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Starting with "Why?" in 2014
When you're building something you're passionate about, it's easy to be consumed by the what— what images go in your portfolio, what wood makes the best table, what espresso makes the best cappuccino, what social media you should be engaged in.
Building a product like Virb is no different. We've been working on this website builder for almost four years, adding new features and integrations, refining our themes, simplifying processes, rebuilding things, and planning a whole new slate of whats for this new year. But before our team got into all of that, we wanted to revisit why—why we build this product, why we want people to use it, and why it matters to our team of nine people scattered across the continental U.S.
It would be easy to keep this all tucked away in our brains or print it on a motivational poster for our walls, but I wanted to share it with all of you—Virb customers, peers, and friends—because these are the beliefs that guide everything we do, and will continue to guide us in 2014 and beyond. There's power in passion that's guided by purpose, and we'd like to share ours. So why do we do what we do?
Because we love building beautiful things on the Internet.
We're a team of designers, developers, engineers, and support staff that care about building the best websites and applications on the Internet. We day-dream in HTML, and we design new themes while mowing the grass. Making Virb is a part of who we are—and we love it. We're constantly looking to craft creative solutions to the problems we've noticed with website building. We care about everything from the spacing of gallery items to the framework that displays your site on mobile devices to the infrastructure that makes your content load lightning-fast anytime, anywhere.
Because you should focus on doing what you love.
I would wager that you're as passionate about what you do as we are about websites. If we could build a product to put more hours in the day we'd do that, but instead, we're determined to make sure you don't spend your hours slaving away at a computer, learning HTML and CSS, or managing some complicated hosting plan. Because we are taking all the (tech) work out of website building, you can get back to doing what you really love—taking photos, running your business, making your new album, spending some quality time with your family—and not worry about whether your site will show off your content beautifully when someone visits it (or when you get linked to on Reddit or end up on The Today Show).
Because we want to help.
We've worked at agencies building websites for Fortune 100 companies, but none of them were as fulfilling as helping design and build that site for our friend's new indie film, or that blog for our editor-friend, or the store for our wife's craft projects. The idea for Virb was born a long time ago after helping countless creative friends get their portfolios and projects online with one-off sites, and that is the same goal that drives us today. And we also knew there was a way to make website building easy and affordable—you shouldn't have to sell hundreds of prints or freelance for a few months to pay for a custom-built site.
Because we love our community.
We love being a part of a growing community that's dedicated to making great things—products, paintings, websites, albums, articles—and sharing them with the world. It's a community full of talented people who have passion and drive, and aren't content to let things come to them but instead strike out and create their own path. We want to see that creative community grow and flourish. We're proud to be content creators, creatives, and makers, and to showcase others who are the same.
In light of that, we'd like to know what you're making. We're working on a lot of new things here at Virb, and one of them is a new goal for our blog. We're tired of talking about ourselves—instead we're turning it into an avenue for you to share what you're doing with the rest of the world. We're also looking for customers to feature, and guest contributors, so send us an email or shoot us a tweet. We'd love to know what you're passionate about.
Thank you all for making Virb what it is today, and for joining us as we continue to craft what it will be in the future. Stay tuned—it's going to be a big year.
Ryan & The Virb Team


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I had found another distant cousin last year…
Fran, who is related to me by her ancestor Caroline Ménard and John B. Alexandre, gave me a lot of information about that family… and I mean a lot. John B. married twice and fathered 18 children.
Fran wrote more and more since then and she became part of our A-Team…
Then this.
Enjoying all your entries to your blog. I may have info on Philomene Lagasse and JB Alexandre's daughter, Helene. For some reason, which I can not explain, I had her down as Abeline (baptized on 24 June 1867, Notre Dame de Stanbridge). Today I received an invitation to a birthday party for one of my Mother's Bleau cousin, who is the granddaughter of Joseph Henry Bleau and Helen Alexander. Her brother had told me ages ago that their uncle had married an Alexander. I did their line back around 2001 so I never made a connection until today when I checked my Family Tree and saw the names of their grandparents. He never gave me any other info on the Bleau line as he knew I was doing my maternal grandparents' lines.
I will be seeing them August 4 and will discover if I am right. Remember the photo of JB Alexandre and Philomene Lagasse with two daughters and two children? If I am right, one of the children is their Dad, born 1891 in North Adams, MA. If so, we are related through my maternal grandfather and through my maternal grandmother's side. I am hoping they might have some photos of the Bleau line. They have two great albums of their Mother's family. I will get back to you when I get direct info from the Bristol Bleaus.
P. S. Have you a definite identity the young ladies in the great photo of Philomene in the center and her daughters around her?
I was speechless in my living room as I was waiting for my morning coffee to brew.
If so, we are related through my maternal grandfather and through my maternal grandmother's side.
Well lo and behold!
Fran and I are not that distant cousins any more…
I quickly wrote back…
Speechless in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines…
Next article using what you just sent me. Simply speechless. I know Joe will love this post. Can't wait to write it. Of course you will have the answer to the question about Philomene and her daughters… Sort of a recap of where we are in this dossier.
Thanks for your message.
I hope I won't loose sleep over all this.
Just can't wait for your next message.
You really know how to entice people…
Must be in your genes.
Joe had given me a lot of information on Philomène Lagacé back in 2010
Her nickname was Libbie.
That's a catchy nickname.
Joe also had sent me her obituary…
Philomene LAGASSE
Death (12 March 1920):
13 March 1920
Mrs. Libbie Alexander widow of the late John Alexander died at the home of her son David Alexander 149 Park St. last evening as a result of complications due to old age.
