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Amounts Distributed to Counties, Calendar Year 1989
Ohio's state local government revenue assistance fund came
into existence on July 1, 1989 (created and funded by House
Bill 171 of the 117th General Assembly). For calendar year
1989 distributions, this fund was comprised of 0.3 percent of
the state sales, use, personal income, public utility excise,
and corporate franchise tax collections.
Approximately $12.9 million was allocated to the fund from
these five tax sources during the last half of calendar year
1989. In turn, that amount was distributed to the 88 county
undivided local government revenue assistance funds.
The amount allocated to each county undivided local
government revenue assistance fund is determined each year
based upon the county's population compared to the total
population for the state. The population used is the more
recent of either the latest federal estimated census figures
or the latest decennial census figures that include
population totals as of June 1 of the preceding year (Section
5747.61, Ohio Revised Code).
The revenues received from the state local government revenue
assistance fund are distributed by the County Budget
Commission to eligible subdivisions within the county
(municipalities, townships, park districts, and the county
government itself). Table LG-6 shows the total revenues
distributed to each county undivided local government revenue
assistance fund in calendar year 1989.
Figures shown were compiled from records of the Ohio
Department of Taxation.


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"And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're remembering...." (Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Really. Who doesn't love a cute baby picture?
Hallie Jennifer Munson: Cute baby.
8 comments:
- ATWT Fan said...
This would be a cute baby if it was the real Hallie Jennifer Munson and not a faux one! As a Will & Gwen fan, there is not a Hallie Jennifer Munson until a more worthy baby comes along that deserves the name. Sofie's kid sure doesn't deserve the name that the Willen fans wanted for the Willen miracle baby. Sofie's kid has been a constant slap in my face. Will & Gwen's miracle baby should be alive not Sofie's spawn! Will, Gwen, & their fans deserve better than this. As a Willen fan, I will always hate & resent Sofie's kid and I will never accept it in Will & Gwen's life. The only way to make it up to me now is to get Sofie's kid out of Willen's life forever.
- Shawna said...
I love this picture. Gwen and Will's daughter is so cute! Gwen and Will are my favorite couple and I'm glad they have the family they always wanted. How much they love Hallie is obvious in everything they do. I will miss them immensely when they are gone.
- Meringue said...
ATWT should be ashame of themselves. They took the one story that the Will & Gwen fans wanted so badly, and then they pulled the rug out from under us. After Gwen was miraculously pregnant, no other baby is good enough for Will & Gwen at all. If the show thought that the fans would willingly accept Sofie's baby as a replacement for the Will & Gwen baby, then they were dead wrong. Sofie being the new character should have lost her baby not Gwen. I would rather see Will & Gwen without a child than to see them with Sofie's baby. The entire story has been painfully cruel, and it needs to be fixed now.
I would have glady taken any story over the story that was given after Gwen lost her baby. Even a story involving an extra-martial affair would have been 100% better than the story with Sofie & her stupid kid. I feel that the show owes the Will & Gwen fans bigtime. Making Gwen pregnant and giving Sofie her kid back will be a good start at making things right again in the Will & Gwen story.
- Nisey said...
Thanks for the great picture of Hallie and her mommy. She's a cutie. Too bad daddy Will wasn't in the picture with them. He's a cutie too. :) I love this little family.
- Bella said...
Hallie Jennifer Munson cute baby indeed! I'm glad that Will and Gwen got custody and I hope they keep her. Will and Gwen are the perfect pair to raise Hallie and I hope Sophie soon realizes that.
- daisy said...
Sorry but this is not Will & Gwen's daughter. It is and will always be Sophie's daughter. Shame on ATWT for killing off the baby that the fans wanted! In fact, ATWT is famous for killing off the babies that the fans are excited about as not only has Gwen's two babies been killed but also Meg and Emily's babies. If any baby should have been killed it off, it was definately Sophie's baby. Will & Gwen deserve so much better than being stuck in a nightmare with Sophie's daughter. Since the show loves killing off the babies, it is time for Sophie's daughter to die as it should have never existed muchless been born in the first place!
- TapDancer said...
Everytime Sofie's spawn was shown or mentioned on air, it was an insult. ATWT should definately be ashamed of themselves for killing off the Munson bio baby for the likes of 2 physco's to reproduce. I will not be a happy Willen fan until there is an on air mention that the spawn is dead and that Gwen is pregnant. Until then, I will be hoping for the death of the Sofie spawn as it will ALWAYS be a reminder that the rightful Hallie was killed off because the show created the Sofie spawn. If not for the Sofie spawn, there was no reason for Willen's baby to die. So the spawn will always be responsible for the death of the true Hallie Jennifer Munson. Therefore, the fans want the spawn gone!
- Angelica said...
Sorry but Sofie's spawn is not cute at all! This spawn should be dead. This spawn should have never been born muchless existed. This spawn is the reason that the real Hallie is dead. This spawn should be the one dead not Gwen's precious baby. Time for the show to mention this spawn got sick and died. There is no Hallie Jenifer Munson as this spawn will NEVER be Will & Gwen's child. Will and Gwen are still childless!

