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Mayor Coleen J. Seng will receive the Girl Scouts' highest honor, the "Thanks Badge II for Continuing Service," at the annual meeting of the Homestead Council of Girl Scouts Saturday, March 11 in Lincoln. The badge is the highest national award that an adult may receive in Girl Scouting.
"Girl Scouting has been developing self confidence and leadership skills in girls for more than nine decades," said Mayor Seng. "It is important for girls to build their strength, courage and character, and Girl Scouting provides them with those opportunities. It is a great honor to receive this award from an organization that has already enhanced my life in so many ways."
The Mayor will receive the award as part of Saturday's 11 a.m. adult awards ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at the Cornhusker Marriott, 333 South 13th Street.
Jenny Cardwell of the Homestead Council of Girl Scouts said the award is presented to an adult staff member or volunteer who "continues to provide distinguished service that benefits the total council or entire Girl Scout movement."
Mayor Seng began her involvement in Girl Scouting as a Brownie in 1942. She is a past president of the Homestead Girl Scout Council and continues to be involved in Girl Scout fund-raising activities. She was employed by the Girl Scouts for several years both in Saginaw, Michigan and Lincoln.

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We all understand the importance of setting goals. Personal trainers do this with clients all the time. However, when it comes to our own lives and businesses, we often neglect to practice what we preach.
It's important to remember the positive impact of having, tracking, achieving and re-assessing goals. Here are a few ways we set financial and productivity goals for our training teams at Northwest Personal Training:
Revenue goals: At the beginning of every year, we establish revenue goals for our trainers. To do so, we first collect data for each person on our team: the training hours scheduled each week and the average training fee. Then, we multiply the average training fee by the average number of training hours per week. So, let's say a trainer is scheduled for 40 hours per week at $65 per hour. That would equal $2,600, the maximum that trainer could generate per week.
We then take that maximum number and multiply this by 48 weeks per year, allowing for vacation, holidays and illness. The amount comes to $124,800 per year. We then divide that number by 12 to determine a monthly amount, which in this case would equal $10,400.
Of course, a trainer is never completely full due to cancellations, client holidays, rescheduled appointments, etc., so we set the trainers' schedule at 80 percent capacity, which in this example equals a monthly goal of $8,320. If trainers are consistently below the 80 percent average, we know that we need to spend more time with them on sales training.
Throughout the month, we keep our trainers updated on their sales stats so they can take appropriate action if they are well below their goal. After we set these goals, we establish monthly team goals and incentives for reaching them, such as team go-karting, a yacht cruise, a dinner and a movie, white-water rafting and monetary bonuses.
Productivity goals: We calculate productivity every two weeks when we complete payroll. Many things factor into a trainer's productivity:
- Paid hours (how many training hours a trainer completed)
- Unpaid hours (how many hours a trainer worked but not with a paid client)
- Productivity ratio (the total number of paid hours divided by total hours)
- Non-paid ratio (should be 20 percent or lower)
- Closing ratio (how many new clients purchased personal training packages compared to how many complimentary sessions were completed)
- Retention ratio (how many existing clients purchased additional training sessions once their package was completed compared to how many were up for renewal)
These statistics provide a glimpse of the pulse of a business and the productivity of each trainer. We incentivize our trainers so that if they hit 87 percent productivity, they receive a $100 bonus, and if they hit 83 percent, they receive a $50 bonus every two weeks. Each trainer has the opportunity to earn an additional $2,600 per year by maintaining a full schedule. This simple system has been encouraging trainers to take ownership of their schedule and take steps to fill their schedule. Ultimately, everyone wins. The business benefits financially, the trainer is monetarily rewarded, and more clients achieve their goals.
Although most trainers entered into this industry to help people and change lives, it's still critical to run a training department like a business. Every good business records, tracks and monitors financial statistics. Remember this: If you don't think or act like you're running a business, you're probably not running a successful business.
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What you've described is absolutely antithetical to Catholic teaching. Thanks for pointing out what not to do.
He is arguing that the teaching is defective and as such the defective teaching--which of course does not encourage sin as a matter of teaching--in practice leads people to the absurd conclusions they come to.
Some EO go too far and worship icons or turn them into objects of superstition.
All truths get twisted by some people. That doesn't invalidate the truths.
I am always learning on this site and I am no way taking sides in this conversation but SiviSokol one preists words does not constitute universal Orthodox truth.
What I said was there is no such thing as "venial sin" sin Orthodoxy, and that the differences in degrees of sin are based on how easily remedied they are. Here's what I actually said: In Roman Catholicism, a "venial sin" does not, by definition, lead to spiritual death. In Orthodoxy, there is no such thing as a venial sin, since all sins cut us off from God and lead to spiritual death, the only difference is that some are remedied easier than others.
1855 Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him. Venial sin allows charity to subsist even though it offends and wounds it. (emphasis mine)1863 Venial sin weakens charity; it manifests a disordered affection for created goods; it impedes the soul's progress in the exercise of the virtues and the practice of the moral good […] Deliberate and unrepented venial sin disposes us little by little to commit mortal sin.1865 Sin creates a proclivity to sin; it engenders vice by repetition of the same acts. This results in perverse inclinations which cloud conscience and corrupt the concrete judgment of good and evil. Thus sin tends to reproduce itself and reinforce itself...
The factors of how and why differ by person and by sin and so neat lists of mortal and venial sin according to the Orthodox view are impossible to create.
And the same for us. There is a lot of gray area not just in the sins themselves, but also in the motivation and state of mind behind the sins. Which is why we are told to just pour out our hearts in confession.
Well, you guys can't be wrong in everything.
Not all are treated the same by the Eastern Church. Some sins carry the punishment of complete excommunication, some carry the punishment of being barred from Holy Communion for a length of time, some have no punishment.
