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Now lets hope they don't throw him in jail because of some of theose dumb CA. gun laws
A driver whose car plunged into a Northern California creek escaped the sinking station wagon by shooting out the window with his handgun.
The 28-year-old was startled by his hands-free cell phone device and veered off the bridge he was traveling on, hitting the guardrail and falling into the chilly water below, a story by CBS13.com said. The man, who works as an armed security guard at Thunder Valley Casino, was trapped in his 2005 Ford Focus about 6 to 8 feet underwater in the 50-degree water of Pleasant Grove Creek, the story said.
After blasting the window out, the man flagged down a passerby and was treated for minor injuries on the scene by emergency crews.
Now lets hope they don't throw him in jail because of some of theose dumb CA. gun laws
this belongs in the off topic forum...
I already posted it there...
Calif. man shoots his way out
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Euchre is a trick-taking card game commonly played with four people in two partnerships with a deck of 24 standard playing cards. After the deal a suit is chosen as the trump suit, with the cards of this suit outranking the other suits, called off suits. Cards are ranked as J of trump suit, J of ...
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Euchre: When does play begin?
I'm the dealer. The person to the left tells me to pick it up. He plays before I discard. As a result of the fast play, I forget to discard, and in the end of the play, I'm obviously holding onto ...
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What is the probability of obtaining the right, left, Ace, King, and Queen of trump in a 5-card hand in euchre?
Take into account that in order for that hand to be the best hand, the dealer must also flip over a card that matches the suit that your best hand is for.
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Euchre played by a group of 3 people
I have played Euchre for years. Often a group of us finds ourselves one player short of the required 4. We then usually joke that we should play Canadian Euchre, which apparently allows rules for ...
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Good Euchre bidding strategy guide?
Is there a good Euchre bidding strategy guide? I like the game, but find my bidding to be very hit or miss. And I've been unable to find a strategy guide for Euchre bidding patterns. Either a good ...
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What is the best lead when calling next on a declined bower?
Let's say that we have a scenario where the dealer has declined a ♠J. You are sitting to the dealer's left, with ♥A, ♣K, ♣9, ♢Q, ♢10. The advice I read at this site says that calling clubs is ...
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What are the odds of getting the following hands in euchre?
I really like euchre, but I stink at statistics. Last time we were playing euchre, people would get some crazy hands, and we kept saying, "What are the odds?" So now I ask you all, what are the ...
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What's the difference between a Euchre, a March and a Set?
I've heard of different terms for the same result in Euchre, but is it just preference or is there more to it? Call trump and get all 5 tricks: Is this called a "March" and/or a "Euchre"? Earn 3 or ...
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What's the proper etiquette when a Euchre trick is earned?
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EDIT: I'm an intern at a small local history museum. We have a budget of $0. Project overview:
I've got a bunch of old paper maps. When I say old, I mean 1800s and up. They've been scanned into TIFFs. I geo-referenced them and exported as GEOTIFFs. I've digitized the components of the maps we are focusing on (railroads, roads, etc).
The goal is to construct a web application (I've used ESRI's ArcGIS Online for a different web map project with CSV data) that allows a user to select layers (of years past) to view how transportation has developed in our county. Aside from a layer selector, layer opacity needs an option to be changed.
I've looked into MapBox API, but it lacks opacity sliders. QGIS Web Client looks promising and similar to the ArcGIS Server Client, but I wonder if it is too complicated for our end-users. I don't have much time to get this together, nor do I have much in the way of heavy programming experience.


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Hi! We are planning to order panoheads for two different cameras. We will use them to shoot 360x180 HDR's.
First camera is a Canon EOS 60D + Samyang 8mm Fisheye (+ Canon 17-85mm zoom).
Second camera is a Canon 5DMKII with grip + Sigma Fisheye (+ other wideangle lenses).
We have been recommended the NN4 with RD16 for both camera setups, but the 5DMKII user is still not sure... Is the Nodal Ninja 4 steady/stabil enough for use with both camera setups or will we need the Ultimate-solution for the 5DMKII? We will need one panohead for each camera in any case, my question is only if the NN4 with RD16 will work for both.
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For example, in MATLAB, a panel is available where one can see straightaway which variables are used and their dimension sizes. Is such a feature available in Mathematica? I really find it hard to scroll up and down to see where things are in Mathematica; I just want to see at a glance what's been used.
An ugly hack, look at all things in
For this to be helpful it needs to be updated dynamically and preferably be in a palette to avoid scrolling up all the time. Instead of displaying just lists this displays everything other than those with
Or you could have it update only when clicking a button:
EDIT: In a palette and dynamic, thanks acl.
Below is something posted on Mathgroup by Jason McKenzie Alexander. I made a few tiny changes and corresponded about this with Jason for a short while. He sent me his final version, which I post here with his permission. The original (linked above) is really only a few lines of code and can be studied to grasp the principle. The code below is a full package.
You could do this:
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text: Sometimes it is the little things that make you smile. Restarting a server can be a time consuming affair. How often have you wanted to reboot a server but the time required for the BIOS to verify memory, for RAID controllers to start, OOB management interfaces to come online, and so on and so on. What might be a quick restart of the OS turns into a chore due to the hardware and firmware resets. I just saw this in WS10 and got a little excited :)


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Seattles park system is a public resource that makes Seattle one of the nations most livable cities. Thanks to City leaders who had the foresight to hire the Olmsted Brothers firm, the Olmsted Plan for Seattles parks has been the basis of our modern day park system. To learn more about the Olmsted Legacy in Seattle, visit the Olmsted Interpretive Exhibit currently on display at the Volunteer Park Water Tower, located at the south entrance to Volunteer Park.
In 1903, on the recommendation of the Board of Park Commissioners, Council contracted with the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts to conduct a thorough survey of Seattle's park possibilities, and to submit a comprehensive plan that could be used to guide future work. This move was largely brought on by the public interest generated through the purchase of two large tracts, Woodland and Washington Parks, in 1900; and by the desire to prepare Seattle for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
The Olmsted Brothers had inherited the nation's first landscape architecture firm from their father, Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park and the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. John C. Olmsted, the stepson of Frederick Law and the senior partner in the firm, spent several weeks in the summer of 1903 studying the topography of Seattle and its parks. His report was accepted by Council on October 19th of that year.
Although J. C. Olmsted's primary goal was to locate a park or a playground within one half mile of every home in Seattle, the dominant feature of the plan was a 20-mile landscaped boulevard linking most of the existing and planned parks and greenbelts within the city limits. Furthermore, it emphasized the speed with which the plan should be realized; desirable sites would soon be developed privately, or priced beyond the means of the City.
The Olmsted Brothers plan included numerous playgrounds and playfields, a manifestation of the new concept of public recreation which had been introduced with success in the East. These sites included buildings devoted to recreation (field houses) and facilities like ball fields, tennis courts, and playground apparatus which had unique maintenance requirements relative to park facilities. Hence, from quite early on, the Parks Division and the Recreation Division of the Department each had their own maintenance personnel.
During the first ten years after its submission, most of the primary elements of the plan would, through purchase, gift, condemnation, or bonded indebtedness, be incorporated into the city's structure.
Seattle became a city with hundreds of vistas, turns in the path or the road that offer views in every direction, each slightly different from the one just before or just after-. and these were wonderfully exploited in the Olmsted boulevards and the new parks they connected. In a city that was little more than fifty years old one could claim to find something older cities could not match. (Seattle, Past to Present, Roger Sale [Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1976]. 85).
The Olmsted Brothers continued to work in Seattle, for both private and public clients, until 1936, when James Dawson of Olmsted Brothers made his last visit to the city to plan the Washington Park Arboretum. Over that 33-year period the firm would see more of its designs realized in the region: the campus of the University of Washington, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (which would dictate the future of the U.W. campus), and the State Capitol plan.
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I want to make it so that either the pitch yaw or roll rotates around the world axis and not the local axis, but I'm not sure how, I've got.
