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The father of one of my son�s friends recently called and suggested that we take the boys camping at one of Virginia�s state parks.
The father of one of my son�s friends recently called and suggested that we take the boys camping at one of Virginia�s state parks. I thought this was a wonderful idea and a good opportunity to spend time with my son, a couple of his friends and their fathers.
It had been a while since I had been camping, so I volunteered to drive if the other two dads would bring the camping equipment and drinks. They agreed. It is sometimes good to have a gas guzzler that will carry a lot of folks and stuff.
My son and I picked up his friends and their dads early Saturday morning and we set out for Westmoreland State Park on the Potomac River�s Northern Neck. It was only about a two hour drive. Westmoreland is known for its beautiful scenery, fishing, fossil hunting and wildlife that include a significant number of American bald eagles.
Close by you can find the birthplaces of Robert E. Lee and George Washington, along with the city of Montross which is not a metropolis, but well worth visiting. Montross, population less than 400, has a Food Lion grocery store, some antique shops and a couple of restaurants.
We pitched our tents headed into town to eat lunch and buy food for the evening cook out. After picking up hamburger meat and hot dogs to cook for dinner, we had to make up our minds on where to eat lunch. The �Dairy Freeze� looked good and had chicken and shrimp, but we opted for Angelo�s on the suggestion of one of the girls working at the state park.
Angelo�s had pizza, sub sandwiches, chicken, seafood and a wonderful looking plate of stuff with gravy covering it. However, our tall, cute server suggested the steak and cheese sub sandwich with potato chips on the side. When she noted that it was �superb,� she held her forefinger and thumb together and did this swishing motion with her hand. Being men, all six of us were sold on the steak and cheese sandwich after we watched her do the swishing motion � although the gravy covered stuff looked fantastic.
We headed back to the state park and explored some, getting to see some beautiful bald eagles in flight. The boys went swimming and we headed back to the campsite to prepare for a night of hamburgers, hot dogs and killing time.
It was a blast�
The other two dads broke out their cooking stuff and I kind of sat and watched. The pea gravel tent site was clean and there were quite a few other folks there camping to talk to and watch. We all agreed the community camaraderie of folks camping is second to none.
One of the fathers is a colonel in the army, and the other is a headhunter that helps folks find jobs. These are the kind of folks you want to go camping with � I felt safe even though I had forgotten to bring my pocket knife.
While cooking the hamburgers, the colonel broke out his cast iron Dutch Oven which I made sure was made in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. I�m a �cast iron snob� and if it wasn�t made by Lodge in South Pittsburg, the food cooked in it, just isn�t as good.
While managing the burgers and hot dogs, the colonel started pouring blueberry pie filling into the Dutch Oven. He then mixed up a batch of white cake mix and Sprite and poured over the blueberry pie filling. This was his first time to attempt this blueberry cobblerish thing on a camping trip, but it looked like it was going to work to me.
Being a math guy, I contributed by counting the number of charcoal briquettes put on top of the Dutch Oven. This is necessary of course to make sure you are getting heat from the top and bottom of the cast iron Dutch Oven. We discussed this while the colonel cooked.
The meal was wonderful, the blueberry concoction was delicious and the conversation was priceless. Three 15 year-old boys and their dads were living the good life, camping at a state park.
The boys were worn out and went to bed in their smaller tent. It didn�t take long for them to be sound asleep.
The colonel and the headhunter then began discussing the pea gravel campsite being nice given that we had to sleep in sleeping bags and all. The headhunter noted that he had thought about bringing his air mattress, but he thought it would be too big. The colonel agreed that an air mattress would be the way to go.
I didn�t say a word.
At the same time, they looked at me and said, �You brought your air mattress didn�t you?�
I could only manage a �Yeah, I did.�
The other dads and I talked for a while until the headhunter decided he needed to go to bed in our larger tent. I inflated my D-cell powered air mattress and pushed it to the far side of the tent so I wouldn�t wake the headhunter up later when I went to bed.
They also gave me grief about bringing my pillow.
Finally the colonel and I decided we would try to get to sleep, he hung the plastic bag of trash on a pole very close to the side of the tent that I had pushed my air mattress up against. In the back of my mind, I knew this was not a good idea.
My air mattress and I were positioned up under the inside of the tent such that the tent material was on my back and a window flap was in my face. I kind of liked it. I wanted to be the last one to fall asleep in the event the night air made me snore like a freight train.
The trash bag was hanging on a pole that was about two feet from my head through the paper-thin tent wall. I thought about getting up and taking the trash bag to the nearest dumpster, but it was well past midnight.
As I was enjoying my air mattress, I thought I heard the sound of someone walking in pea gravel. At first, I thought it was from another campsite, but then remembered we were pretty far from any other folks. The rustling of pea gravel continued and I was wide awake. I checked the other fellows to see if they were moving around in their sleeping bags. They were not.
I was trying to rationalize who was outside strolling through the pea gravel not worrying about me inside the tent with my eyes wide open.
Then I could hear tearing and ripping sounds�
It was the trash bag and more than likely a bear. Being up against the inside of the tent, I started feeling something brush up against me. I thought to myself, �I do not want to be mauled by a bear while camping in a state park.�
I thought about all of the folks I wanted to see again, the places I wanted to go and then I thought about being torn apart by a hungry bear.
The tearing got louder, there were heavy breathing sounds. I was mumbling some of Daddy�s �sailor words� because I was scared.
Just when I thought the other two fellows were going to sleep through this, the colonel popped up and said, �Something�s in the trash.�
I had worked myself into a frenzy; our conversation got louder and the ripping and tearing got louder. The headhunter continued to sleep.
At this time, I could only think to myself, �The colonel has had three tours of duty in war zones and places folks don�t want to think about, HE should go deal with the bear.� I, of course, did not say this because we were kind of in a state of attack.
I shined my flashlight through the window of the tent and could only see a furry paw about the size of a human hand on the trash bag.
More sailor words and laughter filled the tent. The headhunter continued to sleep.
In lieu of my Patton speech, I told the colonel something really stupid like, �I don�t have any shoes on, you need to go out there and wrestle the bear and take the trash to the dumpster.�
He agreed to do it.
After the colonel got back from the dumpster, it wasn�t two minutes until a terrible fight broke out. It was a wild animal fight with screeching, hissing and teeth biting into fur. It didn�t last but a few seconds, but it was serious. The colonel and I decided it was two bears fighting over who got to eat us.
The headhunter still slept.
Well, then we heard it - the sound of something opening the lid of the Lodge cast iron Dutch Oven. I asked the colonel, �Was there blueberry stuff left in the Dutch Oven?� He said, �Yeah.�
By this time we were shining lights out the tent windows, I was flashing pictures with my phone.
It was a raccoon that seemed to be about the size of a 12 year-old boy out there feasting on the wonderful blueberry concoction that tasted a lot like a blueberry muffin.
The raccoon didn�t seem too concerned about us shining lights, taking pictures and yelling at him.
About this time, the boys and the headhunter woke up; wanting to know what was going on.
After the coon finished the blueberry stuff, we peered from an unzipped part of the tent door and watched him waddle away from the campsite. None of us, even the battle-hardened colonel were going out there to mess with a coon that seemed to be between 4 and 5 feet tall standing up and probably weighing 80 pounds.
I might be exaggerating a little.
I think we laughed ourselves to sleep talking about Jerry Clower and his �coon story.�
The colonel, like Jerry Clower, the comedian we both grew up listening to, is from Mississippi.
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Post War Years were certainly in a festive mood on their 2009 debut album, The Greats and the Happenings. On it, the British quartet performed its best rendition of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, filling the space with twitchy garage rock and blithe rhythms. The sounds were raw, unfettered and downright restive; the group, which seemed influenced by Nineties MTV, kept things cheerful for the duration of its recording.
Overall though, Happenings was too frantic an introduction and failed to resonate long past initial consumption. The band, who recorded the LP in an East London warehouse, came off a bit anxious in their attempt to make a great first impression. 'It sounds like what it is — a lo-fi album that we recorded and produced ourselves,' singer Simon Critten said of Happenings on the band's website. 'We were only just beginning to learn how to use our instruments at that time and were recording in a small box room in the warehouse.'
Fair enough.
Conversely, Post War Years' new album, Galapagos, is heavier than its previous work. The light edges are darkened with menacing Krautrock, representing a stark creative shift for the band, which took an interest in German electronic music after playing gigs in Barcelona and elsewhere. From the onset, it's clear that the crew is looking for something sonically grounded. Happenings was a breezy effort from of a group still shaping its artistic focus. Galapagos feels more polished, its dance-heavy aesthetic saturated in European dance music and occasional 'shoegazing' ('Volcano', 'Nova').
'Growl', with its quickened pace and optimistic spirit, is Post War old and new: its free-wielding guitar chords and spacious drums evoke the band's not-so-distant direction. The song harbours an electronic jolt that pushes it from the garage to the stadium. Compare that with "God," the album's clear-headed closer. Here, the words suggest a forward-looking notion of prosperity. It's about getting up, dusting off and embracing greener pastures. "God will find you, hunt you down," goes a line from the song. Seconds later: "Get on my feet, take control of this city." It brings to mind the band's own struggles to stay afloat. The crew almost broke up at one point. There were fights, though everything was resolved.
Still, it's tough to discern the group's creative direction. There's nothing wrong with starting over, but the War Years' shift leaves one to wonder how long it can sustain the current outlook. Much like German producers Modeselektor and Pantha Du Prince — whom Post War Years have cited as influences for the new record — this transient music is made for dancing. Though with the aforementioned influencers, that intention was clear. Here, it's uncertain just where the quartet wants to go. Galapagos will definitely keep the party going, though it might not do much more than that.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Quick Update
I've gone back to my RootsMagic database. I'm going alphabetically down the list of everyone in the database and updating their profiles if I've found new records.
The process is slow going. I'm on the "B" names right now, but I found some new info on the Alston family so technically I'm going backwards.
Pretty soon I'll have to start prepping for FGS 2013 and my trip to Allen County Public Library. Details on that to follow.
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I have Alstons on my mother's side who came from Scotland to Pittsburgh in the mid-19th century. Where were your Alstons from?ReplyDeleteReplies
Elizabeth, the Alstons married into my Williamsons, so it is not a direct line for me.Delete
Ranson/Ransom Tom Alston married Sarah/Sally Williamson in 1839. They resided in Franklin County, Arkansas and had many children there. Do you have any Alstons in Arkansas? Long shot, I'm sure.
No, the only Alstons I have are those who arrived in 1835 in Pittsburgh. But thanks for checking ;-)Delete
It's so nice to have time to work on our own family tree. My blessings are with you as your prepare for trips and conferences. I hope you'll find more time to work on your own line. Remember, slow and steady wins the race!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Devon. Slow and steady, indeed. I only have time an hour here or there, but I have to keep reminding myself that those little hours add up.Delete
Unlike many of we oldies, you have time on your side Amy.ReplyDelete


