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Our Past
Coral Gables' unique past is evident today, not only in the preservation of its architecture and landmarks, but in the spirit of its residents and the philosophy that guides its government.
George Merrick drew from the Garden City and City Beautiful movements of the 19th and early 20th century to create in 1925 one of the nation's first fully-planned communities. Incorporating secluded residential enclaves and commercial areas inspired by the architectural style of the Mediterranean, Merrick envisioned a City that would offer every amenity to its residents and at the same time would become a center for international business. In every respect, Merrick's dream has come true.
The same principles that made Coral Gables a success at its inception guide the City's current policies. The community's and the City's emphasis on protecting the residential sectors, preserving the natural environment and maintaining an international flavor are all long-standing traditions.
In addition, in 1973 Coral Gables was one of the first cities in Florida to adopt a Historical Resources Ordinance, creating a Historical Resources Board and establishing a procedure for local landmark designations. Since then, the past has also been preserved in the form of buildings — significant either because of their architecture or because of the historic events or important figures associated with them.
Today, Coral Gables boasts one of only three National Landmarks in Miami-Dade County: The Biltmore Hotel, designated in 1996. There are also nine properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including Coral Gables Merrick House, Venetian Pool and Coral Gables City Hall, as well as over 1300 locally designated properties.
Our Present
In the past three decades, the City has experienced healthy growth, which has bolstered the economic base. Today, Coral Gables is home to approximately 155 multinationals and 26 consulates and trade offices. It is also known as the Fine Dining Capital of South Florida and has the highest concentration of live theater in Miami-Dade County. Growth in the commercial sector has brought a wealth of new activities for residents, including nighttime entertainment, live music, casual and fine dining, and new retail options. It has also helped maintain low property taxes. At the same time, the residential areas have remained protected from commercial intrusion.
The City supports both the residential and business sectors with excellent City services, having attained the highest possible standards in every field. In fact, Coral Gables is the only City in the State of Florida and one of only two cities nationwide to have a Class 1 Fire Department, a fully-accredited Police Department, and the highest awarded Building and Zoning Department rating. In addition, Coral Gables has been named a "Tree City USA" for 26 consecutive years; it has an award-winning Communications Division and offers one of the most comprehensive Parks and Recreation programs in the state.
"The Building of Coral Gables has not been a thing of the moment, but a wonderful monument that will as solidly endure as does the everlasting coral upon which it is founded." - George Merrick, 1926
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As I type this up from my perch in Houston -- an area more at risk for a meteor impact than a major earthquake -- learning of one of the first ever, "earthquake advisories" issued for Los Angeles sounds like something out of the movies. Geologists with the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (CEPEC) say a 7.0 could hit at any moment either today or tomorrow.
The reason for the hype? A large grouping of micro-quakes have occurred with high frequency -- one after another -- under the Salton Sea, a lake located directly on the San Andreas fault southeast of Los Angeles. Earth scientists say this, "swarm" of quakes could act like the wick to a firework, triggering the infamous San Andreas fault to unleash a historic and devastating 7.0+ quake right through our nation's 2nd largest city. The San Andreas fault typically shakes once every 200 years, but according to geological history it hasn't since the 17th century. If 1680 was the last big one, LA is about 136 years overdue!
Living the dream in Southern California knowing this could happen any minute between now and Tuesday. Thanks #EarthquakeAdvisory. pic.twitter.com/YojGs9bE4B— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) October 1, 2016
We've only popularly speculated what could happen in summertime blockbusters like, "San Andreas" with The Rock and in B-movies like, "10.0 Earthquake" (which was actually pretty entertaining.) While the state of California wouldn't separate from the continent and while LA would not be sent plummeting into the sea, its countless warehouses, movie studios, cinder block buildings, scores of downtown skyscrapers, its theme parks and bridges -- all could break apart with debris falling to the streets below. A 7.0 in LA would mean that that the ground could shake for one minute straight, with violent aftershocks for days after. Fires from broken natural gas lines, impassible roads from fallen overpasses, and general mayhem would result in looting and general anarchy. The National Guard would have to swoop in -- like ASAP -- in a huge mobilization.
If LA does get a huge earthquake, it'll be horrible -- but scientifically, it'll be a landmark in earthquake forecasting. So far, there have been no successful earthquake warnings and consequently millions of lives worldwide have been lost. If they get it right, it'll not only shake up LA, but the whole world.
The chance for this happening today is roughly double what it is on any other day: only 1 in 3000. But, some geologists estimate using this same data says that there's only a 1 in 100 chance in the next day or so! In the real world, that's thankfully still a generally small chance, but if it was going to happen sometimes soon anyway, this would be the time.
With such a high risk why is life going on as usual? Schools haven't closed, work hasn't been canceled and a the largest evacuation in the history of the United States hasn't commenced. Is that a recipe for large scale disaster?
When asked, USGS seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones says,
.@Shanadealton You want to evacuate all SoCal for a 1% chance of an EQ? You'd kill more people in traffic accidents than the EQ would.— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) October 1, 2016
She makes a compelling argument. We certainly saw that in the evacuation of Hurricane Rita when over 100 people died from evacuation-related accidents instead of from the actual hurricane.
Social media provides a nice reflection of how locals are coping, using dark humor to keep a cool head.
when you realize that the big one might hit this weekend and you live in california and your dad is not the rock #EarthquakeAdvisory pic.twitter.com/InI1yl0Zyq— booze girl (@jennyneckdeep) October 1, 2016
So how are folks reacting who believe this will just blow over?
When u live in Cali and hear about the #EarthquakeAdvisory but know that u can't predict earthquakes and you're already numb over the years. pic.twitter.com/L5HczXqhYC— Claudia (@Dollface12089) October 1, 2016
That apathy is exactly why issuing forecasts have been avoided in the past. There was a fear becoming, "the boy who cried wolf" ... or, "chicken little", who said the sky was falling.
If you like what you read, please like me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter, so I can write more daily blogs about Houston weather and worldwide science news.

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Mitt Romney is attempting to establish himself as the Republican presidential candidate with the most credibility on job creation, but the former Massachusetts governor may have trouble defending his record. During Romney's tenure as governor, Massachusetts' job growth was bested by every state in the nation except three, including Hurricane Katrina-devastated Louisiana. As CEO of Bain Capital, Romney profited as five of the companies under his firm's direction went bankrupt, and thousands of workers lost their jobs. One particularly brutal round of firings came back to haunt Romney during his failed 1994 Senate campaign, when laid-off workers protested his candidacy.
Huffington Post: As Governor, "Romney Presided Over One Of The Puniest Rates Of Growth Among The 50 U.S. States." According to the Huffington Post: "[A]s Massachusetts governor from January 2003 to January 2007, Romney presided over one of the puniest rates of employment growth among the 50 U.S. states, at a time the nation's economy was booming." [Huffington Post, 5/31/11]
After First Year With Romney As Governor, Massachusetts Ranked "Dead Last" In Jobs Growth. According to MarketWatch: "How was Romney's performance by his first anniversary? Fiftieth out of fifty. That's right. In Romney's first year in charge, Massachusetts ranked dead last in America in jobs growth." [MarketWatch, 2/23/11]
By The End Of Romney's Term, Massachusetts Still Ranked "Fourth From Last" In Jobs Growth. According to MarketWatch:
The Republican contender was the governor of Massachusetts from January 2003 to January 2007. And during that time, according to the U.S. Labor Department, the state ranked 47th in the entire country in jobs growth. Fourth from last.
