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Pink in Every Room
An Atlanta home boasts colorful Florida Style
Katie Newsom's boldly colored Kate Spade outfit was the first clue. "One look at her and I knew where we needed to go," laughs Boston interior designer Katie Rosenfeld. "She arrived decked out in Kate Spade, everything pink. She told me she wanted pink in every single room of her house." Preferably, hot pink. Rosenfeld, herself a fan of bold colors, was tickled (OK, we won't say how tickled) to take on the assignment, and affectionately dubbed Katie "the pink lady" on her design blog.
Katie and her husband, Sedgie, were ready to renovate a 1925 Mediterranean Revival house in Atlanta in 2011 when she found a feature about Rosenfeld on a design blog called Chinoiserie Chic. "I clicked through to her site and loved every room," Katie says. A phone call confirmed her instincts. Even though Rosenfeld lived miles away, she totally grasped Katie's vibrant vision.
Not only did the two Katies share a love of color, the women discovered they attended Boston College at the same time and, although they didn't know each other, had many common friends. They're both Southerners (Rosenfeld is from Florida) and share a passion for chinoiserie and Florida-inspired design.
"I joke that she is my decorating soul mate. She understood how much color I wanted, how bright, and how far I was willing to go with that. And she had a way of doing it that feels sophisticated and in keeping with the house—not cute," Katie says. "I pretty much loved everything she showed me."
As Rosenfeld and Katie gushed over stacks of exuberantly patterned and colored fabrics, Sedgie was less enthusiastic. After all, how many men want a home swathed in pink? So the golf-loving dentist struck a deal with his attorney wife. "My sweet husband said OK to all the pink in exchange for unlimited golfing privileges," Katie says, with a laugh. "That was fine with me." Sedgie did have one caveat: The design couldn't be "sissy-ish."
Rosenfeld ensured that was not the case by mixing a variety of red, hot pink, peach, and orange shades with other colors and patterns that pushed the design to upscale Florida rather than ultra-feminine. Patterns are large scale and graphic instead of dainty and sweet.
Even in the dining room—probably the pinkest room in the house with its bubble-gum pink wallcovering—hints of orange-red, acid-green, and graphic white accents, along with a room-grounding oak floor, suppress any sissy tendencies.
As the design came together, Katie and Rosenfeld talked and texted daily. The designer created digital mood boards, pulling images of fabrics and furnishings that Katie could view electronically. "We spent a lot of time on Skype going through things. Working long distance was easy," Rosenfeld says. She also shipped packets of fabric swatches, bundled by room and labeled by use, so Katie could touch and feel the textiles.
The designer made a couple of site visits to Atlanta and the two women also met up in Atlanta and Boston in 2011 and '12 for shopping trips for fabrics, furniture, lighting, plumbing fixtures, andappliances. Rosenfeld confidently nabbed a few items on her own, too, including a pair of oversized vintage Blanc de Chine lamp bases she spotted in Florida. "I shipped them to Katie, and she flipped. I knew they would be perfect on that credenza in the dining room. The fruit bases look like the pattern of the wallpaper."
While Katie made the color calls, Sedgie ruled in the kitchen design. "Sedgie is a huge cook, and he knew how he wanted the kitchen to function," says Rosenfeld. "The open plan to the family room was important to him so he could cook and watch the Ole Miss games."
Dishwashers and pullout garbage bins are installed on either side of the island sink, allowing for multiple cooks and caterers when the Newsoms entertain. The island serves as a buffet serving surface for large dinner parties, as well as a sunny place for Katie to hang out and work on her computer.
A new, larger kitchen and family room were the main reasons for the renovation. Previously, the 2,500-square-foot home had a tiny kitchen in the back and an unattractive center stairway (a 1970s redo) that blocked traffic flow and made the main level feel choppy. Atlanta architectural designer Frank Neely suggested tearing out the '70s staircase and building a new, more period-appropriate one in the back of the house near the living room.
"Moving the stairs was a game changer," Katie says. "It opened up the main level and helped us reconfigure the upstairs as well." A 1,000-square-foot single-level addition at the back gave the Newsoms a combination kitchen-family room with arched steel French doors, which Neely designed, that open to a terrace. Bright green backsplash tiles pop against white cabinetry, and the vivid color is repeated in the adjoining butler's pantry.
Initially, Rosenfeld wasn't on board with using greens with Katie's beloved pink, fearing it would be too cutesy. "I fought her on using pink and green together, but when I found the Osborne & Little 'Maharani' fabric for the kitchen windows, that made it OK for me. The green was such an acid yellow-green that it took all the pink-and-green cuteness out," says Rosenfeld.
"That green is not for everyone," she adds, "but it's Katie. The whole house looks just like her. And that's the goal—for a house to look like the client and not the designer."
Although the house is completed, Katie and Rosenfeld still stay in touch, calling and texting nearly every day. "I'm trying to get her more business in Atlanta so she'll keep coming back," Katie says. Rosenfeld adds, "I think we'll be friends for life."
Architect: Frank Neely, Frank Neely Design Assoc., 1447 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite 844, Atlanta, GA 30309; 404/817-0807, neelydesign.com.
Interior design: Katie Rosenfeld, Katie Rosenfeld Design, 23 Bogle St., Weston , MA 02493; 339/222-9964, katierosenfelddesign.com.
Produced by Lisa Mowry
Photography: Emily Jenkins Followill
Mantel (walnut); iron gate: original to house.
Rug ("Pecola," Sisal Collection): Stark, starkcarpet.com.
Paint ("Wimborne White" #239): Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
Drapery ("Penelope"/Prune, Rouge #4726-03, by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Sofa ("Siena" 78-inch): Duralee, duralee.com.
Sofa fabric ("Varese"/Damson #F1190/44, by Designers Guild): Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com.
Flamestitch pillows ("Angelina"/Bleu #F2883002): Pierre Frey, pierrefrey.com.
Gold linen glimmer pillows ("Glimmer"/Pale Gold #62630): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Turquoise trim ("1.5-inch Sabine Border"/Caribe #977-56041-29); bobble trim ("RTC Roulette Fringe"/Flamingo#985-46528-13, Roger Thomas Collection): Samuel & Sons, samuelandsons.com.
Marble-topped table by sofa: vintage.
Lounge chair (custom, "Maurice Chair"): Duralee, duralee.com.
Ottoman ("Dover Rectangular Ottoman" #3908): Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com.
Chair fabric ("Amaya"/Corail #07740002, by Boussac); ottoman fabric ("Dora"/Violine, by Boussac): Pierre Frey, pierrefrey.com.
Art behind sofa (by Elena Zolotnitsky); art over mantel (by Michael Schultheis): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Teardrop floor lamp ("Sabine Lamp"): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Dragons by fireplace (vintage): Circa Who, circawho.com.
Basket in fireplace; basket on ottoman: Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com.
Ceiling light ("Trillion Flush Mount" #SN4001): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Pink Dining Room
Walls papered in "Balata" by Manuel Canovas for Cowtan & Tout give the dining room a tropical vibe. The crystal chandelier is original to the house, and the white lamps are vintage finds from Florida.
See more of this room on the following slides.
Wall covering ("Balata"/Piment #4703-02, by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Ceiling and trim paint ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Table ("Choate Table"/Walnut #1543-70, by Suzanne Kasler); chairs ("Linwood"/Antique Ivory #1551-01 and #1551-02, by Suzanne Kasler): Hickory Chair, hickorychair.com.
Chair fabric ("Bimini Road"/Fuchsia #VD 0001 0280, by Old World Weavers): Stark, starkcarpet.com.
Chandelier: original to house.
Vases on table: West Elm, westelm.com.
Sideboard; mirror: owner's collection.
Lamps (vintage): Palm Beach Regency, palmbeachregency.com.
Dining Room Bar Cart
A gold-leaf bar cart from Worlds Away and glittering glassware lend drama in the dining room.
Bar cart ("Roland Gold Leafed Bar Cart"): Worlds Away, worlds-away.com.
Wall sconce ("Madeline," by Alexa Hampton): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Dining Chair Details
Hickory Chair dining chairs with seats upholstered in Stark's "Bimini Road" set the exuberant color scheme.
Family Room
In the new open-floor-plan addition, the family room, kitchen, and breakfast niche share one space. Designer Katie Rosenfeld connected the rooms with color. "I took all the colors in the 'Maharani' fabric in the kitchen and distributed them in little bits in the family room," she says.
