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Who would have believed that when Homefront was announced back in 2009, that it would become such a divisive and much-discussed game? The idea that a game from the creator of Red Dawn scribe John Milius, itself a similar story to Red Dawn, could end up being a lightning rod was a strange one indeed. A game that would take a look at the long term implications of the conditions facing our country right now was also a somewhat risky proposition. Then there was also the fact that the enemies in this story were changed from Chinese to North Korean largely in the interests of political correctness. After all of these things have occurred and well after all of the buzz of the initial press has died down, I will take a look at whether or not Homefront is actually a good game.
Homefront takes place in the year 2027, in an occupied and all-but-conquered United States. The North Korean forces have taken over thanks to American economic woes and a well-placed electro-magnetic pulse that severely crippled our defenses. Homefront places you into the role of Robert Jacobs, a former Marine helicopter pilot living in Colorado who is arrested by the North Korean forces for having piloting skills and not answering a draft order. While being taken on a bus ride in views into the realities of day to day life in North Korean-occupied America, Jacobs is rescued by members of the Resistance movement who need his piloting skills for a vital mission they are planning.
This is the set-up for Homefront, a first person shooter taking place in various parts of the United States and taking the form of guerilla-style military operations aimed at crippling North Korean occupying forces. As a first person shooter, the single player campaign of Homefront is very competent. It features a variety of different weapon types and even seems to take into account the differences in stopping power between different types of ammunition. In addition to handguns and rifles, you will have the opportunity to use explosives and remote controlled drone technology, as well as man mounted turrets in vehicles. In the multiplayer component you are actually able to control your own drones, both ground- and air-based, as well as drive various tanks and Humvees and personnel carriers.
The single player campaign is a fairly tight and contained story. I appreciated the fact that this story merely takes place during the course of one major operation. This is not a save-the-world mission but more of a major opening strike in a greater conflict. Some will view this as some type of attempt at creating an artificial cliff-hanger, but I saw it as the ability to tell one complete story, without forcing some wide-scale ending that doesn't fit the story or action offered. Sometimes it is enough to simply tell a smaller story in a larger one and have the ending stand on its own.
As far as set pieces go, Homefront is definitely in the Michael Bay school of large explosions and firefights occurring everywhere you look. The campaign moves along at a swift pace and contains various different types of missions. In one setting you may be running for your life through alleys and backyards and in the next stealthily avoiding enemy forces while judiciously sniping enemies. There is even a rather fun level involving controlling a helicopter and providing support for allies. The variety involved helps keep the game moving forward without being severely repetitive.
As is common amongst modern shooters, Homefront uses a checkpoint system over standard game saves. The checkpoints are fairly well-spaced, and I really only started to get annoyed replaying certain sections a scant few times. The difficulty is pretty much in the middle of easy and hard, containing sections that are simple to complete and a few requiring multiple attempts. The latter situation is largely due to an inconsistent enemy A.I. that is seen in nearly every chapter of the game. As an example, there were times where I was overwhelmed with enemies who kept aggressively advancing towards my position, laying down cover fire and using grenades to keep me pinned down, while at the same type using flankers to surround me. While this was nice, in the same level you would see enemies sometimes just standing there firing at some fixed position, easily in my sights, but not even shooting at me. Still, the fact that enemies occasionally showed intelligence and tactics was quite welcome.
"…by far one of the shortest campaign experiences that I have played in some time."
I would be completely remiss if I did not now address the major issue often associated with Homefront, that being the rather short length of the single player campaign. When they said short, they were not joking, as I clocked in a little over four hours for the campaign, and this included multiple reloads, as I tried to get past a particularly rough spot. This makes Homefront by far one of the shortest campaign experiences that I have played in some time.
Having said this, I do have a few comments regarding Kaos Studios' campaign effort. First, I felt an emotional connection, if you will, between the atrocities that I was witnessing and how I played the game. There were some rather disturbing scenes that made me anxious to punish the North Korean forces. There is one scene in particular that likely sits atop my list of the most uncomfortable moments I have ever experienced in a game. I won't ruin it for those who check it out, only to reiterate that the experiences of your character in the single-player campaign are engaging and at points disturbing. This ability to evoke in me an emotional response means that the campaign was at least capable enough to keep me interested in playing from start to finish, while wishing for more content when the credits started rolling.
The multiplayer component of Homefront is actually fairly substantial in terms of features and content offered. It offers up the now-standard class system, where you can initially chose from a handful of pre-loaded roles. These roles consist of the standard sniper, explosives expert, assault trooper, etc. Each one of these roles offers a set alignment of weapons, abilities, and upgrades that you can buy as well as the ability to customize and rename these roles. The abilities range from things like carrying more grenades to faster reloads and even more armor for your drones, just to name a handful.
One of the unique aspects of Homefront's multiplayer is the ability to purchase additional equipment for your character. Points that are used to purchase this equipment, called Battle Points, come from completing various mission objectives, as well as getting kills. There is also a rather fun bonus that comes from killing a wanted enemy. Enemies become wanted as they gain numerous kills in a row. When this happens, their general location is displayed to all opposing forces who often immediately radar into to their location and try to take them out. In larger 32-player games, this is all but a death sentence. Having sixteen or so opponents hunting you down adds a new layer of suspense. In a genre of clones, this is just one of those little elements that helps set Homefront apart from the rest of the pack.
While this is not new, Homefront does feature the rank structure, which allows you to gain experience points from killing opponents and securing strategic points. These ranks then allow you to unlock new weapons and abilities for your character, as well as scopes and other equipment designed to help make your character stand out a bit from your fellow gamers. Of course the downside to this system is the inevitable "grind" that occurs as it, can take hours, if not days, of playing to reach the highest ranks in order to unlock the desired equipment. Meanwhile those who have to time to play the game non-stop will lay waste to you at times with their superior equipment and firepower. This is not so much a negative as it is the reality of online shooter games out today.
"…a largely stable multiplayer experience…"
Despite some initial instability issues at launch, Homefront offered up a largely stable multiplayer experience, and I was only booted from a game once for no reason that I could discover while never experiencing any noticeable lag, even in a 32-player game with vehicles on the ground and in the air. My only real gripe was that sometimes it felt like the shooting was off. Having fired and owned firearms for much of my life I know that it is truly impossible to outrun a bullet. Yet in battle after battle, I would have a target aimed in and release a small burst and still have the opponent do the Matrix move around it. I was also quite disappointed with the sniper rifle and the damage it delivered. Time and again I fired sniper rounds at prone enemies, hitting them in the head, only to be amazed at them getting up and running off. I understand the fear of snipers being over-powered, but it got ridiculous over time.
Graphically I felt like Homefront was a fairly good-looking game. The character models and their expressions were top-notch and lent an air of realism that helped move the story and its characters along. The settings were depressing, but very well delivered, conveying a sense of an America that is no longer like the one in which we live. This new America is drab, the buildings all tattered and damaged, and the people largely hidden wherever they can find a place to stay. The truly touching things, like children's toys lying scattered on the ground or park equipment, lent a sad empty feeling to one's surroundings. The set pieces were truly stunning from a graphical standpoint, featuring amazing uses of fire, a high school field that I will never forget, and even the Golden Gate bridge. However, with just a few exceptions, this game stuck to the suburbs and smaller locations, avoiding urban areas.
The sound effects and voice acting offered were also pretty top notch. The characters seemed to come to life, voiced by solid voice actors that lent a quasi-cinematic feel to the game. The weapon effects seemed to at least attempt to lend some realism in terms of having different sound effects for the different weapons available. Then again, anybody firing that many rounds and explosives without hearing protection would likely have severe hearing loss by now anyways.
Homefront to me was an engaging single-player experience that was far too brief to be fully satisfying. I don't fault the designers for keeping the story small, but I do fault them for not offering at least a few more hours of gameplay. Since its release and initial critical bashing, the developers seemed to have taken note of the overall displeasure shown towards the length of the single player, and they mentioned making sure the sequel avoided this. I would like to see the release of some downloadable content that extends this game, but am not holding my breath all the same.
