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|2012-06-08, 22:06
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@ Demi - How is "You can make the location vague or randomize it since it doesn't matter" vague? It's not like I said "Well, you can do this or that and maybe it'll turn up good". Look, just put a location in. Think of it this way: Does putting a deserted island on the southern part of the map somehow drastically change things if you had placed it on the southern part of the map? No? Then place the damn thing wherever. Yes? Then make a choice and stick with it. If you still don't think that helps, then fine. I'd rather not go back to sugarcoating again.
@ Destiny - The entire thing kinda genre shifts from Gundam to Alien, kinda like the Assassins Creed series shifting from Templars VS Assassins to Aliens and 2012. Just be sure to make it subtle, not have some random glowy thing say "I'm an alien!"
The OC is okay and I don't see too many glaring flaws, though I'll warn you right now that male OC's are already disliked since there was a Crapload of over the top Male pilots and that this is a harem show, so people get testy on more males showing up. Just a fair warning. All of us have to deal with it and find loopholes to get out of the prejudice.
The weapon, on the other hand, kinda renders Akatsubaki useless since it's main role is to give Ichika energy, which he won't need if he uses the Fuyutsuki effectively.
|2012-06-08, 23:05
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I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Hey, been busy yesterday.
@ Eras
Yes, it's plain abuse. Then again, that practice is rooted as far as Harem genre go.
@ Demi
Yes, you can, make it like this
I.S.A. Airspace, Odaiba, 1200 Hour (or something)
I always use this kind of stamp in my TLRS Draft, but it was never used in ST.
@ Kakeru
Already summed up by eras, when you make a male OC, he is labeled Stu unless proven otherwise, your concept so far stated that no, he isn't. The idea about alien is risky, indeed, similar to what happen in Gundam 00 movie. For 30+ years of it, alien simply absent. It could be good or bad decision, with there's nothing in between.
As for male I.S. pilot, it traced more than a year, ever since this very subforum is created. Can't change anything much.
Fuyutsuki is interesting idea, and I don't agree with Eras with this one. Fuyutsuki is ideal for a duel battle where Houki didn't participate at all. There's enough limitation there that Military advisor will consider the weapon not worth the effort.
|2012-06-08, 23:16
|Link #32068
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Nope, you mentioned cannonball fast in a closed parenthesis. After that you just kept asking "Should I write location" or other questions.
I didn't see "Can you tell me where cannonball fast is being held?"
@ Senpai - I just thought of something for FI: Wouldn't it be a bad influence for the kids if they see their parents acting like.....that?
|2012-06-08, 23:52
|Link #32072
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Either way, I'll try to be more straightforward too.
How much of a bastard is a guy if he says that the only redeeming quality of the girl that makes him save said girl time and again is because she's his?
|2012-06-09, 00:01
|Link #32074
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
^ Typical Shoujo boyfriend?
This kind of man is either super popular or ostensibly hated depending on the portrayal, but still, more often than not the heroine fall for him :|
It can be compensated that he's putting the jerk mask so that everyone don't want to be close to him, and he really has a line of morality not to be crossed. Still a flaw, but considerably justified than being pure asshole.
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Jason Day and Dustin Johnson completed the 2015-16 PGA Travel season positioned Nos. 1 and 2 on the world, plus they used the same model putter, a TaylorMade Spider Travel. The mid-sized mallets utilized by the Australian and the North american were predicated on TaylorMade putters which were available to the general public, nevertheless they were somewhat unique of retail models.
TaylorMade has announced the precise Spider Tour utilized by Day and Johnson will be accessible at retail in March 2017.
You will discover two technologies at the heart of the Spider Travel putters: a multi-material body and a distinctive face insert.
"Establishing a putter that is more continuous for several strokes is key," said Bills Price, TaylorMade's director of development for putters and wedges. "Golfers often buy putters based on looks. 'I like this look,' they'll say. But will that putter fit them? Maybe, maybe not. But today, there is also putters that are about performance. That is one particular putters, and the performance putter category grows."
The 355-gram brain features a high-density stainless framework covered around a light in weight lightweight aluminum centre. This design pushes more of the whole weight to the perimeter and greatly increases stableness, especially on off-center strikes, regarding to TaylorMade. As a result of this, the sweet host to the Spider Head to expands and may help players improve distance control.
TaylorMade recently released putters read more with an authentic Move face add, but it's been modified. The put itself is trapezoid-shaped and it is made out of compact light weight aluminum with thermoplastic urethane (TPU). The grooves point downward at a 45-level position and help the putter pick up the ball at impact to acquire it moving quicker rather than hopping or skidding.
TaylorMade said it is the mixture of increased stableness with a quicker spin that will assist players have significantly more constant results.
Golfers will observe that both red and the dark variations of the Spider Travel putters add a round crown without positioning lines.
"If you speak to Jason Day, he'll let you know that he'll not use a notion series since it is one less thing for him to focus on," Price said. "He's very methodical, but we think there is something to it because when Dustin Johnson considered the putter (at the Barclays Tournament), he travelled lacking any alignment series, too. It frees up their thoughts, so they don't need to fall into brand the ball and the alignment brand."
Apart from the color, really the only other distinction between your Spider Travel Red and Dark colored colored is the crimson's devote is produced using Surlyn and is also softer. Price said Day adores its muted audio and softer feel.
The Spider Travel Red and African american both will definitely cost $299 and come in 34-in . and 35-inch models. The Spider Check out Platinum will attack stores starting in Apr 2017 and show a greyish body with red lean and an individual white positioning lines in the crown for $219.
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So, this is one of two things. Firstly, I just got my shiny new Behringer C-1 condenser mic and wanted to celebrate that. Secondly, I want to try something... I'm not sure how to describe it. Like, music you would play D&D to, something upbeat and adventurous. Not quite medieval in style, but not exactly contemporary,,, the best of both worlds, I guess.
Anyway, take a listen and tell me what you think (sorry about the long download time, I would've exported to Mp3 but I don't have the LAME.dll encoding to pull it off, so it's a huge clunky .WAV file).


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Being a self employed garden designer I do sometimes find myself stuck at home when the weather is bad. I use this time to come and read any new stories that have been posted here. Sometimes when I am getting engrossed in the subject I get the feeling that there is someone standing right behind me. It is not a bad feeling it just seems as though "someone" is interested. I do live in an old victorian house (it was built in 1884) and I am sure that over the years people have passed away here. It never happens when I am at any other web site and I just wondered if anybody else has had this feeling when they were on line at this or any other site like this.
I have to say I am getting that feeling now, and though I do look around... (sometimes) there is no one there.
It's behind you!
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Posted 05 November 2013 - 10:55 PM
I get that feeling too, sometimes. And I've done the same thing as well. So far, no one's been there, thankfully. Though, I usually have lights on and the radio on to try to dispel some of that. Well, that and I can't stand silence, but eh.
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2006-07: Played in two tournaments for the Bulldogs... Had her best finish at the Cincinnati Spring Invitational where she took 51st. 2005-06: Played in the Yale Intercollegiate and finished in 58th place (183). 2004-05: Competed in six tournaments as a sophomore... Her top finish came at the Snowbird Invitational where she tied for 39th. 2003-04: Played in four tournaments during her freshman campaign. Personal: A graduate of New Trier High, she is in Jonathan Edwards College at Yale. Her major is Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology.


