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We had recently chosen to travel to the airport from the city by Airport Link, an elevated rail system connecting Phayathai Station with the airport Suvarnabhumi on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok. Nobody can really tell, why the track doesn't connect to a major transport hub in the city. It's city-side terminal at Phayathai Station barely touches (connects) with the Skytrain BTS. There are 2 types of trains operating in schedules until midnight, one does only stop at the terminal stations city- and airport side (travel time 15 minutes) and is called Express Line. The other one stops enroute at 6 stations and is called City Line (travel time 30 minutes). Both stop at a station under the airport's main terminal building (shown below).
The ride costs a whopping 150 Baht per person on the Express Line and 45 Baht on the slower train called City Line (full length journey). Considering the need for an additional BTS or Taxi ride to the station, even a single passenger almost drives cheaper by metered taxi from the touristic quarters around Sukhumvit, Asoke or Silom and Sathorn roads! The massive station buildings are huge halls with very little ventilation. In order to reach them, you've got to climb up many steps or wait for a very slow and very small single lift. To use this train to connect with your flight or coming from one is a nightmare with luggage hauled along.
Luggage trolleys were nowhere to be found or seen!
For the most time, the security sherrifs were the only humans in this humongous hall around noon. A bit scary for single travelers maybe. These pictures show the Rajaprarop station, which is the next one from the terminus at Phayathai towards the airport. All stations look uniform and identical along the way, and you did guess it right – we did select the low budget option City Line. Boarding a future train from Rajaprarop to the airport.
Meanwhile the opposite track hinted a sign of life with a City Line train approaching. But no one boarded it or exited here, we felt like staffers in a movie, watching a bad episode of a future flic.
Our train arrived a short while later, it looked identical to the one we observed earlier on the opposite track. Announcements by some hidden PA system warn of approaching trains and the sherrifs watch eagerly that nobody steps on the yellow line on the ground or slurps a Coke. Snacks and drinks are strictly prohibited up here.
Teddy fell asleep in his stroller, boredom had overcome his agility in this heat. Later we found out that the gap between the train and the platform is huge and called for luggage on rolls and strollers to be hauled. Made by the German precision engineers at Siemens, they could have done a much better job here. Multi-inch gaps were a thing of the past with these guided missiles on tracks, but then again – we are in Thailand, where construction companies are known to skim materials and reduce measurements of structures to enhance profits!
Much to our surprise, the inside was not as empty as anticipated. A looming shift change at the airport brought in plenty of commuters and probably also a few travelers. No room for luggage, just your ordinary BTS style wagon with a few moulded seats on the sides. With air conditioning levels set at inhumane low temperatures, we literally froze all the way to our destination. Everything was squeaky clean!
Clearly visible signs over the doors informed about the progress along the route. Verbal announcements were done bilingual in Thai and English.
The final station within the airport is set up differently. But normal surrounding temperatures from now on made us feel more comfortable.
The vast hallways appear vacated after the train has left this station.
The Express Line has a slightly different appearance and is operating less frequently. It probably wants to compare itself to those smart Rail-to-Airport links as the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong have for several years now. The big difference is, that their lines connect to major transport hubs smack in the middle of said cities and not to some secondary station facility in the middle of nowhere. All these rail links charge hefty for their usage, but they make sense to me in KL although we will take the much cheaper bus alternative there next week.
Below you can see the Express Line train as it zoomed by us, waiting for it's cheaper brother on the same track.


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You won't believe what a dad was doing on the soccer sidelines this weekend.
OK, so he wasn't trash talking Alex's team or flashing his junk at anyone, but a dad on the other team was standing right on the shared sidelines smoking a cigarette and if you ask me that's all sorts of unacceptable. The field—and the sidelines—are miniature so it's not like his fuming could go unnoticed. His trail of smoke was literally wafting down the field. A field of four and five year olds, most with younger siblings on the sidelines. I couldn't believe my nose when I smelled it. And when I turned around and saw him leaning one hand on his baby's stroller and holding his smoke in the other, nonchalantly puffing away, I felt like I was on another planet. Or like I'd traveled back in time. When I brought it up to friends later they all shared stories of dads—or moms—who used to stand on the sidelines chain smoking when we were younger. Hell, my soccer coach and my art teacher used to smoke around us all the time. But times have changed, no? This is 2012 last time I checked and smoking (particularly in front of kids) isn't so acceptable anymore. Right?
Have I smoked a cigarette in my life? Yes. Do I think this guy is the devil? No. Would I ever smoke cigarettes around my kids? Hell, no. Do people who smoke around their kids make me sad? Yes. But here's the thing: It didn't just shock me that he was doing it around all the kids, it shocked me in general. I think it's so rude for anyone to smoke that close to anyone in public, no matter their age. There are people standing on the train platform who light up next to me (at 7 a.m., mind you) and it blows me away. If you need to get your nicotine fix, do it in air we don't have to share. This dad could have walked farther away, but I suppose he didn't want to miss the game. Can you imagine how badly he must have needed that cigarette to light up where he did? Once again, sad.
I was so dumbfounded I couldn't even concentrate on the game. Of course I didn't say anything, but I did stare at him for a beat too long to let him know I noticed what he was doing. That's my wimpy, passive-aggressive weapon when people light up at outdoor picnic tables near my kids or walking in front of me on the street or before they even get all the way out the door from a movie. I give them an almost-undetectable dirty look, a slight wave of my hand in front of my face and say "ugh" a little louder than normal. Real mature, right? And really effective. Maybe if he'd had more than one saying something (politely, of course) would have been called for, but I just took mental notes and couldn't wait to write this blog and hear what all of you think.
Would you have said something to this guy? Do you think I'm overreacting? Do parents smoke on your sidelines? Let's discuss.

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- Amir Khan v Danny Garcia
Khan stunned by fourth-round Garcia blow
Britain's Amir Khan was left stunned as Danny Garcia claimed victory in their unification bout in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Garcia now holds the WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine light-welterweight belts following the win, which he recorded courtesy of some heavy left hooks in the third and fourth rounds.
However, Khan clearly dominated the early rounds. The Brit appeared too slick for his opponent in the opening exchanges, as he landed quick combinations to surge to a 20-18 lead.
It seemed to be more of the same in the third round when Khan opened up a cut above Garcia's right eye. The American was then warned over two low blows as he struggled to land any punches of significance on Khan.
The fight turned dramatically late in the third, though, when Garcia connected with a powerful hook to send Khan crashing to the canvas. A wobbly Khan returned to his feet and ref Kenny Bayliss allowed the fight to continue with just 14 seconds of the round remaining.
The knockdown saw Garcia's confidence lift in the fourth round as Khan failed to protect his chin. A glancing blow from Garcia was all that was needed to floor Khan once again, with Bayliss having no option but to stop the fight.
Khan, who appeared shocked in his corner following the defeat, said: "I went in there with my hands held low a bit and I paid the price.
"Danny Garcia put on a great performance. That's boxing for you. One shot can change everything. My mind was clear - and I was surprised the ref stopped it. I must have taken some big shots earlier."
The win was arguably the most significant of Garcia's career, while Khan will now consider a move up to the welterweight division.


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A Malian refugee mother and her children waiting for relief items from UNHCR in Gaoudel, Ayorou district, northern Niger. Credit: UNHCR/ H. Caux
Conflict and displacement in northern Mali are exacerbating the food and nutrition crisis across the region.
Conflict and displacement in northern Mali are continuing to exacerbate the food and nutrition crisis throughout drought-affected areas of the Sahel region, OCHA has warned.
"Across the region, more than 15 million people, including 3.5 million Malians, will be affected by severe food insecurity this year, and over 1 million children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition," said OCHA's Regional Humanitarian Coordinator, David Gressly.
Fighting between the Malian army and armed groups has displaced more than a quarter of a million people since the beginning of 2012. Many of these people continue to arrive in drought-affected areas within Mali and in neighbouring Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania—countries already facing a food and nutrition crisis.
Poor infrastructure and insecurity have limited humanitarian access, and aid organizations are struggling to assess the humanitarian situation as well as deliver aid to the affected communities.
"Humanitarian partners need guarantees to be able to work unhindered and impartially," said UN Resident Coordinator in Mali, Aurelien Agbenonci. "This is affecting our ability to gather accurate information, to find out what help is needed, and to deliver aid."
Health partners have reported that the majority of hospitals in three northern regions in Mali are not functional. There are also concerns that a lack of electricity could lead to cuts in the production of potable water in the northern town of Gao, which would leave tens of thousands of people without drinking water.
Despite the challenges, humanitarian organizations are working to provide food, water and shelter in northern Mali, as well as in neighbouring countries where more than 146,000 Malians have sought refuge in recent months.
The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated more than US$14 million for aid to affected communities of Malian refugees in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger. It has also given $1 million to the World Food Programme to secure air transportation to deliver aid within Mali.
More>> Latest Mali Humanitarian Update (Source: Reliefweb)