The only ones that did worse? Ohio, Michigan and Louisiana. In other words, two rustbelt states and another that lost its biggest city to a hurricane.
The Massachusetts jobs growth over that period, a pitiful 0.9%, badly lagged other high-skill, high-wage, knowledge economy states like New York (2.7%), California (4.7%) and North Carolina (7.6%).
The national average: More than 5%. [MarketWatch, 2/23/11, emphasis added]
"On All Key Labor Market Measures," Massachusetts "Lagged Behind The Country." According to a Boston Globe op-ed by economic researchers at Northeastern University's Center for Market Studies: "On all key labor market measures, the state not only lagged behind the country as a whole, but often ranked at or near the bottom of the state distribution. Formal payroll employment in the state in 2006 was still 16,000 or 0.5 percent below its average level in 2002, the year immediately prior to the start of the Romney administration. Massachusetts ranked third lowest on this key job generation measure and would have ranked second lowest if Hurricane Katrina had not devastated the Louisiana economy. Manufacturing payroll employment throughout the nation declined by nearly 1.1 million or 7 percent between 2002 and 2006, but in Massachusetts it declined by more than 14 percent, the third worst record in the country." [Center for Market Studies op-ed, Boston Globe, 7/29/07]
Romney Approved Raises For State Government Management That Increased Risk Of Worker Layoffs. According to the Boston Globe: "Governor Mitt Romney has quietly approved a pay increase for 2,700 managers across state government, a move that may trigger more layoffs of lower-level workers as the state copes with its bleakest budget in more than a decade. In a confidential memo obtained by the Globe, Romney's human resources chief, Ruth N. Bramson, wrote that the governor granted a 2 percent across-the-board pay raise to managers in part because rank-and-file workers are gaining ground on their bosses through union-negotiated raises. The pay increase for managers, which is retroactive to the beginning of this month, is coming on top of 2.7 percent cost-of-living increases that managers received July 1. About 2,700 managers across the state's executive branch are receiving the additional pay raise, with the cost estimated to approach $3.5 million." [Boston Globe, 7/31/03]
Romney Was CEO Of Bain Capital. From the Boston Globe:
Throughout his 15-year career at Bain Capital, which bought, sold, and merged dozens of companies, Romney had other chances to fight to save jobs, but didn't. His ultimate responsibility was to make money for Bain's investors, former partners said.
Much as he did when running for Massachusetts governor, Romney is now touting his business credentials as he campaigns for president, asserting that he helped create thousands of jobs as CEO of Bain. [Boston Globe, 1/27/08]
Companies Acquired By Romney's Firm Cut Thousands Of Jobs, And Several Ended Up In Bankruptcy. According to Politico:
- In 1992, the firm acquired American Pad & Paper. By 1999, the year Romney left Bain, two American plants were closed, 385 jobs had been cut and the company was $392 million in debt.
The next year, Ampad was forced into bankruptcy.
- Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs bought Dade International for about $450 million in 1994.
The firm quickly fired or relocated at least 900 workers. Over the next several years, it sunk increasingly into debt and laid off 1,000 workers.
In 2002 - after Romney had left Bain - it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- A 1997 buyout ofLIVE Entertainment for $150 million resulted in 40 layoffs, roughly one in four of the company's 166 workers.
The job cuts affected all aspects of the company, from production and acquisition to legal and public relations.
- In 1997, Bain bought a stake in DDI Corp., a maker of electronic circuit boards.
Three years later, Bain took the company public and collected a $36 million payout.
But by August 2003, the company filed for bankruptcy protection, laying off more than 2,100 workers.
Four months after the bankruptcy, unhappy shareholders sued company executives, the initial public offering underwriters and Bain for mismanaging the IPO and failing to disclose company financial information. (Romney was not named in the suit.) [Politico, 1/18/08]
New York Post: Romney "Made Fortunes By Bankrupting Five Profitable Businesses." According to the New York Post:
Romney said:
He was not involved in decisions to take distributions from two Bain Capital businesses that later failed. New York Times, June 3, 2007
"People in America want to know who can get 15 million people back to work."
Romney did:
Owned a controlling interest in Bain Capital when it took payments from five companies that later failed.
Made fortunes by bankrupting five profitable businesses that ended up firing thousands of workers. [New York Post, 2/20/11, emphasis original]
Former Romney Colleague: "They're Whitewashing His Career Now. ... We Had A Scheme Where The Rich Got Richer." According to the Los Angeles Times:
During Romney's tenure at Bain Capital, outside experts say, most of the companies he and his colleagues helped manage ended up stronger and more profitable. Although exact figures are impossible to obtain, more companies clearly added jobs than cut them.
Some of Romney's colleagues recall him as vain, however, and focused only on the bottom line. They saw him as impatient and unconcerned about those affected by his decisions.
"They're whitewashing his career now," said Marc B. Wolpow, a former managing director at Bain Capital who opposes Romney's White House bid. "We had a scheme where the rich got richer. I did it, and I feel good about it. But I'm not planning to run for office." [Los Angeles Times, 12/16/07]
Boston Globe: Romney Had "Chances To Fight To Save Jobs, But Didn't." According to the Boston Globe: "Romney's decision to stay on the sidelines as his firm, Bain Capital, slashed jobs at the office supply manufacturer stands in marked contrast to his recent pledges to beleaguered auto workers in Michigan and textile workers in South Carolina to 'fight to save every job.' Throughout his 15-year career at Bain Capital, which bought, sold, and merged dozens of companies, Romney had other chances to fight to save jobs, but didn't. His ultimate responsibility was to make money for Bain's investors, former partners said." [Boston Globe, 1/27/08]
Boston Globe: "Romney's Tenure [At Bain] Indicates That Job Growth Was Not A Particular Priority." According to the Boston Globe:
Much as he did when running for Massachusetts governor, Romney is now touting his business credentials as he campaigns for president, asserting that he helped create thousands of jobs as CEO of Bain. But a review of Bain's investments during Romney's tenure indicates that job growth was not a particular priority. [...]
In many cases, such as Staples Inc., the Framingham retailer, and Steel Dynamics Inc., an Indiana steelmaker, the companies expanded and added thousands of jobs. In other cases, such as Ampad and GS Industries, another steelmaker, Bain-controlled companies shuttered plants, slashed hundreds of jobs, and landed in bankruptcy.
But in almost all cases Bain Capital made money. In fact, the firm earned substantially more from Ampad than Staples. Staples returned about $13 million on a $2 million investment; Ampad yielded more than $100 million on $5 million, according to reports to investors. [Boston Globe, 1/27/08]
Under Bain Management, Ampad Workers Were Fired, Benefits And Salaries Were Slashed, And Strikebreakers Were Hired. According to the Los Angeles Times:
Bain Capital had bought a controlling interest in a paper products company called Ampad for $5 million in 1992. Two years later, after Ampad bought a factory in Marion, Ind., the new management team dismissed about 200 workers, slashed salaries and benefits, and hired strikebreakers after the union called a walkout.
