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"I think the craziest thing I could remember," Lenon said. "Our defensive coordinator, who played in the league and had been a great coach in the league, he coached with the Buffalo Bills for all the years that they went to the Super Bowl. His name is Walt Corey. Old school guy."
Lenon then let out a hearty laugh as he continued to tell the story.
"And I remember, he smoked cigars in the meetings," he said. "That was pretty funny, just sitting here and saying, 'Wait a minute, is that – oh wow, he's back there smoking a cigar.' That was him. He's a great guy."
It's a memento that remains with Lenon 13 years later, all those years after the XFL's short-lived run concluded when the league folded only weeks after its inaugural championship game – and when Lenon's journey was merely beginning.
At one point in his career since then, the 36-year old Lenon has played on the only team in NFL history (the 2008 Lions) to finish with an 0-16 record. That campaign was quickly followed by a stint on a 2009 Rams team that finished 1-15 and was outscored by 261 points during the course of the season.
"It was a challenging time not having success as a team," he said regarding the Lions' winless 2008 campaign, when he recorded 121 tackles, 1.5 sacks and forced a pair of fumbles. "It's very difficult. But you still have a job to do when you go out there and do it to the best of your abilities. You handle it like a pro."
It's only another chapter from a wide assortment of professional experiences for Lenon from the onset, when – after earning All-Atlantic 10 honors multiple times in his collegiate career at Richmond – he went undrafted in the NFL. He got his first shot when he signed with the Panthers as a college free agent in May 2000, but the team released him soon after."The lowest point was when I first came out of school and I got cut for the first time," Lenon said. "That was the lowest point."
That led him to the XFL, where he played with the Memphis Maniax.
"I heard about a new league. I had been released – had just gotten out of school, had been released, heard about this league," Lenon said. "At the time, I had opportunity to go to NFL Europe and I heard about this league in the U.S. – I preferred to stay at home. I don't like flying far. So I thought it was a good opportunity."
From that opportunity, Lenon finally carved out his place in the NFL – although that place ended up being in many different locations. He had very brief stints during the offseason and preseason with the Packers and Seahawks in 2001, but both teams released him, before the Packers finally signed him to their practice squad towards the end of the 2001 season.
Since then, his road featured stops with the Packers (2002-04), Lions (2006-08), Rams (2009) and Cardinals (2010-12) before arriving with the Broncos late in training camp this season after linebacker
On Sunday, Lenon will add another rather unique experience to that list: playing in the Super Bowl.
"It's a complete reversal," he said, reflecting on where he finds himself today compared to where he's been along the way. "We have, thus far, we've had a very successful season. We still have one game ahead of us and we've got to put in the work. We have been putting in the work and we will continue to."
Lenon notched 22 tackles in the regular season and has become a key contributor on a defense that allowed just 16.5 points per game and 289.5 yards per game in its two postseason contests. And as he prepares to face the NFC-Champion Seahawks on the biggest stage on which he's ever played, Lenon is sticking to the same mantra of handling the game as a professional that he's maintained throughout his football career.
"We are going to go out there and we're going to do our jobs to the best of our abilities," Lenon said. "We're going to play as one. And we're going to try to limit their offense as best we can."
From cigar smoke to the Super Bowl, it's been a long ride for Lenon – but it's one that he won't stop to appreciate until this latest, and perhaps most memorable chapter, has finally been written.
"I don't think it's sunk in to the point where I'm in awe of it," Lenon said. "I'm going to allow myself to get to that point maybe after it's all over. Right now, it's business. This is a big challenge ahead of us and we're looking forward to it."


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To the editor:
As a resident of Cape Coral since 2007, I am all for progress but I am imploring you to deny the zoning change request that is slated to be voted on March 18 for Ordinance 5-13 ZA 12-0011. This area is one of the last few large parcels of open space in the northwest area of Cape Coral and I don't agree with the zoning change.
I am not even a member of the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife (who brought it to my attention) but feel that this large parcel is an extremely environmentally sensitive wetlands area which should not be subjected to such a zoning change.
Why can't we work with the areas already built up and work to make them more sustainable? Why are you targeting green space?
I hope you will re-consider this.
Lynda J. Mastronardo
Cape Coral

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In July of 1998 Phish traveled to Europe, they stopped at a small place called The Lucerna Theater for two nights. Kuroda had to use an old school lighting setup of strictly can lights for it–making people forget that they are a band that usually plays in arenas and outdoor amphitheaters with one of the most impressive lighting shows in entertainment. The venue is extremely small, only holding approximately 500 people, makes it one of Phish's most intimate and cozy venues played ever.
Phish takes full advantage of playing the tiny venue–knowing that fans on the other side of the pond were dying to be there, Phish did what was expected and made them sorry they didn't make the trip. As you can see from the picture to the right, the place looks just like a dining hall–the circular part of the stage was removed for when Phish performed. Knowing the recording of these shows were fan favorites, especially the second night, Phish released it as a Live Phish album.
The show starts out with one of the coolest strings of songs they ever performed–Buried Alive>AC/DC Bag->Ghost->Cities. The Buried Alive is lively and ferocious. The AC/DC Bag's jam quickly sinks into thick funk laced with digital delay loops–Mike noticeably starts with the loosened Ghost bass lines relatively quickly out of the gates, allowing Phish to jam on a Ghost-based theme for a while before actually reaching the beginning of the song. This version of Ghost, one of their most popular YouTube videos, is arguably one of the best versions they have ever played. Listening to the recording certainly reflects how amazing the blistering improvisation was, but seeing it on the video (thank you to whoever video taped this) really shows you the energy of the band and the room. With the low hung and low tech can lights hanging above the band's heads on a small stage with the crowd only inches from the instruments, Trey's goes into full rockstar mode–as if he is at a packed Soldier Field with pyrotechnics behind him. Trey takes this jam and turns it inside out with his guitar effects and straightforward, blistering chops–listening closely to Fishman for cues on when to take it up to the next level. Trey, with his lush and longer hair bobs and headbangs for portions of it, sometimes with his tongue hanging out. He is jumping and kicking his knees up when his feet are not firmly planted on stage in a wider-than-normal stance to brace himself from not being toppled over by his swaying body. As the jam finally winds down, Trey cues the band to make a HUGE start/stop right before segueing into a fast-paced Cities–then, right before Cities' first refrian, the drums slow everything down to the correct speed while the Mike throws down a tasty lick, making the tiny crowd erupt louder than MSG. The Cities is spacey and funky. If you have not seen this video, watch it now–it will be one of your favorite videos for life…
During Maze towards the end of the set, Trey halted the intense jam to thank the crowd–totally unexpected and impressive in my opinion.
Like the first set, the second set is also front-heavy–opening with Julius>Meat>Piper->Makisupa Policeman. The Julius is intense and hits high peaks, after which they use Meat to slow things down and gather their bearings. Then comes Piper–a 20 minute Piper–1998 is when Phish first really started experimenting with the song. Once Phish dropped the song's outro segment, they realized how much improvisational potential the song really had once it was open ended. This is a great example of them going "wow, look at how far we can take this!" All I can really say about the song is that Trey plays an insane amount of notes and it is absolutely blistering. One of the hottest versions ever.
The Makisupa Policeman was original and humorous, with some banter and add-libs. The show encored with Possum; it was particularly fun with Trey going into a sort of guitar refrain throughout the jam–it also included a well placed Stash tease.
Get this show, watch the video!
–This is an audience recording, the Live Phish soundboard copy should be easy to find.–


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Please don't flame me, I don't eat nutmeg to get high or anything, I just want to know how to extract the safrole from either sassafras or nutmeg. I tried safrole once, and I liked it a lot. I did about 2.5 doses in a night, and it was good short-lived fun.