Vector2 mouse_change = new Vector2(mouse_previous.X - mouse_new.X, mouse_previous.Y - mouse_new.Y);
camera_angles *= Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(new Vector3(0, 1, 0), mouse_change.X / 800f);
camera_angles *= Quaternion.CreateFromAxisAngle(new Vector3(1, 0, 0), mouse_change.Y / 800f);
Updating every frame, then I've got.
view_matrix = Matrix.Invert(Matrix.CreateFromQuaternion(camera_angles) * Matrix.CreateTranslation(camera_position));
projection_matrix = Matrix.CreatePerspectiveFieldOfView(MathHelper.PiOver4, device.Viewport.AspectRatio, 0.2f, 500f);
The problem is that if I e.g. change the pitch then change the yaw then the yaw changes through the local axis, I need it to turn around the world axis so that it doesn't matter what the yaw is :/.


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How many different combinations of $X$ sweaters can we buy if we have $Y$ colors to choose from?
According to my teacher the right way to think about this problem is to think of partitioning $X$ identical objects (sweaters) into $Y$ different categories (colors).
Well,this idea however yields the right answer but I just couldn't convince my self about this way to thinking,to be precise I couldn't link the wording of the problem to this approach,could any body throw some more light on this?


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FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas basketball team didn't make it to the NCAA Tournament in coach Mike Anderson's third season.
The Razorbacks couldn't make it to New York City, either, after being eliminated in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament on Monday night.
But Anderson wouldn't let the frustrating end — a 75-64 loss at California — cloud what he believed was an important year for his program. Arkansas, after a six-year absence, was back in postseason tournament for the first time since the 2007-08 season. It led Anderson to proclaim "the foundation is set" for the Razorbacks.
"If you look at what's taken place from the first year to now, obviously it's a positive move in the right direction," Anderson said. "We won't be playing for a national championship in the NCAA, but we can use (the NIT) as a springboard for next year."
Arkansas begins the long offseason working to make its first taste of postseason experience pay off in 2014-15. There's no doubt it starts with some disappointment after the Hogs closed the season with three losses in their final four games.
The Razorbacks were in NCAA Tournament consideration late in the year, but fell out of the picture after losses to Alabama (regular season finale) and South Carolina (SEC Tournament). They were able to enjoy the program's first postseason win in six years against Indiana State in the first round of the NIT, but first-half shooting woes led the season-ending loss in Berkeley, Calif.
Arkansas shot 25 percent in the first half and fell behind by as much as 23 points.
"We didn't get as far as we wanted to, but there's hope and I think the fans saw the brand of basketball they're looking for," Arkansas guard Kikko Haydar told reporters Monday. "We didn't bring it every game, every time, but they saw what's coming. I think the nation got a chance to see Razorback basketball is on the rise."
Arkansas did break through its share of barriers during the season.
On top of the postseason appearance, the Razorbacks won at Kentucky for the first time since 1994 and swept the season series against the Wildcats. Arkansas went 4-10 in games outside of the state, improving from a 2-22 performance during its first two seasons under Anderson. The Hogs put together their first back-to-back seasons above .500 in SEC play since 1998-99 as well, going 10-8 for a second straight year.
The Razorbacks also enjoyed one of their best stretches in SEC play — winning eight of nine games after a 2-6 start — before struggling down the stretch.
"We were in a position. We controlled our own destiny," Anderson said before the NIT began. "And so last year, I couldn't sit there and say we were in position to do that. Now, experience is going to be your greatest teacher. We learned. We learned. Sometimes you can pull the cart before the horse. So the lesson learned is, 'Hey, you've got to finish what you started.'"
Arkansas will move on without the five-man senior class of Haydar, Coty Clarke, Mardracus Wade, Fred Gulley and Rickey Scott. Clarke (9.4 points, 5.6 rebounds) was the only senior among Arkansas' top six scorers this season.
That doesn't diminish the impact each made on the program.
"They're a class guys," Anderson said. "The thing I like about them, they're character guys. They're doing the right things on and off the floor. Always think you have to win off the floor before you win on the floor. I think we saw some of that, we saw that trickle into this basketball team. …
"They've set the bar, they set the foundation. Progress was made on and off the floor. People in Razorback nation can be excited. These guys started the movement."
Forward Bobby Portis will return for his sophomore season, serving as the focal point for the program after averaging 12.3 points and 6.8 rebounds this season.
Ky Madden (12.7 points a game), Michael Qualls (11.6), Alandise Harris (9.0), Anthlon Bell (7.2) and Moses Kingsley (4.0) are expected to join him to form an experienced nucleus that — finally — has some postseason tournament experience.
Point guard Anton Beard, shooting guard Nick Babb and forward Trey Thompson signed with the Razorbacks last fall. Point guard Jabril Durham has made a verbal commitment and will sign this spring. Arkansas also will have forward Keaton Miles, who redshirted this season after transferring from West Virginia.
"Obviously our goal was to chase the national championship in the NCAA, and for any team, that's a downer because we were right there in the hunt," Anderson said about the end of the 2013-14 season. "So (the NIT) was going to be an opportunity for us to get some more games, more practice times, you're in a tournament."
There's plenty of work to be done in the offseason, of course, if the Razorbacks have any hope of making the jump to the NCAA Tournament next season.
For example: Arkansas needs improved guard play and more success offensively after running into problems against zone defenses. The Razorbacks must get better on the boards, too, after being overwhelmed by several opponents in losses.
But Haydar is confident the adjustments will be made after seeing the program's steady rise under Anderson the past three seasons.
"It's disappointing that this will be the last time I wear an Arkansas jersey, but I have tremendous confidence in these guys," Haydar said. "What we've done this year, we've kind of put Razorback basketball back on the map. … These guys, they'll get it done. Our senior group set the foundation and now it's up to them to finish the job."


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Over the last week, a handful of folks have reached out and asked me what I think about the events surrounding the launch, then crowdsourcing, then full repeal of the new Gap logo (if you haven't already heard the story, catch up here).
In the interview with Chris Blizzard I posted last week, near the end of the article Chris attributes a phrase to Mozilla CEO John Lilly: "Surprise is the opposite of engagement." This may be one of the most simple, brilliant things I have ever heard someone say when it comes to creating engaged,... Read more
I've always been a fan of the Mozilla Foundation, and not just because of the Firefox web browser. As catalyst for some of the great communities in the open source world, Mozilla is something of a recipe factory for what to do right when it comes to building community. As it turns out, Mozilla's... Read more


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I'm new to the game and am not sure which way to align myself. What happens differently in the game if I'm evil than if I'm good? Any information will be helpful.
There are quite a few differences in your available powers depending on how you play. You can find them listed in this FAQ, section [bc03].
Most of your core powers will be more or less the same, but the upgrades you can unlock for them have different karmatic requirements. From the FAQ:
There are two powers unique to each playstyle, which you unlock by completing good or evil side-missions. Look for [Overload Burst] and [Arc Lightning] in the FAQ.
Generally speaking, being evil makes you more of a damage dealer (mainly due to increased splash damage with many of your powers), while being good allows you more precise control of what it is that you damage.


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Kung Pao Tofu
Tofu and lots of fresh vegetables are stir-fried in just a bit of oil in this traditional Chinese di…View slide
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Sauteed tofu makes a simple fresh tomato-and-mushroom sauce hearty and substantial. Serve over polen…View slide
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Glenn Miller Orchestra tickets for tonight still available
NEW CUMBERLAND - Tickets are still available for the Glenn Miller Orchestra performance at 7 p.m. today at Oak Glen Middle School.
Advance tickets are $21 until 4 p.m. at the school. Tickets are $24 at the door.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. The Oak Glen High School Jazz Ensemble will begin the program at 7 p.m., and the orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m.
For information, call 304-374-7474.
Church holding rummage sale
WEIRTON - St. Thomas Episcopal Church will have a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church located on Three Springs Drive.
Elks holding soup challenge
WEIRTON - The Weirton Elks Lodge 1801 will hold a Soup Cookoff Challenge and pasta dinner this weekend for members and their guests at the lodge located on Main Street.
The Soup Cookoff Challenge will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The House Committee invites all members and guests to enter their best soup. The cost to sample and vote for the best soups is $3 for adults and $2 for children. Prizes will be awarded for the best soups.
The Past Exalted Rulers will hold a pasta dinner from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday for members and guests. The dinner includes pasta, salad, bread, butter, dessert and coffee or tea. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children age 10 and under. A ticket will be selected for a free dinner at next month's pasta Sunday.
Country Friends hosting dance
COLLIERS - Country Friends will host The Stone Street Station Saturday at the Memorial Hall located on Old Police Lodge Road.
