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Let's not forget the west is the birthplace of the MOA and the RA for that matter. If anything it should be in the west twice as often! Oops, under the new plan it is going to be here twice as often now that there are only four regions. Gee, that means it will be in the west every four years so cripes, it could be in Oregon again in 2017! It would be nice to see a decent venue pop up in California but trust me, they don't exist in the size required in a temperate climate or traffic free area.
To those that have never put on an event larger than Thanksgiving dinner let me say the planning and logistics of a 200 person rally are quite daunting let alone the upper end of 10K. These decisions are not made lightly and with a great deal of forethought and comprehensive operational measure applied years in advance. There is a great deal to consider besides the distance from your house. It's soooo easy to sit back and decide where and when and what you'll pick to attend while hundreds of people are planning on your behalf. It could be time to get some skin in the game and participate rather than window shop and blog about your distance misfortunes. The location and the ride from your place is only limited by "your" imagination.
Bob Morrow
Purveyor of Fine Tarmac
Expresso Riders MOA#340
I think it is a great choice and I think Asheville having a new BMW motorcycle dealership is a big plus. I-26 from I-81 to Asheville is the only interstate I have ever ridden that has enjoyable hills and curves for a motorcycle (truckers hate it).
'You can say what you want about the South, but I almost never hear of anyone wanting to retire to the North.
Is camping actually on the Estate?
The thing about traveling is, you never want it to end and you can't wait to get home.
I answer to Roy, Chief, or Sarg.
04 R-1150-RT current bike. 94 R-1100-RS74,383, Sold, 78 R-80/7, K.I.A by a D.U.I
Wish them the very best!
For those who can not, for whatever reason make it to Salem, it gives another choice.
We drove by Copper Mtn last week on the way to Moab and it looked like a great crowd.
Ride Well
It is now posted on the RA website:
BMW Riders Association International News and Information
Biltmore in 2013.
We are back at the Biltmore in 2013: June 20-23
Make your plans now to attend:
George Vanderbilt created Biltmore as an escape from everyday life. Now, you are invited to explore that escape for yourself. A visit to the 8,000-acre estate in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina provides limitless fun.
Your rally admission includes self-guided tours of the breathtaking Biltmore House & Gardens and the Antler Hill VillageÔÇöfeaturing the Winery, The Biltmore Legacy, Village Green, and Farm.
Play in the Biltmore backyard with an array of outdoor activities, indulge in one-of-a-kind shopping, and savor the restaurantsÔÇÿ exceptional fare. Join us at the Biltmore in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC.
'You can say what you want about the South, but I almost never hear of anyone wanting to retire to the North.
when i spoke with the Biltmore people about the possibility of an MOA rally around 2004, they didn't think they could handle a crowd of that size, so they said no.
still, Asheville is an excellent place for a rally, and Debbi is a smart person. She certainly learned from the first rally there, and I am sure the next will outdo the first.
Looking forward to that big parking lot party in front of the mansion again.
Like the last rally there, the tours are included in the admission price for the rally. If you haven't done the tours, it is well worth it. Have a look-- http://www.biltmore.com/visit/default-b.asp
'You can say what you want about the South, but I almost never hear of anyone wanting to retire to the North.


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Ticket Alert - Cardiff On Sale To Members
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Newcastle United FC
Tickets for Newcastle's final home game of the season, against Cardiff City, are now on sale to Members
By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor
Tickets for Newcastle United's final Barclays Premier League home game of the season, against Cardiff City next month, are now on sale to Members, starting at just £10.
The Bluebirds travel north to St. James' Park on Saturday, 3rd May, for a 3pm kick-off, and United will be looking to complete the league double over their opponents, having recorded a 2-1 victory in South Wales back in October.
The teams also met in the third round of the FA Cup in January, where Cardiff came from behind on Tyneside to triumph 2-1.
Members, who receive priority for all home games, can purchase their seats now by clicking here.
A Newcastle United membership runs for 12 months and gives supporters a bigger saving on tickets, compared to non-Members, than ever before.
Memberships can be purchased online by clicking here. In addition to receiving a Membership pack and priority access to all tickets, Members can benefit from a range of benefits including 50 per cent off food and drink in the concourse for the first 30 minutes after the gates open on a matchday.
Memberships are active immediately meaning all new Members can purchase tickets to this fixture without any delay.
With it being a designated category C game, it's an affordable chance to watch top flight football on Tyneside, as adult tickets start from £25 and juniors from just £10.
Tickets will be released for online sale on Friday, 11th April, and they go on full general sale on Thursday, 17th April.
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Sony Ericsson, Vodafone to offer Havanas for Xmas
One new phone and two re-sprays
Sony Ericsson has become all chummy with Vodafone. It's created a Havana range exclusively for the network provider, which includes the launch of its new V640i phone and re-sprays of the Walkman W880i and W910i handsets.
Sony Ericsson/Vodafone's Havana V640i (left) and Havana W910i Walkman
In addition to HSDPA 3G, the V640i also connects over tri-band GSM/GPRS/Edge frequencies and has a video talk time of up to 2.6 hours. Its 2in, 176 x 220, 262,144-color display won't wow you during video calls, but should make a decent viewfinder for the phone's two-megapixel camera. Other networks will be able to sell the 640i in black, but only Vodafone will be able to offer it with the Havana Gold tan.
Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP wireless music streaming technology is on board, but with regular earphones, the V640i provides over 21 hours of listening time, so your existing MP3 player could be under threat. The phone is also bundled with software for transferring music, photos and videos from your PC or back again.
It supports Memory Stick Micro - aka M2 - cards of up to 4GB for song storage. There's a 256MB card in the box; the phone as 32MB of built in memory.
There's nothing new about the W880i or W910i Walkman handsets beyond Vodafone's two Havana colour options. The W910i was unveiled some time ago, but aside from the advantage of 3G, it offers much the same features as the W880i. For example, both have two-megapixel cameras, Bluetooth 2.0 and Memory Stick Micro cards.
Sony Ericson has also re-sprayed its MPS-70 portable speakers for the Vodafone Havana range. Each 5.5 x 3.2 x 4.2cm cube is compatible with most A2DP-enbaled phones.
The three Havana range handsets and matching speakers will be available before Christmas, but a price is yet to be confirmed by Vodafone.
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Vigor football coach Kerry Stevenson has resigned his position at the school.
Mobile County school system spokeswoman Nancy Pierce confirmed Stevenson's resignation early this afternoon.
Sources have told AL.com that Stevenson is likely to land a job on the University of Alabama's support staff.
Stevenson declined comment today. The University of Alabama has had no response to specific inquiries about Stevenson's potential hire.


