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By Gary ArringtonSports writer
The Emery High Lady Spartan track team traveled south to Richfield to participate in the 2012 region 15 track meet and the team came home as the region champions. With 10 different girls scoring points for the team plus the three relay teams, Emery scored 88 points to lead the way. San Juan was second with 80 points followed by Grand with 74 points and Richfield with 73 points. South Sevier scored 20 points.
The Spartans came home with five individual champions and two relay champions out of 16 different events. Ashlynn Allred led the way for Emery by winning the long jump, the 100-meter race, the 200-meter race and she ran the final leg of the winning 4x100 relay.
Allred, at the BYU Invitational last week, set a new school record in the 200-meter race and at the region meet, Allred set another new school record, this time in the long jump. On her first attempt, Allred jumped 17 feet 9.25 inches. This is the third longest jump by any young lady in the entire state this season. Allred did not jump again.
Ashlynn's winning time in the 100 was 12.71, a half second faster than second place. Allred's time in the 200 was 26.48, again a half second faster than the nearest finisher.
Hailee Rogers in the 400-meter race and Jessica Guymon, in the 800-meter race were also region champions as these two had gutsy performances to win. One had to appreciate the determination both of these runners had in making sure that they were victorious. Neither held anything back. Rogers' time was 1:02.03 and Guymon's time was 2:36.01.
Emery also won the 4x100 relay with a team consisting of Catherine Dyer, Hailee Rogers, Blayr Jeffs and Allred. Their winning time was 51.38 while South Sevier was second at 53.10.
The Emery sprint medley relay team also won. This is a race where the first two runners run 200 meters, the third runner runs 400 meters and the final runner runs 800 meters. The first two legs were run by Catherine Dyer and Kelsie Cox with the third leg ran by Hailee Rogers. Hanna Dyer, in running the 800 leg, was not going to lose and despite being caught on the final turn, outran the South Sevier runner down the straightaway and the team won 4:42.19 to 4:46.77.
Jessica Guymon finished second in the javelin and fourth in the high jump. Jacee Bird finished second in the 1600-meter race. Catherine Dyer finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles.
Blayr Jeffs finished third in the long jump and fourth in the 400-meters. Hailee Rogers finished fourth in the long jump. Kelsie Cox was fifth in the 300-meter hurdles.
Kassidee Oakson was fourth in the 3200 meters and Jacee Bird was fifth. Whitney Withers was fifth in the discus.
Emery's 4x400 relay team of Catherine Dyer, Hanna Dyer, Jessica Guymon and Kelsie Cox finished third.
The Emery boy's team scored 38 points to finish in third place. Richfield scored 125 and Grand scored 103 as these two teams dominated the action. San Juan scored 35 points and South Sevier scored 34 points.
Scoring for the Emery boys was led by Brendon Jorgensen. Brendon finished second in the 110-meter hurdles, second in the 300-meter hurdles and fifth in the long jump. Scott Jackson finished fourth in the 200-meter race and fourth in the 400-meter race. Tyler Rowley finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles.
Emery's high jumping trio of Taylor Hansen, Gavin Oviatt and Justan Potter finished second, third and fourth to score points for Emery. Hansen jumped 6', Oviatt jumped 5'8" and Potter jumped 5'6".
Brandon McCandless finished fifth in both the discus and the shot put while Kalin Reynolds finished fifth in the javelin for Emery.
Emery's 4x100 relay team of David Dyer, Scott Jackson, Brendon Jorgensen and Jared Shakespeare finished fourth. The sprint medley team also finished fourth. This team consisted of David Dyer, Tyler Pulli, Tyler Rowley and Nagel Viera. The 4x400 team of Dyer, Pulli, Shakespeare and Viera finished fifth. Next up for the Emery tracksters will be the state championships at BYU this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


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Courtenay BC 2012 ZOMBIE WALK
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Ahh the Great Courtney Zombie walk.. A high point for all us Vancouver Island Zombie Fans. (We Promise next year Brainsbrainsbrains will be in participating)
The event was held Saturday October 27, 2012 @ 3pm. The shamblers began their march at the Sid Williams Theatre walking up 5th street and ending at Simms Park. My favorite was the zombie in the lead he definitely looks like a "real" zombie. All in all it was a great zombie walk!!
An organized gathering of like minded and caring citizens who have wiggled their way up from 6ft under to lurch, limp and writhe in downtown Courtenay. Participants must bring at least one non-perishable food item for the Comox Valley Food Bank. Meet in the side parking lot at the Sid Williams Theatre.


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Last week, INKLAB took ourselves for an outing in the rain to see "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" at the met for a deeply inspirational journey through the exhibition. Beholding his mastery of balance, scale and proportion in the smorgasbord of materials he worked with will leave you in awe.
The two decade retrospective is broken into 5 areas and although it times you feel like cattle heading to slaughter it does make the experience all the more memorable. One room is covered in tarnished antique mirrors, another arranged like a "cabinet of curiosities" to showcase his accessories. As you wind your way through his body of work you are constantly being reminded that this is not fashion—it is the sublime.
The pieces i admired the most are the ones closest to nature: a coral head dress, a carved wooden bust, a top fashioned from mussel shells, a dress of pheasant feathers, a heel made from horn, a skirt constructed of nacreous shells.
So much beauty, and had he not passed few of us would have had the fortune of seeing any of it. A gorgeous catalogue of the pieces photographed by Sølve Sundsbø is available in the gift shop. On the cover is a lenticular lens that shows McQueen and a metallic skull—just the kind of haunting beauty that captured the spirit of his visions.
For those of you interested in some background information, be sure to read Judith Thurman's article for The New Yorker.
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Plano Guide Series Bag 3600
Built to handle the demands of professional guides and avid anglers alike, the Plano Guide Series 3600 is the latest evolution of Plano's award-winning tackle storage solutions.
Designed with a molded depression on top, the Plano Guide Series Bag 3600 is built to hold a 3600 series stowaway (included) securely in place with a hook-and-bungee mechanism. This additional stowaway keeps go-to lures on top for easy access and also provides anglers with a stable work surface for re-tying and cutting trailers. Internally, the Plano Guide Series Bag 3600 holds 5 more 3600 series stowaways (included) and also features a clear zippered pouch that is perfect for maps and the always-important fishing license.
On the outside, the Plano Guide Series Bag 3600 really turns up the heat with two padded side pockets, a big zippered front pocket, and a PVC mesh pocket along the back that's perfect for tools and spools of line. As functional as it is spacious, the Plano Guide Series Bag 3600 allows anglers to stay organized and ready to go when the bite is on.
