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Goodwood Festival of Speed (2011)
Earlies this summer I went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed (UK) for the first time in my life, and man was that a great event. Going back next year, I know that much.
It's difficult to describe what the event really is, because it's a lot of things at the same time. But that's also not very important, the only thing you need to know it's 4 days of classic & sports car galore like you have never seen before. And give it to Lord March, the Festival of Speed is also one of the best organized events of that size I have ever been to.
There weren't many Mustangs at the event, apart from the "Bullitt" and P-51 you see above, but if you're into cars you will like what I saw there. Here's the link to my Flickr set, giving you a bit of an idea of the overall event.


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Reuse warehouse provides lifelong opportunities
At first glance, the ReSource warehouse at 451 11th St. NW looks like an immense compilation of random stuff.
Along one aisle, hundreds of multi-colored fabrics line the shelves next to leather and vinyl straps. Turning to the right, you will see a multitude of glass ranging from fine stem ware to broken plates and bowls. Turn once more and you will find a complete collection of top-notch latex paints along with an on-site paint mixer.
The array of miscellaneous items goes on forever.
But closer inspection of the haphazard goods shows the ReSource facility exposes an intertwined theme that is not arbitrary, but rather symbolic of a life-changing process larger than tattered twine or shattered glass.
Safe Harbor Rescue Mission's ReSource facility, which officially opened to the public Wednesday, is one of 45 reuse centers in the nation that allows citizens to drop off and pick up "industrial, business and domestic discards" for re-purposing.
"The main idea is that everything we have here can be used to make something else," said Debbie Haynes, executive director of Safe Harbor Rescue Mission, a non-profit organization that helps women that are in need on their journey back to a whole and productive life, according to safeharborrescuemission.org.
ReSource's waste exchange program will divert thousands of tons of trash from local landfills. Just this year, ReSource plans to salvage 5,000 tons of waste from landfills, Haynes said.
Haynes added that anyone who wants to donate goods to the facility can stop by during their regular hours on Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The materials in the warehouse are priced "reasonably," with most items selling individually for less than $1 or by the pound for $3 to $5. Prices do vary from these estimates based on the items.
Money from the items benefits Safe Harbor.
The warehouse at ReSource also features a room for birthday parties, where children can bring friends to make something out of reusable items. There is also a work shop that local reuse artists can use to make their pieces.
Haynes hopes ReSource will inspire others to not only be green, but use the materials to be creative.
"Just in the past month, I've been inspired to create something and made a bird out of an old mixer," Haynes said. "If I can make a bird, there's no telling what someone else can do."
But the function of ReSource is two-fold and extends far beyond turning one man's waste into another man's artwork.
Most of the staff that work at ReSource are part of Safe Harbor's Residential Whole Woman program, a one year program that "provides women with the opportunity and necessary resources to heal from past wounds and resulting coping behaviors," according to safeharborrescuemission.org .
Working at the facility not only gives the women work experience, but also helps them become a productive member of society, Haynes said.
"It's wonderful that this has provided me and others an opportunity to become a working member of our society," said Denise Suttlemyer, a resident of Safe Harbor's "Whole Woman" program who plans on going back to work as a hairstylist. "It's been wonderful to see a business from the beginning and see how it blossoms."
Haynes said Suttlemyer has been a resident of Safe Harbor for about one year and already has a prospective employer.
"It's great to get out of yourself and see how this (ReSource) is going to work for the community and the environment," Suttlemyer said.
At ReSource, Suttlemyer has assisted by cleaning the warehouse and managing incoming reusable items.
Haynes said the women from Safe Harbor who are working at ReSource are all residents, and she hopes to eventually employ some of them when they graduate from the program
"This will help us have those women employable, and in this economy that's incredible," Haynes said. "These women are awesome. They have so much to overcome."
Coming full circle
In addition to the facility's warehouse, ReSource also offers a gallery area that showcases work from local reuse artists.
The profits from the gallery works go to the artist and Safe Harbor.
"It's fascinating to walk around the gallery, look at something and say, 'What did they make that out of?'" Haynes said.
Marilyn Broussard is a local reuse artist who decorated the gallery at ReSource. She was placing pieces of broken plates along one of the building's columns as she described the symbolism of the whole project.
"The mosaic is kind of symbolic of Safe Harbor because you're taking plates and dishes that are broken and making something new," Broussard said. "That's kind of been the theme of the whole thing."

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Davonn Robinson of Milwaukee spent more than four years in prison on false charges that he sexually abused two children. Now, thanks to the work of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, Robinson is a free man.
"Davonn's exoneration was a moment of sheer exuberance for both Davonn and his legal team," said Keith Findley, co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. "It showed once again that, although it is difficult, it is possible to exonerate a wrongfully convicted person even when there is no DNA evidence. In the end, the proof of Davonn's innocence was overwhelming."
In May 2006, Robinson was convicted on the false testimony of the alleged child victims. However, both children later recanted, testifying that their mother beat them with electrical cords until they agreed to make the false accusations. The mother subsequently was convicted of child abuse, and the children voluntarily came forward with the truth.
"After meeting both the children, we were struck by their readiness to voluntarily take the stand and testify in order to correct an injustice. They were ready to come forward, no longer under the fear of violent abuse at the hands of their mother," said David Blinka, one of the Wisconsin Innocence Project students who worked on Robinson's case.
The Wisconsin Innocence Project received the case in early summer 2010. Students Blinka and Brett Dobbs, under the supervision of Findley and co-director John Pray, worked to confirm all of the facts that pointed toward Robinson's innocence, including interviews with pertinent witnesses, and helped to draft supplemental pleadings.
Robinson's case was presented at an evidentiary hearing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Aug. 27, 2010. Less than a month later, on Sept. 23, the court vacated Robinson's conviction, and the state promptly dismissed all charges against him. Wisconsin Innocence Project faculty and students were on hand as Robinson walked out of prison a free man. Video of Robinson's tearful reunion with his mother is available here.
"This case represents a victory for both the children and for Davonn. And it's gratifying to know that a family has been reunited," Dobbs said. "However, Davonn was arrested just months before he would have graduated from high school. While it's incredibly satisfying to know that Davonn can now make up for lost time, he still has a long road ahead of him.
Since its creation in September 1998, the Wisconsin Innocence Project has exonerated 12 wrongly convicted individuals, and presented new evidence of innocence to free three others cases either were not yet fully resolved or were resolved short of a complete exoneration.
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BALTIMORE — Growing up, Kentucky Derby winner Orb was just another horse who fit in with the crowd.
Never caused problems. Never raised a ruckus. Never got sick or hurt while frolicking in the fields of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., with his pals, or when he was learning how to be a racehorse at Niall Brennan's farm in Ocala, Fla. Did everything asked of him.
"A model citizen," says Claiborne Farm manager Bradley Purcell.
Brennan remembers the colt did everything right. "His workouts, his focus, he didn't fret about things, he was enjoying it," he says.
And wouldn't you know it: In his racing debut, last Aug. 18 at Saratoga, Orb leaped in the air as the gates opened and trailed by 14 lengths early on in the seven-furlong race. He made a remarkable recovery, though, and finished third, just 11/4 lengths behind the winner.
"He was so far behind," recalled his jockey, Joel Rosario. "He made up a lot of ground, and I was impressed. My agent told me, 'maybe he's going to be a nice horse.' "
A few more growing pains followed, like smacking his head in the starting gate in his second race. But a two-month break allowed trainer Shug McGaughey to work out the colt's gate issues, and by his fourth start, Orb had found the winner's circle — a two-length victory at Aqueduct on Nov. 24.
He hasn't lost since, winning three times at Gulfstream Park, including the Fountain of Youth and the Florida Derby, building confidence and gaining experience along the way. And then came the ultimate moment: charging down the stretch over a sloppy track and winning the Derby by 2½ lengths.
"I wish I could tell you back then he looked like a horse who could win the Kentucky Derby," Purcell said. "He had good size, and strength. All we do is let them grow and Mother Nature does the rest."
So far, so good, and a win over eight rivals in Saturday's $1 million Preakness would send Orb back home to New York for the Belmont Stakes on June 8 with a chance to become racing's first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
"I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I don't think about (the Triple Crown), because I do," McGaughey said. "I try to block it out, but if you're in this position, anybody would think about it. It's a thrilling thought, but we've got to get by Saturday. If we do, the next three weeks will be a lot of fun."
Orb seems to be enjoying it, too, appearing cool and calm around the Pimlico stakes barn in the mornings while hundreds of people are milling around, many angling for the best photo op in cramped quarters. He was the same way at Churchill Downs.
A bay son of Malibu Moon, out of the mare Lady Liberty, co-owner Stuart Janney III came up with the name.
"I like it. Every poet who refers to the moon, uses the word orb," Janney explained. "I try to name the horses to go with the mare and stallion."
Orb's bloodlines are filled with champions. Malibu Moon is a son of 1992 Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, and currently is North America's second-leading sire. Lady Liberty is a daughter of 1990 Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Unbridled.
Still, there was not much fanfare when Orb was born in February 2010. It was a "textbook" birth, Purcell said, adding Orb was probably 120-130 pounds — the average weight for a foal. He was among a group of eight colts who spent hours together in the same field. One of them, Departing, is running in the Preakness.
When Orb was sent to Ocala in August 2011, Brennan already had an idea of what he was getting since he'd been the Claiborne to chart Orb's development, as well as dozens of other horses.
"He always looked good physically, but there were others that were the same," Brennan said. "At that time, it's like kids on a soccer field playing around and as you get into early spring, they start separating themselves. You begin to see their athletic ability and Orb, at this time a year ago, was doing very well."
Orb was among the first group of Brennan's 2-year-olds to be sent out to their respective trainers. Also under his care at the time were two other Derby horses — Revolutionary and Palace Malice — and Den's Legacy, who was on the Derby trail for a while.
Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, who co-owns Orb with Janney, remembers seeing the horse early on and not being overly impressed.
"I think we really thought he was just a horse," Phipps said. "I don't think even Shug thought he was much better than that. But after he came back from the Fountain of Youth he came back looking bigger, better and stronger and then he did the same thing after the Florida Derby. And after the Derby. Let's just hope that's the way he's headed (going into the Preakness)."
Despite Orb's troubles at the start of his racing career, McGaughey now marvels at what may be the best horse he's ever trained over a 34-year career that includes 1989 Belmont Stakes winner Easy Goer and many female champions topped by undefeated Personal Ensign.
"He has filled out so much physically," McGaughey said. "I look at him and I can't believe what I'm seeing from last November to now. Mentally, everything has come together. He was a bit difficult at the gate all of his 2-year-old year and that's all behind him. I couldn't be more pleased with his development."
During his win streak, Orb had a new rider for the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby in John Velazquez because Rosario had a prior racing commitment. Rosario regained the mount for the Derby after Velazquez chose Verrazano as his Derby horse. On the day Orb won the Florida Derby, Rosario was in Dubai winning the $10 million World Cup aboard Animal Kingdom.
"This is very good," he said of Orb's win. "He's really getting much better. He showed it in the Kentucky Derby, and I hope he shows it on Saturday."
Orb is considered a closer, but McGaughey says he's versatile.
"He comes from back, but they don't have to take him back," McGaughey said. "It depends on the color of the race. If it's a fast pace, he'll be off of it, but if it's slow, I think he'll actually be laying up close like he was in the Florida Derby within four, five, six lengths. And he has got enough of a punch that you don't take him out of the game plan when you do lay up close."
McGaughey does not take all the credit for Orb's success. Credit also goes to exercise rider Jenn Patterson, who has spent as much time with Orb as anyone. She was with him in the weeks before the Florida Derby, and would make the weekly three-hour round trip drive from Gulfstream Park to Payson Park for Orb's workouts.
"Without her, we wouldn't be here," McGaughey said. "It's not only her riding ability, it's her horsemanship and dedication to the whole thing. Nobody will know how much I appreciate her and what I think of her and her abilities. The rapport we have between each other... I think it's a pretty remarkable relationship."
And because of it, Orb no longer fits in with the crowd. He stands out.