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What do you get when you mix caramel apples + crumb topping + cheesecake?
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2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
Cheesecake Filling:
3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons, divided
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Streusel topping, recipe follows
1/2 cup caramel topping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender (or 2 forks) until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 9x13 baking pan lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 3/4 cup sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Then add eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla. Stir to combine. Pour over warm crust.
In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle evenly with Streusel topping. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until filling is set. Drizzle with caramel topping and let cool. Serve cold and enjoy!
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick cooking oats1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
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Yo what you doing here huh?
(Hi I thought I'd drop by so nice to see you)
Nice to see you too okay
(It's been too long)
Yeah you can leave now
[Verse 1]
Kanye that nigga with heavy dough
Roll dro and a chevy low
Told a long time ago you can't fuck every ho
Whether in Jamaica or Cancun, Mexico
Baby don't be scurred, shake that ass like Mystikal
We got physical now she calling and beeping
Call when I'm sleepin, call my girl claimin we creepin
Bitch you nuts, look I only fucked you once
How you gone get the message, I ain't called you in months
Acting like Super Dave with them dumb ass stunts
Talking bout girls I could get her whatever she want (Whatever I want)
I'm like girls like you be wanted for warrants
Stalking of course, alone on the phone disguising your voice
Got your girls asking for Kay on the three way
Talking bout (You can't call a bitch on her BDay?)
Hmm, Tanisha its over with stop playin
Nah nah it's over. (So what you saying?)
Look you gotta bounce. (I don't wanna fuck with you)
(Get your hands off me!) Bitch I ain't touching you
Stop, Chill. Relax. okay
You know what she told me?
I'm never letting go
Never letting go
Never letting go
I'm crazy about you
(No you just crazy)
[Verse 2]
You believe this ho, pop up everywhere I go
Pop up at the show, pop up at the grocery store
Pop up in my kitchen like, "Oh you wash dishes here?"
Pop up in my bathroom, "Oh you take pisses here?"
Listen here we gone need some distance here
(Where I'm gone go?) I don't care, just disappear
You ain't my main bitch not even my main squeeze
Anyway, how the fuck you get a set of keys?
First she used them on my crib, then she used them on my whip
And wrote on the side, "Kanye you ain't shit"
You believe this bitch? Man, did you see this shit!?
Did she just knock my windows out on my Escalade? (Ha yeah nigga!)
That's a twelve fuckin' hundred dollar estimate
She must've took off all yesterday just to hate
Restraining orders ain't stopping her
She the reason caller I.D. so popular
Across the street now with some fuckin binoculars
Screaming at the top of her lungs, "I'm never letting go!"
[Verse 3]
Had enough of the stalker shit got to put her in line
Count back from ten when I got to nine I grabbed mine
Before I gotta do what I gotta do after blue she lying
Like "Nigga you put your hands on me for the last time"
Tried to get you over your uncles to come and jump me
Take my cash and punk me
With my ass and trump me
I stump them fuckin chunkies
Just look at yo niece
She beat her own ass and called the police
(Pregnant with his baby yeah he still getting rough with me!)
And to my crib scuff me up and put the cuffs on me
My momma dropped that five hundo and got me out of custody
Girl left a note on my door (Nigga don't ever fuck with me)
And all the time I got to thinkin that I'm the man
Hottest nigga on the block and shit I got a fan
I'm like a swole nigga thought that he could lift the van
Somebody please come and take this bitch up off my hands!
You don't understand, man
Uh oh, uh oh, these hoes, these hoes, all the same, all the same
All want a nigga with a chain
Uh oh, uh oh, these hoes, these hoes, all the same, all the same
Want a nigga whippin that range
Uh oh, uh oh, these hoes, these hoes, all the same, all the same
Want a nigga banging they brains
Uh oh, uh oh, these hoes, these hoes, these hoes, these hoes, these hoes
An old-ass Kanye demo from the Freshman Adjustment days.
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HOW TO | NOT wear boots
Ladies, ladies, ladies...
Let's talk.
Have a seat.
Unzip those boots and let your bare calves breathe... they're a little sticky and sweat, right?
That's okay. Shhhh... no need to explain. We know, we know.
You're in that style purgatory between winter and summer know as spring.
It's not quite warm enough for summer frocks and sandals, but too warm to wear that jumper and jeans with your boots.
You're not quite comfortable going bare legged so you've decided that a bit of flesh peeking out between your mid-calf, knee-high or thigh-high boots and that floaty little number you just can't wait to wear will be a nice compromise until you can pair it with your strappy Choos.
In the fashion of Parisian women who will tell you exactly what they think of your appearance (which, though it may hurt, is a good thing as they're usually right), we called you here to tell you something.
Actually, we've brought you here for a virtual intervention of sorts.
You see, that tall-boots-and-bare-legs look you've been confidently sporting since March 21 is...
It's garish.
It's always unattractive and NEVER flattering.
It's hot and sticky.
It ruins your boots and your look.
It is, in a phrase...
And don't think we're employing hyperbole here.
We want you to understand the dire nature of the situation.
Bare legs STUFFED into boots -- no doubt, brown, black or gray -- is now unfortunately become as common a sight in spring as Daffodils.
Every year, without fail, so so so many women, particularly in Middle America, rip off their tights and more flattering clothing for nothing more than sloppy spring dresses and tall boots. Perhaps they're trying to speed up spring's arrival by getting Old Man Winter to relent. It's as if these women are holding our eyes hostage with their boots and bare legs until he gives into their warm weather demands.
But it's even worse than just bare legs and boots.
Most who adopt a positive stance on the bare legs-boots fiasco seem to always pair their calf casings with a dress made of a fabric that's entirely wrong for such a heavy boot.
I've seen a clingy jersey mini dress, parka and mid-calf (I nearly fainted), tight-as-a-drunk-on-pay-day BLACK boots with bare legs and a patchy fake tan (legs only). At 8am. On her walk to the office. Strutting because she felt amazing. While I'm all for feeling good about one's self, I am also a firm believer that such a feeling should be GROUNDED IN REALITY.
Another one of the hundreds, neigh THOUSANDS, of unfortunate boot disasters walked by me the other day, in black mini-dress, shiny mid-calf boots (we'll discuss the sin that is mid-calf boots later) and a stomp like her va-jay-jay was made of gold. This one, on the way from the office.
I have a morbid curiosity to see where, exactly, these women work that boots, bare legs and a short(ish) garment, like a cheap hooker, is acceptable as office attire. I've nearly caved to the urge (on more than one occasion) to outright ask such women what compelled them to done such an outfit that morning, or ever. Thankfully my (thin yet in tact) internal filter has caught such questions before they leave my mouth.
I've even found fashion blogs (self-proclaimed, of course, because there isn't a true fashionista or style guru in the entire world who would ever (EVER.) wear such a look) with women demonstrating their latest skirt-boots-bare legs combo, followed by comments of women saying they love it! Just goes to show you can't buy taste, can you? And it doesn't matter how many style-less ladies vehemently defend the look. They're wrong. And just following the rest of the very unflatteringly dressed herd!
Now I know that we're all entitled to our opinions but on this, bare leg and boot wearers and lovers alike, your opinion is WRONG. Unequivocally, indubitably, completely and truly wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
The bare-naked truth about bare legs and boots is:
1. Bare legs and boots NEVER looks good in real life.
2. Even a fake tan won't make your bare legs and tall boots presentable.
3. It is NEVER OKAY to wear tall boots, bare legs and a short dress/skirt to the office. You will be less respected and the only men who find it sexy are the icky type who probably wear dress shirts with decals on the back. And sympathize with the cast of Jersey Shore.