The multiplayer component was solid and I always found a game with enough players to make it engaging. Although not a major fan of multiplayer shooters, I have found myself returning to the game several times the past few days, attempting to increase my rank and unlock a few more weapons and pieces of equipment. For those tired of their current FPS multiplayer of choice, they should give Homefront a look.
In the end, the overall experience offered was enough for me to enjoy my game and feel satisfied by my purchase. For those concerned with the short length of the single-player campaign and those who are not big multiplayer shooter fans, this will likely not be the game for you. The story itself was not so engaging, so much as the way it is presented and the emotions that it evokes are engaging. For me, Homefront was a promising first entry in a franchise that is all but confirmed to have a sequel in the works.


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Four Apps That Make Garden Design And Planning Simple
With summer now upon us, more and more homeowners are venturing out into their backyards and considering a variety of outdoor landscaping ideas and activities. One of the most popular ways to brighten up any area is by creating a garden: not only will it add appeal to your backyard, but it will also furnish healthy food for you and your family to enjoy. Like most things these days, technology has influenced the way in which we plan and handle gardening. In the following article, we will discuss four mobile applications that are empowering users to embrace their green thumbs and create the garden of their dreams.
Garden Pro
Available on iOS devices, Garden Pro's interface allows users to create lists of plants to create just about any type of garden imaginable. With over 7,000 plants included in the app, you will be able to explore growing conditions and photos of shrubs, fruits, vegetables, conifers and more. Once you have made the right selections for your planned garden, you can use Garden Pro to generate a comprehensive pest and disease guide to ensure each plant has the maximum chance of thriving. Currently priced at $1.99, you can download Garden Pro via the iTunes App Store.
Landscaper's Companion
Landscaper's Companion is a premium app available on both iOS and Android devices, and currently costs $4.99 to download. Functioning more like an encyclopaedia than all-around gardening app, the database contains more than 20,000 entries for just about any plant in the garden. Covering every continent, users can find the best domestic and imported varieties for their gardens without spending hours cross-referencing climate details, as this information is clearly displayed with each entry. Even a novice gardener will find care-taking to be easy and straightforward, thanks to the vital information Landscaper's Companion provides.
Garden Tracker
For those who need to visualise the essence of their future gardens without digging or tilling prior, Garden Tracker is a great app – available for Android and iOS – that lets users create custom plots, plant vegetables and track their progress from a mobile device. Your digital gardens can be up to 2500 square feet in size, allowing ample room for planting vegetables, fruits and other ornamental plants. You'll be able to enter valuable information such as the last time each plant has been fertilised or watered, as well as seeing how many expected days are left until harvest (for select plants). You can download this app currently for $1.99 from the Android Marketplace and the iTunes App Store.
Beginner's Gardening Guide
Helpful for those who have never gardened before, the Beginner's Gardening Guide provides a load of basic information pertaining to watering, fertilising, soil types and dozens of popular design plans for ornamental and agricultural gardens. Combining a variety of images and text, the app is fairly simple in its layout but is jam-packed with valuable details on how to make it through those first few weeks as a new gardener. Available on Android devices, the Beginner's Gardening Guide app is a free download.
Today's feature writer, Arnold Gregg, is a freelance designer and part time blogger. Having worked with a few landscape contractors in Toronto, he is quite fond of landscapes and greenery. He is also tech geek who likes to spend time with latest gadgets and apps on his smartphone.

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2012 Thunder Girls Swimsuit Calendar Unveiled to Public on Friday
OKLAHOMA CITY, Tuesday, Nov. 8 – The Oklahoma City Thunder today announced that the 2012 Thunder Girls swimsuit calendar will be unveiled to the public on Friday, Nov. 11 at Riverwind Casino beginning at 7 p.m. Fans can meet the entire Thunder Girls dance team, purchase the calendar and receive autographs at the event.
The 12-month calendar, featuring all 20 Thunder Girls, will be on sale for $15 at the launch party. This is the only time the entire team will be together for a public appearance. After Friday's event fans can purchase the calendar by visiting the Thunder Shop or following the Thunder Girls on Facebook (facebook/thundergirls) to see where their next calendar appearance will be.
The 2012 Thunder Girls calendar was photographed at Turner Falls State Park and the Wichita Mountains. The 2011-12 Thunder Girls are presented by Riverwind Casino.
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Hi, I'm trying to find the descendants of Vera Mae Paddock who married Paul John Prisbrey (1920-1991) on 12-22-1944. Vera's parents are Christie Bond and William Valentine Paddock. I descend from Christie's sister Nora Viola Bond who married Benjamin Franklin Wadsworth who are my gg grandparents. Christie's siblings are William Archie Bond, Effie Leora and Nora Viola Bond. Any info on these families would be very appreciated. Thanks! I do know that Vera has more than one sibling but I only know the name of one brother who lives in Utah and his name is Ralph Paddock.


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28 November 2016
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Organisations taking advantage of the cloud risk their data. So it's critical they deploy prevention-focused security architecture, as our whitepaper explains.
The benefits of moving to the cloud.
If it puts the security of your data at such risk from cyber criminals, why would organisations choose to move to the cloud? Well, the benefits of the cloud are so good that they make the increased risk worthwhile.
Some of the positives include extra organisational agility, more opportunity to innovated and lower costs — through reduced capital and operating expenses. It's also the best way to take advantage of virtualisation, which is why so many organisations have already migrated to the cloud.
The risks of moving to the cloud.
The broader distribution of data and applications in the cloud increases the risks — because there are more 'ins' for cybercriminals to exploit. And the goal of our whitepaper, 'Securely enabling cloud adoption', is to guide organisations through the security considerations this raises.
Organisations must concentrate on a prevention-focused security architecture for cloud deployment — designed to stop threats across all potential attack vectors. To help, our whitepaper outlines all the key questions to ask, and rules to follow, when establishing your cloud strategy. And it will help organisations take advantage of the cloud, while remaining confident that they're not leaving themselves exposed to new cyber security risks.
The three fundamental questions.
The key questions to consider when adopting cloud services, include:
1. Who's really responsible for our data?
You. In public cloud environments, as the data owner, you're responsible for your data — not the cloud service provider (CSP). And although the CSP will secure the underlying infrastructure, the safety of your applications and data is your responsibility. So you need a consistent security posture.
2. Who has access to our applications and data?
A role-based access policy can help mitigate the risk of data loss. Although the CSP will have authorisation messages in place, it's important you decide who should have access and whether additional assurance is required.
3. What happens if there's a security breach?
What kind of support will the CSP give if there's a breach? It's important to know this before launching a cloud strategy.
Greg Day, VP and CISO EMEA, Palo Alto Networks, says: "Armed with answers to these questions, executives will be well placed to exercise their risk management duties to their organisations."
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Just a few thoughts on my conference experience here while the impressions are fresh. But this might ramble around a bit. I'm posting this from Flickr so I can't easily make links … I'll try to add them from outside China.
First I was treated the whole time like a valued professional, by Jeff Utecht and all the people associated with the conference whose names are a blur right now. That might sound as an odd comment, but day in and day out that is not always the norm for teachers. I've never worked harder at a conference in my life, but thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. I'd come back in a flash!
I found it interesting that bandwidth is a consistent struggle at edtech conferences, and that unfortunate fact continued here. However, beyond that the way the conference worked was mainly very well. Each morning the 1st 2 sessions were run like conferences you have probably attended. But after those sessions things changed. Based on your experiences and learning in those sessions attendees could Twitter requests for "follow-up†unconference sessions and/or we could just pick a topic that seemed of interest and offer it up as a possibility. Then a room was assigned and that session popped up on the Ning and the session started. I was in 3 Skype sessions Friday because I offered it once and it just kept getting requested. I was worried I'd become the "Skype Guy.†But Friday I did Web 2.0 unconference sessions and one on getting people off the dime and changing what school looks like and another that was just a general question answering, sharing, encouragement seeking kind of mash-up session that I can't even remember what the original topic was.
