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05-04-2012 07:35 AM - edited 05-04-2012 07:38 AM
Hi there,
We've got three devices we want to synchronize:
- "pressure" gives us an analog input
- "valve" needs a square wave pulse via counter channel 0
- "cam trigger" needs a series of square wave pulses via counter channel 1
It works as long as either the expansion valve OR the cam trigger is attached to the pressure. But when we attach both, we get Error 50103: resource is reserved. Does that mean I can't use both counter channels at the same time? At least that was what I guessed reading some other posts in this forum... Or does the synchronization not work properly?
Anybody got an idea how to solve this, or which alternatives there are for using the counter channel?
Thank you for your help.
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Dear Andrea,
The program setup is alright. It might be an issue with the Hardware and counter clock.
Please let me know which DAQ card (model number) you are using exactly.
Best regards,
Rupert Donauer
Applications Engineer, NIG
Dear Rupert,
Thank you for your reply.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean my "model number", as I considered 6036E as the model number. So I attached a photo of the card.
You said that it might be an issue with the Hardware and counter clock. I've been testing a bit and it might be that the ai/Start Trigger isn't compartible with ctr1. What could I do instead?
Best regards,
Hi Andrea,
thanks for the pics.
I did some research about synchronizing two counter outputs. Unfortunately the DAQCard-6036E doesn't support to synchronize 2 counter outputs,
therefore you got the error.
The reason is the NI-TIO technology, which isn't supported for E-Series Cards.
Check the following link:
There would be an option if you have a M or X-Series cards with an ARM-Trigger
Kind regards,
Rupert Donauer
Dear Rupert,
Oh no, and I've been trying this for days....
Thank you anyway, it helped me a lot! Now I know how to proceed.
Don't give up just yet. It sounds to me like you may not need the missing features that are typically meant when people talk about synchronizing tasks. Your description sounds like you may only need to operate the counters simultaneously and independently, without need for sub-microsecond timing sync.
One bit of info that isn't obvious on the surface is that if you choose Finite Sampling mode for a counter pulse train, an E-series board like yours will use up both counters to generate the finite pulse train. Then when you try to make a task for the other counter, you get an error because it's already being used behind the scenes.
If you used Continuous Sampling mode, the task wouldn't use the other counter behind the scenes, leaving it available to be used in a different task. This would also be true if you generated a single pulse (configure the task without ever calling "DAQmx Timing.vi").
Another sneaky trick that might work is to create a useless dummy AO task which generates 0 volts and isn't wired anywhere. *BUT*, you may be able to route its sample clock out to a PFI pin, thus generating a finite pulse train without using *any* counters. Just note that the pulse train will be a very low duty cycle rather than truly square. But if your devices are primarily sensitive to pulse train edges rather than time spent in a given digital state, it won't matter.
So... does the valve need a single pulse? How crucial is the timing? There's a chance you could do that with a software-controlled digital output instead of a counter.
Does the "cam trigger" need a precise # of pulses? Or could you generate a continuous pulse train for an approximate # of pulses by using software timing to decide when to stop the task?
-Kevin P
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for your reply.
Indeed I just need the two counters operating simultaneously and independently. I tried without synchronising first and got the error you described below.
"If you used Continuous Sampling mode, the task wouldn't use the other counter behind the scenes, leaving it available to be used in a different task. This would also be true if you generated a single pulse (configure the task without ever calling "DAQmx Timing.vi")"
Sounds great! For the valve, I only need a single pulse. But if I don't use the Timing.vi, how do I attach the clock? Or would a clock not be needed in this case?
The cam trigger needs a finite series of pulses, but maybe it is possible to use the Continuous Sampling Mode and just stop it at some point. Or to use a loop for sending a series of single pulses. The number of does not need to be controlled precisely, but should be approximately 3-5. I'm not quite sure how to do that.
Hardwaretiming would be prefered, but a few microseconds won't matter. The valve needs a propper square, but for the camera trigger the pulseshape doesn't matter, it just needs to be above a certatin level.


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No need to mix feed(s) with mineral. You are wasting you money.
Question: Ok. My friend and i lease about 600 acres here in South Carolina. My question is, we are really wanting to put out some sort of minerals in multiple locations this year to help with antler growth. Do we buy a bag of this, pour it out and it last during the growth season? Or is this something we have to apply every week or so?
Jeff Williams:
On 600 acres I would put out 6 deer mineral stations. Make sure these are placed in areas that deer travel through very regularly. Also place them in a location that you can easily monitor them with trail cameras if you so wish.
The rule of thumb on replenishing a mineral lick is….If there is no visible mineral left, it needs replenished. Some of the deer mineral will soak into the ground but you really need to see some at the lick to make sure there is plenty there. The deer activity on each lick will dictate the usage. I would suggest checking every month or so until you see how they are using it. I would also expect to see the highest deer mineral consumption between March and September.
Question: I have a question for you, and others in the south, regarding antler mass.
I am wondering if deer in your area pack on the mass as they mature, like our northern deer do? I know that northern deer are typically heavier weight wise, but it seems that even the largest of the southern bucks do not stack up mass wise to northern bucks?
The supplementing that you do (year round?) obviously is huge, but I supplement seemingly much less than you; and I see great results, whether its from the mineral supplement or not.
Somedays I wonder if northern deer are almost a different breed…
I don't want it to sound like a bash, or an amateur post, but I see all these thin, tall tined, wide racks on the southern deer whereas the northern bucks tend to be heavy and gnarly.
Jeff Williams:
Good Question! Well comparing deer in WI and MN to Deer in the non Ag areas of NE OK is kinda like comparing a orange to a grapefruit. Both look about the same but there are some really HUGE differences in the two…..There are deer in Canada that make our OK deer look like dogs and crazy as it seems our OK deer in NE OK are larger than some in the South and Eastern parts of the country. The age, nutrition and genetics of a buck do matter on mass to some degree, but our deer will never have the mass yours do.
This is a very BIG subject and one that can cause quite a lot of debate but bottom line is the whitetail subspecies look about the same in general but differ a lot in body weights, antler mass and size, fawn weights, etc.
FYI: There are at least 6 different subspecies of whitetail deer in North America that have evolved over time to master the regional climates they must live in. The farther North you go the bigger the deer. THe bigger the body size of the deer is proportional with the antler mass they grow out of their big heads to some degree.
When you feed supplemental protein and mineral you have to:
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Everyone has to measure supplemental feeding results against average deer from their geographic area. You can not measure results against freakishly huge deer or below average deer from your area.
I hope I shed some light on the differences between your deer and ours. I wish we naturally had the mass your deer do, but I think they would look very disproportionate with the heads of our 150 lb bucks! I feed protein and mineral to try and turn those skinny wide racks to more massive racks!


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Those of you who have already rolled stats: If you have an idea what you might want to make, please let me and the others have a rough idea (Race/Class).
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Those of you who have already rolled stats: If you have an idea what you might want to make, please let me and the others have a rough idea (Race/Class).
serious question: i note that the 4 base psionic classes are allowed, but the expanded psionics handbook, from which those classes are taken does not appear to be listed in the approved books.
also i note that the basic prestige enhancement books are listed, but not the updated "complete x" series of books. many of the prestige classes from the basic books are updated from 3.0 to 3.5 in these books, can they be allowed, please? as i am looking at a psionic class for my choice, and the basic prestige books don't have psionic material, that would be an important factor in my choice.
lastly, oriental adventures was updated from 3.0 to 3.5 in one of the dragon magazines. i can get which one it is, in case anyone is interested. are you allowing the dragon mags or the website supplemental material?
as a side note, my first idea for a character, the one i've been wanting to try for a while now, got tossed out the window with the "no LA races" bit. sigh. ^^
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Psionics is being taken from the listed website, as I have the original psi handbook, and it's... not so great... Most, if not all of the psionics stuff is in the SRD, so it's OK. But I'd rather stay away from the psi races.
