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Welcome to another Graphic 45 Tutorial! Christmas is fast approaching and with it the need to complete some quick and easy gift card holders! This pretty holder is easy to make and very festive. It's the perfect way to give a gift card or a monetary gift for the holidays.
The tag pulls out of the decorated holder, making it easy to adhere a gift card to the tag with an adhesive dot or some tape.
To create this gift card holder follow the steps below.
1. Cut cardstock to 10 x 5 inches, making sure it is wide enough to fit your tag. I am using a packaging tag measuring slightly smaller than 4 inches wide.
I love to use left over Graphic 45 packaging. If you don't have a lot of this around, you can trace the shape onto cardstock or thin chipboard and get the same effect!
2. Score cardstock on the long edge at 5 inches.
3. Cut patterned paper to 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches. Attach to one half of scored cardstock. Use a hole punch or die cutting template to cut a notch at the top edge of your paper (the side away from the fold line).
I used a Spellbinders™ Standard Circles Large Nestabilites® die template to cut my hole.
Note: If your hole punch or die template cannot cut through all of the paper layers, cut them BEFORE attaching the printed paper to the cardstock.
4. Place adhesive onto the left and right edges of the wrong side of your cardstock.
5. Fold on the score line to create a pocket.
6. Make sure your tag will fit inside your pocket.
7. Decorate your tag and pocket as desired.
I covered my tag with printed paper and used lots of yummy May Arts ribbon. I decorated both my tag and pocket and used an elegant Christmas Emporium Stamp for the front of the pocket.
I glued some sparkly greenery and crystal pins to the edge of the pocket. I tied on the button with some twine. I love to marry the rustic look of twine with the elegant look of silk ribbon.
The sentiment stamp is from the other Christmas Emporium stamp set.
Make sure you stop by the Graphic 45 Blog for more inspiration. Plus, enter the Holiday Gift Tag Challenge! Contest ends December 15th.
Supply List:
Graphic 45 Supplies:
Graphic 45 paper:
Fashionista: Potpourri
Christmas Emporium: Toyland, All I Want For Christmas
Stamps: Christmas Emporium 1 and 2
Packaging from Envelope Tags Staples
Clearsnap: Colorbox Decades Antiquing Ink Dark Cashmere, Triumphant Red; Colorbox Fluid Chalk Chestnut Roan, Dark Brown, Warm Red
Spellbinders: Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine, Standard Circles Large, Picot Edge Circles, Labels Eighteen
Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L: My Stik tape runner, 3D foam squares
Cardstock: Bazzill Pomegranate, Neenah Natural White
Embellishments: Prima leaves, Maya Road pins, May Arts ribbon and twine (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Fancy Pants button, Glue Dots adhesive dots, glue


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Hundreds pay tribute to Lucie McKinney's strong spirit: 'God broke the mold after he made Lucie'
Lucie Cunningham McKinney was remembered as a loving mother, a great friend and a formidable politician in her own right Tuesday, when 500 people packed St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Fairfield to celebrate her life.
In the church for which the Westport resident she and her late husband, Republican U.S. Rep. Stewart B. McKinney, donated the land, Lucie McKinney's five children and 12 grandchildren said she was fiercely loyal, fun-loving and occasionally profane.
Politicians from throughout the state, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays attended the event.
The Rev. Bill Sangiovanni, a family friend of 50 years and Catholic priest who is president of Notre Dame High School in Fairfield, said during a 20-minute reminiscence that she was one of a kind.
"Guess what: There was never one like her before, and there will never be one like her," Sangiovanni said. "Why? The reason is simple. God broke the mold after he made Lucie."
Sangiovanni especially remembered Lucie McKinney's singlemindedness in fighting to open a residence for AIDS patients in Fairfield after the 1987 death of her husband from the disease.
Sangiovanni's good-natured recollections -- including the story of an Italian cruise on which Lucie, an equestrian, rode a vacuum cleaner after a night of mirth -- grew tearful for his friend, who died from cancer on May 10, at age 80.
"Only true friends' footprints are on our hearts," said Sangiovanni, who assisted the Rev. Matthew Calkins, pastor of the church.
An heiress to the Standard Oil fortune, Lucie McKinney was also a philanthropist. One of her recent donations included $500,000 to the building campaign of the Westport Weston Family Y.
"The fitting response to this life today is life," Sangiovanni said. "That's right -- your life, my life, our lives, hopefully lived a little bit more selflessly."
Eldest son Stewart B. McKinney Jr. recalled how, during his father's nine terms in Congress, Lucie was essentially a single mother most of the year.
State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, 50, the youngest of the children, recalled his father's blue-collar origins in Pittsburgh that caused a memorable outburst during the 1982 election season.
During a debate, Stewart McKinney's opponent tried to claim the incumbent was wealthy and out of touch.
"So my mom," John McKinney said, "not afraid to speak up on his behalf, stood up during the debate and said, `It's not his money, it's mine.' "

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Troops serving in combat zones in Iraq cannot drink beer, it is punishable by court marshal.
But an exception is being made during the Super Bowl. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, issued a waiver Wednesday that will be sure to be a moral boost to the troops who annually gather together in dining halls on military bases to watch the game.
It's going to be a late-night beer — the kick-off for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl is at 2 a.m. (Feb. 2) in Baghdad. And troops will be limited to two beers each under the waiver, which is fewer than most American men will down while making the chili they'll eat during the game.
Still, if you've been without a beer for a year or so, two of them might seem like a little bit of heaven. Or home.
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Anyone who has been a Registrar can probably relate to this. The phrase LMSC (Local Masters Swimming Committee) is not intuitive to your average masters swimmer - and most certainly not to prospective members. I'll bet there are numerous 10+ year members who can't tell you what an LMSC is. I wonder if I had a nickel for every time Tracy or Anna Lea had to explain what an LMSC is would I be a rich man? I get a handful of swimmers every year who register in the wrong LMSC because they don't understand our structure. For instance, they live in Maryland so how in the world should they know they are technically part of the Potomac Valley LMSC and not the Maryland LMSC? Likewise for northern Virginia swimmers who understandably get confused as to why they are supposed to register with Potomac Valley and not Virginia.
I have a long term challenge for USMS: to re-think how we organize ourselves as LMSCs. Most probably already know this but LMSC was derived from LSC (Local Swimming Committee) from the USA Swimming organization. So anybody who grew up in USA-S more or less figures out what LMSCs are. But otherwise we have to explain to members what the heck LMSC means. And even after we spell out the acronym it still doesn't make sense to some.
Since I know our organization is slow to adopt change, I have one idea for the "powers to be" to consider:
Local Masters Swimming Chapter (LMSC)
And casually we would just call them "Chapters" instead of "LMSCs." Our rulebook would spell out LMSCs but in emails and phone calls we could just call them Chapters ("yes, I understand - you'll want to join the Virginia Chapter and not the Potomac Valley Chapter..."). I tend to think the average person would more intuitively understand what a Chapter means - that a Chapter defines a geographic area. Region could be another possibility, but Chapter provides the convenient "C" in the acronym to not require us to re-write everything under the sun when it comes to registration forms and webpages. I realize swimmers will still register in the wrong LMSC but my feeling is this will at least help us to better explain our structure and perhaps cut down on this perpetual confusion.
We could also call these regions "Copelands" and preserve our beloved acronym. But then we'd have to give Rob those nickels every time we used the phrase.
If the President deems this to be worthy I suppose it would go to the LMSC Development Committee but I wanted to first hear what others (general public) think about the idea in case it is all wet (not the specific idea to change to Chapters but the idea to blow up LMSC and think of something new that is more informative).
Jeff Roddin
(lives in Maryland but registered in the Potomac Valley Local Masters Swimming Committee)


