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October 26, 2001, 07:53:00 AM »
Anybody who was part of my last discussion on the "Actual Play" forum knows that my gaming group is seriously troubled. Well, no longer. I have found a new group. Now, this has nothing to do with my new group in particular, but I have noticed this with every group I have ever played games with. No matter what the case, somebody decides to play a character who's a total antisocial jerk. It's not the same person every time. It's sorta like that movie Fallen, only instead of passing the spirit of a psycho serial killer, they pass the spirit of a guy who creates total asshole characters. Anybody have any idea as to why this might happen? I think it may have something to do with the person bringing their feelings out of the game into the game. Maybe they just had a bad day, week, year, eternity, whatever, and have decided to bring it to the game. Any thoughts?
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October 26, 2001, 08:25:00 AM »
My initial thought was that someone plays the asshole because they want to stand out. In a room full of nice guys, the one killing the butler gets all the looks. But, you're right, the role shifts (if you're "lucky")... maybe it's in response to the initial player creating an asshole character? Or maybe the majority of the group is the same groove but one character is going to stand out as working "against" the party?
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October 26, 2001, 09:37:00 AM »
Interesting thoughts, Jason. Everybody's the jerk, but only one person is good at it. That could be a possibility.
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October 26, 2001, 10:13:00 AM »
Tim and all,
Jerkdom, to my way of thinking, is a play strategy that is quite understandable given many people's history of role-playing. Basically, they know that if there's a story, it's the GM's "story" and there's no changing it. They also know that if conflict of interest comes into things, character survival is favored by acting totally on one's own (this is especially likely in games with "freeze" style combat mechanics, in which congruous teamwork is not easy or especially effective). Finally, they know that sooner or later they'll have to deal with SOMETHING, and all they have to do is wait.
The person, basically, doesn't want to be pushed around. He doesn't want to have to do stupid things because "it's for the good of the story." He doesn't want to like anyone because "if the group doesn't get together then we can't run the scenario." He has no stake in What Is Happening, and is stating his case in no uncertain terms. He knows that the GM will sooner or later include his character without his consent, so refuses to cooperate in any way - why participate in one's own hosing?
"My guy says nothing." "My guy wouldn't do that." "My guy doesn't want to do that."
Take the turtle player I describe at the end of my essay, and add some resentment from past experiences and some expertise at designing characters for maximal survivorship and damage potential. You now have the Jerk - the perpetual assassin, hit man, loner, cyborg, killer, et cetera. Accuse him of "not role-playing" and he'll laugh at you - he IS role-playing, this is what His Guy is like. Implore him to join up and help with the scenario, and he sneers at your attempt to railroad him. Ask him to change his ways, and he points out that you are obviously a poor GM for not being able to cope with a legally-designed, honestly-role-played character, and obviously only willing to GM players who obey your every directive.
It's GNS degeneration, I say. The Jerk is one of the walking wounded, people who do role-play but don't especially mind if they don't have fun or if anyone else doesn't either. Mess up the scenario? Cool. Kill the villain? Cool. Kill the pushy, interfering NPC? Cool. It all comes down that final fight scene, right? Well, it's coming, so cooperating along the way is stupid. Just play My Guy ("My guy goes back to the hotel and watches TV") and wait.
This is what happens when people think that role-playing as an activity is only defined by the word's literal meaning: to play a role. OK, they're playing a role. I'm not impressed - by my definitions, they are not role-playing (in the broad sense) at all.
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October 31, 2001, 07:56:00 AM »
Ahhhh...the jerk.
Interesting, since I am apparently playing the 'jerk' in the campaign I play in. It isn't out of any desire to disrupt the game or foul up the story, but rather I'm just playing my character.
I'd like to find a way to bind him to the other two characters meaningfully, I'd like to blithely follow along the story-path without disrupting things and dropping wrenches in the gears, but honestly, it isn't in my character's nature to behave in a "let's all go adventuring together even though we just met" manner. In fact, while he's interested in combat and adventure and gold, the current goings-on interest him not at all (it is a mystery).
And I like the character far too much to roll up a new one. I haven't had this much fun playing a character in years.
So, I'm playing the jerk; I know I'm giving my DM a headache; but I'm playing in-character, and out-of-character I'm really looking for ways to tie this character to the others in the group. But my character wants to pursue the goals he started this campaign with, not the plot-lines of the adveture currently set forth by the GM.
I guess this really speaks to the need of character creation with an involved GM, one who can say, "Can you make a character around [this event]?" (an atypical method of creation, since it adds boundaries to a usually boundless event (character creation))
Or it speaks to the need for the GM to create the story around the characters, not throw random individuals with differing goals and motivations into a situation (which is what most D&D modules seem to be built around).
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October 31, 2001, 11:25:00 AM »
On 2001-10-31 10:56, greyorm wrote:
Ahhhh...the jerk.
Interesting, since I am apparently playing the 'jerk' in the campaign I play in. It isn't out of any desire to disrupt the game or foul up the story, but rather I'm just playing my character.
Yes indeed, but that begs the question as to why, out of all the character concepts available, you chose a 'jerk' in the first place. :smile:
Ron's idea of the "walking wounded" intrigues me. Not that I'm suggesting anyone here is, or that every player who creates an annoying or jerk-ish character is one. I would like very much to discuss the idea of "Why Players Choose Certain Roles" in another thread or be directed to some old ones or both. I think Player psychology is HUGE factor in successful game design (what is GNS after all) but GNS only talks about "healthy" players. What about players, the ones who are attempting to role-play because of dysfunctional, non-game concerns? Its a wide-spread phenomenon, in my opinion.
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November 01, 2001, 08:03:00 AM »
Yes indeed, but that begs the question as to why, out of all the character concepts available, you chose a 'jerk' in the first place. :smile:
lol...When I created the character, he was not meant to be a 'jerk' or a disruption (nor did I plan on being). It's really a problem of GM goals and player goals not meshing well enough. I'm playing my character to play my character, the GM is trying to run a story my character just doesn't fit well within.
Two things can be done to alleviate the problem:
1> I can roll up and play a different character
2> The GM can modify his game to make my character fit better
IMO, it is the GM's job to fit the world to the players when it doesn't work; unless, of course, one is playing a game where the players have to be something in particular, for reasons of theme or premise or whatnot (frex: an all-dwarven campaign set in a specific, isolated area; or a knightly game of Pendragon).
This sort of points to the necessity of a great deal of what is being discussed on the Forge (ie: interactive campaign building/game playing, or "proper utilization of player input").
So, the answer to the question: why did I choose to play the jerk?