If you have something specific which is not allowed by the above limitations, ask. The worst that will happen is I say "no."
I own the original 5 splat books, but not the 3.5 versions. In most cases the updates are minor. I have access to the Complete series, but prefer to use the books I can easily reference. Again, if there's some reason to prefer the Complete series over the original books, let me know, and I'll take a look at it.
I read over that issue of Dragon. I think I even have it somewhere. There's little that I see as needing updated. See previous comments: If there's something there ... blah blah blah....
To the Dragon magazine stuff... There's so much stuff available, by different authors, not written to work together, and often balanced on its own, and with the core books, but not with other stuff... I just tend to lean away from Dragon magazines for players. There is this one article that turns a bunch of undead creatures into templates though... I just loved that article... *evil laugh*
Finally, what race? There may be some mutually agreeable way to make it work. I'm not completely inflexible, just mostly.
oh, i can't stand the 3.0 version either. it was a half-baked job. almost there, but still fell short! argh!
the expanded psionics handbook is actually worth the money. if it's not in the srd (most is) i can copy it out for you.
let me get my info together and i'll send it to you about my first idea. which has the advantage of being non-psionic....
i wasn't planning on inflicting an elan on you, even though i have wanted to try one out. ^^ sometimes i'll play a thri-kreen, but usually as a fighter type. if i play an archer, i'll likely go with an elf type. the ebauer would likely be a human.
in any case, let me get the first idea together and send it to you. then you can decide and we'll go from there.
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just an update. i'm trying to avoid typing everything out by hand, but it is looking more likely that i will have to in the end. sigh.
so far the resources that would be used include: Player's Handbook, Races of Stone, Complete Warrior, Complete Adventurer, Enemies & Allies (the old 3.0 book that came out just after the prestige books), Miniatures Handbook, and the Dragon magazine 313. the two templates i wanted to use are part-ogre and part-minotaur, btw. i'm looking at half-giant, goliath, or human as the base race. but leaning away from the half-giant so that i won't have to inflict psionics on you. this build would be completely psionic free, incidentally.
please note that this listing of books is simply a list of all the books that i've found resources that this character would likely use during his development. once i've narrowed down what he will have at the start, then i can give you a condensed list of what i actually used, rather than that "big list of all i'd like to use over the course of twenty levels". ^^
the basic idea is that of the big strong guy who is more than what he was made to be, also trying to overcome some of the handicaps that his training has inflicted upon him. he is an escaped fantasy-version of a super soldier experiment, but one designed by commitee, and a commitee of intellectuals who had never actually seen or experienced combat, to boot. he has spent his life under intense brainwashing and now that he is free, (or is he?) he is trying to do the whole "who-and-what-am-i" thing. for one thing he tries to avoid violence, and flatly refuses to kill sentient beings. he tends towards vegitarianism so that he hurts fewer animals. his philosophy is basically, "hurting bad, killing bad, but gotta eat, gotta live." he is still struggling to work out the details and distintions, however.
he saw many other 'experiments' punished and tortured, even killed, for no good reasons that he could understand. he was tortured and punished himself. this is where his "hurting bad, killing bad" idea comes from. but he has been starved, and he thinks he might have hurt or maybe killed some of the experimenters in escaping, and this bothers him. He realizes that he would be dead if he hadn't escaped, and that he has to eat, even at the expense of animals... that is where the "gotta eat, gotta live" comes from. he is not sure if hurting bad people who are hurting others is okay or not... but he does tend to lose his temper when faced with blatant examples of beings being hurt.
i've also toyed with the idea of having weird random coded keywords which were used during his brainwashing as trigger words for different actions. we could either make these up ahead of time, or i could let you have fun and simply inform me when a combo is hit upon. for the latter option, i would like to have a pre-defined list of likely actions so that i know that number of programmed actions, and what he will do as a result, so that i can rp it out. however, i wouldn't know the keyword in that case. ^^ more fun for you. i'm sure having him expectorate or break vile wind whenever someone says "gold pieces!" would have it's amusing (if low humor) moments. the programmed keywords should be the sort of things that fantasy based intellectuals would find amusing, as well as easy to remember. the resulting actions should be impressive for the funding clients and patrons. probably designed to show off how fierce and scary he is, as well as how strong.
a short list of possible suggestions: break something, kill something, intimidate something, act wild, act obedient, lift something big and heavy, throw something or someone.
(i admit i was tempted to add one more template (part-golem) to give him a big stone arm... thus turning him into a near miss for fantasy-hellboy. all i'd need would be to make him a tiefling as the base race for the finish.... ;D but i didn't.)
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I like this idea. I like it enough that I'm willing to work with the fact that it uses many books I don't have, something I usually don't do. You WILL need to get me the necessary rules text though. Emailing me scans of the appropriate text blocks is good enough, if you don't want to type them out.
There are some issues that need to be dealt with.
1> This character would hate pretty much EVERYTHING about the City-State. He would want OUT, in any possible way. He definitely would not be coming into the City-State, which was my original intention. I'm thinking that he's native to the City-State, and escaped (or did he?), and desperately wants out, but has some goal that prevents him from leaving. You can figure that one out on your own.
2> Is the character the product of crossbreeding (like half-elf, half-orc, orog, etc), or magical mixture (like owlbears, et al)? I have some ideas that would work with your origin, if you are of magical origin.
within the context of a dictatorial or even rules-heavy (corrupt or not) type city-state, i think that some likely outcomes of his origin might include the following:
captured and sold to a patron of the gladitorial arenas-especially due to his appearance and size and strength-this could even lead to him having free (as in adventuring) time between the big fights...;
anyone wanting some muscle to stand around and look scary, even given his ideology, would be interested in him. especially if they could convince him that they were simply abiding to the terms of an agreement (legal or not-he'd likely not really get the difference)...;
some compassionate individual, group, or order could have found him, and be trying to reform him and teach him how to break free of his conditioning-with varying degrees of success... (i'd likely snarf at any attempt to turn this one into a beauty and the beast look-a-like... which is highly likely to result in unintended player directions, ne?);
he could be extremely wary of anything resembling being owned again, very likely considering. which could result in all of the above being pitched to him at once... he could have offers from arena patrons to come and fight for them, offers from various "interested individuals" who would like him for muscle... and how long would either be likely to wait.... the "law" might want him for the same reasons as above, or be suspisious of him just because of how he looks, or might be wanting to enact some sort of legal control over him.
is he property? would he be considered emancipated? is the legal establishment even aware of him? would they care? his legal status would make a difference... especially if papers are required to move from section to section or get out of the city....
i suppose that it would depend on the status of his previous owner/experimentors. if they were a feared and hated cabal of mind-control Psycho-crats who harbor dark and twisted plans to remake everyone to suit their bizarre and perverse competing theories on the nature of social and mental make-up in a grand experimental game using the whole of the city-state for their playing board to see whose theory would win.... in such a case, everyone would probably join forces to stamp them out, if only to insure that they are in control instead of the psycho-crats. would the experiments be considered dangerous unknowns to be terminated on being made aware that they belonged to the psycho-crats? or would they want the power(s) that might be posessed by such offspring? or the knowledge into magical and transformational processes that they might represent?
