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It's all about me
In a recent news story, [June 17: "Quash game: How many subpoenas does a code violation need?"], Shirley Presley and Carolyn Reilly argue that they have strung razor wire across the Rivanna Trail because they are elderly and have a right to protect themselves against trespassers in the scary world in which we live.
I lived on Bland Circle for five years, and the fact is that the street sits on a ridge high above the river, separated from it by a thick woods lacking either trails or steps up to the homes of these two women.
Presley, who has lived there for decades, didn't even know a trail was down there until a neighbor told her.
Until Presley and Reilly had their forests demolished and piled along the river as a barrier to hikers, neither house was even visible from the trail. Any sane criminal would drive there and walk in the front door on a moonless night.
The razor wire is not about protection from the modern world. It's about nationalism on an individualized scale. It's about my property rights, my land, my power.
It's about an obsessive distrust of others, lack of community spirit, and a perverse interpretation of the American dream.
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With its collections of ancient, modern and contemporary art, the Musée de Grenoble offers you a chance to traverse the history of western painting from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Included are major masterpieces of classical Flemish, Dutch, Italian and Spanish painting; one of 20th century Europe's richest collections; and all the great post-1945 contemporary art trends, right up to the most recent artworks of the 2000s.
Nicolas de Staël, a painter of Russian origin, settled in Paris in 1938. In the early 1940s, he discovered abstraction among artists like Magnelli and Delaunay. His style, consisting of surfaces covered with dazzling colours crushed with a knife or spatula, asserted the power of the stroke. Influenced by the outstanding quality of light in the south of France and Sicily, where he went in 1953, the effects of partial transparency attained by lightening the paint created in his painting a vibrancy and a vitality hitherto never achieved. Earth, sea, sky and architecture were all conveyed through large swathes of colour of varying thickness.
The lower half of the canvas has warm shades of colour applied in thick layers. Standing out against this sand and these ochre lands, we find red, pink and mauve surfaces, and two white squares with irregular outlines. The upper half contains just the green of the sky, whose transparency means that the canvas can be made out beneath. All the lines of the landscape converge towards the central red area, key to the composition. The impasto effects, inconspicuous here, emphatic there, enable the colour to act with a maximum degree of intensity. The juxtaposition of the coloured planes gives visibility to an unpainted edge which calls to mind the technique of torn paper and collage practiced by the artist. By expressing his vision of a natural site through brilliant colours, Nicolas de Staël, the most famous Ecole de Paris painter, turned the landscape into a new genre in modern painting.
Nicolas de Staël
Sicily, 1954
Crédit photographique : Ville de Grenoble/Musée de Grenoble - Jean-Luc Lacroix

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Back in Feburary when HTC unveiled the One, it stated that the handset will be available with two storage options – 32GB and 64GB. Considering that the One does not have a microSD card slot, a 64GB variant will definitely be appreciated by power users and the general consumers alike.
However, it looks like AT&T might have managed to nab the 64GB variant of the One as exclusive in the United States. In a video uploaded on their YouTube account, the carrier highlights twice that the 64GB One is going to be an exclusive on their network. HTC has not yet confirmed this news, but considering that the video has not yet been pulled, the news does seem to be true.
So, this means that Sprint and T-Mobile will be getting the 32GB variant of the handset in the United States. While 32GB of space should be more than enough for majority of the consumers, there will still be a few people for whom the lack of a 64GB option might turn out to be a deal-breaker.
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Here is the pakistani Squad for both the ICC Champions Trophy and Triangular Series this month in the Netherlands:
Inzamam-ul Haq (captain)
Yousuf Youhana (vice captain)
Imran Farhat
Salman Butt
Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Moin Khan (wicket-keeper)
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar
Shabbir Ahmed
Rana Naveedul Hassan
This shows us that there are two new batsmen..
Nazir and Danish Kaneria are kicked for the ICC Trophy, while Afridi and Salman Butt are recalled.
And in my opinion its the right decision to take Salman Butt in since he has performed very well in Pakistan A in the past.
But i'm not happy with the selection of Navedul Hassan, since Umar Gul is a much better bowler..
Of course he isnt in form because of an injury but he can still pick the one or other important wicket, what we havent seen from Navedul Hassan in the past.
Danish Kaneria is for me also a much better player than Navedul Hassan.
Im very shocked with this selection, lets see how he will perform.


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text: Now I've stated in the past that I am one of the world's biggest fans of video game pinball, from both a height and width and level of devotion standpoint, but I'm just not sure if I am ready for Nanotech Entertainment's Pinball Wizard Controller. Sure it features real flipper buttons, a real plunger, and the ability to detect motion for realistic table nudging action, but there is no way in hell I could ever justify spending $299 on a controller just to play pinball. An actual pinball table, perhaps, but not a controller, no matter how appealing the thought of having a real plunger may be. For those of you without my financial limitation, the device does ship with a variety of 3D pinball programs, including a few Gottlieb recreations, and the software is designed to work with all once and future pinball programs, regardless of whether or not they support analog input. Me? I'm just going to bookmark the page at www.nanotechent.com for random bouts of drooling.NANOTECH ENTERTAINMENT INTRODUCES THE ULTIMATE PINBALL GAME CONTROLLER WITH PINBALL WIZARD New NanoTech products feature state of the art pinball technology SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 11, 2008 – NANOTECH ENTERTAINMENT is pleased to announce the release of its highly anticipated Pinball Wizard Controller. In keeping with NanoTech's pursuit of innovative gaming technology, the Pinball Wizard controller lets you experience video pinball the way it is meant to be played; by using flipper buttons, a real plunger, and the ability to shake the table as well as nudge the ball, through the integration of its MOT-ION™ I/O Adapter. Pinball Wizard does it all with no special drivers required. The Pinball Wizard is fully configurable allowing it to work with a variety of Pinball software including the state of the art Future Pinball™ engine. The controller ships with a combination of amazing 3D Pinball games including original titles plus recreations from the world famous pinball manufacturer Gottlieb™. With a software configuration program the Pinball Wizard can be customized to work with all current and future PC Pinball games. "There has really been no input device for the video pinball enthusiast other than the keyboard, mouse or joystick until now." commented Robert DeKett, founder and CEO of NanoTech Entertainment. "We have come up with a design that will work with any pinball software, regardless of analog input support. This means we can support all pinball games. Our engineers have crafted a very flexible solution that is designed to support all existing pinball games and is field upgradeable ensuring long lasting support." The Pinball Wizard controller incorporates all the elements of a real pinball machine into the palm of your hands. Designed by Arcade Industry veterans and pinball enthusiasts, Pinball Wizard recreates the experience of playing a real pinball machine on your desktop. The Pinball Wizard is constructed with true arcade materials and uses a real plunger and lockdown bar from actual pinball machines assuring the player that real arcade feel. For more information, go to www.nanotechent.com.


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Past Courses
See a list of courses related to the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life that have been offered over the years.
Read details of courses offered in spring 2011.
Spring 2013 Courses
Supported by the Ethics Center
LGLS 161b – Advocacy for Policy Change
Instructor: Melissa Stimell
Time: Tuesdays and Fridays, 11:00 AM to 12:20 PM
This is an experiential learning course. This hands-on course invites students to address concrete social problems through public policy reform. It provides background in theories, advocacy skills, networks, and key players that drive the legislative process. Focusing on policy change at the statehouse level, students engage with elected officials and community organizations to advance key legislation affecting social welfare, health, education, and economic justice. Usually offered every year.
There are no prerequisites. This course is open to all undergraduates, but requires a registration code. Interested students should email the Legal Studies Program administrator at firstname.lastname@example.com for the registration code before early registration.
Priority is given to juniors and seniors and those students majoring or minoring in Politics, Legal Studies and Social Justice and Social Policy. This course can satisfy the internship requirement for Legal Studies, HSSP, and SJSP. Students can contact Professor Stimell with additional questions at email@example.com.
Read "Advocacy for Policy Change" – the anthology from the Spring 2012 session [PDF]
LGLS 123b – Immigration and Human Rights
Instructor: Doug Smith
Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:00 PM to 6:20 PM
This invites students to examine American immigration policy within the context of international human rights treaties and global practices. Students engage in practical exercises highlighting social and cultural controversies surrounding notions of refugee status and asylum seeking. This course also offers the opportunity to explore tensions between domestic policies and international law in guiding and shaping immigration reform.
There are no prerequisites. This course is open to all undergraduates.
Panel discussion following the September 2010 screening of "Acting Together" in New York City
PAX 250 – The Arts of Building Peace
Instructor: Cynthia Cohen
Time: Wednesdays, 9:00am to 11:50am
Through analysis of case studies, interviews with socially engaged artists, critical reflections on works of art and student projects, this course explores how cultural productions contribute to non-violent resistance, the re-humanization of former enemies, and reconciliation. There will be an emphasis on performance and visual arts.
There are no prerequisites. This course is open to both graduates and undergraduates, but undergraduates are required to fill out the add/drop form from the registrar's office, which they should bring to Naoe Suzuki, in room 327 of the Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex (across the street from the Heller School.) Graduate students may register online.
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EL 94a – Immigrant Support Services Practicum (ISSP)
Instructor: Marci McPhee, Associate Director, International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life; Peer Assistant: Alex Glomset '14
Time: Thursdays, 1:00 pM - 1:50 PM
This is a 2-credit course that may be taken in conjunction with a base course, which changes each semester (the Spring 2013 base course will be Introduction to International and Global Studies [IGS 10a]). This supplemental practicum is designed to provide students with hands-on experience with community work and applying some of the frameworks and analysis methods they are learning about in the base course. The practicum is also intended to provide students with an opportunity to realize a social justice aim by collaborating with an organization that is addressing needs of immigrants, and other social justice/social policy issues of interest to the student.
Students spend 3 hours a week in the community working with an organization that supports immigrants in some way, and 1 hour a week in class reflecting upon the experience and integrating it with the learning in the base course.
LGLS 127b – International Economic Law
Instructor: Guive Mirfendereski
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 PM to 4:50 PM
Pre-requisites: Econ 2a or Econ 10a or consent of instructor.