4. It is NEVER OKAY to wear shorts, tall boots and bare legs unless you're a Go-Go Dancer in hot pants, and you're, at this very moment, dancing in your place of employment.
5. You ruin your tall boots by wearing them with bare legs because you sweat in them. That too, Sherlock, should be a sign that you're doing something wrong. No item of clothing should make you sweat like a rubber suit in a sauna.
6. You make other people uncomfortable when you wear tall boots and bare legs because a. they can't help but looking at your awkward nobbly knee (and, god forbid, thigh and upper calf) flesh on display and b. half the time they're working as hard as they can to not blurt out that you look RIDICULOUS, not listening to you.
7. Mid-calf boots. Let's discuss. Mid-calf boots are universally unflattering. Yet, because they're cheaper (less leather as they're shorter), so many women seem to buy them under the delusion that they're close enough to knee-high to wear without consequence. They, after all, hit just below the knee, right? Right? So, I mean, what's a few inches? Quite a lot, actually, when it comes to right-ness and wrong-ness of your boots.
If you own a pair of mid-calf boots, throw them out immediately. You look bad every time you wear them, bare legs or not. Don't even give them to charity. Burn them so that no one else might accidentally end up in them. Or saw off the useless section that acts as a Machiavellian girdle to so many sausage-y calves, rendering them homemade ankle boots instead. And if you can't figure out why mid-calf boots look bad on you (and you don't want to take my word (and verbal lashing) above, then think about this: mid-calf boots hit you MID-CALF -- the BIGGEST part of your lower leg, meaning all eyes will be drawn there, not the dainty ankles you have hiding beneath the car crash that is your bare legs and mid-calf boots).
8. You will feel amazing, like the whimsical, hippy-punk supermodels stomping down the catwalk and featured in all of your glossy magazine ads, when you put on your airy dress and tall, spike-heeled boots. At least that's how the women who fall victim to wearing this look seem to delusionally walk around. Please, rest assured, that unless you are an AIRBRUSHED and PHOTOSHOPPED supermodel (who is, for all intents and purposes, a human hanger for clothing, which is why clothing looks good on them), you will decidedly NOT look like a supermodel in tall boots, bare legs and your spring dress, even if you're wearing the exact same outfit as the model you saw in that GUESS/Abercrombie/J. Crew ad.
9. All of this is not to make you feel (too) bad, but to help you understand that, in a tough love kinda way, that this look doesn't work... nope, never... it will never work. Just walk away from it. Don't ask questions. Trust us. But also trust us that...
10. You CAN look good by...
11. Simply pairing your boots and dress with tights. Seriously. Take the bare legs out of the equation and you might actually deserve to stomp around that way. We don't think you have to be a supermodel to look good.
2. Or ditch the dress until the weather's appropriate to wear it. If you simply can't wait, then wear it around the house to get it out of your system.
3. Or ditch the boots and wear dress-appropriate shoes and jacket (no parkas if you're in a tea dress). Own the look if you're going to do it. No spring on top, winter on the bottom. It's the style equivalent of the business in the front, party in the back mullet.
4. And no matter what you do, when you do bring those bare legs out of hiding after a long winter of hibernation, you should get them ready, just as you do your clothes. Do you just take your springwear out of the garbage bags into which they were stuffed in October and put it on right then and there, wrinkled, musty, etc.? No. You wash and iron and mend anything that needs fixing and then you wear it. Do the same with your legs. Seriously.
That wasn't so hard. In fact, it was probably easier than pulling off those sticky boots every night, amirite?
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Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum's Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour's monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
After ModernisM 2013: 'AM'
A showcase of work by five contemporary artists. The exhibit features Nina Chanel Abney, Justin Craun, Wendell Gladstone, Erik Parks and Tom Sanford. Through Oct. 13. Nassau County Museum of Art, Second Floor Galleries, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Alex Katz: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art
This exhibition draws upon the Whitney's extensive holdings of works by Alex Katz, one of America's most honored living artists. It includes early landscapes and collages, as well as the enormous and brilliantly-colored portraits of family and friends. Through Oct. 13. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or
The Lyon, the Which and the Warhol: The Sequel
This sequel to Hofstra Museum's early spring exhibit highlights photography by artists Danny Lyons and Andy Warhol, focusing on themes of gender and identity. The exhibit also includes works by Diane Arbus, Oskar Kokoschka, Alfred Maurer, and Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi. Through Sept. 15. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See "Because I Said So," the romantic comedy about a meddling mother who tries to find the right man for her daughter, Friday, Aug. 9 2:30 p.m.; also "Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor," a romance drama with Vanessa Williams, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Film Time
See "The Impossible," the English-language Spanish disaster drama based on a family's experience during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, with Naomi Watts, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Showing
See Lincoln," the historical biopic featuring Daniel Day Lewis' award-winning performance, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967
At the Movies
View "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," the comedy involving two superstar Las Vegas magicians who face competition from a street entertainer, with Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1 and 6:45 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Illustrated Art Lecture
Eamine "Francisco De Goya and the Spanish Enlightenment," Thursday, Aug. 15, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Matinee
See "Parental Guidance," the family comedy about grandparents babysitting their Type A daughter's overprotected kids, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.


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With its new Enterprise Wireless LAN system, Meraki today announced its official entry into the enterprise space. Its new enterprise-grade 802.11n solution, which includes the industrys first cloud-based controller, is built to serve businesses with anywhere from 50-5,000 employees in spaces up to 500,000 square feet. Pricing ranges from $3,000-$75,000, which Meraki says soundly beats competing solutions by at least 50% in every case.
According to a member of Merakis public relations team, news of the new product line, which was scheduled to be announced today, leaked out early on Monday when an e-mail was mistakenly sent to a small number of existing Meraki customers.
What's new
The new product line consists of a cloud-based controller, the Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller, and two new 802.11n wireless access points, the single-radio MR11 (pictured below) and the dual-radio MR14. Meraki says its MR11 is capable of up to 300 Mbps and the MR14 up to 600 Mbps; both are optimized for high-bandwidth content, such as voice and video.
CEO, Sanjit Biswas, says the new release expands the market segment that Meraki can serve. Weve focused on large public areas, hotels, and other large, public spaces, and now we have expanded our feature set to serve the enterprise. Its the same approach, in terms of having intuitive hardware that just plugs in on-site But theres a new feature set. Essentially, you can do everything you can do from a traditional hardware enterprise solution, in terms of security, performance, VoIP, RF planning, etc., says Biswas.
The key differentiator is Meraki's cloud-based approach to wireless networking, which, says Biswas, enables Meraki to offer a premium-featured Wireless LAN at less than half the cost of solutions from traditional vendors.
The Ciscos, Arubas, HPsall of their solutionsits a hardware-central model of putting the controller on-premise. By putting it in the cloud and running it as a serviceno one else has an architecture like ourslike a Salesforce.com or a Google Apps model, as opposed to on-premises, says Biswas. Cloud computing shook things up in the CRM and enterprise software world, and now we see an even bigger opportunity to do the same in enterprise networking.