I didn't, the role chose me after the game started. Now THAT'S interesting.
You see, I'm *never the jerk, or at least I've never been before. Poll: what sort of solutions can be devised that would be acceptable to both GM and player, assuming that the desires of each are: keeping current character in play, keeping current story/adventure.
I'm curious to see how other Forge residents would handle this situation?
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November 01, 2001, 08:47:00 AM »
I think this is key. The Jerk then is the player whose character doesn't, for whatever reason, fit in. Sometimes it's what Ron describes where a player goes for this continually because of bad prior experiences. But what is that bad prior experience? In Greyworm's case this is his first bad experience, and it is simply a problem with the character and plot not seeming to fit.
Greyworm cites the solutions well. Let the players know what will or won't work when making up characters or be prepared to bend the plot a lot. Since you have already passed this point unsuccessfully and your GM seems oblivious to the problem, GW, I would suggest making up a new character.
GMs are human, too. Players can take it pon themselves to have the responsibility to do the right thing, as well. This means asking the GM about your character concept before hand, and tring to get them to discuss it with you to ensure that it will fit. And after the game begins, it means making the tough choice to alter your character or start a new one if the current character does not fit.
If you are really unwilling to make a change in your character or start a new one, GW, might it not be that the overall plot of the game or its play is something that you're not really enamored with? I suggest that jerk play may also be the result of boredom with a bad GM on occasion. The solution there is to suck it up and do your best under the circumstances, or to quit if things are really intollerable.
I can't see how Jerk play can improve a game.
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November 01, 2001, 09:02:00 AM »
Oddly enough I'm a player in a new game and have what I consider to be a jerk character. The setting is Lyonnesse, of Jack Vance fame. The GM told us to create our own characters using GURPS, whatever we wished to play, and he would fit them in. I created a retired mercenary who had retrained as a chef and had over time become a master chef.
So, the game starts and we're all in jail following some pre-game incidents. Each character is interrogated and following their proval of innocence offered a job in the city guard. Unfortunately, my master chef was not offered a job in the city guard as he was obviously unsuited, so that was the end of my playing him and I was told to create a new character.
The important point at this stage is that I as a player did not have the city guard conversation as my character never got that far. My impression, as a player, was that the others had been pressganged into guard service however.
So, I create a new character on the spot, a disreputable rogue and criminal with violent tendencies. Exactly the sort of man to get pressed into the guard. I asked the gm if I should assume he'd had the same jail experience as the other characters, the GM said yes. Unfortunately he didn't realise that I thought the others had been pressganged, I didn't realise I was operating under a misconception.
So, play starts and my character tries to connive with the others to exploit their position as guards to rob people and run protection rackets. I refuse to go into areas I consider dangerous, I play my character as a conscripted rogue. By the end of the night I realise what's happened but the character is already established as totally at odds with the rest of the group. Of course he is, they all volunteered for the city guard and he is a hardened criminal.
So, next week I plan to go onto character 3. Not because I dislike my present character, he's actually quite fun. But because he's a jerk character, he doesn't cooperate with the group and doesn't fit in. His concept is at odds with everyone else's. If I play him "in character" it'll spoil things for the others. So he gets retired.
I wonder how often jerk characters come about because of simple miscommunication. The player and gm work at cross purposes and then the player is reluctant to give up their character.
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November 01, 2001, 09:28:00 AM »
Again, I'd like to suggest that the distinction between Jerk Character and Jerk Player is extremely, extremely marked. They are not the same things.
It might be, for instance, that a lot of Author Stance might go into making the conscripted rogue work VERY well as a character in the game described above. The character might not want to cooperate, or might be utterly up to other things, but somehow someway, events/etc generated by his player seem to keep the character's actions relevant to whatever is "going on" in group terms. This is a very satisfying way to play a jerk/dickweed character if everyone is into it, and it has many precedents in film and adventure fiction. (My favorite example is Gollum in The Return of the King.)
The Jerk Player is another problem entirely, and if one finds oneself in this position, one is probably going to end up playing a Jerk Character as a side-effect, who is NOT fun for everyone (unlike the above example).
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November 01, 2001, 09:33:00 AM »
Since you have already passed this point unsuccessfully and your GM seems oblivious to the problem, GW, I would suggest making up a new character.
Actually, there's a third choice here: make the GM unoblivious. Communication is key! Something along the lines of "Listen, I'm not trying to mess things up and be a pain, but my character doesn't seem to really fit well into the current game. I'd make a new character, but I really like playing this one and would prefer to stick with it. What can we do?"
It doesn't have to be the GM acting on his own or the player doing so; it can easily be both working together to solve a common problem. IMO, that's actually how it should always work.
Now in my situation: normally under this circumstance I would just make a new character. Unfortunately, this is the first character I have really, really
playing in about four years of gaming. Hence I'm not so ready to give him up after only about four sessions for fear of going right back to those "just OK characters" I was playing/creating beforehand.
With this character, I actually look forward to playing again. Before it was something I could take or leave.
This means asking the GM about your character concept before hand, and tring to get them to discuss it with you to ensure that it will fit.
Interestingly, all character concepts were funneled through the GM before play began, and approved in final form before the first session.
might it not be that the overall plot of the game or its play is something that you're not really enamored with?
Hrm, unlikely. It is simply that I enjoy this character far too much to abandon it (considering that I haven't been thrilled with any character for four years before this one) and the problem really stems from the character not fitting the GM's vision of the events he sees occuring (or at least I suspect this to be the case).
Not to accuse him of railroading, for I haven't seen any of that yet, but I think he's an epic quest/plot in mind of which we are supposed to partake, an unconciously scripted scenario of which (I think) we've all been guilty of creating in the past ("Oh yeah, then he'll do this, and I'll do this, and he'll do this, resulting in that...oh wow, that will be soooo cool!!")).
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November 01, 2001, 11:02:00 AM »
On 2001-11-01 12:33, greyorm wrote:
Not to accuse him of railroading, for I haven't seen any of that yet, but I think he's an epic quest/plot in mind of which we are supposed to partake, an unconciously scripted scenario of which (I think) we've all been guilty of creating in the past ("Oh yeah, then he'll do this, and I'll do this, and he'll do this, resulting in that...oh wow, that will be soooo cool!!")).
Guilty? Filthy Narrativist! You leave my metaplot alone! :wink:
Oh, yeah, and communication, always communication. I had assumed that you had tried this tac previously. And given that he already had looked through the characters, he still seems like the oblivious sort to me, to have not caught your character's potential problems. :wink:
Hope it works out for you.