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Every day is Green at Sundance Mountain Resort.
"Our commitment to Sundance has always been to develop very little and preserve a great deal." – Robert Redford
Sundance Mountain Resort has a long standing history of Green policies, dating back to the property's original purchase in 1969. Today, Sundance Mountain Resort continues to update and implement new techniques and technologies, staying at the forefront of environmental stewardship.
Both visitors and lodging guests can participate in our resort-wide recycling program. Sundance Mountain Resort recycles cardboard, cans, paper and plastic on-site.
Conservation Easements
Conservations Easements are the bedrock for preservation in the Sundance Northfork Canyon. Nestled at the base of 12,000-foot Mount Timpanogos in Utah, the Sundance Mountain Resort calls the Sundance Preserve its home. Protective covenants cover 3,343 acres of land along with the Redford Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve consisting of 860 acres of protected land.
The Sundance Preserve is dedicated to maintaining the balance of art, nature and community as well as the cultivation of independent, innovative thought among artists, scholars, scientists, public policy and business leaders. Residing within the protected splendor of its own preserved lands, it is the mission of the Sundance Preserve to inspire action for the benefit of civil society.
Green Lodging
Guests who stay at Sundance Resort can participate in the linen re-use program, which saves water, energy, and reduces waste. All Sundance rooms are cleaned using non-toxic cleaning supplies, and guests are given the opportunity to recycle their paper, cans and glass products in their guest rooms.
Our lodging department's in-room amenities feature Sprout Out. The Sprout Out collection showcases the Gilchrist & Soames Naturally Kind Formulations combined with certified organic extracts of rooibos, cardamom seed, yarrow and ginseng to gently care for skin and hair. Additionally, each room is provided with Sundance's own organic soaps made in the Art Studio on property.
Sundance water throughout the resort and in every lodging accommodation comes from local mountain-fed springs. Due to the purity of our water and in our effort to conserve whenever possible, we do not offer bottled water in our lodging units. It is available for purchase on property, and we encourage guests to recycle the plastic bottles when finished.
A Message From Robert Redford and the Redford Center
My son James and I started The Redford Center: a non-profit organization set up to harnesses the power of documentary films and impact campaigns to help make the world a better place.
About four years ago The Redford Center set out to do something about climate change. We felt that the pervasive, apocalyptic climate story we were hearing was helping create urgency and awareness of the climate problem but it was not moving enough people into action. This is why we created, The Happening Project, to make sure people are also hearing climate solutions stories and progress stories, understanding where they fit in, and making sure they know that their actions do matter and that they will be in good company if they get inspired to get involved.
At the center of The Happening Project is the latest Redford Center film, Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, that James is directing and starring in. It will air on HBO starting December 11, 2017 … It is our most ambitious project and is a direct response to the climate crisis—answering the questions: What can we do? Where is the hope?
Ride the Wind with Sundance
Sundance Mountain Resort partners with Renewable Choice to purchase enough Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to offset 100 percent of the resort's power usage. This purchase eliminates 1,378 metric tons of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere each year. The surrounding Sundance community owners also purchase RECs to offset power usage for their properties.
We are buying 237,032-kilowatt hours (kWh) of wind-generated electricity each month, or 2,844,379 kilowatt hours annually, through Renewable Choice. This represents 100 percent of the resort's total electricity use.
The amount of wind we purchase each year keeps thousands of tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide out of the air and significantly reduces our carbon footprint, which is equal to:
- Planting 12,502 mature trees or
- Not driving more than 3,068,581 miles in an average passenger car or
- Taking 263 cars off the road for a year
Recycled Glassworks
Because recycling glass in Utah presents a set of challenges, Sundance Mountain Resort installed its own glass works kiln. Wine and other glass bottles used at Sundance Mountain Resort are not only recycled onsite, but are turned into decorative art and housewares for use around the property. Glass blowers from Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara (best known for its hand-blown glass) come each year to blow our glass on-site. In a perfect fusion of artistic and environmental purposes, they transform hot molten balls of discarded glass into art pieces, vases, wine glasses, dinner plates or pitchers, many of which you will use again in the restaurants or experience at other venues around the resort. The glass blowing artists use up to five 30 gallon barrels of glass each day and are able to produce as many as 500 glasses each day.
Green Purchasing
The General Store and Deli purchase environmentally responsible products. The General Store purchases recycled cotton grocery bags, organic cotton t-shirts and housewares made from natural and recycled materials. Our restaurant and catering teams use organic produce and products, as well as chlorine free products such as paper cups and coffee filters. Sundance utilizes many local vendors to keep shipping costs and fuel consumption down. We recycle all packing materials on shipments to the resort.
Green Products and Building
A Green Building Policy guides all new development and remodeling projects at Sundance. For instance, the Spa at Sundance contains many environmentally responsible building products including low VOC paint, water saving devices, energy efficient lighting and heating, wallboard made from sunflower seed hulls and the use of Trestlewood – a lumber salvaged from the Great Salt Lake.
The Redford Conference Center features geothermal heating and cooling. 95 percent of the lights in the Redford Conference Center are LED or fluorescent, the carpet is cradle to cradle certified and 100 percent PVC-free, wood finishes are all reclaimed materials including barn wood, snow fence, and corral boards. The hearthstone is a locally quarried (within 30 miles) piece of stone that required only 2 cuts for installation. In place of traditional stain, 70 pounds of coffee grounds and 70 gallons of coffee were used on the building. Additionally, only three trees were removed to build the center and all rocks were re-used in landscaping.
Mountain Restoration
Sundance Mountain Resort mountain staff implements ongoing mitigation projects each year aimed at restoring the mountain to its natural state by working to eliminate noxious weeds on the mountain, laying erosion blankets, and restoring vegetation where seasonal land use has altered the terrain.


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We asked our panel:
Is the stock market about to have a serious correction?
Yes: 9
No: 3
Watch "The Kudlow Report" tonight at 7pm ET and find out what out caucus members have to say about the stock market.
We asked our panel:
The Kudlow Caucus Breakdown
Joe Battipaglia
Market Strategist, Stifel Nicolaus
Yes. The recent high in the S&P 500 reflects excessive bullishness on both the economy and profit growth. An economic bounce off the bottom brought about by massive interventions should not be mistaken for a new high growth cycle.
Jerry Bowyer Chief Economist, Benchmark Financial Network
No. But we will probably have a semi-serious correction, but it will be a correction, not a bear market. I don't think investors have completely priced in the recovery, they've only priced in the end of the decline; this calf has a little more strength than those spindly legs.
Keith Boykin Fmr. Clinton White House Aide / The Daily Voice Editor
At least I hope so. I missed this year's rally and have been looking for a chance to get back in when the prices are low. Maybe if I say it enough, it will happen.
Vince Farrell Scotsman Capital Management
Yes. Define serious. If serious is 10% at a minimum, then yes, we will have a serious correction. When markets have a very strong advance like we have experienced (better than 50% in a relatively short time frame) a 1/3rd to 1/2 correction of the advance is common, even normal. From around 670 to roughly 1025 is a gain of over 350 S&P points. Take 1/3rd to 1/2 off that and you have a better than 10% correction, BUT the primary uptrend is still intact.
Doug Kass Presidnt, Seabreeze Partners Management
I disagree with the consensus - that the market is vulnerable to only a shallow correction.
However, Mr. Market is now more clearly exhibiting a new pattern. We are experiencing selling or muted reactions to the good news, whether it's in pending home sales, evidence of improvement in the German economy overnight, ISM, etc.
As someone wise once said, it's not the news; it's (at times) how the market responds to the news that should be the take from Mr. Market. From my perch, the message and strategy is getting more clear. Most investors should now consider reducing overall invested positions as the reward vs. risk is less than exceptional believe the market .
Jim LaCamp Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Focus, RBC Wealth Management
Co-Host, Opening Bell Radio Show, Biz Radio Network
No, not yet. A correction, yes. a serious correction, not now but later.. China's market has led our market and is correcting, valuations are extended, we haven't a real correction since march. A serious correction is more likely to occur next year as economic data disappoints.
Art Laffer Fmr. Reagan Economic Advisor
Chief Investment Officer, Laffer Investments
Yes, the stock market is due for a correction. It has run-up on an infusion of easy money from the Fed, but the huge increase in the monetary base has stopped and will need to be wound down. Additionally, when health care reform and cap and trade come back onto the agenda this fall, people will again realize that bad policies emanating from Washington are dragging down corporate profits.
Donald L. Luskin Chief Investment Officer, Trend Macrolytics LLC
Yes, although it depends what you mean by "serious" – since that can play out in any combination of price-decline and duration. I think we'll have a correction of at least two months, and that we are likely to have to fall 20% from the highs made last Thursday. The 52% run-up from the March bottom was justified, because we are coming out of recession. But that news it out, and as it becomes the new consensus, it has to be questioned. We are NOT coming out of a depression, so an even greater rally than we've already had (such as the two in 1932 and 1933 off the Great Depression bottom) is NOT justified.
Steve Moore Sr. Economics Writer, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
Yes on the downside with the market falling back below 9000.
James Pethokoukis
Money & Politics Columnist
YES. The giddyness over avoiding a depression is gone. Investors ahead will have to contend with a less-accomadative Fed, so-so growth and and a federal government that refuses to launch pro-growth initiatives. Ultimately, gridock is not good.
Noam Scheiber
The New Republic
I don't think we'll see a serious correction. I do think we'll be hovering around 9,000 for the next 6-12 month though - until it's clear that we're headed back to long-term sustained growth, and that the financial system isn't going to relapse.
Lynn Tilton
CEO, Patriarch Partners
I believe that the market has long chosen to discount the reality of an economy and financial system that recently flirted with the dangers of economic destruction and depression. We still remain mired in the consequences of the acts that took our economy to the precipice to include continued bank failures, a dearth of lending to small and middle market companies, rising unemployment and permanent job losses caused by a diminishing industrial base. I believe that it will take many years for a true recovery to take root that will include job growth, a robust housing market and broad increases in consumer spending.


