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One might think that selling your—ahem—well-worn undies to the online fetish community would be a lucrative snap—you buy a cheap pack of panties from Target, wear 'em around for a couple days, toss 'em in an envelope and get some cash transferred into your PayPal account. Right?
We're in a recession, people! Nothing—not even airing your dirty laundry—comes as easy to us as it did to our parents. Wait… gross. Since Craigslist buckled to prudish pressures and axed its "adult" section, becoming an Internet skid-mark entrepreneur ain't as easy as it used to be.
First, you've got to find a place that'll host your online listings. You can either do this independently, by purchasing a domain, or you can join the skivvy-selling masses on an underwear auction site such as pantybid.com or usedpantyportal.com that is free to join but has lower exposure.
Then you've got to promote your pretty underthings and build your customer base, which is much harder than it sounds in this competitive kink industry. The most successful panty-sellers are the most personal. Key personal touches include having professional (faceless) photos of you wearing your girlish goods and maintaining an ongoing blog about what you've been doing with your dirties, how they got dirty in the first place and even with whom (hint: don't mention the hubby).
Then you've got to manage the countless email exchanges from potential customers, which rarely take the form of a quick-sell and often include a "girlfriend experience" of extended online chatting before any purchase is made—or the fulfillment of common "special requests" that can range from going tampon-less during your monthly to wearing a particular pair for up to a week straight (now that's just unsanitary!).
Now, just because a dude's got a panty fetish doesn't mean he's stupid. It's common practice for kinky clients to request "validation," that is, personal proof that you are indeed a real live lady wearing real live lingerie that smells like your real live … you get the idea. Oftentimes this looks like a picture of you wearing the panties whilst holding a sign with his name on it or signing his name on the panties themselves before shipping.
Once you've snagged yourself a spankies-sniffer, you've got to get paid. But popular sites such as PayPal disallow adult exchanges, and having someone send cash to your home address is obviously risky business.
Many panty pros opt to be paid via online giftcard to their favorite websites. Some report luck with PayPal alternative, AlterPay. Beginners can expect a measily $5 a pair until they build of band of loyal followers, while the average "24-hours-worn" pulls in $20-$30.
Other braver (or more stupid) undie-slingers have cashed in over $100 for in-person exchanges like meeting your client at a Starbucks and dropping your dirty drawers then and there (see Nerve.com writer Meghan Pleticha's entertaining personal account of her brief stint in the briefs biz).
The real question is–it worth it? Once you factor in costs such as shipping and webhosting alongside billable hours of your time shooting and editing photos, blogging, emailing clients and satisfying special requests, a casual foray into the fetish community could become a draining, underpaid gig. Then too, you've only got so many vaginas to work with, so how high can your production rate really get? Unless you're personally committed to the fetish, the pay-off's really pretty low.
More importantly, many knickers-selling novices mistakenly think that this lewd-but-legal exchange is far enough away from "real sex work" to take any emotional toll. While the heyday of Craigslist may have provided us with an impersonal way to make some dirty dough, today's suffering, gunky G-string market now requires really selling yourself, which can include using a wide array of disturbing vaginal vernacular such as "gusset" and "nectar," bartering the prices of your "natural scent" and getting in heated email debates about the validity of your soiled clothing.
Sure, scraping up enough quarters to sit in a laundromat with nothing but a three-year-old People magazine to keep you company is a crappy way to spend a day off, but, hey–at least you'll leave feeling a little bit cleaner.•


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The Best Celebrity Instagram Photos of 2013
We've rounded up our favorite celeb candids from the past 12 months, from the ones that made us smile (Karl Lagerfeld cuddling his kitten, Choupette) to the ones that made us blush (Miley Cyrus's Lil' Kim outfit). Click through while you ponder the following: if a moment is shared on social media, did it ever even happen? #boom #mindblown
Beyonce posts a photo of her new pixie cut and, voila, a trend is born.
Drew Barrymore shows off her nail art to Who What Wear sister site, Byrdie.
Supermodel Cara Delevingne racked up 3 million followers just by being her goofy self.
Carine Roitfeld dared to bare with a revealing selfie.
A Simple Life reunion (kinda) happened thanks to Derek Blasberg.
Gisele courted controversy with a photo of her definition of "multi-tasking".
Jennifer Aniston and makeup artist Gucci Westman got matching BFF cartilage piercings.
The hand heart became the new peace sign. (Pictured: Dree Hemingway and Miranda Kerr).
Hillary Kerr took us backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion show. The result? Candice Swanepoel on a table.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lily Collins, and Cameron Diaz (finally) jumped on the Instagram bandwagon.
Jennifer Lawrence shared her Oscar win.
Baby North made her much-anticipated debut.
Lena Dunham let us in on her trick to keeping her Emmy's dress wrinkle-free.
#Tbt got presidential.
Miley Cyrus paid homage to fellow agent provocateur, Lil' Kim.
Vogue declared Prince George's Alexander McQueen christening gown a fashion win.
Karl Lagerfeld's pampered feline Choupette (the only cat we know with two maids and an iPad) make a cameo at the F/W 13 shows.
Rihanna and Snoop Dogg enjoyed their mutual interest.

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ARARAT - Ararat Relay For Life 2012 has been cancelled, however local Cancer Council supporters are encouraged to participate in the Castlemaine Relay For Life 2012 or support one of Cancer Council's many fundraising campaigns.
Since the first Ararat Relay For Life in 2004, the community has raised more than $250,000 to help Cancer Council Victoria continue its important work in cancer research, prevention and support.
Relay For Life co-ordinator Naomi Young thanked the community for its generous support and said the Relay For Life team will continue to fundraise and support those with cancer in the Ararat community.
"There are a lot of passionate Relay For Life supporters in Ararat and there are lots of ways they can continue their support for Cancer Council Victoria," she said.
"I would encourage those who want to participate in Relay For Life this year to consider the Castlemaine Relay For Life. Alternatively, there are a number of ways to support Cancer Council including hosting your own fundraising event, donating or volunteering your time."
The Castlemaine Relay For Life will be held on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November; for more information visit www.relayforlife.org.au or call 1300 65 65 85.
For more information on how to support Cancer Council Victoria by hosting your own fundraising event, donating or volunteering your time visit www.cancervic.org.au or call 1300 65 65 85.


text: DAS North America plant Montgomery Auto Seat Maker Breaking Ground in Montgomery By The Associated Press • Jun 20, 2013 Robert Fouts/ Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce An automotive supplier is breaking ground on a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Montgomery. Gov. Robert Bentley and other officials will be on hand for a ceremony being held Thursday afternoon for DAS North America. The company makes seats for Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The expansion will create about 300 jobs in the Montgomery Industrial Park. The company is currently located in a temporary facility that employs about 100 people. The $37 million project is supposed to be complete next year.


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Pratt & Whitney Completes New V2500® Engine Line: Prepares for Ramp Up at Connecticut Engine Center
Today, Pratt & Whitney completed the second phase of an assembly-floor transformation project at its Middletown, Conn., facility to prepare the Engine Center to ramp up for production of its portion of PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo family and increase capacity for the F135 engine powering the F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Military. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
Pratt & Whitney leadership, employees and customers gathered today at the facility for a ribbon-cutting to mark the completion of a streamlined V2500 engine assembly line, the completion of Phase Two of the transformation. This four-phase project reconfigures the engine center to best use existing factory space to annually produce hundreds of V2500 engines, while making space for new engine lines for the F135 and PW1100G-JM engine programs.
"Pratt & Whitney is transforming its global operations. We're investing hundreds of millions of dollars to prepare for our ramp in production for our Next Generation Product Family, including significant investments in our Connecticut facilities," said Joe Sylvestro, vice president, Manufacturing Operations, Pratt & Whitney. "Our Connecticut operations continue to be an important part of Pratt & Whitney's bright future. High technology development and production, like the V2500 line, build on our legacy of success here."
Entering service in 1989, the V2500 turbofan engine continues to be a workhorse model for close to 200 customers. It is known for its reliability and fuel efficiency, as well as its superior environmental performance for both noise and emissions. Currently, the V2500 is available across three platforms: the Airbus A320ceo family, the Boeing MD-90, and the Embraer KC-390.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, auxiliary and ground power units, and small turbojet propulsion products. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries. To learn more about UTC, visit the website or follow the company on Twitter: @UTC.
This release includes "forward looking statements" concerning anticipated future production of engines and business opportunities that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including with regard to the programs described in this release. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in forward looking statements include the effect of economic conditions in the markets in which we operate, including financial market conditions, levels of end market demand in the aerospace industry, including levels of demand for the new engines and aircraft described in this release; levels of air travel/military flight activity; and challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies and new products and services. For information identifying other important economic, political, regulatory, legal, technological, competitive and other uncertainties, see UTC's 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC.


