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Holy Hell! If the project gets enough support to get started, it'll have multiplayer as well this time around.
Here's a Let's Play of Elite Frontier (1993):
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
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Amazing programmer, how he fitted the game onto a single floppy disk still stumps me today.
Lol, a floppy was 2.8mb, I played it on a 48k ZX Spectrum, you could fit it onto a floppy more than 50times.
Elite Plus was the first I played. Didn't find out about Frontier until many years later. The graphics hadn't aged too well at that point. I remember buying something called "tribbles" at some point and regretting it. Unfortunately I hadn't seen the original Star Trek back hen.
I hope they make the flight controls feel smooth and slick, and with target tracking like in Freelancer. But I also hope we'll have more advanced flight options.
I really hope both this and Star Citizen turn out to be great. That could usher in a new era of space sims.
Hell yes.
I recently went back to Freelancer, since, sadly, there is not a single recent online game I am interested in atm except maybe TL2, which is not precisely "massive" at least when you talk about the actual gameplay. And yes, I know Freelancer is not that massive either, but with around 200 players online at peak times on the private server I am playing I get enough interaction (chasing pirates on my combat ship and beeing chased by pirates on my cargo, lol).
And then, BAM, Star Citizen and this!
This is the very first time for really long that I am mildly excited about a new game.
Please, guys, don't hype these two games too much. Just keep it realistic and let's see how things turn out.
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Or just support Star Citizen which is already at the 4mil mark :]
To be honest, between the two I think one should support Elite. SC already got well above their desired goal, and two space sims are better than one!
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The game he describes is eve online, isn't it ?
No he describes Elite.
You should google the games.
First one called Elite, second one called Elite frontier and the last one called Elite first encounter.
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Would love to see a new "Elite" game.
Though this Kickstarter campaing for Elite seems to be pretty much rushed out of thin air...
"Torquemada... do not implore him for compassion. Torquemada... do not beg him for forgiveness. Torquemada... do not ask him for mercy. Let's face it, you can't Torquemada anything!"
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VG24/7: Elite Dangerous: Braben's square peg
"The danger is that everyone has their own idea of what the next Elite should be. The question is: if those ideas are very different to each other, then it's going to be very hard to try and deliver to that in a way that everyone will be happy."To answer our question Braben goes right back to the original game, "We pitched Elite to Thorn EMI back in 1982, and their response was, 'We want the game to have three lives, to have a score and to take around ten minutes to play through.'"We said no, but the point was that they looked at what games were in the market and successful, and they wanted us to make our game like those." "It was quite a long time ago. It had been skunk-worked in the background but it hadn't been a full-on project, and I think that's the problem." "It's a different kind of pressure," he said. "It's a pressure to make the right choices, and you're not making choices for an imagined market. With this, the beauty is that we're making choices for ourselves, and that actually is a lot easier." "We did start writing code before the Kickstarter project, a lot of technology, because one of the biggest risks of this project for me anyway, is going multiplayer, and getting the network to work in a reliable way."
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Trading Ischia for personal gain definitely crosses an ethical line, and is probably illegal.
Marco (pizzanapoletana) provided the Ischia and Camaldoli cultures to sourdo.com and did not approve of others selling their versions of those cultures. See his post at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3547.msg30153.html#msg30153. However, he was not against swapping the cultures, as he noted at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3575.msg30316.html#msg30316.Peter
Why is that? It is not patented, it is a wild strain of yeast.
Marco once reported that he did not make anything from Sourdo's sales of the two Italian cultures. I think he wanted Sourdo, as the preeminent expert in sourdough cultures, to be the entity to commercially exploit the two cultures, not to have others come up with their own versions and sell them in competition with Sourdo. Marco didn't have to give the cultures to Sourdo. As Tom Lehmann mentions in his PMQ Think Tank post at http://thinktank.pmq.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10273&p=73851&hilit=Sourdough+lehmann#p73851, sourdough cultures can have significant commercial value--thousands of dollars. Swapping cultures was as far as Marco was willing to go since that level of activity would not be likely to hurt Sourdo's sales to any material degree. Absent some form of legal protection of the two Italian cultures, there is not much that anyone can do to stop others from engaging in the sale of clones of the two cultures.I agree with Craig that the issue is one of ethical behavior. Peter
Well I did a search and can not find anything on the ethics of swapping, buying or selling yeast cultures.
Well I did a search and can not find anything on the ethics of swapping, buying or selling yeast cultures. I DID find lot's that says that no matter what strain you think you are buying you will have local wild yeast predominately within a very short time, which kind of makes the whole thing moot.
So is it also unethical to trade/give away seeds generated by purchased seeds? Software is a lot different in that you actually created it as opposed to propagated it.
I see a distinction between giving and trading.
Earlier you spoke about the seller losing as a result of the profit of the trader. While giving doesn't profit the giver, doesn't giving still produce potential loss in the form of a potential lost sale? Potential loss isn't the same, morally, as potential loss + profit, but isn't any action that produces potential loss still crossing an ethical line?Isn't giving away uncopyrighted software unethical?
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MURRAY/PRICE-Our beloved mother, "Mommy Kay", "YiaYia", sister, aunt and longtime friend, Dorothy Kay, age 81, passed away peacefully, June 4, 2008 at her daughter's home in Palm Desert, California.
She was born October 25, 1926 in Mohrland, Utah to Paul Harry and Foto Lambrinos Liapis.
Married her beloved, Delbert Leroy Kay, Jr., March 27, 1948 in Elko, Nevada; he passed away on July 8, 1984. Married Parley McCleve, in Salt Lake City, he passed on September 28, 2000.
Member of the Greek Orthodox Church. Dorothy was a kind, loving, and generous natured woman who deeply loved children, her family and friends and often showed them through her fantastic Greek cooking. She had a flare for elegance and style that made her one of downtown SLC's most infamous beauticians for over 50 years. She shined her love and light unto all she came in contact with and will be remembered for eternity.
Survived by her daughter, Kathleen Kay Romney, Palm Desert, CA; three grandchildren, Atheena Romney-Qur'an and her husband Othman Qur'an, Joshua Tree, CA, Rick B. Romney, Palm Desert, CA, Tiffany Kay Romney, San Francisco, CA; two-great-grandchildren, Khalid and Jorian Romney-Qur'an; sisters, Sylvia (John) Platis, Sandy, Helen Maxfield, Murray; sister-in-law, Alberta Liapis, Bullhead City, AZ.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, George, Harry and Pete Liapis; and sister-in-law, Ann Liapis.
