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2013 National Throttle Kings Champions Trucks
Warrior, Singer Slinger & Devils Reject
Shawn P. Goodeaux
Warrior and Singer Slinger
What you do for a living?: I am an industrial contractor, cattle rancher, and entrepreneur in Louisiana.
What got you into the off-road scene?: Originally back around 1981 I had a '73 K5 Blazer with a 454ci big-block and a 12½-inch lift rollin' around on 44-inch Gumbo Mudders. I literally would drive this truck to work, to school, and then 80 miles away to a mud bog. Mud bogging has always just been part of who I am.
What are some events you've been to this year?: This year I've been to quite a few places: Mud Truck Madness in Louisiana twice, also the Louisiana Mudfest, the Zwolle Tamale Festival, West Georgia Mud Park four times, Twitty's Bog in S.C. four times, went to BamaJam, Slo Poke in Georgia, and Iron Horse and Bithlo in Florida.
Truck Specs
Warrior: 1,500hp, 540ci big-block Chevy motor built by Shane Lejeune Race Engines, JW Performance TH400 transmission, SCS gearbox, 2½-ton Ouverson Violator axles, Dan Patrick sway bars and nitrogen shocks, Superior Traction 11.32 pizza cutter tractor tires on custom Dirt Road Performance wheels.
Singer Slinger: 540ci blown and alcohol-injected big-block Chevy motor, JW Performance TH400 transmission, Pro Fab 23-inch dropbox, 2½-ton axles, Dan Patrick sway bars and nitrogen shocks. The snorkel system and wheels are Shawn's custom designed "Singer Slinger" built with Titan 14.9-28 R2 SPEC tractor tires.
Anything you want to change about the trucks?: Add more horsepower.
Sponsors/shout-outs: A shout-out to my two daughters, Brittney and Aimee. Sorry I'm spending your inheritance!
Race Truck Throttle King Champion Three Years Running
Windle Skipper
Devils Reject
What you do for a living?: I own and operate Southern Custom Motorsports. We do everything from custom metal fab, rollcages, sheetmetal, suspension work, custom axles, gears, and custom chassis to complete race-ready rides. We are a complete "one stop chassis shop," but we can build anything the customer wants really. We have built several world-record-setting race chassis for customers, and of course the Devils Reject truck we built has now won three consecutive Throttle King National Championships in a row.
What got you into the off-road scene?: It was definitely four-wheelers as a kid. I started modifying and upgrading mine for the mud more and more. Once I got my license and a truck, it all took off from there. I eventually found my way into Hill N Hole racing and I still do it, but my favorite tracks are obstacle courses.
Devils Reject Specs
'98 fiberglass Chevy S-10 truck body, chromoly chassis, fuel injected big-block Chevy, TH400 trans, Profab transfer case, custom sheetmetal axles with aluminum 9-inch centers, Fox coilovers and bumpstops, and tons more.
Anything you want to change about it?: It could always use a bigger motor. I also want to build a mega-truck-based setup if I can ever find some spare time around the shop, but being busy is definitely not a bad problem to have.
What are some events you've been to this year?: As always, I went to Dennis Anderson's in N.C. for Trucks Gone Wild, Gumboro Mud Bog in Delaware, Hog Waller in Florida, BamaJam, Thunder Valley in S.C., and also the Peach Festival in S.C. I also hit up Redneck Yacht Club in Florida and Mud Truck Madness in Louisiana.
Sponsors/shout-outs: I want to thank Jessie at JC Automotive for giving me one hell of a motor and all his help. The motor he built has been in the truck four years now. I never changed the spark plugs and never checked or adjusted the valves. All I've done was change the oil every now and then and kept hammering on it.
Not only that, but we finally tore it down after the Throttle King Finale this year just to check over. All the internals looked brand new after four years of running it wide open. It definitely is a tribute to his engine work. I also want to thank Carolina Driveline for my driveshafts. They've been supplying my driveshafts for seven years now, and I have never had a single failure.
I also want to thank Atlantic Coast Converters for taking care of all my transmission and converter needs, and Don at Myrtle Beach Body Work for keeping the truck looking topnotch.


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This was my second running of the timed event, the 12 Hours of Big Bear Lake. Located at the Big Bear Lake Campground just off Bruceton Mills/Hazelton, West Virginia, this race, in its third year has grown in popularity. The first year there were 17 registered runners. Last year, around 50. This year, around 150. You can run this race as a solo runner, or there are three relay team divisions-2 person, 4 person, or 5 person event. This means if you are on a relay team, you've got serious downtime in between your laps. Which gives you more time to cheer on your solo running friends-which I greatly appreciated!!
This event was to be my "heat training" long run in preparation for the fast approaching Burning River 100 Mile Race. Well, race day temperature had to be around 68 degrees or so…it took a mile or so just to warm up the muscles…
A bit of pre-race excitement: Friday night, some "punks" came over the border from Pennyslvania, raided the aid station that Heather Parks, Race Director, had set up-stole the popup tent, slashed the water jugs, and stole the Hammer Nutrition (serious death penalty there-do NOT steal the Hammer products!!!) Somehow, the campground police caught them, Heather saw her pop up tent in the punk's vehicle and snatched that back. Far as we know, they've got underage drinking, trespassing, vandalism, and theft charges looking at them. (Me during all this excitement? I woke up when I hear a car go by very fast on the gravel road, I saw blinking lights, and heard someone "call for backup" then I realized how warm my sleeping bag was and went back to sleep).