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Crowdfund Site Taps Star Power
A crowdfunding company in Santa Monica is betting Donald Trump, Adam Carolla and other celebrities can convince their fans to open their wallets.
FundAnything, launched in May, plans to compete with big-name crowdfunding companies such as Kickstarter Inc. and Indiegogo Inc. by having the rich and famous promote fundraising campaigns. It wants to become the crowdfunding site of choice for celebrity-led projects.
Founder Bill Zanker said celebrities will introduce crowdfunding – Internet fundraising – to the millions of Americans who haven't heard of it.
"The hipster community has embraced crowdfunding, but most Americans don't know what it is," Zanker said. "I'm saying let's bring it to the masses. The only way to do that is with Donald Trump and other celebrities."
Celebrities have helped Zanker build a business before. In 1980, he founded Learning Annex LP, an adult education company offering classes and seminars. The Learning Annex saw huge growth in the 2000s after Zanker focused on huge conferences headlined by big celebrities, including Trump, who is also an investor in FundAnything.
Celebrity endorsements are a new twist in the still-young business of crowdfunding, through which individuals or small companies can raise thousands or even millions of dollars online from small contributors. Crowdfunding campaigns raised $2.7 billion last year, and that figure is expected to nearly double this year, according to West L.A. crowdfunding research firm Massolution.
Zanker hopes to speed up that growth and take over a chunk of the crowdfunding market. His goal is for campaigns on FundAnything to raise $1 billion annually within a few years. The company launched its first celebrity-backed campaign last week, a film project produced by podcaster and comedian Carolla.
Though Zanker and most of the FundAnything team come from outside the tech world, their celebrity focus mirrors that of numerous Silicon Beach firms that use celebrities to hawk shoes, clothes and cosmetics. ShoeDazzle.com Inc. was co-founded by Kim Kardashian. BeachMint sells T-shirts picked by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as wells as furniture picked by Justin Timberlake.
FundAnything might be the first crowdfunding site with that celebrity focus, but others will likely follow, said Carl Esposti, Massolution's chief executive.
"They're starting to recognize associations with celebrities with large social media followings are a way to propagate campaigns," he said. "I don't think it's rocket science to think if you get big names associated with something, it's going to give it uplift."
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One more glimpse – 2.4 mana regen
Just for giggles, I spent my free time during the day seeing what I could reasonably change my spirit and int into, with various buffs, talents, and lower-than-kara / better-than-world-drop gear and gems. Not so long ago I finished it, and then ran what my priest would look like. The answer – the only answer that's relevant for this discussion – is that my normal mana regen would be over 100 mana per second.
Please re-read that. Not 100 per tick. Not 100 mp5. 100 mana per second. 500+ mp5.
That's my NORMAL – 70% IFSR, 30% OFSR during Kara/Gruul/SSC battles. (Chromatic wonder flask, by the way.)
And worse? I'd still be Int heavy for "ideal" mana regeneration.
I could go… really, I could practically go forever.
One point did come to mind. Shifting for ideal mana regen makes one VERY vulnerable to mana burn. And spell crit is a bit smaller than it could be. Which means I bet this isn't done much for Arena specs. But for PVE?
Oh. Dear. Goo. 100 mana per second.
Have fun.
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And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Full Description
A huge bloated sow, ashen and malevolent in appearence, with patchy skin, sinister, pus-filled eyes, and a slightly enlarged, Hyaenidaen jaw, though otherwise not unlike a large, mundane porcine specimen.
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As to the nature of the accursed Yird-Swine, much has been written, but little is known. The truth is lost, along with Tund the Tiller, his pig, and the monks of St. Sevastiabo.
It was that most industrious of soil-workers, Tund the Tiller, who later went on to fall through a hole in the ground never to be seen again, who created the first and only Yird-Swine. But that is not entirely true.
Tund lived beside a cemetary, his patch of land neighboring Church grounds. The faithful of St. Sevastiabo owned most of the land back in those times, and an honest farming man had to make due with his given lot in life.
And so Tund tilled the earth, and cursed the putrid soil of the burial grounds around him. Tund raised pigs as well on his stead. He was known to capture wild boar and breed them with his pinkish sows, and in fact was quite famous in the nearby town of Heldingfirst as an expert pig breeder.
The vast cemetery on the grounds of St. Sevastiabos parish, served as a dumping site for the thousands of dead soldiers returning from the Half-Century Wars. Those many who had suffered and perished from the insidious Spotted Plague were likewise buried in the fetid earth. The land was swollen with the dead and decaying, like an overripe great, grayish gourd.
As the monks of the parish razed and dug up the soil to make room for the ever-steady supply of corpses, the still decomposing carcasses already interred, had to ignobly give way to the freshly slain. The soft earth could not support so much rotting flesh. And so it fell upon Tund and his known ingenuity to help the brothers get rid of the dead. Tund fed the rotting cadavers to his pigs, and that is how it began.
Soon, the monks were paying Honorary Bother Tund good coin to feed the remains of the dead to his swine. But it was when the inevitable occurred that the unimaginable happened.
When the first skeletons, zombies and ghouls had arisen, the brothers of St. Sevastiabo faint-heartedly hid behind the walls of their parish, preparing their orisons and prayers to ward off undeath. Tunds pigs however, which had taken to wandering the cemetery grounds, digging up the shallower bodies and eating them (a practice the brothers of St. Sevastiabo had learned to turn a blind eye upon, due to the practicality involved), upon encountering the moving meals decided to not be overly picky in their consumption habits, as pigs tended to decide, and began feasting on the living dead!
Wait professer, I feel I must interrupt. Are you deigning to set forth that this farmer's silly pigs beat back a swarm of undead, skeletons, zombies, and ghouls you say, by simply eating them alive? the student shot the professer an incredulous look. Well, there should be armies of pigs across the lands then I say! Why, we would never suffer the lesser undead again!
No, my worrisome little learner, that is not what I deign to set forth. If you would merely continue to listen, I will explain further. Though you mention the lesser undead and that is an interesting note.
And so the risen and the accursed slew the swine as they in turn feasted on the legs and feet of the slow moving dead. The lamentable shrieks of the pigs contrasted with the deathly silence of their inevitable slayers. But it was at this time that the brothers of St. Sevastiabo finally rushed out in force, and cast their prayers and orisons, weaving a web of glorious, divine and blessed retribution upon the entire burial ground. Caught in this net of faith were the undead and the screaming pigs alike. The death spawn returned to mother-earth as dust, and all but one of the pigs, unaffected by the holy might, perished from grievous wounds. Only Tund the tiller and one pig remained standing in the graveyard.
But what a pig this was! Now here is where opinions differ. Some say that the divine spirit entered the swine and infused it with some mysterious power. Another school of thought stipulated that the undead were simply tricked by St. Sevastiabo, into carrying out an ancient passage from a holy text, which served as a prophecy to the readers of the Annals of the Emergence. It was written on those pages that the spirits of the dead, shall willingly enter the mouths of swine, and then know peace, or something to such effect. It is this school of thought which I humbly subscribe too, if truth be known.
Nevertheless, others suggest that the pig in question must have swallowed some great artifact during one of its cemetery feastings, and this unconfirmed shard somehow activated inside the creatures bowels, when the monks unleashed their spells. Some say, that there are many Yird-Swines out there. Almost every village and thorp between Meisingweldt and Josters Lance, claim to possess one such beast in their particular bone yard. So perhaps the creature had somehow spawned and gifted its taint to its offspring. We will never know. Yet others tend to dismiss the Yird-Swine altogether, claiming the frenzy regarding its supposed 'dark powers', simply emerge from the fertile imaginations of those low folk dwelling near and beside graveyards. After all, a quite morbid vision it must be, to witness a perfectly normal pig, burrowing through the soft earth of the cemetery, feasting on whatever lies within. It is the nature of mundane pigs, I fear, to behave this way.
Well, I tell you it exists! Or at least it once existed, who knows if the Yird-Swine is still alive all these centuries later. Let me get back to Tund and the brothers of St. Sevastiabo for a moment. Apparently after all was said and done, the undead returned to the graveyard in question at a later date. But this time, when they did, Tunds surviving sow was ready for them. As it is written in the records of the monks of St. Sevastiabo, so it should be believed. The pig sought out the walking dead and began to passionately and effectively devour and digest them, like so many ears of corn, and the fell legion was helpless to prevent their own demise, for it is said in the Annals of Emergence, that the spirits will seek to be within the Swines belly as a dying man seeks salvation, and no foul hand shall be extended by them towards the Swine, or something like that. No one knows what happened to Tund afterwards, but the blessed pig escaped, never to be seen again.
"And so concludes our brief but passionate discussion of that mythic beast, the Yird-Swine, any questions?
Well, yes professor, a student spoke.I am still a bit barmy on the detail. You say the Yird-Swine is..err..was..is? A pig, infused with divine favor, which despite all of the dread superstitions and fears of the low-born circulating around it, is..was..in actuality, a great boon, which potentially to this very day stalks the graveyards of men, consuming the waking dead? Is that what you are suggesting? the student smiled mockingly.
Believe what you will, dear boy. We are out of time for today, the professer curtly replied. I merely tell you what I know and what I suspect to be close to the truth.
I fear we are no closer to the truth after that lecture professer. Perhaps we will never know the essence and genuineness of the dreaded Yird-Swine. A young lady in the back pontificated.
"Well then, at least you have learned that little bit of wisdom today my girl. Mayhaps you can take that with you as todays learned lesson. The professor concluded.
Fools! He muttered as he went away. They didnt believe him. They didnt believe in the Prophecies. Yet the servant of St. Sevastiabo would be out there still, he thought, their doubts nonwithstanding, searching the dark graves of men, blissfully destroying the foul undead. They do not deserve your favor St. Sevastiabo!
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There is a Yird-Swine, and though its exact origin is impossible to ascertain, it exists. A huge, hulking sow, gray, covered in mud, with demonic yellow eyes, and skin receding in patches does indeed stalk some unknown graveyard somewhere to this day, infused with the blessing of St. Sevastiabo himself, sustaining it for centuries, and giving it a bizarre attribute. The Yird-Swine will eat anything, it is a true omnivore, like all members of the porcine race. It has a particular hunger for corpses in unrest however, those men and women that occasionally birth with Unlife, and emerge from the grave.
Though the prophecies found inside the Annals of Emergence are not entirely accurate in stating that the undead seek to be devoured by the swine willingly, the swines saliva does exude a paralyzing toxin, which affects only the corporeal undead, freezing their magically animated limbs and torsos, as the Yird-Swine bites into their horrid, putrefying flesh. Its teeth as can be surmised, are also quite adept at ripping necromantic flesh and bone apart, and its jaw structure and strength is not unlike that of a huge hyena. Additionally, undead have a certain fear of this creature, for it is said they recognize its nature upon first seeing it. It is a true boon to man, the Yird-Swine, though greatly misunderstood and not recognized as such. Countless foul legends surround the Corpse-Eater, and worst of all, no one knows where it may be at any given time. Yet the ignorant, unknowing mobs still have a wretched champion in their eternal struggle against the myriad legions of undeath.
It should be noted that the Yird-Swine can devour only material undead. Skeletons, zombies, ghouls, and other lesser undead are its forte. The Yird-Swine has no effect on the superior undead, such as specters or vampires, nor can it effect incorporeal creatures, such as ghosts or poltergeists. It should also be noted that the Yird-Swine is not all that difficult to slay if confronted. Despite its immortality, it can be killed by conventional means. It survives due to its environment and cunning, making its way from one graveyard to another, itself unknowingly disguised as a common swine, often burrowing and hiding in the damp earth, and due in equal measures to the incredible fear and loathing which ignorant pitch-fork bearing commoners have for this rarely seen beast.
This can serve as a legend, or perhaps someone has discovered and managed to capture the "wicked" Yird-Swine. Perhaps a mage, cult or priest has discovered a way to reproduce the sterile creature to create an entire necrophagic, porcine army! Necromancers across the land beware!
end note: borrowed an actual bible passage to play around with, Mark 5:12. Also, I think "Yird" was just an archaic form of "Yard".