The school was a palace compared to most schools I've worked in and the facilities were incredible.
Most of the attendees teach at "American Schools†in China, Thailand, Qatar, Singapore, and the rest of Asia. And most of these schools have enough tech to fill your wildest integration dreams. But guess what? They are also struggling to deal with the pedagogy of what that looks like … except they have the tech. What a perfect example of what happens when you don't change the pedagogy but expect the tech to change it for you. What is worse is you've invested all that money in technology that is aging every day. And we have known this for 25 years! The good news is that there is a core group that gets that all too well. What will be worth watching is what transpires over the next few years. Will they get this done and become the model many have sought for years? A group of K-12 schools successfully changing what school looks like? Or another disappointment? I already knew some of the people in that core group, and now I have met more. They just might pull this off. I'll be Watching.
It sure is tempting to come and be part of it too!
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Gettysburg, Pa. A 1970s steel observation tower that preservationists say desecrated the hallowed ground of Gettysburg was demolished Monday on the anniversary of the battle that saved the Union.
The 393-foot tower was blown up with 10 pounds of explosives as part of a National Park Service campaign to remove modern structures and return the Gettysburg Battlefield to the way it looked in 1863.
The $2.5 million tower, erected on private land on the edge of the national park, opened to tourists in 1974 over the objection of park officials. Last month, a federal judge ruled the government could seize the site. The government set aside $3 million to compensate the owners.
On Monday, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt led the countdown. Civil War buffs staging an annual war reenactment fired off two artillery pieces, one Union and one Confederate, that were pointed at the tower.
A moment later, as smoke from the cannons swirled, the explosives at the base of the tower were detonated, and the structure collapsed into a parking lot.
The demolition came 137 years to the day after Union forces turned back Pickett's Charge, a Confederate assault led by Gen. George Edward Pickett.
For preservationists, the destruction of the Gettysburg National Tower was a fitting end for a structure many considered an abomination on a landscape that was dedicated by Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address.
"To a preservationist, demolition is almost always an ugly word," Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "But not today. Today, we're doing something right."
"We're just anxious to see the monstrosity go down. It destroys the authenticity of the battlefield," said David Holtzclaw, a history buff who had a front seat for the demolition. "When you try to picture in your mind what happened here 137 years ago, that destroys it. I'm happy to see it go."
The National Park Service also plans to restore fences, orchards and lanes that were present in 1863 and remove modern buildings that sit on the battlefield.
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St Helen's School were crowned the top girls school team and won two events at the English Schools' Swimming Association Primary Schools Team Championships.
One of three teams representing London at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, St Helen's had qualified for the 4x25m medley and the freestyle relays after winning the regional round at Woodside Stadium in March.
Both the medley and freestyle events consisted of three heats and the top 16 qualified for the A and B finals.
St Helen's reached the A finals in both events, after being ranked third in the medley and first in the freestyle.
The team of Rosie Joslin, Amirah Otulana, Zara Hills, Simi Unercat and Irena Heppard subsequently won the medley final, touching the wall in a time of 1.05.58.
St Helen's qualified in first place for the final of the freestyle and in a fiercely-contested climax to the competition, emerged as winners, Joslin clawed back the places from fourth in the final leg.
Head of PE at St Helen's Jane Hurt said: "The competition was one of the most exciting and draining experiences of my life.
"The girls were superb and I am so glad to have witnessed their huge achievement."
All of the girls are members of Hillingdon Swimming Club and club coach Leslie Westendorp said: "Amirah, Irene, Rosie, Simi and Zara, did extremely well. They really demonstrated what happens when you train hard and are enthusiastic about your sport."


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27 October 2016
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The word 'digital' is everywhere, it's no longer just in the domain of the IT department. I work in Marketing and digital is a huge part of mine, and all my colleagues, jobs. But it's not just Marketing, it's part of the day-to-day conversation across the organisation.
Last year McKinsey published research suggesting that companies need to integrate digital capabilities into all aspects of business. Its analysis of companies with a high 'digital quotient' – the digital maturity of a company and its ability to be competitive in an era of technological disruption - revealed 90 per cent of top performing organisations have fully embedded digital initiatives in place.
The same principle remains true today. In order to withstand the pressures of digital transformation, companies must weave the digital thread into every fibre - from processes and data, to operations and people. As a result, changes are taking place at every level. In turn, this is reflected in representation at the boardroom table. So what does this mean for the CIO? Who is responsible for digital transformation?
The CIO: deeper into the boardroom
According to our recent CIO research, pushing out digital strategy organisation-wide is viewed as the biggest obstacle to digital transformation by 43 per cent of senior IT professionals. While 39 per cent feel the biggest test is developing new business models to cope with increased connectivity and engagement, and 31 per cent think the onus is on recruiting talent with appropriate digital skills.
It's not surprising that 86 per cent of large companies now possess a CDO. That role differs from the CIO in two main ways; sole responsibility for digital vision and development (48 per cent) and a greater focus on innovation (44 per cent). Interestingly, there is a considerable difference in the appointment of CDOs by country. In Belgium and the UK & Ireland, only 60 and 68 per cent of companies, respectively, have a CDO. In both Australia and Netherlands, by contrast, 97 per cent of organisations have appointed a CDO. The research shows that CIOs still remain firmly responsible for deciding on IT strategy at board level, IT budget and maintenance of infrastructure.
With this in mind, the smart CIOs are pro-actively encouraging feedback across the business and welcoming CDOs with open arms. By leveraging great ideas from the business and working together, the digital and IT strategies will complement each other.
So who is responsible for digital transformation? Everyone.
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King: Why the Affordable Care Act was a bad idea
Updated 3:32 pm, Wednesday, July 4, 2012
I am taking a break from our discussion about population trends to make a few observations about the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court's decision last week to uphold most of it. I know it is hard to imagine that anything new can be said on the subject, but fools rush in …"
Since the ACA was originally passed, I have been asked many times about my opinion about the merits of act. My answer has always been the same. I have no idea.
The law is 2,700 pages long and I have not devoted the time to read the entire bill, much less done any kind of detailed analysis. Second, even if I had the time and inclination to study the law, I do not have the expertise in the health care industry to understand it. Third, even if a person has the time, inclination and expertise, there is no way anyone can anticipate all of the unintended consequences that will come from such a massive overhaul of our health care system.
But without being able to pass judgment on the ultimate merits of the law, I still believe passage of the ACA was a bad idea because doing so violated two rules that should be cardinal in public policy and politics.
First, we should not undertake radical public policy changes absent a clear and present crisis. The history of this country is littered with examples of well-meaning laws that had disastrous unintended consequences. There is widespread disagreement on the effect of the ACA on the number of Americans who will be able to obtain health insurance, its impact on the economy and public budgets and the way in which medicine is practiced, even in the short term. To predict what effect it will have over the course of several decades is pure hubris.
If there is no immediate crisis, our country would be better served by less dramatic, incremental changes, followed by enough time to adequately judge the efficacy of such course corrections.
The second principle is that significant policy changes should not be undertaken when supported by a small majority. A poll last week found that a dead-even 46 percent of Americans agreed and disagreed with the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the constitutionality of the ACA. Few issues have so equally divided popular opinion. Before the court's decision, polls generally show a small majority of Americans opposed the act and only a few showed it having the support of a slim majority.
While we like to say the majority rules, our entire system is a study in restraining small majorities from imposing their will on the rest of the country. One Democrat in Congress recently told me the lesson of the ACA was that "you cannot do the big things without bipartisan support." Amen to that.
It may be decades before the tally will be in on the ACA from a public policy view. But from political perspective, the results are in. And they are not good.
President Obama and the Democrats won a significant victory in the 2008 election that allowed them to cram the ACA down the throats of about half the country that did not want it. By using so much political capital on health care, they opened themselves to the criticism that they were not concerned about the economy. But when Americans are asked the most important issue facing the country, the economy scores roughly 10 times higher than health care.