In the cloud
Meraki says that with its Enterprise Cloud Controlleras with all its productssetting up a wireless network, even a large, enterprise-grade one, is as easy as plugging in the access points and watching them self-configure over the Internet. The system is designed with simplicity and ease-of-use in mind.
An IT professional with any level of expertise can manage a Meraki network thanks to the Cloud Controllers intuitive, Web-based management tools, says Biswas. The APs plug in, self-configure, and connect back to the Cloud Controller, and the interface of the Cloud Controller is all done over the Web. Theres no command line, so you dont have to learn any proprietary commands.
The Enterprise Wireless LAN system also features what Meraki says is an industry first: the ability to manage multiple geographically distributed networks from a central location.
Its the same technology weve been using for years now, its just an expansion of the model to the enterprise, says Biswas. Mid-sized organizations, most of them have branch offices. Wireless has gone from something you deploy in conference rooms and headquarters to something you deploy in all branch offices, as well. Our system makes it easy for small IT departments to set policies and see whats going on.
In a nutshell, Meraki is hoping that it has circumvented both of the biggest traditional barriers to entry for small and mid-sized businesses looking for high-performance, secure, wireless networking solutions: cost and ease of management.
"Weve talked to a lot of our customers and even those that could afford other soultuions would have to spend a lot of time on training. This is an area that has actually held them back. With us, there's zero configuration. It's all managed in the cloud, so they're not needing additional servers and controllers," says Biswas.
Pre-orders begin today, with shipments starting June 2nd. The Enterprise product line will be unveiled to the public at Interop Las Vegas May 19th-21st at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, where Meraki will also be giving away a few networks to guests.
For more recent Meraki news, read New Wi-Fi Innovations from Meraki.
Naomi Graychase is Managing Editor at Wi-Fi Planet. She has been writing about technology for fifteen years. Follow her on Twitter. Join Wi-Fi Planet on Facebook.


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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Ideal vs. Real
Wake up thoroughly refreshed and run for 45 minutes. Take a shower, get dressed, have my hair arrange itself perfectly and merrily walk to the train station. When I get to work, I'd give the Starbucks guy a winning smile while ordering my latte and perhaps flirt a little (he's cute!). When I get to the ER, I receive a perfect report that only includes what the patient came in with, the plan for the patient and what I have to do. I complete my assessments and interventions flawlessly while amiably chatting with fellow coworkers. I receive patients who are pleasant and don't ask for narcs every 10 minutes. The docs write sane orders in legible handwriting and understand if there are delays from the lab. At the end of the day, I merrily go back to the train station after meeting up with friends for a treat before going home. When I get home, I'd shower, eat a delicious yet nutritious dinner and then crawl into bed and sleep a peaceful and restorative sleep.
Unfortunately my real day goes something like this:
I wake up 30 minutes late and first words out of my mouth are 'OH CRAP I'M GONNA BE LATE AGAIN!' I blindly find my way to the bathroom and stub my toe unleashing another deluge of profanities and then get dressed. I run like a madwoman to the train station and barely make it on only to face the glares of the commuters who made it on time. I catch a glimpse of myself and look something like this but am too drowsy to care. I glower at the coffee guy when he gives me a large instead of an x-large and wish a pox on his house. I stumble my way inside to be assaulted with a needlessly boring and drawn out report and then realize that there's a boat-load of stuff that needs to be done. When the doc decides to be bitchy about a lab delay I utilize my proxy vernacular of passive aggression and steal his pens before passing out during my break. After wishing I chose chocolate-taster as a career I give a scathing smile to the narc addict while telling him/her that they can't have another dose while the charge nurse brings me a patient with a chart that might as well say colostomy bag explosion. At the end of my shift I pass out on the train (probably drooling) and count-down to when my next set of days of begin. I get home, shower and furiously stuff my face before crashing and repeating the whole thing again the next day!
Clearly my ideal and real days are lacking some congruency but for the most part, my real days don't have quite such an acerbic flavour as the one I've described above! What's your version of an ideal day? What's your real day like? Share please!
2 comments:
- Glee said...
Real day: Wake up at some godawful early hour. Book it to work. Greeted by patients who are pissed off that I woke them up to take their blood pressure. Sometimes greeted by poo. Go home 12 hours later, feed Cecil, fall into bed for SSDD tomorrow.
Ideal day: Wake up, realize I'm in Maui and my own personal cabana boy is rubbing lotion on my...
Sigh. Again, huge disparity.
- December 14, 2008 at 11:14 PM
- massageon said...
Ideal Day: Wake up after a peaceful nights rest. Walk with no pain to the shower and invigorate myself to wakefulness while patting myself on the back for having such a beautiful and perfect body. Leisurely do my makeup and hair and pick out a suit, which has been perfectly dry cleaned and looks professional. Take the bus to work, receiving a free hazelnut iced coffee on the way for being so awesome. Fly through all my implementations at the bank and leave work early. Get home to a meal that has already been prepared and a perfectly clean house and smiling child.
Real Day: Wake up bleary eyed at the first alarm. Hit snooze. Toss and turn till the alarm goes off again. Kick myself for not getting up when the first alarm went off. Drag my tired ass into the bathroom and accidentally shampoo with body wash. Hurriedly whip on some makeup and throw my hair into some weird looking pony tail/bun thing. Look in mirror - Shrug. Jesus, I look like a beached whale with this pregnant belly. Rush to the bedroom and pick up a wrinkled "dress shirt" from the floor, shaking it for good measure. Find some awkward fitting maternity pants. Shrug again. Oh well. Rush to the little ones room WAKE UP!!! Make him sit on the potty and put on big boy undies. Hurry up~!!!! Aaaaaaaarrrrggghh. He INSISTS on dressing himself which takes 10 years. Rush out the door holding him like a football and throw him into carseat. Drive to nanny's, push him through the door and wish for a drink already. Take the bus to work. Lot's of traffic. Going to be late for sure. Get to work and every Single Freaking implementation has delays and issues which I am blamed for. Trudge through 8 hours of corporate BS and cry on my way home in front of everyone else on the bus. The house is a mess. Order pizza, thinking Forget Nutritious at least we're eating. Realize I've forgotten my kid at the nanny's. Pass out from sheer exhaustion.
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Viviane Reding
Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Towards a true Single Market of data protection
Meeting of the Article 29 Working Party "Review of the Data protection legal framework"
Brussels, 14 July 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am very pleased to be here today to discuss privacy and personal data protection matters with the real experts, those who have the essential role of ensuring that European rules are complied with at national level.
Protection of personal data is a fundamental right. As Vice-President of the Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship I want to make sure that this right is promoted in all our actions.
The current EU rules on the fundamental right to the protection of personal data have stood the test of time. However, we need to address new developments and challenges: the impact of new technologies, the fact that we are now living in a "globalised" world.
Nowadays the exchange of information across the globe has become much easier and faster. The new ways of creating, using and transferring data bring benefits to individuals, businesses and public authorities. However, the data revolution we are witnessing must go hand in hand with the necessary privacy safeguards to gain the trust of our citizens and contribute to boosting our economies.
In addition to trust, the security of personal information needs to be ensured. In particular this applies to the law enforcement area. The increasing demands from public authorities to have access to individuals' personal data and to use online surveillance techniques must not to be made at the expense of the confidentiality and integrity in information-technology systems and should respect the rights of individuals even in the information age. We therefore need a comprehensive and coherent approach so that the fundamental rights to personal data protection and others are fully respected within the EU and beyond.
