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What sorcery-- Whose dangly bit is this? wrote:Bymund Leaf: *nimbly dances between mighty dragon legs*
[Farsical] Mitalani Nulien: [Talk] Big badaboom!
[quinoffire] Quin Fireborn: [Talk] how big? *teases*
[Farsical] Mitalani Nulien: [Talk] BOOM!
[Farsical] Mitalani Nulien: [Talk] BOOM!
[quinoffire] Quin Fireborn: [Talk] Big Bada BOOM?
[Farsical] Mitalani Nulien: [Talk] BadabadabadaBOOM!
[quinoffire] Quin Fireborn: [Talk] splat?
[Farsical] Mitalani Nulien: [Talk] Crunch splat!
[04:12] <@LostCause> such intellectual conversations
[04:12] <Ari> <3 so much fun who cares about intellectual
Zachael Anchises: [Whisper] It's always useful to have children about. You never know when you'll have to placate a balor.
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] When i first joined the red...
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] I was under the assumption I would change it.. mold it into something *looks at crystal*
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] .. greater than what it was..
[Zonr_0] Vincent Sinnock: [Talk] *nods* I remember you talking a little about that before.
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] And.. at first I thought what I was going to do as a leader.. and.. *smiles again to him* How the order would act..
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] .. but.. it didn't go as planned
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] it was better. Each individual had something unique.. And terrifying.. and wondrous about them.
[Zonr_0] Vincent Sinnock: [Talk] *nods, listening*
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] They each brought something.. that made the reds unique..
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] Courage.. strength curiosity.. compassion
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] all tinged with a bit of insanity
[Zonr_0] Vincent Sinnock: [Talk] *smirks*
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] *puts hands up* little doses..
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] insanity.. is merely.. what? usually.. mistaken.. and not truly INSANITY but an illusion of madness.. only to those that haven't experienced life fully
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] This goes.. with magic as well. . I care about each and everyone of our mages.. this is my passion.
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] Whatever they strive for.. I will help them
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] Whatever you want.
[Zonr_0] Vincent Sinnock: [Talk] *glances at the trees briefly*
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] .. it was when I was younger I was asked..
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] 'What if you couldn't provide them with what they want? What if it went against your morals?'
[Zonr_0] Vincent Sinnock: [Talk] What did you say?
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] At the time.. I told them I would try to find something that fit both our needs and made us both happy.. but it was so egocentric of me to try and pull a .. miracle like that. There are so many things.. that it could be
[Zonr_0] Vincent Sinnock: [Talk] *nods*
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] But the answer is clear now.
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] They can feel the back of my hand. They can do that somewhere else and not ask me such crap
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] see...
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] we're individuals.. Together we stand strong.. but apart we're just as deadly.
[TheCleverOne] Latanya Perizada: [Talk] We all make a beautiful.. offkey .. Choir.
[avlis_Galestrider] Kohav'yoom: [Talk] Alas, I have spent nearly all of my healing provisions as well. I recommend we return some other time unless you wish to trek to Mikona and restock before returning here.
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] Even the Hel'byssia dragons didn't kill me this fast..
[avlis_Galestrider] Kohav'yoom: [Talk] *nods resigined*
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Ehh. I tell yah true .. think we brung out the worst in these fellers.
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] Must be our charming personalities *shrugs*
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Seen any undeads at all?
[avlis_Galestrider] Kohav'yoom: [Talk] *shakes his head* Not that I saw.
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] I've tried to turn them from time to time ... no.
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Might ougthah mark this off the active crypt list.
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] We'd need a much larger group tah push through, I think. Way out numbered.
[avlis_Galestrider] Kohav'yoom: [Talk] Fen, I agree.
[Shard the Pious] Jal Nightfall: [Talk] *nods*
[Shard the Pious] Jal Nightfall: [Talk] thing for sure.. no undead here
[avlis_Galestrider] Kohav'yoom: [Talk] *nods* Not that I saw, at least.
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Yeah. It's a crypt and active.. but not with undeath.
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Mebbe deeper in .. but .. who can say?
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] Living people.... They can be censured and eradicated for the greater good. With a larger group, I vote we do so.
[Manuel the White] Jessie Morrice: [Talk] * nods to Narwe *
[avlis_Galestrider] Kohav'yoom: [Talk] I agree, Narwe.
[L1t3r] Vesdrac Noss'tau: [Talk] thats awesome
[L1t3r] Vesdrac Noss'tau: [Talk] //that should have been a tell
[Xaila] Solveig: [Talk] //hehe...
[L1t3r] Vesdrac Noss'tau: [Talk] //please excuse that >.>
[BHopper2] Jonatan Shadowbreath: [Talk] ((lol.))
Verossa : [Talk] //i was a bout to say.. wow Ves has become quite vocal in euthiasm
[L1t3r] Vesdrac Noss'tau: [Talk] //he enjoys his Keanu impressions
Verossa : [Talk] // *buys vesdrac a surfboard
[L1t3r] Vesdrac Noss'tau: [Talk] //*wants a phone booth*
[Athena1] Sasee Cain: [Talk] ((I cant say excellent with out thinking of that movie
Verossa : [Talk] // shh, stop being OOC and distruptive! x
Pleth is the Best!
AJ is Arcadia's Brother
Cadence Everhart: Hasn't one of you ever said, "I've had enough of this?"
Sheloom Kallerton: *Looks to Harmon curiously*
Harmon Hull: Is that even possible?
Harmon Hull: I think I'd collapse like an abandoned Construct.
Cadence Everhart: *opens her mouth, closes it* .. apparently not.
Sheloom Kallerton: He's joking, Cadence.
Sheloom Kallerton: *Looks relatively sure of this*
Sheloom Kallerton: *Eighty percent*
Cadence Everhart: He is? *can't tell at all*
Harmon Hull: I am known as a man with a penchant for humor.
Tor Varson (Cameron Klym): Think Tor is going to tuen into a serial killer of happy couples
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris): lol
Tor Varson (Cameron Klym): The dreaded axe murderer of Lovers Lane/wood/ drive/point/outlook/etc
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris): Post vids on youtube. Get some director interested. Make best-selling series after Twin Peaks or whatever. ... Profit!
Tor Varson (Cameron Klym): Hmmm...could work for at least one season
Moriand Dias (nihprodne) wrote:what can I say...I see crack...I do the crack
Harmon Hull: I recently saw an announcement that grease pit wresling without garb was sponsored by a distillery north of M'Chek.
Kiara Ravenblade: Greese wrestling was fun
Kiara Ravenblade: I took down a half ogre
Mitalani Nulien: *wrinkles her nose*
Quin Fireborn: Bunch of perverts * mutters it aloud and blinks*
Lilliana Be'letane: Grease wrestling always struck me as some kind of unchecked male fantasy being given an air of legitimacy by so many women taking part. But that's me.
Quin Fireborn: *she looks at Lily like she is the most brilliant of persons*
Taruma: *nods* I like him.
Taruma: He's a singular individual.
Yanyu Choym: *chuckles a bit*
Rollek Heloc: I expect you will soon repeat those same words when another person departs.
Taruma: *smiles* I'm fond of you as well, for what it's worth, Dominator.
Taruma: Shall I assume it's mutual?
Taruma: *grins up at him*
Rollek Heloc: I could not keep you from doing so.
Taruma: *laughs*
Yanyu Choym:*a guilty chuckle, shakes her head at the answer*
Taruma: that's a well-worded answer. *smiles*
Yanyu Choym: I think it is as well, yes. Open to misinterpretation.
Taruma: I would disagree. I think the joy of it is how clear it is. *grins*
Taruma: Still, I appreciate your forebearance.
Taruma: And I am curious how far it extends.
Rollek Heloc: I am often found in the Hall of Valok.
Rollek Heloc: Perhaps...
Taruma: perhaps I would enjoy learning the boundaries of your forebearance inside a space covered by temple law?
Taruma: *smiles gently*
Rollek Heloc: It would eliminate many misunderstandings, I think.
Taruma: *laughs*
Rollek Heloc: Where could we have a more honest and discerning discussion?
Taruma: excellent. Lovely to meet you, incidentally. I'm Taruma. I'm a priest.
Solveig: Solveig Tcharov. Pyromancer of the White. I failed to introduce myself earlier.
Ernst Tcharov: Ernst Tcharov. Academy of Mortal Magic. A pleasure, I imagine.
Ernst Tcharov: Of which deity do you claim priesthood?
Ernst Tcharov: If I might enquire, of course.
Taruma: *grins right, puts a finger over her lips, and winks*
Taruma: oh, you're perfectly welcome to enquire, certainly
Ernst Tcharov: Ah. One of the embarrassing ones, eh?
Ernst Tcharov: Balgar, perhaps?
Solveig: Ernst...
Taruma: *looks to be making a serious effort not to laugh loudly in Lily's class*
Taruma: yes, magus, I do believe it's a pleasure to meet you.
Taruma: *to Ernst* do you have a specialty as well, magus?
Silver Fox: Scorn.
Ernst Tcharov: That is more of a hobby, albeit one for which the world is apt to provide me with numerous and frequent opportunities to indulge.