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Known for its white sand beaches and thousands of miles of coastline, there is more to Florida's sun-filled fun than just the beach. With a diverse selection of underwater environments, Florida offers some of the world's best scuba diving. From the Panhandle to the Keys, there is a dive site for everyone filled with beautiful wildlife, unique coral reefs, intriguing caverns and more.
Whether you're a novice snorkeler or an advanced deepwater diver, you will find a wealth of dive opportunities in the Sunshine State. You may choose to visit an iconic dive site like the Dry Tortugas, an historic wreck in the Atlantic, or perhaps a freshwater spring. Below you will find featured dive sites and centers throughout Florida's famed diving world.
The Florida Keys
You don't have to leave the United States to find amazing coral reefs and Caribbean-like dive spots. From the northern most key to 70 miles west of Key West, there is a myriad of underwater opportunities. If your first stop is Key Largo, then a popular dive location is John Pennekamp Park.
Pennekamp offers several different dive sites. There is the Christ of the Abyss, an 8.5 foot statue of Christ that is accessible for both divers and snorkelers. It is one of the world's most popular and visited spots. There is also Molasses Reef, an immense coral reef with dive depths ranging from 10 feet to 70 feet. It is often cited as the most visited reef in the Keys.
Beyond Pennekamp, Key Largo offers numerous dive and wreck sites. Spiegel Grove is the world's largest ship sunk as an artificial reef. It is great for advanced divers, offering views of the 510-foot U.S. Navy ship.
For more on diving in Key Largo, visit one of several dive centers like Rainbow Reef Dive Center, Sea Dwellers Dive Center of Key Largo, or Horizon Divers.
As you travel further south through the Keys, you will find more wreck sites and colorful coral reefs. For a dramatic site off of Islamorada, visit The Eagle--a 287-foot freighter, sunk in 1985 as an artificial reef. Although better suited for advanced divers as it is set in 110-feet of water and has strong currents, The Eagle offers a variety of sea life sightings and swims into the ship.
For a glimpse of prolific coral and fish, visit Hens and Chickens Reef, just offshore of Islamorada. It is a great reef for all dive levels and snorkelers, with a depth range of 20-22 feet. And to see even more fish visit Davis Reef and Ledge. Davis is known for its huge schools of fish, resident Moray eels and a statue of a Buddha.
For more on diving in Islamorada, visit one of several dive centers like Key Dives at Bud 'n Mary's Marina, Conch Republic Divers, or the Holiday Isle Dive Shop.
As you make your way towards the Seven-Mile Bridge near Marathon, you can spot the Sombrero Lighthouse, which also marks a wonderful reef. Sombrero Reef offers immense colorful coral, diverse sea life and great dive experiences for all levels. Easily found because of the lighthouse, it is a Middle Keys' must see.
For a more advanced dive and a great wreck site, visit the Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt is a 188-foot research vessel once used for studying lightning. It offers divers exploration of the ship's hull, engine compartment, colorful sponge and coral. For more on diving in Marathon, visit one of several dive centers like Hall's Diving Center or Tilden's Scuba Center.
The Lower Keys and Key West offer exceptional diving as well. Looe Key Reef is one of the most prolific and popular reefs in the Keys. The reef is a 5.5-square-mile National Marine Sanctuary, offering a variety of levels and coral growths for all divers and snorkelers. Visit Looe Key Reef Resort and Dive Center for more on diving the reef.
If you make it to Key West and are up for a great dive trip, then you must visit Dry Tortugas National Park. Located 70 miles west of Key West, the Dry Tortugas are only reachable by air or sea, but it is still a popular stop for divers and snorkelers. The ramparts of Fort Jefferson offer views of coral, fish and more on a white sand bottom. You can also take a side trip to the Windjammer, a 200-foot schooner wreck off of Loggerhead Key.
The Yankee Freedom Ferry or Sunny Days Catamarans are popular ways to get to Dry Tortugas National Park. Dive Key West offers trips to Key West's other reefs and dive sites.
Venture beyond South Beach or Biscayne Bay to see a variety of diverse, colorful life. The waters off of Miami have several different wreck sites and the world's only underwater margarita bar. One of Florida's oldest wrecks is the Half Moon Archaeological Preserve, which offers divers and snorkelers calm waters, colorful coral and smaller fish.
The Jose Cuervo Artificial Reef is located in the South Beach Artificial Reef site and is a 22-ton concrete margarita bar. Sunk on May 5, 2000, the reef was nicknamed "Sinko de Mayo" and is the first element along the South Beach Underwater Trail. For diving off of Miami's coastline, visit one of the area's several dive centers like South Beach Divers, Tarpoon Diving Center, or Grove Scuba.
Fort Lauderdale
The Fort Lauderdale area has more than 90 artificial reefs, from wreck sites to offshore oil platforms. One of the area's most popular dives is Tenneco Towers, which is the largest artificial reef in southeast Florida. It was created in 1985 when Tenneco Oil Company sank five oil production platforms. Today the wreck site's rigs are covered in coral, sponges, with schools of fish.
Hog Heaven is another popular Fort Lauderdale dive site. It is a 180-foot upside down barge and offers glimpses of turtles, nurse sharks, goliath grouper and more. For beautiful underwater scenery, both real and artistic, visit the Guy Harvey wreck site. It is a 185-foot freighter that was sunk in 1997, after Guy Harvey painted sharks and game fish on its outside. For Fort Lauderdale area dives, visit a local dive center like Lauderdale Diver, Pro Dive International, or Deep Blue Divers.
Boca Raton and West Palm Beach
Along with Fort Lauderdale, the waters off of Boca Raton are known as some of the best for diving in the United States. The United Caribbean is known both above and below water. It was first known when it ran aground while carrying more than 200 illegal Chinese immigrants onboard. Today it offers great exploration opportunities for beginner and advanced divers, as well as diverse sea life.
Nearby is the Noula Express which offers a rich fish community as the area's oldest freighter. Another great ship to explore is the Sea Emperor. Intended to sit upright with 1,600 tons of concrete on top, the ship flipped over when it sank and now makes for great exploration. Because of its location and landing, the Sea Emperor is home to resident sea life like stingrays, a Moray eel and Jewfish.
To explore the waters off of Boca Raton and West Palm Beach, visit Boca Dive, Force-E Scuba Centers, or American Dive Center.
Daytona Beach
The "World's Most Famous Beach" has more to offer than just the sand and surf. Not too far off shore are several artificial reefs and wreck sites. For a great night dive or to see lots of fish, visit the Semarca, a 76-foot-long utility vessel.
For another impressive dive, visit the USS Mindanao. It is an internal combustion engine repair ship that was decommissioned following World War II. Only 60 feet down, divers can explore parts of the hull and see schools of bait fish, tomato grunts, mangrove snapper and more.
For exploring the waters around Daytona Beach, visit a local dive center like Sea Dogs Dive Center or Spruce Creek Scuba.
Central Florida
Although there may not be any seas in Central Florida, area springs offer great dive experiences. Or if you're visiting the theme parks you can go for a dive. Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park has DiveQuest, a unique scuba diving experience in the Seas with Nemo and Friends Pavillion's 5.7-million-gallon saltwater tank. With more than 60 species and 6,000 sea creatures, this dive experience is definitely memorable.
For a freshwater dive, visit the popular Crystal River to dive and swim with manatees. Here you can some in contact with some of the local manatees as well as cave dive in the local springs. You may also see tarpon, grouper or dolphins.
Other Central Florida springs are great for beginner divers to practice, like DeLeon Springs or Alexander Springs in Altoona. Alexander Springs is a 300-foot-wide basin with an average depth of 10 feet, with lots of wildlife and caverns for more experienced divers.
Visit a local dive center like Orlando Scuba, Crystal River Divers, or Epcot's DiveQuest for more information.
Although further north, there are more than 60 dive and wreck sites in the waters off of Jacksonville. Coppedge Tug may be located 20 miles off shore, but this 103-foot tug offers large schools of batfish, grouper, snapper and more. It is a great dive for photography and less advanced divers. Another great wreck site is The Anna, a 225-foot freighter that was sunk as an artificial reef.
Closer in is Nine-Mile Reef (nine miles offshore), which is a natural reef that runs all the way to Daytona Beach. It is a popular reef for fish and lobster sighting, and bottom fishing. For diving off of Jacksonville, visit one of the area's centers like Offshore Dive Charters or First Coast Divers.
North Florida
North Florida is known for its springs and rivers, as well as some of the world's best diving--more specifically cave diving. Several of the area's spring systems offer the best in cave diving, for all levels. Near the small town of Williston are two popular caves, Blue Grotto and Devil's Den.
The Blue Grotto is Florida's largest clear water cavern that has a unique feature, the air-filled "bell," which divers can swim into for fresh air. Nearby is Devil's Den, which has crystal clear water, 72 degree temperatures year round, with ancient rock formation, stalactites, fossil beds and more.
For some of the best freshwater diving, visit Ginnie Springs. Near the town of High Springs, here you can explore the 100-foot across bowl-shaped spring, with safe caverns in the "Ballroom" at the bottom. To find out more about North Florida's springs and dive sites, visit an area center like Cave Dive Florida or Dive Outpost.
The Panhandle offers some of the best historic wreck sites in Florida. From Panama City to Pensacola, there are miles of reefs and wrecks for divers to explore. The Panama City waters are full of military equipment like ships, Navy scrap metal, pontoons, towers, tanks, hovercraft and more.
One such boat is Black Bart, a 185-foot oil field supply ship whose cargo holds, head and galley are open for exploration. There is also an abundance of fish like catfish and grouper, and sometimes turtles are seen.
Off the shores of Okaloosa County and Destin are the Sand Dollar Artificial Reef and Mohawk Chief, which has patch reefs with fish havens and an 83-foot tugboat. The area's most popular site is the Thomas Hayward, a 360-foot Liberty Ship that sits in 90 feet of water and is a great place to spot amberjack, grouper, stingrays and more.
Further west in Pensacola are some of the Panhandle's most popular historic wreck sites. The USS Oriskany is the world's largest intentionally created artificial reef is 22 miles offshore of Pensacola. It is a former aircraft carrier from the Korean and Vietnam wars and now makes up the appropriately named "Great Carrier Reef." Although it sits in 212 feet of water, the overall height is 151 feet so there is plenty of the ship to view and explore.
An even older ship in the area is the USS Massachusetts, which was first commissioned in 1896. It is 350-feet long and sits in only 30 feet of water. Most of the hull is still intact, although it can be difficult to explore due to strong currents and poor visibility.
If you plan on diving in the Panhandle waters, be sure to visit one of many local dive centers for more information like Emerald Coast Scuba, Panama City Dive Center or MBT Dive and Surf.
Tampa Bay area
Although there may not be as many dive sites in the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area, there are quality sites. The Pinellas #2 Artificial Reef houses several famous shipwrecks, including the Sheridan and USCG Blackthorn.
The 180-foot Blackthorn tender first sank in the 1970s when it struck a 605-foot freighter on its way to Galveston. It now sits 20 miles off of Tampa in 80 feet of water and offers sightings of large amounts of marine life, like Goliath grouper, snapper and sometimes even whale sharks. The 180-foot tugboat Sheridan only sits 200 feet away, which offers more exploration of its compartments than the Blackthorn.
To explore the Tampa Bay's dive sites visit Scuba Dive Tampa or Jim's Dive Shop.
Southwest Florida (Naples and Fort Myers)
For fantastic dives that are less visited, the Naples/Fort Myers area has several. Bayronto is an historic 400-foot freighter that sits upside down in a 100 feet of water, just southwest of Sarasota. This part of the Gulf of Mexico offers crystal clear waters and tons of marine life.
Even further south is the Santa Lucia wreck, a 47-foot-long turtle boat that was used in the 1990s by migrating Cuban refugees. Not too far from shore, it is a quiet but difficult dive that is best for experienced divers. 27 miles offshore of Naples is the Naples Spring, better known as the Black Hole. The Black Hole is a prehistoric spring or sinkhole, with its circular opening 65-feet below the surface. It offers advanced divers beautiful corals and lots of marine life, including sea turtles.
For diving in Southwest Florida, visit a local dive center like Scuba Outfitters of Naples, Scuba Adventures of Naples or Dean's Dive Center.
For more information on diving in Florida be sure to visit your area's Convention and Visitor's Bureau web site.