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3 blade Muzzys 100 gn, 447 total arrow weight, 63#'s 292fps 85 ke.
Switched to Magnus Stingers a few years ago. Sharp and shoot straight. Makes elk fall down.
3 blade Muzzys 100 gn, 447 total arrow weight, 63#'s 292fps 85 ke.
Over the last 5 years I've killed bear and deer with slick mag's 100g and Rage 2 blade 100g .This year I'm going with slick mags 125g. Money is tight but if it wasn't I would have both
Over the last three years I have shot G5 Montecs 100g and Rage 2 blade 100g. Both work well but I would have to go with the Rage as my #1 choice.
It's the Muzzy MX-3 for me. I love an easy to follow blood trail. Plus Muzzy has been in the game a long time.
I put a lot of elk and deer down with the old Bear 2 blade heads, recently switched to Wac em's, then Montec G5s. Thinking about going back to a fixed 2 blade for better penetration.
Best of Luck,
Wac'ems for me, the best flying head i have found.
The best bang for your buck is the Magnus stinger 4 blade fixed, and it is a cut on contact and you can tune them if you need to
The first year I hunted with Wac'em 100 grain. However they are sharp and accurate, the blades are thin, brittle, and break on bone. Makes for dangerous clean up time.
I now shoot the Maniac 100 grain blades. The main blade is very unique, and huge. The maniacs I shoot are not the cheep ones from china found on Ebay , but the ones by aftershockarchery.com. In my state, fixed blade is all you can use.
I hunt because......
I use VPA Terminators in 150gr. This is a three blade one piece head. Exceptionally well made and tough. I've also used Magnus four blade heads for a lot of years, also an excellent head.


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SDSU leads Commissioner's Cup race
ELMHURST, Ill. — On the strength of first-place finishes in both men's and women's basketball during the winter sports season, South Dakota State has taken over the top spot in the 2012-13 Summit League Commissioner's Cup standings.
With 55.5 points, the Jackrabbits lead the all-sports race by one point over Oakland. North Dakota State is third with 45 points, followed by the University of South Dakota with 44.5 points.
SDSU regained the top spot after placing in the top-five in all six winter sport standings, including a second-place finish in men's swimming and diving. Oakland remained in the top two of the standings after first-place finishes in both men's and women's swimming and diving, and a fourth-place showing in men's basketball.
In addition, the Jackrabbits have the lead in their respective men's and women's all-sports races, holding a half-point lead over Oakland in both divisions.
The Commissioner's Cup is given annually to the member institution that collects the most combined points in relationship to placement in league-sponsored sports between its men's and women's athletic programs, while the All Sports Awards are given to the institutions that accumulate the most points in men's sports and women's sports. The men's award is named for former Valparaiso Director of Athletics Dr. William Steinbrecher, who guided the Crusaders from 1979-2004, while the women's award is named for former Western Illinois Director of Athletics Dr. Helen Smiley, who headed WIU's athletic program from 1994-2001.
The winner of the all-sports races will be determined by the results in eight different sports: baseball, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's outdoor track and field.
Full standings can be accessed above.


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Kathryn Kinnaman, 62
Kathryn L. "KK" Kinnaman, 62, of Wapakoneta, formerly of Columbus, pass away Saturday Oct. 6, 2012, at her residence.
She was born July 3, 1950, the daughter of Pauline and John W. Kennedy, who preceded her in death. She was married to Gary Kinnaman for 27 years.
Surviving are her little women, a daughter, Jennifer Kinnaman; three granddaughters, Tessa Kinnaman, Emily Billingham, and Ellie Roettger; a son, Christopher Kinnaman; four other grandchildren, Bubby, Kayla, Kaitlyn, and Kayleigh; many nieces and nephews; a sister, Peggy (Robert) Parker; two brothers Pat (Debbie) Kennedy, and Raymond Kennedy; and a sister-in-law, Melanie.
She was preceded in death by two brothers; Johnny and Danny; and a special niece, Megan Smith.
KK retired from Children's Hospital in Columbus after 25 years in cardiology.
Services are at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Salem United Methodist Church in Wapakoneta.
Friends may call from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the church.
Contributions may be made to the family.
Schlosser Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Wapakoneta is handling arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed at schlosserfuneralhome.com.


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Neither rain, nor snow nor traffic can keep Leon Hogan from performing his duties as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service.
Neither rain, nor snow nor traffic can keep Leon Hogan from performing his duties as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service.
Hogan, 64, is a resident of Lexington and a letter carrier for the High Point Post Office. He received the highest honor given to professional drivers in the workplace Tuesday called the Million Mile Club by the National Safety Council. To gain entry in the club, one must have driven in the workplace for at least 30 years or one million miles without incurring a preventable motor vehicle accident.
"It was surprising to me," Hogan said. "I didn't know about it until that morning. It is a very exclusive club, and I am honored to be a part of it. It's something to show the grandkids"
Hogan was born in Lexington and attended Dunbar High School but graduated from Central Davidson High School. He served a four-year tour of duty in Vietnam with the Navy. After returning home, he worked at Owen-Illinois for three years before moving to Alabama. While there, he had his first experience working for the post office.
"I had a brother-in-law who talked me into it," Hogan said. "That only lasted a few months before I came back to Lexington and began working at Davidson Electric Membership Corp., which is now EnergyUnited."
Hogan managed the warehouse at Davidson EMC for three years before he started looking for another career move in 1981. He decided that he wanted to return to the postal service.
"I was just looking for opportunities at the time," Hogan said. "This was the best option because there was a difference in pay."
After taking the exams and undergoing several interviews, Hogan began servicing the route on the south side of High Point near Brentwood, Leonard Avenue and Kivett Drive.
The National Safety Council honored Hogan for his safety record while driving, and he said it is important to be diligent when representing the USPS. Hogan was honored by High Point Postmaster Dee Strickland and Greensboro Acting District Manager Ronnie White on Tuesday morning at the High Point Post Office. Less than two percent of all carriers in the Greensboro District are recognized for this achievement every year.
"You have to be conscientious working in the postal service," Hogan said. "It's like a switch that comes on when you get behind the wheel. I try to be a professional and be self-conscious about what I'm doing."
Hogan has been delivering mail on the same route for the past 30 years, and says he has gotten to know most of the people. Although technology has impacted the postal service, Hogan said he is still seeing a high volume of snail mail, especially during the holidays and political season. He said things have changed a lot since he began 30 years ago, especially in how the mail is delivered.
"The biggest change is when I started, I was walking up to 14 miles a day," Hogan said. "Now we have vehicles to cover the route."
Hogan is in his final year with the postal service and will retire in April 2015. He said it is a bittersweet thought, but he is looking forward to having more time to spend with his family.
"I have worked all my life on weekends, so it will be nice to be able to spend time with the kids and go to their games," Hogan said.
He said he is very pleased to be recognized by his peers and coworkers and hopes he has represented the postal service in the best possible light.
"Looking back, I was dedicated and went to work regularly," Hogan said. "I tried to be responsible. I am honored to be recognized."
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- The week eight rankings for Colorado prep football aren't too different from previous weeks.
Palisade moved back into the top three in Class 3A, while Cedaredge and Hotchkiss stayed put in the fifth and seventh spots of Class 1A.
The wildcard rankings were also released for the first time this season on Monday.
As of now, Fruita Monument stands eight spots outside of the playoff picture. The Wildcats are in 40th and Class 5A only selects 32 teams to make it to the state playoffs.
Meanwhile, Grand Junction is 15th in those 5A wildcard rankings.
Classes 4A, 3A, and 2A all take 16 teams into their playoff tournaments.
In 4A, the Montrose Indians are currently 14th in wildcard points.
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It is a world map, so it is in centimeters. Divide by 2.54 for inches.
I hate 'new money' for measurements. Give me good old feet and inches any time! (That isn't some kind of kinky request either! )
I noticed some gray areas on that map....what's with that? Did those people just not have penises? Were they countries full of women? Were they too shy to share thier penis size? Enquiring minds need to know!!!
Hmmm... I thought Brazil would be bigger
I make my bed with the stars above my head and dream of a place called home.
Reminds me of areas we need to put on our travel itinerary.
Shouldn't this have been called the Average Sizemeat World Map??
guess green win
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Obviously it's erect penises in centimeters.
Here is a calculator for all you American pervs
I'm surprised at the US results. Don't you have more blacks than Asians there?
^ For internet add 2 inches to all penis sizes.
The U.S.A. average is 4.6 inches to 5.4 inches????????
I'm astounded by that.
I'm also surprised that the worldwide average (middle of yellow range) is just 5.7 inches.
Systematic and widespread misleading and exaggerating going on.
Doesn't look reliable at all. Mexico in green?
The only "surprise" comes from the fact that we're all so used to hearing/seeing larger than average presented as normal that a western guy (particularly a gay guy) is going to have an inflated idea of what's average.
You *almost never* hear *anyone* on the net, barring fettish areas for micropenis and stuff, say they're under 6... even though, medical-average speaking, about half of guys should be.
Pornography of course is always going to heavily favor larger than average guys and larger than average guys are the most likely to exhibit themselves either in amatuer or professional settings too, further inflating the perception of normal.
Remember guys. It is measured on the top, not the underside from the taint to the tip.
Some guys are probably estimating the total size including the inner penis
"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking." -The Scarecrow, WIZARD OF OZ, 1939
Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, to under-performing schools: DROP DEAD.
Make, for a man, a fire - and he'll be warm for a few hours. Set a man afire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying. - Terry Pratchett
Looks like Florida is uncircumcised
I love the veins though.
I need to take a trip down to good ol' Brazil...
dat why brazil no1 a footballins?
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cock footballins they cheatin ooh secret
how forests doins?!
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well, looks like you'll get a better bang for your buck in africa, south america and even europe than in bangkok.
From my personal experiences with over 70 guys in my life, the 5.7" average seems mighty close to reality. The biggest I've been with (2 guys) were 8", the smallest (mature age) was 3.5" (only 1). So, I agree that just under 6" is the average. But I'm amazed that this chart indicates that us Americans average only between 4-1/4" to 5". Something's wrong with that number. No way, no how. Oh, maybe they only measured Repugs.
Well it explains why you drive bigger cars than Europeans
Very doubtful. The African american population should have brought US average above Canada andEurope, or at least equal.
So wondering,
Mexicans are small people. They have huge penises? (in green)
Browse xtube. There's lots of 300 pound American guys with 4.5 inchers. Many. You just won't see them in porn or volunteering to throw out naked pics everywhere for attention, so they seem rarer than they are.
Maybe obese Americans bring down the number? They can't measure it all the way with the belly in the way.
But no seriously... Caucasian and black are the biggest races in the US so it is kinda strange that their average is less than in Europe.
see golf no makin da averages grow
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It should still put the average a little higher rather than lower.
People always talk about Asians being so short, height wise, for example, but look at Asian families that are raised in a western country. They jump like a foot per generation.
I think this is the most recent research which had media coverage:
The average British man's penis is apparently 5.5in when erect - coming ahead of the French at 5.3in, Australians (5.2in), Americans (5.1in) and Irish (5in).In Europe, Icelanders are the best endowed at 6.5in and the Irish are the second smallest at 5.03in - behind only Romanians at 5.01in.
Africans have the biggest penises at an average of 6.3in and north-east Asians the smallest at 4.2in.
Lol, been with African American guys, including those from the Caribbean. Lets just say that I've seen a few who haven't got the stereotypical girth... But for those who have it, well, they rocked my world!
"... You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you ..." - Colours of the Wind by Vanessa Williams
72% of European origin and 28% of origin where the average is bigger.
So again... it is strange that the results is Americans having a smaller average than Europeans.
I'm not saying the info has to be wrong... I'm just saying it's surprising.
With the same reasoning we could say "with so many whites and blacks America should be super tall" but last time I checked we average much shorter than the Norwegian countries who have no black people or black basketball teams.
It's diet and environment and a ton of other things as well.
Little known fact the entire muscle structure of your face is different based on the language you speak. This is actually the way that Asians can usually tell when they look at another Asian person if they are a native English speaker or not a native English speaker.
Tons of little things about your environment like that can influence physical appearance and development.
Americans eat a shit ton, and that makes your cock smaller. Or maybe it's just colder in America, and that brings the average down. I thought I read somewhere that out of all US states, Colorado ranked 47th in penis length. My modest research says that's probably accurate.
I get what you are saying.
I still think genetics are the biggest factor.
and this map is based on what research?