Silver Fox: You see?
Silver Fox: A Master.
Ernst's Bad Day wrote:High Priest of Ingoren: [Talk] Ye go alone to the Depths..
High Priest of Ingoren: [Talk] The Sea Mistress will have her due...
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Her... due?
High Priest of Ingoren: [Talk] I be to old now to follow *looks to Ernst and Archi* But ye menfolk seem .. sturdy enough *laughs*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *pats Ernst on the shoulder*
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] *gives a worried glance to Thienna*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *arches a brow*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *shrugs a wing at Arch*
Verossa : [Talk] *you see what appears to be a giant sea monster uncoli from the ships deck*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Gg-g-oodness.
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *g-g-gulps*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *her long snakey neck peers down at you and she hisses*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Tell] S-s-s-swaaamp monstah!
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Vissssitorssss....
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Well, four visitors and an ice cube
Sea Mistress: [Talk] How.. deliciuosss.... *eyes linger over Archi and Ernst*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] Good day ma'am....
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *head rotate to Thienna* A talking ssseagulll... How interesssstingssss...
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Tell] This may be the best sea monster ever
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] Yes ma'am *as if she's never heard -that- one beofre*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Misss-ttt-t-ress, we come with of-ff-erings, and a request.
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Pretty Seagull... you bring me tributesss... ?
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *spins headto Vintrinia and coils back* Ahhh.. Flames... *hisses loudly*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *quick glance between the two*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] You have no place here.. Little Sparkssss...
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Whisper] You appear to have m-m-made an impression
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *recoils her head back, her breath dripping ice cold*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Th-th-then I will.. not st-stay long.
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] We b-b-bring tribute, yes.
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *nods and looks over Archi and Ernsts again* hmmm.. magicssss.. Changing and Timessss... yesss.. I will take themssss....
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] ...
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] What do you mean by "take"?
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Magicmen.. will makesss ssstrong.. new.. youngssss.. *eyes them greedily*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Whisper] For once, he asks a pertinent question
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] AHhhhmm *steps in front of Arch* Not that sort of tribute
Sea Mistress: [Talk] hmmm.. *heads dashes close to thienna face, the monster is hidiuos, all green seawwed and icy fangs*
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] While I am honored you would consider me for such, you would not enjoy the heat that my tattoos carries
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Nooo.. what do you meansss.. No, Little Seagullssss...
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] *Holds up his arm*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *swallows softly, but looks back defiantly*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *hisses and sniffs at the arm*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] ahhh..
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Whisper] Let us, ahh, drop some gems?
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *sets out some gems*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *squints at Archi* Yesss.. to hot.. *reaches long nech to Ernst.. her great green tongue protruding*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *coughs* Ah... do tell us, Sea Mistress...
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *licks his face from bottom*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *considers Ernst taste*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *coughs as the face is licked*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *leans back away* ....what... er... *cringe* ... ~else~ do you value?
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *looks absolutely aghast*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] *Seems to find this highly amusing*
Verossa : [Talk] *small lines of green slime lines Ernsts face*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *puurs happily* That one.. isss tasssty...
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] I... *splutters*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *smacks her lips*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] I... don't believe you would enjoy what would follow
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Lett-t-t us c-c-consider other options, M-m-m-isstress.
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *looks back to the ladies, them see the gems* Ahh.. *giant head comes down, and she bites the sand, scopping them all into her huge maw*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] ...unless the prospect of further visits by those of my colleague's ilk. *gesturing twitchily to Vintrinia*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] ...appeals greatly
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *chews and considers*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] You Black robes.. always with the demands*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Come here often, do they?
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *keeps chewing as she talks, splinters of gems fall from her mouth*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] W-when it comes to the matter of not being devoured, I fear I must be.
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *snarls* Not so often, but enough
Sea Mistress: [Talk] devoured? *laughs a snakey laugh* I will not eat you.. *laughs*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *turns even paler, somehow*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *large head snakes up, her maw droools a little looking at Ernst*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] W-w-we have our words.
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *nods to the team*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] *Nods back*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Then speak them Little Spark.. *recils slightly from Vin*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Fire.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] Dream.
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *hisses and listens*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Shadow!
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] Life
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] Cold.
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Ahhh... *rears her head way up to the ceiling*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *more and more of her body uncils, the creature is massive*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *starts muttering the opening lines of Greater Sanctuary*
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] *Looks up at the creature*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *the neck and body start to fill the space everywhere*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *watches in awe*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *wets her lips, regrets it*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *hissing fills the old tomb*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *backs riiiiiiiiiight up*
Verossa : [Talk] *the cold elementals start to ..hummm*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *then.. a slim tenticale breaks free from the great mass of monster*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *grips her staff*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *it slides forward, new born and ghastly, replusive and slimy towards Vintrina*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *grips the trust's staff*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *eyes the tentacle like a hawk. A decidedly paranoid hawk*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Are you ssssre, the Black robe.. annot stay.. even for a little whilesss... *a bit sadly*
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] ....extremely.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *looks back at him cowering in the corner*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] ahh.. Ssssshame
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] May I ask one question out of curiosity....but what manner of being are you?
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Ssssuch.. pretty youngsss.. will could makessss... *half sleepily*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] Me..? I am.. myselfsssss..
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Talk] *shudders*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] R-right.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Tell] Ernst is mainly popular among the horrifying sea monster demographic
[MythosLoki] Archibald Thel: [Talk] Of course
Sea Mistress: [Talk] The last of my indssss.... *sad sigh* I do not.. rememberssss.... *heavy eye lids close*
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] Thank you, Misstress, for the Trust and for the World.
[E C Sharrow Esq] Ernst Tcharov: [Tell] Tentacles. It has tentacles. I refuse to play Blackdagger: The World of Hentai.
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] *prods them to move*
Sea Mistress: [Talk] *nods briefly and curls back into whatever state of rest you found her in* Dream.. of the Seassss.....
[Solai] Vintrinia Carnen: [Talk] We shall... we shall.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Tell] It doesn't refuse to play you
Narwë: [Talk] There is a skunk at the Keepers...
Garthond Foehammer: [Talk] Dat's her, aye.
Circe Phillippidis: [Talk] This is wise?
Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Is there? * the very symbol of inoocence *
Garthond Foehammer: [Talk] Howzit a problem?
Garthond Foehammer: [Talk] She ind Oi have fartin' contests sometimes.
Circe Phillippidis: [Talk] If it gets startled it might spray which is surely less than ideal.
Moriand Dias: [Talk] I took care of that
Jessie Morrice: [Talk] Hells.. have yee ever .. won?
Garthond Foehammer: [Talk] Oi did, aye.....She couldn't fart ter da tune ov Greensleeves.
Moriand Dias: [Talk] *nods* I've seen him do it
Moriand Dias: [Talk] vibrato and everything
Narwë: [Talk] Impressive. And slightly disturbing.
Jessie Morrice: [Talk] * raises a finger to speak .. fails to produce a response *
Wylliam Fell: [Talk] Are you talking art?
Garthond Foehammer (galen_macbyrne) Heya poochie.
Circe Phillippidis (xiaou) Thats a lot of wolf
Moriand Dias (nihprodne) * Moriand Dias motions to Tiu.*
Jessie Morrice (Manuel the White) This waht keeps yah warm at night, Mor?
Garthond Foehammer (galen_macbyrne) Now, Oi ain't a stump, wolfie...no peein' on me.
Jessie Morrice (Manuel the White) * smirks to Garthond *
Moriand Dias (nihprodne) *looks at tiu...then at Morrice* usually yes...*matter of fact*
Jessie Morrice (Manuel the White) Mmmhmm.
Good .. cuddler?
Circe Phillippidis (xiaou) *chuckles* I think it's more like a thick blanket
Jessie Morrice (Manuel the White) Are yah the big spoon er the little spoon?
Moriand Dias (nihprodne) *looks at tiu*
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris) And strange and wild thought sprang to life and fluttered around in his head, where they had ample space... *muses*
Tiu *looks back*
Garthond Foehammer (galen_macbyrne) *snickers*
Flowera Jooscia (Shutchomowf) little spoon
Jessie Morrice (Manuel the White) * covers his mouth - chuckling softly *
Flowera Jooscia (Shutchomowf) Moriand is definitely the little spoon.
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris) ((*cue DJ Günther*))
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris) Well, Wyll. As we have a decent complement of Dagath's faithful here, Circe of Life can handle the wedding, Jessie of Death can deal with the burials, and I of Rebirth can turn you back into dust if you try to rise again...
Wylliam Fell (LeTigre23) I'll surely come, donate, and support your artists.
Jessie Morrice (Manuel the White) * look to Narwe * Mmmm.
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris) *warm smile*
Wylliam Fell (LeTigre23) You really think tis thing out, don't you?
Moriand Dias (nihprodne) they are professionals
Narwë (AmicusHumaniGeneris) I don't need to. Routine, really. *light shrug*
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] They look gravely upon such things here
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] Dead serious mmm?
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] *snorts*
[Nebriandur] Jacksen Aiken: [Talk] Bone dry in interpretation.