Paint ("Celery Salt" #OC-136); contrast paint on ceiling beams ("White Dove" #OC-17): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Area rug (custom, Missoni for Stark): Stark, starkcarpet.com.
Drapery ("Lyford Background"/Brown on White #6015-09, by China Seas): Quadrille, quadrillefabrics.com.
Chandelier ("Leona Gold Leaf Pendant"): Worlds Away, worlds-away.com.
Sofa (custom, "Allegro"); sofa fabric (Kravet Smart Collection #31748): Kravet, kravet.com.
Chairs (custom, "Draper Swivel Chair" #LTD5160-8): Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com.
Chair fabric ("Linara Pesto" #2494/295): Romo, romo.com.
Side table ("Lucida" #164445): Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com.
Ottoman (custom): Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com.
Ottoman fabric ("Cottage"/Turquin, discontinued): Stark, starkcarpet.com.
Sideboard ("Chinese Credenza"/Walnut #609-403, by Oscar de la Renta): Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com.
Bird art over credenza (by Lisa Lala); art over mantel (by Saliha Staib): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Lamps ("Chart House Scored Pot Lamp"/Brown, discontinued): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Vases: Stanton Home Furnishings, stantonhomefurnishings.com.
Circle sculpture on mantel: Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com.
Buddha figure on mantel (vintage): Chez Orleans, chezorleans.com.
Atlanta architectural designer Frank Neely designed steel doors for the existing arched exits in the sunroom and for the new family room.
See more of the sunroom on the following slide.
Chairs ("Major Chair"): Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, mgbwhome.com.
Floral pillows (by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Side table ("Marilyn Accent Table" #526851): Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com.
Star sculpture: Stanton Home Furnishings, stantonhomefurnishings.com.
Area rug: Stark, starkcarpet.com.
Console ("Bleached Parchment and Brass Console" #60F-727, by Oscar de la Renta): Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com.
Ceiling light ("Mini Sputnik"/Brass #11434): Jonathan Adler, jonathanadler.com.
Colorful artwork in the sunroom keeps the home's bright palette moving throughout every room.
Lamp (custom): Lamp Arts Inc., lampartsinc.com.
Art on console (by Kenson); art on wall (by Kenson): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Cleaning the yellow brick, re-hanging the iron Juliet balconies (found serving as a makeshift planter in the backyard), and re-creating the porte cochere restored the house to its original look.
Katie and Sedgie Newsom in their new family room.
Breakfast Room
The "Maharani" drapery fabric from Osborne & Little inspired much of the house's color scheme. A vintage brass chinoiserie chandelier hangs above the modern Saarinen table.
Paint ("Celery Salt" #OC-136): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Table ("Saarinen Dining Table"): Knoll, knoll.com.
Chairs ("Hoop Back Side Chair" #3493S): Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com.
Chair fabric ("Gato.35"): Kravet, kravet.com.
Chandelier: owner's collection.
Drapery ("Maharani" #F6110-03): Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com.
Sedgie Newsom agreed to the green glass tile and pink accents as long as he got a Thermador range. The island with stools upholstered in an indoor-outdoor fabric is a favorite spot to hang out.
Paint ("Celery Salt" #OC-136): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Cabinetry (custom): through Frank Neely Design Assoc., neelydesign.com.
Hardware: House of Antique Hardware, houseofantiquehardware.com.
Countertops: Alabama White Honed Carrara marble.
Main sink: Blanco, blancoamerica.com.
Faucets: Rohl, rohlhome.com.
Range: Thermador, thermador.com.
Backsplash (custom green glass bricks): Discover tile, discovertile.com.
Refrigerator (by Sub-Zero): Sub-Zero/Wolf, subzero-wolf.com.
Pendant lights ("Large Hicks Pendant"/Hand-Rubbed Antique Brass #TOB5063, by Thomas O'Brien): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Window treatment ("Maharani" #F6110-03): Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com.
Bar stools (custom, Monaco-style): Kravet, kravet.com.
Bar-stool fabric (indoor-outdoor fabric by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, cowtan.com.
Butler's Pantry
Cabinets and walls are painted Benjamin Moore's "Rosemary Green." White marble countertops and backsplash keep the bold color from overwhelming.
Paint ("Rosemary Green" #2029-30): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Cabinetry (custom): through Frank Neely Design Assoc., neelydesign.com.
Hardware: House of Antique Hardware, houseofantiquehardware.com.
Countertops: Alabama White Honed Carrara marble.
Faucet: Porcher, porcher-us.com.
Window treatment ("Maharani" #F6110-03): Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com.
Colorful Mudroom
The "Best in Show" wallpaper choice was a nod to the Newsoms' lab-shepherd mix, Max.
Wallpaper ("Best in Show" #W5872-01): Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com.
Ceiling light ("Round School House Flush Mount" #SL4120): Circa Lighting, circalighting.com.
Trim paint ("Rosemary Green" #2029-30): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Stair Hall
The crystal chandelier from Currey & Co. glitters above a painting by Ursula O'Farrell from Pryor Fine Art.
Paint ("Celery Salt" #OC-136): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Art (by Ursula O'Farrell): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Chandelier ("Green Goddess," discontinued, for similarm "Serena"): Currey & Co., curreycodealers.com.
Master Bedroom
The valance's "Pagoda River" fabric from Zoffany appealed to Katie's love of chinoiserie. The "Somali Panther Loop" rug is from Stark.
"I always start my designs with textiles—usually for the windows. Textiles become my springboard for building a palette," says designer Katie Rosenfeld.
See more of the bedroom on the following slide.
Paint ("Wimborne White" #239): Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
Bed: owner's collection.
Bed linens: Serena & Lily, serenaandlily.com.
Pillow shams (custom): Katie Rosenfeld Design, katierosenfelddesign.com.
Ottoman at end of bed ("69 W"): Wesley Hall, wesleyhall.com.
Art over bed (by Katharina Chapuis): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Bedside chest ("Jacqui 4-Drawer"): Bungalow 5, bungalow5.com.
Lamps (custom): Lamp Arts Inc., lampartsinc.com.
Drapery and valance ("Pagoda River"/Lime, Taupe, #DVIPPA204, Vintage Collection, by Sanderson): Zoffany, zoffany.com.
Drapery trim ("Linara Begonia" #2494/280): Romo, romo.com.
Blinds ("Lacquer'd Tortoise"/Bamboo): Horizons Window Fashions, horizonshades.com.
Rug ("Somali Panther Loop," Animal Collection): Stark, starkcarpet.com.
Ceiling light ("Blossom Gold Leafed Pendant"): Worlds Away, worlds-away.com.
Bedroom Light
A pendant light hangs above the bed, adding a hint of feminine allure to the space.
Ceiling light ("Blossom Gold Leafed Pendant"): Worlds Away, worlds-away.com.
Master Bath
"Poppies" wallpaper from Sanderson and a vanity in Benjamin Moore's "Stem Green" brighten the bath.
Wallpaper ("Poppies"/Catkin, Blackberry #DCFL211665, by Sanderson): Zoffany, zoffany.com.
Vanity: custom.
Medicine cabinet (custom): Eumenean Construction, eumenean.com.
Vanity paint ("Stem Green" #2029-40): Benjamin Moore & Co., benjaminmoore.com.
Hardware: House of Antique Hardware, houseofantiquehardware.com.
Sconces ("Bamboo Bar Bath Light" #BS11072 AB): Shades of Light, shadesoflight.com.
Faucet: Rohl, rohlhome.com.


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Download for SS6.3 (required for 6.4):
Release thread - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=377824
Google Drive
- New strategy map balance
Growing settlements is now a lot harder for both the player and the AI!
Although it's easy to get minor cities and fortresses, getting your settlements higher will be a struggle - and you won't be able to capture a lot of godly developed cities since the AI will be experiencing the same issue!
Citadels and Huge Cities are VERY rare now.
The whole system stands on a base of 50 auto-games which went above turn 200!
- Faith wars
Rebalanced the usage of priests for the AI. Now, the AI factions will work more on spreading their faith outside their borders.
BEWARE! as heretics and witches got seriously buffed in both their piety and spawn chance, both the player and the AI will have to work in order to stop heresy at their lands.
Religious unrest is more severe, so maintaining high faith levels is something a lot more important now.
Better get assassins for heretics labelled as prophet's....
Sample Screenshot
- New and rebalanced Faction Leader traits
Faction Leader traits are now a lot more important!
The Traits
- New buildings & rebalancements
Public Gallows, Bakehouse, Stonemasons hut, Logging camps and the third level of caravan stops these are the new buildings.