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Author Notes: We loved the combination of brussel sprouts and pancetta from Babbo... so we set off to make our own version. As someone who hadn't had a brussel sprout in her life until after age 25, this has come to be one of my all-time favorite side dishes! —NYCNomNom
Serves 2
- 6 pieces Thick cut, maple bacon
- 3 cups Brussel Sprouts (2 pint containers)- Trimmed and Halved
- 3 tablespoons Good quality balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 dash Salt and Pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large pan, cook bacon over medium heat until desired doneness (extra crispy recommended). Remove bacon from pan and set aside while maintaining the bacon grease in the pan.
- Add brussel sprouts to pan with bacon grease and cook over medium/high heat until browned.
- Place brussel sprouts in a pan or oven dish (meat loaf pans are perfect) and add balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Roast in oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and toss brussel sprouts with bacon.
- Enjoy!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Best Brussel Sprouts
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HOUSTON - Houston's largest teachers' union claims that HISD is trying to push experienced teachers out the door to save money.
HISD is denying the accusation, but the Houston Federation of Teachers wants the federal government to investigate.
The union claims teacher morale has plummeted in HISD schools due to heavy handed management by the current administration.
"We've heard so many people out in the field say they are not coming back next year if they can get a job anywhere," said Gayle Fallon with the union.
Fallon said between 2009 and 2011, teacher turnover rose 27 percent and that the number is on track to go even higher this year.
And Fallon said those leaving tend to be older, better-paid teachers, and predominately, African American.
"It's the money and it's the fact that they have the old, continuing contracts," she said. "And I think the district is trying to wipe those out."
But HISD claims the district is retaining 92 percent of it's top-rated teachers.
HISD spokesman Jason Spencer said the increased turnover last year was primarily due to layoff's forced by budget cuts.
"Principals make the decision as to which positions to eliminate. The teacher's race or ethnicity or amount of money they make is not supposed to be a factor," Spencer said. "If the union has evidence that principals are using that as a factor, we encourage them to bring it forward so it can be investigated."
The union said it has asked for an investigation from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and that union lawyers are preparing to file suit.
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Tried-and-True Methods
Since 1957, thiazide-type diuretics have been used to treat patients with uncomplicated hypertension, either alone or in combination with drugs from other classes. These help the kidneys flush excess water and salt from the body. With less fluid in the blood, blood volume and pressure are reduced.
In 1984, ACE inhibitors were developed to prevent the body from making the hormone angiotensin II, which causes blood vessels to constrict. Indicated for more high-risk patients, this drug class gained favor quickly.
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) came on the market in 1995 to protect blood vessels from angiotensin II-relaxing and widening blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. Because they cause fewer side effects, ARBs quickly became an alternative to ACE inhibitors as the antihypertensive therapy of choice.
This trend runs counter to the recommendation by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, which suggests that tried-and-true diuretics should be the go-to medication for patients with hypertension.


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any good spots with wifi, Bmw guys and gals, safe, campfire, pool etc. and close to the action
Isn't there a place where the Air heads camp? or used to.
any good spots with wifi, Bmw guys and gals, safe, campfire, pool etc. and close to the action
Isn't there a place where the Air heads camp? or used to.
The Holiday campgrounds at the Old Dixie Highway exit from I-95 has lots of tent camping space. The Airheads/FLairheads used to have a hospitality tent at this site but I'm not sure they will be there this year. RIDE SAFE
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Hey all,
Its been a few years since I was at Daytona, but was considering going again this year. But am I to understand there is no longer a "BMW campground"? And ON doesn't even list the event in "Heard on the Road".
Are we supposed to be boycotting, and I didn't get the memo?
I called them and found out that there will be BMW's camping at Holiday off I 95 exit 278. The airheads of Florida apparently will not have the usual set up but many Beemers will be there. I have also fond out that some from Pa will be there as well..
Thanks for the reply. I'm still not sure I'll be able to attend, but certainly hope so. Surprising how no BMW "group" is running a hospitality tent anymore. At least there seems to be plenty of space for camping.
Not so surprising that there are no sponsors. Have you been involved in a local club rally? A small core of the membership does 90% of the planning and work. Now expand that 3 day weekend to a 10 day event, with no local club, but a small group from all over the country that worked hard for many years, relying on volunteers to assist. It was fun, we tried to keep the spirit of BMW at Bike Week alive, but it was alot of work that gets old very quickly.
As a former president, vice-president and member of B-Cubed I thank everyone that participated in those early years.
Special Kudos to Kevin Reimer and the Flairheads for continuing the tradition for many years post B-Cubed.
Feel free to organize a group and sponsor a continuing BMW event there.
Bob Weis
Bikeless! 2004-bmw-k12rs-hannigan-Sold!
Yeah Bob, I know exactly what you are saying. I was a Scoutmaster for a few years, even though I don't have kids. We worked our butts off, but couldn't even get the families involved.
I wasn't complaining, just sad to see such a nice tradition disappear. And I much prefer to camp and socialize with like-minded individuals than with someone pretending to be Billy Badass for a few days.
I'll be splitting a site with others and probably have space at the KOA some nights. Opening weekend I am joining the cross state ride to Cedar Key with AdventureRiders.com and the last weekend doing a similar trip with DixieDualSport.com people.
Home is in Brandonville, PA (Schuylkill county) but am wintering in Oxford, about 90 miles west of Daytona. If anyone needs a place to hole up I have room for tent camping and a sofa bed.
SITE sharing available. I just booked Daytona KOA from Sunday the 10th thru Thursday before the ride. Thursday a buddy is joining me. At $90/night () I need a bunch of friends to share the space. My tent is plenty big enough for two. Preference given to females, of course. The KOA said there is room for more than one tent at each site so if your tent/hammok/cot fits you can buy in.
Most of the week I plan to be somewhere in Daytona taking photos. Also interested in just hitting the road whenever necessary.
The lady at the campground said, "You're driving a WHAT? (pause...) You DO know that this is BIKE week, right?"