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GREENVILLE, Ill.-- The Women's Tennis Post-Season Awards were announced and GC's own Lexi Baysinger was honored with the coveted Newcomer of the Year award. Baysinger also was recognized as a member of the All-Sportsmanship Team and Greenville won the Team Sportsmanship Award.
Baysinger recorded a 5-1 SLIAC record over the course of the season in both singles and doubles. She played at the #2 and #3 singles spots and at the #1 and #2 doubles spots throughout the season. Her impressive work ethic and athleticism make her a key returner for the Panthers next season. Baysinger was also included as an Honorable Mention in the post-season SLIAC awards.
The duo of Baysinger and Kristen Lynch were on the First Team All-Conference at #2 Doubles. They were the only members of the team to recieve a First Team honor, as Principia earned the rest of the spots on First Team.
Kat Kennedy was also an Honorable Mention for #6 Singles.
Greenville won the Team Sportsmanship Award for the second year in a row. The Team Sportsmanship Award is given to the team whose players, coaches, and fans best exhibit the principles of good sportsmanship.
The 2013 All-SLIAC Teams are as follows:
#1 Singles - Carlie Sanderude, Principia
#2 Singles - Sarah Corbitt, Principia
#3 Singles - Kelly Adams, Principia
#4 Singles - Hanne Andersen, Principia
#5 Singles - Olivia Ikuma, Principia
#6 Singles - Justine Roy, Principia
#1 Doubles - Carlie Sanderude & Sarah Corbitt, Principia
#2 Doubles - Lexi Baysinger & Kristen Lynch, Greenville
#3 Doubles - Olivia Ikuma & Justine Roy, Principia
#1 Singles - Catrina Holloway, Eureka
#2 Singles - Hillary Fitz, Webster
#3 Singles - Lexi Baysinger, Greenville
#4 Singles - Kathleen Kennedy, Webster
#5 Singles - Mackenzie Wilder, Webster
#6 Singles - Kat Kennedy, Greenville
#1 Doubles - Lindsey Hays & Hillary Fitz, Webster
#2 Doubles - Kelly Adams & Hanne Andersen, Principia
#3 Doubles - Isabella Espinoza & Mackenzie Wilder, Webster


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Albert Lee's impeccable country music and rock pedigree stretches back over more than 40 years. He has performed with many of the greats in country and rock, including Joe Cocker, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton and the Everly Brothers.
As well as being a top guitarist, he is also a red hot piano player and a pretty good singer too. His new band (well, they've been together for 15 years!) comprises some of the best known rock 'n' roll and country players in Britain.
They won a Grammy Award in 2002.
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Albert has a great voice for the kind of songs he performs, and is known in the music industry as "the guitarist's guitarist". His playing is absolutely AWESOME. (Suffice it to say that Dave Edmunds, no mean guitar player himself, was literally moved to tears when Albert overdubbed a solo… (cont'd) Trevor from Suffolk
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Estella Fowler, 84
Estella Fowler, 84, of Blackfoot passed away Friday, June 1, 2012, at her home in
Blackfoot surrounded by her family.
Estella was born Feb. 11, 1928, in Darlington, Wisc., to Marcelious Stoddard and Mary Isabele Brown. While in Darlington, Estella was raised by her grandmother. When she was 18, she moved to Idaho to take care of an uncle, and other than a short time in California, she spent the rest of her life in Idaho.
On Aug. 18, 1952 Estella married Leslie LeRoy "Bud" Fowler in Elko, Nev.
Estella worked as the office manager at Intermountain Gas for 10 years, as a nurse at Bingham Memorial Hospital as well as several other businesses in Blackfoot. She was also a charter member of the Blackfoot Does. In her free time she enjoyed coaching little league baseball, camping, hunting, fishing and watching the Chicago Cubs live and on TV with her husband. She was very active in the community, worked at the Catholic Women's Booth at the Fair, was a past state Does president and participated in may community charity events. Her greatest love was spending time with her family.
Estella is survived by her sons, Wendell (Eva) of Aurora, Ill.; Douglas (Carol) Fowler of Gold Canyon, Ariz.; Buddy (Donna) Fowler of Blackfoot Terry (Penny) Fowler of Blackfoot and Steven Fowler of Blackfoot; brother, Neil (Carol) Dunnington of Michigan; sister, Mary Lee Younglove of Michigan; 21 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great- great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bud; two infant sons; three grandsons; brothers-in-law Calvin Younglove and Laurance Berg; sister-in-law Lucille Berg; and daughter-in-law Carol Fowler.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 South Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot. Family will meet with friends and relatives for one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The family would like to thank Darlene, Charity, Leslie, Anna and Shirley and all who made our mom's last days so comfortable.


