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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Chennai hotel in Central Chennai with 5 restaurants
Popular property highlights
This family-friendly hotel is located in the city center, within 1 mi (2 km) of U.S. Consulate, Thiruvanmiyur Beach, and Valluvar Kottam. Express Avenue and Spencer's Plaza Shopping Mall are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features 5 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an outdoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include a nightclub, a 24-hour health club, and a bar/lounge.
Room Amenities
All 325 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free WiFi and washers/dryers. Free wired Internet and 24-hour room service are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
Hyatt Regency Chennai
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Hyatt Regency Chennai features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 5 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a nightclub, and a steam room. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
Hyatt Regency Chennai is a smoke-free property.
- Express check-in
- Bar/lounge
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free valet parking
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Outdoor pool
- Computer station
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Hair salon
- Concierge services
- Snack bar/deli
- Shopping on site
- Pool umbrellas
- Total number of rooms - 325
- One meeting room
- Number of floors - 10
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- 24-hour health club
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Full-service spa
- Conference space
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 2011
- Coffee shop or café
- Free pool cabanas
- Free WiFi
- Pool sun loungers
- Steam room
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Free wired Internet
- Smoke-free property
- Nightclub
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Children's pool
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Spa services on site
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 5
- Laundry facilities
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Wedding services
- Garden
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Washer/dryer
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Rainfall showerhead
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Turndown service
- Free bottled water
- Washer/dryer
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Free toiletries
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Stix - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Focaccia - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Yakiniku - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves dinner and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Spice Haat - Overlooking the garden, this buffet restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
Lobby Lounge - This restaurant serves light fare only.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour health club and a steam room.
Spa Services
Siddh Spa has 6 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, massages, facials, and body wraps. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology.
- Deep tissue massage
- Sauna in spa
- Steam room in spa
- Number of treatment rooms 6
- Reflexology
- Couples treatment rooms
- Detoxification wrap
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 12 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for INR 1500 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: INR 675 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: INR 1995 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: INR 1500 per night
Hotel Name
- Chennai Hyatt
- Chennai Hyatt Regency
- Chennai Regency Hyatt
- Hyatt Chennai
- Hyatt Chennai Regency
- Hyatt Regency Chennai
- Hyatt Regency Hotel Chennai
- Regency Chennai
- Regency Hyatt Chennai
- Hyatt Regency Chennai Hotel Chennai (Madras)
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 12 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Alcohol is not served at this property.


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Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee got an MRI on his neck Tuesday to assess the severity of the damage he sustained when he was forced out of Monday night's loss to the Bears in the third quarter.
The news was as good as the Cowboys could have hoped. Ed Werder of ESPN reports that the tests showed no structural damage in Lee's neck and that he's expected to play against the Packers in Week 15 despite "soreness and stiffness."
Lee's one of the most valuable members of a Cowboys defense that ended its string of capable performances at two by getting torn apart by Josh McCown and the Bears. They'll need to be better regardless of who starts at quarterback for the Packers, but could still catch Green Bay without Aaron Rodgers if Rodgers' Wednesday visit with doctors doesn't result in a green light to return.
Werder also reports that linebacker Bruce Carter, who went for an MRI of his own after hurting his hamstring on Monday, is unlikely to play against Green Bay.

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Sunday, 24 April 2011
#SilentSunday 24th April 2011
13 comments:
that is a very cool seesaw in a very lovely location - beautiful photoReplyDelete
Thats the best see saw I have ever seen! Fab!ReplyDelete
I wanna go! Looks like fun!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous setting :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful location where is it?ReplyDelete
What a brilliant seesaw! And so nice to see kids playthings in a natural setting rather than in a sanitised, rubber-floored half-cage!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous see-saw!ReplyDelete
Looks very peaceful, what a lovely setting for a seesaw!ReplyDelete
That looks blissful :)ReplyDelete
What an improvisation fab! Did you make it?ReplyDelete
lovely spring photo - what a great locationReplyDelete
All you need is love and all you need is them!ReplyDelete
My try over at http://gigglingatitall.blogspot.com
That looks fun! Fab place for it too!ReplyDelete
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Juice boxes & candy wrappers never looked so fabulous!
While being green and looking beautiful we have to always remember to reduce, recycle & reuse! Not only is reusing and recycling easy but it can be a stand out fashion statement! Save the World Designs sells eco-friendly purses, belts, bags,...
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4. Java Attacks
Oracle released updates to its Java platform to address a significant increase in attacks targeting weaknesses in the ubiquitous programming language. Java vulnerabilities accounted for more than 90 percent of attacks in 2013, according to Kaspersky Lab. Attackers were targeting both zero-day flaws and patched vulnerabilities in the platform, prompting calls from security experts for users to disable it in their browser.
Oracle bolstered its internal incident response and software security processes. The company introduced a variety of restrictions into the software, adding more robust certificate validation and a hardened Java applet container to prevent malicious code from breaking out onto a victim's system. The company also separated its browser Java from server use, since browser-based Java applets are targeted more often. It also added ways to make it easier for IT admins to whitelist only needed Java applets.


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After all those years, all those hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on ads demonizing Nancy Pelosi, and it come down to this. The truth.
House Speaker John Boehner has now unseated his Democratic predecessor Nancy Pelosi as the least-liked major congressional leader, a title Pelosi has held for several years.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters now view Boehner unfavorably, while 50% feel that way about Pelosi. Just 31% have a favorable opinion of the Ohio congressman, compared to 37% who look favorably on the San Francisco Democrat.


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"There's no vert like a convert." While I was working my way through college, I temporarily gave up smoking. Proud of my accomplishment (which was, I repeat, temporary), I took to lecturing coworkers about the shortcomings they exhibited by smoking.
"There's no vert like a convert." While I was working my way through college, I temporarily gave up smoking. Proud of my accomplishment (which was, I repeat, temporary), I took to lecturing coworkers about the shortcomings they exhibited by smoking.
One of my coworkers noticed my terrible hypocrisy and said, under his breath, "There's no vert like a convert." Oh. I've become one of those, I realized.
The message was clear. No one is more zealous in a belief than a person who has recently found it.
His words had their intended effect. I canned it about smoking. I also, shortly thereafter, started smoking again, just to underline and put in bold the word "hypocrite" that should have been tattooed on my forehead.
I tell you that rambling story to try to make some sense of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's newfound concern about players getting concussions.
Apparently, this is now something that bothers Goodell, a fact that might surprise those who watched the NFL for years deny that there was any connection between repeated concussions and long-term brain injury.
Goodell now is a convert, though, and as my coworker might have warned us, he has taken up with great fervor the cause of preventing concussions.
The NFL earlier this week suspended Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed for making too many hits.
What? That's right, the NFL has started punishing defensive players — to the tune of one game and more than $400,000 — for hitting "defenseless" receivers.
What a bunch of garbage.
The NFL had to relent on Tuesday when Reed's appeal was upheld, the suspension was lifted and his fine was reduced to $50,000. But Goodell's horrible doublespeak on this issue remains troubling.
The NFL's suspension, which had not yet been overturned, was on my mind as I got ready to watch "Monday Night Football," a much-anticipated matchup between the 49ers and the Bears, two of the more highly regarded defenses in the NFL.
The leadup to the game featured Dick Butkus, a Hall of Fame former Bears great, and Ronnie Lott, a Hall of Fame former 49er. Both were feared defenders in their day, known for hard hits and vicious play.
Their ferocity made them great and led them to the Hall of Fame.
A highlight reel of the two before Monday night's game featured hit after hit of two great careers.
Every one of those hits would have resulted in a penalty today. The league, with its legion of lawyers tending to Goodell's ever-shifting allegiances to denial or player safety, has legislated defense out of the game defense helped make great.
So we end up with the Ed Reeds of the world being suspended for doing their jobs. We also end up with the Bountygate scandal that has rocked the New Orleans Saints.
Goodell's new desire to limit injuries to some players (he still hasn't taken any action to outlaw the chop blocks that end so many defenders' careers) fueled a witch hunt against the Saints. The whole Bountygate affair has been bogged down in hypocrisy, lies and half-truths, so it is difficult to even start picking it apart.
But here is the way former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, one of the targets of Goodell's bounty probe, put it in a letter to the commissioner:
"For me, the issue of player health (and) safety is personal. For the league and the Commissioner, it's about perception (and) liability. The Commissioner says he is disappointed in me. The truth is, I'm disappointed in him. His positions on player health and safety since a 2009 congressional hearing on concussions have been inconsistent at best. He failed to acknowledge a link between concussions (and) post-career brain disease, pushed for an 18-game regular season, committed to a full season of Thursday night games, has continually challenged players' rights to file workers' compensation claims for on-the-job injuries, and he employed incompetent replacement officials for the start of the 2012 season. His actions or lack thereof are by the league's own definition, 'conduct detrimental.' My track record on the issue of player health (and) safety speaks for itself. And clearly, as I just listed, the Commissioner's does, too."
In other words, there's no vert like a convert.
Editorial Page Editor Michael Gorman can be reached at 448-7612 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Though the announcement of Command & Conquer: Generals 2 was welcomed by many, EA really needed something a little more drastic to revive the flagging strategy series. Drastic it has indeed delivered, announcing at Gamescom that Generals 2 will be free-to-play as part of an online F2P platform, with more free C&C to come.
The game/platform/service/thing named simply 'Command & Conquer' will bring a variety of free-to-play C&C "offerings" built upon the Frostbite 2 engine, starting with Generals then moving onto Red Alert and the classic Tiberium universe.
"Heralding feedback driven design, Command & Conquer will evolve and develop with an expanding array of new content based on community response," EA said in the announcement.
"We are thrilled about this opportunity to transform Command & Conquer into a premier online experience," EA VP and GM Jon Van Caneghem added. "For nearly two decades, this franchise has existed as something you buy; now we are creating a destination where our fans will be able to access the entire Command & Conquer universe, starting with Generals and continuing with Red Alert, Tiberium and beyond. With Frostbite 2, we are able to keep an emphasis on the AAA quality our consumers expect while staying true to the RTS gameplay they know and love--all available online for free."
Command & Conquer will launch on PC in 2013. Closed beta signups should be available on the official site later today, though the page isn't active yet.
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It would be really nice not to have to have firefox installed to makle mellon run properly. when I try to go to the login page of runescape.com, I get a message that I need a newer version of firefox installed on my computer. I installed it, buit I still get the same error message. If I have to do that I might as well just use firefox since firefox allows me to log in and play.
check you have this 3 files in windows/system32:
Second option, you can try to put them in KM-folder
what version of K-Meleon you are using?
I think, it's very old one, because I can't reproduce your problem even on outdated 1.5.4 build.
And know please, that if some site says that you "need new Firefox" or something else - for example, that your PC is infected and you need to download something - it usually doesn't mean that you REALLY need this.
It's all about bad coding or some marketing or, worse, about hackers social engineering, not about real needs.
You see that Firefox installation didn't affect K-Meleon work - this is a little approvement of my words.
I also cannot find any java influence on site workability. It's highly javascripted but disabling Java don't affect page rendering.
So I think you just use old K-Meleon and probably your system misses some dll-files.
check you have this 3 files in windows/system32:
Second option, you can try to put them in KM-folder
Inspect this and try to update your system and your K-Meleon not FireFox.
Try spoofing too.
I've tried this on winXP SP3 with newest java available - build 30(?). No plugin workaround applied.
We don't know, but with 90% accuracy I can guess that rbodell gets not java-related message, but 'site message' that promotes new FF for 'correct rendering' when determines old Gecko engine of some outdated KM-version ;-)
It's the case we now are so frequently faced to... ;-)
2.) It would be real bad if sites started to sniff for the newest 1.9.x engines.