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The Washington Capitals have been going through a consistent decline since winning the Presidents' Trophy nearly three years ago, but who would ever imagine things would get this bad?
Take a gander at the NHL standings and you'll find the Capitals sitting 30th out of 30 teams with a dismal 2-8-1 record.
Even if this wasn't a shortened season and the team still played an 82-game schedule, posting just two victories over the first 11 contests would dampen any team's playoff chances. As it stands, 11 games is nearly a quarter of this year's 48-game regular season, so time is of the essence if Washington has any aspirations of making the playoffs for a sixth straight spring.
To date, the 11-game chunk of the campaign has produced precious few positives for the embattled Capitals and the team's rookie head coach, Adam Oates.
Even a recent upswing in production by Alex Ovechkin failed to move the dial in terms of wins and losses, as the superstar winger posted a goal and three assists during the club's current three-game losing streak. Ovechkin's personal numbers used to read as a barometer for Washington's success, but the team's troubles have become too big for the two-time Hart Trophy winner to solve on his own.
Washington's rise and fall during Ovechkin's time in D.C. has been fascinating to watch, provided you're not a Capitals fan, of course. In fact, a chart reflecting ing Washington's point totals during the Ovechkin era would look like a steep mountain peak surrounded by valleys on either side.
Ovechkin broke into the NHL in 2005-06 and the Caps missed the playoffs in his first two seasons, compiling just 70 points in each season. Washington's next five point totals read like this: 94, 108, 121 (Presidents' Trophy), 107 and 92. Even though the writing should have been on the wall after the steady decline of the previous two seasons, the depths that have been reached by the Caps in the early going in 2013 are simply astounding.
Not only does Washington have an NHL-low five points this season, the club's minus-16 goal differential is also the worst in the league. Three of the team's eight regulation losses have come by three-goal margins, but even more glaring is the fact the once-potent offense in D.C. has yet to score more than three goals in any game this season.
What really must be frustrating Oates, however, is the team's ability to waste good starts. Washington scored the game's first goal in each of its last three contests only to lose all three of them in regulation.
Perhaps, the low point came on Thursday evening when the Capitals played a strong first period in Pittsburgh to take a 1-0 lead into the locker room. However, the Penguins scored five unanswered goals in the second period to squash Washington's momentum en route to a 5-2 victory.
Ovechkin, the club's captain, was curt after the game and his analysis of the team's effort was nothing short of damning. He said the team "didn't play" in the second period. When asked how they responded in the third, Ovi shrugged, "No emotion, nothing."
Even though he's literally weeks into his NHL coaching career, Oates may wind up taking the fall for Washington if the situation keeps getting worse, but it's about time general manager George McPhee starts taking some of the heat.
McPhee has been running the franchise since 1997 and his tenure got off to a flying start with a Stanley Cup Finals appearance in the spring of '98. Since then, the Caps have won six division titles and the aforementioned Presidents' Trophy, but that success had more than a little to do with weak competition in the Southeast, a division that has improved around the Capitals in recent years.
The real failure for McPhee has been his inability to build around Ovechkin, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2004 draft. McPhee also has added talented guys like defenseman Mike Green and centerman Nicklas Backstrom via the draft, but unless recent first-rounders like Evgeny Kuznetsov, Filip Forsberg and Tom Wilson are bona-fide stars in the making, the GM's swings and misses during the Ovechkin era will far outweigh the hits.
Nobody questioned the weak drafts while Washington was torching its Southeast competition a few years ago, but now it's pretty clear how far the Caps have fallen behind.
As far as the team's struggles in 2013 go, McPhee isn't ready to pull the panic button yet, but maybe he should be.
"We're disappointed with the way things have started. It's not over," McPhee said recently. "Nothing that a couple of wins won't really help. But we're gonna make good decisions. We're not gonna do anything short-term. We're not going to blow anything up. We like the people here. Just got to be smart about how we do it."
The good news for the Caps is there is still only five points separating them from a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, a deficit that could be fixed with a hot streak over the next few weeks.
The bad news is with the way Washington has played this season, it's hard to imagine them stringing together three strong periods, let alone a stretch of victories.


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Photography by Mr Andrew Stiles | Words by Mr Benjamin Seidler
Various supermodels have tried to strut their way from the runway to the silver screen, but Ms King actually managed it when she landed a role in the first film she auditioned for, 2001's cult comedy Happy Campers. When the makers of Pearl Harbor then went on to write a part especially for her in their epic film, there was little doubt that she had moved seamlessly from fashion to film. Still not satiated by her success in movies, Ms King, 32, has got her sights set on conquering our small screens as a Southern-belle-with-edge in Hart of Dixie alongside fellow MR PORTER-crush Ms Rachel Bilson. We're more than happy to welcome her into our living rooms.
How did you handle the transition from modelling to acting?
I was at a high point in my modelling career in the sense that I was doing the biggest magazines and shows, but I wasn't learning anything artistically. No one had totally crossed over from modelling to acting yet, except for someone like Brooke Shields back in the day. So I thought the way to do it was not to keep a foot in both fields but to completely do acting - and that was a big risk for me. One day I said, "I'm quitting modelling", and so I took my money, and I found a manager.
What drew you to play the fantastically named Lemon Breeland in Hart of Dixie?
Lemon is a Southern belle and she's a really interesting character for me - really funny and complex. She's a girl who thinks she has to be perfect, and she does this because her mother left her at a young age. She has a fear that everyone's going to leave her and so she has to do everything right.
Do you relate to that?
No one in my family left me, but I do understand the pressure of trying to be perfect. It happens when you're in the fashion industry or in Hollywood. It's a daunting feeling and eventually you realise that there's nothing to be afraid of. If you lose it all, then there'll be something else.
You've had quite an eventful life, overcoming drug use to become an accomplished actress - surely that feels like a huge achievement?
It does. Before, in my career, a lot of the things that I went through as a teenager in the modelling industry, when models had a lot of power - experimenting with drugs, making a lot of money and becoming famous very quickly - were a huge challenge. But I have so much to draw from in my life and I'm a very strong person. Anything I've been through that one would say is "dark" or "challenging", I've gone in and out of very fast. That's why I've been successful. I feel super-lucky that I can look back at every part of my life and have such great empathy for all sorts of people, which makes me a better actress.
When do you think a man looks his best?
When it comes to style, I think a man looks his best when he takes care of himself and makes a conscious choice to enjoy fashion in a way in which he is still being himself and having fun.
What do you first notice about a man's appearance?
His smile and general demeanour. I am definitely more inclined towards men with a great sense of style, but no one wants to look at anyone who takes themselves too seriously. At the end of the day, do you want to watch Monster's Ball or Bridesmaids? It's the same with men - do you want the guy who feels sorry for himself listening to emo rock or do you want the guy who smiles and says, "let's go watch a fun movie".
Who's the most stylish man you can think of?
I would say David Bowie and Frank Sinatra.
What are your dating tips for men?
I have a lot of single guy friends who are always asking me to set them up with girls. My advice is just don't pussyfoot around, but don't be a weirdo either. Be forward, but don't be so forward that you creep someone out - so don't try to make out on your first date. Just because you think a girl likes you, it doesn't mean she wants to make out with you right away! Go with the flow and don't force things. But don't try to do the "friend" thing either. If you both like each other, enjoy the flirting and getting to know each other. And if you like someone, don't play games, just ask them on a date.
What items should every man have in his wardrobe and why?
A cashmere chunky cardigan in a great colour that is versatile like navy, hunter green or camel - your lady will look hot in it too. Nice underwear is essential. Whatever style you like - boxers or briefs - it's important to invest in great underwear because we like it just as much as you do on us. Every man should also wear the chicest button-down he can find. I love Band of Outsiders. Its shirts are perfectly tailored, the styles are understated and you can wear it for day or at night with a slim tie. You should also own a tapered pair of trousers or jeans. Do not have dragons, embroidery or rhinestones on your jeans and never wear bell bottoms! Trust me, it just looks stupid. It really does.
Hart of Dixie is airing on The CW network now
Hart of Dixie is airing on The CW network now


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Crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation are looking at the impacts of the nor'easter on parts of N.C. Highway 12 that were already damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
The department said Thursday there is overwash on N.C. 12 in Kitty Hawk, but it's not stopping crews from moving and placing sand along the ocean side of the highway to rebuild the dune that was destroyed by Sandy. Workers are also removing pavement damaged during both storms from the roadway.
On Pea Island, the department said the nor'easter didn't hamper repairs to tension cables on the deck of the Bonner Bridge, but it has washed sand and water onto N.C. 12 at the temporary bridge. As the water recedes, crews will continue work to rebuild the highway approaching the bridge.