The doors open at 6 p.m., and the dance begins at 7 p.m.
Country Friends holds covered-dish dinners and open mic nights every Monday and Friday. The doors open at 4 p.m., the meal begins at 5 p.m., and open mic begins at 6 p.m.
For information, call (304) 527-4253 or (304) 479-1270 or visit at www.countryfriendsfoundation. com.
Blood drive scheduled
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. - A blood drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church's McCashin Hall located at 1109 Main St. Appointments can be made by calling (412) 722-4410 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Walk-ins are welcome.
Cove holding flea market
WEIRTON - The Cove Presbyterian Church will hold a flea market from 9 a.m. to noon April 20 at the church located at 3404 Main St.
A variety of items and baked goods will be for sale.
Scholarship deadline upcoming
EAST LIVERPOOL - The Dollars for Scholar scholarship program application deadline for the 2013-2014 academic year is April 25.
The program gives tuition award to pay for college, vocational-technical school or graduate school. Funding is determined by financial need, and grants cover between 8 and 79 percent of total tuition.
The three-part application includes a recommendation section to be filled out by a teacher, boss, advisor or coach. Applications are online at DollarsForScholarsOnline.com.
GFWC district workshop set
NEW CUMBERLAND - The GFWC West Virginia Northern District Spring Leadership Workshop will be held April 27 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 304 Ridge Ave.
Northern District President Jo-Ellen Wright, of the Woman's Club of Weirton, will preside, and the Woman's Club of New Cumberland will host.
The club's leaders include: Dorothy Hawkes, president; Joyce Young, workshop chairman; and Betsy Wells, registration chairman.
A pre-convention board meeting will be held at 9 a.m for all district officers, chairmen, team members and club presidents.
The general session will begin at 10 a.m., with various workshops presented by Betsy Wells, Helen Moren, Jamesie Beecroft and Wright to follow.
Clubs are encouraged to bring items for Camp Kno Koma, which is State President Carol Allen's project. Hunger is the district president's project, and members are encouraged to bring non-perishable food.
The cost for registration fee and lunch is $15 and should be submitted to Wells by Wednesday.
Pharmacist to
present class
WEIRTON - Pharmacist Megan Pietro will present a class, "Metabolic Syndrome," at 3 p.m. April 29 at Weirton Medical Center's Starvaggi Room.
Light refreshments will be available, and a prize drawing will be held.
For information, call Pietro at Tri-State Pharmacy at (304) 723-6331.


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An eligible employee will be granted up to three hours of leave of absence in any twelve (12) month period to donate blood.
Retaliation against an employee for requesting or obtaining such leave is prohibited.
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I have a normal game window which is 640*480, and everything is fine, but when I try to maximize the window, the objects translate to different positions on the screen, for example If I have a circle which is drawn at the center in the normal window, when I try to maximize it, it shifts away from the center of the screen. How do I adjust it so it draws at the center in both normal window and maximized window ?
Is this is a 2D game, you need to position your objects based on ratios or percentages.
For example instead of putting your object at
If it's a 3D game, your camera class should expand the view port from the center out. Meaning, keep the camera in the same position, with the same target vector.
This may not be the most efficient method, but it's certainly easy. If you can make canvases/surfaces/framebuffers/whatever you call them, then you can just code the game for a specific resolution (may as well stick with 640x480), draw everything gameplay-related to the canvas, and then draw the canvas scaled based on the window width and/or height.
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Johannes Named to All-SAC Second Team, Trojans Picked NinthAugust 20, 2014
ROCK HILL, S.C. – After starting in the backline for all 17 contests last season, Anderson University women's soccer junior defender Faith Johannes was named to the 2014 South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer Preseason All-Conference Second Team, while the Trojans were picked to finish ninth in the league, announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Johannes becomes the lone Trojan to be named to the first or second-teams, after the program landed two players (Krystal Goss and Kaitlyn Neipp) on the preseason first-team prior to the start of the 2013 season. After the 2013 campaign closed, three Anderson players earned postseason accolades, led by Johannes and Neipp's second team honors.
In the annual preseason poll, the Trojans were picked ninth, matching the position AU fell to after the 2013 regular season. Wingate, last year's SAC Tournament champion and Elite 8 finalist, finished with 117 points and earned the top spot in the annual poll with seven first-place votes.
Last year's regular season champion Lenoir-Rhyne finished second in the rankings with four first-place votes and 110 points, while Lincoln Memorial earned the final first-place vote and 93 points, landing third.
Tar Heel State members Catawba and Queens followed with 83 and 73 points, respectively, while Tennessee schools Tusculum (77 points) and Carson-Newman (70) earned sixth and seventh, respectively. Newberry finished just ahead of the Trojans with 50 points, while Mars Hill (31), Coker (24) and Brevard (16) rounded out the poll.
Anderson kicks off the 2014 regular season at Trojan Stadium on Sept. 4 when it hosts Southern Wesleyan. Start time for that match is slated for 5 p.m.
2014 SAC Women's Preseason Poll
1. Wingate (7) 117
2. Lenoir-Rhyne (4) 110
3. Lincoln Memorial (1) 93
4. Catawba 83
5. Queens 78
6. Tusculum 77
7. Carson-Newman 70
8. Newberry 50
9. Anderson 44
10. Mars Hill 31
11. Coker 24
12. Brevard 16
2014 SAC Women's Soccer Preseason All-Conference Team
First Team
F - Jade Montgomery, Wingate
F - Garcelle Alequine, Lenoir-Rhyne
F - Leah Mullins, Lenoir-Rhyne
F - Mary Kirkman, Catawba
M - Gabriell Brodie, Newberry
M - Hanna Kiebel, Lenoir-Rhyne
M - Caitlyn Rodrigues, Queens
M - Emmi Dunn, Lenoir-Rhyne
D - Amber Madriaga, Lenoir-Rhyne
D - Brayden Miller, Newberry
D - Macy Franklin, Wingate
D - Ashley Osiecki, Queens
GK - Liz Morris, Coker
Second Team
F - Michelle Hunter, Lincoln Memorial
F - Breanna Naranjo, Newberry
F - Kelli Gottry, Queens
F - Brooke Howell, Wingate
M - Sophie Waller, Catawba
M - Kaitlyn Brunworth, Wingate
M - Olivia Thompson, Lincoln Memorial
M - Nikki Arthur, Tusculum
D - Faith Johannes, Anderson
D - Jordan Roy, Coker
D - Alex Hulsey, Catawba
D - Olivia Kilgore, Tusculum
GK - Ashlyn Hardie, Wingate


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Floral Decorations
Our Birmingham Parks and Nurseries team grow plants for hanging baskets, bedding displays and planters in the city centre and other local centres. It also provides floral decorations and interior plant displays (maintenance service available) for functions and buildings.
You can purchase surplus spring and summer bedding plants at any of our 3 sites, our opening times are shown below under contacts, and also at our open days, these are publicised here nearer the date.
Kings Heath Park also sell floral decorations including:
- Bouquets
- Wreaths
- Indoor displays
- Christmas decorations. (Sold in December)
You can make a request using the 'Request Floral Decorations' button above and a member of the team will contact you to discuss your requirements. For interior planting displays a maintenance service is also available.
- Standards
The departments abilities are often showcased at national level, attending and winning awards at a number of prestigious events. In 2011 these included:
BBC Gardeners' World Live - Gold Medal - The Plight Of The Gorilla
BBC Gardeners' World Live - Silver Gilt - Show Feature (Flora range)
Chelsea Flower Show 2011 - Silver - The Plight Of The Gorilla
RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2011 - Silver Gilt - RHS National Flower Bed Competition
Heart Of England In Bloom (part of RHS Britain In Bloom):
Gold Award - Large City Category 2011
Overall Winner - Heart of England in Bloom 2011
- Terms and Conditions
Bedding plant sales are subject to availability on the day
Orders from the Floral Decoration team must be paid in advance
If chosen flowers are unavailable an alternative will be agreed with the customer
Delivery is available within the Birmingham area.
- Eligibility
Plant sales held on open days are open to everyone.
Anybody can make an enquiry regarding floral decorations.