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THE Fairhill Shopping Centre will be showcasing some fabulous new season fashion and beauty trends during its Spring/Summer extravaganza on Saturday, March 23.
The 'Big Fashion Event' will showcase leading fashion, hair and beauty trends during an afternoon of catwalk shows and styling master classes.
Top models from the Alison Campbell Model Agency will take to the catwalk in S/S fashion for men and women from well-known Fairhill retailers including Miss Selfridge, River Island, Wallis, Next, New Look, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams and Clockwork Orange.
There will be catwalk shows at 1pm and 3pm and at 2pm fashion merchandisers from participating stores will give master classes on how to recreate key looks.
Throughout the day models will be in shop windows, dressed in the latest styles to offers shoppers the chance to head into the stores and snap up pieces for the season ahead.
The team from Electric Chair in Ballymena will be creating catwalk ready looks, while the Boots beauty teams will be working their magic on customers with beauty make-overs.
Emma Louise Johnston will be hosting the event and giving her enviable style advice along the way.
Together these experts will take centre stage and offer hints and tips for every age, shape and size using a mix of outfits and accessories from various stores.
Natalie Jackson, Commercial & Marketing Manager at Fairhill, said: "Every new season our retailers look forward to this event as it gives them the opportunity to showcase the must-have pieces available for the season ahead.
"Our style team are looking forward to offering advice to keep customers ahead in the fashion stakes and achieve the latest looks without spending a fortune. We are sure customers can look forward to enjoying a day of fun, fashion and style."


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Texarkana Arkansas Continues Search for New City Manager
The Texarkana Arkansas City Board of Directors continues looking for a permanent city managerThe board will take applications for the position until the middle of July. After the application deadline, the board will whittle the potential candidates down to a handful and will conduct interviews before deciding on a new city manager.
The city and the former city manager, Harold Boldt, parted ways back in March. The board of directors this week approved the process for negotiating a settlement package with Boldt.


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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
MZone on strike today to protest SOPA & PIPA
If I had any clue how to dig into the MZone's HTML without fear of totally screwing up everything, you would be looking at this more professional and impressive strike page. Since I'm lost when it comes to the code stuff, you get this half-ass attempt instead. But the intent today is the same: to join websites Google, Wikipedia, Bluehost, Craigslist, Reddit, Mozilla and hundreds of others to protest Internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA.
For the record, we are TOTALLY AGAINST sites that simply exist to traffic in stolen TV shows, movies, music and the creative efforts of others. Internet piracy is a real problem. However, when the decision as to what constitutes such creative thievery is left to a handful of entertainment companies and folks like Rupert Murdoch (who is for both the bills as you can see via his tweets), then I get more than a little nervous. These are, after all, the same companies that tried to stop the VCR from ever being citing piracy in the famous Betamax Case (Note: I would have linked to Wikipedia's explanation of that case. But since they're dark today...)
Yes, Internet piracy must be stopped. But these bills aren't the answer.
Click here to get an overview of both sides of the debate.
Click here to contact your representative in Congress.
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- IamCris said...
It is awesome that word is getting out about SOPA/PIPA. Take the next step and make your voice heard by contacting your elected officials.
***You best damn bet that LOBBYISTS are giving YOUR elected official an earful, it's the constituents that NEED to be heard.***
Take the next step in activism, send an email, make a phone call or write a letter...believe me the fifteen minutes you invest in making yourself heard will pay dividends later.
/stop online piracy, but not on either of these bills.
- January 18, 2012 9:34 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
If anyone had a right to bitch about internet piracy, it's you, Yost. Good to see that you're taking this stance for the greater good.
Look at it another way, if you hadn't been "Cowherded," I might not have discovered your site - and that would have been a shame.
- January 18, 2012 5:06 PM
- Yost said...
Thanks, BiB. Like I said -- I'm 100% against Internet piracy. And I think people who illegally download a movie/album/book/whatever somebody worked long and hard on to create is a douchebag. That's stealing. No different than if I took your computer. Just b/c the product can be converted into something digital and thus unseen doesn't make it somehow okay.
However, these two bills give too much power to the companies. Piracy is a problem. It needs to be solved/attacked. Just not with these pieces of legislation.
- January 18, 2012 6:00 PM
- Ramona said...
Go MZone Go!!!
- January 18, 2012 11:07 PM
- Dennis said...
Didn't post yeasterday since you were On Strike. Instead spent my time writing soem letters to my two Senators and Congressional Representative.
- January 19, 2012 7:42 AM
- Mikoyan said...
I sent e-mails to Senators Levin and Stabenow. I thought about sending one to Dingell but he'd forget about it as soon as he read it. I have a picture up on my site for this.
And yes, I feel that piracy is a problem but this is not the way to deal with it.
- January 19, 2012 9:50 AM
- wingedhelmet said...
I am glad to see the masses stepping up against PIPA/SOPA. As the owner of a software development firm for the past 25 years, I am not a fan of having our work product ripped off. However both of these legislative efforts overreach and in the case of SOPA there is a clear agenda to control content and access with the result being unfair advantage to several media firms. Of course that is just mho. After all, I also believe that Mark Dantonio suffers from Woveriness envy.
Have a good hiatus Yost; I anticipate a big news story to suck you back in.
- January 23, 2012 9:43 AM