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ReportingService2010::SetDataDrivenSubscriptionProperties Method (String^, ExtensionSettings^, DataRetrievalPlan^, String^, String^, String^, array<ParameterValueOrFieldReference^>^)
Sets the properties of a data-driven subscription.
Assembly: ReportService2010 (in ReportService2010.dll)
public: [SoapHeaderAttribute("TrustedUserHeaderValue")] [SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer/SetDataDrivenSubscriptionProperties", RequestNamespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", ResponseNamespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", Use = SoapBindingUse::Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle::Wrapped)] [SoapHeaderAttribute("ServerInfoHeaderValue", Direction = SoapHeaderDirection::Out)] void SetDataDrivenSubscriptionProperties( String^ DataDrivenSubscriptionID, ExtensionSettings^ ExtensionSettings, DataRetrievalPlan^ DataRetrievalPlan, String^ Description, String^ EventType, String^ MatchData, array<ParameterValueOrFieldReference^>^ Parameters )
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The ID of the subscription, returned by the CreateDataDrivenSubscription method.
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An ExtensionSettings object that contains a list of settings that are specific to the delivery extension.
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A DataRetrievalPlan object that contains a list of settings that are required to retrieve data from the delivery query for the subscription.
- Description
A meaningful description that is displayed to users.
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The type of event that triggers the subscription. The valid values are TimedSubscription or SnapshotUpdated.
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The data that is associated with the specified type of event. This data is used by an event processing extension to match the subscription with an event that has fired.
- Parameters
An array of ParameterValue objects that contains a list of parameters for the report.
The table below shows header and permissions information on this operation.
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In order for the data-driven subscription to run properly, the data source that the DataRetrievalPlan object references must have a CredentialRetrieval property set to Store.
The Field objects contained in the DataSet are checked against the fields that are mapped to delivery extension settings and report parameter values. All fields that are referenced in delivery extension settings and report parameter values must also be enumerated in the dataset.
No validation is performed to ensure that fields enumerated in the dataset are returned by the delivery query. If a field that is enumerated in the dataset is not returned by the delivery query, the report server raises an error when the subscription is processed.
The value of the EventType parameter must correspond to an event processing extension that is configured on the report server. If an event is not handled by an event processing extension, a SOAP exception is thrown with the error code rsInvalidEvent. The event must be handled by an event processing extension that creates notifications. When a value for the EventType parameter is received, the event processing extension is queried to determine whether it creates notifications. If it does not, a SOAP exception is thrown with the error code rsEventNonSubscribeable.
The value of the MatchData parameter depends on the event type. If the event is a TimedSubscription event, a ScheduleDefinition object is required as the MatchData parameter. You must first serialize the ScheduleDefinition object as XML in order to pass it as a string value and create a subscription based on the schedule. The XML structure might look like the one in the following example:
<ScheduleDefinition> <WeeklyRecurrence> <StartDateTime>2003-02-24T09:00:00-08:00</StartDateTime> <WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval> <DaysOfWeek> <Monday>True</Monday> </DaysOfWeek> </WeeklyRecurrence> </ScheduleDefinition>
The value of the StartDateTime element when passed as an XML string should correspond to the date format ISO 8601. This international date and time standard is the extended format CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss+/-Z where "CC" represents the century, "YY" the year, "MM" the month and "DD" the day. The letter "T" is the date and time separator and "hh", "mm", "ss" represent hour, minute and second respectively. This representation may be immediately followed by a "Z" to indicate Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). To indicate the time zone, represented as the difference between the local time and Coordinated Universal Time, "Z" is preceded by a "+" or "-" sign, followed by the difference from UTC represented as hh:mm.
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You can use the XmlSerializer class to automatically convert your object class into an XML string. For more information about the XmlSerializer class, see "System.Xml.XmlSerializer Class" in the Microsoft .NET Framework documentation.
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Family booted from theme park over dad's police t-shirt
The shirt was a gift from the man's brother, who is an LEO
By Amy Pavuk
Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO — A South Florida family was recently denied entry into Universal Orlando because one member was wearing a shirt that said "police," and he is not a sworn law-enforcement officer.
Christian Jarosz told the Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday that he and his wife traveled with their daughters and a friend to Central Florida from Jupiter on Aug. 24 to see the Blue Man Group perform.
A security guard told the family they weren't allowed onto the property because of the "police" shirt Jarosz was wearing, he said.
Jarosz said his brother, who is an officer in New York, gave him the "police" shirt as a gift and he wears it because he is proud of his sibling.
Jarosz said the security officers told him Universal does not allow people to wear clothing identifying themselves as police in the park.
The security officers suggested Jarosz buy a shirt from one of the nearby stores, and the Jarosz family asked to see the policy in writing.
Jarosz eventually agreed to buy a shirt in the Billabong store at CityWalk, he said. But before he could, Jarosz said, "Another security guard said, 'Don't bother buying that, you guys are out of here.'"
When Jarosz asked why, the security guard said he and his family were disruptive, which Jarosz denies.
The family, which was celebrating a daughter's 16th birthday, left the park and did not see the show. Jarosz said they were not charged for the Blue Man Group tickets.
"They could have handled it differently," Jarosz said, noting he has worn the same shirt to other theme parks.
Universal spokesman Tom Schroder told the Sentinel that officials do not discuss the details of specific guest situations.
But he said guests are not allowed to wear clothing that identifies them as law-enforcement or emergency personnel unless they are on duty. That includes clothing with the words "police" and "fire," Schroder said.
Other clothing not permitted at Universal parks includes items displaying profanity or objectionable content.
But according to the Blue Man Group's website, "there is no specific dress code" for the show.
At Walt Disney World, guests are asked to wear proper attire and guidelines are listed on the company's website. Items that are not appropriate include clothing with obscene graphics and objectionable tattoos.
Copyright 2013 The Orlando Sentinel


