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November 8, 2007
By LEE J. KAHRS
Brandon Reporter
BRANDON — Two young children are without fathers after a love triangle erupted in a tragic murder-suicide in Brandon on Nov. 1.
Police said Todd English, 32, of Forestdale went to an apartment at 26 Union St. to confront his ex-girlfriend, Amanda Corey, 27. The couple had split up in September and Corey was in a relationship with Richard Griffin, 35, whom she had been with in the past, police said.
According to the account given by Brandon Police Chief Christopher Brickell, English forced his way into the apartment and began to argue with Corey, who led English back out of the house. English then re-entered the apartment and shot Griffin in the stomach with a .357 Magnum revolver. The injured Griffin stumbled outside and went to the neighbor's for help. English then stood on the front steps of the apartment and shot himself in the head. He died instantly.
Griffin later died of his injuries following surgery at Rutland Regional Medical Center. The incident took place at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, capping a deadly 24-hour period in Western Vermont in which five people were killed.
Corey had a child with each man, a 14-month-old daughter with English, and a two-year-old son with Griffin. Brickell said only the baby girl was in the apartment at the time, but did not witness the shootings.
Brickell said Corey got a temporary restraining order against English on Oct. 18, which was valid for 10 days and expired four days before the shootings. The chief said Corey apparently never pursued a final abuse order against English.
Whether or not that would have prevented last week's tragedy is uncertain.
"It's debatable," Brickell said. "If there had been a final order in effect, maybe he would not have done what he did."
BRISTOL ASSISTANT FIRE Chief Peter Coffey, New Haven Chief Mike Dykstra and Bristol Chief Mark Bouvier take a much-needed break after battling an early morning fire at Beck's Alley Antiques Shop in downtown Bristol last Friday.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
November 5, 2007
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRISTOL — The Beck's Alley Antiques Shop on Main Street in Bristol burst into flames Friday morning. No one was hurt and firefighters quickly brought the fire under control, but damage to the building was heavy.
"It looks like there is an extensive amount of damage inside," said Steve Leopold, co-owner of the building with his wife Bridget. He said they have lost most if not all of the antiques inside.
The blaze began around 7 a.m. Linda Smith, owner of the Village Corner Store across the street from the antiques shop, said that a regular customer first noticed flames and called her attention to it. She came out to look in time to see the windows blow out from the heat, and called 911. The Bristol and New Haven fire departments responded quickly and blocked off that section of Main Street for about three hours while they worked.
According to the Bristol Fire Department Assistant Chief Peter Coffey, the fire probably started on the west side of the building near the main door of the antiques shop. Neither the cause of the blaze nor the extent of the damage had been determined as the Addison Independent went to press. Bridget Leopold said that there was a propane gas heater next to that wall of the building.
Neither of the neighboring buildings was damaged.
November 5, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) will soon initiate a total of $2.25 million in repairs to approximately eight miles of railroad line that will encompass much of downtown Middlebury and extend into New Haven.
That was the word last week from AOT Rail Program Manager Richard Hosking, who said work had been scheduled even before the Oct. 22 train accident in Middlebury that saw 18 freight cars derail with some of them spilling gasoline into the Otter Creek. Vermont Railway officials have cited a broken section of rail line as the cause of the accident.
Hosking said the first leg of the project will involve replacing rail ties and tracks beginning at the line's intersection with Elm Street, extending south for around three miles. Work on the ties — the wooden planks that the metal tracks sit on — is scheduled to begin next spring. The AOT will then contract with an outside firm to replace the actual rail in a job Hosking hopes will begin next fall.
The AOT has budgeted $1.5 million for this segment of work, according to Hosking.
Also slated for work next year is a segment of the rail line extending from Elm Street north for around five miles into New Haven. That project, budgeted for $750,000, will involve replacing rail ties.
"In the future, we may come in to replace the rails," Hosking said. "The rail there is in better shape than the rail south of Middlebury."
In the meantime, he believes the current rail line in Middlebury is safe for freight traffic — in spite of some of the split ties and loose spikes that have unnerved area residents.
"The rail that's in there now is perfectly adequate," Hosking said. "The reason we are replacing it is to make sure any improvements we do meet passenger rail status."
November 5, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — The deer hangs upside-down above fresh snow, a chain wrapped around the base of its antlers seeming to pull it closer to the ground. On one side of the dead animal is the grill of a truck, on the other a folded lawn chair.
The black-and-white photograph, taken on Route 100 in Londonderry, was the first in a series Orwell artist May Mantell began upon moving to Vermont eight years ago, a series that focuses on animals killed, intentionally or otherwise, and their unlucky place in the human world.
A show of the photographs, titled "Animals, a Requiem," is on display at the Johnson Gallery of the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Art Building at Middlebury College through Monday, Nov. 12. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 4:30 p.m. Mantell will discuss her work in a talk at the gallery.
For Mantell, taking pictures of dead animals is a way to acknowledge not just the indifferent human approach to animal death, but to human death as well.
"I think of them as poems about mortality," she said.
This became clear to Mantell in 2003 at the start of the Iraq war. At the same time, almost to the day, she brought her camera to the Orwell coyote derby and took pictures of piles of coyote corpses as they were dusted with a light snow. That's when she knew her work over the last few years had a theme.
"It wasn't anything I could put my finger on," she said. "It was just a real sadness about the way humans often treat each other and other creatures, without considering the preciousness of life."
LIFE-LONG MIDDLEBURY resident Charlie Novak was presented on Sunday with a belated bronze service star in recognition of his service in the Pacific during World War II.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — It was 62 years ago that an Army medic all but laughed at the notion of recommending Charlie Novak for a Purple Heart for a shoulder wound he received in 1945 during an air raid on the island of Leyte in the Philippines during World War II.
Novak, a Middlebury native, never really felt slighted by the medic's actions.
"I kind of got a kick out of it," Novak, now 86, said last week.
Well, the United States government last month made up for any shortchanging of recognition for Novak and more than 70 soldiers who served with him in the 317th Troop Carrier Group of the U.S. Army Air Force. In a belated move that has yet to be fully explained, the U.S. military last month awarded Novak and his comrades the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star Attachment, in recognition of their actions during WWII in the Pacific.
Gov. James Douglas formally presented Novak with the award, along with two other medals, at a special ceremony at the Middlebury American Legion headquarters on Wilson Road on Sunday, Oct. 28.
"I'm very proud," Novak said, his voice brimming with emotion as he looked down at the shiny medal that was more than a half-century overdue.
"I have some good memories, but also some bad memories, because a lot of good guys were killed," he said.
His military journey began in 1941 in a rather unconventional fashion.
November 1, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Undocumented migrant workers in Addison County who have steered clear of the public eye for fear of being deported can now walk openly without fear in Middlebury — providing they abide by the law, just like any citizen.
The Middlebury Police Department recently adopted a new policy on how to respond to reports of undocumented foreign nationals. The policy stipulates that Middlebury officers will only report to federal authorities undocumented foreign workers who:
• Have committed a crime.
• Are "suspected of conduct or conspiracy that is criminal in nature … or which undermines homeland security."
• Are suspected to be involved in human trafficking, or have "no credible means of identification nor any U.S. citizen or consular officials to provide identification, country of citizenship, residence and purpose for their presence for the United States."
The new policy, unanimously endorsed by town selectmen last week, also states that Middlebury police will accept the validated Mexican Consular ID card, or "Matricula Consular," as proof of identity and documentation. Middlebury now becomes one of only a few communities in the state to recognize the controversial Matricula Consular as a valid ID.
"We wanted a standardized way on how to deal with undocumented immigrants," Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley said. "Obviously, it's a looming issue in Addison County, with the numbers (of undocumented foreign workers) we have here."
November 1, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — At a doctor's visit about a year and a half ago, Jade Denny, who was 19 and five feet tall at the time, weighed in at 60 pounds. She had been anorexic since her junior year at Vergennes Union High School, but it wasn't until this appointment that she acknowledged she had a problem.
If Denny didn't get help now, her doctor told her, she was going to die.
"When am I going to die?" she asked.
"A week or two, a month, maybe more," she recalled her doctor saying.
But it wasn't easy getting help. On paper, Denny looked fine. Her pulse and blood pressure were normal; the hospital wouldn't admit her.
Over the next month or so, a nutritionist tried to reintroduce her to food. She ate, knowing it was a matter of life or death, but still entrenched in her eating disorder, she began refusing liquids. Her mother, Maria Farnsworth, would later see this as a blessing in disguise; dehydration was her ticket to Fletcher Allen Health Care.
Once admitted, Denny and her mother could meet with a mental health team to talk about treatment for her anorexia.
According to ANAD, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, approximately 7 million women and 1 million men in the United States currently suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia, or self starvation; bulimia, eating large amounts of food and then purging that food by vomiting or using laxatives or diuretics; or binge eating.
Denny was one of about 2 percent of adolescent girls in the U.S. with anorexia.
"I said to Jade that day (at Fletcher Allen), 'This is the hardest thing I've ever had to say, but this isn't working and you can't come home,'" Farnsworth said. "'You need to go and get help.'"
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Marc Jacobs Leaving Louis Vuitton to Focus on IPO
Marc Jacobs is leaving Louis Vuitton to focus on his own label and prepare it for an IPO, ending the 16-year tenure of the highest profile American designer at the helm of a major European fashion house. Christina Binkley reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images
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... I ... Marc Jacobs is leaving the limit on the focus on his online and prepare for an initial public offering departure ... is a sixteen year tenure of the highest profile American designer ... at the helm of a major European luxury Brand Wall Street Journal Fashion stock calmness ... Christina Binkley she joins me from past right now to discuss ... so Kris Maher took his final bow as of the time designer in Paris yesterday ... and you were right in your column for the show right then as the rumors were getting confirmed ... what the battle unfold ... yesterday I yes they did this literally and bowling practically as were speaking in the rumors my head is spinning from all the talk about Marc Jacobs ... ladder leading this thing that we knew the minute we walk into the show that there was that was for Alebeek as ... you walk in this room than it was literally a greatest hits album Marc Jacobs shows they have brought back assets and is known for its chairman accents ... the practical sense from that shows over the past that five point seven of them in there ... I'm just due to do was look good but it's huge goodbye mark ... to his manager Frank replacing press ... in this he said ... he was rumored to replace them ... at Nicholas gift and we had last heard from it but if you would use at Balenciaga which is now being designed by another American designer ... Alexander Wang I'm Nicholas ... has not been designing a label for the last year he left ... a bond sale last November and on the key is a hugely talented ... designer you should be working and I've ... I've been told by ... people who are close to the time that it would not be incorrect ... to say that he's likely to be the next one ... and even talking to them just moments ago Chris timing on the IPO when you think ... of the city a couple years out they've got some work to do and I and and and stores to build an end and that and other things to get a place where they can do this I think that's a long-term ... idea and is a lot of decals to be worked out and that's of course when Marc Jacobs once a ... day but it's up to a full-time and his partner Robert that it's well