or they could be il/legal weapons manufactures and these experiments represent the cutting edge of their research and devolpment program... they may still have representitives in the city, and other holdings... this disaster might only be a small setback to the large corporate entity they are part of. he might have to deal with assassains trying to terminate him, or recruiters unwilling to take no for an answer hunting him down, various factions of the corporation trying to control him for the knowledge that went into his creating, or for his obvious assets, or erradicate him for the insult that his existance represents. what secrets were encoded into his blood and bones? encoded notes enscribed upon the very surface of his bones? mystical patterns encrypted into the fabric of his flesh-his very dna? does he carry a package or packages of mysterious contents surgically implanted somewhere or in various spots in his body?
if they represent something that would be stamped out by others in the city, then he himself might engender a similar response in those who know his origin. or he might be an unknown, the most the law knows is the number of escapees, but no details or descriptions about them. in that case he could be searching for his 'siblings' trying to form a family of outcasts of common background.
as for nature of origin: i'm leaning toward an arcane infusion of various races. i think that's the best explaination for a part-goliath, part-minotaur, and part-ogre mix. even i would be rather hard-pressed to believe a natural parentage for that one. ^^ see some of the above ideas for possible variants and complications that could be attached. ^^ i just hope that i have enough resources or wherewithal to somehow acquire a weapon with the merciful enchantment of appropriate size for my character.
these are just a few off-the-cuff ideas that i'm throwing out there. ^^ and i will get you the needed texts for all things used or desired, somehow or another. =D
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OK, random thoughts and responses in no particular order:
A "natural" origin can easily be explained: An evil alignment and multiple applications of the Dominate spell over multiple generations. I'm OK with either origin though.
Citizenship, or lack thereof: Depends on a few factors.
-Escaped slave: You will be detained by the law. Resistance will be met with any necessary force, up to and including lethal. Your owner will be fined for letting you escape, and may be held responsible for any damages you caused. If returned to your owner alive, your punishment is in his hands. As slaves have no rights, immediate death on return is common, unless the slave is considered valuable.
-If you are considered a "beast", as opposed to a sentient being, escape will mean the authorities label you a Dangerous Beast, or an abberation from Mermist Swamp. Either carries a "Kill on Sight" command.
-If you were created in secret, you have no legal standing. You would be treated little better than the beggar class due to your horrific visage, but the law would not be after you. Your former masters have a secret to protect though, and can't risk you exposing them, especially if you were the result of an unlicensed magical experiment, or worse, a black government project.
I'll see if I can find a group that would be willing to help you, but greed is a stronger driving force here than compassion is... You may get (or pay!) more than you bargained for.
Take a look at the equipment choices I listed. The "Heirloom" category may be good for you. It grants one good item (Grabbed while escaping?) and very little else. Seems appropriate for this background, to me at least.
I wanted to start very simple for my first attempt so I was thinking about an Elf/Rogue with some kind of disability that makes him an outcast from regular elvin society (which explains part of why he's looking for a new place to live). If this would fit I can flesh him out more once we get the characters set and written up.
I want to use the "standard equipment" option for my character. You mentioned starting at lvl 5 is that it or can we choose from 1-5 or do you decide that? At what lvl we start at what hit points do we use max for that lvl/character or do you want us to roll for each one like we would do normally? Finally how would you like us to submit our characters to you for approval?
The City-State setting is slightly more dangerous than "average" Starting you at level 5 is much like starting at 1 in a regular campaign, in terms of survivability at least. Everyone starts at level 5, with minimum XP for that level - 10,000 I think.
You get an automatic max roll on your first hit die. The rest are rolled normally. 1's are rerolled when rolling hit points. Roll them in the dice rolling thread up above. For example, If you went single class rogue, you'd get 6hp at first level, and 4d6 total for levels 2 through 5.
Now that the ball is rolling, I should start a thread to post characters in. Make it as complete and organized as possible, and post there.
OK thats what I needed to know thanks Necrite I'll get right on it
i agree with you about the heirloom catagory. it seemed best. i kind of like the idea that he was 'designed' for fighting, hence my suggesting arena combat if it's available in this city. in such a case, that could be "his" weapon for when he is demonstrated to potential clients or whatever we decide on. so consider me picking that one. =D i'll get to work on a character sheet for you.
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Sly's Seafood, Steaks & Cocktails - Sly's Seafood, Steaks & Cocktails has earned a reputation for high quality foods with a vintage flair. Using the best of local and in-season ingredients, Chef James Sly has created dishes such as fresh local abalone, sauted brussel sprouts, spaghettini carbonara, hand-cut steaks and apple crisp - to name just a few. Stop by to enjoy the vintage drinks during happy hour and stay for a classic dining experience.


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== Download ==
== Download ==
[http://mput.de/~kristian/.openmoko/SMSTool-0..tar.gz SMSTool-0..tar.gz]
An smstool package is available from the repository at [[User:Alessandro | Alessandro]]'s user page.
An smstool package is available from the repository at [[User:Alessandro | Alessandro]]'s user page.
Revision as of 20:04, 4 October 2007
|In progress: This article or section documents one or more features whose implementation are in progress.
Until OpenMoko releases an official GUI-Tool to send SMS you can use SMSTool for that task.
This programm is written in Python using pygtk. It can be used only if those are present in your environment.
(see SMSTool#Environment)
Current Features
- Send SMS
- The default number is mine. - Leave a message if you like. ;-) --kriss 22:54, 9 September 2007 (CEST)
Planned Features
- Receive SMS
Comment on GSM Support
- As there are no gsmd python bindings available at the time, SettingGUI uses python-subprocess and threads to communicate to the commandline of libgsmd-tool for the time being.
An smstool package is available from the repository at Alessandro's user page.
The following archives will have to be installed:
- python-core
- python-misc
- python-lang
- python-pygtk
- python-subprocess
- python-threading (should be a dependency of python-subprocess - todo: fix)
- python-pygobject (should be a dependency of python-pygtk - todo: fix)
If you want to test this and do not have a build environment, you can 'ipkg install' the python components from the ScaredyCat repositories.
|NOTE: These packages take up a considerable amout of space (about 10 MByte), make sure that you have enough free space or install the packages to the media card as explained in package management.
Installation / Execution
- download file to Neo (e.g. using wget)
- Uncompress tar.gz file (e.g. tar -xzvf file.tar.gz)
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Police, community and calendar briefs for Jan. 26, 2013.
Police say man took 2 TVs from Walmart
Ocala police on Thursday arrested a man suspected of stealing two large-screen televisions from a Walmart on consecutive days.
According to an Ocala Police Department report, Bryan K. Bybee, 48, of Lady Lake, gave the TVs to a drug dealer.
On Wednesday, a loss prevention officer at the Walmart at 4980 E. Silver Springs Blvd. told Officer Mike Diesso that a man was seen on surveillance video walking to the electronics department, removing a 50-inch Sanyo television, placing it in a shopping cart and leaving without paying for it.
On Thursday, the loss prevention officer said the same man again entered the store, took another 50-inch Sanyo, placed it in a shopping cart and walked out.