"We were just fired," Randy Johnson, a former worker and union officer at the Marion plant, recalled in a telephone interview. "They came in and said, 'You're all fired. If you want to work for us, here's an application.' We had insurance until the end of the week. That was it. It was brutal." [Los Angeles Times, 12/16/07]
Former Ampad Employees Protested Romney's Unsuccessful 1994 Senate Campaign. According to the Los Angeles Times:
In October 1994, [former Ampad worker Randy] Johnson and other striking workers drove to Massachusetts to protest Romney's Senate campaign. "We chased him everywhere," Johnson recalled. "He took good jobs with benefits, and created low-wage, part-time, no-benefit jobs. That's what he was creating with his investments."
At first, Romney tried to justify the Indiana layoffs as necessary in "the real world." He then sought to distance himself, arguing that he took a leave of absence from Bain Capital before Ampad bought the factory. The dispute proved potent, however, and Kennedy trounced him in the election. [Los Angeles Times, 12/16/07]
Ads Showing Unhappy Former Ampad Employees Were "The Back-Breaker" In Unsuccessful 1994 Senate Campaign. According to the Huffington Post:
The back-breaker for Romney was a series of television ads produced by Bob Shrum (author of the book, due out shortly, No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner). Charlie Baker, the Kennedy campaign's senior strategist that year, told The Huffington Post that the ads were designed "to get on the record all sides of Romney's business career" -- a hugely successful leveraged-buyout practice that Romney claimed had created jobs.
The Kennedy campaign discovered that Ampad, a company purchased by Romney's Bain Capital in 1992, had recently bought SCM, an office products company in Marion, Indiana. All 350 workers at the SCM plant were laid off, then offered their jobs back at reduced wages. They went on strike. The Kennedy campaign sent a crew to Marion to film the workers. A half dozen ads resulted from the interviews, most of them quoting workers denouncing Romney for lining his pockets at their expense. A women [sic] tells viewers: "I'd like to say to the people of Massachusetts, if you think it can't happen to you, think again, because we thought it couldn't happen here either." Romney nosedived in the polls. [Huffington Post, 5/30/07]
Romney On Ampad Layoffs: "Sometimes The Medicine Is A Little Bitter." According to the New York Times:
But leveraged buyouts often lead to layoffs, a business reality that has impinged on Mr. Romney's political hopes at least once before. In his 1994 campaign for the Senate, Mr. Romney's efforts to unseat Edward M. Kennedy were derailed in part because of accusations that Bain Capital had fired union workers at an Indiana company it controlled. Mr. Kennedy's campaign cut a series of commercials, focusing on laid-off workers, that cut to the quick. (Those ads are available on The Huffington Post.) Mr. Romney has said that he had nothing to do with the firings.
In an interview with The Times, Mr. Romney acknowledged that Bain Capital's acquisitions has sometimes led to layoffs, but that he could explain them to voters.
"Sometimes the medicine is a little bitter but it is necessary to save the life of the patient," he said. "My job was to try and make the enterprise successful, and in my view the best security a family can have is that the business they work for is strong." [New York Times, 6/4/07]


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A Washington County grand jury returned an indictment against a truck driver for his part in a fatal 2010 accident.
According to court records, Stephen Sizemore, 55, of East Bernstadt, Ky., has been charged with wanton murder, and the charges were filed because he allegedly forged documents relating to his Department of Transportation physical examination.
Sometimes giving inspires more giving.
Such is the case at St. Catharine College, where a group of student and staff volunteers have inspired others to volunteer.
Last spring, a group of seven students and staff traveled to New Orleans, La., to help homeowners rebuild.
The group collaborated with an organization called Nuns Build, which consists of Dominican Sisters.
The group from SCC was so moved, they decided to share their experience with the rest of the college.
Washington County Clerk Glenn Black had a nice surprise for the fiscal court during the new business portion of its regular scheduled meeting on Monday.
Black presented the county with $75,000, money that was in excess of the operating budget required by the clerk's office.
"We could get used to that," judge-executive John Settles said.
"I just hope we can keep it up," Black said. "I can't guarantee that."
One city employee has been laid off, and the mayor and city administrator indicate that more layoffs are possible.
The Springfield Sun obtained a copy of a letter from Mayor Dr. John Cecconi detailing the layoff.
The letter was addressed from the mayor to former Springfield employee Michael Bonzo, who worked for the city's public works department. The letter, dated March 9, informed Bonzo that he would be laid off, effective immediately, due to budget constraints the city is facing.
The weather finally cleared to be conducive for baseball, and the St. Catharine College Patriots were hoping to warm up as well when they hosted the Campbellsville Tigers in a pair of Mid-South Conference doubleheaders last weekend.
Luther Bramblett's Bat Pats were able to claim only one victory in the four games at Edelen-Haydon Field.
Campbellsville, ranked 17th nationally with a record of 7-9 overall and 4-2 in the MSC, won Saturday's opener 13-7, but the Patriots bounced back to win the nightcap 3-2.
Many local St. Catharine College fans have made the trek to Kansas City to watch the Patriots in today's opening game of the Buffalo Funds NAIA National Tournament.
For those who couldn't make that trip, there is still an option to see J.T. Burton's team play Lindenwood in the opening game.
St. Catharine will have a live feed of the game via the Internet.
That feed will be projected on the large screen in Pettus Auditorium.
There is no charge to watch the game. Tip-off is at 5:30 (EDT).
The St. Catharine College softball team opened Mid-South Conference play last Tuesday with a sweep of the visiting University of the Cumberlands.
Holly Smith's squad saw their conference record evened Saturday when Georgetown claimed two wins at Salt River Electric Field.
The Touchstone Energy All "A" Classic will be changing venues next season.
A press release was sent out recenty from the All "A" Classic announcing that the small-school state tournament will move from McBrayer Arena at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond to the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort next season.
The St. Catharine College Patriots will break new ground this week with their first appearance in the Buffalo Funds NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City.
J.T. Burton's squad will be facing a new opponent as they will meet Lindenwood University in the first round of the 32-team tournament that runs from March 16-22.
The Patriots (22-8) are a 14th seed, which matches the ranking they garnered in the final regular season national poll issued last week. Lindenwood (28-5) was ranked 20th in that final regular season poll.
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We humans have a peculiar relationship with robots. On the one hand, we create them, and they amaze us with their awesomeness. On the other, well, have you ever heard of a little thing called Terminator?
In few instances is our love-hate relationship with our mechanical brethren so fully realized as in this video (below) of a swarm of "nano quadrotors" performing advanced maneuvers. The whole thing is both amazing and chilling, all at once.
The tiny flying robots were developed by KMel Robotics, and the coordination system, which allows the 16 quadrotors to flip, spin, and gather into complex formations, was created by a team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) laboratory.
Of course, this is far from the first time we've seen similar robots doing amazing things. (A quadtrotor playing real-life Pong, anyone?) But it is the first time we've seen them moving in such a sophisticated, militaristic-like fashion.