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Peter J. Exley, president, AIA Chicago
Peter J. Exley, principal of the design studio of Architecture is Fun, has been invested as president for AIA Chicago, the Chicago component of the American Institute of Architects. Exley outlines advocacy, diversity, and inclusivity as the critical, ongoing issues forming the framework for AIA Chicago chapter leadership. Being relevant, meaningful, and cool guide Exley's own roles as highly recognized architect, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, professor mentor, author, artist, presenter, and parent. Exley founded the Chicago architectural firm Architecture Is Fun in 1994 with his wife and partner Sharon Exley to design substantive and relevant environments for learning and play. In addition to his multi-faceted practice, he is currently adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is an alumnus of some of the country's major architectural offices, including Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Exley has a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Kids might vomit (throw up) for lots of reasons. Most often, vomiting is caused by a stomach virus.
Vomiting can make kids lose important fluids, salts, and minerals. To counter that, you need to keep the child hydrated.
Let the parents know if a child has vomited, especially if the child cannot keep clear fluids down.
If a younger child is vomiting:
If an older child is vomiting:
If an infant throws up or a child continues to vomit repeatedly or has abdominal pain or fever, call the parents right away.
To help prevent vomiting, avoid overfeeding kids — especially babies.
To avoid spreading germs that cause stomach viruses, wash your hands a lot. Make sure kids wash their hands before eating, after using the bathroom, or after playing outside.
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The town is gearing up for a big road project that will likely cause traffic woes on Morrisville Parkway.
This spring, the N.C. Department of Transportation will shut down a 1,500-foot section of Morrisville Parkway between Crabtree Crossing Parkway and Quail Fields Court for seven days.
Then late next year or early 2016, the state will shut down the same stretch of road for six months as it completes the $16 million Morrisville Parkway grade separation. Workers will build a railroad bridge over the parkway.
The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, known as the stimulus.
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It's one of 20 projects proposed in the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor. The projects are designed to lower trip times for passenger rail travel, increase capacity and ensure safety.
The Morrisville project is expected to be completed by May 2017.
While a closure of less than a quarter-mile of road may not sound disruptive, DOT and Morrisville officials expect it will be.
About 11,200 cars travel that stretch of Morrisville Parkway daily, said Michelle Gaddy, a DOT engineer who is coordinating the project.
During the closures this spring and next year, motorists will use detours to Davis Drive, Morrisville-Carpenter Road or N.C. 54 to get across town.
"If you are getting off (N.C) 54 and you want to go to Preston, you are going to have a detour route," Gaddy said.
Traffic going to the popular Park West Village shopping center will also be affected.
But businesses and homeowners in the project area will still have access.
To help ease alternative routes, DOT is working with Morrisville to make some intersection improvements to Davis Drive and Morrisville-Carpenter Road. Preliminary work has already started.
Orange cones are up, and utility crews have been moving power and water lines at the intersection of Morrisville-Carpenter Road and Town Hall Drive.
By the middle of April, the state should be ready to start installing right- and left-turn lanes on Morrisville-Carpenter Road, Gaddy said.
While that work is being done, the state will close one lane for part of the day.
"They are only allowed to close one lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the week," Gaddy said. "It will not affect peak traffic time."
Once the new turn lanes are in, motorists should see a major improvement.
"It's going to help facilitate the folks moving through that intersection quicker," Gaddy said. "You won't have stacking up. Folks won't have to sit there and wait to catch a break."
At the intersection of Morrisville Parkway and Davis Drive, workers will remove the curb to add more room for cars. Work on that is also expected to begin mid-month, she said.
Morrisville is launching a public-outreach campaign to spread the word about the project, and a project schedule and map is available on the town's website.
The town is considering putting out a special publication with information for next year's extended closure, said spokeswoman Stephanie Smith.
Morrisville Mayor Mark Stohlman said he wants Town Council members to go door-to-door to talk to residents and businesses about the project, especially in neighborhoods that will be most affected.
The Kelton II and Weston Estates neighborhoods are nearby, along with Park West Village.
"I think those neighborhoods deserve our attention because they are going to go through a lot over the next couple of years," Stohlman said.
Councilwoman Vicki Scroggins-Johnson said she's already getting questions about the orange cones. Some of the preliminary work could prove to be a trial run for the town's communications plan.
"It may be a test of how citizens are using our website," she said.


