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CRIDERSVILLE — The Cridersville fire chief brought up a new proposed fire contract by a neighboring community.
Fire Chief Ron Mertz informed Criderville Village Council members Monday that Shawnee Township trustees want to cut the amount they pay on a service contract with the village.
Typically, the two government entities sign a three-year contract with Shawnee Township paying $17,000 per year for Cridersville's fire and rescue service to the township.
"They wanted to cut the contract amount and make it a one-year contract with them instead of the three-year deal," Mertz told councilors.
The Shawnee Township trustees proposed a one-year contract for $8,750 to provide mutual aid.
This is a reduction of nearly half of the annual fee that Shawnee contracts with Cridersville.
Councilor Eric West said he was not against this proposal.
"I'm all about being a good neighbor," West said. "We are making a nice gesture to a township."
Mertz said if this were a three-year contract, he would say no way, but it is only for one year, and they've requested it because of budgeting issues in the township for 2012.
"They requested it and we understand we need to be mindful," Mayor Lorali Myers said. "We need to be mindful that budgets have changed, and they don't feel $17,000 is feasible for them this year."
Myers along with councilors agreed that they wanted to be good neighbors and help out Shawnee Township.
Councilors approved this one-year contract for 2012 with Shawnee Township, and Mertz had requested that the $8,750 should be up front and paid in full by 30 days after signing.
Mertz, along with Myers and a councilor, will be in contact with Shawnee Township in the fall about discussing fire contracts for the future.

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Rumor Alert: New Half-Blood Prince Trailer Before Watchmen in IMAX?
Mar 05, 2009
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Rumor Alert: There are various reports on the net this morning, such as this one from Action Figure Insider, stating a new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be airing before the showing of Watchmen when it opens in IMAX. The blogger writes:
On Monday night I was invited to a special IMAX test screening of
Warner Brothers Watchmen movie that will be released this coming Friday
to a theater near you. Why did I call it a "test screening?" Because it's one of the longest IMAX movies ever attempted and it barely fits on the projection platters. They
literally have to wind the film extra tight and work on the humidity in
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Brothers has requested that the new Harry Potter trailer be attached to
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About today's post, its a simple and delicious biscuit that I found in the Malaysian Women's Weekly magazine (August issue). I've changed and replaced some ingredients though, actually I'm out of those ingredients at home..hehe! The biscuits turned out delicious and everyone loves it.
250g butter
1 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups plain flour (original called for self raising flour)
2 tsp baking powder (avoid this if you are using self raising flour)
1 cup original cornflakes
1.5 cups milk chocolate chips
2 cups mixed fruits (original called for 1 cup sultanas & 1 cup glace cherries)
3 cups original cornflakes (lightly crushed)
~ Preheat oven at 180'C. Lined 2 trays with parchment papers.
~ Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add in eggs and vanilla and mix well.
~ Fold in the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
~ Round up a small portion of mixture (about a fish ball size) and coat with crushed cornflakes.
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Repentance is feeling shame and seeking to make amends when we have done something wrong. When we repent, we turn away from old behaviors and commit ourselves to better ones.
Without remorse or repentance, many kinds of growth are impossible. Unless we can see our errors and the harm done--and regret both--we are doomed to repeat them. And yet, repentance need not include self-flagilation or loathing; it is the former behaviors or attitudes that we eschew. When we get overly focused on self-criticism, we have less energy available to repair the harm we have caused.
Repentance is easier when we recognize that everyone does things that are ugly, which is why we all cherish understanding and grace.
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The St. Marys Little League Baseball Major League all-stars stayed alive in the District 10 South Division Tournament with a 15-1, four-inning victory over the Ridgway All-Stars Saturday afternoon at Memorial Park.St. Marys will travel to Fox Township this evening for a 6 p.m. game against the Fox Township squad. Fox defeated Brockway by a 7-5 score on Saturday.The St. Marys squad pounded out 13 hits in Saturday's contest to two by the Ridgway team. St. Marys was led by Ryan Heary with a home run, double and a single. Gabe Kraus had a home run and a double. Logan Hoffman had a double, with Brendon Rolley and Hayden Tettis both with two singles. Tim Wehler, Nate Beimel and Ryan Bressler all singled. For Ridgway, Josh Thorwart doubled and Jordan Laughner singled.Gabe Kraus started on the mound for St. Marys and worked two innings, giving up one hit and striking out six. Tim Wehler worked two innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.Brandon Cherry started on the mound for Ridgway, giving up eight hits, walking two and striking out two. Max Cowan worked one inning, giving up two hits, walking two and striking out one. Andy Breier worked two innings, giving up three hits, walking three and striking out two.As a result of the coin toss, St. Marys was the visiting team on the scoreboard.In the top half of the first, Tim Wehler reached on a bunt single. Rolley and Heary followed with singles. Kraus doubled, scoring Wehler and Rolley. A single by Tettis scored Heary. Tettis stole second. With two outs, Bressler singled to score Kraus. A double steal by Bressler and Tettis resulted in Tettis stealing home as St. Marys took the 5-0 lead. Laughner led off with a single in the home half of the inning. Kraus struck out the next three batters.Rolley led off the second with a walk. Heary followed with a two-run home run to center field. Kraus followed with a solo shot to left field. Tettis singled and stole his way around the bases to score. Nate Beimel walked and stole second. Hoffman was hit by a pitch. Both Beimel and Hoffman moved up a base on a passed ball. Beimel scored on an infield out, while Hoffman was able to score on a passed ball as St. Marys led 12-0. In the home half of the second inning, Kraus struck out the side.Kraus led off the third with a walk. Special pinch runner Austin Sadosky moved to second on a passed ball. Tettis was hit by a pitch. Nate Beimel singled to load the bases. Sadosky was out attempting to score on a passed ball. With two outs, Ryan Newton walked to load the bases. Alec Wehler walked to score Tettis. Tim Wehler reached base on an error, allowing Nate Beimel to score as St. Marys opened a 14-0 lead. Ridgway scored a run in the home half of the inning when Josh Thorwart led off with a double. He moved to third on an infield out and scored on an infield out, making the score 14-1.Heary led off the top of the fourth with a double. With two outs, Nate Beimel walked. A double by Hofffman scored Heary as St. Marys led 15-1. Ridgway went down in order in the home half of the fourth as St. Marys advanced with the 15-1 victory.St. Marys 15Tim Wehler 3-2-1, Brendon Rolley 2-2-2, Austin Sadosky 1-0-0, Ryan Heary 4-3-3, Gabe Kraus 3-2-2, Hayden Tettis 3-3-2, Nate Beimel 2-2-1, Logan Hoffman 3-1-1, Ryan Bressler 2-0-1, Ryan Newton 1-0-0, Tim Beimel 1-0--0, Alec Wehler 0-0-0. Totals 25-15-13.Ridgway 1Jordan Laughner 2-0-1, Daunte Allegretto 2-0-0, Andy Breier 2-0-0, Max Cowan 2-0-0, Brandon Cherry 2-0-0, Joel Tutton 1-0-0, Wade Steis 1-0-0, Josh Thorwart 1-1-1, Bailey Schatz 1-0-0. Totals 14-1-2.Score by innings RSt. Marys 572 1 15Ridgway 001 0 1


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A sellout crowd at Citi Field helped the Mets kickoff the 2014 campaign, an Opening Day loss to division rivals the Washington Nationals, 9-7 in 10 innings.