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Sheffield Wednesday skipper Darren Purse is expected to return to the squad for the home match with Reading.
Purse, a free summer signing from Cardiff, did not make the bench in last week's 4-0 home defeat to West Brom but may even be recalled to the starting line-up as manager Brian Laws ponders his most effective back four.
Fellow central defender Mark Beevers, who started among the substitutes last week, could also return.
Laws could hand a first start to Tom Soares, who arrived on loan from Stoke in time to step off the bench against the Baggies, while Warren Feeney, on loan from Cardiff, is hoping to make his first appearance.
The Owls have no new injury or suspension problems but midfielder Tommy Miller (hamstring) and striker Francis Jeffers (ankle) are still out.
Reading will be without Shane Long and Brian Howard at Hillsborough as they look to climb above the Owls with a win.
Long begins a three-match ban after he was sent off at Derby last weekend while Howard is starting a six-week lay-off after breaking his jaw in the 2-1 defeat at Pride Park.
Kalifa Cisse, Brynjar Gunnarsson and Jem Karacan are all in the running to replace the stricken Howard in midfield.
Gylfi Sigurdsson signed a new contract this week and after scoring in the last two games will keep his place.
Noel Hunt remains out for the foreseeable future with a knee problem but left-back Chris Armstrong is close to a return to fitness after a knee injury of his own.
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CryEngine 3 is capable of some pretty and impressive things. Prague-based Warhorse Studios, comprised of industry vets that have worked on titles such as those in the Mafia series, as well as Operation Flashpoint, has announced it will be using CryEngine 3 for its debut RPG.
"We looked at every major technology out there and CryENGINE 3 suits our needs perfectly. We are confident it will allow us to make the vision for our game come true," stated Warhorse executive producer Martin Klima.
Very little in the way of detail about the actual game was revealed in the official announcement by Crytek today. "The debut title for the studio will combine open-world experience with a rich story and innovative gameplay elements," the team detailed.