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Once the Legion conference season starts in late May, the players are prohibited from traveling, which basically eliminates any opportunities to participate on the national travel team summer tournament circuit. Both Heggen and Warren have squeezed some major tournaments in, however.
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He played in the 2012 Perfect Game/EvoShield National Championship (Underclass) in Peoria, Ariz., with Team Northwest, and then got a taste of life at the biggest tournament on PG's schedule, the 2012 PG WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., playing with the Dbacks Northwest Scout Team. His first exposure to PG came last Aug. 25-26 when he attended the Northwest Showcase in Bellevue, Wash.
"This is like the main one we've been looking to go to," Heggen said. "You get to see all the talent from across the nation and it gives us perspective on where we stand, and it helps me to train harder knowing who I'm competing with; maybe it gives me more confidence and maybe it shows me I've got to work harder."
Warren, Montana's No. 2-ranked over prospect in the 2014 class behind Heggen ( and a top-1,000 prospect nationally), played in the 2010 PG/EvoShield National Championship (Underclass) with Hitters Club Select, and the 2012 PG/EvoShield National Championship (Underclass) with Mountain West 2014. He also attended the PG National Underclass Showcase-Session 1 in Glendale, Ariz.
"I'm out here to see all the competition and get exposed in front of all the scouts and get my ranking up," Warren said, echoing Heggen. "I've had the opportunity to go down to Arizona for a couple of weekends and just pitch, and it's a blast. Just getting to know new people and getting to pitch down in Arizona has just been a lot of fun."
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"My son plays football and basketball and he doesn't get a chance to get out to this kind of thing, so this was a good chance to get seen a little bit more," Mike said. "He likes baseball -- I think baseball is his favorite sport -- and since we don't have very much going on baseball-wise right now, this is pretty much the only opportunity that we have a chance to get out here."
You can excuse the boys if they sometimes feel isolated playing in Big Sky Country in the wide open spaces of their state. McLean compared seeing all the players here this weekend from all over the place -- 12 states, three Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico are represented -- was kind of like watching the Major League Baseball amateur draft. That is the only other time he got to see high school players from other states.
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Only the On Cloud features an easy-entry lacing system that can be adapted to your foot. On top of the speed laces, each Cloud also comes with a conventional lace in the box. If the Speedlaces are too wide or loose for your foot, you can easily retie the knot for a perfect fit for you.
How do I care for my On Gear?
What materials are used in On Gear?
On Performance Apparel is made of the highest quality and technical materials, including:
- Lightweight materials that feel like a second skin.
- Stretchable and flexible fabrics that allow high freedom of movement.
- Breathable and fast drying materials for a comfortable feeling.
- Weatherproof fabrics to keep you protected.
Basically materials that will let you forget about what you're wearing and focus on what's important: the run.
- Lightweight materials that feel like a second skin.
- Stretchable and flexible fabrics that allow high freedom of movement.
- Breathable and fast drying materials for a comfortable feeling.
- Weatherproof fabrics to keep you protected.
Basically materials that will let you forget about what you're wearing and focus on what's important: the run.
Can I take my On Performance Running Gear out on the town?
Definitely - in fact we recommend it. We designed our apparel range to look (and feel) great both on, and off, the running track.
How do I know which size I need?
If you're unsure which size of On shoes or On Performance Running Gear you are, simply use our Size Guides located on the right of every product page or click here.
How can I get replacement laces?
We are currently working to stock our web-shop with laces to make it easier for you to order direct in the future. We estimate laces to be back in stock next year and look forward to offering you the ability to order then.
Ordering and payment
How can I order my Ons?
Both our shoes and Performance Running Gear can be purchased online through our secure webshop, shops of our dealers or through our distributors around the world. Please find our dealer locator here.
If I want to order my Ons online, do I have to open a customer account?
No, not at all. You do not need to create a customer account to complete your purchase at On.
How will I know if the model and color I've selected is currently in stock?
Through our webshop, we make sure that you can only order products that are currently available and in stock. If the product you're after is temporarily sold out, you can leave your email address to be notified when it becomes available again.
How will I know you've received my order, and when will the payment be debited to me?
We'll send you an email confirmation of your order as soon as your payment has been approved, and we will debit your credit card or PayPal account after your purchase.
Will I be kept informed of the latest status of my order?
As soon as your payment has been approved, we'll send you a purchase confirmation of your order and tracking information via email.
Do your prices include VAT?
Yes, our webshop prices do include value-added tax. In the last step in the check-out process you will clearly see the VAT amount listed separately.
What payment methods does On accept?
You can pay for your Ons by credit card, Apple Pay or via PayPal.
For selected countries we offer payment by invoice or instant bank transfer via Klarna or Billpay.
The credit cards we currently accept are Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, MasterPass and Maestro (United Kingdom).
For selected countries we offer payment by invoice or instant bank transfer via Klarna or Billpay.
The credit cards we currently accept are Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, MasterPass and Maestro (United Kingdom).
Is it safe to use my credit card online at On?
There's absolutely no need to worry here: our online shop incorporates the very latest secure technology. And to give you further peace of mind, we've also adopted MasterCard SecureCode, which provides additional protection against unauthorized access to your credit card account. You'll find further details about MasterCard SecureCode and how to take advantage of it here.
How can I set my local currency when ordering?
You shouldn't need to! We can automatically see what country you are ordering from, to help us get your Ons onto your feet as quickly as possible and with a minimum of customs formalities. But should the automatic settings be incorrect for some reason, you will be able to change these at the bottom of any page.
I have a customer account but have forgotten the password. What should I do?
No worries! Simply visit the login area and click on reset password and we'll send you a new password - if you entered the same email address through which you created your On customer account.
Shipping and returns
What countries do you ship to?
We already ship to over 50 countries around the world, and are adding more all the time. Should you not find your country of residence on the list at the bottom of the page, please use the dealer locator to see if Ons are available from any dealers in your country.
How quickly will I get my Ons, and how much will the shipping cost?
We want you to run on clouds in no time, so the answer is - as speedy as possible. Depending your country and delivery option, the delivery will take between one and six business days. Just check in the shopping basket how long it takes to deliver your Ons to your country of residence.
We want you to concentrate on your running. So for most countries we cover the shipping costs, as well as any customs charges involved. Shipping costs will occur if you order from India, Indonesia, Israel or Malaysia. If your order doesn't meet the minimum order value to qualify for free shipping (which varies by country), the shipping cost will be displayed in checkout.
We want you to concentrate on your running. So for most countries we cover the shipping costs, as well as any customs charges involved. Shipping costs will occur if you order from India, Indonesia, Israel or Malaysia. If your order doesn't meet the minimum order value to qualify for free shipping (which varies by country), the shipping cost will be displayed in checkout.
