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PILOT MOUNTAIN — Surry County's N.C. Cooperative Extension office, Surry Community College and the North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning program (REAL) held an entrepreneurship day for young business persons at the Charles H. Stone Memorial Library on Monday.
According to North Carolina Extension Service Agent Teresa Wilkins, the program was held as part of a nationwide celebration recognizing the heritage of entrepreneurial leadership in America. Wilkins indicated the importance of supporting entrepreneurship education as a lifelong process.
REAL Assistant Director Arlene Childers said this marks the 26th year of the state entrepreneurship action learning program, which is made possible through the Golden LEAF Foundation. A total of five teams participated in the competition Monday. Childers said the event drew children ages 9- to 18-years from the community and home schools.
"We have had a lot of success from this effort," said Childers. She explained the program is an entrepreneur to enterprises curriculum seeking to support a comprehensive educational strategy to improve the regional economy. Efforts have been under way since Dec. 31 and will run until Jan. 1.
Childers explained REAL seeks to improve student entrepreneurship skills and increase the students' knowledge of high school and community college opportunities to learn about starting and running their own businesses.
Monday's program began with activities for the participants to use critical thinking and problem solving skills as a team in a downtown ventures activity. The participants were given a package of state and county quick facts to decide on a type of business for the area and then they had to write a business proposal. The process was similar to competing for a $100,000 grant from the venture capital group Downtown Ventures.
The quick facts and model business location given to the students was for Cabarrus County. Participants had to include market and marketing plans, design a business card, mission statement and perform a commercial as well as draft floor plans for the business. They also had to determine start up costs for their proposed businesses. Once all this was done, the team had to present its proposal before a panel of judges.
Judging criteria for the competition included overall presentation, the team clearly explaining the mission of the business, the team demonstrating a clear understanding of its target market and presenting a commercial that was effective at selling a product or service and was entertaining.
Spencer Dulaney, 17, is an example of the type of business spirit the program is hoping to encourage. Dulaney, who participated in the activity Monday, said he is marking a year of business with Dulaney's Mobile Detailing, a service that provides basic cleanups in car detailing.
He said his father, Glenn, was a big influence on him because he operates his own small business, United Processing, a credit card machine service company.
"I started out in my own business right after I got my driver's license," said Spencer Dulaney. "It's not hard at all even though some cars I deal with can be real nasty." He added that at first the business was just to earn money for college. Now his is considering continuing on for a degree in business and expanding his detailing venture.
Dulaney said that the local group Business Network International has been supportive of his efforts and provided a lot of connections for him when he began his business.
Childers said a total of 16 teams in Surry and Yadkin counties had successfully competed for a $200 seed money grant to start their own student businesses as part of the Real Innovative Student Enterprises (RISE) competition which is the next level in the program. She said all student teams will be honored at a celebration to be held at Surry Community College on Dec. 3 at 9 a.m.
All student teams will make a short presentation of their RISE business plan proposal at this celebration. She said middle school and high school winners will be announced at this event and prize money will be awarded.
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Bridal gown designs by a Wheelersburg High School graduate, who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in fashion design from Kent State University, are featured in the latest edition of Sew Beautiful magazine.
"It started when I was younger in 4-H. I joined 4-H at the age of nine," Kelly Chaffin Williams said. "And by the time I got to high school I was really doing a lot more designing than just getting a pattern and I was making whatever it said to me. I was combining patterns and doing different details, as far as embroidery, and adding embellishments, really allowing my own imagination to be what I actually made, as opposed to just making whatever the pattern called for."
Kelly competed within 4-H every year. In high school she won several contests with pattern companies.
"I won by making my prom dress," Williams said.
Winning through Simplicity pattern company's contest, her work was featured in Threads Magazine.
"I really loved the challenges of being in the contests. It allowed me to get a lot of criticism, good and bad, which helped me, especially in school," Williams said. "When I went to college for fashion design I think it really helped me have a better understanding, with different opinions from different people. One might really like it, and the next person I face as a judge may think it's awful. It's all in the eyes of the beholder."
Williams not only remembered her roots with her recent shoots, but utilized local talent, from her photographer, Wheelersburg's Jeremy Reed of Jeremy Reed Photography; and models, Brook Holcomb, Amanda Dehart, and Courtney McGraw all also from Wheelersburg. Photo sessions were done at the Scioto County Courthouse, Kirby's Flowers and Gifts and an area of Wheelersburg.
"Working with Jeremy was amazing," Williams said. "In about three days we pulled together models, accessories from It's In The Bag. Jeremy was willing to do it on a Sunday. And we used the Kirby's driveway, because the flowers had just bloomed. It was beautiful. So we pretty much pulled it together in three days over Easter weekend last year (2012). The photos turned out fabulous. They turned out wonderful, and he (Reed) did my photos for my wedding, which we shot at the (Scioto County) Courthouse. He has been fabulous."
Reed specializes in wedding and portrait photography.
Kelly had worked for the last three years in college doing alterations at Davis Bridal, a wedding dress shop.
