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Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by Robert DeSoto, Jun 11, 2011.
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Hey, DeSoto, I'm fraking here too. Try not to let the walls of your little internet world hit you as they come crashing down. Also, learn to read, and take a few debate classes at your local high school, since it seems you never finished with it.
I wouldn't call it a war. With the exception of what Geordi made, the Federation doesn't appear to take any offensive moves against the Borg. They are all defensive.
Double post. Sorry.
To put those accusations against Memory Alpha into some sort of perspective - this is not really about some innocent user vs. a power-hungry administrator who just luvs to bully people.
What that debate started out as was a simple suggestion to merge two of our articles into one: the articles Federation-Borg War and Human-Borg history. I think it's pretty plain to see the major overlap in article focus here. While several users agreed with this suggested action, RdS did not and caused some ruckus on the discussion page. It was at this time that, additionally, the difference between minor-case "war" (as in "the two guys were having a war in the forum") and major-case "War" (as part of a proper name as in "the American War of Independence") was brought up, but apparently never understood by one of the discussion participants.
Long story short - the articles were eventually merged with majority consensus, which made the disagreeing user go ballistic. Since he has now admitted, here, that "debating shit" is more important to him than any eventual article content, we will have an eye on him in the future.
The ranting about the off-board issues is completely off-topic.
If the person in question wasn't a member here (or had only reg'ed here to carry on the conflict), I'd probably leave things with a stern instruction not to drag off-board vendettas onto TBBS as it's basically empty spam with no relevance here.
But since the other party is a member here (with membership pre-dating your post above although he hasn't posted before), I'm going to count this as trolling rather than spamming, and warn for such.
I strongly suggest not rising to the bait in future, and letting the mod notification system deal with this sort of issue. Warning for trolling him back.
Everyone: knock the personal crap off, and keep things on-topic.
When I started reading this thread this line kept coming to me.
The Borg are a force of nature, with a Queen who - IMO - is the personification of the Collective. You can't declare war against something that is doing the only thing it knows to do in order to survive
So you're saying the Borg are like my hemorrhoids?
I agree with BillJ, a "cold war" would be the most suitable term. The federation was never at a continual state of war with the Borg. Borg incursions were few and far between and usually resulted in one ship being dispatched to one area. Lets look at the Borg incursions
FC 2063: Borg travels back in time and fires up Bozeman, Montana. The Borg ship is swiftly destroyed and the Ent-E crew later succeed in preventing the Borg from damaging history and assimilating Earth.
Regeneration 2150's: Borg left over from the "first contact" incident awaken and acquire a ship, along with some new additions to their collective. They send a message to Borg space (which may or may not have reached them) and are promptly destroyed by the Enterprise.
TBOBW 2360's: The Borg send a ship to the Alpha Quadrant, destroy several outposts and assimilate Picard. They then destroy an entire armada of starfleet ships before being stopped just as they reach Earth
FC 2370's: Borg sends a ship to Earth, a fleet of ships along with the Ent-E destroy the Cube and the Ent-E follows the Sphere through a temporal rift to stop it.
Those are the only instances of direct assaults on starfleet and its territories. War isn't really a suitable word to use in this context. We can gather that the Borg were intrigued with the Alpha Quadrant and would plan methods to conquer it, but it never seemed as if it was a priority for them (otherwise they would have sent entire fleets of Cubes). In the federation's case, it was planning for a potential war with the Borg, but due to the threats from the Dominion, these plans were quickly put on hold.
Assimilation or annihilation is the declaration of the Borg, which equates to being slavery or death. By that definition the Federation's stand point is that a state of war exists, and will always exist, so long as that is the Borg goal.
Declarations have been made to support that position. Whether the Borg understood them as such, or recognize their own actions as hostile is well... irrelevant.
Both sides understand that the Federation will not willingly comply with Borg demands, and that violent offensive and defensive tactics will be employed against one another, in order to prevent the opposing combatant from achieving their goals. That folks, is war, even if it goes cold once in a while
The problem is that the Federation or at least some in it, are rather unwilling to do what's necessary to win a war like that. Unlike all other wars they have fought, there is only one tactic that can be foremost.
Destroy them, before they can destroy you, unless Guinan's got some brilliant plan to strike up an accord with them, like she postulated might someday be possible, when her & Picard spoke at the end of Q-Who
Otherwise, you do everything you can to destroy as many of them that is necessary to change their goal, and in this case, that may be all of them
There are several overlapping issues that have been touched upon in this thread. It's like trying to unravel a ball of yarn. Careful! You'll wind up like a kitty getting rolled into it.
Tracing back how the Borg were originally defined to us:
Guinan told Picard that the Borg were a conglomeration "of biological and artificial life that has been evolving for thousands of centuries". How Guinan came to know this is unclear, but if we are to accept this basic premise as the foundation, something does become clear: the Borg have existed the same Galaxy as Earth and the Federation for at least a quarter-million years and possibly longer. Guinan also told Picard that the Borg "swarmed through our system" and destroyed the civilization on her homeworld.
After Q's encounter at J-25 had been broken off, Guinan also told Picard that Q introduced the Borg to the Federation at a time long before the Federation was ready, and "for now, for right now, you're just raw material to them", but she also said that the Federation could establish a relationship with the Borg once they were prepared.
Consider a comparison between Gomtuu (TNG's "Tin Man") and the Borg. Both a Borg collective and the Gomtuu space vessel appear to be some form of "living" space vessels. Both are capable of hostile acts that a Federation starship captain cannot reliably anticipate, diffuse or defend against. (Witness what happened to the Romulans.)
Of course, the Borg are "bad guys". They are mean as mean can be. But also consider this: another important difference is that Gomtuu, to our knowledge, had no history of aggressive violence. Sure, it could be provoked into destroying a Romulan Warbird or crippling the Enterprise-D. And Gomtuu's moves were obviously not logical to Picard. The Federation could easily regard Gomtuu as a threat. Would Starfleet put an all-points bulletin out for starships to avoid, or even to take defensive action regarding Gomtuu? Not likely. Gomtuu would be seen as a potential threat, but also as a first-contact mission. Starfleet would want to assume a risk.
Same with Species "8472". These aliens might seem like a super-threat even worse than the Borg, since a fleet of their bio-ships is capable of Death Starring a whole planet. And, like the Borg, 8472's actions are clearly trending to the aggressive end of the scale. Does the Federation regard them as a threat? Sure. But they are not a direct one.
But the Borg have attacked Federation starships and allied colonies and installations. They tried to invade Earth twice, and have assimilated Federation citizens (presumably by the thousands, perhaps more). Surely, the Borg deserve an even stronger response, do they not?
Indeed they do, but consider this as well: the Borg have been in existence for at least a quarter, maybe a half-million years or more. If they had been so aggressive from their very beginning, openly marauding the Galaxy for all those "thousands of centuries", then it's safe to assume that there would not be anything left for the Federation to explore.
Clearly there is a Galaxy to explore, and therein lies an undefined issue with the Borg. Have they always been so violent? If they had, then the Galaxy would already be overwhelmed by them. Clearly, there are unknown aspects to Borg behavior. Do they go through periods of violent aggression for some unknown reason, only to stop at times and become peaceful? Or were the Borg once peaceful/docile, and something happened to change them? Guinan seemed to think that the Federation and the Borg would eventually have a peaceful relationship. Could it be that the Borg have encountered other distant powers who have/had a relationship with the collective, and causing the collective to set aside their violent behavior? Or did the Borg only acquire sufficient technology to travel through deep space only recently, with nearly all of their long history being confined to a single planet or sector of isolated space?
Looking at the Borg from this perspective probably gave the Federation leadership reason to pursue a more cautious path. The Borg are not a conventional military threat. Therefore, they defy conventional military and diplomatic thinking. As Q pointed out "you can't destroy them." And even if you could infect thousands of their ships with a computer virus, you can never be certain that the virus reached all of them (some may be out of range) or that the Borg will find some way to adapt. (Surely their collective cyber-consciousness network has built-in security countermeasures.)
So maybe the notion of "let's declare war on the Borg" would be seen in the same light as "let's declare war on Species 8472", or "let's declare war on Gomtuu". Such a move would be seen as Quixotic and even counter-productive.
The bottom line is this: it's never wise to declare war on an adversary unless you have a clear strategy that leads to victory, and you're willing to deal with the aftermath. Just ask Hitler and Tojo how that works out.
There's also the old saying "Your enemies of today will be your friends of tomorrow", in other words, before you go getting into a fight with that guy at the corner bar and you decide you're going to go all-out and break his arm to teach him a lesson, you might want to consider the consequences of all-out warfare. Maybe it's best not to break the guy's arm. If you avoid him, he won't be likely to try to smack a pool cue over your head.
I think this debate is a little too focused on semantics. Is it possible for the Federation to technically be at war with a "race" that has no government? If they are at war, is it a cold war or a normal war? Interesting questions, but ultimately irrelevant. War is a term used to describe a military force fighting another military force. The Borg are a force of billions (maybe trillions?) with the objective of genocide against the Federation. The Borg have a military. The Borg and Federation have had military conflicts. For all intents and purposes the Federation is at war with the Borg.