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Jose Mourinho will embrace the new era of Financial Fair Play as a motivating factor during his second spell as Chelsea manager.
Club accounts have been subjected to assessment for the last two years under the FFP regulations laid down by European football's governing body UEFA, with outgoings being measured against revenues from football activities, and those wishing to participate in European competition are not permitted to make significant losses.
"It's very motivational and demands more from you. You have to think more about every decision and every move," Mourinho told chelsea's official website.
"Every wrong move you make has an influence on the future. You need to work more closely with the board in the financial area, you have to have a different perspective and a different look at the players on loan and youth football.
"It's more global. Instead of just focusing on your team, and your targets and ambitions, it's an overall view. It's a different profile of job and I'm happy with that, I'm enjoying that."
The changes are certain to affect Chelsea's usual approach to the transfer market and cast doubt on the possibility Mourinho will this summer exceed the estimated £70million he spent on players when he first arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2004.
The Blues have already signed Andre Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen for an undisclosed fee while Napoli striker Edinson Cavani, Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk and Galatasaray playmaker Wesley Sneijder are all reported targets.
Mourinho has identified regular qualification for the Champions League as one key to maintaining Chelsea's economic stability.
"We need to go back to this stability," he added. "It's important for the players, for the young players' development, for the club, for the fan base and for the economic situation which is more important with Financial Fair Play.
"This is what we want, me as a manager, the owner and the board. The owner and the board want stability and then after that if we are working well and working together, success comes naturally."
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Ray Milius and his team are responsible for engineering matters at Starz. Starz is not among the largest programmers, but it frequently is among the first programmers to adopt new technologies. For example, in 2008, the company was among the first to embark on the transition from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4.
More recently, Ray and his team got Starz into TV Everywhere with its Encore and MoviePlex On Demand And Play services.
On the occasion of his recent promotion, Milius took some time out for an extended chat about the technological path Starz has traveled, some of the technological challenges of program distribution, the intersection of technological feasibility and business issues, and speculation on what one of the Next Big Problems might be.
CED: In 2008, Starz was among the first programmers to move from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. Five years later, the new H.265 (aka HEVC) standards have been ratified. How much of a challenge was the MPEG transition?
Milius: It was timed around our expansion on the HD side. Our first two HD services were launched on MPEG-2 – much like the rest of the universe. And when we went to expand HD and add more channels, we looked at compression as a way to reduce bandwidth to make that happen. We were adding HD services, so there wasn't a huge installed base of receivers.
The problem you get into with HEVC is the installed base. In order to get to that compression, which would help us with transponder bandwidth, we'd have to replace receivers. It's easier for us to do when launching a new service because there aren't a lot of receivers out there. When a cable affiliate launches a channel, it's a new installation, versus going back to 4,000 headends and replacing all of those receivers.
For us, the bandwidth on the satellite is valuable to us, and for storage and a lot of other reasons, it's a good solution to go to something like HEVC. The issue is the cost of converting all those receivers in the field.
We had an advantage when we went to MPEG-4: The two HD channels we had were not so widely distributed at the time, so that we were able to replace those receivers at not too great a cost.
Look at satellite usage at different programmers such as HBO; they'll retain several transponders they're using for MPEG-2 HD, even though they've converted everything else to MPEG-4. I don't know the reason for that, but I suspect it's because of the large installed based on the MPEG-2 service, and it would be cost-prohibitive to change it over on the receiver side.
CED: What would encourage the move to advanced compression such as HEVC? Would the adoption of Ultra HD (aka 4K) television sets do it?
Milius: 4K is a good example, and I think workable. If we were to launch a 4K linear channel, it would be a new service. That would mean providing new receivers, which would be relatively inexpensive. Trying to convert channels would get kind of expensive.
There's a lot of discussion about whether 4K will really take off or whether it will be more like 3-D. I think TV manufacturers will have to go there. Over time, the TV costs will come down. Whether viewers will shell out money for it is a good question. Certainly, they're not going to sell a lot of $20,000 and $30,000 range.
The other thing with HEVC – there's the royalties aspect of it. That was a big issue with MPEG-4. It'll be interesting to see if the same kind of thing comes out with HEVC. It's still kind of early, and nobody really knows what's going to happen. You've got a lot of people who own pieces of it.
With MPEG-4, they had a patent pool and MPEG-LA – the licensing body. But in the case of MPEG-4, it changed from being a per-box license to an annuity sort of thing, and I think that may have impacted the rollout of MPEG-4 initially because the terms were somewhat distasteful to some distributors. It didn't really affect us, because of the way the licensing went. We're certainly going to be watching what happens with HEVC because it could, in the future.
And it's also scary when you get something like MPEG-4, when there is a large group of patent holders, but then there are some people who don't join the pool, and then you still have to license with several different organizations, and it gets cumbersome. It remains to be seen if the HEVC boys will follow the same path.
CED: Will distributing 4K video be any more difficult?
Milius: Because of bandwidth to home, it can be. At CES, Netflix announced it would be doing some 4K content and announced a partnership with Samsung. It'll be interesting to see how well they pull that off because the problem with your bandwidth on the Internet is that it's not consistent, so your experience can vary from good to bad depending on what happens.
Frankly, I'm impressed with how good the quality has become over the Internet. We're doing a lot of tricks with adaptive bit rate (ABR) that make it acceptable to the viewer, but it's still not as good an experience as you can get from your traditional cable or satellite provider. So there's a question if it will be as good with 4K.
With what I've seen of HEVC, the potential is certainly there – at some point. I'm not sure it's there today.
CED: With experience with TV Everywhere thus far, what has Starz learned thus far?
Milius: With the authentication model, we've rolled that out relatively recently. We've got Starz Play, Encore Play and MoviePlex Play products out. We're out on DirecTV, AT&T and Cox, with a few more coming.
You can get our stuff over Xfinity, just not on our app yet; we anticipate Comcast coming.
We've found with the platforms we're on, it gets some pretty good usage. We launched "Spartacus" a couple weeks ago; we got a lot of sampling in the online space, a lot more than we expected. We're very pleased with the way that went. Today we're on the iPad and the iPhone, and stay tuned for the others because we're getting close.
CED: It's common for companies to start with one set of platforms and then add others. How much of that is technology, and how much business?
Milius: It's a little of both. In general, we're ready to go with the launch prior to the business getting resolved. I don't think we're different from anyone else in this space in that regard.
There's an issue with the Android stuff in the sense that you have a lot of people that have tweaked that platform for their own devices, so it's a little more difficult to implement than the iOS devices because they're all from one company.
The same thing on the Smart TV side. You have a lot of manufacturers with connected TVs, and while it's attractive to be on a connected TV device, it's prohibitive for people like us – who are not exactly the biggest networks in the world – to fund development for a lot of different custom setups. I think over time, if the TV manufacturers get their act together and get a little more consistency with the way they implement the online stuff, I think you'll find more and more stuff available.
CED: Is there a path toward standardizing?
Milius: Several of the manufacturers were trying to find some common ground. It would certainly be nice for those of us who have to develop apps if it were that way.
It's an issue in that there are a lot of different flavors out there, and different manufacturers will choose one that's incompatible with us in a business sense. We can implement different kinds of technology for that, but we have to utilize something that's been approved by the motion picture studios, and sometimes they're a little slow to approve certain DRMs. We're limited in the ones we can use. It's not a huge limitation – we're all complying with the studios; they recognize they have to get their content out there. We can deal with that in time. But sometimes when someone comes out with the latest greatest DRM, we're limited by what the studios will allow.
CED: What's been Starz's experience with CDNs?
Milius: We're using Akamai. We're using adaptive bit rate for distribution on our Play platform. Most companies are doing that now. It takes a lot of the sting out of the bandwidth issues on the Internet bandwidth into the home.
It all depends on the partner. For example, Netflix does all of their own encoding of their ABR files, as does Comcast. We give them a mezzanine file, a very high-bit-rate file, which they then take and convert into adaptive files for their streaming files. They all have their own flavor of how they want to do an ABR file, all to save bandwidth on their side. So we provide the mezzanine, and they take it from there.
For others that don't want to go through that pain or that work – that's one of the reasons behind Starz Play – it provides an opportunity for those affiliates' subscribers to get Internet delivery of that content without having the affiliate go through the process of creating all their own files.
It's easier today than it was a couple of years ago. Today, generally we can get the folks to accept the mezzanine files pretty close to the ones we use in-house, or even the same ones, which makes it easier for us. Go back four or five years, we were producing 25 different formats of files, and that was a nightmare. There's been some stabilization in that regard. We're now able to produce a smaller variety of file types than we've had to do in the past, which is helpful for us operationally.
CED: So distributors are converging on a smaller number of formats?
Milius: I believe they do it for the same reason we were happy to change. They were in a different situation – they were getting files from 100 different programmers, and, of course, everyone has their own flavor, and that quickly becomes a nightmare, having to deal with all that. I think going to a mezzanine-type process benefits everyone in the same way. You control the distribution on your side, and where you can build in some efficiencies, you can, and at the same time, you're reducing the complexity coming in. For us, it reduces complexity on the distribution side; for the DirecTVs and Comcasts of the world, it reduces complexity on the incoming side.
There is no universal standard. It would be nice if there was, but it's better than it was several years ago.
CED: Are things trending toward some common formats?
Milius: It depends on whether you're talking about the video format or the metadata. We're seeing more of a variety in the metadata people are using, and the fields they want added in. There's still a lot of complexity in the metadata world.
Everybody kind of does their own flavor a little bit. This metadata stuff grew out of the original CableLabs VOD program. But some affiliates want additional fields for their own internal use that other affiliates don't, particularly when you get into the differences between a traditional cable operator and a telco, and that has to do with the systems they've built in-house to handle distribution of their content.
CED: Is there movement toward standardization in metadata?
Milius: That's an issue we have – and there are several attempts to fix it – and that's to create a common ID for all content. Another is underway right now that CableLabs has been behind, and a lot of people have joined on. To my knowledge, Rovi's a partner, but Tribune isn't, and that's a problem because if you can't get those guys to sing together, it's not going to work real well. They use different IDs, and that adds complexity.
[The reference is to the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) [1].]
The other thing that worries me, that I think will be an issue for all of the programmers and cable operators going down the road, is when does SD go away? Cable networks have satellite agreements and deals that will expire in the next six to seven years, and we have to think about what we want to do because it takes a long time to get a satellite built and into orbit. The satellite guys need to know how many channels we're going to have, and that's a difficult question to answer because nobody knows how long SD will have legs.
DirecTV, for example, thought they might be totally HD by 2016, and not have SD anymore. My ears pricked up on that one, because that's a question I've been wrestling with. SD is still pretty well-entrenched – we have 33 SD channels and only 13 HDs. There's going to be some interesting changes that are going to have to take place.
I'm just speculating – asking the question. It will be a topic of discussion within the next three or four years.
CED: In six or seven years, we might have 100 GigE on backbones: Might faster, higher-capacity networks address the problem by encouraging migration from satellite delivery to terrestrial delivery?
Milius: Most of our on-demand content that is not traditional cable – in fact, all of our online content has been distributed by terrestrial means today. Satellite is not going to go away anytime soon. Here at Starz, we're hitting about 4,000 headends, and you just can't do that cheaply with fiber, particularly because of the last mile.
You are going to see more and more distribution over terrestrial, just because it is cheap and easy. We can distribute all online content via Aspera technology over the Internet very efficiently.
But the problem with doing linear channels terrestrially is a reliability issue. We've had more issues with fiber going down and fiber cuts than we have with satellite outages. Satellite has been very reliable for us.
We do have some direct fiber links with some of our major affiliates, and we do deliver a stream at a higher bit rate than we do via satellite, so that when they compress it, it's at a higher quality to give to their viewers. So we do have a couple large affiliates we're delivering terrestrially, but in those cases, satellite is still the backup. With everyone else, satellite is still the best way to go.
The other thing is 3-D. …
CED: I thought that was dead.
Milius: It's not a big part of our life. We are still providing some 3-D on-demand product. It's a small selection, maybe three or four titles a month. Mostly Disney kid stuff – "Cars" and that sort of thing – and it does get a lot of play with the kid set, but other than that, it's not a big thing for us, it's not a future direction. It's a sub-category of on-demand.
CED: What do you watch?
Milius: I watch a lot of our channels. I watch "NCIS." I watch "The Big Bang Theory." I don't spend a lot of time watching TV other than our own stuff, but that's because if we have an outage, it's my ass on the line.
Ray Milius and his team are responsible for engineering matters at Starz. Starz is not among the largest programmers, but it frequently is among the first programmers to adopt new technologies. Recently, Ray and his team got Starz into TV Everywhere with its Encore and MoviePlex On Demand And Play services.


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Confused on using starter at 12 hrs or 24 hrs old? (Tartine / Forkish)
I have a Tartine starter and thought that you HAD to use the starter no more than 12 hour old??
I tried making some leaven bread using the Ken Forkish method and used my starter after it is 24 hours old (according to his recipe) and it works great. The loaves turn out very nice.
What is the difference between using your starter at 12 hours old or 24 hours old? And I read and thought that the yeasts would be long dead if I waited that long to use the starter but I am getting great bread. How so and where did I get confused?
Thanks for your time!