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Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her own time working with music producer Dr. Luke.
The famous producer who is embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha (the "TiK ToK" singer claims he sexually assaulted her while recording music together) is getting slammed by the "Piece by Piece" songstress, who claims she was forced to work with him.
"The last time I worked with him I got blackmailed by my label," she explained on Australia's Kyle & Jackie O Show. "They were like, 'We will not put your album out if you don't do this.' It was really hard for me. I try to make the best of the situation."
Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, worked with the "American Idol" winner on her hits "Since U Been Gone" and "My Life Would Suck Without You."
Even though she admits he is good at what he does, Clarkson also explained that working with him put a strain on her given his negative attitude toward artists. "He's not a good person, to me. We've clashed before. He's difficult to work with, he's kind of demeaning," she said.
E! News has reached out to a rep for Clarkson for comment.
Despite her own issues with Luke, Clarkson clarified that she never experienced any of what Kesha alleges in her lawsuit, saying he "never did anything like that to me."
Luke has continuously denied all of Kesha's accusations, posting on Twitter, "I didn't rape Kesha and I never had sex with her." He also claims her lawsuit is "motivated by money."
Stars such as Lena Dunham and Adele have shown their support for the "Die Young" singer publicly, so when Clarkson was asked why she hasn't stepped forward she said that she really didn't know the full situation. "I'll be really honest about that guy but I don't know that situation," she explained. "If it is true I can't imagine working with someone that had done something like that."
At the end of the day, however, Clarkson worked with Luke because she didn't want to hurt everyone else involved. "We have a whole crew to support and you know we have our whole touring crew, people that depend on us for their livelihood," she said.
"Sometimes you have to make decisions that you just have to swallow that pill."
READ: Kesha thanks Lady Gaga and Joe Biden for bringing awareness to sexual assault
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Parke Jeans Could Revolutionize Denim World
If you're a denim fanatic, you've probably been there before: Your favorite pair of jeans, the ones you maybe paid a little too much for, the pair that you wear at least three times a week, gets a hole. And you're devastated.
It happened to Solomon Liou enough times that he decided to do something about it. He founded Parke, a line of selvedge denim created by a decades-old technique: Each pair of jeans is made from one continuous thread and ends up with a natural, unfrayed, edge.
"Prior to WWII, this is how most denim was made," he told ABCNews.com.
These days, most denim is made with thousands of threads, which means the ends of threads get frayed and the whole fabric becomes less durable (and more hole prone).
Parke jeans also have bi-directional stretch, which means the fabric adapts to your body's movements throughout the day and literally molds to your figure. "Not only are they very durable, they're very comfortable," Liou said. "We want you to be able to wear these jeans for years and years."
Liou, 32, didn't start out as a fashion designer. A New York City native who has held jobs in finance and tech, he started sewing his own jeans out of dissatisfaction for what was on the market.
"I bought a sewing machine, I took sewing courses in the Garment District," he said. "It started as a hobby and a passion."
When his friends began asking him to sew them a pair or two, he knew he had a business on his hands. But he's committed to keeping the same ethos that he had at the get-go: Made in New York, close to home, so he can be deeply involved in production.
"I work directly with one of the oldest denim mills in the U.S.," he said. "There's a tremendous amount of knowledge you get by walking into your own factory, by seeing how things are getting made yourself, and being able to make changes."
Denim enthusiasts can spend hundreds of dollars on selvedge jeans: Ralph Lauren, Vince, and Rag & Bone have them on the market for more than $200.
To keep costs down, Liou is cutting out the middleman. He's seeking funding on Kickstarter so he can sell direct to the consumer at wholesale prices, $125 per pair for men and women. He needs $50,000 to get production started, and with seven days of his campaign to go and more than $42,000 raised, his mill should start humming very soon.
Marshal Cohen, a fashion industry analyst with the NPD group, said Liou's unconventional approach could pay off big for both his brand and denim lovers.
"Anytime you can sell direct to the consumer in this environment with the right message, you've got a huge advantage," he said. "Everybody knows that not all denim is created equal. The ability to keep the integrity of the product by having someone watch the production, by not farming it out, it tells a good story."
Right now, Parke offers just one wash - a deep, dark blue rinse - and six different styles. Liou hopes to expand the line to include multiple colors and fabrics, and after that, shirts, blouses and blazers. But one place he doesn't plan on going: a department store.
"Our goal is to be able to sell things effectively online ourselves and bypass traditional retailers," he said. "I do think that the next Ralph Lauren of the world is going to look really different from what it is today. It's going to be online first."


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Hoogezand (Groningen, Netherlands)
Hoogezand, a town in the Dutch province of Groningen, which, together with the adjoining town of Sappemeer, is the seat of a Mennonite congregation. (See Hoogezand-Sappemeer for the history of the congregation.) In the town of Hoogezand and vicinity Mennonite farmers settled early in the 17th century. In 1711 a number of Swiss Mennonite immigrant families settled at Hoogezand, at nearby Kalkwijk, and about 1721 nine Mennonite families moved from Deventer to Hoogezand.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1919): 74-76, 96-109.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Hoogezand (Groningen, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 20 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoogezand_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=110767.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Hoogezand (Groningen, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 March 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoogezand_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=110767.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 805. All rights reserved.
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Yah this is a thread where you can post things to help Walter along with his upgrades.I have a few done and one under construction.New PostNo New PostIf you want to move this topic Walter or Cronus then go ahead.
what about bleeding brand=new postnon bleeding=no new post (i stole these from the sammys berserk game site)i think yours would be a easier to tell if theres a new post or not
all I see is angelfire. Walter, I see lots of red "X" on the reply using the Simple Machines theme
I dont know if SK should use the brand. Then it would be just like The Hawks board. ???
I like the icons, but like it's been said, it would make this place look like The Hawks. How about make some neat versions of the rose insignia?
You guys shut up and help, haha. Here is my idea for the little icons we have for how many post we have.Admins = Red BejelitMods = Regular BejelitEveryone else = Brand
Woah wait a sec... has walter even acknowlaged this yet?
Everyone else = Brand
New splash page if you're interested (current one is pretty darn tootin' pretty)Probably as close as any one image can come to embodying Berserk. I mean, the deeper relationships and important parallels of the series are all there. And for those that wouldnt know or see why, its also a big cool skull with a bunch of Berserk related iconography popping out of it, so that works with skullknight.net too. =)Colors and whatnot might still need to be adjusted to fit the overall scheme of the site, if it were to be used.-Griff


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Bathroom Decorating Themes, In order to help make it with many bedrooms, you are able to select how many the space. It could be master bedroom, kids' area, house cleaning service space etc. Don't forget with the components in the home just like lighting, pics about the walls, drape, picture, furniture, cargo area cover etc. Many of these recognized aspects will always make your Bathroom Decorating Themes gets to be perfect. Once more, follow your allowance. People don't should commit most of these points in once should you don't are able to afford. Merely produce main concern pertaining to Bathroom Decorating Themes.
Spare the floor coverings and wall treatments. A simple area rug on a hard-surface floor would just be perfect. Paint the walls in one color. Choose a soothing neutral color to get a minimalist look.
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netwolf wrote:Rocco wrote:Which one is lazy, heartless and unprofessional?
The thing is, Rocco, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I moderate my butt off and RJ avoids a few more flame wars, I don't see another banana; so where's the motivation?
And here's something else, Rocco: I report to eight different monkeys right now. Eight, Roc. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different monkeys coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing my mod privileges. But you know, Roc, that will only make someone moderate just hard enough not to get replaced.
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Celebrate with a Maryland original, the Black Eyed Susan
The 138th Preakness race runs this Saturday, May 18, at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore. Maybe you have tickets and are watching the race from the infield where you can enjoy the party crowd and headliner Pitbull. The Kegasus is no longer invited to this party. Maybe you'll be watching the race from the comfort of your living room or attending a party with friends.
However and wherever you choose to celebrate, Finlandia Vodka, the official vodka of the Preakness, suggests you enjoy the signature drink of the day: the Black-Eyed Susan. Named for our state flower, this herbaceous cocktail — with hints of lemongrass, sage and elderflower blossoms — should give the Kentucky Derby's mint julep a run for the money.
1.5 oz. Finlandia Vodka
.5 oz. St. Germain Liqueur
1 oz. lemon juice
.5 oz. raspberry juice or strawberry juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
Half a stalk of lemongrass (reserve one layer of stalk for garnish)
Sage leaf
In a shaker, muddle 1⁄2 stalk of lemongrass. Add vodka, St. Germain, lemon juice, raspberry juice, simple syrup and fill 3⁄4 with ice. Shake until frothy, double strain over fresh ice into a highball glass, and garnish with lemongrass stalk and sage leaf.
Pair this cocktail with a spicy salsa for balance of flavors or try these kabobs, as the saltiness of the ham will counter with the sweetness of the cocktail and the mushrooms pair well with the sage.
24 baby portabella mushrooms, cut in half
1 Tbs. butter
1 Tbs. olive oil
.5 cup brandy or sherry
Fresh-ground black pepper
12 thin slices Serrano ham or prosciutto
24 short skewers
In a sauté pan, heat the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the mushrooms in a single layer and let cook without stirring for 5 minutes. Raise heat to medium-high, remove the pan from the heat and add this absorbed, about 3 to 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Skewer one mushroom half, then a slice of ham and, finally, another mushroom half. Continue with remaining mushrooms and ham slices. Serve immediately.
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MAC Cremesheen Pearl Collection
MAC is launching a new collection, Cremesheen Pearl, a shimmering twist on a longstanding classic. The Cremesheen Lipstick and Cremesheen Glass formulas get infused with pearly pigments and a moisturizing serum blend. These are now part of MAC's permanent lineup. … Continue reading
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My name is Matias Torres and I am form Argentina. I will be the Spanish language assistant at Willamette this year. I am 29 years old and I am teacher of English language and culture. I live in a province called Mendoza which is very famous because it became a Great Wine Capital recently and also for the great steak you can eat there.
Even though I have lived in Mendoza all my life, I love traveling and I take advantage of every opportunity to do it when I can. I lived for five months in Wyoming in 2007 while I was on another interchange program and I got the chance to visit many states of the US. I have also been to some parts of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Italy and Spain and some parts of Argentina as well.
I am very eager to answer all questions that you may have either on the Spanish language or on my culture. Soon I will be publishing my tutoring hours and the Spanish table schedule. You are more than welcome to stop by. I hope to see you around soon!
In order to let you know a little bit more about Mendoza, the city where I come from, I decided to upload some pictures taken by the Instagram user @jedidiahjenkins. He's on an epic journey called #OregontoPatagonia. He's been cycling around the continent and I found it interesting that he actually started his journey here in Florence, Oregon! A couple of weeks ago he stopped by my province and he took the last three pictures you will see below. I've been following since last November and I recommend you following him if you are an Instagram user as well.
The other pictures and the video as well are part from a campaign that Mendoza's government is doing to help Mendoza become one of the 7 Wonderful Cities of the World (currently it is in the top 21!). So if you want to help my city win, go to http://www.mendozamaravillosa.com/ !!!
¡Nos Vemos!