Funeral service, Saturday, June 14, 2008, 2:00 p.m., Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Price, Utah. Trisagion service, Friday evening 7:00 p.m., Deseret Mortuary, 36 East 700 South, S.L.C. Family will be at Deseret Mortuary in S.L.C. Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. and at Mitchell Funeral Home, 233 East Main Street in Price on Saturday afternoon from 12:30 -1:30 p.m. Interment, Price City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions to the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church are greatly appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price.
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PRICE-Clara Minnie Trujillo Martinez, age 72, passed away peacefully in her sleep, June 6, 2008 at her home.
She was born August 12, 1935 in Montrose, Colorado to Ruben and Georgia Salazar Trujillo.
Married Henry Martinez, February 12, 1953 in Montrose, Colorado.
Clara was a member of the Catholic Church. She loved to cook, read, and just relax and enjoy the sunshine. Her greatest gift was her family, and she cherished the memories she shared with them.
Survived by her loving husband, Henry Martinez, Price; five sons, Tim, Martin, Russell, Karim Martinez, all of Salt Lake City; Xavier Martinez, Las Vegas; and her one and only daughter MaLis Zaharias, Salt Lake City; brother and sister, Pat Trujillo, Beatrice Ulibarri, both of Salt Lake City; 14 loving grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by her parents, and oldest son, Thomas Martinez.
Memorial Mass, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 10:00 a.m., Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church, 190 North Carbon Ave. Family will receive friends at the church Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price.
WELLINGTON-Max Clark Hunt age 64 of Wellington, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Provo, Utah due to complications following surgery. Max was born Oct. 2, 1943 in Price, Utah to Arel Max and LaRue Seely Hunt.
Max grew up in Salt Lake City and Green River. He graduated from Green River High School, where he participated in track and field as a pole vaulter. Following High School he served his country in the United States Marines, during Vietnam War.
Max married Brenda Marie Williams on Nov. 16, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Max was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He worked in numerous professions throughout his life including, pipe fitter, heat and air and most recently before retirement, Max worked as a cab driver.
Max enjoyed working in the outdoors, be it in his yard or garden. He loved hunting, fishing, putting together model cars and was an avid card player. Max will be remembered as a loving son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather.
Max is survived by his wife, Brenda M. Hunt of Wellington; daughter, Sasha Hunt of Wellington; step-daughter Trena Lough of Salt Lake City; four grandchildren; siblings, Russell (Arla) Hunt of East Carbon, Lynn (Patty) Hunt of Afton, Wyo., Fern (James) Garner of Clearfield, and Don Hunt of Layton; sister-in-law; Vickie Hunt of Castle Dale. He was preceded in death by his father, Arel, and brother Owen Hunt.
Funeral services were Monday, June 9, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Wellington LDS Stake Center. A viewing was Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Fausett Mortuary (680 East 100 South, Price) from 6-8 p.m. and on Monday at the church one hour prior to the services. Interment followed at the Elgin Cemetery in Green River. Services were in the care of Fausett Mortuary.
VERNAL-Vonnie Dea Allred passed away Friday May 30, 2008 at her home. She was born July 13, 1931 to Harold LaVar Atwood and Eunice Marie Overson and raised in Elmo and Consumers.
She married Don Allred Sept. 3, 1949 and the marriage was solemnized in the Manti Temple Jan. 31, 1964. She spent most of her adult life in Cleveland and Huntington, then moved to Vernal about 10 years ago.
She loved singing, playing instruments by ear or with music, sewing and was an excellent seamstress. She liked to create her own patterns and coordinate colors for her quilt tops. She liked beautiful things and loved cooking.
She loved making quilt tops, walking with friends, doing yard work, flowers, birds, and going to the temple. Vonnie was a very active member of the LDS Church. She loved her many church callings.
She had a great sense of humor and loved to associate with others. She was very generous and giving.
She is survived by her sons, Ivan Scott (Irene) Allred, Dick R., (Raelene) Allred, Jed D. (Kim) Allred; daughters, Dawnette (Gregg) Simmons, Ardyth (Marvin) Bell, Vallene Rudd: her very close cousin, Dorothy D. Johnson; 20 grandchildren and around 37 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Sheldon Atwood; son, Troy Allred; grandson, Chad Bell; and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services were held Wednesday June 4, 2008 at the Huntington LDS Stake Center. Interment was in the Cleveland City Cemetery under the direction of Blackburn Vernal Mortuary.
WELLINGTON-Our precious daughter, granddaughter, and sister, Tisha LaDawn Mead, age 20, passed away May 31, 2008.
She was born Jan. 10, 1988 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lonnie J. Wycherly and Kristy Merlynn Mead.
Tish was a very kind and loving spirit with a beautiful soul. She shared a great love for others, the outdoors, and all sorts of animals. She enjoyed sewing, taking trips in her car, and listening to music. Tish loved spending time with her friends, and she was always the life of the party.
She is survived by her mom and dad, Kristy (Kenny) Hart, West Valley; father, Lonnie Wycherly, Price; sister, Kasondra Dee Hart, brother, Jesse Patrick Hart, both of West Valley; grandparents, Ben (Myrna) Mead, Nine Mile, Gary (Barbara) Hart, Taylorsville, Joyce Cochrane, Price; great-grandma, Fern Mecham, East Carbon; and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.
Funeral service, Friday, June 6, 2008, 2 p.m., Wellington LDS Stake Center, 935 East Main Street. Family was at Mitchell Funeral Home Thursday evening from 6-7 p.m. and at the church Friday one hour prior to service.
WELLINGTON â Ryan Thayn, son of Randy and Loralie Thayn, passed away. Services are pending, under the care of Fausett Mortuary.
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Canada improves to 2-0 in men's volleyball at Universiade
SHENZHEN, China (CIS) – Canada's men's volleyball team improved to 2-0 on Sunday at the 26th Summer Universiade thanks to a convincing 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-23) win over host China.
STATISTICS: CAN vs. CHN
Whether it was at the net, on the attack or when they were serving, the players in red, white and black were dominant from pillar to post, never allowing an inch to their opponents.
"We had a considerable size advantage, but the biggest difference I saw tonight was our ball control," said Canada head coach Larry McKay. "Our players executed perfectly in all aspects of the game, it was a very satisfying performance."