Will my package be insured?
Yes – all products sent from us are covered by standard insurance, so there is no need to worry.
How long will it take you to ship my order?
We will need a little time to process your order, of course. When we send you our confirmation that they have shipped, we'll also give you the tracking information for your order, including the carrier we are using.
What if I find that I don't like the On products I ordered?
If you're not happy, we're not happy, which is why we've made returns and exchanges quick and easy. You have 30 days from the time you receive your order to make up your mind and we'll even cover return shipping (with a few exceptions noted below*). We simply ask that products be returned in their original condition and packaging (including sock orders, which must also have packaging intact). Please complete the return form online.
*Free return shipping is not yet covered for the following countries: India, Indonesia and Malaysia. *Expedited shipping will not be refunded in the case of returns/exchanges, just the basic cost of return shipping only.
*Free return shipping is not yet covered for the following countries: India, Indonesia and Malaysia. *Expedited shipping will not be refunded in the case of returns/exchanges, just the basic cost of return shipping only.
What is the warranty on my products?
As a premium brand On is always eager to ensure the highest quality. If your On is defective, or even has been sent with a defect, please fill in this warranty claim and submit online. You will find the requested order number on your return document in your package. If you bought your Ons at one of our dealers, please reach out to them and process the warranty with them.
After you submitted your claim we will respond within 24 hours and you will receive an answer via email. If we accept the claim we will send the new product and you can send us your defective one back with the prepaid return label in your package.
Please find further information on your return sheet in the package.
After you submitted your claim we will respond within 24 hours and you will receive an answer via email. If we accept the claim we will send the new product and you can send us your defective one back with the prepaid return label in your package.
Please find further information on your return sheet in the package.
If I return my items, will I get a full refund?
Of course. If you wish to return items from your order, we will refund the full purchase price. Products simply need to be in their original condition and packaging, including socks which must have original packaging intact.* We'll also pay for the shipping of the returned On products unless the shipping is to/from one of the following countries: India, Indonesia, Israel and Malaysia. Expedited shipping will not be refunded in the case of returns/exchanges. If you would like to return your order but didn't receive a return information sheet in your package, please reach out to our Happiness Delivery team here.
If I want a refund, how long will it take before I get my money back?
We will need a little time to process your return. But as a rule you won't have to wait more than 21 working days to have your money refunded.
Who do you use to ship your products?
The carrier we use varies from country to country and will be clearly displayed in the checkout-process.
How can I be sure that any personal details I give you will be kept private?
You can rest assured that we will treat any data you provide us with as strictly confidential. Needless to say, this also includes not passing such data on to any third party. You'll find full details of our privacy policy here.
Is it safe to buy my Ons online?
Don't worry: we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to make your online shopping with us as simple and safe as possible. SSL both encrypts and protects all the data you send us over the Internet. When SSL is activated, a padlock will be shown in the address line on your browser and/or the address will begin not with the usual "http" but with "https". So when you see this, you can sit back and shop with us knowing that all your transactions are totally safe and secure.


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OCEAN CITY – In the end, the decision to extend bike hours on the Boardwalk had as much to do with money as it did with safety.
Upon Mayor Rick Meehan's vehement recommendation, the City Council came to a compromise Monday that will not only allow extended bike hours, but also keep almost $25,000 in revenue that could have been lost.
The council voted unanimously during the ordinance's first reading, to allow bike riders on the Boardwalk during the summer months until 11 a.m. during the week, but kept the 10 a.m. cut off time on weekends to ensure the almost $25,000 in revenue made from the Boardwalk tram over the course of the summer on Saturdays and Sundays.
The council had originally decided several weeks ago to extend bike hours to 11 a.m., but also keep the tram running at its normal 10 a.m. start time, which concerned many at City Hall and in the community, most vocally, the mayor.
"I'm up there on my bike, and I can tell you that it's going to create a real problem on the weekends," said Meehan. "I spoke with some of the bike operators, including Don, (of Dandy Don's bike rentals) who made the proposal and he agreed with me."
The council amended that decision at the beginning of Monday's discussion, motioning for the extended hours seven days a week and pushing back the tram's start time to 11 a.m. as well.
Meehan contested in past weeks that allowing bike riders and the tram on the Boardwalk at the same time would create a huge safety concern, and he also urged the council to consider the revenue loss by cutting the tram for an hour on the weekends.
"If you look at the train ridership, the amount we would lose by starting the tram at 11 a.m. during the week is about a net of $4,500," said Meehan. "What we lose on the weekends by starting it at 11 a.m. would be more like $25,000, so I think it's a significant revenue change as well."
Councilwoman Margaret Pillas wanted to do the opposite in this instance, and give a "year's trial" with the extended hours seven days a week to see if it would be a safety issue or detrimental to revenue.
"I'm up there 100 days straight in the summer as I own a store on the Boardwalk," said Pillas, "and bike riders are becoming more important to the Boardwalk businesses than the tram. There's a short window this year, and if the economy stays the way that it's been, I don't think you'll have a lot of people during the week, so I suggest we try it the other way and see if this works."
Meehan took a jab at Pillas claiming to rarely seeing her at her Boardwalk store and noted that as a former Boardwalk merchant himself, he always gauged business on the Boardwalk by the amount of bags he could count.
"I think it's a revenue issue and it's a safety issue, and we should take into consideration those whom are walking on the Boardwalk as well", said Meehan. "But I think (counting bags) is what all Boardwalk merchandisers do, and you don't see many people riding bikes that are holding bags."
Councilman Jim Hall took another angle, citing Risk Manager Eric Langstrom's recommendation to the council not to allow bikers and the tram to run simultaneously.
"This is a dramatic change and I'd like the tram to not be on there when the bikes are," said Hall. "I was up there over the weekend and it was crazy because the weather was so nice, so I think this is a good compromise."
Pillas' motion to allow the extended hours and push back the tram start time seven days a week died in a 3-4 vote, with Council President Joe Mitrecic, Jim Hall, Doug Cymek, and Mary Knight in opposition, but a new motion based on the mayor's recommendation was made by Mary Knight and it passed unanimously.
"For the record Margaret, it's hard for me to look at some of the budget cuts that we've made this year, and just throw away $25,000," said Mitrecic.


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- Stretch viscose mix jersey
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60% viscose, 35% polyamide, 5% elastane
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customer reviews
Fits also for women with long legs and strong thighs.
Passt auch für Frauen mit langen Beinen und starken Oberschenkel.