Is the Federation still at war with the Borg? Yes. Wars can't expire and aren't dependent on casualties. There was the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly without a single shot fired. Not to mention the Korean War which is currently at 60 years and counting.
I doubt that either side cared much about formal declarations of war here. To paraphrase the Borg: "Declarations of war are irrelevant. You will be assimilated." And when your opponent doesn't care why should the Federation council?
I would also like to point out that formal states of war (and/or declarations of war) have been increasingly become irrelevant in the real world since World War II. For instance, the period between 1941 and 1945 was the last time the United States had been officially at war. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq (both times), and Afghanistan were merely prolonged cases of "military action" without actually declaring war on anyone. On the other hand, North Korea and South Korea have been in a continuous state of war since 1950, with a mere cease-fire being in place for most of the time between 1953 and 2011.
The bottomline is, whenever the Federation encountered a Borg ship, they tried to open fire on it (and the other way around). At the very least, I'd call that a de facto state of war. The only limiting factor is that the core territories of both opponents were separated by 50,000 light-years or so. As result, fights occured only sproadically with very long break between individual battles.
Congressional authorizations for military action in Iraq (first gulf war) was Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 on January 14, 1991, "Operation Desert Storm."
Congressional authorizations for military action in Afghanistan was House Joint Resolution 64 and Senate Joint Resolution 23, Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, Public Law 107-40, voted in by the US Congress on September 14, 2001.
Congressional authorizations for military action in Iraq (second gulf war) was on October 16, 2002, Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to authorized war, but doesn't require specific language. The words "declaration of war," do not have to appear on the resolution.
Actually, as evidenced later in Voyager, not all Borg would have died. There are multiple examples of Borgs being disconnected from the collective and reverting back to their natural state. Which leads to the next point: the Borg are not a race. Society, perhaps, but they are not a race. Therefore it cannot be considered genocide.If Picard allowed the release of the virus, what would have happened would in fact, have been liberation for those captured borg.
Also, I think Picard was being a bit hypocritical. I find it odd that on one hand, when he has the means to release borg from captivity, it is called genocide, but when one of his crewmen was infected with the borg nanovirus in FC, Picard shot him as he was assimilated. By that rationale, that was murder.
Again, I agree.
By that point, the borg attempted invasion of sector 001 twice. When the borg from FC awoke in the past, they attempted to rejoin the borg in the delta quadrant in an attempt to bring a thrid (or first) invasion force. In fact, this could be argued how the borg were tipped off to Earth, and I have even read that ENterprise had a planned origin story for the Borg queen in mind, based on the ENterprise borg episode.
Not to mention the events of Voyager clearly show there was a state of war, in that the Borg were constantly trying to assimilate or destroy Voyager, whenever contact was made. Indeed, in Endgame, what do you think the bog were intent on doing, if the fleet had not been there to greet them? They would have captured or destroyed Voyager for sure, and armed with the intelligence of voyager, they could have laid down plans for a third and final invasion.
However, it is very possible that (if you only go by on-screen), that the borg were destroyed by the same or similar virus, when future Admiral Janeway was assimilated, which stopped the Queen and may have possibly finally did what Picard should have done in I, Borg.
Well... all in all, while I enjoy the borg episodes and First Contact, the entire Borg - Federation conflict in fictional reality is entirely unrealistic.
I mean if the Borg really wanted to destroy the federation, they could send like, 1000 cubes to do the job, they could take out the Cardassians, the Federation, the klingons and the Romulans... Hell I bet even 100 cubes could do the job.
But no, they send one cube.
Because they hate the Federation, OH SO MUCH.
Especially when it was discovered in End Game they could create a portal to within pissing distance of Earth...
One Cube.
Genocide would have been Beverly's earlier suggestion of using nanites......
The Queens are the Borg government, a dictatorship.
But then again, all effective methods of defense against the Borg could be considered genocide. Its the circumstances that necessitated drastic methods. The federation had no real defences and faced a very real threat of extinction (in the sense of being individuals) from the Borg. It was one of those situations where they had to fight back with as much force as necessary.
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Good gods. I just thought about something. It took us just 22 days to fill up another full thread, 20% of that in one 36 hour period. Holy Hell!! That has to be some sort of record. Really, there has to be something somewhere that recognizes the pure insanity of that.
But, in all honesty, when you are talking about this man how can we possibly stop?

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Update: According to @gokogames on Twitter, www.goko.com is now up. They also mention it will be up and down all day as they make updates. It appears to be down to me so it may be in the process of an update.
Goko Launches Today With Official Dominion, Settlers of Catan Social/MMO, Plus HTML5 Developer Platform
Goko is a new HTML5 games company and developer platform. They chose to officially announce their company on the same day as the launch of their flagship digital board game, the highly anticipated deck-building game Dominion. Goko will tell you that many people think HTML5 games just suck, but it appears that they are out to try and prove those people wrong, or at least capture an audience big enough to eclipse them.
I'm going to post a few interesting facts about Goko, whom you should understand is first and foremost a developer platform and game publisher/licenser second (I'll come back to this part). One fact, is that they needed a great game in order to demonstrate the power of HTML5 to a large audience. Rio Grande Games chose them and that's what they have been working on for the last year. Now, not only have they released a digital version of Dominion, but they are also releasing today an SDK (software developer kit) that will give developers tools to create, distribute and monetize HTML5 social games across iOS, Android, Facebook, Google+ and Windows 8 and the web. The platform features include player authentication, leaderboards and achievements, game hosting and testing, virtual goods and virtual stores, and payments. Developers can build their own games on the platform, or partner with Goko to build a game based on one of the company's many licenses.
Another fact is that Goko has been funded to the tune of $8 Million. One more fact, which I expect our readers will be inerested to know is that they have signed licenses to digitize over 150 hobby board and card games which as of yet have only ever existed in print. They're talking real designer hobby games, not department store mainstream games. Among them: Catan (as an MMO), Citadels, Martin Wallace's Steam, Mayfair's Empire Builder, Tom Lehmann's Race for the Galaxy, and many others whose well-respected publishers and designers were impressed enough with concept to sign on over a year ago. No release dates, however, have yet been announced.
We learned back in November 2011 how Goko, then called FunSockets, wanted to "change the game" of digital board and card games from a social game perspective. We understand the concern of the iOS "purists" in our audience, especially in how it has related to expectations of the development of Dominion, that some believe HTML5 apps are and never can be as good as native apps. We are not agreeing or disagreeing. Rather, we see a company attempting to take an approach, and a very serious and costly one at that, to try and bring more (and potentially more than anybody else so far) board and card games to our digital devices. Because we view this space as still very young, we're less likely to judge the attempt until we've see it come to fuller fruition. Dominion is merely the start of what they, and the publishers and designers who have chosen to work with them, are attempting to bring forth.
So now Goko has launched their game site, Goko.com with four games to get them started: Dominion, a born-digital world debut of Reiner Knizia's Forbidden City, a multiplayer puzzle and strategy game known as All the King's Men, and a puzzle and war-strategy game named War Factory. All games are free to play though your web browser and soon on Facebook and Google+. Dominion is the only game so far slated for a promised app version for both iOS and Android.
Gamers interested in playing these new games can get started at Goko.com. Developers interested in building HTML5 games on the Goko platform can learn more and sign up for the SDK at developer.goko.com.
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Red Inferno: 1945: A Novel
by Robert Conroy
Review by Bill Lawhorn
Ballantine Books Paperback ISBN/ITEM#: 9780345506061
Date: 23 February 2010 List Price $15.00 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Official Info /
The war is almost over, but not all is well between the allies. As the allies make the final push towards each other and Berlin, many plans are made and discarded. There is great mistrust between the communists and western democracies. A misunderstanding, an unexpected deployment, and an overreaction lead to a new war before the old one is finished.
Late in the War, the allies were deciding whether to cross the Elbe River or hold the line there. In the real timeline, that is just what they did. But what if they had crossed the Elbe? This novel explores that possibility. Elements of the 9th Army push across the Elbe and move towards the suburbs of Berlin. The lead elements push further than ordered and are attacked. Of course, the Russians blame the allied forces. The trailing parts of the force are shattered but retreat and fortify Potsdam. The defenses set up are formidable, but not impregnable. But rather than take the time to take Potsdam, the Russians push over the Elbe and engage the Allies there.
There are several points of view used to show how the events affect the people of the world. The main characters are Sergeant Jack Logan a soldier in Potsdam, Steve Burke a Russian Specialist, Elizabeth Wolf an American trapped in Nazi Germany, Tony the Toad an American soldier trapped behind enemy line and Marshall Suslov the commander of the Soviet forces around Potsdam. Others characters take precedence as needed.
The fight doesn't go as planned for either side. The world that will develop will be very different from our own. The concessions needed for victory will give old enemies new chances and the Soviet Union will never be the same. As a standalone novel, there are no other novels that need to be read first. There is no connection to any of his previous works. Each can be appreciated on its own. The singular nature of this work makes it standout in a world where it seems every new novel is just a piece of a much larger body of work. I appreciate knowing that going into a new Conroy book, that it is a complete picture and not just a small portion.