The first two sets were almost identical as the Canadians got out to a fast start, creating a seven-point advantage midway through both frames. China brought more energy to the third, taking their only lead of the night, 4-3, before McKay's student-athletes took back the advantage and closed out the win.
For the second straight night, Karl De Granpré of Pierreville, Que., (in photo) led his team with 12 kills. Spencer Leiske of Lacombe, Alta., added seven kills and four blocks.
With two wins in the bank and two games remaining in the preliminary round, Canada (2-0) occupies the top spot in Pool A and has a rendez-vous with Norway Tuesday at 6 p.m. local time (6 a.m. ET).
"We need to prepare diligently for Norway, they have a lot of talent in a variety of areas," said McKay. "A third win would put us in a very advantageous position to move on in the tournament."


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It turns out Americans are not the gas-guzzling, wasteful, energy hogs they appear to be. Going green with green living is becoming the norm around the country.
When it comes to doing their part for the environment, Americans may be greener than they think. A new study* finds more than 84 percent of those asked believe "it is a moral obligation" to care for the environment and 86 percent already take part in at least one green activity.
These green living activities include conserving energy at home, recycling, driving a fuel-efficient car, buying recycled products and picking up litter.
An increase in media coverage of environmental topics and green living is most likely the reason that the study finds 40 percent of consumers saying they are more aware of environmental issues now than they were in 2006. And 81 percent say the current focus on environmental issues is "here to stay" rather than a "passing fad." The study also found that Americans would be willing to even more if they understood how a specific action could help the environment as well as benefit them personally. In fact, 78 percent said they are going green and "willing to make a lifestyle change for the good of the environment."
While many responded that "the best way to solve current environmental problems" is through individuals and businesses taking responsibility, most admit they can't distinguish between the reality and the hype, and report it is hard to know what actions are truly good for the environment.
There are a lot of very specific things you can do easily and inexpensively to help the environment and begin going green with green living. One idea is to change your five most used light bulbs to energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs. Visit the Energy Star website to learn more and view a video podcast of a room-by-room tour showing where you can save energy in your home.


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The adopted budget for the general fund of Emery County 2006 is, on the revenue side, income is projected to be down in 2006 to $9,757,557 from $10,515,790 in 2005, for a difference of $758,233. The bulk of the lower income is projected to be in contributions and transfers with an amount of $794,400 less this year than last. The largest increase in revenue is projected to be in the intergovernmental portion of the budget with an increase of $115,907. In other areas of the revenue portion of the budget, tax revenue is expected to drop $96,890, licenses and permits is projected to drop $4,850, and a $12,300 drop in miscellaneous revenue is expected.
The amounts of reduction in expected expenditures are: commissioners-$2,500; public defender-$13,950; special counsel-$4,500; law library-$1,000; attorney-$76,600; sheriff-$35,146; communications-$146,900; animal control-$2,280; ambulance-$12,900; poor and indigent-$100; highway-$45,800; television-$11,000; extension-$2,300; weed and mosquito control-$25,370; dues, contributions and transfers-$747,350; non departmental-$10,229; and personnel director-$21,900. These proposed cuts total $1,159,825.
For the budget items receiving an increase, those amounts are increased over 2005 by: justice court-$4,500; IT department-$47,800; clerk/auditor-$25,100; treasurer-$5,400; recorder-$21,050; assessor-$18,470; vehicle registration-$1,600; senior citizen-$7,000; courthouse-$4,500; elections-$48,500; planning and zoning-$30,400; public lands-$230; traffic enforcement-$2,900; corrections-$11,000; homeland security-$211,907; health-$488; mental health-$373; landfill-$200; unemployment/worker's comp-$15,000; county insurance-$1,844; and airport-$11,000. These increased budget amounts total $469,262.
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Skip to comments.Punish Sacramento (Schwarzenegger and more hot air)
Posted on 03/17/2008 1:35:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Governor Schwarzenegger kicked off his latest road show this morning in Fresno, talking budget reform and striking a curious balance between defending elected officials and criticizing them.
The governors event with Fresno Mayor Alan Autry and others had a familiar theme. Armed with his now infamous budget charts showing the imbalance between state expenditures and revenue, Schwarzenegger promised a new push this year for a constitutional amendment to change the budget system.
That proposal was hinted at in his State of the State speech two months ago but remains more concept than concrete. What we do know is that it would create a new rainy day fund by constraining spending in robust times and would give the governor the option of unilaterally cutting some state spending if the Legislature fails to do so as needed.
This mornings event, broadcast on the governors website, featured Schwarzenegger walking a careful line when assessing blame for the budget problem. While at one point saying that elected officials are not the problem (No one has forseen this [budget] situation, he told the audience), the governor then dusted off some language that sounded like it came from his failed 2005 campaign to pass the budget proposal known as Proposition 76.
Schwarzenegger said that rather than punishing Californians, perhaps someone should punish Sacramento for the problems.
Why take people, vulnerable citizens, said the governor describing the recent spate of feast or famine budget years, on this kind of roller coaster ride?
The governor then went on to blame the amorphous Sacramento for in his words stealing money over the years from the people.
He criticized last weeks Assembly vote on a new tax on oil production as the wrong approach. The oil companies didnt create this [budget] problem, he said, later arguing that the proposal was merely taking money away from the [oil company] shareholders.
And in a preview of things to come this spring and summer, Schwarzenegger seemed to make it clear that he wants to negotiate a reform proposal in tandem with the coming years budget. That could be particularly tough, given how little consensus there is so far on how to solve anything related to the states recurring gap between revenues and expenditures.
I wonder what the carbon footprint of a Trojan Horse is anyway?
It's everybit as big as that bastardly 25 million acre land regulatory agency this bastardly governor has spread over 1/5th of CA's golden (not GREEN) surface!!!
There! I think that about covers it for his dastardly deed!!! What a monument to his being an ignorant political hermaphrodite!!!
He better add another $1B to stop global warming.. especially warm in Fresno
He gave a state of the state address a few months ago?
Yup, January
I don't like what he is doing and if we do another recall of several people I am aboard, but all this momentum to the left did start with the Republicans and other conservatives who did not get off their @$$ES to vote when it was pivotal.
He'll end up signing a hugely tax-hiking budget (... oh, they'll call most of it "closing loopholes") with a few token cuts and some cosmetic budget reforms.
Outraged conservatives may attempt to override the Legislature with a ballot initiative, but I doubt it will succeed.
They also may target Schwarzenegger for recall, but again, I doubt it will succeed.
This stinks.