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Acer's Liquid S2 Phablet Arrives Early at 4K Party
Sep 3, 2013 4:02 PM PT
Against the backdrop of the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin on Monday, Acer introduced its new Liquid S2 smartphone, a 6-inch full HD handset capable of capturing 4K video.
The Liquid S2 has the distinction of being the first smartphone with officially announced 4K Ultra HD recording capability. To support that high-resolution video, its 6-inch screen offers full HD with IPS technology and 1080p resolution.
The Android phablet will run on 4G LTE networks and operate on the WiFi 802.11 ac standard. It also boasts dual speakers powered by Dolby Digital Plus.
Gorilla Glass 3.0 from Corning provides a scratch- and shatter-resistant curved screen that creates an edgeless feel around the rim of the smartphone. Its Zero Air Gap Display, meanwhile, removes air between the touch panel and the LCD module to improve the touchscreen function and make the screen more readable in sunlight.
Acer will release the Liquid S2 smartphone in Europe in the middle to end of October. While the company has not finalized deals with carriers, Acer currently sells smartphones in Germany, France, the UK, Russia, Italy, Spain and the Ukraine, and expects to distribute the Liquid S2 to most of that footprint.
The U.S. market might never see the Acer Liquid S2, or at least not until after other markets get the release. Acer currently does not sell smartphones in the U.S. market, Acer spokesperson Erin Davern told TechNewsWorld.
Phabulous Phablet
Phablets have recently overtaken both tablets and portable PCs in terms of shipments in Asia, IDC recently reported, but appeal in the U.S. is still limited.
"I think there is always a market for certain screen sizes," Manuel Linnig, spokesperson at Acer Europe, told TechNewsWorld. "If you look at Asia right now, there is a trend for big phones. In the U.S. and Europe, people say, 'I like it, but it's too big.' It's still in this gray area."
The category has been popularized by handset models such as the Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z Ultra and LG Optimus G Pro.
"Phablets are going to have their uses, but we are still looking quite hard for them," said Roger Entner, principal analyst at Recon Analytics.
Ultra HD 4K Video
The Acer Liquid S2 is capable of capturing 4K video, also known as Ultra HD. While the details state that the phablet has a full HD screen, it's not yet clear whether the screen resolution matches the video capture capabilities. Full HD is typically 1080p, which is 1920 x 1080.
"If you're able to capture 4K video, what good is it if you can't see 4K video?" noted Carrie Sylvester, an analyst in the Consumer and Professional Imaging Group at InfoTrends.
4K is not widely available and therefore requires a larger investment -- such as an Ultra HD 4K television -- in order to view those high resolutions.
"If you want to watch video in 4K, you have to transfer or connect with a screen with 4K," said Linnig. "Of course, you can always watch [on the Liquid S2] in full HD."
Currently, "there are only a handful of 4K TV sets or monitors available," Entner told TechNewsWorld. "So going 4K video capturing is certainly ahead of its time. Also, what is the point? We are going beyond the capabilities of the eye to perceive differences."
'Out of Their Radar'
4K technology is still making its way to the mainstream, with just slow pickup among early adopters at this point.
"I can tell you that 4K isn't on the radar screen of most photographers or professional photographers right now," Sylvester told TechNewsWorld. "A lot of them don't know much about it unless they're tech-savvy and tend to be early adopters of technology. 4K is just a little out of their radar."
Cinematographers, in fact, may be the first to take advantage of the new capabilities.
"I think this will first appeal to cinematographers -- people who need that high-end capture and viewing," Sylvester suggested. "I think it's going to take a while before it starts to reach the masses."
Toward that end, Acer and other consumer electronics companies will have to educate consumers on 4K technology.
"It's going to take a lot of education and evangelism on the part of the vendors," said Sylvester. "They have to tell people what this is and why you need it."
Why would Acer make a phablet handset with 4K video capture capabilities at this point? The same reason LG upped the resolution on its forthcoming Quad HD smartphone panel -- to establish a market lead.
"Acer wants to show technology leadership," said Entner. "Even if it's beyond what really matters."


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Kearney Man Arrested for NBC Bank Robbery
The Lincoln (NE) Police Department has identified the person responsible for the bank robbery in downtown Lincoln on September 6, 2012. At 9:20am, Kirk Reisetter entered the Nebraska Bank of Commerce, 250 N. 14th Street, and handed the teller a deposit slip. A demand for cash was hand written on the deposit slip along with a claim that he had a gun. No weapon was ever displayed. He then exited the bank with an undisclosed amount of money.
Following the incident, multiple tips were received through Crime Stoppers. Several described the suspect's proximity to a downtown parking garage prior to and immediately following the robbery. Through further investigation, an alert Park & Go employee was interviewed. He recalled the type of car the suspect was driving and the fact that the suspect paid his parking fee with a credit card. Video surveillance also documented these actions. Investigators were able to trace the vehicle and credit card information to 24 year old Kirk Reisetter.
On September 12, 2012, Lincoln Police Department investigators contacted Kirk Reisetter in Kearney, Nebraska, where he resides. Kirk Reisetter was interviewed and a search warrant was conducted at his apartment. Investigators were able to recover a substantial portion of the stolen money. The Kearney Police Department, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and the University of Nebraska-Kearney Police provided assistance with the investigation.
An arrest warrant was issued for Robbery and Kirk Reisetter was lodged over night at the Buffalo County Jail. On September 13, 2012, Kirk Riesetter was transferred to the Lancaster County Jail.