-Includes Five (5) 3600 stowaways inside & One (1) 3600 on top
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Dimensions: 17"L x 10.25"W x 10.25"H
Customer Reviews
Comments: Well got the bag 4 days ago and filled it up with all my tackle from my 3 tray plano box. It held everything and still have an empty 3600 to fill. Has plenty of space in the back bungee area to hold all my soft plastics. Works really well. Only complaint so is that the strings on the zippers are crap. The main compartment is tough to unzip past the corners and when closing the string pulled off the zipper. Junk. The zipper still functions 100% but it is a little disappointing to have the thing just rip out the second time using it.
From: Rick: Lawrence, PA 3/15/15
Comments: High quality bag. I really like using the storage box on top for exchanging lures that I am fishing at the moment. I take this bag when fishing in my aluminum jon boat where there is no storage to keep bait boxes in the boat.
From: Josh: LA 9/16/14
Comments: Got my plano 3600 today it is worth the five dollars two shipping to get it faster, well packaged in shipping box as well in a plastic bag. The material the bag is made from seems durable enough even for a some what rugged use. I think the hard bottom really makes a difference as far as holding up better than cloth material the rest of the bag is made from. The zipper pulls are great for using the zippers , use the zippers carefully and they should hold up well, but only time will tell. The storage boxes are ok, but there are six of them so this hopefully hold my one and half full tackle boxes I have now. If not I should have got the next size bag up. The top of the bag has a place to put a storage box. Two thumbs up for plano, someone was thinking and it should work well for the high use tackle and bait. The side pockets are roomy but, the end side pockets seem oddly shaped to me. I would have preferred expanding pockets instead. The only other complaint so far at first hands on is the lack of a carry handle, But I think I can get passed that and get use to the shoulder strap. And last complaint is the price. I think it's little over priced, I have shopped around finding none cheaper than Tackle warehouse. $49.95 would a fair price for this bag. If find cheaper buy it because I would recommend this plano bag series. I may never go back to a hard tackle box again.
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Consumers can use retailer mobile apps to buy and activate prepaid cards and digital coupons.
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InComm, a gift card and prepaid debit card product and transaction services company, has acquired Adility Inc., which markets a platform for digital prepaid products and coupons with a network of more than 500 mobile apps and online publishers, the companies report.
InComm enables the sale of prepaid and gift cards at than 400,000 retail locations and helps retailers build prepaid card displays in stores. The Adility platform provides retailers and brands with a mobile method for activating prepaid products, such as gift cards, in retail stores via the stores' existing point-of-sale systems. The platform also enables the distribution and management of digital promotions and single-use coupons.
Both companies charge transaction fees. They declined to reveal the exact fees but describe them as nominal.
Here's how the two companies' offerings will work together. In one scenario, a prepaid product, like a virtual gift card, can be provided to a consumer when she scans a QR code or texts a short code while in a retail store. Then, that retailer's branded mobile app, part of the Adility platform, displays the product. The consumer shows it to a cashier, pays the cashier, and the product is activated via the retailer's existing point-of-sale system.
In another scenario, a brand or retailer provides a coupon code to consumers. A consumer takes his smartphone or printed coupon code to the retailer and purchases the product. InComm's point-of-sale activation technology marks each coupon as used so it cannot be redeemed more than once.
"Brands and retailers can now mimic manufacturers' market development funds for digital advertising, leveraging single-use codes by providing an exact quantity of codes for various advertising channels online," says Thomas Cornelius, president of Adility.
Together, Adility and InComm will help retailers and brands use multiple touch points, whether online, mobile or offline, to generate increased sales at retail locations, the companies say.
"This acquisition will allow InComm retailers to capitalize on the increasing share of web and mobile-influenced commerce," says Brooks Smith, president and CEO of InComm. "It demonstrates our commitment to expand distribution of digital promotions for our partners and complements InComm's digital distribution capabilities that continue to transform the shopping experience."
Adility focuses on the influence the web and mobile have on store retailers and brands, Cornelius says.
"InComm has one of the largest retail networks in the country, and a fantastic team with a track record of delivering innovative solutions to their retail partners," he adds. "Through our retailer-specific platform, Adility provides the ability to expand in-store sales to a completely new category, offering targeted and measurable promotions that serve the interests of their specific customer base. InComm now provides retailer-branded mobile apps to activate and sell digital prepaid products, tickets and other digital transferable values in retail stores."
Cornelius will join InComm's executive team as president of Adility, and will focus on the convergence of online and offline sales, focusing on Adility's platform and engineering team.


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Leafs beat Sens 3-2. Bolland impresses, Kadri hurt?
Cam Charron
September 19 2013 08:26PM
I'm never quite sure how to write about preseason contests. I feel like the majority of the hockey world is looking for something different than I am. I don't attempt to look for the matchups and possession battles that I would in a regular season contest and dissect how players did relative to others in the league.
When I was a kid, I'd known preseason contests as "exhibition" games, marked with a '†' symbol on those little pocket schedules you could grab at a grocery store. I would have been about four or five years old, but the term 'exhibition game' stuck with me. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that these became available for public consumption, but tonight's Maple Leafs and Senators contest was broadcast nationwide on the largest sports cable channel in Canada.
Toronto won 3-2.
It was a good hockey game, and enjoyable to watch. A lot of players from both teams were skating well, and while they were a little behind on passing and shooting, I appreciate good skating more than anything. It's something to watch players play effortlessly.
There's nothing to "look" for in these games. I was going to pay modest attention to the Mason Raymond, David Bolland and Nikolai Kulemin unit, but they weren't put together as much as I was expecting they would. The Leafs had to kill a lot of penalties in the early going of the game, which consumed a lot of the ice-time Bolland could give you, and he'd been playing with Carter Ashton on the penalty kill.
Otherwise, Bolland had a great game. I avoided making a snarky comment or two on Twitter when he missed the net on two scoring chances in the first two periods, where I may have suggested that he waits until the Stanley Cup Final to bury those. There's no real reason to tee off on Bolland—in a vacuum, acquiring him was an excellent move, to pick up a former defensive gem of a forward that had had back-to-back tough seasons, for absolutely nothing. I think that there are some expectations heaped on him that he won't reach, but he had a very good game. Four unblocked shot attempts was actually second on the Leafs behind just Morgan Rielly.
Bolland scored the winning goal in the crease. Because it's Bolland, it's a "gritty" goal. Had it been Mason Raymond scoring the same goal, maybe people would have pointed to "dose hands" displayed in close to manipulate the puck in such a tight spot.
