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Some artists are happy to discuss their work with anyone who asks; others prefer to keep quiet and let the music do the talking. Dream Theater bassist John Myung is definitely in the latter group. One of only two founding members still with the group (the other being guitarist John Petrucci), Myung's intricate, harmonically rich basslines are the foundation of Dream Theater's epic compositions, and his infrequent lyrical contributions, like the song "Breaking All Illusions" from the band's latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, add to the emotional content of their music. We recently asked fans which Roadrunner artists they'd most like to read interviews with, and Myung's was one of the first names that came up. So we got him on the phone, while Dream Theater was in Minneapolis on their current North American tour, and now you can read the transcript of our conversation below.
Talk about your bass – what does a six-string offer you that a four-string doesn't?
Well, it offers more ability to harmonize a line or an idea, to make it a little bit more chordal, fuller-sounding, and it also lends itself to more overtones for harmonics and things. You get a little bit more color out of the extra strings. It's not that I don't like four-string, it's just that I can do more with it. It offers more in terms of being able to play guitar-like kinds of things, but from a bass perspective. And the bass I'm playing is something that's getting much better over time. I started working with Music Man at the start of Systematic Chaos, and from that period up till now, it's been a lot of living with the instruments they've made for me and making changes in terms of body weight, neck dimension, string spacing, and there's always work to be done in that area, but I just recently got something from them that has a natural wood finish on the back of the neck, and we changed the neck to have a little bit more surface area and make it a little bit more comfortable in terms of playing, for me. And it's the best-sounding bass yet. So it's something that's evolving, but I think this is it. I think where I have it now is probably the best that it could possibly be. At least that's how I feel now.
Is that a signature model bass?
No, it's just something that they make for me. The signature idea isn't something they attach to their bass lines. But I've been fortunate enough that they've been really helpful and open-minded and hear what I have to say, and work with me on a custom level so that I have a great-sounding instrument and people who are willing to make these little changes that make it that much better.
What made you choose the bass over other instruments, and what do you like best about being a bassist in a band?
You know, that's a really good question. For me, it was just sort of – I kinda fell into it, you know? Friends of mine needed a bass player, so I picked it up and started playing and realized I really liked it. So it was a bit of discovery, not really knowing that I would want to pursue it. It was something that I tried that I really liked and I stuck with it. I don't know, I just identify with that instrument more so than any other. I like everything about it. I like the sound, what you have to do to be good at it, the discipline behind it and stuff like that. But it's just a personality thing. Everyone has a calling in life, and they find their purpose and whatever they tend to have chemistry with, they stick with. So that's really all that is, I think.
You play with your fingers rather than a pick – why?
Well, you know, I'm a big fan of [Iron Maiden's] Steve Harris and [Rush's] Geddy Lee and [The Who's] John Entwistle, but I'm also a big Yes fan and Chris Squire uses a pick, so – I don't know, I just feel more connected in a lot of respects. I don't think one way is easier than the other, I think it's just whatever feels right. It's not that I don't like the pick, I do like the pick and what it has to offer, and I do try to use it sometimes if the part is something I can play on pick, it's something I'll push myself to do because I like the sound value of it. But as to why I'm a finger player as opposed to a pick player, it's just more what I'm into doing, it feels more like what I should be doing, and I think maybe a big part of that is that the majority of the players I relate to play with their fingers as well. Even with playing with harmonics and stuff like that, Jaco [Pastorius] turned me on to that, and that's all stuff you really need your fingers for, at least the way he approached it, and I learned a lot from him. So because a lot of the players I looked up to and learned from and drew inspiration from were finger players, that might have something to do with it, too.
What's your practice regimen like, and how has it changed over the years? How much of what you learned in school still applies, decades later?
Well, there's stuff that is schooled that helps explain what we do, but it's not something I necessarily feed off of. For me, I think being creative is just playing, constantly playing, and getting to a point where you feel like you're in that moment, like OK, well, everything up till now was noise, but for some reason, in the moment now, I think this sounds really good, so I'll start recording stuff. So it's more just feeding off the physical discipline, the shape of the instrument, and just being creative with it, doing something with it and collaborating as a band, being a team player and feeding off each other, and working on that level. That's what it's about for me, really.
What was your most recent breakthrough as a player, either in terms of technique or philosophical approach to playing?
Well, you always kind of realize things, but I think an important thing I realized recently is that you have to put in a lot of time on stuff, and out of the time you put in, maybe 10 or 20 percent of it is really special and good. So it's very relative; whether you play sports or are a musician or a writer or an engineer, whatever your discipline is, there's definitely a day-to-day methodology that needs to be in place, and as you live through it, you come up with stuff, a lot of it tends to be just noise. In the moment you may think something's really good, but then I'll listen back to it and be like oh well, it's not as cool as I thought it was. I realized that it's all about getting through the noise factor, getting through the middle ground area and trying to get through to more clarity and better creativity. So that's why it's good to stay on top of it and be close with your instrument. It's easy for me because it's what we do for a living now, so it's a built-in thing that we have to do, but I'm starting to see different aspects of it and how it works in the real world. You come up with something and you think it's really good, and then you realize the next day that it's not that good, and you wonder, what's going on here? Well, it's a process, so it's just more work. You have to come up with 300 things and maybe three of them will be really good. So it's about realizing just what you're up against, and why you have to put the time in.
You contributed lyrics to the song "Breaking All Illusions" on the new album – the first time you've written lyrics since 1999. What inspires you to write lyrics rather than music?
Well, I had some inspiration – I had something I felt really strongly about that I wanted to put on paper, but the challenge is to have it be musical, in terms of how it sits in with the melody, and so that was a good experience, going back and forth with John [Petrucci]. John's really conscious of melody, and once again, you're back to that stage where you have something on paper and it needs work. But I'm only really motivated to do something like that if I feel like I have something that's good enough. I had written a bunch of stuff and I kinda boiled it down into those words and those messages. I was real happy with the way it came out – the way James [LaBrie] sang it and everything. It was one of those moments, it came out of the noise area and turned into something really, really good and was part of something really special.
You're one of only two founding members left – what's your creative relationship like with John Petrucci, this many years in? How do you two write or play together; do you have a unique musical language between you?
Sure, I mean, there's a real comfortable chemistry and the people that I play with inspire me. It's so great to be working with the people I work with. But as far as chemistry, sure. We've been working together for a really long time, and when you're in the moment, working on stuff, it's almost like you're multitasking on the same thing but everything that's happening is relative to the same page we're on, so it's definitely cool. I don't know if you'd call it style, it's more of a chemistry and a relationship and just getting whatever it is we're doing done.
As Dream Theater's bassist, did you have a special role in helping integrate Mike Mangini into the group sound? How quickly were you two able to lock into a groove, and from a bassist's perspective, what kind of drummer is he to play with?
He's very critical of keeping values together – we talk about this all the time, where he tells me the important things he learned, and those are the things that I love about playing with him. He says, "One of the biggest things I learned, one of my teachers told me, 'Why are you rushing? Why are you hitting that? Give each note its 100 percent value and don't invade that space, don't do that.'" And that's one of the hardest things to do in life, is knowing your limits and thinking of the big picture and navigating on that level. So it's really kinda cool playing with someone that has really high regard for that. It makes things a little bit more comfortable for me, and I'm noticing little things, like I'm hearing a little bit more sound, it's a little bit more locked. So I don't see it as me bringing anybody in. I see it more like him being a really cool guy and a great drummer, and being really complementary to what's going on.
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Tom Ince wants to build on his first two goals for England Under-21s
Tom Ince has vowed to build on his first two goals for England's Under-21s after breaking his duck against Sweden U21.
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Blackpool midfielder Ince scored twice in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Sweden as Stuart Pearce's men continued their preparations for this summer's European U21 Championship in Israel.
Ince has been in fine goalscoring form for Blackpool this season, netting 16 goals and he was delighted to break his duck for England in just his sixth international.
"It is hard when you are scoring at club level and it's not happening for you with the international side," he said. "Sometimes when you haven't scored you can try too hard.
"Breaking my duck can really help me push on.
"I'm really pleased with my performance but the most important thing was the team.
"We have got seven wins on the bounce and no goals conceded - and that is a phenomenal statistic.
"It's a great marker for Israel."
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Jason Brown delivered.
So did Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner.
The result was the United States kept the maximum three singles spots in both the men's and women's events at the World Figure Skating Championships, an accomplishment that takes on more meaning since the 2016 worlds are in Boston.
While the U.S. singles medal droughts stretched to nine seasons for the women (extending an already historic negative streak) and six years for the men, both could chalk up these encouraging numbers:
*Brown, the reigning U.S. champion from Highland Park, finished fourth Saturday evening in Shanghai, highest by a U.S. man since Evan Lysacek's victory in 2009.
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VCE this week rolled out a series of Vblock enhancements along with a newly designed partner program aimed at helping solution providers cash in on what the company called "tremendous growth" in the converged infrastructure market.
The new program, dubbed the VCE Partner Program, has a tiered partner structure, revamped incentives and a new set of partner specializations around VCE's Vblock converged infrastructure offerings.
D. Martin, vice president of global channels at VCE, said these new specializations and tiered structure represent a major shift in how VCE views and segments its partners. Under its previous channel program, VCE's partner recruitment and enablement efforts were focused narrowly on solution providers who held high-level certifications from EMC and Cisco, the tech giants who founded VCE back in 2011.
[Related: Analysis: Cisco's Whiptail Buy Less About EMC, NetApp And More About HP, Dell]
"It made sense," Martin told CRN. "Those were the partners with the highest levels of capabilities."
VCE's new specializations, however, shift the focus to solution providers' experience selling and offering services around Vblock, Martin said. The first of the new specializations is for Vblock deployment and implementation services. "We provide partners with solution guides and best practices for Vblock deployment," Martin said.
The second specialization is around Vblock management, aimed at partners who manage customers' Vblock deployments and their system life cycles. "We see this as a big opportunity for partners who have people on the customer site handling the management," he said.
VCE also introduced two new solutions specializations, including VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) on Vblock, and messaging and collaboration with Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange.
Still to come in the first quarter of 2014 will be specializations focused on SAP HANA, Oracle and data protection, Martin said.
Depending on their experience, solution providers may be able to test out of classes to get the specializations. "I don't want to waste partner time on things they already know," he said.
The new VCE Partner Program segments partners into different tiers, based on the type and number of specializations they hold. The lowest end of the three tiers is VCE's Authorized tier, which includes about 200 partners worldwide, most of which are focused on midmarket customers. Next is the Silver tier, which includes roughly 50 VCE partners focused predominantly on the larger midmarket to smaller enterprise markets. The highest-level Gold tier, Martin said, is housing about 20 enterprise-focused partners.
Partner rewards and incentives -- including a 2 percent to 5 percent rebate on top of the rebates solution providers already get from EMC and Cisco -- vary based on tier. At the Gold level, for instance, partners are eligible for co-funding of engineering resources as well as for targeted marketing programs, Martin said.
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On the day after the 2009 season ended, I spent a few minutes chatting with Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano about the coming offseason. At the time, Fasano was still optimistic the NFL and the NFL Players Association would resolve their labor differences and somehow avoid an uncapped year.
"I''m still optimistic," Fasano said at the time, a big grin on his face. "I have no choice."
He had no choice because Fasano recognized an uncapped year would thrust him into a contract limbo of sorts. As a veteran with four accrued seasons, Fasano would have ordinarily been eligible for unrestricted free agency this offseason.
But the uncapped year raised the requirements necessary to become a free agent to six seasons. So Fasano is a restricted free agent.
That means no movement for him or Miami's other two restricted free agents -- Ronnie Brown and Quentin Moses.
That will become official Thursday (April 15) when the the deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets with new teams passes. I can almost guarantee you Miami's restricted free agents will not sign with other teams.
We are only a couple of weeks from the April 22 draft and at this stage, most teams are hording draft picks rather than planning to give them up. So it is very unlikely anyone will give up a first-round pick for Brown, or a second-round pick for Fasano or a third-round selection for Moses -- the respective compensation levels the Dolphins placed on each player.
Thursday will likely come and all three players will be tied to the Dolphins despite not having contracts. None of the three has signed their restricted free agent tenders yet, either. That could change soon as it makes sense for the players to lock something up. A total of 73 restricted free agents have already signed their tenders around the league.
The tender for Brown pays $3,969,239, which is 110 percent of his 2009 base salary. The tender for Fasano pays $1,759,000. The tender for Moses pays $1,101,000.
Of course, all can still sign long-term deals but I don't think that's prudent for the Dolphins to offer right now. Brown is coming off another significant injury so why would Miami commit to him long-term without seeing how he's recovered. Moses isn't assured of making the team, and Fasano followed one good season with an off year in 2009. So it seems wise to hold off on making a long-term commitment to any of these guys, particularly with the labor rules being so murky beyond this year.
One more thing: Many of you have run to and fro on this blog with trade rumors, particularly for Brown. A player cannot be traded unless he has signed his tender.