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Who doesn't love free things? Free samples, free gifts, free coffee and food during finals week at school… I can't lie, my ears perk up when I here the word "free" mentioned.
But what about sugar-free? Gluten-free? Dairy and egg-free? Some seek these labels out of necessity, always longing for products that will indeed not taste as though they are free from, or lacking, the ingredient in question. Those who don't seek these labels tend to be turned off by them, assuming they are simply an inferior product. Simply removing the offending ingredient would produce an inferior product. But a little creativity can go a long way…
I was invited to a party in where I knew the hostess was trying to cut sugar and refined carbs out of her diet. Having a mouth full of sweet teeth myself, I felt that I should create a dish to bring that would be sweet and decadent tasting, but fit into the guidelines of her diet as well as my own views on healthy eating. As I mentioned before, I recently was lucky enough to be a winner in Laura's blog giveaway for a package of NuNatural Stevia products, and used stevia to sweeten without adding calories or sugar. This dip is sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free!
And while we are on the subject of FREE, I'm happy to announce that you all have a chance to win a package of NuNatural's Stevia products as well! NuNaturals is letting me give away packages to four lucky readers- those are pretty good odds, since my young blog doesn't get a lot of traffic! See the end of this post for details on how to enter!
First, I have to share this recipe… All I can say is you have to trust me. No, you have to try it. The ingredient list sounds weird, I know. I saw some similar recipes circulating around the blog-world months ago and was intrigued but not convinced enough to try it out. This dip is basically like a sweet hummus. Sweet hummus? You say. Why would anyone do such a thing to such a wonderful food? Umm, because it tastes like cookie dough and has the nutritional profile of hummus! You can even eat it by the spoonful and won't get sick! Not that I've ever made myself sick from eating too much cookie dough…
If you aren't a fan of peanut butter, or are allergic, try using almond, sunflower seed, or cashew butter for a milder but equally delicious variation!
Peanut Butter-Cookie Dough Dip:
*1.5 cup cooked white beans
*1/3 cup peanut butter (I use natural)
*2 teaspoons vanilla
*1 teaspoon cinnamon
*1/4 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar or lemon juice
*1/4 teaspoon NuNaturals Clear Liquid Stevia ( If not using stevia, try 2-3 tablespoon agave nectar and omit milk)
*1 dropper full NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia
*1 dropper full NuNaturals Cocoa Extract (optional)
*1-2 tablespoons nondairy milk
*1/4 cup cacao nibs (for completely sugar-free dip) or 1/3 cup chocolate chips
1.)Simply combine all ingredients except nondairy milk and cacao nibs or chocolate chips in the bowl of food processor and puree until smooth and creamy. Add the milk as needed to achieve desired consistency.
2.) Add the cacao nibs or chocolate chips and pulse briefly, just enough to combine.
3.) If you can resist eating it by the spoonful, serve with crackers and sliced fresh fruit such as bananas and apples. Also makes a great substitute for peanut butter in a peanut-butter-banana sandwich!
Now for the giveaway details:
Each of the four winners will receive a bottle of Vanilla Stevia Liquid (so good!)
and a box of 50 stevia packets (great for travel!)
To enter, simply leave a comment in the comment section telling me what you would like to use stevia for! (U.S. residents only) If you don't have a blog, be sure to leave your email address so that I may contact you if you win.
Note: I'm not getting anything for advertising these products, I just was honestly quite impressed with their quality and want to share this with others who are looking for a natural sugar alternative. Some stevia products can have a bitter aftertaste, but I have found these to be truly superior in flavor!
If you aren't chosen to receive a package, you can still get free samples! (sorry, only for U.S. residents) Go to www.nunaturals.com for more information. Also, if you decide to purchase anything from their website, you can get a 15% discount on your order by entering the promo code BLG930. You even get free shipping to the continental U.S. if you spend $35 or more.
This contest will be open until Thursday at midnight, PST, and I will announce the winner Friday morning. I will notify you by email. What a great way to start the weekend!
Best of luck!
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Windows 7 is out and about. Microsoft has been unusually secretive about Vista's successor, but now that PDC is under way, they have unveiled the various enhancements to the user interface. Windows 7 might not have any significant under-the-hood changes (in fact, all your applications and devices will still work), but on the outside, Windows 7 represents the biggest change for the Windows user interface ever since Windows 95 came out.
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TSRs with things like a calculator or a pop up telephone list that launched on a key press were used on DOS where I used to work. So you could do something useful while running WordPerfect. They were certainly the functional equivalent of widgets and accessories today.
i made clear in my post that certain functionality was common with today's widgets. i also made clear that the ease of use and knowledge of this functionality is what set TSRs apart from today's widgets. TSRs were more likely used in other contexts (hardware drivers, etc) than that by most users. those users usually used them in an out-of-sight-out-of-mind sort of way. that is my point. they are not equivalent to today's widgets because of that.