- Contacts
Kings Heath Nursery & Floral Decorating Unit
Kings Heath Park
Vicarage Road
Kings heath
Opening times (Winter, Sept - Feb)
Mon - Thurs 10.00 - 2.30
Friday 10.00 - 12.00
Opening times (Summer, March - Aug)
Mon - Thurs 10.00 - 3.00
Friday 10.00 - 2.00
Coleshill Nursery
Coleshill Road
Sutton Coldfield
Opening times (Summer, April - Jul)Cofton Nursery
Mon - Thurs 10.00 - 3.00
Friday 10.00 - 2.30
Lickey Road
Opening times (Winter, Sept - Feb)Opening times (Summer, March - Aug)
Mon - Thurs 10.15 - 3.00
Friday 10.15 - 12.00
Mon - Thurs 10.15 - 3.30
Friday 10.15 - 2.30
- What flowers do you do?
We can do flowers / arrangements for any and every occasion.
- Do you deliver?
We can deliver within the Birmingham area Monday to Friday, however large wedding or funeral orders can be delivered further a field including Saturdays.
- What is the cost of………?
Gift bouquets start at £20, all other arrangements can be priced upon consulting a member of the Nursery team.
- How can I pay?
In person or by phone at Kings Heath Nursery. Payment must be made before goods are dispatched.
- How much notice do I need to give to order flowers?
We need 24 hours notice in most cases.
- What colour / type of flowers will be used?
A variety of seasonal flowers. Anything more specific can only be answered by a member of the Nursery team.
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Lake Tahoe ski resorts splurging on upgrades
But instead of retrenching, resort owners are opening their wallets wide on upgrades and expansions.
One of the biggest jumps in spending is taking place at the snow-covered peaks around Lake Tahoe, where resorts are in the midst of a spending splurge of more than $100 million over the next five years.
The flurry of spending began two years ago and includes a newly built on-mountain lodge at Northstar California and a mile-long terrain park at Alpine Meadows, plus new lifts and upgrades to snow-making equipment at several resorts. The Olympic House lodge at Squaw Valley resembled a tired, aging casino before it recently underwent a $2-million face-lift.
"We are putting our shoulder into this," said Andy Wirth, president and chief executive at Squaw Valley. "We know that last year was an anomaly."
Although the nation's ski mountains enjoyed bountiful snowfall in the 2010-11 season, last year they suffered the lowest snowfall in 20 years, forcing half of resorts to either open late or close early.
They drew only 51 million skier and snowboarder visits, a 15.8 percent decline from the previous season, the second-biggest year-over-year decline on record, according to the National Ski Areas Assn., a trade group for resort operators.
"We know the snow is going to come back, and we want to be ready and not have to play catch up," said Nadia Guerriero, general manager of the Village at Northstar, who has managed a $3-million face-lift that includes new outdoor furniture, fire pits and a concert stage next to the village skating rink.
Most of the expenditures come from the deep pockets of two Colorado companies, Vail Resorts, which also owns and operates popular resorts in Colorado and Wyoming, and KSL Capital Partners, a private equity group in Denver. Combined, the two companies own or operate five of the biggest resorts around Lake Tahoe.
Despite erratic snow seasons, Vail Resorts and KSL say they are confident in the future of snow sports and see Lake Tahoe as an underdeveloped gem, in proximity to millions of potential resort visitors from the Bay Area, Sacramento and Southern California.
"Lake Tahoe is a place of unparalleled natural beauty with large, dynamic and successful markets in San Francisco, Sacramento and Reno," said Eric Resnick, a managing director at KSL. "We feel we have the ability to invest and upgrade the resorts and take full advantage of these assets."
Vail Resorts first moved into the Lake Tahoe area with the purchase of Heavenly ski resort in 2002. The company took over Northstar in 2010 and Kirkwood in February.
KSL acquired Squaw Valley ski resort in 2010 and took over Alpine Meadows in 2011, combining the operations to offer skiers 44 lifts and 270 trails on more than 6,000 acres of land.
For the last few years, Lake Tahoe resort owners have been discussing making a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics while making capital improvements crucial to winning over the International Olympic Committee, which chooses the host city for the Games.
But the U.S. Olympic Committee decided this summer that it would not bid on the 2022 games, opting instead to wait for the Summer Games of 2024 or Winter Olympics of 2026.
Even if Lake Tahoe doesn't host a Winter Olympics, Vail and KSL officials say they see the resort upgrades as smart investments sure to pay off in the long run.
Only a year after Vail Resorts spent $63 million to take over operations at Northstar in 2010, the company began to spend upward of $30 million for a new lodge with 700 seats for drinking and dining, a new high-speed chairlift and two intermediate trails on the backside of the mountain. Snowboarding legend Shaun White was even tapped to design a 22-foot halfpipe.
At the new Zephyr Lodge, which opened last December, Bill Rock, vice president and chief operating officer at Northstar California, pointed to the self-serve salad bar, the food counter that serves Asian fusion dishes and the wall of windows that look out on the snow-capped Sawtooth Ridge.
"Before we built this lodge there was no place to get food up here," he said. "Our guest survey scores have been going up ever since Vail Resorts came in."
Across the lake, Heavenly ski resort completed building a similar on-mountain lodge, Tamarack, in 2010.
The ski resorts are not alone in spending in Lake Tahoe.
In 2009, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. invested $300 million to open a six-story, 170 guest-room luxury hotel at the Northstar resort, the only five-diamond, AAA-rated hotel around the lake.
"Lake Tahoe is in the backyard of the San Francisco Bay Area and only a two-hour flight from Southern California," said Steven Holt, a spokesman for the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe. "There is a huge population of ski and snowboard enthusiasts, and this creates a luxury resort in their backyard."
Not everyone is happy about the big-money investments. Some longtime skiers fear the resort upgrades will lead to higher lift ticket and season pass prices.
Those prices have already increased $5 to $50, depending on the mountain.
Steve Grevstad, a Grass Valley resident and former president of the Bota Bagger Ski Club in Truckee, Calif., said he worries that higher lift ticket prices will make it too expensive for families to ski.
"If you have a family with two kids, you are going to come up there and kiss a $1,000 bill goodbye," he said. "They are not going to have the discount tickets in the future the way they had in the past."
But other skiers welcome the investments, saying the changes will entice them to visit the resorts more often.
"As an outsider who skis there, I welcome the improvements," said Ann Lawson, a veteran skier and trip organizer for the Pasadena-based Grindelwald Ski Club. Because of the improvements proposed at Northstar, she said she is tempted to visit the resort this spring.
"I feel Vail Resorts is one of the top-notch owners in the United States."
Ski resorts across the country are also doling out more on capital improvements, but not to the same degree as the Lake Tahoe resort owners.
In the 2011-12 season, the nation's resorts invested a combined $300 million on capital improvements, an 8 percent increase over the $277 million spent the previous year, according to the National Ski Areas Assn.
The dark cloud on the horizon for the ski industry is the potentially damaging effects of climate change on future snow seasons.
National Ski Areas Assn. spokesman Troy Hawks said ski operators are taking action by cutting greenhouse gas emissions at their operations but also by investing heavily in snow-making equipment to keep their mountains white even when Mother Nature won't cooperate.
Squaw Valley, host of the 1960 Winter Olympics, invested $4 million in snow-making guns and equipment over the summer, plus another $4 million on new trail groomers over the last two years.
"The conditions last year really made it easy to sell such investments to our owners," said Wirth, the Squaw Valley CEO.
But the snow-making investments are only a small portion of the $38 million KSL has already spent on Squaw Valley and the neighboring Alpine Meadows. The company is expected to spend an additional $32 million on the two resorts by 2015.
Squaw Valley has long been known for its steep skiing, most notably the runs around its 8,200-foot KT-22 peak. But over the last 20 or 30 years, Wirth said, the resort itself has languished because little has been spent on upgrades.
Until recently, he said, the main Olympic House lodge looked like a 1970s-era, low-rent casino. The ground floor of the lodge featured checkerboard carpeting, bare-bulb lighting and, instead of chairs, backless benches.
The resort has launched a $2-million face-lift for the lodge that will include plush armchairs, soft lighting, ottomans, coffee tables and fireplaces. The upgrade should be completed in December, Wirth said.
"The easier thing would have been to pull back after the year we just had," he said. "Instead, we are pushing forward."