In Orthodoxy, sins are spiritual illness requiring treatment. Untreated, all and any of these spiritual illnesses will lead to spiritual death. The only sense in which Orthodoxy understands sins to be "less serious" is in the sense that they are illnesses which are easier to treat. But left untreated, they will lead to spiritual death as certainly as the "most serious" sin will.
Some sins are like flesh wounds. They don't kill you, but they eventually will if they are unrepented. They are not cauterized and fester. You'll eventually die of infection.
[Modified: I forgot I was addressing an Aussie) * V8 is a notoriously healthy vegetable juice blend here in the States (I say notoriously because it tastes awful)
But that means that they do kill you. You still die because of the wound. If you weren't wounded, you wouldn't die. So I still don't see how it can be considered non (spiritually) fatal.
I might have misunderstood lubeltri's analogy, but I thought he meant that it wouldn't kill you immediately, like something else would, but that it would still be ultimately fatal, even if over a longer time.
I drink V8 every morning! It has 3 serves of veggies. If you don't like the taste, try adding some freshly ground black pepper. There is also a "fruit and vegetable" version. Alternatively, you can add vodka for a salubrious version of a Bloody Mary.
So do Priests have the authority to "forgive and absolve" as Peter Moghila's formula says; or do Priests have "no power to forgive sins on earth" as the Greek formula says? Let's see what the Russian Bishops have to say about this. In 1999, Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev said: So I'm afraid the Russian Bishops aren't as sure as you guys are that Name Worshipping is condemned.
7. The renaissance will take place when the heritage of Russian theological scholarship and the experience of the "Paris school" have been assimilated and implemented by Russian theologians.8. The renaissance will take place when Russian theology frees itself from its "Western captivity," when it returns its own roots in ancient Christian and Byzantine tradition. This return also requires fresh theological forces and a new, creative approach adopted by all main theological disciplines.
You do?! I see you've already got my analogy in mind! Good stuff. I'll hold my nose and drink it, though I'm looking forward to trying your tips to make it palatable. I try to limit fruit juices (save apple cider, which I love)---a lot of sugar in them, which is not so good if you tend to drink too much of it like I do. Thanks for the tips.
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The Cowboys will take their 1-4 record and look for their second win against the Giants in week seven. The expectations have fallen from Super Bowl favs to early draft pick favs. However, all hope should not be lost. Fans are frustrated and demand a turnaround, all we can do is hope that the team wants the same thing. Whether you've lost hope of not, come Monday night, Cowboys fans will be expecting a Texas size ass-kickin' in Cowboys Stadium against their bitter rivals!
The Cowboys matchup against the Giants this Monday night. Television coverage begins at 7:30 Central time on ESPN.
The Lone Star Struck game chat will be open all day and we invite all fans to join us as we root for the Boys and share our game thoughts. Its a great experience with fans from both sides of the ball going at it, cheering for their team. We've had a lot of fun and excitement in the chatroom so far this year, stop by and say hi you might find you'd like to stay a while!
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We are no officially back to the normal routine!
I feel like the holidays went by so quickly that I can even tell that I feel relaxed. Maybe adding a week to the holidays wouldn't be a bad idea! Getting back to normal routine can only mean one thing.. hand ins. Just did one today and have so many during February! Hopefully I will be able to keep up with my new year's resolutions and be able to post more!
When I went to H&M I just couldn't resist buying this poncho sweater! I love how warm and cozy it feels and how versatile it actually is. I decided to pair it with camo pants and to make the outfit a little more sophisticated I added my mustard heels.As you can see I am obsessed with my new bag, this is the second outfit I am sharing wearing it (previous one - Sequins & Fur!). I would say this outfit consists from all my favourite clothing pieces right now!
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SALISBURY — Vermont House members this week continued to debate H.170, which would allow Vermonters to legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana and up to two mature plants.
The handful of local lawmakers who turned out at Monday's legislative breakfast in Salisbury gave a sense of where they stood on the issue.
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I'm writing today in response to the recent letter signed by various chiefs of police regarding marijuana law in Vermont.
I'm very glad that they have such concern for the young people of Addison County. As the father of a pre-teen I truly appreciate that they are looking out for the welfare of young people in our community. Reading their letter, however, leaves me feeling that they are a bit out of touch with reality.
The Addison County chiefs of police and the Addison County sheriff would like to recognize Middlebury Rep. Betty Nuovo for her comments in an article in the Feb. 19 edition of the Addison Independent. Rep. Nuovo voiced her opposition to House Bill 277 and Senate Bill 95, both which propose the legalization of marijuana for recreational usage.
Reports commissioned by a state legislature are famous fodder for recycling bins.
But a recent report prepared for the Vermont Legislature promises to be widely read and debated. That's because it's about a topic with lots of buzz in every sense of the word: Should Vermont legalize marijuana?
We've already decriminalized possession of less than an ounce. Now Vermont is seriously debating whether to join four states and the District of Columbia by fully legalizing the wily weed.
This week's writer is Vergennes Chief of Police George P. Merkel, who is president of the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police.
The California-based consulting firm RAND Corporation is preparing a report for Vermont state government on the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. RAND itself does not take a position for or against legalization.
BRANDON — The Development Review Board in Brandon has acted quickly on a controversial application to establish a medical marijuana dispensary in Brandon, granting a permit last week and opening the door to an appeal.
The move came just a few days after Brandon residents voiced their concerns about a pot dispensary at a well-attended town meeting.
NEW HAVEN — On Wednesday a little before 4 p.m. Vermont State Police were notified that someone was illegally growing marijuana in a cornfield near Route 17 in New Haven.
The grow operation was discovered when the corn was being cut down. Trooper Conway reported that marijuana was growing at around six separate sites, each containing five to six plants.
Police pulled out the marijuana and took it to the New Haven state police barracks for destruction.
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We are a company which has provided conferences/seminars to Grade 12 High School students who are in their final year of secondary school.