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The confessed 20-time killer who has emerged as James "Whitey" Bulger's chief accuser suffered a relentless grilling Wednesday by defense lawyers who portrayed him as a self-serving liar who cut a deal with prosecutors to stay off death row.
Bulger lawyer Hank Brennan's often-biting cross-examination of hit man and ex-Bulger partner John Martorano focused on Martorano's cooperation agreement with the government – a document that even top Massachusetts law enforcement officers have called repugnant.
Martorano and his lawyers began negotiating the plea bargain deal shortly after his 1995 capture in Florida, where he had fled 17 years earlier from charges that he was paying jockies to throw horse races at east coast tracks. Back in Boston, federal prosecutors named him in a new racketeering indictment, with long time partners Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi.
While in jail, Martorano said he learned that Bulger and Flemmi, after whom he named the youngest of his five children, had been working for decades as secret FBI informants. That information, Martorano conceded, was a factor in his decision to, as Brennan phrased it, "join the government team."
The resulting cooperation agreement required Martorano to serve only 12-1/2 years in prison for 20 murders. He avoided separate prosecutions for murders he committed in death penalty states Florida and Oklahoma. The government agreed it would not confiscate a house he bought in Florida with gambling and loansharking profits. And it kept a balance of $400 or so in his commissary account at the special informant prison where he served his time.
The deal doesn't restrict how Martorano earns a living, as long as he does it legally. He said when he began testifying on Monday that he now exists on social security payments. He later disclosed that he has made more than $300,000 in recent years by selling rights to his life story to a book publisher and movie producer.
"I paid taxes on it," Martorano told Brennan.
Prosecutors said Martorano's confession allowed police to close the books on eight, decades-old murder cases. And they said they could not prosecute Bulger without Martorano's testimony.
Brennan implied in his questions, some of which were intended to provoke as much as elicit answers, that Martorano used the government's desire to prosecute Bulger as leverage in plea bargain negotiations and is now falsely involving Bulger in his crimes to protect the deal.
"When you began thinking about what you could do to get onto the government's team you knew you had to give them something of value, didn't you?" Brennan said.
"I didn't know what would develop at the time," Martorano said.
Brennan bored in on the 17 years Martorano was a fugitive in Florida, a period in which the government said Bulger, Flemmi, Martorano and others in their Winter Hill gang plotted with two corrupt FBI agents to kill three people associated with the jai alai industry.
Martorano has testified that Bulger approved, helped plan and in one case, participated in the jai alai killings. But Martorano conceded he had little direct knowledge and rarely spoke with Bulger during his time on the run. He said Bulger didn't trust telephones.
"When I left in 1978, he said, 'I'm not going to be on the phone much.' He didn't care for phones," Martorano said.
When Martorano left for Florida, he said Bulger told him to communicate through Flemmi.
"Did you work for Mr. Bulger?" Brennan asked. "Did he tell you what to do?"
"Whitey wasn't my boss," Martorano said. "If he wanted to get something done I would usually listen to him. He usually knew the right buttons to push to get something done."
Brennan ridiculed Martorano's assertion that Bulger was "on board" with a plan in 1981 to kill Tulsa, Okla. tycoon and World Jai Alai owner Roger Wheeler. Martorano said he shot Wheeler between the eyes in an unsuccessful attempt to take over Wheeler's pari-mutual business.
"On the Wheeler murder – you didn't speak to Bulger," Brennan said. "He didn't say to you, 'Why don't you go slaughter someone you don't even know?'."
Martorano, who for three days described his 20 murders like he was reading from a warehouse inventory, maintained his composure.
"I heard it through Stevie," he answered.
Then Brennan fired off a series of loaded questions challenging Martorano's claim that he never, or at least rarely, lied.
The first had to do with Martorano's knowledge that one of law enforcement's top targets in the Bulger investigation was John Connolly, a crooked FBI agent who Bulger was paying for information. Connolly is serving 40 years in a Florida prison after being convicted of providing Bulger confidential FBI information that the Winter Hill gang used to murder informants.
"You knew, didn't you, that the government wanted Connolly and you couldn't help because you had never spoken to Connolly," Brennan said. "But you knew you could make the government happy by informing on Connelly by throwing Bulger into the equation."
"I didn't see it that way," Martorano said..
Brennan asked Martorano to explain a lie to his former best friend John B. Callahan, the former president of World Jai Alai. Martorano has admitted that he was reluctantly setting up Callahan's murder. He said he shot Callahan in the head after being pressed by Bulger. He said Bulger had learned from Connolly that Callahan was likely to turn informer on the Wheeler murder.
"You even lied to your friend John Callahan before you killed him, didn't you?," Brennan said.
"That to me was a necessity," Martorano aid. " I had to tell John I wanted to see him. I couldn't tell him I wanted to shoot him."


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Virginia LISC works with residents and partners to forge resilient and inclusive communities – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.
- Develop collaborative approaches to create healthy and vibrant neighborhoods through the Neighborhoods Rising Initiative
- Extend Virginia LISC's capacity building and financing services to nonprofit partners working in central Virginia
- Advance public policies and innovative resources that facilitate healthy neighborhoods and community development
- Implement a bold and comprehensive neighborhood building strategy to serve as a community leader
- Investing strategically in housing, retail, childcare centers and other neighborhood assets
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Ned Turnbull, Co-chair Williams Mullen Madelyn Peay, Co-chair Hopewell Redevelopment and Housing Authority Anthony Crenshaw University of Richmond Lauren Earley Justin Ferrell S&P Global Mark Hickman Commonwealth Strategy Group Corey Lane White 64 Tavaris McCoy Hopewell Redevelopment and Housing Authority For more information on the Accelerator Committee, please contact Devan Colley at email@example.com or 804.505.4183. […]
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LISC is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides capital and technical assistance to nonprofit community development corporations (CDCs) that serve low-income communities in urban and rural areas across the country.
Through affiliates the National Equity Fund and the New Markets Support Company, LISC provides equity investments for projects that support community revitalization across the region, including affordable housing, commercial and retail buildings, and arts and community space.Read More
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The Neighborhoods Rising Projects illustrate comprehensive building projects. For instance in 2012 in Fulton, Virginia LISC worked with partners and community residents to bring business back to the commercial corridor, beautify the streets, build a park and bring a Financial Opportunity Center to the Greater Fulton neighborhood.Read More
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Virginia LISC is working to develop community leaders who can guide civic and nonprofit organizations. With support from National LISC and Virginia Housing Development Authority, two scholarships are provided annually to the leadership development programs of Leadership Metro Richmond and VCU's Nonprofit School of Excellence.Read More
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Virginia LISC provides grants for operational support, strategic planning, capacity building and board development for community development organizations.Read More
LISC is involved with public policy issues, specifically those that pertain to community development and affordable housing. The motto, "We help neighbors build strong communities," serves as a basis and reflection for our public policy work.Read More


text: We offer, as a new feature, mountain bicycles with a wheel diameter of 27.5". This new dimension brings new handling characteristics. They combine the versatility of the 26" bicycles and the persistence of the 29" ones. They are ideal for men and women of medium height. All the models of Leader Fox are assembled in an assembly hall in České Budějovice.