Also the night before, at our campfire, we met up with two Liberty students (I can't remember their names). We had a good conversation with them about their running, Dr. Horton, and the Beast series. They were at Big Bear to get a qualifying 50 miler in so they could run Grindstone in the fall.
It was a very cool morning, it had to be in the sixties when we started. The relay runners made a beeline for the woods, while I just started walking. It was going to be 12 hours people, no need to get into a line on the trail.
Well, actually, there was about five of us in a line. I passed a tall thin man, and we started chatting…as the conversation went on, I realized I knew him! This was Jim from California, whom I had run with at YUTC two years ago! I had to stop and give him a hug before we continued on.
The 6.5 mile loop is very runnable. The first two miles are on a downhill, the third mile is an almost impercetible uphill creep. There is only one hill, just about mile 4, then some flat, and a bit of a downhill. I will have to look at the Garmin to check it.
I carried a handheld for the first loop. On loop two I was to don my hydration vest-not that I needed it for this run, but this was training for the Burning River. I had set up my stuff outside of the aid station. I came into the AS, donned my hydration vest, and got out quickly. About two miles into this loop, I realized I had forgotten to drink my Boost! Doh! Luckily I had some Hammer gels on me, and had that for nutrition.
It was just a beautiful day for a trail run. Since we were around 3000 feet, there was fog for the first two loops around the pine forest portion, just surreal to run through. I picked up my Zunie for company on loop two, but keep one ear plug off so I could hear the relay runners. Probably the only negative comment I have for the day: relay runners, a "hello" or a "on your left" is still a nice practice to follow, especially when I step off the trail for you.
I just kept it up, using Booster and gels mainly. This ended up with some extra bathroom stops, so I did switch to solid foods for my last loop. I also tried "Monster Mash" energy shot drink, which I think I will stash in my BR drop bags. My BR music playlist was also tested out and accepted.
I was hoping to run 8 loops, but checked the time and saw that I would only have enough time for 7. As I started loop 6, I was starting to get tired. So I decided that six would be a good ending for the day, as I have BR in two weeks. I picked up the camera on the last loop, but never had an SD Card in it, so only got a limited number of pictures!
I picked up some hardware…I didn't walk back up to the race start for the awards presentation. Julie's daughter brought down my nice plaque, but didn't know what place I had got. Heather, the RD, stopped down later, and couldn't remember what place I had got, but she said "she'd gone deep" in the placings, so I imagine this is for fifth or or six female LOL!!! I do love the plate though!!!

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Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Windsor is famous for its royal connections and is steeped in the pageantry and history of the royal family.
- It's surrounded by the delightful countryside of Royal Berkshire and makes a great day trip from the capital.
- You'll discover a lively town in a glorious riverside location with great shopping, restaurants and Windsor Castle - one of the Queen's official royal residences and the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world.
- Tour ancient Eton College, where Prince William and Harry went to school.
- Take the kids to LEGOLAND® Windsor, a theme park based on their favourite toy.
- Less than 30 miles west of London, you can get there by train in around 30 minutes.


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Cavaliers hire David Blatt, ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv coach
A month ago, just hours after coaching Macabbi Tel Aviv to a stunning victory against Real Madrid for Euroleague basketball championship, David Blatt told USA TODAY Sports he was "very interested" in an NBA coaching job.
"No doubt in my mind I can do the job," he said. But, he added, "Obviously someone has to want you."
The Cleveland Cavaliers got him. Blatt reached a deal Friday to coach the Cavaliers, a person familiar with the agreement told USA TODAY Sports. The contract includes three years with a fourth as a team option and is worth about $20 million with incentives. The person requested anonymity because the deal had not been announced officially.
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The Cavaliers announced Blatt's hire late Friday and said he will have an introductory news conference Wednesday.
"I feel strongly about my fit for the job and this team's potential," Blatt said in a news release. "This is an opportune time to join the Cleveland Cavaliers. We are going to work extremely hard to achieve the kind of results we all expect and know are possible."
This is a bold and laudable hire by the Cavs. Blatt has no NBA experience as a player or coach. But he is a well-respected and accomplished international coach. He coached the Russian national team to the 2007 Eurobasket championship, 2011 Eurobasket bronze medal and 2012 London Olympics bronze medal.
ESPN analyst and international basketball expert Fran Fraschilla said Blatt is an excellent pick-and-roll coach who is smart, creative and adaptable. The American-born 55-year-old, who played at Princeton for Pete Carril, has spent his entire career overseas, coaching in pro leagues in Israel, Russia, Italy, Turkey and Greece.
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The upset victory vs. Real Madrid was the first Euroleague championship for Blatt, who has also been named Israel's coach of the year three times and Russia's coach of the year once.
"David Blatt is going to bring some of the most innovative approaches found in professional basketball anywhere on the globe," Cavs owner Dan Gilbert said in the news release. "Time and time again, from Russia to Israel and several other prominent head coaching jobs in between, David has done one thing: 'win'. He is not only an innovator, well-trained and focused on both sides of the court, but he is always learning and always teaching."
At the 2012 London Olympics, Blatt was thrilled to talk with U.S.-based reporters. His son, Tamir, is a talented 17-year-old point guard who could be looking at U.S. colleges.