For the past 22 years the conferences have been for students studying the subject of English which (in Australia) is the study of books/plays/poems where students are graded by writing essays about these texts. Our company adds value to the teaching experience by presenting the actual authors, poets, playwrights and experts on these texts to speak to the students.
We are the leading conference company in the market of educational conferences Grade 12 students in our region and offer a highly informative and valuable day of lectures to help students understand the subject better and achieve their best possible marks in the course.
We are a reputable, and professional company which has a premium product to offer and our branding neeeds to reflect this and the high quality service we offer.
Our market is grade 12 high school students studying english texts in Australian High Schools. These students are typically 17-18 years of age.
Additionally, we are also targeting their teachers and parents who often are the decision makers when it comes to deciding whether to bring or send their students to the day of lectures.
It is an existing market who we are already speaking to but we haven't had any branding/logos across our work before even though we are a known company to these grade 12 teachers.
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Mobile Communication Device (MCD) Allowance
|Mobile Communication Device (MCD) Allowance
|Information Technology
|Technology Use
Approved December 1, 2011
C. Steve Duncan, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance 252-328-9094
|Related Policies
Mobile Communication Devices The University of North Carolina System Policy UNC Finance Policy 539
|Additional References
OMB Circular A-21 OMB Circulars
1. Introduction
1.1 Definition: Mobile Communication Device (MCD)
A mobile communication device is defined as any wireless electronic device used for contacting or communicating with East Carolina University (ECU) personnel and includes pagers, mobile phones, Blackberries, and devices similar to the Blackberry.
1.2 Purpose
The purpose of this regulation is to authorize appropriate ECU employees to receive a set allowance for the use of a personal MCD in the execution of duties associated with employment. The objective is to provide a monthly allowance, from non-state funds, to designated employee(s) to offset the cost of using such devices for ECU business purposes.
1.3 Allowance Description
The allowance provided is not an entitlement related to the employee's position, and it must be applied to an operational requirement for a MCD in order to fulfill the particular employee's duties. The allowance does not increase the employee's base salary, and it will be treated as a taxable benefit to the employee.
2. General
2.1 Service
East Carolina University provides services to a dynamic population of faculty, staff and students on a continuing basis. To ensure services are uninterrupted, certain employees are often required to be accessible by MCD when out of the immediate work area. To ensure continuity of service supervisors are authorized to allow identified employees to utilize personal MCD's. This enables departments to maintain contact throughout both business and, if appropriate, during non-business hours (e.g., for on call/emergency purposes in evenings or on weekends). This regulation does not establish expectations that an employee shall be available outside of normal business hours (Such matters are subject to Human Resources policies and regulations).
2.2 Convenience MCD's
Due to the nature of their business, some departments may need to maintain a University Contracted MCD. If a state supplied MCD is required normal ITCS requesting procedures should be used (see Business Manual)
3. Procedures
3.1 Designating Authority
The authority to designate which employee(s) will receive an allowance to use a personal MCD for ECU business purposes is delegated to the appropriate Vice Chancellors. Allowances for Vice Chancellors will be approved by the Chancellor. The Chancellor's allowance must be approved by the President of the North Carolina system.
3.2 Application
An application for the personal MCD allowance (attachment-Application for Mobile Communication Device (MCD) Allowance) must be completed and signed by the employee and his/her immediate supervisor, as well as the appropriate Vice Chancellor. Each request for a MCD allowance must include a clear UNC business need for individual wireless access. The allowance will be effective upon receipt of a properly authorized form in the campus payroll office. There is no retro-active pay for this allowance. The signatures of the employee and his/her immediate supervisor on the Application for the personal MCD Allowance (Attachment) will serve to verify that the employee's job responsibilities require that the employee be accessible by university personnel on a continuing basis.
3.3 Electronic Personnel Action Form (EPAF) Submission
Once the application has been approved by the appropriate Vice Chancellor, an ECU Electronic Personnel Action Form (EPAF) must be submitted via BANNER HR, for each person, indicating the appropriate MCD allowance amount. Departments will be responsible for budgeting for MCD allowance expenses. No exceptions to this policy are allowed without the written approval of the Vice Chancellor, Administration & Finance.
It should be noted that the allowance is not intended to pay the full cost of the MCD, but is intended only to cover the reasonable cost that the employee incurs while conducting university official business. Should it be determined that an employee no longer qualifies for the allowance, the department will submit another ECU EPAF via BANNER HR to end the allowance. The university will bear no responsibility for any termination fees associated with an individual who may choose to terminate a personal mobile device contract.
The MCD allowance will not be added to the employee's salary base, however, the allowance is subject to withholding in accordance with federal and state guidelines.
3.4 MCD Records
Per OMB Circular A-21, the MCD allowance is not an allowable payment as a direct cost on a grant or contract. Any request for unique communications expenses, such as remote location (field study) or emergency access must be made to and approved in writing by the Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance. In these situations, convenience MCD's (provided by ECU) must be used so that substantiation of use is documented for audit purposes, rather than a personal communications device paid through allowance. Employees are to be informed that mobile communications device records could be subject to the North Carolina public records law (General Statute 132)
If/when ECU receives notice that either a lawsuit has been filed against the University or a charge is filed with an administrative agency or it becomes reasonably anticipated that a lawsuit or charge may be filed against the University, then the University and all of its faculty and staff members are under a legal duty to preserve all evidence-including potentially electronically stored information in a personal MCD that might be relevant to the lawsuit/charge. Where applicable the Office of the University Attorney or ITCS will timely notify MCD users of the duty to preserve electronically stored information. Those receiving the MCD allowance must cooperate with principal administrators to ensure that the University identifies and preserves all potential sources of electronically stored information in a MCD user's possession or control. Departments may impose more stringent rules for preserving records of MCD communications.