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – With postseason repercussions on the line, the Tennessee Tech softball team split Friday's doubleheader with Morehead State as it took the first game 7-2, but fell in the nightcap 5-3.
Morehead State may have tallied the first two runs of game one, but the Golden Eagles would feast off the MSU pitching in the middle innings as they scored seven unanswered runs to secure a 7-2 victory.
Chanelle Spalding got the bats going in the bottom of the third as she hit a two-run single to left field to knot up the score at two.
Tech kept its momentum going into the fourth as Whitney Cummings hit her fourth home run of the season the give Tech its first lead of the game at 3-2. Brooke Basten and Melody Christian added RBI singles to increase the Golden Eagle lead to 5-2.
The TTU scoring continued into the top of the fifth as Brittney Spalding opened the inning with a single, setting the stage for Callie Schmidt, who belted her sixth home run of the season to put Tech up 7-2.
A solid performance from Holly Thomas in circle secured the win for Tech, as Thomas went the distance, striking out five, for her 12th win of the season. Morehead State's Kelcey McMurray took the loss as she gave up three runs in three innings.
TTU's momentum carried over into the second game as it tagged MSU starter Ashley Imperial for three runs in the bottom of the third, two of which came off an RBI double from Schmidt.
Morehead State would not go quietly as it mounted its own rally with one run in the top of the fourth and a four-run fifth inning off Tech started Claudia Harke, to take the lead at 5-3.
MSU relief pitcher McMuuray shut the Tech offense down through the final four innings as she gave up just two hits and two walks, to secure her 10th victory of the season. Harke shouldered the loss as she struck out a pair.
Tech and Morehead State wrap up their three-game series Saturday. The opening pitch is slated for 1 p.m.