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] *rolls his eyes*
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] They're very stiff about it yes
[Nebriandur] Jacksen Aiken: [Talk] *smirks faintly*
[Nebriandur] Jacksen Aiken: [Talk] Not very humerous, you say
[Nebriandur] Jacksen Aiken: [Talk] *humerus
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] Not at all, dead-faced all of them
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] Nah mate, they ain't got a funny bone in all their bodies.
[Nebriandur] Jacksen Aiken: [Talk] A crying shame. Mournful, even
[AmicusHumaniGeneris] Narwë: [Talk] They really would have benefited from rattling their tailbones now and then
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] *looks between the two of them and grins*
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] S'alright they can shake their bones when they play with their die.
[Nebriandur] Jacksen Aiken: [Talk] ...alright, i think I'm closing the lid on this. Stay amongst the gravedust much longer an i may begin coffin.
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Springfield – Anna Bittman of New Trier High School and Michael Byerley
of Lemont High School will serve as co-chairs for the 2006-2007 Student Advisory
Council (SAC) to the Illinois State Board of Education. The two seniors were
elected by the 2006-2007 members at the SAC's November meeting held
in Springfield.
"I'm excited to co-lead such a diverse group of students from
around Illinois," said Bittman, of Winnetka. "Each one of us
brings so many different ideas to the table, and we have a great history
of combining the ideas into presentations for the State Board of Education."
The Student Advisory Council is comprised of 15 high school students from
across Illinois. The SAC was originally formed in 1975 to bring student concerns
to the attention of ISBE. The students who comprise the SAC are very diverse.
They come from different geographic locations and ethnic backgrounds. The
students appointed to the Student Advisory Council possess a strong work
ethic, are creative and interested in public service.
"As a co-chairman, I have both the honor and responsibility to voice
student body opinions directly to ISBE," said Byerley, of Lemont. "This
is a unique opportunity and one which has the potential to enlighten and
aid the board in policy and legislative decisions."
Additional officers elected were:
Both Bittman and Byerley served during the 2005-2006 academic school year,
along with returning SAC members Nicholas J. Diaz, a junior at West Leyden
High School in Chicago; and Andrea L. Lockley, a senior at East Richland
High School in Olney.
Newly appointed SAC members include: Micah S. Berman, a junior at the University
Laboratory High School in Urbana; Kent E. Kiefer, a senior at Hamilton County
High School in Hamilton; Emma L. LePere, a junior at Belleville Township
High School in Belleville; Amy Maldonado, a sophomore at the School for Social
Justice High School, Little Village Campus, in Chicago; Alix M. Olian, a
senior at Highland Park High School in Highland Park; Ryan H. Ornstein, a
sophomore at Grayslake North High School in Grayslake; Allison K. Tharp,
a senior at Newton Community High School in Newton; and a designated student
from Chicago Public Schools.
As SAC members, the students can review Board programs and policies, and
work with the Board to sponsor conferences related to student affairs. Students
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On a Sunday when the sprinklers accidentally went off at Sun Life Stadium, dousing the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins, playoff-minded teams all over the NFL were treated to a cold, harsh splash of reality.
The New Orleans Saints, who had clawed their way back to .500 after digging an 0-4 hole, lost at home to San Francisco, 31-21, in a rematch of a divisional playoff thriller.
The similarly resurgent Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who had won four in a row, put together a solid performance at home but still lost to Atlanta, 24-23. The Falcons took another big step toward the NFC South crown by improving to 10-1, tied with Houston for the league's best record.
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Friday, August 20, 2004
"Lisp" or "LISP"
I have been reading a lot of Lisp-related books and articles lately. It has been interesting to see how various writings either capitalize or don't the word "Lisp." For instance, in MIT AI Memo #12, John McCarthy, who should know a bit about this, uses "LISP." On the other hand, the Symbolics 3600 Technical Summary uses "Lisp." Nobody would accuse those guys at Symbolics of not knowing Lisp. Guy Steele, who knows a lot about a lot, uses "Lisp" in Common Lisp: The Language. Paul Graham uses "Lisp" in both ANSI Common Lisp and Hackers and Painters.
Well... I'd have to respect McCarthy for kicking the whole thing off, but "LISP" is losing steam, it seems.
Update: I just checked AIM-349, "Scheme: An Interpreter for Extended Lambda Calculus," by Sussman and Steele. Seems they use LISP. Somewhere along the line, Steele switched religions.
I don't see how Steele switched sides: AIM-349 doesn't seem to be talking about Common Lisp, whereas CLtL surely does. Also, I'm not sure, but MIT AI Memo #12 doesn't seem to be talking about Common Lisp either. The original language created by McCarthy wasn't Common Lisp.
I have no doubt that McCarthy called it LISP, but that was his language, not Common Lisp, and Common Lisp isn't LISP. I don't see any reason to capitalize "LISP" in Common Lisp, the standards seem to agree with me.
I don't see why the "Lisp" in Common Lisp should be capitalized. AIM-349 doesn't seem to be talking about Common Lisp, but McCarthy's LISP. I have no doubt that McCarthy called his language LISP -- fully capitalized --, but LISP isn't Common Lisp and Common Lisp isn't LISP.
I see no reason to capitalize the "Lisp" in Common Lisp, and no reason to downcase the "LISP" that McCarthy created. This is also why I use CL as a shortcut for Common Lisp, and say "Lisp" when I mean the language family consisting of languages (historically or otherwise) related to or typically associated with LISP, including Common Lisp, Scheme, and more. I find using "Lisp" instead of Common Lisp quite confusing in most circumstances, since many people also use "Lisp" when they mean some other member of Lisp the language family.
I'd guess it's because the name originated as LISt Processing, sort of a pseudo-acronym, but after a while it turned into a proper name. The Sabre reservation system has the same story, it used to be something like "Semi-Automated Business Research Environment", but turned into a proper name somewhere along the way.
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Hi mirco,
Thanks for sharing. It might mean that, but it's not exaclty clear to me what you mean, and I'm not sure how you get that out of what I said. Could you be more specific? I like to think I generally get along roughly about the same with most but not all people around me, but not everyone equally. That would require over-generalized, either/or, all-or-nothing, inflexible, rigid and demanding thinking, feeling and behaving on my part. And those types of feelings, thoughts and behaviors relate to my experiences with addiction, so I prefer to attempt to keep them under control.mirco wrote:So, that means, you get along equally with anyone around you?danieLion wrote:Recovery does not require sponsorship or exclude help from others who have no personal experience with addiction and recovery. We all have dukkha in common.
I agree that trust can be an issue for those who have or have had addictions, and perhaps I have some shortsightedness here, but I don't see how you got that out of what the author's saying. Could you elaborate? And would you mind explicating what you mean by "the fundamentals of addiction" and detail your understanding of "personality disorders"? I might be wrong, but there seems to me varying degrees of views about addiction fundamentals. And again, I could be misinformed and/or mis-educated, but personality disorders are hard to substantiate empirically, especially with such imprecise measures like the DSM and IDC.mirco wrote:Here it seems, he doesn't know much about addiction and recovery.danieLion wrote:MYTH 6: YOU SHOULD BE TREATED BY SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS HAD AN ADDICTION....
To the extent that this has any merit, it would be because some people have trouble trusting anyone who has not gone through the identical experience....
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Kansas coach Bill Self is Sporting News' 2012 College Basketball Coach of the Year:
The retired jersey banners in the south end zone at Allen Fieldhouse paint a glorious picture of Kansas basketball history, images of Jacque Vaughn dashing up the court, Raef LaFrentz tossing up that lefty jumper, Danny Manning spin-dribbling through the lane, Wilt Chamberlain leaping above bewildered opponents who'd never seen a man that tall jump that high.
Bill Self warned the latest edition of Kansas Jayhawks to forget all this beauty. If KU did it right this season, the only thing pretty might be the final score.
"I remember early in the season him telling us, 'We're going to have to win ugly,' " says senior guard Tyshawn Taylor, a third-team SN All-American. "Talentwise, one through eight or nine, we're not the best. We're not the scorers like we had in the past. So we're going to have to win ugly, be a defensive team, be tough guys on the boards, battle and win ugly games.
"As the season went along, we kind of understood what he was talking about."
That message was not an easy sell, but the Jayhawks bought in—and did so in time to win their eighth consecutive Big 12 Conference regular-season title against one of the sternest challenges they've faced in that stretch: Frank Haith's reinvigorated Missouri Tigers.
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— Player of the Year: Kentucky's Anthony Davis
First-team All-Americans: Anthony Davis, Kentucky | Draymond Green, Michigan State | Isaiah Canaan, Murray State | Thomas Robinson, Kansas | Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
— Second- and third-team All-Americans and All-Freshman team
Given that KU had only one starter returning from last season—and that starter was Taylor, who had spent his previous three years behaving as though Self ought to put a drive-through window on his coaching doghouse—building a team capable of winning such a strong league makes Self a worthy choice as coach of the year.
In place of the Morris twins, who led last season's team to a No. 1 NCAA seed and then departed for the NBA draft, Self had 6-10 Thomas Robinson. Although Robinson was viewed by pro scouts as an elite talent, in two seasons he'd never averaged even 15 minutes. Self helped him manage the overnight transition to college stardom.