"In August I was offered a position at Express clothing company, at their corporate headquarters in Columbus in their technical quality management," Williams said. "So I did a lot of checking things at the store to make sure what we were getting in the store was actually what we were asking for, as far as quality goes."
In November of 2012, she was offered a position in the men's graphics department of Express. That's where she is currently employed.
When the people at Sew Beautiful found at that at the time they were interviewing Kelly for their magazine article, she was in the process of getting married and that she had made her dress, they wanted to include those photos in the article as well.
Wheelersburg is deeply ingrained in Kelly's life. She played softball for 12 years and represented this area on the 2001 and 2003 World Series Little League softball team. She also danced and tumbled for 12 years and represented Wheelersburg High School in cheerleading.
Kelly is the daughter of Kim Chaffin, who works at Ohio Rehabilitation Services, and Jeff, an accountant with a local construction company. She has a sister, Stephanie, who is a sophomore at Miami University studying engineering, and a brother, Craig, who lives in Portland, Ore., where he works in fiber optics. Kelly is married to Marcus Williams.
Kelly and her mom credit those years of traveling in competition with learning that you do not work independently.
"Every detail of her day is about teamwork," Kim Chaffin said. "Teams design clothes in very tight and close working conditions. Learning to sew and design is one thing. Learning to work with a team, take criticism, support your coworkers, find solutions, step up to deadlines and offer help, those things are learned while riding the bus to games, sitting on the bench waiting to bat, sweating through practice when you want to give up."
Williams said she does various kinds of work.
"I'm still doing bridal design on the side. I am working in technical design. My degree was in fashion design, but focusing on technical design, so I really like the technical aspect of it," Williams said. "We communicate with vendors to get the products that we want, and then, having the opportunity to do as much freelance and bridal on the side is really good right now."
Kim Chaffin said a lot of people within the community have invested a lot of time and effort in Kelly's career.
"I think this will make them all very proud," Kim Chaffin said.
The latest edition of Sew Beautiful magazine is being sold locally at Kroger stores in Wheelersburg and Portsmouth. In most cities book stores carry the magazine, as well as Walmart.
"It's pretty much everywhere you would find a specialty magazine," Williams said.
Frank Lewis may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 252, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Let's be honest - nobody has more fun than atheists. Don't believe it? Well, consider this: For nonbelievers, every day you're alive is a day to celebrate! And no one celebrates life to the fullest like Penn Jillette - the larger, louder half of legendary magic duo Penn & Teller - whose spectacularly witty and sharply observant essays in Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday! will entertain zealots and skeptics alike.
Whether he's contemplating the possibility of life after death, deconstructing popular Christmas carols, or just calling bullsh*t on Donald Trump's apprentice training, Jillette does not fail to shock and delight his fans. And as ever, underneath these rollicking rants lie a deeply personal philosophy and a generous spirit, which find joy and meaning in family, and peace in the simple beauty of the everyday.
Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday! is a hysterical affirmation of life's magic from one of the most distinctly perceptive and provocative humorists writing today.
©2012 Penn Jillette (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Yes, he curses"
Another reviewer complained about Penn's cursing. Unless you were completely unfamiliar with his style, it should come as no surprise. If you enjoyed his other works, you will enjoy this one as well. Buy with confidence if your ears can handle bad words.
"Some good stuff but a lot of rambling"
I have mixed feelings about this book. Some of it was good while other parts not so much.
I liked the sections of the book where Penn talks religion and atheism. Humor is a great means of communication and he uses it to effectively examine the many hypocrisies and fallacies of religious belief. He is not afraid to lay it all out there in his unique irreverent way. Those who are very religious will likely be offended by these passages but then they are unlikely to be reading this in the first place.
I also enjoyed some of the insight into his performances but there should have been more of this with some secrets revealed. I know he can't give away his whole act but a few juicy tidbits of revealed magic would have been nice.
Now the bad. To much rambling steam of consciousness stuff about uninteresting events. Why is it parents who have kids late in life feel the need to wax on and on about them? Nobody cares. It may be fascinating to you but it is boring to everybody else.
Too much about what music Penn is into. Again, interesting to him but nobody else. We want to know more about what makes Penn unique, not his love of Bob Dylan and NRBQ.
He is a little too into his own genitalia. Everybody has those parts. Again, not interesting.
I could have easily fast forwarded half of this book and it would have been a lot better.
I only paid $5 for it. Would not have been worth more.
Sorry Penn. Still like you though.
"If you're a Penn Jillette Fan you'll love it."
No. No fault of the book, I just never re-read, re-watch, or re-listen to anything other than music.
I enjoyed Penn narriting his own work.
His own attitude.
Penn was black mailed?!? WTF.
over-all an enjoyable listen, I LOLed more than once.
"more of a mini bio, but interesting"
I love that he is taking a word [atheist] that was meant to be derogative and embracing it.
"come on baby, you can take all of me" [in a sleazy spanish accent]
But what I can't get out of my mind is the standoff between Penn and Hitchens. Hitch was spot on with his assessment of Penn's "religious" views on alcohol.