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I have recently installed K-Meleon 1.5.3 on an old, low spec PC and after many years since last using it, it's nice to see the progress that has been made.
On most PC's I use Firefox and frequently clear all privacy data in the course of browsing using it's CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE shortcut, which I prefer instead of using the menu option.
K-Meleon's default Privacy plugin has a 'Clear All' menu option but it's nestled in a sub, sub menu and with no shortcut key combo aka 'Accelerator' (in K-Meleon speak).
I read through the docs and figured out how to add such a shortcut by adding:
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The graphics card in my desktop has died (Nvidia GeForce 7600GT). There is no output from the DVI port but I can still get a rather corrupted picture from the VGA port. Booting, however, finishes at the command line login prompt with no change in resolution since the POST. Hence it's time for a replacement.
The problem is that the motherboard takes AGP graphics cards but these are proving to be in short supply. I can find a few GF6xxx series cards at reasonable prices (c. 30 quid) on the net but does anyone know where I could get a GF7xxx series card without paying nearly a ton for it?
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if so where can i get a full free copy of this game?
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Tom Craddock struck late as Oxford moved into the top 10 of npower League Two with a 2-1 win over Aldershot - their first ever league victory over the Shots.
The visitors had taken the lead against the run of play in the eighth minute when Damian Batt advanced well down the right and swung over a wicked cross that Anthony Charles could only divert past his own keeper.
The second half started in a similar vein to the first, Aldershot full of running but lacking any real end product.
Aldershot continued to press for an equaliser but, with only seven goals at home all season, it was an uphill struggle - midfielder Luke Guttridge's long range drive the best they could muster.
The Shots didn't lose heart and looked to have earned a deserved share of the spoils in the 76th minute when Guttridge stooped at the far post to scramble in Anthony Straker's left-wing cross.
It wasn't enough however, and Craddock's low drive with just four minutes remaining squirmed under Jamie Young sending Aldershot to their fourth successive home defeat.
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Overall, the B&I dash kit is of good quality and looks good. There was one piece that I had to use super-glue to make it stay adhered to the surface. For what it is, the price is a bit high, as I would image that it only cost the manufacturer about $10-$20 to make the entire kit. If the price was under $100 for the large kit, they would sell 5-10 times more kits, but I would imagine the high price has scared a lot of people away from purchasing it.


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|Marco Capozzoli ends up donating 15 percent of
his game checks to the Ronald McDonald House.
Former Montclair State kicker Marco Capozzoli provided plenty of joyful moments for Red Hawk fans during his career at Montclair State helping his team to the 2009 NJAC championship and NCAA playoffs.
Two years later, Capozzoli, now a member of the Arena Football League's Jacksonville Sharks, it still at it although this time his clutch kicks through the uprights are doing more than just helping the Sharks to victory.
Capozzoli had founded Kick for Kids. For the remainder of the 2011 season - including playoffs - Capozzoli is donating $10 for every point he kicks. Each extra point will garner $10 and $30 for each field goal will be donated directly to the Ronald McDonald House. Since the inception of Kick for Kids, Capozzoli has donated 15 percent of his game checks.
Kick for Kids came about after the former D3football.com All-Region and NJAC Special Teams Player of the Year was introduced to Chevan, a 3-year-old from England who was diagnosed with a tumor behind his eye on Christmas Eve of 2010. Shortly after, he arrived in Jacksonville to receive treatment at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute located at Shands of Jacksonville. The youngster and his mother left behind two siblings, including his twin sister, to undergo intensive treatment in hopes of irradiating the life-threatening tumor.
The outreach is nothing new for Capozzoli. During his senior year at MSU, he helped spearhead Montclair State's Breast Cancer Awareness Drive which helped raise several hundred dollars. In addition, he was a part of the many community service projects done by Montclair State's TALON (Teaching Athletes Leadership Opportunities Now).
Capozzoli is currently in his first year with Jacksonville and has helped the Sharks to the American Conference South Division title. Jacksonville is currently 14-4, which included a 13-game winning streak. He is third on the team in scoring with 133 points, including 112 extra points and seven field goals. The Sharks have one more regular-season game remaining before beginning the playoffs on July 29.
Capozzoli led the New Jersey Athletic Conference in PAT percentage (.972) in 2009, while ranking third in kick scoring per game (5.7 points). He connected on 10-of-15 field goal attempts, and a league-best 35-of-36 PATs. Included in his 10 field goals was a three-field goal performance in MSU's 16-13 win against New Jersey on Oct. 24. In that game Capozzoli - one of only three kickers in Montclair history to make 30 career field goals - became the first Montclair State kicker to connect on three 40-yard attempts in a game as he hit from 42, 44 and career-best 47 yards in the rain.
The left-footed Capozzoli was 31-of-49 in field goals for his career and successfully converted 92-of-99 point-after chances for a total of 185 points. He ranks third on the all-time field goal list at Montclair State and he is second in career extra points and ninth in points scored.
Off the field, Capozzoli was even more successful. A six-time Dean's List member at Montclair State, he graduated magna cum laude from the University in January 2010 with his degree in Political Science while also earning a minor in Psychology and Public Administration. He was a First-Team NJAC All-Academic Team selection and was named the Male Scholar Athlete Award winner at Montclair State. Capozzoli was a member of the National Student-Athlete Honor Society and was named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.
He was also named the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey Division III Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year.