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Keep them coming Back to top BattleKingGuest Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:22 Post subject: Re: House Map Locutus wrote: Do you think that we should be able to post our house map on the house forum? It would help so that we won't expand into our own house's area. Hi, This is a very bad idea because if there is a spy or two in the house you have a big problem!!! The best idea is to continue sending maps by email and use Adobe SVG to read it!!! Back to top LocutusGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:28 Post subject: Well, now that presents a new element of strategy into the game, now doesn't it? Espionage and sabotage will be more widespread, and it will be like the Cold War all over again. I'll be with the Soviets. Back to top MerthosGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:34 Post subject: There is already a map sharing feature on Maelstroems ToDo list (somewhere in the 20th I think ). It would allow to enable your own view to other members of your house so they can see it in their map. Back to top LocutusGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:01 Post subject: Thanks. Yay Back to top Emperor_ThrawnGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:59 Post subject: lol, if they had of done this a while back, I could have really skrewed templar Back to top ShadowmasterGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 13:01 Post subject: i agree with BattleKing Back to top Emperor_ThrawnGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 13:22 Post subject: Awww that means my spies have to be clever Back to top alphabravoMajorJoined: 15 Feb 2004Posts: 827Location: UK Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 14:57 Post subject: using the latest builds of mozilla/opera or firefox (with mozilla + firefox i mean the LATEST builds... ie 1.0.4+ or 1.0.3+ or Deer Park Alpha 1 or a nightly for firefox and not just the last official releases) svg works fine... however... due to the particulars of the script, and incomplete implication of scripts into the mozilla svg project... the script doesnt work, and due to the requirement of a height and width declaration... they also cant work without modification... or else you will just see the top left "screenfull" i, of course have made a simple script to add the height and width elements, and maeli said in the german forum that it was on the list... but when those are done, firefox has complete ability to run both svg and svgz... and i use it for my kosmor maps regarding the issue of map sharing/merging i have subperfect but useful (will recommence changing the code after my last exam on wednesday) scripts to join maps together (not including radars or WPs on planets) and would expect that maeli's job here would be much simpler - although i use perl and he uses php, and i dont know php, so i cant really say for sure... given that i (or any other user) has to extract the information first and then put it into a map, whereas the original map scripts come from the database, and this should make it different only possible questions would be: different maps = different radar colours? - that's what i use [changing the opacity works here... so you can see all the radars underneath the top one] same thing for planet colours? but firstly... it's maeli's holiday time secondly... im sure there are other more important things (esp if this is about 20th on the list) and thirdly... it's not the end of the world atm... just MUCH MUCH better since the use of SVG maps for people to do it on their own... as they contain actual information, which a bitmap does not /alpha_________________Major alphabravo in the house Thalgados-Sissyhood Back to top LinDzeGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 17:02 Post subject: i would be carefull with that because if u got more then 10 members in your house, there will be at least one spy Back to top BattleKingGuest Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 18:44 Post subject: Mozilla.... alphabravo wrote: using the latest builds of mozilla/opera or firefox (with mozilla + firefox i mean the LATEST builds... ie 1.0.4+ or 1.0.3+ or Deer Park Alpha 1 or a nightly for firefox and not just the last official releases) svg works fine... /alpha Greetings, Why to drive a moped on your Mozilla when you alsa can drive a free spaceship? Here is a link to Mozilla 1.7.8; http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ If you don't trust your IE-Internet Explorer use this free PhaseOut that integrates with all your security; http://www.download.com/PhaseOut/3000-2356_4-10168999.html Here is a link to SVG map reader; http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11832 Remember that after you have installed it you most restart your machine. Then you just have to click on the map attachment you have recived and a new window in your browser will open. You can then see the total map in detail!!! The SVG alsa works with IE-Internet Explorer!!! Good luck++ Back to top LocutusGuest Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:02 Post subject: Wow. This post started with the house map and ended with something about your browser and espionage. Mod: image removed Back to top LocutusGuest Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:38 Post subject: Well perhaps, we could make it so that you can only view so much around your territory for your command tier. Ex: House leader- tier 1, 1st lvl of subs- tier 2, sub's subs-tier 3, etc... The house leader views everything, but his subs view their own territory and about 500ly around it. Tier 3 views 200ly, Tier 4 sees 100, Tier 5 sees nothing. The area revealed is only the area controlled by the house. The house leader could show the whole house map to anyone he wanted to, though. 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Design in São Paulo
Thanks to jet-lag-free time zones and direct flights from half a dozen U.S. cities, getting right to the heart of one of these emerging destinations is easier than ever. In São Paulo, pick up a souvenir with a pedigree in an emerging design-world hotspot.
As the fourth-largest city in the world, São Paulo has rightly earned its reputation as a plate-glass jungle. Skyscrapers are the default choice for the city's architects, and the capital's economic expansion is evident in the ever-present array of steel girders and platforms. But at ground level, there's another story unfolding: São Paulo's population of designers and artists are creating their own distinctly Brazilian landscape, one that's being built by hand with bright colors and organic shapes, and that's increasingly being heralded by the international design scene. "Brazilian designers are starting to compete globally," says Zöe Melo, a Brazilian product developer whose Touch showroom in Los Angeles sells straight-from-São Paulo ceramics and interiors line Estudio Manus, created by Caio de Medeiros and Daniela Scorza. The duo's porcelain cup with ear-shaped handles was selected to be part of the prestigious MoMA Store's Destination Brazil showcase last year, which featured works by 45 Brazilian artists in its New York City shop.
De Medeiros and Scorza set up their workshop in the Vila Madalena district, where many other new boutiques are also clustered (Rua Girassol 310, 011-55/11-3032-0679, ear mug $50). No neighborhood tour would be complete without a stop at 62 Graus, an airy space that carries Japanese-Brazilian artist Rachel Hoshino's designs. Drawing on her Japanese background—a common source of inspiration in São Paulo, home to the largest Japanese population outside of Japan—Hoshino applies East Asian brush- and manga-style illustrations to porcelain teapots and paper envelopes (sessentaedoisgraus.com.br, teapot $69). Four blocks away, Calu Fontes turns her attention closer to home, hand-painting motifs of spirits, gods, and saints from the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, popular in the Bahia region of Brazil (where her family is from), onto tiles, plates, and vases (calufontes.com, tile $20). And Cynthia Gyuru, the designer behind whimsical housewares and accessories line Olá, pays tribute to the spirit of her country through the liberal use of vibrant florals and tropical birds, and an approachable, handmade aesthetic (olaloja.com.br, decorative clipboard $23). "To mix things—people, materials, cultures—is very Brazilian," says shop owner Tatiana Ammar. She should know: Her hybrid boutique-café, Reciclamundo, deals in painted-glass lanterns, local women's fashion lines, resin jewelry, and banana cake, among other things (Rua Harmonia 303, 011-55/11-3032-9856, banana cake slice $5).
A similar eclecticism is on display in the 121-room Pergamon Hotel in the city center, about two miles away (pergamon.com.br, from $130). Its library is stocked with Brazilian art books, and in the lobby, a tall, tilting, ladderlike wood sculpture by artist Marcelo Silveira stands out against a collection of low, glass-topped tables and sleek banquettes—just one more example of a graceful meeting of the natural and the manufactured.