The ACA's passage unquestionably provided much of the fuel for the stunning Republican turnaround in the 2010 election. The president has maintained that as Americans learn more about the particular provisions in the legislation, its popularity will rise. And indeed, polling consistently shows that particular provisions of the ACA, such as forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions and allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance, enjoy much higher levels of support than the act does as a whole.
Of course, that begs the question of why the president did not just ask Congress to enact those provisions that had widespread support. That would have represented measured, incremental change. I dare say that if he had done so and then moved quickly to the economy, he would likely now be coasting to a comfortable re-election instead being in a virtual dead heat with Mitt Romney.
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Summary : Adding References for Custom Style Sheets (CSS) in Layout and Master Pages in SharePoint 2013,Add Reference to Custom Css in Layout & Master Pages – SharePoint 2013
In this article we will talk about some Important things that you need to Consider while adding a reference to a CSS File in Layout & Master Pages of SharePoint 2013.
Typically, a Css reference added in thetag of the Master Page is responsible for applying all the styles on a Master Page.For Layout Pages, the styles can be added to either the default Css of Master page or into a separate CSS which will be added exclusively for Layout Pages.
Adding Style Sheet\CSS for Master Page –
In SharePoint 2013, by default, Style sheets such as corev15.css is added in the <head> tag. This default Style Sheet contains Styles that apply to various Components such as Navigation, Search etc in the Master Page. To Override these styles you can either make Changes to the default Css or add a reference to your Custom Css that will Override Styles defined in the default Css file of the Master Page. Overriding Styles with Custom Css is easy but a simple rule here to remember is that you should place the link to your Custom .css file just before the closing </head> tag, so that it overrides the default SharePoint style sheets such as corev15.css.
Adding Styles for Layout Pages –
While Creating Custom Layout pages, you might want to add exclusive CSS styles that should render just for the Pages with the Layout that you Created.In this case, the CSS reference should be added in such as way, that when the page loads, the Layout page styles are applied after styles for the master page. A simple way to do this is by adding a reference to your .css file in PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead Content placeholder Instead of the <head> tag of the master page.
After adding a reference in PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead Content placeholder, when a site visitor browses a page that uses this page layout, this additional page head gets merged into the end of the head of the master page—so, styles for the page layout are applied after styles for the master page.
In addition to adding the .css in the Place holder there are two more things that you need to Consider
1. An attribute ms-design-css-conversion="no" should also be added to the .Css reference for excluding the style sheet from theming.
2. The link to the style sheet should appear after the lines commented <!–SPM.
If you have different device channels, you likely want your page layouts to render differently for different channels. In that scenario, you include one or more device channel panels inside PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead, and then include a link to channel-specific CSS files inside each channel panel.
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Leuven.Inc's mission, established in 1999, was to build a permanent bridge between knowledge centers, high-tech entrepreneurs, enterprises and their socio-economic partners.
Through its networking events Leuven.Inc aimed at creating a communication platform where young starters, scientists and technology growth companies meet and knowledge and expertise are shared. It has become a network of members with areas of expertise ranging from micro electronics, engineering, health and medical research, to ICT, life sciences, food and materials and many more.
The overall goal is to create a healthy and dynamic, future-oriented and expanding prosperity in the region of Leuven, Flanders and beyond.
Leuven.Inc actively participated in the international network of the knowledge community, forging bonds and opening new channels of communication beyond boundaries, always putting an emphasis on the advantages of the Leuven region as an essential junction of a global knowledge and network economy.
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It's a source of daily frustration that the films of Max Ophuls are not more widely available, and BAM's extensive retrospective comes like a long-awaited oasis of rare and incomparable cinema. At the moment, only Lola Montes (1955), Ophuls' final film and only one in color, is available on DVD. The film is the perfect culmination of a career dedicated to illicit affairs and turbulent passions; tortured women caught between their desires and society's strict mores; and a swirling, mobile camera that expresses life's fatalistic merry-go-round unlike anyone else's before or since.
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Canberra: The Australian Federal Government is set to spend almost 1.1 billion Australian dollars (about $806 million) in the next four years to promote business-based research, development and innovation with an "ideas boom".
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the announcement here on Monday morning, ABC reported.
A key focus of the plan revolves around strengthening ties between the business community, universities and scientific institutions.
A 200 million Australian dollars innovation fund will co-invest in businesses that develop technology from the CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Australian universities.
Early stage investors in start-up businesses will get a 20 percent non-refundable tax offset and a capital gains tax exemption. Those investing in new early stage venture capital partnerships will get a 10 percent offset.
Turnbull said the changes would help Australia transition away from the mining boom.
"Our innovation agenda is going to help create the modern, dynamic 21st century economy Australia needs. Unlike a mining boom, it is a boom that can continue forever," the prime minister said.


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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — NATO ships are starting to arrive in Norfolk to take part in a military readiness exercise with U.S. forces.
10 On Your Side got a sneak peek on board a Turkish ship. It's the first Turkish warship to visit the U.S. in 15 years. During its visit, Turkish Sailors will get a chance to enjoy the Hampton Roads community before going back to the sea for training.
"We just completed a fleet exercise along with our Canadian allies, who have sailed down with us from Halifax, Nova Scotia," a Turkish official said.
A German ship is already in Norfolk, and a Canadian ship will arrive later in the week.


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Memorial Day is just a few weeks away, but procrastinators still have time to grab a cheap summer vacation. Some popular spots still have lots of availability and big sales. Kelli Grant, Senior Consumer Reporter for SmartMoney.com, gives you five suggestions to consider.
Orlando typically has good summer deals, but they're even better this year. Hotel prices are down 7% compared with last year, to an average $146. There's also wider availability as timeshare owners try to rent their properties. You could get a three-bedroom rental for $700 per week. Just check cancellation policies in case of a hurricane or other summer storms.
Las Vegas prices have yet to recover. The average hotel rate is $99, a 6% drop compared with last year. With a package, travelers might do even better. A round-trip flight from New York and four nights in June can be as cheap as $500 per person. Of course, Las Vegas is literally, as well as figuratively, hot. The average summer temperatures top 100.
Exchange rates have also become more favorable over the past year, with a dollar buying 27% more. Travelers can expect to see substantial savings in resort towns such as Los Cabos, Puerta Vallarta and Cancun, Mexico with deals of roughly 50% off. Experts suggest reviewing travel advisories before booking. The State Department has suggested deferring non-essential travel to some areas.
A slow winter season has made hotels more competitive during the usually slow summer season in Colorado. Some deals are as much as 60% off. Vacation rental markets like Breckenridge still have 69% availability for summer rentals, and rates for a one-bedroom may be as cheap as $89. But overnight temperatures can still dip into the 30s and 40s in some areas, which may turn off travelers looking for a warmer trip.
Travelers willing to wait until the end of summer for a vacation can already find deals of 30% to 50% off regular hotel rates in Hawaii. Timing may be tricky though. Many of the deals kick in just as schools and colleges are back in session. Plus, airfare may make up for those great lodging discounts. The cheapest round-trip fares between Los Angeles and Honolulu during August come in at roughly $400.
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Please enjoy these Quotes about Vernacular and Friendship from my collection of Friendship quotes.
I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual,
the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.
- David Antin
Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God,
in the vernacular language.
- Hans Kung
Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art.
Only on the margins does growth occur.
- Joanna Russ
I don't know the rules of grammar...
If you're trying to persuade people to do something,
or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language,
the language they use every day, the language in which they think.
We try to write in the vernacular.
- David Ogilvy
This African American Vernacular English shares most
of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English.
But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different
from standard English than any other dialect spoken
in continental North America.
- William Labov
To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country,
to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed
from the Western nomenclature,
and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying
knowledge to the great mass of the population.
- Thomas B. Macaulay
What is American music? The most satisfying answer
I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort
with the vernacular which is diverse and regional;
it's not one particular set of sounds.