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- Tyre news
Pirelli announces tyre choices for opening races
- In Focus:
- Tyres
Pirelli has announced its compound choices for the first four races of the season, with a different selection scheduled for each race.
At the first race in Australia supersoft and medium tyres will be used. A week later in Malaysia medium and hard will be made available. At the third round in China soft and medium tyres will be on offer and in Bahrain soft and hard tyres will be supplied.
Pirelli gave the following explanations for its choices:
"In Australia, the P Zero White medium and P Zero Red supersoft tyres will be nominated: the first time that Pirelli has nominated the softest compound in the range for Melbourne. The full step in the compound choice should ensure a performance gap between the cars that allows strategy to come into play.
"The choice of the P Zero Orange hard and P Zero White medium for Malaysia - the two hardest tyres in the range - will cater for the high temperatures and abrasive surface that is a well-known characteristic of the Far Eastern track.
"The P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft tyres are nominated for China: the best choice for the comparatively high degradation expected as a result of the demanding track layout, which leads to close racing.
"Like Australia, Bahrain has a brand new nomination this year compared to last year: P Zero Orange hard and P Zero Yellow soft. This is designed to ensure plenty of speed in qualifying coupled with the durability needed for the race, which is again often held in high temperatures."
Pirelli has four new compounds this year with each roughly a step softer than last year's rubber. The tyres also have a new structure which is aimed at easing warm-up issues while also inducing degradation to make races more exciting.
As was the case last year, the teams will receive six sets of the harder compound and five sets of the softer tyre to last them the weekend, with one set of the harder compound returned after FP1 and a set of both the harder and softer returned after FP2 and FP3. Teams will also be supplied with four sets of intermediate tyres and three sets of wets over the weekend.


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Hi Sue!
Huh, I have a blog?
I can't! I'm locked into pacing and crewing at Sawtooth Superior every year! (Of course, my runner has deemed that it is okay if I want to run the entire thing with her, but my balls aren't that big.)
I'm in!
I registered for the Vulture Bait 50k so it is highly unlikely I will be doing this one.
I am going to miss everyone.
*it's Bertha or me. My money is on me.*
I'm in!
I registered for the Vulture Bait 50k so it is highly unlikely I will be doing this one.
I am going to miss everyone.
Darn it, Mandy and Lori! Looking forward to seeing you, Jen, Jenny, and Angela!
But I will see you in March at LBL, Sue! I am *so* excited!
Good Grief!
I finally found my way over here. I really think I'd like to run this time but I'm hesitant to commit to something that far ahead as well as so far outside my running experience. I've had a history over the last 5-6 years of incurring injuries any time I try to bump my mileage up to more than about 40 mpw. While the injuries haven't been serious, they've take sometimes months to heal and I not only lose fitness but speed each time. Sorry but speed is important to me since I'm usually at the other end of the spectrum. I have 3-4 800m and mile races planned for this winter.
2018 Goals: taking suggestions2018 Races: D3 50K, Nun Run 5K, Rundle's Revenge 25K, NC 24
George, sign up!
i'm already looking forward to next year.
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Submitted by media girl on 19 July 2011 - 12:37pm
The position of the Republicans in the budget negotiations is an outrage to every responsible citizen in our republic. Let's get some facts straight:
We owe it. For the Republicans to even threaten that America will flake on its obligations borders on treason in my book. At the very least they are taking an un-Constitutional position by trying to force our nation to skip out on its debts. See the 14th Amendment. This act alone strikes me as more than enough grounds for impeachment hearings on the lot of them.
Oh, and regarding taxing the wealthy....
That's right. Every dollar that job creators invest in job creation is tax deductible now, and tax deductible even if the Bush tax cuts are repealed. It's the dollars that job creators keep for themselves that would be taxed. If they create jobs, they don't have to worry about it.
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Sierra Nevada > Yosemite National Park > Tenaya Peak > Climber's Log
Tenaya Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|SW ridge with Tressider and Columbia Finger
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2015
|Wonderful overcast day
|Posted Aug 23, 2015 5:34 pm
|NW slope and SW ridge from Tenaya Lake
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2015
|Started at the beach, climbed NW slope, and eventually found a chute to get to SW ridge (one or two class-3 moves were needed in the chute), then an easy walk to the top. About 2.5 hours on the way up. Used a field of huge boulders, just SW of the chute, on my way down from the ridge.
|Posted Jul 21, 2015 7:58 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2009
|Fun day after Matthes and Conness the previous 2.
|Posted Jul 13, 2015 2:30 pm
|NW Buttress
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2014
|Climbed with a team of five. It was a good day and a great weekend. We did Tenaya canyon the day before.
|Posted Oct 19, 2014 12:24 pm
|NW Buttress
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2014
|Team of five, overestimated the route, brought too much stuff
|Posted Sep 1, 2014 3:58 pm
|SW slope from Sunrise Lakes
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2014
|Easy ascent from South slope after going cross country to slabs below Mildred Lake from Sunrise Lakes. Descended down meadows to Clouds Rest Trail. This latter part was a bad idea due to extreme mosquito pressure! The route itself is easy.
|Posted Jul 9, 2014 6:00 pm
|NW Butt solo
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2014
|Fun scrambling, the 5.7 finish was lichen covered but otherwise good. Used this route to approach Matthes and finished the day with Cathedral. An excellent idea.
|Posted Jun 27, 2014 7:49 pm
|NW Buttress Solo
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2013
|First solo whilst on chemo. Had the mountain to myself until I met a large bear on the way down.
|Posted Aug 14, 2013 10:38 pm
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2013
|Mostly a slog, but some interesting options getting to the SW ridge after the tree ledge is gained. I looked for the class 3 chute described in the route description, but I don't think I found it.
|Posted Jul 31, 2013 12:02 pm
|Northwest Buttress
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2013
|Climbed Northwest Buttress route with Ryan. Mostly simulclimbing with exception of the couple of upper pitches. Nice rock, beautiful weather, great views!
|Posted Jul 29, 2013 6:22 pm
|NW Buttress Free Solo
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2013
|With Kazu.
Passed one roped party and had the rest of the route and summit to ourselves.
FUN as always!!!!!
Took the direct exit instead of the class 4 traverse this time. Amazingly easy.
|Posted Jul 23, 2013 12:34 am
|Vertigo soul
|NW Butt
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2013
|Enjoyed a very hot day on this fun and easy route! Simul-climbed much of it until the top 2-3 pitches. Very popular route, but for good reason!
|Posted Jul 1, 2013 2:44 pm
|Larry Laverty
|South Slope
Date Climbed: May 30, 2013
|My route to the top: Leave Sunrise Trailhead, wade across Tenaya Creek, go 7 to Clouds Rest, come back 5 to the split for Sunrise HSC, go 2+ to Sunrise Lakes, up half the ridge to the north to a traverse to Mildred Lake, up the south slope of Tenaya to the top. Down by way of the Southwest Ridge and such. Like most folks I'd driven by this luscious piece of rock countless times and the view down on Tenaya Lake was more than I could've imagined.
|Posted Jun 1, 2013 1:48 am
|via NW Buttress
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2011
|14 pitches of fun without pros: I had a rack on me and my buddy carried the rope. Never placed anything and the rope remained on his back. I was feeling comfortable and just kept going up. Before we knew it, we were standing atop. :O
It was awesome, but felt almost too short. Fantastic view and I really did enjoy the climb - LOVE the low angle slab!! Next time though I will solo it without all these "dead-weight"...
|Posted Sep 17, 2012 6:15 am
|NW Buttress
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2012
|Posted Sep 8, 2012 9:15 pm
|Almost ashamed to say..
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012
|I climbed free-solo. It's totally against my climbing philosophy to take un-needed risks, but it felt right that day. Fun, easy climbing.
|Posted Sep 4, 2012 6:50 pm
|Vitaliy M.
|NW buttress solo
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2012
|Soloed the buttress with the 5.8 exit variation. That section actually felt like climbing for 20 ft. Cool route.
|Posted Aug 24, 2012 4:18 pm
|Seth Maciejowski
|Northwest Buttress
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2012
|With Dennis in 3 hours. Got stuck behind 4 parties and passed them in the headwall pitches. Fantastic route to simul!
|Posted Aug 3, 2012 12:44 pm
|Fun Afternoon
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012
|Took the path to south of lake and just went through the trees up to the rock. Found path from there. Great clear views. We took our exchange student from Sweden with us and she loved the summit. Very worthwhile hike. Was planning to do Watkins after but the rest of my group was done, oh well.
|Posted Jul 22, 2012 5:42 pm
|Nice Afternoon
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012
|Up from the lake in the afternoon, then over to Columbia Finger.
|Posted Jun 26, 2012 1:48 pm