Let me outline my main ideas on the way forward:
Firstly, I believe we need to strengthen individuals' rights by ensuring that they enjoy a high level of protection and maintain control over their data. This is particularly important in the on-line environment, where often privacy policies are unclear, non-transparent and not always in full compliance with existing rules.
Individuals need to be well and clearly informed, in a transparent way, by data controllers – be it services providers, search engines or others – about how and by whom their data are collected and processed. They need to know what their rights are if they want to access, rectify or delete their data. And they should be able to actually exercise these rights without excessive constraints.
Secondly, the internal market requires not only that personal data can flow freely from one Member State to another, but also that the fundamental rights of individuals are safeguarded. Provided that all data protection guarantees are in place and properly applied, personal data should freely circulate within the EU and, where necessary and appropriate, be transferred to third countries.
This requires us to provide a level playing field for all economic operators in different Member States. This is currently not the case: indeed, one of the main concerns expressed by businesses in the recent consultations is the lack of harmonisation and the divergences of national measures and practices implementing our 1995 Directive.
It is therefore clear that we need to provide further harmonisation and approximation of data protection rules at EU level.
We also need to reduce the administrative burden on businesses and public authorities. Certain administrative formalities (for example, notifications) could be reduced, simplified and harmonised. Businesses and public authorities, however will need to better assume their responsibilities by putting in place certain mechanisms such as the appointment of Data Protection Officers, the carrying out of Privacy Impact Assessments and applying a 'Privacy by Design' approach.
Thirdly, establishing a comprehensive and coherent system at EU level implies that we need to revise the current rules on data protection in the area of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.
The Framework Decision adopted in 2008 is a first step in establishing data protection rules in these areas, but in the post-Lisbon scenario we need to be more ambitious. Moreover, many different instruments have been adopted in the ex-third pillar areas, which provide quite different rules on the protection of personal data. As a result, the protection of personal data in these areas is neither consistent nor uniform.
The European Parliament asked the Commission to act quickly in this respect, and now that the Lisbon Treaty provides us with a solid, comprehensive, legal basis [Article 16 TFEU], we shall not hesitate in providing a consistent and uniform high-level of personal data protection in all areas of Union activities.
I am well aware of the specificities linked to the exchange of personal data in these areas, and I intend to take them into account. However, I firmly believe that – in line with the European Convention on Human Rights and well established case-law – derogations to general data protection principles should be limited. They may not go beyond what is necessary and proportionate in order to pursue objectives of general interest, such as the fight against terrorism and organised crime, or the need to protect the rights and freedoms of others.
Fourthly, we also need to ensure that personal data are adequately protected when transferred and processed outside the EU. To that end, I intend to improve, strengthen and streamline the current procedures for international data transfers, including in the areas of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.
At the same time, the EU will continue to promote the development of high data protection standards at international level, by cooperating with relevant international organisations and actors (e.g., the OECD, the Council of Europe, and the United Nations).
And in some cases the conclusion of international agreements – like the one we are about to negotiate with the US on data protection in judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters – can also be an effective tool to enhance cooperation and allow for an exchange of information with the relevant authorities. This agreement will establish a legal framework for data protection, but it will not constitute in itself the legal basis for specific transfers of personal data. A transfer of personal data will continue to require a specific agreement providing the legal basis for it. In any case, my intention is to be ambitious and negotiate a good agreement with the US, ensuring a high-level of data protection and providing all necessary guarantees and mechanisms for effective enforcement and compliance.
I am encouraged after exploratory contacts I had with my US counterparts last week in Washington. I expect the Belgian Presidency to give the Commission a mandate in the coming months so that talks can start swiftly.
Last but not least, let me conclude by stressing the importance of implementation and enforcement of the existing rules. This is an essential element to guarantee that individuals' rights are actually respected.
The Commission will certainly continue to play its role as guardian of the Treaties and monitor the implementation of EU rules by Member States – this is a priority for me.
I would like, however, to point out the important role you should play as Data Protection Authorities. You are independent guardians of our fundamental rights and freedoms. You are a founding element of the EU data protection system, as you are the authority upon which individuals rely to ensure the protection of their personal data and the lawfulness of processing operations.
I believe your role should be strengthened and you should be provided with the necessary powers and resources to be able to properly exercise your tasks both at national level and when co-operating with each other.
You also have a very important role as Article 29 Working Party, first of all in advising the Commission on all data protection matters. In that context, I appreciate and very much welcome your continuous input in the current discussion on the review of the legal framework. In particular, I agree with you that we should include the fundamental principles of data protection into one comprehensive legal framework.
Your role is also essential in fostering cooperation between Data Protection Authorities at national and at EU level. This is to ensure a coordinated and uniform approach when applying the common rules. I believe this matter requires serious reflection.
The EU data protection space must be one without cracks and one where the EU laws and regulations are clear and effectively implemented and enforced.
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text: Crop Tech March 7, 2014 07:59 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Rhonda Brooks Editor, Farm Journal MagazineEditorial Director, Farm Journal Media Email Compliance Success The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) says its enhanced Compliance Assurance Program (CAP) is seeing strong success. The program, which includes on-farm refuge assessments, an online survey and Insect Resistance Management (IRM) education and awareness, has shown an increase in both the overall number of growers planting proper corn refuge and use of integrated refuge products. CAP aims to improve compliance with IRM requirements. The Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship Technical Committee (ABSTC), a consortium of Bt corn registrants, submits an annual CAP report to the Environmental Protection Agency describing industry-coordinated compliance assurance efforts for Bt traits. "The number of growers planting integrated refuge products on their entire farming operation has more than tripled this year, and the percent of those who planted at least one integrated product increased from 50% in 2012 to 75% in 2013," says Mike Smith, ABSTC IRM subcommittee co-chairman. In 2013, the majority of farmers surveyed planted the required refuge size, within the required distance, for all of their Bt corn fields. The percentage of growers not planting any refuge acres is less than 10%. Enhanced Formulations DuPont is offering three new formulations of its Breakfree herbicides for corn this year. Between the three formulations, farmers have flexible options to control challenging grass and broadleaf weeds: Breakfree NXT is an atrazine-free formulation with a safener to protect young crops and give growers the option to apply at higher rates when targeting challenging broadleaf weeds. Breakfree NXT ATZ is an atrazine-based herbicide that provides control of a variety of grasses and small-seeded broadleaf weeds. Breakfree NXT Lite provides valuable pre-emergence control of grass and small-seeded broadleaf weeds with a reduced rate of atrazine. Name Change Makhteshim Agan Industries will operate under a new corporate brand name, ADAMA, starting in April. All of the company's crop protection subsidiaries, including U.S.-based Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA), will transition to the new brand name within 18 months. The new name comes from the Hebrew word for earth and reflects the company's farmer-centric focus and its commitment to advancing agriculture around the world. During the transition, the company expects to reduce its numerous local brands and to establish a more simplified product structure. For more information, visit www.manainc.com. Back to news


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September 2013
Johnson Scholars Program at SCU Paves the Way for Student Leaders
Deborah Lohse
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2013 — A new scholarship program at Santa Clara University is putting $5 million to work to enhance the University's mission.