In Cleveland, Blatt will take over a team that fractured last season despite a lot of young talent. The Cavaliers went 33-49 in Mike Brown's return to the team, leading to his firing.
This offseason has been particularly interesting in Cleveland. Interim general manager David Griffin was kept on to run the front office. The team also won the NBA draft lottery for its fourth No. 1 pick in 12 years and third in four. Point guard Kyrie Irving can sign a contract extension this offseason, and the Cavs also could bring back potential free agent LeBron James, the Ohio-native superstar who left in 2010 to join the Miami Heat.
"I have watched David's work for many years," Griffin said in the news release. "He has an uncanny ability to adapt his system to maximize the talents of his teams year after year. That is why I am very confident he will make a smooth transition to the NBA. There is a great opportunity to accelerate the progress of moving our team and franchise to the higher level of play we all believe we are capable of achieving."


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But it seems that this is not the case:
it should be clear that OO.o is a profoundly sick project, and worse one that doesn't appear to be improving with age.
Crude as they are - the statistics show a picture of slow disengagement by Sun, combined with a spectacular lack of growth in the developer community. In a healthy project we would expect to see a large number of volunteer developers involved, in addition - we would expect to see a large number of peer companies contributing to the common code pool; we do not see this in OpenOffice.org. Indeed, quite the opposite we appear to have the lowest number of active developers on OO.o since records began: 24, this contrasts negatively with Linux's recent low of 160+. Even spun in the most positive way, OO.o is at best stagnating from a development perspective.
I wonder why this is? Are people becoming disillusioned with maintaining open source? Is the novelty wearing off, are the zealots moving on to "proper jobs"? Is the cachet of being an open source developer becoming too diluted now that there are so many millions of open source projects going?
Whatever it is, it's an interesting and somewhat worrying development. Because if it can happen to Open Office, surely it can happen to any open source project? The death of such a visible flag-bearing open source project would probably chuck a bucket of ice cold water over any IT manager looking to move towards open source software for anything.


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On and off, I have been looking around for one of these for ages. I am so glad that after missing a couple in the last few years, I found exactly the version I wanted, at a reasonable cost. It arrived to me from Italy yesterday, 2 days from ordering on chrono24 through the secure checkout system. Bravo to Bernado Antichita in Firenze.
So, Why this?
As you know, I am primarily a Lemania collector, and this is an example of one of two unique complications on the Lemania 5100 engineered and soley used by Eberhard.
This one was called the 5195, and in this variation the 5100 loses the day and date, plus the tied day/night indicator at 12. But it gains an independently-set 24-hr hand at 3, a GMT hand. Here I have set at it European time, GMT+1. Western European time.
(For completeness I should mention that the other Eberhard complication was called Mareoscope and had a tide indicator)
This version gives 5100 funtionality in chronograph terms (central seconds and minutes), no date, compax layout, and the addition of an independent GMT hand. Which is a powerfully attractive combination.
Eberhard did a few different iterations of this, and this is my preferred one. The one I have been looking for.
It, along with the others, dates from the late 1990s and is called the Cheftain Diascope. This one comes with a very dark metallic blue dial, silver sub-dials of very tight grailing (the official term for the concentric rings in sub-dials, I am led to believe).
Other options included white dial ones with blue subdials, blue dials with gold indices, and versions with the bezel radially cut on the hour markers.
But on this, the case is very plain, with all surfaces polished, including the rather novel Octagonal crown and shrouded pushers.
The original strap is a dark blue lizard, but there is such a thing as too much blue, so I have bunged it onto a Chestnut Di-Modell jumbo until I find something else in a darker rich brown to put it on.
The case is exactly 38mm, but the relatively slim bezel and tachy chapter ring leave a larger diameter dial than many, and the proportions for the sub-dials look good, with no overlap and respectable distance to the edge of the dial.
The dark blue dial is mesmeric, especially with the faceted silver indices, creased hands, and the sub-dial grailing so tight that it creates polychromatic effects like a CD surface.
All hands are silver save the chrono-minutes, which is dial-matched blue with a red arrow tip at the end. These are unique hand set for the 5100 family movement, not recycling of a bought-in set that you will also see on other models.
This colour combo perhaps does not make it the most legible chrono, but it certainly maintains the visual intrigue. As an example of the dressier end of the Lemania pantheon, I can forgive the slight drop in legibility for its mesmeric nature.
We do not discuss Eberhard here very much, but I know there are a few fans. This is my first one, and I am very impressed, the attention to detail is very good, the design cohesive and the overall effect very pleasing and high quality.
A lovely decorative chronograph with high functionality.
Some photos, taken just now. None of these are in direct light, so the dial is showing its more sombre moods, the blue really does sparkle in sunlight.


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With its collections of ancient, modern and contemporary art, the Musée de Grenoble offers you a chance to traverse the history of western painting from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Included are major masterpieces of classical Flemish, Dutch, Italian and Spanish painting; one of 20th century Europe's richest collections; and all the great post-1945 contemporary art trends, right up to the most recent artworks of the 2000s.
Fernand Léger has a unique place in 20th century art, exalting the industrial civilization, the world of machines, and of workers, as much as the world of the modern city. Likened to the great Cubists of the early years of the century, he stands apart mainly through his depiction of a narrative subject, the way he upheld the third dimension, and the importance he attached to colour.