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By CHRIS WHITAKER
Americus Times-Recorder
CARROLLTON — Zack Stanton and Trent Dooley were up to their old ways on Tuesday.
The two lead Georgia Southwestern in multiple-RBI games, and they added another to the list.
They had back-to-back 2-run hits to spark a 5-run seventh inning as the Hurricanes finished the regular season with an 8-2 win at West Georgia.
Dooley finished 2-for-3 with three RBI, and Stanton's hit was a double as GSW (27-18) improved to 15-6 in non-conference games.
"I thought it was a big win for us," said coach Bryan McLain. "You always want to end your year on a good note heading into the tournament. You want to feel like you're playing as well as you can going in, and I think we're pretty close to that."
The Hurricanes have won their last four games out of conference and will prepare for their first Peach Belt Conference Tournament, which begins May 8 at USC Aiken. They will play No. 5 Francis Marion in the opener at 11 a.m.
McLain said Tuesday's win was a good way to build entering the tournament.
GSW took the lead for good at 3-2 in the fifth inning behind
Dooley's team-leading 14th double. The Darton transfer has
been a welcomed addition to the Hurricane offense.
Dooley leads the team in batting average (.370) and hits (71) and is second in RBI (46).
"He's just an outstanding hitter No. 1," said McLain. "He's kind of gone through a little bit of a slump the previous few weekends, but he's starting to pick it back up. He had three good games this weekend, and his last few non-conference games, he's had some really good at-bats. He is an active role in our lineup and the heart and soul of what we do."
Bud Long was the other player with multiple hits with three. McLain said the good thing about the offense this season is when one player has been down, there's always been another to pick up the slack for the most part.
Five players are batting over .300, and five have 30 or more RBI.
One area McLain said is essential in improving before the tournament is not leaving as many runners on base. GSW is leaving almost 10 runners on a game.
"We still have got to continue to work on having good at-bats with guys in scoring position," he said. "We've had periods throughout the year where we can get them on, but we have trouble getting them in. We really want to continue to focus on doing a good job with that."
McLain said starting pitching has also been an integral part of the team finishing at .500 in conference play. GSW had had six players start at some point this season.
"When we've got good starting pitching, we've usually been in position where we had a chance to win the game," said McLain.
Travis Barrett improved to 6-1 on the mound, pitching 5.1 innings and allowing two runs on six hits. Brandon Reeder didn't allow a hit in 1.2 innings, and position player Jared Allen made his third appearance, allowing one hit over two innings.
Reeder entered with one out and the bases loaded in the sixth when he induced a ground ball resulting in the inning-ending double play.
"Brandon came in and executed well in a crucial point of the game," said McLain. "We go from being in a pretty tough spot to still having the lead. Right after that, we put up five runs. That's a big point to the season."
West Georgia (13-40) took a 1-0 lead in the first when GSW tied it in the second when Beau Parker was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The Hurricanes took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on a Chris Lingham RBI-single.
GSW finished the season ninth in the PBC in batting (.305) and
10th in team ERA (5.70).
Dooley was 13th in batting, and Chris Carroll finished 10th in ERA at 3.94. Carroll has started in three of his last four games, receiving only one decision — a loss at Francis Marion. McLain said after the Georgia College series is when the first thought of Carroll possibly starting.
"I think he could make a case that he might have been one of the best guys we have on the team," said McLain. "We weren't getting the opportunity to use him enough. We want to have the best players on the field if we can and when we can.
"To Ryan Lackey and Jody Sellars, those guys have stepped up in their game. Ryan's last two starts have been outstanding, and I couldn't ask for anything more. I don't think we have had the same combination of pitchers who start or the same order of personnel but two or three times. We're trying to find something to have a good result at the end."
Six of the eight tournament teams are ranked in the top 30 this week with the exception of GSW and Flagler. The tournament is single elimination, and that doesn't bother McLain at all since it's their first appearance.
"It's always scary because if you have a bad game, that's it," he said. "At the same time, from the standpoint where we are, if we get hot, all we've got to do is win three games. Some coaches don't like it and have good reasons for not liking it. I can't complain because of our circumstances."
The Hurricanes will play Francis Marion at USC Aiken while Flagler and North Georgia will play at Lake Olmstead in Augusta at 11 a.m.
The other two quarterfinal games pit UNC Pembroke against Columbus State at 2:30 p.m. and Georgia College against USC Aiken at 6 p.m. Both games are at Aiken.


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Managing teams is no longer about taking control, it's about giving it.
A common thread that runs through the new civil service report from the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton, is the vital importance of managers and supervisors. Research tells us they have more impact on an organization's success than any other factor. Leaders define the mission and develop the operational strategy, but it's middle managers and supervisors who have the day-to-day responsibility for making it happen. The report's recommendations depend squarely on a capable, responsible cadre of managers.
Research over more than two decades confirms that when employees are empowered—one book uses the word "unleashed"—to capitalize on their abilities, they are capable of performing at significantly higher levels. That is especially true for knowledge workers. Managers hold the keys to creating a work environment where those workers can thrive.
Government operations across virtually every agency depend on knowledge workers. There will always be offices devoted to routine production work (e.g., processing claims or paying benefits). But in the future, employees will be confronted by increasingly complex problems that require innovative solutions.
In his column "Damn the Org Chart," retired federal executive Henry Romero makes the point that the hierarchical, top-down, close control model for managing work that was common in early factories and government is wrong for knowledge workers. According to Romero, the traditional model "might be contributing to the inefficiencies . . . in many government processes." My experience has convinced me it definitely impedes good performance. The civil service system is the problem.
Replacing the Old Model
There was a time when the job of a supervisor was relatively simple: Assign work, then oversee employees to confirm they meet minimal performance expectations and stay out of trouble. A core organizing principle was the span of control or the number of employees supervised. In old texts, the maximum number was five or six employees. That made close control possible.
In industry the phrase "span of control" has been deleted from the lexicon. Decisions related to the organization and management of work systems rarely focus on the question itself. The goal is to delegate responsibility and empower workers to make decisions. Studies confirm it leads to higher job satisfaction and commitment.
One of my first consulting projects, now 40 years ago, was a new factory organized around self-managed teams. It was a radical idea at the time—there were no supervisors. In discussions, employee comments were eye opening. Their commitment to making the plant a success was beyond anything I had heard from corporate executives. One employee thanked God for the opportunity to work there. The experience gave one individual the confidence to become a leader in her local community.
There was, however, no rush to rethink the organization and management of work on a broad scale until the 1990-1991 recession. The early years of the decade ushered in a revolution in thinking. Businesses became relentless in eliminating unnecessary costs and becoming more responsive. The old textbooks were burned.
There are many jobs where people function very well with no direct supervision. Salespeople are a classic example, craft workers in construction are another, delivery people are yet another. Many employees rarely see their supervisor. In work situations that involve reasonably routine operations employees can function well without direct supervision. When trusted, employees are fully capable of managing themselves.
Preparing Managers for the Future
Google, which is No. 1 on the list of "best companies to work for," decided the problem was important enough to undertake a major study to improve the effectiveness of its managers. The company surveyed employees to identify the behavior traits shared by their best managers. Surprisingly perhaps for a technology company, a manager's technical skills were relatively unimportant. They used what they learned to modify the way managers are selected and promoted, and upgrade manager training programs and the criteria used to assess managers.
Agencies can develop a similar list of behaviors simply by asking employees in focus groups to identify the skills of effective managers. They should also be asked the best way to organize their activities.
The Partnership report calls for "a standard set of level-specific people-management expectations." The problem is the skills required to be an effective manager differ even within departments. At the Homeland Security Department, for example, the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management Agency have different missions, structures, cultures and management challenges. But there are also common requirements. One, for example, is holding managers accountable for results on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
The decided advantage of involving managers and employees is that it strengthens the acceptance of new practices and avoids "not invented here" resistance.
Another point: The best managers need to be recognized and rewarded. Training will have minimal impact if it's not reinforced. The best managers should be treated as the MVPs they are.
These changes should not wait for civil service reform. Managers have been the forgotten stepchildren of government. Recent retirements make this an ideal time to follow Google's lead. An employee's relationship with his or her supervisor is a vital driver of engagement and performance.
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Mexico has always been revered as a land of the master craftsman. Glass blowing is an ancient art dating back to the first century BC. Sometime in the mid 1500's the very first glass made in North America was produced in Puebla Mexico by artisans brought to Mexico by the Spanish. For centuries, with nothing more than a globule of molten glass, some primitive tools and a long hollow pipe, these skilled artisans managed to produce glass items in a variety of shapes and sizes. Although these original glass works were not long lived, the art of glass blowing resurfaced in Mexico hundreds of years ago and prospered, due fundamentally to the availability and minimalism of the ingredients as well as the extremely artistic ingenuity of the Mexican Arts and Crafts Tradition.
Throughout the years, trends have come and gone, but beautiful, hand-blown glass has always been "in". The people who create pieces from blown glass are highly skilled artisans who have taken years to perfect their craft. And when they're working with recycled glass, even more so. Most glass blowers have been practicing their trade their entire lives, and the skills are passed down from generation to generation.
Though most of us are familiar with the end result, unique pieces of handblown glass work that are truly beautiful and one of a kind, most are not as familiar with the process. Sure, we've all seen the pictures of balls of molten glass on the end of a tube while an artisan works over a hot furnace. But there is so much more to the story than that.
The process begins with melting the glass; when working with recycled glass from old soda bottles and other sources, the first step may be washing and sorting the glass. Once the glass is prepared, it goes into a crucible to melt.
The glass blower dips the end of a four- or five-foot blowpipe into the molten glass in a process called gathering. The molten glass reaches temperatures around 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit! The artisan dips and turns their blowpipe until they have a blob of molten glass on the end.
Now here's the challenge. At that temperature, the glass is essentially liquid! It takes skill and constant motion to keep the glass on the pipe.
The next step is to smooth the surface of the glass blob; that's done on a marver table. Next the real magic begins. The artisan blows through the pipe to form a small air bubble in the molten glass. They have to be careful not to blow too hard, or too much. It's a delicate process and the goal is to create a thin layer of glass. This is also the point where different colors can be added.
Temperature control is extremely important and the artisan will reheat the glass as needed to maintain the ideal temperature for blowing. They'll continue to shape the glass, adding more and more layers in a delicate balancing act. If the glass gets too cold, it cracks; if it's too hot, it won't blow out evenly. The next step is to smooth the sides of the piece on wooden blocks soaked in water, followed by more blowing to finish the shape.
There are two main forms of glass blowing. Free blowing came first and the artisan uses quick puffs of air to shape the glass by hand. In mold blowing, the artisan inflates the glass using a mold to shape each piece.
Once the shaping is complete, the glass is removed from the blow pipe and placed in an extremely hot kiln to slowly cool. If it cools too rapidly, it will crack. The cooled glass is taken out, inspected and given a light polish and then it's done!
Glass blowing is a challenging art in and of itself, but when working with recycled materials that may not all have the same melting points, it becomes an even greater challenge. Skilled artisans will use the differences in recycled glass to their advantage, using them to create different colors, textures and patterns in the finished product.
Hand-blown glass isn't perfect. Though they won't be found in every piece, it's not uncommon to find tiny traces of non-glass material in artisan blown glass, especially if it's made from recycled materials. It might also be bits of sand, or other materials picked up from the furnace or the mold. Small bubbles and minor surface imperfections are also not uncommon and don't negatively impact the structure or beauty of the glass.