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In anticipation of the production version of the XTS concept that debuted in Detroit last year, Cadillac will be selling off the remaining STS and DTS models still left on its dealer lots. With an inventory of 3000 DTS models and less than 900 STS models, Ward's says Cadillac intends to sell the last of its big sedans before the replacement for both cars, the XTS, arrives next year. Having already ended production of the six-year-old STS, Cadillac will build its final DTS model within the next three to four weeks.
As we reported last year, Cadillac's new purported flagship car, the XTS, will be built on a stretched form of GM's front-wheel-drive Epsilon II platform. Ward's believes the XTS will be built at GM's Grand River plant in Lansing, Michigan — the same plant that currently builds the CTS and will ultimately wind up building the new ATS. The sedan could also be built at the same Hamtramck, Michigan, assembly plant that currently handles DTS production.
Although no specific date was given for the XTS to begin production, Cadillac's Global Marketing Director James R. Vurpillat did tell Ward's the start date "won't be this fall." If the production model remains true to the concept, the XTS could receive an all-wheel-drive option, various V-6 powerplants, and potentially a plug-in hybrid driveline like that shown on the XTS Platinum concept. Eight-cylinder engine options have been rumored, but thus far, have not been confirmed.
Speaking of big cars, rumors of a Cadillac flagship sedan — something long the lines of the awesome Sixteen concept shown eons ago — continue to resurface from time to time. Is there any truth to the matter? Vurpillat tells Ward's it could be a possibility, provided they cover their other bases first.
"I'd like to have a car like the concept Sixteen, but our priority is to get the main segments covered," Vurpillat said. "Then we can start thinking of cars in the S-Class and 7 Series range." "
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George North's try in the final 10 minutes secured the win as the Scarlets wing collected Dan Biggar's sublime chip through.
Halfpenny added the conversion and three penalties as Wales got back to winning ways.
Here is what both Jones and Halfpenny had to say in the immediate aftermath of the vital win.
Ryan Jones: "This is special, on the back of where we've been in the last few months. We've fronted up and worked incredibly hard.
"It's by no means a flawless display and there were a lot of errors but the character and the diehard spirit this team has is incredible.
"There's not a lot you can put technically right in a week. We knew if we kept going and maintained the positives from last week we could take the spoils away.
"Guys like Leigh and Mike stood up to be counted. We've got wonderful competition for places and we've got the monkey off our back. Hopefully we can kick on from here."
Leigh Halfpenny: "I can't describe how much this means. What a fantastic feeling.
"We knew how tough it was going to be coming out here but we stuck together. It's a fantastic win and it's been a long time coming.
"The boys were outstanding in defence. We wouldn't give in, we were fighting till the end.
"International rugby is about taking your chances and we've come out on the right side. This win is amazing.
"It means everything playing for that jersey. We're doing it for all the fans here and for the nation.
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Offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom, the newest Raider, spoke with the Bay Area media a short while after being selected at No. 95, in the third round, of the NFL draft.
Here is the entire transcript:
Did you have any inkling that it would be the Raiders?
"Not really. It's one of those things where it's just sort of a crapshoot, and you never know what's going to happen. I was told to expect the unexpected in the draft, and that's kind of what happened. I was excited. I'd interviewed with some of the coaches. When I got the phone call, I couldn't have been more excited."
Were you getting worried that you might have to wait another day?
"Yeah. You always kind of have that worry. You have your family over at the house. It's always a little awkward when you have to tell them, 'Come back tomorrow.' I was just extremely lucky and fortunate to be called tonight."
Did you have any contact with the Raiders over this entire process?
"Oh, yeah, absolutely. I had interviewed with them at the Senior Bowl and again at the combine. They saw me at all of those things. There was contact, there were interviews, there was plenty of that."
Who did you talk to and what do you remember from those interviews?
"I talked to coach (Steve) Wisniewski, I believe, the assistant O-line coach. … It was mostly just trying to get in my head a little bit, have me draw some plays up, kind of get to know me more than anything. He kind of instilled in my mind we're starting a new era with the Oakland Raiders and they've got a whole new thing going, and they're honoring the past and coming into the new system and a new time. I'm excited to be a part of that."
Do you see yourself as a zone-blocking type of offensive lineman?
"Absolutely. I've come from Utah. That's the scheme we ran. Zone was always our bread and butter. That's the first play you've got to establish. It keeps the defense honest. You can run it against any look they throw at you. You can run it into any blitz. I'm a big believer in it and I feel I can block it."
Q: What is the transition to guard going to be like?
A: "It's something I got to do; I got to have a taste of it at the Senior Bowl. I played all right tackle through most of my college career, a little bit of left tackle, and went to the Senior Bowl and played only left guard. I've already had a bit of a taste for it. There's a little growing pains, I'm sure there will be, coming into this new league and switching positions. But, it's something that came pretty naturally to me. It was fun. I'm not going to lie to you. You get inside, it's not so much finesse anymore, it's a little more gritty. I feel like I'm capable of making that transition."
Q: Did you know all along that you would convert to guard?
A: "Yeah, most likely. There were some teams that I talked to that saw me as somebody who could play tackle. Even talking to the Raiders, they said maybe I could play tackle but I would probably move into guard first. I'm not sure. I kind of knew all along that I was going to be a guard first and maybe be able to play that backup tackle in the future, or right away. But guard's my position. I've already changed my mind-set to guard. So, that's what I'm thinking right now."
Q: Can your advanced age and the life path you chose be an advantage?
A: "Yeah, absolutely. There's been a lot of advantages, not just for the path but to the style. As far as the life path goes, I was fortunate enough; I actually served in the Sacramento area, right above you guys, and became pretty familiar with the area. I was really fortunate to be able to have a weight set. I trained every morning, so I came back probably 50 pounds and in much better shape than when I left. So, that gave me a good head start in college. As far as the lifestyle goes, I'm not one of those guys who goes out and parties. I take recovery very seriously. If you come to my house, I'm usually sitting on a foam roller or something. I have a wife; she won't let me get into any trouble. Physically, I feel like my body is as in as good a shape as any 20- or 21-year-old, and it will last just as long because I take care of it."
Q: In that same vein about physically feeling better, do you feel like the time off from the wear and tear and the hits of playing football has sort of gotten you physically, health-wise ahead of where most players are your age?
A: Yeah, I mean, high school's a little different. High school is not quite as bad as college. Obviously the time that I've had just training for the Combine and pro days and afterward has been nice, to kind of take a break from the hitting, not having any spring ball. That definitely helps. Giving your body some recovery time always helps.
Q: Are you a mechanical engineer or electrical engineer?
A: Chemical.
Q: Do you have any particular areas of interest or areas of study within that?
A: I did, it was more I kind of was looking more into the petroleum area. If you make big oil you can make great money, right? But I don't know, as I got into it further and further I was more interested in the research side of things, nanotechnology kind of stuff, but I'm not sure yet. There's a broad spectrum of things you can go into.
Q: Have you talked to brother-in-law Paul yet?
A: That was the first thing we looked at was when are we playing each other? I think we're playing in November, in Baltimore I believe, if I can remember. That was something that was right quick. I was able to talk to Paul. He's always been kind of an Oakland fan so he was pretty excited for me to go there.
Q: Where and for how long were you in the Sacramento area?
A: I was there for two years, mostly in the South Sac area and then down in Stockton area.
Q: Were you told you would need to move to guard or was that your decision?
A: A little bit of both. I felt like I did well at tackle. I like to get my hand in the ground. I can do a two-point stance. But who wants to be in a two-point stance. There's no fun in that. I like the idea of moving into guard. I was told by a lot of NFL coaches they saw me doing that as well and me being a swing player who can do both.
Q: Did going on a mission make you more ready?
A: Absolutely. I think that always helps, having a little bit more maturity. I'm a guy that … I'm no stranger to coming home and studying all day and spending time with the family instead of going out at night. As soon as I get my playbook I'm going back to that lifestyle of just studying every day and doing my workouts. I think having that schedule that you get used to that's kind of a big part of maturity.
Q: How did you think interview with Raiders went?
A: I felt like I did pretty well. I answered all the questions fairly well. I felt like I was confident but not arrogant, all those things they tell you at the combine prep things. I felt like I did well. I came out of every interview thinking I did well and then going back over my head going I have no idea. You have no idea what the coaches are thinking. They give you almost no feedback the whole time. You hope you do well but you never know.
Q: How much has Paul helped you in this process?
A: he was a great help. Not just throughout this process. Even in my senior year I talked to him and he'd kind of fill me in a lot on what it was about my game that needed to change and what NFL coaches were really looking for out of college linemen. That was probably the biggest help from him just every week telling me what it is that I need to do to be more recognizable to NFL coaches.


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Europe's Recession Strangling Manufacturing, Which Fell In March To A Three-Month Low, And Worsening Unemployment, Up To 12%, Highest Level Since Record-Keeping Began
Unemployment in the recession-mired euro zone has climbed to 12 percent -- with youth unemployment in Greece at 54.8 percent and at 55.4 percent in Spain -- while the monetary union's manufacturing last month plunged to a three-month low.
Markit's Purchasing Managers Index, a widely followed gauge of manufacturing, showed Tuesday that factories in the euro zone's 17 member states came in at 46.8 in March, slightly higher than analysts polled by Reuters had expected but still below 50, the level beneath which manufacturing is contracting.
"The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector deepened in March," Markit said in a statement, adding that the euro zone PMI has "now remained below the neutral 50.0 mark since August 2011."
Particularly troublesome was that manufacturing in Germany contracted.
"The breakdown revealed a particularly sharp decline in export orders, but all of the components remained below 50," said Capital Economics. "The French and Greek headline indices remained the weakest of the countries surveyed, despite a small rise in the former. The Italian, Spanish and German indices all fell too, leaving the latter back below 50 again.
Turkey's manufacturing sector was the strongest in the region.
On the unemployment front, Eurostat, the European Commission's statistical agency, said Tuesday that joblessness in February was 12 percent, overall. That compares with February 2012, when unemployment was 10.9 percent.
The latest report was the worst since record-keeping began and the 22nd consecutive worsening of the metric.
About 19.07 million people don't have jobs in the euro zone, Eurostat said. In the 27-member European Union there are 26.34 million people without work.
Greece had the highest average rate at 26.4 percent, with Spain a close second at 26.3 percent and Portugal with 17.5 percent. In February 2012, Greece's unemployment was 21.4 percent, Spain's was 23.9 percent and Portugal's was 14.8 percent.
The lowest unemployment was registered in Austria at 4.8 percent, Germany at 5.4 percent, Luxembourg at 5.5 percent and the Netherlands at 6.2 percent.