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Is The US Response To Wikileaks Really About Overhyping Online Threats To Pass New Laws?
from the the-cynical-view dept
Except there's been no such event.
Yet, in the last year or so, we keep hearing about folks trying to sell the public on the idea that we're facing a "cyberwar," which is always stated without any proof. In fact, it seems that the only thing that the whole "cyberwar" concept has been good for is to (a) make money for government contractors and (b) to give the government a reason to take away more online privacy.
As we've seen, there have been rumors over the past few months that the feds have been working on new legislation that would require backdoors in all internet communications -- which sounds sort of like a version of that iPatriot Act. But, of course, in order to get people to actually accept that kind of thing, the government would need to convince people that it's really for their own safety... But that's a lot tougher without any evidence of a real cyberwar. So... along comes Wikileaks (and, to a lesser extent, Operation Payback), and voila, suddenly the press is bubbling on and on about how this is a cyberwar.
Now, when this new wiretapping law is put forth, the government can claim that it's designed to stop things like having classified cables leaked to enemies of the US -- even though it would have absolutely no impact on such things. Of course, if Wikileaks is a "cyberwar" then what the hell were the Pentagon Papers? A wood pulp war? Whistleblowing and leaking documents, online or off, is not a "war." While I don't doubt some in the US government will try to use this to their advantage, I still really doubt that this is the main reason for the current reaction. I'd chalk it up to pure incompetence first.


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Wild Looking To Snap Skid Against Sabres Thursday Night
The Wild are back on the ice tonight looking to snap a six game regulation losing skid that continued Tuesday night against the Blues at Xcel Energy Center. Tonight Minnesota hosts Buffalo at Xcel Energy Center.
Minnesota is 20-17-5 on the season, with their last regulation win coming on December 8th against San Jose. Buffalo is 11-25-4 on the year.


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Is it unsafe to leave the charger plugged in when the charger itself is not plugged into the phone (or whatever rechargeable item it goes to).
Is this a fire hazard? I'm a worrywort
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Hagel Brought to Speak at Rutgers By Man With Ties to Iranian Government
Charles C. Johnson has a piece in the Daily Caller titled Supporter of Iranian dictatorship brought Chuck Hagel to Rutgers University for 2007 speech:
A pro-Hezbollah, pro-Hamas candidate for the Iranian presidency, a man linked to Iranian-controlled front groups, brought former Republican Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to speak at Rutgers University in 2007, according to another professor on campus.
Hooshang Amirahmadi, who led Rutgers' Center for Middle Eastern Studies when Hagel came to campus, is the founder and president of the American-Iranian Council. He arranged for Hagel's speech on March 2, 2007, the faculty source told The Daily Caller.
This Amirahmadi fellow's connection run straight to the government of Iran:
Amirahmadi's CV discloses that he has received financial support from the Alavi Foundation, a wealthy organization that the U.S. government has called "a front for the government of Iran."
And IRS records provided to TheDC by FoundationSearch.com show that between 2003 and 2008, Rutgers University received $688,000 from the same foundation.
Does anyone else see a problem here?


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Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp hailed a trio of his squad players following the 2-1 home loss to Borussia Monchengladbach.
Attacking midfielder Jonas Hofmann started for Klopp's men on Saturday, while striker Marvin Ducksch and playmaker Milos Jojic each came off the bench in the second half.
It was Jojic who had the biggest impact as the Serbian found the net with a deflected strike after Havard Nordtveit had been sent off for Gladbach, who had earlier taken a two-goal lead with strikes from Raffael and Max Kruse.
But Dortmund were denied a point as Ducksch had a goal ruled out for a foul by Robert Lewandowski, a decision that saw Klopp dismissed for his protests to the referee.
The defeat leaves Klopp's side 23 points adrift of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, who will clinch a second successive title next weekend if they win and Dortmund and Schalke fail to do so.
Yet Klopp took the positives from the performance, earmarking Hofmann, Ducksch and Jojic for praise.
"Marvin Ducksch proved with little time how much of a threat he can be," Klopp said.
"Milos Jojic showed what he is capable off for us and Jonas Hoffman managed to make a mess of the ball on two occasions which slightly startled him but in the second half he was fully there and played a good game."


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— The Rose runaway has turned into a race.
Justin Rose, who led by as many as six shots on Saturday, saw his lead fall to three after the third round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands.
His 2-under-par 68 put him at 16-under 194 and enabled the field to draw closer. His chief challenger was Ben Curtis, who surged on the back side with five birdies to shoot a 6-under 64.
"I guess the tale of the day really was I made nothing," said Rose, who entered the third round with a four-stroke advantage over Kevin Sutherland. "The longest putt I made was about 4 feet 10 [it was officially 4 feet, 9] for par on 17. So I was really happy to have a day like that on the greens and still shoot 68 and still maintain that lead."
Curtis, the 2003 British Open champion, moved up eight spots on the leaderboard with his round, which was culminated with a 43-foot birdie at 18.
Vaughn Taylor (67) is third at 11 under. Ricky Barnes (64), Scott McCarron (66), Brendon de Jonge (67), Corey Pavin (69), Matt Jones (68), Bubba Watson (67) and Bill Lunde (69) are tied for fourth at 10 under.
"You know if you shoot even-par you're going to go backwards," Curtis said. "And coming off last week [at the U.S. Open] where you shoot 3 or 4 over and you actually maybe moved up the leaderboard. This week it's the opposite. You got to go 3-4 under to do that."
Still, he couldn't overtake Rose, the winner of his last start, the Memorial.
After Charlie Wi birdied the first three holes on Saturday to move to 12 under, Rose, who parred the first four holes, led by three shots. But Wi (71) finished the day at 8 under.
Rose almost scored a hole-in-one on the 223-yard fifth. His shot rolled just over the left edge of the cup. He tapped in from 9 inches for birdie.
Rose birdied the sixth to move to 16 under. After parring seven and eight, he had a six-shot lead over Barnes, who was in the clubhouse.
Then Curtis charged with birdies at Nos. 10, 12-13, 15 and 18. The latter enabled him to get within two shots of Rose, who was six groups behind. Rose was 15 under through 14 after his bogey at 13.
Curtis' 64 matched Barnes, Retief Goosen and J.J. Henry for low round of the day.
"Got off to a slower start than maybe I wanted to," said Curtis, who was 1-under 34 on the front. "But I just stayed patient and tried to keep hitting the greens and tried to make the putts, and luckily the last nine holes they kind of started going in."
Rose's backside magic, though, evaporated Saturday. On Thursday he made birdies at Nos. 13-17. On Friday he birdied 11-15.
But on Saturday he only birdied 15. A bogey at 13 (his first of the tournament) after he had driven into the pond, caused him to shoot even-par 35 on the back.
"I didn't putt well," said Rose, who needed 30 putts. "But I didn't put a lot of pressure on my putting with the greens I missed. I didn't hole a very long footage of putts because my chipping was so good."
On 18 his drive landed in a fairway divot. After he hit his approach to 15 feet of the cup, there was concern on the Rose side. "There was word from a [CBS] cameraman that my ball may have moved as I took the club back," he said.
His caddie Mark Fulcher advised him not to sign his card after paring 18 until he had received a ruling. Tour officials ruled no infraction had occurred because the ball had not moved.
Rose, who was tied for the lead after the first round, looks to be the 11th player in tournament history and the first since Peter Jacobsen in 2003 to lead wire to wire.
Today he and Curtis will be in the final 1:50 p.m. pairing, just like in 2005 when Rose had a one-shot lead over Curtis. Neither Curtis nor Rose won that year when champion Brad Faxon fired a course-tying record 61.
Rose said a three-shot lead is no guarantee for victory, especially at TPC River Highlands.
"Rickie Fowler was [four] ahead of me at Memorial. It's not relatively comfortable," said Rose, whose final-round 66 overtook Fowler. "There's still golf to be played."