Raymond also scored, and it happened very fast. He did it away from the Bolland-Kulemin line and instead receiving a pass from James van Riemsdyk, who was horrifically silent on a top line with Joe Colborne and David Clarkson. Raymond scored cutting to the net, something he was criticized for not doing enough of in Vancouver. I'm still not sure if he'd work with Bolland and Kulemin on a checking line, but I certainly like his speed. It's too bad there's no hole in the top six that needs filling, and it's too bad that Randy Carlyle likely won't entertain the suggestion of having skill guys like Colborne and Raymond on the fourth.
To kick off the broadcast, Aaron Ward mentioned how all the Leafs needed in Game Seven against Boston was "one save" and insinuated that Jonathan Bernier would have provided that "one save". That is a silly thing to say. The focus on Bernier vs. James Reimer will be strong this season, and I think there are too many people placing themselves in camps of "Bernier is the best thing since sliced bread" and "Bernier will be a huge flame-out". It's not worth discussing his game tonight. He made some saves, let in a goal, but it's preseason, and even if it wasn't preseason, you can't judge a goaltender based on a period of play. You need about 300 periods to do that.
It's also unfair to judge the defence. Rielly looked excellent, but had his wonky moments in his defensive zone. Ditto Paul Ranger. Without a bunch of games of statistics to point us in the direction of whether the team is generating shots with a defenceman on the ice as well as preventing them, it's awful hard to judge the way a d-man plays. I was also cooking dinner for much of the second period so may have missed some moments.
The big news is that Nazem Kadri blocked a shot and left the game. He came back, but then he left again. It was his left (lower on his stick) hand. I'll wait for the doctor to make a judgment, but it didn't look good.
It seems Bernier left after the first because he got hurt. Probably precautionary. Kadri has a bruised hand.
Jonathan Bernier is nursing an undisclosed injury. Suffered it this morning, but wanted to give it a go. Didn't feel great, left after 1st.— Jonas Siegel (@jonasTSN1050) September 20, 2013
Bruised hand for Kadri.— Jonas Siegel (@jonasTSN1050) September 20, 2013
X-ray negative for Kadri. Unable to grip his stick comfortably after brief stint in the third.— Jonas Siegel (@jonasTSN1050) September 20, 2013
If somebody can photoshop a mustard stain onto Dave Nonis' tie using a screenshot from his interview during the first intermission, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
September 20 2013, 06:42AM
Since the X-Ray's were negative, Kadri's injury does not look that serious. If this means that he will no appear in any of the remaining pre-season games then that is not a bad thing.
It also means that Colborne will get more opportunities centering one of the top two lines in pre-season. Again, a good thing!
September 20 2013, 07:12AM
Mustard? Should that not be sour cream and chives? Bacon and cheddar?
September 20 2013, 07:51AM
Really starting to like this Raymond guy.


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Why do we have guilds in this game?
Wish i knew... I keep my guild because ive got one on everygame i play... keeps my members in contact with mass messaging... other than that... i dont know
How do you become an administrater to a guild anyway.
Either you create your own guild, or you get promoted by an
administrator of your guild.
Cool. So is there something you hve to do to even be able to be promoted or can you be promoted at any time?
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You'd prefer not to have to, but we all know it happens. You get a gift you wish you didn't, and have to face the post-holiday return runaround. So what are the ground rules? Do you really need that sales slip? How long can you wait? Every store has a different return policy.
According to Consumer Reports Holiday Giving Guide, yes, it is important to hang onto that sales slip. But even without it, you can often succeed in returning goods even if you don't play strictly by the rest of the rules of the return policy. Remain polite, and don't assume that the first "no" you hear is the final word, since people in the same store sometimes provide contradictory information about their return policy.
To maximize the chance of a successful return, avoid cutting off any tags or discarding any packaging as long as there's any chance an item will have to go back. Many companies have a stated return policy ranging from seven to 90 days, while others set no deadline at all.
Apparel merchants, department and discount stores and catalogs tend to offer the longest grace periods, while electronics and appliance chains have the shortest return policy periods, along with tough rules on opened packages and restocking fees. However, with persistence and politeness, it's often possible to make a return even after the deadline. Some online and mail-order companies will even pay the shipping costs associated with a return, since they know buyers can't examine merchandise until after they've bought it.
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WASPs Get Their Due…And The Soviets, Too
By MilitaryHistoryBuffs
The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) survivors yesterday. Later that evening at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill (the former headquarters of the historic National Women's Party), several of the WASPs were in attendance for a lecture and signing for Amy Goodpaster Strebe's book, Flying for Her Country: The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II. This book is the first to take a comparative look at the Soviet and American women pilots who flew during the war, women who volunteered to break the gender barrier for the nation's defense.
As with many of the untraditional jobsAmerican women took on during World War II, the WASPs were allowed to become aviators out of necessity. The manpower shortage brought on by the war effort was a lucky break for these women who loved aviation and were eager to serve their country. But, they were not considered military personnel; rather, they were given civil servant status. And they were not allowed to fly into combat. The Soviet women pilots, however, had a different experience. They were allowed to fly combat missions throughout the war; some of them were nicknamed the "Night Witches" by the Germans because of their success and agility in night missions.
Young and fearless, the women who were recruited for this program went through a condensed training program and were sent to the front to perform combat missions not unlike those of their male counterparts. One of the most well known was Lidiya Litvyak who earned the rare distinction of a double ace. She was the first woman to shoot down an enemy aircraft. On that day, September 13, 1942, during the intense Battle of Stalingrad, she felled two German fighters, including the German ace Erwin Maier. He was reportedly incredulous when, after being captured, he faced the pilot who had downed his plane.
Litvyak defied stereotypes: she was petite (she need pedal adjustments in her cockpit) and blonde and loved nature. Rumors are that she decorated her cockpit with wildflowers and painted a lily on the side of her plane. Unfortunately, she is believed to have been killed in action, her plane reportedly shot down in the Ukraine. Female remains were discovered in 1979, but without DNA, there is no conclusive proof the remains are hers. To add to the mystery, there are also rumors of POW sightings of Litvyak in Germany by several sources.
In the United States, aviation pioneer Jacqueline Cochran was making a name for herself long before the war broke out – beating Howard Hughes' transcontinental record in 1937. She helped to convince Eleanor Roosevelt that women pilots were going to be an unpopular necessity in World War II and, in leading that successful fight, she became the first director of the WASP program. They were responsible for testing and ferrying war planes all over the U.S. They were also employed as instructors and test pilots. They did every job a male military aviator performed but flying in combat.