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Also, it was mentioned that most of the parents could not identify their children at the scene. They needed photos from the M.E. Jesus Christ, that is a nightmare.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — All the victims of the Connecticut elementary school shooting were killed up close by multiple rifle shots, a medical examiner said.
Dr. H. Wayne Carver said at a news conference Saturday the deaths are classified as homicides. He said he believes "everybody was hit more than once."
"This is a very devastating set of injuries," Carver said.
Makes your blood run cold.
As tragic and debilitating as those murders in CT were, life goes on. Why would the NFL stop playing? If anything, it will give folks a few hours of distraction away from that horror. Not the parents, or those intimately involved (this tragedy will never resolve), but those of us on the outside looking in.
I think they were hollow point bullets. Hollow point bullets are designed to "flower" or open up as they tear through flesh. The trauma is significantly increased bc of this. I think he said the energy was dispersed in the flesh meaning that the bullet did not exit the body. So to answer your question, yes it does destroy the body more and that is exactly what they are designed to do. They are not designed to exit the body.
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Here, an open challenge to our lawmakers: You want folks to own guns? Fine. Single shot hunting rifles or pistols. No semi or fully automatics or heavily equipped magazines for either. Zero. And, one per household; no building of arsenals.
As soon as a skilled legislator can craft the wording, put it up as a national referendum.
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Seems like he needs committed for observation. His behavior is classic schizophrenic. I'm sure he will be able to hire a lawyer and sue the NFL because he never knew you could get hurt playing football.
Unless someone intervenes he wouldn't even think of hiring a lawyer.
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Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), a leading retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of B.W.P. Distributors, Inc. (BWP) in an all-cash transaction. BWP, a privately held company that supplies, markets and distributes automotive aftermarket parts and products principally to commercial customers, was founded in 1962 and is based in Armonk, New York. BWP operates or supplies 216 locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. This acquisition will enable Advance Auto Parts to continue its expansion in the Northeast, which continues to be a strategic growth area for Advance. As a result of the closing of this transaction, Advance will operate 124 BWP company-owned stores and will transfer the rights to distribute to 92 independently owned locations to an affiliate of General Parts International, Inc. (GPI), a privately held auto supply company. Additionally, Advance will continue to operate two of BWP's distribution centers in Sutton, Massachusetts and Delran, New Jersey. About Advance Auto Parts Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories, batteries, and maintenance items in the United States, serves both the do-it-yourself and professional installer markets. As of October 6, 2012, the Company operated 3,727 stores in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Additional information about the Company, employment opportunities, customer services, and online shopping for parts, accessories and other offerings can be found on the Company's website at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com. Certain statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements, as that statement is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements address future events or developments, and typically use words such as believe, anticipate, expect, intend, plan, forecast, outlook or estimate. These statements discuss, among other things, expected growth and future performance, including store growth, capital expenditures, comparable store sales, SG&A, operating income, gross profit rate, free cash flow, profitability and earnings per diluted share for fiscal year 2012. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, but not limited to, competitive pressures, demand for the Company's products, the market for auto parts, the economy in general, inflation, consumer debt levels, the weather, business interruptions, information technology security, availability of suitable real estate, dependence on foreign suppliers and other factors disclosed in the Company's 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results described in these forward-looking statements. The Company intends these forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time of this news release and does not undertake to update or revise them as more information becomes available.
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ToddleTime Tuesdays
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The event will start on: Mar 12, 2013 11:30 AM
And will end on: Mar 12, 2013 12:30 PM
Location: Westland Area Library
Address: 4740 W. Broad Street Columbus, OH 43228
Toddle on over to the library every Tuesday this fall for a series of programs to get toddlers excited about books and reading! With stories, games and easy crafts, your toddler will have a blast! No registration required.
Westland Area Library
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A letter from University of Miami Board of Trustees Chairman Leonard Abess to the community:
For more than eight decades, our community has embraced the Miami Hurricanes through both celebrations and commiserations. This devotion is not limited to University of Miami students and alumni—the ranks of past and present fans swells to include thousands of adopted 'Canes, many of whom have never even set foot on UM's Coral Gables campus. This is why it is understandable that recent news of potential NCAA violations committed by current and former University of Miami student-athletes and staff have aroused such strong emotions in our community and the greater "U" family.
Without a doubt these allegations are troubling and demand a thorough and honest evaluation of Hurricane Athletics. President Shalala has taken a strong position, insisting on full cooperation with the ongoing NCAA investigation. The process will be long, and in the ensuing months the Board of Trustees and the university administration will provide both leadership and unwavering support for our great institution, which we all care so deeply about.
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Maybe something like nethack?
The generic windowed Nethack tileset took away no functionality from the game and all the keyboard command still worked. Rarely would I use a mouse in Nethack except to maybe zip from point A to point B.
You need to keep in mind that Tarn is not an artist. he's a programmer first. And the game eats a lot of CPU as it is--I had overclocked my core 2 duo to 4ghz just to keep one fortress going with its 200 inhabitants and all the things going on. I am sure if he gave up control
Supposedly it's too hard to program for multiple threads for AI, as it already supports offloading some features to alternate cores.
MULTI-THREADING. The game overtaxes even modern single cores. If we could get some multiple cores going, our games' complexity wouldn't have to be limited by the game's binaries.
When you have many items in a world all interacting with each other at once, especially done in the terrible C++ way, it's not trivial at all to parallelize. It's something you can only properly achieve if you had parallelization in mind from the beginning of the design.
He'd have to rewrite the whole thing from the ground up, preferably in a language more suited to the task. Bad news for this, because in my experience C/C++ programmers never move on.
I'm waiting for a GTA-style, gritty, urban adventure like this.
ASCIItution and mayhem!
I'm waiting for a GTA-style, gritty, urban adventure like this.
ASCIItution and mayhem!
Might wanna check out Liberal Crime Squad, also by Bay12. Not as rogue-like as DF but still fun.
It seems to me your experience must be somewhat limited. I programmed c/c++ for 7 years (with some perl on the side) and switched to java. I've now done java (and some perl, and some python, etc) for about 12 years. I know several other developers who've done the same thing.
Maybe it's just that you're young, and people who are still doing c/c++ as of 5 years ago are stuck on it.
I haven't played Dwarf fortress, but I've found Nethack and other Rogue-like games to be all but unplayable in GUI mode. I'd love it if someone would port an ASCII Rogue-like to Java Mobile so I could play it on my crappy old phones.
The GUI is great. It's not accessible and not easy to read. It's perfect for what it represents, and I wouldn't play if it had a different interface. Just because it's hard to learn for new players doesn't mean it should be dumbed down.
Making an interface more accessible does not mean it's being "dumbed down". I'd hate to see you create a website with the Dwarf Fortress design ideas.
The biggest issue with refining the GUI is that it's still in alpha, and features change quickly enough that a good gui would soon become obsolete.
Fanmade programs like dwarf therapist and stonesense help significantly, of course.
The biggest issue with refining the GUI is that it's still in alpha, and features change quickly enough that a good gui would soon become obsolete.
Fanmade programs like dwarf therapist and stonesense help significantly, of course.
That's no excuse for 2468,
The inability to iterate through the interface is one of the main reason I stopped playing last year, that and the long-assed trips to get the "closest" stone on the same square 20 floors below rather than the one on the same floor 2 squares to the right. Which is a shame because it w
The UI desperately needs improvement, but whether it's graphic or not, I don't give a fuck. When you have 200 dwarves it is a total bitch to find the ones you're looking for. Quick: where is my dwarf who knows how to suture? Which is that immigrant dwarf I got a little while back, who already has just a little bit of skill in using a sword (I want to recruit him into the military). Beats the hell out of me. Seriously, I can sometimes spend 10 minutes on the Units screen (alas, leaving and then trying to go back to the 'next' unit) just trying to find a particular dwarf.
I love the game early on, but at some point it switches from game to chore. And (IMHO) it's all about the size of the population. If you have less than one screenful on the Units screen, things are very nice.
It's unfortunate what happens to that name when spaces are removed.
am I the only one who always parses the name of that program as "dwarf the rapist"?
reminds me of arrested development
am I the only one who always parses the name of that program as "dwarf the rapist"?
Yeah, and you were almost arrested for those business cards.
I actually find the under wine it worked faster than native. I still have no idea why.
Huh? Therapist runs on Linux.
Make custom job names. In a 200 Dwarf fortress, you should have at least a couple dedicated doctors.
I honestly find that part of the charm.
If anything needs improving it's the AI in my opinion. I wish you could prioritize orders a little better - like when I say get in the fortress I mean NOW GODDAMMIT.
If someone were to remake DF with just rudimentary graphics and GUI (along the lines of dungeons of dredmore) it would be a smash hit. Add multiplayer capability (trading & invading other players' fortresses) and they would have a multimillion dollar MMO opportunity.