Fans of alternate history will find something worth reading here. The take on the end of WWII is interesting and based on plans that were made but never implemented. Fans of The War That Came Early series should enjoy this novel as well.
This is the fifth novel by Conroy each based on the events of a single year. It is also his best to date. He continues to develop as a writer and I expect future novels to continue to get better. Some of his earlier works suffered a bit from improbability. His scenarios are improving. I look forward to his next year.
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Four TCU football players, including standout linebacker Tanner Brock, are among 19 students arrested following a six-month drug investigation by the Fort Worth, Texas and TCU police departments.
The school announced Wednesday morning a broad undercover drug bust. Two people were arrested last week and 17 on Wednesday. The Star-Telegram of Fort Worth was the first to report that four football players were included in the arrests for selling drugs on and around campus.
The four players arrested are Brock, the team's leading tackler in 2010 who missed all but the first game of the 2011 season because of a foot injury; starting defensive back Devin Johnson, the team's eighth leading tackler last season; starting defensive tackle D.J. Yendrey; and offensive tackle Tyler Horn; according to documents released Wednesday.
"All those arrested are drug dealers," TCU police chief Steven McGee said when he addressed the media.
In the arrest warrant affidavit for Brock, he told an undercover officer that the team was drug tested on Feb. 1, National Signing Day. In the affidavit, Brock said there "would be about 60 people being screwed" because of the test.
According to The Star-Telegram, TCU coach Gary Patterson ordered a surprise drug test for his team after a high school recruit told Patterson that he wouldn't attend TCU because of drug use by players. Johnson told undercover officers that 82 players had failed the drug test.
"There are days people want to be a head football coach, but today is not one of those days," Patterson said in a statement. "As I heard the news this morning, I was first shocked, then hurt and now I'm mad.
"Under my watch, drugs and drug use by TCU's student-athletes will not be tolerated by me or any member of my coaching staff. Period. Our program is respected nationally for its strong ethics and for that reason the players arrested today were separated from TCU by the University. I believe strongly that young people's lives are more important than wins or losses."
TCU released a statement late Wednesday afternoon that said the school tests its athletes for drug use "on a regular basis."
"The comments about failed drug tests made by the separated players in affidavits cannot be verified simply because they were made in the context of a drug buy," the school said.
Just last year, Sports Illustrated published an article that distinguished TCU as the only Top 25 program with no players on its roster with a criminal record.
The Star-Telegram has posted the affidavits for Brock and Yendrey.
By the account of the affidavit, drug dealing was rampant throughout the university community. The alleged drug deals occurred in a variety of locations. In one instance, Yendrey arranged a sale with an undercover officer, taking him from a Kroger grocery store parking lot to a residence where he met Brock. Brock sold the officer marijuana for $200.
Afterward, the affidavit said, Brock instructed the undercover officer to come directly to him for drug purchases instead of going through Yendrey.
When healthy, the 6-3, 250-pound Brock was easily the Horned Frogs' most dynamic player on defense. He amassed 106 tackles in 2010 en route to earning All-Mountain West Conference honors. Brock underwent ankle surgery in the summer of 2011 and appeared healthy enough for the season.
However, he aggravated the injury in the season-opening game against Baylor and never returned to the field.
Yendrey was a key member of TCU's defense as well. He played in every game last season and had his best game against San Diego State when he collected five tackles and a sack.
McGee said the students were caught selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs. Complaints came in from students, parents and others about the alleged drug dealing.
"TCU has never before experienced a magnitude of student arrests such as this," TCU chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. said in a news release.
All 19 students have been expelled.
Boschini said that the campus police records indicate that there have been five student arrests related to drug law violations in recent years.
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How To Rename Microsoft Account Usernames And User Folders In Windows 8on January 26, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Windows 8 comes with a new type of account. Now you can log-on to Windows 8 using your Microsoft account. This can be beneficial when you want to synchronize most of your Desktop settings across multiple computers. This can be achieved using roaming profiles instead of the local ones if you are on a local area network. The Microsoft account can synchronize settings across the Internet provided that the computers are connected to the Internet.
When we create a user in Windows 8 with a Microsoft account ID, it automatically creates the user folder in C:\Users \ folder. The problem here is that the folder that has been created automatically cannot be renamed. This not only applies to the user folder but also to the user-name. If you rename the folder, the next time you log-in to Windows 8, it will log-in with a temporary profile. Let's go through the correct way of renaming the user folder step by step.
Creating an administrative local user
First of all, you will need to have a local account with administrative privileges in order to rename the Microsoft account. To create a local user with administrative privileges, follow the steps below.
- Go to Run –> control userpasswords2
- The user accounts window will open. Click on the Add button to add a new user.
- Select "Sign in without a Microsoft account" from the next screen
- Click on the Local Account button to proceed
- On the next screen, you can enter the desired username, password and password hint. All fields are mandatory and need to be filled before continuing
- After you have created the account, you should go to User Accounts window (Step 1), select the user from the list and click on the Properties button
- Under Group Membership tab, select Administrator. This will add the user to Administrators group.
After you have created an administrative user, you will need to log out and log-in again with the local user. Please note that you cannot use the user switching feature because in order to change the account name, the actual user should not be logged in.
Renaming the user profile
If I am logged into my Windows 8 computer with the Microsoft ID, my user ID shows as nanos_000. I want to change it to usman-microsoft. Here are the steps for doing this:
- Go to Computer Management (Windows Key + X + K)
- Open System Tools à Local Users and Groups à Users
- In the right hand pane, right click the user which you want to rename, select Rename and type whatever name you want to give to the user.
This is half the work done. Now you will need to rename the user folder so that Windows can map the same user and the user folder. This will be done through Windows Registry. Before the next step, you can also rename the user folder C:\Users\username to whatever you like.
Telling Windows about the new profile path
Windows 8 stores user profile paths in the Registry. To change the user profile path, follow the steps below:
- Go to Run –> regedit
- Go to the following registry path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
- Expanding ProfileList key will show sub-keys. You can go through each sub-key and find the correct user profile which needs changing.
- After we have identified the correct sub-key, we can change the value of ProfileImagePath on the right hand pane to the new user folder which we have renamed.
This is the final step. Now you can restart your computer and log-in with the same Microsoft user credentials as before but the username and the user folder will be changed.
Usman is a network consultant and owns a technology blog. He loves to explore Microsoft technologies including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Office 2013. Connect with Usman through Twitter.


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On Radio.com Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. This installment is taken from a 1984 interview with Paul McCartney where he discusses his former Beatles-mate George Harrison's reluctance to do press. This video was created for Radio.com by Elliot Lobell.
"He doesn't really like doing interviews," McCartney said of his former bandmate in this interview. "Sometimes, it can be a pressure. You'd rather be out playing in the park and then you've got to sit and do an interview." Ah, the life of rock stars.
Harrison had historically been the Beatle who least enjoyed the promotional grind, and McCartney acknowledged that in this interview, saying "George was always more forthright than us, he'd just say, 'I don't want to do it.'"
"He's not just a crazy recluse who lives up in some place and guards himself from the world… he likes gardening more than music these days. If that's what his bag is, you've got to allow him. You can't say, 'You're a musician, you shall not garden.' You've got to let him do what he wants," he says, before getting to a very revealing choice of words: "[He's] a big boy now." Once the youngest Beatle, forever the youngest Beatle.
— Brian Ives, Radio.com


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DeMar DeRozan┬Āwas the Raptors' 9th pick in the 2009 draft, but he didn't even make Adam's top 200┬Ālast year, and rightly so – he shot an abysmal┬Ā0.096 from beyond the arc in '10-'11. A mascot with a fuzzy oversize head could throw beach balls underhanded and display higher accuracy than that.Please, blog, may I have some more?
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As you no doubt have heard, Andrew Bynum is the big cheesesteak in Philadelphia's crusty roll. He just came off a career year with the Lakers and will only be 25 this season, so there are expectations that he will rise above and beyond what he has already done.Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Thunder From Down Underlahoma signed Serge Ibaka to a four year deal. Baraka means "blessing" in Hebrew, and even though Ibaka is spelled differently than Baraka, the Thunder are hoping he is a blessing for them. The lad turns 23 in September, and thus far he has averaged┬Ā.540 FG%, .695 FT%, 6.9 RPG and┬Ā2.4 BPG.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Before you go drafting some National Basketball Association player like he's going to win you a fantasy title, you may want to check to make sure the guy is still alive (sorry,┬ĀJason Collier). These are the guys who very likely won't be ready when the season begins:
Avery Bradley (Boston)┬Ā– He just had surgery on his shoulder last week.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Jeremy Lin is making headlines again as he has switched teams, leaving New York to join Houston. The city of Houston was a ghost town in the 80s following the oil bust and other energy drops, and the Houston Rockets of today are looking to repeat history.Please, blog, may I have some more?