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I was supposed to share good tidings today, particularly about the meeting I had almost 24 hours ago with my compañeros regarding the founding of our new group/website. But that has to come later.
Because I think my abuelita's life is hanging on the balance.
My dad's mother, my beloved abuelita, is confined (for the nth time) in Makati Medical center, this time in the hospital'sintensive care unit (ICU).
According to mom, my dad (he's been taking care of grandmother for the past few years in Unisan) has been sending SMS messages to her in Manila, telling her of abuela's worsening condition. She suddenly started to weaken right after the Holidays. She was sent promptly to Makati Med last
Thursday (1/27/2010) Wednesday (1/26/2011).
My grandmother, affectionately called Nanay Norma by many people, is diabetic. Through the years, the dreaded disease has contributed much to her debilitation. And aside from old age, mobility changed abruptly by an accident last year; she fell from her bed, fracturing her hips.
When me and Yeyette visited her this evening, I was shocked with what I saw. I immediately placed myself in self-denial. This could not be my grandmother who showered me with so much affection and love… for why couldn't she speak to me (when she was hospitalized last year, she could still talk coherently)?! Also, it was my first time inside an intensive care unit. Many "hoses and wires" were connected to her semi-bloated right arm and nostrils; she was undergoing intravenous therapy. And worse, she was moaning. She could hardly speak anymore, as if she's suffering from "reverse trismus": her jaw won't shut. And I could hardly understand what she was saying. She was moaning because of breathing difficulties. And she appeared to be in so much pain. It all appeared so surreal, so unreal. It was just a month ago that I was talking to her! I so could not believe what I was seeing that all the tears that supposed to well up in me fell instead from Yeyette's eyes.
Thankfully, my grandmother immediately recognized me in spite of her drowsiness caused by drugs.
I later learned that she has pneumonia, the same ailment that killed her husband, my late grandfather Godofredo Alas y Sarmiento, in 1997.
Dad is the only one there at the hospital who is taking care of her when we arrived. Uncle Louie was also there, paying a visit. Soon, my mom and two sisters arrived.
For the benefit of all Alas and Évora family members, below is a photo of grandma's cardiac monitor (a usual fixature in many a hospital scene in the country, especially when one of the film's character is about to give up the ghost). Her status will also be described below the photo:
My wife took the above photo of my grandmother's cardiac monitor before we left last night. The green graph represents her pulse rate; the normal rate is from 60 to 100. The yellow graph represents her respiratory rate; the normal rate is from 20 to 25. 102/46 (the numbers in red) represents her blood pressure. Her blood sugar is (59), but it should be maintained at 80.
However, when we got home (a few hours ago), we received an SMS (11:26 PM) from my sister Jessica: abuela's blood pressure worsened — it dropped to 68/46!
It's now 4:16 AM. Time to go to sleep. We plan to go back there this afternoon; it's dad's 59th birthday today. Such a bad timing to cheer him up. Nevertheless, we'll be there. We should be there.
And I'd like to whisper to Nanay Norma's large Hispanic ears that we will attend her 81st birthday in Unisan. And that she should be there to host it.
A thousand thanks to our relatives who already visited. Thank you for your prayers and moral support:
Captain Ernesto Alas
Tito Monching Alas
Ate Lilet Alas de Fernández
Uncle Paul Évora III
Tita Corina Unson (Thank you so much for Saint Anne's oil!)
May God bless you every single day of your lives. =)


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The Barry Caregivers support group exists to support and encourage individuals who are caring for an ill, disabled or elderly loved one.
The Caregivers support group meets on the third Wednesday of every month in the fall and spring semesters from noon until 1 p.m., to discuss various topics concerning caregiving. Everyone has a unique experience, and time to share. The group learns from one another, and sharing resources and input from experts on the various needs of caregivers. All are welcomed to attend.
Date: Wednesday May 15, 2013
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Lehman Room 308
Questions: Contact Sister Frances O'Dell, OSF at 305-899-2977 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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HIH lottery winner 4/26/10: Xwo - 04-27-2010 , 01:12 AM
1. Tell us a bit about yourself.
My name is Michael, I live in Tennessee, one of the most boring states ever. I'm 17 and in high school and work at a coffee shop. I generally only play Halo 3, but I sometimes like to play a little bit of Call of Duty.
2. How did you find High Impact Halo, and when?
I found HIH back a few months after Halo 3 came out. I started to gain an interest in trick jumping after I found out about it, and became friends with Indapop. I heard him talk about HIH a lot, so I checked it out. I just kind of lurked for a while, haha. However i later made an account here in December of '08.
3. What is it that you like about Halo tricks, and what kind of tricks are your favorite to do or see?
I don't really know to much about tricking in Halo to be honest. I've always been more interested in trick jumping. The tricking videos I have seen though are all pretty amazing though. I just love seeing all of the creativity and crazy schlapskie people do. Like I said before, I don't do much tricking, so I'm easily impressed by almost any tricking video haha.
4. Have you discovered any Halo tricks or glitches yourself?
Tricks? Nope. Jumps? Yep.
5. What is your favorite game from the halo Series?
Well. Since I started playing Halo in Halo 3, I would probably say Halo 3 is my favorite. However, the last few weeks before the H2 servers were shut down, I played quite a bit of Halo 2, and absolutely loved it..So I get the feeling if I had played more of Halo 2, I would definitely like it better.
6. What other hobbies do you have?
One of my main hobbies, would be playing Halo competitively. I'm beginning to get a bit tired of it all though. I enjoy hanging out with friends, and really like music a lot. I've just recently started to learn how to play the guitar, and have played piano for a few years now.
7. Who is your favorite Star Craft pro?
8. What is your favorite pokemon, from the original 151?
That would definitely be Gengar. That dude just looked so sick.
9. (From last week's winner) If you had the power to change one thing about Halo 3, what would it be? -Yasha
Hmm. There are multiple things I would love to change about it, but the biggest issue I have with the game would either be the BR spread, or all the barriers. The BR spread in Halo 3 is a complete joke, and trick jumping would be so much more enjoyable without all the barriers there are in the game.
10. If you could ask the next lottery winner one question, what would it be?
When you drink Gatorade, do you put your entire mouth over the opening in the bottle, or just over enough of it to get a drink?
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The Apache MyFaces project provides a number of different "artefacts":
- MyFaces Core (JSF specification implementation)
- Tomahawk
- Trinidad
- Orchestra
- etc.
There are cases where these projects have "utility" classes in common. In particular, MyFaces Core and Tomahawk have quite a lot of common code. It would not be good software engineering for each project to maintain its own copy of these classes, as bugfixes and enhancements would need to be applied separately to each. The "shared" code is therefore stored in the source code repository as a separate "module".
When bound to myfaces-impl, myfaces-tomahawk, or myfaces-orchestra the shared classes get another namespace. For example, "org.apache.myfaces.shared" becomes:
- org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.* when used in the myfaces-core project
- org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.* when used in the myfaces-tomahawk project
This module can be found in svn at:
- http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/shared/
Design and Use
In versions of MyFaces-Core/Tomahawk up to 1.1.1, the shared code was built as a a separate jarfile that must be present in the classpath in order to use either MyFaces Core or Tomahawk. Unfortunately this had a number of drawbacks, the most serious being that only versions of Core and Tomahawk that use the same version of the shared library could be deployed together. If a user wanted to upgrade to a newer release of Tomahawk to fix a bug, then they had to upgrade to the matching version of the shared lib - which then meant upgrading to the matching version of Core too. It also meant that the MyFaces project effectively had to release Core and Tomahawk at the same time (ie tie their release cycles together).
As more MyFaces projects are created which use the shared code, this problem only gets worse.
To resolve this, releases of MyFaces-Core and Tomahawk 1.1.2 or later pre-process the code in the shared module at compile time; the package "org.apache.myfaces.shared" becomes "org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl" (for Core), "org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk" for Tomahawk, and is similarly renamed for other projects. The resulting classes are then included directly into the project's jarfile, removing the need for an extra "shared" jar. This allows various projects that use the shared code to be mixed without conflicts over shared code versions, and allows different release cycles for each project.
This process of modifying the package-name can be thought of as a "primitive OSGi" if you like; a way of running multiple copies of this library concurrently. However rather than relying on custom classloaders to implement this (as OSGi requires), a simple package hack is being done.
Note that this kind of "package renaming" has been used elsewhere. In particular, the Sun JDK itself repackages a number of libraries; for example org.apache.xerces can be found in the standard rt.jar file as com.sun.org.apache.xerces. In release 1.4 of Java, Sun did not do that, and the result was some very ugly conflicts when users tried to put a more modern version of xerces in the classpath. The shared project is implemented as it is for very similar reasons.
What are the submodules of Shared for?
Ideally, there would be just one "shared" project, and any other project that wishes to "import" the shared code would perform the necessary renaming. Unfortunately things aren't quite that elegant at the moment. Instead, there is a "core" shared module that contains the real code, and a sub-project for each shared library 'user' that does the renaming. This will hopefully be done away with in the future. For now, you can (mostly) ignore all of the subprojects except the "core" one.
Why not just a normal library?
There are two primary reasons why shared is not just a jarfile that other projects put on their classpath.
Firstly, in order to avoid the "jar hell" described in the above section when multiple projects that use shared are all present in the classpath, a strict binary compatibility rule would need to exist for the shared project. The compatibility would not only need to avoid breaking any APIs, but would also need to ensure that no behaviour changed between releases. That's hard to do. And any mistake could subtly break things making debugging really hard.
Secondly, it would mean that the MyFaces Core releases would be three jars, not two. That is inelegant, and not consistent with Sun's JSF implementation.
The shared module has its own version numbers; see the version element in the pom.xml file for the shared module. Note that the shared module version numbers are independent of the version number for the project that uses it (though of course a new "release" of the shared module only occurs when a release of a project that depends on it is performed).
The using project (eg Core or Tomahawk) declares a dependency on a specific version of the shared module. See the pom.xml file for the relevant project to see what version of the shared library it uses.
JSF 1.1 vs JSF 1.2
There are separate versions of the shared code for JSF 1.1 and JSF 1.2. The JSF1.2 branch can use java1.5 features for example.
However some MyFaces projects support both JSF1.1 and JSF1.2 with just one trunk version. In that case, the project declares a dependency on the JSF1.1 version of the shared code.
When applying a patch to either branch of the Shared project, the patch should be evaluated to see whether it is appropriate for applying to the other branch too.
The shared library versions intended for use with JSF 1.1 have version numbers of form "2.x". Releases intended for use with JSF 1.2 have versions of form "3.x".
The unusual approach of "package renaming" does sometimes make life a little more difficult for developers.
In older MyFaces project releases, the -sources jarfiles did not include the renamed source code for the "imported" shared module. This meant that it was impossible to step through some of the code in MyFaces projects. This has been fixed in later releases; the repackaged shared source is found in the sources jar for projects that import the shared project.
Setting breakpoints can also be a little tricky; when debugging tomahawk for example, make sure that a breakpoint set in a class from the shared project is set on the version with package name "org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk"!