From a group of players that included no one who'd averaged more than 3.7 points at the Big 12 level, Self fashioned a capable support group. Center Jeff Withey blossomed into an able partner for Robinson. Guard Elijah Johnson gave KU a second ballhandler in the backcourt. Wing Travis Releford became an elite defender. Conner Teahan came off the bench to shoot.
— KU's Robinson is Big 12 player of the year
Self persevered without three of his top recruits, who were ineligible to compete.
But he did his best work with Taylor, who developed rapidly through the course of the season into one of the nation's elite point guards.
"First of all, he trusted me, put the ball in my hand and said, 'This is going to be your team, and it's going to go as far as you take us,' " Taylor says.
It was an obvious call but not an easy one—Taylor had struggled to mature through three previous seasons. He blames himself for a lot of his troubles, both on and off the court. "Early in my career it was hard because I thought I could do more and I was on a team that I really didn't need to," Taylor says. "Sometimes, I kind of got in my own way, kind of got upset. Along the way, I think that made me a better basketball player.
"He didn't give up on us. He was hard on us. He made us come to work every day. Everybody was unsure what we had. Without saying—we wouldn't have told you if you asked—but in the back of our heads we were unsure of what we could do."
Self admits he was uncertain as well and also allows that, "Early in the season, we were not a good team."
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They had the best of help in the interim.
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An excerpt from Fr Laurence's Christmas message to all members of the Weekly Internet Meditation Group, December, 1997.
As we have no birth certificate for Jesus, what is the reason for celebrating his birthday at this time of the year as Christians have done since at least the fourth century? Almost certainly it is linked to the pagan feast of the re-birth of the Sun.
On December 21st we experience the shortest day of the year, a vivid reminder, in the northern hemisphere anyway, of the brevity of life. It is the last gasp of the old sun. But birth follows death as it always does, because life is not defeated by death or even negated by it. Life is the sum total of all the cycles of birth and death through which we as individuals and we as the cosmos pass through until the end of time.
All this became very vivid for me a few days ago when I was visiting New Grange, north of Dublin, which is a five thousand year-old Neolithic burial mound constructed a millennium before Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees for the promised land. It has many beauties and mysteries. Perhaps the secret to its meaning is the little aperture above the door which lets in the first rays of the reborn sun on December 21st to penetrate into the inner burial chamber. Dark for the rest of the year, it is filled with the new light for about seventeen minutes. While I was standing in the chamber (wishing it was December 21st) someone turned off the low electric light and we remained in the deepest darkness I can remember. I was surprised by the atmosphere, neither cold nor spooky, but filled with a womb-like peace and content. Whoever built it and lay their dead there knew about resurrection.
As we celebrate Christmas and Fr John's anniversary so close to each other, these are the thoughts or symbols in my mind. The light of Christmas is the first light of the Resurrection. It catches all in its radiance, the living and the dead, joy and grief, those near and those far away. Each time we meditate we are united in this light, which now shines not just cyclically but continuously in our deepest centre.
After meditation: Pseudo-Macarius, Fifteenth Homily, 38, noted in THE ROOTS OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM, by Olivier Clement (London: New City Press, 1995), p. 268.
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From the days of the PS one, this downloadable game allows you to play the classic original on your PSP handheld system or PS3 home console.
Kain was once a nobleman in Nosgoth. But when he was murdered, an evil spirit offers Kain the chance to return and get revenge. However, there is a catch: Kain must serve the evil spirit and will return as the vampire destroyer of Nosgoth. Rather than take eternal rest, Kain chooses revenge. You take control of the Vampire Lord Kain as he seeks revenge on his murderers and tries to destroy the evil spirit that he serves. These are not easy tasks though, and they will require Kain to transform into a bat, wolf, nobleman, and mist. When Kain is hurt, he must drink human blood or once again face death. Your intellect and well as your reaction time will be tested with the varied gameplay found in Blood Omen. Will Kain be able to get revenge and destroy his master?
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Bush Hammers 'Tax and Spend' Democrats, Vetoes Health and Education Spending Bill
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressional Democrats.
He also signed a big increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget although the White House complained it contained "some unnecessary spending."
The president's action was announced on Air Force One as Bush flew to New Albany, Ind., on the Ohio River across from Louisville, Ky., for a speech criticizing the Democratic-led Congress on its budget priorities.
The White House said the $606 billion education and health was loaded with 2,000 earmarks — lawmaker-sponsored projects that critics call pork-barrel spending — which Bush wants stripped from the bill.
"Some of its wasteful projects include a prison museum, a sailing school taught aboard a catamaran and a Portugese-as-a-second-language program," the president said. "Congress owes the taxpayers much better than this effort."
It was sixth bill vetoed by Bush. Congress has overridden his veto only once, on a politically popular water projects measure.
Bush hammered Democrats for what he called a tax-and-spend philosophy:
"The Congress now sitting in Washington holds this philosophy," Bush told an audience of business and community leaders. "The majority was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility, but so far it's acting like a teenager with a new credit card.
"This year alone, the leadership in Congress has proposed to spend $22 billion more than my budget provides," the president said. "Now, some of them claim that's not really much of a difference. The scary part is, they seem to mean it."
More than any other spending bill, the education and health measure defines the differences between Bush and majority Democrats. The House fell three votes short of winning a veto-proof margin as it sent the measure to Bush.
Rep. David Obey, the Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, pounced immediately on Bush's veto.
"This is a bipartisan bill supported by over 50 Republicans," Obey said. "There has been virtually no criticism of its contents. It is clear the only reason the president vetoed this bill is pure politics."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Bush "again vetoed a bipartisan and fiscally responsible bill that addresses the priorities of the American people: education for our children, assistance in paying skyrocketing energy costs, veterans' health care, and other urgent health research on cancer and other serious medical problems. At the same time, President Bush and his congressional allies demand hundreds of billions of dollars for the war in Iraq — none of it paid for."
Since winning re-election, Bush has sought to cut the labor, health and education measure below the prior year level. But lawmakers have rejected the cuts. The budget that Bush presented in February sought almost $4 billion in cuts to this year's bill.
Democrats responded by adding $10 billion to Bush's request for the 2008 bill. Democrats say spending increases for domestic programs are small compared with Bush's pending war request totaling almost $200 billion.
The measure provides:
— a 20 percent increase over Bush's request for job training programs.
— $1.4 billion more than Bush's request for health research at the National Institutes of Health, a 5 percent increase.
— $2.4 billion for heating subsidies for the poor, $480 million more than Bush requested.
— $665 million for grants to community action agencies; Bush sought to kill the program outright.
— $63.6 billion for the Education Department, a 5 percent increase over 2007 spending and 8 percent more than Bush sought.
— a $225 million increase for community health centers.
The $471 billion defense budget gives the Pentagon a 9 percent, $40 billion budget increase. The measure only funds core department operations, omitting Bush's $196 billion request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, except for an almost $12 billion infusion for new troop vehicles that are resistant to roadside bombs.
Much of the increase in the defense bill is devoted to procuring new and expensive weapons systems, including $6.3 billion for the next-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, $2.8 billion for the Navy's DD(X) destroyer and $3.1 billion for the new Virginia-class attack submarine.
Huge procurement costs are driving the Pentagon budget ever upward. Once war costs are added in, the total defense budget will be significantly higher than during the typical Cold War year, even after adjusting for inflation.


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Attorney General Bill Lockyer, U.S. Department of Justice Reach $704 Million National Settlement With Company That Illegally Marketed AIDS Drug
Maker Of Serostim To Pay California $215.7 Million And Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
(SACRAMENTO) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced that the maker of a drug approved to treat an AIDS-related syndrome will pay more than $704 million to the federal and state governments to resolve criminal charges and civil allegations in connection with illegal schemes to promote, market and sell its drug, Serostim.
The maker of Serostim is Serono Inc., a Massachusetts-based company that entered into the settlement agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorneys General of 43 states, including California. The result of Serono's scheme was that California's Medi-Cal program paid too much in reimbursement for prescriptions of the drug during a period from 1997 to 2004.
Pursuant to the criminal component of the settlement, Serono entered a guilty plea in federal district court in Boston to criminal charges that the corporation conspired to violate federal Food and Drug Administration restrictions and conspired to pay kickbacks to physicians and pharmacies. Under the plea bargain, Serono will pay $136.9 million as a criminal fine to the federal government.
The settlement is the product of a false claims lawsuit initially filed by a whistle-blower in federal court. Soon afterward in September 2001, Lockyer began working closely with federal prosecutors in reviewing voluminous medical records submitted by Serono to obtain authorization for the drug, interviewing witnesses and issuing subpoenas. California's share of the settlement totals $215.7 million, of which $108.5 million will be used to reimburse the federal government for its share of the state's Medicaid funding.
"Instead of promoting the health needs of those diagnosed with AIDS, Serono allowed greed to drive a business agenda that fraudulently ripped off millions from California's Medi-Cal program," Lockyer said. "This settlement tells pharmaceutical companies that there is a serious price to pay when they get caught putting the bottomline ahead of quality healthcare."
