.
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Dave Kocuiba
Gary Lewis
Thor Batchelor
Randy Moore, Sr.
1) Financials
* See attached
* Insurance=$50 & Sanctioning=$50 for Ice Bowl
2) Ice Bowl 2011
* Flyers-Discussed final details for Dave Kocuiba to create Ice Bowl flyer.
* Need to spread the word to get members not playing involved with helping at Ice Bowl.
* Dean Bingham will be contacting local paper to get press release.
* Some job duties have been assigned: Frank Grimes/Raffle; Sign-Up/Dean Bingham, Ray Hill, Jason Poole; J-Town, PDGA Sign-up, Scoreboard/Dave Kocuiba, Merchandise/Gary Lewis.
* There will be another meeting prior to the Ice Bowl on 1/31/11. Time and place have not been decided yet.
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March 17, 2011, 11:36:13 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #10
McDonalds- 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Motion to bring meeting to order 5:03 PM.
Members in attendance:
* Ray Hill
* Frank Grimes
* Jason Poole
* Dean Bingham
* Dave Kociuba
* Tom Matesevac
1) Financial Report (see attached)
2) J-Town Club Invitational
* 5/30/11
* Two rounds at Highland
* Tournament Director: Jason Poole
* $10 for Pro division, 100% payout.
* Free for Amateur division
* Trophy for 1st in each division.
* $10 for non-PDGA fee applies.
* PDGA sanctioned event for 2011 J-Town members only.
3) Discontinuum Club Challenge
* Held in Rockford, 3/27/11
* Captain(s): Dean Bingham, Dave Kociuba
* Donations: J-Town membership
4) Handicap Singles League (Franks & Beans)
* Singles will follow the Doubles Best Shot schedule, except that we will start on 4/19/11.
* We are adding a third CTP that will be free, and for members only.
* Cory Clements will be contacted to see if he will be interested in doing Saturday Bag Tag Challenges.
5) Board Member Nominations
* Nomination Period: 3/14/11-4/24/11
* Voting: 4/25/11-5/9/11
* Election Day: 5/9/11
* Elected Board Members take office on 6/1/11
* Nominated and accepted at the meeting: Dean Bingham- Secretary, Jason Poole- Treasurer, Dave Kociuba- Member Advocate
6) Team Challenge Review
* Challenge went well and was well attended. The organization of the team and the
advertising to club members needs to be worked on.
* With the plan of having more organized club challenges, the board is putting forth
the following rules for all future club challenges:
a) Club officers are the only members authorized to issue/accept club
challenges; no matter how big/small.
b) Board members shall nominate and vote on captain(s)
c) Failure to follow these rules will result in the J-Town Disc Golf Club not
recognizing the event and will provide no assistance.
d) Anything that is associated with J-Town Disc Golf Club needs to be
approved by the board.
7) Social Media
* J-Town has a
page and a
* We are trying to broaden our horizons.
8 ) Open Q&A
* We are looking to add more incentives to the J-Town membership, for example, merchandise.
Motion to close, 6:38 PM.
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May 14, 2011, 09:49:40 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
Channahon, Community Park
Members in attendance:
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Meeting called to order, 5:15.
1) Financial Report:
see attached.
2) Club Vice President Position
* Nominations will end on 05/23/11.
* Voting 05/23/11-06/01/11.
* Frank Grimes was nominated and accepted.
3) Handicap League Review
* CTP #3 (J-Town Members only) An incentive to recruit more players for leagues and the club, free for members, will be running until the end of the 1st half of the summer season; at least.
4) Purchasing of a laptop for league business
* $700 limit, for Club Laptop (purchased with General Fund). Voted, approved.
5) Course Improvements
* If we accept bids for course improvements, they are not to exceed 10% over the original bid with receipts.
* Bid: $80 for treated 6x6 purchase to make Channahon Hole #2 (Wall) look more like the top of a castle wall.
6) Club Merchandise Purchases
* We would like to get polyester/dry-fit polos.
* Collared, short-sleeve polo
* Screen-printing/embroidered
* Blue & orange
* Possible contacts: That Guys Custom Screen Printing, Gary Lewis, Deb (Riphizers t-shirts)
* Looking for a club logo that identifies with J-Town (Any J-Town Member is welcome to submit ideas).
Meeting adjourned, 6:25 PM.
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July 17, 2011, 04:13:54 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club, 7/11/11 Meeting #12
Channahon Community Park
Meeting called to order, 5:17 PM
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Dave Kociuba
1) Financial Report
See attached
2) Club Invitational Recap
Memorial Day will be set for the future dates of the Club Invitational
3) Club Logo
J-Town is looking for some ideas for a new club logo
Stipulations: Something that associates with J-Town, all must be submitted by next club meeting (9/12/11), all submissions will be voted on at this meeting by club officers and club members present
4) Club Shirts
Club Logo will be decided before we discuss shirts any further
5) Vice President Position
There was only one nominee, therefore, Frank Grimes is the Vice President by default
6) Handicap Leagues-Member Only CTP
We are beginning to get a more consistent number.