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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The everyday college student has very few worries when it comes to real-life responsibility. Their biggest decisions typically relate to what to wear for class or eat for breakfast.
But, it's safe to say Tyler Mattix is not your everyday college student.
In fact, the Shiloh High graduate has much larger aspirations and goals, evidenced by his incomprehensible workload that involves balancing school, work, cross country and military obligations.
That's right, on top of being a Division II student-athlete paying his way through school, Mattix is part of an elite group of Americans that protects our great nation so that free-spirited college students can stress about the smaller things in life.
Mattix typically wakes up around 6:20 every weekday morning, in order to get to cross country practice on time. After getting his miles in for the day, the environmental science major then heads to campus to tackle his rigorous course load that involves four science labs this semester.
One of Mattix's professors, Dr. Kalina Manoylov describes him as "a pleasure to teach. He's a great student that always goes the extra step to make himself better in the classroom. Tyler brings something atypical to the average student and he certainly isn't scared to learn."
Just when that begins to sounds exhausting to most, Mattix grabs a few tips from his waiting job at a local restaurant until about 9 p.m. when he can finally head home for the night.
While this daily regimen would prove tiresome for the average college student, it just describes a small portion of Rack E-3 Lance Corporal Mattix's life.
The Snellville, Ga. native partakes in monthly drill weekends for the United States Marine Corps Reserve at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Ga. These weekends involve classes, training and annual tests to ensure satisfaction amongst the group.
As is the case for most soldiers, Mattix appreciates the opportunity to serve the United States of America.
"It gives you a greater appreciation for the simpler things in life," explained Mattix. "Once you go without certain things for an extended period of time you realize how important they are to you."
He even took a month-long trip to Morocco this past summer, engaging in a joint operation with the Moroccan Army that involves training and helping them.
"It gave me a great opportunity to get "hands-on" and do my job in a practical environment."
While others may not consider this environment "practical", Mattix thoroughly enjoyed his opportunity to serve overseas. He even signed up to go to Afghanistan this upcoming June and is awaiting his possible assignment.
Despite residing in Cap Draa, Morocco, Mattix still found the time to continue his cross country training, getting in as many miles a day as possible.
It is this dedication that has allowed him to become such a prominent force in just over a year with the GC program, as he currently holds the second best 10K time in school history along with the third and fifth best 8K times.
"He brings an amazing work ethic everyday he runs," proclaimed head coach Joe Samprone. "More than that, he is just a great person. I wish we could have a whole team of Tyler's running for us."
Prior to his stint with Georgia College, Mattix competed for North Georgia, earning All-Peach Belt Second Team honors his sophomore season.
Mattix joined the Georgia College team after his sophomore season at North Georgia, when the Saints program was disbanded.
Now that he is back in Milledgeville, the senior's focus remains on school and cross country outside of his military obligations. But, with the graduation quickly approaching he must decide his future rather quickly.
"Right now my main focus is finishing school," Mattix explains. "Once that is done I will decide to try for a Master's or try for Officer Candidate School."
The academia focused student-athlete hasn't let that deter his on-field achievements, recently earning All-PBC Second Team honors for the second time in his career for his performance at the conference championship.
Mattix now has one more race in his inspiring career, competing in the NCAA Southeast Region Championships in a few weeks.
There's no question what is truly on Mattix's mind.
"I can only hope that I am Afghanistan-bound in June to get a taste of what is going on over there."
With the 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11 just passing, Mattix was asked what his thoughts were on one of the United States' most vicious attacks.
"It was a terrible event that rallied mass patriotism throughout our country. It challenged many views we had on our own security and who we could trust."
However, Mattix confirms that this event "Did not cause [him] to join the military. I joined because I wanted to earn the title of being a United States Marine."
Understanding the seriousness of the situation at hand, Mattix reassures us that is the purpose of the United States Marine Corps.
"Luckily that is why we are here. If someone comes and knocks on our door, we will gladly answer."
What Tyler Mattix doesn't know is how lucky we are to have him on our campus here at Georgia College. A student, an athlete, a Corporal, but more importantly just a great American citizen.