She had been an invalid for several years. Mrs. Alexander was born in Quebec, Canada 79 years ago. She spent her early years there. She was married in 1869 to John Alexander. They moved to the state and lived for some time in North Adams, Mass. They came to Bristol twenty six years ago and made their home here. Mr. Alexander died in 1914.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by four daughters: Mrs. David Bleau, Mrs. William Archambeault and Miss Mary Alexander of Bristol and Mrs. Phoebe Lustrich of Brooklyn, NY. By three sons: John, David, and Peter Alexander all of Bristol, and by many grand children and great grand children. She was one of the well known French residents and was a member of St. Ann's Church. The funeral will be held at St. Ann's Church at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Rev. Joseph P. Perreault will conduct the services.
This was the only thing I had on her back in 2010 before I found my distant cousin Joe…
1852 Canadian Census in Notre-Dame de Stanbridge, Quebec
Lagasse, Dennis Farmer Canada F Roman Catholic 37 M
Lagasse, Elizabeth Canada F Roman Catholic 30 F
Lagasse, Philomel Canada F Roman Catholic 12 F
Lagasse, Dennis Canada F Roman Catholic 11 M
Lagasse, Peter Canada F Roman Catholic 7 M
Lagasse, Almira Canada F Roman Catholic 5
Lagasse, Joseph Canada F Roman Catholic 3 M
Lagasse, Agnes Canada F Roman Catholic 1 F
Libbie's name was entered as Philomel!
1861 Canadian Census
Name: Philemon Lagassy
Gender: Female
Census place: Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Quebec
Age in years: 20
Estimated birth year: 1841
Birthplace: B C
Marital status: Single
Religion: R C
Sheet number: 324
Line number: 5
Film number: 517397
Library and Archives Canada film number: C-1297
Digital GS number: 4108794
Image number: 216
Collection: Quebec Census, 1861
Nothing more.
That was not much to go on…
But Joe found this blog and he sent me her picture and what appeared to be Libbie's daughters all aroung their mother.
Next time…
Where Helen fits in all of this?

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Best of the Net: Bare Minimum Edition
August 31st, 2009
Best of the Net
Holy crap this month was a prolific time for all of you rapid prototypers! Together you guys made a whopping 29 games, with some deciding to make multiple titles. I've compiled a list of everyone's games here, but do tell me if I missed anyone's!
Eat goos to grow bigger, don't let them eat you. Retro but stylish game with nice scenery bubbles.
Also, food is included.
Arpeggi, by Zacqary Adam Green
The one pixel wonder scaled up to save your poor eyeballs. A sound and color based game controlled solely with your mouse.
Use your mouse to dodge oncoming obstacles in this minimalist 3-d rail-racer.
A Robotron-esq shooter. Use WASD and the arrow keys or a 360 controller to shoot oncoming waves of block enemies.
Dalbergaria is an evil, evil man. Navigate Falken's maze with the arrow keys, whilst avoiding deadly invisible walls…of death!
Match your square to the oncoming color waves, in this twitchy color game. A tense game for those hopped up on 4 shots of espresso.
Tunnel Vision, by Marauth
Fly as far as you can while keeping your ice ship's temperature at bare minimum! The game is entirely played with the mouse. Reminds me a lot of those later levels of Star Fox.
Saloons of Death, by Man of Doom
Shoot 'em down, pixel cowboys. Deal mouse-only death in this 3-color shooter. A little western themed run n gun. Press f4 for fullscreen mode.
Nanok, Defender of the Earth, by Ben Wilhelm
Save the planet as Nanok the highly equipped bear! Bear minimum, indeed.
Drop life-preservers on drowning sailors before the sharks get them – though for some reason they seem to fall underwater when this happens. Probably because you're dropping them from a speeding plane.
Strip the Forest Bare, by J. Tremblay
And the bear/bare puns continue! Strip the forest as a lumberjack while avoiding dangerous bears.
Create and flip blocks to help your black and white characters escape.
Mozart's Musical Mayhem, by Tayron
Help Mozart match his synthesizer to the song.
Contrast Survival, by Bacioiu Ciprian
Survive as long as you can in this vectory 3D graveyard. WASD to move, and control to activate your shield.
Draw your ship, then do battle! A unique and challenging barrage space shooter where you control what the protagonist ship looks like. Check back for updates!
Bactoriam king of Bacteria wants to prove to human that bacteria are not the minimum bare living organism and they are better than Viruses which the human afraid of them. A mouse-only game.
A one-dimensional pong game, need I say more?
Press a button, get a score. We're all winners! Hard to get more minimal than this one, folks.
The Red Switch, by Matthew Elvey Price
The first game I've seen using the 2Dboy rapid prototyping framework. You control a rocket car helicopter submarine that has a single control, mapped to every button. Basically turns the rocket on. Spinning the front wheel powers the helicopter rotors.
A one-click interactive movie made in 4 hours.
A sonar-esq moody and atmospheric experience. Use sound to find your targets. A very nice sound game.
Keep your clothes on in this very fun pixel platformer. Deform the terrain with explosives, but be warned – too much damage will strip your character down to practically nothing. Someone was bound to go there eventually.
Just a Button, by Mathieu (iPhone)
And the first game for the iPhone is up, courtesy of Mathieu. The idea behind Just a Button is that pushing a button is the minimal action needed to do something in 95% of video games, so why not trying to make a game where this action is the only one available?
Destroy everything on screen – I think. An Asteroids-ish game, with a springy control system.
Sphere of Influence, by Forrest Trepte
Place spheres strategically to beat out your opponent.