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IBM's cloud computing revenues are smaller and less "cloud-intensive" than customers and Wall Street analysts might think. That's the claim of a former IBM employee who backed up more than a few of his/her critical assessments of the vendor's cloud prowess with a number of confidential internal documents shared with InformationWeek.
The documents put IBM's 2012 cloud-related revenue at $2.26 billion, a figure the company has declined to disclose publicly. In 2011, IBM did issue a roadmap that set forth the goal of reaching $7 billion in annual cloud revenue by 2015, so the much lower figure raises doubts about whether the company is on track.
IBM also said in 2011 that only $3 billion of that total would come from net-new business, suggesting that $4 billion would be tied to cloud-based ways of delivering its current hardware, software and services.
Noteworthy is data that shows that roughly half of current IBM cloud revenues are tied to hardware, in many cases systems used to run customers' private clouds or partner clouds. "This is not what your readers would think of as cloud," said the former IBM employee, who reached out to InformationWeek after reading a column I wrote challenging IBMto be more transparent about its cloud revenue. "They will think of Amazon EC2, Salesforce.com and IBM SmartCloud as real cloud. Not stuff sitting on their data center floor."
[ Will U.S. cloud companies lose customers because of NSA spying? Read NSA's Prism Could Cost U.S. Cloud Companies $45 Billion. ]
It's unclear whether IBM's re-characterization of certain hardware sales is a factor in a current Securities and Exchange Commission investigationof the company's cloud revenue, as divulged in IBM's second-quarter financial filings.
IBM declined to comment on the ongoing SEC investigation, but speaking on background, an IBM executive said the company "established the whole category of private cloud five years ago. We told the marketplace, and Gartner and IDC came to agree, that a lot of very large companies have gigantic data centers and a lot of stuff they want to control from a privacy or security perspective. Therefore, the first major opportunity from our client base was going to be us helping them build cloud delivery."
Where cloud compute capacity is concerned, the embrace of x86-based systems and standards is cannibalizing IBM's higher-margin mainframe and Power server businesses, says Kulbinder Garcha, an analyst with Credit Suisse, which downgraded its rating on IBM's stock on Aug. 6.
Meantime, emerging platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings are "obviating the need for IBM's traditional middleware stack," Garcha wrote in a research report. "The shift to cloud continues to present risks given IBM's technology positioning."
As for IBM's ability to compete with its own IaaS offerings, internal documents supplied by the former employee detail the formidable competition IBM's SmartCloud Enterprise (SCE) faces from Amazon Web Services. One document shows SCE to be generally less expensive than AWS offerings at low levels of service and capacity utilization, but the cost advantages shift to AWS at higher service and utilization levels.
For example, IBM's 32-bit Copper-, Bronze-, Silver- and Gold-level services are all less expensive than Amazon AWS at 25% utilization levels of one-year and three-year reserved capacity, according to this internal assessment. But move up to 64-bit services and 75% or higher utilization and the tables turn, with IBM's prices becoming 20% to 40% higher than AWS's and more than 40% higher in the case of 64-bit Platinum services.
These comparisons could be outdated, as the document is from March 2013, but the competitive pattern described is consistent with the reputations of both vendors, according to InformationWeek cloud computing expert Charles Babcock. "IBM is inclined to get higher margins once it has you hooked, while Amazon rather artfully has made it cheaper to become a big user, with the rate per hour going down the more you are committed to long-term use," Babcock says, noting that no cloud competitor has claimed to beat Amazon's three-year, Reserved Instance price.


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MARSEILLES — Roughly 1,000 residents in this town of 5,100 have been evacuated due to severe flooding after several barges broke away and crashed into a dam in the Illinois River.
Mayor Patricia Smith declared a state of emergency for the city.
The area near the river was submerged in water and was closed to all non-emergency personnel.
The river is still rising, Commissioner Bob Davis said at midday Friday.
"Hopefully it'll be no more than another eight to 10 inches," Davis said.
According to Davis, emergency crews are trying to contain the flooding, adding that all areas they have sandbagged have remained in tact.
The barges are still against the dam, he said, and will likely remain there until water levels recede.
Davis said officials are hoping that will happen early next week.
He stressed the word "hopefully."
One of the evacuations was at Rivershores Nursing Home.
"That evacuation went smoothly," he said.
Davis said there has been flooding before, but that the levee has not been breached since the 1930s.
He said the city has done what it could in the face of unique conditions.
"We had a plan in place and we followed it," Davis said. "Now Mother Nature is doing her thing."
Marseilles was among the worst hit in the area by flooding in the wake of massive rainfall Wednesday into Thursday.
Here is how other area towns are coping with conditons:
Kathy Angelakos, emergency management coordinator for Seneca, said flooding has receded in some areas, but that by late afternoon Friday the river was still an issue.
Part of the problem is that the river had still yet to crest.
But, Angelakos said, there has been an outpouring of help from community members working to combat the conditions.
"We've had quite a few volunteers filling sandbags," she said.
Angelakos also addressed false rumors she said had been going around that the bridge was closed in Seneca and that residents did not have potable water.
The bridge is open, Angelakos said, and the city had advised residents to try to minimize water and sewer usage to prevent further flooding.
Angelakos said residents could monitor current conditions on the city's Facebook page.
Coal City
A few Coal City roads were closed earlier, but — according to Nicholas Doerfler, spokesman for the Coal City Fire Department — there was no major flooding.
All of those roads are open now, Doerfler said Friday afternoon.
The department there assisted other departments in evacuations, including Thursday's evacuation at Ravine Woods apartment complex in Morris, where residents got out of their homes via rowboat.
One concern for the Coal City Fire Department had been whether or not they could transport anyone to Morris Hospital, said Doerfler, a firefighter and paramedic.
That did not become a problem, he said.
Most roads on the south side of Mazon had been impassable, according to Mazon Fire Chief Mark Brookman.
But as of Friday afternoon, things were improving and all roads were back open.
"Everything is getting back to normal now," Brookman said.
Things are also improving in Channahon, where some roads remained closed late Friday afternoon.
Deputy Chief Jeff Toepper said Bridge Street would be open by Friday afternoon.
There were some evacuations Friday morning, but Toepper said they hoped those displaced would be back in their homes by 6 p.m. Friday evening.
Water had rushed over a section of the dam at the State Park's Channahon access. Homes in the vicinity of the park along Canal and Story streets and further south on Blackberry Lane were being evacuated, said Channahon Police Detective Adam Bogart.
At least 21 occupants, just from the apartment complex on Blackberry Lane, had to leave.
A portion of the dam where the Du Page River and I & M Canal cross is eroding. As a result, Illinois Department of Natural Resources workers were out with heavy equipment trying to shore it up.
Concrete jersey barriers and sand bags were brought to the scene to reinforce the dam.
There were a number of evacuations in Minooka, said Ken Briley, emergency management agency director for the village.
Those evacuated Thursday were back in their homes Friday, he said.
But there were more evacuations required Friday as flood waters rose over Cemetery Road between Minooka and Morris.
Those evacuations ended at 1:45 p.m. Friday and were successful, Briley said. Those displaced by Friday's evacuations were taken to a shelter and Briley said he hoped they would be able to return to their homes Saturday.
As of Friday afternoon, Interstate 55 at Interstate 80 remained closed, while many of the roads near Aux Sable Creek reopened once the creek waters receded, Briley said.
One exception was Wilde Road.
According to Briley, the flood waters washed it away.
Shaw Media Correspondent Kris Stadalsky contributed to this report.