As you should have heard, the City of Angels has acquired the services of one Mr. Stephen John Nash, the greatest Canadian basketball player since Shaquille O'Neal. What? He's not French-Canadian? Huh. Anyway, ┬ĀSteve┬ĀNash has a new team┬Āand the Lakers are as happy as a pedophile in a windowless van.Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Philadelphia 76ers spent last season going up and down more often than a junkie on a see saw (happy belated father's day, dad!). Even though they finished the year strong, questions swirled around the team like┬Āthe Riddler was at point guard.Please, blog, may I have some more?
As LeBron James penciled himself in for a trip to Disneyland after cementing himself as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, let's ignore the dark cloud over Cleveland and take a look back at our NBA Finals predictions from a few weeks ago.Please, blog, may I have some more?
During the last season, Blake Griffin scored 1,368 points with 717 rebounds, 54 steals and 48 blocks. Kevin Love scored 1,432 points with 734 rebounds, 47 steals and 28 blocks. Griffin threw in an extra 100 assists and Love provided an extra 100 three pointers, but essentially they were even in terms of production provided your math isn't too precise.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Does anyone find it odd that team physicians perform surgery? I mean, maybe that's common, but I always feel like in other sports, the team doctor doesn't operate on the players. "Okay, boys, clear out your jock straps, we need this massage table and Miss Michigan's knife so I can repair this anterior cruciate ligament!" In any event, Bulls team doctor Brian Cole performed surgery on Derrick Rose three days ago, then held a press conference and told everyone the "surgery went really well.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Demi Lovato Regrets Getting 12 Tattoos Before Age 20
Think before you ink, Demi Lovato!
During an appearance on "LIVE! With Kelly and Michael" on Sept. 5, the "X Factor" judge admitted she's beginning to regret getting 12 tattoos in her teens. Pointing to a drawing of her friend's lips on the inside of her left forearm, Lovato called the tattoo "a spur of the moment, stupid decision."
PHOTOS: Celebrities reveal their crazy tattoos
Lovato, 20, has even considered getting her tattoos removed. "I've thought about it before because, you know, when I get older I don't know if I want to have 'rock and roll' on my middle finger," she explained. "But I'm young and I can rock it now. When I get older, I can worry about it later."
PHOTOS: Demi Lovato's X Factor style
The "Give Your Heart a Break" singer also dished on her ever-changing hair color, which is currently blonde. "I think this is my favorite right now," Lovato revealed. "Just because, you know, it's the color I have right now and I don't feel like changing it."
VIDEO: See Demi Lovato's hair color evolution
During the interview, Lovato was also asked about what it's like sitting at the judges' table with Simon Cowell, 52, on the "X Factor" (premiering Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. EST on FOX).
"I'm a Southern girl who speaks her mind," Lovato said of trading barbs with the acerbic Englishman. "If you're going to dish it, you might as well be able to take it."
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Demi Lovato Regrets Getting 12 Tattoos Before Age 20
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Farquhar rolling as Mariners' new closer
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
SEATTLE -- New Mariners closer Danny Farquhar has been outstanding since replacing Tom Wilhelmsen at the start of August, to the point where his 13 saves since Aug. 3 are the most of any Major League reliever in that span.
Farquhar, 25, is 13-for-14 in save opportunities after finishing out Friday's 6-4 win over the Rays.
Though his ERA for the season is 4.28 in 38 games, the rookie right-hander has a 1.76 ERA in 15 1/3 innings since taking over as closer and has exhibited steely nerves with games on the line.
"I like the way he mixes his pitches," said manager Eric Wedge. "I like the way he uses his fastball, his cutter and breaking ball. He's aggressive, he pitches with a lot of confidence. And if he does get himself in a situation, he doesn't overreact. Those are a lot of good things."
The 5-foot-9 Farquhar, who was acquired from the Yankees in the Ichiro Suzuki trade last year, is fourth in the Majors with his average of 13.22 strikeouts per nine innings with 71 in 48 1/3 innings since being called up from Triple-A Tacoma on May 17.
Hultzen continues to improve with new motion
SEATTLE -- Danny Hultzen, the Mariners' top left-handed pitching prospect, threw three simulated innings prior to Saturday's game at Safeco Field as he continued working on a revamped arm motion designed to alleviate the pressure on his left arm.
Hultzen threw only 35 2/3 innings in seven games this season while dealing with shoulder problems. But he faced teammates Abraham Almonte, Carlos Triunfel, Humberto Quintero and Henry Blanco and threw 51 pitches as general manager Jack Zduriencik, manager Eric Wedge, pitching coach Carl Willis and trainer Rick Griffin watched closely from behind the batting cage.
Hultzen, 23, threw two scoreless frames for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday in his first live action since June and now will head to Instructional League and then the Arizona Fall League to continue working his way back.
"I'm just glad to be pitching again," said the 2011 first-round Draft pick. "I've spent too much time sitting on the bench watching, so I was glad to be back out there today."
Before starting his session, Hultzen drew a straight line on the mound in front of the pitching rubber toward home plate as a reminder of where he wants his front foot to land on his delivery.
"I had an issue of stepping really far across my body," he said. "That probably put a lot of stress on my shoulder. If you're throwing that far across your body, I'm not saying it was the cause of what happened, but it could have been. We watched video from college and I was a lot straighter then. Still across my body, but there was a big difference from what it was in college and how I was throwing at the beginning of this year."
The Mariners brass was pleased with what they saw Saturday.
"He looked free and easy," said Zduriencik. "This is good for him to get back out there. Continued steps."
With James Paxton making his first Major League start on Saturday night on the heels of Taijuan Walker's recent debut, Zduriencik and Wedge said it's encouraging to start thinking of what lies ahead with the promising pitching group.
And despite his largely lost season, Hultzen now is itching to get back into that mix and is encouraged by his latest steps on the mound.
"It gives me something to build off," he said. "I have the opportunity now to go down to Arizona and get a lot better as a baseball player. That's the way I'm looking at it. It's kind of what I've learned from this experience, to not take anything for granted. I know that sounds kind of sappy, but when you're healthy and having fun, you take that for granted sometimes. When it's taken away real quick like that, it kind of puts it in perspective."
Capps' pickoff critical in victory over Rays
SEATTLE -- While Carter Capps struggled through a tough eighth inning in Friday's 6-4 win over the Rays, the hard-throwing right-hander helped himself considerably by picking pinch-runner Sean Rodriguez off second base after Tampa Bay had put two on with no out to start the frame.
Capps wound up allowing two runs on two hits and two walks, but got out of the inning in a 4-4 tie and emerged as the winning pitcher when Justin Smoak delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth.
Capps credited shortstop Brad Miller with helping pull off the pickoff of Rodriguez, who'd been inserted to pinch-run after James Loney drew a leadoff walk.
"Miller called it and played it off well," Capps said. "He was there and luckily the throw was, too. I think the guy was in a big secondary lead, waiting for a bunt with no outs and runners on first and second. I assume he was bunting. I guess the guy just got a little too happy on second. It was a great call by Miller and it paid off."
Mariners manager Eric Wedge said Capps deserved credit as well for his excellent move.
"It's a combination," Wedge said. "It has to start with Carter, but Brad has to feel it and be there, too. They did a nice job with it. He does a nice job with that. We've seen him do that a few times and almost get somebody. Last night it really paid off for us."
Rays skipper Joe Maddon wasn't nearly as thrilled by the play as his team is fighting for a playoff berth and suffered several critical breakdowns in Friday's loss.
"A lot of negative things can happen," Maddon said. "You can strike out with the bases loaded, you can hang a slider, you can do a lot of different things. But you can't get picked off second base. That's the only thing that really bothered me about all of that.
"I mean people make errors, they swing at pitches in the dirt, etc. But the one part of the game that upset me was that. I'm just being honest. Because there was no play on. There was nothing on, that was straight-up baseball."
Worth noting
• Felix Hernandez threw on flat ground on Saturday and will do a bullpen session Monday in preparation for his next start Wednesday afternoon against the Astros at Safeco Field. Hernandez originally was slated to start Sunday, but the Mariners pushed that back to Wednesday after his back cramped up during his last start Monday in Kansas City.
• Sunday's 1:10 p.m. PT game against the Rays will be broadcast on 770-AM (KTTH) radio because of a conflict with the Seahawks game on 710 ESPN Seattle. The game will be televised live as normal on ROOT Sports.
• When James Paxton starts on Saturday night, he will become the third Mariners pitcher to make his MLB debut this season, along with Taijuan Walker and Brandon Maurer. Seattle also had three pitchers make their debuts in 2011 with Michael Pineda, Blake Beavan and Anthony Vasquez. The franchise record is four pitching debuts in 1993 (John Cummings, Mike Hampton, Jim Converse and Roger Salkeld).
• Left-handed reliever Bobby LaFromboise was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and added to the Mariners roster shortly before Saturday's game. The 27-year-old pitched four games for Seattle in two stints earlier this year with a 16.88 ERA in 2 2/3 innings. He was 6-0 with five saves and a 3.39 ERA in 45 appearances for Tacoma.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Jesus Christ, the renowned Jewish philosopher and religious scholar viewed by many as their Lord and Savior, will address a nationally televised joint session of the United States Congress this coming Tuesday, April 3, at 8 PM Eastern time.