Moonhop, 1D Platformer, and Johnny the Bat, by Jozef "Bobo" Hudec
Three games for one theme seems to be going above and beyond the Bare Minimum Theme, but the games themselves definitely follow the theme. I'd recommend downloading the zip files.
Equip > Pants, by Zachary Johnson
Having perhaps the highest hilarious: number of pixels ratio, equip > pants follows the exploits of a pantless hero who must don pants.
Running Against the Clouds, by Zebreu
A short, soothing experience – until you're met with the DEATH option.
No Quarter: V-Sides, by Alex Austin
Squeaking in just at the nick of time, is a small collection of Bare Minimum games by Mr. Bridge Builder, Alex Austin.
Congratulations to everyone that made a game this month! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with for next month's theme – starting… TOMORROW!
Oh, my game is not there!
Running Against The Clouds;
Or maybe you didn't want to humiliate me with all those nice games.
Cant wait until tomorrow!
New Theme Please!! Nice job everyone… I just downloaded the games. Will try them out :D
Wow, thanks for the link!
If I have time tonight, I will try to add sound and a better ending to Equip > Pants… technically it will still be within the month of August and no more than 7 days of development.
And then tomorrow I'm going to have to play all of the submissions by everybody else =)
This site is a great idea. Thanks for doing this.
Fix the link to Minima Bomber…you're linking to a picture and not the game post: http://www.graduategames.com/blog/minimabomber.html
Thank you!
Oh, and the link for Running Against The Clouds is
Sorry about all that… I feel like I'm mistreating you.
You misspelled my intentional misspelling of my name. :P
But thank you for the linkback.
Grr, I fail. :( Unless I can crank out a minimal game in the next few hours. :p
Cool to see this abundance erupting forth, though. About Sound was my favorite. :D
Hi everyone! I'm a newcomer here. :)
Color Memory is my bare minimum game about coloring theme and memory mechanics. I made it in about 7 days. The game is very simple and primitive, you just have to memorize the colors which show up in sequences, then click color robots in order.
You can download Windows and/or Mac version below (1.5 MB):
Win download: http://blog.monkeypotion.net/download-manager.php?id=21
Mac download: http://blog.monkeypotion.net/download-manager.php?id=22
And see some screenshots/details in Chinese:
"starting… TOMORROW!" so this is the theme? :D
Oh! I'm so happy you added my game, and not only that, but in the top! Or in other words, the first thing you'd read when checking this out ( mostly )!
I was woundering if you could, instead, link to http://www.gamingdew.com ( my site ), it has the direct link inside it ( or alternatively both O-o )!
Again, thanks a lot! :P
Changed, and changed! Some really fantastic stuff this month.
Hmm my game isn't there. Probably because I couldn't post a comment in the theme. Dunno why. If it still counts:
Squared Shooter. Made in 7 days.
Can't wait for next months theme ^.^'
Hi all…
I am playing games on pc and i like to more about gaming…
I like this article because it's about gaming…
Thank you for listing my game! I can't wait to try out everyone's prototypes- 29 games! I love it! :)
Yay my game got listed! Thank you. Great prototypes guys, looking forward to this months experiments. Good luck to all!
Minima Bomber seemed really polished, lots of cool tech with varied abilities, weapons, enemies, and of course destructible terrain. Buggy and frustrating sometimes, but the Replay+ is way fun. The postmortem is pretty accurate I think and the game is minimal in many ways but doesn't make any sort of strong statement about bare minimum in my mind. (Comment posted here because their website didn't work on either of my browsers.)
Screen Kill (another game with no author contact/comment form) – pretty fun – a little buggy and difficult to get the hang of at first. Then once you learn to simply hang out at the bottom and dodge them as they come at you, the exploration has pretty much run out. The mechanic itself is fun enough, but not unique or varied enough to hold the audience's attention as long as it could. The connection with Bare Minimum is tenuous but at least mildly thought provoking. If this had been the first thing done instead of asteroids, who knows, this could have been the most widely cloned game instead. ;)
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Western blot analysis of extracts from cells expressing various activated tyrosine kinase proteins, using Phospho-c-Abl (Tyr245) (73E5) Rabbit mAb (upper) or Phospho-Tyrosine mAb (P-Tyr-100) #9411 (lower).
Western blot analysis of CML-T1 and BV173 cell lysates, using Phospho-c-Abl (Tyr245) (73E5) Rabbit mAb. The phospho-specificity of the antibody was verified by treating the membrane with (+) (right) or without (-) (left) calf intestinal phosphatase (CIP) after Western transfer.
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Reprobing of an existing membrane is a convenient means to immunoblot for multiple proteins independently when only a limited amount of sample is available. It should be noted that for the best possible results a fresh blot is always recommended. Reprobing can be a valuable method but with each reprobing of a blot there is potential for increased background signal. Additionally, it is recommended that you verify the removal of the first antibody complex prior to reprobing so that signal attributed to binding of the new antibody is not leftover signal from the first immunoblotting experiment. This can be done by re-exposing the blot to ECL reagents and making sure there is no signal prior to adding the next primary antibody.
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Phospho-c-Abl (Tyr245) (73E5) Rabbit mAb detects endogenous levels of c-Abl only when phosphorylated at tyrosine 245. The antibody does not cross-react with other activated protein tyrosine kinases.Species Reactivity:
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Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic phosphopeptide corresponding to residues surrounding Tyr245 of human c-Abl.
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MIAMI — In the months since 18-year-old American artistic gymnast Alexandra "Aly" Raisman won two gold medals and one bronze at the London Olympics, she has been adored as an all-American girl.