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"Family" or "my heart to heart with Clay Akin"
It's a book filled with digressions that to an extent are not needed to support the thesis of the book and yet are at times entertaining. Penn, and every other libertarian need to stop making the embarrassingly ignorant catchphrase "at gunpoint". They are and he is referencing taxes of course and the ultimate use of force but fail to realize that their proposed alternative system also requires force "at gunpoint".
Cosmic Dreamer
"Penn does it again"
A great performance and a very easy listen if the language doesn't offend you. But he does go off the deep end sometimes. In one place he seems to think that Dr. Martin Luther King was accepting of atheists. Then later he says his friends say President Obama is an atheist but he is keeping it a secret. From there he blames Obama for being a silent atheist. He should be blaming his friends for making stuff up.
But Jillette is best at being polemical, not political. Liberalism, not libertarianism. Skeptical, not cynical. Well, that might all seem like cheap shots. But, hey, I like Penn and I liked this book. It's not quite as good as "God, No!" but then sequels almost never are.
I read with my ears...
"Telling it like it is..."
It's pretty much like listening to Penn's Sunday School podcast. If you are a fan of Penn or Penn&Teller you are going to enjoy this book. Oh, and it will help if you are a hardcore atheist and skeptic.
"Thank You, Penn Jillette!"
This book isn't for everyone!!! Lots of explicit language & crazy stories. But it is also touching & honest. I lost track of how many times I laughed out loud listening to Penn's crazy stories. His thoughts on facing death (without the hope of an afterlife) are surprisingly helpful & reassuring. I'd like to hear Penn put together a thorough talk on his observations & criticisms of religious belief. I bet it would be powerful. In this & his other book on atheism he airs some of his views, but they are mixed in with many semi- & completely unrelated (usually laugh-out-loud funny) stories that only he could tell.
"Typical Penn"
Smart, funny, interesting
Sure, but who has the time!
How can you neat a book written about Penn, by Penn and read in his sexy voice. I loved it!
"penn is just fun"
sent i have trouble reading due to dyslexia i real enjoy listen to books when it read by the persom who wrote it and i cant imgation anyone lease doing a better job
"One of the best Audiobooks I have ever listened to"
In terms of content, this is one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to. In terms of quality of narration, its is far and away the best. Some autobiographies can be narrated by anyone, but this one was so much better because Penn was reading his own work.
I liked this book so much that about half way into it, I purchased Penn's other book to listen to next.


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Each year the Anson High School Army JROTC Cadets select a project as part of their service learning. In prior years, the Bearcat battalion has raised funds for charity, participated in a variety of community clean-up projects and even prepared memoirs for the residents of Manor View Assisted Living.
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As anticipation for the holiday season grew the Cadets were busy wrapping gifts with the hope that their work might bring the joy of Christmas to less fortunate children this year. Community leaders, led by Vancine Sturdivant, were overjoyed by the great efforts of the Cadets as they were presented with nearly 200 gifts to distribute throughout the county.


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"We had about 500 people come out last year to the Challenge," said Whit Gibson, chairman of the Lumber River State Park Citizens Advisory Committee. "This year Contestants may compete in the raft, recreational canoe and kayak races and we have added a 5k run to the end of the canoe/kayak race as part of a water/land biathlon."
Gibson added the running leg opens up the Challenge to even more competitor.
While competition will be a focus, Cory Hughes, executive director of the Scotland County Tourism Development Authority said the highlight of the day will be the homemade raft race.
"We had about a dozen rafts compete last year. Which was pretty good since we were just getting started," said Hughes. "Now just because 12 started, doesn't mean 12 finished. Besides a winner's trophy, we gave out a number of honors before the race started including 'most likely to sink', 'least likely to make it down the river', 'most creative' and 'most embarrassing to your 8th grade science teacher.'"
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SCOOBA – The East Mississippi basketball teams closed out their regular-season home slate in impressive fashion, sweeping visiting Holmes on "Sophomore Night" Monday at Keyes T. Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus. Following the Lady Lions' 74-62 victory in the opener, the 11th-ranked Lions continued their winning ways with a resounding 89-58 triumph over the Bulldogs in the nightcap.