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The 1960s were a tumultuous time in America. In a country gripped by political turmoil and social change, George Lois conceived art that many believe is some of the most provocative in magazine design history.
Lois, an American art director, designer and author, is best known for the more than 92 magazine covers he designed for Esquire. His cover subjects included Norman Mailer, Muhammad Ali, Andy Warhol and Richard Nixon, among others.
A portion of Lois' life work—from his Esquire magazine covers to his advertising campaigns for MTV, Stouffers and Jiffy Lube—are on exhibit in RIT's University Gallery, housed in the Vignelli Center for Design Studies. The exhibition runs through Aug. 31.
One of Lois' most iconic covers depicts Ali as the martyr St. Sebastian, impaled with arrows. The heading of the 1968 issue read, "The Passion of Muhammad Ali." The magazine came out after Ali's refusal to join the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Ali, who refused because of his religious beliefs, was convicted of violating the Selective Service Act and was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title.
Lois says the media verbally attacked him for the cover and U.S. senators called him unpatriotic. He says he told them all to "---- themselves."
It was the second of three Esquire covers defending Ali. Ali's case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Adds Lois, "It helped Ali win his case."
The legendary designer has been inducted into The Art Directors Hall of Fame and The One Club Creative Hall of Fame, and he received lifetime achievement awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Society of Publication Designers.
"My ideas have come from everywhere," says Lois. "From reading comic books as a kid, to reading The New York Times. This is what I try to teach students, that you have to read to draw inspiration for design. Get your face into the culture."
Lois, along with world-renowned designer Massimo Vignelli, hosted a master's design workshop in July at RIT's Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
Lois has a longstanding relationship both with RIT and Vignelli and has been among the guest lecturers of RIT's William Reedy Memorial Lecture Series in Photography. Lois' son, Luke, is also a 1984 graduate of RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.
Many universities and other historical institutions have been vying for Lois' archive, but he decided to donate it to RIT.
"I want my archive to be with Vignelli's archive and other great modern designers whose archives are also at RIT, like Bill Golden from CBS," says Lois. "Massimo and I changed the culture and the history of the graphic design world."
"George Lois is certainly a master of advertising," adds R. Roger Remington, the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design. "A number of prestigious schools with advertising archives were after his collection. George wants his archive to go to a place where it will be used by faculty, students and staff. His donation will broaden our visual communication archival resources beyond graphic and product design."
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03-14-2004, 07:58 PM #1AndreadesGuestQuestion about spyware
PowerMAC G-5 OS-X 10.3.2, Safari default browser. All critical updates.
Question: Suspecting that my OS is infected with a spyware component I ran scans using Aladdin System's InternetCleanup 1.1.1. The Spyware scanner went kaput and could not find anything.
Then I employed a freeware search tool downloaded from the Apple/Software site called EasyFind, and turned up a component or file named "Monitorer."
A Trojan of that name is scanned for (and not found) by the Aladdin Systems software; that's how I acquired the name. Does this mean I'm infected... or could there be a native component called Monitorer?
The Monitorer file has more than 20 threads to iMovie and ColorSinc Utility. Is there anybody here who can help?
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Is that spelled correctly "Monitorer ". I am not near my powerbook at this moment. I just upgraded to 10.3.2.
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I don't know what this spyware you guys are talking about.
But as for the item "Monitorer ". I used the find command to see if there are any reference to it on my freshly updated system. I find no occurs on my system.
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Personally, I tried out a few of those freeware newbie applications that scan for junk on your computer.. then I realized those programs are junk. I would trust aladin, he has a good genie.
Where are you guys gettin this idea about spyware?
Try out little snitch. that will tell you whats going on with your mac.
03-15-2004, 06:18 PM #5AndreadesGuestReply to rmanOriginally Posted by rman
Yes, it's spelled correctly: "MONITORER," a known spyware component. It appears that Monitorer is classified as a Trojan, although it could be a key logger or fall under some other classification. The fact that it was found in my G-5 living in iMovie, though, is poignant.
To Graphite:
You should look before you leap. EasyFind is NOT junk! It beats Finder in every respect and is much faster. In my jaded opinion EasyFind should be OS-X's native search application. I have no connection to its owner, nor do I stand to profit by speaking in favor of it. I do so because having used it I've found it to be top-notch.
EasyFind is available at the Apple Software site. To locate it fast, just go to Apple, type its name into a search window and you're at the download site. Another great little freebie you'll find there is called Onyx. Onyx does EVERYTHING in the way of disk maintenance and runs as a native application on OS-X. It repairs permissions, optimizes, and performs many other useful functions.
Remember, FREEWARE is the stage at which many worthwhile software applications begin. A writer just starting out in the software field has no threads of connection to the monied corporations that could, if they would, help get his/her product off the ground and into commercial production.
So the best way for a talented aspirant to make a mark in his chosen field... say, disk utilities... is to bring the software of his/her design to a big company like Apple that will permit him/her to offer it as freeware at their corporate web site.
If the product is worth its salt it will enjoy a steady increase in public demand. In that case eventually one of the monied interests is likely to pick the product up, probably renaming it and modifying it to suit their needs. And the creator of the software is on the road less traveled to bigger and better things.
This is the way of progress in our world; all of us must crawl before we can walk. Please don't discount the worth of a product just because it isn't made by Aladdin Systems or another commercial firm.
At the same time it is worth pointing out that some freeware incorporates spyware components. In these cases my respect for the creator of the product goes down to zero. And without a single viable spywre removal tool GLOBALLY for MAC we afficionados of the Unix system have no way of knowing what we're installing. Apple's attitude towards spyware seems to be like the Japanese government's attitude towards prostitution: It's illegal, therefore it doesn't exist. Anyone care to beg to differ?
Never think for a minute, either, that commercially available software for MAC is spyware-free. We all need to remove our rose-colored glasses and smell the stinch of deception. It's out there, alive and well. Ask any Windows user.
One last point: This fanatical rivalry for MAC over Windows, etc., is a childish and destructive mode of thinking. As long as the various groups are kept at each others' throats the big corporate cheeses have us under their full control. Let's stop this foolishness about Windows vs Macintosh vs Linux and start realizing we're all in the same boat. Then we'll have the power to make decisions that benefit US... without the aid of coercive manipulations from those who are only interested in profit.
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I have been using Apple products for about twent years and I have not heard of anything about spy ware until now on this web site.
For me, I can say this. Don't download everything, because you may not know what you are really getting. As for cookies, limit the number of cookies you let access your system. I also don't give my e-mail address to everyone. I also try to be aware of the web site that I goto, because some of the site out there can be trusted also.
Since I have been working with unix more than 25 years, I know how important it is to install security patches and patches.
I am not saying that spy ware does not exist, just that I have not seen or heard of it.
I really don't know more then the other posts. But turn on your firewall, that should help in the future I would think. SYS preferences > security. Hope I helped!
03-16-2004, 02:29 AM #8AndreadesGuestReply to rman and witesharkOriginally Posted by witeshark
How do I accomplish this, you may ask? Simple. Apple wants us all to use only the firewall that comes with OS-X. Although I truly believe it's a good one... I prefer an aftermarket firewall made by the same people, Intego.
It's the NetBarrier X-3. With it I'm able to monitor packets in and out and know who's attacking me and when. I'm also able to set permissions preferences for all applications, and establish filter rules to handle TCP packets inbound if I choose.
So it's not a question of having and using a good firewall, witeshark. Besides, I happen to know from experience that although firewalls protect the user from hackers gaining unauthorized port access and block bad packets through stateful inspection, they can't block the downloading of spyware components in web site drive-bys unless those CLSIDs/MD-5's are entered in as block-rules.
Another point I feel compelled in making to rman regarding spyware and its detection is... that unless you have access to a detection program, how do you know for sure your MAC's clean? I'm thinking... OF COURSE you've never seen or heard of spyware in MAC. How could you, without something to tell you it's there? N'est pas?
In the past MACScan was available for OS-9 and Jaguar but now seems defunct. That leaves only the Aladdin Systems InternetCleanup with its weak and ineffective spyware scanner, Spy Alert. I don't mean to be a shrew about this, witeshark and rman... but really- how DO you know for sure your MAC's clean? I guarantee that Finder can be impugned so easily by some of the more recent Trojans that for all practical purposes (for all practical porpoises, said the whale) it's useless. What does that leave us to search with?
Spyware didn't get the name because it raises a 100' neon sign saying "look here." You'll never even know you have a Trojan unless you've got the means to run a competently enabled check. It seems inimical to our security situation that globally... GLOBALLY!! ... there is only one spyware scanner/remover to fall back on, as listed above... and it doesn't work!
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Like Graphite said.. Little Snitch works pretty good. And like rman I've never had spyware and like Im sure rman has done.. we do have programs setup to sniff our traffic and to notify us when something strange is going on. I've never had spyware on my mac.. on pc.. oh man.. a lot! The closest thing to spyware so far is Adobe Photoshop calling home for some reason.. still not sure exactly what it's doing. That's about it that I've seen.. on and iClock calls a website to update my IP address in it's contextual menu, which I can turn off if I want. Had to sniff it first to see exactly what was going on and it's all good.
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03-16-2004, 11:51 AM #10AndreadesGuestReply to Murlyn et alOriginally Posted by Murlyn
Sorry if I gave the impression that I think all of "YOU" are morons. Whoever all of "YOU" are. What's this... a groupie thing? My comments were and are directed to any and all who will listen, and not exclusively to any particular group. I hope 100 million eyes view my comments.
I did put Graphite's feet in the coals a bit for poo-pooing perfectly good software, just because it isn't made by Apple. With the concensus that only Apple software measures up we will, all, be right where Apple wants us: In its hip pocket as total contributors to the Apple corporate revenue machine. I don't buy that.
I was born in the USA and raised to believe in the Constitution. As FREE thinkers in a free land we all have the right to choose whom our loyalties will be directed towards! In my estimation Apple has been less than honest with its clientele over the spyware issue, and continues to stonewall us in that regard. Why? What's it hiding? Certainly not arrogance. I get a bumper crop of that commodity every time I call AppleCare for support and utter the "Ess" word.
The obvious answer is that the people seated around Apple's big table have some secret "irons in the fire" related to spyware, which I strongly suspect of being collusive with corrupt government. In this age of crass and heartless facist-corporate rule all Americans owe it to future generations to make life as free as possible- now- while there's still a shred of hope left. If we allow the wool to be pulled down over our heads, how much easier for that to be done to our children?
If MAC is spyware-free as Apple constantly asserts, why the long delay in debuting the next beta version of MACScan? Why the staunch, adament denials from Apple coupled with refusals to even discuss KNOWN spyware issues? I can't speak for anyone but myself... but to me this has the ring of anachronism and chicanery. Wherever anachronism (something out of context with apparent reality) exists, a sneaky or treacherous act has usually been committed.
Like you, Murlyn, I've seen a lot of problems with Windows. That was the principal reason why A MAC G-5 rode home with me on my birthday last August. But I have to say in re yours truly that as a "known" target for the ad-spyware mob and certain quasi-government hate groups my MAC has been hacked to pieces; it certainly has not enjoyed the imperviousness that Apple proclaims. First and worst was OS-X Jaguar; in that system Safari was susceptible to tracking cookies and boy was I loaded down with them! Those led to Trojans and non-stop format/reinstall jobs.
Later when 10.3 was installed the situation got a little better... and then 10.3.2 made another big difference. But still, my MAC continues to pick up spyware from the mob and others under the oldest caveat "where there's a will there's a way." Last night just before downloading the latest 58.8 MB update from Apple I shredded Safari's cache and cleaned away much if not all the hitchhikers. I strongly recommend all of us do the same. The "cache" I refer to doesn't seem to be the Internet cache that 127.0.0.1 UDP loopback accesses for quick page-loading, but another file Apple provides for whomever.
But in re the above cache please correct me if I'm wrong, (rman): The path was HD>Users>My Name>Library>Caches>Safari. The folder named Safari's a goner now, along with all the threads to "Monitorer" I could find and destroy. Monitorer's presence in iMovie tells me that the movie industry placed it there with Apple's tacit consent to control the illegal copyright infringement of motion pictures. It either rode in with the OS-X 10.3 upgrade set or was implanted there later. We can all expect a similar monitoring device to be lurking in other applications, such as those related to music downloads. Anybody object to that?
08-19-2004, 02:28 PM #11RonaldCSGuest
I have just been reading this thread with some trepidation. I am a PC user who has become increasingly fedup with all the protection I need. At present I have nine programmes (including AV and firewall) to stop viruses, trojans, adware, popups and so on all of which need regular updates and which have to be run equally regularly.
The final straw has been the latest from Microsoft - Windows XP SP2 - which has an attached list of scores of normal programmes which may never be the same again if it is installed.
I have been reading up about Macs on the web including "Why switch" and like what I see very much. However, if I do switch am I going to find myself in the same position with a clutter of protectiion programmes and the constant fear that some horror may penetrate an unguarded hole and ruin my computer?
Absolutely not. Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD Unix and is inherently extremely stable and invulnerable to these concerns. Being free of the windows Achilles heel: the registry. It makes all the difference
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He might be the overwhelming favourite on paper but Roger Chapman admitted he will, nevertheless, be a little star-struck when he lines up in Thursday's first round of the Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex.
The 53 year old Englishman has stunned the world of senior golf this year already with sensational victories in the season's first two Major Championships, the US Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores in Michigan in May and across the same US state at Indianwood Golf and Country Club earlier this month in the US Senior Open.
Now this week at Turnberry on Scotland's West Coast, he will attempt to become the first man since Gary Player in 1988 to complete the hat-trick of Senior Major titles, but to do so he will have to emerge from the spotlight of the feature group in the first two rounds in the company of Tom Watson and Greg Norman.
"It's all a bit bewildering at the moment to be honest – it's a bit surreal but it's slowly sinking in," he said. "The first time I came here was 1977 as an amateur to play in The Open, and was part of the whole Duel in the Sun thing. But I missed the cut and I didn't really know what I was doing there.
"Therefore, to be playing alongside Tom Watson 35 years on is a huge privilege for me. I played 18 holes with him in the practice round yesterday and it was I have to say, a pleasure as he is an absolute gentleman.
"I played with Greg before a few years ago as well so I am really looking forward to it. Playing with those two guys on a championship golf course is nothing short of spectacular.
"I think my last Open was '86, the year Greg won here, and I had forgotten how good the golf course was. It's absolutely superb and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow, playing with two legends of the game."
Another reason Chapman will be thrilled to line up alongside Watson is the fact that the American was a hero of the Englishman so much so that he named his second son Tom in his honour.
"I hold Tom Watson in the highest of esteem," said Chapman. "The stuff he does off the course for sponsors and everything is amazing. I was absolutely gutted for him in [the Open Championship at Turnberry in] 2009. You know, if not for one bad bounce, he could have been The Open Champion and that would have been one of the greatest achievements in sporting history."
Should Chapman triumph on Sunday night he will amass a virtually unassailable lead in the European Senior Tour Order of Merit and, given his recent form, it would be a brave man to bet against him.
"The wins have definitely given me a lot of belief," he said. "At Indianwood, for example, I was totally in control of everything and I actually enjoyed coming up the 18th – it's one of the few times I've ever done that.
"I've got a chance and I believe that I can put on a good show this week. But you know, you've got guys like Norman and Freddie Couples and all the rest - it's a roll of honour, this starting sheet here. So whoever comes out on top will have had to play some really serious golf on a serious golf course."
Should he do just that, his name would go into the record books alongside Gary Player and the legendary South African spoke of his admiration for the Englishman.
"Roger Chapman, I tell you, is remarkable," said Player. "I just wonder how many people realise what a great performance that is for a man to go from Europe and go to America and win two Majors. It's unbelievable."