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KCBS Team Bios
BOB'S HOGSYear Started: 2009
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Bob's Hogs are: 'Mister Bob' Sarno and his wife Donna, Danielle and Andrew (Drew) Gollenberg (daughter and Son-in-Law), Erik Sarno and Leah Pringle (Son and his girlfriend). It has become a real family affair! To us, the show, the fun and the comaraderie are as important as the 'que. And the 'que is VERY important. We're doing pretty well these days, with multiple walks and a Grand Championship right on the horizon. Come catch the show and cheer us on!
Hometown: Scituate
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Biggest Wins: 2nd place Ribs - Rock N Ribfest 2012 2nd place Brisket - Hudson Valley Ribfest 2010 2nd place Chicken - Hudson Valley Ribfest 2012 4th place Chicken - Hudson Valley Ribfest 2010 4th place Chicken - Harvard Fall Festival 2010 6th place Ribs - Rock N Ribfest 2010 7th place Pork - Rock N Ribfest 2012 2nd place Chef's Choice - 'Que by the Sea 2009
Sponsors: Simply Marvelous BBQ Rubs
Website: http://TheHogBlog.com


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The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch statewide for 8 a.m. Thursday morning through 2 p.m. Friday.
A low pressure system will bring up to 1½ inches of rain, causing rivewrs that are already near flood stage to overrun their banks. Poor drainage areas are also likely to flood.
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Chris Webb didn't know he would be the guest of honor Friday at Southside Elementary School until he walked into the building.
Chris Webb didn't know he would be the guest of honor Friday at Southside Elementary School until he walked into the building.
Webb, an E-5 serving with the 115th Expeditionary Signal Battalion of the Army National Guard, was honored by students and teachers at the school's Veterans Day program. Webb returned Oct. 31 from a year-long deployment and 10 months in Afghanistan.
Webb's wife, Tiffany, is a kindergarten teacher at Southside Elementary, and 6-year-old daughter Kathryn is a student at the school, which supported Webb during his deployment. Son Dylan, 14, is a student at Rainbow Middle School.
"When he deployed, the school put up signs and things to help make the transition easier for Kathryn," Tiffany said. "During his deployment, several of the kids sent him pictures and the teachers sent him care packages. So with him coming back the week before, they asked if he could come in and speak for a few minutes during the Veterans Day program, and he was excited to do it. The school supported him during his deployment, which is really nice."
"They'd send letters, letting me know they were still thinking about me; that I wasn't forgotten, even though I hadn't been home in a long time," Webb said, adding that the care packages also contained things like snacks and food soldiers can't get overseas.
"(With) a movie from home or a snack you can only get here, for that two minutes you're not actually over there, you're here," Webb said. "If it wasn't for that, a lot of people would go nuts."
Webb spoke at the program, which also recognized other local veterans in attendance. The Southside Shining Stars choir, made up of fourth- and fifth-grade students, sang patriotic-themed songs, including a medley of hymns from each branch of service.
Webb said his wife asked him to speak, but he didn't know he was guest of honor until he got there.
"It makes me feel loved, really it does, and that people still care about the men and women in uniform ...," Webb said of being guest of honor.
He said the war is not popular, but people still go over and do the job and come back.
"It feels good to be appreciated," he said.
Webb thanked other vets during his remarks, telling students that Veterans Day honors men and women who are overseas doing a job no one else wants to do.
"But they do it so each and every one of you has a future here," he said.
Fourth-grade students, some of whom have family members in the military, read aloud selections from a class assignment during the program.
Southside Elementary Principal Carrie Yancey said the fourth-graders wrote essays on what the American flag means to them or why they're proud to be American, or they could interview a veteran.
"I will never forget what you've done for us. I will honor you always," Gracey Haney said of veterans.
Brady Troup said he's proud to be an American because he wakes up "each and every day" and can do be whatever he wants. He said our country has heroes great and small, and that people "united make up this crazy, and mostly wonderful country."