Their unique abilities will help you develop your cities nicely!
Sample Screenshot
- The Antipope
With the excommunication of HRE or France, their faction gets an Antipope - a priest who made a claim to be the Pope and is supported by a large faction in the church.
The Antipope is a godly buffed priest, who helps mostly in battling the inquisitors.
Station your Antipope(or any priest with piety more then 7) next to an inquisitor, and the next turn his piety will drop with a good chance.
The Antipope is designed for this, due to his massive movement boost!
This will help your generals survive an inquisitor onslaught!
Sample Screenshot
- Economic script updates
The economy script which tried to make the AI spend their money reasonably has gotten upgraded.
The AI will surely field a lot less troops if he cannot afford such!
- Guild System Overhaul
Guilds have been completely reworked.
Both the bonuses of the guilds were changed, as well as the points accumulation system.
Be sure to check what every guild can offer!
Chapter houses have been dropped from the guilds system - they can now be built in only specific locations on the campaign map, but these Templars or Hospitallers can really pack a punch!
List of Settlements where chapter houses can be built
Sample Screenshot
- New Setup
The setup for SS has been completely reworked.
It allows for a lot more freedom for any modder, as well as supports using translations.
The setup already houses the translations for German and Spanish version!
Sample Screenshot
- New UI's by cedric37, and battle UI's by KDK!
Brilliant Strat UI's by master cedric37 have made their way to the SS!
Master KDK have supplied us with Battle UI's!
the UIs
- New textures by Baraban
Baraban has kindly provided new unit models and textures for some of the SS units!
The battlemap is now a nicer place
- Teutonic Hilltop settlements added!
The hilltop settlement structure for the northern european settlements has been implemented into SS!
Sample Screenshot
- Warman222's new death animations added!
- Hotseat compatibility
SS was fully reviewed in terms of hotseat compatibility and is now smoother when it comes to hotseat campaigns.
Added stake sound when deploying stakes.
Bulgarian names fixed.
Russian names in Galway fixed. [early/late]
Banners fix.
Pre-battle one liner speeches fixed.
Wise Admin/Greedy ruler fix. [early/late]
Trebuchet+Catapult Smoke fix.
Imams and Pagan priests getting bishop title fixed.
Bonus movement hotseat bug fixed.
Sicily trait fix.
Infamous gui CTD bug fixed.
Slave merchants now have some movement points so you can't kill them accidentally.
Title stripping and faction killer traits now work correctly.
Old pagan priests portraits added.
Jihad video added.
New mongol/cuman cards added.
Timurid script overhaul.
Generals are now recruitable in higher level castles.
Merchant old age trait remade. [not so hardcore anymore]
Added newt's fix as 'DisableRR' option.
UI cards tweaks.
Tourney grounds can host tourneys!
Devastation bug removed.
+ all reported bugs were removed
Personal remarks:
Well, there it is. While 6.3 was packed with features, 6.4 is a more of a "balance, upgrade, fix bug and re-think" patch.
CTD's should be just incredibly rare with this patch if it's installed right, as just a hint, in over 100 auto-games which used these files i have not gotten one CTD, and i used the base version with permanent watchtowers, savage AI and permanent arrows.
Most importantly, the campaign map is now balanced in a lot nicer way. Although it is not hard to maintain your faction, growing and developing your settlements is harder.
First of all i'd like to thank bane_tw, Meneth, Rozanov, newt and Ishan; for keeping track of the bugs and writing bug-fixes. Without them, there would be no way to release a perfect bug-fixer like this one Secondly i want to thank PB, CC and Byg, who's work always was and always will be the core of SS. Thirdly, special thanks to everybody who reported bugs - without you guys this mod will never reach perfection!
The Stainless Steel 6.4 Team:
gracul - leader
King Kong - SS 6.1
Point Blank - RR/RC, lots of things
Byg - support and BGR
Caesar Clivus - forum handling, support and CBUR
Rozanov - coding and ideas
Germanicu5 - coding and ideas, BAI
y2day - art & graphics
Awellesley - units & support
Meneth - bug fixing
bane_tw - forum handling and bug fixing
Ishan - forum handling and bug fixing
cedric37 - art & ui graphics
Navajo Joe
(HG)LordKoal, (HG)Super, (HG)Iliturgitano, (HG)Xaviar, (HG)Carlos, (HG)Adrics, CeltiberoThormes, penyetta, garcy170 (Spanish translation)
Fred Putz (German translation)
warman222 (new combo&death animations)
Baraban (textures & model fixes)
KDK (ui graphics)
beikon & gord69 (Steam help)
Fair Prince (SSNOP, SSHCP, SSTAIP)
newt (No Waiting)
Savage (CAI)
Santiago de Pola
davide.cool (better grass)
Argent Usher (real horses)
Agis Tournas & Anthonius II (CBUR)
Magus (Crimson Tide)
Lord Calidor (KT mod)
agart (castle & city strat models)
Agis Tournas (Unit Card improvement)
Seether (AFR mod)
Soupdragon (EE watchtower)
Chimaeira (SSTC)
Lord Condormanius (Mailed Knights)
Akvilonn (additional unit info cards)
MADTAO (polish units)
Csatádi (hungarian map guidelines)
gewehr36 (pagan mongols)
Kevin MacLeod (music)
Jon Sayles & Bill Hudak (music)
Swagger (sky mod)
Akvilonn (Unit info cards)
nonnob3 (Unit info cards)
Lusted (CAI)
Lord Calidor (KT mod)
Quark (wherever you are right now)
All the people in the SS forums
who posted bugs and fixes!
Special thanks to all the people on the TWC forums
providing tools for easier mod editing!
EDIT (January 8, 2017): Download links for SS6.4 and SS6.3 updated. Torrent confirmed working. If you find one of them dead, please PM me - Lifthrasir

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Andy Reid to QB Michael Vick: Get rid of the ball!
PHILADELPHIA – Andy Reid began Tuesday by pointing at the coaching, blaming himself, as he always does.
Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the part where he indicated some of the issues in the Philadelphia Eagles' going 0-for-5 in the red zone in Monday's 28-13 loss to the New Orleans Saints had to do with the guys on the field for the Eagles – the linemen, the wide receivers and quarterback Michael Vick.
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"We're hit-and-miss there," Reid said at his day-after press conference. "We've had some sacks, we've had some turnovers. We've all got a little piece of this thing to make sure we tighten that up and start putting players in the right position.
"And two, if it's a blitz, make sure we get the ball out, make sure we protect it."
EAGLES PLAY PEEK-A-BOO:Hide-and-seek play goes for naught
That was a key statement by Reid because, much as Vick was under pressure because of an offensive line that couldn't block the Saints' blitz-heavy attack, the quarterback deserves part of the blame for holding the ball too long at times.
One of those times was a second-and-goal from the Saints' 8-yard line midway through the third quarter, with the Eagles trailing 21-10. Vick handled the snap in the shotgun and took two hops instead of planting and looking to deliver the ball right away against an all-out blitz that was obviously coming.
Defensive end Will Smith was unblocked, and he sacked Vick for an 11-yard loss. Credit Vick for nearly throwing a tough touchdown pass on the next play, but it was a third-and-goal from the 19, which is why it was a difficult pass to make in the first place.
"It's not that he's not picking it up. There's going to be an extra guy and it's his responsibility to get the ball out," Reid said, referring to five blockers trying to pick up six rushers. "Or you've got to look at the receivers and make sure they're doing their part, too."
That means Vick's targets have to run their "hot routes," which only a couple seemed to do on the play mentioned above. Still, Reid seemed to be perturbed with Vick's decisions against a "zero" blitz, which means zero safety help, with man coverage across the board and everybody else rushing.
It's a staple of Saints defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's system, and since Spagnuolo is a former Eagles assistant who was also the New York Giants' defensive coordinator, Reid and his staff surely spent plenty of time preparing Vick and his targets for that look last week in practice.
"If you see zero blitz, you've got to know that one man can't be taken care of. The ball's got to come out," Reid said. "The receivers have to be aware of that, the quarterback has to be aware of it, too, and make sure they protect the inside part and give the quarterback an opportunity to throw the ball."
No matter Reid's consternation, Vick isn't taking a seat in favor of rookie Nick Foles.
"Michael's our starter," Reid reiterated. "He did some good things and there were things, I'm sure he told you, that he'd like to have back."