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It's the seventh day into the New Year, 2009, and the colossal squid continues to attract a huge crowd of visitors every day. We just love how much you are loving it!
We now have more than 23,000 wonderfully creative squid made on Build a Squid. More than 10,800 say they're from the USA and there's 6,000 squid from New Zealand.
Nicolai from Hawai'i wants to know how old the oldest squid is. Well, the first ones were made around or a bit before 13 December, so the oldest is now about 26 days old. Here are two squid you can follow:
"LucyRyan" from New Zealand who is now 26 days old, weighs 12 kg and has travelled 234 km. Today she is searching for a t-shirt with ten sleeves…
"Pamela" from New Zealand who is slightly younger at 23 days old, weighs 10 kg and has travelled 207 km – and has just seen a submarine.
The squid you see that are 0 days old are new ones made each day by visitors to the exhibition itself as well as online users. Te Papa is open 365 days of the year, including Christmas Day!
We'll be working on plans for the Build a Squid interactive in the next few weeks. At the moment all the squid stay up and keep having more adventures.
On the bubble front it's good to see that the troublesome bubbles in the tank have cleared quite a bit over the last two weeks. We'll also be lowering the liquid level in the squid tank tomorrow evening and then carefully filling it up again.
We hope this will clear away the remaining bubbles and give everyone a bubble-free view of the world's biggest invertebrate.
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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Learn more about AILA's official statements on immigration issues.Read Now
AILA Doc. No. 06062878 | Dated June 22, 2006
SAN ANTONIO, TX - Kathleen Campbell Walker of El Paso, TX was installed as the President-Elect of AILA today during sessions of the association's 50th Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX. An expert in various areas of immigration law Campbell Walker has served as a leading AILA spokesperson on these issues.
Campbell Walker is the partner in charge of the immigration practice group of Kemp Smith LLP, headquartered in El Paso, TX. Her practice focuses on consular processing, admission issues, NAFTA, business and family-based immigration, healthcare related immigration, security related and biometric issues, and waivers. She has excelled in various capacities for AILA including testifying before Congress regarding the Homeland and Border Security Bills and serving as chair of numerous committees.
She serves as chairperson of the Immigration and Nationality Law Board Certification Exam Committee for the State Bar of Texas, as well as on the Advisory Committee. She has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America publication for immigration, since the area was recognized by the publication. In 2003 and 2004, she was named as a "Texas Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine for immigration. She is listed in the International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers as one of the leading Texas immigration practitioners, and she is a member of the International Bar Association's immigration section. Campbell Walker received her B.A. degree with highest honors from Texas Tech University and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
Founded in 1946, AILA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides its Members with continuing legal education, information, professional services and expertise. AILA advocates before Congress and the Administration, as well as providing liaison with other government agencies in support of pro-immigration initiatives. AILA is an Affiliated Organization of the American Bar Association and is represented in the ABA House of Delegates.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 06062878.
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Eli's Executive Vice President, Jolene Worthington, and Corporate Executive Pastry Chef, Diana Moles were featured Chef's at the 2011 Chef's BBQ Benefit for the Green CIty Market held in Lincoln Park on Thursday, July 21st. Assisting Jolene and Diana at the Benefit were Eli's Jennifer Doezie, Kathy Kirby, Juanita Chajon and Elana Schulman.
Over 2,000 people attended this Annual Benefit that provides much of the funds to underwrite the cost to operate this now year round Farmers Market.
Eli's Maureen and Marc Schulman join their daughter, Elana, who is adding Klug's Sour Cherries to Eli's Goat's Milk Cheesecake Wedge on Honey Oat Crumble.
Thanks to Tammy Green of Chicago Bites for the photo of Eli's Goat's Milk Cheesecake Wedge on Honey Oat Crumble with Klug Orchard's steeped sour cherries.
Also thanks to Tammy of the above photo of Eli's Grand Daughter, Elana Schulman, with Diana Moles, Eli's Corporate Executive Pastry Chef.
Eli's Recipe Card for the Goat Milk Cheesecake was a popular handout at the Benefit.


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Archangel Michael of Panormitis
The miraculous icon of the Archangel Michael Panormitis (Gr. Αρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ ο Πανορμίτης στη Σύμη) in Symi, Greece is one of four miraculous icons of the Archangel Michael in the Dodecanesse of Greece
Monastery of the Taxiarchis
Symi island of the Dodecanese, Greece, is situated in southeast Aegean sea and northwest of Rhodes. While touring around the island you will see many churches and monasteries. The Greek Orthodox Monastery of Panormitis is the most important in the island and second in Dodecanese after the monastery of Saint John in Patmos. It is located in the south end of Symi, built in a closed cove with sand.
The exact date of the construction of the original church stays unknown but some locals suggest that it was built around 450 AD on the site of an ancient temple to Apollo. It is dedicated to the Taxiarch Michael and we do know that it was renovated at the end of the 18th century. It contains a splendid icon of the Archangel and two interesting museum sections. On the day of his celebration many pilgrims of all Dodecanese come to the island to celebrate.
There is also memorial to a former abbot, two monks and two teachers, who in 1944, were executed for running a spy radio for the British commandoes.
The monastery receives heaps of day-trippers from Rhodes, so if you really want to enjoy it in peace and quiet it is best to wait until they have gone. The monastery's dorm-house can host up to 500 people.
Reaching it can be done only by boat from Gialos.
- Note, if visiting Symi for the Taxiarch, it is also worth visiting the monasteries of Roukounioti, dedicated to Archangel Michail and the Monastery of Kokkimidis. The Monastery of Roukounioti has remarkable murals dating from the 14th century. The Monastery of Kokkimidis, on the other hand, is a old Byzantine monastery renovated in 1697. Other monasteries of interest include the Monastery of Sotiros and of Stavros Polemou which are on the west coast of the island.
Panormitis Icon
The monastery houses the famous icon of Archangel Michael - Panormitis, who is the island's patron saint and the guardian of sailors. The icon has on several occasions, been removed from its location but on each occassion has mysteriously returned to its original location.
Folklore & Tradition
According to legend, if you ask a favour from Archangel Michael, you must promise to give something in return. As a result, the inside of the church (now in the museum) houses an array of gifts given by devout pilgrims. Some of these gifts are model ships made from gold and silver. The monastery is also filled with wonderful paintings, carvings and icons depicting various saints.
Another item of interest is the bottles with prayers inside, thrown by sailors into some far distant sea, and washed up mysteriously onto the shoreline of the monastery.
There are a couple of traditions connected to the Panormitis.
- Message in a bottle
- Another tradition, is to send Panormiti a prayer in a bottle. The tradition holds that if the Archangel prays for you and this prayer will be granted by our Lord, no matter from where in the world you are, the bottle will end up in the port of the Monastery. Many of these messages can be viewed in the museum of the monastery.
- The tradition of the broom offering
- Another local tradition, is to offer Panormitis a traditional broom so that he can sweep his monastery during the night ... this tradition stems from locals having seen visions of Panormiti during their sleep requesting them to make him this offering.
- Fulfil your promise ... or else ...
- After docking at the picturesque harbor of Symi, passengers board one of the local boats and follow the western coast of the island to the harbour of "Panormitis". Many of these passengers are pilgrims who have made a promise to the Taxiarch and visit the island to fulfill that promise. There are many stories that are told where a pilgrim has forgotten to give his 'tagma' or something unusual occurs and the boat does not leave the dock.
Hymns & Troparia
Hail, Michael, great chief commander with all the hosts of heaven!
The Other Icons of the Dodecanesse
1. Archangel Michael of Mantamados near Mytilini, Lesvos island, Greece
External Resources
http://www.symivisitor.com/about_symi.htm http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/t/taxiarchis.asp
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Fargo History Website Re-released
The NDSU Archives have re-released and updated a website dedicated to the history of Fargo.
In 2004, Fargo native and NDSU alumnus John Caron donated a website he designed, "Fargo, North Dakota: Its History and Images," to the NDSU Archives. The website proved to be popular, but over the years, numerous changes occurred in the city and much of the information needed updating. In addition, changes in technology, such as mobile devices, required that the website meet new design standards.
Nicole Mattson, library web design technician, and archives associate John Hallberg took on the redesign project. The updated site was designed using Drupal, and now includes an easy-to-use navigation guide, as well as a website search option. The site's text is being reviewed and verified with source information and historical imagery is being added. The process is ongoing, and updates will continue.
Caron grew up in Fargo, and was a graduate of Fargo Central High School and NDSU, where he earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1966. His graduate studies in mathematics, philosophy and public administration took him to the University of Minnesota, Harvard University and American University. He has served both in government and private industry as an executive in the field of information technology. One of Caron's interests is the history of Fargo. He developed the website using photographic and postcard images he collected.
The new URL for the site is http://library.ndsu.edu/fargo-history/.