Despite erratic snowfall in the past few years, resort owners around Lake Tahoe are in the midst of a spending avalanche that will surpass $100 million by 2017.
The resort upgrades already completed include:
-Northstar California: A new high-speed chairlift, two intermediate ski trails on the backside of the mountain, 700-seat, mid-mountain Zephyr Lodge, new fire pits, furniture and a new stage have been added at the Village at North star.
-Squaw Valley: Two new lifts and one realigned lift, new snow grooming and snow making equipment, a face lift to the Olympic House lodge and an upgrade to the resort's main plaza.
-Heavenly Mountain: A new 750-seat mid-mountain lodge, a new kids adventure zone with tubing and sleding facilities.
-Sierra-at-Tahoe: a new snowboarding school featuring Star Wars characters and upgrades to the snow play area.
-Alpine Meadows: upgrades to snow making equipment
To be completed this season:
Alpine Meadows: a new mile-long terrain park
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It is not surprising that some draw parallels between the recent drought and the historical droughts of the 1930's. The "dust bowl," a near ten-year period of extended drought conditions and massive dust storms, is part of American agricultural history as well as Kiowa County history.
"When the worse ones came we covered all of the furniture with sheets," said Helen Hayse, a lifelong Mullinville resident and historian who celebrated her 91st birthday last month. "Lots of times we would put sheets over the windows to keep the dust out. If it got really bad we would wet them. I remember one; I don't know if it was the worse one, but it was like a flood. The dust was as high as I could see, and the dust was piled all the way to the ground."
Massive rolling topsoil-clouds would engulf farmsteads across Kiowa County and western Kansas. If the storms were in the evening, residents wouldn't see it coming, sometimes waking up choking on inches of dust blown through an open window.
When storms came through in the daytime they were an awesome sight, sometimes blacking out the sun.
"It would get so dark we had to light the kerosene lamps even in the middle of the day," said Hayse, an elementary school student at the time. "It would kind of roll in like fog, with wind behind it."
Hayse said she remembers some of the worse days, like the day she was kept at school for fear of an approaching dust storm and the time she watched her mother and a neighbor play bridge by lamplight, in the middle of the afternoon.
But she said she remembers it as just part of day-to-day life.
"It was like a blizzard, you never knew how bad is was going to get or how long it was going to last. It was just part of life, we just endured it."
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Future women leaders
Shepaug students inspired by N.Y. symposium
|Shepaug Valley High School teacher Wendy Youngblood, left, took school juniors, from left, Emily Chin, Dana Walker, Shaelyn Rourk, Caroline Hermans and Sarah Williams to attend a TEDx (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Talk recently at Barnard College. Jim Shannon / Republican American
Dana Walker had spent the previous weeks opposing the district leader's plans to move away from block scheduling at Shepaug Valley High School. Unable to persuade officials, Walker said she felt defeated — and concerned about facing the superintendent, whose policy she had criticized so vocally.
But the Bridgewater student found the courage after attending a daylong symposium on women and leadership held last weekend at New York's Barnard College. The so-called TEDx (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talk, in which speakers spread ideas through stimulating presentations, have become a phenomenon in education and corporate society. Many are videotaped and posted on the web.
Drawing from points made by playwright and actress Melissa Maxwell, one of the speakers at the TEDx event, Walker said she summoned the courage to appear on her superintendent's "Dr. Pat Show" on YouTube.
More than 100 participants, largely women, attended the Dec. 1 event to listen to prominent women, from politicians to a senior statistician at Google. The Barnard event, sponsored by the Athena Center for Leadership Studies, was part of a special series of Ted events aimed at women worldwide that weekend. Shepaug humanities teacher Wendy Youngblood invited the five Shepaug students, partly because they had expressed interest in women's studies or activism.
"Really I wanted to connect them with concrete examples and the community of powerful, innovative women that are often featured at Barnard events," said Youngblood. "This was focused, dramatic and purposeful inspiration. I wanted them to view this and see that the agents of change are not some external entity — a 'them' — but they can start to see themselves as part of that community of agency, 'we.'"
Already, the teenagers hold lofty goals and packed schedules, between school plays, newspaper and Model UN. And they've already broken the mold in places where men tend to dominate: four of the five girls have been class officers, and two are on the school's robotics team.
In New York, the same talk about facing fears that Walker encountered also resonated with Shaelyn Rourk of New Preston, who envisions herself traveling the world as a physician assistant for the U.S. Department of State, doing humanitarian work.
"You can have fears, but you can't let them control you," she recounted of the talk. "She was saying don't be afraid to be who you are."
Ever since she heard actress Mia Farrow talk about genocide in Darfur in the fifth grade, Rourk said she felt destined "to help people." But it wasn't until recently that she started to notice the way in which women often faced greater challenges, from those struggling to feed children in the wake of civil war to the simple act of going to school.
"I never really thought about women and men separately until quite recently," she said. "Women are getting held back quite a bit."
It's for similar reasons that Sarah Williams of Washington also wants to do humanitarian work — perhaps helping build schools for girls in Third World countries.
After Oprah Winfrey opened a school for girls in South Africa in 2007, Williams realized that female education is not guaranteed in all countries.
"I was like, 'Wow, girls can't get an education and I'm a girl and that could have happened to me,'" said Williams,
Caroline Hermans, who aspires to combine her interests in science, engineering and art, said the chance to chat with speakers and organizers casually in the intimate setting was amazing.
Hermans, of New Preston, appreciated advice speaker Rachel Schutt, a senior statistician at Google and adjunct statistics professor at Columbia offered, recounting: "She said some people are going to patronize you for being a girl."
But Schutt and others emphasized the need to for women to push not only beyond society's expectations, but past their own comfort zones.
It was a theme that repeatedly cropped up, said Emily Chin of Roxbury, who came home considering the importance of "advocating for yourself."
Interested in engineering — or women's studies or clarinet — the multitalented Walker said Schutt's message so moved her, she hopes to reconnect with the speaker. Walker said every women had something to offer.
"Isisara Bey talked about vision, and how it can help women become leaders. She told us, 'You must plant to harvest' — you only get out what you put in. I could connect that to my own, everyday life," Walker said of the talk by the former vice president for SONY BMG Entertainment, who now works with a nonprofit promoting women's economic independence.
Youngblood praised the teens for their developing awareness and maturity.
"They're setting more personal and more ambitious goals about what to do with learning. Not to just participate in class but, 'I'm going to be strategic about how I show leadership,'" she said. "They used to just be busy, and now they're becoming activists. It's not for me to say what they do with that. It's really about them finding their voices."
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I know NIST called for contenders (in 2007) regarding the new hash algorithm to replace SHA-2. Has there been a selection, or finalists selected?
Keccak was selected by NIST on October 2, 2012 as the winner of the contest. It is widely seen as a suitable alternative to SHA-2, because the design is so different from most previous hash standards that even if SHA-2 is broken, confidence in Keccak should be relatively unaffected. It is also very fast and simple to implement in hardware.
NIST and most other observers also have renewed confidence in SHA-2 based on the experience gained since the attacks on SHA-1 and MD5 came to light. So we now have an opportunity to incorporate both standards as options in the various security protocols, which allows us to pivot quickly if problems are discovered in either one, and to select one of the two algorithms based on their suitability for the intended use cases.
In December of 2010, NIST selected the five SHA-3 finalists that advanced to Round 3, citing the following reasons in their Status Report on the Second Round
The initial hope was that a new hash could be found that was significantly more efficient than SHA-2, but achieving that with a high security margin has proved to be difficult. Some candidates are significantly faster than SHA-2, but that varies by platform (32-bit vs 64-bit vs "constrained" vs custom hardware).
Comparative Performance Review of the SHA-3 Second-Round Candidates (by our own @Thomas Pornin) focuses on embedded low power platforms where performance can actually be a bottleneck. Of the Round 3 candidates, BLAKE and Skein do best on such platforms.
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FORT RILEY, Kan. -- The 1st Infantry Division headquarters will officially mark its return Friday to Fort Riley after successfully completing its first deployment to Afghanistan.
Major General William Mayville, Jr., and Command Sergeant Major Charles Sasser, Jr., the division's commander and senior noncommissioned officer, will uncase the division's colors during a 1 p.m. ceremony at the post's Victory Park.