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Lindsay Lohan's father attempted to stage an intervention at the star's Los Angeles home on Friday after growing concerned about her lifestyle amid reports she missed a voice recording session for her new movie "The Canyons."
Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis hit out at the "Mean Girls" star online on Thursday and appeared to suggest Lohan, who portrays lead character Tara in the forthcoming thriller, had skipped an automatic dialogue replacement (ADR) appointment for the film.
Her representative insisted the actress simply had to change her busy schedule to accommodate the promotion of her new Elizabeth Taylor TV biopic, telling Hollyscoop.com, "Lindsay did not miss anything. (She) has started promoting 'Liz & Dick' and her schedule had to be changed. That's all."
But the initial reports prompted Michael Lohan, who has a strained relationship with his daughter, to visit the star's Beverly Hills home on Friday to check on her wellbeing.
He tells E! News that a man who called himself the actress' boyfriend wouldn't let him enter the property – but the 26 year old has since dismissed the allegation.
In a post on her Twitter page, she writes, "I don't have a boyfriend. I have Chanel, Hermes and diamonds."
A representative for Lohan has declined to comment on the incident.
The latest Lohan drama comes a week after the star dismissed rumors suggesting she had slipped back into her wild ways following weeks of headline-grabbing antics and insisted she is sober.
She was arrested in New York last month for allegedly clipping a pedestrian with her car, and she also accused a man of assaulting her in a dramatic scene at a hotel in the city. Lohan hit headlines again earlier this month after cops were called to her family home in Long Island to investigate allegations an argument with her mother, Dina, had turned nasty.


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Growing up, the one thing I looked forward to most on Christmas morning was opening my stocking. At the crack of dawn my sister and I would rush downstairs to the fireplace where our stockings hung to find out what treasures and trinkets awaited us. Now that I'm all grown up (or so I like to say), I love shopping for creative stocking stuffers for my friends and family – pocket-sized goodies that are a bit quirky and unexpected, but still practical. Below are some of the items on my list this year…what's on your holiday shopping list?
1. For my sister – L'Occitane Hand Indulgences Trio. This limited-edition set comes with three shea butter hand creams inspired by Africa; Desert Rose (Morocco), Hibiscus Flower (Egypt) and Cocoa Flower (Ivory Coast).
2. For mom – Kate Spade pouch. A glitzy way to help mom dress up her cosmetics without being too over the top.
3. For my colleagues – Rad and Bad Sticky Flags. An edgy take on the boring office item, these sticky notes let you flag things 'Hot or Not,' 'Dope or Nope,' 'Mack or Wack.'
4. For the jet-setter – Coach Travels Key Ring. Remind your on-the-go friend of places she's been…or wants to go!
5. For the glamour girl – Essie Cocktail Bling. The name says it all – a cool and stylish color for the winter months.
6. For roommates – Marc by Marc Jacobs Heart Earbuds. A sneaky (and chic!) way for her to make the switch from those blaring iPod speakers to more apartment-friendly headphones.
7. For me! – honeydew intimates. Sexy and comfy at the same time!


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I actually really love this swimming suit. It fits well and is very flattering. I wish the bottoms had more slimming elastic to hold the mommy pooch in, but other than that I like the color and fit quite nice.
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Grassley spox blasts Obama 'hypocrisy' on Lew, Pritzker
Chuck Grassley's spokeswoman got back to us late yesterday to comment on a post questioning her boss's differing reactions to offshore-ing by Penny Pritzker and Hank Paulson.
Jill Kozeny hit back hard, saying the Iowa Republican only called out the Commerce nominee/Chicago billionaire because President Obama has slammed others (Read: Romney) for seeking out overseas tax shelter.
Her statement:
The point is that President Obama has made offshore bank accounts a major political issue, so it's hypocritical of him to nominate cabinet secretaries – Treasury and now Commerce – who have benefited from them. It's hypocrisy on President Obama's part. And, not to worry, Sen. Grassley scoured Hank Paulson's records. The Pritzker ally saying otherwise hasn't done his or her homework. Sen. Grassley also spent a great amount of time questioning Paulson about his work with the nonprofit Nature Conservancy, and then-nominee Paulson answered the questions in the public record.
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Choosing the right umbrella girl is a long and arduous process. It doesn't have to be that way, but why would you want to rush through such a delightful process? And for the Italian GP at Mugello, the role of the umbrella girl is big business. After all, who doesn't like a scantily clad women holding a canopoy more than the Italians?
Getting ready for the GP this weekend, various teams have made a spectacle out of their "talent" search, with competitions and club events looking for Miss Right.


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Ashley Greene: 'There will be no more Twilight for me'
TWILIGHT star ASHLEY GREENE has ruled out a possible return to the movie franchise, insisting there is nowhere for her character to go.
As The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 opens in cinemas around the world and brings the movie adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's book trilogy to a close, Greene is adamant Alice Cullen won't be back for a potential fifth film.
She tells The Hollywood Reporter, "At first I thought that I would (be up for a return) but I feel like I've had such an experience and we're kind of ending at the top of our games. I'm so content with the experience I've had that I wouldn't want to do it again.
"I think that someone else should be able to experience this. And I'm definitely getting older, as much as I don't want to say it. Vampires don't age. So, by the time that they re-did it, I wouldn't be right for Alice anymore."


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U.S. Labor Market Slows Its Stride
Employers Notch 120,000 Jobs, Amid Still-Fragile Recovery
U.S. employers throttled back hiring last month, undermining views that the recovery was gaining momentum but stirring investors' hopes of further steps by the Federal Reserve to spur the economy.
The government's main snapshot of the labor market showed employers added 120,000 jobs in March, half the upwardly revised number of the month before. That snapped a three-month streak of 200,000-plus jobs growth, the economy's best showing since 2006. There were bright spots: Wages inched up and governments cut just 1,000 jobs, suggesting the drag from big public-sector cutbacks is easing.
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But mostly, the picture was disappointing at a time when all eyes are on the U.S. to help keep global growth humming. The jobless rate, which is obtained from a separate survey of households, edged down to 8.2% from 8.3%, its lowest point in three years. However, that decline was due less to new hiring than people abandoning their job searches.
Friday's report stirred fears of a repeat of what happened in the early part of the past two years, when signs of strength petered out as months ticked by. Consumers increased their borrowing in February, Federal Reserve data showed Friday, but use of credit cards dropped for the second month, suggesting a pullback on some expenses. But most economists cautioned it was too soon to conclude that a slowing trend is under way. Private economists and the Federal Reserve have predicted that job creation would moderate this year, given that overall demand growth remains subdued and the economy faces challenges such as higher oil prices.
Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe were closed for Good Friday but prices of futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank on the employment news, sending investors scrambling into bonds as the value of the dollar fell.
The weak report is likely to revive hope among investors that the Federal Reserve will do more to stimulate the economy later this year. However, the report by itself likely didn't send a strong-enough signal about the economy to spur a change in the Fed's stance. The central bank has indicated plans to keep short-term interest rates near zero into 2014 but reluctance to add to its unconventional bond-buying programs unless the outlook clearly deteriorates or inflation slows. The bond-buying programs are meant to drive down long-term interest rates and encourage spending and investment.