Having solidified a spot in next week's EMCC-hosted MACJC State Basketball Tournament, head coach Sharon Thompson's Lady Lions, the defending NJCAA Region 23 champions, improved to 13-11 overall and 7-4 in North Division play with Monday's 12-point home win over Holmes. The EMCC women posted an 8-4 regular-season home record, including a 5-1 home mark in divisional play. After leading by as many as 13 points in the opening half against Holmes, the Lady Lions surrendered their lead midway through the second stanza when Brittany Henry's put-back basket put the visitors briefly on top by a 48-47 tally. The EMCC women responded with nine unanswered points to move ahead 56-48 with eight minutes remaining. However, the Lady Bulldogs would battle back to cut the deficit to a single digit (56-55) by the 4:58 mark following consecutive buckets by Tiffany Williams. The EMCC tandem of sophomore Martika Hull and freshman Natalie Tate would answer the challenge by combining to score the next 13 points for the home team in helping the Lady Lions secure a winning regular-season record. A former standout at Southeast Lauderdale and a reigning MACJC All-North State selection for the Lady Lions, Hull paced the EMCC women with a game-high 23 points, including 14 in the second half on 5-of-7 shooting from the field after halftime. Tate and fellow Columbus High School product Eryn Gary followed with 13 points apiece for the winners. In Monday's nightcap, head coach Mark White's Lions jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead and built the advantage to 20 points (34-14) with four minutes remaining until intermission. After maintaining an insurmountable 41-19 halftime cushion, EMCC managed to double up the Bulldogs, 61-30, by the 12:47 mark of the second stanza. The lead ballooned to as many as 36 points in the final minute of play, as the North Division champions improved to 21-3 overall and 10-1 atop the divisional standings. Winners of 13 of their 14 decisions, including a current seven-game winning streak, EMCC was again led by NJCAA Preseason All-American CoCo Ware with 32 points, including 20 in the first half when he went over the 1,000-point mark for his two-year EMCC career. Now with 1,021 career points to his credit, the Starkville native notched his fifth career 30-point effort. Also in double figures for the Lions were Meridian's Donovan Walker and Jonathan King with 12 and 10 points, respectively. East Mississippi basketball teams close out their regular-season slate Thursday night at Northeast Mississippi. With the 2009-10 Lions securing the school's first MACJC North Division men's basketball championship, EMCC earns the honor of hosting next week's MACJC State Basketball Tournament, Feb. 22-25, at Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus. With men's competition beginning Monday followed by opening-round women's play on Tuesday, game times for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are set for noon, 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Following Wednesday's semifinal-round action, the state tournament championship contests will tip off at 5:30 p.m. (women's) and 7:30 p.m. (men's) on Thursday. Ticket prices for next week's state basketball tournament on the Scooba campus will be $5 per day, with children five years of age and younger admitted free of charge. A $15 all-tournament pass will also be available to fans. |
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Walker County sole commissioner candidate Paul Shaw, according to his posting on the LaFayette Underground Facebook site late last night, will ask for a recount.
Shaw lost Tuesday to incumbent commissioner Bebe Heiskell by 211 votes.
Shaw wrote, "Voters of Walker County: Thank you for your votes and support. It isn't over! I don't concede. Provisionals aren't included yet and we are filing for a recount. Two-hundred and eleven votes is too close to give up now. I've been so blessed to have the support you've shown. Don't back down now! Make your leaders accountable, no matter what the final outcome of this election is. Thank you again."
But Shaw, reached by phone this afternoon, said he isn't so sure now about a recount. "We don't have any money," Shaw said. "I can't afford to ask for a recount."
The Walker County Elections Board confirmed there is no charge for a recount.
Shaw also said he isn't sure whether anything unethical happened in the counting of the votes.
"I really haven't even considered that," he said. "I have been told that a (vote-tally) card from up around the precinct in Hinkle disappeared for about an hour," he said. "Some of the folks that have called me, they had a questioned about whether there was something funny going on. I don't really have an opinion."
Barbara Berry, Walker County supervisor of elections, said this morning she has not yet received a formal request from Shaw for a recount. This afternoon she said there were not any issues with the missing card, which was left in a sealed machine that was brought to the elections office along with all the others.
"He would have to come in here and talk to the election office about it (holding a recount) and we would proceed from there," she said.
Berry said she doubted a recount would change the outcome. "Whatever ballots that were run through the machine last night will be the same ballots that will be run through again," she said. "I don't know how the machine would change a count. … We have ballots to match envelopes, envelopes to match envelopes."
Shaw's wife, Irma, contacted by phone early this morning, said her husband was also concerned that Heiskell might have brought absentee ballots to nursing home residents.
Heiskell said she was thankful that the results, as close as they were, put her in the lead, but said she is upset that Shaw and his wife believed she might have taken absentee ballots to a nursing home.
"Why would he say so?" she asked. "I think anyone who says silly things about their opponent after an election is a sore loser.
"I know she was in the nursing home," said Shaw. "I didn't see anything. I have no firsthand knowledge. I was told that she was helping people, what she was doing I don't know."
"I never took any absentee ballots anywhere," said Heiskell. "The only absentee ballot I touched was that of my daughter...I did go to the nursing home but I didn't take anything in there, I didn't even take my purse in. I didn't even take any absentee ballot applications in there."
"That's the first time I've ever gone to a nursing home. Maybe that was a mistake, but those people seemed glad to see me. They asked me to come back."
After the amount of controversy that has been appearing, mostly online, throughout the campaign, Heiskell is grateful that her supporters edged her into the lead.
"I was just thankful that I won," she said. "It was very close, and I don't know what to think about that."
Heiskell credits the social media presence of Shaw's campaign for the close results.
"Online is getting more important every day basically," said Shaw. "I think it will become more important as time goes on."
"It had a huge impact, social media," said Heiskell. "They did a character assassination on me that was very effective.
"My opponent worked very very hard for a long time, and that gets results."