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What is ACT test prep?
The ACT is a college entrance exam taken by students (typically in their junior year of high school) to determine admission eligibility and merit-based scholarship eligibility. The test may be taken as many times as desired and is not limited to high school juniors. Originally the acronym stood for American College Testing, but now ACT is the stand-alone name. ACT prep is a way for students to strategically prepare for test-taking. ACT prep helps students improve scores, practice taking the test, learn test-taking strategies, and improve material comprehension. Students can get help with ACT prep tutors in one-on-one sessions, via group tutoring lessons, in online self-study programs, or online with a tutor in video calls. The ACT test covers:
- English
- Science understanding and reasoning
- Math
- Reading
- Writing essay (optional)
How do you prepare for the ACT?
The ACT is a universally accepted college readiness exam. There are multiple ways to prepare for the exam. One-on-one ACT prep tutoring is one of the most effective ways for students to ready themselves for the test. A tutor who specializes in ACT prep will coach the student on the type of material they can expect while also working specifically with topics that are more challenging for that particular student. Group tutoring sessions are a more cost-effective way to reap the benefits of an ACT prep instructor; a suggestion is to gather a group of four friends or classmates to share the cost. Professional tutors often recommend that test prep begin approximately three months prior to the exam. Cramming — unfortunately — doesn't provide the same score results as consistent study, test-related homework, and practice exams do. Weekly two-hour learning sessions are what many pro tutors suggest for their college exam prep students. For top test-taking performance, tutors usually provide work throughout the week and the weekly session is used to cement knowledge and address weak areas. Math is a hard topic for most students, so plan accordingly.
How long does the ACT take?
Total time for the ACT is 2 hours and 55 minutes. If students elect to do the optional writing section, the ACT will be 3 hours and 35 minutes. The ACT college entrance exam has multiple sections. The students receive a set amount of time for each section, within which they complete as much of that category as possible before they must stop. For each timed section, there is a five-minute warning before time is up. There is a 10-minute break between the math and reading sections. When tutors coach students in ACT prep, they can provide timed runs to simulate the experience of taking the different subject matter tests. As part of ACT prep, it's important to take the entire exam at least once as a practice run. Here is a breakdown of timing and number of questions for each section.
- ACT English test: 45 minutes for 75 questions that test students' understanding of standard English rules, production of writing, and vocabulary.
- ACT mathematics test: 60 minutes for 60 questions that test students' understanding of math skills up to the start of senior year of high school.
- Ten-minute break.
- ACT reading test: 35 minutes for 40 questions that measure students' reading comprehension.
- ACT science test: 35 minutes for 40 questions that measure students' understanding and problem-solving skills in the realm of natural sciences.
- ACT writing test: 40-minute written essay that will measure students' writing skills.
How many questions are on the ACT test?
There are 215 total questions on the ACT test. The ACT covers four academic areas and students have 175 minutes total to complete the test. For students who opt to take the ACT writing test, there will be a written essay (in addition to the standard ACT topics), which students will have 40 minutes to complete. For ACT prep, it's wise to study the material that will be covered within each academic category and take practice tests to become comfortable with the format.
The English test has 75 questions that must be completed within 45 minutes. The math test has 60 questions with a 60-minute time limit. The reading test has 40 questions and 35 minutes total. The science test has 40 questions that must be completed in 35 minutes. Tutors may recommend taking the test more than once as part of the ACT prep training, with the goal of improving your overall score each time. Official ACT recommendations urge students to answer each question on test day, even if it is a guess, as there is no penalty for guessing.
What are the subjects on the ACT?
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This cartoon is an example from a transitional period between the era of classic cartoons and the modern era.I would have liked this commercial a lot when I was a kid. Compared to today's cartoon commercials it has some good points:
You can tell what's going on. And you understand why you are supposed to buy the cereal.
Many modern commercials are incomprehensible. They just throw special effects, swishy cartoon acting and quick cuts at the camera, annoying you and leaving you wondering what you are supposed to buy and why.
Appealing Character Designs:
These characters look like real cartoon characters. They are conservative, but professional and cartoony enough to have some inherent kid-appeal. They aren't Ed's best designs, but much better than most designs today. They at least look like real characters.
Good Voices:
Same point again; the voices are professional and unambiguous. They don't sound like average people like in most modern animated cartoons. It's Daws Butler and Don Messick being underused by a weak director, which is still better than the nothing voices we live with today.
Acting: Uninspired but it's not effeminate.
The Posing: The "acting" poses are completely unimaginative. Characters just point to what they talk about, and then spread their arms out to emphasize an accent in the dialogue. No real thought or variety or spark of life.
Squash and stretch and overlap and accents are almost gone. It just barely squashes in anticipations, as if the studio atmosphere is so conservative, that the animator feels guilty even squashing an antic this much. I worked in animation studios in the 80s that would completely freak out if I used squash and stretch in what was supposed to be fully-animated scenes. "Get that Tex Avery stuff out of your brain!"
The animation: It's not really animated. It's inbetweened. To get from one pose to the next, they merely trace the heads and arms and place them in the middle of the poses. It makes the animation look like moving cutouts. This is a sign of ultra-conservatism and fear of actual animation.
These poses remind me of when I worked on The Smurfs. People on the crew would speak in awe of the producer Gerard Baldwin's acting skills. Gerard would act out Smurf scenes with these exact arm gestures and in the mid 80s this was considered Shakespearian.
I wish I had a good copy to show you of Ed Love's fully animated Hanna Barbera commercials for contrast. He uses the same raw materials but makes the animation full, varied, well acted and fun.
There are some great Ed Love bumpers and commercials on the Huckleberry Hound DVD, but they are so poorly transferred that they are badly interlaced and impossible to freeze frame or go through slowly. I'll keep hunting till I can find one to show you.
We rediscovered squash, stretch, overlap, line of action and other lost principles but we still use this simplistic posing and acting style - it just just bounces more now. We have some basic tools again, but have forgotten how to use them to support customized and varied human motions and acting.
Fear of creativity is a legacy we inherited from the fall of animation that started in the 50s and completed its decline in the 60s.
Like I said, there is just enough appealing design in this commercial to have a pleasant retro nostalgic feel, but it's a shadow of what animators were capable of just a couple years earlier.
What made a bold and creative industry fear its own hard-won skills and inventiveness in such a short period of time?
At least there's a pile of sugar to cover up the bland lack of nutrition.


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Borderlands 2 features many brands of Weapons, Shields, and Class Mods, all with their own special features and unique looks, as well as some brands dropped from the original game and one added. It's not just a stats game anymore; you will most likely find a brand you tend to gravitate towards for some reason or another. Changes in brands from 1 to 2:
• Atlas Corporation no longer exists (out of business after General Knoxx DLC).
• S&S Munitions has been replaced by Bandit weapons.
• Eridian weapons are now fused into E-Tech technology, found in various other brands. Note that the Eridian Brand still exists, but now found in the form of Artifacts. All artifacts are made by Eridian. Also note that Pistols and Revolvers have been combined into only Pistols.
EditWeapon Brands
As mentioned, now weapons are much more identifiable because of special attributes certain brands have, so some players may drift toward weapons that suit their play style, as well as use weapons that work in combination with their character skills. For example, a Siren building down her elemental tree may prefer Maliwan for the most elemental effects, or a Commando may prefer Dahl for their good accuracy, burst fire and great normal damage.
• Bandit (SMG's, Assault Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Rocket Launchers) - Always have extended magazines, far surpassing any other manufacturer for amount of bullets.
• Dahl (SMG's, Assault Rifles, Pistols, Sniper Rifles) - Are automatic fire when fired from the hip and burst fire when scoped.
• Hyperion (SMG's, Sniper Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns) - Accuracy increases as you shoot more bullets, also reducing its recoil.
• Jakobs (Shotguns, Snipers, Pistols, Assault Rifles) - Have the highest normal damage weapons and fire as fast as you can pull the trigger.
• Maliwan (SMG's, Pistols, Sniper Rifles, Rocket Launchers) - Have the best elemental damages and percentages of bonus effects.
• Tediore (SMG's, Pistols, Rocket Launchers, Shotguns) - Have the fastest reloads of any manufacturer, instead of reloading the weapon, it is thrown, dealing explosive damage with a small area of effect for normal weapons and elemental damage for elemental weapons with a small area of effect.
• Torgue (Assault Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Rocket Launchers) - Always fire explosive shots with a small area of effect. Also, instead of bullets, they fire mini gyro jets, which start slow but speed up the longer they are in mid-air.
• Vladof (Assault Rifle, Pistols, Rocket Launchers, Sniper Rifles) - Have a high fire rate on its own, even faster with a Vladof barrel, which fires faster the longer you hold down the trigger.
EditNon-Weapon Brands
There are two types of Brands that stay out of the gun spectrum of manufacturing:
These manufacturers concentrate more on improving the Shield, Class Mod, and Grenade Mod technology.
EditShield Brands
New shields have also been introduced into the sequel, as well as with specific attribute to specific brands, just like the guns.
• Anshin - Have adaptive qualities, resisting damage to the last element they were hit with. Can have Normal, Fire, Electric, Corrosive, Explosive and Slag resistance.
• Bandit - Give you a "Roid" damage buff when shield is depleted, giving you a set amount of bonus melee damage.
• Dahl - Has the chance to drop a shield booster when damaged, which replenishes part of your own shield when picked up. Cannot pick up shield boosters if you are already at full capacity.
• Hyperion - Have the ability to amplify shots fired when shields are full, taking away some of your shield, but boosting your next shot by a certain amount.
• Maliwan - Can have an elemental nova effect or elemental spike effect. Nova sets off an explosion around you of the elemental type in the shield when shield are depleted. Spike deals elemental damage when coming in contact with an enemy. Spike will not work if you have no shield left.
• Pangolin - Have turtle shields, which offer the highest capacity among all manufacturers but also lower your max health.
• Torgue - Can have explosive nova or explosive spike. Nova releases an explosion around you when shields are depleted and Spike deals explosive damage to enemies that come in contact with you.
• Vladof - Has the ability to absorb bullets that hit your shield. Only takes effect when shield is full and adds whatever round hit you to your total magazine.


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Augusta's softball team had the tying run on third base with one out in the seventh, but the Orioles couldn't push the run across in a wild 11-10 loss to Rose Hill Saturday. The games were makeups from a previous rainout.
Destiny Williams hit her first home run of the season to get the Orioles back in the game after falling behind early.
The Orioles won Game 1 8-0 behind a strong pitching performance from Sidney Dey. The Orioles held on to a 1-0 lead for most of the game. Dey was able to get out of two jams with strikeouts to keep the Rockets at bay. Augusta scored two clumps of runs in the final two innings to seal it.
With the loss, Augusta will settle for second place in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Div. III standings. The Orioles finish one loss behind Mulvane, which swept the Orioles but lost a game to Rose Hill and to Winfield.
Augusta will close out the regular season on the road against Clearwater Monday, then will have a week off before the Mulvane Regional, which begins Monday, May 14.