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I arrived at Milan Fashion Week excited to see what the Italians had designed to woo us with for fall 2013. The highlight of the week was the Prada show. The set had these moody backdrops projected onto the walls. Since everyone seems to be cat crazy, I thought I'd share the kitty shadow with you.
The collection was all skirts and dresses (which were right up my alley), and the bags and shoes were to die for. The bags were mostly oversize bowlers in tweed, gingham, or crocodile that were washed to give them a worn-in look.
Karl Lagerfeld's illustration in this sketch for Fendi perfectly sums up one of the biggest trends in Milan, which I like to call "Fur Is in the Air."
It was everywhere and on everything! I'm sure by September there will be plenty of faux versions available. I love this Fendi bag and these "Mohawk" booties.
When I'm not rushing to a show, I'm running to an accessory showroom to see the newest bags and shoes for the upcoming season. Gianvito Rossi makes one of the best pointy-toed pumps out there. Here is his updated version with an ankle strap that is beyond chic. If you told me a few seasons ago that I would want white pumps in my wardrobe I would have laughed. Now I can't get enough of them. They make everything look fresh and modern. You'll want them too, I promise!
Or is this sparkly beauty from Jimmy Choo more your speed?
Dolce & Gabbana never disappoint when it comes to embellishment or fanfare. Their show was all about mosaics, and it closed with every model coming out in a different red dress. The details of these heels show the work that went into every single piece.
While it's exciting to see new faces each season in Milan, it's the established houses like Armani, Prada, Gucci, and Versace that we absolutely can't wait to see. It's exhilarating watching Donatella Versace take her runway walk at the end of her show—if only for her outfit!
When it comes to high heels, celebrity favorite Brian Atwood makes some seriously sexy shoes. Even his furry numbers are seductive.
Bally held its presentation in a space that was made to look like an ice hotel, complete with sheepskin rugs and snow-covered bells at the "reception" area. The boots and men's-inspired oxfords were great, but the Siberian husky puppies pretty much stole the show.
Do you love accessories as much as I do? Which Milan Fashion Week shoe is your favorite?


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CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, will start broadcasting live from Bahrain on Monday, 14 June.
The new editorial hub will coordinate and produce business and financial newsgathering from the Middle East, with a studio and production facility linked to CNBC's global network.
Coverage will start on 14 June at 7.00am (Bahrain time) when CNBC's pan-regional programme Capital Connection, will be tri-anchored live from Bahrain, London and Singapore, Monday to Thursdays. On Fridays the show will be co-anchored from London and Singapore.
The new Capital Connection will help global viewers understand the impact of market movements across European, Asian and Middle Eastern borders - on their portfolios, investment strategies and business decisions.
To help celebrate the launch, viewers will be able to watch a free live broadcast of Capital Connection on CNBC.com. The launch will also be supported by a print and on-line advertising campaign in the region.
The show's global reach is considerable, broadcasting to 65 countries and more than 185 million households on CNBC in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in Australasia, New Zealand, on CNBC Africa and CNBC World in the United States.
New Presenter based in the Middle East
CNBC also announced that Yousef Gamal El-Din has joined the network as a co-presenter on Capital Connection and as CNBC's Middle East correspondent. Gamal El-Din joins from Nile TV in Egypt where he hosted several news, business and culture programmes since 2007. Gamal El-Din has significant experience of reporting from the region, having interviewed numerous government ministers, officials and business leaders. Gamal El-Din was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and holds dual Egyptian and Swiss nationalities.
Barbara Stelzner, Vice President for News and Programming, EMEA at CNBC said, "The start of live programming from the Middle East is a significant milestone for the channel. With editorial facilities in Bahrain and Dubai, with our local-language affiliate channel CNBC Arabiya, we are able to effectively cover the news from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan and other major centres in the region. We are now well positioned to tell the Middle East's business story to regional and global viewers in Arabic and in English.
"I'm also delighted that Yousef Gamal El-Din has joined our team based in Bahrain. Yousef brings a wealth of knowledge and insight on the Middle East region which will further strengthen our editorial from the region."
CNBC's popular half-hour monthly programme Gateway to the Middle East will also now be produced from Bahrain. Since 2007 the show has spoken with the leading voices from the region, giving viewers insight into business trends and investment opportunities.
Across the EMEA region, CNBC reaches more than 640,000 viewers a day and seven million viewers a month (EMS 2009), making it the leading business and financial news channel.
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by Tom Utescher
At the U.S. Squash High School Team Championships two weekends ago, the girls team from Germantown Friends turned in a fifth-place performance, its best ever at the event.
Also competing in Division I (out of four) at the competition in New Haven, Conn. were Penn Charter, which landed in eighth place, and Springside Chestnut Hill, which finished 14th.
Playing in positions one, two, and three, respectively, Germantown sophomore Olivia Fiechter and seniors Carey Celata and Lydie McKenzie won all of their four matches. Number four Grayson Melby, only a freshman, went 2-2 over the long weekend.
The Tigers opened with a 5-2 win over Access Youth Academy, but on the second day they were edged out, 3-4, by a familiar Philly-area rival, Baldwin School. Penn Charter also won its initial outing, topping Groton, 4-3, but then Charter had to face the eventual national champion, Greenwich (Conn.) Academy. Senior Tara Harrington won in the top spot and sophomore Margaux Losty prevailed at number two, but the home state squad took the rest, winning 5-2.
Both the Quakers and Tigers then went into the "Classic Plate" bracket, which accommodated the teams that left the main draw in the second round.
There, GFS won out, beating both St. George's School and Saint Ann's School by 4-3 scores. Germantown's top three won both times, while Melby swayed the St. Ann's match and sophomore Claire Schmidt tipped the scale for the Tigers against St. George's, winning in five games at number seven.
Penn Charter did not fare so well in the "Classic," bowing to each of the "Saints," 3-4, to wind up eighth overall. Losty won all four matches she played in New Haven, and freshman number four Izzy Hirschberg was 3-1. Harrington and fellow senior co-captain Amanda Roberts (number three), split their tourney contests, 2-2.
Springside Chestnut Hill started out its weekend against St. Ann's, falling 0-7 and going into the Consolation bracket. The Lions were also swept by Noble & Greenough, but then fared a little better against Access Youth Academy, losing by a 3-4 count. In local nine-player scholastic matches, SCH's depth down the ladder helped it win a number of bouts, but in the seven-player format at Nationals, many other squads were simply too strong.
Sophomore number two Caroline Canning, freshman number three Francesca Fabiani, and senior number seven Ellie Stout each took one match for the Lions. Another upperclassman, Kelly Brady, led early in the Access encounter, but was overcome in five games.
Access Youth Academy is a program that was started in San Diego to give positive direction to urban youth, and SCH coach Rich Sheppard reported that their number one player, Reyna Pacheco, is set to attend Columbia University next year.