The Tugboat belongs to a series where the closest version is held in the Musée national d'art modern in Paris. Fernand Léger sought to establish visual equivalents with the syncopated rhythm of engines, the smoke of ships, industrial architecture and landscape. The geometric figures of the boat, the cylindrical silhouettes of the figures, the dog and the tree, and the round forms which conjure up the tugboat's smoke are all overlaid and dovetailed with each other in a welter of contrasting and colourful planes which depict the energy of the machine and the activity of modern life. These different visual elements are joined together without any hierarchy disturbing the construction of a great stability. The composition, bequeathed by the contrasts of forms worked out in 1913, is based on the horizontal and the vertical. Squares contrast with circles, solids with voids, flat and geometric forms with the "tubular" reliefs, colours with non-colours, and black with white. This fragmented and colourful vision of the world, subject to a dislocation put back together again in accordance with its own laws, is meant to symbolize modernity and technical progress.
Fernand Léger
The Tugboat
Crédit photographique : Ville de Grenoble/Musée de Grenoble - Jean-Luc Lacroix


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Dwarves (Fleshforge Legacy Supplement)
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Dwarves are known to be masters of crafting and architecture, creating weapons of unsurpassed beauty and strength, as well as awe-inspiring structures of a scale impossible for any other race. However, while they trade their weapons openly for a good price, and will occasionally take contracts to design structures, they refuse to be come involved in the affairs of other races.
Dwarves are serious, logical, and methodical. They are slow to laugh or joke, and they are extremely suspicious of strangers. They value gems, gold, rare metals, well-crafted tools and other finely crafted metalwork. They are known to be a bit greedy, and are shrewd businessmen. They rarely involve themselves in combat unless absolutely necessary, preferring to direct their allies and work magic from the rear. They have a strong sense of honor, which makes them dangerous enemies and valuable allies.
Physical Description:[edit]
Dwarves usually stand between 4 and 4-1/2 feet, but they are so broad and compact that they are, on average, just as heavy as humans. Dwarf men are noticeably taller and heavier than dwarf women. Dwarves have skin ranging from pale to light brown, with dark eyes. Their hair ranges from blond to black, the most common being at brown, red, and gray. Females wear their hair long in large braids usually tipped in ornaments of finely-wrought gold or silver, but males shave the top of their heads, leaving thick beards that they painstakingly brush, braid and decorate with ornaments of gold or silver often embedded with gemstones. Dwarves are considered adults at age 50, but can live up to 500 years old.
Dwarves maintain open, but cautious trading relationships, but they do not allow outsiders into their mountains. The kobolds are kept as slaves in the mines, and the warforged loyally serve their creators as bodyguards, soldiers, and servants. Dwarves generally dislike short-lived races, seeing them as frivolous and fickle. Elves attack dwarves on sight, and dwarves generally return the favor. Dwarves will occasionally allow halfings into their mountain homes, but only after thorough checks.
Dwarves strongly favor law over chaos, and show a slight tendancy towards good over evil, but the majority of dwarves are solidly lawful neutral. Adventuring dwarves are more likely to be of a different alignment, however, as they are generally the ones that didn't fit in with dwarves culture.
The dwarves control the northern mountains from the east coast to the west, and the tunnels that descend beneath them. Or, they used to. In recent years, the mountains on the furtest east end of the chain have fallen under the control of a number of powerful vampires, who have fortified their numbers with ghouls, wights, necropolitans, and other intelligent undead. Dwarves in other lands are usually exiles, or merchants selling weapons, tools and armor.
Dwarves speak dwarven, which has it's own alphabet of runes. Dwarven language is infamous for it's rigid meanings, making it ideal for scientific, medical, engineering, and arcane texts. The dwarven alphabet is used, with very little change, to write Gnomish, Goblin, Orc, and Terran.
Dwarven names are usually written and spoken with the clan name first. Children are given a personal name to use until they come of age, when they are given an honor name and enter into society. Usually, this honor name is tied strongly to the dwarf's job or talents. A dwarf who disgraces his honor name is stripped of it, reverting to using his personal name, until he has earned the old one back or earned a new one.
Dwarven adventurers are usually those who have, for some reason, been exiled from their mountain homes. They may be motivated by shame, greed, or religious zeal, but they usually are striving to regain lost honor, or add to their honor with tales of slain giants or the creation of glorious works.
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- +2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma: Dwarves are intelligent and calculating, but they are often gruff, reserved, and suspicious.
- Medium: As Medium creatures, dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
- Dwarven base land speed is 20 feet
- Darkvision: Dwarves can see up to 60 feet in the dark. Darkvision is black and white only, but otherwise is just like normal sight. Dwarves can function just fine without any light at all.
- Stonecunning: This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn't stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up. Dwarves have a sixth sense about stonework, an innate ability that they get plenty of opportunity to practice and hone in their underground homes.
- Stability: Dwarves are exceptionally stable on their feet. A dwarf gains a +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
- Armored Casting: Dwarves reduce the Arcane Spell Failure Chance of any armor they wear by 10%.
- +2 racial bonus on Appraise checks that are related to stone or metal items: Dwarves are familiar with valuable items of all kinds, especially those made of stone or metal.