Hard to say if the member-only CTP is enticing more members to play. We will continue the CTP until the end of the season.
7) Rules for submitting projects for Club Enhancement (course projects)
Must give value
Not to exceed 10% of the original value with receipt
Present a timeline
What kind of help is needed from the club
No money for past projects
Email/contact a club officer
Board members will vote on approval of projects
Motion to adjourn meeting, 6:22 PM
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September 20, 2011, 09:20:32 AM »
J‐Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #13
Channahon Community Park
Meeting called to order, 5:05 PM.
Members in attendance:
* Ray Hill
* Frank Grimes
* Jason Poole
* Dean Bingham
* Dave Kociuba
1) Financial Report (see attached)
2) Franks and Beans Trophy Talk
* Dean is contacting Evons Trophies and Awards, and Dale Delsasso about the 2011 trophies.
* We are going to have an annual plaque with the first place winner of the singles handicap league
from each year, aside from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place plaques that we will award each year.
* The annual plaque will be paid for by borrowing from the General Fund and will be paid back by
paying a third of the amount for the next three years.
3) Club Logo
* The club is deciding on a permanent logo.
* Voting on the logo will take place at singles handicap league on 09/27/11 @ 4:30.
4) Club Shirts
* Delayed until Club Logo is finalized.
5) Member Course Projects
6) Open Q&A
* J‐Town Ice Bowl 02/04/12, Dave Kociuba will be the TD. He will be given $100 from the Club to
pay for the sanctioning fees and insurance with the PDGA.
* J‐Town Disc Golf Club has recognized the lines of communication have been opened with
Mokena Park District, Mary Beth Windberg, for relations in the future.
Meeting adjourned, 6:15.
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November 18, 2011, 11:44:00 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
11/14/11 5:00 PM-- Meeting #14
McDonald's on Jefferson in Shorewood.
Meeting called to order, 5:00
Members in attendance:
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Ray Hill
1) Financial Report
(see attached)
2) Handicap League (recap)
* Discussed adding a cut off time for sign-ups to accommodate all the score card preparation and inputting on the laptop.
* It was voted on that the "Club Only CTP" was not effective in raising attendance and will not be offered next year.
* Awareness that a better job has to be done advertising the fact that you do not have to be a J-Town Disc Golf Club member to participate in Handicap Leagues.
3) J-Town logo on club merchandise
* The board went through a catalog of options for Club. After much reasoning, the board compiled a list of what will be ordered. Jason Poole will be placing the order and we will reevaluate sizes and colors as soon as we gather more feedback from the club. We will make available as soon as possible all merchandise ordered. Starting with a mix of Orange and Blue Shirts, Polos, Hooded Sweatshirts, T-Shirts, and Dry Fits with the JTown club logo. These will be used to raise more funds for the club.
4) Club Challenge vs. Fox Valley
* Thor Batchelor was appointed to captain the Club Challenge with Fox Valley Disc Golf Club on 11.19.11
* Thor was unable to make the meeting so details of the challenge were casually discussed as a backup plan in case things fell through with the appointed captain.
* As a backup it was decided Dave K will serve as a captain for J-Town.
5) Ice Bowl
Ice Bowl merchandise winnings from 2011 and what to do what them
* Thor has all the details from Icebowl.com so this topic will be moved to the next meeting. It's understood that J-Town will have access to Ice Bowl merchandise for finishing in the top 10 of all 2011 Ice Bowl totals.
6) Open Q&A
* Frank Grimes unveiled his 2012 Ice Bowl flier that Jesse Sanz and himself put together. Work and preparation have already begun on what promises to be a great event for the entire J-Town Community. Donations are already being sought and accepted. Please contact Frank Grimes for any and all contributions.
Meeting Adjourned, 6:30
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The FCC announced Monday that they would put to public comment a consideration to change their standards on decency regarding content of entertainment media. The window for comment will last 30 days.
According to its website, the FCC states that the reconsideration comes in response to the Supreme Court's decision in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., 132 S.Ct. 2307 (2012).
In the 8-0 decision, the court ruled that the FCC had failed to give ABC and Fox "fair notice" in warning them that certain "fleeting" expletives or nudity were in violation of the FCC's decency standards.
While the ruling was narrow and avoided the First Amendment debate over such restrictions on content, the FCC stated that the decision led the organization to reconsider their standards.
"Since September 2012, the Bureau has reduced the backlog by 70% thus far, more than one million complaints, principally by closing pending complaints that were beyond the statute of limitations or too stale to pursue, that involved cases outside FCC jurisdiction, that contained insufficient information, or that were foreclosed by settled precedent," reads GN Docket No. 13-86 on the FCC's website.