Thanks to the new Santa Clara Johnson Scholars Program, up to 10 of SCU's most academically accomplished, leadership-minded applicants in each of the next four years will be awarded full, renewable academic scholarships. In addition, during their four years they will be given premier access to the University's top leadership and honors programs, including the prestigious Johnson Leadership Fellows program. The Fellows program is a summer stipend to be used to create a self-designed leadership experience for students.
"The Johnson Scholars program clears away as many obstacles as possible for our most outstanding students to think in new, expansive ways about how their many talents can best serve the broader world's needs," said SCU President Michael Engh, S.J. "The generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson is a tremendous validation of Jesuit historical values and disciplines that have shaped cabinet members, Silicon Valley executives, and other leaders who have walked our campus."
The 10 freshmen who will be Johnson Scholars this year have been chosen. They hail from Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, and California. Among the highlights from the students' impressive school resumes: a Junior Olympian volleyball player who was a National Merit Scholar; an athlete who is also a leader and fundraiser for the Invisible Children Club; an Eagle Scout who tutors first graders and volunteers for the needy; a debate champ who volunteers with seniors and Second Harvest Food Bank; and a U.S. Presidential Scholar who founded an Android app company.
The donors, Maryellie and Rupert Johnson, Jr., say they want to ensure that the most promising next-generation Broncos can start their careers armed with the richest academic and extracurricular experiences, free of student debt.
"We've seen the Santa Clara model for nurturing devoted students to their utmost potential turn out some of the nation's most admired government, sports, and business leaders," said Mr. Johnson, who is vice chairman and director of the financial firm Franklin Resources, a University trustee, and former member of the Board of Regents.
The scholars must meet demanding criteria to be chosen: a 3.8 GPA or higher; top-tier SAT and ACT scores; proven stellar academic, leadership, and service performance; and active leadership-level participation in immersions, volunteer duty, service clubs, and student government to name a few. Most importantly, they have been identified as individuals of high ethical standards and integrity.
"The Johnson Scholars program represents the highest level of scholarship opportunity we've had at Santa Clara," said Leilani Miller, director of the University Honors Program and Office of Student Fellowships. "This is a great opportunity for top students to make the most of their college education."
More on the program is available at www.scu.edu/provost/research/johnsonscholars/index.cfm.
About Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its more than 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, theology, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu.
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Small Kitchen Inspiration: High Storage
Small, pre-war apartments are often, while limited in the horizontal direction, endowed with high ceilings. If your kitchen has a small footprint but tall stature, look to a few of these kitchen storage ideas for a bit of inspiration:
• 1 A large shelf fits over the range hood because of the vaulted ceilings in this kitchen.
• 2 Tall upper cabinets with the doors removed
• 3 Cabinets clear to the ceiling can provide lots of pantry storage space.
• 4 A high shelf over the range and double-height upper cabinets on the right take advantage of this small-but-vertical kitchen.
• 5 Double-decker uppers in this kitchen provide closed storage for items used less often. Glass doors below are for display of everyday dishware.
(Images: House Beautiful, HGTV, Keith Scott Morton/Country Living, via Kitchen Building, Better Homes and Gardens)


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I am sitting here staring out the window wondering if those are actually snow flurries I'm seeing or if it's time to schedule an eye appointment. I love my occasional Monday off :-)
My weekend was full of not doing much. On Friday, after work, I stopped by the Whole Foods and picked up a frozen pizza and some pistachio gelatto (and a box of wine and some bourbon from the likker store). I ate pizza, drank wine, and watched "Horrible Bosses," which had a few laugh out loud moments ... so I give it 3 stars!
Saturday, I went for a 5 mile run. I set a couple PRs: Fastest 5K (25:38) and Fastest Mile (7:54). I also have run 100 miles since getting my new Nike+ GPS watch for Xmas. When I got back, I borrowed K-Factor's blender and made a green smoothie:
I used some of my credit card points to buy a new blender (it is small, only holds 14 oz) and zhuzher. As soon as I get them, I am totally going to zhuzh some soup!
Then, I finished my taxes! Hello, refund (in a couple of weeks). It's not as big as last year's refund (boo. I blame Republicans ... also, I blame Montgomery County's ridiculously high tax rate). But, I will be donating 10% to some local charities and still have enough to put into savings for a Rainy Day and a New Pair of Shoes (What? It's almost Spring! The Shoe-atorium is about OVER! YAY!).
Around 5PM, I headed to Downtown Silver Spring to meet SCGB and his BF at Adega for drinks. Along the way, I saw some signs of spring:
After drinks (and some food), I headed home, blobbed on the sofa, ate some food, drank more wine ... Y'know, the usual.
On Sunday, I went to the pottery studio. I didn't throw anything new, but I did do some trimming and handle-making (see photo above). After that, I came home, tidied up a little (a very little), ironed ten shirts, cooked some brussels sprouts for dinner, and spent the rest of the evening blobbing on the sofa.
Today, I've been to the Trader Joe's. I'm thinking of heading up to Adega for a boozy lunch. And, then, I'm going to blob on the sofa until dinnertime. After dinner, I'll be heading to pottery class.
Good times.
Hope you had an awesome weekend and a superfun Monday!


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From The Files Of October 29, 1992
Fulton County Chamber of Commerce voted to purchase Christmas lights, finalized plans for the chamber's annual Christmas party and heard the nominating committee's report at their monthly luncheon on October 21. Helen Overly, chairman of the Christmas lights committee, demonstrated a new lighted Christmas angel which she had obtained from a Louisiana company. The angels would be used in conjunction with the Christmas banners purchased last year.
The presidential race highlights the ballot for the general election to be held next Tuesday. Voters will be asked to choose among incumbent Republican President George Bush and running mate Dan Quayle, Democratic challenger Bill Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore, and independent candidate Henry Ross Perot and his running mate, James B. Stockdale. Others running for president are Libertarian candidate Andrew Marrou and running mate Nancy Lord; and New Alliance candidate Lenora B. Fulani and her running mate, Maria Elizabeth Munoz.
Prayers were answered on Monday for Diane Poffenberger, wife of Rev. Doug Poffenberger, pastor of Needmore Bible Church, when she became the recipient of a heart transplant. The hours-long surgery was reported very successful and her condition is listed as stable.
Marriage licenses: Henry Daniels, Mc- Connellsburg, and Tonya Black, Mc- Connellsburg; Richard Myers, Gibsonia, Pa., and Marilyn Tanocko, Allison Park, Pa.; Paul Morningstar, McConnellsburg, and Guyda Hanks, McConnellsburg.
Deaths: Vera Appleby, 73, Hustontown; James Hiles, 82, Berkeley Springs; Siebert Garlick Jr., 60, Needmore; W. Clair Crum, 87, Alexandria; Walter Moats, 86, Hancock; Jean Sunderlin, 70, Manutua, Ohio; Crystal Fox, 14, Hancock; Roy Johnston, 91, Mc- Connellsburg.
A double-ring ceremony was performed at Amaranth Church of the Brethren on September 12 joining in marriage Glenn Schriver and Debra Miller. Parents of the couple are Hilda Schriver of Warfordsburg and Eldon Schriver of Florida and Walter and Marie Miller of Warfordsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Walker of Mc- Connellsburg on October 16; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jones of Mt. Union on October 19; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gale Rouzer of Harrisonville on October 21; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Knepper of Hustontown on October 22.
Melissa Humbert and William Cover were united in marriage September 19 in the United Methodist Church in Mc- Connellsburg. The bride is the daughter of Tom and Madeline Humbert of Mc- Connellsburg and the groom is the son of Kirk and Sally Cover, also of McConnellsburg.