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The BB season has gone, but it's just the start of the PLAYOFFS!
In CA, there isn't much of a baseball season - it's the same weather we see all year round.
Here it's cooler and you can tell it's baseball playoff time because of the footballs in the air, the skaters on the ice and the leaves are starting to succumb to the call of gravity.....
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Car drives into deli injuring Standish-Sterling Central principal
PINCONNING — Roger Fritz says he is happy to be in one piece.
The Standish-Sterling Central High School principal was injured after a car drove into the Third Street Station causing Fritz to be struck by part of a wall.
The incident occurred at approximately 12:15 Thursday, Sept. 16, at the deli, which is located at 305 S. Mable St. in Pinconning.
According to Standish-Sterling Community Schools Superintendent Michael Dodge, Fritz and four students from the Standish-Sterling Community Schools Interact Club were attending a meeting of the Northern Bay and Arenac Rotary Club.
Dodge said that an elderly woman drove her car through the wall where Fritz was sitting.
Fritz said the meeting was under way when he heard a big bang and went flying in the air.
"I was lying on the ground and looked back and could see the car," he said.
Fritz was taken to Bay Regional Medical Center where he was released later that afternoon.
He said he is home resting and will be back to school Monday.
"I will be back to school Monday, and I will be in church on Sunday," Fritz said. "Who would have ever thought that you could be hit by a car while sitting in the restaurant?"
Dodge said he was running late and on his way to the meeting when the accident occurred.
"He is a tough guy," Dodge said. "He was advised to lay down on a back board."
He added that one 11th-grade female student also went to the hospital with an injury to her knee and another female student was emotionally stressed. Two male students had their parents contacted and were taken back to the school.
"I am glad that the students were fine," Dodge said.
Co-owner of the Third Street Station Michael Jaques said he was running the till when he heard a loud bang.
"We hear a lot of stuff here next to the highway," he said. "I did not think anything of it."
He said when he saw people filing out, he went to see what the issue was. When he saw the damage, Jaques said the woman had already backed her car away from the wall.
Jaques said he went to check on the woman before returning inside where he said Fritz was walking around.
Jaques said that the building has major constructional issues.
"We are staying open, but there is work to do," he said.
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Yesterday we finally got word of where THQ's franchises were going, as the company's intellectual properties were sold off piece-meal to various publishers. One notable exception, however, was Vigil Games and the Darksiders franchise, which went unclaimed. The series' fortunes look bleak, but Platinum Games has signaled an interest in saving it.
IGN reports that JP Kellams, a talent spotter and translator for Platinum, reached out to Vigil lead designer Haydn Dalton about getting in touch with staff members to work with or at Platinum.
Then, Platinum head Atsushi Inaba tweeted (translated by Kotaku), "In THQ studio and IP selling off auction, Darksiders is unsold? [We] wanna buy it...on the cheap..."
Platinum isn't as flush with funds as some auction buyers like Ubisoft or Take 2, so the purchase would probably have to be "on the cheap." But given that Darksiders hasn't stirred up interest elsewhere, that might be a viable goal. This could mean future games in the Darksiders franchise, and possibly even some involvement from former team members if they take Kellams up on the job offer.


text: I've been known to go over the next ridge and the ridge after that and even the ridge after that if need be. If it ends up being 8 or 9 miles, well, the next day is usually followed by a little less ambition. lol. My hunting pack is capable of putting 100#+ load on it. If I were to get A BIG ONE that far in, I would debone it and try and get all the meat on one load out. If its cold out then its not a big deal. If its really hot I wont go that far back for several obvious reasons. The key is to be in great shape and it never hurts to be a little on the crazy side.


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About 800 competitors from more than a dozen countries are participating in this year's World Series of Beer Pong at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino this week.
WSOBP owner Billy Gaines called it, "... a stupid little game. You throw balls into cups." But it's a game anyone can play, and anyone can enter the tournament.
That's why the series is so successful and in its eighth year, according to Gaines.
"These people come out here not because they like to drink but because they like to meet people, have a good time," Gaines said.
If this wasn't a competition, it'd be a dorm room party gone overboard with crazy costumes, loud music and some fantastic smack talk.
"If you wanna prove you're the best in the world, you come to the World Series of Beer Pong. You come to Las Vegas. You come to play, and I'm here to play," said competitor Pete Rawson of Brooklyn, NY.
Team entry fees are $1000 for a shot at the $50,000 grand prize.
"We're 4-0 right now, we're ready to go. We'll take on all comers no matter who they are," Rawson said.
Drinking is entirely optional. Some teams are noticeably tipsy, but many competitors say balancing the booze is the key to World Series of Beer Pong greatness.
"Drink just the right amount, not too much, not too little and have confidence," said Shane Loch of Michigan.
Gains estimates 125 to 150 kegs of beer will be used before the tournament ends Friday.
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Green Meadows Petting Farm, a mainstay for Central Florida children, will celebrate its 25th birthday with three days of activities Sept. 20-22.
Events include performances by country singer Kenyon Lockry and yodeling champion/trick roper Ernie Sites, demonstrations by the Osceola County Fire Department and Sheriff's Office, entertainment by the Osceola County Historical Society, face painting and giveaways. Those activities are alongside Green Meadows' usual offerings, such as hay rides, hands-on interactions with animals (including cow milking) and 1-mile rides on the Green Meadows Express Train.
There are more than 300 animals on the 50-acre site, including pigs, goats, turkeys, donkeys, chickens, peacocks, geese, ostriches, an Asian water buffalo named Elmer and a "zorse."
The party doubles as a benefit for A Gift for Teaching, a store that provides supplies for teachers to give to needy children in Osceola County.
The special weekend entry fee is $13. (Normal price is $23.)
Hours of the event are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Ernie Sites performs each day; Kenyon Lockry performs Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. The farm's address is 1368 Poinciana Blvd., Kissimmee.
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Then again, you could make them with butter, NOT freeze them, but keep them refrigerated 'til you leave for the Playa, stick them in your cooler (well sealed) until Wednesday, and if there are any left by Wednesday, take them to the M&G. Butter is unsurpassed by any oil for the proper flavour for rice crispy treats!
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sending immediately to the Redundant Department of Redundancy Department.
I think this is what I would try--keeping 'em reasonably cool and wrapped tight.
This is probably the route I'll go. But, I still believe experiments will be required over the next couple months... purely for scientific reasons, PURELY!
MacGlenver wrote:illy dilly wrote:MacGlenver wrote:Rice crispy treats never spoil, regardless of ingredients or packaging.
You don't think the butter in them will get nasty if they're not refrigerated for 5 days?
I was kidding. By my standards, almost nothing goes bad. I suspect 5 days in the heat will not be great for them. Listen to everyone but me
OK! Good to know! I'm in the same boat for the most part- "Does it stink?"-No, "Do you see mold, fungus, or maggots?"-No... Yeah its safe!