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Here is a list of the names of the victims. I thought I'd share this link to the list of names of those who lost their lives last week in this tragedy. It somehow is important to me that whenever someone's life is snuffed out, especially at such a young age, their names should be remembered. I have also posted them here, should the link disappear or be down or whatever.
Please, keep their families in your thoughts and prayers. It is awful enough to bury a child, but to have them stolen away from you in such a manner at a time when many are traditionally celebrating their various religious beliefs is just beyond awful.
20 Children:
- Charlotte Bacon, 6
- Daniel Barden, 7
- Olivia Engel, 6
- Josephine Gay, 7
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
- Dylan Hockley, 6
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
- Chase Kowalski, 7
- Jesse Lewis, 6
- James Mattioli, 6
- Grace McDonnell, 7
- Emilie Parker, 6
- Jack Pinto, 6
- Noah Pozner, 6
- Caroline Previdi, 6
- Jessica Rekos, 6
- Avielle Richman, 6
- Benjamin Wheeler, 6
- Allison N. Wyatt, 6
6 adults
- Rachel Davino, 29
- Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal
- Anne Marie Murphy, 52, special education teacher
- Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
- Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
- Victoria Soto, 27, first grade teacher
I leave you with a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Come to me, O ye children!
For I hear you at your play,
And the questions that perplexed me
Have vanished quite away.
Ye open the eastern windows,
That look towards the sun,
Where thoughts are singing swallows
And the brooks of morning run.
In your hearts are the birds and the sunshine,
In your thoughts the brooklet's flow,
But in mine is the wind of Autumn
And the first fall of the snow.
Ah! what would the world be to us
If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind us
Worse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air for food,
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood, --
That to the world are children;
Through them it feels the glow
Of a brighter and sunnier climate
Than reaches the trunks below.
Come to me, O ye children!
And whisper in my ear
What the birds and the winds are singing
In your sunny atmosphere.
For what are all our contrivings,
And the wisdom of our books,
When compared with your caresses,
And the gladness of your looks?
Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For ye are living poems,
And all the rest are dead.
One final note. I don't want to see discussions on the politically charged topic of gun control. I don't want to see that type of thing on here because it will ultimately lead to a flame war as well as hurt / hard feelings. It also is totally unproductive as I've never seen either side in that debate give an inch on their position. All it does is polarize people and I think there has been quite enough polarization of people all over the world, so I don't want to see it here.


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Delta Construction Corporation and KSK Foundation pledge $300K
Scholarships established at UH West Oahu and Leeward Community CollegeUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Margot Schrire, (808) 956-6774
Director of Communications, University of Hawaii Foundation
Director of Communications, University of Hawaii Foundation
Posted: Mar 2, 2011
HONOLULU – Delta Construction Corporation and KSK Foundation of Kapolei have pledged $300,000 to establish two endowments and corresponding expendable funds for scholarships at University of Hawai'i–West Oʻahu and Leeward Community College. The Delta Construction Corporation Endowed Scholarship at UH West O'ahu and The Delta Construction Corporation Endowed Scholarship at Leeward Community College will help students change their lives through higher education; positively impact their families and communities; and raise hope and pride in West O'ahu.
These funds are being established in honor of the company's founder, Gilbert D. Kobatake, a 1934 graduate of the UH Mānoa College of Engineering. Kobatake was a retired structural engineer and surveyor, owner of Gilbert Kobatake Inc. and a member of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
"My father was a visionary," said Kenneth J. Kobatake, president and RME, Delta Construction Company. "In 1934, as a newly graduated civil engineer, dad saw the impending growth and the needed development of Hawai'i's infrastructure for the islands to be a successful economic player in the national and international arena. As a child, I recall dad reminding my two brothers and I that education was necessary for success. He was always thankful for the opportunity to have attended the University of Hawai'i." Kobatake concluded, "One item on dad's bucket list was to help build and strengthen the engineering program. This commitment to fund two scholarships is a step in the realization of dad's goal."
The Delta Construction Corporation Endowed Scholarship at UH West O'ahu will provide financial support to full-time or part-time students who are enrolled in any area of study at the University of Hawai'i–West O'ahu. Recipients must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above. Preference will be given to students intending to pursue a degree in engineering and who reside in the West O'ahu region.
"Students from throughout our region will benefit from scholarships made possible by this gift," said Gene I. Awakuni, UH West O'ahu chancellor. "We are watching the number of our programs grow with the demand for accessible higher education from throughout central and West O'ahu. These new donations demonstrate that Delta Construction and KSK Foundation recognize our mission and needs of our students to attain a high quality four-year education that benefits our region and state."
The Delta Construction Corporation Endowed Scholarship at Leeward Community College will support part-time or full-time students with cumulative grade point averages of 2.5 or above. Preference will be given to students intending to pursue a degree in engineering and who reside in the West O'ahu region.
"This generous scholarship will impact the lives of deserving Leeward Community College engineering students for decades to come," said Manny Cabral, Leeward Community College chancellor. "Since 1981, between five and 10 percent of UH Mānoa College of Engineering graduates started their coursework at Leeward CC. The Delta Construction Corporation's scholarship will help us increase the number of transfers and ultimately provide Hawai'i with a stronger, more skilled workforce. On behalf of all those who will benefit, I express my mahalo nui loa."
For information on how you can support UH West O'ahu, please contact Mariko Miho at (808) 956-7983 or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also give online at www.uhfoundation.org/GiveToUHWestOahu.
To learn more about supporting Leeward CC, please contact KC Collins at (808) 956-3458 or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can give online at www.uhfoundation.org/GiveToLCC.
The University of Hawai'i Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawai'i System. Our mission is to unite our donors' passions with the University of Hawai'i's aspirations to benefit the people of Hawai'i and beyond. We do this by raising private philanthropic support, managing private investments and nurturing donor and alumni relationships. www.uhfoundation.org
University of Hawai'i–West O'ahu is a four-year, regional comprehensive university with an emphasis on baccalaureate education founded in the liberal arts, service, professional, career-related, and applied fields, based on State and regional needs. UH West O'ahu is committed to providing access to residents throughout the State of Hawai'i through its partnerships with the University of Hawai'i community colleges and its delivery of distance education programs. http://westoahu.hawaii.edu
Leeward Community College, one of the seven community colleges in the University of Hawai'i System, provides access to higher education and plays an important role in workforce development in Leeward and Central O'ahu. The college focuses on students, teaching, learning, and responsiveness to community needs. With courses in more than 100 subject areas, Leeward CC offers a comprehensive curriculum for immediate entry into the workforce or for transfer towards a baccalaureate degree. High demand programs include business, education, digital media, computer networking, culinary arts, television production, engineering, visual and performing arts and the sciences. Strong support services, such as free tutoring, career development center, and job placement assistance are focused on helping students reach their educational goals. http://www.leeward.hawaii.edu


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This session, the state legislature will consider a law that makes public the names and addresses of people who have a pistol permit. I think these kinds of laws are well-intentioned but off the mark. OK, so we know where the guns are in the neighborhood. What do we do with this information? Are we in danger because the nice little old lady next door has a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world?
Guns don't attack like loose pit bulls. Somebody has to pull the trigger. Is society served by knowing who owns guns on the street? I think the only purpose this law would serve is to scare gun owners into thinking this is a prelude to confiscation. Gun owners are already the most frightened people in America. No need to rattle their cages with pointless gun laws.
That little old lady may keep her .44 Magnum in a box on a shelf in the attic, who knows. We sure don't and it's none of our business. I think our legislators should spend their time in this session crafting gun laws that have real meaning other than harassing gun owners.