- +2 racial bonus to Use Magic Device checks. Most magic items are made by dwarves, giving them an innate understanding of how they work.
- +2 racial bonus on Craft checks that are related to stone or metal: Dwarves are especially capable with stonework and metalwork.
- +2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects: dwarves have an innate resistance to magic spells.
- Automatic Languages: Common and Dwarven. Bonus Languages: Gnome, Goblin, Orc, Terran, and Undercommon. Dwarves are familiar with the languages of their enemies and their allies.
- Favored Class: Artificer. A multiclass dwarf's artificer class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty for multiclassing.
Vital Statistics[edit]
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Republicans have pushed an election-year $3.5 trillion budget through a divided House that showcases their plans for trimming federal deficits and contrasts sharply with how President Barack Obama and Democrats would tackle the nation's fiscal problems.
The GOP package would revamp Medicare, slice everything from food stamps to transportation and reject Obama's call for higher taxes on the rich. It envisions collapsing the six different income tax rates into just two, with a top rate of 25 percent compared with today's 35 percent. It would also eliminate unspecified tax breaks.
The House approved the measure Thursday by a near party-line 228-191 vote.
Obama and Democrats prefer raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and on oil companies, boosting funds for roads and schools and culling modest savings from domestic programs.


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Abstract: Tourism offers an arena through which a place identity is imagined, negotiated and contained. This paper compares the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and show how these countries construct and assert their identities through tourism. They both share a common history as Czechoslovakia, however, they are perceived differently by the outside world. These former Eastern Bloc countries are promoting themselves in several ways and they are also marginalising their socialist past and invoking their Central European identity. The Czech and Slovak search for destination identity takes into account tourists' demands and perceptions. This paper introduces the concept of the orientalist tourist gaze, and demonstrates how orientalism may manifest in tourism. Data on how these two countries are imagined were collected in Denmark. Keywords: destination identity, host society-guest interaction, impact of tourism, orientalism URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6576
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Final landing spot for Cruz remains unclear
Rangers, Mariners and Orioles all linked to slugging free-agent outfielder
The Rangers have given away Nelson Cruz's old jersey number to free agent acquisition Shin-Soo Choo, but have not completely ruled out the idea of bringing the one-time fan favorite back to Texas on a club-friendly deal.
There is some speculation that Cruz, 33, who is seeking a multi-year deal, might settle for a one-year contract with his former club if he cannot land a large deal with another team. The Mariners and Orioles are among the teams that have been linked to the right-handed slugger.
Overall, Cruz hit .266 with 27 home runs and 76 RBIs in 109 games and 413 at-bats for the Rangers last season. He had a .327 on-base percentage and a .506 slugging percentage before he was suspended by Major League Baseball for 50 games for violating the Basic Agreement and its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment program as a result of the league's Biogenesis investigation.
Teams interested in Cruz must also consider that the veteran turned down the Rangers' qualifying offer of $14.1 million in November, which means Texas would receive a Draft pick as compensation if he signs elsewhere.
"I've had a lot of discussions with Adam Katz, his agent," Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said at FanFest last weekend. "There's an economic factor tied to that, as well as losing your Draft pick. Would I like to have him here? Absolutely. I'd love to have Nelson Cruz in this lineup. But how much do you have to pay him, how many years is it going to be and are you willing to lose another Draft pick? Those are the things you have to factor."
Zduriencik added that he's not expecting any more "major moves" this offseason, but his club could still have a need for a right-handed bat in the lineup, even with newly acquired outfielder Corey Hart on the roster. As it stands now, the Mariners have four left-handed-hitting outfielders -- Dustin Ackley, Michael Saunders, Abraham Almonte and Logan Morrison -- with Franklin Gutierrez and utility man Willie Bloomquist as the only right-handed options.
The Mariners could add to their estimated $85 million payroll, but some suggest the club would prefer to opt for a shorter deal with a player like Cruz -- especially after signing Robinson Cano to a 10-year, $240 million deal this winter. The team still owes about $150 million to staff ace Felix Hernandez.
The Orioles have expressed interest in Cruz and could potentially slot him into the designated hitter role, but the team's payroll constraints and the need for another starting pitcher work against Cruz. Like the Rangers and the Mariners, the Orioles could offer a shorter deal to Cruz in order to keep their payroll -- currently around $80 million -- under $100 million and still sign a pitcher.
The Rangers are prepared to move on without Cruz. The team is expected to start Choo in left field, Leonys Martin in center field and Alex Rios in right field with Michael Choice providing roster depth.


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The weekly trips to and from his homeland aren't the only choppy waters Allan Jenkins has faced in his eventful time at Ballymena United.
But as the Scottish midfielder embarks upon his sixth season in the Irish League, he is in doubt about the continued improvement in the standard of the Danske Bank Premiership.
"The league has definitely got better each season since I came over here," says Jenkins, who played in Scotland's top flight with Gretna.
"You only have to look at players like Roy Carroll, Sammy Clingan and Paddy McCourt joining Irish League clubs this summer as evidence of how it has improved.
"I would say it is very similar in standard to the Championship in Scotland, where teams are capable of beating each other.
"Certainly anybody coming over here from England or Scotland thinking they would pick up an easy wage would be in for a shock.
"I would say there has been an improvement in the quality of Ballymena's squads in my time at the club – even if it hasn't always been reflected in results.