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Hi all
I am thinking about moving to a MacBook but I still wish to use Windows in Boot Camp. I am looking to install a 500GB 7200RPM internal hard drive (unformatted) and upgrade to 4GB of RAM. I want 3 partitions on the hard drive - one for Snow Leopard (10-15GB), one for Windows (50GB) and one for documents (the rest of the HD). I know the Windows partition needs to be in NTFS and the documents need to be in FAT32. Is this possible and if so could you give me some instructions to help me do it? Also, is it possible to install programs on a FAT32 file system? (Sorry for the idiotic question) Thanks in advance.
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Don't bother with Windows to start out with. You'll still have your PC to do all that crud on. Besides... what's the point of getting a Macintosh if you're just going to run Windows? :p
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I don't understand why if you want to run Windows in bootcamp, that you don't just run Windows in bootcamp, and alocate a decent portion when you partition the HD to Snow Leopard and to Windows!
The above description of 10-15GB SL, 50GB Win, and 435-440GB Documents sounds bizarre, and problematic. The OS partitions will need to be bigger, or you will be erasing and reinstalling in no time, as for documents sitting in a seperate partition, I can't get a grasp on that one.
Please explain why you want to set up this way, even if it were possible, and maybe we can come up with a better way of going about things for what you want.
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You will probably want numbers more like 100 GB 100 GB 300 GB.
You can use disk utility from the OSX install disk (its available under the menus at the top on first few install screens).
You won't be able to select NTFS as a partition type but if you set a partition to MS-DOS (FAT) the Windows installer will see it and be able to reformat it as NTFS during the install process.
The reason the documents have to be FAT is because OSX cannot write to NTFS, however these days Windows can write to OSX partitions so possibly the documents folder could be this.
After you have installed windows you will need to put the OSX installer back in as it has a special Windows partition on it with the bootcamp drivers etc... if your using Windows 7 you will want it to be a Snow leopard disk and you will need to download the bootcamp 3.1 update and install that afterwards as well (330 mb).
Hopefully helpful info....
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I think I can help explain. My husband does this on every hard disk, so I think it's a Windows thing. If he's a run of the mill Windows power user, they seem to have a belief that hard disks must be broken into a partition for every specific purpose. If you don't, then your computer will explode like the Death Star.
03-24-2010, 09:20 PM #6chas_mGuest
Its a dumb idea in the PC world, and its an even dumber idea in the Mac world.
If you *really* need Windows, then a partition for Boot Camp is fine (but I would suggest that its WINDOWS that needs the smallest possible partition, as you'll not be using it much after the first couple of months unless you're a gamer).
Something like 50GB for Windows and the rest for Mac. KISS as they say, there's no reason to partition a notebook beyond this.
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Dreamcatcher Hostel Ltd
Dreamcatcher is a lodge/hostel located in a beautifully renovated heritage building in downtown Golden - the only hostel in the downtown! We have three private rooms, two family rooms and two small dormitories. All of our private and family rooms are en-suite and our two dorms share bathrooms. All have locally handmade beds with proper mattresses, snuggly down duvets and cotton sheets.
The main floor is a huge communal area with fully equipped kitchen, library corner, sofa areas, guest computer, lots of games, free juke box and plenty of space for everyone.
We are family owned and run - a haven for travellers - your home away from home!
Facilities include wifi & internet, laundry service, house phone for free local calls, large safe car park, storage lockers, large lockable garage for bikes, kayaks etc, washrooms with brand new facilities, BBQarea & picnic table, town centre location, opposite the ski shuttle bus stop and much more.
The entire hostel is bookable for family / school / outdoor groups - contact us for further info.
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STORY: K2: the personal effects
For one local young man, the use of the drug K2 almost cost him his life.Brandon Gibbs shared his story to kick off the town hall meeting held Thursday night at Borger High School on the issue of synthetic drugs. He said he wanted to educate people on the dangers and what such drugs can do to people."I want to give all the glory to God that I'm here and that I can give my testimony today, because I really shouldn't be here," he said. "I really shouldn't be alive right now."As a child, he said he grew up in church and was raised as well as a child could be. There was not any drug or alcohol use in his family, and he said he really wasn't introduced to such things until high school. Gibbs said he started experimenting with alcohol and marijuana, but not extensively. After graduating high school, he went to the Army, and reported to his first station in September 2009. Within about a month, he was first exposed to the synthetic drugs, or the K2 brand. He started smoking there, and he said the effects were very different than recent experiences he had with the drug."Everything was very time-consuming," he said. "Something that was only 15 minutes seemed like it would take me an hour or 30 minutes."He kept smoking and was then sent to New York. K2 had just been banned, but some new synthetic drugs had come out that were very similar. He and some of his buddies decided to try out the new drugs. They were significantly stronger, and the effects were different.Gibbs said he had a buddy that said he heard people couldn't be tested for synthetic drugs. He came up to Gibbs's barracks and smoked some of the drugs. Within just a few minutes, he was rolling around on the bed, red as could be, unable to breathe, his mouth was dry, and he said he felt like he was having a heart attack and about to die.Gibbs panicked, wondering how he would explain the situation. He ended up filling a one-liter water bottle twice in about a minute and a half, giving the guy water. His friend laid in the floor almost unconscious. Even though the situation spooked Gibbs, he kept smoking the drugs.After that, he went for a month of training in Louisiana, and he and his friends who smoked the synthetic drugs had to go without them during that time. After the training ended and he returned to New York, he said there had been yet another synthetic drug ban.At that time, manufacturers weren't one step ahead like they are now, and they weren't able to get the drugs. However, Gibbs found out about a new drug called Kryptonite, and he and his buddies tried it out. He said the drug really messed him up. He said he felt horrible and his skin was a greenish-white color. He told his friends he was going to lay down because he felt so bad.After laying down, he heard a loud commotion in his living room like something had hit the wall. One of his friends was face-planted on the ground. He continued to lay there and started moving around in a weird way. Gibbs helped him up, but the guy became hostile toward him and started to swing at him.His other friend and wife at the time ended up grabbing the guy and holding him, assuring him everything was going to be okay. The guy who had fallen on the ground started sobbing, saying he would never touch the drugs again. Gibbs said he said the same thing at the time. However, he didn't hold to that promise.He eventually left that duty station and came back home to Borger. When he came back, he found out there were places that sold the same kind of drugs. They were a little more expensive, but he said it honestly didn't make a difference to him."It didn't matter either. It was my priority. It consumed my life completely. Nothing else mattered," Gibbs said. "I would go without food just so I could smoke."He continued to smoke the drugs, and started working for a contractor in Stinnett, doing electrical booster stations for DCP. Some of his coworkers, along with him, smoked the drugs while they were working.He said their attitude was that they didn't care that they might be putting people's lives in danger doing so. Gibbs said that isn't his natural personality, and he is drawn to helping those who are hurting or are in pain. "I have a big heart and I care about everybody," he said.As time went on, and he continued smoking the drug, he went from having almost what he described as "cartoony" hallucinations to being light-headed and hostile. He said he wanted to fight people at the drop of a hat, and got into big fights with his parents. He got to the point where he didn't care if they were insulted or hurt. At that point, he said he didn't think he was being that harsh.Some people told him it seemed like he was walking in slow motion when everything seemed normal to him. All of this led up to November of last year, and he was smoking the drugs a lot more.He was in the house by himself with young kids, and knew none of them should have been smoking the stuff, but none of that mattered to him. "One day, I guess I smoked more than I should've, and I ended up going to my parents and we got in an argument over something stupid," Gibbs said. "It insulted me so deeply, and it shouldn't."He left the house that night, which was Nov. 25, and went back to his own home. He's not sure how much more he smoked, but his memories of that night have started to come back. He also went back through his text messages and it was ridiculous. He said it was obvious he was under the influence of drugs.Ultimately, it led to him hanging himself and actually took a picture of himself. For some reason, he said he thought it was a good idea, and he knows now he wasn't in his right mind. He said he has survived this and wants to tell everyone his story."I hope you can learn from what I did that this is not a good drug," Gibbs said. "There's all sorts of different chemicals and all different amounts. You never know what you're going to get. Basically, if one or two people learn from my mistakes and it saves their lives, then this entire experience is worth it, because I don't want anyone else to make the same mistake I did."(Watch the Borger News-Herald for continuing coverage from Thursday's town hall meeting.)