The Mets wasted a strong start by Dillon Gee, who was forced out of the game in the 7th inning with a 4-3 lead, only to see the bullpen falter. The first two relievers, Carlos Torres and Scott Rice, failed to even throw a strike, giving up two walks and the lead.
Closer Bobby Parnell, who is coming off an injury and had a shaky spring training that saw the velocity on his fastball dip significantly, had a chance to win the game in the 9th after the Mets regained the lead thanks to a solo shot from Juan Lagares, instead gave up a run and sent the game into extras.
In the first additional frame, the Nationals blew the game open with four runs, included a three-run home run from Anthony Rendon off reliever John Lannan.
One bright spot in the Mets bullpen was Jose Valverde, the former Detroit Tigers closer the Mets acquired this year. Valverde came in the game in the 7th inning to get the Mets out of a bases-loaded jam, and proceeded to face four batters and strike out three of them.
The Mets offense got a spark from an unlikely spot from outfielder Donald Brown, who was only on the roster because an injury to Jon Niese opened a spot and only in the starting lineup because of an injury to Chris Young. Brown tagged Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg for a three-run homer in the first inning.
David Wright added a two-run home run of his own in the 10th inning, but by then the game was too far out of reach. Aside from that, Mets hitters struck out an abysmal 18 times.
Three of those came from the Mets sole splashy free agent acquisition in the offseason, former Yankee outfielder Curtis Granderson, who struggled with striking out last year. He went 0-for-5 on the day at the plate and left three men on base.
Despite Alderson's prediction of 90 wins, expectations for the Mets are on the low side this year, especially after phenom pitcher Matt Harvey was forced to have Tommy John surgery and will likely miss the entire year. Still, the crowd and atmosphere at Citi Field was electric.
Mayor Bill de Blasio threw out the first pitch, and despite some early problems with traffic, parking, and weather that left many seats still empty for the first inning, the stadium eventually filled up. After the game, fan emotions were mixed, from Opening Day is always a great time to be at the ball park to resignation that if the first game of the year is any indication, it's going to be a long, long season.


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Friday, April 16, 2010
So Easy a Cat Could Do it
What does this snoozing Metro employee have in common with a drowsy Japanese cat, other than being all pooped out?
They're both station managers!*
The big difference is one gets paid a salary to doze off, and the other "works" for free and has boosted the local economy by up to 10 million bucks!
We know you gave this idea a trial run, Metro, but let's face it, raccoons aren't as cute or as lazy as cats.** As we've mentioned before, dogs bring a unique skill set to the table, too.
*You don't need to understand Japanese to enjoy the video, but it helps.
**Unsuck DC Metro knows of a highly qualified cat that will work for treats. WMATA can rent this cat for very reasonable rates. We suggest A.M. Haynes and Khalil as potential participants in the feline replacement feasibility study.
h/t @hostagehoosier
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8 comments:
- Anonymous said...
"Our members go to work every day cognizant of their responsibility to perform a job on behalf of our customers – the riding public."
- April 16, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
Let sleeping dogs lie. They can't scream or curse at you when they're sleeping. Most of them aren't helpful when they're awake anyway.
- April 16, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ah but sleeping dogs can keep you warm in the winter. Thus, on behalf of sleeping dogs everywhere I must protest this comparison! Woof!
- April 16, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
I like this idea, but WMATA would have to have 12 people to clean the litterbox. A rock would be an improvement for many station managers I've come across.
- April 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- dan said...
These are the stalwart employees whose union is fighting so hard for a raise, while we as paying customers still face the prospect of more rate hikes and service cuts? What more can you really expect from a company that hires so many cons and felons…
I really hope that the person that took this photo reported the manager to WMATA. Even if we can't reasonably expect them to do anything, why do we have to stand for this?
I implore Mr. Unsuck (or anyone else!) to devise some kind of tool to compile and submit petition-style grievances so we can protest and highlight the egregious safety violations (helltrain!) and other sundry outrages that DC Metro riders endure daily. I'd do it myself if I had the technical skill.
Obviously individual complaints to WMATA generally get little more than a terse and preformatted response, so why not try something different? Maybe Metro couldn't ignore a petition style format so easily. This would also allow us to circumvent Metro's laughable style of canvassing public opinion (such as framing issues like rate hikes versus service cuts so as to imply that they are the only two viable solutions to Metro's misery).
We could even try sending copies of any functional grievance we petition to the Washington Post, The Examiner, or whoever (maybe even Street Sense! More rate hikes are going to really hurt bums, right?).
Yes, many publications run stories about how much WMATA sucks all the time, but I don't recall ever seeing any kind of grassroots mass-opposition to WMATA's incompetence advertised in their pages.
The titular mandate of this blog implores us to do more than just gripe. Together, maybe we can UNsuck Metro DC.
- April 16, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- fdell said...
The Post will never run a story about one of the major underlying problems at Metro, an expensive, unaccountable workforce. The Examiner touches on it from time to time, but who reads it?
This blog has actually unsucked metro a lot for me. I love laughing at all the things that used to make me irritated, and I love knowing that I'm not the only one out there who thinks we deserve better.
- April 16, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Helen Bushnell said...
Actually, I look at this and wonder what hours these employees have to work.
Transit workers are a lot more expensive in other industrialized countries than in the US. WMATA needs more funding.
- April 17, 2010 at 11:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
In this age of Terrorism society, an alert employee is the best line of DEFENSE and PROTECTION for any transit system in ANY CITY! An employee, who sleeps on the job FOR NO REASON, is an employee that's just advertising "fire me, I give up. Anyone can have my job!". I will bet you WMATA will have their door beaten down by a 1000 people who want that poor sucker's job before he's called into the boss's office and told "yer fired".
So, report them to the boss out there. The boss ought to be actively watching their employees. If a station employee that sleeps on the job and terrorism happens, they'll be ones in the most SOB trouble ever. remember 9/11!