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Text speak used in some parts to say something was funny. In a similar way to LOL. It stands for Blimey that is funny, and is only really used by the strange and deluded.
Person one: Look at this image that i have photoshopped, which makes you look like a Gimp.
Person two: BTIF
Person two: BTIF
by A Gimpy Stranger May 15, 2009
by Yrn._.spike July 06, 2018


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AtomServer – The Power of Publishing for Data Distribution
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Consider this – you work for a company with a federation of fully independent web sites, implemented in half a dozen different programming languages, on several different platforms. Each independent website has its own database system and schema, and is managed by teams with varying skill sets, located in eight sites throughout the United States and Europe. And the company is growing.
Your job? Enable these disparate systems to share crucial data conveniently and rapidly amongst themselves.
Your design criteria are:
High Traffic Capability– the service would need to move approximately 1M pieces of data a day at launch
Transactional Correctness – the service must be accurate as the authoritative source of data for all clients
Resiliency – the service must be easy to upgrade with seamless data republishing when formats change
Loose Coupling –with so many systems, each must be able to manage themselves independently
Adoption – the system must have a low barrier to entry for clients implemented in a variety of languages (Java, C#, PHP, Ruby, and ColdFusion)
Adaptability – the system must support many different types of data and be extensible to add new types of data on demand
We were faced with exactly this problem about a year ago at Homeaway.com, where we both work. And it didn't take long to recognize two design tenets – first, that a distributed, publish-subscribe service is a great way to address resiliency and loose coupling of subsystems, and second, that building RESTful services (as opposed to heavyweight protocols like SOAP) is a natural solution for systems that need high scalability, extensibility, and ease of adoption. These two principles led us directly to Atom – a RESTful publishing protocol – and to a new breed of data service called an Atom Store. We've spent the last year implementing an Atom Store for Homeaway. And from that real-world implementation we have extracted the open source Atom Store framework, named AtomServer ( http://www.atomserver.org), described in this article.
Atom is comprised of two specifications – the Atom Syndication Format, which defines an XML-based language to describe web feeds, and the Atom Publishing Protocol, which describes a RESTful HTTP protocol for retrieving and manipulating such feeds.
Atom was conceived as a replacement for RSS (Rich Site Summary), which generally contains human authored text, such as blog entries. Consequently, the internal structure of an Atom entry or feed (the XML elements and attributes) conveys the semantics of publishing such as authors, languages, titles and so on. Don't let this fool you; Atom entries are well suited for carrying all sorts of data as their payload.
Atom entries are the individual records of data, and Atom feeds are lists of entries. Because Atom is a RESTful protocol, resources are accessed by executing HTTP methods on URIs that identify resources – in this case, entries and feeds. For example, retrieving a feed of blog entries might be accomplished by doing a GET on a URI like http://your-atomserver/entries/myblog, and the response might look like:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<link rel="alternate"
<title>My Weblog</title>
<title>First Post</title>
<author>Chris Berry</author>
<link rel="edit"
<title>Next Post</title>
<author>Bryon Jacob</author>
<link rel="edit"
Atom also supports the notion of categories that can be applied to an entry. Categories are arbitrary string tags that can be applied to an entry for the purposes of marking it as part of some group. Feed URIs can then be modified to incorporate filtering – returning only the entries from a feed that have a particular category applied to them.
There are a couple of terms that have special meaning in the context of Atom. Entries are grouped together in a fixed two-level hierarchy of workspaces and collections. Workspaces contain some number of collections, and collections contain some number of entries. The URI to a feed consists of the workspace and collection of the feed
and the URI to an entry consists of the workspace, collection, and EntryId. This identifier for the entry must be unique within the owning collection:
Atom, like RSS, provides the basis for a web syndication framework. There are a large number of existing clients that understand Atom, including browsers, newsreaders, and programmatic clients in practically every popular language. Additionally, because Atom is actually just a small set of conventions on top of HTTP and XML, it is easily accessible by any web-ready programming platform.
Extensions and Layered Protocols
The core Atom protocol describes the basic operations for manipulating feeds and entries, methods for error reporting and handling, and specifically provides for the concept of extensions. Atom extensions are additional XML elements and attributes that can appear in Atom XML documents, and additional HTTP request parameters that can be applied to a URI to modify the behavior of a server that supports Atom. Two important extensions are:
OpenSearch – defines a protocol for searching, including methods to introspect the server to determine what kinds of searches are supported. An OpenSearch enabled service returns search results as an Atom feed, with individual results represented as entries
Feed Paging – addresses pagination for time-based data by defining next and previous link types for Atom feeds which clients can use to page forward and back through a multi-page feed
Probably the most visible and influential use of Atom is GData, Google's web API for accessing the data from their many services. GData incorporates the core Atom spec and OpenSearch, as well as a number of custom extensions to cover additional features not addressed by those specifications.
When you no longer limit Atom entries to web content like blogs or news feeds, and extend Atom to the management of general data, you have an Atom Store; a generic data store of inter-linked Atom entries, which you can edit using the Atom Publishing Protocol, and then search over using OpenSearch. AtomServer grew out of a desire to leverage this strategy for distributing access to our own data.
Distributed Control Over Data Access
One of the benefits to our use of the Atom protocol is the inherently distributed nature of the system. In AtomServer, we combined the notion of pagination, limiting the number of entries that we return with each request, with the mechanism for polling the server for feed updates. Clients should start at the beginning of the feed, and continue requesting pages of data until there are no more. Then, the client should periodically check for new data (i.e., whether there is another page of data past the last one that was successfully processed)
AtomServer itself simply marks each entry with an incrementing counter on every change, and clients are required to store the last value of the counter that was processed for each feed they read. On subsequent polls for a feed, the start-index of the next page of data is set to the end-index of the previous page. This method effectively handles the case where AtomServer is used to handle a high volume of rapidly changing data; multiple entries could change in the course of a second.
When you pull a feed with no start-index, you start at 0 by default. For example,
GET http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme
will return an extension tag, named endIndex in the http://atomserver.org/namespaces/1.0/ namespace, as a child of the feed element. This will contain the last index on the retrieved page:
That number should be passed as the start-index query parameter on the next poll:
GET http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme?start-index=23
When the requested page has no new data to offer, the server will return a 304 NOT MODIFIED response. This signals that it is advisable to wait for the given configured polling interval before asking for the next page of data.
Managing Entry Identity with POST and PUT
In Atom, it is essential that each entry have an ID that is unique within its owning workspace and collection – these three components together make the entry's URI a unique identifier for the entry, differentiable from the other entries in the service. AtomServer supports creation of new entries using two different HTTP methods – POST and PUT.
When an entry is created with a POST, the URI that is used is the URI to the collection in which the new entry is to be inserted. In this case, AtomServer is responsible for assigning an Entry Id to the new Entry, and providing that ID back to the POST caller in the response body.
POST http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme
When an entry is created with a PUT instead, the responsibility for assigning the Entry Id is placed on the client doing the PUT. The URI to which the PUT is made is the URI to the entry that is to be created.
PUT http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/1000.xml
Updating an existing entry is done by making a PUT to the Entry's URI – in that sense creating an Entry with a PUT is like a "lazy" update. If there is no such Entry, it is created, otherwise the existing entry is updated.
Guaranteeing Data Integrity with Optimistic Concurrency
In order to guarantee consistent, predictable data in the highly distributed world of Atom, AtomServer uses Optimistic Concurrency to manage writes to the system. Optimistic concurrency states that a writer to the AtomServer must know the current revision number of the resource he is editing, and that he should write to the resource assuming that he will be able to complete the write operation, but be able to gracefully handle the case where someone has written the resource in the meantime.
For example, assume that systems A and B both want to make changes to the Acme Widgets in a given data feed. A comes along, and asks for the current representation of Acme Widget 123:
GET http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/123.xml
And is returned the following "edit link" within its feed response.
<link href="/widgets/acme/123.xml/2" rel="edit"/>
And now A sets about making its edits to the representation of 123.xml. While A is doing its work, B comes along and requests the current version of 123.xml, and gets the same response. B's edits take less time than A's, so B immediately writes its changes back to the edit link:
PUT http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/123.xml/2
This succeeds, returning a 200 OK, letting B know that its edit has been committed successfully to the AtomServer. Now, A finishes its edit and tries to write to the same edit link, but the revision number has been updated due to B's edit. Consequently, A will receive a 409 CONFLICT HTTP error, indicating that someone has changed the resource he is attempting to update since he last refreshed his view of the resource from the server. In this case, A should GET the resource again, this time getting a new edit link, and repeat the process. Note that this allows A to make his changes to a copy of /widgets/acme/123.xml that already contains B's changes, so the system prevents A from overwriting B's changes blindly.
In many systems, there will be only a single, authoritative writer for a given set of data. In those cases, to reduce the overhead of managing Optimistic Concurrency, it is possible to override optimistic concurrency by providing an asterisk (*) as the revision number:
PUT http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/123.xml/*
However, it is important to use this feature only when a client knows for certain that it will be the only writer to a given resource.
Category Queries
In Atom, Categories are specified on entries as a pair of values – the Scheme and the Term. The Scheme is essentially a "namespace" of categories, and the Term is the specific value within that namespace.
Borrowing from GData's extensions to Atom, AtomServer allows for a special feed syntax that lets clients filter a feed by the categories applied to entries. For example, to get a feed of only the Acme Widgets that had been tagged as having the color "red," the request could be:
GET http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/-/(urn:colors)red
If multiple categories are specified, only entries that have ALL of the given categories (a Boolean AND) will be received. For example,
GET http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/-/(urn:colors)red/(urn:size)big
will return all of the big, red Acme Widgets. An arbitrary combination of categories using AND and OR, in prefix notation can also be specified with
GET http://your-atom-server/widgets/acme/-/OR/(urn:colors)red/AND/(urn:size)big/(urn:color)blue
This will return all of the Acme Widgets that are either red, or are both big and blue. These feeds should be treated by the client exactly the same as any other feed – they can be polled and paginated just like a feed without categories.
AtomServer is an off-the-shelf implementation of an Atom Store. It is implemented as a Java web application, and should deploy into any J2EE Servlet Container. Under the covers, AtomServer uses the Apache Project's open-source implementation of the Atom Protocol, called Abdera, to process the RESTful verbs and XML vocabulary of Atom.
Abdera is an excellent library for adding an Atom front-end to an existing application. AtomServer, by contrast, is a full-fledged Atom Store. Out of the box, it provides all of the components needed to store and interact with the Atom metadata, as well as the contents of the Atom entries themselves.
AtomServer's protocol borrows from GData's design wherever appropriate. In some cases we've made slightly different decisions to improve URL readability, to simplify query structures, or to implement features not covered by GData's specification.
AtomServer manages all of the Atom metadata associated with an entry in a relational database, and stores the actual entry content either in a relational database or on a file system, depending on your particular needs. AtomServer automatically handles all of the aspects of the Atom protocol (URI interpretation, parsing of the Atom elements and extensions, update timestamps, entry categorization), so you only need to publish changes to the server and poll at intervals for feed changes.
AtomServer is easy to use. It deploys either as a simple WAR file, or alternatively, as a standalone server, running within an embedded Jetty Server. Most applications should be able to use AtomServer by simply providing a very small amount of configuration – a few Spring Beans that configure that application's Atom workspaces and the content storage.
AtomServer has several important, advanced features that we have not yet covered. We've run out of space for those features this time, but in an upcoming article we will dive into:
An auto-tagger for Atom categories- An easily configured mechanism to "auto tag" entries when they are either created or updated. An XPathAutoTagger is built in, which allows you to XPath into your content and conditionally associate Atom categories with it.
Batch operations- Full support for operating on a mixed "batch" of create, update, or delete requests.
Aggregate feeds-The powerful ability to join together disparate entries – from different collections or workspaces – into an aggregate entry, using Atom categories. Including the ability to request feeds of these aggregates. So instead of forcing you to deal with several feeds – having to tie the information back together yourself – you can listen to a single aggregate feed, which will reflect the changes to any of its parts.
AtomServer is real. It is in live production use at our company, handling more than a million requests a day, with several million entries in our store. Building on a RESTful specification such as Atom while leveraging the design of existing services like GData have ensured a solid foundation on which to build. We hope that you will pick up a copy and tell us what you think. You can get AtomServer from http://www.atomserver.org, and be up and running in minutes.
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Serge Tan Panza
Atom and Abdera are taking over!
Paul Fremantle
Re: Atom and Abdera are taking over!
Chris Berry
I cannot really speak to the strengths or weaknesses of WS02 Registry, but I know for certain that AtomServer is built for transactionally-correct, industrial strength applications. And because it was not built in a vacuum -- AtomServer was extracted from a real world project -- it is particularly client-centric.
Tim Bray
There are three irritating technical flaws in this article.
- The article seems to suggest that URI paths like your-atom-server/workspace/collection/entryid are mandated by the Atom specs. This is not true.
- The article states "When an entry is created with a PUT instead, the responsibility for assigning the Entry Id is placed on the client doing the PUT." which may be true of AtomServer, but is not part of Atompub; if you do this, you're stepping outside.
- The notion of working revision numbers into your entry URIs is first of all specific to AtomServer, and more important, is entirely unnecessary in a good Atompub implementation; Atompub includes a rather fully-thought-through version of optimistic concurrency based HTTP ETAGs.
I guess the real gripe is that the article fails to distinguish between what is generally true of Atompub and the specific quirks of the AtomServer implementation.
Re: Mistakes
Bryon Jacob
- * The intent wasn't to imply that workspace/collection/entryid is a mandated part of the Atom spec. Nor is it a mandated part of AtomServer, for that matter -- we were simply going with a boiled down URI scheme so we could talk about some concrete examples easily.
- * Regarding the comment about the PUT, I think it's clear in the context of the article that we are talking about AtomServer, and not AtomPub in general - the section in question was describing the two different ways that AtomServer supports "creating" entries, either via a POST to a collection's URI, or a PUT directly to an entry's URI.
- * The revision numbers in the URI scheme is, as you say, specific to AtomServer. We are aware of the ETAGS-based optimistic concurrency in Atompub, but implementing it in AtomServer hasn't reached the top of the priority stack yet. If people start adopting AtomServer, and there's an outcry, then it will move up - otherwise, we'll eventually get to it anyways - we agree it's the right thing to do. In any case, the URI-based scheme for optimistic concurrency is simpler for many clients to implement, and we will probably always support both, even after we implement the ETAGS-based solution.
I appreciate the comments -- they'll help us to be clearer next time. I guess my response to your "real gripe" is that I think the title, the organization, and the content of the article DO distinguish between Atompub and the specific "quirks" of AtomServer -- the entire article is about AtomServer specifically, except where we specifically outline some basics of Atompub to make the article readable for people who are relatively uninitiated to the spec.
We've been developing AtomServer as a real-world solution to a problem for a while now, and after getting a lot of interest from other Atom enthusiasts we open-sourced the solution that we've built. We use Abdera because they've already written a really good implementation of the full Atompub protocol, and there was no reason to reinvent that wheel, but for other parts of the problem we have traded full flexibility for ease of configuration.
If someone is looking for a library to use in building Atompub into an existing service, they should definitely use Abdera directly. AtomServer, by contrast, is a full java web application that can be up and running in a few minutes by configuring a database and a few XML configuration files. It addresses all of the metadata and content management pieces that Abdera doesn't, and it's undergone a lot of battle-hardening to make it rock-solid and performant. Our goal moving forward is to make AtomServer easily interoperable with any spec-compliant Atom Client, while making the deployment of a server as easy as possible, with as little coding as possible.
Again - thanks for the comments. Hopefully it's helped clarify for other readers what the true scope of the article is!
leading the way..
taylor cowan
I'm looking forward to some more how-to's on extending with your own collections. I'm sure it's simple, however, to be honest it's not really that easy given the existing docs. My "outcry" would be to ditch the heavy XML configurations. Familiarize yourselves with rails, grails, or Guice, and consider making it work more like that (Simple creating model file called "Users" creates a user table, CRUD, etc). Use annotations in java beans, but please no more large, tedious xml config files.
Re: leading the way..
Bryon Jacob
Your comments are well taken. We have done some work already on creating a custom Spring dialect to make the XML configuration at least much smaller and more concise - we should be rolling that in before too long...
Your analogies to rails/grails/etc. are something we hadn't really considered, but we should have. I could definitely see us using a simpler format than XML altogether (maybe YAML?) for declaring workspaces/collections - which is obviously the most common configuration step. In most cases, you should be able to use AtomServer without actually writing any java code, so Java Annotations wouldn't solve the problem generally, but it would be interesting to see how they could make extending AtomServer easier when custom code IS required.
Project still running?
Peter Rushforth