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Today was a big day for Jorteh Senah from the Class of 2012. First, he graduated from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism at commencement ceremonies this morning. And a story he broke in his Urban Investigative Reporting class that first ran in The Riverdale Press was picked up by The New York Post, 4 New York, and other media around the state.
Senah reported how powerful state senator Jeffrey Klein, who represents districts in the Bronx and Westchester County, raised $150,000 in campaign gifts from convicted felons and organized crime members. When The Riverdale Press (edited by CUNY J-School '07 grad Kate Pastor) pushed Klein to respond, the senator agreed to give $27,500 of the funds to charities aimed at helping victims of Hurricane Sandy.
The Urban Investigative class is taught by veteran investigative reporter Tom Robbins, who has worked for the Village Voice and New York Daily News, among other publications.


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The footballing world has witnessed some exceptional talents in recent years. Although they are young in years, through discipline, dedication and hard work,they have become gems of the game and are now prepared to shine for their respective clubs as well as countries.
We look at the top ten wonderkids in world football - all 22 or younger - ready to grab the spotlight, hear the fans chant their names every week at the grounds and take the world by storm with their talent.
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DISCLAIMER: This article has been written by a member of the GiveMeSport Writing Academy and does not represent the views of GiveMeSport.com or SportsNewMedia. The views and opinions expressed are solely that of the author credited at the top of this article. GiveMeSport.com and SportsNewMedia do not take any responsibility for the content of its contributors.


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In response to consultation and feedback with our NSW Sydney Regional Service Providers, the NDIA Stakeholder Engagement, Quality and Finance teams are running a series of workshops to assist Providers with the myplace portal and offer one to one technical support where needed.
Please nominate the person who is responsible for using the myplace portal in your organisation. The person attending the workshop will need to bring a laptop and wifi device to be able to login and participate in the session.
It is important to remember that the purpose of the workshop is to enhance but not replace your internal staff training and development and it is expected that your nominated staff will transfer their learnings to their work colleagues.


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Compared with those younger and older, people between 25 and 75 have the greatest risk of death and adverse cardiovascular events in the short- and long-term following a first-time syncope episode, a population-based study found.
Otherwise healthy individuals between 26 and 44 years who had a first-time episode of syncope had the highest risk of mortality at 1 year (HR 2.02), followed by the 45- to 74-year-age group (HR 1.29) when adjusted for sex, age, comorbidity, and pharmacotherapy (P<0.0001 for both when compared with controls), according to Martin Ruwald, MD, of Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues.
When followed for a median 4.5 years, the same younger age group (26-44) was found to have the greatest risk for longer-term death (HR 2.29 versus 1.23 for ages 45-74, P<0.0001 for both when compared with controls), researchers reported online in the Journal of American College of Cardiology.
"This is important new information not previously shown in larger studies," Ruwald and colleagues wrote regarding the finding of increased risk among those 26 to 44 years old.
They hypothesized that there may be unrecognized cardiovascular disease in this age group causing a worse prognosis.
"It may not be safe to rely on a history of no comorbidity when evaluating a patient with syncope, as some studies suggest," they wrote.
Ruwald and colleagues used the Danish National Patient Register to identify 37,017 healthy individuals with a first-time admission to a hospital or emergency department for syncope between Jan. 1, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2009. They were matched by age and sex with 185,085 controls from the Danish population.
The mean follow-up was 4.5 years, the median age was 47 years, and 53% were women. The population was studied over all ages as well as by separate age groups: <25, 26 to 44, 45 to 74, and >75 years.
The primary outcomes were 1-year and long-term mortality. The secondary outcomes were insertion of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker, stroke, cardiovascular hospitalization, and admission for recurrent syncope.
The overall 1-year mortality rate was 1.9% in the syncope group versus 2% in the control group, a nonsignificant difference across all ages, but significantly increased in the 25 to 74 age group (P<0.0001).
The overall long-term mortality rate was 8.2% in the syncope group versus 7.7% in controls, conferring a 6% increased risk for the syncope group (HR 1.06, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.10, P=0.0033). However, the significance was lost for those under 25 and over 75.
The syncope group also had an increased risk for cardiovascular comorbidities in the long-term analysis including increased number of hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease (HR 1.74), ICD or pacemaker implantations (HR 5.52), and stroke (HR 1.35), which were all highly significant at P<0.0001.
The overall event rate for recurrent syncope was very high (45 per 1,000 person-years), confirmed in the multivariable adjusted Cox regression analysis. In addition, all age groups had a highly significant increased risk of recurrent syncope, with the greatest risk being for those between ages 26 and 44.
"However, the event rate, in numbers not previously seen, describes very well what is observed by clinicians, that the syncope patient is seen in hospital several times and most likely is submitted to several tests, which have low diagnostic yield," investigators said.
In a commentary, Robert Sheldon, MD, PhD, of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Canada, noted that the study was significant for its ability to examine a large group of low-risk patients.
While the overall risk of death was low, he stressed that every patient still needs to be carefully reviewed especially with the increased risk seen in the middle age group, particularly those between 26 and 44. He also agreed that this highlights the need for better risk-stratification tools as syncope consumed $2.4 billion in healthcare costs in the U.S. in 2003, equal to asthma.
The strengths of this paper include a long follow-up period and large sample size. Also, using a nationwide database minimizes the risk of selection bias.
The limitations of this study, according to the authors, include that it is an observational study and there is a lack of key data including cause of death, electrocardiograms, and additional hospital studies, which can also provide significant prognostic information. Finally, although it is a large sample size, the population was from a single country, questioning the generalizability.
From the American Heart Association:
- Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
Ruwald reported he had no disclosures. Two co-authors reported relationships with Sanofi-Aventis, Merck, and Cardiome.
Sheldon has reported that he has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner


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By Amanda Woodhams aka Woody
Many of us here at Summer Solstice come to learn, practice and extend our capacity for the love of ourselves and others.
Coming in to the Aquarian Age there is a growing focus on how we can expand this love to the Earth we are caretakers of. On the grounds of Guru Ram Das Puri we provide ourselves with a microcosm through which we can explore how we truly want to consciously interact with our world. By getting curious around the journey of our 2013 Summer Solstice Green Crew we can understand how our choices are a meaningful part of the journey towards honoring this sacred space.
The Green Team is headed by cheeky and engaging Sarahhope Smith and was established 13 years ago. With a degree in Energy Management and a minor in Renewables she has been a community organizer for over a decade. Sarah's belief in Sumer Solstice transitioning from intense waste management into zero waste through creative and practical action is apparent within moments of meeting her.
2013 is an exciting time for 3HO as it's the first time we've implemented a zero waste target. Increasing availability of recycling and composting options have been an ongoing focus as has awareness of our "Pack it in and Pack it Out" ethos. Sarahhope is a firm believer that throwing something in the trash should be a last resort.
Through continued discussion we can increase clarity on what is recyclable and compostable and what is waste and enable ease within the Green Team. This will allow them time to think of and implement new and exciting ways of nurturing and stabilizing the grounds to its full potential in ways full of integrity.
As I rode in the back of a pickup truck today to interview this year's busy team it was soon apparent how hard the fifteen Service Exchange participants are working to keep up with the 1000+ people attending Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration. Many of them are undertaking two to three shifts a day leaving little time to take classes. When asked about how they were feeling about the extraordinary commitment this entailed, many spoke of taking heart in the idea that seva is the highest form of yoga. The sparky Green Team is exemplifying the kind of meaningful service we are all aspiring to humbly undertake both here at Summer Solstice and beyond.
Green Team Video