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The 2016 Stationary Fire Pumps Handbook's expert commentary and full-color art provide the full story on fire pumps, tanks, hydrants flow testing, and fire service mains. Keep fire pumps functioning error-free and in compliance with the 2016 Edition of NFPA 20: Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection.
NFPA's new Stationary Fire Pumps Handbook provides advanced guidance relating to all types of water supply availability and reliability. Only this 2016 Edition includes the latest updates to NFPA 20, 100+ full-color illustrations, a pull-out 17 x 10 1/4" full-color schematic of a fire pump installation, and new FAQs from the AHJ's perspective.
Access key information in the Handbook's four easy-to-use sections:
- Part I of this Handbook provides examples of various types of fire pump configurations and explains the purpose of various pertinent components
- Part II presents the full text of 2016 NFPA 20 -- with vertical rules alerting you to new text, and bullets for deletions -- plus guidance and graphics on every aspect of application
- Part III contains text from selected water supply documents with original supporting explanations and advice
Material includes:
- Complete text of the 2016 NFPA 291: Recommended Practice for Fire Flow Testing and Marking of Hydrants and the 2016 NFPA 24: Installation of Private Fire Service Mains and Their Appurtenances Sections 18.4 and 18.5 from the 2015 NFPA 1: Fire Code
- Extracts from the 2013 NFPA 22: Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection; the 2014 NFPA 14: Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems concerning standpipe water supply; and the 2016 NFPA 13: Installation of Sprinkler Systems addressing sprinkler system demand
Part IV contains valuable Supplements including:
- A new guide to practical application with color schematic
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Build a Next-Generation Network
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches create the network foundation for your next-generation Unified Fabric data center. Modular switches, including the Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series, deliver a comprehensive Cisco NX-OS feature set and open source programmable tools for software-defined network (SDN) deployments. They offer high-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet with application awareness and performance analytics
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Switch Excels in Miercom Test
Learn test results for the Cisco Nexus 7700 18-Slot Switch with 192 100 GE ports. (3:40 min)Read Report
Features and Capabilities
High Performance with Comprehensive Feature Set
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches offer one of the most comprehensive data center network feature sets in a single platform. They offer high performance, high port density, and a full feature set for data center aggregation, end-of-row, and data center interconnect (DCI) deployments in a highly resilient modular platform.
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series runs on Cisco NX-OS Software. It was specifically developed for the most mission-critical enterprise and service provider deployments.
The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series was designed around three principles:
Infrastructure Scalability
Virtualization, efficient power and cooling, cloud scale with automation, high density, and performance all support efficient data center growth.
Operational Continuity
The design integrates hardware, NX-OS software features, and management to support zero-downtime environments.
Transport Flexibility
You can incrementally and cost-effectively adopt new networking technologies.
Technologies that you can support include:
Next-Generation Nexus 7700 M3-Series Modules: These feature-rich I/O modules deliver enhanced security, wire-rate performance with deep buffers, and high-capacity TCAMs for low-latency, highly secure, and scalable data centers.
Programmability with Cisco Open NX-OS: The Cisco Nexus 7000 family of switches offers an industry-leading, comprehensive set of programmable and automation tools for day-0 to day-N configuration and management. The 7000 Series offers standard, open, and programmable API interfaces for provisioning both control and data planes.
- Flexible customization through third-party application hosting capabilities such as Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
- Use of the Cisco NX-API for remote programmable access to the switch
Visit the DevNet community for programmability resources.
Virtual Topology System: Automate overlay provisioning for both virtual and physical workloads for faster application delivery.
Specifications at a Glance
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|Number of slots
|4, 9, 10, and 18
|6, 10 and 18
|Bandwidth per slot
|550 Gbps
|Maximum switching capacity
|17.6 Tbps
|Up to 83 Tbps
|1 GE density
|Up to 768 ports
|Up to 768 ports
|1/10 GE density with Cisco Nexus 2000
|Up to 3072 ports
|Up to 3072 ports
|Line-rate 10 GE density
|Up to 768 ports (copper or fiber)
|Up to 768 ports
|40 GE and 100 GE
|Up to 192 40 GE ports and 32 100 GE ports
|Up to 384 40 GE ports and 192 100 GE ports
|Redundant supervisors
|Hitless software upgrade
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Models and Documents
Learn about the similarities and differences of the models within this product series.
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William Moody's is a story that almost writes itself -- out of the U.S. Air Force and into pro wrestling in his hometown; modest fame as manager/wrestler Percy Pringle III; licensed mortician becomes famous as Paul Bearer, manager to The Undertaker. That it ended on Tuesday at age 58 should not be a surprise, given all his health issues, but that he fit so much into a short timeframe is the truly amazing part.
He was born in Mobile, Alabama, on April 10,1954, and attended Annunciation Catholic School in Bogalusa, Louisiana until the sixth grade. Up next, in Mobile, he went to St. Dominic�s Elementary School and then McGill Institute. After graduation, he would serve his country in the U.S. Air Force from 1972-76, and was in the reserves for another two years. For his entire stint, Moody was at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS.
Inspired by by the likes of Ken Lucas, Lee and Bobby Fields, and "Cowboy" Bob Kelly in the Gulf Coast wrestling promotion, Moody was always fascinated by pro wrestling.
In a post on the Kayfabe Memories website, Moody wrote about his four friends, who would all break into the pro wrestling business. There was his cousin, Marcel Pringle, in town, and across Mobile Bay in Pensacola, Florida, were Michael Hayes, John Tatum, and Robert Gibson.
"Although Robert was younger than all of us, we would all kiss his butt because his brother Ricky was already a wrestler," Moody wrote. "So, we were Ricky Gibson�s little brother�s buddies, which really made us special. It always seemed to be a contest to see which one of us would make it into the business first. Hayes used to hang out in the arena parking lot, and carry Mike Boyette�s bags in for him.
"Then that fateful night came that I�ll never forget, Cousin Marcel and myself were at The Pensacola Bayfront Auditorium, standing at the door that lead to the outside. The door opened, and who walked in? Michael Hayes! This time without Hippie Boyette�s bags, he came from home already dressed in a zebra referee�s outfit. Damn it, he got the first call. Needless to say, we were fit to be tied."
Moody continued to hang around the wrestlers, and acted as a photographer for the Gulf Coast territory
"Before the decade came to an end, we all eventually made it, in some fashion or another. Michael and myself ended up starting at the same time in Mississippi, working for George Culkin (Curtis) and his son Gil, in their company called International Championship Wrestling. Frankie 'The Great Mephisto' Cain was the booker. We had TV all over the state and ran shows 6 days a week. There was no better place to learn our trade."
On December 22, 1978, Moody wed Dianna McDole, and they had two sons, Michael (born in 1979) and Daniel (born in 1987). Having a family was a big reason for his decision to choose a stable career over pro wrestling.
But pro wrestling remained in his blood. Wherever he was, he attended the wrestling matches, including in San Antonio.
"I longed to return to the business that I loved so much," he confessed. "Don�t get me wrong, I loved the funeral profession too, and will return to that business again one day. My wife has always known that I have always had three wives, wrestling, mortuary science and her."
It was his old friend, Hayes, who brought him back into the wrestling fold. Hayes was booking in Florida and called Moody about a managing spot. Moody gave the funeral parlour his two-week notice, and started with Florida Championship Wrestling on January 15, 1985. His initial assignment was managing the Pretty Young Things (KoKo B. Ware and Norvell Austin). Rick Rude followed as probably his most famous charge, but others in Florida included Jack Hart and The Grappler.
"The first time I ever saw him, we were filming a vignette for our television show on a runway at The Tampa Airport," Moody recalled to Robertson's biographer, Meredith Renwick. "I became friends with Dewey and Gail almost immediately. It didn't take long for me to feel like part of their family, along with their two sons Mark and Jason.�We had so much fun on the road together, with Gail (Sheena) driving Dewey's big Green Cadillac, and me and Dewey riding around like superstars."
The Percy Pringle III character was a flashy dresser and Moody's ability to over-project his persona was beneficial to his success. At ringside, he was a prototypical heel manager, cheating when necessary to help his guys win.
"Most managers were bad guys," Moody said in 2005. "And I never had to work at being a bad guy."
Again with Hayes' influence, Moody ended up in World Class Championship Wrestling, based in Dallas, Texas, where he managed for six years, and was a key figure behind the scenes, writing and publishing the programs for WCCW and later, when it merged with the Memphis promotion, the USWA.
Over the years, there were a number of "firsts" too, including managing Lex Luger in his first pro wrestling match in Florida and Mark Callaway's first match -- against Bruiser Brody -- at Dallas' Sportatorium.. He also managed colourful characters like Eric Embry, The Dingo Warrior (later the Ultimate Warrior) and "Sugar Bear" Harris, who would later become Kamala The Ugandan Giant.
Moody went up to Stamford, CT, to interview for a manager job with the World Wrestling Federation in late 1990. He often told the story of being in the room with Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson and JJ Dillon, when McMahon starting laughing.
"Do y'all know that he's a real mortician?" said McMahon.
"Vince is laughing like, "Ho ho ho ho!" -- you know, that trademark Vince McMahon laugh," Moody told THQ.com in October 2012 in an interview to promote the WWE '13 video game. "So that moment there when we all realized that they were looking for a manager for Taker and that I was a real mortician ... It was a moment in time that I will never forget and I will take to my grave with me.
Renamed Paul Bearer, Moody would be forever associated with The Undertaker (Mark Callaway, who he had briefly managed back in Texas), but he would also manage Kane, Vader, The Executioner (Terry Gordy), and Mankind (Mick Foley).
It is often forgotten that The Undertaker's first manager was Brother Love (Bruce Prichard), not Paul Bearer.
"Percy was fabulous in the role. Again, who else could you put in the role to make it a perfect fit?" said former WWE referee Jim Korderas. "It started with Bruce Pritchard, Brother Love, and although both characters were way over the top, Bruce's was more over the top in a comedic sense, whereas Percy brought a different kind of take on being the handler or the manager of The Undertaker. I think it worked because at the time, he rarely said anything other than Rest in Peace. So for him to have someone speak for him and keep that mystery alive, that's the biggest part."
"With jet black hair and ghoulish make-up, Moody was the perfect mouthpiece and mascot for the Undertaker during the heyday of Taker's undead persona, leading the way to the ring while carrying the mystical urn that held the power of the Undertaker," wrote Mike Johnson in a tribute to Moody on PWInsider.com.
In the THQ interview, Moody was reflective about his time in the WWE with Undertaker and, to a lesser extent, Kane.
"They are such great performers, such great athletes. Such great men, gentlemen in general," he said. "I am truly humbled that I have been allowed to be associated with them for all these years. When me and Taker first started, his first WrestleMania was my first WrestleMania, so we�ve really been together all that time. I get asked, would you have thought then, that he�d be still going in 2012? Hell no, I wouldn�t then and I�m sure that he wouldn�t have either. In the early years, me and Taker were together so much, I mean all the time. We had a very special relationship and a very special bond. It was such a perfect chemistry, a perfect meant-to-be thing. We were meant to be for each other, but we had no idea it would last this long."
When he wasn't on television, Moody served behind the scenes in WWE as a road agent and in the talent development department, looking for fresh new faces for the roster.
Health issues for his wife and himself limited him from the active WWE schedule beginning in the fall of 2002. In November 2003, he underwent gastric bypass surgery, and in May 2004, he had emergency gallbladder surgery. His wife died on January 31, 2009, after 30 years of marriage and three separate battles against cancer. She was 47. "My life took some major turns following that tragic life changing event," Moody wrote on his website.
Moody would bounce in and out of WWE storylines.
Through it all, Moody kept strong in his faith, a side of him that Dewey Robertson noted in an unpublished interview with his biographer.
"Percy Pringle had taught me a lot about keeping the faith and believing in God," said Robertson about some of his battles with drugs and alcohol. "I must have said the Lord�s Prayer 25 times a day repeatedly. That actually kept my sanity. In Texas, Percy taught me that. Actually, I say he taught me that, but what Percy was famous for saying was 'Praise the Lord, thank you Jesus.' He said that all day long, anything that happened, he would say that. He was a very spiritual individual."
A well-liked individual in professional wrestling, Moody never stopped being a fan, and actively participated in discussions on message boards, Twitter, Facebook, and through his website, which has been online since 2002.
He attended this past weekend's Gulf Coast Wrestling Reunion in Mobile, though it was in a wheelchair. He entered the hospital on Sunday night, and passed away on the evening of Tuesday, March 5.
Pringle will be honoured for his lifetime in pro wrestling in April at the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, which is presenting him with its Lou Thesz Award. He was honoured by the CAC in 2003 with a Men's Wrestler award.