- Carlisle Floyd
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I'm not saying that there weren't other inherent problems
with the score that couldn't have been overcome with a bit of remixing,
but why did they ask me to do it, and why did Griffin
ask me to do it this way,
for a film that had nothing to do with American vernacular?
- Michael Nyman
The whole path of American music has been so much about
the recognition of stylistic diversity,
and the recognition of the importance of music which
was from one of the vernacular traditions.
- Michael Tilson Thomas
However, research in the years that followed found
that in many of its important features,
African American Vernacular English was becoming not less,
but more different from other dialects.
- William Labov
We want a vernacular in art.
No mere verbal or formal agreement, or dead level of
uniformity but that comprehensive and harmonizing unity
with individual variety which can be developed among
people politically and socially free.
- Walter Crane
The crops were planted, tended, and harvested -
now the ground lies fallow, awaiting the new planting.
Did the year fail? I think not.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot.
- Dixie Lee Ray
Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body
who tended to be quite active.
I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.
- John Searle
Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role.
- Dinah Sheridan
What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences
to get into someone else's mind,
like in Wuthering Heights.
- Kate Bush
I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward,
during surgery, or while drawing blood.
- Michael Crichton
The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500.
Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
- Jack Kilby
When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very
frightened for their children,
so you tended to be isolated.
I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.
- Francis Ford Coppola
I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that
improve the way business gets done.
- Jim Barksdale
Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more
people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.
- Douglas Wilson
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories,
many her own invention.
She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
- Tanith Lee
I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed,
because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a
thing or take a thing away,
and nearly always been wrong.
- Elvis Costello
Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on,
when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
- Sheena Easton
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere
great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
- Irving Babbitt
I have always tended toward a lush prose style,
but I take care to modulate it from story to story
and to strip it down entirely when necessary.
- Jeff Vandermeer
What I have known with respect to myself,
has tended much to lessen both my admiration,
and my contempt, of others.
- Joseph Priestley
Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up,
because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
- Linus Torvalds
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
- Woody Allen
The possession of arbitrary power has always,
the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility,
magnanimity, and truth.
- Frederick Law Olmsted
In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down,
and everybody walked in front of it and acted,
and then they all walked off.
Cutting was quite infrequent.
- Bruce Beresford
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their
attention on the building as a static object.
I believe dynamics are more important:
the dynamics of people,
their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
- John Portman
But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come
back to the networks and the people who had been our
core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.
- Bob Schieffer
But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses
around the world and things tended to offset each other.
But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
- Jim Cantalupo
I'm working seven days a week in the fall.
I couldn't possibly keep that up.
This is only for the fall.
In the last couple of years I've tended to do most
of my serious writing in the winter,
when there's nothing going on with football.
- Gregg Easterbrook
The whole action of the laws tended to increase the
number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers,
was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population.
- Henry Charles Carey
Our career path has tended to be the most perverse
and contrary approach to the entertainment industry imaginable,
while at the same time doing the kinds of things that you have to do,
the videos, the photos and all that sort of stuff.
- Peter Garrett
You know, sitting in the car when they got back in and -
first of all,
it was relief.
I was not - there were two get away cars or switch cars they were called.
And, you know, the group tended to include everyone.
- Patty Hearst
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea,
the pilots tended to drop them too far inland -
some of them actually in the British lines.
The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops,
which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties.
- Kurt Student
A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to,
especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give
up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives,
previous life as it were.
But, I don't think that one should do that.
- Dave Davies
Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old,
but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected,
which means that so far over 12 million African children
have been orphaned because of AIDS.
- Marvin Olasky
Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters.
I can't remember in the Sea of Time.
I would tend to do that all the time,
you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things.
Just to get effects.
- George Martin
He makes me laugh, Mick!
He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all.
He bought an Enigma machine!
I've never worked with a producer who was more famous
than everyone put together.
- Saffron Burrows
I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language
definition completely open -
any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages
whose inventors tried to keep tight control,
and consequent ill fate.
- Dennis Ritchie
Americans, particularly after World War II,
tended to romanticize war because in World War II our
cause was the cause of humanity,
and our soldiers brought home glory and victory,
and thank God that they did.
But it led us to romanticize it to some extent.
- Neil Sheehan
I have always thought that the rapid economic development
of South Africa would in the long run prove to be incompatible
with the government's racial policies,
and recent events have tended to confirm my opinion.
- Harry Oppenheimer
Every step in the progress of this study has tended
to obliterate the technical barriers by which logicians
have sought to separate the inquiries relating to the
several parts of man's nature.
- Richard Owen
It is obvious that the greatest and most important
service that is required of our agriculture under existing
conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.
- David F. Houston
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,
are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
- Frederick Douglass
What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes,
Bolsheviks and drunkards!
- Ernest Poole
Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop,
and often does well on old meadows or waste land that
can be broken after the more exacting crops are planted.
- David F. Houston
Back in 1983, the United States government approved
the release of the first genetically modified organism.
In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.
- Jeremy Rifkin
We can grow crops less expensively because molecular
manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.
- Ralph Merkle
The duty of the individual farmer, at this time,
is to increase his production, particularly of food crops.
- David F. Houston
Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country,
but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical
crop to Illinois farmers.
- John Shimkus
There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England.
Pure enigma.
- Ken Kesey
The most effective step that may be taken to increase
the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage
devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually.
- David F. Houston
Though large herds of deer do much harm to the neighbourhood,
yet the injury to the morals of the people is of more
moment than the loss of their crops.
- Gilbert White
It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon;
which raises the fear that it may not be long before
we're paying somebody not to.
- Franklin P. Jones
Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply
with a variety of federal,
state, and local regulations as they grow the crops
and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world.
- Ike Skelton
The southward advance of native African farmers with
Central African crops halted in Natal,
beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow -
with enormous consequences for the recent history of South Africa.
- Jared Diamond
That's not all our crops can do.
We are also learning how to transform plants into factories.
We can now raise plants that will create enzymes that
would otherwise be created in chemical factories.
- Thomas Carper
But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer.
I never thought, gee, I would like to farm,
and I want to raise these crops.
I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
- Sam Donaldson
A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his
farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him.
Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and
a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.
- Antoine Lavoisier
Washington state's 2nd Congressional District is a
major producer of small fruit crops such as raspberries and strawberries.
This research center is doing important work to help
farmers enhance the quality,
yield and marketability of their small fruit crops.
- Rick Larsen
We all live on the same planet, it is our only home,
we used to rotate crops back in the day and,
you know, who cares if you're going to make a profit
if everybody's too dead or glowing in the dark to be
able to purchase anything.
- Michael Berryman
Ranchers need clean water for their stock,
farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business,
and every living thing needs it for life...
The law needs to be clear to protect water quality
and the rights of landowners.
- Mark Udall
Be alert. The most important things in life
are seldom the most obvious.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The problems of the world cannot possibly
be solved by skeptics or cynics
whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities.
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
- John F. Kennedy
The most important things in life
are seldom the most obvious.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The obscure we see eventually.
The completely obvious,
it seems, takes longer.
- Edward R. Murrow
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text: Steve Earle is all over the map on his new album, and not just Tennessee or even the South. Transcendental Blues is an intermittently twangy, often trippy and, yes, generally transcendent outing. The perspicacious Earle references Indian music on the title track, a droning, modal blues for the ages, and assays a Celtic-bluegrass hybrid on "The Galway Girl," cementing a kind of stylistic mother-and-child reunion that sounds both natural and novel. Earle travels along the temporal dimension to the Sixties for the harp-happy Dylanesque romp "Steve's Last Ramble," and the garage-rocking "All of My Life" evincing a masterful understanding of an unwritten rule of the latter genre: The worse it's played, the better it sounds. Keep digging into Transcendental Blues and you'll hit straight-up bluegrass ("Until the Day I Die"), a Springsteen-by-way-of-the-Byrds confessional ("I Don't Want to Lose You Yet") and a sobering acoustic meditation on a death-row prisoner's final hours ("Over Yonder [Jonathan's Song]"). There's even some basic uncut Steve Earle in a handful of restless ("Another Town") and haunted ("Lonelier Than This") numbers cut from rootsy, plain-spoken cloth. Still, Earle keeps his material hewed to a basic theme — the universality of the blues — and finds that home truth everywhere his muse takes him. In his own words, it all comes down to this: "Everybody wants to be somebody's somethin'/Ain't nobody wants to be blue."