She's graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, appeared on the major TV talk shows, and earned millions for her endorsements with Ralph Lauren, Pandora Jewelry, Poland Spring and others.
Raisman has also won a special place in the hearts of Israelis and Jews worldwide, as much for what she said as what she accomplished at the Olympics.
Following the medal ceremony after winning gold for her floor exercise – to the accompaniment of the Jewish folk song Hava Negilah Raisman said:
"The floor music wasn't intentional, but having it played on the 40th anniversary is special, and winning the gold means a lot to me. If there had been a moment's silence, I would have supported it and respected it."
Raisman's words were in reference to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) refusal to honour the 11 Israeli Olympians murdered at the 1972 Games with a moment of silence at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
Raisman is currently on a 34-city American tour with her U.S. teammates, but she flew to Miami recently on an off night to be honoured by the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) at a fundraising dinner attended by more than 400 supporters.
"Tonight is an honour I will never forget. I feel so proud and bonded with everyone here to support Israel and the wonderful work of WIZO. I am American, an Olympian and also a Jew who feels so elated for having my dreams come true," Raisman told the crowd.
"It is exciting to have everything I wanted as a young girl come true. To also have the opportunity of showing how proud I am of being Jewish and standing up for what I believe is right is an honour I will never forget," she added.
"Aly is very proud and upfront about being Jewish. Nobody will ever forget her message for generations to come. Aly showed how very integrated her Jewish heritage is in everything she does," said Rabbi Keith Stern of Temple Beth Avodah of Newton, Mass., who has known Raisman since she was three years old.
"Aly inspired so many with her bravery in standing up to the IOC. I had a letter from the son of a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor in Warsaw. She watched Aly on television at the Olympics and was astonished and moved both by Aly's performance to Hava Nagilah and her words in honour of the slain Israeli athletes," added Rabbi Stern.
According to Rabbi Stern, his congregation has received thousands of requests for Raisman to speak at synagogues, Jewish day schools and Jewish fundraising organizations in Canada, the United States and Israel.
The honours keep mounting for Raisman: Israel's minister of Diaspora affairs has invited Raisman and her family to tour the country as his personal guests; next April, she will be inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame in New York, and she'll be a shoo-in to be inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Israel when she retires.
"I have absolutely no plans to retire yet. I have to train, compete and prepare for the 2016 Olympics and build for my team to win gold again. I have to stay focused, and will go to college after I retire," she said.
Born and raised in Needham, Mass., Raisman first took up gymnastics at age two in a Mommy and Me class. By the time she was eight, she was identified as an elite athlete and worked under coach Mihai Brestyan, who has remained with her ever since.
As captain, Raisman led the American team to a gold medal at the 2011 World Artistic Championships in Tokyo.
Her maturity and experience as captain of the five-member U.S. Olympic team, nicknamed the "Fab Five" and "Fierce Five," led Raisman to win three medals, more than any other teammate.
She was especially impressive in the floor exercise program, becoming the first American ever in her sport to win gold in that category.
She began her feat with a high spring and snap, following up with impressive dance steps and concluded with a thunderous run and a perfectly timed split jump – all with Hava Nagilah playing in the background, lifting her spirits and building the crowd to a frenzy.
Raisman outdistanced her opponents with a near-perfect 15.6 score – her best tally ever in the most important moment in her life.
"My gold medal performance is the best performance I have ever done. That's what I worked for all my life. I just want to rejoice," said Raisman, upon learning that she won the gold medal.
Translated into English, Hava Negilah means, "let us rejoice," and Jews worldwide will certainly rejoice in Raisman's Olympic glory for generations to come.


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Destined to be started but not finished by Netflix streaming subscribers, "Paranoia" depicts a cutthroat community of so-called geniuses and then portrays nearly everyone as a fool. If this laughable excuse for a thriller quickens your pulse, please consult your doctor.
In a world that apparently contains only two phone companies, rival executives Nicolas Wyatt (Gary Oldman) and Jock Goddard (Oldman's "Air Force One" foil Harrison Ford) strive to make the smartest smartphone at any cost. Blackmailed after he charges a $16,000 bar tab to his former employer, Wyatt's recently-fired employee, Adam (Liam Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games"), agrees to infiltrate Eikon, Goddard's company, and find out why his new boss claims to be on the "eve of a revolution." Adam also discovers that his recent one-night stand (Amber Heard) works as Eikon's head of marketing, a coincidence whose resulting, underwritten romance provides more opportunities for the guy to walk around shirtless.
As if he wanted to make "Duplicity" but couldn't even do "Limitless," hack director Robert Luketic ("21," "The Ugly Truth") delivers zero tension and chase scenes that are funny instead of intense. Adam doesn't want to end up like his dad (Richard Dreyfuss), a motivation that's really driven home by the line, "I don't want to end up like you." The script, adapted from Joseph Finder's novel, also includes pathetic opening and closing voiceover and ruthlessness that makes no sense. Competitive urgency is one thing, but how many times can a desperate company kill its only chance of acquiring inside secrets?
Other unintentional laughs come from Adam claiming to be stuck in an entry-level role before getting face time with Wyatt and an FBI agent purporting to be part of its "criminal investigation division." Meanwhile, the film pushes female characters to the side or to the bedroom and perpetuates a technology-based tale of corporate espionage that's at best harmlessly dull and at worst moronic.
It should also be mentioned that "Paranoia" co-stars Lucas Till as Adam's pal and former co-worker, meaning that this movie features not one but two of Miley Cyrus' onscreen love interests (Hemsworth in "The Last Song" and Till in "Hannah Montana: The Movie"). I'd comment on her off-screen relationship with Hemsworth, but who knows or cares what's up with that right now.