Nearly 700 staff members and Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion Soldiers deployed last March for Afghanistan, where the unit took command of Regional Command – East.
Operating as Combined Joint Task Force-1, the 1st Infantry Division commanded and controlled RC-East, an area roughly the size of Virginia, which included 14 provinces, 7.5 million citizens and 450 km of a mountainous border with Pakistan.
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Basal cell is the most frequent occurrence of skin cancer and most slow growing. It is least likely to spread to other body organs, but can grow into surrounding tissue and bone. It is curable and the least disfiguring with early treatment.
Squamous cell occurs less frequently, but grows faster and spreads to other organs more often. It is curable and least disfiguring with early treatment.
Malignant melanoma is relatively uncommon, but frequency has been increasing dramatically, particularly in warmer climates. It grows quickly and spreads to many organs. It is curable with early treatment, however, it is usually fatal if ignored during the early stages. Usually occurs as a small mole-like growth or arises from a pre-existing mole.
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If you have one or more of these irregularities on your skin, bring it to your dermatologist's attention immediately. If it is found in the precancerous stage or during its early growth phase, a melanoma can be easily removed easily and completely cured.
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Sunscreens work by either absorbing or blocking ultraviolet light. Examples of absorbers are PARA, benzophenones and cinnamates. Examples of sun blockers are zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and ichthammol. Most sunscreens have two or three absorbers to block a higher percentage and broader range of wavelengths.
This number enables you to select the optimal amount of sun protection and make intelligent choices among the many sunscreens on the market. Dermatologists recommend that the fairer the individual, the higher the SPF. An SPF of at least 15 is recommended for year-round use.
Yes. People who spend time in the sun for years without sunscreen protection usually develop a tough, leathery skin that can make them look 15 to 20 years older. Ultraviolet ray A is believed to play a key role in aging the skin.
No. Tanning booth lights are primarily ultraviolet A rays (previously presumed to be less dangerous), but also emit considerable ultraviolet B rays (directly linked with increased risk of skin cancer). Increasing data suggests that "UVA" is not a safe source of light. Hence, the UV rays used by tanning salons cause the skin to age prematurely, and can cause cataracts and damage to circulatory and immune systems.
Yes. Dark-skinned people can also get severely sunburned.
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Surgical removal of the affected areas. This is usually done in an outpatient setting using a local anesthetic.
No, skin cancer itself does not appear to be hereditary. However, the more fair-skinned the family and the closer to the equator the family members live, the greater the risk of skin cancer.
Certainly not, but from outward appearances it is often difficult for even an experienced physician to make an accurate diagnosis. When this happens, the doctor will use an anesthetic to numb the area, then remove part or all of the abnormal skin so the cells can be examined under a microscope to permit an accurate diagnosis and development of a treatment plan.
1. If getting a water-resistant sunscreen, its effectiveness after brief water exposure.
2. If you have sensitive skin, is the product hypoallergenic?
3. Do you prefer a moisturizing oil-based product or a drying alcohol-based product?
4. Select your product to avoid any of the ultraviolet absorbing ingredients commonly used in sunscreens to which you know yourself to be allergic.
5. Find a product you enjoy using. You'll be less likely to forget to apply it daily.
Yes. Ask your doctor or pharmacist which sunscreens are considered best.
No. There is no evidence that any sunscreen product causes cancer. However, earlier sunscreen products did not effectively block all of the sun's ultraviolet rays. By having some, but not all of the rays blocked, sunbathers may have increased their risk of some skin cancers. This may partially account for the growing incidence of melanomas.
Yes. Most sunscreens begin to lose their effectiveness after a year of shelf life.
No. A tan is the body's protective response to radiation exposure.
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Miss TDP 2: Dollmaker Round 2
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Miss TDP 2: Dollmaker Round 2 -
Welcome back to the Miss TDP pageant! After a successful first round, the contestant standings are as follows:
Belladoggy: 18/20 points
Kiwi_Kat: 16/20 points
Spirit_Queen: 16/20 points
Aussiemum777: 15/20 points
Eros: 14/20 points
Katiebear_x3: 11/20 points
Obviously this is going to be a close competition with all of the talented dollers and none of them should relax yet, especially because
can enter the competition at
, just like anyone can drop out at anytime. There are still another 40 points up for grabs in rounds two and three, so we encourage all members to test their skills! To repeat,
new contestants are welcome
THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION THREAD NOR THE PLACE TO SUBMIT HANDDRAWN ENTRIES! Before you post here, I suggest you stop. All non-entry posts will be deleted. If you have questions, direct them to Silver_Wolf_Kitty, who is in charge of the entire competition.
General Competition Rules.
1. Character.
When entering, you need to enter with one character and stay with it the entire time. This means that your dolls hair and skin colour must remain the same throughout, unless otherwise stated in the round theme.
2. Base.
You must use the same base set throughout, so pick one with a variety of poses. This base should also be medium in size for handdrawn dollers (comparable in size to the "Maia" bases here:
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). Dollmaker users should use the shuni style base.
3. Theft.
No stealing the work of another. This applies to both handdrawn and dollmaker participants, so do not submit a doll that someone else made or, for handdrawn dollers, mix and match pieces of completed dolls that are not your own. All work should be original and failure to comply will result in disqualification.
4. Props.
Props and backgrounds are encouraged, but should not be massive. We will ask too large of entries to reduce their size, so be reasonable.
We ask that all dolls have transparent background and is a GIF file. If you dont know how to do this, see the following thread:
How to Make Backgrounds Transparent
6. Forbidden.
Sexually explicit, nudity or overly bloody dolls are forbidden. Entering one could result in disqualification. Also, animation and glitter is not allowed as it creates an unequal field for those who can't animate.
7. Theme.
Every doll should relate to the theme. While we encourage creativity, failure to keep with the theme can get you eliminated automatically that round.
No one is allowed to use friendship or promises to sway a judges decision. Threats, bribery, and attempts to interfere or discover the judges decisions in anyway will result in disqualification. Arguing with the judges can result in an automatic elimination.
9. Competing.
You can only submit one entry for each competition, so choose wisely.
10. Entries.
You may enter both competitions if you wish. Make sure, however, that you do not enter the same profile for both competitions; it must be different.
1. Participants enter a doll every two-three weeks in the set thread. They may enter it sooner, however further edits are not allowed after the doll is entered. No matter what, the two-three weeks are a guaranteed time slot(unless all entries are received before it).
2. Any participants who fail to meet this deadline won't receive points for the round. Deadlines are not being extended for anyone, so do not ask. Special extensions may be asked in the event of a long trip or medical/family emergency, but you must contact Silver_Wolf_Kitty immediately if this occurs.
3. After submission is closed, the judges will then provide critique on each entry and score the dolls based on creativity, adherence to the theme, and technique.
4. After critiques are posted and points are updated, the next round will begin.
Round 1: Color Splash
What you have to do this round is do a monochromatic doll--with a twist. You are allowed to select one part of the doll to be colored. The rest, including hair, eyes, and skin, must be in black and white!
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February 13, 2012
Monday morning. I'm still trying to taper down on the prednisone – at 10 mg now. My ankles feel a little better, surprisingly. I hope this isn't just a fluke. Too many pills; no wonder I always feel like throwing up in the morning. I suppose I should try to spread out taking them but then I'd probably forget. I've started taking plaquenil again too. I had kind of "decided" on my own to stop taking it. Well, it was mostly laziness and forgetfulness that decided for me. I'm determined to get these ankles better so I can take a trip in June. If that means choking down all of these pills then I'll do it.
Happy Monday!
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February 13, 2012 at 4:14 pm
I was always astounded at the number of pills I use to take until allergies kicked most of them out. I can so relate. Keeping my hopes up that your preg. taper works well for you! Patience is a virtue :-) Slow and steady wins that race.
February 13, 2012 at 4:51 pm
I hear what you're saying about the pills — the volume, nausea, organization. I found a pill organizer with big sections, and you can pop out each day. I take what I can before I eat, then bring them with me to take the rest after a muffin or oatmeal settles a little. It helps my frame of mind the most -of no dealing with all those bottles and trying to remember what I took and when. I also don't have to take the grandma. organizer, just one for that day
February 14, 2012 at 12:03 pm
I hear you on choking down all the pills. I'm so tired of taking pills it is not funny. Sometime I wonder, if I take this many pills in my 30's, how many am I going to have to take when I'm 60? It's really unfair!!!