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|The article you are looking at may not be work safe!
...Although, since you're already here it's kind of too late for this warning to actually be useful.
|If a boss or coworker sees this article, claim that it was spam and blame the IT guys. Otherwise, continue to read it until your lewd urges are satisfied.
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A detailed history of the sex shop[edit]
Since the earliest squirrel creature suggested something slightly different to try while mating man and beast alike have searched for new ways to pleasure themselves. The earliest known record of creatures doing this was during the proctonic age from witch we have fossilised badgers said to be caught in a position of mating, scientist and weird zooaphile Dr Ralph McWevel says:
"It was an emotional discovery for everyone, we had thought the proctonic age was a hormonal one but the way the badgers where fossilised suggests that bovine orgies of up to seventeen participating individuals took place, and what in even more astonishing is that some of the badgers seem to be using tools to mate."
Of course these finds are rare as many of these act did not take place under falling lime stone and where not preserved as fossils. Old cave paintings have also shown creatures of our ancestors using implements during mating and the Aboriginal dream world is full of it, they love it.
It is hard to say when the first sex shops where established, it is highly possible that our ancestors would barter and trade for such implements, but from the earliest market place people all over the world have cashed in on peoples desire to be penetrated by weird objects.
People have often found themselves at home within the walls of a sex shop and in times of old the humbled porn shop owner was a powerful member of the community, much to the envy of the blacksmith trade. Of course with the invention of money and greed by white people in the 19th century commercial interest crept into the market place and the humble sex stool turned into a massive franchise, out selling both wool and slaves in the British Empire.
As man evolved we waved goodbye to sticks and leaves and created new ways to change how we mate, as our ancestors experimented so our need for perversion grew and by the late homeoglorific age same sex humans began to mate, a stage of or evolution that has effected some gene lines even today. The noteworthy thing in all of this was that we began to develop tools for both hunting and mating, and as we developed further and created currency so these tools became available to purchase. Today, like most other things these tools can be brought from a shop, called a sex shop.
Unlike the primitive wooden sticks and sanded lime stone used in prehistoric orgies today synthetic materials are used to create a wide range of mating devises that come in all shapes and species, It was in Holland that the sex trade really took hold, with now two thirds of its people claiming a profit from the world market in lude conduct, also note worthy is the Dutch defiance of international law on both cannabis and wind mills.
Ed Ward Nob El[edit]
It was the second world war, the most popular of the two, that became the inspiration and drive behind the biggest sex shop franchise known to both man and beast alike. Ed Ward Nob El was born to a rich French family in 1927 and grew up in the high-class world surrounded by Paris's richest people, so it was no surprise that a life of perversion was to follow. After surrendering to the Nazi army, Paris became one of the lucky occupied countries of Hitler's empire. With it came the responsibility of entertaining the German troops, a job Nob El was to make his fortune in. Seeing an opportunity to win favour with the occupying force Nob El quickly set up a brothel and began to make a profit from the shame his nations weakness had brought the country. With some fine ass Nob El was able to attract Nazi solders into his establishment and soon became well trusted and respected, even said to have played host to some of Hitler's most senior officers.
When the war was finally over, the score allied forces 2 – Germany + traitors 0, Nob El found that he was able to expand his business and "Nob EL Sex Implemente" was born.
From those first few years of the depression to this very day Nob El Sex Implemente has been a trade mark that is seen by many as one that stands for quality, a notion that is backed up by the companies slogan 'Our company name stands for quality". Nob El has a record number of shops all over the world and has even invented some of the world's most penetrative technology.
Today it would be hard to imagine the high street without a Nob El Implemente shop, however we must not forget that it was the greed of its founding founder that pushed the companies to such heights.
What do sex shops sell?[edit]
Different sex shops sell different things but some things that you would expect to find are
- Dildo - penis shaped devise used to penetrate any hole on the body; a good sex shop will let you try before you buy, as it is good to make sure it fits.
- Butt plug – a small device used to plug the bum, waste is collected up for a number of days before being used as a natural lubricant.
- Livestock – many sex shops will offer a range of alternate mates, popular species include sheep, badger, sloworm and cat. Each animal can be used in creative ways but a good idea is to rent first and experiment.
- Porn – pictures of other people having sex that make the viewer jealous and more in need of a mate, this lust can then be used to inspire the lone person into getting a mate or firing one off under the keyboard.


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CommunityBank unites with Vista Bank
While much of the banking world finds itself still reeling from the political, economic and consumer confidence fall-out of the Great Recession, two privately held Texas banks are emerging from the financial storm as key players in the Houston market and are giving the regional and national money-center banks a run for their money.
On March 7, the holding companies for Beaumont-based CommunityBank of Texas (CBFH, Inc.) and Vista Bank Texas (VB Texas, Inc.) announced the two banks have formed a strategic partnership and will merge to create one of the largest independent banks in Houston. Striking a partnership between the two strong Texas bank franchises takes advantage of both organizations' strengths and allows for great synergies according to Robert Franklin, Jr., chairman and CEO of Vista Bank Texas.
"What has become even more obvious to our markets over the last five years is that it's the independent banks that are propelling growth," said Franklin. "Our successful relationship-driven community banking model will provide us with a competitive edge in Houston's burgeoning economy and bring extensive capital resources that can be dedicated to this growing market."
Both banks opened their doors at the start of the economic downturn, but thrived while other banks floundered. CommunityBank of Texas opened its doors with just $140 million in assets in 2007. In less than 18 months, the bank's assets had grown to more than $1 billion with a new branch opening almost every 60 days. Today, CommunityBank reports assets of $1.7 billion.
Vista Bank Texas opened in 2006 with just over $60 million in assets. Through targeted growth, Vista now has seven Houston-area branches and assets in excess of $606 million.
"These are two independent powerhouses coming together to fill a hole in the Houston banking market," said J. Pat Parsons, chairman and CEO of CommunityBank of Texas. "Big corporate banks simply aren't flexible or nimble enough to work with customers on a personal level anymore. We saw an opportunity and seized it. With the combined resources and strengths of two extremely well-capitalized institutions behind us, we are able to significantly increase commercial lending dollars available to the Houston community and across Southeast Texas."
CommunityBank of Texas Senior Chairman Walter Umphrey noted that once the merger is complete, the newly formed bank will exceed $2.3 billion in assets.
In addition to being appointed to the boards of both CommunityBank of Texas and CBFH, Inc., Franklin will serve as Co-CEO with Parsons, a move that strengthens the management team. Pending shareholder and regulatory approvals, the merger between CommunityBank of Texas and Vista Bank Texas is expected to be finalized by the end of third quarter 2013, although delays may occur.
In this merger, one thing that will take some time is the conversion of the computer operating systems the of the two banks. Because this is a true merger – rather than one bank taking over or buying out the other – the combined bank which will be called CommunityBank of Texas will retain the strengths of both institutions.