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A little light [beer] relief in a week we find our nation in a state of flux, one consistent beverage we can all rely on is a fine craft ale.
The recent phenomena and the dearth of micro brewers and privately / co-op managed ale houses is a good thing in my mind. The seasonality and historical regional flavours offers any visitor to the area an option to choose something made locally, with care and attention.
With the thousands of imaginatively named IPAs, stouts, amber ales and porters to choose from in my area of the country, it is often a challenge to find something that sticks out for the duration of the time at the bar or in a local bottle shop. This also is a good thing, long gone are the days of bland, insipid mass production brown liquid, offering only a guaranteed hang over from hell the next day, mainly due to all the additives and preservatives. Thankfully no more terrible TV ads for hooligan Lager full of cliches and less than clever macho strap lines.
Living in the convergence of both Manchester and Sheffield's commuter belt, bordering the Peak District National Park, one would be happy to know we have dozens of local brewers hard at work each day making and mashing their delectable brews.
Having a small brewery on one's doorstep is yet another reason to support local businesses that serve us with something so much more than the ambivalence we expect from many of the inner city hipster bars.
It is quite evident that these stalwarts of single mindedness, mavericks, revolutionaries and masters of individuality are the future of our brewing industry and with the current shenanigans in Westminster, exporting our wares will start to prop up the economy as much as our fading bars.
If you find yourself in the Peak District this year, make time to enjoy the new line of ales from Whaley Bridge Brewery, the innovative methods Mike (Master Brewer extraordinaire) explores with the finest hops and the excellent clear waters of the Peak combine to produce a very irresistible result.
You will be first attracted by the creatively designed packaging and labels, a nod to a much more contemporary rather than hairy eared trad design. Each beer is named after an area of this historical town and each offer a completely different flavour and gravity.
The two new ones to the growing collection are Crow Hill and Mount Famine. Crow Hill being a very fine American Amber Ale, offering an explosion of caramel maltiness, refreshing citrus fruits and the bitterness from the excellent hops Mike doesn't scrimp on. So if its the hell or high watermelon you like in a lovingly crafted beer, using a combination of alchemy, science and experience, this newcomer to the market is for you. This ale is one for a lazy summer evening, swallows darting over head, enjoying the fading summer sun after a great day on the hill.
Mount Famine is a totally different brew – a little more lively ale that offers an instant hit of Tropical Fruits – including Passion Fruit (how he does this is beyond a laymen such as me) and more robust bitter notes, this triple hopped beer offers an excellent session ale for any occasion. I found to my delight it was a fine accompaniment to some Stilton and a borderline offensively ripe Brie.
They join the WBB family and can be found in a growing number of ale houses and pubs in the region.
Recently as this week, you can find all four of the collection in 500ml bottles at the National Trust Eyam Hall courtyard, The Eyam Real Ale Company, right next door to the Hartington Cheese Shop, to anyone living in the area and knowing the latter – a perfect match I am sure you will agree.
Goyt Wines in Whaley Bridge, The Tickled Trout, Barlow near Chesterfield, and as of yesterday, the Beer Dock in Crewe and Barley Hops in Congleton, Cheshire. With a pending launch event, the newest ale shop to populate the High Peak, Beer District in Buxton (4a Colonnade, Buxton) will be opening the first week of July, starring amongst others, the four Whaley Bridge Beers. Once they get the shop fitting complete, they will be offering a growing number of excellent beers and ciders to discerning locals and visitors to the Spa Town.
I would expect to see this collection of delightful beers in an ale house near you quite soon.
Remember, it is people like Mike that make the world a better place, a happier place, and for every pint of Carling not sold this week, we can all applaud those who get up at the crack of sparrows each day to pint-by-pint remove this despicable drink from our pubs and replace it with something made from simple ingredients, not stakeholder pension plans. Life is far too short to drink cheap beer.
If you have an event or wedding looming in the Peak District, do your bit to support a local trade and give Mike a call.
Drink responsibly.