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After William
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"No more puppet strings"He was sneaking away, making sure no one saw him, when he turned around and said, "If you change your mind, you know where to find me." And I did know where he would be.
I took a few deep breaths as I prepared myself to go outside to face my mother and the other women. I saw their heads close together as I came up to them. I heard some words such as "…respectable marriage…" and "…is blooming and he will…" until Mother saw me coming and gave them a look that made them stop talking.
"Come along, dear," Mother said to me. She waited to start ascending the stairs until I was beside her. She turned to me half way up the stairs and said, "You might want to try to look happy, instead of like you are walking to your death." She didn't try to comfort me. She didn't understand that I didn't want to do this. She didn't know that with every step I took towards my unwanted destiny, I wanted to take three large steps back.
We reached the top of the stairs and I looked down on all the people dancing around the hall in a flurry of colors and polite smiles. I felt like I was suffocating as I removed my coat to give to the servant standing by a closet door. He took the coats with a "Thank you madams. Enjoy your evening" without a smile or a look above our shoes.
I felt Mother poke me slightly as we prepared to start down the stairs. I heard her talk to me as if from the end of a long tunnel. I tried to focus, but I could only think about everything I never got to do, and never will.
I shook my head slightly, and said, "I'm sorry Mother, could you say that again?"
"I said, there he is," she said in my ear. She was pointing to a man who was surrounded with other men at a table. They looked like they were in very serious conversation. As a servant girl came up to them and asked if they wanted wine, I noticed Ralph didn't even look at the servant girl. He just shook his head slightly while still continuing his conversation with the man across from him. He was tall but pudgy. He had a big red mustache with a top of hair that looked like a red wig. His eyes were sunken and his face looked very unkind. But the most important thing I noticed were the wrinkles around his eyes, mouth and eyebrows.
I turned to Mother, horrified, but she was already walking over to his table. I had no choice be to follow.
"Mr. Destine may I—"
"Hold on, woman. Can't you see a man is trying to talk?" He didn't even look at us while he said this. "Yes I quite agree, Tom. I shall write all of my views and send it to you so you can put them in the paper."
When he was talking to his friend, I had turned to my mother. I wasn't just sad and scared anymore: I was downright angry.
"How could you?" I whispered. I couldn't believe she had matched me with this man, of all the wealthy men in London. He looked older than my father had been, and he was rude and uncaring.
"You will be kind and obedient Anne, do you understand me?" she answered through her teeth, which were still pulled into a grin. When I didn't respond, she pulled on my arm and made me look her in the eye. Her eyes didn't have a spot of remorse in them: they looked scared. She was afraid of how I would respond, of being shamed in front of all the important people of London.
I knew then what life I would lead. I would always be judged and rated according to how well I could sit under my husband's thumb. I would be expected to never speak my opinion, only make children and a beauty for him to show off, as if I was his property.
I wouldn't have it.
I looked at my mother once more. I saw her eyes narrowed in her sockets, her skin pulled and covered with makeup. I saw the blond hair that I used to play with, I saw the mouth that always used to smile at me and give me kisses on my forehead before bedtime. That was all gone and I wasn't sorry. However, I knew I would have to help her when I left.
"I will send you money," I said to her. My voice was no longer a whisper. One or two of the men at the table turned to me, puzzled before turning back to the table. I curtsied to my mother, turned on my heel, and walked away. She didn't come after me.
I walked up to the servant next to the closet door and asked for my coat. He gave it to me without any emotion in his face. I made my face a mirror of his while I turned back to the hall where my mother was looking up at me. She was tapping Ralph on the shoulder and when he finally looked at her, she pointed up at me. I gave a wave to both of them, then turned and walked out the door into the cold night.
I walked quickly through the streets of London, feeling the sting of the cold air on my face, and I welcomed it. I was a woman who could do what I liked now; I chose to walk in the cold. No one told me to walk, and no one was holding me back. I was in control now; no more puppet strings.
I walked to the Thames and closed my eyes. I could remember when Tim took me here and told me to close my eyes. I am right here. Walk to the center of the bridge. Close your eyes, and walk forward three steps. Then turn left and walk forward one step. Open your eyes and lift the trap door beneath your feet. That's where I will always be, if you ever need me.
I followed his instructions and an old staircase was underneath the door. I walked down them and came into a small room. There were candles in the room so you could see where you were going. There was a bed against a corner, a little table in the middle of the room with a book on it, with a pen and ink next to it. There was also a bookshelf filled with little notebooks that had clearly been written in; there were ink fingerprints on the books' sides. I smiled at them and then looked in the last corner. A cabinet stood there, probably with clothes in it.
No one was in the room, so I went to the cabinet and opened one of the doors. A shirt and trousers were in there. I pulled them out, and recognized them as the clothes that Tim had gotten me a long time ago, when we had free time to go around London and I had gotten sick of my heavy layers. I grinned so widely I felt I would pull a muscle in my cheeks.
I hurriedly took off my dress and corset with deep full breathes that I could finally take. The shirt and trousers were so comfortable; I could move anyway I wished and not worry about what people would see, because everything was covered.
I heard footsteps from behind me and I jumped around, heart pounding. I relaxed when I saw Tim's hair glowing softly in the candlelight. I ran to him, and was crushed into his embrace.
"Where should we go?" I asked into his ear.
He pulled away to look at me, confused. "What?"
"You never said where you think we should run away to. Did you have a particular place in mind?"
He grinned my favorite smile and said, "Well, where would you like to go?" as he slipped my necklace back around my neck.
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MayaS. said...
Nov. 22, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Nov. 22, 2012 at 10:27 pm
This story was great! I fell in love with Tim at once. I actually did a lot of research on Shakespeare for my book, "The Secretary" (it's set in Elizabethan England and Shakespeare is a character). His family actually lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, not London, and he hardly saw his daughters. Anyway, is there more to this story? Can't wait!!!
BekahBekah said...
Dec. 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Dec. 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm
This IS wonderfully written, but...I think it could be a little more descriptive. Describe the surroundings a little more, make it a little more vivid...and also, when she meets Ralph, could you have her actually meet him? Actually talk to him? Instead of just having him snub her mother, she could share a few words with him and THEN decide that he was an absolute pig. Or something. (: But really, I think your book is really good. (:
savetheplanet said...
Nov. 22, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Nov. 22, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Wow, this is quite an interesting twist! I really like Shakespeare so I thought this was really cool! :D
writerfreak21231 said...
Aug. 8, 2011 at 11:19 am
Aug. 8, 2011 at 11:19 am
That was amazing!! wow that was sooo kewl! I very nice piece of work! great job! I just posted a new story i wrote called: Alien invasion series book one: the caller. If any of u had time please go check it out and post feedback and comments. It would be much appreciated! Thanks! and keep writing everyone! :)(:
SingleRose said...
Jul. 12, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Jul. 12, 2011 at 3:48 pm
That was amazing! I kept forgetting you were a teenager writing it, great job!
star3x8 said...
Jun. 13, 2011 at 9:35 am
Jun. 13, 2011 at 9:35 am
Great job! I've put part of my novel from the Tudor age up, and it's interesting to see what the era looks like in someone else's views :)
Chans247 said...
Jun. 6, 2011 at 5:07 am
Jun. 6, 2011 at 5:07 am
This is such a good story!!!!! I hope that you keep on posting more chapters!!!! :)
alexbff<3 said...
Jun. 4, 2011 at 7:54 am
Jun. 4, 2011 at 7:54 am
hey Al!!! luv ya!!! AMAZING STORY!! <3 You should definitely write more stories!!! C ya at school :P
MR.F said...
May 24, 2011 at 3:50 am
May 24, 2011 at 3:50 am
Sk8erGirl-It is fun to see this here after some time and read the nice comments you have deservedly received. Do keep writing as auntbeth wrote..Congratulations.
writerthinkerdreamer said...
Apr. 29, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Apr. 29, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hey Alex!!!! This rocks, I totally love it!!!! Great read, great plot, great emotion, great everything!!!!
auntbeth said...
Apr. 27, 2011 at 9:43 am
Apr. 27, 2011 at 9:43 am
I can't wait for Book 2. Their lives together. Keep writing.
Aunt Cheryl said...
Apr. 22, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Apr. 22, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Alex, You are simply the best!
I love your work.
lavender said...
Apr. 21, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Apr. 21, 2011 at 5:17 pm
ALEX you are awesome!!! and the story was amazingly amazing!!! Super impressed <3
elimas said...
Apr. 19, 2011 at 8:38 am
Apr. 19, 2011 at 8:38 am
What a wonderfully creative story. Well done!
joeb said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Very smooth read, I enjoyed it!
dibarrett said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Apr. 18, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Alex, great story!! I love it, good luck to you!
claudia said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 11:13 am
Apr. 18, 2011 at 11:13 am
what a great story, I am so impressed!
JHubbard said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 9:25 am
Apr. 18, 2011 at 9:25 am
Amazing job Alex! I am so impressed with your writing skills and creativity! Good luck!
Kabeyun said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:31 am
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:31 am
What a creative angle for a story!
tina said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:02 am
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:02 am
Wonderful idea and story Alex!