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Rob Caggiano quits Anthrax
Caggiano has been a member of Scott Ian's group for the past decade, but announcing the news on Friday (04Jan13), he revealed he wants to concentrate on producing.
A statement from the guitarist, obtained by Blabbermouth.net, reads: "I'm extremely proud of my time in ANTHRAX. Actually, that's an understatement! We accomplished so many great things together over the years and I shared some of the best times of my life with these guys.
"As a band, we also weathered quite a few storms along the way. It's been a wild ride (to say the least) from Day One and I wouldn't change one single thing about the last 12 years."
He adds, "This is an extremely difficult and emotional decision for me to make, but my heart is just steering me in a different direction right now. I've always been one to follow my heart in everything that I do and while this might be one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make, it feels like the right one for me at this time...
"In this day and age, being a musician isn't always easy - also an understatement - but the fans truly make it worthwhile for me. I hope to see each and every one of you again really soon. The fact that ANTHRAX is at the top of their game right now and totally 'out for blood' after all these years is a testament to this band's longevity and conviction! I'm truly honored to have been a part of their brilliant legacy."
Meanwhile a statement from the group reads: "Rob has been an integral part of ANTHRAX for so many years, as our lead guitarist, in a production capacity, but most of all, as our close friend. His contributions to the band have been enormous. While we are sad that he is leaving, we wish him nothing but great success going forward, and hope to share the stage with him again sometime down the road."


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Something's Gotta Give
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About Something's Gotta Give
Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a perennial playboy with a libido much younger than his years. During what was to have been a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin (Amanda Peet), at her mother's Hamptons beach house, Harry develops chest pains. He winds up being nursed by Marin's reluctant mother Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), a successful, divorced New York playwright. In the process, Harry develops more heart pangs -- the romantic kind -- for Erica, an age-appropriate woman whom he finds beguiling. However, some habits die hard. When Harry hesitates, his charming thirtysomething doctor (Keanu Reeves) steps in and starts to pursue Erica. And Harry, who has always had the world on a string, finds his life unraveling.
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Leave it to the biggest show boaters in professional sports to steal the sports headlines even in their off-season.
The NFL lockout is the most disheartening sports story of the last decade — and possibly the previous one as well. Worse than "(insert star college athlete) receives (insert inappropriate side benefit)" scandals. Worse than officials accepting bribes to tip games. Worse than steroids.
Why? Because it's never been so blatantly obvious that we, the fans, have been completely forgotten.
I won't pretend to understand all the details of this dispute — who wants what, why they can't have it, and why that means no football. I've frequently found it too painful to read articles describing the inability of the billionaire owners and millionaire players to work out how much more money each party is entitled to. I suppose I'm too busy working a part time job so that I can graduate from college debt-free to find time to sympathize with the multi-millionaires who control the most popular professional sports league in America.
It makes me cringe to hear athletes say things like, "I have a family to feed," when faced with the prospect of a pay cut. They have obviously forgotten what's like to actually not be able to feed a family.
Nor are the owners a sympathetic lot. They have apparently not wrapped their collective heads around this fact: without the players, they are just a bunch of old white guys who used to own professional sports teams. If the athletes who are taking years off their life expectancy are responsible for the billions you rake in annually, it might be good form to take care of them after they retire. Just a thought.
Because you don't get rich by owning a professional sports franchise. You get richer.
And it's not just football.
When the New York Yankees offered their aging all-star shortstop, Derek Jeter, $13 million a year until he turns 40, everyone knew that at least half of that money was being spent to keep Jeter, a lifetime Yankee, in pinstripes until he reaches 3,000 hits (update: now on the disabled list for the first time since 2003 — no doubt entirely unrelated to his aging body — Jeter sits at 2,994). The 5-time champion was coming off the worst season of his already Hall of Fame worthy career, and, sadly, most 36-year-old baseball players don't have their best seasons ahead of them.
It was a charity offer. An arguably deserved bonus for the years of dedication, hard work, and, of course, championships.
It was rejected.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman suggested that his team captain shop the market, to see if anyone else would pay $13 million for the receding shortstop. Of course they wouldn't — only in a Yankees jersey is Jeter worth even close to that amount.
But he won, of course. He held all the cards — he is the talent. How much did he ultimately need to take the field? $15 million. Now that's more like it.
At this point, the money has reached such astronomical heights that it's more symbolic than anything. What's the difference between $13 million and $15 million? Between $800 million and $850 million? Do these numbers translate to on-field performance? Do 35 home runs = $7 million, or 2,000 rushing yards = $5 million?
These athletes, and the people who pay them, have lost touch with the people for whom one hour = $8.00 — Americans whose dedication is the only reason anyone would consider shelling out millions upon millions of dollars to someone who is really, really good at catching, throwing, or hitting a ball.
And with so little reciprocation, where does this feeling of dedication come from? In the heat of a close game or playoff series, it seems perfectly natural. But when I step back and think about it, it's completely ineffable.
There is a bizarre sense of loyalty that every passionate sports fan can identify with. It is most often dictated by one's city or state of residence, but certainly not always — for example, I am a diehard Atlanta Braves fan. I have friends — members of the same family, born and raised within the same Vermont household — who root for the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans.
Thousands of miles from Atlanta, St. Louis, and Tennessee, our spirits still rise and fall with the success and failure of our favorite teams. As the recent ESPN tagline tells us: it's not crazy. It's sports.
So if every professional sports league disbanded tomorrow, many of us would feel a strange sense of loss, as though a close friend of ours — or rather, a few hundred — had "broken up" with us. In many ways, our team allegiances have come to feel like parts of our identity. Their absence would be, at first, devastating.
But soon we would discover that professional sports are just like summer blockbusters, American Idol, and Broadway musicals.
If I'm in polite company: forms of entertainment that help us forget the doldrums of everyday life, and luxuries of industrialized societies that have wealth and resources to spare.
If I'm feeling cynical: bread and puppet charades meant to keep us screaming for something besides justice, and engaged with anything but the state of our planet, the luxuries of societies that colonize others and then find no irony in television shows like Survivor. In a world with no resources to spare.
Our lives would continue without the Red Sox, the Raiders, the Lakers or the Sabres. It's hard to imagine, but it's true: our lives would go on. And the billions upon billions of dollars that go into player salaries, owner salaries, stadium construction and upkeep, TV contracts, and advertisements could go toward, perhaps, providing clean water to the 70% of the world that does not have access to it. That might be a good start.
Because at the end of the day, I am in love with the games, not the sports.
The unmatched unity of a football team, where every single player on the field must do his job perfectly to execute a single play. The rage and grace of hockey, where players glide in a fluid dance across the ice — and directly into each other. The inexplicable beauty of baseball, with its flawless dimensions that have made it simultaneously timeless and ever changing.
These are the games I love. Not the athletes and owners who have taken them hostage.
I take solace in that fact that if the NFL can't work out its internal dispute, the game of football isn't going anywhere. So, no, you won't catch me mourning.
At least, not nearly as much as the (former) professional athletes who won't have the American people to cut their paychecks anymore.
Ian Trombulak is a rising senior at Middlebury College, and is interning at the Addison Independent as a news reporter and member of the online team this summer. He likes sports — a lot — and, as with most things he likes, he spends a lot of time thinking about them. He hopes that you enjoy the cathartic weekly release of those thoughts, and that you will share yours as well in the comments below.