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ds-models (3D model packs for gzdoom and skulltag)
ds-models allows playing Doom, Heretic, and Hexen with OpenGL and 3D
models, which gives it a much more modern look.
This model set is released by -=Dark-Assassin=- on the
SkullTag forum. For more information, see the forum thread at
If you never plan to use models with skulltag, passing SKULLTAG=no to
the build script will omit the skulltag-specific models. The resulting
package with be approximately 30% smaller. There's also a GZDOOM=no
option, but it won't make the package smaller (skulltag still requires
the gzdoom models, so they'll still be included).
This includes scripts "dm-gzdoom" and "dm-skulltag" for starting gzdoom
or skulltag with the models preloaded.
To make gzdoom or skulltag always use the models, edit ~/.gzdoom/zdoom.ini
and/or ~/.skulltag/skulltag.ini and add the following lines under the
[Global.Autoload] marker:
# for both gzdoom and skulltag:
# for skulltag only, also add:
Note that the models will only be displayed if gzdoom/skulltag is using
the OpenGL renderer (Options | Display Options in the in-game menu).
Maintained by: B. Watson
Keywords: doom,heretic,idtech1,idgames,doom2,opengl,freedoom,hexen
ChangeLog: ds-models
Download SlackBuild:
ds-models.tar.gz.asc (FAQ)
(the SlackBuild does not include the source)
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| ds-models.SlackBuild
| ds-models.info
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Fethiye is in Lycia on the coast of Mediterranean.
Fethiye is a tourist town with an international atmosphere. It has an excellent marina and good night life. The town also serves as an excellent base for touring the inland country-side, and is probably the only city in the world where you'll find sarcophagus in the streets. These pre-Roman Lycian relics are especially spectacular when floodlit at night. The town has a population of around 50,000 but the population increases dramatically during the high season, from April to end of October, when off-shore residents spend their summers at their second homes.
Summers are extremely hot with temperatures well above 40°C in July and August, you should drink plenty of water to keep hydrated which is important in a very hot place such as Fethiye. Winters are cool with temperatures around 14-20°C. Spring and Autumn are the wettest seasons, yet still very sunny, which is the best time to go for people who want a warm holiday that is not too hot like the summer, with temperatures around 20-28°C.
Get in
By bus
Fethiye has direct connections to many cities in the country including Marmaris, Bodrum, Antalya, Izmir, and Istanbul (which costs 60 TL pp and takes around 14 hours) among others.
By boat
Private cruise companies operate non-scheduled services to Marmaris and along the peninsula to Antalya. Day trips on wooden sailboats, called "gulets" include lunch and stops at different places. Prices and quality of food vary so shop around.
"Before Lunch Cruises" provides excellent food on board its three day cruises. Do remember to bring your own towel, soap and shampoo. Bedding doesn't seem "fresh" but looks clean. Boat is very clean. Most people sleep on deck in the summer.
By plane
The nearest airports served by international airlines are at Antalya or Dalaman. Antalya is about three hours driving and Dalaman about one hour from Fethiye. There is a bus service from Dalaman Airport to Fethiye, run by Havaş [5].
By car
D400 highway links Fethiye with north (Akyaka, Marmaris, and onward to Muğla and Southern Aegean) and east (Antalya), along the Lycian coast in the latter case. However, from Antalya, there is also a mountain road (numbered D350—and E87 for part of its route) through sparse juniper woods of inner Lycia, that is in quite good condition (if not actually better than coastal highway) via Korkuteli, which also has a branch going north to Denizli. D350 significantly shortcuts coastal D400, which has a good share of windings on its way along the heavily indented coastline.
Get around
A fantastic way to get around Fethiye and the surrounding region is renting a motor-powered scooter. It costs about 35 TL, plus gas, for a full day. They are widely available on the streets. The beaches and the countryside are easily accessible. Regular bikes are also available, and the town is very walkable.
Be informed before you buy a "Turkish" carpet. Do your homework before leaving home. Beware that the supply of Turkish carpets is getting low and Chinese copies are being sold. Also, real antiques are not allowed to leave the country.
Pasa Kebap has great meat and vegetarian options at good prices. Upstairs has cushion/floor seating but there is also lots of inside and outside table seating. The fish market in the middle of town is surrounded by small restaurants that will cook your own fish to your liking, very reasonable and delicious.
Ayran is a popular yogurt drink some find refreshing. Beer is widely consumed, though neither Beer or Ayran have a special connection with Fethiye. The wines are acceptable, but generally not of a very high standard.
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Out with the grandkids
David and Shelly Sattler of North Georgetown take the grandkids out for an afternoon ride through the mud bog at the annual Jeep Jamboree at 4WD Hardware in Columbiana.
After visiting the little Jeepers area and getting their Ninja Turtle faces painted on 5-year-olds Owen McCulley and Adam Looman (shown left) get pysched as they wait their turn to challenge the mud bog with Grandma and Grandpa Sattler. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer


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To imagine tennis legend Roger Federer not winning one grand slam this year is quite remarkable.
The 17-time Grand Slam winner has had a nightmare year, and the question is how long can Federer keep going?
He suffered his latest setback on Thursday, losing in the Shanghai Masters to France's Gael Monfils in the third round, and the Swiss is struggling to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 in November, where he has appeared for the last 12 consecutive years.
Everyone knows that the 32-year-old is nearing the end of his illustrious career, and with the three best players in the world, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray dominating the slams, sadly, Federer simply cannot keep up at the top any more.
And except for this year's Australian Open, where he lost to Murray in the semi-finals, Federer has exited the grand slams in the early rounds, to lower ranked players.
At Wimbledon, he went down to 116th ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky, in only the second round.
At the US Open, he exited in the fourth round to Tommy Robredo, with Federer making 43 unforced errors in the match.
Everyone can have a year to forget, but unfortunately for Federer, he might not have a year to remember in his career again.
Quite simply, Murray, Djokovic and Nadal are playing better than Federer. They are younger and fitter than the multi-record smasher, and as long as those three are on top of their game, it looks unlikely that Federer will win another Grand Slam.
But he will not want to go out on a miserable year, and he will surely be determined to improve his game in 2014. But if he fails to win a grand slam in the next 12 months, then it looks likely the curtain will fall on arguably the greatest tennis player ever.
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Despite higher mileage cars and other energy-saving measures, oil consumption has increased decade by decade. "The U.S. is using much more oil than we did when the first oil crisis hit in the 1970s - not only the U.S., but other countries as well," Yapa says.
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Postby brentono » Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:14 am
This style of correctly learning how to pedal, is very involved, takes a long time to perfect,
and it begins when you first start to ride. And after a period it becomes second nature,
and later, you just do it subconciously, just like maintaining your balance on your bike.
Being able to maintain it, you then move on to being able to maintain it a higher cadence.
Having gone through this process (basically having it drummed in from childhood) it works.
I could devote a whole Training Topic, just on how to get there, but that would be a task.
And to expect someone to go through the process would be an ask. Hard work.
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ft_critical wrote:twizzle wrote:I've always wondered about the 'perfect circle', 'one legged drills' etc., but I think AS is correct in that it's all about pushing the pedal harder. Given that hip flexors pull on the lower spine (back pain) and have little endurance... probably better to not try and turn circles.
I don't think it's circles, maybe that is where some of the confusion is. It is migrating from stomping to peanuts to sausages. Not a circle. A guy at work was just telling me that Velofix (bike store who do spin classes etc.) have an application that shows you the picture of how you are pedalling. I think they use Wattbikes.
When they publish the graphs from a selection of pro's rather than "their interpretation" of what is good & bad, I'll be more interested. I'd also want to know what power level they were performed at, as I would expect there to be a vast difference in how you would pedal when riding endurance, when riding at VO2Max and when sprinting in the saddle.
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Ride at the rpm and the gearing you fell comefortable with. Fo me it is the smallest cog on the front. Hardly ever use the large front cog. My averge spped is 24.5kph over 40ks spinng at 80rpm.
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Tests have shown the larger cog on the front (with the same overall ratio) to be more efficient.auswi2 wrote:Ride at the rpm and the gearing you fell comfortable with. For me it is the smallest cog on the front. Hardly ever use the large front cog.
http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home9 ... /bike.html"The first factor was sprocket size," Spicer says. "The larger the sprocket, the higher the efficiency we recorded." The sprocket is the circular plate whose teeth catch the chain links and move them along. Between the front and rear sprockets, the chain links line up straight. But when the links reach the sprocket, they bend slightly as they curl around the gear. "When the sprocket is larger, the links bend at a smaller angle," Spicer explains. "There's less frictional work, and as a result, less energy is lost."
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Small chainrings allow slightly faster acceleration, big chainrings roll better.
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Cadence? No idea, except when I'm riding SS (I have 3 of them) so I kinda know when I'm cruising along at 28-30 that my cadence is sort of 85-90 and that feels right for me.
I tend to get all excited with new gear like HRMs, GPS, bike computers and smart phone apps, so I have to take a reality check every now and then and remember that:
1. I'm not training for Paris-Roubaix - I don't even do any competitive riding at all and
2. I ride for the sheer enjoyment of it, and as a healthy way to commute to work (I was gonna add "cheap" but that's a damn lie).
Each to their own. Some days I take the bike computer off and go native......
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Postby mateyboi » Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:52 pm
Feels easier to spin then grinding gears for me.
The faster you the spin the higher the heart rate and the more fluids you would require. Cause i drink a bucket load of water every time. I can drink 2 700ml water bottles for a 50km ride at around 30kph+ pace.
The whole science behind it is that you have fast twitch and slow twitch muscles. Fast twitch muscles are like matches, when you use them, they burn out and take a longer time to recover. Grinding and sprinting would exhaust these muscles.
While your slow twitch muscles are endurance muscles which can last for a very long time and recovers quite easily. Super spinnnnnnnnnnnnn ftw!
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Actually took a metronome with me today on the commute, was lucky to get up to 100 except on cruising flats 3 times in 20kms... I think I'm averaging something like 85-90 on a quicker spin... horrifying...
confirms I need my 12-23 10 speed cassette, I spend most of the time around 17-19 and an extra gear would be swoit
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Interestingly, it's REALLY hard to do a big push if you've been pushing an easy gear. Something physiological needs to be triggered to get the power down, and it just isn't there if you're spinning the easy gears
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Does this sort out the Google Adwords problem where the keywords don't link to sales?
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Take a team that's been wallowing in mediocrity for years and there's nobody in the baseball managing business better at whipping it into a contender than William Nathaniel Showalter III.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Take a team that's been wallowing in mediocrity for years and there's nobody in the baseball managing business better at whipping it into a contender than William Nathaniel Showalter III.
Call him Buck.View Full Game Coverage
Showalter did it with the New York Yankees, repeated the pattern with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and then the Texas Rangers. And now he's done it again with the Baltimore Orioles.
Under his guidance, the Orioles went to the postseason in 2012 for the first time since 1997. After winning, 3-1, on Thursday night to sweep the Rays in a three-game series, they remain atop the American League East.
I've known Showalter since 1992, when George Steinbrenner honored the lifetime Minor Leaguer's loyalty to the organization by hiring him as Yankees manager. The club hadn't been to the postseason since '81, but in '95, Showalter took them there.
Showalter won the AL Manager of the Year Award with the Yanks in the strike-shortened 1994 season, and again 10 years later with the Rangers in 2004.
That's enough for the background.
It's my belief that an era of big league managing ended when Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Jim Leyland left the dugout.
"You can say that, but I can't," Showalter answered directly as we sat in the visiting manager's office at Tropicana Field before a game the other night.
The answer was surprising because Showalter is incredibly cerebral and brings so much perspective to the game.
My thesis is that managers today are no longer the faces of their teams -- singular commanders of their ships, many times more important to the organization than their superstars.
Today, most managers are extensions of the general manager. Sabermetrics and computer evaluations are an integral segment of the "team effort."
Showalter pushed back in the huge leather chair behind his desk and glanced up at the wall, where all the managers who oppose the Rays are pictured.