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A gleaming new metropolis to rival Parramatta would be built from scratch in south-west Sydney under a radical plan by federal Labor MP Ed Husic to relieve transport gridlock.
But the proposal has been panned by western Sydney director of the Sydney Business Chamber David Borger, who described it as "the stupidest idea I've ever heard".
The member for Chifley will lobby for the new city, which he says would become Sydney's second-biggest central business district and avoid the traffic snarls choking other urban centres.
Mr Husic has not identified a location for his ambitious proposal. But it would serve the south-west growth corridor around Liverpool, Camden and Campbelltown, which is expected to house 300,000 residents.
Mr Husic said the custom-built city would allow better traffic flows than traditional, existing centres.
"We should be looking to design a new CBD from the ground up instead of relying on the old 18th-century grid patterns that have bedevilled Parramatta, Blacktown and Penrith … that hasn't allowed for natural movement corridors," he said.
"There's got to be a better way that we can design our cities so people have jobs close to home and have a CBD that's functional."
Mr Husic claimed Parramatta's mantle as Sydney's second-biggest commercial centre was under threat because "the days are ticking down as to how much more you can do in there".
The plan is at odds with Sydney's draft metropolitan strategy, which rests on retaining Parramatta's role as western Sydney's biggest centre and expanding Liverpool and Penrith into regional cities.
Mr Husic was confident the plan would attract sufficient investment. He has not consulted his parliamentary colleagues nor spoken to experts, saying "I speak as a long-time resident of western Sydney".
However, Mr Borger said attracting investment to western Sydney was already difficult.
He said new development could occur around the proposed Badgerys Creek airport but "it's such a silly idea to create new centres when existing centres already have potential".
Mr Borger said walkable pedestrian grids had "served the world well for centuries".
Federal Parramatta Labor MP Julie Owens said prospects of the plan coming to fruition were "remote" and Parramatta would "remain a major centre for decades".
Parramatta lord mayor John Chedid described the proposal as "illogical" and costly.
He conceded that Parramatta's growth had led to traffic congestion, but cited plans for a ring road and a light rail network.
Urban Taskforce chief executive Chris Johnson was concerned by the plan, saying, "What we need is real focus to drive more jobs in the current centres. If we start diverting off that to new possible cities, it dilutes everything."
Nicole Hasham was environment and energy correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.


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Kim's powerful uncle vanishes from North Korean documentary, adding to speculation of sacking
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle have been removed from an official state TV documentary, a disappearing act that appears to lend credence to Seoul's claim that Pyongyang's second most powerful official may have been purged by his nephew.
South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers last week that it believes Jang Song Thaek was likely sacked after the executions last month of two close associates, allegedly over corruption.
The National Intelligence Service hasn't explained how it obtained the information, and scepticism followed the claim because of past intelligence failures in Seoul regarding the inner workings of the North's secretive government. But some worry that, if true, the purge of such a powerful figure could lead to dangerous instability.
On Saturday, North Korea's state TV repeated a documentary on Kim Jong Un's military inspection trips. Although Jang appeared throughout the version that aired on Oct. 28, images of him had vanished from the new version. North Korea has previously deleted the images of purged officials from state videos and publications, according to a South Korean government agency that tracks North Korean propaganda.
In one scene in the original version, the bespectacled Jang can be seen wearing a winter parka and standing behind Kim Jong Un as the leader shakes hands with a soldier. But Jang cannot be seen in Saturday's version, which has the same title and narration. Elsewhere in the older version, he is seen clapping his hands from a distance as a uniformed officer speaks to Kim. But the new version only shows what appear to be parts of Jang's right arm, chest and abdomen.
Pyongyang has said nothing about Jang's fate or the new version of the documentary. Jang was last seen in state media about a month ago.
Jang — who is married to Kim Jong Un's aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of Kim Jong Il — has held a string of top jobs, including in the National Defence Commission, the government's top ruling body. He was considered a major influence on the young leader as he consolidated power after Kim Jong Il's December 2011 death. Jang has reportedly been purged several times previously, only to return to power.
In another development that Seoul's spy agency is linking to Jang's likely sacking, two people related to Jang who were serving abroad as diplomats have been recalled to North Korea, according to South Korean lawmakers who were briefed by intelligence officials.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency, which first reported on the documentary, said the original documentary was broadcast nine times in October starting on Oct. 7.
An official at South Korea's Unification Ministry, which is responsible for North Korea matters and closely studies the country's propaganda, said that 17 scenes showing Jang had been removed from the original documentary. The official spoke on customary condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
The removal of Jang's images in the documentary serves as indirect confirmation of his dismissal, analyst Cheong Seong-chang at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea said in an email. "The fact that North Korea has erased Jang's face from the documentary … indicates that efforts to completely root out his influence are spreading to every level."
Jang's position will likely be better understood, analysts say, if he appears at state-organised events on Dec. 17 to mark the second anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death.
Hayoung Kim contributed to this story from Seoul.
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When we asked our PGA.com Facebook friends to identify the best golf courses in Alabama, they delivered. The rules were simple: tell us which course in Alabama -- open to the public -- is the best and explain why.
While we received loads of great answers, there was one particular, "Trail," (you'll see as you read on), that absolutely dominated this list.
Here are the best golf courses in Alabama, according to you, our readers.
Editor's note: Be sure to click on the name of each course on our list. It will take you to that course's page on PGA.com where you can leave a review.
9. Timberline Golf Club in Calera, Ala. Just a few minutes from Birmingham, Ala., Timberline is a beautifully matured golf course that, surprisingly, has been open for less than a decade.