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Dreamtime Travellers Rest
Dreamtime Travellers Rest is a small, relaxed and homely independent hostel. Winning Best hostel Australia in 2008 and again in 2011 as voted by Hostelworld.com customers.
We offer you a unique, relaxed homely atmosphere. Our hostel is small, clean and friendly with personal service.
Each room includes fans and all bed linen. Guests have access to shared bathroom facilities. Air-conditioning is available for an additional cost. Free luggage storage is provided.
Set amongst a tropical garden with outdoor pool, guests can relax in hammocks or enjoy a BBQ in the shade.
A fully equipped kitchen and laundry facilities are available.
The bar/lounge features regular BBQ and pizza nights with movies on a big screen.
Air conditioning is available in all rooms and costs $1 for three hours.
Family-owned since 1990, we pride ourselves on our local knowledge and good honest advice...why not make it your Dreamtime?
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|Birth Date:
|Redondo Beach, Calif.
|High School:
|Redondo Union HS
UC Santa Barbara
In his Sophomore season moon started played in 47 games, starting 39 of them..Posted a .256 batting average...He had 31 hits posting a .295 batting average and .355 slugging percentage...Tied the team high with 8 sacrifice bunts...Posted an impressive .291 batting average in conference with 8 RBIs, garnering him Big West Honorable Mention at shortstop...Had a career day in a double header on February 20th against La Salle posting 5 hits in 9 attempts with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs...
UC Santa Barbara
In his freshman season, Steve played in 19 games, six of which he started ... He had four hits, four RBIs and carried an on-base percentage of .257 ... On May 4 at Cal State Bakersfield, he went 1-for-2 with a double and a walk ... Recorded his first collegiate hit on March 14 against Northern Illinois University, at single that drove in two runs.
2010 Summer
Steve played in the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League as a member of the Waikiki Surfers ...He played in 36 games, racking up 33 hits in 131 at bats ... He had a .252 batting average and only committed 6 errors on the season.
High School
Attended Redondo Union High School under Tim Ammentorp where he played three years of varsity... In his senior year Moon batted a .414 with 36 hits, 3 of which were homeruns, 32 RBI, and 15 runs... Lists his best performance as contributing 2 RBI and 1 stolen base in a 4-4 game against rival Mira Costa... Earned Scholar Athlete distinction in 2008... Was named 1st Team All-League and 1st team All-Area for both the 2007 and 2008 season.
Steven Michael Moon was born on January 8, 1990... Parents are Danny and Linda... Has an older sister, Diane, 23, and a younger brother, Ryan, 14... Names Business Economics or Psychology as possible majors... Career aspiration is to play professionally... Lists the LA Angels as his favorite sports team...Favorite movies include Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Avatar...Enjoys playing basketball and ping-pong in his spare time... Was also recruited by Cal Baptist, Fresno State, and LMU
YearG-GSABRH2B3BHRRBISB-ATTSOBBAVG. 201019-6292410040-2135.138 Totals19-6292410040-2135.138

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  At-bats	4	twice	5/7/10

  Hits	1	four times	four times

  Runs	1	twice	twice

  Runs Batted In	2	No. Illinois	3/14/10

  Stolen Bases

  Strikeouts	3	Cal State Northridge	5/8/10

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CAL FIRE Firefighter Memorial
Fallen Heroes
You will find the names of the CAL FIRE firefighters below on the California Firefighters' Memorial located on the east side of Capitol Park in Sacramento. The centerpiece of the memorial is a wall displaying the names of more than 900 firefighters that have given their lives since California became a state in 1850.
|Murrell Agenbroad
Steve M. Arrollado
Ted Bell, Jr.
Paul Belveal
William P. Benedict
Roger Bookout
Leo Boyd
Richard M. Boyd
James Rick Braden
Robert L. Buc
Joseph Calandra
Don Campbell
James Carlisle
John Carter
Vernon Cassel
Don J. Christensen
Dennis Conner
Ernie P. Covington
Scott Cox
John A. Cross
Denis Lee Cullins
Gerald Davis
Elwyn F. Delphia
Lynn R. Douglas
James P. Eakin
Gayle E. Eaton
Harry C. Eitzen, Jr.
Kenneth Earl Enslow
Richard J. Ernest
Michael Fagan
Victor Ferrara
Alvin E. Frost
Leroy Gann
Rudy Gaub
Henry Gaub
Larry Groff
John D. Guthrie
Francis Hacket
Larry Hamilton
Colin L. Haywood
James E. Heinser
Patrick Henry
Antonio Hernandez
Victor Hernandez
Larry Higgins
Danny E. Hime
Earl J. Holsapple
Aaron Perry
|In addition there are five names CAL FIRE is currently working on having added to the Memorial Wall:
|Frank Troutman
Lincoln "Ben" Reynard
Gerald O. Bryant
Robert Hill


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I checked and my "guy" sells 50lb PBW for $162. The 5lb is only $18 though so his markup for the smaller quantities isn't bad (11%), not sure I'll spring for the big one.
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/50-LBS-FIVE-STAR-PBW-CLEANER-Actual-Cost-Shipping-Item-P1487C58.aspxWilliams has it for 154.90, not sure how much shipping would be. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2


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Re: New Moon hair, make-up, wigs, costumes
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:21 am
Agree about Rob's lips, they need to tone down the red. But I totally disagree regarding the Cullen's eye color, the golden color was way too pronounced, they would never pass for humans like that. Twilight got that part better, it was more subdued and believable.RebeccaCullen wrote:
Loved the contact colours this time around and the fact that the camera didn't have to be right in the actors face to show the colour. Only wished that Alice had black eyes when she visited Bella, and that Edward had black eyes when they were in Italy, and well, I wish the Guard had more of a darker red then what was shown because they had the humans come into feed on... yeah, still complain' about they eye colour.
Make up was so much better this time around. Only thing bugging me is Rob's lips looking like he has lipstick on.