According to officials, neither the purpose nor subject of Jesus's historic address will be known in advance. When asked if this most unprecedented appearance is in any way related to a possible pending apocalypse, a representative of the enigmatic church leader cryptically responded, "Does He look Mayan to you?"
The announcement was made following a reportedly heated closed-door session of the Republican Congressional Caucus which was necessitated by a division within its ranks over whether or not to adopt the concurrent resolution necessary to convene a joint session.
Action on Capitol Hill was fast and furious Friday afternoon after the surprise request to address Congress was submitted by representatives of Mr. Christ. Initially, House Speaker John Boehner's office indicated that the Speaker sought to move the address to Monday evening — a request which was flatly rejected by the Son of God who expressed concern over the possible alienation of millions of His followers if the address were to preempt 'Dancing with the Stars' and 'The Voice'.
Less than one hour later, it appeared as though the first appearance by a Holy person in the House chamber in recent memory was in jeopardy when Speaker Boehner was informed by members of the GOP's Tea Party Caucus that they would not support the measure because they feared that an appearance by Jesus on the Capitol floor while Barack Obama is still in office would be perceived as a victory for the President.
The Speaker, for his part, remained steadfast in his determination that the address should take place, reminding his membership of the potential political risks involved in having Republicans perceived as "the party that said no to Jesus." And after what insiders describe as "an unprecedented display of leadership heretofore unseen during this term," The Bronze Clod delivered the necessary votes.
According to Newton Toomey, a senior Boehner staff member who spoke on condition of anonymity, the Speaker only made minor concessions to his Tea Party membership in order to ensure a united front once the vote was held. Among those concessions was the Speaker agreeing not to comment during the fall campaign on any covertly or overtly racist comments that might be made by Tea Party members in the course of their reelection campaigns as well as Mr. Boehner's personal assurance that he will suspend his regular tanning sessions until after the November election in order to help draw what Tea Party leaders describe as "a sharper contrast between us and the President."
Toomey also added that "… it became less necessary for the Speaker to make more major concessions after one alert Congressman pointed out to his colleagues that for many of them, this would most likely be the only chance they will ever have to meet Jesus."
© 2012 The Desperate Blogger. This article is reproduced by permission of the author. All rights reserved.


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In the Clippers game, Felton went inside for a layup to get layed-out by an Amare cloth-line ..
what bothered me the most about this accident incident was Knicks teammates watch Felton hit the floor and not get back up, while the Clippers rebounded Felton's missed shot to take the ball to the other end of the court where 4 Knicks were set-up on defense watching Felton laying down in pain on the other end of the court, and not one Knicks player put any effort into fouling a Clippers player to stop the clock to see what condition Felton was in.
What happen to team-play and team-leadership on this Knicks team?
Amare's concern for his teammate shouldve grab the first Clipper player for the foul when he notice Felton was not getting up any time soon.


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Round 1: 9th Overall - Reed Matte, D UAB
What Scouts Say: "Quintessential outside back ... Went forward decently ... he's a good player ... Very consistent sort of soldier, dogged player ... if you're watching a game he's not going to stand out or wow you but he's very consistent ... doesn't put a foot wrong ... good athleticism and made good decisions on the ball ... Weakness is possibly his athleticism and you want to be exceptional at one thing and he's not ... Reed is very fast and he is a good defender ... Exceptional going forward ... Had a major impact in the UAB attack ... Has everything a coach wants: big, fast, skillful, works incredibly hard, gets into the attack and good 1-v-1 defender ... Very good service .. Serves ball cleanly with either foot ... Can cut inside and score goals himself ... He likes to get forward, beat players 1-v-1 and get on the outside but he can also combine with forwards and other players cutting inside ... He will play in MLS. He's not borderline ... Pretty solid with the ball ... Makes pretty good decisions ... Not sure about his pace at the next level ... Good defender and powerful right back ... Thick ... Don't know about his football brain ... He comes forward but it leaves their back four completely exposed ... He'll work all day for you."
A Preseason All-Conference USA Honoree at the University of Alabama-Birmingham ... a member of the Portland Timbers U-23 team for the 2011 and 2012 summer seasons.
Round 2: 28th Overall - Daniel Withrow, GK Marshall
What Scouts Say: "He's good ... Nice kid, hard worker, tough as nails ... Vocal, commands back four... comes up with excellent saves ... you have to beat him and it's not easy ... Keeps team in games ... Very good in the air on crosses ... Got a good frame for a GK ... Quick, gets down low in a hurry for a guy his size and his distribution is very good as well ... Used on free kicks and he could put a ball on a dime inside the box ... Scored a game winner in his junior year against South Carolina after saving a penalty kick in the same game ... Needs to work on extending his range a little, even outside the 18 ... Could work a little bit on his left foot, but that's pretty much it .. Conference player of the year in Conference USA ... Kept Marshall in a lot of games and broke all-time shutout record at Marshall."
Round 4: Shawn Sloan, MF High Point University
First Team All-Big South honoree for all four years of his college career at High Point University (2009-2012) ... Led team with six goals in freshman season, also adding two assists and earning Big South Freshman of the Year honors ... Started all 21 games for High Point in 2010, scoring eight goals and eight assists. Named ESPN Academic All-American ... Started 20 of 21 games in the 2011 season and led the team with seven assists, also adding three goals ... Played 15 games in 2012, starting 13, but managed a career-high 10 assists to go along with his six goals. Earned NSCAA Third Team All-South Atlantic Region honors, named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year.


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Sean O'Driscoll--@seanodmvp on Twitter—and co-founder of Ant's Eye View discusses how to turn fans into advocates through influencer engagement.
Advocates are defenders of your brand. Advocates don't just love your brand, they'll go to bat for you.
There are five drivers of brand advocacy:
Gibson kicked off the first session of the morning explaining that social media is an acceleration of word of mouth marketing. Social media creates more conversations through content marketing on the Web. Cisco has a powerful internal network that supports social media activity. But, as #RaganCisco attendees have heard often throughout the conference, this advocacy of social media efforts doesn't come without a strong strategy.
How does Cisco nurture social media evangelists and experts? Here are 5 tips:
Gibson invited Paula Wang-- @PaulaWang on Twitter-- Senior Marketing Management at Cisco, to speak about her experience creating a social media ambassador program for Cisco in China.
Brian Solis-- @BrianSolis on Twitter—and the author of Engage! The complete guide for businesses to build and measure success in the social web shares his thoughts on SMO.
Brian Solis is incredibly quotable. So for our keynote session today, I thought I'd treat you to some inspiring—and informational—sound bites from one of social media's top thought leaders as he shares his tips on Social Media Optimization.
On what social media isn't:
"Social media optimization (SMO) is not making viral videos!"
On what social media is:
"Social media is about creating and sharing experiences. Give people something to talk about. Create something so compelling that it stops them in their tracks."
"SEO plus SMO is the amplified findability and shareability in the traditional and social Web."
"Now, actions speak louder than words. Verbs become social objects and click paths define the customer experience and journey."
"The social effect is not the goal. The social effect is the result of good design."
On search:
"Search the key words in YouTube and Twitter that are related to your industry and see what comes back. Is it related to your story? Be discoverable."
"Everything begins with search. People are always searching. What is it of yours that they find?"
"If you create a piece of media, it doesn't just belong in any one channel. It can mutate across channels."
On creating shareable content:
"Headlines and title tags should have keywords up front."
"Align content/social objects with contextual search. They add relevance."
"Become the type of publisher that doesn't just talk about yourself, latest deals, partnerships or new products. Become a resource to your community. So much so that whenever you say something, people stop."
"Know the attention aperture of your audience."
"Understand the design of your content. How is it worded? Vocabulary is important."
"K.I.S.S. Keep it significant and shareable."
On achieving your goals:
"Start with the end in mind. Begin with what you want to accomplish."
Krista Canfield-- @KristaCanfield on Twitter-- Senior Manager of Corporate Communications at LinkedIn, shares hot tips for building a powerful presence on LinkedIn.
Rocco Impreveduto-- @Roccolmp on Twitter—Senior director of Consumer Marketing for LexisNexis and Lawyers.com and Jeremy Bromwell-- @JBromwell on Twitter—Account Director at Definition 6 team up to teach attendees how to develop successful B2B and B2C social media strategies.
"Creating shareable content is what gives it legs to go viral," says Bromwell. "It's the content and the story that your audience cares about, social media is just the vehicle."
He shares his top tips for creating shareable content
Creating shareable content:
Bromwell passes the mic to Impreveduto to speak about how Lawyers.com dove into social media—and came out on top, especially for such a niche market.
"You have to define what you want social to do for you and what it means to your brand," says Impreveduto. He explains that because of the strategy Lawyers.com employed, social media became the 2nd best conversation channel for the brand, after paid search.