"If Ballymena's best XI went up against any of the other clubs in the league in a one-off situation, we would fancy our chances against anyone – we've shown that in cup competitions.
"What we have to try to do is do that on a more consistent basis – it's the extra strength in depth that sets the clubs at the top end of the table apart from the rest.
"If we can manage to do that, I'm confident we can make an impression at the right end of the table."
Jenkins believes that the arrival of manager David Jeffrey towards the end of last season can reinvigorate the Sky Blues' fortunes.
"I knew about his achievements at Linfield when I first came over here but even from working with him for a short time at Ballymena, I would say he's as good as anyone I've seen in all my time in the game.
"There are so many things to admire about him – how he conducts himself, the way he gest his message across to players and how he gets players to respond to him.
"If I was to go into coaching or management, I would probably take more from him than from any other manager I played under.
"If I have one regret, it's that I didn't encounter him when I was 26 or 27 rather than coming 35 but it still provides me with a challenge to get into his team and I enjoy that."


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The iPad Mini, priced at $329, just can't compete with cheaper Android tablets, at least according to one report.
Apple frequently has pricier hardware than other manufacturers and often touts its quality, according to CNET. But at a $329 starting price, the iPad Mini is double the cost of lower-end tablets.
Rumors are flying that the Google event next week in New York will feature a $100 Nexus tablet. Whether that's true or not, several Android tablets, such as the $199 Nexus 7 tablet by Asus, have the $329 price tag beat. And let's face it, there's nothing revolutionary about the iPad Mini that makes tablet users have to have it (its display is actually lower-resolution than some cheaper tablets.) Even those who love Apple may find that the new $299 iPod Touch is a better buy.
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Census Records for Oklahoma
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott Ph.D., FUGA for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Population Schedules
• Indexed'1860 (partial), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Soundex'1900, 1910 (Miracode), 1920
Slave Schedules
• 1860 (partial)
Union Veterans Schedules
• 1890 (Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory)
Those who were not Native American but who were residing in Indian Territory were enumerated in the federal census of 1860. These schedules are recorded under 'Indian Lands' and follow the enumeration for Yell County, Arkansas, in the microfilm editions. Some Native Americans were also included in the slave schedules of 1860. See Sharron Standifer Ashton, '1860 Slave Schedules: Indian Lands West of Arkansas,' Oklahoma Genealogical Society Quarterly 36 (June 1991): 67-71, and Frances Wood, Indian Lands West of Arkansas (Oklahoma) Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1860 (n.p.: Arrow Printing Co., 1964).
In the 1890 and 1900 census enumerations, the present-day state was divided into Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. None of the population returns for 1890 survived, but returns for both territories in the special schedule enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War in 1890 are available on one microfilm reel. The only extant population census enumerations for 1890 for Indian Territory is for the Cherokee Nation (see Census Records'Native American, below). An Internet site for an index to the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census is www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/lib/1890/1890index.htm.
Census enumerations for 1900 for both Oklahoma and Indian territories are on separate microfilm reels. Reel numbers for the area called 'Oklahoma' follow those for Ohio but include only schedules for Oklahoma Territory counties, Oklahoma Territory Indian Reservations, and Indian military and naval jurisdictions. The 1900 census for Indian Territory is grouped separately in microfilm reels following the territories of Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii. Indicating a final resolution to the dispute over jurisdiction of Greer County, which functioned as part of Texas between 1886 and 1896, Greer County was included in the 1900 Oklahoma Territory census. In 1910 the first federal census for the state of Oklahoma was enumerated.
Microfilm copies of all these federal census returns are at the Oklahoma Historical Society, National Archives, other major libraries, and the FHL.
Native American
• Cherokee'1880, 1890, 1896
The Cherokee Nation took its own censuses in 1880 and 1890, and according to the Indian Archives at the Oklahoma Historical Society, the censuses are considered fairly accurate. The originals are at the Indian Archives where microfilm copies are available for sale but not for interlibrary loan. Other repositories may have copies. In 1896, in association with the Dawes Commission in determining Cherokee citizenship, another census was taken but is not considered as accurate, with many claims of citizenship eventually overturned.
Other enumerations are included at the Indian Archives, Oklahoma Historical Society, and among the Bureau of Indian Affairs resources (see page 16). Some published censuses of Native Americans include:
- Hook, Charlene. 1851 Census Drennen Roll of Cherokee and Court Claims Records. Tulsa, Okla.: Indian Nations Press, 195'.
Wagner, Rosalie, comp. Cherokee Nation 1890 Census, Index of Persons Living Under Permit in the Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee and Delaware Districts. Vinita, Okla.: Northeast Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1986.
An Oklahoma Territory census was taken in June 1890 for the seven territorial counties. Finding aids include a card index at the Oklahoma Historical Society and James W. Smith, Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory: For the Year Commencing August 1st, 1890 (Guthrie, Okla.: the author, 1890). Brian Basore, Basore's Name Finding List for Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory August 1, 1890 (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma History Society) is a helpful guide to the unindexed directory. In 1907 a census was recorded, but the only remaining schedule is for Seminole County.
Some school censuses are available at the respective county's superintendent of schools. These records may contain full name of student, birth date, and parents' names.