Though Heiskell had heard about the rumblings of discontent spread on the popular blog and Facebook page belonging to the LaFayette Underground, she stated she never actually read the postings and didn't take the time to acknowledge them.
"I really do not have time to read those things," she said. "Every time I ever try to answer anything, it's just another slew of questions. ... I don't think I would have done as well as I did if I had taken the time to constantly answer people who despised me.
"I really didn't maybe give them enough credence," she said. "There was a misconception there among some of my supporters that I was a shoe-in and that wasn't right."
Heiskell admits that her busy schedule prevented her from campaigning as hard as she perhaps should have.
"I really feel guilty campaigning. I have a job to do. ... I did get behind in campaigning, but I didn't assassinate anyone's character in doing so."
During the hour or so Tuesday night when the final election results for the commissioner's race were too uncertain and too close to call, Heiskell recalls sitting at her campaign headquarters with her supporters, anxiously awaiting results from the last two precincts.
"Everybody was pretty happy when the returns came in," she said. "They were just sitting there biting their nails. ... They were just holding their breath. It was a very tense time.
"I'm thankful," Heiskell said. "I'm thankful for winning. I'm thankful that my employees get to keep their jobs."
Asked if she plans to run again in four years, Heiskell could on says that "it depends on what happens between now and then."
Shaw said definitively that he will not be running again in four years.


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Sure, vampires are all the rage these days. You can't swing an undead cat without hitting a bunch of those pretty, sparkly, moody, mopey bloodsuckers. But they come and go, whereas zombies are forever.
Zombies are the discerning horror fan's monster of choice. Be they the slow, shambling, easy-to-behead traditional type or the super-fast face chompers of some more modern films, there's something about the singularity of purpose that makes a zombie do that zombie thing that makes them the ultimate scare.
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Forums >Off the Beaten Path>My favorite sport makes the big time!
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Or at least NPR...
'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)
• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)
• 1st olympic distance duathlon
• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race
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• punch Type 1 in the junk
2013 Goal: 2013 mi.
I love running... And I love Cycling....
---But I have to think that running while carrying the cycle in such a long race is above my level of strength, endurance, and ability.
I envy those guys. (I think?!) :-)
The Plan (the big parts)→ /// April 20th: 24 Hour Race Hampton, VA (PR of 76.25 Miles) /// May 19th: Three Days at the Fair (12 Hour) in NJ (PR of 55 Miles) /// Sep 21st: NC-24 Hour Race in Ohio /// Nov 23rd: JFK-50 in MD /// Dec 31st: Peanut Island (12 Hour) in FL /// ∞
So it is kind of like cross country running, but with a bicycle on your shoulder?
2/3rds training
Odd that a story about a form of cycle racing only included pictures of said cyclists running...
Goals: Run lots of trails
It's really more multi-sport than pure cycle racing. The toughest races are the ones that have portions that cannot be ridden. I tend to do better at those than a lot of people who don't run at all, too.
Anyone who would do that sport is just crazy.
Oh I know what cx is, have yet to give it a shot myself but I'm looking for a cross bike for myself at the moment (I know I've missed the whole season already.) But it is a form of cycle racing and the cycling bits are just as cool to photograph as run-ups are. Plus it make it look somewhat more appealing than muddy run-ups.
+1. The best photos of me during races are definitely NOT the ones of me off the bike...I couldn't take a good photo running if my life depended upon it! This is one of my favorite race shots ever:
You will not regret buying a CX bike--they can go more places than pretty much any other bike and with 2 sets of wheels/tires you could have a nice road racer, too (a friend does just that with a custom Ti Seven Mudhoney). My current n+1 would be something a bit higher-end than my current ride, with disc brakes. I tried ONE Winter ride on the above bike with studded tires and the braking ability with iced rims was horrifying. I couldn't stop. Totally dangerous riding on the road with cars and no ability to stop at intersections.
Eva Bandman park in Louisville? Tiny. Flat.
A nice little park, it is where my high school played soccer and field hockey. Right long the river. Great for that.
But for cyclocross? Meh. Boring.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
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Eva Bandman park in Louisville? Tiny. Flat. Dude. A nice little park, it is where my high school played soccer and field hockey. Right long the river. Great for that. But for cyclocross? Meh. Boring.
Oh, that's a bummer...without scary steep hills it's not very interesting.
That is great...and spot-on. A friend is headed to KY right now and we are really jealous. I would love to experience that atmosphere.
Have you been down there lately? I haven't since the summer, so don't know what it looks like for this event, but they've been working on redeveloping it for the last couple years for this weekend. While the base near the river is still flat, they've added some mounds and have it wind up the hill, through the trees near the road. When I first saw the signs for the race a year or so ago I didn't know what cyclocross was, but thought it looked like a fun BMX course.
Interesting. The only cycling event I ever participated in was a 100K. I enjoyed it, but this looks like something I could "sink my teeth into". I can appreciate events involving strength and endurance...Which is why I was initially drawn toward Tough Mudder. Good read, thanks ZZ.