Is your company struggling with social media? Poveromo and her colleague, Maria Saltz, the Social Media Measurement Manager at Adobe, tackle the trickiest of all social media topics: Measurement.
Here are some take-home tips:
Saltz stresses the necessity of "defining value in your own terms and aligning measurement."
With that in mind, let's learn how you can measure like Adobe.
Adobe believes that listening plus data analysis equals a total measurement picture. Listening is simply monitoring channels for topics, trends and sentiment. Analytics involves deep dives to understand business impact.
Ted Sapountzis-- @sapountzis on Twitter--VP of Social Media Audience Marketing for SAP AG, shares 5 tips for social media marketing success
Business first, then social
What are your business needs? Are you trying to reduce costs? Increase customers? Once you've figured this out, focus on your customers' needs. "It's no longer about how shiny your widget is, but how it can solve people's problems," says Sapountzis. Enable the social experience.
Measure, but wisely
"Differentiate consistently." It sounds like an oxymoron, but Sapountzis stresses the necessity of understading that you have to be consistent in your measurement efforts, but know how to measure differently for different things (campaigns, etc). When measuring, it's important to measure reach, engagement, if audiences are doing what you want them to do, and whether your audience is reffering your business to their friends and family. Sapountzis notes that you should be sure to measure differently on each channel.
Less is more! Sapountzis shares his biggest pet peeve and calls for people to resists analysis-paralysis when measuring. Data is abundant in social and because of this, people get stuck on creating report after report without thinking about what's driving the specific outcomes they're interested in. Are you really thinking through the metrics?
Top down and bottom up
Does your CEO support your social media efforts? Without buy-in from leadership, managing a successful social media program is very difficult. Don't start a social program until you have leadership on board. It's also critical to have the support of other groups within the organization. Find the social media evangelists within your company and "make heroes out of them," says Sapountzis.
Think carrots, not sticks
Think beyond governance, process guidelines and training. When you're training people in social media, reward them with information. If you give employees convoluted instructions and complex tools, no progress will be made. And make sure the technology is easy to use! "User experience is very critical," explains Sapountzis
The 'F words'
Focus: "I don't believe there's instant gratification in social. I think it's a false assumption," says Sapountzis. You must have a strategy and a long-term plan. Getting a retweet or a 'like' isn't the be-all and end-all!
Fail: You have to try things and you will fail. If you're not failing, you're not learning.
Kim Celestre--@KCelestre on Twitter--Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, shares her top tips on how marketers can reach customers.
In the old model of marketing, buzzwords drive strategy. In the old model, technology comes first. "The new model," says Celestre "is a model in which the buyer leads the market interactions. The control is now with the buyer." Customers have a complex online web to navigate. Today, they deal with marketing interactions, social and digital interactions and sales interactions. So how do you, as a marketer, understand how to make an impact and guide buyers in this process?
Still not sure how to implement these strategies? See what three influential companies did:
L'Oreal contacted salons that carry the L'Oreal brand and provided them with Facebook templates as add-ons to their pages and branded content for them to share. 6,000 salons posted L'Oreal's information. L'Oreal went where the clients were interacting.
Dell energized a community of influencers on Facebook by identifying 150 influential bloggers. Dell sent them a new laptop that hadn't been released yet and asked the bloggers to try out the laptops and be candid in their reviews. The bloggers hit 5 million impressions. Dell harnessed the power of its brand influencers.
Marketo built an interactive user community. Employees are involved deeply in the online community. Because of this, 75 percent of its customers helped other customers and Marketo saw a 30 percent cost decrease in customer service. Build a community of customers to help solve problems and put employees behind it to ensure that the community thrives.
So in the spirit of learning, let's play a quick game. Dominguez posed the following questions to attendees. Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the answers—no cheating!
Why did he ask attendees these questions? To illustrate how social media has truly changed our world. To survive, you must recognize what these changes mean:
"We're at a really incredible turning point in history," says Dominguez. "The traditional way of doing things is no longer going to be effective." He stresses that brands/companies can either create strategies and implement them or expect failure.
Dominguez encouraged attendees to weigh in on how to keep up:
What are you doing to stay ahead of the game?
1) 10 percent 2) 50 percent 3) 1.5 minutes 4) True (eww!) 5) 35 hours 6) Women 7) False. 38 percent
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OCEAN CITY – The stench was thankfully understated, but after touring Ocean City's wastewater treatment plant, it could be the facility itself that is the most thanklessly underrated.
There are many aspects of how a town's infrastructure operates that are often left beneath the surface or behind closed doors, as for every flashy amenity that people gravitate towards, like a beach and a Boardwalk for instance, there is a vast network of intangibles that need to work at the highest of levels in order to keep things running smoothly and people from complaining. Admittedly, in this instance, the less people have to think about wastewater when they flush their toilet while in Ocean City, the better.
If touring a city's garbage treatment plant could be likened to "talking trash," then touring a city's wastewater facility would be a similar, but a bit more vulgar analogy. But in all seriousness, City Manager Dennis Dare has long called the wastewater treatment facility "one of the most vital components to the town of Ocean City" and in lieu of the town's recent move to condemn and seize the land that neighbors the 65th Street public works compound to the east from local businessman Rick Laws, The Dispatch thought it would be prudent to tour the facility and see just how necessary any future expansion of the wastewater treatment plant is, or at the very least, understand the process.
Perhaps in seeing up close and personal the daily operations of the town's wastewater treatment process, it would be revealed why Laws' property, which used to be the home of the 65th Street Slide-n-Ride, is a must have in the minds of the town's elite.
First off, it's notable that the 14 millions gallons of wastewater that the town treats on a daily basis is done in a facility that is vastly smaller than even neighboring municipalities.
"Salisbury, for instance, has a treatment facility that sits on probably 30 acres of land whereas we have about 3 to 4 acres," said Dare. "We also have to be able to ramp up the amount of wastewater we can treat in the summer months versus what we can easily manage the rest of the year. It would be very difficult to find another municipality that has a facility that runs like ours and deals with the things we deal with."
If one were to get the overhead viewpoint of the facility itself and Laws' property that abuts the facility, it is clear why the town is so keen on acquiring the land as extending its footprint, rather than creating a new one, seems to be the least costly and most efficient.
Dare says that taxpayers and visitors don't realize and appreciate how rare it is to have almost 80 percent of the town's governmental operations run out of a single complex.
"If the only option was to go north, then we'd have to tear down the service shop and the warehouse to build on to the wastewater facility, and then where are we going to put those, because there's no more room on this site," said Dare. "Land has gotten so scarce and expensive in Ocean City that we would have to buy something across the bridge. So if you have to get a headlight on an ambulance serviced, you would have to go across the bridge to West Ocean City rather than just 50 feet away to the shop right here on 65th Street. The way we run things is far more efficient and cost effective to tax payers, and I just don't think a lot of people appreciate it."
The town bought the land, which used to be home to Playland Amusements, where the public works compound now sits for just over $1 million in 1980, but Dare said the facility's worth is miles ahead of what they got the land for back then.
Some of the buildings on the lot, such as the pole barns, which keep the buses, snowplows, and other big town machinery out of the elements, have been there since the 1960s, but the majority of the complex has been there since 1984.
"From a dollar standpoint, if you wanted to rebuild this facility it would cost in excess of $100 million," said Dare. "The actual wastewater facility takes up more than half of this entire complex, and if we want to continue run at a highly efficient level and prepare for future growth to this town, we need to plan ahead for growing this facility."
The millions of gallons of wastewater come in through one pipeline and exit through a pipeline almost a mile out into the Atlantic Ocean.
The path that the wastewater embarks on while it's in the facility in order to change it from the waste back into water is a complex maze of underground pipes, a mirage of toxic chemicals, state-of-the-art machinery and scientific testing that meets and in many cases exceeds state regulations. In fact, other municipalities bring samples of their water and wastewater to Ocean City to test in the town's laboratories.
"The chlorinate to disinfect and then we use another highly toxic chemical [sulfur dioxide] to remove the chlorine from the water so we can pump it back out into the ocean and comply with the laws," said Assistant Public Works Director Jim Parsons.
Dare also noted that people don't understand the large scope of the plant, as it is not only the town's biggest user of electricity but it's also one of the costliest, as just this week, bids were announced for a half a million dollar wastewater chemical purchase.
"This place is basically the most important element to tourism because we are discharging the treated water into our ocean a mile off the coast so that's why we need to have backups to the backups so it runs properly," said Dare.
Many people in the town have speculated that the town simply wants to expand the facility by acquiring Laws' property, but Dare says it's not that simple.
"Capacity wise we are probably fine, but capacity isn't the issue, it's the processes that are going to change, and a lot of that centers around permits and what the state of Maryland says we have to do. We want to make sure we can meet those because there are a lot of requirements coming down from the Chesapeake Bay, and even though we are discharging into the ocean, we may have to comply," Dare said.
Though the vast majority of people will never see and more than likely will never care to see what goes on in the town's wastewater facility, Dare says that his task is to think about the future for the town of Ocean City, and that includes some of the less appealing parts of the town, such as what happens to the water when it flushes, and more importantly, what condition it's in when it goes back into the ocean.