3.5 Special Circumstances and Requests
Under unusual circumstances, such as catastrophic weather conditions, where the employee is required to be available to the University throughout the emergency situation, the employee may request additional reimbursement for those charges that can be documented as resulting from the employee conducting official university business due to the unusual circumstances. Employees should use the most economical means available for such communication. This additional payment request (Positive Time Pay Form) must be accompanied by the supporting documentation including a description of the unusual circumstances and copy of the employee's MCD bill. If an employee is scheduled for university work overseas s/he should use the most economical means of conducting official University business back to the United States. That usually involves use of land line devices and can include the use of calling cards or university assigned MCDs that are capable of supporting overseas calling. This is strongly encouraged due to the high cost of using traditional land line communication devices from foreign countries.
In the rare circumstances where an employee must use his/her MCD for official University business overseas, the employee will be required to document the charges and request reimbursement as a travel expense. Under this circumstance the employee will continue to receive his/her full monthly MCD allowance. Employees receiving a MCD allowance or assigned a university convenience phone may not be reimbursed for business calls in the travel reimbursement process. An employee cannot receive a MCD allowance and also have a university provided MCD.
Any employee receiving a MCD allowance who does not make University business calls on his/her personal MCD will be asked to document why s/he is due reimbursement. In cases where a personal MCD does not function or requires a roaming charge, the employee in travel status may request reimbursement for calls made on normal land-line systems. However, this occurrence must be documented when requesting reimbursement.
3.6 Allowance Periodic Review
The MCD allowance is subject to periodic review and adjustment by Materials Management, Administration and Finance, and ITCS. At a minimum the allowance will be reviewed and renewed annually and must be approved by the employee's supervisor and the appropriate Vice Chancellor. Employees may be re-certified if all initial eligibility criteria remain applicable and a new MCD allowance form is submitted and approved. Employees will have their MCD allowances terminated if they no longer meet the eligibility criteria, have gone on sabbatical, have left the employ of the university, are not a 12 month employee (employees can receive the allowance for the months they are employed but if they work a schedule of less than 12 months will not receive the allowance for the months they are not working), have had a change in job responsibilities which negate their need for a MCD or have failed to provide the proper documentation to the university.
Application for MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE (MCD) Allowance
The purpose of this program is to allow approved University employees an allowance for the use of their personal MCD's to conduct official University business. Participants in the program will receive an amount based on previous campus cellular telephone usage or anticipated usage. The employee will be compensated per pay period for the use of his/her personal MCD.
The allowance is subject to income and social security taxes. It is not considered as part of the employee's benefit base salary.
Guidelines for Participants:
1. During regular work hours the employee shall have the MCD on and respond to calls as needed.
2. This regulation does not establish an expectation that an employee will respond to calls outside of normal business hours or while on leave (Determination of whether an employee is on call should be reviewed with Human Resources).
3. Participants must have a valid business reason for participating in the program.
4. Authorization for participation in the program must be approved by the appropriate Vice Chancellor as outlined in the ECU MCD Allowance policy.
5. Employees utilizing an ECU convenience Cellular Telephone currently under contract may not participate in this allowance program until the existing contract terms and conditions have been satisfied.
By signing below, I certify that I understand the purpose of this program and agree to the guidelines. I will be compensated ______________ per pay period for University use of my MCD. I further understand that I am responsible for my monthly invoice and that East Carolina University bears no further financial responsibility for personal MCD charges beyond the payment of the appropriate allowance except in unusual circumstances.
Allowance Per Pay Period Plan Plan Description
$15 Basic University MCD usage is expected to be minimal
$25 Regular University MCD usage is required for normal daily business activity within a limited geographic range
$30 Extended University MCD usage is required for normal daily business activity within a wide geographic range and high call volume
To be determined Exceptions Allowances higher than set forth previously to be approved by the appropriate University party/body
Employee __________________________ Date _______________________________
Supervisor _________________________ Date _______________________________
Appropriate Vice Chancellor ______________________________ Date _________
In order to receive compensation for the MCD Allowance, an ECU EPAF must be completed as detailed in the ECU Business Manual.


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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Season the meat with the salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of the oil over medium-high heat until good and hot, then add the meat and sear until well browned on all sides, about 10 minutes total.
Transfer the meat to a rack set on a baking sheet. Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part registers 140 degrees F for medium-rare, about 30 minutes, or to your desired degree of doneness. Remove it from the oven, cover with aluminum foil, and let rest until the sauce is nearly done before slicing.
While the meat cooks, make the sauce. Heat the remaining 2 teaspoons of oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the shallots, carrot and celery and cook, stirring a few times, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the wine and broth and stir in the tomato paste. Add the bay leaf and thyme and bring to a boil. Simmer until the liquid is reduced to about 1/2 cup, about 40 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a small saucepan. Stir in the cocoa and rosemary and season with salt and pepper. Serve on the side with the sliced tenderloin.
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is my new boss! He tells me what to do all the time, and it's usually, "hold me!". I am only too happy to oblige! But somewhere between baby, getting ready to move, karate classes, and more, I did manage to make a whole parade's worth of elephants! (Among other things, which are not quite ready yet).