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Defining the Best Colors, Style and Design for Your Brand Logo
Have you ever thought about why some companies and brands are more successful and well-known than others? In many cases, it comes down to the products or services they offer, but the actual look and feel of the company brand can play a huge part in this as well.
A great example of this would be every brand that currently has a well-known logo design or identity, even though it doesn't have the actual name of the company within the logo. Names like Nike, Target, Apple, Microsoft, and Starbucks come to mind. Billions of people from around the world can recognize these brands simply by seeing their logo… and they don't even need to see a name associated with it. You can see some of the most popular brand logo designs and changes they've made over the years in this famous logos reference guide.
With all of that in mind, it's important to create a logo design for your business that not only represents what you do but also one that resonates with your audience as well. To give another example of the many different ways an industry can influence the way logo are created to relate and brand with an audience, let's take a look at some of the top online survey sites from a site like SurveyClarity.
What do you notice about each of the popular survey logo designs below? Not only are they mostly text-based, they are all different variations of GREEN! WebPageFX.com says the following about the color green in logo design:
Green is Youthful and Earth-Friendly: Health – Tranquility – Freshness. Green represents growth, and evokes a feeling of relaxation and healing. It is the color of healthy vegetation, so it reminds viewers of nature and health. It is also associated with money and wealth.
This is something you will see in many different markets. Another great example is the banking or make money space. Many of the banks will have a green or blue feeling to them — which both represent calm, financial, and fresh feelings and emotions. However, many other brands like Twitter and Dell are using BLUE to represent their compani\y logo and brand as well.
Now that you likely have a better understanding of what different colors are being used in logo designs today, you might be thinking about the different styles, variations, and colors you can use within your own company or site design and branding.
Thanks to the "What Type of Logo is Right for You?" infographic below (provided by Designhill), we are going to break down the many components and choices of logo design, and how to best represent your brand.
To get started with the process, you should first decide on if you want a font-based logo or a graphic design. No matter which option you choose, you can tweak both design types to work with whatever style you'd like to go with.
A "Word Mark" logo design is one that is made up of a stylized type font, yet is also original in design. A few good examples of this would be the HBO, NASA and CNN logo. At their core, they are text fonts — but also with a unique and custom design in the process.
After you've given some thought to the different colors, design types, and styles of logos you can create, we recommend you take a look at the new AI-powered logo maker from Designhill. Not only is the tool free to use, it can create an unlimited number of logo designs for you to choose from. Keep scrolling through the designs until you find one that you like, then complete the process by purchasing the fulicensednced version of your logo design, which also comes in a wide range of file types.
How to Find the Right Logo Design for Your Band
As shown in the infographic below, we can answer a few simple questions to see what type of logo you might want to focus your efforts on for your brand. Depending on how you answer each of these questions, you will find a different result for your brand identity.
- Is your business well established?
- Is your business internationally known?
- Do you plan to remain a small business?
- Does your company have a long name?
- Do your company contain a unique word?
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4 Uncommon Design Tricks That Improve User Experience 100%
Everyone's concerned about improving conversion rates. The general consensus is that user experience is the place to start.
There are several ways to improve user experience on your blog. Most strategies center on tweaking the design of your website, but sometimes it's how you organize your navigation. You've probably made basic changes like switching to WordPress or alphabetizing your drop-down menu's items.
Here are some strategies you may not have tried:
1 – Color-code your menus with matching page color schemes
If you're like most bloggers, you probably created a workable color scheme for your site and called it a day. If you want to improve user experience, that's not enough. Consider coordinating the colors between your main menu links and each of your pages.
In an article describing why color-coded, hand-written notes improve efficiency of thought, blogger Kevin Purdy reveals that "color improves recall time for graphs and charts, and can be a very effective performance factor if not overdone." The article also summarizes the work of Michael Tipper, a speaker and consultant on mind mapping and organizational software. Tipper says that color-coding the branches of a mind map stimulates the creative side of your brain, and visually separates distinct themes (which improves recall).
This same idea can be applied to your website for optimal results. Improve user experience by color-coding your main menu with a matching color scheme for each page you link. For instance, Pioneer Seeds implements color coordination extremely well. From one side to the other, all mega menu drop-downs have a unique background color that matches the color scheme of the pages listed within that particular section. There are no complicated color schemes. Each page presents one solid color.
The continuity of matching colors feels good, it's easy on the eyes, and it helps people keep track of what section they're viewing.
2 – Hire a design agency to create a custom design from scratch
The era of templates is here to stay, but not without consequence. Templates are easy and cheap (sometimes free), but they lack the flexibility you need to create an impactful and smooth user experience.
For example, most templates feature a gigantic header that encourages you to create an enormous header you don't need. The most popular templates today force users to scroll endlessly through horizontal sections containing nothing but large icons with a few words underneath. You can change a template, but not without effort and the frustration of having to settle for "good enough." This is especially useful for anyone trying to making their mobile site look similar to their desktop experience. This is best accomplished when having a fully responsive theme in place for all platforms.
A design agency can give you exactly what you want from the beginning. When your website design is created from scratch, you don't have to spend hours tweaking a template only to find out your final tweak – the one that matters most – isn't going to work.
Men With Pens is a well-known design agency that has created custom WordPress themes for years. They specialize in design, and know exactly how to create a better user experience. Their website embodies their expertise in user experience.
Check out their tips for bloggers and see if you notice anything unique about the page design. The design fills the entire page, and the graphics extend outside the lines and boxes. When you land on the page, you're engaged right away. Capturing a visitor's attention is your first priority to improve user experience. If you don't have a user's attention, they won't have an experience at all.
3 – Simplicity
Simplicity never goes out of style. Simplicity in design embraces the approach that "less is more." It's a cliché, but it's true.
Nobody knows simplicity better than Steve Pavlina. He's been publishing articles on his personal blog for over a decade, and until recently, his site was as plain as plain can be. He recently switched to WordPress, but managed to maintain the simplicity responsible for his success.
Simple designs are easier to read, navigate, and interact with. Less menu items, less distractions on the home page, and minimal or no sidebars is what simplicity is all about. A simple design draws attention to what's important.
4 – Create a unique design for mobile
Don't just optimize your website for mobile users. Create a custom design for mobile users based on your original design. When you optimize your existing design for mobile, you often sacrifice important aspects of your desktop design. Using code, you can program your site to display a different design based on a user's device.
Statistics show that 83% of people say a seamless experience across all devices is important. By creating a custom mobile theme based on your existing theme, you give mobile users that seamless experience. It's the best of both worlds. Just be sure to include all of your navigation links. Some people suggest limiting selections for mobile users, but that will crush the seamless experience.
How to Best Prepare Your Site for Design Success!
User experience can be improved not just by tweaking your design, but by applying principles of color, navigation, and organization. Instead of chasing the latest revelation in conversion gimmicks, invest your time and money in fact-based strategies that improve user experience. Shift your focus away from the minutia of testing every tiny design element, and toward creating a psychologically-sound foundation for your users.
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Fotor Photo Editor – The Perfect Graphic Design Tool for Bloggers
As bloggers and content creators, it's important to always have visual content built within our best articles and site designs. Infographics, clip art, stock photos and more… but customized and original images will always grab the most attention.
When it comes to actually creating such visuals, you will have many different options to choose from. Whether you are looking for a free application, one that is browser-based, or even if it's a premium software you need to download and pay for — it's important to know what's out there.
Today we are going to be looking at Fotor photo editor which is a free and powerful tool that lets anyone get started with their own graphic design in just a few short minutes.
This tool allows anyone to start using it through a web browser or even with their mobile application. Whether you need to edit a photo, make a collage, or create a custom and original design, it can all be done through the power of Fotor.
The most popular features of this tool are it's one click filters and fixes that allowed anyone to make their images pop and stand out like never before.
Let's take a look at some of the many benefits to using Fotor photo editor for your website, blog, or just everyday life.
With most people looking to customize their mobile screenshots on photos with a few simple click of a button, and this is exactly what fotor photo editor will allow you to do. It will also allow you to create custom YouTube banners that can be used to liven up your channel as well.
You can see a few of these examples in the screenshot below.
When comparing Fotor to other graphic design applications like Photoshop, you are going to find many similarities, but it's also important to note that premium applications like Photoshop are much more advanced, but also more costly in the process. The software is free to use, you can upgrade to Fotor Pro and find even more upgrade and options available.
What makes this design application and tool great for site owners and bloggers, is that it has a unique set of design tools and features — which are what most content creators are looking. In short, it provides users with what they need, while not overwhelming them in the process.
Fotor also offers a nice selection of design templates to choose from, which makes the process of creating new and original content even easier. These template designs scale across the many different design themes, sizes, and concepts on the site.
In addition to everything else mentioned, there is also a nice collection of resources, guides, and tutorials that can be found on their site blog. Such resources will provide users what the information and walk-through processes to get the most out of Fotor.
If you are currently looking for a new design editor to improve the look and feel of visual content on your site, be sure to give Fotor a try.
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4 Essential Elements of Web Design (No.3 Will Shock You!)
If you're a small business owner take note of these four elements of web design. They're essential for boosting your online presence. Click here for more info!
Have you ever wondered why most business websites tend to look the same? It's like you've seen one and you've seen them all.
The truth is a lot of business owners prefer the easy route. That means going for a website builder, which offers templated designs.
If you want something different, you'll have to go custom. But that takes a lot of time. Plus, you'll have to look for a skilled designer/developer.
Whatever route you choose, you need to understand the elements of web design. After all, it's your website. If you choose to hire a pro, you need to know what to ask for.
And if you opt to DIY it, then you can steer clear of cringe-worthy web design. That said, here are 4 web design elements that will help boost your online presence.
1. User Journey
You can scroll through countless website design guides and you'll never see one that says, "ignore what users think."
Consider mobile apps. Would you download something that's hard to use and has a lot of annoying ads?
When you design your website, put yourself in your visitors' shoes. Is your website hard to navigate? Does it load fast?
But how do you know if your user interface is good? Aside from consistency, it has to be simple, intuitive, responsive, and flexible.
This is why it's good to test different designs first before committing to one. It saves time and eliminates the need for major changes later on.
2. Content
Designing for the web doesn't stop when you have a "pretty" website. Sure, your target customers will appreciate nifty graphics and all. But if your content doesn't offer value, users will leave your website.
Now, this doesn't mean huge blocks of text that will drown your visitors with information. Opt for conciseness. Give your target audience content that's easy to digest so they can process it better.
Depending on what CMS you are using, content creation is usually the easy part. This is especially the case when using platforms like Weebly, WordPress or Wix. Since most of these platforms are drag and drop, it's simply a matter of getting familiar with each platform, and knowing how to create great content. There are no programming or design skills required.
3. Accessibility
Did you just check the title again? If yes, you may be wondering why this would be shocking. Shouldn't this be part of any website designing guide?
The thing is there are plenty of websites that use low contrast for text because it's trendy. But you have to take into account users who have vision problems.
There has to be enough contrast between text and background. And you also need to choose your colors well. You don't want to alienate color-blind and blind users who use assistive technologies.
Some people approach website design as a separate entity from search engine optimization. But there's a way to be strategic about the process so that design elements improve the SEO of your site.
The easiest way would be to outsource to an all-in-one design company such as https://www.databerry.com/. When they build your site, they also take care of the backend coding stuff. This ensures your title tags, meta tags, etc work for better search ranking.
Want to Know More About the Elements of Web Design?
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Plants are at the heart of medical treatment. For centuries they have formed an important part of the materia medica used in different medical traditions. Hence explorers were often plant collectors, and expanding empires tried to acquire and control the cultivation of valuable plants.
The practice continues today. Bioprospecting is the development of traditional medicines as commercial products. Pharmaceutical companies from the developed world often look for chemically active ingredients in traditional remedies, which they can develop into commercial pharmaceutical products.
This is fiercely criticised as 'biopiracy' by those who believe it exploits indigenous knowledge. They point to the fact that companies may attempt to take out a patent on a medicine derived from a traditional cure without recognising the original users. Others argue the huge investment in research and development by pharmaceutical companies gives them this right.
Recent cases have seen agreements between traditional users of a medicine and pharmaceutical companies. For example, hoodia is a plant used by the San people of South Africa as an appetite suppressant when hunting or travelling on long journeys. There were long negotiations between the San and pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which was interested in developing products based on hoodia. The San eventually won the right to royalties from any products based on hoodia.
Related links
Techniques and Technologies:
L Schiebinger, Plants and empire: colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world (Massachuttetes; London: Harvard University Press, 2004)H J Cook, Matters of exchange: commerce, medicine, and science in the Dutch Golden Age (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007)
C Hayden, When Nature Goes Public: The Making and Unmaking of Bioprospecting in Mexico (New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 2003)
R Drayton Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain and the 'Improvement' of the World (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000)
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text: This Made Me Weep Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps September 16, 2009 Thank you Wendy for sharing this.I know what this video means to me, but what does it mean to you? Jesus Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Tabitha Bird said… The people on that train would have died...if it had been me, they would have died. I could not give my son...God gave a lot, hey.More than I could give...More than I can imagine loosing.Beautiful Jess. Thank you. September 16, 2009 at 6:18 AM Diane said… Thanks for sharing. September 16, 2009 at 7:22 AM Author Jessica Nelson said… Tabitha,I know. I really don't think I could do that....:-( That's why I was crying like a baby. The thought of my kids dying, it's not even something I can allow myself to think about. Hi Diane,I'm glad Wendy shared it first. I thought it was pretty powerful. September 16, 2009 at 7:58 AM anita said… Wow. Wow wow wow. Beautiful.Yes, I'm crying like a baby. The most amazing thing of all? That He gave up His most innocent and precious Son for a world filled with sin and selfishness. Just like the people on the train. What a poignant parallel. Thanks for sharing, Wendy and Jessie. A very thought-provoking start to our day. September 16, 2009 at 8:09 AM Author Jessica Nelson said… Hey Anita, I cried too. I don't think I can watch it again, but I sure won't forget it. September 16, 2009 at 8:17 AM Wendy Paine Miller said… Jessica,I'm thoroughly enjoying getting to know you through blogging. Thank you for posting this. It is an important message to spread. You shine with integrity.~ Wendy September 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM Janna Leadbetter said… Sacrafice. It's all about the sacrafice. September 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM Karen Hossink said… I cannot fathom the Father's love for us. His heart is so big and so good and so perfect.I love this video - have seen it before and every time it reminds me of our loving Father. Thank you!BTW, the Florida lizards are something I would love to share with my Joshua. I seriously would love to make a trip down there with him for the express purpose of letting him see them.Well, that and getting a tan. *grin* September 16, 2009 at 10:43 AM Beth Mann said… I saw this on Wendy's site as well...so incredibly moving! What an awesome and loving God we serve! September 16, 2009 at 11:04 AM Dara said… Oh I sobbed like a baby watching it...I knew it was coming because I'd heard that analogy before but I had to watch it.Very powerful and meaningful. September 16, 2009 at 11:13 AM Susan J. Reinhardt said… Hi Jess -What a beautiful, aching picture of God's love for us!Thank you for posting this video, Jess.Blessings,Susan September 16, 2009 at 2:51 PM Candi said… Okay, that just broke my heart...I cried, sobbed really. Things like this make you really think... September 16, 2009 at 4:31 PM Stephanie Faris said… Wow. That was powerful. And VERY hard to watch. September 16, 2009 at 4:34 PM Kathryn Magendie said… Don't know what choice I'd made . . . I really fear I'd have saved my son.But, this just made me feel sad. September 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM Keli Gwyn said… I saw this on Wendy's site yesterday, watched it and cried. With a vivid portrayal of what God did for us. September 16, 2009 at 5:29 PM Jessie Oliveros said… That made me cry...my son crawled up to me just now and started rubbing the tears out of my eyes. I have heard the story before, but seeing it brought it to life much more. It is easy in our day-to-day life to forget the this sacrifice. September 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM Pen Pen said… This made me think of my dad. He is a beautiful person, and just a huge heart. he lost his dad when he was 3, his mom died from a heart attack as he lay next to her when he was 15, and each of his 5 siblings died in a tragic way-like his brother who drowned in the Mississippi saving this kid. Last year, his best friend died, and I walked into the room right after he got the call from his friend's wife. He was crying, and he just crumbled against me. I was so sad for him. I don't know how you could lose one person you love, much less person after person. I'm very thankful to God for giving me him though-He knows what really matters, and tells us every day that he loves us with all his heart. Now I'm crying and it's your fault!! But- This was a beautiful video, and it's message is very real. we are very lucky people. :) September 17, 2009 at 12:51 AM Jennifer Shirk said… Oh, my gosh! That was awesome! I'm crying now, too.What a powerful way to get the message across. September 17, 2009 at 7:26 AM Linda Kage said… Thank you, Jessica. Sometimes, it doesn't matter how much you go to church, read the bible, try to lead a christian life, the power behind the "Passion of the Christ" story doesn't really connect in your brain because it all happened thousands of years ago to people you've only read about. But when you see videos like that, shown in this day and in such relatable circumstances, it makes you step back and look at your life and want to be a better person because Someone gave up their beloved child for you. You want to make it for it for Them. Thanks again. September 17, 2009 at 9:57 AM Linda Kage said… Ugg. I obviously need to take more writing classes. My last line was supposed to something more like, "You want to make their decision worth it for Them." September 17, 2009 at 9:59 AM Post a Comment