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The Ur-Quan Masters
The project started in August 2002, when Toys For Bob released the partially ported sources of Star Control 2 3DO version to the fan community. Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better. For more information, look at our info page.
Compatibility Release for macOS 10.14 and onwards(Sunday, May 6 2018)
If you are using macOS 10.13.4, you may have noticed a warning that UQM needs to be updated to improve compatibility. Apple has announced that macOS 10.13 High Sierra would be the last version of macOS to run 32-bit apps "without compromise".
We have now created and released a fresh build of UQM 0.7.0 that has rebuilt not only the main program but also all of its libraries for maximum compatibility backwards and forwards. We have tested it on 10.7 Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, and 10.13 High Sierra—it is our belief that it should work even on 10.6 Snow Leopard. We also expect that this edition will work without compromise on future Intel Macs for some time to come. You can get it from our downloads page.
Compatibility Source Code Release for Modern Linux(Sunday, January 21 2018)
Recent releases of GCC have trouble compiling UQM 0.7.0 from its source release. We have created a new source update that has been tested on the current stable versions of Debian, Fedora, and OpenBSD. You can get it from our downloads page. Note that this is purely a change to build-time configuration and logic: nothing about this release has changed the the resulting program. If you have a working build of UQM 0.7.0, you don't need to take this update.
Compatibility Release for macOS Sierra(Sunday, September 25 2016)
The release of macOS Sierra has finally removed some of the old graphics and sound APIs that our releases of UQM depended on. We have created a new macOS package for The Ur-Quan Masters that has been tested on 10.12 Sierra and should work at least as far back as 10.7 Lion. You can get it from our downloads page.
Development migrated to Git(Saturday, November 2 2013)
After a number of requests from modders, we've converted the Ur-Quan Masters code repository over to use the Git revision control system. This should make it easier for modders to collaborate with one another and to track changes made in the vanilla development track.
The code page is thus available here. The Subversion repository will be kept available for the forseeable future, but it will not be taking additional updates.
If you are planning on creating your own personal mod of UQM, we encourage you to develop it in Git by creating a branch from one of the release tags of the vanilla UQM repository. That way, it will be easier to update your mod with new releases from vanilla.
Remix add-on package four 'The New Alliance of Free Stars' released(Wednesday, February 20 2013)
The official Ur-Quan Masters remix add-on package four: The New Alliance of Free Stars
has been released.
Be sure to visit the download section to grab your copy!
This add-on pack includes almost 60 minutes of music in 16 tracks:
- Main Menu - Control the Stars
- Intro - Into the Void
- Chmmr - Photosynthesis
- Shofixti - Bonsai!
- Syreen - Close Encounters of the Seventh Kind
- Yehat - Years Late Mix
- Pkunk - Pkunks Not Dead
- Utwig - Mask of Ultimate Embarrassment and Shame
- Zoq-Fot-Pik - Frungy Party
- Orz - *Squeezing* the *Juice*
- Utwig - The Ultron
- Supox - Shake Yer Rootz
- Spathi - Fwiffo's Starrunner
- Super Melee Menu - Fight!
- Outro - Awaking Dreams
- Credits - So Long and Thanks for All the Orz
Check out the
PRECURSORS web site for more information about the releases and future
- Precursors
Announcing The Ur-Quan Masters 0.7.0(Monday, July 4 2011)
Hello everyone!
Guess what day it is today?
It is the fourth of July, the day when we remember aliens taking over Earth, beings from another solar system mining planets for resources, and the destruction of historic buildings (as well as tourism).
It is the day when we celebrate a brave few in a ship built with alien technology carrying a huge bomb into the alien mothership in a near suicide attack. It is the day when the shields went down.
Today is the day of the greatest science fiction of all time: Star Control 2 - The Ur-Quan Masters!
The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team is happy to announce: The Ur-Quan Masters 0.7.0.
So what is new? Well, you can find the complete list here, but here are a few of the highlights:
- some missing bits of content added, including two new lander reports directly from Toys for Bob
- support for Windows CE, and experimental support for Symbian S60
- many bug fixes, including some that have been long anticipated
- various small improvements and polishing
- lots of internal cleanups and restructuring, making the game more customisable and modable, and making the code a bit friendlier
So download the game from here and join us in the celebrations! And do not forget to *enjoy the sauce*!
The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team.
Arts and Crafts for Star Control(Tuesday, August 12 2008)
The petition to get a new Star Control made has generated quite a bit of response, but more can be done. I would like to direct your attention to a cunning plan that Alex Ness from Toys for Bob has come up with. In his own words (from the Toys for Bob website):
First We Hit Them With Letters, Next Arts and Crafts.
After that, they won't know what hit 'em. Activision, I mean. As part of my multi-pronged strategy to convince Activision to insist that our next project be a Star Control one, I have come up with idea to harness the powers of arts and crafts as well as fans everywhere.
What I want to do is this: Make a giant map of the Earth. Maybe I should just buy one. I'm not map maker. If I were, I'd probably be instantly fired for my alternative spelling of the nation known as Uruguay as well as the fabrication of non-existent countries like Nutsack Kingdom and Nutsack Kingdom II. As a matter of fact, I have already been fired from previous jobs for these exact same reasons, even though none of those jobs involved making a map. So anyway, I'm going to buy a map. A real big one. Then I'm going to prominently display it somewhere in our office. Phase one of my plan will then be complete.
Phase two is where I once again, ask you wonderful community of fans for support. What I want is to put pictures of you guys up on this map. Not everybody but at least one from every country. This may be a problem for the magical isle of Greenland but who knows? There couldn't be all that much to do in Greenland, especially if you're unemployed like Andre the Giant's character in the Princess Bride used to be, so maybe someone who lives there has played a little Star Control. Anyway, what I'll do then is post your picture up over the respective country you live in. The idea being to show the fan base all over the globe. Will this help convince Activision to let us do another Star Control? I can't predict the future but I can tell you that if it's big and displayed prominently, it will help remind them every time they come to visit and be a real conversation piece. Plus it will just generally brighten our spirits. In Paul's case, this could lead to a level of congeniality rarely exhibited by man or machine. He's quite a bubbly figure, in case you don't know.
So if you've got the notion and a camera, can you send me a picture of yourself either playing SCII or at least standing near something SCII-related? Just send it right to old email@example.com. Or, if you really want the picture to get there extra fast, use my new other email address: firstname.lastname@example.com. Somehow just the word "nutsack" does make things faster and better.
And in case you're wondering, it's not too late to show your support by signing the petition.
IRC Chat with Toys for Bob on 2007-06-13(Thursday, May 17 2007)
Those of you who visit the UQM forum
or the Ultronomicon may have
seen the occasional reference to the Words of Wisdom uttered by the
Creators of Star Control in past IRC chats.
It is time to add another chapter. On Wednesday the 13th of June at 14.00 PT (that's 21.00 UTC), a delegation from Toys for Bob, including Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford themselves, will visit the IRC channel #uqm-tfb on Freenode , and you're all invited.
A lucky few of you may even get the chance to play a game of SuperMelee against one of them. (Be sure to test your setup in advance.)
So, bring your best questions, and see you then.
The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team.
Edit: the chat is over; you can find the log here.
The Ur-Quan Masters v0.6.2 release(Wednesday, Jan 17 2007)
You may have noticed the presence of an increasingly large number of bugs
which move with great speed and attack relentlessly. We are sorry to say
that this is our catalog item UQM-0.6.1.
Yes, we've moved beyond the bugfixing stage into the lucrative bug creation phase. It seems that our bugfix release in fact introduced a new bug.
So now, we have 0.6.2.
In 0.6.2, you can save your game and supermelee fleets again, which is good.
And there are a few bonus small fixes, which shouldn't hurt anyone either.
The game data is still unchanged, so you won't have to redownload that,
and you can just install 0.6.2 over 0.6.0 or 0.6.1.
You can find it here.
Have fun again,
The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team.
The Ur-Quan Masters v0.6.1 release(Wednesday, Jan 10 2007)
The Ur-Quan Masters 0.6.0 has been so well received that we thought
we'd do that again. We call it 0.6.1.
Now you may think, "There's got to be something more if they raise the version number.". But nope, there isn't.
There's actually something less. Bugs. We don't like them, so we got rid of some. So 0.6.1 is what you might call a "maintenance release". At least that's how we call it.
Fortunately, the game data is unchanged, so you won't have to redownload
all that. You can just install 0.6.1 over 0.6.0 to enjoy all the benefits
of having less.
You can find it here.
May the Ultron be with you,
The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team.
The Ur-Quan Masters v0.6.0 release(Tuesday, Dec 19 2006)
Happy days and jubilation! It's The Ur-Quan Masters 0.6.0.
And The Ur-Quan Masters 0.6.0 means network SuperMelee!
And it means in-game key configuration.
And it means support for 64 bit systems.
And it means more bugfixes.
And it means more internal improvements which you won't care about.
Read all about it in our WhatsNew file.
To download it, we gladly direct you to our download page.
And if you haven't already, support a new Star Control created by Toys for Bob (the creators of the original Star Control and Star Control II, but not Star Control 3) by signing the petition.
And if you're in search of people to play network SuperMelee against, you'll likely find someone ready to eat flaming plasma death in the IRC channel on irc.freenode.org.
Blow up an Ur-Quan for us, Captain,
The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team.
Toys for Bob want another Star Control and need your help! (Sunday, April 16 2006)
A few days ago, Toys for Bob, the creators of
Star Control 1 and 2 (but not 3) made it known
that they were in talks with the Powers That Be at Activision about
what their next game should be.
They decided that the stars are finally right, and are trying to convince the Powers that their next game should be a Star Control game. And they're asking the fans for help.
If we could send them mails in support of a new Star Control, they could use those as a powerful argument in the discussion.
Read more about it on our petition page.
Precursors Remix pack 4 progress(Sunday, February 19 2006)
Here are all the tracks released for remix pack 4 so far. This list will be updated as new ones are released.
- 2006-01-06: Utwig "Mask of Ultimate Embarrasment and Shame" (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-06: Utwig "The Ultron" (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-13: Shofixti (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-13: Chmmr (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-20: Supox (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-20: Zoq-Fot-Pik (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-27: Orz (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-02-03: Pkunk (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-02-11: HyperSpace (bonus) (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-02-24: Credits (new) (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-03-04: Spathi (space) (ogg, mp3)
The Ur-Quan Masters v0.5.0 release(Sunday, Feb 2 2006)
Hello Human Earthlings!
Look what we've got here. It's The Ur-Quan Masters 0.5.0!
Some things have changed, along with the version number.
We've got a searchable starmap, we've got a new scaler, we've got prettier planet landings, we've got a working setup menu, we've got better text input and we've got tons of bugfixes.
And a whole bunch of other stuff you can find in our WhatsNew file.
And you can have it too! Call 1-900-PKUNKRA, 24 hours a day! Or just go to the download page.
Frungy! Frungy! Frungy!
— The `The Ur-Quan Masters' development team.
New Precursors Remixes Released(Friday, January 6 2006)
It's been a looooong hiatus for The Precursors, but we're finally back in business. Despite not having completed the fourth remix pack (yet), we decided that we're close enough that we can start releasing the pack in smaller doses. From today, we'll strive to release at least one track from the new remix pack every friday. To kick this party off, we're giving you not only one, but two Utwig remixes, and to top it off they both play in the game during different circumstances.
Since we're not releasing these remixes in packages yet, you'll have to add them to the game yourself. This can be done by creating a folder called "comm" under the content folder in the Ur-Quan Masters install folder. Under the new comm folder, create another folder called "utwig" and place the two OGG-files there (the game won't play the MP3-files).
The first Utwig remix, Mask of Ultimate Embarrasment and Shame (OGG, MP3), was composed by Tore Aune Fjellstad and Espen Gätzschmann.
The other remix, The Ultron (OGG, MP3), was composed by guest composer Casey Monroe.
Keep an eye on this thread in the forum for updated information on new releases.
— Precursors
- 2006-01-13: Shofixti remix released (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-13: Chmmr remix released (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-20: Supox remix released (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-20: Zoq-Fot-Pik remix released (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-01-27: Orz remix released (ogg, mp3)
- 2006-02-03: Pkunk remix released (ogg, mp3)
The Ur-Quan Masters v0.4.0 release(Saturday, May 21 2005)
Hello Hunams,
It's been a while, but here it is: The Ur-Quan Masters version 0.4.0. With all the features from the original Star Control II present, and as stable as a horse barn, there's nothing that should stop you from sharing it with all your friends.
Some mentionable improvements:
- PC intro and ending sequences are now present
- a new `triscan' scaler
- lots of fixes to the subtitles
- an in-game setup menu
- using graphics from the PC version of Star Control II in some places where they are better than the 3DO ones
- PC style 3-step zooming in melee (at your choice)
- lots of internal restructuring
- many bug fixes
For a complete list, we direct you to this page.
When you're ready to start downloading, the place to go is here.
The Ur-Quan Masters development team
Remix pack 4 preview(Tuesday, May 3 2005)
With the release of the fourth remix package still looming ominously on the horizon, we are releasing one of the upcoming remixes for your listening pleasure.
This time we're showcasing Frungy Party (mp3 version here), a remix of the original Zoq-Fot-Pik theme.
This remix was made by Forevian, a newcomer to the project.
- Precursors
Feature article in Retro Gamer(Wednesday, March 23 2005)
The UK retro gaming magazine Retro Gamer has a two-part feature about Star Control, and includes a copy of The Ur-Quan Masters on the accompanying CD-ROM. It ought to be interesting to anyone who wants to know everything about Star Control, and to those who are on a slow internet connection and want to play the full game.
You can talk to the writer of this story, John Szczepaniak, on our UQM forum.
To those of you who found this page through the article, welcome (the rest of you too). You may want to upgrade your copy of the game to the most recent version, by downloading a snapshot here. The improvements are worth it.
Announcing the Ultronomicon(Friday, September 3 2004)
The Ultronomicon, our new wiki database, is now officially open. We've chosen the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license for all its text.
The goal is to make it a complete reference work for everything relating to The Ur-Quan Masters, including the Star Control universe, gameplay, technical tips, and developer info.
I encourage everyone to write a bit about their favourite Ur-Quan Masters subject, so that we will have something to show soon.
Remix add-on package three 'Ur-Quan Hierarchy' released(Wednesday, June 30 2004)
The official Ur-Quan Masters remix add-on package three: Ur-Quan Hierarchy
has been released.
Be sure to visit the download section to grab your copy!
For your listening pleasure, we have:
- 9 tracks:
- Ur-Quan - Now and Forever
- Ilwrath - All Evil
- VUX - Ultra-gross!
- Umgah - Genetic Modification
- Mycon - Rebirth
- Thraddash - Culture 19
- Kohr-Ah - Cleansing Required
- Orbit IV - Cold Tectonics
- Orbit V - Extraterrestrial Lifeforms
- Bonus material
Check out the
PRECURSORS web site for more information about the releases and future
- Precursors
Up-to-date Windows binaries (Saturday, February 28 2004)
Can't wait for the next The Ur-Quan Masters release?
From now on, new Windows binaries will be created automatically within a few hours after changes have been committed into cvs.
You can find them here.
To use them, just replace the uqm.exe file from your existing The Ur-Quan Masters installation by one you download here.
Keep in mind that these are snapshots of a work in progress, and bugs may be lurking (or just openly bite you in the face).
If you report such a bug in bugzilla, be sure to mark it as being from up-to-date cvs.
- SvdB
Remix add-on package two 'Neutral Aliens, Don't Shoot!' released(Monday, November 10 2003)
The official Ur-Quan Masters remix add-on package two: Neutral Aliens, Don't Shoot!
has been released.
Be sure to visit the download section to grab your copy!
This add-on pack includes over 40 minutes of music:
- 11 long tracks:
- QuasiSpace - Through the Angles of Space
- Arilou - Welcome to Falayalaralfali
- Slylandro - We Come In Peace!
- Slylandro Homeworld - Floating Gas Bags
- HyperSpace - Across the Galaxy
- Orbit II - Around the Rainbow Worlds
- Druuge - Property of the Crimson Corporation
- Spathiwa - Safe Haven
- Orbit III - Planet Red Alert
- Melnorme - Turning Purple
- Dnyarri - Didn't You Mean To Ask About Flowers?
- bonus material
Check out the
PRECURSORS web site for more information about the releases and future
- Precursors
Remix add-on package one 'Super Melee!' released(Monday, October 27 2003)
The official Ur-Quan Masters remix add-on package one: Super Melee!
is released.
Be sure to visit the download section to grab your copy!
The first add-on pack includes over 40 minutes of music:
- 7 Long tracks:
- Melee! - The Battle of Sa-Matra
- Starbase - Under a Red Sky
- Starbase Commander - Corridor Nine
- Solar System - Exploration
- Shipyard - Rough Repair
- Outfit - Outfit the Vindicator
- Orbit I - To Mine The Heavens
- All 27 short ditties for each alien race + red alert ditty
- bonus material
Check out the
PRECURSORS web site for more information about the releases and future
- Precursors
webmasters: mk at kapsi.fi, mcmartin at stanford.edu, svdb at stack.nl