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Game Preview: Lees-McRae vs. Cobras
Game Date: January 22, 2011
Tip-off Scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
Live Webcast: coker.nmtvsports.com (Caleb Dunlop – Play by Play, Todd Caughlin – Color)
Live Stats: www.cokercobras.com
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker Cobras women's basketball team will play conference rival Lees-McRae Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Coker is coming off of a tough road trip, going 0-3. They look to find some comfort in playing at home as both of the Cobras wins this season have come in the Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium.
Coker at Barton: 42-78 (L)
Coker at Mount Olive: 45-69 (L)
Coker at Converse: 61-64 (L)
Coker College
Home: 2-3, 2-2
Road: 0-7, 0-3
Neutral: 0-1
2009-10 vs. Lees-McRae: 0-2
Avg. points per game (Home): 63.4
PPG: Jasmine Alston (12.6)
RPG: Jasmine Alston (6.3)
Assists: Megan Thomas (45)
Steals: Megan Thomas (27)
FG%: Maija Castren (50.8)
FT%: Megan Thomas (70.6)
In Coker's last outing they lost to Mount Olive 45-69. Sophomore Jasmine Alston (Sumter, S.C.) had game highs in points (15) and rebounds (8) for the Cobras. It was the fifth time Alston led the Cobras offense in points on the season and sixth time Alston led in rebounds. Senior Megan Thomas (Cresskill, N.J.) will look to help the Cobras return on top in their first home game since Winter Break.
Coker's only 2 wins of the season have come at home this year. Coker beat conference foes St. Andrews (67-58) and Limestone (61-59).
Home: 1-5, 1-2
Away: 1-3, 1-2
Neutral: 0-1
2009-10 vs. Coker: 2-0
Avg. points per game (Road): 61.3
PPG: Icey Patterson (9.2)
RPG: Chloe Parker (7.1)
Assists: Icey Patterson (45)
Steals: Icey Patterson (28)
FG%: Chloe Parker (55.4)
FT%: Candace Flowers (70.8)
Lees-McRae will look to rebound from their last game against Erskine, as they dropped the matchup 74-75. Junior Chloe Parker (Chicago, Ill.) led the team in points (17) and rebounds (13). Parker has been a key component for Lees-McRae, as she has led the team in rebounds six times. Sophomore Sophie Witte (Hamburg, DEU) has also been a major contributor, leading in rebounds four times.
Lees-McRae is 2-3 in their last five games, and 1-2 in their last three road games.
Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 pm at the Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium in Hartsville, S.C.