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Teenager Sues Parents For Posting Childhood Photos On FB
An 18-year-old woman has done what every child has threatened to...sue her parents for posting embarrassing photos of her as a kid on Facebook.
While it can be social suicide to accept your parent's friend requests on Facebook, most children oblige, tweaking one or two privacy settings. But one set of parents have proven maybe it's safest just not to accept at all.
While it's expected for at least on of your parents to leave the odd embarrassing comment on your wall that was supposed to be for your inbox, a mum and dad from Austria have taken the cake, allegedly posting over 500 childhood photos of their daughter on Facebook...and she's NOT happy.
The photos include pictures of the teenager having her nappy changed and undergoing potty training as a kid.
'They had no shame and no limit and didn't care whether it was a picture of me sitting on the toilet or lying naked in my cot. Every stage was photographed and then made public,' the teenager said.
'I'm tired of not being taken seriously by my parents,' she continued.
She's now suing alleging the photos have made her life a misery and her lawyer Michael Rami says she has a good chance of winning in court.
The teenager's parents have refused to delete the pictures which were reportedly shared with over 700 of their friends on Facebook.
According to reports, the 18-year-old's father is arguing that because he took the photographs it gives him the right to publish them.
The case is set to appear in court in November and if the teenager successfully proves the photos violated her rights to a personal life, she will receive compensation and her parents will also have to fit the bill for her legal costs.


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Now that I'm back and the Detroit Red Wings are now exactly halfway through the 2011-2012 NHL season, it seems like an apt time to grade the team from top to bottom. Before getting started I'd like to put out the caveat that I am not a professional analyst and I'm just writing this out of my love for the team, yadda yadda, and I'm going to do my best to be objective. The postmodernist inside of me says that is impossible, but whenever my academic side tries to show itself in these posts I just hit the delete key to make it go away.
Here we go!
Forwards: A-
Detroit's forwards are not the best in the NHL, but they are definitely within the top five. I say that knowing Detroit is currently 4th in the NHL in goals scored and currently boasts five forwards with ten or more goals. Not bad. Even more impressive is their plus/minus record, with just one forward (Fabian Brunnstrom) in the negatives.
Perhaps the biggest story of the season so far is the solid play of Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, and Jiri Hudler. The trio represents three of our top five scorers and all of them are on pace for 50 or more points. Franzen, at one point, had a legitimate chance at 40 goals but has cooled off in a major way, leading the team with just 16 goals. Filppula has emerged as not only a scoring threat but a versatile playmaker who is just as entertaining to watch as Detroit's more prominent All-Stars, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Oh yeah, we have those guys too. Datsyuk remains a perennial All-Star who should be in line for some trophies near the end of the year and Zetterberg is cruising along with 32 points after struggling offensively in the earlier half of the season.
Discipline is hardly an issue among forwards as Detroit is the league's second least penalized team (behind the Phoenix Coyotes) and our leading PIM gathering forward is Todd Bertuzzi. Of the games I have witnessed it appears that he draws stupid penalties from time to time, but it's not something to complain about.
Overall, Detroit's forwards deserve an A for their scoring prowess and defensive-minded play, but a couple of the forwards have been mildly disappointing with their production. Hopefully, the second half bears more fruit for Tomas Holmstrom and Danny Cleary, who remain solid players regardless of scoring slumps.
Defense: A
As good as Detroit's forwards are, the defense is even better. Nick Lidstrom is still the measuring stick for all defensemen in the NHL and will likely remain so even after he retires from active duty. Their scoring production is right where it should be. Defensively, the Red Wings have given up the 6th least goals in the NHL, and the individual plus/minus of each regular defenseman is in the positives (excluding prospect Brendan Smith, who is -1 in three games).
As Lidstrom's career winds down, there needs to be a successor as the number one defenseman for Detroit. The logical choice is Niklas Kronwall, who has now reached the age of 30 and is in the prime of his career. A very hard hitting Kronwall, who just signed a seven year contract back on Halloween, is a great choice to be the go-to leader on the blueline. His offensive abilities are not as prominent as Lidstrom, but then again there are few defensemen who can compare. For now, Detroit can be satisfied with Lidstrom, Ian White, Kronwall, and Brad Stuart as their top four. There is a possibility that Brad Stuart may not resign with Detroit, as he is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. However, Brendan Smith is an NHL ready defenseman in Detroit's AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, and with some shuffling should be in Detroit's lineup with regularity beginning next season. Combined with Jonathan Ericsson, Jakub Kindl, and veteran journeyman Mike Commodore, Detroit's blueline depth is very impressive. The long term issue of resigning Lidstrom and Stuart doesn't have an impact on how I grade them today, but it's definitely something to be mindful of in the future.
Goaltending: A-
Depending on who you ask, Jimmy Howard is having a phenomenal season that is Vezina Trophy worthy. Thus far Howard leads the league in wins and is top ten in every goaltending category. For Howard, this year marks a true turning point in his professional career. After racking up 37 wins in both of his first two seasons, he is on pace to be very close to tying or surpassing Martin Brodeur's NHL record of 48 wins in a season by a goaltender. It is likely that backup Ty Conklin will see more than the six starts he saw in the first half of the season, but the second half success Detroit needs to secure another division title will be on the back of Jimmy Howard. He's already proven he can handle the pressure of the regular season, and his numbers are up from last year. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Howard's season is that up until December 13th, he only lost five games. During that chunk of the season he won four in a row three times, including a seven game run in late November. Since then he's 6-4 and has seen his numbers take a hit, but it's only a matter of time before this "slump" is curbed.
To conclude, the Detroit Red Wings have earned themselves an A- for the first part of the season. Perhaps it is overcritical of me to give them anything less than an "A" considering they are once again on top of the NHL, but giving an "A" would mean there is no room for improvement. To be frank, their road record is dismal for a division leader. As it stands the Wings have an 11-12 record on the road, which needs to improve if they want to remain the toast of the town. In addition, their penalty kill is still not very good, sitting at 81.2%, good for 23rd in the league. These two issues warrant the A- instead of the solid "A".
Finally, for your viewing pleasure, a video of Johan Franzen punching Steve Montador in the face:


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Courtney Boynton scored 13 points and Penny Jones added 10, but Lipscomb's Lady Bisons could never take control of the game in a 66-51 loss Saturday night to Samford in Birmingham ,Ala., in the first round of the Sheraton Roundball Classic at Birmingham-Southern's Bill Battle Coliseum.
Samford was the early leader in the game, taking a 16-8 advantage at 11:33 of the first half. The Lady Bisons, sparked by four points from Julie Martin during the stretch, took over the lead at 20-18 with a little over eight minutes left.
Samford led 33-39 at intermission.
Samford took over in the second half opening up a 41-31 advantage in the first five minutes.
Jones barely missed a double-double, pulling down a game-high eight rebounds. The Lady Bisons held a 37-35 edge on the boards, the second game in a row where they have out-rebounded the opposition.
The Lady Bisons shot 45.8 percent from the field in the first half, but cooled off to 30 percent in the second half, 37 percent for the game.
Samford is 2-0. The Lady Bisons, 0-2, face Birmingham-Southern Sunday afternoon at 4.


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matt sauri needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 86 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
Three Daughters and a Wet Dog
I am a single dad who has recently purchased a weekend/beach house out on the Hood Canal in Kitsap County, WA. I picked the place up so that it would serve as an escape for me, as i live and work in Seattle. Mainly, i got it so that i could take my kids there and escape the bachelor life that i have when i'm in town. I originally named it 'Three Daughters', but then my youngest daughter, Evelyn (6 years old) decided it should be called 'Three Daughters and a Wet Dog' to reflect the presence of Kenny, a six-year old black lab who doesn't waste any time in taking a swim once we get there.. So, we now call it 3D-Dub-D., after it's initials. I am looking for a logo that can be used for stationary, dormats, and eventually glassware, plates, and possibly painted in a large flat-faced rock that's at the head of the driveway. I should add that the house/property itself represents freedom, intimate family time, and sanctuary. Literal elements inlcude wildlife such as birds, crabs, oysters. it's on a tide system, which allows my daughters to walk for miles on the hard packed sand when the tide is out.
Family and friends. It's not to sell anything, but it'll be used to rally our family together and something that will symbolize the fun we'll have there in years to come.
1. Should not be too cartoonish.
2. Needs to be fun
3. Not too fancy; the 3D-Dub-D letters may or may not be present
4. it needs to be something that can be painted, so needs to be realtively simple
-Feel free to experiment with colors
- .jpg format preferred
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1960: The first mail-out census forms were used in 1960. Census questionnaires were mailed to every household and residents were asked to complete the forms and hold them for collection by an enumerator. When the enumerators collected the initial forms they left a second form with additional questions at 25% of the households. These forms were to be mailed back and checked for accuracy. Phone or in-person interviews were conducted to complete any unanswered questions. [1]
1970: Census forms were again mailed out to all households (20% receiving a long form). "In larger metropolitan areas and some adjacent counties (approximately 60 percent of the United States' population), households were asked to complete and return the questionnaire by mail on April 1, 1970 (resulting in an 87 percent mail back response rate)." As in the 1960 mail-back sample, these forms were reviewed for consistency and completeness. Follow-ups were done when necessary. Census enumerators picked up the questionnaires from the remaining 40% of the population. [1]
1980: The mail-out/mail-back process in 1970 met with such success that the 1980 census was conducted almost entirely by mail, covering greater than 95% of the population. [1]
For genealogists, the census provides invaluable information amid two persistent problems: missing families (the undercount) and misspelled names. Fortunately, both of those issues should become less problematic for future family historians. Misspellings don't matter for federal apportionment of funds, but luckily, with the advent of self-enumeration forms this problem will disappear on its own. The government does, however, care about the problem of the undercount and worked hard to address it in advance of the 1970 census. I haven't found statistics for how many households were thought to be undercounted and hence missing from the census. That makes it difficult to say how effective their measures were.
So what was curb stoning? Since the inception of the census " a small percentage of enumerators completed questionnaires. . . for an individual or multiple households from the curb, without actually conducting an interview or checking the accuracy of their 'guesses.' This practice was motivated, in part, by the requirement to meet quotas or payment for work done on a 'piece-of-work' basis." [1] Tighter controls on the enumeration process helped deal with the problem of "curb stoning" during the transition to the current census-by-mail system. Could this be why I haven't succeeded in locating a few of my people in the census? It's possible, but statistically unlikely. I guess I'll just keep hunting.
Fun fact: Michigan ranked 7th in population in 1940 with about 5.2 million inhabitants. For those of you who want to know, the top six were: New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, California and Texas.
As of April 27th, the indexing of Michigan at Family Search was 7% complete (last night I did a batch from Cass County). If we all do a little indexing we can knock out the 149,720 images for Michigan in . . . well. . . every little bit helps.
1. http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/.
1. http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/.