- April 27, 2010 at 5:48 PM


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I gave up growing corn a long time ago. I figured others can grow it better than I, so why take up the space. I drive by Gallrein Farms in Bagdad twice a week, and their "sweet corn" sign has been hung, so there are no worries. They have the best corn this side of the Mississippi.
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Add composted manure when preparing the planting block and then follow up with a balanced fertilizer or additional compost every two weeks or so thereafter.
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Corn flowers and begins to shed its pollen several days before the silks actually emerge. The pollen shed continues for about a week, during which most of the action takes place in late morning.
It is rare for the pollen of the same plant to actually fertilize itself; it usually floats to other plants, travels down the tube of the silk where it finally reaches the female flower.
Sweet corn for eating is one of those crops best grown en masse in the field. Good cross-pollination, often facilitated by a breeze, needs to occur between different corn plants; each silk that comes from the top corresponds directly to a kernel inside. If the silk isn't pollinated, then the corresponding kernel does not develop…pretty darn cool, really.
The problem with backyard garden corn is that people often just plant a few rows out which usually results in poor pollination because when the breeze hits it just blows the pollen over the single neighboring row, and it pollinates nothing. In order to improve cross-pollination and ensure a full ear of corn, plant large blocks of corn instead of a few long rows.
The most common pest of corn is the corn earworm (and maybe a hungry bunch of raccoons). The adult moth of the earworm lays her eggs on the silks of corn. Once the eggs hatch, they begin feeding on the silks, working their way down into the husk where the real prize awaits, the developing kernels of corn.
Commercial growers often use insecticides, but for the home gardener, this is not necessary because there is generally only one earworm per ear (they eat each other if there is more than one). The corn is still edible. Simply cut off the end that has been eaten by the corn earworm.
One organic approach to deterring corn earworms is dropping a small amount of vegetable oil in the middle of the silks as they begin to form. I've not tried it, but it is worth a shot of you have the problem.
Corn is ready to harvest when the silks dry and turn brown to black in color. Peel the husk back a little and pierce a kernel with your fingernail. If a milky juice squirts out, you are ready to go.
Sweet corn undoubtedly has high sugar content, but it is best if it is eaten within 12 hours of harvest because as soon as it is picked the sugar in the corn begins to slowly turn to starch.
If you are not ready to eat your harvest, keep it cool in the refrigerator or process it for freezing or canning.
Many of the newer hybrids stay sweeter longer, however.
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Gosh, please forgive me for not having updated my blog in such a long time. I know, I'm a bad person & it wasn't good of me to have just let this blog stagnate like that. My only excuse is I'm not one who "likes" to post about them selves. Even on my personal Facebook page, I rarely post anything personal.....I tend to share those cute little photos, cartoons etc. & even at that I don't do it very often. But as I felt like talking genealogy today, I thought I ought to come over here & write up a post about what has been going on.
This past year I have made leaps & bounds in my family research. Let me see if I can remember what all has happened. First off, my great grandmother Annie "Calaway" Lindsey has been a brick wall since I started working on my family genealogy. I've looked on nearly available database/web site on the Internet in trying to find out when/where she died. She was no where to be found & it was driving me crazy. Then one day, & before you ask me, no I can't remember how I came upon this web site, but it was for Tennessee records! I knew my grandparents had lived in Memphis at one point, matter of fact that is where my mother was born. Plus, I also knew one of my great uncles & most of his family lived there. I took a chance & keyed in her name for the Shelby County death certificates. Lo & behold there she was!!! You would have thought I had won the lottery! FYI: For anyone else who might have had folks living in Shelby County, TN, here's the web site that helped me break down her brick wall......may it work as good for you as it did me: Shelby County, TN Records
Another good find was finding my great uncle's youngest son! Oh I guess it has been a while now but one day I found an obituary for his oldest son who had passed away within the last few years. In his obituary, it mentioned that he was proceeded in death by his twin, but was survived by his younger brother. The obituary gave this living brother's current city of residence. So little ol' detective me, Googled his name & the city listed in the obituary. Yep, you got it, it found him! I wrote a letter explaining who I was & how I had found him. It was a couple of weeks later that his wife sent me an email asking me for a phone number....I always include a SSAE as well as my email address for their convenience. I sent it to her & come to find out, before they got my letter they had NO idea that his father even had an extended family, one that they knew nothing about! Seems once my great uncle left here & moved to another state back in the early 1900's, he basically left his family behind & didn't speak of them. He did keep in touch with a couple of brothers, but that was it. To be fair to him, their mother was NOT a very nice person & I have a feeling it was her that he wanted to forget about. Anyhoo, it took this new found 2nd cousin a bit to feel comfortable with me, as he just didn't know if he should believe we were truly family or not. His 2 living sister-in-laws kept telling him that we weren't because their husbands never mentioned any family still out there, yet I was able to tell him names/dates of his family, as well as send him photos of our families. One photo that I sent was a BIG family reunion the relatives all went to back in 1940 & there in the photo was his Dad & his twin brothers as young boys. So now I have a newly found 2nd cousin. :-)
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"As a result of an in-flight, Boeing 787 battery incident earlier today in Japan, the FAA will issue an emergency airworthiness directive to address a potential battery fire risk in the 787 and require operators to temporarily cease operations," the agency said in a statement.
The Japanese incident involved an All Nippon Airways Co. 9202, +0.07% ALNPF, +875.00% Dreamliner on a 90-minute domestic flight, which was forced to make an emergency landing after the suspected battery trouble triggered onboard alarms.
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Reports early Thursday said regulators in India were also asking unlisted flag-carrier Air India Ltd. to ground its own fleet of six Dreamliners as the FAA investigates the issue.
Likewise, Chile's LAN Airlines said it would suspend flights of its three Dreamliners in the wake of the FAA move.
The FAA said the cause of the battery failures — which had caused smoke, heat damage and the "release of flammable electrolytes" — remained unknown.
"The FAA will work with the manufacturer and carriers to develop a corrective action plan to allow the U.S. 787 fleet to resume operations as quickly and safely as possible"
Boeing shares BA, +1.99% traded down 2% in after-hours action. The Dreamliner, which had suffered from a series of delays during its development, is seen as important for Boeing's growth.
Boeing Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney said following the FAA announcement that while the company was confident the Dreamliner was still a safe plane, it would work with the regulators as they investigate the problem.
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Despite its still-highly favored status on Wall Street, Apple Inc. has seen a large number of brokers cut their price targets on the iPhone maker over the last few months, though the stock's precipitous fall in that time has put the shares well below even the most diminished views.
The most notable change came Tuesday morning, when Nomura analyst Stuart Jeffrey cut his price target on the stock by 20% to $530. He based his move on projections for "weaker-than-expected" sales of the iPhone 5, and added that he believes that gross margins and average selling prices for the iPhone "are unsustainably high." The note caused even more selling on the already battered stock, which was down 3% to $486.61 at last check.