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ESA's Aurora Space Exploration Programme invites proposals for the Next Exploration Science and Technology (NEXT) mission. Envisaged for launch in the period 2015-2018, the technological goal of NEXT is to demonstrate key enabling capabilities, such as descent and precision landing, as needed for a future Mars Sample Return mission.
Proposals and suggestions are sought from Industry, Technical Centres and the Scientific Community for mission concepts that would combine, in the spirit of exploration, technology development with first class science.
The Aurora Programme is composed of two main elements: a Core Programme, which aims to establish the ability of Europe to participate as a recognised partner in future international space exploration endeavours, and an Exploration Robotic Missions component with a first mission, ExoMars, which is now being implemented for launch in 2013.
At the time of the Aurora Programme approval, at the ESA Ministerial Council in December 2005 in Berlin, Ministers also recognised a Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission as the major milestone in the medium term for the exploration of Mars. Consequently the Core Programme includes significant technology development activities for the preparation of a MSR mission.
In view of the large financial resources required by such a mission it is assumed that MSR will be implemented in co-operation with international partners. Europe therefore needs to determine what the challenges are and which of the enabling capabilities would like to contribute to the MSR mission, consistent with its long term ambitions and goals.
To this end the Core Programme has initiated an MSR Phase A2 System Study, building on the results of two previous Phase A1 studies. In this frame Entry, Descent and Soft/Precision Landing on the one hand, and Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking/Capture on the other, were identified as key elements of interest for Europe.
As an intermediate step, after ExoMars and before the international context will allow the initiation of a MSR mission, the Executive considers proposing to the next Ministerial Council an 'ExoMars class' mission, for launch in the 2015–2018 timeframe.
Such a mission would demonstrate in particular key MSR technologies and achieve a step change in the European capabilities over and above present possible contributions to the MSR mission, whilst also providing an opportunity for scientific investigations. Ideas that would include aspects relevant to the human exploration scenario are welcome.
The mission will constitute the next mission of the Aurora Programme. As a working title this mission is named Next Exploration Science and Technology (NEXT) mission. It is the purpose of this Call for Ideas to collect from Industry, Technical Centres and the Scientific Community proposals/suggestions for mission concepts that would combine, in the spirit of exploration, technology development (focussed, but possibly not limited to the areas mentioned above) with first class science.
Preferably ideas should be submitted electronically, using the form provided and also available on this website. Documents should be sent as attachments to the following address: explorationcall @ esa.int not later than 13 April 2007.
For further information:
Mr. D. Vennemann
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As Hillary Clinton continues traveling across the country in hopes of becoming the Democratic nominee, her daughter was asked about one famous rapper's political ambitions.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton remained diplomatic when fielding a question about Kanye West's recent declaration at the MTV Video Music Awards that he'll run for president in 2020.
"I definitely think who runs for office is really important," she told MTV News while supporting The Clinton Foundation's No Ceilings Project. "Even if him just saying that helps sparks a little boy or a little girl who was watching the VMAs to think, 'Oh, wow! Maybe I should do that,' that's awesome."
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PHOTOS: Kanye West's most outrageous quotes
While accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, West announced to the world that he wants to run for the White House in the next election cycle.
"It's about ideas bro, new ideas. People with ideas, people who believe in truth," West said. "And yes, as you could have guessed by this moment, I have decided, in 2020, to run for president."
Ice Cube has already shown his support, while GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he hopes "to run against" him sooner rather than later.
As for whether or not Chelsea Clinton would ultimately cast her vote for the "All Day" rapper, it's more than a little early to make a final decision.
"I think it depends on who he'd be running against," she said.
It may not be a definite no. But if Hillary Clinton is in office and running for a second term, well, better luck next time Yeezus.


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Denis Sinyakov was under contract to Greenpeace International at the time the ship was illegally boarded in international waters following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling.
A Greenpeace spokesperson - Russian national Roman Dolgov - will also face two months in custody. Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said: "The Russian authorities are trying to scare people who stand up to the oil industry in the Arctic, but this blatant intimidation will not succeed. We are resolute in our commitment to protecting the Arctic environment and the world's climate. We call on people in Russia and around the world to stand with our activists and defend their right to peaceful protest."Follow @GP_sunrise for latest updates.Contact:Greenpeace International press desk: +31 (0)20 718 24 70 or Greenpeace International picture desk: +31 (0) 20718 2471 Greenpeace International video desk: +31 (0) 20718 2472


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I been programming for 7 months now and I am the stage when I want to know what Java can really do. I am fasicating with making a program that can connect to the internet and do things. I just don't know where to begin... As an example, when you buy a new car or phone you play around with it and find all the new features and become a better user. In the same sense, I would like to do that with programming in java. For example, I would love to create a program that pays bills online automically etc... Basically what can java do in regards to networking?
I just completed a program for my wife's business and it writes to excel, keeps tracking of our inventory, does our book keeping and I am quite happy with it, but it would be nice if the program could keep track of exchange rates between Japan and the US. This would be very exciting to do. I do not know where to begin to learn this. Talking about it gets me very excited, but I don't know where to start learning about the networking side.
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Nov. 30, 2003
Santa Clara Head Coach Cameron Rast
Opening Statement:
"It was great to play at home and I think it may have become the deciding factor in the match today. It was a game that could have gone either way very easily. Our guys really hung in there and played hard through the overtime period as they have all year. They just found a way to win which has been somewhat of a motto for us this year."
On Coastal Bringing in an Extra Defender Late in the Game:
"I think that any time you go into a preventative organization you are inviting the opponent to attack. As soon as they did that we put an additional forward up top and took out one of our backs. We decided that if we were going to play this way that we would give ourselves better numbers up front to pursue the goal that we needed. I don't think it was a bad tactical move but at the same time you run a risk of taking a goal because you play in a defensive posture."
Junior Midfielder Will Weatherly
On Game-Winning Goal:
"A long throw came and it bounced. One of their players tried to clear it out and it just skipped off his head and it just came down to my feet as I was making a little cutting run into the box. I hit it first time and then I saw it hit the back of the net and pretty much just booked it over to the fans. I wanted to give them a little love because they were great all day for us."
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"The ball kind of took a big bounce off a rough area on the field, taking a little higher of a kick than I thought it would. Their keeper got a hand on it I think, but luckily for us it was already by him at that point."
On What Made Coastal Carolina so Tough:
"I think it was their offensive firepower. We haven't played too many teams that had players who could create their own chances up front and they had three guys who could do that for them. Especially at the end of the game they started to combine better and were very dangerous."
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"I thought it was a good college game, a very physcial match. I think (Santa Clara) did a very good job, showing a lot of discipline and were a very hard working team. They capitalized on some good chances when it mattered. I wish them all the best for the next round."