This stinks.
The one thing we can say for certain.
I don't call it StinkyMento for nothin'. ;-)
You just refuse to come to grips with that truth!!! Nothing forced A.S. to swing left except his own lust for love in all the wrong places!!!
In many ways, he's more of a hipocrite than the former Governor Spitzer!!! At least Spithead wasn't a political hermaphrodite!!!
More drivel from supporters of our failed governor.
We're still waiting for him to "blow up the boxes" as originally promised, and to act as if he meant it when he said the state must not spend in excess of revenue. How many state employees have been eliminated from the state payroll?
We should have known we were dealing with a European socialist from the beginning. All those conservative promises were merely a snare and a delusion, designed to fool a dumbed down electorate into believing the Austrian was a conservative. Once he found out how hard it was going to be to deliver on his promises, he simply tossed them into the dumpster and joined the other side.
He is so much worse than Gray Davis it is staggering. Like Davis, this one, too, ought to be recalled. Now.
The problem is not that the governor needs more power--it is the fact that we have an incompetent, spineless socialist that does not have the will to balance the darn budget. I don't want a new Gov. Newsom or Villaraigosa having more power.
No one has forseen this [budget] situation, he told the audience), the governor then dusted off some language that sounded like it came from his failed 2005 campaign to pass the budget proposal known as Proposition 76.
HOGWASH! This problem has been festering since 2002. It is the reason ARnold first got elected on a "fiscal conservative" platform. But instead of fixing it when he came in to office, he chose to NOT cut spending but instead to just borrow more money with Prop 57/58. All of Arnold's moves since then have exacerbated what now looks like a minor problem--a $6 billion dollar deficit that Davis left. Now we have $18 billion on top of $25 billion in debt (not counting the $40 billion in new infrastructure debt). And Prop 76 would have resulted in MORE spending.
The disinformation campaign continues! These people should be in prison!
A short history lesson. Conservatives did vote. We voted against the Austrian's lame proposals.
The urban myth, "conservatives didn't vote", now repeated by A CA Guy, was a red herring put out by FairOpinion to demoralize conservatives.
Proof there was no real Republican/conservative vote would simply be that the one proposition to notify parents if their kids were getting an abortion went down to defeat.
How in the hell with conservatives voting would that one go down?
It went down because conservative voting was way down.
Urban FACT.
The results on especially the parent notification issue proves it.
Cal: billions for illegals, billions in debt and wondering what to do.
We had a parental notification proposition about your children getting an abortion going down that day.
If there were conservatives in numbers, then parents today would have the right to know if their child was having an abortion and it could not be done behind your back.
If there were so many conservatives out there (which there wasn't), then that prop would have passed EASILY.
Not saying I like at all what A.S. is doing, and if someone want to recall, I'll sign on.
We can NOT lose sight of the fact that when he tried to blow up boxes, the conservative vote ran for the hills.
Have to call a spade a spade.
We have to be responsible for what DID NOT HAPPEN.
There wasn't a big conservative vote that election.
What happened to A.S. that election reminded me of that Clint Eastwood movie where as a gunman he was hired to protect the town with the promise that the people would stand by him. But once the bad guys came to town, all the town folk hid behind doors and did not help at all abandoning the Eastwood character.
In a large way, that went down just like that for A.S. that election.
We have to be responsible for what DID NOT HAPPEN.
WE Kimosabe?
castigating the conservatives is the easy shot to take here, but imo, there are a helluva lot of reasons things blew up in the ballot box .. but frankly, it comes down to it just wasn't meant to be and for that the ultimate blame is not the conservatives fault, it is the leadership of the state that has lost sight of its own responsibilities on all too many fronts, imo.
most measures need not be placed at the voters feet to decide , we elect representatives to make those decisions and when they don't or won't, then it becomes a crapshoot... which is about all we have coming out of StinkyMento these days ,, is crap.
Yeah, as in WE did not get out the vote on at least some of the propositions.
Especially the ones about parental notification and the other one that affect the unions that gave them ulcers.
WE did not follow through.
WE got our @$$es handed to us by the state employees and unions.
Their numbers were such that they should have been overcome and WE did not come out to vote as WE all should have.
I did, maybe you did, but in general the conservatives/Republicans did NOT my friend.
WE can beat ghosts all night long. I hear your frustration so I'll leave it at that, I'm not out to relight old battleground campfires. I'll leave that to other hill folk. ;-)
If nothing else, you'd like to think a lesson was learned, but then we saw 2006 follow and how easily folks can be turned off..
I'm not sure what cause would unite the bulk of the voters, voters are very fickle in this state. and in many instances, they vote with their feet and just look for a more accomodating state.
I think A.S. was always left on the social side but did indeed try to deal with the government employees and unions.
I think ones those props went down to defeat and crushed his power, he felt he had to move left.
I think a lack of vote of conservative nature caused those props to go down to defeat.
Sure, again go for recall on Arnold if they don't cut spending and instead raise taxes, but I felt I have to be real here and say the lack of vote is what sent the man more to the left. To his credit, he did stick to his word and did indeed try to blow up the boxes of government when he tried to take on unions and government employees.
We could have done better on the special election that MAYBE would have even avoided what is happening in the state today.
could have .. should have..
water over the dam
he should have never entered the Recall race... and once he got in, he shot himself in the foot
a golden opportunity was lost, no squandered, likely never to seen again.
I think it was the lack of conservative turn out for the vote on two or more of the propositions.
Others might think it was when McClintock did not win the nomination, but we have to keep in mind he hasn't been able to get elected dog catcher since running for Gov of CA.
Bustamante IMO would have been GOV if not Arnold.
Prop 73, Parental Notification, got 47% of the vote, despite limited support from the GOP and Arnold
and the presence of an agressive campaign against it from the pro-abort crowd.
Prop 76, State Spending, got 37% of the vote.
As Amerigomag said, conservatives (that voted for Prop 73), voted against Arnold's sham Prop 76.
Blame conservatives for not showing up, all you want (even though many did). Regardless, it wouldn't have helped pass flawed props.
Bustamante IMO would have been GOV if not Arnold.
and now we shall never know and Oh the cost to all of us,, save for those who left the state since that Trojan horse debacle.
I don't think Cruz could count to a billion much less a hundred without assistance. Oh well.
Excremento? (... meaning no offense to ordinary folks who simply happen to live there)
We have some idea because McClintock couldn't even take the Lt. Gov. seat.
What's your boner up for McClintock, anyway?