External Links
- Oklahoma Census Records - free up-to-date guide to accessing Oklahoma census records. Identifies federal, state, and territorial censuses, as well as substitute records (FamilySearch Research Wiki).


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A New York judge signaled on Monday he would probably allow the group that controls the Empire State Building to proceed with a plan to sell off the fabled New York landmark as part of a public stock offering despite the objections of dissident investors.
Malkin Holdings wants to roll the 102-story tower in midtown Manhattan into a real estate investment trust with 18 other properties and launch shares on the New York Stock Exchange through an IPO that could generate $1 billion depending upon demand for the shares at the time of the offering.
A small group of investors are seeking to stop Malkin, but on Monday they received a clear indication they were heading for defeat.
"My tentative view is that this matter is pretty straightforward," said New York State Supreme Court Justice O. Peter Sherwood, noting that he was leaning toward giving the green light to the Malkin plan. He said he would issue his written decision by the end of Tuesday at the latest.
The building, which ranked as the world's tallest for four decades after its completion in 1931, is one of the most recognizable features of the New York skyline.
The plan could bring a windfall to the Malkin family, who has ownership stakes in all the properties proposed for the REIT. Its stake could be valued as much as $714 million after the REIT goes public.
The Leona Helmsley estate, a major investor in the company that sublets and manages the Empire State Building and other properties in the REIT, could see its stake valued at about $1.03 billion, according to an filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The plan requires the support of at least 80 percent of each of three groups of investors in the tower, which is owned by Empire State Building Associates LLC, an entity controlled by Malkin.
Once Malkin reaches that threshold, it claims the right to force holdouts to sell back their units for $100 each unless they fall in line. The units, held by 2,824 investors, could be worth more than $320,000 apiece if the REIT, to be called Empire State Realty Trust Inc, goes public.
Some of the opponents object to the 50-50 split of ownership of the property between the investors and the company that manages the Empire State Building. The Helmsley estate owns a majority of the management company, while the Malkins own a small minority.
Opponents of the REIT plan contend that Malkin lost the right to force holdouts to sell their holdings in 2001, when he converted Empire State Building Associates into a limited liability company from a partnership. They argued that the forced-buyout provision violated a 1994 state law.
But the judge said he was leaning toward ruling that the investors were not members, who run and make most of the decisions for the limited liability company but were participants who are considered owning passive stakes with limited decision-making powers.
Richard Edelman, who along with his cousin spearheaded the campaign against the proposed REIT, said he would have no choice but to vote for it if Malkin is successful in getting the 80 percent.
"Of course we do that," Edelman said. "I'm not an idiot. We've been talking about it for a year. All that was in question was that the status quo could prevail or the Malkins could suffer a horrible loss, and the status quo prevailed."
A spokeswoman for Malkin Holdings declined to comment on the judge's statement.
Last month Malkin filed regulatory documents that said it had garnered about 95 percent of the investor votes it needs to cross the 80 percent threshold.
A representative for Malkin Holdings declined to disclose the exact number of units that had been cast for the plan.
Malkin, which began soliciting votes in January, can continue to do so until the end of next year and can stop once it reaches the threshold.
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- Cross wire fences close to a fence post to prevent damage to the fence.
- After unloading it, place the gun on the other side of the fence or obstacle to be crossed, with the muzzle pointed away from you and your crossing point. Then cross the fence and retrieve your gun.
- Pull a gun toward you by the butt—never by the muzzle.
- If two people are crossing, one person gives the other person both guns, crosses first, and then receives the unloaded guns from the other hunter.


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A Rocking Christmas Night in Christchurch
I woke up to a 4.2 earthquake last night. It was a few kilometres from the house. At first I thought Carol was jumping on the bed but the whole room was moving. It was the strongest quake I've every experienced; not frightening but very impressive.
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How do we quantify freedom? How can we assign a value to freedom from the risk of physical violence in a society?
Well, one way would be to list all the factors that make a society violent, prejudiced, oppressive, racist and patriarchal, then assign a value for each factor, reach a total and compare it with other societies. Sociologists such as myself call this process "performativity" and it is undoubtedly compelling.
These days, performativity almost rules our lives: Everything gets a score, everything gets compared and evaluated; schools, universities, hospitals, computers, smartphones, airlines, hotels and, of course, individuals in the workplace. Do you rank at the top or the bottom in your appraisal? It's important. After all, who wants to come at the bottom of any assessment?
However, simple lists only tell us so much. For example, a restaurant may get a high score on a good Internet listing, but that does not mean you will enjoy your next meal there.
So if it is tricky to produce a definitive list for restaurants, then what about human sexuality? Now there is a really tricky area to evaluate and compare, far more complicated than choosing where to have dinner tonight.
Tricky or not, one Internet travel organization, www.spartacusworld.com, has made an impressive, if not risky, attempt to create a list of the "most liberal and gay-friendly countries to visit or live in." This "Gay Travel Index" is highly performative: It lists 14 categories ranging from gay marriage to the death penalty for homosexuals. The index then goes on to color code virtually every country in the world, with dark green for the most liberal and gay-friendly countries, through to yellow for the countries that are not quite liberal enough, down to dark red for the most patriarchal, homophobic countries on Earth: countries where it is acceptable for a husband to beat his wife, but not to kiss his male friend.