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Stuffed full of greatness: Britain's Greatest War, Death in Paradise, Midsomer Murders
JEREMY PAXMAN is very excited and it is not just because he got a new silk scarf for Christmas. The occasion was his thoroughly excellent history series, Britain's Great War (BBC1, Monday).
Traditionally, Paxo's passion is reserved for useless university students and truculent politicians who are pathologically unable to answer a simple question. As someone who likes sport, this is the only time I enjoy Newsnight.
Who can forget Michael Howard squirming at the hands of this grand inquisitor? Britain's Great War is kicking off the BBC's centenary coverage, which will last longer than the war itself. Yet Paxman was suitably enthused, standing on Westminster Bridge before the Houses of Parliament, backed by stirring music signalling the impending doom the country was about to face.
As Big Ben sounded a death knell, the presenter mustered enough gravity to sink a battleship, with the words: "It was warrrr..." Close your eyes and you could have been listening to the marvellous Sir Laurence Olivier narrating his ground-breaking World At War, ITV's, and TV's, best war series.
Britain, Paxman observed, was undecided about whether to go to war. It is a tough one. Thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace, apparently just for something to do, hoping, rather in vain, for a sign from the German-related royal family. Nothing happened but a nice evening was had and many fetching souvenirs were purchased for the mantelpiece.
Meanwhile, the leaders of our Government were "in tears" and the German ambassador was in his pyjamas and was receiving visitors.
Away from trivial matters of state, Paxman's documentary used splendid old footage as it unearthed a series of moving, human stories which tended to give a huge, and well-trodden, subject interest and colour. The most telling of these came from wonderful Violet Murs aged 103, who recalled the bombing of Hartlepool, with a vividness and poignancy.
Sadly, she was not around to see this documentary go out, a detail found in the credits to the show and underlining that there are fewer and fewer people now with us to bring this important period of history to life.
If people are being killed for guidebooks like this, I am going to rid our house now of every volume of Wainwright in case word gets out
So it fell to Julian Fellowes to interpose. Eh? The Downton Abbey writer and creator was captioned "Lord Kitchener-Fellowes", which is a result of his marriage to Emma Kitchener, a descendant.
Prepare yourself for the publicity campaign for the next series of Downton: "ITV Wants You!" Shame it will probably be set in the lead up to the Depression, although I can see "Not now, Carson" doing a mean pose in the style of Kitchener.
To important matters and more people were being slain in the service of three enjoyable murder mysteries last week. Death In Paradise (BBC1, Tuesday) continues to amuse with its new detective Humphrey Goodman, the little known jazz band leader. He is played by Kris Marshall, who seems born to play this role, or maybe he is just a good actor.
His attention to detail impresses me. Goodman was straight on to the fact that in the victim's apartment, there was a whole missing volume from a three-part series, Walks In The Caribbean. You know, the stroll from the bar to the pool.
If people are being killed for guidebooks like this, I am going to rid our house now of every volume of Wainwright in case word gets out. There was also a concerning lack of sunshine in this series, possibly making it the dullest on record. If this keeps up, they will need to abandon the Caribbean and call it Death In Paradise Place, Birmingham.
Midsomer Murders (ITV, Wednesday), which was postponed because of a new-fangled game called "football", finally got an airing last week. It was a fabulously arch episode, which told the story of a posh country restaurant run by a tyrant, played by the always excellent Sharon Small. It also had Hayley Mills as a guest star.
It opened with the murder of a man in the woods who was smothered in truffles. That is all very well, just do not invite a wild boar or truffle hound to your tea party. Incidentally, have you noticed that the Midsomer titles are now more blood-soaked than ever? For ITV, this is a subtle message.
Another murder involved a bowl of soup. To be precise, wild celery and mushroom. It gave the victim a "rictus grin", which sounds a pleasing disposition, or how most of us appear when reading a bill in a restaurant.
If you want to be shaken to your core and left gripping the arm on the sofa, watch some of the second series of The Following (Sky Atlantic, Tuesdays). You could not actually get further from "cosy crime".
The basis of the second series is that the mad killer from the first season did not die in a fire and he now has even more acolytes, including psycho twins, murdering people in his name.
At any one moment in this drama, you are never more than five seconds away from a blood-drenched knife attack. Still it is fiction, allegedly.
Food & Drink (BBC2, Monday) was making up ways of saving money in a new series. Mary Berry was the guest star. She has no need to save money but showed us how to use diced up bread for a topping on a fish pie.
It looked better than it sounds, as, I am sure, Home Freezer Digest did back in the day she was editor.
She also knows how to push around a Michelin-starred chef, which is an entertainment in itself.
This cheapish meal, apart from fresh haddock, went out of the window however, when the ditsy wine buff introduced a bottle of plonk for £10.
I can't see that featured in the pages of Home Freezer Digest.


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For the second time this year, the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals wrestled with a request for a variance that would allow the owners of a bayfront house on Lazy Point in Amagansett to construct a 147-foot stone revetment to protect the property from the receding shoreline.
This time, the tide turned in favor of the Mulford Lane homeowners, with the board voting 3-2 to grant the potentially precedent-setting variance. The chairman, Alex Walter, cast the deciding vote, joining Don Cirillo and Bryan Gosman. Sharon McCobb and Lee White voted against it.
Town code prohibits solid revetments in the Lazy Point area along Gardiner's Bay.
Purchased by Christine Lemieux and Joshua Young in 2010, the house now on the property sits on its northern edge, with water from the bay lapping under its deck. In February, the board granted the couple the right to tear down and rebuild the house on the other side of the property, away from the water, but turned down a similar revetment plan, 4-1. Only Mr. Cirillo voted to approve what he called "a retaining wall," arguing, as he did again on Tuesday, that an owner should be allowed to protect their property from a deteriorating shoreline.
"When water comes onto somebody's land, I don't think that town code restrictions are applicable," Mr. Cirillo said Tuesday.
Both Mr. Gosman and Mr. Walter were swayed by what they said was an improved plan — a U shape with the revetment now following the contour of the property on the west and having a vinyl "return" on the east side — as well as by the fact that, unlike in February, the State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an approval for the project.
Brian Frank, the town's chief environmental analyst, cautioned the board in a report written in September, writing, "Bulkheads and revetments frequently have unanticipated environmental impacts. These impacts extend beyond the footprint of the structure, causing erosion and diminishing the quality of the natural resources on adjacent properties, as well."
Ms. McCobb, while voting against the variance, pointed out the lack of opposition from neighbors throughout the process. The only neighbors to speak out at either public hearing were in support of the plan.
However, she also said the planned wall "is going to be in the water. This is going to be immediately affected by wave action." The change in tidal drift, which Mr. Frank had cautioned about, may be apparent from the outset.
"The house has to be in imminent peril" for such a shore-hardening structure to be approved, Mr. White said, arguing against the proposal. Because the board had already granted the couple the right to tear down and rebuild away from the water, Mr. White argued that it would not be appropriate at this time to grant such a radical variance. "This area is a pretty dynamic area," Mr. White said, cautioning against the precedential impact of a yes vote. "If we set the bar too low," he said, it will be hard to say no to applicants in the future.
At the close of business, Mr. Walter announced that the board will soon move the start time for its scheduled Tuesday meetings from 7:30 to 6:30 p.m.


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Associate Professor of Lighting Design
Derek Porter is co-owner and Principal Designer of Derek Porter Studio, a multi-disciplinary design and art studio, where he leads philosophical interests, collaborative thinking and detail development for all architectural lighting design, public art and product design related projects. As an extension of his lighting design practice, Derek studies light and space through work in photography and sculpture. Derek is involved with public art commissions as well as actively exhibits his work nationally and internationally. Derek's work is held in numerous corporate and private collections. This more personal investigation of light brings opportunity for deeper introspective study and abstract understanding of subtleties found in human perception, atmospheric conditions and cycles in nature. Derek is currently Director of the Master of Fine Arts Lighting Design Program at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. He has also taught and been guest lecturer at: Tyler School of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons The New School for Design, Kansas City Art Institute, and University of Kansas. Additionally he has juried and lectured for the American Institute of Architects, the International Association of Lighting Designers, Professional Lighting Designer's Association, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Light Fair International, the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York and the Museum of Art and Design in New York. Derek is a Professional Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), Illumination Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and the Professional Lighting Designer's Association (PLDA).
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Women's soccer head coach Kevin O'Brien has announced the dates of the 2013 Spring ID Camp, May 4-5th, on the campus of Lipscomb University.
The camp will be led by the Lipscomb University coaching staff and will give players the opportunity to be seen and evaluated by the staff, as well as train like the Lipscomb players.
The cost is $200 and is limited to rising high school freshman through high school seniors. Due to limited space, campers are encouraged to register early.
Saturday May 4th consists of three training sessions and a tour of the Lipscomb campus. Check-in is from 10-10:15 a.m. and the first session starts at 10:30 a.m. Sunday's first training session begins at 9 a.m. with the last session at 1 p.m. Closing ceremonies are at 3:15 p.m.
Players interested in attending this Elite Prospect ID Camp can find out more information by calling coach O'Brien at (615) 497-4891.