Beautiful material, slightly thicker winter Jersey. I hope when wearing this impression is confirmed.
Wunderschönes Material, etwas dickerer Winterjersey. Ich hoffe beim Tragen bestätigt sich dieser Eindruck.
The material was great. a softer but thicker and heavier Jersy, which falls well and upward creep in compression stockings between legs.
Das Material war super. ein weicher aber dicker und schwerer Jersy, der gut fällt und auch bei Kompressionsstrümpfen nicht zwischen den Beinen nach oben kriecht.
Super quality, very comfortable and chic, the form keeps optimally by the slightly heavier fabric!
Super Qualität, sehr bequem und schick, behält durch den etwas schwereren Stoff optimal die Form!
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|January 9, 2009 11:00 AM EST
Alan Wiliamson's Blog
Finally, after years of providing just a command line interface to their web services, Amazon has released a web based management console. Has it been worth the wait? In a nutshell, yes.
We knew this day was coming, and 8th of January was that day.
Built using Yahoo's YUI framework, using JSP at the backend, Amazon's engineers have delivered a very rich, functional and darn right stunning looking console. It begs you to want to use it.
Initial Tour
The first you notice instantly is how clean everything is laid out, choice of colours and controls just flow beautifully. The front page is your main overview page giving you the state of EC2 and the amount of resources you are presently consuming. Nice little 'refresh' button, that simply updates one of the inner panels instead of forcing a whole page refresh. This is the small details that carry on through - this is how AJAX should be used.
The bread'n'butter of this console is the management of instances, the bit that most people usually struggle with the most, particularly when it comes to finding an image to which to start. The selection of images from either the public list or the private list is clean and informative. Infact even I have noticed that Amazon have finally blessed Fedora 8 as a base image after holding onto Fedora 4 for so long.
After selecting the image you want, you are then presented with the necessary options to actually run up the image, optionally taking you through a wizard if you haven't yet created any key pairs or firewall settings. This is the bit that usually trips up AWS virgins; run up and image and left locked out of it figuring out how to get into it.
All other aspects of what EC2 touches are configurable from this console. This includes the Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Elastic IPs and Security Groups.
This console does not address any of the other Amazon Web Services, including S3, Simple Storage, and Simple Queuing Service. That I suspect is just a matter of time.
What about RightScale? Elastic Server?
How does this beta stack up against the likes of RightScale and Elastic Servers dashboard?
Well it is not quite a fair comparison as each of these chaps operate over multiple cloud providers, but if all you are doing is Amazon, then it just got harder to justify the fee for RightScale if you don't need any of the other value add services. I know a lot of people use RightScale just for the convenience of a web based frontend instead of wrestling with the command line or the FireFox plugin.
Elastic Server doesn't have anything to worry about, especially as they are specifically geared towards the management and building of the images across lots of difference platforms. In fact this compliments their offering as only this week they released support for the KVM, the Linux Virtualization kernel.
Have we seen it before?
This isn't the first time we've seen a fully functional AJAX laden web application for the cloud. GoGrid has their much touted GWT based application.
As I have commented in the past, their web ui is very sluggish and slow in parts. Having experience in GWT, I can tell its GWT that is slowing things down here and I think Amazon's choice of YUI was probably a wise one in this instance. Run both of them up beside each other and you'll instantly feel a snappish response compared to GoGrid's GWT version.
Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but the initial choice of framework is important as switching at a later date does require pretty much a complete rewrite.
So, was it worth the wait?
Amazon have delivered this console under the 'beta' banner, and if its anything like a Google 'beta' then we should be living with this for a number of years, so get use to that little logo!
It is infinitely more accessible than their FireFox plugin, which ties you to a single browser/single machine and it delivers in all the functional pieces to let you really utilise EC2. As more pieces fall into place, this will become the defacto standard way of managing your AWS account. I hope they also tie in the accountancy to the same console; I would like to see the cost of my services as I incur them. But Amazon does not offer any public API's to get at that information, so we may not see it here.
See for yourself: https://console.aws.amazon.com.
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WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court should hear argument in a case central to the law that allows spying on citizens in the United States without a warrant in the name of counter-terrorism just as a partisan Congress decides whether to renew the law.
The justices have agreed to hear argument next term on whether a group of organizations and individuals has "standing" to challenge the latest version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. To challenge a government practice or law as unconstitutional, you to have "standing." You acquire standing -- the right to sue -- by showing an injury.
In the simplest terms, the law allows the government to eavesdrop on U.S. electronic communications -- phone calls, e-mails and other forms -- without a warrant in the United States as long as one end of the communication is outside the United States.
The Bush administration and now the Obama Justice Department have argued individuals and organizations must be able to show they were monitored by the surveillance program to have standing and challenge it in court.
But the program's target list is secret, and the U.S. government won't tell potential targets whether they have been monitored. Therefore, the government argued, no one has standing.
The American Civil Liberties Union first filed suit challenging the 2008 FISA Amendments Act in July of that year on behalf of a broad coalition of plaintiffs who routinely contact people overseas. The government defendants are now headed by James R. Clapper Jr., in his official capacity as director of national intelligence, Keith B. Alexander, in his official capacity as director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service, and U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
A federal judge dismissed the initial case, agreeing with the government the ACLU plaintiffs didn't have standing. However, a three-judge federal appeals court panel in New York saw the case differently when it handled it in March 2011.
The 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was enacted after the Watergate scandal. Under a special court's supervision, it lets the U.S. government secretly eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and others in the United States in intelligence investigations, especially when someone communicates with a foreign agent. It was originally passed to allow the government to collect foreign intelligence information involving communications with "agents of foreign powers."
The 2001 Patriot Act, enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, expanded FISA to let the FBI get the personal records of suspects from U.S. libraries and Internet Service Providers.
The real game changer came in 2008. The FISA Amendments Act, abbreviated in court records as FAA, was enacted that year.
"Then-Sen. and presidential candidate Barack Obama voted for the measure, though he said the bill was flawed and that he would push to amend it if elected," an article published in Wired magazine last week said. "Instead, Obama, as president, simply continued the Bush administration's legal tactics aimed at crushing any judicial scrutiny of the wiretapping program."
FISA originally required U.S. officials to get authorization and created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which gave the authorization. The application also had to be approved by the U.S. attorney general, and had to include, among lots of other information, the identity, if known, or description of the individual to be monitored and the basis for believing the target was a foreign agent, and that a foreign power or foreign agent was using or about to use each of the facilities targeted.
The 2008 FAA left much of the FISA framework intact, but there were two crucial differences between the original FISA system and the new FAA regime.