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Update 2: Hunter Developer Diary By: Brian 'Zombie Columbus' Aloisio Hunter The Hunter is one of the most straightforward classes in LOTRO. Find a foe, focus up, and kill it with arrows! If your enemy didn't die, then kill them with dual melee weapons! In groups, allies will help keep enemies from ever getting into melee range, allowing Hunters to focus on their bows. Overall, this makes the Hunter fun, effective, and easy to play. Advanced players will learn how to customize themselves through trait lines and item selection to add variety. They can use the crowd control aspects of the class to enhance their ability to solo, or optimize their attack patterns to enhance damage in group play. However, as the Hunter was intentionally designed to avoid complexity, the differences between the trait lines are a little shallow. So, this brings us to the Hunter updates for Update 2. As with most updates, I like to start with the high level goals and then focus on how we are attempting to achieve them in various areas. Our high level goals are as follows:
Bow Master The Bow Master line was focused on increasing the damage bonus in Strength Stance while increasing the Threat and Power penalties to compensate. This caused Strength Stance to be very potent when soloing, as threat didn't matter and Power could regenerate between fights. Group play was more difficult for Bow Masters, as the increased threat held their full damaging potential back while the greater Power consumption left them constantly begging for more Power. The main changes to the Bow Master trait line focus on these two issues; and the most noticeable change is to the set bonuses. We are reducing the damage bonus in the line from 15% to 10%, while reducing the Power penalty from -25% to -10% and reducing the threat penalty from +15% to 0%! This will slightly decrease the top potential damage Bow Masters can achieve but will increase the effective damage they can unload. Lowering the Power drain and removing the Threat penalty will allow Bow Masters to unload damage more aggressively in a group situation. Heart Seeker is another one of the big changes in this line. The skill was introduced a long time ago as a way to drop a LOT of damage in short time with a long cooldown. Unfortunately, level bumps and the introduction of Legendary Items caused Heart Seeker's damage per second (DPS) to be less and less attractive. In the time a Heart Seeker induction could be completed, significant damage could be dealt by auto-attacks and other skills. Heart Seeker remains the highest damaging opener in the entire game, which gives it incredible utility in PvMP but is not often used in PvE. With this update, we've decided to lower the induction time and damage of Heart Seeker in a way to allow its DPS to slide higher up. In addition, we're slashing its cooldown and giving it some combo abilities with Barbed Arrow. With these changes, we hope to make Heart Seeker a useful part of a Bow Master's combat rotations. The last major changes are centered on Burn Hot, which keep with the general theme of the line -- reduce the theoretical max damage and increase usability. Tweaks to the base skill and the Legeandary traited version leave this as a skill that can be used more frequently, will not leave you out of Power, and will even reduce the Power cost of skills instead of increase them! Beyond these changes, a few other traits and skills have various tweaks. There are a few interesting builds that can be achieved with a mix of traits from Bow Master and one or two traits from other lines. Set Bonuses
Huntsman The Huntsman line is all about Power, Focus and speed. In the Book 3 update, these same specialties remain, but we've attempted to refine them; to differentiate them from the Bow Master line. Of the three trait lines, Huntsman is the least in need of major changes. It is able to deal consistent damage and has the least Power issues. Most of the changes in this set actually focus around making some of the bonuses that exist here accessible to all sets, while granting Huntsmen new specialties of their own. The biggest change is Fleet Stance. This toggle skill is looked down on by many Hunters and is rarely used. The main reason for this is not because the bonuses that Fleet Stance grants are bad, but because they are mutually exclusive with the other three Hunter stances -- each of which has arguably more attractive bonuses. Buffing Fleet Stance further could make it more desirable, but we decided to take a different approach. Instead of keeping it a stance, it is being changed into a buff that costs Focus, much like Needful Haste. While the Focus cost is fairly steep, Huntsmen are more than capable of generating the high amounts of Focus needed to maintain this buff, which will increase their damage and mobility. Another significant change is to Strength of the Earth. This skill returns incredible amounts of Power to the Hunter, but requires a long induction before beginning to function. Huntsmen were able to remove this induction and further increase the Power regeneration, which could then single-handedly fill a Hunter from no Power to max in a few seconds. We've decided to remove the induction completely from the skill, and re-balance its Power return rate and duration to allow non-Huntsmen to use it more easily. A very exciting change is to Bow and Blade. This trait allowed the Hunter's melee skills to utilize their off-hand weapon. This ability is being removed from the trait and will be granted to all Hunters, all the time! All Hunter melee skills will now use their main and off-hand weapon without the need for this trait. The rest of the changes to the line focus on, well, Focus! Generating and spending large amounts of Focus is the real strength of the Huntsman.