If anyone is a loser here, it folks like you who have nothing more to offer than insultative comments about folks that you aren't even worthy to carry water for.
Why are you here anyway? You really are outdoing yourself for acting like a TWirP in training , imo.
..and btw, how many other Pubs won, other then the ones that signed on the aRnold express, considering most got back-handed by the CaGoP apparatus at their own convention in a act of hero worship for the GUb ... and a movement of GOPers who then helped cost us the House and Senate in 2006.
McClintock's popularity NEVER took off in this state IMO.
He was good on immigration and economics, but wasn't able to sell himself at all.
But being he is out of the picture, who does the California Republican Party have going for Goov. after A.S.?
If they don't get going now, there will be a Democrat replacement for sure.
He's got more stuff than even you can obviously appreciate. He is a wasted talent, under appreciated, for sure.
2010.. Poizner, Fiorina, Whitman,, all fine upstanding middle of the roaders.. and loaded, of course.
Ray Haynes should be in the mix but won't because he isn't a gazillionaire... and because of attitudes like yours and many others unfortunately in the state and specificaly the GOP, likely will never hold office again.
Unfortunately the talent today has to be a complete picture or they can never raise to the top.
Or what is worse, their facade has to be the best and substance can lag behind by a large measure.
IF people would get more interested in politics and read the issues to understand what is happening, people like McClintock wouldn't have to win the beauty portion of the political races in order to serve and you'd get better people in more often.
That is a sad commentary... and good luck getting people to actually study issues, they want the issues spoon-fed to them in 10 second soundbites.
The day elections became "beauty contests", the terrorists won.
We all end up paying for it as a result.
#1 Those paid/bribed through support and employment to vote for those who want everything through the government.
IMO that consists of 32%+ of the vote every election
#2 The rest are mostly those who are not politically active and fall almost always for the commercials about how everything is for the children, firefighters, police and teachers who are going to suffer...which is BS.
What Republicans/conservatives in California are against is an automatic 32%+ that only needs to grasp 18%+ of the non committed vote to win.
Republicans IMO have maybe a 18%+ base of very conservative voters who are independent and into self sufficiency.
They every election have to come up with 32%+ of the uncommitted vote to win.
IMO Republicans have twice the uncommitted vote to win that Democrats do in this state and that is my opinion why we have such a difficult state to gather steam in.
You would think after endless elections with the same children, firefighters, police and teachers threats being used that some would learn from past mistakes, but they don't seem to at all IMO.
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A gruelling assessment of the 2012 Columbus Blue Jackets
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July 25 2012 08:54AM
So where on earth do the Columbus Blue Jackets go from here?
Why, it seems like only a year ago we were looking at the prospects of a new future in Columbus. The team were spending money on good players. They got James Wisniewski and Radek Martinek, two solid defencemen, along with Vinny Prospal, to complement a new core bolstered by the acquired Jeff Carter.
For once, the Blue Jackets were going into the year with a bit of hope. They still had their captain Rick Nash and with Carter, had two franchise players up front for once. They had two good checking centres in Antoine Vermette and Samuel Pahlsson, along with a couple of home-grown defencemen in Marc Methot and Fedor Tyutin. All in all, this was a roster that had some good pieces, and a couple of stars to bring it together.
What followed was not pretty, and general manager Scott Howson dismantled their entire group before it even got started.
The Blue Jackets commit some $91M to their major acquisitions in Wisniewski and Carter. Wisniewski was supposed to provide a powerplay option that they never had. Carter was going to give Nash an elite centre to play with for once in his career:
"All the true contenders are strong down the middle," Howson said. "We feel now with Jeff (in the fold)…we have a chance to be very strong down the middle."And I wrote that down.
Howson also talked about needing a defenseman who could not just defend — even to me, the position gives that part of the job away — but contribute to the offense. Wisniewski, as it turns out, was one of just six defensemen in the NHL last year to score 50+ points. The Blue Jackets traded a draft pick with Montreal to get him as soon as the market opened late last month, then signed him to a six-year extension.
"We really think (Wisniewski) is going to help in a lot of areas," Howson said. "We have not been good on power plays for a long time here. We think we have not had the right person at the point quarterbacking and shooting in our power play." [FOX Sports Ohio]
Wisniewski was suspended for a pre-season incident when he hit Cal Clutterbuck's head after the final horn in a game against Minnesota. He missed the first eight games of the season. Incidentally, the Jackets lost all eight, not winning until Wisniewski came back into the lineup.
Before his return even, Carter found himself on the injured reserve with a fractured right foot. The two newest stars of the Jackets were on the shelf as the team played some lean games at the start of the season. By the time got into the same lineup together, it was November 12th and the Jackets won a 2-1 contest against the Winnipeg Jets. It was just the team's third win of the season.
Unfortunately, during this time the Jackets had goaltending issues. Steve Mason, the one-time Calder Trophy winner as the rookie of the year, had an even strength save percentage of .900 in the team's first 16 games.
February hit, and it was time to sell. Vermette went to Phoenix for a song. Pahlsson to Vancouver. The Jackets decided it was time to give up on Jeff Carter—after 39 games, either the problems in the dressing room or the problems on ice, the team didn't find it worthwhile to have him in the lineup. They let him go for Jack Johnson, arguably the worst regular defenceman in the NHL over the last few years.
What is a shame is how quickly they gave up on this team that showed quite a bit of promise.
It's a small sample, but with both Carter and Wisniewski in the lineup, the team averaged 79 points per 82 games played. Compare that to the 65 that they actually ended up with at the end of the season. The team's tied possession statistics, which tailed off midway through the season, were also strong with both players in the lineup:
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(Data acquired through the excellent timeonice.com scripts and Hockey Reference)
Wisniewski alone wasn't enough to drive play for the Jackets, but Carter was, and with both players in the lineup, the Jackets had a respectable 52.4% tied Fenwick rate. That would have been good for 9th in the NHL. Without either, they were a 45.8% team, which would be 3rd worst. In the 43 games the Jackets played without Jeff Carter, their 44.5% Fenwick rate would be dead last in the National Hockey League, yes, below even the Minnesota Wild:
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The problems for the Jackets weren't necessarily at even strength, or even goaltending at that point. Curtis Sanford had come in and quietly had a terrific season in relief, his best ever season at even strength since he stopped 94 of 100 shots in 2003. While not great, at the time of the Carter trade the Jackets had a .925 EV SV% from their goaltending but were shooting a measly 6.1%.