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WASHINGTON, April 26, 2006—The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) dedicated the new green roof on its Washington, D.C., headquarters today. The Honorable Linda Cropp, Chair of the District of Columbia City Council, participated in the ceremony.
Also on hand were Steven Peck, president of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, an organization that promotes the green roof industry throughout North America, and Michael Van Valkenburgh, FASLA, the landscape architect who led the design process. Nancy Somerville, executive vice president and CEO of ASLA, and Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, president of ASLA also offered remarks.
"Landscape architects are leading many green roof projects across the U.S. and abroad, so it's only fitting that ASLA provide a demonstration project on this sustainable technology that can cure so many urban ills," said Somerville. "We hope to provide a catalyst for more green roof development in Washington and beyond."
"This project will be a highly visible demonstration of the many practical benefits of green roofs for communities, for building owners, and for tenants," said Carmichael. "For the city of Washington, ASLA's green roof will help clean the air and bring us closer to compliance with the federal Clean Air Act, which in turn will release more transportation funds to the city. It will reduce and clean stormwater runoff, which sometimes overwhelms our infrastructure and eventually flows into the Chesapeake Bay. It will reduce the urban heat island effect, which can be a serious problem in the summer and will even restore a tiny part of the biohabitat for birds, insects, and plants. On a practical level for ASLA, it will increase our property value, lower our building's energy costs, and provide an amenity for our staff and a nice view for our neighbors in taller buildings around us. Can you imagine the cumulative effect if other, larger downtown Washington building owners join us in this effort?"
To help track these environmental effects, ASLA has installed monitoring equipment on the 3,300-square-foot roof and will track stormwater runoff, water quality, and air temperature to compare with data from the conventional roof on the building next door. This data will be available on the ASLA website along with visual coverage provided by a webcam.
In addition to the environmental benefits, green roofs increase property value, reduce heating and cooling costs, and can more than double the lifespan of a roofing membrane by protecting it from sunlight and temperature variations.
The vegetation-covered roof was designed and constructed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Conservation Design Forum, DMJM Design, Robert Silman Associates, and Forrester Construction Company. Funding for the project was provided by ASLA, with support from sponsors and product donors, as well as grants from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program.
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(Elgin, IL - October 24, 2012) Judson University Theatre will stage its fall musical production, "Quilters" on October 25 - 27 at 7 p.m. in the Marjorie Thulin Performance Hall in the Thompson Center (1151 N. State St., Elgin).
Nominated for six Tony awards, including Best Musical, "Quilters" explores the journey of women on the prairie as they share their lives through the blocks of their quilts. "Quilters" was originally developed and produced by the Denver Center Theatre company, and received high praise and success regionally before it even reached Broadway and the Edinburgh Festival.
Now the Judson University Theatre program will bring this vivid story of early American womanhood to life with performances by sophomore communications majors Alinea Montroy of Chicago and Shelby Hirschberg of Elgin, Ill.; junior accounting major Julianna Akuchie of Manfield, Ohio; sophomore music performance and psychology major Kahla Jackson of Round Lake Beach, Ill.; sophomore worship arts major Becca Martin of West Chicago, Ill.; senior psychology major Elise Nygard or Joliet, Ill., and freshman special education major Erin Saflarski of Wheeling, Ill.
"'Quilters' is full of joy and pain, laughter and tears, life, beauty and drama, and it's as bright as the colors of the quilts," says Judson Professor and play Director Kimberly Schmidt.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, $8 for seniors and groups of 15 or more, and can be ordered by calling 847-628-2625.
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The Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI) at Wheaton College will present a Disaster Leadership Workshop June 4-7 on the campus of Wheaton College.
The workshop is designed to equip pastors and church leaders to lead their congregations in developing effective disaster ministries. Participants will be given a Certificate of Completion in Disaster Leadership.
The workshop includes sessions on issues including: disasters and theological issues; disaster ministry approaches and models; preparing, maintaining, and protecting church facilities and property; how to work with county, state, and federal agencies; managing volunteers and finances; and spiritual first aid.
Speakers include HDI Co-Directors Dr. Jamie Aten and Dr. David Boan, who teach in the psychology department at Wheaton College; Dr. George Kalantzis, associate professor of theology; Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus, coordinator of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance; John Robinson, president of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster; David Myers, director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Homeland Security; Chris McElwee, local impact pastor at Wheaton Bible Church; and David Gervino, coordinator of external affairs, DuPage County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
"Local churches are uniquely prepared to assist their communities during times of disaster or emergency—they play a very significant role in preparing for and responding to disasters," says Dr. Jamie Aten, co-director of HDI. "Our goal is to provide information, resources, and networking opportunities to equip pastors and other leaders to develop congregations and communities that are more prepared, more effective, and more resilient."
Wheaton College is located at 501 College Avenue in Wheaton. The cost for the four-day conference is $199 per person, or $75 per day. For more information, visit wheaton.edu/hdi or e-mail Linda Bretz at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Humanitarian Disaster Institute is the first faith-based academic disaster research center in the country, and one of the few disaster or humanitarian centers in the Midwest. More information about the Humanitarian Disaster Institute is available at wheaton.edu/HDI.


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No Injuries in Early Morning House Fires
The burning smell could be detected throughout downtown Valley City in the early morning hours on Wednesday, but only those in the vicinity of the 400 block of Fifth Avenue Southwest could identify the source.
No one was injured in the fire that damaged two homes and three cars. A caller reported a fire in a shed-like structure between the houses at 424 and 440 5th Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. While the cause of the fire was still under investigation Wednesday afternoon, Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath surmised the fire began in a vehicle parked at the shed and climbed the south wall of 424.
"Indications show that that's a good possibility, and I'll guess we'll leave it at that for now unless something else comes up," Retterath said.
"Once the car heated up and the shed that the car was in heated up, the shed was only two feet away from the house and it escaped through cracks and openings in the shed and reached the house very easily. Once it got hotter and hotter, there was enough radiant heat to radiate over to the red house's garage (440)."
Retterath said it appears both houses may be salvageable, depending on the insurance and what the owners want to do.