This time, he was stopped and escorted back to the store. A store official called OPD.
Bybee was arrested, charged with two counts of grand theft and taken to the Marion County Jail.
Couple's manslaughter conviction is upheld
An appeals court has upheld the manslaughter convictions of a Sumter County couple held responsible for the death of a 2-year-old child who was strangled by the family's pet python.
Jaren Hare and her live-in boyfriend, Charles "Jason" Darnell, went to trial and were found guilty of third-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a child by culpable negligence and child neglect in the 2009 death of Hare's child, Shaianna Hare.
The 5th District Court of Appeal upheld the manslaughter convictions without comment in an opinion issued Friday. But the court also threw out the couple's convictions for child neglect, saying it was "double jeopardy" to convict them of that and manslaughter when both charges emanated from the same criminal act.
Hare and Darnell are serving 12-year prison terms for the manslaughter charges.
Officials say boy, 3, drowned in family pool
MARION OAKS – A 3-year-old boy drowned Thursday at his family's Marion Oaks residence, according to sheriff's detectives.
Authorities said the boy, Joseph Moreno, died at TimberRidge Medical Center after he was removed from the in-ground pool.
The incident occurred at 6600 SW 151st Loop.
Officials did not immediately release other details about the incident because it is under investigation.
Rainbow River water lettuce to be removed
The Southwest Florida Water Management District will be treating water lettuce on the Rainbow River in Marion County from Monday through Wednesday.
District workers will treat scattered infestations from Rainbow Springs State Park to the Withlacoochee River.
Workers will apply the aquatic herbicide Tribune and post informational signs in the treatment areas noting treatment dates and applicable water use restrictions.
For more information, call 796-7211 or 1-800-423-1476.
CF Institute offering classes on business
The CF Institute at the College of Central Florida is accepting enrollment for the following business courses:
The Entrepreneur Academy, 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, Feb. 5 through April 23, Power Plant, 405 SE Osceola Ave., Ocala. Step-by-step approach to starting a business. $160; includes textbook.
QuickBooks Comprehensive, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 5 through March 12, 3001 SW College Road, Ocala. $109; textbook is required at additional fee.
Bookkeeping Boot Camp, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 7 through March 14, Ocala Campus. Accounting jargon, double-entry bookkeeping and bank reconciliation. $125; textbook required at n additional fee.
The deadline to enroll in any of the courses is Thursday.
For information or to register, call 873-5804.
Safe boating class scheduled for Feb. 2
The Harris Chain Sail and Power Squadron will hold a safe boating class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 2 at Lake/Sumter Community College, 9501 U.S. 41, Leesburg.
Registration is required.
For more information, call 702-0031 or visit www.harrischain.org.
Brick City exhibition needs artists and more
Artists, collectors, historians and performers are invited to participate in the exhibit "Historical Ocala," which will run March 2-29 at the Brick City Center for the Arts, 23 SW Broadway St., Ocala.
To register or for more information, call 369-1500 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Free driver's safety course for teenagers
The Marion County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with the Florida Sheriff's Association, offers the Teen Driver Challenge, a free driver's safety course for ages 15 to 19.
The challenge consists of two training days totaling 12 hours. The first day includes a four-hour lesson in a classroom setting. The second day is spent on a driving range, giving teens an intense eight-hour, hands-on driver safety lesson.
The next course will be held Feb. 8 and Feb. 9.
Friday lessons are 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday lessons are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Visit www.marionso.com/division-corrections-juvenile-tdc.php for more information and other dates. Call 368-3530 to register.
Schedule for farmer's markets in the area
Lady Lake: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Lady Lake Chamber of Commerce, 106 S. Hwy 27/441, Lady Lake. (527-4197)
On Top of the World: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Circle Square Commons, 8405 SW 80th. St., Ocala (427-3982 or 854-3670)
Ocala: North Magnolia Merchants Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Fridays, 834 N. Magnolia Ave. (216-4524)
Ocala Farm Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, downtown square. (426-8244 or ocalafarmmarket.com)
Man gets life for killing wife and stepdaughter
TAMPA — A Tampa Bay area man previously sentenced to death for killing his wife and stepdaughter has been convicted of their murders a second time.
A Hillsborough County jury found 69-year-old Khalid Ali Pasha guilty Friday of two counts of first-degree murder. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the panel will reconvene next month to recommend life in prison or the death penalty. A judge will make the final decision.
Authorities say Pasha, who represented himself at trial, fatally stabbed 43-year-old wife Robin Canady and 20-year-old Ranesha Singleton in 2002.
The Florida Supreme Court reversed Pasha's 2007 conviction and death sentence in 2010. The justices ruled the circuit judge in Pasha's previous trial had violated Pasha's constitutional right to represent himself rather than rely on a court-appointed lawyer.
— The Associated Press
CAMELLIA SHOW: Camellia Show from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, at the Pioneer Garden Club, 4331 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (595-3365 or americancamellias.com)
WRESTLING: Support Your Troops 85, "Genesis 12" at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dory Funk Arena, 3598 SW 74th Ave., Ocala. $20. (895-4658 or www.dory-funk.com)
SINGLES DANCE: Ocala Singles Club dance, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Ocala Scottish Rite, 3632 NE Seventh St., Ocala. $9, refreshments provided. (622-3171)
YOGA: Gentle yoga, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Freedom Public Library, 5870 SW 95th St., Ocala. (438-2580)
AUDITIONS: Ocala's Got Talent Auditions, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Ocala Entertainment Complex, 127 SW 17th Ave., Ocala. $25 audition fee. (433-2232 or 282-9191)
DOG SHOW: AKC Dog show, 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Greater Ocala Dog Club show grounds, 10205 NW Gainesville Road, Ocala. Parking $5 for cars/vans, $10 RVs. (www.ocaladogclub.com)
GREEK FESTIVAL: Greek Festival, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, St. Mark's Greek Orthodox Church, 9926 SE 36th Ave., Belleview. (237-1476 or www.greekfestivalocala.com)
RV SHOW: RV Show, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, 13700 SW 16 Ave., Belleview. Free. (www.rvshowusa.com/event/rv-blowout-sale-in-ocala/)
VOICEXPERIENCE: An Afternoon of Beautiful Voices by VOICExperience, 2 p.m. Sunday, Circle Square Cultural Center, 8395 SW 80th St., Ocala. $4-5. (854-3670 or www.csculturalcenter.com)
CONCERT: Pianist Ryan Pagels, 3 p.m. Sunday, First Christian of Ocala, 1908 SE Fort King St., Ocala. Free. (622-1650)
PET VACCINES: Florida International Teaching Zoo low-cost pet vaccinations, noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Seminole Feed, 5740 W. State Road 40, Ocala. $6 rabies, $14 distemper/parvo. (867-7788 or www.facebook.com/#!/PetVaccinations)
DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: Games, Stratified Open 1:30 p.m. Sunday; Stratified Non-Life Masters 10:15 a.m. Tuesday; Stratified Open and Stratified Non-Life Masters 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Stratified Open 10:15 a.m. Thursdays; Ocala Duplicate Bridge Club, 516 NE Sanchez Ave., Ocala. (629-3322 or www.bridgescore.com/ocaladbc)
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT: The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support groups for individuals living with and recovering from severe mental illness. (368-2405 or email@example.com)
ABUSE SUPPORT: Support for sexually and physically abused youth, non-offending family members and caregivers, Serenity Christian Counseling, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1839 NE Eighth Ave. Road, Ocala. (622-4475)
NICOTINE ANONYMOUS: 12-step program to stop nicotine use, 7 a.m. daily, 2002 NW 13th St., Ocala. (377-6009)
COUNSELING: Counseling and mentoring services, Bethesda Cares. (566-7586 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
TUTORING: Jade Hagans tutorial program, 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Howard Academy Community Center, 306 NW Seventh Ave., Ocala. FCAT preparation, tutoring and homework help. (671-4175)
GED: Get a GED on the bus, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, Marion County Public library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (671-8551)
B.E.A.R.: Be Excited about Reading for children, 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Marion County Public library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (671-8551)
STORYTIMES: Storytimes at all branches of the Marion County Public Library. Times, ages, dates vary. (671-8551)
To submit information for this list, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.ocala.com, scroll down and click on EVENTS CALENDAR on the right.