Reid believed Vick's interception returned for a touchdown by Patrick Robinson that went from possibly giving the Eagles an early lead to suddenly putting the Saints up 7-0 was actually one of the good things.
Reid indicated there should've been a holding penalty on linebacker Jonathan Casillas, who grabbed tight end Brent Celek as he tried to come out of his break. Vick had to double-pump and, while backpedaling from pressure, threw wide of Celek, who reach out to catch the pass but tipped the ball to Robinson.
"I thought there's a fine line there and decisions that have to be made as to whether it's defensive holding or a legal play," Reid said. "They let that play go. I think the ball was in a spot where, if there wasn't the aggressive play by the defender, it's probably a touchdown."
But it wasn't. And now, Vick will face even more questions about his decision-making and his tenuous grip on his job, despite Reid's sticking with him for at least one more week.


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William Holmes, C.P.A. PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL, AND CO.
Abstract: A cost study for the 1768 Plymouth Town Meeting.
The New England town meeting is undoubtedly the oldest show on the American road and, at least in the smaller towns, can still on occasion erupt with fire and brimstone after three hundred odd years. Each year a new cast of local office-seekers play the old traditional roles of Constable, Selectman, Surveyor of Highways, and Fence Viewers and other parts, some of which can be found in the records of small towns in England back into the middle ages.
Every town these days has a Planning Committee, of which there are two distinct types. The first type assumes the task of studying means for moving the town forward, attracting new industry, and broadening the tax base. The second type, indigenous to older wealthy towns, sets itself just as assiduously to means for not mov-ing the town forward, not attracting new industry, and generally leaving things alone.
I suppose most of us would associate Planning Committees with the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The title has about it the flavor of modern management and business education. We would be wrong, though! Although not so designating them, New England towns from the early Colonial days formed the habit of appointing committees to look into projects of one kind or another, often associated with defenses against the Indians or putting the able-bodied poor to work; and some of their reports show com-mendable Yankee business acumen. The report of one such com-mittee appears in the records of the Town Meeting of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year 1768.
"We the Subscribers a Committee Chosen by the Town to Con-sider the affair whether the town will again Improve it again by Keeping Sheep thereon do Report as follows—
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Bengals sign linebacker Kevin Minter to 1-year deal
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Bengals signed linebacker Kevin Minter to a one-year deal on Monday, filling the opening from Karlos Dansby's departure for Arizona as a free agent.
Minter is entering his fifth season. He was Arizona's second-round pick in 2-13 and has played in 61 consecutive games. He had a career-high 3½ sacks last season.
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The AAA is hiring!
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is seeking to bring a post doc anthropologist on staff to lead its academic and practicing relations program. This is a two-year fellowship that will provide an opportunity for an anthropologist to work with AAA leadership and staff to conduct research, identify and develop new programs and services for members. Candidates should have a PhD in anthropology. The fellow will work at the offices of AAA located in the DC metropolitan area. Start date is fall 2012. Stipend is $50,000 per year plus benefits.
For more information on this fellowship opportunity go to http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4853112.32. To apply please send a cover letter and CV/resume to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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If your an Office 365 Partner you can now download the Office 365 Technical Briefing and Solution Alignment Workshop material from the link below. CDF by the way is Customer Decision Framework. https://www.quickstartonlineservices.com/Partners/LibraryDocuments/O365%20Technical%20Briefings%20and%20Solution%20Alignment%20Workshop.zip
Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator Beta
This is also valid for Exchange Online (Office 365) http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/02/10/announcing-the-exchange-client-network-bandwidth-calculator-beta.aspx I am extremely pleased to announce that the all new Exchange Client Bandwidth Calculator Beta is available for download!! Over the past 12 months we have been working on a new calculator to help with Exchange client network bandwidth approximation. This new calculator is based…
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PST Capture helps you search your network to discover and then import .pst files across your environment – all from a straightforward admin-driven tool. PST Capture will help reduce risk while increasing productivity for your users by importing .pst files into Exchange Online or Exchange Server 2010 – directly into users' primary mailboxes or…
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LIPA Faces Lawsuit in the Wake of Sandy
While the Long Island Power Authority says most Long Islanders who can have their power restored will have it restored soon, that hasn't stopped a class action lawsuit from being filed against the utility.
The suit -- filed Tuesday -- claims negligence, breach of contract, and fraud. The Attorney heading up the lawsuit, Kenneth Mollins, says it's about making sure LIPA is held accountable for any wrongdoings.
He says LIPA needs to be completely transparent with its post-Sandy response, "we're bringing this suit, number one for damages, but number two, and more importantly, for accountability. We want to be able to go through their books."
He also did not close the door on possible criminal action. Claiming the mismanagement was "so vile and so wrong," that prosecution could be potentially pursued.
Jason Abelove of Oceanside, New York has been without power for more than two weeks. He is a plaintiff in the suit and says it's not about money, "to the extent that I personally get any money from this lawsuit, I'm going to donate it to the victims of the hurricane. I'm doing this because I really think someone needs to hold LIPA accountable."
National Grid, LIPA's contractor, is also named in the suit. National Grid says they are aware of the lawsuit, but continue to focus on helping those still in need. LIPA has not responded to our request for comment.


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9 tips that will change how you use social media
Save time, be more efficient and go beyond the obvious with these helpful tips.
Using your limited social media time wisely is all about going beyond the obvious activities. If you're doing the same things everyone else is doing, I guarantee you will not have an advantage. But, if you do some things differently, you may find activities where the reward is disproportionate to the effort. These nine efficiencies are what you need to embrace right now.
1. Listen to podcasts
Sure, they've been overcome by newer and sexier social flavors du jour but podcasts are still the best way to spend time when you're not in front of a screen. Driving to work? Listen to Mitch Joel's Six Pixels of Separation or MarketingProfs' Marketing Smarts with Matthew Grant. Working out? Put on the ear buds and embrace John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing or Chris Penn's Marketing Over Coffee. I'd love to have your ears on my weekly Social Pros Podcast where we focus on real people doing real work in social media. (You can put your eyes on it too, because we run full text transcripts here.)
2. Take and curate photographs
I'm not certain if a picture is worth a thousand words, but it's definitely worth 140 characters. This is the year that photos challenge writing as the lingua franca of the social Web: Instagram, Pinterest, Path, and Google+ use large thumbnails in the news feed. All trend lines point toward photography. If you're not taking and posting pictures to dedicated photo networks and cross-posting (when appropriate) to Twitter and Facebook, you're missing a huge opportunity to grow your network and see the world through the eyes (or cell phone cameras) of thousands of new friends.
3. Read LinkedIn Today
It's pretty safe to say that most people keep their LinkedIn shrubbery more closely pruned than their Facebook or Twitter trees. When content is shared in LinkedIn, it often has a better chance to have been shared by people you trust, or at least people with a modicum of business sense. That's why I turn to Linkedin Today when I'm looking for a summarized source of what's happening in industries I care about.
4. Buffer your links
One of the most insidious time sucks in all of social media—especially for content curators—is the "Oh, I found something cool. I should share this on a social network or four!" This kills your focus and productivity. The better approach is to set aside a chunk of time first thing each morning to find truly interesting content that's worth sharing, and use Buffer to automatically share them across your chosen social networks at pre-determined, optimized times. (Disclosure: I'm an investor in Buffer.)
5. Use "if this, then that" recipes
If This, Then That is the best social tool nobody ever mentions. It's like a virtual assistant social media robot, where you can create an infinite array of conditionally-defined, time–saving tasks. Create an account and hook up all of your social profiles, blogs, cell phone numbers, etc. Then sift through the mountain of existing recipes to find processes that will save you effort.
For example, want your Twitter profile photo to change automatically when you update your Facebook profile photo? Done. Want to have your favorite tweets automatically emailed to you? Done. Want to automatically store your Instagram photos in a Dropbox account? Done. Want to automatically post to your Pinterest board any link you add to Facebook? Done. The opportunities are nearly endless.
6. Create a stalker list
Grab a piece of paper, or open a new document and write down a list of the 20 people you most want to interact with in social media—people you don't know, but want to know. Then, create a list for these people on Twitter and Facebook, and a circle for them on Google+. Where applicable, visit their blogs and bookmark them. Also subscribe to their feeds (via email, not RSS because you'll check your email every day, but not your RSS.) Find them on Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn, and connect in those places, too.