"When the next requirement comes, and it's not if, it's when, you don't take something out and put a new thing in," Parsons said. "You build on to it, so keeping in mind that we are already crammed into a small piece of land, we will need what's next door."
For the record, Laws' 80,000-plus-square-foot property in question has reportedly appraised for just over $3 million.


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I recently came across a recipe that called for instant flour, an ingredient that I haven't been very familiar with. What is it, and how is it different from all-purpose flour?
Instant or instantized flour, as it's called, was first introduced by Gold Medal in 1963. It refers to a low-protein, finely-ground, granular type of flour that has gone through pregelatinization, a process that involves heating the flour with hot water or steam, then drying it out. It's formulated to dissolve rapidly in either hot or cold liquids, making it an ideal thickening agent in creating lump-free sauces and gravies. It's also often referred to as Wondra, the leading brand for instant flour.
Wondra is sometimes called for in pie, tart, and other baking recipes to achieve a flaky consistency and texture. When have you come across instant flour?


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El Pais, a Spanish Newspaper, recently interviewed Robert Pattinson [translated choppily from Spanish below]:
EP3. Who kisses better, or Kristen Javier [Stewart, in his beloved Twilight]?Read the rest here. Thanks, Pillowbiters!
RP Definitely Javier [laughs].
EP3. You said that following the successful Crepúsculo you find it difficult to lead a normal life. Why spend your free time?
RP Somehow, the work has become my best shelter. Although it sounds ridiculous, as I have a while I get to read scripts. I feel somewhat frustrated at not having gone to college, so I'm trying desperately to autoeducarme. I brought with me to Vancouver as 100 books, I have scattered all the hotel room.
It's not too late to go to college, RPattz! How cool would that be if Rob showed up in your classroom? I've always admired those actors like Natalie Portman who've been able to balance their careers and educations.
Speaking of Spanish, I got my first Spanish language bloggy award from Cullen's Fanclub Mexico! Thanks, Lissie! :-)


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Kenmore Mercy Hospital Volunteers Needed
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November 19, 2012
Have you resolved to make a difference in your community and help others? Consider giving back to the community by volunteering at Kenmore Mercy Hospital or McAuley Residence, members of Catholic Health.
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Volunteer Positions
Kenmore Mercy Hospital's Cardiac Patient Care Unit is in need of volunteers during the day for transport patients via wheelchair to and from tests within the hospital.
The hospital's Endoscopy Unit is in need of volunteers to transport patients from the unit to the lobby and into their car at discharge.
Both positions need someone capable of pushing a wheelchair and guiding patients when they get out of the wheelchair from anytime between 8 am - 3 pm.
McAuley Residence Volunteer Positions
McAuley Residence is seeking volunteers to help out in the activities department: helping those with poor vision during bingo, serving residents during socials, reading to residents, and passing out magazines, puzzles, movies, etc. They are also seeking skilled musicians to perform for patients.
All volunteers receive special training, followed by ongoing guidance and support.
How to Become a Volunteer
Individuals interested in volunteering should contact Lynn Overbeck, CAVS, director of Volunteer Services email@example.com or by phone at (716) 447-6188.


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If you're looking for a tropical plant that can take the dry heat of our Mediterranean climate, visit your local nursery at this time of year and smell the sweet scent of plumerias. Often associated with the Hawaiian Islands and leis, this drought-tolerant, deciduous plant does well in Southern California.
Grown as a shrub or small tree, plumerias produce clusters of showy, generally fragrant flowers from spring through fall. Flower colors include yellow, pink, purple, orange, gold, peach, red, white, apricot and rainbow colors. Their fragrances are also varied, including fruity, rose, citrus, gardenia, vanilla, cinnamon and even watermelon scents.
Plumerias feature leathery leaves clustered at the tips of thick, succulent branches. Mature, established plants grown in the ground can reach as high as 25-35 feet. The plant also grows well in pots, where it stays more compact. There are dwarf varieties well suited to container culture.
Keep the following tips in mind for growing plumeria:
•Place plumerias in a warm location in full sun or light shade. Plants grown in full sun will produce the most flowers. They have some tolerance to wind and salt and can often be grown along the coast. Place container plumeria in an area with some afternoon shade, such as an eastern exposure.
•Plumerias require well-draining soil. If the plants sit in soggy soil, they are likely to rot. Plant in the ground at a high spot, which will help ensure fast drainage. Amend with 50 percent organic mulch or planting mix. Stake new plants to keep them secure while they become established.
•Containerized plumerias require a fast-draining potting soil with perlite or pumice. Premoisten potting soil when planting and refrain from watering for a couple of days after planting.
•Water plumerias two to three times a week in the summer, depending on the weather. The plant requires very little water at other times of the year and should not be watered at all when it is dormant, which generally occurs from mid-winter until early- to mid-spring.
•Feed plumerias water-soluble fertilizer monthly throughout the growing season, from spring through early fall. Start in spring with a well-balanced food that contains micronutrients, such as a 20-20-20. In early summer, when the plant has leafed out, switch to a fertilizer designed to promote flowering, such as a 0-30-20.
•Keep an eye out for pests, such as the giant whitefly, spider mites and thrips, which can all be treated with ultra-fine horticultural oil spray. Prevent the pests by washing the plant with a hard spray of water once or twice a week.
Julie Bawden-Davis is a UCCE master gardener. The University of California Cooperative Extension master gardeners, uccemg.com, are certified horticultural volunteers dedicated to relating gardening information to the public. For answers to horticultural questions, call


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Russia: Authorities must respect freedom of expression during third March of the Millions rally
|Article 19
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|14 September 2012
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|Article 19, Russia: Authorities must respect freedom of expression during third March of the Millions rally, 14 September 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/505702522.html [accessed 23 January 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Ahead of the third March of the Millions rally on 15 September, ARTICLE 19 expresses its concern about the extent to which civil rights and freedoms in Russia have been eroded since Vladimir Putin's re-election to the Presidency.
As widely predicted, Vladimir Putin returned for a third term as President of the Russian Federation in May this year. Less anticipated, however, was the degree and speed at which Russians' rights to freedom of expression, freedom of information, and freedom of assembly would be restricted.
In the space of less than four months, a package of controversial new laws has been adopted. These have a particular impact on the right to take part in protests and demonstrations, like the ones that marred Putin's last six months in his former role as Prime Minister.
Putin's current and third presidential term has so far been marked by a harsh reaction to largely peaceful demonstrations, including:
- The selective authorisation of protests and demonstrations
- Impunity for the use of disproportionate force to disperse peaceful demonstrations
- The mass arrests of activists during and following demonstrations
- Long periods of pre-trial detention of those alleged to have violated legislation regarding protests
- Raids on the homes of opposition leaders who are linked to the organisation of large-scale protests
- Disproportionately harsh sentences, such as the two year sentences given to each the three members of the group Pussy Riot1, for their protest in February 2012.
Restricting the rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression
Within four days of Putin taking up his presidential seat in the Kremlin again, members of Putin's United Russia party in the State Duma initiated a new bill covering protests. This bill proposed restrictions to the right to freedom of assembly and was adopted less than a month later. It came into force on 9 June, just before the second March of the Millions rally on 12 June, Russia's national Independence Day. Criticised by the Kremlin's own Human Rights Council for violating the constitutional right to freedom of assembly, the new law:
- increased the fines for taking part in unsanctioned protests by up to 120 times
- placed limits on alternative forms of protests such as flashmobs. Such protests had become a popular alternative after the first March of the Millions rally, which had ended with the arrest of more than 450 people.
The March of the Millions – 'Against Repression!'
The first march, 6 May: On the eve of Putin's re-inauguration, the first March of the Millions rally in Moscow was organised by Russian opposition leaders. These included Left Front leader, Sergei Udaltsov, and anti-corruption activist and blogger, Aleksey Navalny. Around 20,000 people attended the sanctioned protest which was mostly peacefu. However, when a section led by Udaltsov and Navalny began to march towards the Kremlin, the police clashed violently with protesters, resulting in mass arrests.
Udaltsov and Navalny were released but, after participating in further protests on 8 and 9 May, the pair were again detained, and this time sentenced to 15 days administrative detention for refusing to obey police orders.
Others detained during the 6-9 May period included a number of journalists reporting on the protests. Although they were subsequently released, their arrests were heavily criticised by Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
The fate of other arrested protesters has been overshadowed by the arrests of these opposition leaders and journalists. There are currently more than a dozen people facing up to ten years in prison charged with causing 'mass disturbance'. Some have been held in prolonged pre-trial detention.
The second march, 12 June: Rallies in both Moscow and St Petersburg March of the Millions, were authorised. However, ahead of the protest police investigation, the homes of several opposition leaders were subjected to armed searches. Those targeted included Navalny, Udaltsov, as well as, other opposition leaders including activist Ilya Yahsin and TV personality Ksenia Sobchak. The Federal Investigative Committee then summoned these opposition leaders for questioning on 12 June, restricting their involvement in the rally, which was peaceful and ended without any arrests.