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March 23, 2004
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – As the first step toward establishing a relationship with the Minnesota Credit Union Network, the Paraguayan credit union association CENCOPAN will be sending four individuals on a trip to Minnesota March 22-26. The Network has been developing this relationship since fall of 2003 through the World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU's) "Partnership Program." This visit will be the first meeting of the two organizations, who will sign an agreement formalizing their commitment to the partnership program, and develop a cooperative work plan that defines specific objectives for this effort.
CENCOPAN, more formally known as the Central de Cooperativas Nacionales del Paraguay, was established in 1994. Today, CENCOPAN represents 24 credit unions throughout the country of Paraguay, most recently working with its member credit unions on implementing a new law that established a separate regulatory body for credit unions in Paraguay.
"Our relationship with CENCOPAN through WOCCU's partnership program is the perfect opportunity to exercise the credit union philosophy of 'People Helping People,'" said Dana Hofmann-Geye, Network Executive Vice President & General Counsel.
Four individuals from CENCOPAN will travel with an interpreter when visiting the Network next week:
Three members of WOCCU will also be in Minnesota:
The week-long visit will begin with an overview of the Network, with individual departments making presentations, including legal/regulatory compliance,governmental affairs, communications, education, technology and the Network Services Corporation. Also during the week, the Paraguayans will visit Mid-States Corporate Federal Credit Union's Minnesota office, tour three credit unions varying in size, location and product offerings, including US Federal Credit Union in Burnsville, St. Marys Federal Credit Union in Sleepy Eye, and Buckbee Mears Employees Credit Union in St. Paul. The group will also be attending a Minnesota Timberwolves basketball game at the Target Center.
"The Network staff is very much looking forward to meeting with the group from CENCOPAN and discovering ways to work together," said Kevin, Network President & CEO. "It's an exciting challenge and opportunity for us to compare organizations and see how each can benefit the other."
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 68,882 credit unions in 109 countries serve 235 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.


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Nationals re-sign LaRoche to two-year contract
First baseman returns on $24 million deal after career season
By Bill Ladson /01/08/13 6:17 PM ET
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals re-signed first baseman Adam LaRoche to a two-year, $24 million deal with a mutual option for a third season Tuesday.
By re-signing LaRoche, the Nats have their starting infield from last year intact. Besides LaRoche, Ryan Zimmerman will be at third, while Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa will serve as the double-play combination at shortstop and second base, respectively.
For most of the offseason, the length of the contract was a problem between LaRoche and the Nationals. The left-handed hitter, a free agent for the third time in his career, had wanted a three-year deal, but the Nats held steady on their offer of two years. Washington never set a deadline on when to stop negotiating with LaRoche.
The club made a qualifying offer worth $13.3 million in November, but LaRoche turned it down. If he had signed with another team, the Nationals would have received a compensation pick after the first round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
"We were patient with Adam and his representatives," general manager Mike Rizzo said. "They wanted to see what was out there for him. At the end of the day, I think we both agreed [that Washington] was the best place for Adam to be. It was a contract that satisfied Adam and it worked for us. At this particular time, it just fit for us."
LaRoche was instrumental in leading the Nats to the National League East title in 2012, batting .271 with 33 homers and 100 RBIs in 154 games. He was awarded his first career Gold Glove and Silver Slugger and finished sixth in the voting for the NL Most Valuable Player Award.
"He is such an important key on the team, not just on the field, but in the clubhouse," said teammate Kurt Suzuki. "Having him as a teammate and a leader in the clubhouse, people don't really get to see that part of him. That aspect of him as a teammate and a leader is just as important as his performance on the field. His performance on the field was pretty incredible. That goes to show you what kind of guy that he is."
With LaRoche signed, the Nationals have a decision to make regarding Michael Morse, who was the everyday left fielder last season. The Nats' outfield this year is already set -- with Bryce Harper, Denard Span and Jayson Werth -- but Morse could serve as a fourth outfielder or spell LaRoche at first base as well.
One baseball source said the Nationals want pitching prospects in return for Morse and believe the Rays would make good trading partners.
Rizzo has stated that he would be as inclined to hold on to Morse as he would be to deal him away if the club doesn't receive a worthy and beneficial return in a potential trade.
"Michael Morse is a middle-of-the-lineup, everyday production bat," Rizzo said. "With that said, we are going to be open-minded. Nobody said that we have to trade Michael Morse. There is no financial ramifications that forces us to trade Michael Morse. He is a very economical middle-of-the-lineup hitter that can hit .300 and drive in 100 at a very affordable price. He is very attractive to a lot of teams. I've heard no less than 10 to 12 teams that have interest in Michael Morse.
"We are going to put the best 25 men on the field for Opening Day. We are going to be patient. If there is a deal out there that makes great sense for us and make great sense for Michael Morse, we'll certainly consider it. But there is no gun to our head that we have to trade Michael Morse. We won't trade him just to trade him. It will be a good trade in our favor or we will just keep him."