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"Calera is the best all around. Country club atmosphere with municipal prices." -- Keith Panco
8. Azalea City Golf Course, Mobile, Ala. Featuring generous, tree-lined fairways and well-manicured greens, Azalea City Golf Course was once recognized by Golf Digest as one of the top 36 public courses in the U.S. Also, its greens fees are for "all-day play." What's better than that?
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"Azalea, in Mobile... because it's where I passed my first and only PAT!" -- Mike Pippin
7. The Capstone Club of Alabama in Brookwood, Ala. Ranked top 10 in the state by Golfweek, Capstone was designed by Gil Hanse, a finalist to design the 2016 Olympic Golf Course.
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"Capstone Club in Brookwood! It's a Public Course with Private Amenities! It's hosted multiple PGA events including an Alabama State Open! It's made a complete turn around! With multiple blind shots, it proves to be a challenging experience! It was designed by Gil Hanse who is a finalist to design the 2016 Olympic Golf Course. He was also chosen by Donald Trump to redesign the 'Blue Monster.'" -- Crystal Hofius
6. FarmLinks at Pursell Farms in Sylacauga, Ala. From the description on its website, here's everything you need to know about why you should play FarmLinks:
Voted the highest customer-satisfaction rating by the National Golf Foundation for four consecutive years, this pristine, 3,500-acre golf and recreational resort is located at Pursell Farms. Here at FarmLinks, a premier Alabama golf resort, you will experience the scenic beauty of nature, mingled with the rich heritage and friendly warmth of the Deep South. From our 7,444-yard, championship golf course and world-class hunting grounds to our one-of-a-kind research and demonstration academy, FarmLinks at Pursell Farms is a luxury golf resort offering something unique for the avid sportsman as well as for the golf industry innovators and professionals. Come out and visit us, and enjoy comfortable accommodations, delicious Southern cuisine and an experience in hospitality that will exceed your expectations. At FarmLinks, you are never a stranger.
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"FarmLinks! It's the most unique and most well-manicured public course in the state. They also space the tee times out far enough that you never feel rushed or cramped, and has some of the most beautiful holes in Alabama." -- McKay Lyvers
"FarmLinks." -- Mark Johnson
5. Limestone Springs Golf Club in Oneonta, Ala. Designed by former U.S. Open winner Jerry Pate, Limestone Springs Golf Course stretches almost 7,000 yards from the back tees. It's located 30 minutes north of Birmingham.
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"Limestone Springs or Peninsula." -- Josh Dollar
"Limestone Springs. Hands down!" -- Jeff Inman
"I live 3 miles from Capitol Hill. But the best golf course for the money is hands down Limestone Springs. Beautiful course with lots of elevation change. Bent greens. Stunning course." -- Brett Johnson
4-1. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. In the most lopsided, "best golf courses in..." that we've done on PGA.com, The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail takes the cake for best collection of public golf courses in, "The Heart of Dixie." They're scattered all over the fine state of Alabama, so let's take a closer look at four of the courses on The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail highlighted by our readers.
4. The Senator at Capitol Hill in Prattville, Ala. Here's the course description: The Senator, a Scottish-Links style course with beautifully manicured bentgrass greens, holds over 160 pot-hole bunkers and mounds 20 to 40 feet in height. The secluded settings of each hole will make it feel as if you are the only foursome on the course.
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"The Senator at Capitol Hill near Prattville. Why? It's a fun course and I like seeing how I do against the girls since they play the Navistar at this course." -- Scott Milner
"The Senator." -- Brian Lochhead
3. Ross Bridge in Hoover, Ala. Description: Symbolic of an old parkland style golf course, 10 holes play along the banks of two significant lakes connected by a spectacular waterfall dropping 80 feet between the ninth and eighteenth greens.
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"I haven't played them all, but I sure liked Ross Bridges." -- Kent Lillie
"Ross Bridge! 8,200 from the back tees, but plenty of options for golfers of all levels. Great finishing hole too!" -- Kevin Armstrong
"Ross Bridge." -- Matt Padgett
"I've only played RTJ The Shoals once, but it was a beautiful course. Ross Bridge is on my list of courses to play." -- Ricky Painter
"Gotta be Ross Bridge on the RTJ Golf Trail. Beautiful set-up, always in great condition. Some of the most testing public holes available in the state." -- Dale Ward
2. Grand National - Links Course in Opelika, Ala. As its website states: The Links course is without a single weakness. The par-four 18th hole is without a doubt one of the strongest finishing holes on the Trail. The drive must carry a corner of the lake, while the approach is played to a pedestal green.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Anyone of the RTJ Golf Courses... I have only played Dothan, Opelika and Huntsville... have been at Montgomery and Greensville... They are all awesome!" -- Darrell Smock
"RTJ @ Grand National - Links Course. Most scenic course on the Trail and it's near the Loveliest Village on the Plains (Auburn)" -- Daniel Blazich
"Any Robert Trent Jones Trail Course - Grand National Links is gorgeous. Amazing value at $45 a round ($135 for 3 days unlimited golf) and excellent service and course conditions. I drove down from Canada to play!" -- Stefano T
"Thanks to all who are posting! We love golf in Alabama and are proud to host the LPGA Tour at two different locations on the Trail. We hope to see you all on the Trail very soon!" -- RTJ Golf Trail
1. Silver Lakes in Glencoe, Ala. Featuring three championship nines -- the Backbreaker, Heartbreaker and Mindbreaker -- and a short course, Silver Lakes is a big-time favorite in the state of Alabama and can be played at a great price.