Despite Howson's vision as Wisniewski as the #1 powerplay quarterback defenceman in Columbus ere the season started, that quickly changed. Johnson has limited defensive abilities. If anything, he can score a few powerplay goals a year. The Jackets had some percentage problems on specialty teams.
The team was 4th in the NHL in 5-on-4 shots, but had faced unsustainable .910 save percentage in that situation, dropping them to tied for 26th in the NHL in goals. On the penalty kill, the discrepancy was just as bad. Thanks to an awful .827 penalty kill save percentage, the Jackets allowed 9 goals per hour of 4-on-5 hockey, worst in the NHL, despite being just 20th in shots allowed. [BTN team pages]
I have no way of splitting this up by season segment, but it would be interesting to see if a few minutes of poor powerplay shooting percentages is what caused the Jackets to have such a miserable record in their time without Carter. 7 of his 15 goals in 39 games with the club were on the powerplay, however.
With the amount of injuries sustained by the Blue Jackets last season and the money commit last offseason, you have to wonder why the Jackets didn't just write-off the season. Instead, they went in the complete opposite direction, firing all their good players and their coach. What was he ever going to do?
Meanwhile, I return above to Howson's quote about how all good teams have good centres down the middle. It's true, both Western Conference finalists had strong centremen in their top six last postseason—the clubs acquired them from Scott Howson and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
What's the lesson for Leafs fans? Centremen are important, but also, Rick Nash alone doesn't turn a bad team into a good team. You need other players.
"Rick Nash alone doesn't turn a bad team into a good team."
I think Leaf fans already learned that with Phil Kessel.
In the lessons learned, you could have pointed out the Columbus close fenwick vs the leafs close fenwick. And noted that Columbus was actually a better team in terms of driving possession. There downfall was goaltending.
Than based on the changes each team made in net, defence and with forwards made a guess as to which team would do better. My guess is that whichever team gets better goaltending will do better in the standings. And for the lack of high end talent on the jackets, they have improved their puck possession so I wouldn't be surprised if they are "closer" in the standings than some leaf fans expect. And the lesson is yes even Kessel doesn't turn a bad good.
I wouldn't be surprised in Columbus does better than most people expect next year. They have added Bobrovsky who might provide them with better goaltending and Dubinsky and Anisimov are both solid defensive players. They won't score a lot of goals, but they probably won't give up as many as last year either which at the very least means they will play in a few more close games and thus a few more freebie OTL points (they had the fewest OT games last year and close to the fewest OTL points last year).
Plus, and maybe more importantly, their division got easier with the retirement of Lidstrom and the departure of Suter.
They will still suck, but maybe not as bad as some expect.
@Cam Charron
Agreed. Or at the very least got something back more useful than Jack Johnson.
Interesting assessment of the CBJ season from hell. As a CBJ fan it's always great to get an outsider's take on the team. A little food for thought. Here are last season's numbers for Carter and JMFJ:
Carter - 39GP 15G 10A 25PTS -11 0.641 PPG Johnson - 21GP 4G 10A 14PTS +5 0.666 PPG
Can you really look at me and tell me that we got hosed in that deal? What you don't see when you read reports of Carter for JMFJ + 1st round pick is that JMFJ has had an _amazing_ attitude since day 1 and actually acts like he wants to be here whereas Carter moped around Columbus his entire time and by all accounts completely alienated the rest of the locker room. As a CBJ fan, I (and most) have been thrilled with that trade.


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Canadians Rescue 1,500 Americans Who Veered Off Course on Inflatable Rafts
Participants in the Port Huron Float Down in Michigan along the St. Clair River were blown off course by wind gusts, sending some ashore in Canada.
August 25, 2016, Thursday
MORE ON RAFTS AND: Rafts , Maritime Accidents and Safety , Sarnia (Ontario) , Rescues , Canada , Michigan
Hawaii: Rafts Found From Crashed Helicopters
Rescuers searching the area where two Marine helicopters crashed off Hawaii last week have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the aircraft, but no sign of the 12 crew members who were on board.
January 19, 2016, Tuesday
Crossing Rivers, Searching for the Future
In his years covering immigration, Nick Oza has assembled a body of work that reflects the complexity of human beings flowing across borders.
August 11, 2014, Monday
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Cuomo Promotes Adirondacks by Taking Bloomberg on a Wet Ride
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, 55, and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, 71, had a whitewater-rafting showdown. Guess who won?
July 23, 2013, Tuesday
MORE ON RAFTS AND: Cuomo, Andrew M , Bloomberg, Michael R , Adirondack Mountains (NY) , Rafts , Travel and Vacations , Adirondack Park (NY)
Rapid Transit Indeed: Rafting Six Continents
Mountain Travel Sobek is offering a 25-day journey along nine rivers with class III through V rapids.
September 27, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON RAFTS AND: Rafts , Rivers , Travel and Vacations
A Banner Season for Whitewater Rafting
The cool, wet spring in the West may make for an exceptional white-water rafting season.
June 2, 2011, Thursday
MORE ON RAFTS AND: News , Rafts , Western States (US)
For Sun Valley, a Conference That Brings Wealth
For local photographers and whitewater raft guides alike, few weeks are better than the one when Allen & Company comes to town.
July 9, 2010, Friday
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Dispute Revives Battle Between Rafters and Property Owners
A developer's effort to stop rafters from floating through his land has revived an old battle over land and property rights.
April 17, 2010, Saturday
MORE ON RAFTS AND: Rafts , Rivers , Land Use Policies , Colorado
Knut Haugland, Kon-Tiki Crewman, Dies at 92
Mr. Haugland was one of six crew members who crossed the Pacific Ocean in 1947 on board the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki.
December 27, 2009, Sunday
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River Craft Lite: Floats Great, Less Filling
Weighing as little as three pounds, pack rafts are seeing a resurgence with outdoors fanatics.
October 16, 2009, Friday
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- Streaming production
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New Performance Features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
- 04/12/2010
- Categorized in: Adobe Creative Suite, Choosing a video editor, Choosing production tools
Here's a screencam-based tutorial detailing and demonstrating the new performance related enhancements to Premiere Pro CS5 and identifying the relevant hardware requirements.
For those who care about such things, I created the screencam in Camtasia 7, the most recent version from TechSmith, which has some very cool new features, including the sketch callouts you see throughout the video.
This screencam details the new performance related features in Adobe Creative Suite 5.