?Friday's reading suggests the job market hasn't been quite as robust as earlier reports indicated, but doesn't point to a stall. Moreover, wage growth seemed to be firm. It was up 2.1% in March from a year earlier, right around the Fed's inflation objective of 2%. Taken together, the data suggest that while more action by the Fed to boost growth is still possible, the central bank likely hasn't moved strongly in that direction.
The report also added fuel to the presidential race. President Barack Obama, speaking Fridayat a White House event on women and the economy, zeroed in on private-sector growth to try to capture a more positive snapshot of the jobs outlook than the one reflected in the overall March report. He noted that 4 million private-sector jobs have been created in the past two years and more than 600,000 in the past three months.
"We welcome today's news that our businesses created another 121,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked down," Mr. Obama said. "But it's clear to every American that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we've got a lot more work to do."
The economy is the centerpiece challenge for Mr. Obama in his re-election fight. His likely Republican opponent this November, Mitt Romney, has criticized his handling of the economy, and on Friday Republicans emphasized that the tick down in the unemployment rate was largely due to people dropping out of the work force. Mr. Romney issued a statement Friday saying "the Obama economy is not working" and after having three years to fix it "the president's excuses have run out." The former Massachusetts governor's charges were echoed by Republicans in Congress. House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) in a statement said the report shows that businesses are struggling "because of President Obama's failed economic policies."
Administration officials pushed back against the criticism and accentuated the positives in the report. Gene Sperling, director of the White House National Economic Council, said private-sector growth over the last several months has exceeded White House estimates.
Hiring was lackluster in many industries. Retail-store employment dropped by 34,000, despite a recent rise in consumer spending, while construction payrolls fell by 7,000. Temporary-help jobs, often a bellwether of the job market's direction, fell by 7,500 after rising by nearly 55,000 in February.
"This serves as a big reality check for folks that were thinking that economic growth had ratcheted up to the point where the Federal Reserve didn't need to worry so much," said Mark Vitner, economist at Wells Fargo Securities.
To be sure, the government's jobs figures are volatile and subject to significant revisions. Some economists said mild winter weather and quirks in the government's methods for adjusting for seasonality may have pushed the jobs estimates artificially higher at the start of the year, making a drop-off inevitable.
The weak report could provide an answer toa question that has perplexed economists for months: Why is the employment picture improving so rapidly when economic growth is sluggish? Friday's report suggests more economicgrowth may be required for further gains in employment to be sustainable.
One bright spot was manufacturing jobs, which rose by 37,000, led by the auto and auto-parts industries. Honda Motor Co. is investing $800 million in new plants in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama, with its Lincoln, Ala., plant adding 140 jobs, said Edward Miller, a spokesman for Honda. "We see the economy improving," he said.
But companies and consumers are likely to proceed cautiously given the risk of renewed economic woe.
Paul Sayler, sales manager at Milbank Ford & Mercury Inc., a car dealership in Milbank, S.D., said he is seeing "tremendous traffic" of customers looking to buy new cars. Two weeks ago, his 11-person firm held a meeting to decide whether to ramp up hiring to meet the demand. But they decided against it.
"I'm a pessimist," the 37-year-old Mr. Sayler said. He worries that rising gasoline prices will eventually snuff out demand for cars the way it did in 2008. "Obviously we're hoping that doesn't happen."
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A woman angry with her live-in boyfriend grabbed his clothes, threw them in a bathtub and set them ablaze, Daytona Beach police said.
DAYTONA BEACH — A woman angry with her live-in boyfriend grabbed his clothes, threw them in a bathtub and set them ablaze, Daytona Beach police said.
And while Jessica Coyle admitted to police that she had done a "stupid thing," her admission also got her arrested and charged with first-degree arson, a report shows.
Coyle told officers she had argued with her boyfriend Richard Johnson just before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday and he left their residence at the 100 block of Taylor Avenue.
There were four children in the house who stayed behind, the report shows.
That's when Coyle, 28, grabbed some of Johnson's clothes, threw them in a tub and doused them with gasoline, the report shows. She set the pile of clothing on fire, but became alarmed when the flames quickly rose and grew into a large inferno, the report shows. Coyle tried to put out the blaze and it was contained to the bathroom, police said. However, the walls and ceilings of both the bathroom and an adjoining hallway were damaged and blackened by smoke.
The four youngsters who witnessed the incident were standing outside when police and firefighters arrived at the residence, the report shows.
The Department of Children & Families was advised of the incident, the report shows.
Coyle, charged with arson of a dwelling and culpable negligence, was released from the Volusia County Branch Jail on Wednesday on $2,000 bail.


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Tumblr made $13 million in revenue in 2012 and hopes to book $100 million in 2013, according to Forbes.
The blogging/social media site spent $25 million on operating expenses in 2012 and expects to spend $40 million this year -- meaning it will hit operating profitability soon if CEO David Karp meets his goals. The company has taken $125 million in funding from its backers.
This is all good news for the company. Tumblr generates about 18 billion pageviews a month. The fact that it has only monetized a tiny fraction of that (through ads and sponsorships), and yet is already trending toward profitability indicates that it could be a powerful business if Karp ever decides to allow advertisers more access to his users.
The users will hate it, of course.
But so far Tumblr has been very careful. It has restricted paid media to its "radar" and "spotlight" features, which take up a tiny proportion of each user's dashboard. Most of those paid ad exposures can't be seen unless you have an account and are logged in.
Tumblr hasn't even begun to sell most of its real estate to advertisers.
Yet Karp has moved closer and closer to the ad biz all through 2012. Consider:
- He signed up a traffic analytics company, Union Metrics, to give marketers real performance data.
- He named 12 agencies to a hot list of companies tapped to work with Tumblr.
- He poached Groupon sales chief Lee brown to be Tumblr's ad sales chief.
- He set a minimum buy-in price of $25,000.
- He hired Rick Webb of The Barbarian Group to build sales and marketing.
- And he did all this after spending years insisting he was not interested in advertising, a position he maintained even in early 2012.
Given its traffic, if Tumblr were to install even the most basic web ad operations -- by selling a native ad format on a private exchange, for instance, like Facebook does -- it would instantly become fantastically profitable.
It would never do that, of course. And if these new numbers are true, then it will never need to.


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Rather than celebrating it in a very contemporary way, I thought of doing something I always wanted to do, but never got around it.
In Sri Lanka we have lot orphanages, most of them are filled with kids. Some of these kids never seen their parents or some were abandoned or some lost, which ever way they ended up at an orphanage, and they hardly get anything we have in our day-to-day lives.
For my birthday I decided to spend some time with the kids at this orphanage (girls' home) near my place. With my family, few relatives and close astronomy friends we spent a whole day with the kids enjoying the beauty of the Universe. We did give them lunch, but I guess the better food is the food for the brain - knowledge.
Below are some unforgettable moments from the day.
I hope my little contribution would at least make few kids interested in Science. Astronomy is a multifaceted as a brilliant-cut diamond, an infinite font of ideas and imagination. So much to learn and so much to learn of. Through this beautiful subject we can make a better place and help to understand our Universe as a whole and at the same time improving life here on Earth.