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There is pleasing your bosses on the first week of the new job and then there is what Dan Winnik is doing to ingratiate himself with the Ducks. Full of grit and sandpaper as they say in hockey, Winnik has the Midas touch right now as the winger scored two more goals in the Ducks' 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night for their second in as many games to start the season. A five-year veteran of three previous teams, Winnik has four goals in the two contests to join Marian Hossa atop the NHL. His 41 career goals say that he's no natural scorer but he's doing it now. "I told you he's on a 96-goal pace," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "He's done nothing to stop it. Just keep him going." Winnik finished a first-period outburst with a shot that went in off Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman and then broke a 3-3 tie when he managed to work a loose puck over the goal line behind goalie Miikka Kiprusoff. The goals have been the highlight of a new third line with Saku Koivu and Andrew Cogliano that has found instant chemistry. Koivu also scored but Winnik became the first player to begin his Ducks career with two multi-goal efforts. "The goals tonight definitely weren't pretty," he said. "I was even kind of chuckling on the last one. It goes off my skate and kind of just barely gets over the line. Great start for the line more importantly and the team."
NHL Headlines
It's still Winnik's time with the Ducks
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Police say two former Band Members of the Corps of Cadets are responsible for as many as 46 dorm room burglaries on the Texas A&M campus this year.
Texas A&M University Police say 24-year-old Jovan Martinez and his brother Eleazar Martinez are responsible for the burglaries. Eleazar is still a student at Texas A&M.
Police say almost all the burglaries took place on Aggie game days, and one took place during Aggie Muster. The burglars only hit dorms where cadets and band members live.
"Some of my buddies, their drawers were all open. Everything was kind of everywhere," said LeAnn Tobola, a freshman member of the Corps of Cadets.
"One of my upper classmen said his boots were stolen, a TV, an Xbox," said Laura Hoffmann, a cadet who lives in one of the burglarized dorms.
Police say the suspects burglarized 46 dorm rooms in five different buildings.
Police searched Eleazar Martinez's College Station apartment and found stolen items linking the brothers to all the Corps Dorms Burlgaries this year.
Current corps members were shocked to learn the suspects are former Aggie Band members.
"I can't believe someone would break in from the corps, because they know what it's like. Wow," said Tobolla.
"I think that's a disappointment on their part. Being a former corps member means you shouldn't do stuff like that. You should hold yourself to a higher standard," said Elizabeth Wishert, Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
Police say many items were recovered and returned to their owners, but not everything reported stolen was found.
Jovan Martinez was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of burglary of a habitation.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Eleazar Martinez. Police say he's expected to turn himself in Thursday.


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A few Dutch readers informed us that you can get Radeon HD 2900XT for less than 350€ including the shipping cost. The card itself can be purchased for about €337 but a few shops we checked didn't have them in stock today.
This indicates that Radeon HD 2900XT will get down in price
rather soon and the UK readers informed us that you can get the cards in the UK
for about £240 including VAT.
The prices, as we expected are going down as Nvidia is already
selling its 8800 GTS 640 MB cards for about €330 if not even less.
Just look at this picture it made us laugh but you can pre order Sapphire HD 2900XT card here or a few more alternatives here.


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A man is receiving treatment at an Anchorage hospital after evading the authorities through the woods on the Kenai Peninsula and hitching a ride back to Girdwood.
Alaska State Troopers searched for James Lee III on Monday and Tuesday after he attempted to flee from Anchorage to the Peninsula. Following a vehicle pursuit, he fled on foot into the woods off the Seward Highway between Placer River and Ingram Creek.
Lee was headed south toward Seward or the Soldotna area, but troopers are unsure of his intended destination, said troopers' spokesperson Beth Ipsen.
Troopers flew over the area Monday in a helicopter for three hours but could not locate the suspect. The search continued Tuesday, and authorities feared for the man's safety.
Then, at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, troopers were notified that a man at the Tesoro gas station in Girdwood told employees he had wrecked his snowmobile in the "backcountry" and needed assistance. Lee, of Anchorage, had walked out of the woods to the highway and flagged down a motorist who drove him to the gas station, according to a troopers' press release.
He was transported to the hospital for treatment of hypothermia and exposure. A trooper was monitoring Lee as of Tuesday evening, as he could not be taken into custody before being medically cleared, Ipsen said.
Troopers' pursuit of Lee began Monday afternoon at 3:18 p.m. They observed a stolen vehicle near Bird Point. They identified the driver as Lee, who has three felony warrants with bail totaling $55,000 for theft, vehicle theft, burglary, escape and fraud, according to another troopers press release.
Troopers report that when they attempted to stop Lee at Milepost 100 of the Seward Highway, he continued southbound. Troopers deployed spike strips and successfully stopped the stolen truck at Milepost 77, according to the press release.
Lee immediately fled on foot. He ran into the woods on the west side of the highway. Troopers pursued the man with help from the Forest Service, U.S. Marshals and the Anchorage Police Department.
Authorities search for three hours. A U.S. Forest Service Officer fell and sustained minor injuries during the search, and a trooper was treated for exposure as a precaution. Both were treated at Providence Medical Hospital in Anchorage and released, according to the press release.
Prior to his transportation to the hospital, Lee had last been seen evading troopers on foot and refusing assistance. He was not dressed for the terrain or cold temperatures.
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Newton Police Department
• Douglas G. McCeun, 29, of Newton was arrested at 1:22 p.m. Monday on a parole violation from a previous burglary charge. McCeun was arrested and taken to jail.
• Levi A. Lear, 23, of Des Moines was arested at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday at 1107 W. Fourth St. N. on a Polk County warrant for child endangerment. He was arrested and transferred back to Polk County.
Jasper County
Sheriff's Office
• John P. Hines, 39, of Newton was arrested in the 4400 block of Highway 14 South at 9:10 p.m. for driving on a suspended licence and speeding. Hines was arrested and taken into custody.


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23 Justine Lupo
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Lupo is a speedy and tough attacker who is playing some of her best lacrosse as a senior. She is a triple threat every time she receives the ball. 2007: Appeared in seven games, earning one start ... Scored two goals, one against St. Mary's and one against Princeton ... Also earned one draw control and one caused turnover, both of which came against Dartmouth ... 2006: Played in 13 of the Bears' 16 games ... Finished the season with six goals, including three in the season-opening win over Sacred Heart ... Also scored against Maryland, Temple, and Yale ... Finished the season with 11 ground balls and four caused turnovers ... 2005: Led all of Brown's rookies in scoring with eight points (5g, 3a), tied for sixth on the team ... Picked up 16 ground balls ... Also earned four draw controls ... Scored three goals, including the game-winner, in Brown's season-ending win over Ohio ... Before Brown: A three-sport athlete at Ridgewood High School, Justine ran both cross country and track, and played lacrosse, all for four years ... A captain for all three sports as a senior, she earned All-League honors for lacrosse during all four years ... Named All-North Jersey as a junior and a senior, earning Third Team All-State recognition as a senior ... Two-Time Academic All-American ... Named All-League four straight years in cross country and two straight years in track ...Named New Jersey Runner of the Year as a junior ... Played club lacrosse for Metro Lacrosse ... Member of National Honor Society ... High Honor Roll student all four years ... Personal: The daughter of Anthony and Caryn Lupo, Justine has two sisters, Breanne and Kimberly ... Concentrating in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship; Organizational Studies track.