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STERLING – A shovel leans against a railing on the porch of No. 26 at Woodlawn Mobile Home Park. After it snowed last week, no one used it. And no one brushed away snow from the owner's pickup truck.
Jesus Torres lived there. But no one had seen him in a while.
On Sunday night, Sterling police discovered his body. They have released few details, other than to say they believed he died of natural causes.
A friend and a neighbor say they hadn't seen Jesus, believed to be in his 40s, since mid-February.
His neighbor, Jackie Moreno, 26, said she and her husband moved 2 years ago into their home, which is in the mobile home park next to Don's Seafood on West Lincolnway. Sometime afterward, Torres moved into his home, which is 10 feet away.
"We didn't know much about him," Moreno said. "We knew that he was our neighbor."
They also knew he had medical problems. Jackie's husband once took him to the hospital.
Jesus' friend, Ramon Bernal, drove Jesus twice to the hospital. Jesus had stopped working because of his health, making it hard to keep up with his rent, Ramon said.
Jesus, who is from Mexico, lived in the area for more than a decade, Ramon said. He had a brother in Chicago.
Jackie said she and her husband would often hear Jesus turn on his black Dodge pickup truck to warm it up. It was loud.
But they stopped hearing that noise around mid-February. They started to wonder.
At one point, they considered knocking on Jesus' door to check on him. But then they saw others do it, and he didn't respond.
"We thought if he wouldn't answer his door for friends or family, why would he for us?" she said.
Ramon figures his friend died around Feb. 14. He left a number of phone messages for Jesus, but got no return calls.
"I thought maybe he was mad at me," said Ramon, who lives in Sterling.
Then Ramon started to worry. He checked the hospital. No record of Jesus there. He asked the police department if Jesus had been arrested. No arrests.
Saturday, Ramon asked police to check on Jesus. They did, Ramon said, but an officer spoke with someone in the neighborhood who knew little English. That person led the officer to believe Jesus was fine, Ramon said.
Sterling police Sgt. Steve Hubbard said his department checked on the welfare of someone in the neighborhood Saturday, and that person was "alive and well." He didn't have the name of the person whom the police were checking on.
On Sunday, Jesus' brother drove in from Chicago. He and police went into Jesus' mobile home and found his body, Ramon said.
County Coroner Joe McDonald was called. He hasn't returned messages seeking comment.
Ramon has set up a bank account to raise money so that Jesus' body can be taken to Mexico. In the first day, a couple of hundred dollars had been raised, Ramon said.
To help
An account has been set up at Community State Bank to help with expenses associated with Jesus Torres, whose body was discovered Sunday.
Call Ramon Bernal at 815-590-0234 for more information.


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Feb. 17, 2007
Fullerton, Calif. - A complete-game shutout by junior right-hander Jeff Kaplan highlighted Cal State Fullerton's 9-0 non-conference victory Saturday night at Goodwin Field.
The win lifts the Titans to 6-2 overall and snaps Arizona's nine-game winning streak, dropping them to 9-1 on the year. Even more impressive, the Titans snap an 82-game period (since 2005) in which the Wildcats had not been shut out.
Kaplan set down 11 of the last 13 Wildcats he faced and struck out a career-high 11 batters to earn the Titans' first complete game shutout since May 26, 2006 (Wes Roemer). The righty surrendered just 6 hits and allowed just one Arizona runner to reach third base. With the shutout, Kaplan improves his record to 2-0 and lowers his ERA from 7.04 to 3.24.
Back-to-back extra-base hits in the first off Arizona starter Brad Mills (2-1) would plate the first two Titan runs to set the tone for the night and hand Arizona's pitcher his first loss. Chris Jones reached on the first of five Arizona errors, then Nick Mahin drove him home with a triple to right-center. Mahin would immediately walk home as senior John Curtis extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a towering double off the right-centerfield wall. A Joe Scott single drove home the Titans' third run of the game in the second inning, scoring Clark Hardman from second base.
Fullerton used 11 batters and scored six times in the bottom half of the third, eventually knocking Mills from the game, but not before he surrendered two runs and left the bases loaded for reliever Brett Lorin. Lorin came in and surrendered consecutive run-scoring hits to Khris Davis (RBI-single), Hardman (two-run single) and Scott (RBI-double), with three of the four runs being charged to the starter. Mills lasted just 2 1/3, surrendering eight runs (five earned) on six hits while issuing a pair of walks.
A lone offensive highlight for the Wildcats came in the second inning when T.J. Steele blasted a double off the glove of Jones in right field, extending his hitting streak to 18 games dating back to last season.
Scott, Mahin, and Bryan Harris each had a pair of hits, and Scott and Hardman each drove in two to pace the Titan offense. Brad Glenn and Steele led the Arizona squad with two hits each.
The rubber match of the three-game series will be tomorrow as Sean Urena (0-0, 7.00 ERA) will go for the Titans, while the Wildcats will counter with David Coulon (2-0, 1.80 ERA) at 1 p.m.


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It's not long now until my wedding day and I've suddenly realised that I have been spending all my time organising others and of course formalising arrangements and haven't really thought about myself (I am picking up my adjusted wedding dress TWO days before the day so it better fit!).
Then I suddenly realised; I am a beauty blogger! How could I have neglected all things beauty pre-wedding!?
Read some websites and wedding magazines and you'd think all women go for a quick botox and lipo before the big day (or do they?!). I am not dieting at the moment although I am eating well, apart from the odd soya-decaf-caramel-macchiato. So my extremely last minute beauty countdown is:
1. Brows and Excess Hair.
I have to do brows and wax any unsightly facial hair (was going to go for threading but my skin is rather too sensitive for it so I'll tweeze myself). I am not madly hairy anywhere else so I'll keep it simple!
Cost: FREE
Pain: Medium
2. Teeth Whitening
Whoops I totally forgot drinking so many brown drinks has made my teeth yellow. I always use a sensitive toothpaste rather than whitening because I have such sore gnashers. I can't be bothered going to professional treatment – it's expensive and it hurts so I got some Crest Strips from eBay and will use it 3/4 times pre ceremony for a boost.
Cost: About £15
Pain: Medium-Low
3. Facials and Massages
Argh I totally left it too late to go for a facial – I don't want any sudden breakouts so I am going for a lovely post-wedding facial with Natalya Robinson who is AMAZING. I will use the gorgeous Sisley Black Rose mask pre ceremony for a pamper instead.
I am going for a body massage for the sake of relaxation 3 days before though, which I have a voucher for! Yay!
Cost: Nearly nothing
Pain: NONE!
4. Lashes
I got a lash perm at my favourite place for them J.Crystal, and will get lash extensions the day before because I can not do false lashes by myself. I am learning but since I am doing my own make up for the day, I can't trust that ones I stick on won't end up half way down my face and that I won't look like some drunk bird wandering the streets on a Saturday night.
Cost: £35 for the lash perm
Pain: It's somewhat uncomfortable having these treatments but no pain as such
5. Nails
I may book in for a manicure/pedicure but to be honest, I haven't had many that haven't left me with sore cuticles and the polish lasts no longer then when I do it myself. We'll see. If not I don't have an issue doing my own nails, I so far like Top Shop's Moonstone polish as a wedding polish it makes my engagement ring (which is a colourless diamond) look extra sparkly.
Cost: £6 for the polish OR £40-£60 for a mani-pedi
Pain: None apart from when my cat jumps on me after I've just painted my nails
I don't do fake tan or hair extensions. I am not colouring my hair at the moment (I have a natural ombre look now – or that is what I am telling myself) and I only went for a cut 7 weeks ago so I am not going to be indulgent and get another cut for the sake of it).
That's it really, I am quite low maintenance! I just hope I don't like TOO tired – how on earth do brides sleep the night before?
Make Up wise – I think I liked the glow of my MAC make over the most, and I will try and get that kind of base and I was thinking of moving away from the browns and doing a very very soft pink/purple eye since my theme is pink anyway (not out of choice, it just turned out that way!).
So have I missed any other beauty treatment out?
If you are married what was your beauty countdown like?


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Kevin McDonald has been named vice president for diversity and inclusion.
McDonald will focus on connecting RIT's diversity efforts to all aspects of the institution. He has worked with the RIT and NTID communities to develop a model diversity framework that focuses on access and success for faculty, staff and students; campus climate and intergroup relations; education and scholarship; and institutional infrastructure.
His concentration will also be on enhancing the pipeline of scholars from the city of Rochester, women and those from historically underrepresented groups. RIT's McNair Scholars, Future Stewards and the recent Rochester City Scholars programs, among other major initiatives in departments and colleges, have established a foundation for the university to prepare the scholars of tomorrow, says McDonald.


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Does it really matter which toolkit has been selected, as long as it's a popular one? GTK is a good choice, Qt would have also been a good choice. In any case, we're getting a native Linux version and I'm sure the Qt fans will be able to implement an optional Qt interface for Chrome that you can enable by doing "./configure --enable-qt --disable-gtk".
What really matters is: Will Chrome for Linux be fast, will it render pages and run Javascripts correctly, will it accept D'n'D to and from KDE and Gnome programs, will it integrate with the accessibility features of both desktops, will it be stable and reliable, and how quickly will distributions adopt it or at least have it in their repositories?
That's what matters. Not what interface toolkit it uses. Most people run a mixed desktop anyway (GTK or GTK-alike programs on KDE, or Qt/KDE programs on Gnome/XFCE).