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Ranger S2H wrote:here an idea: whenever an OTC hits it does 2D10 explosive damage as well, because a wave of pure awesomeness strikes down anyone nearby.
note that the fig holding the OTC, who has to be awesome to use it, is not affected by the awesome-wave because he is awesome himself.
enemy characters that are awesome arent affected as well, as how else could you have an awesome/epic duel with OTC when one of the combatant keeps being blown away?
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Zim - A Desktop Wiki
Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images. Pages are stored in a folder structure, like in an outliner, and can have attachments. Creating a new page is as easy as linking to a nonexistent page. All data is stored in plain text files with wiki formatting. Various plugins provide additional functionality, like a task list manager, an equation editor, a tray icon, and support for version control.
Zim can be used to:
- Keep an archive of notes
- Keep a daily or weekly journal
- Take notes during meetings or lectures
- Organize task lists
- Draft blog entries and emails
- Do brainstorming
Zim handles several types of markup, like headings, bullet lists and of course bold, italic and highlighted. This markup is saved as wiki text so you can easily edit it with other editors. Because of the autosave feature you can switch between pages and follow links while editing without worries.
Although zim now exists for over 3 years there is no "1.0" version yet. This does not mean that the application is particularly un-stable (although making backups is always good practice) or only usable for linux gurus. But it does mean that the feature set is not yet complete (of course everything described in the manual is implemented).


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Pursuant to Notice given all members of the Board of Directors via Electronic Mail, the Monthly Meeting convened upon the President calling the same to order.
The meeting was called to Order by President Wallace and the agenda was pursued as previously distributed via E-Mail. Board Members present were John Wallace, Dave Truitt, Kelly Murphy, Cheryl Walden, Terry McCain, Carl Corson, Monte Bowman and Jane Brandenburg. Also present was new member Rebecca Hull. Welcome Rebecca !
ITEM I: System Administrator's /Content Reports: Terry reported that information on the web server statistics for August will come later by email. She indicated that the Boone County Prosecutor's site is now up and running. Both John and Terry have been in contact with the Tri-Area Library to work with them on creating a web site. The revised BCCN brochure was also circulated for input before Terry prints out new copies this afternoon. She also showed board members a bookmark (the paper variety) with the BCCN name and web site address that can be used for promoting BCCN.
Terry asked for authority to purchase some back-up tapes for the server. The board voted authority to purchase in the neighborhood of $ 300.00 as the approximates cost of same.
Terry brought up the award from INDICO honoring BCCN. As previously advised by e-mail, the INDICO group has acknowledged the virtual postcards on BCCN as an innovative way of promoting Boone County. Terry is preparing a BCCN display for a gathering at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville this evening. She will have information available on BCCN to pass out to those who attend. This is a program sponsored by the library primarily for new residents to the Town of Zionsville.
A new Membership form has been drafted and was passed out to those present for review and comment as well as some notes taken during Terry and Jane's "work session" on possible web sites that could be funded by a portion of the Lilly Grant money when received. Terry reported last on the update of church listings for the web page.
ITEM II: Treasurer's Report: Carl Corson brought forth the current status of the Treasury. Checks received since the last meeting are itemized within his report. The amount of funds transferred from the Lebanon Schools as the former fiduciary agent was reported as $ 11,111.99.The new Treasury balance reported for this meeting was stated as $ 11,135.99. Carl reported a corporate membership for Witham Memorial hospital, and a graphic banner and corporate membership for In-Motion, Internet Service Provider.
ITEM III: BCCN Account w/ Boone County Community Foundation: John reported that the transition between the Lebanon School System and the Boone County Community Foundation has gone well. Ruth Lucas has been contacted by him to provide an update of the year end activities of the corporation. She will have it soon. In the meantime the funds will now earn interest which had not been the case in the past.
ITEM IV: Community Foundation of Boone County / Lilly Grant: The actual receipt of funds may not be until November, perhaps December. John asked Terry and Jane to update the group on their recent committee meetings concerning the proposed use of the funds for the grant funds. John suggested that a committee be formed to investigate the use of funds in line with the grant proposal that was submitted earlier this Spring/Summer. Terry indicated that there is interest from the teacher at WEBO to coordinate work with on this proposal. Kelley did not have a similar person at Lebanon in mind. They recently lost their head computer science teacher, Mr. Loshl. Doyle Dunshee is taking his place and may have a project idea in mind. Matt Loshl had thought previously about compiling teacher info.for dissemination to local groups such as the Chamber of Commerce. This was then to be "burnt" via C.D. This plan was never completed. Cheryl advised that the Library's Hewlitt Packard CD Burner was still upstairs and could be available.
Terry reminded the board that they need to pare down the "wish list" since the award from BCCF was for $50,000 and the request had been $ 55,000.00.
John mentioned that there is a local advertising agency that would be willing to provide some design work for minimum or no cost. Gimmicks and hand-outs may be used as an incentive for new members. One source has ceramic mugs that could be used as a promotional device. Mouse pads, contests, and other suggestions were brought to the attention of the board. Dave suggested that perhaps a coordinated effort with the Boone County Community Foundation could be explored for promotion of membership for both organizations. John will touch base with Lisa John and initiate some conversations. Cheryl mentioned that there is a home school group cooperative that meets at the library. This group has some very technological oriented people that might be a source of use for the funds.
OTHER STUFF: John introduced Rebecca Hull. She is new to our membership and found us on the web.
Next year's meeting places were then discussed. John suggested that the new community room at the BREMC will be done and may be available for daytime meetings. Cheryl is in need of transportation and would be better off staying with the Library as a meeting site.
Terry commented on the shirt she was wearing with an embroidered BCCN logo. Tom had previously initiated this idea. Celestial Designs in Zionsville is the organization that has this available. John suggested that we may want to design a new logo. Maybe a contest could be formulated to obtain one for a free mug or one of the new membership application ! A deal is available for obtaining s promotional mug through December of this year. It is suggested that entries be due by the November board meeting. A prize of some sorts could be offered such as a shirt with the new logo and a years membership.
Last updated: 7 October 1999/jjw.
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Dunn&Co. needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 1 designs submitted by 1 freelance designers.
PD Therapy Positioning
Our healthcare company is having an internal meeting, to take place the same week as the MLB All-Star Game. We are adopting an All-Star theme for the meeting to make things a little more fun.
Meeting attendees
There are essentially three parts to this:
1) The logo: Repurpose the current MLB All-Star Game logo for our meeting.
-Remove the Halo from the top of the star.
-Change "All-Star Game" to "All-Star Team"
-Remove "MLB" and place the meeting name "PD Therapy Positioning" above the words All-Star Team.
-Take out the MLB logo, but keep the rectangle and place the letters "U.S." in that rectangular space. They should fill the space.
- "2010" should stay.
-See attachments for logo.
2) National: See attached for this year's jerseys. We are going to get shirts printed up, so we'll need a graphic for the front.
-For National, please remove the Halo from the "N."
-Everything else is fine as is.
3) American: Same as above, see attached.
-Remove halo from the "A."
-Everything else as is.