After the war, the WASP regiments and their Soviet counterparts were disbanded and dismissed from service. Cochran attempted to introduce legislation that would militarize the WASP program. But it was defeated. It was not until the 1970s that women in the United States started to play a major role in aviation again. The WASPs did not receive veteran status until 1977 and they did not have the right to have a flag on their coffins until after 2000. And, yesterday, about 300 surviving trailblazers finally received national recognition with the highest honor this nation bestows on a civilian. What took so long?
Tags: Congressional Gold Medal, Jacqueline Cochran, Lidiya Litvyak, Sewall-Belmont House, WASPs, Women Airforce Service Pilots
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It's been a long time in coming, but power hook-ups are now being offered at the West Winds truckstop, in Green River. Everyone has been to truckstops in Utah and across the nation and you will hear a familiar sound of trucks left idling for long periods of time. The trucks run to keep the motor warm, keep the heater or air conditioner powered and to keep a refrigeration unit operating to keep a load frozen or cool depending on what the truck driver is hauling.
Trucks are an integral part of how consumers get their groceries, vehicles, hardware and just about every other item you will find at the store. Sixty-seven percent of freight is moved by trucks.
Recent years of high fuel prices have made it difficult for those in the trucking industry.
It's pretty inefficient to idle a big rig truck burning about a gallon of fuel per hour. It costs a lot of money to idle all night long approximately $40. The other disadvantage to idling trucks is the release of emissions into the air.
At West Winds, this is changing and it's starting to change across the country as the trucking industry is beginning to adopt truckstop electrification. This idea is the same as an RV park, or a boat marina, where they have power pedestals where the RVs and boats can plug in. The trucking industry is the last mobile group to take advantage. It makes so much sense. Plugging in can be as simple as running an extension cord to power a space heater to stay warm and run their other equipment. Some trucks are equipped with a plug receptacle. More and more of the newer trucks offer this option for adding power to the truck.
West Winds comes on board as the fourth truckstop in Utah to put power pedestals into place. West Winds is part of the Shorepower Truck Electrification Project. The others are: Eagle's Landing in Beaver, R-Place in Wendover, and LW's Travel Center in Perry.
Paul Clarke for Shorepower the company that has worked to install the pedestals in Utah and across the nation was in Green River to check out the West Winds pedestals to make sure everything is working properly. He said, "The equipment was purchased with a government grant. Plugging in, instead of idling will really help with clean air."
Allen Burns, general manager for Westwinds said 24 pedestals have been installed in the overnight parking area of West Winds. Truckers have been using them and even diesel pick-ups that were staying at the motel came over and plugged in. Registered users can try Shorepower for free until March 31, and after that the cost is $1 for an hour of electrical use. RVs are also welcome to plug-in but mainly the spots are for the trucks. Each pedestal connection has two outlets, one can be used for the cab and one for the block heater. It is as easy as running an extension cord into the truck, or conversion kits are being given out free so truckers can make use of this new electrical source.
Burns said most of the long haul truckers have a specific routine they follow, they'll pull in on a Friday or Saturday night and both lots will fill up. They will pull out their satellite dishes, have a meal in the restaurant, take a shower, and relax. "We get to know all of the truckers and they will tell us about their families. We have the regulars that come through all the time."
Clarke said, "RVs have been using electrical hook-ups for years. It's simple". The trucks really do have everything they need on board. Cable TV is coming too at the Green River site. The free adapter kits are part of the grant, too. The truckers are really excited and interested in this new power. One driver wanted to use it to operate his rice cooker and microwave. Some play video games, there are many uses.
"The real benefit we see is cutting back on idling, 29 states have no-idling laws. Utah is not one of them. These laws are pretty flexible and do make allowances for specific situations like if the temperature is below a certain level. Diesel is very expensive. If you have several trucks fuel costs add up quickly and these companies like to do what they can to lower fuel costs. Not idling saves fuel. By the end of January there will be 60 sites across the United States and 50 of these are in the grant program. The more locations there are the more aware the truckers become of this service," said Clarke.
Burns said, "Pick-ups have been plugging in and it's cheaper than an RV park. We have a truck shop, store, showers and a restaurant. We like our truckers to be comfortable and having power for them makes it better. Most trucking fleets are short on drivers. We do everything we can to make things better for drivers and this helps with driver retention. We like to help keep drivers happy."
Burns said the tourist traffic in Green River comes and goes, but the truckers are a constant. They keep coming year-round. Burns said the cable TV is coming in the spring and will be available on the pedestals.
Demetrio Duran is a trucker who travels all over the country hauling equipment for events. "We are very interested in this. It's awesome, it's good for everyone, the companies and the environment. It will save the companies money. Idling is expensive. I am from Huntington Beach, Calif. Right now we are on our way to Aspen, Colo. for the Winter X games. We will set up all the video screens. Our company trucks are equipped with the plugs. We have all new Volvos and they are equipped with the electrical plugs. We will use it. Most people don't like the sound of idling trucks and truckers don't either. Those reefers are especially noisy. It's really a good idea. Our company has looked into generators, but they're too expensive and it's not practical. This will work well for us. I've been driving for 14 years and this is the best restaurant around. We always stop at the West Winds. Of all the mom and pop restaurants, this one is still the best. Most recently we were at the National Championship BCS game in Florida and now we're headed to Aspen. It's just one extreme to another. Then we're going to Houston for a big rodeo. We just bounce around all over."
The next step at West Winds is to get some signage up around the truck stop to let the truckers know of the new service. Eliminating idling all night can save a single truck up to $8,000 a year.
West Winds also wants to educate the Green River people that they have the power available now and to get the word out to those staying in the hotels in case they need to plug in a vehicle.
West Winds is part of the America's Best independent truck stops. The electrical sites have been added on the most frequently traveled corridors of the interstate system. Electricity is one more amenity for those truckers stopping in Green River. Green River not only gets east/west traffic, but those trucks traveling north/south with produce and other items are always passing through. Burns said from time to time they take surveys of where their truckers are from and where they are headed and they are always surprised by the amount of truck traffic through Green River and their origins and destinations.
Clarke said the Department of Environmental Quality is always working on tighter restrictions for trucks and their emissions. New laws are coming, but truckers will be able to stay in compliance with sites like West Winds where they can use the power and avoid the idle. Shorepower Technologies also installed a power site at a state operated rest area in Colorado. All fees collected there will go back into the maintenance of the facility. That's the first state operated site. All of the other power sites are at truck stops.