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Decided to pass down the old vxl motor to one of my other P2des and upgrade the HR P2de XL with a Traxxas/Castle ET-2400 Motor. I had originally planned to also use an ET-3S esc and the TQi Radio system as well, but found out that the TQi receiver will not run my steering servo without making it twitch and heat up very quickly. Also, I cant seem to get the ET-3S esc to calibrate with any other remote other than the TQi, and since the TQi wont run my servo, that killed the plans to use both the new radio and the esc. No worries though, cuz my Duratrax/Castle Element Esc is very much up to the task of powering the ET-2400 motor on 3s lipo and my trusty old flysky gt3b radio will do just fine until i can figure out what the deal is with the TQi messing with the steering servo. I currently have it geared with 48 pitch gearing at 21/86 to start with, but will be going up in gearing quite a bit since my motor and esc temps were only at 80F after a full 5400mah 25c 3s pack, and i would like a bit more top end. The ET-2400 motor is very capable, has very minimal cogging at low speed and gives far more power than the vxl at a much cooler temperature. This motor has also added quite a bit of runtime, making my thunder power 5400mah 25c 3s lipo last for an impressive 55mins, which is about 10-15 mins longer than the vxl motor. Hopefully Traxxas will consider replacing the VXL with th ET-2400 in their current and upcoming releases.
The next upgrade to my truck was something i came upon by winning a cheap auction on ebay. I was looking to give my truck the Losi Treatment, so i was hunting for a decent deal on some 8th scale Losi 8ight shocks and i came across some knock-offs that didnt look too bad. So for the heck of it, I threw in a bid for 20 bucks and sure enough i won. I figured that if they last me a few months i will have got my moneys worth out of them. They arrived ten days later, and to my surprise they are built pretty well and look good too. I filled em up with 30wt, grabbed some shock mounting spacers out of the parts bin and bolted them up. You can see in the following picture just how big they are compared to the teambluestar shocks (botttom) and the Traxxas Ultras (middle). They perform really well and best of all, they dont leak! I will be replacing the rod ends wih some aluminum ones as soon as they arrive because ive been having a lot of shock rod end breaks lately due to some big launches and flip attempts. At least my steering and camber link bends and rod end breakages are a thing of the past since i installed the 5mm axial tube links.
Ive also been honing my mid air manipulation skills, check it out:
I love freestyle bashing with any kind of vert ramp, i wish there were some kind of competitions available for wheelies, flips and tricks with R/C vehicles. That would be soooo cool.
Thanks goes out to Thedreadedend and Ksb51rl for recommending the Ofna mt splits wheels which have been indestructible so far. After shattering several sets of rpm wheels, I was beginning to think that replacing wheels was going to be a common occurence (and a severe pain in the butt), thankfully theres good guys like these around here to steer us in the right direction. Being so busy at work has left me with little to no time for forum posting or r/c repairs, so all the help in getting my truck to be bulletproof is very much appreciated as it keeps me and my son bashing worry free during the very few free minutes i do have.
Thanks for reading guys, and if anyone with TQi radio experience could throw me some pointers as to why the TQi 5 channel receiver wont run my servo, i would be very thankful. Oh yeah and its not the ET-3S esc BEC that is causing the servo issues, because i can install the flysky rx with the ET-3S and the steering will work flawlessly but i cant get the esc to calibrate or accept the throttle commands from the flysky. Strange.... Maybe Traxxas has limited the ET-3s esc for use only in the Nhra funny car? And only for use when paired with the TQi Radio? Help Please!!! lol
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In the Oct. 3, 2012, Henry County Local Eminence Mayor Drane Stephens wrote an editorial stating:
"It is very unusual for a city our size to only have one pharmacy. Consider Crestwood and Owenton. Both are smaller than Eminence and neither even have as much industry yet both support at least two pharmacies with Crestwood even supporting two large national chain stores. Competition does not kill businesses, it makes them stronger."
Dear Editor,
I feel I need to respond to statements made by speakers at the Henry County Democrat Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner, as reported in the Henry County Local.
Jerry Lundergan, father of Allison Lundergan Grimes, said "The Democratic Party of Kentucky has stood by and let the Republicans identify who we are." No, y'all have done a pretty good job of that on your own. This summer's Democratic National Convention showed everyone what the Democratic Party stands for.
Growth is good but at what cost?
As of the up and coming 2014, Cook's Pharmacy/True Value would have been in business for 50 years in our community. I can't help but think how sad a family business that has had so much influence and been a part of many people's lives in our community will be coming to an end.
Did you realize that out of the 16 million Veterans who participated in WWII, there are only about 1.5 million still living. The U.S. is losing 800 to 1,000 WWII veterans every day, which means in five years most of the Greatest Generation will be gone.
The Henry County Courthouse and Annex will be closing at noon on Friday, March 29, 2013 in observance of Good Friday.
Due to the Good Friday holiday, the Henry County Clerk's Office will close at 11:30 a.m. Please do not wait until the last day to do your March renewals! The office will not open again until 8 a.m., Monday, April 1.
Along with some of my fellow community members, I was grieved to hear that two more historic buildings were going to be demolished in order to create new businesses and jobs for Eminence. However, what saddens and perplexes me even more is that there have been many more that have fallen long before we arrived 17 years ago. Their memories remain in beautiful portraits that reside in City Hall.
Although several major issues are still pending, the General Assembly wrapped up much of its work early last week, and for a "short" legislative session, there is already a fairly long list of key bills that have made it to Governor Beshear's desk.
The stairs were removed from the inside wall of the KOI building on Main Street and laid out in the parking lot last week on their way to their new home in the new Browning's building. I spent all one night cleaning off the loft we were going to use the steps on, only to find them gone. I have reported them to the police as stolen, however we have considered the possibility someone picked them up from outside the building thinking we were discarding them. If so, please bring them back. They are not yours. All will be forgiven!
I want to thank Allison Lundergan Grimes for standing up for Kentucky's military. Our military members make tremendous sacrifices to protect our rights and they deserve our best efforts to preserve their right to vote. It's refreshing to see an elected official making that effort. I hope members of the General Assembly will join Secretary Grimes in standing up for the military and pass Senate Bill 1 as it was originally filed.
Commissioner Diane Perry and I Commissioner Shawn Mertz would like to invite all interested citizens, business owners, church leaders, and any other interested parties to the next Pleasureville city Commission meeting to discuss future economic development and city growth. Henry County Judge Executive John Logan Brent, Magistrate Jerry Beasley, Shelby County Judge Executive Rob Rothenburger, Magistrate Bill Hedges will be present for the meeting.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
I think I can say that we all agree that SQL Server 2012 brings with revolution in our database world, since the number of new feature and new possibilities, IMHO, is comparable to what SQL Server 2005 brought several years ago.
Interesting enough, even the well-known IDC firm thinks that SQL Server 2012 can be a game changer. From a technical point of view the highlighted technologies are:
The full document (less than 10 pages) is very interesting – definitely worth reading – and can be extremely helpful to bring the awareness of what SQL Server 2012 can offer and how it can help business, also to non technical people:
IDC WHITE PAPER - Microsoft SQL Server 2012- Potential Game Changer
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Tha IDC paper was commissioned by Microsoft and is a piece of marketing material. I'm a SQL Server guy, so I'm not here to trash SQL Server. But guys, let's be at leat a bit objective and honest. Useless hypes don't do us any real good professionally. What I'm saying is that no matter how you look at it, you simply cannot seriously label SQL2012 as "brings revolution in our database world", unless you consider adding the features that have been around for a long time as a revolution.
Also, I was breathless to read how the paper spins an outrageous SQL Server licence fee jack-up as good for the customers. I don't blame Microsoft for increasing the licence fee. After all, they are not a charity and need to make money. And they can increase the fee as much as they like. It's up to the customers to decide if they like it. Note that most other vensors are already using a similar licence structure. But the IDC opinions make that sound like a very good thing for the customer. Wow! How low can IDC go?
Agreed with Jack. I don't see the game changer here. These enhancements, to me, seem evolutionary, not revolutionary. It will be a good enough release, but it's not going to turn the world on its head.
Good progress? Yes. Revolution? Not.
Mmmm...so the question is: what do you would call "revolutionary"?. Would you call Qlikview a revolution? Or Netezza? Or Hadoop?
If we just look at the "raw" technical features there is basically really nothing new in the last decade...and this is true for what concerns the entire IT field. Not even virtulization, that has been revolutionizing our work in these years, is "new"...and it's first implementation was done on Mainframe in the Sixties!
So let me put it in that way: it's true, for example, the column-store is something known from the seventies, but it's implementation inside SQL Server is surely something than can revolutionize some BI solution. The new Tabular engine in SSAS is something that will surely change how some solution will be created.
IMHO, SQL Server 2008 is an evolution, while for SQL Server 2012 the term "revolution" seems more appropriate to me, due to the amount of changes introduced and the impact they have on how people will architect and develop their solutions.
It's always a balancing act for any vendor when touting a new version. Of course, you need to heavily promote your new version when you have added good features. But if you are too insanely excited about the features that have been essentially in a direct competitor's product for a long time, you risk making your current version look seriously behind the competition.
@Linchi. completely agree. No way that the THROW statement can be considered a revolution :)
Looking at the licensing .. how do they define a "CORE".
For example I have a server with 4 Processors but it looks likes 16 cores. However some of these cores are actually just instruction pipelines due to hyper threading feature. This gets even more confusing on a VM ... when is it a "real core".
This is going to get even more confusing as the core count goes up.
How will this work with HADOOP functionality ... its an old outdated pricing model. What if we get 100's of cores like with advances in GPU technology or dedicated sub/co processors.
The price increase is ridiculus for the feature additions. MS claims 100% increase. But 6 and 8 cores are standard now. With two procs as a base you end up with 12 core. This costs over $20,000. Typical low price market intro - gain market share - increase price. In this case it should have been a reasonable increase. Or staged over two versions.