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Hi Jan,
which FX card was used for Mercury rendering ?
KR Helmut
Good question. In the video (on the Z400) it's the Quadro FX 4800. It's also the Quadro 4800 in the review I wrote for EventDV which has much more extensive testing.
Hope that helps!
Hi Jan:
At the recent NAB show, I talked to the Matrox guys and they said their tests showed that using a Matrox box with their MAX technology actually accelerated the rendering process in Premiere CS5 even better than the Quadro FX 4800 - have you heard anything about this? Trying to whether to go with the Matrox or the Quadro when I build my new system for CS5 updgrade.
Good question. Mercury doesn't accelerate encoding, just the handoff from Premiere Pro to Adobe Media Encoder. The Matrox board accelerates just the encoding, not any effects applied in Premiere Pro.
In theory, they should work synergistically, not either or.
Without knowning the types of projects that you produce it's hard to make a recommendation. Consider:
- how frequently you preview.
- how editing intensive your projects are (the more intense, the more CUDA helps)
- How long they are and how many H.264 files you create from each (longer, more files, favors Matrox).
You get the drift. Let me know which one you get and what you think!
Can you provide an open video version of the video?
Not really sure what "open video" is. Here's the file on Vimeo.
Don't know what happened, but HTML5 no longer seems to be an option.
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
The 2002 Horse 4-H season ended with a flurry of activities including service projects, parades, the annual awards banquet, and State competition. Most of the clubs have been involved in service projects throughout the summer. In July, 4-H members, along with parents and leaders, cleaned the grounds and painted the chutes at the Castle Dale Arena for the San Rafael Pro Rodeo.
Other projects have included clean up projects, representing the 4-H at community meetings, and teaching others about horses and horsemanship. Some of the clubs rode in the rain at the Peach Days Parade and then went down the next week to clean up the city park in Ferron.
Three of the Seniors: Jade Jensen, Jesse Jensen, and Amy Langston, competed at the Utah State Region Team Show in Nephi in August. With two other team members from the Southeastern Region, they finished in third place in State Team competition.
On Sept. 6, Horse 4-H members and their families met in Castle Dale at the pool for a swimming party, then moved to the Recreation Building for an awards program to celebrate the successes of the season. They all enjoyed a barbeque, with many items donated by local businesses, and the rest furnished by the families.Each member who signed up for horse 4-H, including the 12 members from Green River, received a T-shirt.
Everyone who showed in at least four of the five county shows received a braided roping rein and a chinstrap. State qualifiers received "hoodies" with their name and Emery County State Team embroidered on the back. The Champion and Reserve Champion All-Around winners received belt buckles.


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Designed to swim with an accelerated scissor-kicking action, the Trigger X Aggression Frog features an elongated body and stumpy legs - producing the critical balance of characteristics to trigger strikes. Easy to rig, the Aggression Frog's weight and body shape allow for the super long casts, and its ribbed texture causes fish to hold on longer. Like all Trigger X Aggression baits, the Frog is also loaded with UltraBite Aggression Pheromones, a custom blend of aggression and fear pheromones that mimic the natural predator versus prey response - and trigger a predator's natural feeding instinct. Available in several colors, each Trigger X Aggression Frog also features a phthalate-free soft plastic composition that eliminates the "plastic" smell found in other soft baits - putting an end to scent contamination.
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Facts and figures about twisters
Although tornadoes can happen at any time of year, they are especially common during the spring and early summer. May and June are the peak months in terms of numbers of tornadoes, but April appears to be the deadliest month. Two of the all-time worst tornado disasters occurred in April. On April 3-4, 1974, 148 twisters struck 13 states, causing more than 300 deaths, and on April 27, 2011, 137 reported tornadoes swept through the south, killing nearly 300 people in six states. Most of the fatalities occurred in Alabama. May holds the record for experiencing the most tornadoes. In May 2003, there were 543 recorded tornadoes. On average, 60 people die each year as a result of tornadoes, mostly from flying and falling debris.
What Is a Tornado?
A tornado is a dark funnel-shaped cloud made up of violently rotating winds that can reach speeds of up to 300 m.p.h. The diameter of a tornado can vary between a few feet and a mile, and its track can extend from less than a mile to several hundred miles. Tornadoes generally travel in a northeast direction (depending on the prevailing winds) at speeds ranging from 20-60 m.p.h.
What Causes a Tornado?
Tornadoes are most often spawned by giant thunderstorms known as "supercells." These powerful, highly organized storms form when warm, moist air along the ground rushes upward, meeting cooler, drier air. As the rising warm air cools, the moisture it carries condenses, forming a massive thundercloud, sometimes growing to as much as 50,000 ft. in height. Variable winds at different levels of the atmosphere feed the updraft and cause the formation of the tornado's characteristic funnel shape.
Where Do Tornadoes Occur?
The conditions that lead to the formation of tornadoes are most often met in the central and southern U.S., where warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with cool, dry air from the Rockies and Canada. This area, dubbed "tornado alley," extends roughly from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians, and from Iowa and Nebraska to the Gulf of Mexico. Tornadoes can also occur elsewhere, though, including all U.S. states, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
What Kind of Destruction Do Tornadoes Cause?
The Fujita scale classifies tornadoes according to the damage they cause. Almost half of all tornadoes fall into the F1 or "moderate damage" category. These tornadoes reach speeds of 73-112 m.p.h. and can overturn automobiles and mobile homes, rip off the roofs of houses, and uproot trees. Only about 1 percent of tornadoes are classified as F5, causing "incredible damage." With wind speeds in excess of 261 m.p.h., these tornadoes are capable of lifting houses off their foundations and hurling them considerable distances.


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Clearion Software and Lewis Tree Service are offering a GIS-based software package and a regional support model for utilities.
West Henrietta, NY, and Atlanta, GA, June 11, 2013 – In the sensitive balance between the reliable supply of electricity to customers and the need for responsible vegetation management and tree-trimming practices, the nation's 1000-plus electric co-ops and municipal electric utilities have a fresh approach from Lewis Tree Service and Clearion Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lewis, to help them achieve their goals.
The community-centric nature of electric co-ops and municipally-owned power companies implies that the trees and power lines sharing many of the streets and roads need to co-exist as important assets of the community. Recognizing this, Lewis and Clearion are announcing a software-and-services offering that will deliver both immediate benefits and long-term care focused upon the vegetation along the transmission and distribution lines throughout a utility's service area.