The third march, 15 September: The third March of the Millions is again to be held in both Moscow and St Petersburg, both of which have received official authorisation. It will be held under the slogans 'Snap Elections!' and 'Against Repression'. It will call for:
- the release of those still arrested in connection to the 6 Mayrally
- Putin's resignation
- new snap elections to be held as soon as possible.
Russian authorities signal further 'steps backwards to a more restrictive era'
In July, just one month after the new law on unsanctioned protests came into force, President Putin signed three other controversial laws:
1. A law characterising Russian non-governmental organisations which receive funding from abroad as a 'foreign agent', and requiring them to register with the Ministry of Justice and comply with increased regulation.
2. A law establishing a register of blocked websites that is overseen by a committee who have the authority to block websites without following adequate procedures, resulting in a heightened risk of internet censorship.
3. A law reintroducing defamation into the Criminal Code, six months after it had been removed. The law also increases the penalties, which include sentences of up to five years in prison.
All three were introduced by members of Putin's United Russia party and were adopted without due process or consideration and with unprecedented speed by the State Duma, during a specially extended session before the summer recess.
ARTICLE 19 believes that these legislative changes constitute a huge step backwards for freedom of expression and democracy in Russia, and one which shows no sign of abating. For example:
- When the State Duma reopened this week, one of the first items on the agenda was amendments to the NGO 'foreign agent' law, introducing hefty fines for non-compliance
- Over the summer, members of United Russia also called for amendments to be made to the law on mass media. Like the NGO bill, this would consider media outlets as 'working in the interest of foreign states' if they received funding from abroad.
Reactions to the new legislation
So far, criticism of the legislation appears to have fallen on deaf ears, despite an outcry from both inside and outside Russia:
- In July, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, released a statement describing the new laws as having 'a detrimental effect on human rights in the country' and taking 'steps backwards to a more restrictive era'. A spokesperson for the Russia Foreign Ministry subsequently accused her of being 'politically motivated and inappropriate'.
- The US State Department expressed 'deep concern' over the bills. The Russian authorities described their comment as 'gross interference'.
- The Head of the Kremlin's Presidential Council for Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, criticised the legislation as "contradictory to the fundamental principles of Russian law". Fedotov argued that they would lead to excessive and unfounded limitation of the activities of non-commercial organisations and internet service providers, imposing disproportionate sanctions in terms of pursuing individual prosecutions.
- During his visit to Russia in July, Andreas Gross, the Co-Rapporteur responsible for monitoring Russia's commitment to its obligations as a Council of Europe member, described the defamation legislation as an 'invitation to punish critics you don't like', stating that it failed to meet European standards.
- On 11 September, Catherine Ashton, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, criticised the sentence given to the members of Pussy Riot1. She expressed concern at what she described as a growing "intolerance of any expression of dissenting views."
ARTICLE 19 calls on the Russian authorities to:
- Comply with Russia's obligations as a member of the Council of Europe and signatory of the European Convention of Human Rights, as well as its other international human rights treaties
- Revoke recent legislation and bring its legal framework in line with international human rights standards on the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of information and peaceful assembly
- Ensure that freedom of expression, as well as freedom of information and assembly, are respected and not infringed for politically motivated reasons
- Unconditionally release the three Pussy Riot members and quash all charges against them
- Ensure that law enforcement bodies, prosecutors and courts fully respect all international human rights standards, including on the right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
1 The trial against three members of the feminist punk collective, Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, Maria Alekhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, was held almost in parallel with the legislative developments and gained significant international attention. On 17 August, they were found guilty of 'hooliganism motivated by religious hatred' and sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Their charges, trial and sentencing were widely criticised as being disproportionate to their action – dancing on the altar of a church in Moscow, while singing a song criticising the relationship between church and state in Russia. (Read more about their case and ARTICLE 19's response [link to: http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/3418/en/russia:-prison-sentences-for-pussy-riot-violate-freedom-of-expression])


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Translating the Gramps User manual
We explain how you can translate the GRAMPS manual, as offered here in html and pdf format. This manual is also available from within GRAMPS using the F1 key, or from the help menu.
Getting started
Translating GRAMPS' documentation into a new language is a long, tedious, and boring process, just like with any complex text :-) However, the good news is that since version 2.2 the translations for our user manual are maintained using po files, just like with translating the UI strings. Technically, this amounts to three simple steps:
- obtaining the text to be translated,
- translating the text, and
- getting the translated file uploaded into gramps SVN repository.
Obtaining the text
- Obtain the source tree, either from GRAMPS SVN repository (see Brief introduction to SVN, or from the released source tarball on sourceforge.
- Under
helpdirectory, there is a file named
gramps.pot. Copy it to
zzis your language code).
With the po file ready, you can start translating.
- Use any editor or a po-file tool like GTtranslator or KBabel to translate strings in the po-file
- Figures: localized screenshots are nice in the localized manual
- If you can provide figures on your own this is great. Place them in the directory
zzis your language code). Bear in mind that screenshots have to be indexed PNGs, not more than 510 pixels wide, in order to satisfy the GNOME Documentation Style Guide.
- For screenshot: also make sure the print size fits on an A4/USletter printout in pdf. You can check this with GIMP in View Menu --> Info window
- A command to take screenshots that works for me, is by using imagemagick (should be installed with every linux distribution, if not, get it):
import -quality 100 -trim -delay 200 -resize 500 -density 100x100 -frame -channel RGB -depth 8 screenshot.pngThis creates a fully compressed (-quality 100), trimed screenshot after 2 seconds (-delay 200) of size 500 pixels wide (-resize 500), with resolution 100 (-density 100x100), with the window frame attached (-frame) in RGB mode (-channel RGB) and bbp 24 (-depth 8, for some reason on my machine depth 8 corresponds with bbp 24 and not 8). This creates images of 5 inches wide, which fit nicely on a book page, as well as on a html page.
- If it's too much trouble for you, just let us know and perhaps somebody else will do it for you. Fortunately, one does not have to speak the language to make screenshots :-)
- If you can provide figures on your own this is great. Place them in the directory
Uploading you work into gramps SVN
All the files you have translated will need to be checked into GRAMPS SVN repository, under the
help/zz directory. Also, certain makefiles will need to be modified to enable proper building and installation of your manual translation. Check your work into SVN if you have the permissions (add new files as necessary and modify Makefiles, if you know what to do) or oterwise, email it to Alex Roitman.
- To quickly test your translation once the makefiles are updated to include your language, build the translated manual from the po file by running in the top-level source directory
makeand call up your manual with the gnome help browser:
yelp help/xx/gramps.xml
Making a html or pdf manual
See Manual Generation. You need not do this, somebody of the developer team will generate the official manual and upload to the gramps-project website on User_manual. If you feel however that the version on the website is too old, mail the devel list, asking to upload a new version.
If you see strange things on the official version, generate the manual yourself locally as indicated in Manual Generation, and see if you can improve on the methodology.


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Once again, Prince William and Kate made for a fairy-tale moment Tuesday as they marked the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with another carriage ride through London – this time, in the processional back to Buckingham Palace from Parliament Square. (Not that they're strangers to this fancy form of transportation: They rode via carriage last summer in Ottawa while celebrating Canada Day.)
The two were joined by Prince Harry for the ride, which came after Queen Elizabeth's 60-year reign was honored with a procession in London's St. Paul's Cathedral in the morning. It marked the first time since their wedding day that Will and Kate took a carriage ride together in London.
But the Duke and Duchess do have a history of double takes. It was just more than a year ago, after all, that their wedding-day double kiss on the Buckingham Palace balcony put fairy tales to shame. The second time is always the charm with these modern Royals.
So, tell us: what event for this royal couple would you wish for a double take? Feel free to comment in the box below!
Source: People
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Healthy Hawks is based in the Health and Wellness office at Northeast in the Student Center 212A. Our phone number is (402) 844-7160. You are welcome to stop by or call at any time with questions about the program. There is no minimum time requirement to be part of the club, and we certainly could use all the help we can get! The key to the success of the program is student involvement, so be prepared to be part of a team working towards one common goal: Helping Others through Peer Education!
To develop leadership skills, self-confidence, and to help others through peer education.
Members of Healthy Hawks put on events regularly to get more information to the students of Northeast Community College. Some of the events that may be focused on are:
Advisor: Stefanie Mundil, MSE, NSCA-CPT
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im not enteriley sure thats why i need you peoples help thanks
I Don't think it is a mammoth tooth because the fossils in Wigan are 300 million years old and not 10000 years old. I think it could be a piece of calamites fossil. Also, it doesn't look quite like a mammoth tooth.
I have been looking at it a bit more and it looks fully fossilized to me, which mammoth teeth are not. I live in Ossett West Yorkshire. UK and I find loads of calamites. I suggest you keep looking because if you look quite often you'll find something bigger. I have found a fossilized tree trunk which is 5 m long, but it was too big to take out of the ground, and a few smaller fossil tree trunks. If you go to discusions, go down to the question "is this a calamites" and you will see a calamites fossil which I found.


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