Lisa Seville and Michael Sellers were united in marriage August 15 in St. Thomas Assembly of God Church. The bride is the daughter of Harvey and Madeline Seville of Fort Littleton. The groom is the foster son of Paul and Betty Mellott of St. Thomas.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 4, 1982
Furnaces have been turned off due to the Indian-summer weather of the past week, with temperatures ranging up into the high 70s. The long, hard winter that has been forecast is slow in starting.
Approximately 70 percent of Fulton County's eligible voters turned out on Tuesday to vote in the general election, giving the Republicans victory over the Democrats in five of seven county contests.
McConnellsburg Fire Co. received its 13th ambulance Friday since the formation of the ambulance and rescue squad in 1954.
Special at the IGA: apples, 3-lb. bag, 79 cents; Campbell's tomato soup, 4 for $1; rump roast, $1.99 lb.; bananas, 29 cents; cauliflower, $1.29.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Esteban Salinas of Three Springs on October 23; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Bottenfield of Harrisonville on October 24; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Clark of Warfordsburg on October 25; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mellott of Harrisonville on October 26; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Smith on October 28.
Deaths: Orlena B. Mellott, Knobsville; J. Harry Jaymes, Shade Gap; Eva R. Edwards, Big Cove Tannery; Ernest Bradley, Greencastle; Clifford Foreman, Defiance; Harold P. Lockard, Wells Tannery; Ellen M. Krugh, Burnt Cabins.
Marriage licenses: Betty Ann Etter, Mc- Connellsburg, and Joseph P. Hann, Mc- Connellsburg; Denise Black, Waterfall, and Clarence O. Slates, Three Springs.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 16, 1972
A McConnellsburg man and his wife were seriously injured on Sunday afternoon in a one-car accident on Route 913 at the Huntingdon-Fulton County line. Mrs. Frances R.Tolbert, McConnellsburg, is a patient in Chambersburg Hospital where she is being treated for a fractured right hip, a fractured lower left femur and multiple chest contusions. Her husband, Jack, driver of the vehicle, is being treated at Fulton County Medical Center for a fractured right arm and numerous lacerations of both knees and his left elbow. State police said the accident happened when Tolbert was westbound on Route 913, driving a 1968 Chevrolet station wagon. His car ran off the highway onto the north berm and hit three guard posts and then struck a tree, dead center. The tree was 5 feet from the guardrails which were mowed down. The vehicle hit the tree with a "terrific" impact, with the result that the engine was driven back under the front seat of the vehicle.
Mrs. Mary Agnes Breakall of Bethel Township, Fulton County's only centenarian, celebrated her 100th birthday on November 14.
State police of the McConnellsburg substation are currently investigating the slaughter last Wednesday of two white-face heifers owned by Mrs. Louise E. Lucas of Hancock. The animals were found shot and with their throats slit in a pasture owned by Mrs. Lucas along Township Route 301. The dead animals were found by her son, William. Several leads are now being followed which, it is believed, will lead to the identification and eventual arrest of the suspects.
Marriage licenses: Dennis J. Miley of Chambersburg, and Valerie Jean Liskey of St.Thomas; Marlin Glenn Wertz of Needmore and Daisy Mae Everts of Hancock.
The 109th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will be commemorated with ceremonies at the Gettysburg National Cemetery on November 19.
Navy Warrant Officer Harry B. Hill of McConnellsburg is pictured in this issue receiving his new bars during ceremonies aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga.
Deaths: Edgar E. Layton, Breezewood; William Fred Stake, Mapleton Depot; Harold Oster, Bedford; Allison B. Truax, Needmore; John P. Schooley, Harrisonville; Mrs. Hazel Cisney, Blairs Mills; Frederick A. Sipes, Mount Union.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sowers of Mc- Connellsburg on November 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Piper of Burnt Cabins on November 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Martz of Hustontown on November 6; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bard of Needmore on November 8; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cutchall of McConnellsburg on November 8; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Botscharow of Big Cove Tannery on November 8; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Best of Bedford on November 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Geist Jr. of Warfordsburg on November 9.
One of the main events of the school year at Wells-Taylor Elementary School is the annual Halloween party. This year's party was held October 27. Following are the winners in the listed categories: prettiest – Julie Chamberlain, grade one; couple – Diane Brown and Sheila Henry, grade six, who were Siamese twins; Halloween character – Tammy Earley, grade five, a witch; ugliest – David Newman, grade five. Clowns: Charles Clippinger, grade one; girl disguised as boy, tie – Denette Parent and Debra Barnhart; boy disguised as girl, tie – Timothy McClain and Allan Regi, grade six; animal character, tie – Robin Gracey as a green frog, grade four; and Joseph Wright, as the beloved cartoon favorite Snoopy, grade five; most original costume – David Gartland, grade five, a vampire.
50 Years ago
From The Files Of November 22, 1962
Harold C. Welsh has been appointed by the state Department of Public Instruction to fill the vacancy in the office of county superintendent of schools in Fulton County for the period beginning November 16, 1962, to July 3. 1966. The office of county superintendent will be abolished at the end of the term in school districts of less than 22,000 population, according to recent legislature. The chief administrator will be the supervising principal.
A 1961 Dodge convertible, formerly owned by Robert Downes Jr., Fort Littleton, was stolen from Richards Motors late Friday night and was found abandoned near Richmond, Va.
An 18-year-old Berkeley Springs man was stopped by Game Warden Carl Jarrett on Dickey's Mountain on Saturday night and found to be in possession of a 10-3/4- inch barrel sawed-off shotgun, without a permit. He was charged with violation of the Uniform Firearms Act by state police.
At a regular meeting of the Fulton County Board of School Directors, a resolution was adopted to submit a plan that the county consist of one school district, in compliance with Act 561 of the General Assembly for the reorganization of school districts within the county.
Mrs. Helmer S. Pearson of Naples, Italy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Mellott of Websters Mill, attended the American Red Cross Chairmen of Volunteers Conference held in Berchets Garden, Germany, recently. The Red Cross will mark its 100th anniversary in 1963.
At the DHIA banquet held last Thursday, Dennis Shaffer was awarded top honors for his herd of 23 cows, which averaged 15,003 pounds of milk and 614 pounds of butterfat during the year ending September 30. Second high was Nathan Hixon with 21 cows averaging 14,832 pounds of milk and 610 pounds of butterfat. This is the first year that any Fulton County dairy herd has average more than 600 pounds of fat.
Roy Miller, 16, of Needmore, was injured on Monday night when his car struck a telephone pole on Route 522 en route home from basketball practice. He was admitted to the Medical Center.
Erma L. Mellott, Needmore, received a Bachelor of Science degree in education at Shippensburg State College on November 18.
Marriage licenses: Ronald L. Janick and Sally C. Mellott, both of McConnellsburg.
S.M. Cunningham, McConnellsburg, sold two pigs recently with a combined weight of 1,430 pounds. Could be a new record for hog raising in Fulton County.
Wayne McLaughlin, phys. ed. teacher at the local school, suffered a heart attack last Tuesday and is a patient in Chambersburg Hospital.
Deaths: George Sipes of Waynesboro, formerly of Knobsville; Judson Francis Powers of Hancock; Mrs. Jesse R. Flood, Neelyton; Mrs. Elle Foster, Artemas.