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"The new and improved Silver Lakes!" -- Matt Haynes
"Silver Lakes in Glencoe. It is a part of the Robert Trent Golf Trail, plus by playing Silver Lakes now you will be helping out the course as it has been affected by the April 27 Tornado. (and it is a beautiful course)." -- Jack Harley Lamey Sr.
"RTJ's-Silver Lakes... I drove a beverage cart there while in college and that is where the golf addiction started for me... The layout consists of beautiful rolling hills and elevated greens. The Backbreaker, Heartbreaker, and Mindbeaker courses are sure to take your breath away! All of the RTJ courses are nice but Silver Lakes will always be my favorite." -- Amy Buchanan Todd
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New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane asked this morning "whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge 'facts' that are asserted by newsmakers they write about."As was, I think, obvious to any calm, careful, competent reader, Brisbane was wondering about repeating assertions that politicians (and others) make about their thoughts and motivations, matters about which they have sole access. What can the reporter do? Insinuate disbelief? Pummel the newsmaker with pointless "Oh, really? Are you sure?"-type questions?
But left-wing bloggers acted like Brisbane had asked the head-slappingly stupid question "Should reporters care about truth?"
Brisbane sort of asked for it by writing "'facts'" — so I half-suspect he was setting a trap for the unwary. I'd like to ask him if he was trying to trick bloggers into paying attention to him. He'd probably say "Of course not. I was genuinely interested in what reporters should do about this pesky, recurrent problem." And then what would I say: "Oh, really? Are you sure?"?


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Pressey, Bowers Lead No. 14 Missouri Over Alcorn State
COLUMBIA (AP) -- Phil Pressey scored 21 points and Laurence Bowers added 14 - all in the second half - to help No. 14 Missouri rout Alcorn State 91-54 on Tuesday night.
After a rough first half, the Tigers (2-0) pulled away from the Braves. Missouri made just nine of its 39 attempts before the break and held a seven-point halftime advantage thanks to Pressey's deep 3-pointer with three seconds left.
Bowers hit three 3-pointers in the second half to help Missouri take command. The Tigers used an 18-3 run after the half to blow the game open.
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If he is following the ongoing situation here in Ocean City, a guy named Joe Lathrop is most likely continuing to shake his head in bewilderment.
President and founder of OCG, an independent consultant hired last year to study Ocean City's tourism structure and make recommendations to improve it, Lathrop found in his research that resort tourism is essentially dysfunctional. He discovered what many of us have known for years — there's a lack of trust between the city and the private tourism industry and that city tourism-related departments need a structural realignment to optimize communication and prevent splintering of efforts.
Lathrop provided three options for the fledgling Tourism Advisory Board, which replaced the former Tourism Commission, to consider in re-organizing Ocean City into a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) — privatization, the creation of a 501c6 organization or internal realignment, which was essentially decided as the best course of action.
Seven months after that report was presented, basically nothing has been done and frustrations are running rampant from all sides. In some cases, tempers are beginning to flare, causing for strained feelings among the stakeholders. TAB appears to be floundering in a state of confusion, and the council members who wanted to dissolve the former Tourism Commission because elected officials sat on it are not being clear in their direction.
The pot was further stirred at this week's Mayor and Council meeting when Carousel Hotel managing partner Michael James broached the subject of TAB and its future.
"I would request the Mayor and Council consider reinstating the Tourism Commission like we used to have. As we work with TAB and without having elected officials, it's just very difficult. I have served on both — the Tourism Commission and TAB … ," James said. "It's really imperative in my opinion that we have elected officials there. I have struggled with these TAB meetings. They go on and it's hard to communicate with the council. It just seems to me to get back to the structure that seemed to be more effective in my opinion."
While politely shooting down James' suggestion to reform the commission, Councilman Joe Hall, an ardent opponent over the years to most city subcommittees such as the former Tourism Commission, pointed to an upcoming meeting as a chance to clear the air on the matter.
"I don't know that it's to go back to the old Tourism Commission as it existed but we have TAB on the agenda [next month] and we will talk about the MOU and how that functions. I think part of the discussion needs to be on an agreement with how the council is going to work with the business community," he said. "I think we should inform TAB that will be part of the discussion along with what the mayor reported as far as they were going to be discussing how the money was going to be spent. I think part of the agreement needs to be how we are going to work together and how all aspects of the business community have a voice."
That seems to be what all involved desire, but it's been elusive to this point, largely because there is no agreeable means to get to that end. How to get to the point where the micromanaging and distrust abates seems to be the root of the problem, one that still exists today as much as it did seven months ago when the specific issues were outlined by Lathrop.
Funding for education continues to dominate the news cycle around here these days.
The bottom line today is residents in Worcester and Wicomico counties are going to have to pay more in taxes and providing suitable monies to the respective schools systems is the main reason, driven by depressed property values leading to major reductions in property tax revenue.
Although their makeup and approaches are as different as they come, the Wicomico County Council and the Worcester County Commissioners made it clear this week that taxes will be rising.
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For Worcester, a 7-cent property tax increase appears to be on the table or has at least been identified as what it will take to bring in the same revenues as the prior year. Some sort of take increase will be approved and what exactly that new revenue will be steered to is unknown, but we believe it will more than likely help fund a pay increase for all employees as well as getting close to the level funding request from the Board of Education.
These neighboring shore counties do not have a lot in common, but one thing residents do appear on the cusp of sharing is the fact they are going to have to pay the government next year than they did this year.