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Use saffron right so you don't break bank account
One evening last week, Steve said to me: "I bought you a present."
When Steve says, "I bought you a present," this means he has bought something practical, readable or edible that he knows I will enjoy - it never means jewelry or frivolous gifts. He had made the same statement a few days later when he bought me some extra forks and spoons in our stainless pattern.
On this particular night my present was in a grocery bag. He pulled out a spice bottle that contained a tiny bag of red saffron threads.
"It's gold!" he explained, referring to the price he had paid for it.
Steve was right - saffron is like gold. In fact, it is the most expensive spice on the market. Little did Steve know that he got by cheap by purchasing it from a mass-producing spice manufacturer. If he had bought the "good stuff" he would have paid between $50 and $80 an ounce. A bit extravagant, but when you understand what it takes to get those tiny red threads, you can better understand why they cost so much.
Saffron is the red stigma of the Saffron Crocus flower. The saffron crocus is a sterile flower in that its blooms produce no seeds. Its corm, which is similar to a bulb, but structurally different, must be dug up, divided and replanted by human hands in order for it to propagate. Each corm bears an 8- to 12-inch plant with three to four flowers. The flowers all bloom within in a two to three week time span in autumn. The flowers that appear at dawn wilt quickly as the day progresses.
Harvesting the stigma of the crocus flower must be done by hand. The dawn blooming flowers have be picked within a two-hour window after blooming and before it begins to wilt. Once the flowers are picked, they are taken to a house or a
barn and the long red stigmas are hand plucked from the blooms. The stigmas are then dried over charcoal heat for about an hour and bundled together and sent to market.
Each crocus bloom produces three stigmas, or saffron threads. It takes 150 flowers to produce 1 gram of dried saffron threads. So that means the ounce that Steve brought home in that tiny bag took around 400 to 450 hand-planted, handpicked and hand- plucked flowers.
If you decide to purchase some of this "gold," you need to know a few things about using and storing them. Ground saffron is usually not pure saffron, so unless you are purchasing from a reputable dealer, stay away from it. Saffron threads need to be crushed and rehydrated in warm liquid for a minimum of 15 minutes - longer if possible, to draw out the flavor. Saffron is used as a colorant and will turn your hands and your counter a bright yellow very quickly. Store your saffron threads in an air tight container away from light and heat and use within a year. Remember - as the color fades, so does the flavor.
Saffron smells a bit like hay and gives an earthy flavor and a vibrant yellow color to a dish. It is a very potent seasoning and a little goes long ways, so don't get overzealous when using it. Most recipes call for "a pinch of threads." A pinch of saffron is equal to about ¼ teaspoon of threads.
Once you get a loan and buy some of these beautiful red threads, there are so many ways to use them. Add them to your rice, make a Spanish paella or add a thread or two to your tea for a flavor boost. I even found cookie and cake recipes using saffron.
I chose this simple dish for a saffron cream and chicken. The flavor of the cream would be delicious on anything and it was even better the next day.
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2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt & Pepper
2 ½ tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
12 ounces your favorite mushrooms, sliced thin
2 large shallots
¾ cup white wine
1 cup chicken broth
¼ teaspoon saffron threads
¾ cup heavy cream
½ cup frozen peas (optional)
In a small bowl, microwave ½ cup of chicken broth until warm. Crush saffron threads with a mortar and pestal or on a plate with the back of a spoon. Add crushed saffron threads to broth and allow to steep in the broth for 30 minutes or longer.
Butterfly chicken breasts by cutting through the middle so that you have 4 thin chicken breasts. Salt and pepper chicken breasts. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter and the 1 tablespoon olive oil in a heavy frying pan large enough to hold the chicken breasts. Add the chicken breasts to the oil and saute, turning once, until they are done - 10 -12 minutes, depending on the thickness of your chicken. Transfer chicken to a platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
In the same pan, melt the remaining 1 ½ tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon oil over medium high heat. Add the mushrooms and shallots. Season with salt and pepper and saute until the mushrooms are browned, about 4-5 minutes. Add the wine, the ½ cup of chicken broth and the saffron threads along with the broth they were soaked in and simmer until reduced by half, 5-8 minutes. Stir in the cream and cook at high heat for 3-4 minutes or until the sauce becomes slightly thick. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper accordingly. Stir in peas and add chicken breasts to the cream sauce and heat just long enough to warm the chicken breasts. Serve with your favorite pasta or rice.