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Zigzagging our way up in our four-by-four safari vehicle, on the twisty road and through tiny communities, there are some incredible vistas being revealed as we prepare to begin our latest skiing adventure in Oukaïmeden. Continue reading 'Beyond the glitter and pizzazz: Skiing in Morocco is as vintage as it gets'Print This Post
Heavy snowfalls of the last seven days have eased off in most areas, although the podium medals are awarded to Jackson Hole, Whistler and Courchevel this week for recording the largest amount of fresh new snow this past week. Elsewhere, there has been more fresh snow, just not the huge volumes of previous weeks. Continue reading 'Snowfall eases a little around the globe but hits Jackson Hole, Whistler and Courchevel'Print This Post
It's been yet another snowy week in most of Europe and large swathes of North America. French ski areas seem to have performed the best for fresh snow in the last week with some reporting as much as three feet/90cm of new snow in the last seven days and more areas now reporting 3m+ (10+ ft) bases, although this has been accompanied by stormy weather at times.
Continue reading 'Mid-winter snow hits across North America and Europe'Print This Post
Everest is by far the highest mountain in the world. The Earth Goddess of all mountains. The inspiration for all those who have stood on her summit. In our freerider soul it is the supreme descent, the ultimate ride.
In 2000, Everest skiiing Davo Karnicar, a Slovenian, became at the age of 38, the first person to carry out the complete ski descent of Everest. Continue reading 'Infographic of the week: Descending Everest by skis'
It's not exactly what one would expect from one of the remaining hardline communist countries in the world, but nonetheless North Korea has managed to open the world's latest luxury ski resort. Now it's time for you to buy the T-shirt and bring your story of Masik Pass Continue reading 'World's newest ski resort opens in North Korea'Print This Post
One must love when tourism-marketing organizations pull together to bring great deals for their potential clientele. The Eastern Townships ski resort of Bromont, located about an-hour east of Montreal is going after out-of-province skiers with an attractive offer this season. The Bromont SweetPass is designed to take advantage Continue reading 'Bromont ski promotion is one of the best deals around'Print This Post
The man, a known paragliding instructor, was skiing with four other people, was pronounced dead at the scene of the avalanche.
Speed riding involves skiing down a slope with a canopy and mix skiing with flying.
Recent snowfalls across Europe have made the snowpack unstable and operators are asking skiers to ski within the boundaries of ski resorts. This is the first death reported in France. Last week a 16-year old British skier died at the Austrian resort of Lech.
In Canada a snowboarder lost his life at the BC Resort of Kicking Horse.
While there are a number of snow storms forecast in North America and Europe over the Christmas holidays, officials are warning that there could elevated dangers in the backcountry by those skiers tempted to seek untapped powder.
- Snow Reports: Get the latest snow conditions at your favourite resorts
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Join the Sustainability Leadership Center to plant edibles in the student-managed Grazing Garden and meet other garden enthusiasts! Tools and snacks will be provided. No previous gardening experience necessary. We will share lots of resources for sustainable living and getting involved on campus.
Friday, September 27
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Meet at Cob Oven (SW Corner of SMSU)
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Sporting Lisbon could be set to make Liverpool target Diego Capel available for a transfer in January, reports talkSPORT.
According to sources in Portugal, the former Barcelona youth product could be set to depart the club once the next transfer window opens.
Capel, who has struggled with injuries so far this season, is one of the club's highest earning stars and could leave the club for £5.75 million.
However, the Spanish winger was also linked with a move to Ligue 1 outfit Marsielle in the summer and the Reds may face a battle to sign the star.
Brendan Rodgers signed winger Victor Moses in the summer, but he only arrived at Anfield on loan, so the Liverpool boss may now renew his interest in Capel.
It's not yet known which club the 25-year-old would take preference in to joining, but the winger may well move across Europe in 2014.
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Hi, I'm a long-time RDM and have not yet unlocked SCH (/DRK and /NIN are ahead of it in priority atm), so I'm coming to you guys for some advice. My younger brother just started the game, and is intent on becoming a SCH because he loves blowing stuff up (he's played around on my BLM sub before and really enjoys nuking stuff), but wants more versatility than what BLM has to offer, so SCH seems like a natural fit. The thing is, he's leveling BLM and doesn't seem too keen on leveling RDM (he's not a fan of melee fighting, and RDM is super slow at nuke soloing compared to BLM or SCH).
I think he intends to do BLM->37, Unlock SCH, SCH->75, and I've been encouraging him to do BLM->18, RDM->37, Unlock SCH, SCH->75, since I hear that most Scholars go /RDM nearly fulltime. I'm not sure if he will quit the game if he has to level RDM before even getting to touch SCH, so I'm curious if I leveled his RDM to 30 or so for him (so he can unlock SCH) if I would be gimping his SCH playskills horribly. I guess what I'm asking is if he will need the experience of leveling RDM to really get a handle on how to play SCH, or if he would be fine playing SCH without having lots of hands-on experience with RDM? Keep in mind this is his first job, but he has played on my BLM in Yuhtunga Jungle parties before with no problems.
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Just got a exernal HD Enclosure and 120 gig HD a long with a USB 2 PCI Card.
The USB2 Card is made by QTec and as a VT6212L VIA Chip Set on it.
I can get the HD to work but it only works for a short time, 5 minutes tops. It then spots reponding.
I tried plugging in a Epson 925 printer thats USB 2 but it not detected at all.
But if I plug in a USB1 memory stick it stays connected forever if you get my meaning.
I take it that it must be a driver issue, checked HW and the USB2 driver is detected and it even lists the Printer additional storage ( card reader ) a lone with the USB to IDE interface.
I have tried removing and re-adding the USB Modules still no luck.
how can I force install the USB2 driver
I have tested the kit on another SuSE 9.2 System and it all Works.