"First, whereas under the pre-existing FISA scheme the government had to submit an individualized application for surveillance identifying the particular target, facility, type of information sought, and procedures to be used," the appeals court said, "under the FAA, the government need not submit a similarly individualized application -- it need not identify the particular target or facility to be monitored ... .
"Second, whereas under the pre-existing FISA scheme the [FISA court] had to find probable cause to believe both that the surveillance target is a 'foreign power' or agent thereof and that the facilities to be monitored were being used or about to be used by a foreign power or its agent, under the FAA the [FISA court] no longer needs to make any probable-cause determination at all. Instead, the [FISA court] simply verifies that the government has made the proper certifications."
The federal appeals court said the new procedures mean surveillance orders can be "significantly broader. ... Under the FAA, by contrast, the plaintiffs allege that an acquisition order could seek, for example, all 'telephone and e-mail communications to and from countries of foreign policy interest -- for example, Russia, Venezuela or Israel -- including communications made to and from U.S. citizens and residents.'"
Moreover, the original FISA scheme required ongoing judiciary review of whether the government was complying with the law. Under the FAA, compliance is monitored by the executive -- the U.S. attorney general and the director of national intelligence, who make reports to the FISA court.
The appeals court said, "A citizen who dislikes a particular law may not require a court to address its constitutionality simply by stating in a complaint his belief, however deeply held, that the law is inconsistent with some provision of the Constitution" -- but it still ruled that the ACLU group had standing.
"The plaintiffs' uncontroverted testimony that they fear their sensitive international electronic communications [are] being monitored and that they have taken costly measures to avoid being monitored -- because we deem that fear and those actions to be reasonable in the circumstances of this case -- establishes injuries in fact," the appeals court said, "that we find are causally linked to the allegedly unconstitutional [FISA Amendments Act]. We therefore find that plaintiffs have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the [act] in federal court."
The ACLU group includes Amnesty International USA, the Global Fund for Women, Global Rights, Human Rights Watch, the International Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, The Nation Magazine, PEN American Center, the Service Employees International Union, the Washington Office on Latin America and several individuals.
The Supreme Court, in a one-sentence order last week without comment, said it would review the appeals court ruling on standing.
In its successful petition to the high court, the government asked the justices to determine "whether [the ACLU plaintiffs] lack Article III [constitutional] standing to seek prospective relief because they proffered no evidence that the United States would imminently acquire their international communications using [the law] ... and did not show that an injunction prohibiting [the law] would likely redress their purported injuries."
The conservative Washington Legal Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of former U.S. Attorneys General William Barr, Edwin Meese and Dick Thornburgh. The brief argued the case threatens the ability of the government to protect national security.
But the ACLU group said in its own brief, the FAA of 2008 now "does not require the government to demonstrate to the FISA Court that its surveillance targets are foreign agents, engaged in criminal activity or connected even remotely with terrorism. Indeed, the statute does not require the government to identify its surveillance targets at all."
The FAA has a "sunset" provision -- it's due to lapse on New Year's Eve. Among its provisions is immunity from lawsuits for the telecommunications companies who cooperate with the government in the surveillance.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas and a dormant GOP presidential candidate, and his supporters have pledged to oppose and expose any member of Congress of either party who votes to re-enact.
But the ACLU reported last week: "This afternoon the Select Senate Committee on Intelligence will be secretly approving legislation to extend [the FISA Amendments Act]. No public hearings; no public oversight; no thorough debate about how this law has been used and how it has affected Americans."


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Jeremy played basketball for STM in third through eighth grade and also played two years of AAU with the Fairfax Stars. In addition, Coach Jeremy played Arlington County Lacrosse in second through eighth grade. While at Bishop O'Connell, he played 3 years of Lacrosse and 1 year of Ice Hockey. After high school, Jeremy attended Marymount University where he played varsity lacrosse for 1 year.
He currently works for The Waddell Group with Raymond James Financial Services as the operations manager, as well as working with special needs and autistic children.
Coaching Experience. This is Coach Jeremy's third year with the Matrix and his third year coaching the 2018 Green team; he led the team to gold medals at D-II Districts in each of his first two years. Coach Jeremy caught the coaching bug early in life. After moving from STM to Bishop O'Connell, Coach Jeremy returned to St. Thomas Moore, moving from the court to the bench.
In his first stint as a head coach, Coach Jeremy led his STM 5th Grade team to 2nd place in CYO Division 3. In the next season, Jeremy moved up with the team and as 6th Graders, they won the Division 2 CYO regular season and tournament championship. Jeremy also served as an assistant coach for a variety of other STM teams over the years.
After having helped out with a variety of Matrix teams with a variety of different Matrix coaches over the years, in 2011 Coach Jeremy was the lead assistant coach for the Matrix 2019/4th Grade Green team, a Division II team that earned a Division I 4th place medal in the highly competitive Potomac Valley District Qualifying Tournament. Due to the head coach's schedule, Jeremy served as head coach at many of the team's games and practices.
Coaching Philosophy. His coaching philosophy is to work together as a team in a full court pressure defense which leads to a more open free lanced offense style. He works tirelessly on fundamentals and improving individuals skills.
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Meyer Turku Delivers Costa Smeralda
Finish shipbuilder Meyer Turku delivered liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled Costa Smeralda to its Italian owner Costa Cruises, a brand of Carnival Corporation.The brand's new flagship Costa Smeralda becomes Carnival Corporation's fourth new ship of 2019 and its second LNG-powered ship.Costa Smeralda is the first of two new sister ships for Costa Cruises that can be powered in port and at sea by LNG. The second vessel, Costa Toscana, is currently under construction at Meyer Turku and scheduled to be delivered in 2021.
Interview: Ed Grimm, CEO, Southern Towing Company
"In God we trust. All others must have data."When Ed Grimm took the helm of Southern Towing Company (STC)as President and CEO, he inherited an enviable team of leaders, engineers, mentors, communicators and analysts. Today STC is a clear leader on the inland waterways, pioneering and proving the business and safety value of Z-Drives on the river towboats.How did you come to the top spot at Southern Towing Company?I started in the energy industry at 16 working at an oil storage depot in New York Harbor, working there through high school and putting myself through college.
Pirates Kidnap 19 Crew from Tanker off Nigeria
Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship's operator said on Thursday.The loaded vessel, the Nave Constellation, was attacked 77 nautical miles off Bonny Island on Tuesday and 18 Indians and one Turk from the crew were seized, the official said.Seven other crew members remain on board the vessel. Neither the vessel nor the cargo were damaged, the official said.The shipping industry has warned in recent months about the increasing dangers faced by seafarers sailing through the Gulf of Guinean, particularly around Nigeria, including kidnappings by pirate gangs.