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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Fluttering and floating along
Have you been over to the Flutter By challenge blog this month? September is a whole month of fluttering fun in honor of Danni's birthday celebration! Each week there will be give-aways from some of Danni's most favorite companies and the challenges are all OPEN... making it super easy to play along. :)
I was honored when Danni asked if I would be a guest during this special month and I couldn't wait to play. As you know, the Flutter By challenge is all about using butterflies, fairies or angels on your cards and if you hadn't guessed yet, I'm kind of a fan of magical little winged friends. ;)
My way of thinking is that if a butterfly is good, a fairy is always better. LOL! So of course when it came time to create I wanted to find a new little fairy friend that hadn't seen ink yet. In the end though it was printer ink that I used because this adorable new Dandylion Pixie digi from Tiddly Inks was sweetly whispering from my computer files that it was her time to flutter. I agreed so much that I actually printed her off three times in three different sizes so that my card would look like it had a whole whirlwind full of pixies floating around on those dandelion puffs. What a nice farewell to summer that would be. :)
So now it's your turn to join the party! Just remember to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creations and even though it's not a requirement, Danni would LOVE to see some of her favorite things on your cards too... the color pink, lots of sparkle and lots of butterflies or fairies and bright, happy colors!I
I sure hope you'll join us and play along as we'd love to see your creations!Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (Sweet Threads)
digi stamp- Tiddly Inks (Dandelion Pixie)
stamps- Lili of the Valley (dandelion puff), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz old paper distress and Martha Stewart green
Kaiser Craft gems
Tim Holtz tiny tabs and tags die
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53, Y11
clothes- RV14, RV17, RV19, YG01, YG03, G07, BG11, BG34, G000,0
dandelions- E81, Y000, E43, E44
33 comments:
- Juls said...
Hi Amy,
I am playing catch up in blog land at the mo, I have enjoyed having a good nosey round your blog, to check out everything I have missed, as always, such inspirational work!!
I love this one, the images are adorable and I love the soft magical feel you have created!!
Hugs Juls
- September 14, 2011 at 12:14 AM
- copilarim said...
I love the way you've used the digi!!! you actually feel the fairies are flying and have stoped in the frame just for a second, to be captured in a photo:)!!
- September 14, 2011 at 12:22 AM
- Maria Therese said...
So cute ♥
- September 14, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Unknown said...
- September 14, 2011 at 1:10 AM
- Alina said...
lovely card!
- September 14, 2011 at 1:18 AM
- Hlora said...
wow! So funny idea with flying girls)) great job!
- September 14, 2011 at 1:40 AM
- Mette said...
Just fabulous Amy. I wish we could all fly away sometimes on a dandelion :).
Hugs, Mette
- September 14, 2011 at 2:40 AM
- Shazza said...
this is soooo cute Amy, love it. Not hear of this challenge so am off for a nosey at the blog now cos I love fairies, angels and butterrflies x
- September 14, 2011 at 2:45 AM
- Patricia said...
Super cuta love all this fairies flying with her dandelions so clever =)
- September 14, 2011 at 3:36 AM
- callyannc said...
This is so cute! Love it! TFS CallyAnn
- September 14, 2011 at 3:41 AM
- Chelsea said...
Cute image!!
- September 14, 2011 at 4:20 AM
- yvon said...
So stinkin cute. Gorgeous.
Hugs, Yvon
- September 14, 2011 at 4:57 AM
- kris said...
such a sweet, sweet card full of CUTENESS!!!
- September 14, 2011 at 5:21 AM
- Nancy said...
Such an amazingly sweet card!! Love it! We are so pleased to have you joining us this week at Flutter By Wednesday!!
- September 14, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- Annette Allen said...
aww wow this card is amazing... I LOVE IT...
- September 14, 2011 at 6:02 AM
- Crafty Loops said...
I love this card Amy. Theres something very floaty and free about it. Lee x
- September 14, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- Jen Shults said...
This is adorable Amy. I love how you used three different sizes of this adorable pixie and your coloring, as ever, is gorgeous!
- September 14, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- Creations by Shirl said...
Cute, cute cute Amy!
- September 14, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Anna said...
So cute! Love how they are floating on the card. So glad you joined us as a DT at Flutter By Wed!
Anna FBW DT
- September 14, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Danni said...
So very cute!! I am in awe of your cutting skills to cut each one out! Truly one fabulous card!!
Thank you for being my guest this week, I always love having you share your talent with us at FBW!!
- September 14, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- RiNNE said...
Such a sweet and creative card! Love the dandelion puffs and the way you colored them! I played along too using your fairwee Daphne!
- September 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- mfc.melissamade2 said...
Oh Amy - this is fabulous girly!!! I love your Gwen from SOG - she is darling...your eye for color is beautiful!!! I love it - and can I just go on forever about your sweet little Dandylion Pixie from TI!!! So adorable - I'm going to feature this card on Friday's TI post!
- September 14, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- gobeagirl said...
Amy this is really adorable with all three of them taking a ride on their own dandilions. Tooo sweet! As always I love your story and your coloring my friend. hugs, Lisa
- September 14, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Beth aka BR-T said...
Oh this is darling Amy!
- September 14, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Leanne said...
Ahh!! This is so inspiring and fun! love the dandelions and I can totally see little pixies flying with them in the wind! Congrats on your guest spotlight for FBW, I know you will have some really wonderful inspirations for us. Pretty bg paper. Very sweet! ;)
- September 15, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- Iverova said...
This is so cute postcard!!!
- September 16, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- ccroll said...
Amy, you always astound me. :) Love this!!! And how you made them look like they are floating around....perfect! This is exactly what I had in mind when I drew this...heehee
- September 16, 2011 at 4:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow I can't believe I've been away so long... yea trying to catch up today a bit! So glad I didn't miss this one, it is really gorgeous, love it xxx
- September 17, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- DonnaMundinger said...
Amy, this is just precious! Love how they're floating! xxD
- September 17, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Michelle VP said...
This is totally adorable! Love that you printed three of the same image in different sizes for your card - and I can see why this one was calling you - so sweet! Love that you joined us at FBW this week. :)
- September 17, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Cindy H. said...
What a happy and adorable card!! Love the little faeries with the dandelions.
- September 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM
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- September 22, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- Larissa said...
Such a sweet and adorable card!
- September 26, 2011 at 1:15 AM