I have so much fun deciding what the fabric combinations on these will be! These elephants look good with more "realistic" (gray) colors, with crazy bright colors, or pretty pale colors.. you just can't go wrong! Here are some of my favorite pictures:
The light gray one has already sold, the dark gray one with red and white striped ears has already been put into two treasuries, and lots of people have hearted them! So if you want one, don't wait too long, or they might be gone! :)


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - newbie art Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "newbie art" CyberArtistmemberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 284Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 2:32 am Hello. I've been coming to Dhabih's site for some time now, but never bothered to check out the "forums" till recently. I figured I might as well join after reading some. Just so you guys know where my skills are, here are a few images I've done. A picture I did of an old friend of mine who's name you can probably guess from the image's title. Done completely in Photoshop with a mouse. A small drawing of an old man I made up. With the recent hair discussions on the forum I thought this one would be appretiated. Done using Photoshop and a mouse again. The hair was done partially with free-hand mouse work, and partially with fiddling with Eye Candy 3.0's fur filter. Oddman5. Not a digital image, but hand drawn with pencil. Just thought I'd throw this one in as well. The two digital images above are both pretty old and are relatively low res since I made both originally with a max res of 800x600x16bit, a bit constraining. I now have a max res of 1600x1200x32bit, so I'll probably be making some more higher res stuff now. The oldman again, though this time it's just the main layer, uncolored, with out details. This is for you guys who want to know how I did that one... I then add some 4-5 layers for skin colorization, more for eyes, more for hair, more for finer details. And just for fun, and very little to do with digital painting, Death of a Webmaster. ------------------ -CyberA(rtist) aka Ben Golus Cyber... Back to top zackmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 65Location: Stjordal - Norway Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 4:53 am Hi, Cyberartist! Nice pictures! Best regards. ------------------ zACk Back to top nic-on-flyjunior memberMember #Joined: 03 Nov 1999Posts: 39Location: Munich, Germany Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 5:29 am Hey man! My favourite is your "death of a webmaster". Tricky idea! ...like it very well! Back to top Not One Of Usjunior memberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 15 Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 8:23 am damn those are good! I can't see howm people draw like that! Back to top Wainjunior memberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 12Location: Norway Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 8:40 am Cyberartist...those are wonderfull pictures..how did you make them so good. This is so good. How can people draw so good? Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 8:55 am Nice work, especailly seeing as you work with a mouse... Get a tablet! ------------------ Affected http://affected.cjb.net Back to top bEamjunior memberMember #Joined: 04 Nov 1999Posts: 49Location: Kerava, Finland Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 9:29 am Huh...are those photos? You couldn't have drawn those...no, I won't believe you. Those are so AWESOME that they can't be made with computer....at least I couldn't make such gfx by myself.. Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Thu Nov 04, 1999 9:46 am bEam: in that case, here's a link that will have your brain crawling out your ear. (I know I've had to stuff mine back in a few times) http://www.goodbrush.com ------------------ Affected http://affected.cjb.net Back to top AdezJmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 220Location: Sweden! 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I found it hilarious that Kevin and Tammy Montgomery's chili's had different scores. I gave them 2 different numbers due to them having more than one crockpot. The funny thing is they both had the same chili in them.Now in the case of Jonathan Causey's 2 different numbers. The 2 containers of chili were not the same.Just some info I thought I'd share.
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How about adding a logbook-style "Travel news" section to the Main Page? The tsunamis that just flattened large parts of Sri Lanka, Phuket and the Maldives would be one example of possible content... Jpatokal 05:04, 27 Dec 2004 (EST)
So, inspired by events in south-east and south Asia, I just kicked off the Travel news page(s), linking directly from the Main Page. I realise that this is quite an audacious move, given the lack of discussion, but I hope everyone will bear with me and get behind this.... I have created only one article so far, with the beginning of a headline and date(s) structure, but the formatting and organisation of the News page(s) are, of course, completely open to discussion and experiment..... Let's make it happen!Pjamescowie 15:13, 28 Dec 2004 (EST)
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- 4 tablespoons butter
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- 2 teaspoons white wine
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
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- To make the lemon butter: Melt the butter over low heat in a small saucepan. Add the lemon juice and white wine. Keep the sauce warm on a corner of the stove.
- To prepare the fish: Whisk the eggs with the heavy cream in a large bowl. Put the flour in a separate bowl. Dredge the fillets in flour; shake off any excess then put the fillets into the batter.
- Heat the butter in large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat. Lift the sole out of the batter, allow the excess to run off, then gently lay the fillets in the pan. Cook, turning the fish once, until the sole is flaky and the crust is crisp and golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.
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Daviss: hello Alt!
alt: hello Daviss.. how ya doing today.... Has Tyler given up the 'spit'? LOL
Daviss: At last lol He took about 20 tries lol lol
alt: Well, I know you told him not to spit... all momma's & grnadmom's say that to boys.
Daviss: you are so right about that alt lol it seemed like all he could get was foam and bubbles
alt: my momma & grnadma used to smack me upside the head for spitting LOL LOL
Daviss: yep lol my daughter said would not let him go trick or treating until he got up off of it lol I would not
alt: so what's up with you and 23andme? doing any better navigating it? I'm still having 'problems' blackmail works LOL LOL
Daviss: no not really. I am trying to figure it all out myself I prolly should download to that genweb site or whatever the name is'
alt: GEDMatch.com?
Daviss: yes, thats it lol
alt: okay, once you get your 'raw data' loaded to GEDMatch you can then send that 'zipped' file to Dr. McDonald for his analysis too.
Daviss: I did MCDonald already but not Gedmatch I did not know about GedMatch until I heard you and bearnut talking
alt: Okay on McDonald, then you can 'triangulate' your RF finder files with GEDmatch, whatever that is ??????
Daviss: lol so I just go to the link and upload or do I send him McDonald stuff
alt: there are instructions on the GEDmatch.com page on how to do the upload.
Daviss: ok thanks as soon as Chat is over I will head to the post office and send Tylers out plus send the kit to my brother to get his sample
alt: okay, you've got work to do LOL
Daviss: lol you got that right
alt: Anita's in here 'bugging me' LOL
Daviss: tell her hi for me mabe she wants to get to the casino lol
alt: she got th neatest little thing to transfer pics from phone and/or digital camera to your computer... it's like a little flash drive with slots for the camera card and/or the phone sim card. jus plug it into your computer usb port and click on the transfer.
Daviss: oh really! now I could prolly handle that hehehehee I am not tech savy at all
alt: it is really a neat little thing. folks must be 'laying in' today LOL
Daviss: I am afraid alt if the Cards don't win a game we will be on the hunt for a new coach.I really like him too but we have lost 6 games thats what I am thinking alt because it is the first of the month
AYWalton: Howdy alt, and Daviss!
alt: the Cards.. ithey are almost as bad as the Browns
Daviss: well hello AYWalton!
alt: Hey AYWalton, how are ya today?