Starting tomorrow, spend 15 minutes a day interacting with some of these 20 people. Not in a pandering way. If you have something interesting and relevant to add via Twitter, a blog, or elsewhere, do it. If you don't, keep your hands to your sides. But pay attention to your list of 20, and find ways to interact with and help them. In short order, they will recognize you and you'll have grown your network of social contacts. Make a new list every three to six months.
7. Interact on Google+
If you're reading this, you should be on Google+. Not for the SEO benefit—although that's not insignificant. Not for the entertainment value—although the large number of videos and GIFs there can be a hoot. Do it for the opportunity to interact and engage with industry professionals in a comparatively quiet and efficient location. You want to get on Chris Brogan's radar? Or Mari Smith's? Or Brian Solis'? Google+ is the place to do it. It may not last, but for now Google+ is the place to interact with people who no longer answer every tweet.
8. Blend personal and professional
Quit worrying about showing your real self in social media. If your social media bios talk only about who you are at work, you're leaving attention on the table. The reality is that unless you're a sword swallower or an astronaut, your personal life is more interesting than your professional life.
You're a marketing director for a B2B software company? Yawn. You're a marketing director for a B2B software company, and you happen to grow prize-winning roses? That, I'll remember. What you love makes you memorable in ways that what you do cannot. There's a reason most of my bios say I'm a tequila lover.
9. Quit obsessing over case studies
How much time do you spend reading case studies, trying to find evidence that social media will work for your company? Case studies should be used for ideation, not ratification. Beyond the fact that case studies are often strategically irrelevant because the company profiled is in a different industry, with different goals, competitors, and customer expectations (among other variances), perhaps the biggest problem with most social media success stories is that the measures of that success are largely without real merit.
Even in the best possible scenario, where the case study in question is extraordinarily applicable to your business goals, social media situation, budget, timeline and more (which is a rare alignment indeed), you are placing significant influential value on one outcome. Worry less about what some other company is doing, and worry more about doing your own work.
Social media is too complicated for you to be spinning your wheels on activities and behaviors that won't make much difference. I know these nine tips will save you time and propel you forward. I use them all consistently.
I'm sure I've missed many terrific ideas. What are you doing to save time and boost your social media efficiency?
Jay Baer is a social media strategy consultant, speaker, and co-author of "The NOW Revolution." He is the founder of Convince & Convert, a social media strategy firm, and he blogs at the Convince & Convert social media strategy blog, where a version of this article first appeared.
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New and existing employees are eligible for training through Mountain View College.
Mountain View College
Logistics and manufacturing certificates for existing and new employees at the local facility of an international logistics company
OHL is one of the largest companies in the world, providing third-party — or outsourced — logistics services to customers for all or part of their supply chain management functions. OHL has more than 130 locations and 7,000 employees worldwide and an international office in Grapevine.
The company's goal was to create a more qualified local workforce by giving employees the opportunity to earn industry-standard certifications, with Mountain View providing Manufacturing Skill Standards Council certifications in logistics and manufacturing. Selected company positions include quality assurance coordinators, inventory specialists, operators, and operator supervisors and leads.
Texas Workforce Commission awarded a Skills Development Fund grant in the amount of $339,535 for one year of technical certification training with an emphasis in logistics manufacturing for a three-company consortium in which OHL is the primary client, receiving $171,000 of that amount. The grant pays for instruction, books, tuition, administration and some supplies and materials.
Certifications for 67 new and incumbent employees included Certified Logistics Associate, Certified Logistics Technician and Warehouse Distribution Center Logistics Manager. Additional courses included manufacturing and materials processing, warehouse and distribution management training, professional development, supervision and cultural diversity in the workplace. The college also arranged certifications for electric pallet jack and forklift operations in partnership with The Forklift Academy and now offers this curriculum as ongoing continuing education training.
The college approached the company to be a grant partner with the Texas Workforce Commission, providing free workforce training to meet manufacturing job demand for skilled workers. To meet OHL's immediate need to train employees in industry certifications, Mountain View College became an official Manufacturing Skill Standards Council Certification Center and hired a certified instructor.
Training helps both workers and business.
Mountain View is committed to keeping efficient account and grant managers in place to continue and enhance professional partnerships with businesses, workforce boards and commissions.
Of the 67 OHL employees participating in the training program, 48 were new hires and 19 were incumbent workers upgrading job positions. Each trainee will be awarded a 5% wage increase upon completion of the courses.
Grants, particularly those through the Texas Workforce Commission, are a cost-effective way to meet workforce training demand by creating certification programs such as this one through the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council.
This grant will allow our employees to develop, grow and continue to expand. ... Dallas is a hot market for logistics, and this will give them the opportunity to advance and apply for jobs that they probably couldn't have before.
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The Columbus Crew's recent run of comebacks and late-game heroics has an awfully familiar feel to it, reminding many of the resilience shown by the team that won the MLS Cup four years ago.
The fact that the current 4-1-2 surge, which has lifted the Crew into fifth in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt, is fueled in good measure by the arrival of forward Federico Higuaín, an Argentine playmaker like 2008 MLS MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto, only furthers the comparison.
Higuaín has been instrumental in the team's run, tallying three goals and six assists in six games and was particularly dangerous (three goals, five assists) during a four-game winning streak before being stymied in the 2-0 loss at New England on Wednesday.
However, Higuaín's play reminds Columbus coach Robert Warzycha not so much of Schelotto's form in 2008, where the Crew won the Supporters' Shield by six points, but instead another late-season acquisition, way back in 1996, also sparked an immediate revival from the doldrums of a seemingly lost season.
"He's had the biggest impact since [Brad] Friedel, definitely," Warzycha said, in reference to the former US national team goalkeeper.
Warzycha should know. He was a midfielder on the inaugural Crew team when they underwent a coaching change with 10 games left in the season, finding themselves six points behind New England in the playoff race, with the Revs also holding two games in hand.
Standings: Where do the Crew stack up down the stretch run?
Yet under late head coach Tom Fitzgerald, the Crew went 9-1 down the stretch to beat the Revolution to a playoff berth. And though the coaching change certainly helped, the stat line for Friedel spoke for itself: After coming into the lineup late on in the season, the then 25-year-old went 8-1 with a 0.78 goals-against average and four shutouts.
"Back in 1996, we were in worse position than now," Warzycha told MLSsoccer.com this week. "We didn't have games in hand and we had to win nine of 10 games, actually all 10, depending on what other teams did."
The parallels from 16 years ago are strikingly similar, though the Crew will eventually hope the 2012 season ends up more like 2008 than 1996 where, despite their strong stretch run, they suffered a first-round elimination. They can, however, feel safe knowing that in Warzycha they have a man who's been through it all.


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Plants are integral to human well being, and many species have been domesticated for over ten thousand years. Evidence of plant scientific investigation and classification can be found in ancient texts from cultures around the world (Chinese, Indian, Greco-Roman, Muslim etc.), while early modern botany can be traced to the late 15th and early 16th centuries in Europe. During the past several decades plant biology has been revolutionized first by molecular biology and then by the genomic era. The model organism Arabidopsis thaliana has proved an invaluable tool for investigation into fundamental processes in plant biology, many of which share commonalities with animal biology. Plant-specific processes from reproduction to immunity and second messengers have also yielded to extensive investigation. With the genomes of more than thirty plant species now available and many more planned in the near future, the impact on our understanding of plant evolution and biology continues to grow. Our increased ability to engineer plant species to a variety of ends may provide novel solutions to ensure adequate and reliable food production and renewable energy even as climate change impacts our environment. The decision to focus the 2012 Symposium on plant science reflects the enormous research progress achieved in recent years, and is intended to provide a broad synthesis of the current state of the field, setting the stage for future discoveries and application. This is the first Symposium in this historic series focused exclusively on the botanical sciences.
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I have a question which I think can be best answered here.
I am pretty good with
C++, good as in I am comfortable with the language, I have read
Accelerated C++ and done almost all the exercises.
However, I have a big problem. Do I need to learn
C? I have never done
C ever in my life. I just started with
C++ when I started with programming. Probably cause I was always interested in knowing why everyone calls the language so complex. Now though I know the answer to that question ;)
I am particularly interested in knowing whether I can survive without knowing
C in today's world. Like if I give an interview in a company, if I tell them that I don't know
C - will they take it as OK? The two languages I am good with is Python and C++. I am asking this cause I have heard that companies ask data structures in interviews. So if they ask me to implement it, and if I do it in C++, is it acceptable?
And people who say 'how can you not know C when you C++', please don't reply :) No offense, but I fail to understand why learning C is prerequisite.