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The Daily Rash
A hilarious satire site recently "reported" about a Twitter dialog between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un and President Barack Obama in which the young dictator taunted Obama with one disparaging tweet after another.
With tongue embedded in cheek, The Daily Rash reported, "After several weeks of nuclear threats from the young dictator, few were surprised that he would attempt to provoke the president with denigrating remarks on the Internet's popular social network."
The opening Twitter shots:
Kim [email protected] Obama gave me neck massage & clip toenails b4 cooking me waffles 4 breakfast 2 day.
Kim [email protected] Obama is my concubine. After my bath he bring me slippers and comb my hair.
Kim [email protected] I make President Obama wash my car after he change oil and rotate tires. #POTUS
Kim [email protected] Obama shoot basketball like fat girl with greasy hands. #rosieodonnell
After taunting the president several times, Obama finally returned the volley:
President [email protected] Chubby dictator Kim Jong-Un certainly has gall to disparage the obese + apparently he's sexist. #bullies #rosieodonnell
It goes on for several more tweets. But be warned! Read the rest of the "dialog" at The Daily Rash at your own risk – you could break out in an eruption of laughter!
More hilarity from the Daily Rash: "Dog The Bounty Hunter Accidentally Chews Off His Own Arm"; "Maybelline Announces Keith Richards is New Spokesmodel"; and this shocking expose: "Crocs – Shoes for People Who've Given Up".
The Twidiocracy
Writer Matt Labash attended the recent five-day South by Southwest Interactive Festival, or SXSW (in Twitter-speak), held annually as part of a larger 11-day SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, and made the claim that Western Civilization is declining, 140 characters at a time.
No fan of Twitter, Labash wrote a piece better suited for a lengthy NPR Fresh Aire-type segment about the social media phenom and how it has "infiltrated itself into every crevice of society."
In far more than 140 characters, Labash listed several examples of how "pathological the Twitterfication of the world" has become: "A Houston hospital felt it necessary to live tweet a brain surgery. A second-grade class in Buffalo corrected the misspelled tweets of NFL players as a grammar exercise. A Washington, D.C., hotel promised a 'dedicated social media butler' as part of its $47,000 Obama inaugural package, to chronicle the experience 'so your friends and family can follow your adventures on Twitter.'"
How did we ever talk to each other before Twitter?
Who has your back?
Who is protecting your 4th Amendment Right to privacy? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released its annual report titled "Who Has Your Back?" revealing which companies protect your information from the government.
This important report looks at 18 companies to determine if – among other things – they require a warrant, tell you there's been a government request for your info, publish transparency reports and fight for users' privacy rights both in court and in Congress: "In this annual report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of major Internet companies – including ISPs, email providers, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms and social networking sites – to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data. The purpose of this report is to incentivize companies to be transparent about how data flows to the government and encourage them to take a stand for user privacy whenever it is possible to do so."
If you're at all interested in knowing who's got your back, this is the report you must read.
Wink! Wink!
OK, first of all, do you know what Google Glass is?
CNet explains: "Google Glass is Google on your face." Eyeglass-type frames "ship with the ability to take the very most recent communications from your smart phone or Google accounts and show them to you in a head-up display. They take phone calls. They send texts, take photos and video, and show maps. They deliver search results. If you've played with Google Now, the Glass interface is strikingly similar.
"This product is often incorrectly referred to as 'Google Glasses' with good reason," CNet explains. "But it's really more of a lensless eyeglasses frame, with a mobile computing device built into the stem that sits on your right ear. That right arm wraps around to a small transparent display that sits above your right eye. Imagine if a wearable side-mounted camera grew a glasses-frame construct, and that's Glass. "
Capabilities are still being developed. The next Google Glass owner who winks at you may actually be taking your picture, according to a CNet report that explains how the high-tech titanium wearable computer snaps photos with just the wink of an eye.
The feature is called Winky, and "can even be used to snap a photo when the screen is turned off. As a result, Winky eliminates the need to issue a voice command or tap a button to take a picture."
Does this seem a little creepy to you? Or is it just another marvel of technology?
The good, the hateful, the brave
A dashcam video that capturesthe goodness in mankind. Bring it on: Deion Sanders gets a heaping helping of hate from the "tolerant ones." NRA speeches by Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, Glenn Beck and others in the land of the free and the home of the brave.


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If this were a typical year, the doomsayers would be in fine voice this month. That's because four of the five planets that are visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the dawn sky. Since the doomsayers are saving up for December of next year, though, they may let this conjunction pass with little notice.
That's just as well, since such a conjunction has no effect on ordinary human affairs. The planets are all so far away that even their combined gravitational pull on Earth is tiny compared to the pull of the Sun and Moon. And there are no other invisible "forces" that make such an alignment anything to worry about.
Instead, it's a cause for celebration because it's such a pretty sight.
On Tuesday morning, for example, Venus and Jupiter will stand side by side, quite low in the east as dawn twilight brightens. They are the brightest objects in the night sky after the Moon, so as long as you have a clear horizon, they stand out. Venus is the brighter of the two, with Jupiter to its left.
Mercury is to the lower right of Venus, about the same distance as between Venus and Jupiter. It isn't nearly as bright, but its proximity to Venus will help you find it. Finally, Mars is to the lower left of Jupiter. It's so low and faint that it'll be difficult to see, even with binoculars.
The view is best from the southern states because the path of the planets stands at a little higher angle relative to the horizon.
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Shifting Focus
Enrique Salem, Symantec president and CEO, told CRN editors in advance of this week's Symantec PartnerEngage conference that new technology is making it possible to merge the personal and business digital lives of users in a single smart device such as Apple's Tablet PC.
That merging of business and personal digital personnas, however, is causing problems for corporate IT departments which have to design new ways to store and protect the business data their users will increasingly be able to access from wherever they are.
As a result, Salem said, Symantec has had to shift its focus from solving point storage and security problems to looking at how these problems interconnect with how users' IT habits are changing.
And that, he said, means basing future strategies on the consumerization of IT and the "IT-ization" of consumers.


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Marathon Mum. Marathon Man. Get the joke? Both feature obsessiveness, shady characters from Europe, lots of running, and most notably, torture. This online journal began as I trained for the 2005 London Marathon. I successfully finished the race, but MarathonMum lives on. After all, life as a mother isn't a sprint, it's a marathon.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Team Jolie-Pitt Triumphs Again
The figure is reportedly the amount that People magazine in the United States paid for the exclusive North American rights to pictures of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. But the pictures apparently also have been sold to Hello! magazine in the United Kingdom and other media outlets worldwide, pushing the estimated total amount paid up to $7 million.
In a masterstroke of both charitable giving and public relations, Jolie and Pitt plan to donate all the proceeds from the pictures to charity. This donation follows their first gifts of $300,000 for maternity equipment for two Namibian hospitals and a $15,000 for a community education initiative.
Suddenly, all celebrities who have pocketed the money for pictures of their babies, weddings or homes seem shallow, miserly and stupid. Much like they are, probably.
The May 27 birth of this little girl has been a case study in how to outfox the media and the public. Pitt and Jolie travelled with their other two children to the southern African country Namibia to have the baby. I'm quite certain that most entertainment reporters could not find that country on a globe prior to this trip. By going there, they ensured that there would be few reporters and photographers in the country to follow their every move. To ensure their privacy, the government would not issue any journalistic visas to anyone without the express written consent of Jolie and Pitt.
Personally, all of these actions caused me to switch my allegiance from Team Aniston (wronged first wife) to Team Jolie (international humanitarian who really cares about African children). Jolie seems to be a woman who takes her responsibilities as a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador seriously. Unlike, say, Geri Haliwell, also a U.N. ambassador who recently sold pictures of her newborn daughter to Hello! but did not donate any of her proceeds to charity.
The couple, who are the subject of worldwide interest, first got to know one another while starring in the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Pitt happened to be married to Aniston at the time.
But how the couple, dubbed Bradgelina, have handled the interest in this child makes me respect them like I never did before.
The couple said in a statement, "While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognize that 2 million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority."
If only all celebrities could use the superficial interest in them for the benefit of others. Other celebrities really could learn something from Team Jolie-Pitt.
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- jkrunning--Just Keep Running said...
While I agree with you on all points made, especially the ones about how gracious Brad and Angelina have been, I am still and always will be a Jennifer fan. I do think that a lesson should be learned in Hollywood from Brad, Angelina and Jennifer. They have all been discreet and courteous toward the other parties and have shown grace and class that is seldom seen from celebrities.
- Laura said...
Can I like Aniston, Pitt and Jolie?
Either way, I agree. They have gone up hugely in my estimation by not just paying lip service but actually doing something about it.
The world could use more responsible celebrities; we have enough of the self-obsessed ones.