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Each week a global thinker from the worlds of philosophy, science, psychology or the arts is given a minute to put forward a radical, inspiring or controversial idea – no matter how improbable – that they believe would change the world.
This week deep sea biologist Chuck Fisher has a colourful idea to tackle world hunger.
"My idea is based on the animals I study but originally occurred to me as a graduate student many years ago studying corals.
I must admit that there are more than a few details that need to be worked out, so it is a dream for the future.
First of all a little background: the corals on a coral reef are actually a symbiotic combination of photosynthetic algae living inside of the coral animal and as a result, these animals only have a limited need to feed. They get most of their nutrition directly from sunlight, just like a green plant. So my idea is to implant tiny unicellular photosynthetic algae under the skin of humans.
Of course this would result in an even more wonderfully colourful human race than what we have now. But more importantly, these tiny symbiotes would create most of the food we need directly to humans and could help feed starving masses all over the world.
And since humans are warm-blooded, we could be growing our own food under our own skin even in winter, providing the sun was shining."
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OSWEGO — Analyzing sharp-force trauma, studying ceramic artifacts disinterred after centuries, disclosing the trace elements in soils — SUNY Oswego forensic anthropologist Kathleen Blake can think of many uses for portable X-ray equipment purchased with a National Park Service grant.
College's new X-ray device to probe archeological samples
The new instrument will enable faculty and student researchers to study samples in detail without liquefying, pulverizing or otherwise destroying them. "This device is widely used in archeological and museum studies," Blake said.
Douglas Pippin, an assistant professor of anthropology and an archeologist, received the $49,500 grant with colleagues Paul Tomascak of the earth sciences faculty and Blake. He acknowledged that the new Bruker XRF Tracer III looks like a cross between a state police radar gun and a device for "Star Trek."
The gun-like device came with a pump to create a vacuum, a small on-board computer for work in the field, a tripod and other attachments. It uses X-ray fluorescence to analyze the elements and their proportions in a sample.
"This is extremely low-dose," Pippin said. "It's for looking closely at the surface of a sample, to a depth of less than a centimeter."
The researchers won the grant in conjunction with work the anthropology department is doing cataloging 160,000 Native American and other artifacts from archeological sites around the state.
SUNY Oswego earlier received two grants totaling $1.5 million for work under the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Blake, a visiting assistant professor who is on the research team for the NAGPRA project, worked in January as a visiting scientist under a fellowship with the Forensic Anthropology Unit of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City.
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Yakuza Ishin gets new screens, more cast revealed
Yakuza Ishin, or – Restoration – as it's being called on these shores has received a new batch of screens courtesy of Sega. Check them out here.
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NAMPA, Idaho — Rep. Brandon Hixon, a Republican businessman from Caldwell, has always appreciated agriculture.
The area in Idaho he represents is in the middle of one of the state's most valuable agricultural regions, where more than 100 different farm commodities are produced.
But after a three-day legislative tour that gave almost half of Idaho's 105 lawmakers a close-up look at farm country in the Treasure Valley, Hixon has a renewed recognition for what agriculture means to the state.
"It blows your mind when you get to take a look at everything that is involved with agriculture," he said Aug. 28 as the three-day farm tour was coming to a close. "This is amazing. It's interesting to say the least."
The Nampa-Caldwell Chambers of Commerce Agribusiness Committee was the tour's main sponsor but at least 50 agricultural players contributed to it financially.
During the tour, 50 Idaho lawmakers were taken to farms, a feedlot and dairy, an onion shipper, the state's largest wine-producing vineyard, a mint distillation operation and grower-owned Amalgamated Sugar Co.
"We're trying to educate them about the agricultural industry from every single angle," said Sid Freeman, one of several farmers who accompanied lawmakers on the tour. "The whole purpose of this tour is to help them understand how the rules and regulations they are making affect us at the ground level."
The tour included a lunch stop at Lake Lowell reservoir, where Idaho Water Users Association Executive Director Norm Semanko explained the critical role irrigation water plays in farming.
"The $7.7 billion agricultural economy in this state is fueled by irrigation water," he said. "Its importance can't be overstated."
Even lawmakers with a farming background, such as Rep. Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, said they learned new things about agriculture during the tour.
Palmer, a business owner, was shocked at the sheer numbers involved with agriculture.
"Agriculture is our biggest money maker in Idaho and this tour reminds you how important it is," he said. "I've always appreciated agriculture … but it's always good to be able to go out and learn more about it."
One of the highlights was a specially made agricultural plot at the University of Idaho's Parma research center that included 20 of the main crops grown in the valley. Farmers and industry experts were on hand to answer questions and provide insight and lawmakers had the opportunity to drive a tractor and set siphon tubes.
Rep. Clark Kauffman, R-Filer, a grain farmer, said it was a valuable opportunity for fellow lawmakers to see first-hand how important research is to agriculture, the engine that powers the state's economy.
"I hope this is an eye-opener for urban legislators," he said. "Agricultural research is very important to farmers (and) this agricultural base has kept the state whole during this economic downturn."