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Survivor of the Hiroshima Bombing Brings Message of Peace
April 13, 2010
"If we think of the bomb as something of the past, then we will never be able to have peace,' Emiko Okada, survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, said at the Peace Forum held October 19 and 20 at Mount Union College.
Okada was eight years old in 1945 when the airplane flew over Hiroshima and dropped the atomic bomb 600 meters above the ground. At the time, Okada lived only .6 kilometers from ground zero.
'In 10 seconds the city of Hiroshima was flat,' Okada said. 'No one knew what was happening. Hiroshima was a ball of fire and at the end of the day there was nothing left.'
There were six people in Okada's family who suffered from the effects of the atomic bomb. Her younger brothers were severely burned and her older sister was never found.
Okada said 70,000 people died immediately and 6,500 children were left orphaned and homeless. She said every year 1,000 victim names are added to the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
Although the Hiroshima bombing happened 62 years ago, Okada said not to think of it as something of the past, but rather as something that can change the future.
'Right now there are 30,000 nuclear bombs around the world and 12,000 ready to be launched at any time,' Okada said. 'If we keep producing nuclear bombs we will never get rid of the poverty and starvation among children. Let's work together to abolish nuclear weapons around the world.'
Okada said it is important not to forget what happened August 6, 1945 so people will want to take action in bringing peace to the Earth. 'Peace will not come with violence, but people can bring peace,' Okada said.
'I tell people my story,' Okada said, 'so people remember the value of life.'


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JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK -- Just before 7PM Thursday night, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office received a phone call that a woman and her two small children had been kidnapped, and a man had been shot inside his home here on Preston Road.
Sheriff Jon Smith says when authorities arrived they found 21-year-old Marcus Cole Holt deceased inside the home, and had been the victim of a violent act.
"Apparently succumbed to some violent injuries, and from there we later learned in our investigation that Ardmore had contacted an individual there, and engaged in gunfire with ATF agents, and he was driving the vehicle that was taken from this homicide site," Smith said.
Smith says the OSBI and his deputies are still investigating the cause of kidnapping and the homicide. He says the woman and two children kidnapped from their home just north of Tishomingo, were later released in Gene Autry.
He says they do believe Henry Jackson is the main suspect involved in Holt's death.
"Everything that we've determined from the investigation leads that way," Smith said. "As far as absolutely confirming, we still have some details that need to be verified before we can actually make that statement, but everything is point in that direction."
News12 did speak to the family of the kidnapping victim, but they declined to speak on camera.
They say Holt and the kidnapped victim were in a relationship, and did not know who Jackson was, or his relationship to the couple.
Smith says the woman and the two children are all safe. He says Holt's cause of death is still under investigation.


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Texas Hippie Coalition
December 2012
Released: 2012, Carved Records
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: Metal-Rules.com UK Team
Chasing down fugitives is a tale that spans genres, and even galaxies – you all remember Boba Fett in Star Wars – although that did end in a horrible sandy digestion. As the obvious bit of their name so well suggests, Texas Hippie Coalition hail from the big T, telling the tales of modern outlaws – the type to square up to this generation's reality-tv's Dog the Bounty Hunter sorts.
Playing what they deem 'red dirt metal', which sounds like they could be trying to flog you some rusty old crap and trying to dress it up but thankfully just relates to their hometown geology, Texas Hippie Coalition are kind of ZZ Top gone young gunslinger, Pantera after moonshine, and the crashers at Hellyeah's party.
Album three, Peacemaker, respectively takes this yarn-spinning, grit, and good times, stirs it over a late night campfire, and turns out something that gets more of its bullets on target than not. It's all pretty gungho or should that be gun-ho, but it's an enthusiasm you can get on board with.
Although as I said this is album trois, Texas Hippie Coalition are obviously not banking on their wanted posters having made their mugs globally known as first track 'Hands Up' begins with the introductory lyrics: 'I'm a king of Texas for those who don't know me, and we're a band of outlaws, call us THC.' 'Nuff said.
They needn't worry though as 'Head Up' won't need to turn its gun to get a crowd to put their hands in the air – it's power-driven groove will do that on its own. 'Turn It Up' makes ZZ Top's 'La Grange' sounds like a gentleman's club with enough sleaze to grease the poles it's singing about, whilst 'Don't Come Lookin'' is a slower, but not quieter, on-the-run tale. '8 Seconds' opening riff is very Viking Skull, and in the same way invites you to bang your head for its entire 4-minutes and 2-seconds running time.
'Paw Paw Hill' has an engaging country vibe to it, but it's the moment when Big Dad Ritch's voice screams out 'Let's rock n roll' that is really a clench-your-ass high point. In fact the vocals are one of the best things about Texas Hippie Coalition, the Stetson on top of the cake if you like.
The biggest problem with Peacemaker is the same as many others in this musical space in that the lyrics often edge into the dangerously-cringey – 'Wicked', 'Sex & Drugs & Rock And Roll' and 'Damn You To Hell' are all cases in point. But here's the thing, on the latter for example, the music rides roughshod over those bits that might not sit so easy.
The outlaws are usually pegged as the bad guys but in this occasion you can't help but root for Texas Hippie Coalition. Just as well because I reckon if you were try and shop them to the law the boys would probably just ride you down with their lassoes – and mount your head on a wall.
Review by Kirsty Birkett-Stubbs
Track Listing
1. Hands Up
Big Dad Ritch – Vocals


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Lombard's historic Maple Street Chapel will be the setting for a variety series of three programs this year: a re-enactment of a 19th-century school day, the 13th annual American Heritage concert, and a Dixieland band.
Costumed interpreter Ellie Carlson will appear as Miss Isabella Hoffmann, teaching in a one-room school class the way it would have been conducted in 1870. The first 12 school-age children for whom reservations are made will have the opportunity to perform onstage as her class.
The re-enactment begins at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23. Tickets are $15; $10 for students.
The 13th annual American Heritage Concert, "The Sound of Music," will feature highlights from the musical. Also featured are music from "Les Miserables," bluegrass favorite Old Joe Clark, and music of Irving Berlin.
Veterans in the audience are honored in the Armed Forces Salute during the program, which starts at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23. Tickets are $20.
The Retired Rhythm Rascals will present Dixieland music and old favorites in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14. Tickets are $15.
The variety series programs are supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. All proceeds benefit the preservation of the Maple Street Chapel, which is a historic American Gothic landmark built in 1870. It was Lombard's first church, it served as the village hall, and its bell summoned the fire department. The chapel is preserved by the Maple Street Chapel Preservation Society.
A series subscription is available for $40, a savings of $10 from the price of individual event tickets. To purchase tickets, call (630) 627-0171 to pay by credit card, or mail a check, payable to "Maple Street Chapel," to Ken Bohl, 213 W. Ash St., Lombard, 60148-2505, indicating which program(s) you are purchasing, and providing your email address and phone number.
For information, visit MapleStreetChapel.org or call (630) 627-0171.


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text: UMW News BureauThe University of Montana Western Bulldogs women's basketball team scored the first five points of the game, never gave up the lead and went on to defeat the Lewis-Clark State Warriors 73-53 Friday night in the Frontier Conference opener for both teams. By Lowell Peterson The University of Montana Western Bulldogs women's basketball team scored the first five points of the game, never gave up the lead and went on to defeat the Lewis-Clark State Warriors 73-53 Friday night in the Frontier Conference opener for both teams. The fourth-ranked ranked Warriors (0-1, 14-2) could never get untracked and a combination of tough Bulldog defense, cold Warrior shooting and excellent offensive transition basketball by the Bulldogs resulted the Warriors' second and worst loss on the season. Montana Western pushed the ball up the court and got easy, open shots that resulted in 26 assists on the night and prevented any hope of a comeback by the Warriors. Montana Western (1-0, 11-3) dominated all aspects of the game on the final stats sheet. The Bulldogs were .435 (27-62) on field goal attempts to the Warriors' .313 (20-64), .400 (6-15) from behind the three point line to the Warriors .125 (3-24) and .684 (13-19) from the free throw line to the Warriors .526 (10-19). Montana Western also won the battle of the boards, outrebounding L-C State 55-38. Montana Western went up by 10 points at 13-3 at the 15:19 mark and increased the lead to 24-10 10 minutes into the game. The Warriors made a run near the end of the first half and cut the lead to five points with a minute to play before Roxy Thurman scored in the paint to give the Bulldogs the lead by seven, 34-27, at the break. The teams battled evenly for the first six minutes of the second half. Freshman post Kaci Matthies scored an easy basket in the paint at the 13:19 mark to put the Bulldogs on top 47-36 and Montana Western would lead by double figures the rest of the way. Two free throws by Hailey Pettit with 44 seconds to play pushed the lead to a game-high 20 points as the contest ended. Pettit recorded her seventh double-double of the season, 17 points and 18 rebounds, to lead the Bulldogs. Sammi Bignell and Nicole Tams each scored 15 points and Matthies finished with five points and five rebounds. Alecia Wilson (12) and Jenna Banks ( eight) were the assists leaders and the Bulldog bench outscored the Warrior bench 20-5. Jasmine Stohr, entering the game as the third leading scorer in the NAIA at 21.3 points a game, was the only Warrior player to score in double figures, netting 15 points. Alyssa Fierro scored nine and Kirsi Voshell, Tasha Bishop and Brittaney Niebergall each scored eight. Voshell and Fierro were the top rebounders with eight each.