Serostim is approved by the FDA to treat AIDS wasting syndrome, which is marked by the involuntary loss of significant body weight and chronic weakness; and other forms of cachexia, a wasting away of body fat and muscle caused by disease. Serostim prescriptions are quite expensive, with a Medicaid reimbursement price of approximately $6,000 per month. The suggested course of treatment is three months, but many recipients use Serostim for much longer.
In his lawsuit, Lockyer alleged that Serono illegally marketed Serostim by:
• Promoting Serostim for uses not approved by the FDA, including for lipodystrophy and body cell mass wasting.
• Using unapproved software as part of tests to determine if patients were appropriate candidates to use Serostim. The states alleged the software resulted in more patients being prescribed the drug than what was appropriate.
• Engaging in illegal kickbacks to pharmacists and physicians in an effort to increase prescriptions. The kickbacks included payments and trips, including to Cannes, France.
The civil settlements with Serono require the company to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Office of the Inspector General in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure future compliance with the law. Serono is also required to cooperate with California and other states in any related investigations that may ensue.
Serono, Inc. and Serono Laboratories are U.S. affiliates of the Swiss corporation Serono S.A.; both have their principal place of business in Massachusetts. In addition to California, the states of Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri and New York led the negotiations with Serono that resulted in the civil settlement.
As Attorney General, Lockyer has made the prosecution of Medi-Cal fraud a top priority. Under his leadership, criminal filings and restitution have increased by 134 percent and 258 percent, respectively. Lockyer's Medi-Cal enforcement efforts have resulted in more that $330 million in civil and criminal court-ordered restitution and penalties.


text: SEC's new ruling on social media is a game-changer By Steve Nicholls, Principal, Social Media In Business. Published on July 10, 2013. In December 2012, Netflix Inc.'s Chairman-CEO Reed Hastings posted a 43-word message on his publicly available Facebook page to congratulate his team on achieving more than 1 billion hours of watched video in one month. The message resulted in the Securities and Exchange Commission warning the company that it could face sanctions, as the post was in violation of the Regulation Fair Disclosure, which postulates that a company needs to disclose material information to all investors at the same time. In April, however, the SEC issued a new ruling allowing companies to use social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to disperse information, as long as investors know of these social media activities. This officially turned social media outlets into legitimate sources of material information. As a result, chief executives can now use social media freely to post blogs, messages, tweets and other content on social media channels—provided that investors are informed about their social media strategies beforehand. This move by the federal agency is a big step in showing how much social media is gaining an increasingly important place within business and that its prevalence can no longer be ignored. Rather than ban or penalize social media used in business, the SEC has instead opened a way to incorporate the current dynamic social age and allowed businesses to leverage the business benefits that go with it. While the new ruling means that executives and their companies can now use social media freely to publish company information, it also means that investors and other parties need to embrace these new technologies and move forward within the business revolution that is currently taking place. Avoiding or ignoring social media use is no longer an option. Integrating it instead within the DNA of an organization is the way to move forward for everyone involved. This milestone also shows how others operating within industries related to business, such as law, politics or education, all need to move forward as well, if they have not already done so, to integrate these dynamic technological changes within the essence of their domains, as the SEC has done within the securities industry. Social media is no longer solely a tool for solidifying and amplifying a company's marketing strategy. Its role within business is constantly widening, encompassing more and more facets of a company's operations. By being pushed to the forefront of company-investor relations, social media has officially reached the inner realm of the company itself and has been brought into play as a valuable tool to communicate and collaborate with key partners. Steve Nicholls is principal at Social Media in Business (socialmediainbusiness.com. He can be reached at [email protected]. Most Popular In this article: BtoBSocialTechnology


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Common sense says it would be good politics for California congressmen to support immigration reform, since the proposed changes generally would help the state and its economy.
But in case common sense doesn't convince Republican representatives, here's poll data to back it up.
The pro-immigration-reform group America's Voice reports the Republican-affiliated firm Magellan Strategies polled residents of the districts represented by Buck McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, and Darrell Issa, R-Vista, and found each would gain popularity by backing a bill like HR 15, which calls for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
For McKeon — whose 25th District stretches north and east from the north edge of the San Fernando Valley — 41 percent said they'd have a "more favorable" opinion of the congressman and 23 percent "less favorable" if he worked "to pass an immigration reform plan that ensured undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. pay a penalty, learn English, pass a criminal background check, pay taxes and wait a minimum of 13 years before becoming eligible for citizenship."
For McCarthy, the numbers were 45 percent more favorable, 24 less favorable if he backed such a bill, and for Issa, it was 43 percent more, 22 percent less.
The pollsters asked residents if they support an immigration bill like the one described above. In the three districts, 73 percent to 76 percent indicated support, including 65 percent to 74 percent of Republicans.
Separately, a survey conducted by the Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling shows 66 percent of residents of the district of Rep. Gary Miller, R-Rancho Cucamonga, support immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.
This is significant.
If California Republicans are listening to state business leaders, they already know that conservative principles abound in the immigration overhaul proposals most talked about in Washington, D.C. Two of the 15 GOP members from California, Reps. Jeff Denham of Turlock and David Valadao of Hanford, are supportive.
If the rest need to check the direction of the political winds before taking a stand, they should read these new reports on what their constituents say, and should find them persuasive.


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PATRICK VALENZUELA, ACCLAMATION, Winner: "I've been working out a lot and doing my cardiovascular work. I had plenty of horse the whole time. He relaxed on the lead and when they came to me on the last turn, I just asked him a little and he picked it up nice. Going that far, they were going to go :48 and change, :49 pace anyway. I'm glad (jockey) Eswan (Flores on Barney Rebel) didn't use his horse to try and make it a speed duel. But my horse would have put him away and kept running anyway. (Warren) has done a tremendous job bring him back to where he was at today. I feel that he's going to improve off this race. Coming back off an eight month layoff with a setback and a month in between, he did a great job. This is just a tremendous horse. I feel like Acclamation does, really good."
DAVID FLORES, SLIM SHADEY, Second: "My horse ran his race. Acclamation just loves this track and he's in good condition. We just got beat by a better horse. I can't feel bad about it at all. There was just no pace and that killed us."
JOE TALAMO, UTOPIAN, Third: "They gave that other horse (Acclamation) the race. He had the race to himself the whole time."
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DON WARREN, ACCLAMATION, Winner "It was kind of a bumpy road getting here but we
made it. He's been training like he was ready. The setback he had didn't worry me that he would be short because I had another month to work with him. I just worked him a mile a couple more times. Of course when that happens once, you're hoping it doesn't happen again. So let's hope it's doesn't happen again. We never found out what was wrong. You can guess maybe it's this or maybe it's that, but it's nothing you can put your finger on. The ultimate goal is the Breeder's Cup Turf (Nov. 3 at Santa Anita). We'll look at the races we ran in last year. Who knows, we may even want to look at the (Grade I, $500,000) Hollywood Gold Cup (July 7). I'd like to keep him on the turf, though."
SIMON CALLAGHAN, SLIM SHADEY, Second: "He ran a really good race, but when a good horse like (Acclamation) gets to the front with those fractions, he's going to be very tough to beat."
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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was felt throughout the Portland area at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, but there are no reports of injury or damage.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says the quake was about 12 miles deep and centered near Sherwood in Washington County, about 17 miles southwest of Portland.
People who reported it on a U. S. Geological Survey website indicates the quake was lightly felt in the Portland metro area and from Battle Ground, Wash., to Salem.
A Washington County dispatcher told The Oregonian there were no reports of injury or damage.


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So I've heard re: the Dutch Reformed Church. I'll bet it's pretty difficult living with them there. Hope you have a great week!! =)
Wonderful to hear from you, really!! veral in Suid Afrika is ons maar min met hierdie tipe oortuiging. Maar dis nou maar so... Gelukkig het my Pa & Sussie my backs. Moeder is maar nog moeilik om te convert, maar jisso as mense net verder wil dink!!!
Geniet jou week hey!!!
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BiologyAdults of this anadromous species migrate up rivers in March and April, but spawning actually takes place the following year between May and July (4). Mating occurs in pairs, unlike the other lampreys in which a female is mated by a succession of males (4). The female lays up to 300,000 eggs into a depression in the river bed created by the male. After hatching, the larvae, known as ammocoetes burrow into the sediment where they live for three to five years, feeding by filtering organic particles from the water (4). During metamorphosis, the eyes and the sucker-like mouth develop and the adults then migrate to the sea where they adopt a parasitic lifestyle, feeding by attaching to the bodies of large fish with the mouth and rasping away at the flesh. They remain in the sea for a few years and then return to freshwater in order to spawn. They do not feed during this return trip because the digestive organs degenerate, and shortly after spawning they die (4). Roman, Viking and Medieval Britons regarded river and sea lampreys as delicacies (2).


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Hear the words 'hazy' and 'breathless' anywhere near an American boy-girl combo with a penchant for being photographed staring wistfully into the distance, and you're probably going to think of Beach House. Brooklynites Widowspeak do little to dismiss such associations with 'Perennials', the opening track to their second album Almanac. Building from a rolling drum beat and some reverb-heavy guitars before the introduction of Molly Hamilton's soft-focus vocals, it soon sends you into the midst of a sun-tinged revelry which is all very nice, but haven't we already heard all of this before?