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This document explains how to connect your Arduino board to the computer and upload your first sketch.
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In this tutorial, we assume you're using an Arduino Duemilanove, Nano, or Diecimila. If you have another board, read the corresponding page in this getting started guide.
You also need a standard USB cable (A plug to B plug): the kind you would connect to a USB printer, for example. (For the Arduino Nano, you'll need an A to Mini-B cable instead.)
Photos by SparkFun Electronics.
Get the latest version from the download page.
When the download finishes, unzip the downloaded file. Make sure to preserve the folder structure. Double-click the folder to open it. There should be a few files and sub-folders inside.
Connect the Arduino board to your computer using the USB cable. The green power LED (labelled PWR) should go on.
If you're using an Arduino Diecimila, you'll need to make sure that the board is configured to draw power from the USB connection. The power source is selected with a jumper, a small piece of plastic that fits onto two of the three pins between the USB and power jacks. Check that it's on the two pins closest to the USB port.
The Arduino Duemilanove and Arduino Nano automatically select the appropriate power source.
When you connect the board, Windows should initiate the driver installation process (if you haven't used the computer with an Arduino board before).
On Windows Vista, the driver should be automatically downloaded and installed. (Really, it works!)
On Windows XP, the Add New Hardware wizard will open:
You can check that the drivers have been installed by opening the Windows Device Mananger (in the Hardware tab of System control panel). Look for a "USB Serial Port" in the Ports section; that's the Arduino board.
Double-click the Arduino application.
Open the LED blink example sketch: File > Examples > Digital > Blink.
You'll need to select the entry in the Tools > Board menu that corresponds to your Arduino. For newer Arduino boards with an ATmega328 (check the text on the chip on the board), select Arduino Duemilanove or Nano w/ ATmega328. Previously, Arduino boards came with an ATmega168; for those, select Arduino Diecimila, Duemilanove, or Nano w/ ATmega168. (Details of the board menu entries are available on the environment page.)
Select the serial device of the Arduino board from the Tools | Serial Port menu. This is likely to be COM3 or higher (COM1 and COM2 are usually reserved for hardware serial ports). To find out, you can disconnect your Arduino board and re-open the menu; the entry that disappears should be the Arduino board. Reconnect the board and select that serial port.
Now, simply click the "Upload" button in the environment. Wait a few seconds - you should see the RX and TX leds on the board flashing. If the upload is successful, the message "Done uploading." will appear in the status bar. (Note: If you have an Arduino Mini, NG, or other board, you'll need to physically present the reset button on the board immediately before pressing the upload button.)
A few seconds after the upload finishes, you should see the pin 13 (L) LED on the board start to blink (in orange). If it does, congratulations! You've gotten Arduino up-and-running.
If you have problems, please see the troubleshooting suggestions.
You might also want to look at:
The text of the Arduino getting started guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Code samples in the guide are released into the public domain.


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SNOW HILL – A sentencing hearing set for this week for the man accused in the stabbing death of a West Ocean City woman in April was postponed, forcing the convicted murderer to wait two more weeks to find out his fate.
In October, Roberto Antonio Murillo, 29, of West Ocean City, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cecilia Dea Parker, 56, of Ocean City, but his sentence was delayed pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation. Murillo was scheduled to be sentenced this Tuesday, Dec. 23, but the hearing was postponed until Jan. 5.
Murillo formally entered a plea of not guilty in October, but agreed on the statement of facts in the case as part of a plea arrangement between state prosecutors and his attorneys. Circuit Court Judge Theodore Eschenberg then found Murillo guilty of first-degree murder, but did not sentence the convicted murderer that day and instead ordered a pre-sentence investigation for the Honduran national, which is normal protocol in capital cases.
Before accepting Murillo's plea, Eschenberg, through an interpreter, carefully went through a series of questions to the defendant ensuring he understood what he was pleading to and that he was not coerced or threatened into agreeing to the plea. The judge explained to the defendant he is facing life in prison without the opportunity for parole for at least 15 years and that he would be deported out of the country if and when he was ever released from prison.
During the plea hearing, State's Attorney Joel Todd read into the record the agree-upon statement of facts including that the victim had been stabbed 21 times. On April 21, Maryland State Police and the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation responded to Parker's residence in the Mystic Harbor community in West Ocean City for a reported homicide and discovered her body.
According to the statement of facts, Parker hired Murillo to do some landscaping around her residence, and when she returned home from work around 4:30 p.m. on April 20, she saw Murillo outside his residence, across the street from her home, and waved him over so she could make the final payment to him. Murillo then went over to Parker's house where he obtained a check from the victim for the rest of the work and returned to his own residence.
According to the statement of facts, Parker's parents and other family members visited her at her home on April 20 and left around 7 p.m. Some time after 7 p.m., Murillo returned to Parker's home. According to Murillo's own statement of the events, he returned to Parker's home when he realized the check she had given him for the landscaping work had not been signed.
According to Murillo's statement, Parker took the unsigned check and went back toward a bedroom, presumably to get a pen and sign the check. Murillo told police Parker returned and told him to get out or she would call the police and tell them he was trying to rob her.
At this point, a physical altercation broke out between Parker and Murillo, according to police reports, and at some point, Murillo produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the side. The fight continued for several minutes with the victim ultimately succumbing to multiple stab wounds to her front and back.
In brief testimony following the reading of the statement of facts, Todd asserted the pre-meditation element of the first-degree murder charge was met because each and every stabbing of the victim after the initial one was done with malice and intent.
Also during the plea hearing, it came to light how Murillo was ultimately developed as a suspect in the crime. As a matter of routine, detectives in a homicide case often interview neighbors to see if they heard or saw anything, and in this case, those interviews included Murillo, who lived across the street and diagonally from the victim's home. During that initial interview, it was discovered Murillo was an illegal alien and he was taken to the state police barrack in Berlin for processing on that separate issue.
While Murillo was in custody at the state police barrack, detectives noticed a variety of injuries to his hands and person. His DNA was later discovered at Parker's home including under the victim's fingernails. When questioned further, Murillo agreed to talk and ultimately confessed to the crime and laid out the details of the events in what turned out to be a statement of over 180 pages.
In brief testimony following the reading of the statement of facts, Todd asserted the pre-meditation element of the first-degree murder charge was met because each and every stabbing of the victim after the initial one was done with malice and intent. However, Murillo's attorney E. Scott Collins argued the element of premeditation could not be proven in the case to no avail. After listening to the testimony, Eschenberg found Murillo guilty of first-degree murder.