"The great organizations that have been able to sustain success have had a very close relationship between the field manager and the general manager. They respect what each other brings," he finally said. "There are things that I don't want to do, can't do, don't have the time to do.
"Each person has to have respect for what the other brings. Instead of fighting sabermetrics like a lot of people do -- there are things sabermetrics can do, things I can't do. Yes, things we can do here."
The late Steinbrenner once told me he'd never known a manager who prepared more than Showalter did, who was more obsessed with details. That, of course, leads to micromanaging.
But when the subject of what I call "today's new era" comes up, Showalter said: "You have to mesh the two. Make both sides feel comfortable with delivering their knowledge. I don't want everybody to say, 'Well, he's old school.' I'll embrace the heck out of [added information], but you better be able to back it up.
"If they can sell it to me and show me why it'll work, that's fine. … You don't automatically say no to all of it and don't automatically say yes."
What about player evaluations?
"There's another part to the evaluation than the number," Showalter said. "I know what the player's all about -- what's going on in his mind if his dog died, what's his makeup is. … What's he's going to do when the finger's on the trigger in the ninth inning? A lot of things go into an evaluation. … You cannot make either party uncomfortable with what the other offers.
"It's up to the GM and the manager to bring all the parties together. The GM has to have a healthy respect for your knowledge of things he doesn't know, and you've got to have respect for the knowledge of things you don't know. Neither side has all the answers."
By now, I'd forgotten the question as Buck became philosophical.
"There's a certain covenant in the game about things you should be true about," he said. "You cannot cheat the process. … The baseball gods will get you. … Stay true to the covenant of the game and it will be very kind to you. Try to cheat it and it will not be kind to you.
"We all question the things that we don't understand, or that we're not willing to do. We always confuse change with a lack of respect for tradition. That's just not the case."
Showalter, who turns 59 on May 23, is signed through 2018. He's certainly not a baseball lifer in the true sense of the word, but I asked if he truly can walk away from the game.
"Yes, I can," he said. "There's another world out there. The world's full people who got away from something and have this bucket list. I can't tell you how many things in my bucket list I've done, and it wasn't such a big deal.
"I asked Jim Leyland, 'What made you walk away?' He said, 'The wins didn't offset the misery of the losses.'
"I tell my players all the time, 'The greatest thing you're going to do in your life is being a father and a husband. That's really how you're going to impact this world. Whether or not you struck out with the bases loaded is not it. That child you're raising and the wife you're trying to live with; I've been with mine for 37 years -- that's really going to be your test.'
"When they look at your slate at St. Peter's Gate or whatever, it's 'How did you impact the world?' You're not going to impact the world by beating the Rays. But that being said, for three hours, we're going grind the [heck] out of it."
Buck was 36 when he took over the Yankees -- the youngest manager in Major League Baseball at the time. I remember him being overly intense at times, aggressive -- maybe a bit arrogant -- and it seemed to me he was not at peace with himself.
That has changed, but it would be inaccurate to say that Showalter has mellowed.
"I'm very comfortable for the opportunities I've had and the honor it's been to do them," he said. "Wherever it leads me, I'm going to be OK with it. I've made a million dollars a year, and that's sinful. If I can go into Target and buy anything I want, what else does a man need? How much is enough?
"I told [Orioles owner] Peter Angelos, 'This may be a contract through 2018, but if you're ever unhappy with me, you don't owe me a penny. I'll walk in, shake your hand and say it's been an honor being here.'
"He said, 'You mean that, don't you?'"
And I believe Showalter does.
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Tofino, British Columbia, December 28, 2012 – Acclaimed Tofino photographer Todd Byrnes and celebrated "flotsam sculptor" Pete Clarkson today announced a joint showing of their work at the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino, British Columbia.
In an intimate setting adjacent to the Wickaninnish Inn's oceanfront Driftwood Café (open for breakfast, lunch and dinner), Byrnes and Clarkson have selected pieces that exemplify their West Coast-themed work. Tofino visitors and locals are invited to view the combination of photographs and sculptures until Wednesday January 2, then again on Wednesday January 23 until the end of February.
"Todd and Pete are both very passionate about capturing the flavour and feel of the West Coast in their work,' said Charles McDiarmid, Managing Director of the Wickaninnish Inn. "We are very excited that these two talented artists are teaming up in a unique show at the Wickaninnish Inn."
About Todd Byrnes
A career photographer for more than 33 years, Todd Byrnes has been living and capturing images in Tofino for almost a decade. His interest in photography began at age eight after finding an old twin-reflex film camera in his Dad's workshop. Byrnes launched his photography at age thirteen with his first aerial assignment of a large real estate development. He has since traveled the world with a camera in hand — always looking for the perfect image. His client list includes CP Air, Air Canada, Hilton and Hyatt Regency hotels, Coors Beer, Ford Automotive Company, former U.S. vice president Al Gore, boxer George Foreman, activist and Paralympian Rick Hansen, football legend Jerry Rice and others.
Since living on Chesterman Beach, Byrnes' photographic mission has been to find subjects in "prime light" which can create and almost 3D effect in much of his work. He spends many hours in a small inflatable boat on Clayoquot Sound searching for and photographing wildlife. Art buyers in Australia, Europe and throughout North America collect his images that can be seen and purchased at his studio at Chesterman Beach Bed & Breakfast and at stores and galleries in Tofino.
About Pete Clarkson
Self-taught and inspired by folk art, traditional and contemporary First Nations art, sculpture, outsider art and word art, Pete Clarkson began using marine debris in his work shortly after he moved to Tofino to work as a park ranger at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park. His work combines locally beach-combed objects to create layered wall hangings, sculpture and outdoor installations. Clarkson's found-object sculpture (also called environmental art, beach art, and recycled art) incorporates weathered rope, painted wood, fishing floats, plastic and other flotsam.
Clarkson enjoys beachcombing for the thrill of discovery and the mysteries that arrive with the tide. As he combs the shore, he often overwhelmed by the volume and variety of marine debris on the beach that carry the message of global economic and environmental connectivity.
About the Wickaninnish Inn
The award-winning Wickaninnish Inn, perched on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino, is a year-round destination exemplifying "rustic elegance on nature's edge". A Relais & Châteaux member property since 1997, the Inn is owned and managed by the McDiarmid family of Tofino, and is exclusively located on beautiful Chesterman Beach. Each of the 75 oceanfront guest rooms and suites is designed to AAA/CAA Five Diamond standards, welcoming guests with a gas fireplace, soaker tub, local art, an individual balcony and a beach or ocean viewscape. The Wickaninnish Inn is home to The Pointe Restaurant, boasting 240º Pacific Ocean views and an innovative culinary program, as well as the award-winning Ancient Cedars Spa. The Inn's on-property reservations team is available 24 hours a day by calling toll-free 1.800.333.4604 or visiting www.wickinn.com.
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Wanted to paint the full picture in a new thread and see if anyone had any ideas. Maybe a couple years ago my st185 started experiencing this. The first start of the day it would start but I'd have to let it idle for 30-60 seconds or it would die when give it gas. After that runs and starts fine all day. Even after sitting at work for 9-10 hours. Next day is 50/50 but sitting more than a day it will always do it on the first start. It has gotten worse to now I have to crank the engine for 20 seconds or more and I can hear it barely firing till it is firing enough to idle on its own. Then same thing have to let it idle for 30-60 till I can drive it. To me that seems like a clear fuel problem and not spark or air. I have replaced fuel pump, filter, cold start relay/switch (not sure if those are 1 thing or 2 separate things), the cold start injector was removed and tested ok. And the coolant temp sensor was bad but a new one (green plug) didn't fix it. I can't believe the injectors are bad, for one thing its a JDM low miles engine and two it runs great after the first start. It's a real brain buster. This car has more gremlins then any I have ever owned. Thanks,
Edit: After posting I remembered I never tried putting a fuel pressure gauge in to see if its low at startup but then with the new pump, filter and no leaks that can't be it. And also the only CEL code is the one for the "no G signal 5 seconds after cranking, check distributor".