In Green River, seven months out of the year the average low temperature is 38 degrees. Idling a truck in Green River is the norm for staying warm. If all of the 24 power pedestals are put to use for 10 hours each day. More than 50,400 gallons of fuel would be saved. That would eliminate 504 tons of emissions from the atmosphere and is the equivalent of taking 100 cars off the road for a year.
The Department of Energy provided $22.2 million grant money for the development of the electrified truck parking pedestals. Another advantage to no idling is lower maintenance costs for the trucks. Idling is harder on an engine than driving at highway speeds.
With the electrification, West Winds gives truckers just one more reason to pull up and stay awhile in Green River, relax and put up the dish.


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The future of adoption may not be as reliant on NFC as some may think.
We've all read the predictions of how consumer adoption of mobile wallet, technology that allows consumers to make payments with their smartphones in lieu of credit or cash, is about to take off. In a few short years, with a mere swipe of our smartphones, we'll be able to swiftly pay for goods and services everywhere we go. We've seen Mobil's SpeedPass and MasterCard's PayPass provide the roadmap for that kind of future, and a recent eMarketer study predicted that retail m-commerce sales would reach $86 billion by 2016.
Yet in an age when consumers have demonstrated the propensity to adopt new technology quickly—think Pinterest going from unknown web site to social powerhouse in less than 12 months, or Groupon going from shopper darling to cautionary tale in the same timeframe—why has there been so little progress in advancing mobile wallet adoption?
Many experts blame the hardware manufactures. It's Apple's fault for not including a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip with their latest iPhone release. Near Field Communications allows two devices in close proximity to establish a connection and transfer data, in this instance your smartphone and a piece of hardware at the register. These same experts point to the next iPhone or Samsung Galaxy release as the tipping point. Once Apple includes the technology, mass consumer adoption will begin, as will the next wave of m-commerce. After all, we've already seen this model work at Starbucks, which processes more than two million mobile transactions per week through its mobile app.
This argument is legitimate, and may in fact be accurate. Yet as payment services like Google Wallet and Isis, a mobile wallet consortium led by three major U.S. wireless carriers, continue to invest in an NFC-based solution, mobile phone manufacturers have yet to play along. What's more retailers have been slow to invest in the receiver hardware they would need to install on their checkout counters to participate.
This begs a very simple question: What if the technology is the roadblock, not the handset manufacturers' willingness to outfit their devices or the consumer's receptiveness to a mobile wallet solution? What if our vision for a mobile wallet future is off?
The fact is the current roadmap requires a significant investment for all parties involved. Manufactures and retailers alike must invest in hardware upfront—a sunk cost with a short shelf life. Those who have been willing to invest, like Macy's through Google Wallet, have been left with nothing more than technological eye candy at their registers; an unused screen occupying valuable real estate at checkout while serving as a reminder to innovators that mobile wallet is "ahead of its time." Those who have succeeded, like Starbucks, are blessed with a closed system in which they own the hardware and software, a younger and more affluent user base, and a new set of purchase motivators that encourages prepayment.
So while Google, Visa, and others invest millions in perfecting a NFC-based solution, and the wireless carriers invest hundreds of millions in joint ventures in their quest to dominate any mobile payment system that emerges, there's another player lurking who's quietly winning, convincingly, already. More importantly, that player may be providing a truer roadmap for us all.
In 2012, eBay's PayPal handled $14 billion in mobile payment transactions, more than three times more than $4 billion in 2011. While a vast majority of these transactions are the result of a traditional e-commerce style purchase via mobile, it represents the foundation for how this transaction can work. More importantly, it demonstrates consumer trust in this service. PayPal already has deals in place with Home Depot, RadioShack, Dollar General, and about 20 retailers, so that consumers can now pay with PayPal at the checkout counters in some 18,000 U.S. stores.
So, to marry the points, as Google Wallet is testing NFC with a few select retailers, and Isis has struggled to effectively implement a two-market test, PayPal expects to process $20 billion this year in mobile transactions, establishing a confident user base ready and willing to engage.
Is the dirty little secret that the hardware costs on each side of the NFC equation are really unnecessary?
So how does the PayPal model work? Simply connect your existing PayPal account to your existing mobile device. In some instances, you don't need your smartphone at all. A recent activation at Home Depot leveraged the point-of-sale system already in-store, allowing shoppers to enter their phone number and PIN code to complete the transaction.
As I think about this example, I keep asking the same question; is it possible that our cloud-obsessed culture has ignored what's right in front of our eyes? Do we really need a smartphone in this equation? What if software investments with linkages to POS systems, complete with rolling upgrades and smaller sunk costs upfront ultimately win vs. the current roadmap of upfront hardware costs, short lifespans and short-term obsolescence risks?
There are still many questions we all must answer about the future of m-commerce and the mobile wallet; questions an entire industry seems to be struggling with… except maybe for eBay CEO John Donahoe, PayPal president David Marcus and their band of quiet pioneers at eBay and PayPal.
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Skip to comments.First three Gaza missiles hit Tel Aviv
Posted on 11/15/2012 10:25:15 AM PST by tired&retired
The first three Palestinian missiles reached the Tel Aviv conurbation, Gush Dan, Thursday night, Nov. 15. shortly after a long-range missile was confirmed to have exploded in Rison Lezion southeast of Tel Aviv and sirens sounded in outlying towns of Holon, Ness Ziona, Gan Raveh and Beer Yacov. None have yet reported casualties or damage. The Tel Aviv telephone network has stopped working. The IDF spokesmen reported that units of the elite paratroop and Givati Brigades were mustering outside the Gaza Strip on the second day of Israel's counter-terror operation Pillar of Cloud.
time for Pillar of Fire
They are going to clean out the garbage.
Getting the Palestinian street to realize that missile bases are TARGETS for Israel is the only way this will stop.
15:57 Egyptian media is reporting a build up of army forces in the Sinai Peninsula along the Israel-Egypt border, Walla News reports. In addition, Egyptian border guard units are also increasing their presence along the border.
It's only news when Israel strikes back, has anyone noticed this?
Tel Aviv is the bastion of the Israeli left. Many feel that terror is not their problem. That it is something only settlers had to deal with.
Nothing to see here. It was because of a Internet film and Obama has it all under control!
I've noticed it. And check out the British papers for really devious reporting!
Operation 10th Plague!
Obama timely purges the U.S. military.
Not good.
So which of the Obama lackeys will be spreading this "truth" to "Meet the Depressed" and "Slay the Nation" this weekend?
"Its only news when Israel strikes back, has anyone noticed this?"
Netanyahu said Hamas is targeting our children. Very sad.