SBM Orders Two More Fast4Ward Hulls
SBM Offshore announced it has signed contracts with Chinese shipyards for the construction of the company's fourth and fifth hulls under its purchase program for Fast4Ward newbuild multipurpose floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) hulls.The contracts were signed with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and Offshore Co., Ltd. (SWS) and China Merchants Industry Holdings (CMIH). Both yards are also progressing the construction of SBM Offshore's first three hulls which are already allocated to projects in Guyana and Brazil.
Industry Project for First Ammonia-Fueled ULCS Concept
LR collaborates with DSIC and MAN Energy Solutions for first ammonia-fuelled ULCS in China.Lloyd's Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. (DSIC) and MAN Energy Solutions for an ammonia-fuelled 23,000 TEU Ultra-Large Container Ship (ULCS) concept design, the first ammonia as fuel design of its kind in China.LR facilitated hazard identification (HAZID) workshops to determine potential hazards throughout the design phase, covering areas limited to the ammonia-fueled engine and the external piping systems.


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That badass picture isn't a still from the new Transformers movie. It's an actual electrical storm behind the actual space shuttle Endeavor, set to launch on its final voyage today. This is the penultimate space shuttle mission; the curtain will fall on the 30-year-old program when Atlantis returns in June. But then what?
So far, no replacement spacecraft has been named and President Obama has grounded NASA's planned moon shot, despite pledging his support of a manned flight to Mars sometime "during his lifetime."
Residents of the NASA-dependent communities around Cape Canaveral — where kids attend Astronaut High School and Satellite High, and where area code is the countdown-inspired "321" — are pretty bummed about the situation.
Shuttle worker layoffs already have begun and economists fear a ripple effect through the businesses those workers supported and the hotels and restaurants that catered to NASA customers and spectators.
Daily traffic is noticeably lighter on State Road 3 leading to the Kennedy Space Center, said Waylon Cattee, who lives 2 miles away on Merritt Island.
"Titusville is going to be a ghost town," he said.
That's very depressing! It's 2011. Weren't we supposed to be commuting to work in flying cars by now? Instead I'm paying 70 bucks to fill up my Honda, and Mars is starting to feel farther away than ever.


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The title refers to that handsome fella, Colin Egglesfield, that Ginnifer Goodwin is about to kiss, who is engaged to her best friend since childhood, in this romcom about a four people who all appear to be with the wrong person. The movie co-stars John Krasinski and Kate Hudson, it opens May 6.
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Two car keys are supplied with your Porsche.
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Paul Merson's Premier League predictions - Week 32
Merse expects wins for Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton over the weekend
Last Updated: 28/03/14 10:17am
Sunderland's next four fixtures after this one are against Tottenham, Everton, Man City and Chelsea - and I can't see them getting much change out of those. I know there will be a shock result or two somewhere along the way (as we saw when Villa beat Chelsea the other week), but they need to win this game. I thought they did well against Liverpool. They set up well and looked a better team when Ki came on and they avoided the heavy defeat I expected - but now they need to go and put some points on the board. It's nearly lights out if they don't win this because it will only take one fluky result for Crystal Palace and they are in deep trouble.
West Ham won in midweek and that takes the pressure off Sunderland a little bit because they've got less to play for. A lot depends on how Sunderland start the game and they need to go for it or they risk being cut adrift by the time they play Cardiff at the end of April. This is their cup final. The Capital One Cup memory has gone and they have to win this.
Liverpool v Tottenham (3.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1)
I saw enough in Liverpool's game with Sunderland on Wednesday to suggest the title pressure is getting to them. They were ok in the first 30 games because nobody was really talking about them; they could score goals for fun and people were just talking about them getting in the top four. All of a sudden they are in the title picture and it's so different to play like that. A lot will depend on how they handle the nerves. Chelsea and Man City both play on Saturday, so they may need to win this game just to stay where they were - and that's a disadvantage.
This will be a hard game for them, particularly if Emmanuel Adebayor is fit because he's got a lot of pace and Liverpool's defence is not the best. I think Roberto Soldado is a good player, but if he plays then they won't have as much threat over the top - and that will allow Liverpool to squeeze and suffocate the game and win easily. I don't think this will be that easy however, and I think Liverpool will just about keep this title push going.
Fulham v Everton (12.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1)
Having seen Everton's fixtures, I don't think they will finish fourth, but the players won't be thinking like that. Remember, they have just won four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since 2008 - whereas the other teams in the top four are capable of reeling off seven or eight without playing well. So while that's a big feat for them, it's not really for those used to top-four football. That shows you what they're up against. They have done great to get back into the race and I think they will win this game comfortably, but I think Arsenal will beat them to fourth. As for Fulham, they took a massive battering at Man City and probably need to win half of their games between now and the end of the season. That's a big ask.
Arsenal v Man City (5pm, Sat, Sky Sports 1)
I think Arsenal are shot now, but if they can finish fourth in the Premier League and win the FA Cup then that's a major successful season for them. I'd have to say the top four isn't looking great now because I expect Everton to make up three points on them this weekend and then Arsenal go to Goodison Park in their next game. If Everton win that then they will be level on points with a game in hand! I do expect Arsenal to finish fourth, but it won't be a foregone conclusion.
I don't see Arsenal winning this game though. Arsenal won't go out and play 10 men behind the ball because they only know how to play one way - and that will play into City's hands. Manuel Pellegrini has made them look a lot more solid and Edin Dzeko and Yaya Toure are both scoring goals now. They have a big squad and if they win this game, which is a big hurdle, then I think it will take them half-way to winning the league. It's in their hands.
Man Utd v Aston Villa
In some ways this is a dead rubber for Man United because they need to focus on Bayern Munich on Tuesday night. However, it's a Catch-22 because they're not in a position to lose a game at home. Meanwhile, Villa are like a bag of Revels - you just don't know if you're going to get a toffee or an orange from them. One week they beat Chelsea and the next week they go 1-0 up against Stoke and you think it's going to end up as a big score - and it was, the only problem for Paul Lambert was it was the wrong way! I am just going for Man United to win this, but I don't really know why.
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
I don't see Crystal Palace hurting Chelsea in this game. Defensively they are decent, but they won't hurt them going forward and I can't see Chelsea going through 90 minutes of this game without scoring a goal. They were very good last Saturday and punished Arsenal for their mistakes. It was a very good result and I think they will take advantage of playing before Liverpool and Man City again this week. They will get the points on the board and say 'over to you...'