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5 Kitchens Influenced by Old-Fashioned Pie Safes
Whether repurposing an actual one or copying their style in new kitchen cabinetry, we love the old-fashioned vibe brought to these kitchens and dining rooms by pie safes:
In the first two kitchens pictured, the cabinetry has punched metal panels that give a nod to the pie safe. Whether in all white or a bright hue, we love this look and think it's a possible idea for updating existing cabinets on a budget.
Third, we see a major appliance, the refrigerator, fit with pie-safe-style panels.
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What do you think about borrowing from Grandma's aesthetic and reusing the pie safe in contemporary kitchens?


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It's been six years, but Bruton's boys basketball team finally booked a return trip to the state tournament.
The Panthers locked up the elusive berth Thursday night at home with a thrilling 66-59 win over No. 7 seed Lafayette in the Region I Division 3 semifinals.
Lonnie Swinton scored 19 points and Kapri Doucet added 18 more to lead Bruton. The Panthers will play at two-time defending state champion Brunswick in Friday's Region I final. The Bulldogs defeated Park View of South Hill 60-55 Thursday in Lawrenceville, overcoming a late five-point deficit.
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LONDON, July 12 (UPI) -- A British conservation group appealed for public help Wednesday in determining whether recent record-setting wet weather has been a disaster for butterflies.
Starting Saturday, Butterfly Conservation wants volunteers to spend 15-minute periods determining how many butterflies they can spot, the Daily Express reported. The counting period runs through Aug. 5.
Sir David Attenborough -- possibly the world's best-known host of TV nature shows and the charity's president -- said the weather is likely to have interfered with the butterflies' life cycle by delaying their emergence. The period between April and June was the wettest ever in Britain.
"It isn't just rarities we're concerned about, it's equally or more important to know what's happening to our common butterflies -- and terrible things are happening," Attenborough said.


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Big Bird is an 8'2″ tall resident of Sesame Street. He wrote the letter, below.
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Wow! What a great time I had visiting you at The White House! Thanks for showing me around. I especially liked when we snuck into the White House kitchen for a healthy snack! (Most people think I eat a lot, but really I eat like a bird!). But my favorite part of our visit was getting to exercise by running and jumping and dancing around – right there in the White House!
Maybe next time you can come visit me at my home on Sesame Street again. My nest doesn't have a West Wing, but I do have two wings that can't wait to give you a big hug when I see you again!
Your feathered friend,
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
A Quick Table Runner
I broke my rule. She sent me the measurements of her table. The runner was to be 84" in length! That is not just a table runner, that is a table that ran off!
I found a fabulous idea and tips from my friend Linda on her blog and drafted up a pattern and set to work. It is all HST's.
10 comments:
- Kristen said...
Great quilt...84 inches...that is almost queen sized! :)
- December 6, 2011 at 7:48 PM
- Kelli said...
Very nice! My first quilt was a zig zag pattern so I am partial to them. :o) That is one LONG table! Long enough to feed an army. She is lucky to have a wonderful friend like you.
- December 6, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Brooke said...
oh AMAZING!!!! You win - awesome job!!! What size are your HST? How did you quilt it? Sorry, I am being a bit pesty aren't I??!!
Merry Christmas!!
- December 7, 2011 at 4:58 AM
- Peg said...
Wonderful - and so easy to do!
- December 7, 2011 at 5:58 AM
- Rosa said...
Awesome!!Thanks for sharing!!
- December 7, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Lynn said...
Very nice! But 84", WOW! How many people does this table seat?
- December 7, 2011 at 9:48 PM
- Snoodles said...
My goodness - I thought my longest runner was amazing at 72 inches - yours is a record breaker, for sure! I love that it's HSTs....what fabrics did you use? They are absolutely cuter-mous! I like inventing new words! :)
- December 8, 2011 at 12:39 PM
looks absolutely beautiful on my table, yes I have a wonderful friend.
- December 8, 2011 at 5:24 PM
- Miss McD said...
I've been sharing your wisdom in quilt stores and with friends since you posted this. What a GREAT idea to make Christmas more relaxing. No gift making in November and December for me either... starting next year. Thanks Jackie! :-)
- December 15, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- Mama Pea said...
Haha! If I didn't make them in November and December I would never make a Christmas present! LOL
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FT. MYERS, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2011) – The semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament await the ETSU women's soccer team, as the Lady Bucs travel to the FGCU Soccer Complex in Fort Myers, Fla. to take on No. 6-seeded Mercer on Friday, November 4, at 4 p.m.
ETSU (12-4-1, 7-1-1 A-Sun) heads into tournament play in the midst of its best season in program history, The Lady Bucs' historic run has witnessed them tie the program record for wins, set the new program record for goals (43) and points (118) in a season, and win a share of their first A-Sun regular season championship.
The share of the regular season crown came Oct. 23, ETSU's final game of the regular season, when the Lady Bucs came back from a goal down to defeat Mercer, 2-1. Sophomore Ramey Kerns (Kings Mountain, N.C.) played the role of hero, scoring the game-winner in the 81st minute to clinch the crown and catapult ETSU into the A-Sun semifinals via its No. 2 seed.
With its first round bye, ETSU is playing in its first semifinal since 2007. In the '07 tournament, the Lady Bucs defeated Stetson, 2-1, in the quarterfinals held in Kennesaw, Ga. to advance to their first ever A-Sun semifinal round.
Mercer (9-7-2, 3-5-1 A-Sun) enters the semifinals having defeated No. 3-seeded Jacksonville in penalty kicks, 4-2, last Friday in the quarters. The Bears gave up a goal early in the first half of that contest, but equalized in the beginning stages of the second half to take a, 1-1, draw to penalties.
Although the No. 6 seed, Mercer is still the defending A-Sun Tournament champions and will be looking for some revenge against ETSU after falling in the regular season finale. In that contest, Olivia Tucker, the Bears' leading goal scorer, put Mercer up early with an 8th minute goal off a free kick from Patricia-Anne Upson before ETSU rallied for the win.
The other semifinal puts top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast (12-4-2, 7-1-1 A-Sun) against the No. 5 seed in North Florida (9-9-2, 4-4-1 A-Sun). FGCU advanced to the semifinals with an opening round bye after earning the No. 1 seed over ETSU and JU in the head-to-head tiebreak. UNF had to play its way into the semis, and did so by defeating Belmont, 1-0, last Saturday. Katie Shafer scored the only goal of the contest, slipping a shot past Nicole Berner in the 37th minute as the Ospreys held on for the win.
ETSU combined for a 1-1-0 record in the regular season against UNF and FGCU, defeating the Ospreys, 2-1, on Oct. 7 before dropping its first conference game of 2011, 3-0, to the Eagles on Oct. 16.
Live stats for Friday's match will be provided courtesy of FGCUathletics.com, and live video will be available courtesy of ASun.TV.
For more information on ETSU women's soccer please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer links. Fans can also follow the Lady Bucs on Facebook at ETSU Buccaneer Women's Soccer.


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On two occasions Cole has attempted to become World Champion, at "Rising Above 2012" and the aforementioned "Border Wars 2013" event, but has come up short each time. Those losses have only made him even hungrier to lay claim to a title many fans have felt Cole was destined to hold since the day he first started with Ring of Honor. Despite the recent questionable actions of Cole, he has shown that all the tools are at his disposal, it is just a matter of putting it all together to become champion. Can Cole finally do it? He will take his first steps on the path to the World Title on July 27th in Providence and, should he succeed, it will continue on in Toronto, New York City, and Philadelphia!
There are nine slots left to be filled in the World Title Tournament! Check back tomorrow for the next two entries into the field and head on over HERE to get your tickets for the tournament events in Providence, Toronto, NYC, and Philadelphia!!!