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"The Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco got a taste of her upcoming wedding day during a recent taped appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," when the TV host dragged the actress' tennis ace fiance out onto the studio stage and suggested the pair get hitched on television.
Cuoco recently revealed she is hoping to marry sportsman Ryan Sweeting as quickly as possible, insisting she cannot wait to be a wife – and DeGeneres decided to test her.
The actress became engaged to the tennis player in September after three months of dating, and Ellen suggested she could be a married woman by the end of the show.
She offered Cuoco the services of an ordained staff member to oversee the nuptials and handed the pretty 27 year old a veil and costume jewelry. She then brought out a nervous Sweeting, who quipped, "This isn't legal, right?"
The engaged couple went through with the skit as Ellen's staff writer raced through the vows and pronounced Sweeting and Cuoco hsband and wife as the host handed them her own wedding rings.
The pair sealed the deal with a loving kiss.
Sweeting and Cuoco plan to wed for real early next year, and the actress told DeGeneres she knew her husband-to-be was the one for her on their second date.
She explained, "By day two, it was so unbelievable, I said, 'This is it.! I know it looks a little crazy to some people."


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There is something other than humidity in air. The Marion County Fair is here.
The annual parade will kick off at tonight at 6 p.m. The theme will be "Boots and Bling."
A pedal pull and the swine show will start at 7:30 p.m., and the annual rodeo will begin at 8 p.m.
County commissioners will be in a dunk tank from 7 to 9 p.m. Roger Fleming will be dunked first, followed by Dan Holub, and finally Randy Dallke.
Dunk tank proceeds will help fund the county's section of a marble state map on the floor of a state visitor's center in Topeka.
Fair action will pick up again Thursday with the 4-H sheep and meat-type goat show at 8 a.m. A bucket calf show at 5:30 p.m. will be followed by a beef show at 6 p.m. The rodeo will continue at 8.pm.
Dairy goat and cattle show will kick off Friday at 8 a.m. followed by archery shoot at 9 a.m. The 4-H round robin will be at 12:30 p.m., 4-H style revue at 6:30 p.m., 4-H livestock sale and project auction at 6:30 p.m., and truck and tractor pull at 7 p.m.


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What '8C' essentially means is to control a person without regard to their own free will. Hubbard justifies this under the premise that people have a reactive mind that will resist what's good for them so the influence of the reactive mind on the person has to be bypassed. People involved in Scientology buy into this and many of Scientology's abuses arise out of this as a result.


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FAYETTEVILLE � Arkansas coach Bret Bielema wasn�t shy about his goals for assembling a staff last December, vowing to put together a group second to none during his introductory press conference.
Bielema admitted Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long and the administration probably �looked at him a little crazy� while stressing what he believed was the program�s most important hire, though. He needed the Razorbacks to guarantee they could dole out whatever was necessary to pry strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert away from his alma mater at Wisconsin.
�Ben Herbert touches our players more than any person in our program,� Bielema said last month. �He is hands on with them on a daily basis. So it was important for me to be able to have the pool and the resource to bring him Ben Herbert with us.�
It took a hefty salary � Herbert�s $300,000 a year is more than five of Arkansas� nine full-time assistants � but Bielema got his strength and conditioning coach to Fayetteville last month. Now, Herbert is busy laying the foundation for the football program under Bielema�s guidance, getting his hands on the Hogs as the offseason strength and conditioning program completes its second week.
He�s the first new staff member to do so. NCAA rules prohibit coaches from working with players during the offseason (except for the 15 spring practices). So Bielema and the rest of the Razorbacks are counting on Herbert to set the tone this winter.
It�s a job Herbert, who was a defensive lineman at Wisconsin, relishes.
�I�m a passionate guy. The guys mean a lot to me,� Herbert said last month. �The guys here at Wisconsin, I love these guys. I love them to death. I appreciate every ounce of sweat that they drip and every amount of energy that they give. And it�s no different than the guys that I�m going to start to work with (at Arkansas).
�I want to put those guys in the best situation possible. That�s ultimately what my goal is � to help them be successful.�
He�s also someone Bielema and another former Wisconsin coach, Arkansas defensive line coach Charlie Partridge, believe in completely.
�You see a big guy with a bald head and you think he�s just going to scream for eight hours a day,� Partridge said. �But I think the thing that Herbs has done a great job of over the years is he teaches them techniques in the weight room and he�s a tremendous teacher of nutrition. �
�He was a big reason why we felt very comfortable not caring at all about how many stars a recruit has. We knew that if we brought a kid in who would work and buy in and believe and had the intelligence to follow what he was teaching, he was going to help them reach high levels.�
Strength coaches are valuable commodities in college football because of their access to players year-round. They work with them on a daily basis for four or five years. So, in essence, they�re the ones molding, shaping and building teams.
Former strength coach Jason Veltkamp�s work with the Razorbacks was evident the past few seasons, developing athletes and demanding accountability to help Arkansas reach new heights under former coach Bobby Petrino.
While many of those same beliefs remain under the new staff, Herbert likely brings different approaches. It seems his efforts have been felt by a few Razorbacks who haven�t been shy about expressing their thoughts via Twitter earlier this week.
�That workout�. OMG!� running back Jonathan Williams said.
Added cornerback Ray Buchanan Jr: �New Strength Coach is REAL. #sore�
It�s no surprise to former Wisconsin tight end Jake Byrne. The Rogers native went to Wisconsin as a wide receiver, but wrapped up his career as a 260-pound tight end.
He credited Herbert for molding him. Byrne, who recently signed with the Houston Texans, said the strength coach had the same impact on the rest of the Badgers, too, a group that includes current NFL players like Houston defensive end J.J. Watt.
�You see Wisconsin�s offensive linemen. They are huge,� Byrne said. �But they don�t always come in that way. � He was one of the driving forces for Wisconsin. He set the tone and kind of what to do. Just the mentality and the enthusiasm he brought was one of the biggest things that got us going, got us fired up.�
Bielema said there will be notable results at Arkansas, too, during the seven-week winter program that ends just before spring practice starts in mid-March.
�He has a power to him and embraces these kids in a way that they�re going learn that they can eat, recover and train in a way that their bodies will literally change within weeks,� Bielema said.
That�s why Partridge said Herbert was �paramount� to Wisconsin�s success.
He even has his own experiences, too. In addition to watching Herbert transform Wisconsin players the past several years, Partridge also hired him. Herbert helped Partridge lose 60 pounds as part of a weight-loss competition.
�It doesn�t matter how hard you lift, you can�t out train poor nutrition,� Partridge said. �That�s a big, big point that Herbs has always made. Giving those kids a visual is huge. He�ll come up with some visuals for these guys.�
A few years ago, Herbert brought two plants into the Wisconsin weight room to illustrate the point. He named one �The Deacon� and the other �The Governor.�
The Governor received everything a plant needs to thrive: water and fertilizer. The Deacon got a steady diet of things like beer, cookies and pizza.
The results are what you�d expect. The Governor thrived. The Deacon didn�t.