AYWalton: doing fine and how are both of you doing?
Daviss: alt and I are glad to see another person in here lol lol
AYWalton: I am working on blogs today. Oh wow---not many here today at all.
alt: I'm trying to get my photos from NBGS 'organized' so I can put them up on AfriGeneas & FaceBook LOL
AYWalton: wonder where folks are. oh yes, please so!
alt: got a couple of good ones' of y'all LOL lOL
AYWalton: I hope you got my good side!!
Daviss: lol lol did you get the one where the lady had all her stuff across the table
alt: AYWalton ... all sides are good LOL
AYWalton: lol
Daviss: lol
AYWalton: I am still reflecting on the event---it was a wonderful time!
alt: yes it was .. and me too on reflecting
Daviss: I sure had a good time
AYWalton: It was a wonderful time!
alt: Vicky and I had 'big fun' at the booth 'joshing' with the people.
AYWalton: I wish there were more opportunities for events like that. the mixture of people was wonderful!
Daviss: It would be nice if they had more out this way too
alt: yep AYWalton, you almost need a day to just sit around and shoot the breeze about genealogy tips and secrets and experiences
AYWalton: You know you are quite correct, alt. something really electric happens at events like that---and they don't happen always at regular conferences. I wonder how we could zoom in and make that happen more. I guess that is what Holly Hansen is doing with her Expos.
Daviss: wonder why that happens AYWalton, is it because we are there in droves
AYWalton: something was truly special---I think because of the mixture of folks who never get a chance to normally meet. oh yes.
alt: I think so too... a bunch of US is really unusual in those kinds of numbers in attendance at 'regular' workshops/conferences.
AYWalton: I was also thinking that Allen County would be a great place to hold a week long institute. quite true, alt. 200 at the Summit was still 100 more folks than attended AAHGS in Little Rock.
Daviss: who is Holly Hansen?
AYWalton: she organizes the Family History Expos around the country. I went last year.
Daviss: oic
AYWalton: Am just too exhausted from travels to make it this year. Glad to slow down.
Daviss: always good to get home no matter how much fun you have lol
AYWalton: quite true. and one has to truly debrief and actually look at conference materials.
alt: I hear ya AYWalton, at my age I have to 'pick & choose' those events to attend....
AYWalton: thankfully you have good ones to attend in Ohio, and Indiana close by. and great speakers, too.
alt: right on that again AYWalton, I'm just getting around to looking at the NBGS syllabus CD.... some good stuff there.
Daviss: nothing wrong with going to 'those' here but the AA's that attend are so few
AYWalton: yes there is!! I still wish they had made a hard copy.
alt: it's good to look at the handouts from the sessions you did not get to attend.
AYWalton: But I can print off the pages I want to have. But you know, sometimes one looks at materials later and sees value. One might not do that with electronic syllabus.
alt: they put it together in a series of PDF files and each session handout is 'printable'
AYWalton: I guess the idea is that conferees can always print off the entire thing. But you know---technology changes. Someday CD's will be obsolete, too.
Daviss: isn't that the truth
AYWalton: I am hoping to spend time working on backing up data and organizing it better.
Daviss: like those thousands of cassettes I have lol
AYWalton: I know what you mean. I have lots of cassettes as well. Some of lectures others of conversation. I heard someone say that tapes have a shelf life of about 15 years. They can easily snap after that.
alt: I need to look into one of those machines that can convert cassettes and LP records into CD's.
AYWalton: I like what some of the bloggers do--once a month they spend 3-4 hours backing up their data---they link--by posting or using Twitter/Facebook to each other giving each other ideas about the process. They have formed a kind of File Backup Group online.
alt: or con a friend of mine into letting me use his to do some conversions.
AYWalton: Professor Dru just won a Flip Pal Scanner. She will be blogging about it soon.
Daviss: wow thats nice
alt: I thought I saw something about that on FaceBook
AYWalton: yes I think you did.
Daviss: have you heard from Bertha AYWalton?
AYWalton: there is another contest. I have not, Daviss and was thinking about calling her. I was hoping to go to the Archives this week.
Daviss: wish I could go with ya
AYWalton: I hear ya. Might go tomorrow.
alt: I was looking at the updates on FamilySearch & Ancestry.. man there is a lot of good stuff being added to those two sites.
AYWalton: phone call. Gotta run. Have a good one.
Daviss: u2 yes there is alt.. I just wish I could get out of tx to benefit from some of those sites I went through DC's last night in hopes of seeing birth counties that I could work with but so far nothing
alt: I feel for ya Daviss... all of the stuff coming on line for Ohio is almost embarrassing.. there is so much.
Daviss: I know and thats great alt.. I am only a tad bit jealous lol
alt: I put the surname "Lett" into FS for Ohio marriages and up popped about 600+ marriages, many of them FPOC in the mid to late 1800's.
Seventies Soulchild: good afternoon.
Daviss: isn't that something.. Are you gonna put them on a flash drive
Seventies Soulchild: did y'all scare everyone away? :}
alt: hello Seventies Soulchild,, how ya doing today?
Daviss: hello Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: I'm doing well alt & daviss. How are you?
alt: No Daviss, but I am able to connect to many of the Lett folks in my database, so I can update those and then follow the names loking for death records.
Seventies Soulchild: Lett are your wife's people right?
alt: some of them Seventies Soulchild, Lett is a BIG family here in Ohio from the mid 1800's and they married into everybody's family LOL LOL
Seventies Soulchild: ok lol
Daviss: Did you get your cousin yet seventies regarding the RTTF kit?
alt: so are you getting rid of the snow from that big snowfall over the weekend Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: Yes. But there are still power issues. My brother doesn't have any power.
alt: wow, that's ruff
Seventies Soulchild: so its spotty right now. House phone line is dead too. Glad I've got the cell phones.
alt: that's doubly ruff
Daviss: that may take awhile
Seventies Soulchild: Oh yea the wire was snapped so they won't be out until Friday, so they say.