Southampton v Newcastle
This isn't the best of games, I don't think. These two teams have not got much to play for and even though Southampton had a bad result against Tottenham last weekend, and lost from 2-0 up, I am just going to go for them to win this. They have got a lot of players playing for international spaces and maybe that will be a factor. Alan Pardew will be allowed back in the ground, but only in the stands and that should make a difference because his job is to get the players up for the game beforehand and at half-time. They had a bad result against Everton and were lucky to beat Crystal Palace, so I'll go for a home win.
Stoke v Hull
Mark Hughes has done what David Moyes should have done. He has gone into a new club and put his stamp on how he wanted Stoke to play. I know it's difficult to make comparisons because Man United have different ambitions to Stoke, but Moyes hasn't put his authority on things in the same way. If you're going to go down then go down in a blaze of glory. I think Stoke have done great and all season I've said there's no chance of them going down - and they're proving me right. Hull will also be fine and were unlucky to lose to West Ham in midweek, but I think they will lose. Their big game is in a couple of weeks' time at Wembley...
Swansea v Norwich
This is a massive, massive game. Swansea will be on a high after getting a last-minute draw against Arsenal, but it's another game they failed to win. They've only won once since Garry Monk came in, but it becomes a problem when you're playing well and not winning games. Norwich are fine at home and can give anybody a game, but I don't see them giving anybody a game away because they're a bit too negative. I expect Swansea to get the win and it should be enough to keep them up.
West Brom v Cardiff
I'm doing this one for Soccer Saturday and I think I've got the best game. It's a massive, massive football match because Cardiff can't afford to lose and West Brom will have highlighted it as one of those games they have to win. They won't have too many lesser teams to play at home than this and they need to win this game badly. Cardiff played well against Everton and scored three against Liverpool, so if they play like that then who knows? If I had to pick anybody then I would definitely pick West Brom because of home advantage, but I will go for a draw.
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I have some pretty awesome tuts going up today even though they are labeled for kids. It doesn't matter how old you are or what your drawing skill level, I know folks will enjoy learning "how to draw Zim for kids". This incredibly simple lesson will make people fall in love with the series all over again. I know that Invader Zim is something of the past, but you can still catch the episodes on Nickelodeon. I had a lot of fun making this version of Zim, and if you are a fan I think you will agree that he is just as popular as his better half Gir. There is only four drawing step which means you will finish this tut in no time at all. Have fun and let others know that you can draw Invader Zim characters in less then five minutes. Peace out amigos.
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- Australian Open, Day 11
Rampant Djokovic destroys Ferrer
Novak Djokovic powered into the Australian Open final with a demolition of David Ferrer.
Spanish No. 4 seed Ferrer has been in sizzling form this season and many felt he could be a genuine threat to defending champion Djokovic. That thought was blown out of the water in 90 minutes on Rod Laver Arena, as he simply swatted away the gritty baseliner.
Djokovic had to go to the limit of his powers to beat Stanislas Wawrinka, in the fourth round. He dispelled any fitness fears with a four-set win over Tomas Berdych and upped his level with his best performance of the tournament to date to secure a 6-2 6-2 6-1 win.
Ferrer attempted to match Djokovic from the baseline from the off, but the world No. 1 absorbed everything the Spaniard threw at him and worked the break in the fifth game.
Djokovic had Ferrer's measure from early in the piece and he turned on the style in the seventh game of the opening set. He moved his rival along the baseline and then sucked him in with a dropshot before flicking a volley into the open court.
Ferrer had chances to hold in that seventh game, but was ground down by Djokovic and sent a backhand over the baseline to surrender a second break of serve and ultimately the set.
Djokovic continued his dominance in the second set, breaking on two occasions to power through the stanza.
The Serb's level was sizzling in the second, it rose in the third. He broke through in the opening game and then claimed another in the third game. He cracked four clean winners in that third game, all of which simply left Ferrer in a state of bewilderment.
Ferrer took the fifth game to avert the threat of a bagel, but it did not check Djokovic's momentum. He rubbed salt into the wounds with a stunning lob volley that took him to within one game of victory - which he sealed when breaking Ferrer for a third time in the set.
Djokovic can now put his feet up and relax while Roger Federer and Andy Murray slug it out on Friday for the right to meet him in the final.


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Hiram's history also includes the rare and unique distinction of being the only college in the country with a team Olympic gold medal. Hiram's men's basketball team won that medal during the 1904 Olympic Games held in St. Louis, Missouri. This was the third modern Olympics and was the first year a medal would be awarded in the demonstration sport of basketball.
The Hiram squad was selected to compete because of their status as one of the top collegiate teams in the state of Ohio and went on to defeat Latter Day Saints University (now Brigham Young University) for the Olympic Intercollegiate World Championship.
The accomplishment was also selected as one of Sports Illustrated's Most Intriguing Events of the 20th Century.
What Others Wrote About the Games
- Sports Illustrated (November 29, 1999 issue): Could Be the Start of Something Big
- 1904 Team Manager W.H. Harmon's eye-witness account
- Hiram Magazine (Winter 2000 issue): Going for the Gold: Hiram's Glory
- St. Louis Dispatch (July 13, 1905 issue): Terriers World Champions
- Warren Tribune Chronicle (August 15, 2004 issue): Basketball Anniversary has Local Tie
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Mayor's Office
Lincoln Fire and Rescue (LFR) invites the public to participate in activities planned in conjunction with "Fire Prevention Week" October 3 through 9.
Two events are planned for Wednesday, October 6:
Volunteers are still being sought for the year's second smoke alarm rally from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, October 2 at Lincoln High School. Volunteers will be installing free smoke alarms, each equipped with a 10-year battery, in the area bounded by Washington, "F", 14th and 17th streets. More information is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: smoke alarm).
The rally parallels the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) theme for this year's Fire Prevention Week campaign – "Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!" NFPA has been the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for 88 years.
LFR Captain Jeff Hatcher said NFPA statistics show that working smoke alarms cut the chance of dying in a fire nearly in half. "Most people are complacent about smoke alarms because they already have one in their homes," said Hatcher. "Fire Prevention Week provides an excellent opportunity to re-educate people about their importance. Ideally, we want this year's campaign to serve as a reminder for families to self-inspect their homes and ensure that their families have full smoke alarm protection."
LFR urges the public to remember the following tips for making sure smoke alarms are maintained and working properly:
Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres.
In addition to the City website, more information on Fire Prevention Week can be found by visiting the NFPA website at www.firepreventionweek.org.