April 11, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I just found your posts from another link..found it very interesting that we have ( had) very similar ra symptoms. I got tired of the endless doctors apps, medications and changes to meds. Plus the side effects. One day I just said enough! Decided to go off my meds used aleve daily …I know…i changed my diet completely, researched inflammatory foods…by the way it's not a coincidence that your ankles felt better after cutting caffeine and soda is loaded with sodium, stay away from salt and get rid of sugars as much as u can from your diet..the results are amazing. I joined a boot camp…was really hard at first but within a month I was feeling fabulous. I told myself doing what i could was better than doing nothing at all! Now 6 months later I am fit, lost 15 Lbs. ankles look great..no more Kankles…well most days anyway….i can actually tell that my foot is attached to a leg vs. a tree trunk! I am not sleeping entire days away from the exhaustion and Headaches virtually gone. I only take aleve about 2 or 3 times a month for minor flares. Just recently stopped drinking milk, this has helped as well..replaced with silk almond milk no sugar added. Not sure how long it will last or what damage not taking meds is doing, some might say I'm crazy but it's working now and I just take everyday one day at a time with no false hopes of this being the permanent solution. It's just the meds scare the crap out of me. Making my annual check up soon curious to see how my blood work comes back its been almost a year.
July 4, 2012 at 11:36 am
I just found this message board(?) and having read a few of the older posts, I can say I'm totally with you on Prednisone. It does work but my experience is that the relief doesn't last. I knw weight gain can be an issue, and fortunately my rheumatologist is a woman and she doesn't look at me strangely when I say I don't want to be on it because I don't want get fat. I'm on Remicade and Sulfasalazine only – methotrexate made me throw up and Plaquenil was useless. One thing I will mention, in case anyone sees this, is that if you are going to go on Remicade, which is great, get a Shingles vaccine first if you had chicken pox earlier in life. About 6 months after I started Remicade, I got Shingles. It was THE worst experience of my life. Seven months later, I still have some residual nerve pain and am still on Neurontin (which should be named Morontin because it turns you into an idiot until you get used to it – but that's a whole other story). I skipped a Remicade infusion some could get the vaccine, and my RA has sort of been punishing me ever since, but I think a lot of that might be due to stress from work, which has drastically increased the last few months.
I will also mention, and then shut up, that some dietary changes made a big difference as well. I don't want to have large doses of medication if I can help it, so I am basically vegan and completely gluten free, and avoid anything from the nightshade family. This is boring but has helped. I also cut out red wine completely, and drink very little, which sucks, but if I do, it's good champagne or nothing.


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The Nemaha Natural Resources District board recognized outgoing members at its Dec. 13 meeting and declared vacancies for two seats.
Lisa Beethe, board chairman, presented an engraved clock to Tom White of Falls City for his 16 years of service.
Also recognized were Dan Watermeier of Syracuse, Bill Umland of Palmyra and Wayne Goering of Nebraska City.
Watermeier, who served 17 years on the board, vacated the post to serve in the state Legislature.
Two spots on the board will become vacant and require the district to appoint new members. The spots are in Subdistrict 2, where Watermeier served, and Subdistrict 4 in and surrounding Nebraska City.
The vacancies will be advertised beginning in January with the board to consider potential applicants at their February meeting.
The board also approved revisions to its Soil and Water Conservation Program to update language.
Sign-up for funding through this cost-share program begins Jan. 2 for the program year that starts on July 1. Applications must be submitted through the local Natural Resources Conservation Service offices.
The board rejected the bid for rehabilitation of Wilson Creek site 8-H east of Syracuse. Only one bid was received and it was above estimates. The project includes replacing the metal tube in the dam with a concrete tub and realigning the spillway so it no longer conflicts with Highway 2.
The board approved seven permits to drill wells, but is considering a 180-day delay on new wells as a ranking system for wells is developed. Wells already approved or under construction would not be affected by the temporary stay.
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Lapse in Missing-Persons List Questioned
Officials in Cleveland are calling for a review of the city's missing-persons investigations after the police department disclosed that it had long ago removed from a national database one of the three women who reappeared last week.
Police said on Friday they removed Michelle Knight from the missing-persons database in 2003, 15 months after she disappeared, because they couldn't contact a relative to confirm she was still missing.
Cleveland City Councilor Michael Polensek, vice chairman of the council's public-safety committee, said the case raised questions about how city police handle missing-persons investigations. He and the committee's chairman are now requesting an audit of the department's missing-persons probes.
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The audit would seek details on the more than 100 missing-persons cases outstanding in Cleveland and answer "how a case stays on the radar screen and who's making that determination," he said.
Ms. Knight's case highlights how some missing-persons cases can fall through the investigative cracks at police departments across the U.S., as detectives struggle to prioritize a large case load with limited resources.
Kenneth Lanning, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who specialized in crimes against children, said that shortly after a person disappears, there are usually more leads than police working the case. But later, leads dry up and departments usually scale back resources and declare a case inactive. "The police have to allocate their resources," he said.
Kenna Quinet, an associate professor of criminal justice at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, said departments should always err on the side of caution and "leave someone in the system when they don't know their status."
Cleveland city spokeswoman Maureen Harper said that under state policy, detectives are asked to remove missing persons from the databases if they can't confirm a person is still missing during annual checks.
Ms. Knight was 21 years old when she went missing, which also complicated the inquiry into her disappearance. "Adults can be more challenging to investigate given the fact that as an adult…you're allowed to go missing if you so choose," said Ms. Harper, who spoke on behalf of the Cleveland police.
Ms. Harper said the department periodically reached out to relatives to check on Ms. Knight's status. In January 2012, they found a relative, and Ms. Knight was placed back on the national list. But in November, when police tried again and didn't reach anyone, Ms. Knight was again removed.
A spokeswoman for the FBI, which maintains the national missing-persons database, said in an email: "It is up to the local law enforcement agency to decide how to manage their case. The FBI would not interfere with their decisions to add/remove entries" in the national database.
Police investigating missing-persons cases have access to an array of resources and methods—such as Amber Alerts, DNA-evidence experts and door-to-door searches—but going after each case full force is essentially impossible, experts say. Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year, the vast majority of whom turn out to have run away, FBI data show.
"The numbers are huge," said Mr. Lanning, the former FBI agent. "You have to make judgments, and anytime you make judgments, you're going to get second-guessed."
In the case of Ms. Knight, police appear to have had few leads to follow from the beginning. With the exception of the periodic calls to a relative to check on her status, there is little evidence police made much progress on where she went, according to her partially redacted missing-persons report released last week.
The report on Ms. Knight spans five pages, compared with 47 pages for Georgina "Gina" DeJesus and 66 pages for Amanda Berry, the other women who emerged last week at the home of Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old former school-bus driver who has been charged with rape and kidnapping. Mr. Castro, who is in custody, hasn't entered a plea in the case.
The approach chosen by police early on is crucial. About three-quarters of child-abduction murders happen in the first three hours, according to a 2006 U.S. Justice Department report. But in the early hours after Ms. DeJesus and Ms. Berry disappeared, questions over whether they were abducted or simply ran away caused Cleveland police to hesitate.
Police never issued an Amber Alert on either case because they had no specific evidence of an abduction. Under state policy, police are encouraged to reserve such an alert for confirmed kidnappings to avoid softening the public's response, said Ohio State Highway Patrol Capt. Rob Jackson, chairman of the panel that coordinates the state's Amber Alert program, which is designed to quickly disseminate information about abducted children.
In 2005, Ohio created a new type of alert for missing children who weren't necessarily abducted, though these alerts don't break into television programming. These alerts are designed for when "a child wanders off or got lost or a runaway that's gotten endangered or a possible abduction," Capt. Jackson said.
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Considering that the car recommend Mobil 1 Synthetic oil as per the logo on the oil cap, how can I be sure that the garage that did the oil change poured the recommended oil and not another low cost oil to save money?
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My first suggestion would be to ask whoever did the change. If you are seriously in doubt, provide the oil to somebody to redo the change, or simply do it yourself. If you are able to do the change yourself, I would suggest learning to do so (just keep the receipts so you can provide them as maintenance records in the event you wish you sell the vehicle).