Daviss: If I were younger i would sign up to go help lol in the cold and all
alt: keep those cell phones charged LOL LOL
Seventies Soulchild: ha I can't find my charger!
alt: oh my, you do have problems.
Seventies Soulchild: I let my mom borrow my phone is why. .
Daviss: thats a sweet girl!!!
alt: yeah, blame it on Mom
Daviss: lol
Seventies Soulchild: well that's who had it last.. lol Needless to say she can never find her phone! lol
veenga: Heyyyy
Seventies Soulchild: hello veenga
alt: hi veenga, how be's ya?
Daviss: hello veenga and look at you using your phone lol
Seventies Soulchild: oh shoot.. go 'head now!
Daviss: hehehehehe
veenga: No phone service today
alt: I'm telling 'da girl be's dangerous' LOL LOL LOL
Daviss: was it a storm veenga
Seventies Soulchild: lol
veenga: In Barnes & Noble
Daviss: well i see that I am not alone now in the typing arena lol loll
veenga: Tower down daviss
Daviss: if I Were on a phone in here you guys would go shopping and come back and I still would not be through
Seventies Soulchild: lol
Daviss: lol
veenga: Good grand alt
Seventies Soulchild: Anyone doing anything new with their genealogy? or history?
alt: thanks veenga,,
Daviss: when you say"their" my answer would be no seventies
veenga: Still searching Millard Bell
alt: Seventies Soulchild, I found a new source for UGRR action in an anti-slavery newspaper here in Ohio.. the anti-slavery bugle from New LIsbon, Ohio has lots of good stuff about FPOC in Ohio fighting the Black codes & the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law.
Seventies Soulchild: nice. Is this on the UGRR museum site? or else where?
Daviss: I really need to run friends before it gets to crowded in the store. chat later
Seventies Soulchild: ok bye Daviss
veenga: Very good alt
alt: in the newspapers found on the chronicling (sp) America website.
Seventies Soulchild: ok
veenga: Y'all be good
alt: there was a great article on Haebeus Corpus Law and the Addison White slave Rescue case here in Ohio ca 1856. later veenga
Seventies Soulchild: ok bye veenga Alright Mr. Thomas I'll see you tonight :} I'm looking forward to hearing more about this resource.
alt: guess I'd better let you go , or you'll be accusing me of holding you up beyond your lunch hour again LOL
Seventies Soulchild: lol Good bye
alt: laters Seventies Soulchild


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BAUXITE – Lady Miners head coach Joshua Harrison and his Bauxite Miners are no strangers to the Nashville Scrappers, playing each other nine times in the last three years, including a narrow 35-34 win at Nashville in January.
Wednesday's 7-4A district matchup proved to be just as entertaining as the Miners escaped with a 61-57 win over Nashville, clinching a spot in the regional tournament.
"I know the type of team Nashville is," Harrison said. "They fell from fourth to sixth [in conference] but they're a team full of athletes."
"I know what they are capable of doing," Harrison added. "I was very nervous about this game."
Senior Mary Crow led Bauxite with 20 points, junior Allison Tackett poured in 15, and sophomore Holly Willmon contributed 11 points off the bench to pace the Miners.
Bauxite jumped out to an early 18-10 lead midway through the second quarter, with Tackett and Crow providing early offense. An injury to Bauxite's starting center, Morgan Case, gave Willmon extended minutes off the bench.
Bauxite's offense sputtered in the second quarter, only scoring eight points in the frame and allowing Nashville to cut the deficit to two points. At the half, Bauxite led Nashville 23-21.
In the locker room, Harrison stressed coming out strong in the third quarter to his team.
"We always preach the first three or four minutes of the third quarter has got to be our time," Harrison said. "We've got to take the momentum at that point and not allow another team to push out and believe they can stay in it until the end."
Bauxite would do just that with junior Amy Etheridge knocking down a 3-pointer to start the third quarter. A Crow 3-pointer gave Bauxite a 36-28 late in the third quarter. Headed into the final frame, Bauxite had a commanding 38-28 advantage.
But like their name states, the Scrappers did just that in the fourth quarter, storming back into the game behind a barrage of 3-pointers. Unconscious from behind the arc, Nashville drilled seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points in the fourth quarter – they had 28 points through three quarters.
"They shot the ball really well from the perimeter," Harrison said. "We allowed them to stay in the game with some things we were doing and they took advantage."
Nashville erased its deficit and tied the game at 39. A Tackett driving layup with 5:48 remaining gave the Miners a temporary two-point lead.
Five more points by Tackett kept the Miners in the lead late in the fourth quarter. Up by six, Nashville made a 3-pointer with 47 seconds left to make it a one-possession ballgame.
Bauxite would get the ball in the hands of Crow, who knocked down critical free throws to finally put Nashville at bay.
"I thought our experience in the fourth quarter picked up," Harrison said.
With the win, Bauxite advances to play the No. 2 seed Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs today. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:40 p.m.


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Keep your wits about you, lest you mistake Fox's new serial killer drama "The Following" for a good television show.
Despite its dour atmospherics and some attempts at higher-caliber acting from Kevin Bacon and a large ensemble cast, "The Following" is a trite, gratuitously violent exercise in still more stylishly imagined American horror stories. It is filled with melodramatic sleuthing that you've seen over and over. Enough is enough, isn't it?
Understandably, some reporters and critics at the recent winter TV press tour in Pasadena, Calif., raised this issue with executives and producers as the networks unveiled a slew of new crime dramas featuring more throat-slittings, rapes and other vicious imagery: Is it time to connect our daily diet of savage crime to, say, recent events in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo.?