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Enniskillen – birthplace of women's rugby
Hot on the heels of my post on the origins of sevens rugby, Simon Barnes wrote about a landmark for women's rugby in a footnote to his column in today's Times.
According to Barnes, the earliest recorded instance a woman playing rugby relates to a match at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen in Northern Ireland in 1885.
The school, founded in 1608 and sometimes referred to as the "Eton of Ireland", endured difficult times in the 1880s. The brief history on the school's website suggests that this might have been due, in part, to the reaction of the then headmaster to the tragic death of his son in a boating accident.
For the match in question in 1885, a depleted school roll meant the school was short of players so fielded a team that included the daughter of the acting headmaster. The woman was believed to have been one Miss E. F. Valentine, who together with her three brothers, were instrumental in establishing rugby at the school in 1884.
Apparently Miss Valentine went on to become Mrs Galway and later emigrated to South Africa but her christian name is unknown.
Portora's contribution to women's rugby isn't currently noted on the rugby page of its website. Is it recorded in Portora: The School on the Hill, published to celebrate the quatercentenary of the school in 2008?
Women's rugby has come a long way since Miss Valentine first took her place as a three-quarter. The sixth Womens Rugby World Cup will be staged in England between August 20 and September 5, 2010. Matches will be played at the Stoop, Twickenham and Surrey Sports Park, Guildford.
The first and second Womens Rugby World Cups were also staged in Britain. The first WRWC was hosted in Cardiff in 1991.
The USA beat England 19-6 in the final in Cardiff on 14 April 1991. England and the USA met again in the second final in Edinburghin in 1994. This time, the tables were turned with England running out 38-23 winners. New Zealand has reigned supreme in the next three tournaments: Amsterdam (1998), Barcelona (2002) and Edmonton (2006). A review of past tournaments can be found on the RWRC website.


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MIRAMAR — It started out as one scholarship in the name of Marilyn Diersing, a Miramar High School graduate who was killed in an automobile accident in July, but it has grown into three scholarships in her honor.
Miramar High School is offering two $2,000 scholarships in honor of Diersing, because of the outpouring of gifts from strangers to the family, while a committee from two bowling lanes is offering a third.
Diersing, 18, died when her 1980 Dodge Challenger, a graduation gift from her parents, collided head-on with the car of a burglary suspect involved in a high speed chase with police July 20.
Because of an outpouring of money from private individuals and money raised by tournaments at Parkway Bowling Center in Miramar and at Classic Lanes in Hialeah, about $7,000 has been raised in Diersing`s honor, according to her mother Marlene.
One $2,000 scholarship will go to a member of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and the other will be contributed to a senior, both at the end of May.
In addition, both Parkway and Classic bowling lanes will continue tournaments annually to raise money for the scholarship fund for students participating in junior bowling leagues. Jim Diersing, Marilyn`s father, runs a pro shop within Classic Lanes.
The scholarships at the high school also will become annual awards, Marilyn`s mother said.
Marilyn Diersing had ambitions to become a hairdresser and was active in the DECA club, working in the school`s bookstore, her mother said.
She graduated from the high school June 22, and had turned 18 July 3, when the accident happened on a back road in north Dade County.


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Irvine Vics celebrated their first flag day in 40 years by reuniting two club legends.
Arthur Brooks and Andy Arnold were part of the last Vics team to win a league title way back in 1974.
And they lined-up at Victoria Park once again on Saturday after answering an online appeal for former players to come forward.
An emotional return was capped when the duo unfurled the Ayrshire District League Championship flag alongside current club captain Gary Russell and supporter Jimmy Rainhan.
Former outside left, Arthur, 64, said it was a real honour to be asked to join in the celebrations.
"To be welcomed back so warmly after all these years was lovely and a real honour — it brought back a lot of happy memories, he added.
"It's a real pleasure to see club doing so well again. I've not been to many Vics games over the years but I've always kept an eye out for the results."
Arthur spent three seasons at Vics and was just 23 when the Westenders won that historic Ayrshire League North Section Championship.
He went on: "We had some team that year with great players like Ian Fletcher and John Clark.
"We won the league cup and went on to clinch the league title on the last day of the season — it's something I'll never forget."
Arthur, went on to play for Dalry Thistle, Winton Rovers, Maybole and Kilwinning Rangers during Milton Thomson's reign in a junior career that spanned 20 years.
But nothing beat the thrill of playing in a Marymass derby.
"Back then we would get crowds of two to three thousand for the derby — even more when the game was played at Meadow Park," continued Arthur.
"I remember one particular time when we drew 1-1 with them. It was a cracking game ."
Time have changed greatly since those halcyon days but Arthur believes Vics are heading in the right direction under the management team of Iain McMillan and Stevie Wilson.
But he reckons they still have a bit to go before they can claim to be on a par with the Class of '74.
"If it was possible for the two teams to play each other, we would definitely win," joked Arthur.
Vics chairman Robert Hanvey said it was a privilege to invite Arthur and Andy back.
"They played a major part in the club's history and it was fitting that they raise the flag 40 years on," he said.


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The Town of Wilkesboro is a Council-Manager Form of Government, which combines the leadership of elected officials, a Mayor and four Town Council Members, along with the professional experience of an appointed local government administrator - a Town Manager.
The council is the legislative body; its members are the community's decision makers, are responsible for setting policy, approving the budget, and determining the tax rate. The Mayor is recognized as the political head of the municipality but is a member of the legislative body and does not have the power to veto legislative actions.
The Town Manager serves at the pleasure of the council and is the council's chief advisor. The manager is responsible for directing day-to-day operations, administration, personnel, and preparing the budget.
How can council-manager government benefit my community?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School of Governement
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Here is my new sketch blog, my goal is to draw something everyday and update weekly.
Here is my new sketch blog, my goal is to draw something everyday and update weekly.
Last edited by RaWIII; January 12th, 2009 at 12:40 PM.
Youre drawings seem to be a bit flat... For the rest. Keep going..
Greets Writero
nice drawings. specially the last but one. But I think you have to work on your white highlights, because right now they are not subtle eneugh.
Well, I really like your drawings, but I feel like when you are using the white, your not paying attention to the highlights, like your just using the the white, to use the white, but hey that might just be your style, I dont know. Your shading tech. is amazing, your doing a great job, keep em coming.
Look, Iam diet drama, want to spend tha night dont bring pajamas, man there's so much heat beneath clothes, you see me !
JesArt Sketchbook, go have a gander..
nice sb, good goal as welll just stick with it keep them updates coming and keep practising
Thank you everyone for your replies,
I began tho notice the problems inherent in using the white marker as a shortcut to creating form. The reflective nature of the pen, made the outcome somewhat sloppy and unpredictable. I'm going to sitch back to conte, and hopefully it will give me the results I need, and allow me to take advantage of the toned paper. Anyways thanks again for looking and I hope to have another update shortly.
Here are some newer drawings
all done from life with the exception of the bougereau copy
here are two new images, one a WIP of a digi sketch and the other is an etching with aquatint
Very nice sketchbook. I enjoy the way you capture expression. I agree with the others about the white. Fortunately, you have already presented the solution: conte. I think that using something softer than marker will really help. Give it a shot.
Wow you have some amazing stuff here! You've truelly inspired me to start back into doing more studies, even if the time is limited. ^^;
Keep up the awesome work!
Human Sketchbook
Creature Feature Sketchbook
love your pencil technique.. really beautiful use of lines and shading. Especially impressed with the dogs head. Wonderful!