Thankfully, Widowspeak are quick to show that there's more to their bow with 'Dyed In The Wool', a more spritely, upbeat track with more than a nod in the direction of divorce-era Fleetwood Mac, all dramatic cymbal crashes and an ominous sense of foreboding. On the band's first album, Hamilton's vocals were often accompanied by sparse, hushed backing, but here on Almanac there's a bolshier, more accomplished sound, as well as a more adventurous spirit, that's ultimately more rewarding.
As the album's down home title suggests, Widowspeak are also indebted to the spacey country rock that is often termed Americana, and this more expansive, outdoorsy atmosphere is probably what best sets them apart from the likes of Beach House or Melody's Echo Chamber. 'Ballad Of The Golden Hour' bounces along on a beautiful melody and a hazy slide guitar line, while 'Sore Eyes' combines shadowy, Neko Case-style melodrama with a wonderfully spaced out chorus.
Elsewhere the duo add a straighter, poppier edge to proceedings, as 'Devil Knows' rides a simple two-chord shimmer over a slyly infectious chorus, before the positively anthemic 'Spirit Is Willing' looks to combine Hawaiian hula vibes with a classic call and response chorus. As the album draws to a close with the slow-burning psych of 'Storm King', you find yourself a long way from those initial impressions you had of the band.
Thanks to the similarities in vocal styles, it's easy to compare Widowspeak with other acts around, and it's fair to say that there's plenty here for fans of such acts to admire. However, there's also more here for anyone willing to look deeper, especially if you're fond of a little country-tinged drama with your reverb and wistful vocals.
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Guitar Hero or Real Guitars? The War Has Finally Kicked Off!
UK daily broadsheet The Guardian has chosen to stick up for the games industry following an article in NME magazine that attacked titles like Rock Band and Guitar Hero for deterring kids from playing real musical instruments.
The NME piece quoted Q Radio presenter David Quantick as stating: "Games are not rock 'n' roll, they're metal – aggressive, loud, violent and scared of women. You can't dance to a game or have sex to it. Games are still for nerds. Rock 'n' roll is about f*****g, games are about w*****g. Rock music makes you leave the house and meet drugs, games make you stay in and smell of your own p**s."
In response, Guardian blogger Keith Stuart today commented: "The piece begins with a rather familiar complaint, this time voiced by Chad Kroeger of Nickleback, that games like Guitar Hero are diverting kids away from taking up real instruments.
"Personally, I feel that if Guitar Hero has prevented the foundation of just one new Nickleback-inspired band, Harmonix, the creator the Guitar Hero series, should be given some sort of medal."
Whose side are you on? Real Guitars or Guitar Hero? And - can't you like them both? Leave your comments on our Music Planet message board!


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Distributed Control Systems: Rescue Your Plant from Alarm Overload
No doubt everyone who has a distributed control system (DCS) has encountered alarm management issues. the reason is simple: A DCS makes over-alarming all too easy.
the DCS arrived in a marketplace that had enforced restrictions on alarms due to physical space limitations. To do anything with raw alarms was almost impossible; the only features found in the electro-mechanical alarm annunciator box were first-up alarm indication and the ability to suppress the alarm by removing the electronics from the box.
the DCS provided flexibility, allowing almost unlimited alarms, multiple alarm types, including bad-process-variable monitoring, and a host of options, from various filtering techniques to relational dynamic alarm rationalization. Unfortunately, the DCS came without any discipline or cost implications for adding alarms. To be fair to DCS manufacturers, they recognized the potential for over-alarming. Even the very first version of the Honeywell DCS, for instance, gave advice about configuring and prioritizing alarms that is not too different from current guidelines. However, no one read it or implemented this guidance.
the problem was compounded by lack of leadership and ownership, an issue that still exists at many sites. In the past, after process and equipment engineers specified alarms, the control engineers installing the DCS added alarms according to what could be done, not what should be done. Operators demanded alarms based on ease of monitoring, trying to make up for deficiencies in the human computer interface (HCI) and the loss of the big picture that occurred when the panel was replaced by a 15-in. keyhole window to the process.
Meanwhile, multidiscipline "process hazard assessment" teams conducting hazard and operability analyses added alarms to deal with deficiencies in the design. As a result, a process plant might well go from 150 physical alarms to 14,000 DCS alarms (Figure).
Management has been reluctant to pay for redesign of the alarm-management system and the HCI, feeling they had already paid for the design once and couldn't justify paying again. However, management knows that bad design has impacted operators' performance, even to the point of demanding extra staffing to deal with the flood of alarms that occur during every disturbance. This has caused minor incidents because of operators missing critical information or making errors due to stress and overwork. Unfortunately, it often takes a big incident (such as the explosion and fires at the Texaco refinery in Milford Haven, Wales, which is quoted in all the alarm-management guidelines) to force companies to readdress the issue.
The solution
How do we resolve this problem? the answer requires careful review of the causes we have just outlined and starts with clear ownership of the problem. Some sites have given a single person responsibility to manage alarms, while other sites have made a multidiscipline team responsible.
the key to success is to establish responsibility. Success should be based on performance, not just on the number of alarms eliminated but also on the effects — the improvement to operators' jobs and the impact on the running of the plant.
Any problem that involves costs, people and other resources clearly calls for project management. However, because of the lack of ownership and accountability and the absence of performance expectations, alarm-management projects rarely start with formal project management. Not surprisingly, a lot of these projects fail due to poor understanding of the scope of the problem, lack of resources and money, loss of momentum and no identifiable return on investment.
Many managers get frustrated with engineers because the engineers don't define the problem and the real cost implications to do the project correctly. the engineers attack the problem without a plan and wonder why they don't get the support of the organization to address all the issues that surface.
Often, a frustrated manager starts an alarm-management project by engaging a control engineer. the manager thinks the problem is limited to control system configuration and that a few sit-down discussions with the operators will resolve it — an approach similar to that of other control system problems. the control engineer soon finds that some operators will not part with any alarms, even though the alarm system hampers their efforts during a disturbance.
the control engineer then involves a process engineer. However, they both are overwhelmed by the size and complexity of the problem. the control engineer reads recent articles about the subject and discovers that they need statistical tools to better understand what is happening within the alarm system.
So, they get trial copies of some software tools to assess the frequency of alarms and find that just 12 alarms produced 53% of the activations in the system, and one particular alarm caused 123 alarm activations in a four-hour period. they decided to focus on the "top 10" bad actor list, and put the remaining two on the list of the next 10.
the two engineers discovered that fixing just 10 of those 12 alarms was a challenging and time-consuming task. Some alarms required physical instrumentation modification. Some needed configuration changes that would demand a better understanding of why the alarm existed, what its limits should be and when the alarm is not useful and should be suppressed. Some of the alarms were just not necessary. Others required the alarm priority to be changed, which in the context of the thousands of alarms, still would have little effect.
Critical needs
This little exercise demonstrated to the engineers that to solve this alarm-management problem would require a multidiscipline team, with some members permanently on the team and others, such as rotating-equipment and programmable-logic-controller (PLC) specialists and other subject matter experts (SMEs), part-time as required. the experts would add knowledge of equipment, safety and environmental issues or process technology, which are the main reasons alarms exist. the software tool would prove essential throughout the project and the life-cycle of the alarm system; buying it would mean justifying a capital authorization.
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Darden Restaurants Inc. is cutting its profit forecast for the year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming failed promotions and negative publicity generated by its tests to limit health care costs for workers.
Darden Chairman and CEO Clarence Otis said this week that the company's promotions didn't resonate with as well with "financially stretched" diners as those of competitors during its fiscal second quarter. He said the disappointing results show the need for bold changes and that Darden would revise its promotional calendars to better fit with the financial realities of diners.
For the quarter, the company -- which has restaurants in both Volusia and Flagler counties -- expects revenue at Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse locations open at least a year to be down about 2.7 percent. At its much smaller specialty restaurant group, it expects the figure to rise 0.7 percent. The metric is a key measure of health because it strips out the impact of recently opened or closed locations.
Darden, based in Orlando, said it expects a profit from continuing operations of 25 cents or 26 cents per share for its second quarter, which ended Nov. 25. Not including one-time items, it expects 31 cents per share to 32 cents per share.
By that measure, analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 46 cents per share.
The company is cutting its outlook for its full fiscal 2013 as well, noting that the more downbeat guidance reflects the potential impact of bad publicity. In October, the company had said it was putting more workers on part-time status in a test aimed at limiting costs from President Barack Obama's health care law.
Under the new law, companies with 50 or more workers could be hit with fines if they do not provide basic coverage for full-time workers and their dependents. Those penalties and requirements could significantly boost labor costs for some companies, particularly in low-wage industries such as retail and hospitality, where most jobs don't come with health benefits.