All in all, if you aren't certain the right oil was used the first time, redoing a $40 oil change with the correct oil will be way cheaper than any damage the wrong oil might inflict on your vehicle over time.
Other than draining a bit and sending it off for some analysis, you'd have to watch them do the oil change. Though if you are that concerned about trickery, your time is probably better spent asking around for references for a reputable shop.
The only way I know of at least here in Iceland is basically to ask the garage, although here the dealerships certify garages that use only the proper oil for each make
No real way to tell from the oil itself (although Royal Purple IS purple).
Either ask the shop or change it yourself.
I would suggest taking a look at the quality of the oil filter.
The oil filter doesn't, strictly speaking, tell anything about the quality of the oil, but it does say something about the people/company who changed your oil. If they used a high-quality filter, then it's more likely that they used a high quality oil. Similarly, if they used a low-quality filter, it's more likely that they used a low-quality oil.
If you take out the filter and it looks like this:
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Also, this is one of the reasons why I chose to do oil changes myself. You know which oil goes in, you know which oil filter goes in, and you know that you've properly replaced the O-ring and the crush washer, which many shops seem to forget.


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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- High school students from across Kansas were putting their skills to the test in Manhattan on Monday for a state-wide mechanics competition.
Manhattan Area Technical College hosted the annual Future Farmers of America Ag Mechanics contest jointly with Kansas State University.
The contest included 160 students from 39 Kansas high schools who competed in the areas of welding, electrical, small engine repair and irrigation systems.
The students were judged individually and there were also two team events, including a grain cart and tractor and engine diagnosis.
"The experience is fantastic. It looks like all of the students have been engaged all day long in each area that they've been participating in so the experience for them and us is very good," Wes Chambers, welding instructor at Manhattan Area Technical College.
"It's a lot of real life experience here. A lot of these skills you can use the rest of your life. I'd say it's a very worthwhile contest for everybody," added Derek Haug, a student at Manhattan High School.
The winners will move on to the national competition where a number of scholarships will be up for grabs.
Manhattan Area Technical College has hosted the event for several years as a result of the college's partnership with Kansas State University's Department of Communications and Agricultural Education as a hands-on trainer for the university's students each semester.
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It was a long, frustrating, and altogether not worth it but I was determined. By the final round your enemies will have 4 or 5 times the stats as you. The dual wielders get the jump on my 379 speed netter…
My final team and the only thing I came up with that could beat them:
1. Net guy. Net can only be active on one enemy at any time or it will miss. Plain and simple. Dump all attributes into speed. Use net on the biggest immediate threat, usually a dual wielding in the front or a intimidate all guy in the back. Since their guys will always be so much stronger than your guys, the ability to disable one of their guys is an epic advantage. If you are brave, drop a little bit of speed (keep 240+) and pump some points into dex and str for throw power. As is there is really no reason to attack with this guy.
Ret: 5:15:10:9:1:5, Dimac: 5:10
Final Stats: 145:32:19:55:379:45
2. Protector. Get the biggest and best shield and body armor you ever find and put it on this guy. Use protect first turn on your net guy. Shield bash away at your biggest threats.
Murm: 10:10:10
Dimach 5:15:10
Stats: 185:125:129:74:245:47
3. Dual wielder. Another shielder, or thrower. Flex spot kinda. I ended up using another shield guy. If you choose dual wielder or thrower, you might have to have your protector on this guy instead.
Thraex: 5:15
Murm: 5
Dimachaerus: 6:15:14
Stats: 158:128:84:79:234:21
Even with a perfect build there is a lot of luck involved. In the later rounds you just cannot kill the guys with shields. You would have to run close to 300 dex to hit them and then you have no chance against anything else. Fighting a shield guy? Just quit and spare yourself a slow and painful death.
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How do you explain what a stationary process is? In the first place, what is meant by process, and then what does the process have to be like so it can be called stationary?
A stationary process is one where the mean and variance don't change over time. This is technically "second order stationarity" or "weak stationarity", but it is also commonly the meaning when seen in literature.
In first order stationarity, the distribution of $(X_{t+1}, ..., X_{t+k})$ is the same as $(X_{1}, ..., X_{k})$ for all values of $(t, k)$.
You can see whether a series is stationary through it's autocorrelation function (ACF): $\rho_k = Corr(X_t, X_{t-k})$. When the ACF of the time series is slowly decreasing, this is an indication that the mean is not stationary; conversely, a stationary series should converge on zero quickly.
For instance, white noise is stationary, while a random walk is not. We can simulate these distributions easily in R (from a prior answer of mine):
Which ends up looking somewhat like this:
If a time series varies over time, it is possible to make it stationary through a number of different techniques.
A very excellent discussion of stationarity as it relates to trading can be found in Sherry's (Sherrys'?) Mathematics of Technical Analysis (poorly organized, but very useful book). As he puts it, if the price changes of a stock, etc., are stationary over a time period, the underlying rules generating the price changes are effectively unchanged. The hypothesis is that a trading algorithm has little chance of working on a non-stationary series of price changes.
Below are some charts I've generated using the technique he describes in the book. Basically, you break your data set into two parts, histogram the prices changes, and construct cumulative distribution functions (cdfs). Then, do a Pearson's $\chi^2$ test to see if one cdf is significantly different than the other. You can also just look at the cdfs by eye. The case below is a borderline case. You can see the cdfs look a little bit different, but $\chi^2$ needs to be better than 14.07 to reach the 0.05 significance level in Pearson's test.
A process is defined here and is simply a collection of random variables indexed (in general) by time.
Otherwise I know the concept stated by Shane under the name of "weak stationarity", strong stationary processes are those that have probability laws that do not evolve through time.
More formally let $X_t$ be a given process, then let's call $P_X$ the probability law of the process, then for any given finite set of times $(t_1,...,t_n)$, and some borelian sets $(A_1,...,A_n)$ and any real $h>0$, $X_t$ is said (strongly) stationary iff :
$P_X(X_{t_1}\in A_1,...,X_{t_n}\in A_n)=P_X(X_{t_1+h}\in A_1,...,X_{t_n+h}\in A_n)$
For Gaussian process weak stationarity is equivalent to stationarity.
In mathematics and statistics, a stationary process (or strict(ly) stationary process or strong(ly) stationary process) is a stochastic process whose joint probability distribution does not change when shifted in time. Consequently, parameters such as the mean and variance, if they are present, also do not change over time and do not follow any trends.


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Many thanks to everyone who supported Scienceroll in this year's Medgadget's Weblog Awards, the most prestigious medical blogger competition in the world.
Scienceroll won the Best Medical Technology/Informatics Blog category for the third time in a row.
The Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog is once again Bertalan Meskó's ScienceRoll. Berci, as we like to call him ever since he was one of the editors at Medgadget, is specializing in medical informatics and genetics. In the past, Berci even developed a medical school course about Health 2.0 and related topics at University of Debrecen in Hungary. ScienceRoll continues to provide timely commentary and news and reviews of everything involving computers, patients, and doctors. Congrats Berci, and keep up the good work!
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Craftsman Laser Trac Level (New) for $4.99
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Adapter for strapping to a shark's head sold separately.
If you're OCD and you don't have one of these for leveling the art/family pics/whatever is hanging on your walls, then you're doing it wrong.
I reckon most folks will need someone to hold this steady while you adjust the stuff on the wall or draw a line for mounting something. I don't have metal studs, so i know would need help. Sadly, suction cup models don't stick well either.
Does anyone have the type that levels itself and sits on a tripod in the middle of the room? I think that would be better if you don't have extra hands.
Is it just me, or does this look a LOT like a TF2 RED sentry gun while it's first going up?
(In the main view only, of course.)
@bsmith1: There are 2 notches that allow you to use pushpins to hold it in place too.
I got this last time woot had it... it's not "great", but I'd say def worth $10.
@peterflynn: Thanks! I didn't see those. It looks like the magnetic base is pretty heavy... Would a couple pushpins really hold it in place on drywall?
@bsmith1: nice :)
I have one for at home. its cheap and gets the job done. but at work i use quality self leveling laser's... so for $4.99 its great for around the house.
@bsmith1: When I brought mine a year or so back it came with a base that had pushpins built in and it does a good job holding it up. but be careful as you change the angle sometimes and dont always get it level when pushing the pins in