the ASCII experience in Dwarf Fortress to the immersive pleasures of reading a book: 'You can let your imagination fill in the gaps.'
Just like Nethack, Dungeon crawl, etc. Great fun!
Wow dude!
Are you a 'real gamer' who doesn't need 'fancy graphics'!
Someone mod this fucker up! We have a REAL GAMER posting in this story!
Wowweee whoooaaaa fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu --
In my experience, the majority of the crashes are due to the game exhausting its usable address space. It may be a text based game, but it's freaking huge. I'm not-so secretly hoping for him to release a 64 bit version of the game.
Not that I'm complaining, mind. It's a free game, and Toady doesn't owe me anything. I just selfishly hope that someday he finishes the fund
It almost sounds more like performance art than game development. I mean, the bloody game's motto is "Losing is Fun!", so clearly this guy's agenda is to mess with your habitual, unexamined assumptions, like "losing sucks" or "archers shoot arrows."
It IS possible to just set all dropped stuff to forbidden by default so you don't get every dwarf in the fortress going "HOLY FUCK UNCLAIMED SOCKS!" and bumrushing out to the killing fields.
so you don't get every dwarf in the fortress going "HOLY FUCK UNCLAIMED SOCKS!"
I have no idea why you would ever want this to not happen.
Do yourself a huge favor: Read [magmawiki.com] this page and everything it links to. Yes, the military interface is a clusterfuck, but you can really do a lot of things with it if you can figure it out. (I still haven't entirely figured it out either; you are most definitely in the majority.) As for discarded items...well, I hope to get back to you on that one day.
The old military system worked pretty alright... the new one is a fair bit atrocious. I'm finding it hard to properly train soldiers and have them easily split into squads as before.
http://www.bravemule.com/ [bravemule.com]
An illustrated tale of what happens in those fortresses.
"Goblins' eyes appear as red quotation marks; if you shoot out an eye with an arrow, the symbol becomes an apostrophe."
Where do you see anyone's eyes in DF? I have played it a moderate amount (10s of hours). and all characters are portrayed as a single ascii characters, not multiple.
And no it really does not have a sparse elegance, even with tilesets (the only reason it is moderately playable).
If you have ever played adventure mode and seen a goblin on edge of your vision or during night time, their eyes glow in the dark. Removing one of their eyes will turn the red " into a '
Might be talking about all the parts that go sailing off in arcs, whenever your dwarves' axes or traps' serrated saw blades meet goblinflesh.
... by the awful menu-structure.
Seriously, it is so broken. It makes the game more of a chore to play.
That is the reason there are about 50 different DF management programs because the menu system is so obtuse.
If the menu system gets cleaned up, it might actually open the game up to more people.
It's not like it will be hard. Just standardize all the menus. They are so horribly inconsistent right now. They are context-sensitive as well, which just confuses things further when you are in a different menu category.
Hotkey on every item in menu, a-Z (if needed), no assignments based on relation, alphabetical, 1 reserved for up and down.
Already that menu system sounds decent and easy to use.
Nobody... nobody normal likes memorizing millions of hotkeys. And this is coming from a person who extensively uses AutoHotkey on Windows. But even I put most of those hotkeys behind menus now. (with a similar structure to the above)
People regularly make it out like this game is stupidly complex which is why nobody plays it.
The only complex thing about this game is the menu system. It is a pain in every ass ever.
It pushes away so many people. The concepts and functionality of the game is easy enough, but it is being held back so much because the menus.
Please Toady, PLEASE, make a new menu system.
Have it as an option if people really, REALLY want to use the current one. (whoever does is insane and must love suffering)
It really is hurting the game, a LOT. This game would be significantly more popular than it is now if it got a more streamlined menu system to it.
As a person who doesn't have much time in the day to play, it saddens me that I can't play this game without using a bunch of tools because managing those dorfs is just too slow and chunky with the current mess.
...perhaps I'm getting to the point in my life where I don't want to fight with hundreds of abstract, obscure symbols in order to enjoy a game.
Oh, a question mark is an eye? That's funny, I thought it was a question mark.
I've tried Dwarf Fortress probably half a dozen times, and got insanely frustrated with the interface before deleting the directory in a rage. A shame, too, because I'm a sucker for open-ended sandboxes. i'm willing to put up with batshit-insane interfaces (See: Jeskola Buzz, Second Life, QuakeBSP), but if what I'm staring at, for entertainment, looks like a dot matrix printer exploded, im' outta here.
If you want to give it another try there are plenty of well done tilesets for it now. I generally recommend getting the lazy newb pack which has all the enhancements you need.
Link: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59026.0 [bay12forums.com]
I played text only games when text was the only option. Done the "remember every character" thing and then Doom came along and for the first time you didn't need to study the manual or even read it to make your way through the game. And I never looked back.
Now I have tried Dwarf Fortress and the retro ain't just the graphics. The fans will find excuses but the game is just to unwieldly and even crashes to be fun anymore. Yeah yeah, one guy doing all the work, yeah yeah old school charm... sorry no. That is
That's a bummer. You're missing out on one of the best, most original games I've played in a long time.
Since you like open-ended sandboxes, look up the game called Just Cause 2. I had not heard much about it before I ran into it but it's a fantastic sandbox game - an entire 400 square mile island where you can do pretty much anything you can imagine (within reason/ratings). The console versions (especially PS3) are better reviewed than the PC version but don't have the mods (search youtube for some interesting ones). I would really call this game a hidden gem.
A friend who knew I loved minecraft brought up dwarf fortress while we were on a 2 day drive. The first thing I did (when we pulled into a truck stop) was download DF and then several graphic backs. The packs turn DF into a totally new game. Trees are trees, dwarfs are dwarfs etc.
This game is far too complicated and has too much detail for me to play without the graphic backs.
There is also a mod called Lazy newb pack which allows you to customize hundreds of settings (dwarf pop max, underwater rivers, etc
this sums up dwarf fortress' fun development.
"On a message board, one fan likened the ASCII experience in Dwarf Fortress to the immersive pleasures of reading a book: 'You can let your imagination fill in the gaps.'"
In other words, what Marshall Mcluhan called a cool medium.
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Due Considerations
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- "A drop of truth, of lived experience, glistens in each." This is how John Updike, one of the world's most acclaimed novelists, modestly describes his nonfiction work, the brilliant and graceful essays and criticism he has written for more than five decades. Due Considerations is his sixth collection, and perhaps the most moving, stylish, and personal volume yet. Here he reflects on such writers and works as Emerson, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Colson Whitehead, The Wizard of Oz, Don DeLillo, The Portrait of a Lady, Margaret Atwood, The Mabinogion, and Proust. Updike also provides a whimsical and insightful list of "Ten Epochal Moments in the American Libido," from Pocahontas and John Smith to Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky; muses on how the practice of faith changes but doesn't disappear; and shares his reaction to the attacks on 9/11 (in Brooklyn that day, "Freedom, reflected in the street's diversity and quotidian ease, felt palpable"). Due Considerations proves that John Updike is, as noted in The Boston Globe, "our greatest critic of literature."Praise for Due Considerations:A New York Times Notable Book"The prose is clean, elegant, exquisitely calibrated. . . . [Updike is] one of the best essayists and critics this country has produced in the last century."-Los Angeles Times Book Review"Updike's scope is rather breathtaking. . . . When I do not know the subject well-as in his finely illustrated art reviews of Bruegel, Dürer and Goya-I learn much from what Updike has to impart. When he considers an author I love, like Proust or Czeslaw Milosz, I often find myself appreciating familiar things in a new way."-Christopher Hitchens, The New York Times Book Review"With his pack-rat curiosity . . . his prodigious memory and attendant knack for choosing the 'just-right' fact or quote, and his ever-present astonishment at both the stupidity and genius on display wherever he looks, Updike is in many ways an ideal critic. . . . It is a privilege to be in the company of this wonderfully American voice."-Rocky Mountain News"Updike knows more about literature than almost anyone breathing today. . . . He's beyond knowledgeable-he makes Google look wanting."-Baltimore Sun"Provocative and incisive . . . This volume reminds us that [Updike's] prose sets our literary bar very high indeed."-The Charlotte Observer"Updike offers an effortless mastery of form and content."-The Boston GlobeFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast is creating the position of chief safety officer, a new senior management post reporting directly to the Chairman and CEO, to ensure safety is a top priority throughout all MTA operations. The MTA will also create a new Safety Committee on its board to provide focused oversight of safety issues.
In addition, each MTA agency will ensure its top safety official reports directly to the agency's president, to reinforce that safety is a prime concern for every agency's management. At Metro-North Railroad, where safety and security now report to the same position, the responsibilities will be separated and a new position of chief safety officer will be created.
"The safety of our customers and employees is unquestionably the top priority for the MTA and these steps will make sure this emphasis on safety is built into the operations of every MTA agency," Prendergast said.
Agency presidents discussed their safety programs at a meeting of MTA Board committees, detailing how they monitor the condition of crews and equipment, search for potential problems and fix those that they discover. Key among the presidents' efforts is emphasizing and improving the safety culture within their agencies, so all operations have safety as their primary objective.
All MTA agencies have re-examined their safety-related operations over the past year. Prendergast, who has spent 10 years of his career in safety positions, convened a Blue Ribbon Panel of outside experts to study MTA safety practices in September.
Additionally, Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road have installed automatic speed controls at 10 critical curves and one moveable bridge. These controls work with existing signal systems installed in every train cab to enforce speed limits at those locations.