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- Rural
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Posada de Palacio is an old palace of the eighteenth century located in the historic-artistic set of one of the most beautiful cities in the South: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, filled with noble buildings and beautiful wineries. Its Renaissance structure with Arab influences, its Andalusian patios full of light and its two floors with rooms decorated with elegant fabrics and original paintings create a distinguished atmosphere, fresh, elegant and enjoyable. Posada de Palacio offers visitors a place with a singular charm where you will find the peace and quiet you need without neglecting the comfort and quality of service.
**The hotel's restaurant will be closed until the 14th February 2012, thus during that time there won't be half or full board.


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A total of 37 original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2018 Medical Student Research Forum.
At the 2017 Medical Student Research Forum, aspiring physician-scientists showcased 46 original research projects they conducted at the University at Buffalo, its partner health care agencies and institutions nationwide.
More than 100 student scientists from across the country showcased their original research during this summer's University at Buffalo Biomedical Research Day.
The UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute showcased award-winning studies and novel technologies developed jointly by UB researchers and collaborators.


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Nokia promises not one but two Lumia 800 power fix patches
Software updates in December, January
Nokia has pledged to release a software update early next month that will begin to fix the rapidly depleting battery woes some Lumia 800 owners have experienced.
In a Nokia support forum posting made today, the company said: "A software update in early December will include improvements to power efficiency, while a second update in early January introduces further enhancements to battery life and battery charging."
So the first update may not fix the problem, but it hopes the second one will.
That said, Apple's iOS 5.0.1 update was likewise supposed to solve battery drain issues but, for many users, didn't. Fingers-crossed it'll be second time lucky with the upcoming 5.0.2 patch, and that Lumia owners are similarly sorted out with the January update.
Nokia said both its patches will be posted through Zune, but added: "Anyone who still has concerns contact local Nokia care representatives at their earliest convenience." ®
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This is a philosophical post on why Linux hasn't grown to challenge Windows as the most popular operating system. From the blog post:
Linux isn't very popular on the desktop. It's a far third behind OS X, which is a very far second behind Windows. Most people cite pre-installed operating systems as the reason. But as a student of psychology, I see something most people don't. There's one big factor in why Linux isn't popular on the desktop. Linux is free. I know this sounds like complete dog's bollocks, but hear me out before judging my sanity.
My personal experience suggests that people don't use GNU/Linux on desktop because :
- Steep learning curve
- Software incompatibility or doesn't run the software they want
- Installing and obtaining drivers may be issue for average joe
- Finally, human psyche is complex subject. There are people who buy expensive apple hardware and install Linux on it. You just can't predicate human behavior.
I use Linux on desktop because I work with a Linux / UNIX server all day and I find that using it on the desktop as well actually makes my life easier. You know one-size-fits-all approach may be unrealistic in a real life. I see my workplace desktops fully loaded with mix of Linux, OS X and dominated by Windows XP pro.
=> Why Linux Doesn't Spread – the Curse of Being Free (via slashdot)


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AIKEN, S.C. - The Georgia Southwestern women's soccer team was looking for a series of firsts in their Saturday match at USC Aiken (4-6-0, 1-4-0 PBC). The Lady 'Canes were out for their first conference win and its first road conference win. The Pacers, behind a goal from Nicollete Rigon, would deny the Blue & Gold of both.
The game would begin with a scoreless first half that saw a nine to three shot advantage for the Lady Pacers. While being outshot in the first half, all three GSW shots were on goal to just one shot on goal for Aiken. Yet the first shot of the second half would be the difference maker on the night.
Rigon's solo effort would come in the 53rd minute with the forward making a run down the left third of the pitch. She drove into the box, which drew out GSW goalkeeper Amber Bahri. A diving Bahri forced Rigon right, and she was able to send the ball to the near post for the game's only goal.
The final ten minutes of action saw Georgia Southwestern take three shots. However, shots from Ally Canganelli and Zada Hyatt were wide and Brittney Hill's header would be blocked
The 1-0 loss would put GSW's record to a mark of 3-9-0 (0-3-0 PBC). The Lady 'Canes will be back in action on Wednesday as part of a doubleheader. They will travel with the men's team to the campus of Clayton State. The women will preceed the men with the night's kickoffs being at 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm.


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When U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (R-14) announced his intent to run for the U.S. Senate, it was "everybody in the pool" for his congressional seat.
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Six GOP candidates qualified for the August primary, including two current state reps, a grassroots contender, a native son from Sanibel, and a man who has Mack's blessing to fill his seat.
After Aug. 14, there will be one remaining to face Democrat Jim Roach and Brandon M. Smith, no party affiliation, in the November election.
As Republicans all, the candidates' stances on the issues are similar. They believe government is bloated and broken and that the economy needs to be fixed through job creation and lowering the nation's debt.
They offer, however, some differing views on how to get there.
* Gary Aubuchon
Age: 49
Profession: real estate broker, homebuilder
City of residence: Cape Coral
Aubuchon, the current State Rep. in District 74, has served since 2006. He says it's time to send a conservative to Washington who will cut spending, balance the budget, reduce taxes and hold government accountable.
"The path our nation is heading in is wrong. I'm concerned about the mounting deficit and the lack of willingness of Congress to address it. My leadership experience in business, the community and in the legislature makes me uniquely qualified."
Aubuchon also advocates for term limits and eliminating congressional pensions, which he hopes will lead to breaking gridlock.
"It's time to reform the mentality of career politicians. In advocating this, I hope to break the gridlock that has paralyzed this Congress for four years," Aubuchon said. "We need to establish an atmosphere of respect in moving the nation forward to articulate a plan that America can believe in."
* Joe Davidow
Age: 28
Profession: attorney
City of residence: Naples
Davidow, like most of the candidates, said the political system in Washington is broken.
What sets him apart are two things, courage and capability, attributes that will allow him to effect change, Davidow said.
"I got into this race not because Connie Mack got out of the race, I got into this race to challenge Connie Mack, in essence portraying the courage to challenge your own party when you believe your own party is not getting the job done," he said.
Regarding capability, he cited his professional background.
"I'm an attorney, I have a sound and complete understanding of the law and the constitution, and the design of what the federal legislature is meant to do," Davidow said. "What I've done is develop my own platform and pillars, which is J-O-B-S, a detailed and holistic approach to stop the fiscal bleeding, allow free enterprise to grow, and prevent the problems from occurring again. I believe I am the only candidate among the six and the Democrat, with a plan that covers all of the maladies of the federal government and solutions for what will get done."
He is running because he is not happy with the current direction in Washington.
"Because I love this country and the plans before Congress are inefficient and inadequate and, based on constitutional principals, we can turn the direction and restore American prosperity in a very short amount of time," he said when asked why he is running.
* Byron Donalds
Age: 33
Profession: portfolio manager
City of residence: Naples
Donalds, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., a Tea Party candidate, has a degree in finance from Florida State University, which he said makes him ideal for going to Washington.
"We won't have reform in Washington without persuading the average voter of the conservative approach," Donalds said. "What we're trying to do is what's best for the country."
Donalds, a grassroots candidate who has rapidly moved from being an unknown to a contender who has culled straw poll recognition, isn't worried he doesn't have the major endorsements, saying they have been part of the problem.
"I've never net Paul Ryan or Jeb Bush or Connie Mack. We've been listening to this political class for 50 to 100 years. Where has that taken us?" Donalds asked. "We are where we are because of who's been here. People need someone who makes sense. I make sense."
* Chauncey Porter Goss
Age: 46
Profession: Fiscal Policy Analyst, budgeting
City of Residence: Sanibel
Goss has had a lifelong exposure to politics. His father, Porter, was the former director of the CIA and U.S. Rep. of Florida in the 14th District.
Goss, who has the endorsement of former Gov. Jeb Bush and Rep. Paul Ryan, for whom he's worked, said he never thought he would get involved with politics, even though he's been around it his whole life.
"I was always involved in policy. This is the first thing I've run for," Goss said. "I have three sons, and we're setting them up for failure."
Goss said the reason he's running is to serve his district and represent that constituency well.
"They need someone watching over them, to advocate and be a community member. I can do that," Goss said. "I know how Washington works and can hit the ground running in entitlement reform, reducing regulations on business and controlling our debt."
* Paige Kreegel
Age: 53
Profession: doctor, citrus farmer
City of Residence: Punta Gorda
Kreegel, the current State Rep. in District 72, which covers DeSoto and parts of Lee and Charlotte counties, has served since 2004.