The company projected a fiscal 2013 profit from continuing operations of $3.29 to $3.49 per share, which includes about 8 cents to 10 cents of transaction and closing costs related to the Yard House acquisition. Its previous guidance was for earnings of $3.76 to $3.90 per share. Analysts had expected $3.87 per share.
That guidance is based on expectations of total sales growth of between 7.5 percent and 8.5 percent, boosted by contributions from about 100 new restaurants, not including the initial 40 Yard House restaurants operating at the close of the acquisition. It previously projected a revenue increase of 9 percent to 10 percent.
Revenue at Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants open at least a year is expected to be flat to down 1 percent.
The announcement comes just weeks after the company announced several changes at its flagship chains. At Olive Garden, Darden is updating its marketing and putting a greater emphasis on value and lighter fare. At Red Lobster, the company is expanding its menu to appeal to diners who might not like seafood.
Based on the company's fiscal 2012 revenue of $8 billion, the new guidance projects fiscal 2013 revenue of $8.6 billion to $8.68 billion. Analysts had expected $8.75 billion. Darden plans to release its final fiscal second-quarter sales and earnings results before the markets open on Dec. 20.
Darden cuts profit forecast; CEO pledges changes
Darden Restaurants Inc. is cutting its profit forecast for the year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming failed promotions and negative publicity generated by its tests to limit health care costs for workers.


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Of Rappers and Radio Blowhards: Common Ground
Today, the New York Times asks: what's the difference between rappers and talk radio? David Segal—who admits being a huge fan of "gangsta rap"—compares Lil' Wayne to Michael Savage, Ludacris to Glenn Beck, and Jay-Z to Limbaugh.
David Segal, it's wonderful that other nillas at the Times besides Sia Michel and Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica listen to Jay-Z, and for the most part, you're kind of right, but please, next time you do this, note the following five suggestions. I'm only trying to help:
1. I haven't heard it called "Gangsta Rap" since Tupac and Biggie were still alive. I doubt anyone mentioned has either. Please, unless you're being cute, keep all suffixed consonants intact, for the sake of your fellow white guys.
2. Ian Spiegelman's had better beefs than 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule, which is to say nothing of other rappers. Also, these guys are about as "gangsta" as Clark Hoyt, if that.
3. Rush Limbaugh peppers his show with self-adulating incantations that would seem right at home on a Snoop Dogg track, calling himself "Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo of the El Conservo Tribe," "doctor of democracy," and "a weapon of mass instruction." Well...okay. You get that one. I'm pretty sure Snoop actually has called himself Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo, and has possibly been ordained as such by an obscure, cannibus-harvesting tribe.
4. You only lent a paragraph to this assclown, this DJ Clayvis character, a conservative talk show host who's also a rapper who I think might secretly be Sage Francis. There's an entire story waiting to be done on him.
5. The difference between these guys? Ludarcis recorded "Southern Hospitality" and gives away cars. Glenn Beck recorded this and gave us The 9/12 Project.
Finally, you failed to bring the viral wonderfulness that is the internet into the equation. Let me assist: the remix culture where beats, music, and the untended moments of a broadcaster meet in the middle.


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Silver oxide primary batteries are widely used in electronic equipment that requires small, compact power sources. The high volumetric energy density of silver oxide button cells, and their ability to deliver energy at relatively high current drains, makes them ideal for miniature devices where space is limited.
Silver oxide batteries are also noted for their extremely stable discharge voltage, good shelf life, and ability to operate over a wide temperature range. These unique characteristics make these batteries ideally suited for applications such as low-power LCD watch and calculator displays, quartz analog watches, and some camera applications.Read more
In a silver oxide battery, silver oxide is used as the cathode and zinc as the anode. An alkaline electrolyte, usually sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, is included in the chemistry, as well. Chemical reactions inside the battery reduce the silver content from Ag(I) to AG, and oxidize the zinc from Zn to Zn(II). Spent silver oxide batteries are sometimes recycled for their precious metals (silver), but the quantity of silver present in most batteries of this type is so small that this is generally impractical.
In comparison to other batteries, silver oxide batteries have flatter discharge curves than standard alkalines, as well as higher open circuit potential than mercury batteries. Prior to the development of lithium-ion technology, silver oxide batteries had the highest energy density of any battery chemistry. Still, silver oxide batteries provide up to 40 percent greater run time than lithium-ion batteries. Silver oxides' water-based chemistry also prevents thermal runaway and flammability, potential problems that lithium-ions have been known to experience.


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I'm wondering if there's anyone out there from when I was posting regularly in 2012?
If anyone remembers me, here is an update. My last posts concerned my decision to start online dating. I'm pleased to say that in 2015 I got married to one of the first men I met up with via the site.
We now have a 15 week old son named Alistair so I am on maternity leave. I was looking for something to do (when I'm not changing nappies) and a lightbulb went on over my head! Problem Pages! So here I am. I will be checking in regularly like I used to but I just wanted to check in to see if anyone from 2012 is still active here.


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I've used my column to express various opinions, ideas and experiences I've had. I've used it as a way to make others smile or laugh and a way to share my passion for various aspects of life. Today, I use it in a more somber way, to remember the life of a friend who was recently lost.
Friday night was a special occasion for five students and their families, friends and other supportive community members who joined together to honor them. Renee Thompson, a special education instructor at Camden Elementary School, came up with the plan for "A Night to Remember," a prom for five students in her class who are of the age to attend prom held this year at 833 Broad Street in Camden.
North Central High School (NCHS) received major accolades last week, taking a bronze award in U.S. News & World Report's 2014 ranking of the best high schools in the nation. NCHS Principal Worth Thomasson described his response to finding out his school had received the honor as being one of "excitement."
Tuesday's meeting of the Kershaw County Board of School Trustees included a discussion of the preliminary FY 2014-15 budget. Kershaw County School District (KCSD) Superintendant Dr. Frank Morgan presented board members with a document that stated "the Preliminary Budget totals $73,098.385, or a 3.1 percent increase as compared to the Amended Fiscal Year 2013-14 Budget. However, as was explained to the board at its April 1 meeting, about $1.5 million of this increase simply reflects the movement of monies related to areas such as gifted and at-risk education from categorical funding to the General Fund ...
The Community Medical Clinic (CMC) of Kershaw County is a family practice medical clinic that serves as a safety net for uninsured residents, offering a patient-centered medical home. The CMC utilizes dedicated volunteers, medical providers, administrative staff and community donations to achieve its goal of providing healthcare to the uninsured of Kershaw County by bringing together medical businesses and individual resources.
Sylvia Plath said, in her autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, "There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them." While I do fully agree with the literary force of genius that is Plath, if that had been my statement, I would have written it: "There must be quite a few things a hot bath or a long walk won't cure, but I don't know many of them."
The Kershaw County School District (KCSD) and Upchurch & Jowers Insurance Agency recognized 32 students for their academic achievements Monday. The 19th annual Upchurch & Jowers All-County Academic Team Banquet took place at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Camden.
Third, fourth and fifth graders from Jackson, Pine Tree Hill (PTH) and Camden Elementary Schools participated in anti-bullying training last week. The group Community Matters from California sent training representatives to PTH, Wateree and Lugoff Elementary Schools and Camden and Lugoff Middle Schools to share the evidence-based program with designated "safe school ambassadors."
By HALEY ATKINSON
The Kershaw County Special Olympics (KCSO) was held Friday at Camden Military Academy (CMA).
Easter. Go ahead and let the word resonate in your mind. Let all the memories and fond associations come rushing over you. Easter is such a lovely holiday. The Biblical story behind it teaches people to be hopeful, that there is the possibility of redemption, unconditional love and eternal life. The natural season is a time of blooming and birth and renewal. The earth wakes up from its winter slumber and the air feels softer and warmer.
Midway Elementary School (MES) students had the unique opportunity Wednesday to learn about various career opportunities that incorporate automobiles within their local community at a "Careers on Wheels" fair. MES Guidance Counselor Laura Privette organized the fair in an effort to teach students about local, viable career options.
The Golden Club welcomed a special guest speaker April 3 who, normally, might not speak much about his work. Scott Strobel is a Camden resident, but also works at Shaw Air Force Base as a civilian intelligence analyst for U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
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WARNING: Do not update addons by yourself. (Except marked (+))
This UI tested on 1920*1080 with x1 scale, I don't know how it's works with other resolution.
If you have any question, suggestion or bug reports, please write your feedback in comments.
Addons list:
Aurora - reskin of default Blizzard interface elements (+)
Bartender4 - actionbars (+)
diminfo - text info (gold, guild etc)
DragEmAll - allows you to move most of default frames (+)
DualSpecSpamFilter - no more spam from changing spec (+)
ItemTooltipCleaner - Delete some useless info about item in tooltip (who create item, etc)
kgPanels - allows you to place artwork in your UI (+)
m_Bags - Mono's bags
m_Map - Mono's world map
m_UI - Mono's tweaks (sell junk, repair, etc)
OmniCC - adds CC time in text to items, spell and abilities (+)
Prat-3.0 - new chat (+)
rQuestWatchFrameMover - allows you to move quest frame (+)
ShadsCore - custom textures in UI
Skada - modular damage meter with various viewing modes (+)
oUF_mono - unit frames
oGlow - light up your items, by adding a quality border to them (+)
iFilger - buff/debuff tracking addon
MSBT - battle text (+)
rActionButtonStyler - a small mod to adjust the graphical appearance of action buttons
ClassMonitor - Monitor class resources such as combo points, energy, runes
TidyPlates - nameplates
1. Backup and Delete your "Interface" folder
2. Unpack this archive into your WOW folder
3. Rename folders "Account_name", "Server_name", "Character_name" according to your accountID, server and character names.