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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The women's basketball team lost a hard fought game on Saturday afternoon 74-70 to Westminster, who are undefeated in conference play. Greenville was down 11 points at halftime and fought back to take the lead late in the game, but Westminster was just too much down the stretch. Greenville was led in scoring and rebounding by Ieisha Adams with 19 points and eight boards.
Two other Lady Panthers were in double-digit scoring as well. Laura Hobbie had 10 points and Stacey Lawrence put in 11 for the Lady Panthers.
Emmalee Fladland was Greenville's leader in assists with five and was second on the team in rebounds with seven.
The Lady Panthers (10-8, 4-6 SLIAC) will attempt to win their fifth conference game on Tuesday at Principia in a 6 p.m. tipoff.


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Date: Tuesday February 19, 2013
Time: 5:00 PM
Hammy will be at Culver's off North Main St. for their Family Night from 5-7 p.m. Hammy will be helping the Culver's staff pass out meals. The Hogs mascot will also make sure to stop by tables to sign autographs and take pictures. Culver's is located at 1224 Benington Road in Rockford and the resturaunt is offering $2 Kids Meals with the purchase of any value basket for Family Night.


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24-25 March 2014, New York – The UNITAR New York Office, organized a workshop examining the role of women in negotiating sustainable peace. An important foundation is Security Council Resolution 1325 as well as an affirmation that women could play a special role in contributing to the sustainability of peace and in ensuring an enduring peace. Currently, there is substantial inequality of women's participation in peace agreements though women are disproportionately involved in conflict violence. Structural barriers, perception issues and general stereotyping need to be overcome since women often offer innovative solutions and achieve sustainable outcomes when they are involved in peace agreements. The workshop comprised of panel discussions, with simulation exercises led by Professor Alexandra Carter of Columbia Law School, and Mr. Miki Jacevic, Vice Chair of Institute for Inclusive Security. These role play exercises focused on peace processes and the challenges faced by women in creating resilient societies.
The opening panel led by H.E. Ms. Mirsada Čolaković – Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN – recounted her experience from the Dayton Agreement where there was a dearth of women at the negotiating table. There would be a substantial benefit to women being involved at the highest levels of negotiations as they are often most skilled at finding a compromise in producing peace agreements. Also opening the panel was H.E. Ms. Signe Burgstaller – Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN. Ambassador Burgstaller asserted that armed conflict has a disproportionate impact upon women, which dictates higher participation by women in peace negotiations.
Panelist, Dr. Shyama Venkateswar, Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Public Policy program at Roosevelt House, Hunter College, CUNY focused on the need for organizations and institutions to have standard protocols for women's representation in peace negotiations. Peace processes need to entail a gender rights-based approach as a component of a lasting peace and be used as a vehicle for a change in the status quo. Ms. Nahla Valji – Policy Adviser and Office in Charge, Peace and Security Section, UN Women – observed that women's leadership and participation is crucial to peace and security. Although there have been further Security Council statements beyond 1325 to integrate all agendas with women's participation, this has been ad hoc and inconsistent. Although formal participation at major peace negotiations by women has been very limited, inclusive peacekeeping that includes civil society, which is often led by women, is estimated to be 60% less likely to fall apart.
Ms. Gay Rosenblum-Kumar – Executive Secretary, UN Interagency Framework for Preventive Action, UNDP– discussed what the UN is doing to support women along a continuum of activity, from pre-violent situations to reconciliation and post-conflict situations. An initiative was launched via a joint Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and UNDP to build national capacities where UN teams would help targeted countries and work with its counterparts. This involved the full participation of women in conception, analysis and implementation to both inform strategies and bring all citizens to the table. Dr. Stephen Jackson – Team Leader and Senior Political Affairs Officer, Mediation Support Unit, DPA– focused on the difficulty in achieving negotiated agreements since men with guns often demand mediation and limit representation at the negotiation table as a condition to stop killing. This creates a perverse incentive and a moral conundrum on how mediation can best be done.
Ms. Sarah Taylor, Executive Coordinator for the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, discussed her organization's approach to advocating the status of women in building peace. This approach takes the form of a Monthly Action Plan aimed at providing the Security Council with recommendations to better address the needs of women around the world. Ms. Harriette Williams Bright, Advocacy Officer for Femmes Africa Solidarité, relayed her organization's impact on the plight of women in Africa through their advocacy work here in New York as well as their facilitation of ongoing peace efforts in the region. Ms. Sanam Anderlini - Co-founder of the International Civil Society Action Network - stressed that, while the status of women in peacebuilding has improved, there needs to be more inclusion of women in this process.


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Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement
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- Voices in Our Blood is a literary anthology of the most important and artful interpretations of the civil rights movement, past and present. It showcases what forty of the nation's best writers -- including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Richard Wright -- had to say about the central domestic drama of the American Century. Editor Jon Meacham has chosen pieces by journalists, novelists, historians, and artists, bringing together a wide range of black and white perspectives and experiences. The result is an unprecedented and powerful portrait of the movement's spirit and struggle, told through voices that resonate with passion and strength. Maya Angelou takes us on a poignant journey back to her childhood in the Arkansas of the 1930s. On the front page of The New York Times, James Reston marks the movement's apex as he describes what it was like to watch Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his heralded "I Have a Dream" speech in real time. Alice Walker takes up the movement's progress a decade later in her article"Choosing to Stay at Home: Ten Years After the March on Washington. "And John Lewis chronicles the unimaginable courage of the ordinary African Americans who challenged the prevailing order, paid for it in blood and tears, and justly triumphed. Voices in Our Blood is a compelling look at the movement as it actually happened, from the days leading up to World War II to the anxieties and ambiguities of this new century. The story of race in America is a never-ending one, and Voices in Our Blood tells us how we got this far--and how far we still have to go to reach the Promised Land.
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Liverpool winger Stewart Downing has declared he is staying with the club.
The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to West Ham this summer, but their manager Sam Allardyce on Tuesday played down talk that such a transfer might happen.
And Downing himself has now stressed his happiness with how things are going for him at Liverpool.
The former Aston Villa man, who started all but one of the Reds' Barclays Premier League matches from December 9 onwards last season, told www.liverpoolfc.com: "I'm here to stay.
"I'm enjoying it - especially last season. I got a good run in the team. Hopefully that will continue, and I need to work hard.
"I want it to continue. It's why I came here - to play in a successful team. I want that to continue as long as possible."
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Cody Kessler's most noteworthy play for USC came last season after the quarterback was told by coaches to wear a different jersey number on special teams in the first half against Colorado.
He was the backup to Max Wittek against Notre Dame and in the season-ending Sun Bowl loss to Georgia Tech, but he did not play.
So the third-year sophomore spent the last two months doing what he has always done since arriving at USC:
Preparing for his opportunity.
On Tuesday, in the first official practice of the post-Matt Barkley era, Kessler, fellow sophomore Max Wittek and freshman Max Browne began a competition that could extend into training camp.
"It's wide open," Kessler said afterward.
USC has not had a quarterback competition since 2009, when Barkley was a freshman.
There is no time frame for naming a No. 1, Coach Lane Kiffin said.
"We've got to find the right guy," he said, "and when we find that out, when it shows itself, then we'll decide."


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Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 10:50 pm
Enchanting tale
Hannah Siehr as Belle and Kellen Fant as the Beast lead a large cast of locals in a beloved favorite, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, for eight shows at the outdoor theater, The Muni. The musical is about a handsome but conceited prince who is cursed to live as a hideous beast by a beggar woman after he treated her poorly. To break the spell, the prince needs to learn to love a person for who they are, and have someone love him in return. Beautiful young Belle does just that after rescuing her father and living in imprisonment with the prince. Directed by Craig Williams, II.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Aug. 10-12, 15-19, 8:30pm
The Muni
815 East Lake Dr.