Other than the white marker man, you are amazing, I love your technique. KEEP IT UP
Look, Iam diet drama, want to spend tha night dont bring pajamas, man there's so much heat beneath clothes, you see me !
JesArt Sketchbook, go have a gander..
Nice style! I can't believe this thread doesn't have any stars yet. Well, keep it up, your life study work is looking better and better.
here is another quickie of my girlfriend asleep.
Your line work and tonals are really really beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
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What is a Life Insurance Beneficiary?
When buying a life insurance policy, you are doing it because the policy's death benefit will provide financial support to your loved ones and why you choose a beneficiary. Once you understand what a beneficiary is, then you'll decide who you want that to be.
Beneficiary Defined
A beneficiary is […]
When buying a life insurance policy, you are doing it because the policy's death benefit will provide financial support to your loved ones and why you choose a beneficiary. Once you understand what a beneficiary is, then you'll decide who you want that to be.
Beneficiary Defined
A beneficiary is the person or entity who will receive the death benefits of your life insurance policy after you die. For example, if your term policy includes a $300,000 death benefit, your beneficiary will receive $300,000, if you die before your policy matures. If you don't make the choice, your estate will make it for you.
Whom can you choose as a Beneficiary?
You have options on who can be your beneficiary. Some choices are spouses, child or other relatives, a trustee, entity, friends or caregivers. Also, more than one person can receive your death benefits.
A trustee oversees your estate and ensures the death benefits are handled appropriately.
An entity is your favorite charity, college or cause can be the recipient of your life insurance death benefit.
Specify the Beneficiaries
When choosing a beneficiary, be as specific, clear and include as much detail as possible to help the process go smoothly. Include the person's full name and social security number to prevent conflict over who receives what. For example, if your beneficiary list includes "wife" but you get a divorce and remarried after your policy is issued, both your current and former wives can claim the insurance policy at the time of your death.
Your life insurance policy is a wise investment. Understand beneficiaries and update your policy often to ensure your wishes are met. Tracy-Driscoll would love to help you check and review life insurance policy. Give us a call at 860-589-3434 to speak with one of our insurance professionals.
How Can Tracy-Driscoll Help You?
Tracy-Driscoll & Co., Inc. is an independent insurance firm with caring, energetic and dependable people and professionals. Tracy-Driscoll's philosophy of service is uniquely dedicated to our policyholder's needs. Our commitment is to the highest standards of excellence in all that we do, established on the firm basis of trust well-earned, […]
Tracy-Driscoll & Co., Inc. is an independent insurance firm with caring, energetic and dependable people and professionals. Tracy-Driscoll's philosophy of service is uniquely dedicated to our policyholder's needs. Our commitment is to the highest standards of excellence in all that we do, established on the firm basis of trust well-earned, individual and personalized service.
We can handle all aspects of your insurance needs from homeowners and personal auto, small business coverage and professional liability, to life insurance and a health insurance program. Also, we offer specialized programs for Day Care providers, Auto Dealerships and Auto Body Shops, Antique Auto owners and more.
One of our Personal Line Marketing Specialist said, "I like to make everything personal. I would say you're buying an agency experience. It has to be a personal experience. We're going to watch your policies, we're going to take care of you, we're going to understand what it is you have going on, what's causing the increases, what you have going on in your life, what's going to change over the next couple of years if for instance you have younger drivers that are getting licensed, basically what can be expected."
As an independent agency, our main concern and duty is to represent our clients. When you experience a loss, we will follow through to make certain that you receive prompt and fair payments of your claim. We only deal with the products offered by a select group of financially sound and reputable insurance providers. We always place your policy with the company offering the most appropriate coverage at the best available price.
We strive to eliminate possible shortfalls in coverage and to reduce the cost of your insurance program. We're here to help ensure you have the protection you need. If you have any questions, contact our licensed professionals for assistance at 860-589-3434.
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month!
Texting while driving is a serious problem on America's roads. Seventy-one percent of young people say they have sent a text while driving. As a result, thousands of people die every year in crashes related to distract driving.
This post is to spread the word about DRIVING without DISTRACTION. We've also taken a pledge to keep our phones off-limits when in the driver's seat (even "stop-light-emails", which always seem to outlast the red lights).
Get involved. Take back your drive… Make the Pledge & dedicate it to someone you can't live without (including yourself! ).
Carpooling, Rideshare, Uber: How do they affect your insurance?
Carpooling or Rideshare
Carpooling or rideshares are useful and effective with co-workers to save money on fuel costs or reduce your carbon footprint. You or other parents might carpool with your kids to school, sporting events or activities. Maybe you might even carpool with friends to the mall, book […]
Carpooling or Rideshare
Carpooling or rideshares are useful and effective with co-workers to save money on fuel costs or reduce your carbon footprint. You or other parents might carpool with your kids to school, sporting events or activities. Maybe you might even carpool with friends to the mall, book clubs or vacations. No matter why you carpool, are you sure you have the correct coverage on your auto policy?
In most states your insurance policy must include bodily injury liability, whereas many of the other important liability coverages are optional and not required. Accidents do happen, but did you know that passengers in your vehicle are not covered by your bodily injury liability coverage – scary, right?
Coverage to consider adding to your current auto insurance policy is medical payments coverage and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. Medical payments provide coverage for you and anyone in your vehicle and will pay for medical treatments your passengers need after an accident. Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage provides additional coverage when there is not enough provided. This coverage goes into effect if you or any family members are injured while riding in a carpool driven by someone else. After the driver's policy limits are reached, your underinsured or uninsured coverage can pick up the difference. Both coverages will provide for the passengers in your vehicle and while they are optional, they are just as important. Contact your licensed insurance agent to discuss your individual coverage and make sure you are adequately covered.
Uber and other livery services
Many personal auto insurance policies include a clause that voids liability coverage if you use your personal vehicle for livery or public conveyance. This means you can't use the liability coverage on your auto insurance if your vehicle is in an accident while you rent it out or while you are operating as a taxi service. This is especially important in today's transportation as services such as Uber become more and more popular.
Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure you've heard of Uber, but just in case you haven't let us give you a basic idea of what this service is. Uber is actually an app that connects passengers to drivers; it is not actually a taxi service. The only requirement for an Uber driver to be available on the app is to pass a DMV and background check as well as maintain their own vehicle and own insurance. Here is the catch, remember earlier when I said your coverage is voided on a personal auto policy when used in livery or public conveyance, well, unless the Uber driver has an auto policy specifically designed for this type of service, they technically have no coverage. So before you decide to take on a second job as a ride for higher in your personal vehicle, make sure you have the correct coverage on your vehicle.
Contact our licensed agents at 860-589-3434 to discuss the options available to you.
How to Make Sense of Life Insurance's Lingo
If you try to read your life insurance policy without an insurance agent, you'll probably barely make it through the first page. Life insurance policies usually include a number of words that are difficult to understand. As always, Tracy-Driscoll is here to help you learn the jargon, so that you […]
If you try to read your life insurance policy without an insurance agent, you'll probably barely make it through the first page. Life insurance policies usually include a number of words that are difficult to understand. As always, Tracy-Driscoll is here to help you learn the jargon, so that you can make better sense of your life insurance policy and ensure you're adequately covered.
Beneficiary – The person who receives the proceeds of a life insurance policy after the insured dies; primary, secondary and tertiary beneficiaries refers to the order in which beneficiaries receive the payout.
Medical Examination – The exam required before the insurance company can issue a policy, it's usually conducted in-home by a licensed paramedical professional.
Nearest Age – An insurance company uses your nearest age when determining premium costs. For example, if you are 27 years and five months old, you would be claimed as a 27-year-old on the policy.
Non-Medical Term Policy – This type of policy does not require a medical exam. Your insurance company will ask applicants a few questions about your age and past physical health before making a decision on coverage options.
Preferred Risk – The applicant's physical health, occupation and other characteristics indicate that he or she will live longer than other people of the same age.
Premium – Is the payment someone makes to pay for their life insurance policy.