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**Petition at Change.org to address this situation is linked below**
**Content of correspondence to date with Amazon is pasted below**
I'll be the first to admit this…I knew about this issue and when it didn't impact me, I didn't do anything about it. For that, I apologize. Here is the background, and my attempt to rectify my earlier apathy.
Amazon has been removing customer reviews from indie authors for the past 6-9 months. Amazon, to my knowledge, has not provided a clear explanation to any impacted author as to why the review(s) were removed. It is not citing any guideline that has allegedly been broken. Rather, it is relying on its power and monopolistic position to do what it wishes. Just so we are all on the same page, here are the guidelines that Amazon has posted on its website regarding customer reviews (taken directly from Amazon's website):
Amazon wants your opinions to be heard
We want customers to get the information they need to make smart buying choices, and we'd love to have your help doing that. As an Amazon customer, you can submit written or video reviews for items listed on Amazon.com. We encourage you to share your opinions, both favorable and unfavorable.
Who can create customer reviews?
Anyone who has purchased items from Amazon.com. All we ask is that you follow a few simple rules (see "What's not allowed" below).
Tips on writing a great review
• Include the "why": The best reviews include not only whether you liked or disliked a product, but also why. Feel free to talk about related products and how this item compares to them.
• Be specific: Your review should focus on specific features of the product and your experience with it. For video reviews, we recommend that you write a brief introduction.
• Not too short, not too long: Written reviews must be at least 20 words and are limited to 5,000 words. The ideal length is 75 to 500 words. Video reviews have a 10-minute limit, but we recommend 2 to 5 minutes to keep your audience engaged.
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Problem #1: If reviews are being removed because they are not "Verified Purchases," that has never been a published guideline or requirement for reviews. Let me explain how this would be an unfair basis upon which to remove a review. First, as noted, this has never been a published requirement. Second, many of us have spent countless hours under a 10 x 10 tent at fairs, books sales, etc. to sell hard copies of our books. We have then employed measures to try to get those purchasers to leave reviews. Obviously, those purchasers cannot be "Verified," but their reviews should count nonetheless under the currently disclosed review requirements.
Problem #2: Amazon claims to be one of the best customer service companies in the world. And, as a customer of Amazon who has spent thousands of dollars on the website, I can say that their customer service is largely excellent. Why doesn't that dedication to service extend to independently published authors?
Problem #3: If there are guidelines being violated (assuming, for the sake of argument, that some actually exist) then why are indie authors the only ones being impacted?
Problem #4: This is the BIGGEST problem in my opinion. Impacted authors are not being told why their reviews are being removed. I can safely say that most authors would be fine with reviews being removed if there was actually a violation of some posted guideline. I know I would be. However, to be left in the dark as to its reasons is unjust. And, Amazon's actions have transcended from simply leaving authors in the dark to completely ignoring and/or sidestepping the issue altogether.
SOLUTION: It's pretty easy, Amazon. Tell us what the rules are, and let us play by the rules. We will be happy to do so. Also, have the respect for indie authors to send them an email for every review that is removed which explains the rationale for doing so.
First Email Sent to Amazon
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 2:12 p.m.: Please note that due to a perceived lack of transparency and fair/equitable dealings with respect to the removal of customer reviews from books published by independent ("indie") authors, several authors have banded together and signed a Change.org petition. The goal of the petition is not to impact Amazon's business or profit in any way. The goal of the petition is not to be confrontational with Amazon. Rather, the goal of the petition is to forge a path of mutual respect and collaboration between indie authors and Amazon.
As stated in the petition, the problem perceived by indie authors is that their customer reviews are being removed from Amazon's website without any notice from Amazon, without any explanation from Amazon to the impacted authors, and without any chance for the impacted authors to respond to the issue. As stated in the petition, the goal of the signatories is for Amazon to explain for every author that loses a review (good or bad) why that review was removed, and set forth clear guidelines as to what will and will not be removed in the future.
The petition was initiated within the last twenty-four hours, and already has 116 supporters, primarily comprised of indie authors. The petition can be found here: http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-stop-arbitrarily-removing-customer-reviews-from-indie-author-books
The hope of the supporters of this petition is that discourse would initiate, transparency would ensue, and both parties (i.e. Amazon and indie authors) could continue to build a robust world of books on Amazon's sales platform. Pre-formed responses will be deemed non-responsive, and the push to build support for the petition will naturally continue until the matter is resolved.
Thank you for your time, and we look forward to hearing from Amazon.
First Email Sent Directly to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 2:43 p.m.
Mr. Bezos,
My name is Derek Blass, and I am an independently published author. I have been able to use Amazon's platform to sell a healthy number of my first two books, and for that I am very appreciative to Amazon. However, there has been growing discontent in the indie author crowd because of customer reviews being removed without notice to, explanation of, or discourse with indie authors. Authors have written several articles on this matter, the recitation of which is outside the scope of my intent in sending this email.
The intent of this email is to alert you to a petition entitled "Amazon: Stop Arbitrarily Removing Customer Reviews from Indie Author Books," filed on Change.org. The goal of the petition is not to be overly confrontational with Amazon, or to impact (directly or indirectly) Amazon's bottom line. Rather, the intent is to initiate discourse with Amazon as to the demands presented in the petition. These demands boil down to two things: (1) full disclosure of what guidelines reviews must meet for them to withstand removal from the website, and (2) a system whereby Amazon will communicate to authors when reviews will be removed, why, and allow authors to respond within a set time.
The petition is in its infancy, having been initiated within the last twenty-four hours. Already, there are 119 supporters, and momentum is growing. The petition can be found at this link: http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-stop-arbitrarily-removing-customer-reviews-from-indie-author-books
We would appreciate the chance to communicate with you further on this matter, and we would appreciate the opportunity to continue to grow our own careers and customer base with Amazon.
Many thanks,
Hello Derek, I appreciate that you took the time to provide us with feedback regarding our Customer Review moderation process and the information concerning your petition. We welcome the diverse opinions of our customers because we believe the differing opinions lead to constructive and interesting discussions about our products and services. I have passed your message along to the team involved with future development of our Communities features. I know they will want to hear your thoughts. If you want to find out more about this or other Amazon.com features, please visit our Amazon.com Site Features Help pages: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=16465201 Thanks again for taking the time to contact us with your thoughts. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Thank you for your inquiry. Did I solve your problem? If yes, please click here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/survey?p=A11S0WL7351GZF&k=hy If no, please click here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/survey?p=A11S0WL7351GZF&k=hn Best Regards, Paula Amazon.com Amazon's Second Response Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 1:31 p.m. Dear Mr. Blass, I'm Deborah Hankins of Amazon.com's Executive Customer Relations team. Jeff Bezos received your email and asked me to respond on his behalf. I'm sorry you feel Amazon.com is unfairly removing reviews from independent authors. I can assure you our Communities team considers all reviews in light of our guidelines and will not remove any which are not in violation of those guidelines. Although I'm sure you've seen them, I'm including a link below for your reference. http://www.amazon.com/review-guidelines/ I hope the above guidelines will provide some insight into why a particular review may have been removed as well as assistance in how an individual might submit an acceptable review. Regards, Deborah Hankins Executive Customer Relations Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com Email Response to Ms. Hankins of Amazon Ms. Hankins,