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I see you're italian.
I already had this kind of problem with a guy, so, please, read his solution (go on read from there) : http://www.archlinux.it/forum/viewtopic … 07#p130507 .
Hope you find this useful.
But don't ask me the reason why it happens
Thanks for your help, but it seems my problem was different, see the solution above in my edited post.
Mortuus in anima, curam gero cutis
Oh i see !
Sometimes I forget to check for the easiest solution
I'm pretty sure something is wrong. Ok, I agree, running "cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor" gave "performance", but my symptoms are still there. With exactly the same programs running, if I don't run powerdown/up before launching Virtualbox, it chrashes. Are there some more indicators to be sure that powerdown is started automatically ?
Maybe there is a problem with the version that I have ? I installed it directly from AUR, but now I see my version is mor up to date than the version proposed.
1 aur/powerdown 20120927-1 [installed: 20121025-1] (24)
Says yaourt.
Last edited by djipey (2012-11-13 22:21:51)
You can be sure if powerdown is running, by executing:
cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
cat /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio
They should return 5 and 90, if powerdown is running.
You have 20121025 installed, because that is the date you cloned git, compiled and installed powerdown. But the pgkbuild version is 20120927; so it doesn't matter.
Ok, so at boot, on AC, I have 0 and 30, without doing anything. On battery, or when I have run powerdown, I have 5 and 90, exactly what you said. when I then run powerup, I go back to 0 and 30. So ok, I think powerdown is running.
But is it normal that on AC at boot, if I don't run powerup, my hard drive doesn't spin down ? What I mean since the beginning, it's that powerup does some optimizations only when I run it manually. Can it be possible ?
Uhm, looking at the script, it seems powerup does not change hdparm settings. So they stick to default when you boot from ac, until you change power supply. I guess this can be considered a bug, until taylorchu doesn't explain his choice.
To solve this, open /usr/bin/powerup and add a line with "for dev in $(awk '/^\/dev\/sd/ {print $1}' /etc/mtab); do run hdparm -B 1 -S 12 $dev; done" (the same as in powerdown). If i were you, i'd change these values to higher ones, while on ac (for example "hdparm -B 200 -S 60") because it is established that very low hdparm settings can kill your hard drive in some cases. If your hd clicked very often, even if you're using it, that it would be better to increase the default value.
Your choice, anyway
I'm going to look more deeply to the scripts when I'll have time, because something in powerdown, not inverted by powerup, is really helpfull. Thanks for the advices anyway.
Ok, I had a look to the scripts. Powerdown does some stuff that powerup doesn't revert:
- opt /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog 0
- opt /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy powersave
- for i in /sys/bus/*/devices/*/power/control; do opt $i auto; done
- Some stuff on diks powersave
- Some stuff on the sound card powersave
One of these things solves a bug with virtualbox on my laptop. I guess I can eliminate the lines about the sound and the disks, but that's all I can do, I know almost nothing about the others instructions. Could you help me a bit please ?
Why don't you just comment out the relative commands one by one from the cript and try it out?
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Haha, yeah, that's true, I didn't think about that.
1. the issue that powerdown does not restore all settings when you run powerup will be fixed soon
2. make use of "sudo powernow". it will show you almost everything you should know about current powersave values.
Last edited by taylorchu (2012-11-15 23:59:36)
"After you do enough distro research, you will choose Arch."
Got it. This line :
opt /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog 0
Solves a bug with VirtualBox. By default, the value in this file is 1. With 1, if I run a virtual machine and try for an example to install ubuntu, the install stops, and makes my laptop rebooting.
With the value 0, the install works perfectly. I did the test 3 times, with each time the same result.
So guys, just to learn, what is nmi_watchdog ? And more important, how can I set it to 0 by default ?
So guys, just to learn, what is nmi_watchdog ?
Who searches shall find… https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nmi_watchdog& … &kad=de_DE
Yes I already did it. But could you please consider that :
1) I'm french, so my english is not the best of the world
2) I'm not even sure that I could understand it in french
Last edited by djipey (2012-11-16 23:16:36)
On many x86/x86-64 type hardware there is a feature that enables us to generate 'watchdog NMI interrupts'. (NMI: Non Maskable Interrupt which get executed even if the system is otherwise locked up hard).
This can be used to debug hard kernel lockups. By executing periodic NMI interrupts, the kernel can monitor whether any CPU has locked up, and print out debugging messages if so.
It is a debug feature, it is not relevant if you're not using latest kernel (i guess) or if you're not a tester. You should never (*should*) experience those kind of lock up, in a stable kernel.
It probably uses more power because of the Interrupt signals it executes every "x" seconds (minutes?).
So, don't worry, you won't lost any important feature. Don't ask me why vbox won't work with this, but looking for "nmi_watchdog virtualbox" on google, it seems it is a long story...
Last edited by nierro (2012-11-17 09:39:34)
I use more aggressive settings. For example /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio is set to 90, it basically almost disable the feature to let program to write dirty data to the disk.
Hi taylorchu and thank you for your script, which i've now replaced laptop-mode-tools with.
I know the above quote from you is old, but I wanted to ask why you have changed that value along time ago from 90 to 60? I've seen many others powersave scripts where they still use 90, so I was wondering why you changed it, I mean if you think it's unsafe to use 90 or what?
Also, I wanted to ask you about that your script dosen't remount the partitions with 'commit=600', but which LMT does. Do you think that is an irrelevant tweak?
Btw, since you only add relatime to the remounts, then you could delete that line since that's the default since a long ago...
Again, thank you for your contribution.
Nevermind, I have made my own script to use instead...
Last edited by mhertz (2012-11-20 03:23:51)
I sometimes get backlight flickering (brightness frequently changes from e.g. 80% to 100% and back and forth...) after manual adjusting of the brightness using Fn+F3. Does powerdown require special configuration for using on KDE (or, maybe, KDE should be configured in some special way to be used with powerdown)?
I sometimes get backlight flickering (brightness frequently changes from e.g. 80% to 100% and back and forth...) after manual adjusting of the brightness using Fn+F3. Does powerdown require special configuration for using on KDE (or, maybe, KDE should be configured in some special way to be used with powerdown)?
This rarely happens to me too...
Another problem, when sI am hutting down the laptop and meanwhile I close the lid, it goes into suspend (this is not the normal behavour, it does nothing when the lid is closed usually).
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about a week ago, some changes happened:
* powerup 100% reverts changes done by powerdown
* some default value changes to powerup: mostly from performance mode to standard
* powerdown default values are not aggressive anymore
* improve support of backlight saving
* some fixes to suspend-to-disk
* some clean-ups to the library functions
"After you do enough distro research, you will choose Arch."
Have you moved the value modifications into a .conf file? I have not updated it since quite some time because every update erases my custom changes.
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Have you moved the value modifications into a .conf file? I have not updated it since quite some time because every update erases my custom changes.
Agreed, I'm probably not updating till this happens. I know I could run a diff but that's besides the point.
Where should I change the rules? I need to set whitelist for an usb mouse.
Also I notice a bad slowness and I'm still at 2 hours of autonomy.
Last edited by dartfira (2013-01-26 11:08:42)
some basic config file is coming. i.e. /etc/powerdown
each laptop has different behavior for usb autosuspend when usb is in auto mode. Sometimes usb mouse can be waked up again just by right-clicking.
I notice this problem now, and I will look into it.
"After you do enough distro research, you will choose Arch."
a case study in feature-creep.


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For as long as I can recall, people have been hankering after that happy state of affairs where paper is notable only by its absence. Have we reached that stage yet, or is it, at least, in sight? The reason I ask is that a couple of schools I visited recently have made a good attempt to go paperless. In Harrogate Grammar School, where they have adopted iPads, several teachers told me that they no longer carry reams of paper around with them, because everything they need or are likely to need is at their fingertips.
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Posted: Monday, July 28, 2014Department: Recreation & Parks
Recreation and Parks - July 28, 2014
Recreation and Parks officials today announced changes for the final week of Fairground Fridays, the city's centerpiece for summer youth activities hosted at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. The last day for skaters to use the ramps in the skateboard park is Tuesday, July 29, from 2 to 8 p.m. The ramps will be disassembled to make room for an event inside the Education Building Saturday, August 2. Skaters attending this week's Fairground Friday will be allowed to skate inside the Coliseum Annex, but without the skate park ramps. Despite the changes, skaters will still be required to wear helmets, knee and wrist guards, and sign a waiver if they are over 18. Skaters under 18 must have a parent sign the waiver, which can be printed and filled out at home and brought to the skateboard park. The waiver and complete rules are posted at CityofWS.org/FairgroundFridays. The annex will also house arcade games and concessions for this Friday's event. Fairground Friday is open from 7 to 10 pm.
City staff announced plans to build an outdoor skate park earlier this summer, but no decision has been made regarding the permanent outdoor location.
Hosted by Recreation and Parks, and sponsored by Forsyth Tech, Fairground Fridays includes music by Mr. Bill's Productions, MC Busta Brown, dance contests, gift cards, concessions, free arcade games, and an indoor skate park. Attendance over the last three weeks was 914, 889, and 994 respectively.
Learn more about Fairground Fridays at CityofWS.org/FairgroundFridays.


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Heres a quick tip to upgrading your characters in FF13. On chapter 11 there is one are before you get to Vanille's Eidlon where a behemoth is fighting a Megistotherian. You should start the fight with a given preemptive strike. In your party you should have Lightning, Fang and Sazh and use the Cereberus, Relentless Assault and Strike Team. Attack the behemoth first and keep him in the air, it should take no time and the use your magic to keep the stagger chain up. Use commando to keep him in the air and then wail on him. After that the Megistotherian is just clean up. An easy 6600 CP. Travel backward and there will be a lone behemoth, get a preemptive and its an easy 4400 CP. Across the plain is a pack of Megistotherians and an easy preemptive will get you 3920 CP. Keep the cycle going till you've had your fill.