"Over the years, Lewis has developed a solid base of electric co-op and municipal electric customers. Clearion has also made strong inroads into the sale of their configurable software solution for vegetation management to utilities of all sizes, including a number of electric co-ops. Now that we are operating as a combined leadership team, our organizations are working together to focus on this important customer set with even greater attention and priority," said Tom Rogers, President and CEO, Lewis Tree Service. "Today we are announcing a tailored GIS-based software package from Clearion and a regional support model from Lewis that focuses solely upon the unique nature of the vegetation management challenges found in our nation's electric co-ops and municipal electric companies."
The centerpiece of the new offering is a turnkey software solution that allows utility operations to begin using GIS-based tools to track and manage their vegetation management work in as little as two weeks. Leveraging a cloud-based infrastructure with the same powerful Esri ArcGIS Platform as Clearion's largest implementations, the system includes a ruggedized Clearion Mobile tablet computer, one license of Clearion Work Manager for centralized planning and reporting, a collection of out-of-the-box reports, two-days of on-site training, and complete setup and hosting services. Also included is Clearion's premium support package featuring free software upgrades, remote assistance and high-availability servers. The package will be offered through personnel within Lewis Tree Service's regional operations with support from dedicated resources at Clearion.
"We are excited about our new approach to this important segment of the utility market in North America. Teaming up with the extensive field resources of our parent company, Lewis Tree Service, and delivering a package that allows customers to get up and running with an affordable, fully-functional vegetation management solution in a matter of weeks is what many community-based utilities have been seeking," said Chris Kelly, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder, Clearion Software.
Lewis personnel will also be presenting electric co-ops and municipal utilities in their coverage area opportunities to "bundle" the Clearion software with their tree-trimming, mowing and herbicide application services, providing a "one-stop shopping" opportunity for procurement and operations staffs.
To learn more about the new offering, call 1-404-954-0297 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Lewis Tree Service
As the 2nd largest provider of utility vegetation management services in North America, Lewis Tree Service is a leader in safety, responsiveness and innovation. Lewis personnel work in support of over 30 electric co-op and municipal electric utilities, providing a wide range of vegetation management services and expertise including transmission and distribution utility line clearing and outage response resources. Whether working around-the-clock in a storm or reliably managing the ongoing line clearing needs of their customers, utilities count on Lewis to get the job done right. Lewis Tree Service is an employee-owned ESOP corporation with approximately 4,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit lewistree.com.
About Clearion Software
Clearion is a leader in utility vegetation management software, working in partnership with over 50 companies across North America. Clearion also provides solutions for managing asset maintenance programs, large scale damage assessment, and infrastructure design and construction. Since our inception, Clearion has worked closely with electric cooperatives of all sizes to bring innovative, GIS-based technology that improves accuracy and efficiency in vegetation management for better reliability and customer service. Clearion is based in Atlanta, Georgia and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Lewis Tree Service. For more information, visit clearion.com.
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If your hair is curly or wavy, blow it dry smooth to establish a solid base and always use a heat protectant (we love the Sedu Anti-Frizz Polishing Treatment with Argan Oil). The first step to styling with a flat iron is a great blowout, even if curls are your end goal. We suggest using an ionic hair dryer to create a frizz-free foundation.
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Patriotic Music
American patriotic music is a part of the culture and history of the United States since its founding in the 18th century and has served to encourage feelings of honor for the country's forefathers and for national unity. These songs include hymns, military themes, national songs, and music from stage and screen, as well as songs adapted from poems. See below for more information about patriotic music.


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The candidates for mayor in Holyoke, Massachusetts faced off in a debate last night. Incumbent Mayor Alex Morse and challenger Jeff Stanek traded jabs ahead of next week's election.
The debate focused mostly on economic development in the city with an over 30 percent poverty rate. The candidates also attacked each others' records. Most notably, Jeff Stanek drew attention to several flip-flopped decisions in Morse's first term, including on casino development, and a proposed Wal-Mart.
"Leaders sit back and they do their homework ahead of time and make a decision and stand by it," Stanek says. "It's not good for businesses, businesses do not like someone that one day is going to embrace you, and the next day might turn their back on you."
For his part, Morse says he knows his first term hasn't been perfect.
"But that's what's exciting to me, is that with the lessons I've learned over the past two years, we're more poised for a successful second term than ever before," Morse says. "We've developed a fantastic team in city hall, we've developed a fantastic economic development team in city hall. At the end of the day we've made the right decisions for the people of the city of Holyoke."
Morse was first elected in 2011 when he was 22-years old. Stanek grew up in Holyoke, but only recently moved back.


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Calendar Of Events Theater
Written by Miami Today on March 21, 2013
Thursday 3/21
GableStage presents "4,000 Miles" by Amy Herzog. After losing his best friend while on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother in her West Village apartment. Thurs, Fri, and Sat 8 p.m. 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through April 14. GableStage at the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave., eastern section, Coral Gables. $37.50-$50. Details: (305) 445-1119 or www.gablestage.org.
The Actors' Playhouse presents Broadway musical "In The Heights," telling of a vibrant community in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you and which you leave behind. 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 2 p.m. Sundays. Through April 7. Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Mile Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. $37 preview night. $42 weeknights and matinees. $50 Friday and Saturday. Details: (305) 444-9293 or www.actorsplayhouse.org.
Comedy "Brothers Beckett," written by David Michael Sirois and directed by Adalberto J. Acevedo, is a satirical portrait of slacker siblings. Kevin Beckett, Yale alumnus, is awaiting the arrival of his girlfriend Tuesday, who will be spending a week with him and his roommate/brother, Brad. When Kevin divulges to Brad that he plans to propose, Brad tries to find any way possible to keep his brother from moving out of their studio apartment. 7:30 p.m. Performances through March 24. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Carnival Studio Theater, Miami. $35. Details: (305) 949-6722 or www.arshtcenter.org.
Friday 3/22
New Theatre presents "Bird in the Hand" by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas. In this comedic play, an adolescent Felix recalls working summers at his father's tropical-bird theme park in Miami. Through movement, video and sound, the birds played by actors help Felix reconstruct foggy and embellished memories of his past. 8 p.m. Thurs-Sat. 1 p.m. Sunday. 5:30 p.m. March 31 and April 7. Performances through April 7. New Theatre at the Roxy Performing Arts Center, 1645 SW 107th Ave., Miami. $15 student rush at the door. $25 others. Details: (305) 443-5909 or www.new-theatre.org.