That was the largest percentage cut to a broker's price target that Apple's stock has seen since the company issued its last earnings report in October. That report included a high-profile earnings miss from a company accustomed to blowing away the Street's targets. The report also triggered a wave of price target reductions as analysts tempered their profit near-term targets, given the launch of so many new products. At least 26 brokers have cut their price targets on Apple since that report, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
However, Apple's shares have shed more than one-quarter of their value since late September, which has put the stock well below even the most reduced targets. Only one broker has a target price below the stock's current value of $486.64, the rest are above Nomura's $530 view. The current median target is $745, and 13 brokers maintain targets above the $800 – with one reaching $1,111.
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LONDON – January 08, 2008 – Alfresco Software today announced that it reached and exceeded the 100 million document mark in an independently certified benchmark test of Alfresco Enterprise 2.1, conducted by Unisys Corporation, in compliance with predetermined benchmark rules.
The benchmark was conducted on an eight-way Unisys ES7000/one Enterprise Server employing dual core Intel Xeon processor technology, using a MySQL database and a Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. The benchmark demonstrated the readiness of Alfresco for enterprise-class ECM with:
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- Linear scalability of 140 objects per second
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"This benchmark drew on Unisys' long experience providing integrated, enterprise-class ECM solutions with a range of partners," said Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager, Open Source Business, Unisys. "Modeling the most common customer transactions in an environment that would exceed most customer sizing requirements, this benchmark demonstrates the performance capability that Alfresco 2.1 brings to the requirements of large enterprise customers."
"Alfresco was designed from day one to offer the industry-leading ECM scalability and high-availability required by the Global 2000," said John Newton, CTO, Alfresco Software. "This allows Alfresco to deliver linear scalability without artificial limits forcing content to be spread over multiple site collections with severe performance degradation as the size of the repository increases"
Alfresco is the open source ECM of choice of the Global 2000.The company now has more than 300 customers, including the American Stock Exchange, Boise Cascade, Christian Science Monitor, Informa and the Nebraska State Legislature. The community version of Alfresco's open source ECM has been downloaded more than 700,000 times.
In late 2006, Unisys became Alfresco's first Platinum-level Systems Integration partner, adding the Alfresco open source software suite and relationship to its strong global ECM solution and partner portfolio that today serves hundreds of major clients. Unisys also became an Alfresco Platinum Reseller early in 2007.
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Convincing victories by the varsity and junior varsity eights highlighted last Sunday's racing for the Mount St. Joseph Academy crew last Sunday in the third edition of the annual Manny Flick series.
Each boat raced in the first of three flights in its category, winning comfortably while posting the best overall time in its event.
The third Manny Flick usually is the occasion for the competitive debut of the Mount's first-year rowers, and last Sunday the Magic entered two boats full of freshmen.
"That first time out, I mainly just want them to have a positive experience," said MSJ novices coach Stuart Chase. "I don't want them to concentrate on winning and losing, but just doing what they've been taught to do and staying positive, because this is just the starting point. You need to get that first race behind you in order to really start focusing on your goals and objectives."
First up was the novice eight, which settled into a steady rhythm and eventually passed some fast-stroking rivals who had led early in the race. With Annarose Clark at coxswain, the octet of (stroke to bow) Sarah Healy, Bernadette McGirr, Madison Ehmann, Danielle Kosman, Megan Kelley, Sophia Cocozza, Emma Tenzinger, and Kelly Dougherty, Mount St. Joe won its flight in six minutes, 14.12 seconds, eight seconds ahead of the runner-up.
In the freshman eight, which raced 25 minutes later, the line-up consisted of Steph Eble, Jenny DiPietro, Brynn McGillin, Alaina Hunt, Imeirah Page, Tina Hendel, Josie Marrocco, Kate Stromberg, and coxswain Sabrina Ghantous. This group placed third in 5:57.45, a little under five seconds off of the winning time.
Commenting on the performance of both rookie crews, Chase said "I'm very pleased. The coxswains are so key in these first couple races for the freshmen, and I thought they did a great job of managing the race day, and taking charge of their crews both on and off the water. I was very proud of the leadership I saw from them. From the rowing standpoint, I saw two crews that came out and rowed long [in terms of the length of the stroke] and controlled. That was the goal, and we achieved that."
In the Mount's JV eight, a few of the rowers were just one year removed from their debut on the Schuylkill. Lauren Matchett and Jocelyn Ziemniak are still only sophomores, while the other occupants of the boat are juniors Rachel Heller (a Norwood Fontbonne Academy grad), Jacqueline Janes, Gwynedd Kieffer, Emily Ruddy, Emma Thompson, Maddie Wescott, and coxswain Mary Ragazzino.
Their time of 5:31.78 netted them a 10-second win in their own section, while the second-best time overall was the figure of 5:39.38 put up by Radnor High School in the third flight, where the Red Raiders topped Merion Mercy by two seconds.
The date may have been April 1, but the Mount's rivals in the fast heat of the varsity eight event quickly discovered that the Magic weren't fooling around. The MSJ ensemble (cox Erin McElroy and stick swingers Dana Lerro, Julie McGlynn, Katie O'Connell, Darian DiCianno, Dana Zielinski, Emily Carbone, Maddie Lawn, and Kiera McCloy) quickly seized the lead and hung into it like pit bull terriers.
By the time the Mounties started to draw alongside Peter's Island the race was over, and they won by 11 seconds in 5:03.80. Spectators were still treated to an exciting finish as the next three crews battled for the runner-up spot. Absegami fell off the pace near the end to finished fourth, but ahead of them just three one-hundredths of a second separated second place Radnor and number three Merion Mercy.
The Magic V-8 had won its flight the Sunday before, but wasn't really in top form after returning from a St. Patrick's weekend trip to California.
"They looked strong today," varsity coach Mike McKenna said after the most recent Flick, "This should help to build their confidence."
Earlier, the Mount lightweight eight pulled well over the last few hundred meters, but had given up too much water earlier in the race to overcome victorious Holy Spirit High School. Spirit won in 5:24.10, while the Magic fought off another New Jersey crew, Montclair High, for second place, 5:32.18 to 5:34.03.
Here, Annie Tenzinger was the cox for Michela Karrash, Kait Loftus, Kate Mirabella, Leah McGlynn, Leah Ramos, Meg O'Brien, Lexi Meister, and Maureen Flynn.
In fours racing, one of the Mount's JV boats came in second in its flight. Coxswain Lauren Woodrow coaxed a time of 6:25.63 from rowers Frannie McDermott, Natalie Simms, Christina Vosbikian, and Marissa Mulligan. A little later, an MSJ lightweight four containing Emily McHugh, Bridget Fitzpatrick, Maura O'Donnell, Elizabeth McKernan, and cox Beth Weinrich finished third in the fast flight of the event, with a time of 6:16.93.