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AUBURN – The scenario sounds like a low-budget movie from the 1970s: Humongous snakes are on the loose, eating everything in sight. But this is real – a problem that Auburn University and its canines are helping to combat.
Auburn researchers used detection dogs in the Everglades National Park to find Burmese pythons during a recent study on ways to manage and eradicate these nonnative, invasive snakes, which are eating native wildlife, mostly mammals and birds.
"The ultimate use for detection dogs is to suppress the expanding python population and to eliminate them in small areas, such as on an island. Our main concern is their impact on other wildlife," said Christina Romagosa of Auburn's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. "Interaction with humans is also a problem. The snakes, like alligators, can get in swimming pools, eat small dogs and cats, and could injure a human."
The National Academy of Sciences published a paper Jan. 31 titled "Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park." Romagosa, Auburn Ph.D. student Melissa Miller and Auburn alumnus Robert Reed were among the 11 scientists who composed the report.
Auburn worked last year with the Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area, or ECISMA, to test how well dogs could pinpoint the snakes' locations so wildlife agencies could remove the snakes. ECISMA partners include the National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Service, USDA Wildlife Services, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, South Florida Water Management District, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, University of Florida and other federal and state agencies and universities.
The problem started years ago, most likely by irresponsible python owners, Romagosa says. The first Burmese python was spotted in Florida in 1979 and the number is now estimated in the tens of thousands. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Jan. 17 made it illegal to import Burmese pythons or transport them across state lines.
"Irresponsible people released these snakes because they became too large and difficult to care for," she said. "Now they have reproduced many times over," Romagosa said. "Hurricane Andrew in 1992 probably didn't help when a warehouse containing pythons was destroyed."
The Army Corps of Engineers contacted Auburn's EcoDogs program in 2010 about the possibility of using dogs to help find the pythons, which led to the pilot study funded by the National Park Service's Everglades National Park, South Florida Water Management District and Auburn's Center for Forest Sustainability.
EcoDogs is a collaborative project between the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine's Animal Health and Performance Program, where the dogs are trained and maintained.
Canines Jake and Ivy, both black Labrador retrievers, helped the researchers capture 19 pythons, most being 6 to 8 feet in length, including a pregnant one with 19 viable eggs. Burmese pythons in their native range in Southeast Asia have been known to reach up to 20 feet and weigh almost 200 pounds. The National Park Service has counted 1,825 Burmese pythons that have been caught in and around Everglades National Park since 2000.
"We found the use of detection dogs to be a valuable addition to the current tools used to manage and control pythons," said Romagosa, who also conducts research for Auburn's Center for Forest Sustainability. "Dog search teams can cover more distance and can have higher accuracy rates in particular scenarios than human searchers. We suggest that dogs be used as a complement to current search and trapping methods."
The Auburn study found that dogs and their sense of smell were two-and-a-half times faster than people visually searching, but people did have the advantage in extreme humidity. Searches by detection dogs are ideal in the cooler months, Romagosa says, when dogs can work longer periods of time without overheating.
"Dogs can also be used throughout the year as part of a rapid response team going to a python sighting, which can be helpful in an urban as well as natural environment," she said.
Prior to going to the Everglades, Jake and Ivy trained six months with Craig Angle, associate director of the Metcalf Veterinary Sports Medicine Program in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and trainers Terry Fischer and Bart Rogers, who taught the dogs to pinpoint the odor of Burmese pythons.
"There are very few dogs that can conduct python operations," Angle said. "Their training is physically and mentally intense. We had to progressively condition their bodies so that they had the structural durability, speed, power, strength, cardiovascular endurance and muscular endurance to conduct searches. Their conditioning program is much like an athlete's.
"Mentally, the dogs had to learn multiple operational tasks like how to track, how to utilize different search patters, and how to work different wind currents. It is quite complicated to take a green dog and train it to locate a moving target like a snake. "
Auburn's onsite research in the Everglades lasted six months and involved two aspects. First, searches for free-ranging wild pythons were conducted in areas along canal roads and banks. Second, searches for radio-tagged pythons were conducted in a controlled plot in which dog and human teams' search time and success were compared.
The dogs were trained to "alert," or sit down, when they got within five meters of a python.
"When the dogs alerted to a python's presence in the field, we would put them in the truck so they would not come in contact with it," Rogers said. "The dogs could even track pythons that had been present in the area hours earlier. They did not pay attention to gators and other snakes, which would also avoid the dogs."
Interestingly, the Labrador retrievers, which love to get wet, had to be trained not to go into the water.
"They love the water but in the training we reward them for staying out of it," Rogers said. "We could train them to find pythons in water, but we are limited in that we couldn't easily capture pythons if they are under water."
During the searches, Rogers would follow the dogs and watch for their alerts. Auburn biological sciences doctoral student Melissa Miller, along with several volunteers, would capture the python and record data such as location, time, habitat type, humidity level and air temperature.
"Burmese pythons over 16 feet long have been found in the Everglades," Miller said. "We always had at least two snake handlers present in case we encountered a very large python. A snake over 12 feet has potential to harm humans and should not be handled alone."
The snakes were sent to Skip Snow, a National Park Service biologist at the Everglades National Park. Some snakes were euthanized, some were tagged with radio telemetry devices for further study and tracking, and some were donated to the Nature Conservancy for use in training personnel how to catch snakes.
Romagosa says the next step is for the ECISMA to develop a plan that combines the best uses of all search tools in trying to control the snake population.
"Dogs cannot eradicate Burmese pythons but can be used in conjunction with other tools such as human searchers and snake traps to help manage the population," she said. "We hope these tools can be used to identify new locations and to suppress the expanding population."
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Google Page Speed Score vs. Website Loading Time
You might have read yesterday's article titled "Average Page Load Time of Top Ranking Websites in Google." It conducts a study on the average page loading times of top ranking URLs in Google. You may also be wondering how you can improve the speed at which your own web pages load. Keep reading; this article will show you how to diagnose your technical issues with Google Page Speed.
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Brian Ward and I taped Episode 50 of the Hinderaker-Ward Experience a few hours ago. With the George Zimmerman jury still deliberating, we recapped the case and its cultural and political, as well as legal, significance. We had a fun conversation with guest Jeff Johnson, who is seeking the Republican nomination to take on Minnesota's appalling governor, Mark Dayton.
Our Loon of the Week was a poet–well, you can be the judge of that–who speculates on what might happen if a certain organ was a firearm. You can probably guess what television station won our This Week In Gatekeeping prize. And we welcomed HWX Listener/Ricochet Member of the Week Patrick Gibbs, who was the first to name a prior podcast's phrase that pays in the Ricochet comments section.