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Fierce Competition At Audi Melges 20 Nationals Places Kiss In Overall Lead
7 October 2012
The 2012 Audi Melges 20 U.S. National Championship, hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club boasted three more races under beautiful San Francisco Bay conditions on Saturday. This time though, the competition could not possibly have been more fierce and intense. Defending National Champion Michael Kiss on Bacio hit the race course with a serious plan of action that clearly worked, granting him the overall lead going into the final day. One slim point behind is fleet newcomer Richard Davies on Section 16 and in third, is Paul Reilly on Red Sky.
After a brief on land postponement, the fleet went racing shortly after twelve noon with an aggressive Kiss, Davies and Reilly mixing it up on the first beat. Reilly managed to pull to the forefront of the pack to secure the win, while Davies took second. Overnight leader John Kilroy Jr. on Samba Pa Ti took third.
The second and third races of the day (races five and six in a series of nine) went to Davies as his team of tactician Charlie McKee and crew Matt Pistay came on super strong. The second race of the day was anything but easy as he fought off a ferocious Kiss and Reilly, who continuously battled for the second place position. Davies went on to win, just ahead of Kiss securing second, Reilly settled for third.
Davies delivered yet again in the last race of the day as he slowly but surely took command of the fleet winning out over Kiss and Reilly. It was down to the wire as the two match raced to the finish line, finishing respectively in second and third.
Sunday marks the final day of competition. Two additional races are scheduled.
TOP TEN RESULTS (Preliminary, After 6 Races, 1 Discard)
1.) Michael Kiss, Bacio; 2-[6]-1-4-2-2 = 11
2.) Richard Davies, Section 16; [10]-1-7-2-1-1 = 12
3.) Paul Reilly, Red Sky; [11]-7-2-1-3-3 = 16
4.) John Kilroy Jr., Samba Pa Ti; 1-2-[5]-3-5-5 = 16
5.) Russell Lucas, Shimmer; 5-3-[10]-5-8-4 = 25
6.) Sid Gorham, Funner; 8-4-[9]-9-6-6 = 33
7.) Erwyn Naidoo, Bohica; [19]-5-6-8-7-7 = 33
8.) Roland Van Der Meer, BLAST!; 3-8-4-13-[21]-11 = 39
9.) Brian Hill, Atlas; 12-10-8-6-10-[13] = 46
10.) Clay Broussard, Velocity; 6-11-11-10-[12]-8 = 46
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I might have to tuck into a big bowl of chunky hot chips while I'm out.
The kids' Lent has ended and this year I joined them and gave up chips and crisps.
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Now I can be bad mother-frocker once again.
I'm wearing a 1950s lace and tulle frock, frilly cotton bolero and "Mother" brooch - bargains that arrived this week from Cherrish's scrummy Etsy shop.
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Just gotta get this off my chest. One thing about the fgc that amazed me to no end this year. Was the amount of hate ppl could show to a game. Blazblue and Persona 4 arena being examples. Apparently everyone who likes these games are weeaboos so say the geniuses on EventHubs.
Amount of hate makes no sense.
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Many RPGs, Little Time
Is KOF an anime game then? He's not very popular among the "Airdasher" community. But it's 2D, how could it not be ANIMU!?
I. Anime games are mostly NEW
Back then, in the 90's, people had fewer fgames to play. You could either go Capcom or SNK basically. SNK produced shitton of games mind you.
Before Guilty Gear even mattered (GGX launched in 2000), Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom and KOF had already a large fanbase. GG was basically the black sheep. Only players who had enough of mainstream games or new players could get into it.
II. Distinct Style
They're not all 2D. Couldn't DBZ, Naruto, One Piece or Bleach be considered Anime games? They're based off Animes!
Well, yeah but only if they were meaningful games. Sorry fans, but these games are made with Story and Marketing in mind, not proper competition.
Keeping that in mind, mostly 2d games are made by "I've never heard" companies and distributed by known ones. More over, you get all these shining gauges, good amount of fanservice and sparkling combos.
Why do people hate them?
When everyone in your family have been playing the same game for centuries and as well as everyone else, it's natural to pick on the new kid.
This is starting to change however, as ASW has started to move. By making new games, you can attract new players and veterans who're tired of their current game. P4U worked like a sacrifice to promote Blazblue, just as Blazblue to promote Guilty Gear.
That is a possible answer of why GGXXX is not out yet.
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Marvel is more like an anime game style anyway, heck you could argue that it was either the originator or Darkstalkers. Saying Blazblue stuck with 2d graphics for more combos shows you're clueless. Does a typical animu game have more combos then Marvel Vs Capcom 3? SFIV has way more combos then SF2 which is 2d, how can that be?
Also Animu/Doujin is also used not only to refer to how the game plays but it's look, being "cheap", no 2d fighting games have animation on the level of SF 3 and Garou, and none ever will. Darkstalkers animation was amazing for its time as well...
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Many RPGs, Little Time
You can't really judge a game based on how it plays, since each character differs when it comes to gameplay style.
Even the most offensive guided games, like GG, has its share of turtle matchups.
And the most defensive guided games, like SF, has its share of rushdown matchups.
But character by character? Most 2D fighters offer more options than MvC3.
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There are fundamental differences between each fighting game series, like Street Fighter's abundance of fireball users and lack of airdashes.
It's just like how UNiB is fundamentally different from MB because there is no air backdash, a roman cancel that gains meter, and a meter system that doesn't diminish when you hit max.
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I am sure you can judge a game how it plays. Even in street fighter games the zero/alpha series, III and IV play very differently due their own differences in mechanics and not just the characters.
Differences like being able to block in the air or not, defences (parry in III, alpha/zero counters ), maximum ammount of super meter bars/stocks that may or may not carry over after each round, having a guard meter or not etc. will all change the flow and pacing of a game.
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Many RPGs, Little Time
SF and GG are extremes.
The major difference between them, is that "footsies" happens alot more often in the air since jumping isn't unsafe as SF.
Now if you look at KOF, UNiB and Ougon you'll notice that they're more focused towards traditional footsies. No crazy aircombos there or airblocking to some extent.
Then you have Marvel, a "western" game that allows more movement freedom than said games. Yet, can't be considered one.
Gameplay style and Art Direction are very broad definitions to sort anime games from non.
Saying that they're newer fighting games with original characters, makes everthing easier.
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Jumping in sf4 is generally considered unsafe, yet in sf3 you could parry mid air and you could even block in the air in the alpha series. In that aspect all 3 of them play drastically different while they still belong in the same series of games.
I find it odd that people are making distinctions between western and japanese fighting games seeing that almost every fighting games including the 3d ones like tekken, soul calibur, DoA and the capcom's VS series are technically all japanese. The only few recent ones that are actually western are mortal kombat and the 2d fighting game Skull girls.
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At least in something like RPGs, sub-genres like Strategy RPGS, Action RPGs etc actually make sense since there are major mechanical differences in those games and traditional RPGs.
KoF probably gets a pass because it's a long running series from 90s with very dedicated cult fanbase. It has a prestige (rivaling SF back in it's heyday) the current 2D ones lack even if the series in general isn't very different any other 2D fighter.
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These days, the networks are bending over backwards to promote their shows online — and not just with crappy Flash games and viral-marketing mysteries. We have new promo clips for this week's episodes of Lost, Sarah Connor, Kyle XY and Jericho. You can get a pretty good flavor of which shows will be exciting (Jericho) and which will be kind of painful (Sarah Connor, sadly.)
Monday, there's a new Kyle XY on ABC Family at 8 PM. Kyle starts suffering mental problems. This show is a weird blend of Seventh Heaven and Jake 2.0, among other things. Sometimes, the treacly moralizing is almost unbearable, but other times, it's actually sort of creepy and fascinating in its portrayal of a teenager with aspergers and amazing powers. Here's a clip from tonight's episode:
And at 9 PM, there's a new Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Summer Glau does ballet! We have more questions about whether Glau's Terminator, named Cameron, can be trusted. (I personally don't trust any Terminator who has a name. But that's just me.) Here are three clips from the episode, which show Sarah Connor freaking out and Summer dancing like a cat:
And at 1:40 and 9:45 PM, Encore has Kevin Costner's slow-as-snail-mail post-apocalyptic drama The Postman.
Tuesday at 10 PM, there's a new Jericho on CBS. Those military contractors who nearly killed half the town in season one are back, and now they're in charge. We saw this episode at Wondercon, and it totally ruled. Here's a clip:
Also, Encore has Steel, the second worst scifi movie starring Shaquille O'Neil, at 4:40 PM.
Wednesday, there's a new UFO Hunters on the History Channel, at 10 PM. With a title like "Military Vs. UFOs," how can you lose? (My money is actually on the UFOs. But it could be a near thing.)
Thursday, there's Lost, on ABC at 9 PM. Desmond is on the chopper, flying to the freighter, but things don't go quite as smoothly as he might have hoped. Here are a couple of clips:
And as far as movies go, the Sci Fi Channel has The Arrival at 7 PM, starring Charlie Sheen and Ron Silver.
Friday there's a new Stargate: Atlantis on Sci Fi at 10. The team comes across a village whose leader has the ability to protect against Wraith attacks. And here are some promo pics:
In movies, Encore has Independence Day at 9:20 AM. At 1 PM, AMC has Enemy Mine, the classic wartime bonding movie with Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. And AMC has back-to-back Species and The Matrix, starting at 6.
Saturday has a new Torchwood, at 6 and 9 on BBC America. A certain former sidekick from Doctor Who turns up, except that she's now ten times more kick-ass than before. Here's our recap of that episode and one other, complete with a clip.
And in movies, ABC Family has Sky High, the superhero comedy, at 2:30 PM. Sci Fi has Pitch Black at 6:30 and Species: The Awakening at 11.
Sunday is once again a bleak no-person's-land of television, in which you are left to fend for yourself.


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