"The Bureau is also actively investigating egregious indecency cases and will continue to do so. We now seek comment on whether the full Commission should make changes to its current broadcast indecency policies or maintain them as they are."
"The constitution guarantees an individual the right to view programming that does not violate federal obscenity laws (Miller vs. California, 1973), but it does not obligate the federal government to provide the avenue for which it may be obtained," said Sharp of AFA.
"In applying for that license, the networks agree to abide by certain rules regarding broadcasting indecent content and to 'serve the public interest.' If the networks do not wish to abide by the rules they agreed too, they should surrender their license and seek other forms of distributing their programming."


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AT&T consultant urges agencies to think less about devices and more about policies to govern their use on government networks.
As governments transition to mobile work environments, agency CIOs are faced with a marketplace full of smartphones and tablets to consider. But according to AT&T Mobility Application Consultant David Pearce, a successful mobile technology adoption is more dependent on good usage policies than the capabilities of a particular device.
Pearce delivered his remarks on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at GTC West, a technology executive event held in Sacramento, Calif., at the Sacramento Convention Center. GTC West is hosted by e.Republic Inc., Government Technology's parent company. Pearce said the main difficulty agencies have when first adopting a mobile strategy is seeing what devices are hitting their network and what people are doing with them.
Polling the crowd during the "Emerging Mobile Workstyles" session at GTC West, Pearce noted that only a handful of technologists in the audience had mobile device management in place on their networks and even fewer had plans to adopt usage policies in the next 18 months.
"The devices are like the candy at the end of the rope," Pearce said. "If it doesn't do what you want in the end … you have hundreds of them out there, but you only know where 30 of them are."
Although desktop computing isn't dead, the role is "definitely" shrinking, Pearce added. He explained that employers are starting to move the workforce out of the office and enable employees to do everything virtually in the field.
Security also is a big concern when transitioning to a BYOD culture and mobile environment. From jailbroken iPhones and hacked Androids, agencies need to know what's hitting their networks, particularly as employees use the devices to stay connected to work from various locations around the country and the world.
Pearce compared the iPhone and Android and admitted that while iOS is a "little less susceptible to viruses or rogue code," if a device does what a person needs, agencies need to accommodate it.
"When you start thinking about mobility, think about your processes," Pearce said. "Think about what it is you're trying to change or improve. And then develop some very severe criteria when you start to evaluate solutions."
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Game development can be a touchy thing. With budgets, deadlines, and legal mumbo-jumbo to consider, there are a lot of games with immense promise that end up disappearing before they ever see the light of day. Here are ten of the most exciting projects that got cancelled before we ever got to play them.
I absolutely agree that BC was one of the most "promising" canceled games. It was almost hard to imagine a game with that level of scale coupled with some of the most striking visuals we had seen from that console generation.
There were a couple murmurs floating around about bringing BC to the Xbox360, but that was all we heard <sigh>.
I would loved to see Harker released that game looked bad ass. I still look forward for a Black 2 and killer instinct3.
Sonic Xtreme. The only 3d Sonic that looked like it would get 3d done right.
Sadness never even made it into game form. It was a barely more than a concept that was going nowhere and went nowhere.
Propeller Arena for the Dreamcast. Canceled after the 9/11 attacks because of dogfights in city and skyscraper settings. I really wanted to play that one to revisit the blast I had playing Wing War in the Arcades.


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Actress Zoe Saldana is refusing to acknowledge criticism of her casting as Nina Simone in a new biopic because she signed up for the project "out of love" for the jazz legend.
Cynthia Mort, the director of the upcoming film "Nina," was forced to defend Saldana as her leading lady last year after receiving backlash from the late musician's daughter, Simone Kelly, and Grammy winner India.Arie, who branded her casting" ridiculous."
Saldana remained silent throughout the controversy, but now she has spoken out to address the situation having recently wrapped the shoot.
The actress also insists she won't be paying too much attention to what reviewers have to say about the finished product because she is proud of her work.
She tells HipHollywood.com, "What keeps me focused and what kept me from getting stressed and hurt by the comments is (that) I'm doing this for my sisters. I'm doing it for my brothers. I don't care who tells me I'm not this and that. I know who I am. I know what Nina Simone means to me. That is my truth and that is what set me free.
"I did it out of love. Out of love for Nina. Out of love for my people. For who I am. My pride of being a Black woman. A Latina woman. An American woman. That's my truth."
Saldana has already been given one big boost of confidence ahead of the film's release later this year – her co-star David Oyelowo recently heaped praise on the Avatar beauty for her performance in the movie, insisting she will prove her detractors wrong with her "fantastic" portrayal of Simone.