Rider – Is an add-on to your policy that expands or waives a coverage or condition of the policy. Typical riders include Accelerated Benefits, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Accidental Death Benefit, Disability Income, and Other Insured.
Smoker Ratings – Is assigned to applicants based on whether or not they have smoked in the past 12 months, which affects the policy premium.
Standard Risk – The applicant is entitled to insurance coverage without extra ratings or any special restrictions.
Sub-Standard Risk – The applicant has a physical condition, personal or family history of illness or disease, risky occupation or other dangerous habit that could shorten his or her longevity.
Term Life Insurance – Protects the insured for a set term and expires when that term ends.
Underwriter – The company that receives the premiums and accepts responsibility for the life insurance policy contract, the company employee who approves or denies claims or the agent who sells policies
Whole Life Insurance– Provides coverage until the policyholder dies rather than for a set term, also provides tax-deferred accrual of cash.
Now that you have a better understanding of the many terms that you'll come across in your life insurance's policy, Tracy-Driscoll wants to help you review it. Our insurance professionals want to make sure that you have the proper coverage for your needs. Did you know that you should review your policy at least once a year? Give us a call at 860-589-3434.
Is Your Vehicle Ready for Spring Break Travel?
Now that winters' almost over, you're ready to take a break and hit the open road. Is your vehicle ready for spring break travel?
Fill the Fluids
Windshield wiper fluid, coolant, oil and transmission fluids deplete quickly over the winter months. Fill them to the recommended level for your vehicle. […]
Now that winters' almost over, you're ready to take a break and hit the open road. Is your vehicle ready for spring break travel?
- Fill the Fluids
Windshield wiper fluid, coolant, oil and transmission fluids deplete quickly over the winter months. Fill them to the recommended level for your vehicle. Doing so on a regular basis will keep your car running well, and keep your repair costs down.
- Check the Tires
After carrying your vehicle over rough winter roads, your tires tread and air pressure also needs to be inspected. You can easily check the tread of your tires by inserting a penny into your tire's tread groove. Place the penny with Lincoln's head upside down, and facing you. If you can see all of Lincoln's head, the tread depth of your tires is less than 2/32 inch and it's time to replace your tires.
Make sure your tires are inflated to the proper pressure as recommended for your specific vehicle.
- Replace the Wiper Blades
The wiper blades work extra hard all winter as they remove ice and snow from your windshield. Protect your view and safety when you replace the wiper blades.
- Wash the Exterior
Salt and grime build up on your vehicle's exterior and can cause corrosion, rust and damage. Wash off winter dirt with a high-powered hose at home or at the car wash. Reach the underbody, lower doors, roof and all exterior surfaces.
- Clean Out the Interior
Food wrappers, mud and a dirty windshield create an untidy interior. Plus, salt residue can destroy the fabric on your vehicle's floors and seats. Grab a trash can, steam cleaner and wash cloth as you clean out the inside of your vehicle this season.
- Update Your Auto Insurance
Insurance requirements don't change with the seasons, but double check your coverage as part of your prep for spring break travel. Make sure your coverage meets your needs and renew your policy if necessary. With the right insurance coverage from Tracy-Driscoll, you'll have peace of mind wherever the road takes you.
How to Manage Your Passwords
Signing up for a new account somewhere is always a bit of a pain. You may have a basic password that you use for almost every account, but then this one says you need something that's 16 characters long with three numbers, a capital letter and a symbol. How are you going to remember all of that, and how are you going to remember that this is one of the accounts where your password is Olympiu$998 instead of just olympius?
Although these password measures are intended to make your account more secure, they can have the opposite effect, simply because you need to write those complicated passwords down somewhere so that you don't forget them.
Tracy-Driscoll wants to make sure you are more secure online. Follow the tips below so that you can to come up with new passwords, and remember them without having to leave a sticky on your monitor:
- Base your password on a secret. People can look up your date of birth, and they can ask you what your dog's name is. Yet, they might not know the name of your first crush, how old you were the first time you stole your dad's car, or which Backstreet Boys song you secretly listen to when you're alone. If you base your password on personal information, make sure it's not personal information that is available online or something that could be guessed easily.
- If you have to write your passwords down, don't write them down in an unencrypted file on your computer, and don't keep a list in your wallet. An encrypted file with a password that you can remember is a safe place to keep your codes, or you can stash them in a notepad somewhere private and secure, like a lockbox.
- If you like to use one password for everything, it is important to switch it up every now and then. Maybe you can't remember a list of thirty two passwords for everything you have to log into online, but you should change that skeleton-key password once every six months.
- Of course, one of the easiest ways to keep all of your passwords safe is with a password manager. There are apps that can sync with a smartphone and with the cloud, and can even auto-generate passwords for you so that you don't need to worry about it. Once you log into your password manager, it will log you into everything else for you.
By following these tips, your online passwords will stay secure. If you are looking to add another layer of security when you're online, contact us at 860-589-3434 to learn about identity protection coverage.
How to Protect Yourself Against Uninsured Drivers
Every state in the U. S. except for New Hampshire requires drivers to purchase insurance before they drive. Unfortunately, as many as one in five drivers do not purchase auto insurance reports the Insurance Research Council (IRC). If you're in an accident with an uninsured driver, you get stuck with […]
Every state in the U. S. except for New Hampshire requires drivers to purchase insurance before they drive. Unfortunately, as many as one in five drivers do not purchase auto insurance reports the Insurance Research Council (IRC). If you're in an accident with an uninsured driver, you get stuck with the financial costs. Protect yourself with these tips.
Purchase Uninsured Motorist (UM) Insurance
Uninsured Motorist insurance, also known as Uninsured Motorist Bodily Injury (UMBI) insurance, pays medical bills for you and your passengers after an accident. It can also reimburse you for lost wages or if you're a hit-and-run accident victim or a pedestrian who's hit by an uninsured driver.
Purchase Uninsured Motorist Property Damage (UMPD) Coverage
Uninsured Motorist Property Damage insurance covers vehicle damage. It may also cover property damage depending on the state in which you live. In most cases, UMPD coverage will not cover hit-and-run accidents.
Purchase Underinsured Motorist (UIM) Protection
Sometimes, at-fault drivers do have insurance, but their policy includes low limits that are insufficient to fix your vehicle repair. Your UIM policy will pay the difference and fix your automobile.
Report Accidents
After an accident with an uninsured driver, you may be asked not report the accident or file an insurance claim. Resist the temptation to cut the driver a break. You could be stuck with any bills related to the accident, particularly since your insurance company will probably not pay the claim if you don't report the accident.
Always document accidents and damages. Include who was driving both vehicles and who was at fault. Get the other driver's name and phone number as well as his or her driver's license number and the vehicle's registration, plate number, make and model.
Give us a Call
You can't control the type of insurance coverage other drivers purchase. However, you can make sure you have enough coverage to pay for medical injuries and damages if you're in an accident. Give Tracy-Driscoll a call today at 860-589-3434 to speak with an insurance professional, who can ensure that you have the right amount of coverage for your needs.
Why You Need a Home Inventory
If your home would be burglarized, affected by a storm or damaged by a fire, could you list everything you owned? For most, the answer is probably not, and that's why you need a home inventory. This list proves the value of your home's contents, and impacts the payout your insurance company makes. […]
If your home would be burglarized, affected by a storm or damaged by a fire, could you list everything you owned? For most, the answer is probably not, and that's why you need a home inventory. This list proves the value of your home's contents, and impacts the payout your insurance company makes. Here are several easy ways to keep track of all your belongings.
Why do you Need a Home Inventory?
Organize by Category
Organize by Room
Details to Include on Your List
Schedule Inventory Updates
Store Your Inventory List Wisely
By making a home inventory, you simplify the task of filing an insurance claim. Use these easy steps as you perform this essential task.
As always, Tracy-Driscoll is here to help review your home insurance policy to make sure that you have the coverage you need. Give us a call at 860-589-3434 so that you can discuss your home's inventory with one of our insurance professionals.
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