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Fire fears grow as temperature rises
Emergency services may close a main transport route in western Victoria as the Grampians bushfire continues to burn out of control, threatening towns.
Residents in the southern Grampians have been told to enact their fire plans or leave their homes. The fire has now burnt through about 14,000 hectares.
Firefighters had some relief on Tuesday, with intermittent rain and cooler temperatures slowing the inferno.
But their efforts look set to come under increased pressure on Wednesday as the temperature climbs towards 30 degrees.
A State Bushfire Control Centre spokeswoman said police and the Country Fire Authority were considering closing the Henty Highway if the fire rages towards the west.
"We will monitor that as the day warms up," the spokeswoman said.
Residents in the Victoria Valley area, between the two south ridgelines of the Grampians leading to Dunkeld, have been told to enact their fire plans or leave their homes if they do not feel comfortable defending their properties.
The same warning has been issued to residents in Woohlpooer, Mooralla and Glenisla. The bushfire control centre spokeswoman said that the fire was expected to hit those farming communities, which are on the Henty Highway on the western side of the Grampians, on Wednesday morning.
A total of 387 firefighters from the CFA, Department of Sustainability and Environment and Parks Victoria are fighting the blaze.
The spokeswoman said the top priority was building containment lines around the fire, which she said was expected to take several days to control.
The fire started by lightning last Thursday and has been creating spot fires one kilometre ahead of it.
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Campaign for Excellence 2010 [1]
2010 Campaign for Excellence Report
Spearheaded by Co-Chairs Becky and Dr. Frank Hrisomalos and Charlotte and Paul Zietlow, the 2010 Campaign focused on library services for children.
We achieved our campaign goal thanks to the support of so many generous individuals and businesses. $27,245 made a tangible difference for library users.
- $9,000 supported the purchase of titles requested by patrons for the library collection.
- $5,900 underwrote programs for children including the very popular Puck Players Puppet Theater, Seusspicious Behavior, and many others: 16 at the main Library and 5 at Ellettsville. 47,000 children and families attended.
- $300 paid for training of IU student volunteers for Homework Help (Grades K-6).
- $600 refurbished the Learn and Play Space in the Children's Department.
- $600 purchased materials for Every Child Ready to Read, the library's early literacy program for parents of preschool children.
- $1,600 added laptops at the Ellettsville Branch.
- $4,000 supported an assistant and tutor training in VITAL, the library's adult literacy service.
- $4,160 contributed to the Children's Endowment Fund.
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Unfortunately I cannot change the database. They did wondeful things with it. Only using CHAR even if it was a DATE and it is ALL padded with spaces. If the data is 8 characters long in a 10 charater field then I get 2 padded spaces. I have rtrim() all over the place. It sucks.
I "may" be able to do the view...not sure if I am allowed to do even that. So that leaves me with the substr() option I guess.


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U.S. President Barack Obama is hailing progress made on financial reform and unemployment benefits, but he says more needs to be done to boost the country's economy.
Mr. Obama spoke Friday after signing into law this week the most sweeping set of financial regulatory reforms since the Great Depression of the 1930s. He said the new law will protect Americans from the reckless behavior that sparked the financial crisis. He also praised Congress for voting this week to restore unemployment insurance to about 2.5 million Americans.
The president said his ultimate goal is to make sure that all Americans looking for work can get jobs. He also called on lawmakers to pass legislation designed to helpe small businesses, adding that the success of those businesses is crucial to the health of the U.S. economy.
A bill emerging in the U.S. Senate would create a $30 billion government lending fund for small businesses.
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Quil and Embry are in Jake's pack, Bella mentions that in passing in Book 3 of BD.
I think that the power of being an alpha only passes to the eldest descendant, but if that's true, and Embry's birthday comes before Jacob, we can rule out Billy as the father.
In my head, Embry is officially two and three eigths of a month older than Jacob !
And Edward said Quil Ateara, Joshua Uley, and Billy Black were possible fathers, I wonder why Harry Clearwater wasn't a candidate...