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In a statement to The Associated Press, his representative said Green had been asked to sing, but scheduling conflicts prevented him from attending Monday's festivities. Green said he'd be honored to sing for the president in the future.
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Future Blue Originals: Cass Tech vs. Warren De La Salle
Last Friday saw one of the most exciting and dramatic games of the season at Lake Shore High School, where Cass Tech knocked off host Warren De La Salle in a 6-0 thriller, with Michigan commit Royce Jenkins-Stone running in the game-winning touchdown with just 1:38 remaining. The defensive slugfest featured three Michigan commits—Jenkins-Stone, his teammate Terry Richardson, and Warren De La Salle's Shane Morris—and several D-I prospects, including class of 2013 Cass Tech corner Jourdan Lewis, who turned in an outstanding performance. Here are some highlights, courtesy of StateChampsTV:
Royce Jenkins-Stone (Cass Tech LB/FB #10, 2012 commit): RJS recorded six tackles at linebacker, where he was consistently active and a major factor in the Technician defense holding De La Salle's rushing attack to just 108 yards on 26 carries. Despite Cass Tech's outstanding all-around defensive effort, which kept the Pilot offense off the field for much of the game, Jenkins-Stone managed to get in on more plays than I'd seen from him in either of the previous two times I watched him play this season. When he gets to the ballcarrier, he arrives with ill intentions, and delivered a couple of very nice hits.
On this day, however, Jenkins-Stone would be most lauded for his offensive performance, as he carried the ball 22 times for 67 hard-fought yards, and Cass Tech repeatedly fed him the ball on a final drive that took 10:53 off the clock and ended with a three-yard TD run for RJS. While the rushing numbers aren't particularly impressive, they were earned in a fashion befitting of a linebacker—pretty much all of Jenkins-Stone's runs came on fullback dives into the line, and he showed a lot of toughness and durability in repeatedly slamming into the line, taking a couple big hits but shaking them off and continuing to go full-bore on both sides of the ball. RJS is still a bit raw as a prospect—James Ross has more of a play-to-play impact from what I've seen, though Ross also plays less on offense—but his heart and motor should not come into question.
Terry Richardson (Cass Tech CB/WR #9, 2012 commit): Richardson's coverage was a big reason why Shane Morris could never find a rhythm, as he was consistently right in the pocket of the receiver he was tasked with covering. Cass Tech trusted Richardson and fellow corner Jourdan Lewis to play man-up for much of the game, and both were up for the challenge. Though Richardson had been battling a leg injury since the regular season finale, and spent much of warmups on his own testing out the leg, he looked just fine once the game started, exhibiting the speed and hip swivel that make him a four-star corner prospect despite his small stature. He was also strong in run support, tallying four tackles, including a textbook wrap-up in space on a play that got to the outside quickly—he was alone on an island, but managed to drive through the ballcarrier and keep him from gaining any extra yards.
Richardson also added two catches for 46 yards, including a huge 23-yard reception on Cass Tech's game-winning drive. There are going to be questions about his size until he steps onto the field as a Wolverine and proves his height (I'd say 5'8" after standing right next to him for a post-game interview) won't be an issue, but his athleticism and coverage skills are elite for a high school player.
Jourdan Lewis (Cass Tech CB/WR #1, 2013 recruit): Lewis was the best player on the field on Friday, recording three pass breakups and a critical interception (included in the video highlights above), where he read where Morris was going beautifully and made a great play on the ball. Lewis has a couple inches on Richardson, and while he's still quite skinny, he's able to play a more physical game while still exhibiting good speed and agility.
With Richardson doing such a great job blanketing receivers on the opposite side of the field, Morris often tried to throw at Lewis, but the junior was ready—he did a great job of staying right with the receiver, waiting until the ball was there, then reaching around and knocking it away without committing a penalty—his pass breakups all felt like a carbon copy of the previous one. Lewis is the next in line in the Cass cornerback pipeline, and he looked worthy to take up the mantle previously held by Richardson, Dior Mathis, and Boubacar Cissoko, though he has a little bit of height on each of his predecessors.
Shane Morris (De La Salle QB #12, 2013 commit): This was not Morris's finest performance, and he completed just 4-of-17 passes for 28 yards and a pair of interceptions while also losing a fumble on a QB keeper. I know I'm going to sound like a homer when I say this, but I don't think the stats are truly representative of his effort, at least when it comes to completion percentage—De La Salle's receivers could not get an inch of separation all night, and Morris was constantly trying to fit the ball into a tiny window. I also counted three drops by DLS receivers, which didn't help matters. Late in the game, Morris started forcing the issue, and that's when the picks came in—the interception to Lewis was Morris trying to get a big play downfield that just wasn't there—but with Cass Tech shutting down the De La Salle run game, Morris was left in a very tough position.
That's not to say he played well. De La Salle had Morris throw on a few designed rollouts early, but even on normal drop-back throws he didn't seem comfortable in the pocket, and on one play he shuffled smack into pressure while throwing and had his pass fall harmlessly incomplete. He still had a couple passes that reminded you why he's a five-star talent, and I think a lot of his issues came from facing two D-I corners with a pedestrian group of receivers, but it seemed like he let his frustrations get the best of him as the game wore on and it was clear things weren't going well. This is the time to remind yourself that Shane is still just a junior, and one who can throw the ball 80 yards in the air. This was a tough game against a very good Cass Tech defense, and in this case the bevy of D-I talent bested the up-and-coming quarterback.
After the jump, check out a photo gallery from the game plus interviews with both Jenkins-Stone and Richardson.
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I tried my best to get some action shots in here, and I got some non-blurry in-play shots in there, but I spent most of the second half with my camera packed away so I could do a better job of scouting the players. The Cass Tech celebration at the end was awesome to see—pure jubilation from the visitors and their fans, and RJS and T-Rich took several photos together with family and friends after the trophy presentation. You'll get a sense for the pure joy in the aftermath of the game in the...
ACE: First of all, what felt better: pitching the shutout or scoring the game-winning touchdown?
ROYCE: It was a little bit of both, because that boy Shane, he's a legit quarterback. We had to maintain him and we had to make plays on him. We got two picks, I think, two interceptions on him. I kinda missed one—I didn't get turned around, I just wanted him [I think he means Jourdan Lewis] to get the four-and-out—make the play, but stop him from getting a first down, because that's all we needed to win the game.
ACE: How did you feel about your performance today, and the team's performance as a whole?
ROYCE: The team's performance and my performance, we all stepped up and made big plays. The defense stepped it up real good, you know—we held the shutout and just made plays, and I'm glad we did.
ACE: You were talking about what kind of a quarterback Shane Morris is. I know it was a bit of a rough outing for him tonight against you guys, but what do you think of him as a player?
ROYCE: Shane, as a player, he's pretty humble, and he's a great all-around quarterback. He'll be good at the next level, hopefully, because we need him at Michigan.
ACE: What was it like to be able to share this with Terry, your good friend?
ROYCE: Terry, man, we always go through this. We've been playing together for the longest [time], and we win together and we lose together. We're bros, and we're just going to keep it that way, and hopefully we come to Michigan and win. We don't want to take any more losses.
ACE: What do you have to do to win a state title?
ROYCE: Play harder. Defense step it up, offense step it up, and make plays. We can't have another repeat from last year.
ACE: First of all, congratulations. What's it like being in a tough game like that, senior year, for the regional title, coming down to the end? Describe what that game was like for you.
TERRY: It pretty much took a lot. It took a lot of heart. We had to come out, we had to believe, and we had to just work at it. We were just keeping in our minds that the dream was possible. Once again, we came through with it, so it's a big honor.
ACE: How did it feel to see your buddy Royce run in there for the game-winning TD?
TERRY: I love it, man. I love Royce. We grew up playing ball together. He knows my abilities, and I know his, so we trust each other, and I think that's something we all use to this day. Even when we were growing up back in the day we still used the same motto: We just love each other, man.
ACE: You guys faced off against a future teammate and a heck of a quarterback in Shane Morris and you shut him down. What kind of an effort did that take from you guys, and what did you think of Shane?
TERRY: It took a lot, it took a lot. Shane is my guy. I love Shane with a passion, you know. Shane's come up in the ranks, and it's amazing—I think Shane held his own and he made sure certain balls had to be in certain areas, so overall I think he has a lot of room to grow, but he will grow.
ACE: Just quickly talk about the corner playing across from you. Jourdan had a heck of a game, too. Are you trying to get him to come to Michigan with you?
TERRY: Yeah, well you know, this is his own little process. I want him to get all the visits he can, take all the visits he can, and if Michigan is in his heart, then you know, we're all a fan.


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The only way to make a rapid killing in online poker is to win a bad beat jackpot. Yes you can win hundreds of thousands of dollars if you take a bad beat. But even if you are the one giving the bad beat, you also get a nice share of the bad beat jackpot. And the players sitting at the table also get a small cut, as well as all players playing the same limit at the time when the bad beat occurred. So why missing this chance to be a winner? Your steals from the button are nothing compared to the profit potential from a bad beat jackpot.
The way it works is that some table are specifically labelled as 'bad beat jackpot' tables. At such tables a small amount is added to the rake at each hand, and it gets added to the jackpot in real time. This is how the jackpot never stops to increase as thousands of players sit at these tables. Other regular tables have a slightly smaller rake but do not participate in the jackpot.
There are conditions to qualify for the jackpot and any bad beat is not enough to win the bad beat jackpot. Sometimes players may get mad as they almost won it, except for a small constraint that they did not meet. For example at Carbon Poker, the loser must have Quads of sevens or stronger in order to qualify. So if you lose when your quad of sixes gets cracked by a straight flush, too bad for you as not only did you take an horrible bad beat, but you also missed the jackpot.
Another condition is that both the winning and the losing hand must include both their hole cards. This is to avoid situations like for example if there is a full house on the board and it leads to quad over quad. If the board comes JJJQQ, player A has J7 and player B has a pair of queen, then it looks like player A took a bad beat runner-runner quad. But in reality he was just lucky that the flop brought a set to give him a quand of jacks, so this is not considered to be a qualifying bad beat.
Additional conditions at Carbon Poker are that four players must be dealt in the hand. So if you love heads-up poker, then you will never win the bad beat jackpot. The hand must generate at least $0.50 so the lowest limits will not always qualify. Also note that if there are two players taking a bad beat at the same time, which can happen for example if two or three players have a straight flush, then only the two highest hands qualify. If this happens this is like a bad beat in a bad beat as the third highest hand will only get a small share of the jackpot compared to the second highest hand.


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HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Another of "Horry County's Most Wanted" featured on WMBF News' weekly segment has been captured.
Cornelius Alexander Spivey, 29, was wanted by deputies for trafficking in cocaine, as well as simple possession of marijuana, paraphernalia, and a controlled substance charge.
He was arrested by the US Marshals Task Force on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Spivey was first profiled by WMBF News on April 25 along with a man wanted for attempted murder.
That man, 19-year-old James Earl Hemingway, turned himself in to authorities at the Loris Police station on July 3 after the news report ran.
According to the police report, Hemingway and another man were trying to break into the shed of a home on Bennett Loop Road in Loris in April 2013. The report states that one of the victims saw the suspects and yelled at them. The men took off running while also firing shots that landed in the victim's home and car.
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