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Team USA, continually battling back against a Spanish team that wouldn't go away, managed to outlast the Spaniards, 107-100, to win the 2012 London Olympics gold medal in men's basketball yesterday at the Marshmallow.
The United States' 109-83 victory over Argentina on Friday night, complete with a 62-43 second half scoring clinic, once again set the stage for the US team's gold medal game rematch with Spain dating from the US's gold medal victory four years ago in Beijing.
Argentina, down by nine points at the half, allowed the U.S. to get in a scoring rhythm in the final two quarters they could never recover from. Kevin Durant scored 19 points, and LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony added 18 each in a second half run-and-gun, slam dunk exhibition that held fellow NBA star and Argentine guard Manu Ginobili and his teammates all but powerless.
Said Ginobili, "We had a great run in the first half … We started the third quarter well. And then we blinked."
Sunday's game was a contrast in styles, as Spain, with brothers Pau and Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka, were intent on a grind-it-out in the post strategy, while Team USA countered with its superior athleticism and 3-point shooting. From the start, It was a physical match but was called very tightly – particularly in the first half - where there was a total of 33 fouls called. Both teams were chastened somewhat by the FIBA officials' close calls; but probably the most critically affected was Spain's Marc Gasol, who had four fouls with just over six minutes left in the first half. He wound up sitting the rest of the half and all of the third period. This was highly ominous for Spain.
Team USA struggled for momentum most of the game, due in large part to a highly physical and effective Spanish half-court strategy of fouling to prevent fast breaks. At the half, the US led by only one point, 59-58. Doc Rivers, an analyst for NBC Sports, said at halftime that major questions for the US team remained, such as whether they could compete in the post with the Gasol brothers and Ibaka, instead of relying on the 3-point shot, for which they've reportedly received some criticism these games. Rivers then added, "That's just who they are."
But in the second half, very much in the manner of their previous games, the US team was able to get some good inside production from Kobe Bryant, playing in his last Olympics, and Chris Paul, in addition to James' and Durant's outside shooting. And when Marc Gasol re-entered the game In the fourth quarter, his aggressiveness was hampered by having to avoid a fifth and final foul.
Spain, nevertheless got 15 points in the third from Pau Gasol (24 total for the game) and a gutty 21 for the contest from Juan Carlos Navarro, so that by the end of the period the Spaniards kept the score close, down by just one, 83-82.
The US, which had specialized during the London Games in forcing opponent turnovers, began getting butter fingers of their own, and this helped Spain to hang around. The fourth period saw a scoring exhibition by both Durant (30 points) and James (19 points) which allowed the U.S. to slowly pull away. Paul, Bryant and James started seeing daylight in the paint and began to pile up the points. Some clutch free throws by Kobe Bryant and James Harden helped seal the game in the final minutes.
In this win, James joins Michael Jordan as the only player in Olympic history to win an NBA title, the NBA MVP, the Finals MVP and an Olympic gold Medal in the same year. And early in the second half, Durant scored his 147th point of the Games to become the all-time high scorer for a single Olympics.
In the final minute, US head coach Mike Krzyzewski emptied his bench, and the starters began hugging on the sidelines. Krzyzewski, who is coaching his last Olympics, hugged Bryant and James – the latter of whom doused the coach with an improvised Gatorade shower (two water bottles). Krzyzewski was effusive in his praise for James, saying, among other things, "He can play any position well and he's a great student of the game."


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Jordair Jett took the scoring reins, notching 16 points as Saint Louis beat Wofford 66-52 on Saturday night.
ST. LOUIS — Jordair Jett took the scoring reins, notching 16 points as Saint Louis beat Wofford 66-52 on Saturday night.
Leading scorer Dwayne Evans (15.7 average) was off the mark, scoring only four points, but Jett and Rob Loe (14 points) filled the gap for Saint Louis.
The Billikens (9-2) burned Wofford on a 20-4 run, chewing-up 10 first-half minutes, but led by only eight at the break. The score at intermission may have been closer but Saint Louis made 12 of 15 free throws, while the Terriers were only 3 of 4 from the line.
The Billikin point spread remained unchanged throughout most of the second half until Wofford (3-6) went cold, missing several long-ballers in the final 6 minutes and falling behind 66-50 before scoring the last two points of the game on a not-so-redeeming dunk by C.J. Neumann.
Spencer Collins added to his team-leading average with 17 points.
"They start four seniors and are awfully good," Wofford head coach Mike Young said. "I thought we mishandled some things. We had a chance to make it more interesting and I think I botched a couple of things and I take responsibility.
"Karl Cochran did a nice job defending Jordair Jett and defensively we played well as a team. It does not get any easier next Tuesday against VCU."
Wofford will continue its three-game road trip on Tuesday night at Virginia Commonwealth before playing at Winthrop next Saturday.


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April 21, 1945 - January 5, 2013
Mill Rift, PA
Malcolm "Mac" Steel, age 67 of Mill Rift, Pennsylvania, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY. He was born on April 21, 1945 in New Britain, Connecticut, the son of the late Malcolm and Ann Anderson Steel.
Mac was a retired bank teller for United Penn Bank in Matamoras, Pennsylvania. He married Joan Shadler Steel, who survives at home.
He is also survived by his sister, Janet Gelb and her husband, Michael of Vienna, Virginia; his mother-in-law, Shirley Shadler of Mill Rift, PA; two brothers-in law, Ronald Shadler of Shohola, PA and John Shadler of Storrs, CT; four nephews and two nieces.
Memorial services will be held Thursday, January 10, at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY at 11 a.m. Keith Rasor will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pike County Humane Society, P.O. Box 255, Milford, Pennsylvania 18337.
Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., Port Jervis. For information, directions, or to send a condolence note tot he family visit knight-auchmoody.com


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Note to Reporters and Editors: Starting today,
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science will take the lead on
communications related to the excavation of the mammoths and
mastodons found near Snowmass Village. The Museum will issue
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images, video and interview clips frequently for your use. We will
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Today: An influx of Museum scientists, staff and
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Also, Museum educator Samantha Sands is visiting Glenwood Springs
High School, Carbondale Middle School, and Basalt Elementary School
with some of the mammoth and mastodon bones recovered thus far, and
other specimens from the Museum's collections. Sands will visit
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Over the weekend: Dr. Steve Holen, the Museum's
curator of archaeology, prepared the dig site for excavation with
the assistance of a small advance team. They created a site map
which identifies the areas where mammoth and mastodon bones have
been discovered so far. They took samples of peat and silt from the
site which will be sent for radiocarbon dating. These samples will
give scientists a much better idea about the age of the bones
preserved at the site. In addition, the advance team set up a grid
over the juvenile Columbian mammoth. The grid will guide the
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Media Availability: Dr. Steve Holen will be
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For additional information about the excavation, interview clips,
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About the Denver Museum of Nature & Science The Denver
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celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth and
the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver,
CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum, check
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Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are
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SIG Publication of the Year: 2010, 2008
Information Needs, Seeking and Use (USE)
SIG/USE members are concerned with the activities, both behavioral and cognitive, of people who are interacting with information. These activities include: recognizing information needs, seeking information that will address those needs, exploring information sources present in one's context/situation, retrieving information from available information sources, communicating and collaborating with others concerning an information need or information resources, using information, and other interactions between people and information. The SIG wishes to promote studies of human information-related behavior and provision of information services, and to encourage the application of the study results to information systems design.
2014 - 2015 Officers
Lisa M. Given, Chair
Gary Burnett, Chair-Elect
Beth St. Jean, Secretary/Treasurer
Carolyn Hank, Communications
Robin Naughton, Webmaster
Rong Tang, Immediate Past Chair
Houda El mimouni, New Leader Awardee (2014-2015)
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