This is Islam genociding a different religion (jews/Israel) as Islam genocided 2 million Christian Armenians in 1915 , as Islam genocided countless millions of Hindus in India and POkistan.
It doesn't require any additional technology. It would be a piece of cake to level a square block around any launch site and probably do so before the launched rocket hits the ground.
The trouble is, you have one side who values innocent life and the other side who views innocents as pawns to be expended. Hence, they launch from an area saturated with innocents plus have a complicit media camped at a safe distance, ready to report on the atrocity to a world who will take the reporting at face value.
Al-qassam brigades prepare a big surprise to #israel tonight , GET READY ! inshaallah #gaza
Biggest explosion I've heard in past 2 days just now. And another. very close to our office. Israeli air strikes. #Gaza
Of course everyone knows Joos are hateful and mean. Muzzies are peaceful and innocent.
:: Israel's counter-terror operation Pillar of Cloud. ::
:: time for Pillar of Fire ::
Lutheran typology ping!
In addition to airstrikes #Israel is currently initiating a ground assault. Tanks are already on their way to #Gaza.
There is an obvious escalation on the #Gaza Strip at the moment. Continuous Israeli raids and sirens can be heard now. #AJstream
I thought the Patriot missiles could knock those down?
I wonder if President Gilligan has been pulled off the golf course yet.
In the bout of Jehovah Vs Allah my bets are all on the inevitable Victor. Lord of All. He wins by a TKO in the first and last round and the bell is about to ring.
I think he was pulled off the links and was heard saying something about today being recycling day.
Israel should recruit Americans directly to come help them. Obama will do nothing other than continue to give money to Hamas.
"Israel should recruit Americans directly to come help them. "
One of my neighbors had that happen after Vietnam where he was a fighter pilot. It's probably still going on.
UN to issue peace awards, to religion of peace loving gazinians.
Instead of targeting the launch site, target the enemamedia sites!
Samson Option? Would Bibi do it?
Pleasebbe respectful. It's president Barack "Stand Down" Obama, the hero of Benghazi.
The LORD Himself is about to do it. Read Ezekiel 38
Very familiar with Ezekiel 38. The players are assembling...
I saw liberalism's latest lies in the press today. The lastest spin is that it was not really hamas who sent missles into Israe;l rather it was some other group of jihadists. Israel was unjust to knock off that Hamas leader. Hamas, you see, is peaceful now. It's someone else bombing Israel, but they could not say who.
Pray for Israel.
I will pray!
Israel needs Obama to do a walk-through in his presidentin' jacket.
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man,
His enemies say he's on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He's criticized and condemned for being alive.
He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin,
He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He's the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land,
He's wandered the earth an exiled man.
Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn,
He's always on trial for just being born.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized,
Old women condemned him, said he should apologize.
Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad.
The bombs were meant for him.
He was supposed to feel bad.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim
That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him,
'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac.
He's the neighborhood bully.
He got no allies to really speak of.
What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love.
He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied
But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,
They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease.
Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly.
To hurt one they would weep.
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Every empire that's enslaved him is gone,
Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon.
He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand,
In bed with nobody, under no one's command.
He's the neighborhood bully.
Now his holiest books have been trampled upon,
No contract he signed was worth what it was written on.
He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth,
Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health.
He's the neighborhood bully.
What's anybody indebted to him for?
Nothin', they say.
He just likes to cause war.
Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed,
They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed.
He's the neighborhood bully.
What has he done to wear so many scars?
Does he change the course of rivers?
Does he pollute the moon and stars?
Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill,
Running out the clock, time standing still,
Neighborhood bully.
-Bob Dylan
The Crusaders were onto something.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Public Service Announcement
22 comments:
- Julie said...
Okay, I just called all my bookstores and they are refusing to sell it to me until the 31st. They said it's illegal, even after I said that the author said it was fine. :)
(p.s. not the first time random strangers have thought I was a kook.)
- August 28, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- C.E. said...
GAH! we have no booksamillion! boooo.
But congrats on officially being out! Momentous!
- August 28, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Kiersten White said...
Julie--HA! I can just imagine you telling them that.
C.E.--Me, neither. Sigh.
- August 28, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Stephanie Perkins said...
"Cannot guarantee handsome levels equal to that of model."
He is very handsome. Do you know what agency he works for? I'd like to get his number and take him on a date.
- August 28, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Kiersten White said...
I believe he works for The Agency of Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking Models. Sadly I didn't get his number, but I think he lives in your area!
- August 28, 2010 at 6:25 PM
- Stephanie Perkins said...
It's weird, but there's a guy in my kitchen who looks kinda like him! Should I ask him out?
- August 28, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Kiersten White said...
First call the police. THEN ask him out.
- August 28, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Stephanie Perkins said...
The police confirm that he's the model in question. I took that as a license to make out with him.
- August 28, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- Kiersten White said...
I love happy endings.
- August 28, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- Erika said...
Wish I had one of those stores around here!! Will send a picture with my book!!
This post was so great Kiersten!!
- August 28, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Valerie Kemp said...
W00t! That's SO AWESOME! I've never even seen a Books A Million, so we don't have one here, but hopefully Amazon will ship early and I'll have my copy soon! Congrats!
- August 29, 2010 at 5:59 AM
- Madeleine said...
So exciting! And did I mention that 100 different people entered my pre-order giveaway? That's the power of Paranormalcy's awesomeness (and yours).
Psst! I can't wait for my copy! ... And I've already read it!
- August 29, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Dawn Embers said...
We don't have a BAM here and my book is coming in the mail. I actually didn't go to the bookstore to see if they had the book up yet in Cheyenne. Will have to look for it next time I'm in the store just to see it there.
- August 29, 2010 at 1:19 PM
- Erica75 said...
I've never heard of BAM. However, 3 out of 3 people I surveyed (one of which was an actual adult) think people holding Paranormalcy look pretty dang sexy.
Signed - me, who's looking drab for the next couple of days. >:(
- August 29, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Kari (Flamingo1325) said...
Ohh pretty! I tried SO hard to find it Fri. No luck =( I even called the two close Borders and the B&N today... they don't have it stocked yet. They are totally foiling my make Kiersten happy because I can give her early pictures plot! So wrong that like 8 SEPTEMBER releases were stocked, and your book isn't yet. SIGH.
But. Two more days!
- August 29, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Jess said...
Yay! Congratulations, Kiersten! I really enjoyed reading the ARC, and I'm waiting for the official copy to ship from Amazon!
- August 29, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- Kelley Vitollo said...
I can't wait!
- August 29, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Claire Dawn said...
I love the disclaimers!
ONe more day!!!
Oh, and giving away a copy on my blog today.