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A Franklin man clearing vermin out of a building at a Maine chicken farm has been indicted on a manslaughter charge.
Michael Warbin unintentionally shot and killed a fellow farm worker, 57-year-old Manuel Adame, on Aug. 19 inside a 500-foot-long egg house.
An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Warbin, 44, on Wednesday of "reckless or criminally negligent manslaughter with use of a firearm," Deputy Attorney General Bill Stokes said.
Warbin's Portland, Maine, attorney, Jonathan Berry, said Thursday that he hadn't been officially told why the grand jury brought the indictment. Grand juries operate in secrecy.
"We have no idea of the weight or the quality of the evidence," Berry said.
"The grand jury has found probable cause to believe the matter should proceed," Stokes said.
Manslaughter carries a penalty of between no prison time and a maximum of 30 years in prison, Stokes said.
Because Warbin has been cooperative, he is not in custody, Stokes said.
"There's no need to make an arrest," Stokes said. "A summons has been issued" for Warbin to appear at his arraignment Oct. 31, at which time bail will be set.
When the shooting took place, Warbin and Adame were in an egg house at a farm in Turner, Maine, a small town in southern Maine near Lewiston. The farm is owned by Moark LLC., one of the largest producers of eggs in the nation and a subsidiary of Land O'Lakes Inc.
Warbin was using a .22-caliber rifle to kill rodents and stray chickens in the massive, poorly lit egg house after one batch of chickens was removed from it and before a new batch was moved in.
He was on one end of the house and Adame was on the other, Maine authorities said. Adame was hit and wounded by a single shot that hit his chest, according to authorities. Adame collapsed while attempting to leave the barn and died as he was being taken to a Lewiston hospital, authorities said.
Warbin is licensed with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as a nuisance wildlife control operator. His business, C&M Property Management LLC, is registered in Norwich.
According to Berry, Warbin works almost exclusively for Moark, traveling across the country to work at its farms. He also provides training and advice on his unique specialty.
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ST. CLOUD - St. Cloud Police are asking for your help as they investigate a deadly attack on the south side of town.
On Thursday night at about 11:20 p.m. 20-year-old Colton Gleason of Greenfield was walking in an alley in the 600 block between 8th and 9th Avenue when a car pulled up, a group of people got out, one of them threw a single punch, which caused Gleason to fall to the ground, and hit his head. He was taken to St. Cloud Hospital, where he died on Friday. Police Chief Blair Anderson says there were a lot of witnesses, and they need them to come forward.
The suspect car is described as a light colored four door mid to full size older vehicle. It was occupied by five to seven people, including one female and several males. They were all in their late teens to early 20's, and are a mix of white and black races.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the St. Cloud Police Department at 251-1200 or call the Tri-County CrimeStoppers at 1-800-255-1301.
Gleason was not a student at St. Cloud State University, his Facebook page indicates he attended Minnesota State-Mankato. Chief Anderson says he was in town visiting friends at the time of the incident.


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02/17/2015 Weight loss goals with a calorie calculator [Food and Drink]This applet allows you to track your weekly weight loss and set a target weight as well as other goals. Before getting started you should weigh yourself and measure your waist and hips (see comments for instructions).
Initially your BMR and BMI will be calculated after you input your data and activity level. You can even choose between two BMR formulas. Then you choose your target weight and your goal for waist size as well writing down other goals. You choose how much weight you want to lose per week and your total energy expenditure will be calculated. Your energy expenditure can even be calculated based on extra activities.
Finally you can write a weekly journal about your progress as well as other thoughts.
This applet is comprised of three databases and one form. It is made to work with forms so it can be difficult to use without them. I included a PDF file to clarify some things on how to use the forms.
The main database is Wt loss calories and the forms file.
Physical activities: http://ddhsoftware.com/gallery.html?show=number&record=4814&UID=20150218041323188.8.131.52
Activity level: http://ddhsoftware.com/gallery.html?show=number&record=4815&UID=20150218041323126.96.36.199
PDF with pictures and instructions: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3osoo2imycfbvxq/Weight%20loss%20and%20caloric%20calculations.pdf?dl=0
02/18/2015 Activity level [Food and Drink]This is a part of the applet: Weight loss and a calorie calculator. It allows you to choose your daily activity level for calculating your BMR.
02/18/2015 Weight loss goals with a calorie calculator-form [Food and Drink]This is the form that comes with the applet: Weight loss and a calorie calculator
02/22/2015 Gift planner [Miscellaneous]Update:
- now you can see previous gifts from another database: Previous gifts
- forms now have beautiful colors and a slight change in layout (see forms)
Manage wish lists from family, friends etc. Add extra info like a picture of the wish, note and store info. Create to buy list and keep an overview over your spendings.
The applet is created to work both with and without forms
02/22/2015 Gift planner - form [Miscellaneous]Form for the "Gift planner" applet
- beautiful colors and a changed layout
- added action buttons for pop-ups, camera and a link to another database: Previous gifts (please update the applet as well for the link to work)
- I also made a version with icons. You can download it at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5tkwup4atm3wpr6/Giftplannericon.zip?dl=0
New icons and a new look on store form:
02/25/2015 Previous gifts [Miscellaneous]This is a add-on database for Gift Planner.
Basically it allows you to check previous gifts when using Gift Planner.
You will see the corresponding name, the occasion, what you bought, the price and a note.
The best way to add new record is to use the DBpopup in the name field and choose the gift(s) you bought (this would ideally occur after you've bought your gifts, so you would choose the records in the bought view of the Gift Planner view).
03/16/2015 My running log [Sports] A comprehensive running log for the serious runner. You can also use it if you're trying to lose weight. You should install the applet "Weight loss goals with a calorie calculator" and the accompanying applets to get the most out of the applet.
I made a workaround so you can input seconds when registering duration.
The applet calculates your pace, speed, calories, intensity, target heart rate and you can input a lot of information like: distance, running type, ranking (during race), BPM, shoes, weather.


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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Microsoft as the Good Guys
I spent a good part of this week at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Los Angeles, and I came away with this thought: in enterprise IT, Microsoft is turning into one of the "good guys."
When Microsoft ruled the worldFirst, let's turn back the clock. Around the turn of the last century, Microsoft had a lock on personal computing, especially with its Windows desktop OS and its Office productivity suite. Apple was in a far distant second place. Netscape had a head start with a Web browser but was soon crushed by Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Linux made inroads at the server level but never gained traction on the desktop. Microsoft on the desktop was like IBM in the data center in the 1980s. It was commonly said, whatever market Microsoft chooses to go after, it will soon dominate. The US Department of Justice and European Union pursued Microsoft on antitrust grounds, like the US did with IBM years before. But these actions seemed to do little to slow Microsoft's momentum.