Herbert also has been known to find a wrestling championship belt, label it with the word �Tonesetters� and encourage weight-lifting groups to compete for it. While physical gain is the aim, teamwork and accountability are equally important underlying themes to Herbert�s work with football teams.
�I think the more you talk the less they listen,� Herbert said. �So for me, I try to use as many things visually as I can to show them. To get them to understand things. to get them to show progress, to show results. It�s just part of my style I guess.�
That�s why Bielema, Partridge and anyone else who has worked closely with Herbert believe the strength and conditioning coach is worth every penny.
�The thing I learned watching Herbs transform the football team, if I�m ever lucky enough to be a head coach, the strength coach will be my first hire,� Partridge said. �The strength coach is the guy that�s around your team the most. Molds their attitude, molds their work ethic, teaches nutrition �
�He�ll have a huge, huge impact on those kids� lives.�


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Executive Orders
Putnam, 1996 - Fiction - 874 pages
The President is dead--and the weight, literally, of the world falls on Jack Ryan's shoulders, in Tom Clancy's newest and most extraordinary novel.
"I don't know what to do. Where's the manual, the training course, for this job? Whom do I ask? Where do I go?
"Debt of Honor""ended with Tom Clancy's most shocking conclusion ever; a joint session of Congress destroyed, the President dead, most of the Cabinet and the Congress dead, the Supreme Court and the Joint Chiefs likewise. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before had been confirmed as the new Vice-President of the United States is told that he is now President.
President John Patrick Ryan.
And that is where Executive Orders""begins. Ryan had agreed to accept the vice-presidency only as a caretaker for a year, and now, suddenly an incalculable weight has fallen on his shoulders. How do you run a government without a government? Where do you even begin? With stunning force, Ryan's responsibilities crush on him. He must calm an anxious and grieving nation, allay the skepticism of the world's leaders, conduct a swift investigation of the tragedy, and arrange a massive state funeral--all while attempting to reconstitute a Cabinet and a Congress with the greatest possible speed.
But that is not all. Many eyes are on him now, and many of them are unfriendly. In Beijing, Tehran, and other world capitals, including Washington D.C., there are those eager to take advantage where they may, some of whom bear a deep animus toward the United States--some of whom, from Ryan's past, harbor intense animosity toward the new President himself. Soon they will begin to move on their opportunities; soon they will present Jack Ryan with a crisis so big even he cannot imagine it.
Tom Clancy has written remarkable novels before, but nothing comparable to the timeliness and drama of Executive Orders. Filled with the exceptional realism and intricate plotting that are his hallmarks, it attests to the words of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" "This man can tell a story."
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I have been flying the OR Cypher 9m and 12m over two weeks and I am I very impressed with this kite. I chose the Cypher primarily because it was advertised as a kite for un-hooked wave riding and un-hooked free style and rides on both the front and rear lines.
I was flying the 2011 OR Razors, 8m, 10m and 12m and while they were very fast and powerful kites, if the winds picked up, they started flying like bulls on steriods. Also the Razor's could really produce tremendous power in an instant. Great if you're an adrenaline junkie or a heavier rider. You could try pushing a Razor to it's limit and you will always return to the beach panting because you can't keep up with a Razor. So I had enough of flying a kite that was always taunting me to go harder, go faster, go bigger. So Cypher it is for 2012.
Setting up the kite for the first time was a real suprise for me. There were no pulleys. The bridles are also fairly short. I haven't flown a kite with no pulleys since my C kite days. The Cypher also had a nice boxy shape and seemed well constructed. It does seem much bigger than a 12m actually. It really seemed to me to be a really simple kite. For some reason flying a really simple kite makes my stomach feel warm, like I just had a nice bowl or hot chicken soup.
I first tried the Cypher 12m in 25 knots of wind. Way too much wind for the kite, but it was new and I just had to try. My very first impression was that the Cypher flies extremely well with tons of de-power set. This is a kite I feel, I would go out kiting way over powered just to do some mega jumps. The kites jumps extremely well and the hangtime is long. It blew 25 to 30 knots for the next few days, and at no point was I inclined to use my Razor 8m or 10m. Probably because the Cypher was my new toy but I also decided that I would also get the 9m Cypher for those strong wind days.
I seldom try any free style when I am very over powered and in the beginning I also did not try this with the Cypher. But the wind kept blowing over 20 knots and I was getting bored just jumping. So I decided to try some hooked in raileys. Lo and behold... I discovered that I could pull a mega railey over powered and simply push my arm out and the power simply disappears and land it like a champ!
Then I discovered, I could ride really slowly with my arm extended, pull in the bar to power up, pick up speed, pull a railey, then extend my arm to de-power and land it like a champ! Awesome!...So I thought that if simply extending my arm switched off the power, then send back backrolls and kite loops are also possible in over powered conditions. So off I went at medium speed, send kite back to 12 and pull and boy was I yanked up hard, pushed my arm out completely and switched off the power and land. I am truly amazed at the Cypher in silly over powered winds, really amazed.
I then got the 9m Cypher and it also flies great. It is not as fast as the Razor and so the smaller sizes are not that intimidating. While I say the Cypher is not a fast kite, it is still faster than most brands agressive kites. OR fans will understand this. Many non OR riders simply get a shock at how fast OR kites are.
Up wind on the Cypher is okay, no problems. Downwind the kite drifts well such that if you land a wakestyle trick really hot and fast, the kite will drift back and wait for you. Bar pressure is medium and bar feel is excellent. With this kite, I really look at the kite less even when making big bar inputs.
In plain straight line speed, the Cypher is slow. This kite will create power from apparent wind only a little and then it's maxed out and the kite will not accelerate any further. It is probably slower than most freeride kites.
Turning speed is slow compared to the Razor (haven't flown a Rise since 2010) so i won't compare. But it's fast enough. For the 12m, I left the rear line on the medium speed and for the 9m, I shifted it to slow speed. there is another setting, more de-power - less depower. I left both kites on less de-power (Why would I ever need more de-power, this kite is the last word on de-power performance)
Re-launch is average. It certainly doesn't leap off the water as compared to the pointy delta tip designs. Sometimes a kite that stays on the water before a positive input is made has advantages because sometimes, I would hmmmm... like the kite to stay put for a while and wait till I steer it into the sky.
I kept thinking over many days why I enjoyed the Cypher so much. I think the main reason is because of the way it delivers the power. The power always comes on smoothly and it stays constant even when looping, certainly not like the Razor where the power can come on quite explosively. I really think this kite is going to help me land a lot of new tricks... hooked and un-hooked even when it's blowing really hard.
Some people describe the Cypher as between a Rise and a Razor. I have to disagee. It's completely different from both. It's a great kite for beginners and and practicing free style riders. This is especially so because of the huge de-power range of the kite.
If you're wondering why I have so many kites, it's because I am an Ocean Rodeo Dealer and also a kite instructor. But like every other kiter, I am always looking for that one kite that will help me attain nirvana. So far, the Cypher comes the closest. In fact it's so good i will be getting the 8m and 10m as well. I'll keep the OR Razors for my light wind days. Every other day I will be on a Cypher. I recommend this kite highly.