- August 30, 2010 at 12:24 AM
- Renae said...
Darn! I love it when bookstores do that! I did check our Waldenbooks to see and it was a bust. Now I'm going to have to wait one more day like everyone else!
- August 30, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Jamie Burch said...
Love that cover! Looking forward to getting a copy soon. Yay! Happy wishes to you...
- August 30, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Katrina L. Lantz said...
Okay, first the post made me laugh (and get incredibly excited) and then your back and forth in the comments with Stephanie made me ROFL!! I'm back up off the floor and ready to post a comment about how awesome you and your goofy friends are.
Squee!! So excited for you! (and me, because I get to read this book really, really soon)
- August 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- AchingHope said...
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"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
An en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and just about everyone else in the courtroom, had perhaps way too much fun at the prosecutor's expense as defense counsel argued that his client's drug conviction should be overturned.
The trial judge had allowed the prosecutor to pepper his closing argument with facts not in evidence. "When defense counsel objected, Judge Dana M. Sabraw responded 'with the admonition that this is counsel's argument, it is up to the jury to determine the facts,'" reports ATL.
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Here's an exchange featuring Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, Judge William A. Fletcher and Bruce Castetter, the assistant U.S.attorney general saddled with presenting the government's case:
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"How Did You Come Across Reaper Miniatures" Stories
Posted 08 July 2009 - 11:49 PM
One question I've asked frequently is "How did you come across Reaper Miniatures?" Everyone has a different story! Here's mine:
I decided to do my thesis documentary film on gaming groups and, of course, had friends who played D&D or various other games. One day while filming, a friend was showing me some miniatures and mentioned they were Reaper Miniatures and how cool Reaper minis were. It wasn't long after that I found out from someone else that Reaper Miniatures was actually in Denton! 10 minutes or so from campus. I went to their website and looked over the contact names and decided Bryan's job description made it seem like he was the most appropriate person to email and so I did. The rest, as they say so often, is history.
What's your story?
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 03:10 AM
It's possible I might have seen ads for Reaper figures before then, e.g. in Dragon magazine, but they just hadn't registered because I must have thought they were not available here in the UK.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 07:59 AM
I can't remember specifically when I discovered Reaper miniatures. Or when I bought my first. But I do remember going online one day in 2003 (I had to look at my join date to get the year) to visit the Reaper webpage. I can't remember what prompted me -- either because the blister pack listed a web address or else a search for online vendors produced a link. In any event, I came to the front page, poked around, and thought to myself "Wow, this company needs a forum. I should write to the webmaster and tell him to get off his butt and put one up."
So impetuous as always, I clicked on the webmaster's contact link and began to write an e-mail. Only something started tickling me to check to see if there ACTUALLY WAS a forum before I clicked send on the e-mail.
Lo and behold... there was.
And so I was saved from making a fool of myself to Kit.... on that occasion, at least.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 08:39 AM
Seriously - I've been collecting miniatures a long time, and I'd always been a fan of Sandra and Julie's work with Ral Partha. Not a serious "OMG, I must have every one of their sculpts" fan, but it seemed that the miniatures I liked more often than not were sculpted by one of those two. So since SKUs 2005 through 2011 are all Garrity or Guthrie sculpts, I was naturally drawn to Reaper before they had even released two dozen sculpts.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 09:09 AM
Yeah..an elf. Go ahead and laugh.
So anyway, we went down to a local comic place we had heard about that had lots of D&D stuff and minis to have a look around. We found the perfect minis not only for my elf, but for two other PCs in the game...all in the Reaper display. Nobody else had anything near the choices that Reaper had, and of course there were a few copies of CasketWorks laying around with even MORE minis to choose from.
At least for me, the real selling point that day was the fact that there were so many female characters in their line.
Even female half-orcs.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 09:17 AM
I've been an avid modeler since 7. I had a small group of friends who used to drop by my place to build models. I got tired of what I was working on (anime related kits) and started hunting the web for alternatives. I landed at GW, bought a set of Orks with the intention of starting an army. I then hunted further on-line for inspiration and new painting techniques (I was a figure painter, genus Historical, species oilpaintenamelum at one time). That landed me at CoolMiniOrNot.
That made my eyes bug out.
CMON and an issue of White Dwarf introduced me to Jen Haley...another search.
I ended up here at the Reaper Forums, lurked, and finally decided this was the place for me. I'm not a gamer, but the quality of figures, the range of choices, the paints, the dedication of all involved, and the helpful, friendly people, convinced me that this was to be my main haunt for all things mini.
I may drop out/stop painting/stop posting every now and again, mainly due to work and kids, but I'll always attempt to log in once in awhile, to check the pulse of cool little pewter things.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 10:13 AM
If you need a little longer story, I can add that the only reason I ever started painting miniatures was because I saw the manager of my FLGS painting a mini and thought I could do better. Yup, I started painting minis because my ego wanted to take a trip.
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 10:45 AM
I moved to Denton in the spring of 1993 to attend one of the universities there. The same week I moved was the Ft Worth Origins. There was this vendor there with a huge, table-sized tray of loose lead ... the old Minifigs line.... cheap (50 cents to $1). I was just getting back into painting after about an 8 year hiatus so I bought a bunch of stuff. It wasn't long before I could find the figures in one of the Dallas game shops (LoneStar)... and they had little newsprint catalogs they were giving away too... and I saw they were starting to put out new sculpts that looked really really good...
And I've pretty much been hooked since.
Sometime in '94 or '95 I talked to someone at Reaper about doing a website for them. I was offered product in exchange for the work, which seemed like a good deal to me, but my boyfriend at the time talked me out of it, saying the company would never last and I would end up getting screwed. So I turned it down...
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"I got my brother and his six year old hooked last week. They were soon back at the friendly local for more. Starts with a cute lil unicorn, next thing you're onto griffins and purple worms." ~ Carnacki the Ghost Finder
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 11:26 AM
He, and his friends were starting a new 3.5 D&D campain. This was about 1.5-2 yrs. ago. (They've been playing since high-school. So, about 15 yrs.)
Anyway, his character was a female dwarf with a crossbow. He had already heard about Reaper and wanted a mini to match.
So, we went and checked out a local shop. They had a great selection of Reaper minis.
But, I really had no interest in looking through all those minis. So, I sat outside and waited while my husband looked around.
He had only looked though the DHL line, and the closest thing he could find was a male dwarf w/ a crossbow. He bought it.
When we got home I noticed the web address on the back of the blister pack. So, I checked it out.
Holy cow! There were minis coming out the wazoo!