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Volume 7 Number 43 October 22, 2010
Dear Floridian:
One thing I love most about Florida is the many small businesses and entrepreneurs who choose to start their businesses right here in our state. As a successful business leader for 26 years, I know how important it is promote educational opportunities to help our small businesses, and this month, my department is hosting a series of forums in honor of Women's Small Business Month.
Representatives from my department have partnered with the Small Business Administration, the IRS, local colleges and universities, and chambers of commerce around Florida to offer their resources and help to ensure that our small businesses have the tools they need to succeed. Small businesses are imperative to helping our state establish a stronger, more diverse economy, and I encourage potential and current small business owners to check out our calendar for events in their area.
Alex Sink
State of Florida
At a reception Monday in Tallahassee, CFO Alex Sink recognized Miami Attorney Stephen Zack, who is currently serving a one-year term as president of the American Bar Association. Mr. Zack has a long history of civic engagement in Florida, having served as special counsel to Governor Bob Graham, chair of the Florida Ethics Commission, and a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Mr. Zack is the first Hispanic-American president of the American Bar.
"Mr. Zack's election as ABA president is a fine recognition by his peers of his public service and leadership," said CFO Sink. "I know he will continue the distinguished tradition of Florida lawyers providing strong leadership to the ABA."
The reception also honored attorneys in government service, and CFO Sink was joined at the reception by former ABA President Martha Barnett, judges, many state agencies' lawyers and generals counsel and other dignitaries.
Left to right, ABA President Stephen Zack, Governor Crist's General Counsel Rick Figlio, DFS General Counsel Ben Diamond, DFS Attorney Christine Pejot
October is Women's Small Business Month and Florida CFO Alex Sink is encouraging small business owners to review their insurance needs. Examining different insurance options can help small business owners address a number of business concerns, even make your business more marketable for loans and help you recruit and retain employees.
If you run a home-based or one-person business, do not assume that your homeowners or renters insurance policy will cover the professional equipment in your home or your liability needs. Most homeowners and renters policies specifically exclude coverage for property used in a business. If your home-based business involves products, inventory or walk-in customers, you will need a business insurance policy. A business policy will insure you separately with property and liability coverage as though you were renting space for your business.
Many insurance companies have developed special insurance policies for at-home businesses. With the help of a good agent, your property and liability needs may be easy to meet. If you want health coverage, you may have to shop around for an individual policy or a health maintenance organization (HMO) until you qualify for a small-group policy. If your spouse works for an employer that offers health care coverage, you may be insurable under his or her employer's plan. You also may be able to take advantage of group insurance through your membership in associations or professional organizations.
Visit CFO Sink's Family Fiscal Fitness website to see a list of Florida resources for small business owners: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/FamilyFiscalFitness/smbusiness.aspx .
The Department is hosting a series of forums in honor of Women's Small Business Month. These forums are open to any business owner seeking assistance. For all of DFS' outreach events, visit http://www.myfloridacfo.com/Consumers/OutReach/EventsbyRegion.asp or call (850) 413-3089 or toll-free at 1-877-MY-FL-CFO (1-877-693-5236).
Ever since health insurance has become expensive and often hard to obtain, consumers have complained about the lack of information that is available to help them select a health insurance policy.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has added new information and tools to its website that should help consumers make more informed decisions about their health insurance choices. By giving consumers access to information about thousands of different policies available from hundreds of different companies, the goal is also to increase competition among insurers and therefore help lower costs for consumers.
The information on the website was provided to HHS by more than 225 insurance companies. It includes information on more than 4,400 policies providing individual coverage and family coverage. Information is available for policies in every state and the District of Columbia. Consumers can search for and compare information on plans available to them based on their age, gender, family size, tobacco use and location.
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Florida has been lucky this hurricane season; however, that luck should not be turned into complacency. Now more than ever Floridians should be on alert and ready for a disaster.
What should you do to stay prepared?
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Get more hurricane tips and resources at the Department Web site, www.MyFloridaCFO.com.
As of Monday, October 25, 2010, residents of Lee County who are unemployed or underemployed may be eligible for mortgage assistance through the Florida Hardest Hit Fund. Lee County was chosen as a pilot because the metro area of Ft. Myers-Cape Coral has had some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country.
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Florida's seniors, our greatest generation, have been losing their life savings to dishonest agents who are undeterred by the laws of this state. Florida CFO Alex Sink fought for three years to change all of that with the Safeguard Our Seniors (SOS) legislation.
The Department of Financial Services' Division of Consumer Services, along with representatives from the department's Divisions of Insurance Fraud and Agent and Agency Services, presented CFO Sink's SOS outreach program this week at the Annual Convention of the Southern States Crime Prevention Association. The SOS presentation is part of CFO Sink's ongoing statewide initiative to protect seniors from financial fraud through education and increased awareness.
Over the last two years, CFO Sink's Department of Financial Services has held nearly 500 Safeguard Our Seniors workshops throughout the state. Read the Safeguard Our Seniors Calendar of Events to find a program near you.
Halloween falls on Sunday this year, so you will have the weekend to get your scary projects ready. Carving or decorating pumpkins is a favorite activity, associated with the harvest season and becoming the scary emblem of Halloween when carved into jack-o'-lanterns. The pumpkin patch, farmers' market or grocery store should have a suitable selection of carving pumpkins. Choose a big one or get several sizes to decorate your spooky Halloween house. Plan on carving a day or two before Halloween as jack-o'-lanterns don't last long.
Remember, carving pumpkins aren't the best for making pies but pie pumpkins can be found in the grocery store or farmers' market. Pumpkin seeds from the carving pumpkins are great for roasting and should be separated from the pulp, rinsed under cold water, placed and stirred on an oiled baking sheet in a single layer, sprinkled with salt and baked at 325 degrees until toasted – about 25 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes.
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Use a water-based marker to draw your pattern. You can erase with a damp sponge or paper towel. Use a sturdy, sharp, straight-edged kitchen knife or one of the serrated kid-friendly pumpkin saws. Children should carve only under adult supervision. Markers, paint and stick-on items can give very young children the opportunity to decorate pumpkins on their own.
Scrape out seeds and stringy goo with a large spoon or ice cream scoop. Save the seeds to roast. Work out from the center of the pattern to the edges and cut larger holes in smaller sections. Remove carved portions by gently pushing them into or out of the pumpkin. Use a craft knife for details and the tip of a potato peeler to make small circles and curves.
Make holes large enough to provide adequate ventilation for the candle. Flatten a spot in the base of the pumpkin for the candle and make sure the candle flame is not too close to the top of the pumpkin. To extend the life of the jack-o'-lantern, cover the cut edges with petroleum jelly or vegetable oil to seal in moisture. Extinguish the candle and cover the pumpkin with a damp towel when not on display.