All in all, another entertaining episode.
You can listen to the podcast by playing it right here, or you can go to Ricochet to download or subscribe to the podcast in various ways, or you can subscribe on iTunes or elsewhere. Or you can use Stitcher. There are many ways to experience the Hinderaker-Ward Experience, but I think the best is by subscribing on iTunes. That way, you never have to worry about missing an episode.


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Phoronix: The Beauty Of Ubuntu Linux
This past weekend my uncle had computer problems again, yes the one that was ripped off by the geek squad before. He knew I was in town just for a party and going back. He did not want to tell me that his computer was messed up again but I knew it after looking at his face. I said I would stop by and fix it. I only had a couple of hours to spare and was expecting the usual virus or spy-ware to be slowing it down but when I got there it was a lot worse than that. His wife, who is the primary user of the computer, loves to download (caunta porqueria se encuentra). I had to say it in Spanish because it has more meaning, but it loosely translates to every little dirty thing that she can find on the net. From every disc cleaner to the almighty registry sweeper, she had downloaded things I had never even seen before.
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GUI programming in Linux is like a never ending discussion. GNOME and KDE are both based on two different toolkits. GTK for GNOME, Qt for KDE. They differ in way too many aspects to simply "enumerate" in a post, suffice to say that GTK has been traditionally used in plain C, while Qt is pure C++... However both share a load of similarities at the API level. Even though it is recommended that you KNOW the API, you are better off using a "builder" tool (to quickly generate a skeleton) and fine-tune by hand. After all, what's your app worth without the actual "backend" (engine) to do the job you want? One thing I've learned about GUI development is that you are better off modularizing your app, not having the GUI and "function" mixed up (as is commonly the case in Windows), but rather have the "application code" and "GUI code" separated, access your application from your GUI through shared libs and the like or even your own API. That improves robustness of your application and you can even run it from command line for stuff you may not require the GUI for... like acting on multiple files in batch or whatever.
You use the standard Linux tools, i.e gcc (g++) for compilers, ld for dynamic linking... You are better off learning how to use autoconf and automake to really have portable code, simply run ./configure on any supported platform and the correct Makefile(s) will be generated. Then only a matter of "make" in most cases to build the app and "make install" to install it... On all supported platforms you choose to port, so it IS worth learning about those commonly held as esoteric, tools.
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I chose Java myself but do plan to someday follow the same approach as you.
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I also am watching KDE 4 with great anticipation.
From what I understand, everything gnome had over it, it will take back and then some.
...although gnome seems to be targeting mobile devices now...
On a side note, while I mentioned KDE and gnome, I want to learn to program GUI applications for Free POSIX operating systems in C++ (and I intend to put all my work under version 2 of the GNU GPL), but I'm kind of confused as to where I should start. I need to know if I should develop for KDE, gnome, or strictly X (and why), and which IDE to use, which compiler and linker to use, and how. So, if anyone out there develops apps for linux, and can take on an apprentice of sorts, please pick me [email protected]
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Originally posted by ethana2 View PostI'm confused. You say OpenSuse is better.. then you installed Ubuntu and never went back?
You mean you were using Ubuntu x86_64 for a year and then installed OpenSuse and never went back?
...Wait, 7.10 has only been out for like a week...
I'm going to stick to Gutsy until I have time to try out other ones again. Last time I tried suse, it wanted me to get some account with novell and wouldn't let me install or upgrade anything from repos... Nightmare. Fedora was always... not shiny. I must admit, I like shiny... and I hate orange and brown.
Ubuntu Studio Feisty x86 -> Gutsy (package-manager -d)
Theme: black, dark grey, and bright, shiny blue
...if anyone knows of an OSX-like theme for KDE, please let me know. Call me fickle, but the reason I'm using gnome is because of my dependency on visual elegance... [email protected]
I do agree with you on Gnome but I have been checking up on KDE 4 in hopes it will change for the better.
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I've been using ubuntu for 2 years now.... and loving it...
Well I've tried several different distro's debian based, mepis, k/x/ubuntu, Free/Linspire, debian - Gentoo based: Gentoo (of course), Sabayon (very nice) - RPM based: Redhat/Fedora, OpenSuse - Almost unix: Slackware.
Now through most of my experience I learned a few things, slackware/gentoo is crazy solid, slackware you need to basically build everything it really gives you a basic install but excellent for dedicated stuff like NAS/Web/Mail/FS.... Gentoo is the snapiest of all but if your just the most jet powered propeller head would you subject your self to gentooism. Now no crazy flames please I really like gentoo but the compiling is what kills me. This is not a desktop OS, although Sabayon does do a good job of having almost everything off the bat but still it takes for ever for the updates to be installed.
Now onto RPM based distro's, they are very good as well, as one person mentioned that they had problems with updating. This is probably the most critical thing that any OS competing with windows needs to have. The problems I always had was that the repositories didn't have all the dependencies required for the front ends they had on their server... now that is just plain stupid. Why would you have a front end if you don't have the back end.... no brainer. But overall there are some interesting tools offered by the two major RPM based distro's, yast is one of my favorite management tools but it isn't enough to make me switch from ubuntu.
Onto Debian based distro's. Well I find any debian based distro is best suited for daily tasks such as updates and installation... sorry I have to say it ... except Free/LinSpire, they have that stupid click and run crap.... BAH!!!!..... Anyway Mepis is a great debian based distro, it has many useful tools and is "compatible" with ubuntu and debian repositories but it's kinda like the bastard child of both. I found it was hard to find resolutions to specifics since it had crossed kernels and packages making it hard to find which base for resolution to look for... sarge-edgy (at the time) ...
Now I stick with ubuntu since it is a version that is actually back by a major vendor ... gah!!! man I hate saying this.... grumble grumble... Dell!!! ok I said it happy now ... What I like about ubuntu is that there is actually a real company behind it, they have regular revisions of the distro (every 6 months) and they even have the concept of LTS which is something really needed in linux. Ubuntu also has a huge base of support (forums, howto's, ...) which is really needed. There are many wonderful people who make beautiful tools like envy, automatix, and a few other's out there I'm sure. I actually was excited for the first time in 7 years about a OS release and it was Gutsy Gibbon. The last time was Windows 2K.
I've been able to do many thing with ubuntu so I don't see why I need to change, oh btw if your wondering gaming is possible on linux maybe not in the scale that people would like but I've been able to get things running that were not "listed" on WineDB so many things are possible. And you can at lease say one thing is for sure about ubuntu it has bling, Compiz Fusion.... yes yes bling is no reason to buy a system but Mac seems to have done well for it's self hasn't it
Vista could learn a few things from compiz ... like what 3D really means.... hahaha just had too sorry any ms lovers out there Vista has nothing on compiz.
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I'm confused
Originally posted by KohlyKohl View PostI used Ubuntu for the last year but decided to try Opensuse 10.3 and I was so surprised how much better it was. I installed the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 7.10 and I have not gone back since.
You mean you were using Ubuntu x86_64 for a year and then installed OpenSuse and never went back?
...Wait, 7.10 has only been out for like a week...
I'm going to stick to Gutsy until I have time to try out other ones again. Last time I tried suse, it wanted me to get some account with novell and wouldn't let me install or upgrade anything from repos... Nightmare. Fedora was always... not shiny. I must admit, I like shiny... and I hate orange and brown.