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You all know the rules. Let's vote on our very favorite space battles from all of sci-fi. :D
I'm thinking we should come up with a list of about 20 before we start voting, but I'm open to suggestions.
I'll start it off with a few:
Battle of Endor - Return of the Jedi (0)
Final Bugger battle - Ender's Game (0)
Final Wraith battle - SGA: Enemy at the Gate (0)


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Norway's Zero team crosses Europe in hydrogen cars without a backup
It's not quite a trip around the world, but a trek that Norway's Zero team recently undertook in a pair of hydrogen-fueled cars is certainly an impressive enough feat in its own right. Late last month, they drove two Hyundai Ix35 FCEVs from Oslo to Monte Carlo (admittedly one of the easier ways to technically "cross Europe"), relying solely on the existing hydrogen refueling infrastructure -- that's as opposed to other trips that brought along fuel trucks as backup. As the team explains, the key to the trip was some careful planning at the outset, but they apparently still wound up cutting it close a few times, and were forced to put their hypermiling skills to the test. Not surprisingly, they found that the hydrogen infrastructure still needs to be considerably improved for such trips to become commonplace, but they seem hopeful that things could soon improve.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/06/norways-zero-team-crosses-europe-in-hydrogen-cars-without-a-bac/


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How to FF at hospital after birth?
How does this work? If you know you are going to FF from the beginning do you have to bring bottles and formula or does the hospital provide it for you? If they provide it, do I have a choice of what type/brand they give us or no?
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They provide you a variety of types of disposable pre-mixed formula to use. Easy peasy.
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If I remember right, you can bring your own, but you don't have to. I they they should have plenty of ready to feed samples that you should have the option of using. But different hospitals might have different policies. I suggest calling the maternity ward where you plan to deliver and ask how they handle it all.
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You will need to call and ask. When my milk didn't come in, we were given a choice of three kinds of Enfamil, 3 kinds of Similac, and Gerber Goodstart. They came in the two ounce nurser bottles and had individually wrapped one-use nipples. Different hospitals have different relationships with formula companies so if you have a particular thing you want to use, bring it with you, and then if they have it there, great, use it and bill to insurance. Otherwise at least you have what you want.
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Depends on the hospital. With the girls they offered me similac or enfamil(the gift bags to take home but also gave me some nursers with disposable nipples). Yhe hospital I had ds at doesnt give out the gift bags and since I was trying to nurse they didnt give/offer me anything. However when we went back the day after we were discharged for a blood draw and they discovered he had lost so much weight and wasnt giving dirty/wet diapers since we left more 24hrs earlier they just hurried out of the room and brought back some similac nursers(they did encourage me to give 'just one bottle then nurse' but didnt ask what brand I wanted).
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BFing Mom here that is totally supportive of the choice to FF! Call your hospital to find out what brands they offer, they will dole them out to you in RTF 2-3 ounce bottles with disposable nipples. If the hospital doesn't carry the brand you wish to start with, you can bring your own, but I highly recommend splurging and bringing the same 2-3 ounce RTF bottles the hospital uses, so you aren't dealing with mixing and bottle cleaning at the hospital. Even though I BF, I order a case of Gerber Good Start Gentle RTF 3 ounce bottles from Amazon before I deliver, and here is why: If you have a hospital birth, chances are it will be medicated/assisted in some shape or form. This sets your newbie up for BFing difficulties from the get go, generally they are too sleepy to nurse, can't latch well, etc., which sets them up for not getting enough of the precious few teaspoons of colostrum your breasts produce the first few days, to rid their bodies of the bilirubin that causes jaundice. The test for jaundice requires a blood test, gained by a very painful pricking of your newbie's heel, and sometime they have to prick twice!!! I can't stand this, I can't bear seeing my babies pricked over and over again, and most BF babies do generally leave the hospital jaundiced, requiring a check up with your Ped within 24-48 hours of discharge - only to get another heel prick unless your Ped can visibly see the jaundice is taking care of itself. The big advantage of FFing from the get go, is that you quickly reduce your newbie's chances of developing jaundice - they are taking more in per feeding than their BFing counterparts and they pass their meconium much more quickly. So I slipped both my boys a bottle or two of Good Start, as soon as they had latched successfully to my breast, to save them the torture of jaundice and heel pricks. I chose Good Start Gentle, because most of my friends FF, and from hearing their experiences over and over again, it seems to be the one milk based formula that most sensitive/colicky/relflux/GERD/fussy babes can handle before having to try costly hypoallergenic and elemental formulas. There is also the added advantage that most store brands of formula will offer one that mimicks Good Start Gentle, and that will save you $$ in the long run. Now for the not-so-good news about starting FFing in the hospital.... I haven't had a single FFing friend come home from the hospital without telling me that they felt the hospital staff overwhelmed them with pressure to BF, at least for the first few days, so the baby can get the colostrum. Some were even guilted in to "trying" BFing, when it was not what they wanted to do. So be prepared for this, stay strong, and stand your ground. I'll be the first to tell you that BFing isn't all it's chalked up to be, it's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, and I personally can't possibly do it without the random bottle of formula every now and then. Even though the Breast is Best campaign seems to be en vogue in all US hospitals nowadays, we've got a looooong way to go, culturally, before all Moms can successfully breastfeed their babies the full recommended year. Namely we will need longer maternity leaves and spouses/families that realize they will be waiting hand and foot on a nursing mother and newborn for the first 6-8 weeks. Hospitals will need to become more patient and allow time for an un-medicated birth to happen, instead of intervening from the get go. Anyways...enough of my soap box. PM me when you give birth, if you need advice on drying up your milk, since I have noted that hospitals and Doctors do a very poor job of this. Best of luck to you Momma!
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If you don't bring your own you will have to use what is provided to you and it is usually just one kind. At our hospital it is similac only, the plain stuff, no other option. I did BF both but had to supplement in the beginning and that is what we used; the hospital was very nice about giving us some extra samples, and I believe most of them are like that.
Also! If you want to give your baby colostrum (the hospital staff will probably talk to you about that) you don't have to do it via bf, it works just fine to put the colostrum on a pacifier or bottle nipple. Any extra immune boost is a good idea, especially during cold and flu season.
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Former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) director Douglas Paal has been undiplomatic toward Joseph Wu (吳昭燮), the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) new representative to the US, compared to his treatment of King Pu-tsung (金溥聰), Taiwan's new representative to the US ("Paal gives advice to Taiwan's US envoy," Dec. 5, page 3).
Paal talked about the "high quality of communication" between Taiwan and the US in welcoming King and praised the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) , but mentioned "ambiguous, ambivalent or sensitive issues" when referring to Wu and the DPP in general.
Apparently, Ma's administration communicates much better with foreigners than with Taiwanese who find Ma's "sensitive" policies too opaque and ambiguous.
When Ma's campaign for the January presidential election was at a low ebb, Paal openly endorsed him and even supported Ma's so-called "1992 consensus."
On the other hand, Paal criticized the "Taiwan consensus," proposed by DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) as being ambiguous.
When Ma's US green card became a hot issue in the 2008 presidential election, Paal himself, as then-AIT director, "clarified" to Taiwanese that Ma did not have a green card.
Today, the "1992 consensus" is still a controversy and Ma's green card is still a mystery to the majority of Taiwanese.
Paal indicates that Taiwan-China relations appear more stable today than for more than 60 years. He forgot to mention that Taiwan's sovereignty is suffering.
Taiwan has two representatives in the US, possibly because Taiwan is not a normal country and the US is crucial to Taiwan.
If Taiwan were a normal country, it would be recognized by the US, Japan, the EU and the UN, and King would be the ambassador.
Wu has an important role to play since he has to let the US know what Taiwanese want, especially when Ma's current approval rating is only 13 percent.
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Bumbled media plurality
Media systems in democratic countries are supposed to provide two vital functions.
The first is a "marketplace of ideas" where newspapers and TV channels serve as carriers for various competing perspectives and facilitate a public sphere for the debate of important political and social issues.
The other is to be the "watchdog of democracy," providing a critical coverage of what powerful political actors are doing, especially in regard to what they are doing wrong.
Unfortunately, purely market-driven media systems tend towards oligopolies, with a few media conglomerates dominating the scene.
This is bad for plurality, and for this reason some European countries actively promote media diversity.
In Sweden, for example, the government makes sure that there are at least two competing newspapers in every market, both national and local, by subsidizing the economically weaker title when necessary.
In Taiwan, however, the government seems to be going in the opposite direction, facilitating the emergence of a media monopoly.
The hotly disputed Next Media Group deal may change the media landscape dramatically.
Under previous owner, Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英), Next Media has usually provided a critical perspective on political realities in China and on President Ma's pro-China policies.
However, the would-be new owners of the Next Media Group all have economic stakes in China and rather pro-Chinese reputations.


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Boarded a ship in Cape town and arrived in SA around 1896. Married in SA then settled in Victoria. His mother was unknown to us and I cannot trace his origins as I do not know anything other than oral history from my grand-mother other than he was born in Calcutta around 1869. Died at 45 years in 1914 in Bairnsdale Victoria. I assume he anglasised his name and Capetown records were subject to a fire. Any ideas how I can trace him? His name changed on different records between Lewis Henry Hudson, Louis Hudson, Harry Hudson (on death certificate) wedding certificate as Lewis Henry Hudson.
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