Trait Set Bonuses
Trapper of Foes The Trapper line is one of the most transformative trait lines in the game. Its closest comparison would be the Lore-master Master of Nature's Fury line. Both give significant access to a new group role, while restricting their original group role. For the Trapper, the line reduces damage for increased crowd control (CC), while for the Lore-master their line reduces CC for increased damage. For this Book we have looked at the Trapper line and decided its damage and CC ability could both be increased without the line becoming overly potent. First, we reduced the damage penalty in the trait line from -25% to -15%. Now, some players feel that the penalty should be removed completely, as do a few members of the dev team. In the end, we decided that a decrease in the penalty coupled with an increase in CC abilities would be a safe first step. We will be looking hard at the Trapper line post-Book 3 to see if it finds more of its niche. Another big change is the 4 set bonus now makes Purge Poison affect your whole fellowship at once. Hunter have long asked for such an upgrade to Purge Poison. We feel that putting this upgrade in the Trapper line is the right fit. Hunters will not have to dedicate a trait slot to the upgrade, but only the more support focused Hunters will have access to it. The last big change is for Distracting Shot. When traited with Explosive Arrow, the cooldown will now be 30 seconds, allowing you to chain daze a foe. With the changes in this Book, we expect the Trapper line to be able to both provide both more Support and more DPS then it has in the past. Trait Set Bonuses
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Bryant had the perfect resources to create such a significant structure. For 10 years he had saved the cardboard tubes that laminate came on for just such an opportunity. Fourth graders from Susan Dombrowski's class painted about 200 of the recycled cardboard tubes bright colors and Bryant contructed the sculpture on the lawn of Fidelity Bank just in time for the Celebrate Fuquay-Varina Festival and Art Festival held Downtown earlier this month.
"Marsha Dorman of Fidelity Bank gave me permission to build on the lawn," Bryant said. "One of my goals was to show what a difference art can make in a community."
The brightly colored sturcture was so appealing that children climbed on it, thinking that it was made of steel. With help from the rain earlier in the week and the weight of people climbing on it, the sculpture collapsed just a few days after it was installed.
"We knew it was temporary," Bryant said. The students were disappointed, but he said they talked about it. "There were a lot of lessons in this project."
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HPC Nodes Allocation & Task Dependency
Mittwoch, 18. April 2012 01:06
I have a cluster with N nodes. My workflow requires a job that contains task A and B. Task A is to be executed using 1 node only. Task B is dependent on A and is to be executed using all nodes.
I had set task A MinimumNumberOfNodes and MaximumNumberOfNodes to be 1, task B MinimumNumberOfNodes to 1 and MaximumNumberOfNodes to be N. When I run my job, task A uses the first node and task B started using the same node after task A even when there are N nodes available.
Is it possible to configure it to use N nodes for task B instead of only 1 node?
Thanks in advance
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Mittwoch, 18. April 2012 18:09what's the min/max nodes configuration of your job? and what's the grow/shrink policy of your scheduler?
Donnerstag, 19. April 2012 02:11
The min is 1 and max is N for the job. I did a checked on the allocated resources after the job is completed and it displays all the N nodes. I did not set the grow/shrink policy and left it default.
Donnerstag, 19. April 2012 21:11
Could you try to set Task B to run on min of N nodes and max of N nodes as well? Because if you wish Task B to run on all the nodes, you have to specify it to use all the nodes. Does this make sense?
Also, if you don't mind, could you share your job xml file? This will give us an opportunity to take a closer at your problem and understand it better.
Freitag, 20. April 2012 00:58
Hi Michael,
If I were to set the min nodes of Task B to N, it would mean that Task B cannot start if there are less than N nodes available. I want the task to start as long as there is at least 1 node and will use more if available.
Sorry I couldn't retrieve the xml out as it is in a different network.
Freitag, 27. April 2012 17:56
Hi William,
This is a very interesting user scenario, I just tried it and got a repro. I talked to the developer and the answer is that Job scheduler only automatically grows a job once in a while, say if a job has 1000 tasks, where Task 2 to 1000 are like your Task B, the task will start to grow after a while, say 5 tasks for example. In your scenario, at the end of Task A it looks at the next task B, and see the currently assigned node #(1) satisfies the minimum requirement of Task B, so it launches TAsk B with 1 node.
I have filed a bug to the development team doing this and we will try to get this into our next realease.
In the meanwhile, I suggest you try one of the following alternatives:
1. Set your Task B to run with minimum of Y nodes, where 1<Y<N, so that it at least get Y nodes
2. Set task A to be a "node preparation task" before task B, so that Task B is not affected by Task A. However, this means that your Task A will run once on each node Task B runs at, you probably have to do some work to allow this to happen.
Thank you again for bringing this issue to us!
Freitag, 27. April 2012 17:58
Oh, and here is what you need for node preparation task
Montag, 7. Mai 2012 01:21
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the clarification and suggestion. I will find a workaround for the time being. Will look forward to have this bug solve in the next release :)
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Hi William,
Thanks for your understanding! As you know we are very late into the current developmetn cycle, I'm afraid this bug won't get fixed in the next release. That being said, it is definitely on our radar and we will strive to get it fixed in the earliest time possible. Thank you again reporting this to us!


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New Jersey Lerner: Flaherty pacing Manasquan ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Mar 18, 2012 While Katelynn Flaherty's gaudy numbers, especially in the post season, speak of her offensive impact, they don't do the Manasquan leader enough justice.