"The Following," which premieres Monday night, was especially ripe for such a grilling because of its remarkably callous body count. The people behind "The Following," including its creator Kevin Williamson (who gave us the "Scream" movies, CW's "The Vampire Diaries" and, yes, "Dawson's Creek"), insist that this has nothing to with that.
Which is pretty much what they always say, and in theory I agree. The murders we see in "The Following" are committed by knife, mainly, and also flame, because they are zealously carried out by a cult of gothic romanticists who've read too much into their well-thumbed volumes of Edgar Allan Poe. To bring "The Following" into the violence debate (parallel to a gun debate) is to launch a murky conversation that is absent useful data, relying instead on gut instinct. Our wish for safer communities cannot be achieved merely by ordering sunnier programming or switching the darn thing off.
But I also know that our culture has a troubling addiction to murder stories. As U.S. homicide rates have declined (and declined some more), our appetite for fancifully gross killing sprees just keeps growing. That is made clear in TV ratings, where crime procedurals are the only scripted shows that stand a chance of beating NFL games and talent competitions. Not so long ago, before the popularity of e-readers eliminated the book jacket, you could visit a beach or board an airplane and notice that consumers overwhelmingly prefer novels about proficient killers and the unorthodox detectives who hunt them.
"The Following," one could argue, is just giving the people what they want: Killers killing and detectives detecting.
Set all over Virginia (which is scary enough), the show is about a retired federal agent, Ryan Hardy (Bacon), who is called back to duty when his nemesis, a serial killer and former English professor named Joe Carroll (James Purefoy), eviscerates several prison guards and escapes. Ryan, who copes by taking swigs of pure vodka from a water bottle, correctly deduces that Joe will go after the victim he once maimed but didn't get a chance to kill (because Ryan stopped him).
To broaden his reach, Joe has recruited a stable of acolytes — followers who have read his terrible novel or swooned in his college lectures, and then visited him in prison for years. They each took on new identities so that, when the time came, they'd be ready to strike.
Imagine the Manson family after a shopping trip to Urban Outfitters. The nanny (Valorie Curry) who works for Joe's ex-wife may seem like an innocent gamin, but as Joe's Squeaky Fromme, she's a serial killer and kidnapper. And those nice gay neighbors, Will and Billy (Nico Tortorella and Adan Canto)? They, too, are serial killers and apparently not gay. (Or are they bi?) The guy posing as a cop? Serial killer! The street performer in the Poe mask? Serial killer!
When Joe allows the FBI to recapture him, it's soon clear to Ryan that he intends to let his followers do all the dirty work from now on, and boy, do they: One paints her body in quotes from "The Raven" and then disrobes and stabs her eye out in the FBI's lobby; one goes on a stabbing binge in a sorority house; another meets a woman in a liquor store and then beats her senseless so that he can take her back to a safe house for some torture. "The Following's" followers adhere to Joe's penchant (and, it seems, an old Pixies song) for slicing up eyeballs as a poetic tribute to Edgar.
Back in the questioning room, Bacon and Purefoy (better remembered as Mark Antony in HBO's "Rome") engage in awful banter written in the style of, but several notches down from, the fava bean exchanges between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs." Watching these scenes, I felt a keen sense of miscasting: Bacon should have been the serial killer, and Purefoy would have been better as the alcoholic cop.
Even that wouldn't improve things much. "The Following" takes its cues from hackneyed, Lecter-esque twists and turns that long ago ceased to twist or turn. Its set pieces — abandoned safe houses, horrific attic workshops — look too much like installations by depressed art students, with Poe quotes scrawled on walls. "Nevermore! 'The Raven!' " Ryan shouts to his colleagues, with Dan Brown exclamation points. "Poe is symbolizing the finality of death!"
If I didn't know better (and I'm not saying I do), it would seem that "The Following" is asking us to root for the cult leader and his killers instead of the flawed good guys. Aside from Bacon and the FBI's cult specialist (Annie Parisse), the feds are made to seem like Keystone Cops; rather than bump noggins and suffer tweety-bird concussions, they too get their throats slit, adding up to a disproportionate — and, frankly, disrespectful — number of law enforcement officers seen bleeding out on the floor.
So is this the show that pushed me over some grisly limit? Have I finally lost an ability to shrug at violence? Am I, like Bacon's character, hurling chairs in grand gestures of frustration? If so, why do I still enjoy "The Walking Dead" and "Homeland?" Why was "Django Unchained" a highlight of my Christmas vacation?
Then I realized: "The Following's" fundamental problem is neither its gore nor its brutality; it's the display of arrogance. Tangled up in easily avoidable clichés of the genre, this is a show that is entirely too pleased with itself and its pretentious concept. It's not that we've become numb. It's that we've become dulled.
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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler's Cleaner Greener Lincoln and Stronger, Safer Neighborhoods initiatives will conduct an energy upgrade for a nonprofit agency Tuesday April 5 as part of the Lincoln Energy Challenge. Trained AmeriCorps volunteers will start work at 9 a.m. at The Gathering Place, 1448 "E" Street.
The volunteers will replace incandescent bulbs with more energy efficient and longer lasting compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), caulk windows and doors, and apply weather stripping if necessary. These upgrades will save The Gathering Place money on energy bills every year.
This is the second energy upgrade event the Lincoln Energy Challenge has organized. The first event took place Jan. 20 at the Near South Community Bike Kitchen, where volunteers caulked windows, replaced the furnace air filter, weather-stripped doors and more.
Energy upgrade events are part of the Lincoln Energy Challenge, which launched in January. The Challenge encourages residents to "get comfortable saving money" by taking action and sharing progress.
The City's Cleaner Greener Lincoln initiative was launched in partnership with the Nebraska Attorney General's office, which provided $50,000 from a lawsuit settlement. The $2.4 million in stimulus funds to support the effort are available through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.
Learn more about Cleaner Greener Lincoln and the Lincoln Energy Challenge at green.lincoln.ne.gov.