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Minnesota Defeats Seattle 80-64 - Recap
Minnesota got 19 points from Seimone Augustus en route to an 80-64 victory over Seattle on Friday at Target Center.
The Lynx were a 15-point favorite in the win, and managed to turn a profit for their supporters. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 148.5.
Minnesota got 18 points from Rebekkah Brunson and another 17 points from Maya Moore. Maya Moore contributed 6 assists, while Rebekkah Brunson cleaned the glass with 9 rebounds.
Seattle got 14 points from Temeka Johnson in a losing cause and another 13 points from Tanisha Wright. Temeka Johnson contributed 4 assists for the Storm, while Tina Thompson had 8 rebounds.
The Lynx hit the break leading 40-36 before taking care of business in the second half.
Minnesota won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 33-23.


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Richards taking Weaver's spot in rotation
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
ANAHEIM -- As long as he was in the big leagues, Garrett Richards didn't really care in what role he pitched this season. All he hoped was that it would remain consistent throughout the year.
So much for that.
Jered Weaver's fractured left elbow -- not to mention Richards' individual talent -- means the 24-year-old right-hander will start on Saturday against the Astros and, assuming he holds his own, remaining in the rotation while Weaver misses the next four to six weeks.
Once Weaver returns, Richards figures to return to the bullpen -- though a lot can change by then.
"Long term," Richards said, "I think that they want me to be a starter. This is unfortunate for Jered and what happened, but they're going to ask me to step in, so I'm going to step in and do my job."
Going back and forth isn't ideal for a young pitcher's arm and can stunt development, but the Angels don't feel it's an issue if it's only one time. Richards was stretched out during Spring Training, throwing about 90 pitches in his final outing in Arizona and finishing with a 1.45 ERA in 18 2/3 innings.
He was put in a relief role in the last weekend of exhibition games, then made four appearances out of the bullpen in the first week of the regular season, giving up a run in 4 1/3 innings. But Richards said he's still capable of throwing 100 pitches if needed and believes going back to starting can be an easy one.
"This isn't going to be a big change," Richards said. "Pitching is pitching."
Aybar likely to sit Wednesday with bruised heel
ANAHEIM -- For Angels shortstop Erick Aybar to exit a game, he has to be in serious pain. That was the case on Tuesday night, when Aybar exited an eventual 9-5 loss to the Athletics in the third inning with a bruise on his left heel.
Postgame, Aybar had the area taped and was doing his best not to put any pressure on it while walking. It's almost a certainty he won't play on Wednesday, but he'll see how he feels in the morning before deciding whether to undergo any tests.
"It was hurting," Aybar said in Spanish. "It hurts even more now."
The switch-hitting Aybar hurt himself while landing on first base to beat out an infield single to start the bottom of the third, getting replaced by backup Brendan Harris after being checked on by Angels trainers.
Aybar, the Angels' No. 2 hitter, is 9-for-28 (a .321 batting average) to start the season.
"It's tough when you're a shortstop and you need that range," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's a tough kid. For Erick to come out, you know it's sore."
Angels look within to reinforce pitching
ANAHEIM -- Right-hander Jered Weaver's fractured left elbow has put the Angels in a bit of a bind, but it apparently isn't bad enough to make general manager Jerry Dipoto feel the need to go outside the organization for pitching help.
Asked about his motivation to seek additional starting pitching with his ace on the disabled list, Dipoto said it's "no more or no less than any other day."
"From a depth standpoint, we're not displeased with what we have in house," he added. "We're very happy with the arms we have. When you can take a guy like Garrett Richards and put him in a rotation, that's a fairly significant amount of talent that you're injecting in your starting rotation. And it will create other holes that we're going to make sure that we fill."
The Angels feel they have enough to cover for Weaver's absence over the next four to six weeks, his projected timeline. Richards will take his place in the rotation and at the same time leave a void in the bullpen, with Dane De La Rosa called up from Triple-A and Mark Lowe presumably gaining a more prominent role.
The Angels are lucky, at least, that Weaver's injury happened early enough in the season that Richards still has enough length to transition back to starting, which he did for most of spring. Long reliever Jerome Williams would've been the fallback option if Richards couldn't go, with Billy Buckner, Barry Enright and Matt Shoemaker the options in Triple-A.
"We'll do the best we can to fill the void on the staff, but you won't be able to replace Jered Weaver in the big picture," Dipoto said. "You try to put together a 12-man staff that can complement one another and help cover it. But there's a reason why Jered Weaver has pitched in All-Star Games and received Cy Young votes and garners attention as the ace of the staff. He is that. We don't have six guys capable of being Jered Weaver, but we have 12 guys capable of being good pitchers."
Worth noting
• Ryan Madson took an encouraging step in his rehab on Tuesday, getting back on the mound for a 30-pitch bullpen session in which he mixed in fastballs and changeups and threw at an estimated 80-90 percent intensity. The session came three days after his last one and he felt good afterward.
• Outfielder Kole Calhoun, who started the season in Triple-A, underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair a fractured hamate bone in his right wrist. Calhoun, the scrappy left-handed hitter who was vying for a backup job with the Angels late into Spring Training, was injured on a swing and will be out a minimum of six weeks.
• Pregame festivities for the Angels' home opener included an unfurling of a 300-foot U.S. flag, a condor squadron flyover with six WWII AT-6 Fighters and a ceremonial first pitch thrown out by former Halos second baseman Bobby Knoop. The Angels' announced attendance was a sellout of 44,014, marking the 14th straight year they've drawn at least 42,000 in their first game at Angel Stadium.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. Reporter Richard Justice contributed. AJ Cassavell contributed to this report. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook (monthly) provides analysis of current developments in the livestock, poultry, and aquaculture industries, providing data on animal numbers, meat and egg production, prices, trade, and net returns. Aquaculture products are featured commodities at least twice a year.
Catfish Sales Expected to Decline in 2007 (February 2007) assesses the prospects for the U.S. catfish industry in 2007. With lower grower estimates of inventories at the start of 2007, catfish sales are expected to decline. However, the lower production is expected to keep farm and processor prices relatively high.
Aquaculture Outlook (1989-2006) examined the U.S. aquaculture industry, including production, inventory, sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish, shrimp, and ornamental fish.
"U.S. Seafood Market Shifts to Aquaculture" (Amber Waves, April 2004) assesses the growing proportion of total domestic seafood consumption accounted for by imports. Much of the increase has come from foreign aquaculture product imports. In general, growing imports has meant lower prices for domestic consumers, but, also, lower returns for U.S. producers.Country-of-Origin Labeling: Theory and Observation
This report examines the economic rationale behind the various claims about the effect of country-of-origin labeling and indicates that mandatory country-of-origin labeling would likely generate more costs than benefits. Voluntary country-of-origin labeling is an option, but food suppliers have generally discounted the U.S. label as a quality attribute that can attract sufficient consumer interest.