Ubuntu Studio Feisty x86 -> Gutsy (package-manager -d)
Theme: black, dark grey, and bright, shiny blue
...if anyone knows of an OSX-like theme for KDE, please let me know. Call me fickle, but the reason I'm using gnome is because of my dependency on visual elegance... [email protected]Last edited by ethana2; 10-28-2007, 04:23 AM.
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I used Ubuntu for the last year but decided to try Opensuse 10.3 and I was so surprised how much better it was. I installed the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 7.10 and I have not gone back since. The customized menu for Suse is much more useful than the tired default gnome one. Also having a window with all setting applications that you can organize and find within seconds is amazing. Just my thoughts on the situation.
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'could rival'? Man. It can CRUSH Vista /and/ Leapord.
Have you ever used compiz fusion my friend? Blows Aero and Quartz away.
Games to try out: ioq3 and crystalspace games, nexuiz, sauerbraten. If you're into spending money, ID is your friend. Use qJoyPad with your game controller
If you need any help souping up an Ubuntu install, let me know. [email protected]
You know, using screensavers as your desktop background, etc.
Welcome to our world.
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as you mention the words headshot and gaming, you could try et or mods or urban terror, a quake 3 mod. Very CS-like.
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Ladies will take center stage at Monticello Raceway on Monday afternoon, May 13 when the track presents its 11th edition of the Lady Godiva, a race exclusively for the female drivers. The race will be the fourth leg of the Mighty M's Heritage Drivers Series-2013.
In what has become a race that is increasingly hard to fill, director of racing Eric Warner did however get a field together to continue a race exclusively for the women.
"We had to reach out for ladies from out of town and to have enough drivers for the race," Warner said. "Many will be coming from a long distance, too, and to them and all the others for that matter, I say a big thank you for helping us keep this ladies race going."
Defending champ, and two-time Lady Godiva race winner, Lisa Krom drew 9-2 rated Sittinthemorninsun and will have to start from eight hole.
The favorite's role goes to Jody Riedel another two-time Lady Godiva winner (2003 & 2006). She'll handle Lightning Madison (5-2) from the pole position. Second choice belongs to Dr. Karyn Malinowski who'll drive Zoes Turn (3-1) from the six slot.
Previous race winner Charlene "Sherry" Cushing –she won in 2005 as Sherry Urquidez- has been the leading female driver in Maine over the last years and has recorded 276 lifetime winning drives. She'll handle 7-2 shot Winbak Bunny from post position seven.
And Terry Donnelly, who won the second edition of this race in 2004, has drawn 8-1 rated Tara's Best and the four hole.
In last year's Lady Godiva Whitney Goodblood finished second to Lisa Krom and she'll be looking for victory when she drives Mary Lou (8-1) from post two. Local gal, Veronica Merton—sister of Greg and Mike Merton- has a decent chance to win when she drives 4-1 rated Now It Begins and leaves from the four-hole.
Making her first start in the Lady Godiva will be Monica Thors. Although Monica hasn't driven in a few years she decided to join the fray to help keep the lady driver's race going.
An outstanding photographer and now a videographer, Thors is producing and directing a documentary named 'I Am A Harness Racing Horse'. She and a crew will come to film the race and interview some of the drivers before and after the event. Monica has drawn, Tara's Best (12-1) and will start from post four.
Both driving assignments and post positions for the Lady Godiva were drawn by lot. The winner will represent the gentler sex in the series finale dubbed the All-America Cup.
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The Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees gave the green light Monday to find out what would be involved with constructing a building for an Advanced Manufacturing Center/Brew Academy.
FLAT ROCK — The Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees gave the green light Monday to find out what would be involved with constructing a building for an Advanced Manufacturing Center/Brew Academy.
The board's Facilities Committee recommended exploring the option when it met last week. Chadwick S. Roberson, principal architect with PBC+L Architecture, told the committee that it could renovate an existing building on one of three possible sites along Highway 280 in the Mills River/Fletcher area.
He presented committee members with two one-story buildings and one two-story building for their consideration. The committee wanted to put the option of constructing a new facility for the Center/Brew Academy on the table.
Renovation costs associated with all the sites would range from $532,000 to $732,000, Roberson said.
BRCC President Molly Parkhill presented the committee's recommendation at the regular board meeting Monday. She said the college would begin doing its "due diligence" to learn firm costs associated with such a project. A possible location for a new facility, which mechatronics staffers said needed to be about 14,000 square feet in size, has not been discussed, Parkhill said.
The architect estimated that between 5 and 10 acres of land would be needed to accommodate the structure. He said at the committee meeting that the price tag associated with a new building could come in at between $5 and $12 million.
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Students would have access to self-paced, hands-on learning in hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanics, electronics, microprocessors, communications, motors, drives, control systems, servo mechanisms, PLCs (programmable logic controllers, which automate tasks in electronics and manufacturing) and human-machine interface with dedicated, state-of-the-art equipment.
In other business, the board:
• Approved fee changes for the Allied Health/Emergency Services curriculum program from $60 to $70 for supplies. A new fee of $10 (to cover supplies) was also approved for the college's Continuing Education welding class.
• Approved a calendar change to move the college's spring break to coincide with break for Henderson County Public Schools in order to accommodate Early College High students.
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Vickers to miss rest of season with blood clot
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brian Vickers will miss the rest of the NASCAR season because of a blood clot in his right calf.
The clot was found after a Monday examination and he was placed on blood-thinning medication that will prevent him from racing. Vickers missed the final 25 races of the 2010 season with blood clots, and during that time required heart surgery.
He said in a statement his physicians are confident he'll be able to resume activity before the 2014 season.
"If there's anything to be positive about with today's news it's that this is only a temporary setback," Vickers said. "The timing for this is never good, but I'm glad we'll get it out of the way now and be ready to run for a championship with the Aaron's Dream Machine in 2014."
Michael Waltrip Racing named Vickers the full-time driver of the No. 55 Toyota in August. He'd previously shared the seat with Mark Martin and team co-owner Michael Waltrip.
Waltrip had already planned to drive the car this weekend at Talladega, and the team said it will decide later on its driver for the remaining four Sprint Cup Series races.
"We were just informed this morning and our concern is for Brian's health," MWR co-owner Rob Kauffman said. "Anything else will be worked out in due course."
Joe Gibbs Racing did not name an immediate replacement for Vickers in the Nationwide Series, which is off until Nov. 2 at Texas.
"We are praying Brian will have a quick and full recovery from this latest issue," team owner Joe Gibbs said in a statement. "Everyone at JGR appreciates all the hard work and effort he has given to our Nationwide Series program this year. He is a great competitor and we look forward to seeing him back on the track in 2014."
Vickers was scheduled to participate in a Sprint Cup Series test Monday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but MWR instead used Brett Moffitt.
Vickers has run 22 races with MWR. He has 10 top-10 finishes and won at New Hampshire in July, a victory that solidified his full-time hiring in the No. 55. The win ended a 75-race winless streak for Vickers.
His hiring by MWR was to mark a return to a full Cup ride for Vickers, who last ran for the championship at NASCAR's top level in 2011. He lost that seat when Red Bull Racing pulled out of NASCAR and Vickers ran just eight Cup races in 2012 for MWR.
He was hired by JGR this year to run for the Nationwide title, 10 years after he won the series championship driving for Hendrick Motorsports. But Vickers is winless in Nationwide this season and eighth in the standings.