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Canumb aims to crunch data on various forms and turn them into something meaningful. A variety of inputs are currently supported, such as different number base conversions (decimal to hexadecimal, binary to hexadecimal, octal to decimal, etc.) and various encoded formats (a base64 encoder decoder and a URI encoder decoder). It's built to allow for extension when the future demands other input formats be crunched.
FEHASHMAC is a collection of publicly known hash algorithms integrated into a command-line utility. Currently 42 hash algorithms belonging to 12 algorithm families are supported, including the five SHA-3 finalist contributions, plus HMAC for each algorithm. FEHASHMAC contains a set of over 540 known test vectors and results for each algorithm such that the correct implementation for each hardware platform and compiler version can be directly verified. FEHASHMAC supports bitwise hash calculation for algorithms with available bitwise test vectors. Currently this applies to the SHA algorithms: sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512, and to the five SHA-3 finalists. The so-called Gillogly bitwise input has only been tested for sha1, but is also implemented in the SHA-2 hashes. Bitwise hash calculation is also supported in sha512-224, sha512-256, and whirl, but there are no bitwise test vectors available. FEHASHMAC can also calculate hashed message authentication codes (HMAC).
JRainbow is a program that generates Rainbow tables for the MD5 and SHA-1 hash algorithms. These tables then can be used for a Rainbow attack to retrieve hashed passwords. Up to 8 digit password rainbow tables are supported. The tables use a textual format. Six variations of alphanumeric and special character sets are supported. You can choose how many times to hash the input before storing it in the table.
lihata is a compact textual language which can represent a tree of lists, hashes, and tables. The syntax tries to be minimal and flexible to allow formatting a lihata file to fit the context it represents. The source release contains an event and DoM parser and helper functions for maintaining lihata trees. lihata is a convenient language for both simple and complex configuration files and text representation of data files.
A Web interface for administering VLANs on HP L3 managed Ethernet switches.
An IDE for Python.


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A new film written by M. Night Shyamalan.
I'm still a loyal follower...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Old Scratch
Posted by Rot at 7:35 AM
Labels: devil, films, horror films, M. Night Shyamalan, satan, trailer, youtube.com
2 comments:
- Mantan Calaveras said...
You know, I still dig Shyamalan's movies. People boo'd Lady in the Water, but I thought it was great.
I think that maybe he just needs a good collaborator to check his more indulgent tendencies. Kinda the dynamic between Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.
It's a shame this flick isn't titled "Old Scratch" though. Or "Mr. Nick". Or "Jack Pitch".
- August 3, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Rot said...
At least they left off "the"...
Devil is an interesting title...THE DEVIL would have been horrible.
- August 3, 2010 at 12:42 PM
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The actor John Lithgow is bringing his solo show, "Stories by Heart," to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie for a one-night stand on Nov. 1.
"Stories by Heart," which has not seen before in the Chicago area, is a personal reminiscence using the power of storytelling as its narrative glue. First produced at the Lincoln Center in New York in 2008, the piece was widely admired as a poignant tribute to Lithgow's parents and grandmother.
For the North Shore Center, it's a rare foray into touring drama, albeit on a solo scale. Tickets ($55 to $75) go on sale July 19 at 847-673-6300 or NorthShoreCenter.org.


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American Indian trails once wove throughout the North American landscape, following the contours of the land to connect communities and provide trade routes across the continent. While remnants of these ancient trails still exist throughout the Southeast, a cultural amnesia of sorts has taken place within today's culture and landscape, a forgetting of the past because of modern development and life.
However, this historical trail network is being identified throughout the Southeast with a comprehensive mapping project known as the Trails of the Middle, Valley and Out Town Cherokee Settlements. With guidance provided by the Tribal Heritage Preservation Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the nonprofit organization Wild South and its partners have mapped more than 1,000 miles of Cherokee trails that existed prior to the mid-1800s in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.


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Black construction paper
Tissue paper
Glue Stick
Exacto Knife
Self healing mat to protect the surface that you are using the exacto knife on
1. Draw a picture of a leaf. I made a beech tree leaf since they are easy to cut out.
2. Using the exacto knife cut out the leaf. This first leaf will also serve as your stencil so that all the leaves are the same size.
4. Put a cut out a piece of tissue paper over the cut out and turn over the paper.
6. Repeat using the first cut out leaf as your stencil.
7. Hang on your window using just a touch of the glue stick


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Talk:Merit Badge worksheets
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Used your example and did the N-Z. EagleForumFan 18:07, December 16, 2007 (EST)
Finished the links. I took out the # sign because it's REALLY hard on over-40 eyes ;-). EagleForumFan 03:51, December 17, 2007 (EST)'
I put them in a simple table. Design isn't my forte. Please feel free to 'edit mercilessly'.EagleForumFan 03:28, December 19, 2007 (EST)
- Wow. Thanks. I was on vacation for a while these past few days and I come back to see all my work done for me. Great job! --Stranger 10:07, December 22, 2007 (EST)
- per discussion, adding in USScouts links. EagleForumFan 01:39, December 30, 2007 (EST)
- You were using the ones by Craig Lincoln, right? Also, something gone haywire with the Cit. in the Community PDF, can you figure it out? It looks the same as the others on the edit screen. --Stranger 14:22, December 30, 2007 (EST)
- Shows up the same on my screen...EagleForumFan 05:20, January 6, 2008 (EST)
What do you think about adding in "Mr. R's Passports"? They're pretty nice; sort of a condensed worksheet intended to be smaller (4" x 5"). Let me know if you think they'd be a good addition, and I'll put them up (or not). [Mr. R's Passports] EagleForumFan 05:20, January 6, 2008 (EST)
- Decided to put them on the individual pages since they only cover about 20 of the badges. EagleForumFan 01:24, January 25, 2008 (EST)
All-New Worksheets
The worksheets are completely updated for 2008. Over the past few years, the Boy Scouts of America had updated almost all of the merit badges. Most of the previous worksheets contained wording that did not follow the current BSA requirements. As of March, 2008, all worksheets should now only use the BSA wording. Please email any corrections or suggestions to: Craig
You may have noted that some of the external links were broken or went to requirements that were out of date. Those should all be removed now. If you find any other bad links on any of the merit badge pages, please remove them. If there are external links that are missing from meritbadge.org, we should add them here.
The new worksheets also include many extra materials Scouts need:
- Blank Maps
- Graph paper
- Checklists
- Links to online references
- Over half add free online video lessons
The new worksheets also address formatting issues such as a need for increased line spacing to allow enough room for younger Scouts to write. These changes were made with direction of the site moderators. Milominderbinder2 18:14, March 7, 2008 (EST)
Per the BSA You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less. You are expected to do exactly what is stated in the requirements.
You really can't stop progress. This all started out as a lowly user's *grins widely* idea saying "Hey, I really wish all those great workbooks from the old site were on this one." All this time later, "this article reflects an official policy of MeritBadgeDotOrg and is protected by an administrative lock." I feel so happy. *grins again, very jokingly*
--Stranger 20:11, April 2, 2008 (EDT)
- The old worksheets will not be moved here. Most contained wording that did not follow the BSA requirements. Users must be able to trust that requirements stated here have not been altered, whether the intentions were good or not. — Milominderbinder2 (Sysop) 23:40, April 2, 2008 (EDT)


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Mucho Macho Man, impressive winning the $400,000 Classic by 1 ½ lengths over Ron the Greek, was grazing early Sunday morning outside his barn while a large group of fans, including owners from Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Dream Team One Racing Stable, admired the tall 4-year-old bay colt.
Trainer Chad Brown, who saddled Stronach Stables' undefeated Eclipse winner Awesome Feather for a 5 ¾-length victory in the $300,000 Distaff, said the 4-year-old filly came out of her ninth consecutive victory "real good."
"The race was real impressive," said Brown, who watched the filly stalk a :46.69 and 1:10.82 pace before drawing away down the stretch and covering the 1 1/8th mile in 1:49.17. "I don't have anything picked out right now for her next start. We'll get her back on the track in the next couple days, see how she's doing, and then pick something out."
Priscilla Vaccarezza's 5-year-old Florida homebred gelding Little Mike ran his Gulfstream Park turf course record to five wins from six starts in the $150,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Turf Saturday with a stunning wire-to-wire score by three-quarters of a length under regular jockey Joe Bravo as the 8-to-5 favorite.
"He came out of it just fine," said trainer Dale Romans Sunday morning of the son of Spanish Steps that was making his second start back here after spending nearly nine months on the sidelines because of a cracked shin. "He's a better horse this year and I always thought he would go the mile-and-an-eighth because he can relax on the lead."
No decision has been made for Little Mike's next appearance. Winner of three Graded stakes here last year – Fort Lauderdale (G3), Canadian Turf (G3) and Appleton (G3) – Little Mike's only defeat over the course came in the Gulfstream Turf Handicap (G1) going 1 1/8 miles last year as Teaks North pulled a 25-to-1 upset, although beaten only 2 ½ lengths. Teaks North finished fifth in Saturday's race.
Trainer Bill Kaplan reported Sunday morning champion filly and mare sprinter Musical Romance, fourth in Sunday's Filly & Mare Sprint, grabbed a quarter leaving the gate "but it isn't that bad and it looks like we'll be able to get her back to training in four or five days."
Kaplan said the Feb. 19 Hurricane Bertie Handicap (G3) will be Musical Romance's next start.