But, what a difference a decade makes. The desktop is rapidly losing ground as the center of personal computing. Smartphones and tablet computer usage are exploding, and Microsoft has a tiny market share on both. Apple still has a small market share for desktops, especially in the enterprise, but it is now the choice for all the "cool kids." Microsoft still has a majority and growing share of the workload in corporate data centers (over half, even in large organizations, per our research at Computer Economics), but it is late to the game in cloud computing, which threatens the very reason-to-be for corporate data centers, long-term. Its search engine, Bing, has some interesting technology, but faces an uphill battle against Google, which dominates the search ad business. Therefore, in many markets, Microsoft is the underdog.
So, it was entirely fitting that the WPC Tuesday keynote this week began with a version of Coldplay's song," whose first line is, "I used to rule the world:I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemies' eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead, long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castle stands
Upon pillars of salt, and pillars of sand
There were signs of humility in the keynotes, such as Steve Ballmer remarking that the market share of Windows Phone had gone "from very small to very small." Even in touting success, such as with the roll-out of Windows 7 and Office 2010, there was none of the bluster we too-often see from certain enterprise vendors. Ballmer even had a hard time getting the partner audience to give a good hiss at the mention of a competitor.
So, as I'm listening to keynotes and conducting one-on-one interviews with Microsoft executives and partners, I'm getting the feeling that Microsoft is losing its place as everyone's favorite punching bag. In fact, it has a real opportunity to be the good guys in the enterprise IT marketplace.
I see this in three ways.
1. Offering safe platformsMicrosoft takes a lot of criticism for its proprietary technologies--especially from open source advocates (of which, I am one). I still believe that open source technologies, such as Linux, AJAX, and others, are a great foundation for building enterprise software. But, increasingly, independent software vendors (ISVs) are seeing Microsoft as another safe alternative.
It is not generally known, for example, that SAP--the granddaddy of enterprise software--is using Microsoft Visual Studios as the platform for scripting custom logic in its new Business ByDesign (ByD) cloud-based ERP system. SAP formerly did nearly all development in its proprietary ABAP language as well as in Java. But now, SAP apparently feels that Microsoft's C# is a better choice, at least for ByD. When I asked SAP about this a few months ago, an SAP executive told me, it's because most of the target market for ByD--small business--is already using Microsoft technologies.
This week, at the WPC, I ran into an executive of a Tier II ERP vendor, which competes with Microsoft Dynamics. I was surprised to see him at a Microsoft event. Why was he here, I asked. "Because, we're a Microsoft partner," he replied. "We use .NET, Lync, Sharepoint, and Microsoft's business intelligence capabilities as part of our product strategy. We're also using Azure to build cloud-based mobility apps."
Later in my one-on-one interviews with Microsoft executives, I asked about this. How can you compete with these enterprise software vendors in your Dynamics business, yet turn around and support them with your technology? The answer, in so many words, is that in the big picture, Microsoft will be more successful by being a safe platform provider for other vendors, than it will be by hoarding its technologies only for use by its own applications business.
So, at a time when other enterprise software vendors are questioning their commitment to Java, in light of Oracle's acquisition of Sun, Microsoft is starting to look like one of the good guys.
2. Focusing on cloud-valueDespite Steve Ballmer's talk about being "all in with the cloud," Microsoft's actual progress has been slow. From this perspective, Microsoft is seen as a laggard, falling behind cloud infrastructure providers such as Amazon, as well as SaaS providers, such as Salesforce.com and NetSuite. This has been my view for some time, and I still feel this way.
But from interviews with Dynamics executives, it's clear that there is some deep thinking going on about the cloud. Specifically, what is the value of cloud computing to customers? Is it only in cost-savings through outsourcing the infrastructure to a low-cost platform? Is it with all workloads equally, or with certain workloads? Are there parts of the enterprise suite that customers will more likely want to retain in-house, or with a trusted third party hosting provider, while moving other parts to a shared multi-tenant environment? What scenarios favor multi-tenant as the preferred architecture, due to the relationship between the tenants?
With many enterprise IT vendors today, where you stand on the cloud depends on where you sit. If you are a NetSuite or Salesforce.com, the only valid strategy is to have everything delivered as a pure multi-tenant SaaS offering. If you are a Larry Ellison, SaaS is a myth, or if you are a Harry Debes, the SaaS industry will collapse in two years.
But, with Microsoft there's no such dogmatism. Rather, it is thinking hard about where customers find the most value in cloud computing and is working to prioritize its migration to the cloud to focus on those value propositions. I just wish they would get there faster.
3. Enabling entrepreneursThe third way in which Microsoft is the good guy is in the opportunity it offers to entrepreneurs. We all know that Microsoft's sells a lot of products to small and mid-size businesses. But Microsoft is also small-business-friendly in its partner channel. Attending the WPC is a real eye-opener: thousands of partners, mostly small businesses, many entrepreneurial, enabled by Microsoft's channel program. During these economic times, when everyone is championing small business as the key to economic prosperity, Microsoft is enabling thousands of entrepreneurs and small businesses worldwide to grow and compete successfully. In fact, IDC recently estimated the total 2010 revenue of the Microsoft partner ecosystem at US $580 billion. Compare that to Microsoft's revenue of approximately $60B, and you can see that every dollar Microsoft makes results in about 8 or 9 dollars of revenue for its partners. That's a big opportunity for Microsoft's 640,000 partners worldwide.
My interviews with three Microsoft partners also gave me insight into how these small businesses are winning in these difficult times. I interviewed Jeff Geisler, owner of Socius, a traditional CPA-type partner, which is growing steadily through the recession by acquiring smaller firms. I also met with Steve Thompson and Jim Sheehan from PowerObjects, a Microsoft CRM partner with strong development capabilities. Finally, I had a sit-down with Paul Tilling and Bob Hadingham at LexisNexis. Paul and Bob's group is an independent software developer in the UK that has taken its software for law firm practice management and is migrating it to Dynamics AX as its underlying platform. These three businesses have different focuses, but each is betting its business on Microsoft's partner channel.
With some other enterprise IT vendors, being a partner is a risky bet, as you sometimes find yourself competing against the vendor's direct sales force. Or, the vendor has a shifting strategy on where it wants to allow its partners to do business. Microsoft, by running 95% of its revenue through the channel, has no such conflict.
A closing thoughtThe choice of venue--Los Angeles--was entirely suiting to this theme. The city has seen hard times over the past several years. The glow is off the Golden State. The land of opportunity has been slow to recover from the recession. Our state budget is deep in the red and the business climate is going from bad to worse. It's a microcosm of most of the nation.