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First came the Chinese helicopters, flying low. Then came the Indian officials asking what happened. Suddenly, the tiny Himalayan village of Demchok stands at the center of rising tensions between the world's two most populous nations.
Villagers told an Indian delegation recently that the two Chinese choppers buzzed the village in August and flew several miles into Indian territory, according to Tsering Mutp, a retired Indian soldier who attended the meeting. Mr. Mutp says the villagers had some pointed questions for the visiting officials. In particular, they asked why on the Chinese side of the river there are paved roads and development but nothing on their side.
The answer lies in India's strategy for dealing with China's land claims. In the past, India has deliberately neglected the roads and other infrastructure in such border regions to slow down any possible invasion, says Brahma Chellaney, a security expert at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi. But in response to a major spike in cross-border incursions by the Chinese in the past few years, the Indian approach is changing, with plans to expand infrastructure and bring more of a government footprint to the contested region.
"Now the Chinese are basically doing so much damage on the Tibetan plateau, and given these Chinese border incidents and provocations, the Indians have been left with no choice but to begin infrastructure development along the Himalayas," says Mr. Chellaney.
Chinese incursions jumped from 140 in 2007 to 280 in 2008, says Chellaney. The Indian government is trying to downplay mounting reports in the India media of Chinese incursions in Ladakh and Uttarakhand and says this year has seen "no significant increase."
"That is alarming. That means the Chinese are still sustaining pressure at last year's level," says Chellaney.
China officially denies incursions. "Border patrols are strictly conducted according to the law and will never enter [Indian] territory," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said last month.
The Indian government has tried to keep the issue out of the public square, calling it media "hype." Good relations with Beijing are important to Delhi: China is now India's largest trading partner.
But India is also quietly building up the border.
A journey to Ladakh
In September, the Indian Air Force opened a new high-altitude airfield here in the district of Ladakh in the country's far north, bordering both China and Pakistan. It follows the building of two other fields in the Himalayas in the last 15 months, including the world's highest at 16,200 feet at Daulat Beg Oldi.
India is currently repositioning Sukhoi war jets to its northeastern borders with China. Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said earlier this month that while the Chinese posed no imminent threat, there was a jet gap.
"Our present aircraft strength is inadequate. Aircraft strength is one third that of China. The government of India is doing a lot to augment Air Force capability," he said.
India also approved construction of four strategic roads in Ladakh – part of a wider road-building effort across the Himalayas. Crews can already be seen beavering away on remote mountain roads in Ladakh, burying new wiring.
Leh, the capital of Ladakh, is burgeoning with new development and tourism – a trend stoked partly by patriotism. "It should grow quite fast and quite big. That's the best deterrent for people who create problems at the border," says a developer visiting from Delhi with a construction proposal for the district government.
The two countries fought a bloody border war in 1962, leaving unresolved issues over the precise border. Since 1981, the two have been in talks to finalize the 2,000-mile sprawling border to no avail. Among the sticking points is China's claim of a piece of Indian-controlled territory three times the size of Taiwan.
Recent media reports of incursions in Ladakh range from the brazen to the bizarre: Chinese soldiers painting "China" on rocks inside Indian territory, Chinese boats surrounding an Indian vessel on a high-altitude border lake, and the dropping of frozen food from the air.
Mr. Mutp, who drove the deputy commissioner of Ladakh to Demchok, said the villagers had not heard of air-dropped food, and mostly seemed to think it was distant city folk who were making a fuss. (The deputy commissioner refused to talk about Chinese incursions and the military restricts access to Demchok and other border areas.)
Chinese weather
Even in Leh, residents mostly shrug off the Chinese incursions, speaking about them as if they were a cyclic part of the weather.
Others express some concern about creeping militarization. "There might be more armies transferred to the border to protect [it]," says Rigzin Dhonup, a university student from Ladakh. He says that while the Army is disciplined and well-behaved, more troops would raise tensions and perhaps provoke China or Pakistan into responding.
Leh already houses the entire 14th Corps of the Indian Army, as well as an indigenous force called the Ladakh Scouts. Soldiers are frequently seen walking through the bazaars.
Active and former soldiers and Scouts who have patrolled the Chinese border describe it as mostly a relaxed affair, with handwaves exchanged at times across the river. However, the Hindustan Times newspaper reports that along the border at Pangong Lake, Indian soldiers who used to patrol unarmed now carry weapons.
A colonel currently serving in the 14th Corps, who says he is not authorized to speak, describes regular monthly meetings involving the exchange of gifts and discussions between the two patrolling forces on parts of the border.
The recent activity from the Chinese he says is "normal" and "it's just to keep busy." When asked which country – Pakistan or China – is more threatening to India, he says "both are equally."
Over time, however, that view has been shifting. Chellaney agrees with India's former Air Force chief Fali Homi, who says China is now the greater threat. Chellaney points out that China has delivered military assistance to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Nepal.
Some of those Chinese partnerships can be seen as gaining footholds in the Indian Ocean and its shipping lanes from the oil-rich Middle East. But these countries also encircle the Indian mainland.
"The idea is to constrain India's strategic options," Chellaney says. "The idea is not to actually use force but to create a situation where India stays on good behavior."
Could emerging competition between India and China lead to conflict?


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Matthias Ammon is currently working as Research Support Librarian in the Modern and Medieval Languages Library at the University of Cambridge, where he is responsible for managing the Germanic Languages and Film Studies collections and supporting the work of graduate students and academic staff. Prior to that, he was Project Coordinator in Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge, with a particular focus on electronic theses and university-led digital publishing. He retains an interest in Open Access and Open Research, particularly with regard to the humanities.
Matthias holds a PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from the University of Cambridge (where he also gained his BA and MPhil) and is currently studying as a part time distance learner for a Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies at the University of Aberystwyth. He became involved with SLA after being awarded an Early Career Conference Award co-sponsored by the Science-Technology Division for the 2016 conferenza a Philadelphia.


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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today announced that crime in Lincoln dropped 3.1 percent in 2003 compared to 2002. The crime rate, which reflects the number of crimes per capita, fell 4.5 percent to its lowest point since 1985.
The crime statistics are compiled by the Lincoln Police Department as part of the FBI's national Uniform Crime Reporting program which tracks murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, auto theft, and larceny theft. Lincoln experienced a decline in each of these categories during 2003. Lincoln's violent crime rate fell 11.7 percent, while the property crime rate fell 2.3 percent.
"We can all take pride in the fact that Lincoln remains one of the safest cities in the nation," said Mayor Seng. "Our decrease in crime is evidence that the efforts of many citizens and organizations to maintain the quality of life in our community are paying off. This decrease in crime is even more significant when you consider the growth of our community. I am very pleased with the work of members of our Police Department. Their work as problem solvers is outstanding, and these results reflect the commitment of the women and men of the department."
Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady said crime dropped less than 1 percent in 2002 compared to 2001. He credited the entire community with the favorable crime report for 2003.
"I am convinced that partnerships between the police, other agencies and groups, and individual citizens really do make a difference in crime," said Casady. "I see great work being done by our officers on a daily basis, and this past year we put forth particularly strong efforts to curtail thefts from autos, burglaries and robberies. But citizens have done great work too, calling Crimestoppers, keeping watches on their own blocks, reporting crimes in progress, serving on neighborhood association boards, hosting block parties, serving as Teammates mentors, and helping to maintain and build social bonds in many other ways. It really takes a community-wide effort to keep Lincoln safe."


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"Flipping the Classroom to Correct Student Misconceptions". International Institute for SoTL Scholars and Mentors. Los Angles, CA. May-June. 2013.
Many misconceptions about science and evolution are difficult to dispel and inhibit students from applying what they learn to real-life situations. It is important for students to understand how questions and answers are driven by hypotheses which shape the scientific process and how disagreement is essential for scientific progress. By putting lectures on-line and using class time for active learning, i.e flipping, I should be able to challenge my students to understand the subject matter more deeply and correct some of their misconceptions whilst keeping an engaging class structure that is important for learning. In the laboratory, students will form hypotheses and test them in response to questions or problems, which should dispel misconceptions they have about science. So will flipping my classroom better allow my students to correct their misconceptions about science and evolution?


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The World is Flat - Elliot says so!
Main theme 'Learning in a Flatter World". I assume this is a reference to Thomas Friedman's book on globalisation. (Always ready to jump on a bandwagon after it's passed by.) If this is so, then the fact that every named speaker in the email is American also seems to have passed them by.
Stephen Covey – remember The 7 Habits of Highly…..well vaguely. Also crazy fundamentalist.
Marshall Goldsmith – sort of new age Buddhist coach!
Ken Blanchard – yawn.
Wal-Mart is to receive an award – presumably for low pay and becoming one of the most hated brands in the world.
BBC also up for award – say no more – see previous post.
A host of other stars including Micky Mouse, Goofy …… yip every year.
There is some good news - the excellent Jay Cross will also be there.


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