I sat there for I don't know how many hrs. going though every single mini on that site.
Finally, I had found a female dwarf w/ a crossbow in the WL line. I did end up ordering her for my hubby.
Of course, I also checked out the painted gallery. Wow! I couldn't believe how awsome they looked!
I'd always been a little artsy-fartsy ever since I was a kid. I started to get an itch to try out painting minis.
I bought myself the "learn to paint" skin tones kit. After all, I needed to see if I was any good at it before painting my husband's female dwarf.
Guess this story is about both, how I discovered Reaper, and how I got into painting.
My husband also thinks that he may of created a monster!
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 12:16 PM
Back around '77 or '78, I wuz a kid, and I started a D&D group. We figured out the game as we went, and had a fine time. The rules suggested the use of miniature figures, but growing up in a little bitty cow town in south Texas, they were kind of hard to lay hands on (I got my original D&D set and hardbacks from a B. Dalton bookstore in a mall in Laredo; I'd never seen a comic shop or game store.)
One day, one of the players returned from a trip with his parents, and showed up with miniatures. Ral Partha, IIRC. He'd painted them with Testors enamels (the only kind of craft paints you could find locally). I about lost my mind.
I subscribed to Dragon magazine, and began ordering stuff from The Dungeon, the hobby shop run by the company that published D&D, out of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I began to accumulate the official D&D miniatures (from Grenadier, back then) and I soon found that there were a great many miniatures out there. I discovered Ral Partha (and Julie Guthrie and Sandra Garrity, although I didn't know it yet), Martian Metals (a little company out of Texas that made miniatures in the seventies and eighties), Dragontooth, and a slew of British companies. Originally, I bought figures I could use for D&D -- dragons, monsters, halflings, and so on -- but as I progressed, I began buying things just to paint for fun and display. Mom knew about acrylics, and turned me on to them (water cleanable and stank less)... yeah, I was hooked.
Things changed when I left home for college. I still played the games when I could (and I discovered game and comic shops!), but real life slooowly ate away at my time, and as an apartment dweller, I had to be more mobile. By around 1990, my gaming stuff wound up sold off or in storage, and I got on with life. I got married and became quite poor for a while, and had no money to spare for games.
After a few years, my situation improved, and I became involved with a card game, Magic: The Gathering, which required me to begin frequenting game and comic shops again. The local comic shop owner had seen some of my old minis, and asked if I'd paint something for him -- a "life counter." It was a very nice piece of pewter, gorgeous work, I thought. I painted one for him, and painted several others which he then sold at horribly inflated prices which he then split with me. I hadn't painted anything in years, and was having wonderful fun limbering up the old skills.
One day, he gave me a handful of minis. Apparently, the company that made the life counters -- Reaper -- had sent him some promo stuff, but he wasn't interested in RPGs or minis games (Magic was his bread and butter), and since I was the only person he knew who'd do anything with them, I got them.
I took 'em home and examined 'em. They were nice work -- easily equal to the old Ral Partha sculpts, and light-years ahead of the lumpy sculpts of the seventies and early eighties. I painted them. They painted up nice. I wound up scouting the hobby shops in the Austin and San Antonio area, looking for more. Apparently, Reaper made a 25mm line called "Dark Heaven," and they were quite good!
The addiction had reestablished itself. Not long after that, someone turned up at the shop with a D&D Player's Handbook -- the newfangled Third Edition -- and asked me, as Alpha Geek and Reigning Elder of the premises, what I knew about Dungeons and Dragons.
That was a while back. Since then, I've begun a weekly RPG game, and accumulated a fair parcel of Reaper minis, and made it to Reapercon '09, my first gaming convention since the eighties.
Life is good.
(DRAGON magazine, circa 1995)
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Posted 09 July 2009 - 01:03 PM
A guy that I dated at the time, introduced me to it.
He had miniatures in his attic that he used to paint and since I was into fantasy stuff, he decided to get back into painting and taught me how to paint.
I loved painting from the second I started and knew it was going to a be great hobby for me.
By the end of that week, I purchased every Citadel color and spent about $600 on Ral Partha and A D&D miniatures at a gaming store in Manhattan.
A few months after that, I went to a local gaming store in Staten Island, NY and they had the "Dark Heaven Legends" series of Reaper Miniatures.
I fell in love with the miniatures that they had.
I made the owner of that store very happy when I spent hundreds buying those miniatures in the first transaction.
I became a huge Reaper fan ever since.
I moved to Texas in October 2008. I worked 70 hours a week in the Verizon store so I didn't have time to learn my way around Texas or make any friends.
The only gaming store that I knew of around me was Games Workshop in the Grapevine Mall.
When I was laid off from Verizon, I started going there to paint so that I can meet people and hopefully start making friends.
The first time I went, I brought 2 Ral Partha minis from the 80's to paint. All was well, but most of the people there were not very sociable.
The second time I went, I brought a Reaper mini. Then I was told that only Games Workshop minis could be painted in the store.
I basically told them "Well just about every mini I have is Reaper. I have very few GW minis because most of them are not my style and they are very expensive. It seems that we are at an impasse here."
A guy that was gaming at the store said to me "Oh you like Reaper?! They are cool, have you ever been to the store?'
I said "Store? Where?!"
He said "Oh it's in Denton shouldn't be too far from you. They have a store and they give tours of the factory."
I was so excited and couldn't wait to find it! I googled the number and called 30 seconds later.
I was at the store the next day and Bryan gave me a tour. Everyone at Reaper was so sweet and friendly and you can see that they love their job. They treat you like part of the family right from the beginning and you could tell that they love and appreciate all of their fans. I found that to be an extraordinary quality in the company.
I went to Reapercon in May and had more time to get to know everybody in the company. I had a great time and became friends with a lot of the people in the company.
I now work for Reaper and I can honestly say that couldn't be more grateful for not only having the Reaper peeps as friends, but to also be a part of something that I have loved for so long.
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Samuel's sons take bribes and pervert judgment—The Israelites seek for a king to rule over them—Samuel rehearses the nature and evils of kingly rule—The Lord consents to give them a king.
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2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons
6 ¶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet
10 ¶And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
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13 And he will take your daughters to be
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your
19 ¶Nevertheless the people refused to
20 That we also may be like all the
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.
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Gibens said the Feb. 20 test will direct call recipients to the Alcorn County website — www.alcorncounty.org — where individuals can click on the CodeRED link to customize the types of warnings they are interested in receiving or opt out of the system entirely.
After the call on Feb. 2, "We had a few people call and wanted to opt out, and we had some that wanted to know why they didn't get the call," said Gibens.
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