New Jersey Kinney: Lane has been Mr. Consistency ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Mar 18, 2012 Plainfield is headed back to the Tournament of Champions final on Tuesday night, and Jahmal Lane is a major reason for that.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: Towns is growing up ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Mar 18, 2012 St. Joseph (Met.) 6-foot-10 center Karl Towns, tabbed as the top freshman in America, learned a lot during his fantastic rookie year.
New Jersey Lerner: Brown fitting in for Kennedy ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Mar 3, 2012 Junior guard Erika Brown resumed action while trying only to enhance an already-established chemistry.
New Jersey Kinney: Union Catholic on the rise ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Mar 3, 2012 Even though wins were rare in the last three weeks, the infrastructure for an excellent future at Union Catholic is in place.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: HS hoops at Barclays is gold ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Mar 3, 2012 Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark - a Morristown graduate - mentioned the possibility of high school hoops at the new Brooklyn arena. It'd be gold.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: Irish eyes are crying ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Mar 2, 2012 St. Patrick's basketball team likely played its final game on Thursday. That doesn't take away the school's special miracle, though.
New Jersey Kinney: Lane lifts Cardinals in title game ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Feb 26, 2012 It was no great surprise that Jahmal Lane delivered so profoundly to the offense once again with the spotlight shining bright.
New Jersey Lerner: O'Neil stars for No. 1 Shabazz ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Feb 26, 2012 Zaire O'Neil, a 6-foot sophomore forward, helped Shabazz capture the girls Essex County crown on Saturday.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: For Darius, it's all about family ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Feb 18, 2012 Darius Hamilton is more than just the football National Defensive Player of the Year. Just ask his little sister, Karrington.
Neptune Lerner: Carter gets offensive for Neptune ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Feb 19, 2012 Neptune defensive specialist Nahja Carter is warming up to being an accountable scoring option on the basketball court.
New Jersey Kinney: Foster steps up for University ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Feb 19, 2012 Keith Foster overcame an ugly injury, and University is clearly relishing its final weeks with its veteran backcourt man.
New Jersey Kinney: St. Anthony flexes its muscles ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Feb 12, 2012 St. Anthony showed off its best stuff on Saturday to punctuate an exciting week for Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley and his storied program.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: Carey earned his stripes ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Feb 12, 2012 Tariq Carey, at first, didn't fit in at St. Anthony. Now, the rejuvenated senior guard feels at home in Bob Hurley's fraternity.
John F. Kennedy Lerner: Tough to keep Erika Brown down ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Feb 5, 2012 Paterson Kennedy star Erika Brown is making a fast recovery from a terrible ACL injury and anxiously awaits her return.
New Jersey Kinney: Irvington has eyes on prize ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Feb 5, 2012 Irvington is hoping to clinch the Essex County boys basketball tournament title behind a trio of super scorers and leaders.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: From Paterson to The Show ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Feb 5, 2012 Victor Cruz's journey is already worthy of a celebration, simply because the hometown kid whom no one believed in has made believers of everyone.
New Jersey Kinney: Golub striving for greatness ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Jan 29, 2012 Thanks to the lessons from Dave Warner, Freehold Township coach Brian Golub has his team clicking on all cylinders.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: Farrell is a true leader ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Jan 28, 2012 Though just a sophomore, Matt Farrell has emerged as one of the most polished leaders on a New Jersey basketball court.
Kinney: Bodie guiding East Side hoops ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Jan 22, 2012 It's no surprise why guard Aaron Bodie is leading East Side, considering his extreme competitiveness and uncanny work ethic.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: Finding the "Perfect Fit" ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Jan 14, 2012 Luther Wright played only 16 games in the NBA before drugs derailed his career. Now clean for nearly seven years, the 7-foot-2 New Jersey native is mentoring high school kids.
New Jersey Lerner: Berntsen never wastes a moment ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Jan 15, 2012 Forever remembering the tragic death of her brother, Chatham hoops star Amanda Berntsen has blossomed into a leader on and off the court.
New Jersey Fitzsimmons: Hurley an icon to fellow legends ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Jan 15, 2012 Oak Hill Academy coach Steve Smith, the owner of seven national titles, is a legend in his own right, but still looks up to Bob Hurley.
New Jersey Kinney: St. Joe's DeCosey is a winner ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Jan 14, 2012 St. Joseph (Metuchen) guard Quenton DeCosey, a Temple commit, has used his competitive edge to become the player he is today.
Manasquan Lerner: Mabreys share a close bond ARTICLE: By Gregg Lerner | Jan 8, 2012 The Mabrey family developed a bond through basketball, and that's why the clan has influenced the girls hoops landscape in New Jersey.
Malcolm X Shabazz Kinney: Remembering coach Carter ARTICLE: By Mike Kinney | Jan 8, 2012 Shabazz coach Hassan Carter died early in the morning of January 1 and immediately left a huge hole where there had once been a rock.
St. Benedicts Prep Fitzsimmons: The world of Tyler Ennis ARTICLE: By Brian Fitzsimmons | Jan 8, 2012 St. Benedict's star point guard Tyler Ennis, far from his home in Canada, is working on a dream. Someday, he knows he'll make it.


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