Microsoft could have chosen San Francisco or Silicon Valley, where it would have been just one more tech conference. Instead, it chose Los Angeles, where it could make a difference. In fact, I'm told, this was the largest business conference ever in Los Angeles, and was estimated to bring $45 million for local businesses.
So, once again, Microsoft is the good guy.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
The IT Spending Recovery and Implications for Enterprise Software
Computer Economics has just published its 22nd annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study. The latest data, based on our survey from the first half of 2011, shows that the US and Canada have emerged from the IT spending recession of the past two years. At the same time, the recovery is weak and organizations have not returned to the IT spending growth rates of the middle part of the previous decade.
That said, some industry sectors are showing IT spending growth rates well above the median 2.0% for the composite sample, as shown in the accompanying figure. The insurance sector leads the way, at 5.0% growth in IT operational spending, followed by wholesale distribution, discrete manufacturing, high tech, healthcare, and process manufacturing, which all beat the composite median.
To no surprise, the sector dragging the averages down is government. Median IT operational spending by governments is falling 3%, the second year in a row that IT organizations in the government sector have reduced spending. The retail and banking and finance sectors also continue to show below-average growth in median IT spending, at 1% and 1.1% respectively.
Other key findings include:
A free 40+ page executive summary of the IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study is available, along with a description of the full report.
- IT operational budgets as a percentage of revenue is 1.6% this year, down from 1.8% of revenue in 2010, as revenue gains outpace investment in IT.
- In a continuation of a six-year trend, IT operational spending per user this year is declining to $6,667, down from $7,002 the prior year, on an inflation-adjusted basis. The long-term trend is indicative of improving IT operational efficiency but is being pushed further by the cost-cutting of the past three years.
- After three years of zero growth, IT capital spending is up 1.8% at the median. Discrete manufacturing, energy and utilities, and high-tech sectors show the strongest growth in capital investment.
- The modest increase in IT spending this year is not reflected in IT hiring plans: only 34% of organizations are increasing IT headcount, while 27% are reducing staff levels.
Implications for Enterprise SoftwareThe recovery in IT spending is certainly good news for enterprise software buyers and sellers. The stronger-than-average recovery in the manufacturing and distribution sectors is especially welcome, as these sectors were hammered hard early in the recession. In our soon-to-be-completed technology trends survey, we are already seeing signs of increasing interest in expanding ERP systems, replacing legacy systems, and new investments in CRM, supply chain management, business intelligence, and mobility applications.
At the same time, our data shows the recovery is weak. Although many organizations are now willing to spend, they still have one foot on the brake, ready to cut back or postpone new spending initiatives if the recovery slows. Fear of a double-dip recession is far from over.
This cautionary mood means that sellers should expect buyers to negotiate hard on price. Flexibility in payment terms, with milestone payments instead of cash up front will also be well received. With its subscription-based pricing and avoidance of large up-front costs, software-as-a-service (SaaS) will continue to be an attractive option for many buyers. Finally, many buyers will be looking to add new functionality to existing systems, rather than completely replace them. Vendors that are able to play well with others will benefit the most in this environment.
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- Featuring places connected with my own family history
- Highlighting places with happy memories
- Shining the spotlight on place names that appeal
- Linking my interests in history, travel and photography.
MULL is the second largest island in the inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland and a wonderful place for an "away from it all" holiday. The Mull Anthem says it all:
Of ocean's gems 'tis the first and rarest;
Green grassy island of sparkling fountains,
Of waving woods and high tow'ring mountains."


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These pants are much better...
Than the ones that gave him a big ass – this is Robert Pattinson in London tonight at the UK premiere of Remember Me quivering his home fans with co-star Emilie de Ravin and her amazing legs. Those legs could rival Jennifer Aniston's. I keep seeing her as f-cked up crazy Claire in Lost with a hair rat on her head. She cleans up nice.
And he cleans up very, very handsome. Look how pretty he is when he remembers his Do & Don't List. Mouth breathing is under control, clean shaven, no brooding constipation face, a lot of smiling, and even a little smirk. I like his smirk. It's sexy. Better the smirk than his usual face, like he's about to cry after orgasm. This is another attribute, aside from the entire career, that Pattinson should avoid having in common with Orly Bloom. No one wants a post-coital crier.
Many of you have asked whether or not I've seen Remember Me. The answer is No. However, I'm in Toronto next week. Laura and Lo, my two Pattison fangirl friends haven't seen it yet either due to their own respective travel schedules. They had planned to go together, holding hands. I'm about to crash that party.
Photos from Dave Hogan/Ian Gavan/Gettyimages.com


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Prized Possessions: What's Yours?
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Decorators should never insist on throwing out everything the client has. Even when they are far from perfect, loved possessions add personality.
-Billy Baldwin
What are your loved possessions? Please share them with us! I'll start: Two of mine are these Staffordshire dogs that were my grandmother's. They always sat on her mantle on Cape Cod and they always remind me of her. She was the ultimate animal lover – every bird and stray cat in her neighborhood was fed by her, and her dog Guinness had gourmet meals prepared for him every night.
Now they have separated, one of them has a place of pride on my Parson's desk:


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Monster Energy Pro Wakeskate Event Goes Down in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – September 29, 2009 – Already fielding one of the most talented and diverse roster of wake athletes, Monster Energy Drink continues to put their support behind some of the most unique, fun events in watersports. They have helped make the Boardshorts, Bulls and Bikini's "Texas Style" rail jam/bull-riding extravaganza one of the most anticipated events in and around the Dallas Boat Show, they have been involved with the Pro Team Challenge since it's inception three years ago, they are a major player at Canada's annual Wakestock mega-party and they have been an integral part in making the Liquid Force Brostock Double-Up Contest at Lake Powell one of the most star-studded and high-paying pro events of the year. This past weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, they unleashed a little something for the sports colorful wakeskate contingent.
The Monster Energy Trinity River Round Up was the creation of Texas' busiest winchmiester, Clint Tompkins. Always looking for a sweet new spot to ride, Tompkins found what he was looking for on the Trinity River just south of downtown Fort Worth over three gaps that seem to have been built for shredding. Originally scheduled to be the one of the main attractions at the cities annual Mayfest celebration, the entire festival was cancelled by the health department due to a local "swine flu" scare.
The wakeskate event was rescheduled for September 19th and last weekend fourteen invited pro riders arrived in North Texas for a chance to session Clint's secret spot. Four obstacles were constructed over the 24' spillway; a fun box, incline rail, kicker and the Monster wall ride. It was a freeride format, pulled by a PWC and the best trick on each obstacle and over the gap would earn the rider $1000 for a total purse of $5,000.