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Handmade Holidays...
"Green holiday meals" are somewhat of an oxymoron considering how far the ingredients have to travel to finally land on our plates, but this is one idea that is worth considering...if only for the amusement factor --
Would you try this?
by TXMompreneurNovember 25, 2009 at 1:48 PM
This is HYSTERICAL!!!
BUT I know it can ACTUALLY be done!! I got a book ages ago written by Dian Thomas, who (at the time) was on a morning show on ABC called "The Home Show". Her book was called "Roughing It Easy" and she had a chapter on cooking on your car engine while you're taking a road trip. One of her funny anecdotes was about the number of times she was stopped on the side of the road--checking her lunch--and other drivers or law inforcement officers would stop to see if she needed help. (Obviously, she had the hood of her car up, so it LOOKED like she needed help! LOL) The looks they gave her were, I'm sure, PRICELESS!!
SO, if you've got a bit of a drive to make, why not give it a shot? (But I don't like their one warning in this article to not drink the wine! LOL)


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There's been a dramatic shift in the racial makeup of America's prison inmates, especially female inmates. To find out why, host Michel Martin talks with Sentencing Project Executive Director Marc Mauer, and author Patrice Gaines, who has worked with women in prison for more than 20 years. They say changes in drug crime enforcement, sentencing laws, and the economic downturn all played a role.
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Angie Bell of Hendersonville is a lieutenant with the Asheville Fire Department.
Angie Bell
Age: 45
Residence: Hendersonville
Occupation: Lieutenant with the Asheville Fire Department
Family: Husband, Chad Bell; two dogs and three cats
Hobbies: Working out, sports, reading, current events
Where are you from originally and how long did you live there?
I grew up in Denver, but I've lived in North Carolina since I took my first post-college job here in 1991. I moved to Hendersonville in 1998.
What brought you to the Western North Carolina area?
I missed mountains from the time I left Denver at age 18 until I moved here. I felt a sense of peace as soon as we decided to move here from the flat lands farther East.
I know you're a big sports fan, especially of teams in the Denver area. Talk about your passion for your pro teams.
You want me to confess that I have a Bronco orange cat named Eddie McCattrey? OK, I'll own it. I know it's irrational, but I am very loyal, and my day is just a tiny bit better if my teams — Broncos, Nuggets, Avalanche and Milwaukee Brewers — have won the day before. It reminds me of Sundays as a child eating popcorn and drinking Orange Crush and watching the game with my parents. Yes, the Brewers, and yes, I think Ryan Braun should give back the NL MVP award.
You worked at the Times-News for a little bit. What was that like working in the sports department?
I still feel a very close bond with my T-N sports buddies, like Dean Hensley and Ron Wagner. Any employees in a job with an odd schedule tend to bond, I think. I got to know Sam Gash during that time and came up with the idea of a weekly "journal" while he was still playing fullback in the NFL. We'd talk about the previous week and the upcoming games, and that season his Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl. It was very lucky timing for me, and he's a great guy. I feel lucky to know him.
How did your interest begin in becoming a firefighter?
Looking back, 9/11 hit me very hard, but it wasn't until 2003 that I really started giving the idea any real thought. Obviously, I was a female and I was 35 at the time, and it seemed unreasonable to think I could make that drastic career change under those circumstances. But just like coming to the mountains, once I really let myself evaluate the idea, a sense of peace came over me. It just felt like that's what I should have been doing all along.
I am grateful to the Hendersonville Fire Department, which took me on as a volunteer, and a great captain took me under his wing. After about a year, I was one of 16 hired in the 81st Rookie School at the city of Asheville, and I wouldn't change a thing.
What are some of the most scary situations you've been in?
Honestly, the most dangerous time we face on a regular basis is working wrecks on the side of I-26 and I-40. Please slow down when you see us. When it comes to fighting fires, we are very thoroughly trained, and training just takes over at crunch time.
Of course we get excited when we go into any fire, training or real-world, but in my experience you don't have time to get scared. You just do your job; you trust your equipment to protect you, and you trust your training and experience to read situations and keep you out of bad ones.
I know the death of Capt. Jeff Bowen affected everyone in the fire service very deeply. What was your reaction, and how has the firefighting family moved on in the two years since?
When Jeff died, they called many of us back to work that night, to cover for crews on-duty to attend critical incident stress debriefings. I almost threw up when I heard, but I just became numb for the rest of that day because we all still had a job to do. We experienced a tremendous outpouring of support from firefighters from our region and around the country.
My fellow rookie school guys who had since moved away came back for the funeral, one of them coming all the way from Maine. It helped a lot to feel the brotherhood kick into high gear like that, but as I told my mentor captain at the Hendersonville Fire Department, it felt just as bad as you ever thought it could be. We miss Capt. Bowen so much, there aren't words.
When did you first become involved in the St. Baldricks Foundation?
When I'd been at AFD for about one year, one of our firefighters received the horrible news that his son had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Rob Mitchell's adorable little boy, Paxten, had just celebrated his second birthday. The brotherhood kicked in, and we worked Rob's shifts for free and took care of his home while they basically lived in the hospital with Paxten. Everyone prayed and sent so much love Paxten's way. That little boy's face would just melt your heart, and it was so hard to know how much pain he was enduring, the toll this illness took on him and his family.
We went to Paxten's funeral in April of 2008, a few months before his fourth birthday. I'll never forget the look on Rob's face as he left the church in the limo, following the tiny casket to the cemetery. The tiny casket on top of a fire truck haunted me for years until I heard about St. Baldrick's in 2011. Digging into this organization — their mission is to conquer children's cancer — I realized I'd finally found the perfect way to pay tribute to Paxten and let the Mitchells know we'll always remember their suffering and loss.
Talk about the St. Baldrick's events you've put on as a member of the Asheville Fire Department, and about the future events.
Last year was our first event, the first time I'd ever organized any large event. Luckily St. Baldrick's is extremely organized and a great, transparent organization.
They're the No. 1 private fundraising foundation dedicated to children's cancer research, ranking only behind the U.S. government. I was shocked to learn the government's cancer dollars get spread out to so many places; children only get four pennies of every dollar of federal money spent on cancer research.
Given the severity of children's cancers, frequent delays in diagnoses, and the many critical differences in children's cancers, we can't give St. Baldrick's enough help. With St. Baldrick's help, almost 60 people shaved (their hair) last year, including about 30 firefighters and 30 more "civilians" from as far away as Belmont. We raised almost $12,000 in our first year, and our goal is to double that this year.
We recently held St. Baldrick's Night at McCormick, where Tourist first baseman Ben Waldrip shaved his head after the game to show his support, along with a couple other players and Colorado Rockies staffers. All the players wore gold shoelaces and wristbands to raise awareness of children's cancers, and an awesome 9-year-old cancer survivor threw out the first pitch.
We just want people to realize children's cancer can't be ignored. These kids deserve a chance, and St. Baldrick's is the best chance to help conquer kids' cancer once and for all.
What are your future plans?
Our St. Baldrick's is Oct. 26, so that will be my main focus until then. We need a couple of sponsors to go along with Kiefer Chiropractic, Tim Hoffman with Allstate, Traffic Safety Systems and the Asheville Firefighters Association. I'll be doing lots of media interviews to raise awareness for St. Baldrick's and our dozens of great shavees.
Anyone interested in sponsoring our event or just giving a few dollars to prevent families from having to suffer like the Mitchells can go to www.stbaldricks.org and search "Asheville." Or you can reward Tourist Ben Waldrip's bald head by searching "Ben Waldrip."
Besides that, I just got promoted to an officer position in the Asheville Fire Department, so in the next few months I'm excited to get my new assignment and start working with a new crew.


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Lenorah "Waneta" Slagel, 89, of Andrews, IN, and formerly of Huntington, IN, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at 2:30 a.m. at Parkview Huntington Hospital.
Mrs. Slagel was a homemaker.
She was born Aug. 5, 1923, in Allen County to Samuel and Sarah Miller Berry. She married Merrill C. Slagel on June 14, 1946, in Wabash County. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1985.
Surviving are two sons, Kenneth E. (Tammy) Slagel, of Andrews, and Keith Slagel, of Huntington; three sisters, Emma Taylor, of Phoenix, AZ, and Iris Whitesell and Martha Hartwig, both of Huntington; two brothers, Harold (Nora) Berry and Charles (Donna) Berry, both of Huntington; and ex-daughter-in-law Sara Sumwalt of Huntington; five grandchildren, Sean Slagel, Angie Delucca, Heather Partridge, Leighann Morales and Martha Morales; and nine great-grandchildren.
Calling is Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon, with the service immediately following, at Deal-Rice Funeral Home- Huntington Chapel, 338 E. Washington St., Huntington. Rev. Wally Morris will officiate. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory.
Memorials are to the charity of the donor's choice in care of Deal-Rice Funeral Home, 338 E. Washington St., Huntington, IN 46750.
Online condolences may be made at www.dealricefuneralhomes.com [2].
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