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Our road trip to meet Matt Holliday
Yesterday, Ballhawk Shawn (click here for his blog) and I made a road trip down to Rosemont, Illinois to meet Matt Holliday. I wanted to go because a few years back, I caught Holliday's 19th career home run at PNC Park.
Of the 47 game home run baseballs I have snagged over the years, only 25 I've had signed by the players that hit them.
Make it 26…
Matt Holliday was laid back and cool (he was getting paid to be there) and was more than happy to inscribe the date (July 22, 2005) and the career # (19th Career HR).
He seemed interested that I had presented an actual game home run of his (probably doesn't happen often) to be signed.
Here's a picture of me with the burly slugger…
Here's Future Star Ballhawk Shawn with Matt Holliday…
This day I would also meet Hall of Famer Paul Molitor. Being the Brewers fan that I am, I couldn't turn down the opportunity to meet "Molly" again.
Here's Pauly signing my 1982 World Series baseball…notice I'm keeping a watchful eye 🙂
Finally, here's Paul Molitor posing with The Happy Youngster…he doesn't seem too interested, does he)?
Good times had by all!
Here's a random picture of my daughter and I (and Dora the Explorer) in the Brewers dugout this past baseball season…
because she's so freakin' cool!


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South Korea probes Samsung over Apple antitrust complaints
(Reuters) - South Korean regulators are investigating complaints filed by Apple Inc that Samsung Electronics Co is abusing its dominant position in wireless technology, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday.
Rivals Apple and Samsung are locked in patent disputes in 10 countries, as they vie for market share in the booming mobile industry.
Apple won a landmark victory last month after a U.S. jury found the South Korean firm had copied key features of Apple's iPhone, awarding Apple $1.05 billion in damages. The jury decided Apple had not violated any of Samsung's patents.
The FTC is investigating whether Samsung is unfairly competing in the market by abusing its dominance in wireless technology patents. Apple filed its complaints earlier this year, said an FTC official, who is not authorized to talk to the media.
European Union regulators have also been investigating Samsung for possible breaches of antitrust rules by accusing rivals of infringing its technology patents.
Samsung pledged in 1998 to license its 3G patents to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. Samsung said it has at all times met its obligations to the fair licensing of its telecoms standards-related patents.
Apple was not immediately available to comment.
(Reporting by Miyoung Kim)


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Salem, Our Community
The framework for developing all the categories of spending in the local community was based on the study "Estimating the Impact of a College or University on the Local Economy," by J. Caffrey and H. Isaacs, American Council on Education, 1971.
- The authors developed an economic model to estimate cash flow from the college or university to the local community, using data from several colleges across the country.
- Payroll expenditures were obtained directly from WU payroll records of employees residing inside or outside the two counties.
- Direct spending for purchases to the University from local businesses was obtained from WU financial records. Faculty and student spending was estimated using a formula obtained for the above mentioned ACE study, based on employee and student records and estimations of spending patterns. Visitor spending was estimated using Willamette records of visitor attendance at major functions and Salem Chamber of Commerce estimates of spending per day from visitors to the area. Estimates of spending by WU alumni were based on U.S. Census records of average income difference between college and non-college graduates and Willamette records of numbers of graduates living in the two-county area.
- Property tax estimates are based on WU records of how many employees live in the two-county area and county estimates of the number of homeowners and the average property tax.
- Counts of visitors and spending are based on Willamette event scheduling records and Salem Chamber of Commerce statistics on average spending for visitors to the area.


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Apple iPhone 6 Plus 16GB SilverTired of squinting at the sub-5" Apple handsets? Well you don't have to do that any longer. With the fabulous iPhone 6 Plus, bigger really is better. And because Apple have decided to innovate their usually blockier-design into something more sleek and rounded, you'll also be upgrading to a handset that is not only premium in the way it works, but in the way it looks, too. More...
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As this larger handset has much more screen real-estate, Apple had to ensure that its users still got the same sharp quality as the smaller handsets. The iPhone 6 Plus has a full HD display, with great viewing angles, which means that watching your favourite Youtube videos and TV shows is an actual joy. You'll wonder how you ever managed with a smaller screen!
A bigger handset means better hardware to keep up, and Apple certainly haven't skimped on putting the best they have to offer inside this sleek new phone. The iPhone 6 Plus has a 1.39GHz dual-core A8 processor with 1GB of RAM.
Still sporting the premium, brushed metal and seamless glass chassis and screen, the iPhone 6 also has two bands of plastic across the top and bottom of the back casing. This adds an element of style to the handset, and has the added benefit of allowing for more reliable call quality, thanks to the ease at which phone signals penetrate the two plastic strips compared to a fully-metal casing.
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- Max. talk time: Up to 24 hours
- Primary Camera Flash: Dual-LED
- Primary Camera max. video resolution: Full HD / 1080p (1920x1080)
- Primary Camera resolution: 3264 x 2448
- Secondary Camera: 1.2 Megapixels
- Bluetooth: 4.0 with A2DP, LE
- Connector: Lightning
- GPS: A-GPS and GLONASS
- Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Display Pixel density: 401 ppi
- Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Display Size: 5.5"
- Display Type: IPS
- Mobile hotspot: Yes
Memory and Software
- Internal memory: 64GB
- Memory card slot: None
- Processor: 1.4 GHz Dual-core
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Serving the State of Oregon & SW Washington, costumed members formed as part of the Rebel Legion to restore freedom to the galaxy from followers of the dark side of the Force.
We are a premier costuming group representing the "Good Guy" characters in costumes from the Star Wars universe. Our mission is to provide film quality, life-like characters for fans to witness in the real world, to help support of local and national charities, and for photo family fun.


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The Ferrum College Information Services home page has been relocated to the new
Panther Portal!
If you are not redirected to Panther Portal in 30 seconds, click HERE.
Current students, faculty and staff should now use Panther Portal for access to webmail, WebAdvisor, the new iAssistant, ANGEL, etc.
Retirees needing to access their webmail accounts can do so by clicking HERE
Alumni needing to access their Ferrum College email account can do so by clicking HERE.


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Transmission Axle Seal Installation Tool
This is a precision cut piece of solid plastic stock to aid in the installation of axle seals. Axle seals are generally very difficult to install without damaging the shape of the steel case. This tool allows you to drive in new seals with an even pressure all the way around. The depression is machined to keep the tool perfectly centered on the new axle seal. It will not shift and move off to one side. No more ruined axle seals with this tool.
Axle Seal Tool
If you have ever tried to replace an axle seal in a Pontiac Fiero transmission you will already know how difficut that can be to do without ruining the new seal(s)!!
I do not offer free shipping.
Because I use postal flat rate boxes for heavy orders there is no program that can add the proper amount of shipping to every order. So all shipping is added manually by myself after you place your order. That is explained here: Shipping added later explanation
When you place an order the shipping amount will show $0.00. Soon after you place an order you will receive an email confirmation that shows the amount of shipping that was added to your order.
Shipping: Shipping: $9.00 Midwest USA
Final shipping cost is determined by weight of the item(s) and distance from Milwaukee, WI. Shipping prices quoted are for items shipped to the Midwest area in the USA. If you are ordering a single item or multiple items the total shipping price is determined after you place the order. I try to keep my shipping prices to a minimum and use Postal Flat Rate boxes whenever I can utilize them for an order.
Shipping to areas outside of the USA: Generally I ship postal air first class mail. Shipping varies depending on what country they are going to. It ranges from $18.25 to Canada to $24 or more to Australia etc.