Considering his background, it shouldn't be any surprise the main item is the repeal of Obamacare.
"It's a poor, big-government solution to a problem. Forcing someone to buy something is as un-American as you can get," Kreegel said. "But what comes after? We need as many doctors at the table to come up with something that works."
Kreegel, endorsed by Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott and Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, said the main issue is jobs and the economy, and he won't let peer pressure persuade him.
"It's the same thing from the Keys to Seattle. We need to get back to what our founding fathers intended," Kreegel said. "I learned in Tallahassee that to go with the flow and push the green button isn't the answer."
* Trey Radel
Age: 35
Occupation: TV radio personality, entrepreneur
City of Residence: Fort Myers
Listeners of Radel's morning talk show know exactly what's on his mind. A Tea Party favorite who has received the endorsement of Connie Mack to fill his seat, Radel seeks to return America as an entrepreneurial leader, being one himself.
"We need to return to free markets and get government out of the way. Both parties have failed us in Washington. Once we let entrepreneurs do what they do best, we'll grow the economy," Radel said.
Radel, who said the biggest threat to the nation's security is our debt, is also succinct when he explains why he chose to run for Congress.
"I'm tired of talking about our problems instead of doing something," Radel said. "To move forward, we need two groups of people to convince, the American people and Congress, including Democrats."


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By DAVID GREEN
The two former Vreba-Hoff Dairies located northwest of Morenci will soon be closed and prepared for sale.
A public hearing regarding a change in environmental regulations for the dairies is scheduled next week in Hudson. The Michigan DEQ will accept public opinion at a hearing beginning at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Hudson High School cafeteria.
Rabo AgriFinance, the bank that foreclosed on the dairies in November 2010 after Vreba-Hoff fell behind in payments, established a business known as Southern Michigan Dairies (SMD) to manage the farms.
Southern Michigan Dairy I located on Dillon Highway and the smaller Waldron Dairy on U.S. 127 were closed, leaving only Southern Michigan Dairy II on U.S. 127 in operation.
SMD is now selling off the dairy herd and that farm will also be closed until the facilities are sold.
The two larger dairies had operated under one wastewater discharge permit that covered both facilities. A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit governs a range of farm activities, including the collection and treatment of manure, the land application of manure, and the management of storm water at a facility.
SMD is now seeking a separate permit for each dairy, a move that would allow the facilities to begin operations if they were sold separately.
Mike Bitondo, a CAFO specialist with the Michigan DEQ permit division, said the Waldron Dairy, if reopened, could continue operation with its existing permit that expires Oct. 1, 2013.
The new permit applications both list an expected herd size of 3,400 head, and both list a waste storage capability of 106 million gallons over a 36-month period. Waste produced is estimated at 35 million gallons annually.
Both applications list available acreage for land application of manure at about 4,400 acres.
Bitondo said last week he is seeking clarification from SMD regarding the duplicate numbers listed.
The new permits would eliminate most treatment system requirements that were put in place following repeated violations over several years of the state's clean water regulations. The two Vreba-Hoff dairies were required to build and operate wastewater treatment systems. This made them the only dairies in the state forced to use municipal-type wastewater treatment systems for manure.
A composting system failed to operate as expected and state environmental officials found deficiencies in another attempt called the EarthMentor system.
With the new permits, Bitondo said, manure would not have to be treated before land application.
The new permits would include "unique land application prohibitions and restrictions, and storage structure upgrade due dates" that were part of an administrative consent order from March 2011.
For example, manure cannot be applied on land between the dates of Dec. 15 and March 15, except in an emergency. Vegetated buffers—at least 35 feet in width—must be created alongside ditches that are conduits to surface water, alongside surface water, and around open tile line intake structures. Manure cannot be applied on the buffers.
Currently, the farms are prohibited from applying waste in the Lime Lake watershed. The new permits would prohibit application only on, and two days before, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day.
FINE—SMD was fined $24,500 earlier this month for failing to properly close a waste storage structure at the Dillon Road dairy by Oct. 31, 2011, as agreed upon in the administrative consent order between SMD and the DEQ.
The original Oct. 1 deadline was extended through the end of the month, but the closure was not completed until Dec. 27.
A letter from the DEQ stated appreciation for the effort made toward meeting the deadline, but the agency insisted on levying the fine to maintain the integrity of the agreement between the two parties.


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Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Getting to the other side
One of the many Duncans...
Feel the burn... (in a good way)
Spherculism ~:~ The Act of becoming Spherculish.
Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
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Are You Sniffing My Mitten?
peace and light
Its not mess its organised chaos
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
"I don't know what you are talking about"
"Cardinal!!! Poke her... with the SOFT CUSIONS!!!!"
"Its not working my lord!"
"Have you got all of the stuffing on one end?!"
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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Thank yooouuusss...
I sure hope you're right ! Wish me luck .
I've seen the info on "breaking off an engagement" . I don't remember if it was from Andrew in Cloud City, or from wikia.com > wartune > marriage . Either way, it says that players may go see Andrew and break off an engagement, but that both Rings will be DESTROYED . Obviously, that's not a good option here . -_-
I'll just do what I was going to do anyways : when in doubt, don't touch anything . Will be patiently waiting for the Gaea Customer Service people's answer . After all, you can't be blamed for f*u*c*k*ing-up the plumbing if you never touched it in the 1rst place, right ? ^_^
PS : I meant to post under "New Player Forum" . After I realized my mistake, I didn't see how to move one's own post .
Hello JackSparro S85 u mind explain for poem contest once more ? Pls
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Social Media Engagement For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Just the thought of social media engagement (SME) can set your head spinning — you have many platforms, many tools, and many ways to monitor your success each and every day. But beneath it all, social media engagement is about people, and about connecting and having meaningful interactions with those people. To manage your content, conversations, and community, you need goals, too, along with tools to manage and monitor your activity and a means of measuring your success.
Setting Goals for Social Media Engagement
In most endeavors, hoping for the best isn't a wise idea. Before you sign up for several social media accounts and post a few times, you need a plan. The plan should highlight a series of social media engagement goals that you want to achieve as you engage with your social media audience. Start with this list:
Establish the framework for trust. Be consistent and trustworthy. Determine what your brand messaging should be and stick with it. Interact authentically with your audience. You often need to earn their trust. Being honest, upfront, and transparent with them is the first step toward accomplishing that goal.
Show up. Your presence is the key. Few things are more important than letting your audience know you are there — accessible and listening. Your fans want to be heard, and they want to know that it's you who is doing the listening. Yes, you can have a representative for your brand, but everyone needs to be human in their approach in social networks.
Form relationships. Genuine social media engagement involves give-and-take. You talk, your fans talk back, and you respond again. Your fans ask a question, you respond. Your SME efforts should inform and educate but also connect with others on a personal level. Don't delve into people's privacy, but do add a personal touch and responsiveness.
Stimulate communication. Start and join conversations online. Incorporate trending topics. Look for ways to inspire your fans. Touch their emotions. Use humor appropriately and to your advantage. Show your audience that you are human and interested in them.
Drive interactions. Motivate others to act. First see what motivates your fans. Notice what they respond to when you post online. Ask them questions or survey them to make sure you're on target. Then provide them with VIP treatment and with access to special deals and promotions, and celebrate them and encourage them to act. Remember to ask them to act, whether it's to share information you've posted or to sign up for an event or to buy a product.
Measuring the Success of Your Social Media Endeavors
Measuring social media engagement goes way beyond the number of friends, fans, and followers you have. How many friends you have isn't as important as how often your SME efforts lead people to tangible actions. Instead, focus your efforts on the connections, interactions, and conversations that you have with fans and followers.
Some social networks — such as Google+ — are more difficult for third-party tools to analyze because they don't provide metrics and don't give programmers access to pull metrics into reporting tools. Having numbers available to track over time provides you with a benchmark and a sense of your progress with SME. When a social network doesn't provide access to extensive analytics, manually record the growth of your following and increases — or decreases — in interactions such as likes, comments and shares to gauge your progress.
Many tracking and analytics tools exist for specific social media networks; others compile data from across your social media landscape and "crunch" the numbers to give you a rating or score. This list highlights tools that help provide different ways of recording and assessing numbers that help you measure and analyze your SME activity:
FollowerWonk: Assess your followers' interests and create a word cloud to show those interests.