Now even someone with just a passing interest in gay rights is probably going to be able to work out that Sweden is going to be coded dark green, while Iran is going to be dark red. However, what about the middle rankings? Which countries are given the green of liberalism and which are given the red of medievalism? Well, as you might imagine, this is where it gets rather complicated, if not contentious.
For example, it is difficult to understand how South Africa and Mexico, two of the most violent, sexist and homophobic countries on the planet, can be ranked above, or indeed even alongside, Thailand, a country where being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) is acceptable, if not openly tolerated across most levels of society. One notable Thai airline is even staffed exclusively by "ladyboy" flight attendants. Can you imagine that happening anywhere else in the world? No. In fact, in my estimation, there are more openly gay men per square kilometer of Bangkok than in any other city, with the possible exception of San Francisco.
However, what really shocked me in the listing was China being placed 34 places above Taiwan. Even Kosovo, Montenegro, Bolivia, Nicaragua and El Salvador got placed above poor old Taiwan.
How on earth can that be right? I have lived all over the world, and spent the past decade in Asia, most of it in Thailand and Taiwan, and trust me, Taiwan is a fantastic place to be an LGBT person. After all, was not Taiwan the first Asian country to hold a major gay rights parade, now established as one of the biggest and brightest LGBT parades in the world? And I have never seen LGBT people getting hassled in Ximen by police or homophobes. In fact, the Red House Theatre area is now one of the major tourist attractions of the city.


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The judges were very excited about the quality of the work they had to choose from this year. It was a wonderful experience," says Janine Langston of the Jefferson County Library. "I loved looking at everyone's good work."
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All of the children who sent in books for the contest will receive special certificates of participation for their work, signed by Reading Rainbow host, LeVar Burton.
The First Place winner's books now progress to the national level Reading Rainbow judging which will be done in June. National prizes include computers and Reading Rainbow videotape libraries for kids and their schools. Alabama has had three national prize winners during the past two years of competition.
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Hi Community,
after having a great time at the MVP Summit and finishing chapter six of my first book. I wanted to turn some more effort into my blog again. The first thing I wanted to talk about is a scenario to expand your Windows Server 2016 Storage into the cloud and keep it available over branches.
The Scenario and use cases
Sometimes I have customers who need to have caches for fileservers and storage within their branch offices. In the past I needed expensive storage devices, complex software or I used DFS-R to transfer files.
With Windows Server 2016 we got Storage Replication, which gave me new opportunities to think about.
First Scenario I tried and built was with Windows Server 2016 based fileservers to replace DFS-R and establish asynchrony replication based on byte and not file level to reduce traffic etc.
You can use this kind of replication to move for file or backup data into the cloud.
The Technologies
What technologies did I use.
Windows Server 2016 Storage replication:
You can use Storage Replica to configure two servers to sync data so that each has an identical copy of the same volume. This topic provides some background of this server-to-server replication configuration, as well as how to set it up and manage the environment.
Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/storage/storage-replica/server-to-server-storage-replication
Microsoft Azure VMs https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/virtual-machines/windows/
The Infrastructure Architecture
In the first place you need a fileserver as source and fileserver as target. You need also to ensure that the data you want to replicate are on a different volume than the data that stays onsite.
The source can either run on Hardware or which would be the most cost efficient way on Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cluster together with other virtual machines like Domain Controller, Backupserver, Webserver or Database. With this kind of cluster you would also save the license costs for the Fileserver Datacenter License because you can use the Host License with AVMA and you can leverage the Windows Server 2016 License Mobility to Azure. Which enables you to use your Windows Server License for Azure virtual machines.
The Azure virtual machine should be a DS3 or above, because you need at least two disks. If you want to replicate more disks, you should be able to add more disks.
From the Network Site you need to implement VPN Site to Site Connection between your offices and Azure. You need a performance gateway to get the necessary throughput and latency. I would recommend to use Microsoft ExpressRoute and MPLS.
Scenarios how to use those fileserver Volumes
The first scenario I tested so far, was to get a geo redundant standby system for a fileserver with profile data and shares. Both Servers do not run in a cluster (didn't try that yet). Both servers are part of an DFS-N. The on premises server is the primary DFS-N target for the clients. The fileserver in Azure is the secondary target. The secondary fileserver is disabled as target for Clients in DFS-N. The access will be on the primary fileserver and the storage information will be replicated to secondary fileserver.
As long as everything went fine, you have only incoming traffic to Azure with no costs for traffic. If the primary volume or fileserver went offline you switch to the secondary fileserver by enabling the secondary fileserver in DFS-N and swapping the target volume to active. You can either do this manually or trigger it via automation services and monitoring e.g. Azure Automation and Operations Management Suite or System Center Operations Manager.
You can also use the fileserver as target for different fileservers.
A different approached could be achieved when using this scenario for backup. First you backup your data to the primary fileshare or volume and replicate it to the cloud.
After you finished the backup you switch the volume and transfer the backup to a cheaper location e.g. Azure Cold Storage Accounts.
The Pro's and Con's
|Easy to use
|ExpressRoute needed for best performance
|Azure License for Azure VM might be covered by your on premises license
|Not documented yet and only Proof of concept
|No need for expensive Storage Systems
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It's cartoon cats playing instruments and spinning in circles and eating pasta and dancing, for Pete's sake. Do yourself a favor — watch it immediately. Maybe bookmark it for future bad days.
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