Alleine's Fashion Shop will open soon at 208A Lincoln Way East.
Men in service: Marine Pvt. Sheldon W. Mellott of Needmore has completed recruit training at Parris Island, S.C.; Don H. Chubb, McConnellsburg, has been promoted to private first class while serving in the U.S. Army at Toul, France; Raymond R. Mellott, Seaman USN, of Needmore, has completed training at Aviation Electronics School, Memphis, Tenn., and will report to Aircrewman School, San Diego, Calif.
Mrs. Mildred Shaw and Mrs. Grace Chesnut of Hustontown attended the 88th annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in York, the week of October 22.
David Harr and family have moved to their newly purchased home in the Corner, Ayr Township.
The Herman Smiths, Needmore, have built an addition to their house – needed, for they now have four sons and four daughters.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Miller, Shade Gap, on November 12; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Leese, Needmore, on November 12; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kendall, Hancock, on November 13; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Earley, Waterfall, on November 15; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hartmine, Spring Run, on November 15; a daughter to Rev. and Mrs. Charles Wealand, McConnellsburg, on November 17; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Myles Hockenberry, Fannettsburg, on November 17.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 20, 1952
Small-game hunters were cheered on Saturday when word was received that the current hunting season would be extended for six days. The extension was granted to make up for the delayed start of the season due to the dry weather.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Swope of Mc- Connellsburg announce the birth of a daughter on Sunday at Chambersburg Maternity Home.
Mrs. Paul Shimer spent Monday and Tuesday in Harrisburg attending the Republican Women's Convention.
Mrs. Raymond Duvall, chairman of the ways and means committee of the Warfordsburg PTA, has announced that $40 was cleared to the PTA's recent oyster supper.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Everetts of Cito on November 13; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mellott of Harrisonville on November 12; son to Mr. and Mrs. King Mellott of Big Cove Tannery on November 16; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rosenberry of Burnt Cabins on November 16.
The office of Gerald T. Lorentz will be closed Saturday while he is taking a course in anesthesia at Hagerstown Hospital under the direction of Dr. Flagg of New York City.
The abandonment of the 55-mile Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad was authorized last week by federal Judge Frederick V. Follmer.
Ross E. Spade has returned to his home at Crystal Spring after attending a five-day rescue course at the State Civil Defense Training Center at Ogontz Center, Pa.
Harold George Bivens and Elizabeth Ellen Morton were married on November 7.
Edward Stephens, proprietor of the Glen-Nell Hotel, has remodelled the former cocktail lounge and dining room of the hotel into a room for teenagers of the community. "Teen Haven," as the center has been named, opened last Saturday and will be open every night of the week. The former bar is now a refreshment counter and the dining area is now a dance floor, equipped with a 100-play juke box and various pinball machines.
Announcement has been made of the engagement of Ruby C. Rhodes to Calvin Souders.
Mrs. Lois Ayers has closed her home at Warfordsburg and has gone to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the winter.
It's a double feature for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Plessinger of Warfordsburg. They are the proud parents of twin girls, born at Berkeley Springs Hospital.
Deaths: James E. Varnes of Gallitzin, Pa.; Charles Calvin Appleby of St. Thomas; Clarence Adam Bittinger of Shippensville, Clarion County.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 19, 1942
Deaths: Mrs. David E. Little of Mc-
Connellsburg; Andrew Putnam Doran of Burnt Cabins; Martin Luther Smith of Belfast Township; James N. Barnhart of Warfordsburg.
Each of Pennsylvania's 422 draft boards will be required to call up a "few" married men for the first time since conscription became compulsory in order to meet the December quotas. Only those men whose wives have no children will be involved in the first calls.
A sergeant at New Cumberland thought he was stuttering one day last week when he started roll call at reveille and barked the same surname eight times. A check of his roster, however, revealed that eight members of the Mellott clan of Fulton County had been inducted at the same time. Their ages ranging from 20 to 34, the newly inducted Mellott octet are all related. They are: Charles J., Clyde A., DeKalb H., Fred H., Lloyd, Mearl T., Norman W. and Vaughn H. Norman and DeKalb are brothers and they have a third brother, James, who is a bombardier in the Army Air Force. The other six are cousins of some sort. Mearl and Lloyd are second cousins of Vaughn; Fred is a second cousin of DeKalb, Norman and Charles; DeKalb and Norman are second cousins of Charles, and Clyde is a fourth cousin of DeKalb, Norm and Charles. Confusing? Blame it on Hitler!
Willis John Smith, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith of Warfordsburg, died in Everett Hospital on Monday from injuries received in an automobile accident last Thursday on Route 522, south of Websters Mill. Smith and three companions were travelling toward McConnellsburg. Brought to town by Todd Lynch, all were ordered taken to Everett Hospital by Dr. MacKinlay, where Smith died of a fractured skull, ruptured liver and spleen, lacerations of the left wrist and chest injuries. Others in the car and their injuries were Ruth Weaver of Hancock, lacerations of the lip and scratches about the face and neck; Abner Weaver, 13, cuts above the left eye and bruises about the face; and Leona Zimmerman, 15, Hancock, compound fractured of the right leg and cuts about the face. An only child, Smith is survived by his parents, John L. and Rentha Truax Smith.
During September, only 3.9 percent of Fulton County's population benefitted from public assistance, compared with the statewide average of 4.5 percent.
The following boys were initiated into the FFA at Hustontown on November 6: Donald Brown, Warren Locke, Leo Rouzer, Marshall Taylor, Curtis Bard, George Brant, Ellis Clippinger, Raymond Deavor, Ralph Edwards Jr., William Fix, Melvin Hann, Kenneth Hershey, David Miller, Vernon Rouzer and Harley Stunkard.
Mrs. Robert A. Hamil spent the past week with her husband, who is taking his basic training at Fort Bragg N.C.
Master Elwood Appleby of Clear Ridge was taken to Chambersburg Hospital on Friday night for an emergency appendicitis operation.
Mrs. Emory Youse of Cito is recuperating from an appendectomy at Chambersburg Hospital.
Alcesta Lynch and Robert Cleaver and Margaret Myers and Lloyd Smith were married in a double ceremony at Hagerstown on Nov. 10.
Pvt. Wayne A. Layton is now at Fort Knox, Ky., and Pfc. Carl E. Helman is at Fort Meade, Md.
Death: Mrs. Ross W. Kling of Burnt Cabins.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of November 17, 1932
A committee from the local Civic Club, composed of Mrs. J.W. Mosser, Mrs. Merrill W. Nace and Mrs. William J. Lower, supervised the planting last week of several hundred iris bulbs flanking the entrance to the local school.
Deaths: Mrs. William Black of McConnellsburg; Ellie Sheetz of Washington, D.C.
Charles M. Hetzel and Erma Louise Barnhart were married on November 6.
Donovan Hamilton and Florence Helsel were married on November 12.
The Greenhill Parent- Teachers Association held its monthly meeting last Thursday evening. The president, Mrs. Arlie Deshong, was in charge.
The State Emergency Relief Board on Tuesday granted Fulton County $386 for local relief work.
H.S. Daniels of town has been confined to his bed by illness since last Saturday.
At the Racket Store: hunting coats, $1.95; hunting pants, 95 cents; caps, 48 cents; flashlights, 39 cents; 60x80 bed blankets, $1.65; roofing paint, 5 gallons for $2.25.