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Plett Backpackers
Plett Backpackers is a penthouse situated in the heart of Plettenberg Bay. We boast some of the most amazing views of the Keurboom's Lagoon, Indian Ocean and Tsitsikamma Mountain Range from our location with shops, restaurants and night spots just a few steps away.
Surfers and nature lovers can come join us on the deck any time of day to admire the 270 degree views of Plettenberg Bay in all her splendour. After a fun-filled day in Plettenberg Bay unwind with a Traditional South African Braai and sundowners on our deck with a millionaire's row view. Our deck also offers a spectacular viewing point for any dolphins and whales in the bay. This alone is worth the trip.
'Wave' Double Room: Sleeping 2 persons our spacious double room has a double bed. This room is fitted with built in cupboards, a dressing table and bed-side table with a lamp. Linen and bath towels are supplied for your convenience.
'Robberg' Twin Room: Sleeping 4 our spacious twin room consists of two single beds and a bunk bed. This room is fitted with built in cupboards, a dressing table and bed-side table with a lamp. Linen and bath towels are supplied for your convenience.
'Sunrise' Twin Room: Sleeping 2 our spacious twin room consists of two single beds. This room is fitted with built in cupboards. Linen and bath towels are supplied for your convenience.
'Plett' 8 Sleeper Dorm: Our 8 sleeper dorm with awesome views is fully equipped with linen and bath towels. This unit has built-in cupboards and a dressing table with a full en suite bathroom. So if you are lucky enough to be the first to check into this dorm you won't even have to get out of bed to admire the views.
Towels, Internet, Laundry, Hair Dryers, Activity Desk, Braai Facilities, Dressing Tables, Storage Facilities, Bar & Pool Table, Free Tea & Coffee, Fishing rod & Bicycle Hire, Communal Kitchen & Lounge, Dolphin & Whale Watching from the Deck
Plettenberg Bay and the surrounding area have plenty of activities to offer. For, this very reason, we have our own activity centre to assist and handle all your booking requirements before heading out for a fun-filled day. Please enquire prior to arrival for special backpacker rates on selective activities
Activities in and around Plettenberg Bay....
The Beach - 300 m
Ocean Blue Adventures < 1.0 km
Ocean Safaris < 1.0 km
Pro Dive Scuba Diving < 1.0 km
Robberg Nature Reserve - 7.0 km
Plettenberg Bay Game Reserve - 17.0 km
The Elephant Sanctuary - 20.0 km
Monkeyland and Birds of Eden - 20.0 km
Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre - 20.0 km
Tsitsikamma Canopy Tours - 70.0 km
For the more extreme experience....
Skydive Plettenberg Bay - 10.0 km
Face Adrenalin Bungy Jumping - 40.0 km
Surf Schools < 1.0 km
We also offer the following activities to our guests: hovercrafting, wake boarding, water skiing, lagoon cruises, jet skiing, quad biking
Other interesting activities you may wish to pursue while you enjoy our hospitality include: Bird Watching; Bodyboarding; Fishing; Golf; Hiking; Horse Riding; Sea Kayaking; Snorkeling; Surfing; Whale Watching
Our establishment guarantees plenty of entertainment as well as a clean, safe and secure environment. With 24 hrs security, this hostel provides full security only for the guests booked in for their leisure.
So come stay with us, it's like home away from home.
We will make sure to give you memories that will last a lifetime.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Café
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Mini Supermarket
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Restaurant
- Steam Room
- Taxes included
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
From the N2 (Cape Town): Turn right at circle at Shell Garage, Straight on to Second circle, turn left into Main Street, proceed to Caltex Garage.
From the N2 (Port Elizabeth): Left at Engen Garage into Plettenberg Bay. Proceed to the top of hill into Main Street to Caltex Garage.
GPS Co-ordinates: -34.054099, 23.372469
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The SEC owns the last six national titles, but this year it might not even have a team in the championship game. This doesn't seem real, much less right. The last time it happened, the top-grossing movie was "Revenge of the Sith," the song of the moment was "Laffy Taffy" and people thought Vince Young and Matt Leinart would be great NFL quarterbacks. I assume no one wants to go back to those dark days.
(Although, to be fair, Matt and Vince put on quite a show.)
Three undefeated teams - Kansas State, Oregon and Notre Dame - hold the top three spots in the BCS standings. But look right behind them - six SEC teams sit in places four through nine, lined up on the runway in case two of the unbeaten three run into mechanical problems. If that happens, the winner of the Georgia-Alabama SEC title game would probably take a slot in the national title game on Jan. 7. Florida also has an outside shot to get in, although that would involve at least three upsets and a plague of locusts.
Those six SEC teams have conducted a season-long playoff of sorts - the only games they've lost are to one another. So we thought we'd take a look back at the biggest games of the SEC season, because each one changed the football landscape nationwide, too.
(Rankings are what the teams were ranked in the AP poll at the time.)
Oct. 6: (10) Florida 14, (4) LSU 6
Where: Gainesville
How: God's Play
This game felt like LSU-Bama I and II from last season - which is to say, like two pythons squeezing each other in the muck. It was late in the third quarter before Florida finally broke through with a Mike Gillislee TD on a run the Gators call "God's Play" - a cutback out of a package with two extra offensive linemen. The Gators never passed the ball again, and when Gillislee scored a second time, LSU was whipped.
Possibly incorrect foreshadowing: "It was a physical, physical match," said Florida coach Will Muschamp. "That's the difference between playing in this league and these other leagues you watch on TV. I know you guys like all these points being scored, but the quarterback won't make it through the season in our league."
Oct. 6: (6) South Carolina 35, (5) Georgia 7
Where: Columbia
How: Ace and base (defense)
This game started not long after Florida-LSU ended, but thankfully for football spouses, it was over early. The Gamecocks' defense overwhelmed Georgia - the Dawgs totaled just 224 yards - and Ace Sanders' brilliant 70-yard punt return made it 21-0, checkmate, in the first quarter.
Georgia fans figured yet another talented team had blown it again. South Carolina fans, not the most optimistic souls, bought in. It looked like a two-team race in the SEC East. And with LSU going down early, people were already starting to pencil in Alabama for the national title game.
Possibly incorrect foreshadowing: "If we can play like this we may have a chance for a real big year," South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said.
Oct. 13: (9) LSU 23, (3) South Carolina 21
Where: Baton Rouge
How: Running up that Hill
The whole game turned in less than four minutes of the fourth quarter. Gamecock quarterback Connor Shaw threw an interception to LSU's Eric Reid. Four plays later, LSU kicked a field goal to go up 16-14. South Carolina went three-and-out and punted to midfield. And on LSU's first play, freshman running back Jeremy Hill took it all the way for the TD and a nine-point lead.
Hill got his first serious game time of the season and ended up with 124 yards; overall, LSU outrushed South Carolina 258-34. Shaw threw two INTs that made Spurrier say after the game, "I don't know if he got hit in the head tonight or not."
Possibly incorrect foreshadowing: "That was Death Valley," LSU coach Les Miles said. "That was the place where opponents' dreams come to die."
Oct. 27: (10) Georgia 17, (2) Florida 9
Where: Jacksonville
How: World's Largest Turnover Party
This game won't hang in the football Louvre, except for the little room off to the side for Georgia fans (raises hand). The Dawgs committed three turnovers and had just 273 yards. But Florida had six turnovers, including the game's biggest play - Jordan Reed's fumble at the Georgia 5 as he headed for a potential game-tying touchdown with two minutes left. Georgia's all-galactic linebacker Jarvis Jones caused that fumble; he also had another forced fumble, three sacks and 13 tackles. No Jarvis, no cocktails for Georgia.
Possibly incorrect foreshadowing that might have had the desired effect: "We're playing too soft as a defense," Georgia safety Shawn Williams said before the game. "I'm trying to see if I have to take somebody's helmet off and slap them and say, 'What's going on'? We're not playing with any emotion right now. Period."
Nov. 3: (1) Alabama 21, (5) LSU 17
Where: Baton Rouge
How: The Drive
Alabama had trailed for a total of 15 seconds all season before the game, and led for most of this one, too. But LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger (playing the game of his life) threw a TD pass to Jarvis Landry to put LSU up 17-14 early in the fourth, and Death Valley shook down to the pilings. It stayed that way until Bama got the ball with 1:34 left. QB A.J. McCarron completed three straight passes to Kevin Norwood, threw a little screen to T.J. Yeldon, and … you know the rest.
This game didn't really shake up the BCS - it's the only one of these six where the higher-ranked team won - but it clearly took a lot out of Alabama. College football fans had been pointing toward this game since the end of last season. LSU craved revenge. It's hard to win a game like that and be ready for the next one.
Possibly incorrect foreshadowing: "I like having the ball in pressure situations," McCarron said. "When you've got teammates like I have, it makes your job easy."
Nov. 10: (15) Texas A&M 29, (1) Alabama 24
Where: Tuscaloosa
How: Johnny Football
The Aggies had lost close at home to Florida and LSU, and their best wins were at Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State. All season they've felt like a team that might be terrifying NEXT year. But Alabama's offense started out in zombie mode - two three-and-outs and an interception - and Johnny Manziel punched Alabama in the mouth three drives in a row. It was an echo of the Georgia-South Carolina game. By the end of the first quarter it was 20-0, A&M, and Bama never could come all the way back.
(Along the way, Manziel disproved Will Muschamp's notion that a big-play, hurry-up quarterback wouldn't last a full season in the SEC. Of course, Cam Newton did a pretty good job of disproving that two years ago.)
Masochistic Aggie fans are retro-mourning the losses to Florida (A&M was up 17-7) and LSU (A&M was up 12-0 before two LSU touchdowns in the last 1:49 of the first half). But all six SEC studs can look back with similar regrets.
Here's the shorthand of the SEC season: Texas A&M beat Alabama. Alabama beat LSU. LSU beat South Carolina. South Carolina beat Georgia. Georgia beat Florida. Florida beat Texas A&M. It might not add up to a national title. But it adds up to one of the greatest regular seasons a conference has ever had.


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Missile talks were reignited in Iran this month, but for once they didn't involve blowing up Israelites and infidels — instead they involved monkeys.
That's right, Iran, the country we all love to hate, "successfully" launched a monkey into space recently.
Personally I think that makes Iran look like less of a world threat. We shouldn't be worried about Iran's nuclear weapon program. They showed the world their hand with all of this monkey malarkey.
Iran just showed the world how shallow and empty their vague, villainous threats really are to the world at large.
Firing a small, furry animal into the sky isn't rocket science. OK, well, actually it is, but what I'm trying to say is it's not that difficult of a feat to accomplish. Give me some bottle rockets, a roll of duct tape, a matchbook and let me borrow your pet cat for the afternoon and I'll prove it to you.
Hey, Iran, America's 1948 space program called. It wanted its gimmick back. What old-fashioned, modern-day breakthrough will be conducted and celebrated next in Iran? Announcing the world isn't flat or performing their first-ever flight over the Atlantic Ocean?
Been there, done that.
I mean, could Iran be any more behind the game? On an international level, Iran has just proven that they are the fat kid running laps in gym class — they finally crossed the finish line, but dang, it took them long enough.
I think we can all agree that while Iran was rocketing monkeys off into space they should have started with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Everyone is clamoring nonsense all the time about how big of a threat Iran is to the West. What are they going to do, launch their army of flying monkeys at us? That only worked in the "Wizard of Oz."
Personally I don't like living in a world where Iran is shooting hapless primates into outer space unchecked. What business does Iran want with space? Did they hear there were some women up there they could persecute, oppress or objectify?
This was actually Iran's second "successful" monkey launch. The first was last January, but that attempt came under fire when the monkey shown in recovery pictures drastically differed from those taken in pre-launch photographs. I think that technically qualifies as, uh, monkey business, does it not? It's like the Iranian equivalent of the Apollo 11 moon landing hoax.
The only evidence Iran provided to their state-run media outlets of the launch was a still photograph of the monkey in question. You ought to see the picture of this poor thing. The monkey, named Fargam, was wearing what looks like a life vest and was strapped into this rocket seat. The monkey looks absolutely terrified.
Iran wasn't the only nation in the news this month concerning outer space, either. China launched a lunar probe and triumphantly landed a robotic rover on the moon for the express purpose of, essentially, taking pictures and studying geological structures. That makes zero sense to me. Hasn't anyone in China ever heard of Google Images before? Oh wait, that's right — China's militaristic, censoring government doesn't allow its citizens to use Google.
I don't like the idea of Chinese robots on the moon rolling around to and fro on the desolate landscape. What's stopping China from declaring the moon theirs? It gives me the heebie-jeebies. That's the stuff that fuels nightmares if you ask me.
Now all of the political pundits are pondering whether or not these, by American standards archaic, space exploration tactics will restart another space race. Well I certainly hope not. All America has to show for the billions of dollars we threw at the space race are a few dozen moon rocks.
What I don't understand is why Iran and China are spending millions of dollars with space missions our country performed in the 1940s and 1960s respectively.
Then again for both countries perhaps it is simply a case of monkey see, monkey do.