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Kevin Garnett, who pulled in a six-year, $126 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1997, has earned more money in his 17-year career than any player in NBA history, according to a top 100 list released over the weekend.
Garnett's $328,562,398 dwarfs the next-highest combined salary, the $292,198,327 earned by Shaquille O'Neal, according to the list sent via Twitter by a Golden State Warriors fan site (via RealGM.com).
To no one's surprise, the majority of players are from the modern era. To put the list in perspective, Michael Jordan is at No. 87, just behind David Lee and Brad Miller. The only other players drafted in the 1980s to make the list are Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone and Hakeem Olajuwon, all of whom had longer NBA careers than Jordan. They all failed to make the top 50.
Among the top five: Garnett, O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki, with no player below $200 million.
Garnett is the most fortunate of all.
He turned pro at a time when high school players were allowed to enter the NBA Draft. He also played when rookies could become free agents after three seasons, which led to him receiving the historic $126 million deal with the Timberwolves at 19 years old.
Later in his career, he signed another $100 million contract with the Wolves before the salary cap was changed in 2005. Under the amendment, NBA salaries were capped at 57 percent of the league's basketball-related income. Contracts were dialed back as a result.
The top 10:
1. Kevin Garnett, $328,562,398
2. Shaquille O'Neal, $292,198,327
3. Kobe Bryant, $279,738,062
4. Tim Duncan, $224,709,155
5. Dirk Nowitzki, $204,063,985
6. Joe Johnson, $198,647,490
7. Jason Kidd, $193,855,468
8. Ray Allen, $181,127,360
9. Chris Webber, $178,230,218
10. Paul Pierce, $169,486,218


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OCEAN CITY – Things at City Hall this week kind of sounded like the lyrics of a Stevie Wonder song, in that the runners can keep on running, the turbines can start their spinning and St. Patty can keep on parading.
The Race Will Go On….
One of the cuts in City Manager Dennis Dare's first round of budget revisions in late October saw the town of Ocean City cut the Seaside 10 race, which the town had sponsored for the past 15 years, trimming approximately $26,000 off the town's budget. Special Events Coordinator John Sullivan, however, announced that a private entity would like to take over the event and put it on as originally scheduled on Oct. 31, 2009.
Chris Klebe, president of OC TriRunning Sports (formerly called Extreme Dream Events), was unanimously granted permission to take over the event by the City Council at Tuesday night's meeting at City Hall.
The event, which runners racing from the Inlet up to mid town Ocean City and back through the winding 10-mile course to the Inlet finish line, also holds a simultaneous 5K run on the Boardwalk. The events attract about 800 runners each year.
Klebe said that his organization is excited to be asked to take over the race from the town and hoped to get "a lot of good mileage from the event, no pun intended."
Wind Turbines Cleared
The Ocean City Council is down with going green, deciding in a 6-1 vote (with Joe Hall in opposition) that it had analyzed and tweaked the ordinance allowing wind turbines in Ocean City as a conditional and accessory usage to the point that members felt comfortable with and made it official on Tuesday night.
After a long and sometimes tedious process, even though it was the usual and necessary one to pass an issue like this, residents got the green light to install either freestanding or roof mounted wind turbines on their Ocean City properties as long as they meet the setback requirements laid out in the ordinance. Those in the residential and mobile home districts have the most provisions placed, admittedly to cater to the impact on neighboring properties.
"We took out the variance procedure and changed it from special exception to conditional use in the R-1 and mobile home districts, said City Planner Jesse Houston.
Councilman Jim Hall, who was vocal for the need to change the ordinance after the first reading, was on board with its passage upon second reading.
"This is a new baby, I think we can work with these provisions, and if there is an adjustment that we need to make, we can," he said.
As Hall predicted two weeks ago, the first sign of one of these turbines, which more than likely will be mostly roof mounted turbines based on the Ocean City lot layout, might still spark a bit of public debate, but Councilman Lloyd Martin tried to give some clarity to anyone that might be upset about any changes to their neighboring properties.
"People forget that when we were kids, we didn't have cable television, so everyone had antennas on our roofs," said Martin. "Everyone had something on their roof and I don't think wind turbines are any more obtrusive than an antenna on a roof."
Annual Parade Approved
The City Council approved the 29th Annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Ocean City, which will once again be put on by the Delmarva Irish-American Club and will be held on Saturday, March 14 at noon, with the Irish festival to kick off the annual event at 11 am in the 45th Street Village in Ocean City.
Mayor Rick Meehan called the parade, which is the second largest in the state, "the best in Maryland" and will feature awards for best commercial, non-commercial, and overall floats, as well as awards for best marching band, adult and youth marching units, amongst others.
The parade will once again start at 61st street and proceed toward the judging booths on 45th Street.
The cost to the town of Ocean City to put on the event is $14,873, according to Special Events Director John Sullivan.
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Three weeks ago, the City Council approved in a 5-2 vote (with Jim Hall and Joe Hall in opposition) to move forward with the design process of Station 4 fire station, or as it is commonly known, the Montego Bay firehouse.
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Larmore said the design process has begun to renovate the existing building to provide more livable space for career and volunteer firefighters so they are in closer proximity to servicing the uptown area of Ocean City in case of emergencies.
"The timing of your decision may really work in our benefit," said Larmore.