The riders where divided into two heats and each would get two sets. Heat #1 included George Daniels, Aaron Reed, Matt Hooker, Travis Doran, Collin Gee, Andrew Pastura and James Balzer. The second heat featured Grant Roberts, Beau Parker, Charlie Hewitt, Steve Campbell, Stefan Schriewer, Dieter Humpsch and organizer Clint Tompkins. They all used the first rounds to feel things out and by the afternoon sessions, the hammers started to drop.
The event was judged by the riders so after a full day of skating, they all gathered to place their secret ballots and name their picks for best trick on each obstacle. The results where revealed later that evening at the Monster Energy after-party which took place at The Aardvark Bar and Grill – one of Fort Worth's legendary live music and party spots.
South African, Dieter Humpsch worked the kicker all day progressing with each hit…first it was a back 180, then a back 360 and finally, the move that got him the win over Aaron Reed's FS 360 – a clean switch TS 540 off the kicker. On the incline rail, Steve Campbell's switch boardslide 270 out earned him $1000. Travis Doran and Andrew Pastura battled it out on the fun box but Travis blunt shuv was not enough to overcome Pastura's 270 shuv to front board and Andrew took the win. On his first attempt at the gap, George Daniels landed a flawless frontside flip and locked up a grand. And last, but certainly not least…James Balzer and Clint Tompkins both laid out some sick tricks on the Monster Energy wall-ride but the riders thought Tomkins super clean 270 shuv front board was enough to take the win and earn him the final $1000 "Big" check.
Monster Energy's Trinity River Round Up was unique for a couple of reasons. It was the first pro level wakeskate competition to take place over a spillway in a "natural" urban setting and the freeride format with no eliminations gave every rider an opportunity to compete from start to finish. Also, with cash offered for the "Best Trick" on each obstacle – there were five first place winners who each took home $1000 cash in addition to a custom forged TRR branding iron trophy. Initial feedback from riders, sponsor and fans has all been extremely positive and everyone is looking forward to next years event.
In addition to Monster Energy Drink, the Trinity River Round Up was made possible with support from Freeman Toyota/SCION, Woly Board Company FUEL TV, Time Warner Cable, Liquid Force Wakeboards and Signature Wakeskates. Media partners include iWAKE.com, Alliance Wakeboard Magazine, the Fort Worth Weekly and Wakeworld.com. For more information go to www.trinityriverroundup.com
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I edit a blog, Boing Boing, that's pretty darn popular (Technorati says we're one of the five most popular blogs), so there are a lot of people who try to get me to write about their stuff. That's cool -- I love getting good suggestions for things to write about. I couldn't find everything on my own.
But often I can't write about the tips people send me, because the people who posted the material did something crazy to make life tough for bloggers. I suppose that if you're aiming for obscurity, that could be a feature, but if you've put up a Web site because you want people to find out about your stuff, then being blogger-unfriendly is most certainly a bug.
What makes a site blogger-unfriendly? I've been keeping a list for the past couple of months. These are simple design and deployment mistakes that kept me from picking up a link and reposting it where millions might find it. Here's the list, a kind of anti-checklist for anyone who's spending money and time trying to get a message out:
Have a link. Seriously: if you want bloggers to link to you, you need to have something linkable. Your upcoming TV show, protest march, product or soccer tournament is literally unbloggable unless you put it on the Web somewhere first.
Have a permanent link. Don't just change the front page of your site every time a new speaker for your speaker-series in announced. A blogger who links to the front page of your site today in a post about the upcoming address by Philo T Farnsworth, wants that link to stay good for in the future, and not point to the upcoming address by Paris Hilton when you change it next week. Put up a separate, permanently linkable page for everything you want to get blogged.
Have a link for everything. Don't have a single page with ten items on it. Blogging a link to the top of your fifty-screen-long page with a blurb about something halfway down generates 200 e-mails from readers who can't find the referenced item.
Use real links. Don't have links with expiring session-keys that are no good if someone revisits the URL later. If a blogger can't send the URL to a friend or put it on the Web, then that blogger can't send people to go look at your stuff. Likewise, avoid the giant, 800-character gobbledegook URLs filled with junky alphabet-soup GUIDs -- if it can't be pasted into IRC without linebreaking, there's some group of compulsive communicators who'll be unable to get to it.
Use links that go to pages. Don't use Javascripts that generate resized popups, or pages whose URL reads "about()." Remember, that which cannot be linked cannot be blogged. What's more, any page that resizes the window, auto-plays sound, or otherwise remodels the user's environment to suit your taste will generate complaints for the luckless blogger who points to it.
Flash sites stink. Designers, architects and artists, this means you: putting your whole site into a giant Flash blob with no internal links, no way to copy a representative bit of text into a post or e-mail, and no way to point to a specific page means that a large number of bloggers and other word-of-mouthers will just pass on it. Also, sites like this are invisible to search engines. Your whole graduating class may be making Flash portfolios, but if you break with them, you'll get work from your site while they languish in search- and blogger-invisibility.


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5DX Virus Protection Software Policy
Keysight is announcing a new virus protection software warranty and support contract policy for the 5DX product line. Keysight is announcing a new virus protection software warranty and support contract policy for the 5DX product line. Keysight recognizes that customers require data protection for their PC workstations and computer controlled manufacturing equipment such as the 5DX X-ray Test System and associated workstations. With the many viruses that have been introduced recently, Keysight is recommending that the 5DX customer information technology (IT) department procure and install a Keysight-qualified virus protection software package on the 5DX X-ray Test System and associated workstations. With the customer's site IT department being responsible for procuring virus protection software and supporting the latest update definitions, customers are insured of the best possible protection for the 5DX system's data and operating system software.
To provide support for this new strategy, Keysight has qualified the Symantec "Norton Anti Virus Corporate Edition Rev 7.6" virus protection software with the 8.0 5DX software release. Beginning with the 8.0 software release, virus protection software will not be shipped with new releases.
The Keysight 5DX Windows NT 4.0 package includes Service Pack 5 (SP5). The 8.1 release will continue to be supported on Windows NT 4.0 with SP6. Microsoft provides patches that can be downloaded on systems running Window NT 4.0 SP6 that are effective against the latest known viruses. Keysight recommends that for customers who do not already have a Keysight-qualified virus protection strategy, to contact a regional Symantec Office or distributor for additional information on virus protection www.symantec.com.
Note: Keysight maintains the current 3rd party software package policy. If a 3rd party software package, not qualified by Keysight, is installed on a 5DX system controller and the installation results in a failure of the system controller, the customer will be responsible for "un-installing" the software package and restoring the 5DX product to its normal operating status. In the event Keysight's assistance is required to restore the system to the normal operating status, the customer will be charged Keysight's standard parts and labor rates for the repair.