Sysomos: This monitoring tool (from the producers of Heartbeat, a social media monitoring dashboard) measures sentiment and helps you track conversations by country, city, or state or by profession or gender.
PeopleBrowsr: This lower-cost alternative to the paid services lets you search by topic, brand, or name.
SimplyMeasured: Have free reports e-mailed to you, including a free Facebook Competitive Analysis Report to see what other brands are doing well.
Social Mention: Measure the likelihood that your brand is being discussed in social media and see whether the general sentiment is positive, negative, or neutral.
PeerIndex: Measure millions of likes, retweets, and comments daily to calculate everyone's influence in social media.
Klout: Rate your social media influence across the social networks you use.
Kred: Create a trusted influence network to build your social media influence.
Tools to Enhance Your Social Media Engagement Efforts
If you have a social media engagement task, a third-party tool can help you accomplish that task. Whatever you do, don't get so caught up in the technology that you forget the human beings on the other end of the electronic device or application. At the same time, don't ignore how these tools can make your life easier. You can find tools that
Help you monitor and handle messages and posts
Add more interactivity to your website or blog
Pull together numbers to help you measure and assess what you're doing in social networks
Enhance everything you do, from sending e-mail to publishing content online
Social media dashboards
A good social media dashboard allows you to pull together content streams from a variety of your social networks, respond easily, post to them all, and, if needed, schedule your posts. The table briefly describes popular dashboards.
|Allows you to monitor Twitter only
|Publish to and monitor your social media accounts, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+ Pages
Organize your social engagement efforts, publish content across social network and find local prospects.
|Streamlines engagement, publishing, and analysis
|A more robust solution for major enterprises
Automatically scheduling some of your social media messaging can be beneficial, but only if used strategically and sparingly. If you schedule your key messaging each month or each week, you can then spend your time in your social networks paying attention to the conversations, responding in a timely manner, and initiating fresh dialogue. Don't overautomate, or you risk alienating your followers. The table describes a handful of schedulers.
|For Which Network(s)
|Find the best time to post; then schedule and release content at those intervals.
|Twitter, Facebook Pages, LinkedIn
|Schedule pins and track their performance.
|Create Pinterest campaigns and get analytics.
|Do Share
|This Chrome web browser extension lets you schedule posts on a personal G+ account.
Enhancement tools
Enhancement tools, like those described in the following table, add features and functionality to your existing website, blog, or social networks that expand ways others can engage with you via these sites. Not all social networks can be easily enhanced by third-party applications. For example, most tools help you manage or measure your Twitter activity rather than enhance the experience for your followers.
|For Which Platform(s)
|Easily add apps to your Facebook Page that you can edit for free; also has a paid version.
|Add multiple apps to multiple Facebook Pages starting at $30 per month after the more limited free level.
|Add social media links or graphics to your e-mail signature file.
|Constant Contact
|This popular e-mail marketing tool has tracking analytics.
|This popular e-mail marketing tool also has tracking analytics.
|Add this social commenting tool to your WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr blog, or to one built on Drupal, to increase engagement.
|It features live, real-time commenting and an administrative tool to moderate comments and control spam.
The following table describes tools that offer live-streaming video features.
|Google Hangouts on Air
|Share and record live hangouts or conversations with everyone; archived to YouTube.
|This free social video platform allows for face-to-face conversations.
|On this network of channels, known for lifecasting and live-streaming events, everyone can broadcast their own shows.
|Use its tools to share your live event with others online and via social media.
|Veetle Mobile App
|Broadcast or live-stream instantly from your mobile device (iPad, iPhone, or Android).
|Qik Mobile App
|Share mobile video, including live feeds, to the web and social networks.


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Monday, May 19, 2008
High Five! We're back to .500!
Overbay homers? Doc makes his first relief appearance since 2001? Jays win 6-5 and return to .500? Who'd want to watch that?
(And while we're on the topic: any chance that people could dial back the "the veterans of Canada's wars fought for our freedom, therefore we will have a hockey tournament in their honour" jive? Because, really, it is a hockey tournament sponsored by a credit card company, not a quiet moment at the cenotaph.)
It is probably too early to think in these terms, but the Blue Jays are four games behind Boston in the AL East, and three games behind Tampa for the Wild Card. So all is not lost.
Bizzarro stat of the year so far
The Blue Jays are 13-22 in night games, but they are 10-1 in day games. If you can figure that one out for us, by all means let us know why.
15 comments:
- Andrew said...
It's official, the 2008 Blue Jays are streaky.
- May 19, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Overbay homered about 30 seconds after the Philly TV guys had finished saying "He's not much of a home run guy, more of a extra base producer."
Then BAM, shut them up right fast.
- May 19, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Make some room on the bandwagon, boys, this fat ass is hopping up!
With the way the pitching has been and the seeming power vacuum behind this Red Sox, this could be our year for the WC. We just need to add a piece or two. Anyone heard any juicy trade rumours lately? ;)
- May 19, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Kamran said...
The game was blacked out on MLB.tv, which I purchased for a month just to watch that game. I ended up listening to it on the PHI broadcast and wow, how terrible. After each foul ball was hit in the bottom of the 9th they would exclaim, "ooh" and "ahh". Terrible.
- May 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM
The game was broadcast on Sportsnet East when they returned from rain delay. Of course what good is that when most Jays fans (I assume) only get Sportsnet Ontario.
- May 19, 2008 at 3:48 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Funny, but we checked all of the Sportsnets, and all we could find is darts, or beer pong, or some such nonsense.
- May 19, 2008 at 4:12 PM
I don't see any problem with the memorial cup. Veterans rarely get recognition these days anyways, except for one day of the year.
- May 19, 2008 at 5:16 PM
It's true, and everyone knows nothing captures the efforts of veterans like high school kids playing hockey. Oh, Canada.
- May 19, 2008 at 6:13 PM
- Chris said...
re: Bizarro stat
I think the Jays are reverse vampires.
- May 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- Torgen said...
Maybe the Jays leave their sunglasses on for night games.
- May 19, 2008 at 8:44 PM
The Jays need a bat in the lineup now that Wells is out. Or we could take the Rays 12 year plan of drafting right and producing our own players in our minor league system. ;)
- May 19, 2008 at 8:56 PM
- Andrew said...
In order to be a winner you need a bunch of people playing like MVPs. Young, old, middle, it don't matter who. Runs, hits, scoreless innings.
That being said, I would support a Lind for Dunn trade.
- May 20, 2008 at 4:20 AM
I don't think the Reds would. They'd want an arm I don't think we can afford to give up.
- May 20, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Exactly - You can't say "we need a bat" without being willing to give up an arm in return.
And really, Burnett's got little value to other teams and Purcey's got to prove himself in the Majors at this point, because after seeing him get blown up a couple of times, no one is going to buy him as an emerging prospect.
- May 20, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Yeah, why does everyone think we have a plethora of arms available? If one of these arms burn out who is the fifth starter? Purcey? That's laughable.
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For its third consecutive year, 'The MAIN Event' successfully kicked off the North American International Auto Show, on January 13 at historic Orchestra Hall, Detroit. Dassault Systèmes (3DS) and its Transportation & Mobility / CATIA team members were featured prominently. Unlike other industry events, MAIN not only celebrates industry executive excellence, but also rewards the 'next generation' of industry leaders via vehicle development competition and $100,000 in Ford Motor Company sponsored scholarships.
Highlight of the invitation-only event was multi-industry innovator, Elon Musk, CEO Tesla Motors & SPACEX, who accepted the award for 'Industry Executive of the Year' (see below). 'Industry Innovator of the Year' went to Moray Callum, Ford's Executive Director of Design, for his team's many achievements in global vehicle platform development.
Dassault Systèmes, as charter sponsor, was well represented at this industry celebration. Andre Clemons, well-known industry designer from the 3DS industrial design team, presented the 3DS 'Next Generation of Industry Innovation' nominees and award winner (see below). Phil Borchard, from the 3DS North American sales team, presented strategic industry developments and our 3DEXPERIENCE solutions for the Transportation & Mobility industry. And Paul Silver, from 3DS Transportation & Mobility Global Industry Marketing, served as both host and program manager for the popular event.
Previous MAIN Event industry award winners have included such executive luminaries as Peter Horbury, Vice-President of Volvo Design, Bob Lutz, former Vice-Chairman of General Motors, and student-turned-Ford-designer Jason Falenski, awarded for his innovation on the 'Ford Sidewinder' developed with 3DS solutions.