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Leave Perfection for Facebook
When it comes to Facebook, we can pretty much control how we are seen by our 'friends'. I don't know about you, but I would never post a photo of myself that wasn't flattering. Even if it was the most beautiful photo ever of another person in the picture. If you can see my belly fat, or that my face is loosening up, it is gone like it never existed. I want you to see me a flattering light. I care what you think. In light of that confession, I don't think of myself as overly-vain. I think my vanity is about mid-level. I will get a facial but I won't get Botox. I will eat well and exercise enough to be healthy and look attractive enough, but not to the extent that I could run a marathon or have someone wonder if I am perhaps a model.
When it comes to parenting, I learned a long time ago to check my vanity at the door. I learned to do this early on. I swear my epidural hadn't worn off before the bombardment of questions began. Did you go natural? (Not a chance in France, but why do you want to know that?) Oh, your letting her have a pacifier? (You're looking at it in her mouth so….yeah.) She's not potty trained yet? On and on until SAT scores and college admissions. I am not talking about the supportive talk of fellow moms who are friends. I am talking about strangers and people I barely know. You know, the ones who know that if my kid has a pacifier, and hers doesn't, she is a superior mother. Her kid is going to turn out. My kid doesn't have a chance. If only good parenting were so simple.
And if that wasn't bad enough, then we went and adopted kids of a different race, from a different country. You're keeping his name? Is he healthy? How do they do in school? Any attachment issues? The judging that goes on is fierce.
I think my four kids are awesome. I also think all four of them are (or have been) hard. Two have such hot tempers that they lose their minds. They do and say things so awful that it appears that I haven't tried at all. They push my buttons on purpose and in the worst ways they can think of. It's as if I grabbed a magazine, put my feet up, and told them to go ahead and raise themselves.
One of them, in a fit of rage, once called me Freckle Eye. Seriously, I have a freckle on my left eyeball, that until that day, I was not terribly self conscious about, and that kid called me that, just to be mean! You don't think that sounds horrible? Okay, here's another one, that same child, in the middle of what could have stayed as a simple disagreement between parent and child, stormed upstairs, and dramatically threw every item of neatly folded and organized clothing out of her dresser onto the floor while yelling, "THIS is how mad you make me!" Some people run on Dunkin', I run on organization. She was trying to ruin me.
Another one, humbles me by making me look like the worst mother ever. If this child is mad, embarrassed or whatever, he says the kind of things that make other parents' heads whip around. Like, "I hate you." "Don't touch me." Or, "Shut up." Here's what I do when this happens: nothing. I ignore it. I act like it didn't happen. Or, if I can catch his eye, I shake my head 'no' and carry on as normally as I can. And I only do this because I think it makes me look less lame. I know it has no effect on him. My lack of forceful and visible response feels pretty awful. Not because I think I am wrong. But because I feel myself being judged. I say nothing because it is the only way not to make it worse. When this kid is mad, he cannot stop his anger while he is in the middle of it. It has to run its course. His dresser emptying sister was the same way. Dealing with it has to wait.
Sometimes, I get, "Wow. You're better than me. I would not put up with that." When clearly the person speaking means "I am better than you. If your kid was my kid, I would handle it differently and better, and therefore it would never actually happen to me. At least not more than once."
Luckily, most of the verbal judging goes on in a gossipy behind the back fashion. As in one mom to another mom, "That behavior would not fly with me." The other mom saying, "Oh yeah. Can you imagine?"
So, If I helped a mom in 1988 feel superior because I had an epidural, great. If I helped a small group of parents at the soccer field in 2013, feel like they are on the right track in their parenting journey, you're welcome. And if you are like so many parents who are simply awesome and supportive, and not judging other parents to figure out if you are doing it right, I thank you.
Parenting is a hard and often embarrassing job. There is little room for vanity and no chance for perfection. So, If you happen to notice my kids not listening to me, or if you overhear one of them telling me he hates me, go easy on me. No, on second thought, forget it ever happened, and send me a friend request on Facebook instead, okay?


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YORK, Pa. – The York College women's soccer team saw their season come to an end Saturday afternoon as they fell 1-0 to the visiting Salisbury University in the first round of the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament. The Spartans finish their 2010 campaign with a record of 7-11-1, while the Sea Gulls improve to 8-11 and advance to the CAC Semifinals.
York controlled play early in the game, missing two close opportunities as senior Carly Bock's shot went wide and senior Allie Jensen's turn and clip proved unsuccessful.
Control shifted within minutes however, when Salisbury's Sarah Jessilonis received a penalty kick after a tackle from a Spartan defender inside the box with in the 11th minute of the first half. Jessilonis netted the game's only goal past diving Spartan goalkeeper Sarah Spanarkel to put the Sea Gulls up 1-0. The goal, which eventually turned out to be the game-winner, was Jessilonis' sixth of the season.
Salisbury set the pace of the second half with pressure in York's defensive third. The Sea Gulls' Casey Hafford took a shot from the top of the box, but Spanarkel was able to catch the ball and hold it for the save.
York's best opportunity to score came in the 80th minute when senior Ali Jones rebounded a scattered ball in front of the Sea Gull's net. Much to the dismay of the home squad however, her low corner attempt went begging as a kick save by Salisbury goalkeeper Melissa Orgera kept the Green and White off the board and the clean sheet intact.
Between the posts for the Green and White, Spanarkel saved five shots to cap an excellent campaign for the junior keeper.
Although coming off a late-season injury late, senior captain Stephanie Mergler was still able to log gritty minutes in what was her final game for York College.
"Our team has been through a lot this year. Twenty-five players from our 30-man roster were getting treatment this season for injuries," Mergler said. "We climbed up and we got knocked down. It was a rough road for us, but we never lacked heart. I would not trade this rough road with my 29 teammates for a season full of wins with another team."
This was the final game in a Spartan uniform for York's nine seniors as Bock, Jensen, Jones, Mergler, Desiree Halaka, Megan George, Ally Wivell, Brittany Nechay, and Erin Mummert made their final appearances with the program. These nine were members of the 2007 team that captured the Capital Athletic Conference Championship – a program first – and advanced to the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament's Sweet 16. Over the past four seasons, the Spartans have put together a 47-29-7 record including an outstanding 22-6-1 mark in CAC play.
In light off the tremendous success over their careers, the seniors did not walk off the field without knowing they made the best of the 2010 season.
"This year was especially tough with the losses we experienced, but our team never broke apart," Wivell noted. "We are friends on and off the field and truly respect one another for the dedication everyone gives to this team."
The camaraderie among the seniors was evident throughout their entire four years with the program, but it was not limited to only those nine, Wivell said.
"There has been three groups of girls before us and now three groups of girls below us, and we would never have gotten anywhere without of them."
York will return a talented group of juniors, sophomores and freshmen next season who have battled alongside this year's seniors, who have taught them the "never-give-up" style of the Green and White.
"Our team did everything we could to fight through all that was thrown our way," Mergler voiced. "We are strong players who went through a lot this year, and I couldn't be prouder to say I am a member of the 2010 York College women's soccer team."
Photo: Allie Jensen plays a ball Saturday in York's Capital Athletic Conference Tournament game against Salisbury - courtesy of Zach Clabaugh - www.sharpedgefoto.com
Game story written by Todd Shellock - York College Athletic Communications contributing writer.