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i think we should have a thread with all of peoples snow pictures since it is that time of year !!!!
here is what mine would look like if we had snow
Got 16" this weekend. Might get the stampede 4x4 out.
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Stampede 4x4
Stampede 2WD
how bout you guys up in canada
got over a foot of snow in minnesota last weekend, expecting more on saturday. too deep for my rusty or stampede
Philippians 4:13
i was hopping for this snow to last a bit longer, its almost 38f near the twin cities. its starting to melt
Philippians 4:13
we are expecting snow in the next few days
Just rain, rain, and more rain here near Philly. I wish it would snow. Nothing I hate more than rain on a 35 degree day.
To the men and women of the US military, thank you
I wished it would Snow here! I plow snow in SoCal. Really, I do...
Its never gonna snow in Oklahoma some days are still 60 degrees.
rustler vxl " Stealth from below"
weather man says snow for the next few days
can not wait until christmas to try a merv in the snow
how about a video??
had fun with my p4de(stampede 4x4) in the 2" of snow we got this weekend. now its all melted yes those are stock tires!!
Last year with my pede 4X4
Lake is frozen again already. 5 inches of ice about 8 feet from shore. Just about time to run the lake on sleds... soon.
We got our first real snowfall here well it was already snow on the ground but just a few inches it doesn't snow as much in Fairbanks as you would thing because most of the time it's too cold to snow it was 40- for about a week and if you never been in that kind of cold it's very cold stuff dose not work the same when it's that cold so when we here that snow is comming you know it's going to warm up a little
thats out the back door
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i live in missouri and there usually is only a few snows a year of 3 or 4 inchs.
Slash 4x4
I got less than an inch here in palisade Colorado but hoping for more!!!
I have been waiting for decades for snow here!
Dont handicap children by making life easy
i liked the videos guys
Thanka revoman
does anybody have a frozen lake to drive on that has no snow on it
Our lake right NOW only has an inch of snow on it, thats about as close as it gets.
Heres some fresh pics... just got back in from running 10 minutes ago:
That's one way of keeping temps down lol.
To the men and women of the US military, thank you
1/10 rally on ice oooh that would be so fun!!!!
we just got like an 8th of a inch of snow last night.
We almost got to much snow, even for the Summit. We got 2 feet, and it's still falling down! But maybe, just maybe, I will sacrifice my health tomorrow, so that I can take some picies for your viewing pleasure.
This is a signature.
Here in Ohio, we got nothing but rain and more rain... temps like to dip into the 20's at night.. and still continues to rain.
God is good.
First plowable snowfall is expected this week in Maine. Snow/sleet/rain mix Sunday night, monday, tuesday, thursday.....It's gonna be a mess! I guess that probably means no school at least one of the day. YES! haha. We are expected to get 4-8 inches.
MERV + Custom LCG race slash
It's snowing now!!!!!!!
we have like 3 inches now and it is falling hard
my old slayer pro last winter.
and here when i traction flipped and rolled into the ditch and tried to be a submarine lol. she still ran just fine after i dried her all out.
there's no life like a LOW LIFE!
Drag It!
Wow. I didn't know those were waterproof....
And there he goes with the carbon...
that looks really funny. all of our 5 inches of snow last night is now melted.


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(Portland, OR) -- Portland State's first-ever Engineering and Technology Job Fair drew a packed crowd of both students and recruiters Tuesday at PSU's Smith Center Ballroom.
Representatives from 55 companies were on hand to answer questions and hand out information to a steady stream of current PSU students and recent graduates. Sixty-seven participated the next day at PSU's annual Career Information Day. Even with some duplication between the two days, the events brought in roughly twice the company representatives as last year.
The Engineering and Technology event drew 800 students. Another 900 attended the following day's career fair.
"We're looking for 2,000 full time hires and 1,300 interns to fill spots nationwide," said Mike Gecan, campus relations manager for Intel.
Intel employs 15,000 in Oregon, more than any other business. It hires more graduates from PSU for its Portland-area operations than any other university.
Gecan said Intel is making a big push to hire graduates with software programming experience. He said making personal connections at job fairs such as this is important for the company.
"I take student information and will share it with Human Resources for all of the United States. We avoid saying 'just look at jobs on our Web site,'" he said.
PSU mechanical engineering major Asgedom Gebrehiwot interviewed with Gecan at the fair.
"I'm looking for any job I can find. A lot of people are hiring; there are more companies here than I expected," he said.
For some companies, Tuesday's event was their first appearance at a PSU job fair. One of those was Webtrends, a worldwide leader in Web analytics, headquartered just down the street from PSU. Human resources representative Amy Dobler said she's looking for software engineers. Although the company has offices in Europe, Asia and Australia, most of the jobs she's looking to fill are on the West Coast, she said.
Another company looking for new hires was FM Global, a commercial property insurance company that hires engineers for assessing risk.
"I've been doing this at PSU for five years, and I'm glad they split off the engineering and technology jobs from the other disciplines. It's more productive for us because we hire engineers," said Wayne Fish, a recruiter from the company's Seattle office.
For more information about the PSU Career Center, go to www.pdx.edu/careers.
About Portland State University(PSU)
Located in Portland, Oregon, PSU has about 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest university in Oregon. PSU's motto is "Let Knowledge Serve the City," and we provide every student with opportunities to work with businesses, schools and organizations on real-world projects.
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At 6-foot-6, Jack Spicer is a big presence on the mound.
For those not used to such a big pitcher, the Grayslake Central senior may look even bigger.
"He looked like he was 7-foot-2 on that big mound out there," St. Francis coach Rich Janor said of the way Spicer appeared at Silver Cross Field, a minor-league stadium in Joliet that is hosting the Class 3A state finals this weekend, including Saturday's first semifinal between Grayslake Central and St. Francis.
"But I credit our hitters," Janor continued. "We knocked out 10 hits today and we did the little things well. We got a couple of well-placed bunts down."
Playing small ball was St. Francis's answer to the big problems that Spicer presented, not the least of which was his intimidating stature.
The Spartans pulled Spicer off the mound with a couple of bunts that would have been tough for any big pitcher to get to. Tim Zettinger's textbook bunt with one out set up a suicide squeeze that scored 2 runs in the fourth inning, and that wound up being a game-changer for St. Francis in a 6-3 victory over Grayslake Central.
The squeeze, which also brought in a runner from second because Spicer's throw to gun down Zettinger at first base was off, not only broke up a 1-1 tie, but it seemed to wake up the St. Francis offense. The Spartans went on to score 3 more runs on 6 hits over the final 2 innings.
St. Francis (25-11) moves on to face Joliet Catholic in today's 11:30 a.m. Class 3A state championship game. Joliet Catholic was a 4-0 winner over Mt. Vernon. Grayslake Central (27-14) will take on Mt. Vernon in the third-place game, which gets started at 9 a.m.
"After I threw my pitch, I saw it (the bunt and squeeze) coming," Spicer said. "It was a great bunt. I could have had a better throw and it just pulled Kyle (Clark) off (of first base). It was kind of unfortunate."
The misfortune continued for Grayslake Central into the fifth inning.
The Spartans opened by stringing together 5 hits in their first 6 at-bats. Spicer was pulled after the first hit and St. Francis went to work on reliever Erik Skutnick. Josh Croci, Andrew Brundage and Zettinger all drove in runs.
"We just tried to keep picking each other up," Grayslake Central shortstop Ryan Fontana said of the rallies in back-to-back innings by St. Francis. "There's really not much you can do when they keep hitting the ball. We just tried to take it one out at a time."
That focus paid off as the Rams were able to put together their own rally in the sixth inning. Matt Loeffl opened with a walk and Sterling Dixon got on with a single. Justin Allen and Fontana, who was 3-for-4 on the day, then drove them in with a couple more singles.
But the Rams, who have been fighting long odds all season, didn't have quite enough fight this time. They left two runners on in the sixth and were retired in order in the seventh by Brundage, who came on in relief for starter Jack Petrando.
"I'm proud of our guys," said Grayslake Central coach Troy Whalen, who led his team to a third-place finish in 2009. "No one thought we'd be here. Graduation took quite a few people from last year. So to be back here with this group of kids is a much-welcomed surprise and it's one that I'll certainly carry with me forever."
The Spartans won't soon forget their semifinal appearance either. They're trying to remain businesslike, but they can't hide their excitement about getting to play in a state title game.
"This is hard to believe," said Petrando, who was the winning pitcher, improving to 7-1. "It's so exciting. I'm pumped for the game (against Joliet Catholic), I know everyone else is. We want to get it. We want to win it all."


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Memorial Day Parade, Springvale, ca. 1900Item 1205 info
Maine Historical Society
Memorial Day parade in Springvale with Union Army veterans. The photo was taken about 1900.
Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, a day to decorate the graves of soldiers who had died in the Civil War.