4. Change profiles in addons to "Vair".
Important comands:
/bt - bartender config
/kgpanels config - kgpanels config
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TICONDEROGA - The 13th annual Best Fourth in the North Alumni Basketball Tournament will return to Ticonderoga April 9.
"For more than a decade the basketball alumni have gathered at the Ticonderoga High School gym to help support the Best Fourth in the North basketball tournament," said Bob Dedrick, who chairs the event. "This year is no exception. Alumni who graduated in the early (19)80s to the most recent grads all converge at the gym to renew friendships, relive memories, get a chance to pit their skills against common opponents and help raise funds for the Fourth of July celebration."
Players are asked to come to the school at 11 a.m.
The tournament, featuring former Ticonderoga High School cagers, will begin at noon in the school gym with a three-point shooting contest at 11:45 a.m.
The day will feature four games, the final two the consolation and championship games.
Teams are determined by the year of graduation to allow graduates to compete with players who were on the roster while in high school.
"Each game is closely contested, where youth usually competes against experience," Dedrick said.
The annual event serves as an unofficial reunion and a fundraiser for the community's annual Fourth of July celebration.
"This event continues to be is an annual fund raiser for the Fourth of July," Dedrick said. "As in the past an admission fee is collected and it is hoped that the community will help support this organization and salute the former players and the referees who so generously devote their time."
The July 4th celebration committee will refreshments.
All proceeds will go toward Ticonderoga's 2011 Fourth of July celebration.
For more information contact Dedrick at 585-7408.


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Freekey Zekey Getting At French Montana! "We Got A F*ckin Problem. Say Something Else About Jim Jones & Its On Site"
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HBO has released the official trailer for its January drama "True Detective," starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.
The trailer debuted Sunday during the season premiere of "Boardwalk Empire." It introduces Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson), two Louisiana State Police detectives who are asked in 2012 to revisit a homicide case they worked back in 1995.
"Did you wonder, ever, if you're a bad man?" Hart asks.
"The world needs bad men," Cohle responds. "We keep the other bad men from the door."
With that exchange, and wording on the show's darknessbecomesyou.com web page—"When you touch the darkness, the darkness touches you back"—there's little doubt that at least one of these detectives stepped over the line between right and wrong.
The eight-episode "True Detective" is set to premiere in January 2014. Here's what HBO has to say about the series, which will be an anthology series and change its story and central characters each season the same way "American Horror Story" on FX has.
What do you think of the trailer? Are you going to watch?
In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.
Written and created by Nic Pizzolatto ('The Killing') and directed by Cary Fukunaga ('Sin Nombre,' 'Jane Eyre'), 'True Detective' stars Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart and Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle. The series also stars Michelle Monaghan ('Mission: Impossible III') as Maggie, Hart's wife; Kevin Dunn ('Veep') as Major Quesada, the supervising officer in 1995; and Tory Kittles ('Sons of Anarchy') and Michael Potts ('The Wire') as Dets. Papania and Gilbough, the investigators now probing Hart and Cohle for answers.
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Hurricanes shut out Capitals to start home-and-homeNHL.com @NHL
The Carolina Hurricanes aren't ready to count the Washington Capitals out of the Southeast Division race just yet. But a few more performances like their 4-0 road victory Tuesday night might do the job.
Justin Peters stopped 26 shots for his second career shutout, and the Hurricanes won the opener of a home-and-home series to move 10 points ahead of the Capitals in the division standings.
"You can't take anything for granted," Carolina coach Kirk Muller said. "That was one of our strongest 60-minute performances this year, and in a big game, that's great. We've done a really good job staying focused."
Peters and Dan Ellis are splitting time in goal with Cam Ward sidelined by a knee injury. Peters, a 26-year-old who's bounced between the Hurricanes and the minors for a couple of seasons, is glad to get the chance to show what he can do on an extended basis.
"It's a lot of fun just to get an opportunity to play in this League, and every time I get an opportunity I want to try and take advantage of it," he said. "We played an awesome game tonight as a team right from the drop of the puck, right to the last buzzer. That was a total group effort tonight and a huge confidence booster for us."
Carolina's Riley Nash, who came into the game with one goal this season, scored twice in the second period for the Hurricanes, who improved to 15-9-1 and are first in the Southeast. Joe Corvo scored in the first period, and Pat Dwyer hit the empty net for a shorthanded goal with 1:21 remaining.
Washington lost its third in a row and fell to 10-14-1, including 7-7-0 at Verizon Center. The teams meet again Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.
The Capitals showed little spark for most of the night.
"If you're going to hunt that playoff spot, you can't play like this," center Nicklas Backstrom said. "We've got to be better than that.
"Tonight was 60 minutes of just terrible effort from us. I don't know what it is, but we for sure need to talk about it."
Peters was sharp when he had to be. He made a pad save on Marcus Johansson in the second period and later denied Troy Brouwer on a shorthanded breakaway. Peters' only previous shutout also came against the Capitals, a 5-0 win on Feb. 20, 2012.
"He was unbelievable," Nash said. "He's had three, I think, really good starts for us now. Ever since Ward went down, we really needed that."
Washington's Braden Holtby finished with 32 saves, but he was at fault on Corvo's goal 3:55 into the game. The veteran defenseman had the puck behind the net and backhanded it toward Holtby, who wasn't quite set. The puck hit the back of the goaltender's mask and caromed into the net for Corvo's fourth of the season.
Nash made it 3-0 with his two goals in the second period. The first was a deflection of Jay Harrison's shot at 5:55. The second, at 18:26, came after Dwyer hustled to avoid an icing and got the puck to Nash, coming late down the slot, for a 10-footer Holtby had no chance on.
Dwyer's empty-netter after the Capitals pulled Holtby during a late power play completed the scoring.
Just a few days ago, things were getting brighter in Washington -- the Capitals had won three in a row and five or six. But they lost to the New York Islanders and New York Rangers over the weekend; the loss to the Hurricanes was their third defeat in four days.
"We were on a pretty good roll there and then we lose three in a row and we feel like we are right back to where we were," forward Eric Fehr said. "We've just go to work that much harder to get back in the division, and obviously it starts in two days against the same team. We've just got to find a way to score a goal early on them. They are a different team when they are coming from behind, and we couldn't expose that today."
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Balloon Glow
Dr Silly 8/31/2012 9:09:09 AMCool capture. :O)
Joy Rector 8/31/2012 10:06:05 AMbeautiful shot #10301516
Terry A. Stoa 8/31/2012 10:42:13 PMThanks for looking, Doc and Joy! #10302761
Errick L. Cameron 9/24/2012 3:19:49 PMNice take Terry. Congratulations! #10337546
Julianne Bradford 9/24/2012 5:58:18 PMCongratulations..great finalist! #10338358
Michele Peterson 9/24/2012 9:14:38 PMBeautiful, and congratulations! #10339200
Naomi Weiser 9/24/2012 10:30:31 PMlooks like fun, and colorful, congrats! #10339344
Katarina Mansson 9/25/2012 3:42:42 AMCongratulations on all your beautiful finalists this month Terry!
Love the colors, shapes and exciting feel in this one! #10339624
Terry A. Stoa 9/25/2012 6:10:36 AMThank you Errick, Julianne, Michele, Namoi, and Katta - this one was a big surprise to me. #10339916
JO ANN CLEVELAND 9/25/2012 9:21:02 AMBig congratulations on this outstanding image Terry! Great month Terry!
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Mitch Spence 9/25/2012 10:15:52 AMThat light is very cool, Terry, as is the scene. Congratulations. #10340490
Christopher Budny 9/25/2012 2:21:07 PMCongratulations, Terry! #10341082
Terry A. Stoa 9/25/2012 7:05:53 PMThanks a lot Jo Ann, Mitch and Chris - I'm happy this went Finalist. #10341464
Richard B. Hallick 9/25/2012 8:29:27 PMCongratulations. The colors and glow are beautiful. #10341614
Terry A. Stoa 9/26/2012 7:53:35 PMThanks, Richard. #10342878
Carol Quina 9/27/2012 10:54:24 PMCongratulations on the finalist for this Terry! #10344380
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The hot air balloons were unable to fly due to high winds, but they could still participate in the "balloon glow". Here, one balloon is being readied for the event - as a throng of handlers struggles to keep it in place.
Photo taken August 2012 at the Lincoln, Illinois Art and Balloon Festival.
Aug 2012 Finalist (Catch-All)
Exif: F Number: 4.5, Exposure Bias Value: 0.67, ExposureTime: 1/80 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 22.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Uploaded on 8/27/2012 10:56:09 AM
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i ( Canon EOS 500D) Digital SLR Camera
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