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Dave Grohl's Sound City Players blew the roof off of Park City Live in Utah earlier this month at the Sundance Film Festival (January 18), and they will rock the Hollywood Palladium after the film's L.A. premiere later this week. As of now, that is the only concert that the all-star group has on their schedule, but it looks like they might be hitting a few other locations, including New York and South By Southwest.
One of the group's vocalists is Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor; at the Sundance show, he performed "From Can To Can't," a song he recorded for the film's soundtrack, and a handful of Cheap Trick covers. Taylor told Radio.com that the gig gave him a "fanboy-gasm," and that he's looking forward to the super-group's L.A. gig this week. And although a Sound City Players show at SXSW hasn't been announced, he reveals that he's flying into Austin for the event — which will feature Dave Grohl as a keynote speaker. After mentioning that "It's gonna be kind of 'hell on wheels' for me, I'm gonna fly in for (the L.A. premiere) and then fly back to the (Stone Sour) tour," he added, "I'm gonna do South By Southwest with everybody, that's in March." Because of his touring commitments with Stone Sour (touring for their House Of Gold & Bones Part 1 album, Part 2 is due in April) that's all he'll be able to do with the S.C. Players for now.
Meanwhile, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Dave Grohl confirmed that there will be a few other shows, specifically mentioning New York. "The musicians have all really jumped on after the [Park City] show. I didn't know if Stevie [Nicks] was gonna be able to do New York, and after we did this she was like, 'I'm doing New York.'" He also said that a clip from the movie will be shown on a video screen before each performer – something that they didn't do at the Sundance show. "We couldn't fit that production in the [Park City] club, so I was killing time in between songs by telling stories." He went on to say "My original idea was that we'd have a video presentation between each performer, which is what we're doing in Los Angeles, New York and around the world." So it's safe to say that more shows are in the works.
If you've been under a rock for the past few weeks, the Sound City Players is a group put together by Grohl, and includes his fellow Foo Fighters, his Nirvana-mate Krist Novoselic, Corey Taylor, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield and John Fogerty, among others. The huge collective are promoting Grohl's film, Sound City, about the legendary Los Angeles recording studio. The film opens on Thursday (January 31) in select theaters, and will be available for download from iTunes on Friday (February 1). The soundtrack, which features collaborations between Grohl and a number of artists including Nicks, Springfield and Paul McCartney, will be available in March.
— Brian Ives, Radio.com


text: Of course artists should talk about these issues. But I've seen around eight hours of the Nolan/Goyer Gotham saga, and apart from "terrorism murder is bad", I don't see any attempt at making any kind of meaningful contribution to the national conversation. Oh, sure, there are feints and throwaway references to stuff like warrantless wiretapping, the Patriot Act and wealth inequality, but they're almost always immediately forgotten in favor of the next big plot twist, or some BS about the state of Officer Matthew Modine's courage. And while their visual representation of Gotham is deliberately contemporary and realistic, pretty much nothing else is. Mind, DC isn't alone in this. I have deep misgivings about, say, the nature, jurisdiction, and political accountability of SHIELD. (Never mind the fact that the US government totally owns Tony Stark's Arc reactor technology.) But while MCU entertainment also doesn't say anything remotely related to contemporary crime and punishment, it doesn't feed off of those issues as the Dark Knight trilogy does, either. Accusing someone of exploiting issues and cultural iconography with heavy racial implications for the purposes of a total fantasy narrative isn't nearly the same thing as accusing them of racism. And I don't care how long the comics have been around, when their adaptations of the same are very much rooted in the now. And "completely baseless"? Are eight hours of film not relevant to a proposed interquel to said films?


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Shiny Sprites
If anybody has any requests for a Pokemon's shiny appearance, just edit the request on here and I will post them. Kataangforever1 02:30, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
For example:File:ShinyMiloticSprite.png Kataangforever1 17:49, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- Feel free to upload any shiny sprite that's missing (check the corresponding Pokémon page's sprite section), but be sure to follow the normal name format: for Platinum shiny sprites, the name should be
Spr 4p XXX s.pngwhere "XXX" is the Pokémon's National Dex number. UltimateSephiroth (about me · chat · edits) 18:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- Do note that we already have shiny sprites for Milotic, both in male and female versions. Do me a favor and check the Pokémon's article first before you upload one (for example, right here), so that we don't end up with lots of doubles of images clogging up the archives (doubles will most likely end up just getting deleted).
- On the same note, if you browse around through Pokémon pages and spot missing sprite images, we really need those uploaded, if you've got access to them. =D -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 18:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Of course!!!! I've got access to tons of sprites. If you guys find any Pokemon that need a sprite just let me know. I'll be on the lookout to so we're bound to find something. And I'll be sure to check the articles. Thanks for the heads up. Kataangforever1 18:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Some of the sprites for Emerald are missing. So Even though it doesn't show on your table of sprites, If you click on the image name, the sprite will come up. Kataangforever1 18:51, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, shows a link, but the image is already there anyway? Can you give me a link to one of the pages that it's missing on? Could be a server-side issue. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 20:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Here you go.http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Beedrill_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29Kataangforever1 23:34, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hmm, there doesn't seem to be a sprite on that one at all. I see what's missing, though. I suppose we need one uploaded there. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 05:03, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
I uploaded the shiny sprite already. You just have to click on the link to bring up the sprite. Kataangforever1 18:45, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- Ah, I see now. It got deleted after you uploaded it, that's why. You didn't give it any tags when you uploaded it, for one (there's a drop-down menu when you upload), and if the image size wasn't the same as the rest, then it could have been deleted as well. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 19:03, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Oooooh. Okay. How do I tag an image?Kataangforever1 19:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
When putting something on your talk page put (~~~~) thxs and remeber don't try to spend time on the talk try contributing ^.^--☆Coolピカチュウ! 02:24, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- ok Kataangforever1 02:26, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- ummmmmm.....:| I have no idea how to put an image on my page! Help? Plz? Kataangforever1 02:28, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Like... how can I put an image of a pokemon or something on a page? Kataangforever1 02:37, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
[[Image:imagename.jpg]]is what you're looking for, where imagename is the name of the image, obviously. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 02:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
????????? you've lost me Kataangforever1 02:54, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- Then read Jïörüjï Ðērākō.> comment.--☆Coolピカチュウ! 03:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
- Like this [[Image:(Imagename).png]]. If you do this [[Image:Spr_1b_001.png]] it should lead you to this --Force Fire talk 03:01, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
like this? Kataangforever1 17:38, 29 December 2008 (UTC) Ok.... but that doesn't explain how i can put my own pics up!!!Kataangforever1 17:39, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Wait! I think i got it!!! File:GorebyssShinySprite.gif Kataangforever1 17:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)