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The big annual design event in French speaking Switzerland is now starting his 4th edition. From 23 – 26 September the Swiss magazine Espaces contemporains is staging DESIGN ON OFF, an event that brings together designers from Switzerland and abroad and provides a platform for encounters between the general public, the professionals and the designers.
Beside exhibitions at more than 20 design showrooms of Lausanne and area there will be presentations of the work of 20 young designers at the Salle de spectacles de Renens. ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne) presents 'ECAL Bazar', a sale exhibition of students' works between 1996 and 2010. All venues are connected by free buses.


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Over the last couple of years reading the Butler Eagle is like reading Crime Digest. Rarely a day passes without a page or two with reports of arrests of drug dealers or crimes directly related to drug use.
Butler is not alone in this epidemic. It's rampant across the whole country. Towns, large and small, are suffering from this pandemic of overdoses, murders, robberies, burglaries, and assault due to drug usage and drug dealing.
Butler has neighborhood watch groups and community organizations asking for the citizens to report criminal activity to the police.
The police, at risk of life and limb, are doing a tremendous job of trying to get the criminal element off the streets and keep our communities safe.
The problem lies with our courts, whose judges play catch and release with the drug dealers, often repeat offenders. Why would these judges release these criminals back into society to continue their murderous trade of destruction with a slap-on-the-wrist sentence? The only logical reason that comes to mind is that our jails are full and the counties and the state don't want to spend the money to build more.
I believe the answer to curing the curse of the criminal drug World is to educate the children, treat the addicts, and eliminate the dealers.
By elimination, I mean a five-year prison sentence at hard labor for the first offense of hard drug dealing and a 25 year hard labor sentence for the second offense. I doubt there would be a third.
I suggest three such no nonsense, rock breaking camps be built across Pennsylvania. They could be built and operated by private corporations and paid for by criminal assets seized in drug busts. The prisoners would help pay by selling the crushed rock their hammers generate to road construction crews. Building the border wall is also critical in slowing the flow of drugs into America.
While this may sound harsh to some, the survival of our children and our nation is worth it. We need to contact our legislators and tell them we are sick of burying our children and having our communities and lives destroyed while these cretins receive a light sentence or no sentence at all.
The first duty a government has is to protect its citizens, and that is not being done.


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Mark Wills' "Loving Every Minute" video, with its depiction of a policeman and his family rushing to the hospital for the birth of a new child, is a CMT favorite. The song is the title track from Wills' latest CD. A new single, "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You," pairs him with labelmate Jamie O'Neal. The Georgia native's recording career got underway in 1996 and includes hits such as "Jacob's Ladder," "Wish You Were Here," "Places I've Never Been" and "Back at One." You sent in questions for Mark and we picked 20. He talks about the inspiration for the "Loving Every Minute" video, about where in the world he'd like to go and about how his band, Nokintobob, got their name.
1. I love all your videos, especially "Loving Every Minute." Which is your favorite?
Probably my favorite to shoot was the very first video we ever did, for a song called 'High, Low and In Between.' I got to fly in a 1941 Stearman Biplane all afternoon on what used to be the set of [TV show] Little House on the Prairie.
2. I love the video "Loving Every Minute." Is this a real-life experience, or were you inspired by someone else to record this video?
My wife actually inspired the video. We were talking about how cool it was when our first child [Mally] was born. That's the way we came up with the video for the song. I thought the song was a great tune, but it had several different meanings, and that was something I wanted to convey with the video.
3. Do you and Jamie O'Neal plan to release a video for your new single, "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You"? It would go to No. 1 on CMT in no time.
I don't know. I hope. It would be nice to have a video to share with the single, but right now we don't have any plans. We've both been working so much that it's kind of tough to get our schedules together. We'll see. Who knows?
4. What is the most difficult thing to do when making a video?
The most difficult thing is sitting around and waiting. You may shoot 12, 14, 16 hours for a three-minute song. That's the toughest part of shooting a video.
5. Do you think you will ever include Mally in your show? I saw you in New York and you played a tape of her singing. I thought it was a nice touch to the show.
She's already involved in the show. She comes out most of the time when she's on the road with us, comes out and sings with me a little bit. You never know, it could end up being a Mel Tillis/Pam Tillis thing.
6. Besides "Loving Every Minute of It," my second favorite song on your CD is "The Balloon Song." It's a very touching song. What made you select it?
Anybody who knows my music knows I love real songs. I love songs that have real-life meaning. 'The Balloon Song' is a true-life song. It actually happened. When I heard the story behind it, I thought it was just such an incredible tune that I had to record it. It happened to [writer] Casey Beatherd's sister, and I don't know all the detail behind it, the whens and wheres, but I do know it's a real song.
7. I am the father of a wonderful 7-year-old girl. Mary-Kate and I heard your song "In My Arms" and it has now become our song. What was your inspiration for recording that song?
Well, I wrote that song about my daughter with two friends of mine in Nashville, Monty Criswell and Michael White. There was a lot of instant love going on when I wrote that song, because my little girl was only 4 or 5 weeks old at the time. That song, for me was something that I wanted to do for my little girl, because I felt like it was so important. She was such a new, yet very important, part of my life. I wanted to give her something.
8. You are my all-time favorite artist. I can remember being 13 and listening to your debut CD on repeat for hours. I would even listen in my sleep. It drove my parents crazy, but my favorite song is "What's Not to Love." What do you feel about this song, and why do you think that it wasn't released as a single?
I don't pick the singles for the records. I just record 'em. I think that was a great song. People get too caught up in their outward appearance. A lot of people miss a beautiful person because they only look for the outside. That's something that that song really talked about. You could have been with someone for 20 years, and when you look back at pictures, they don't look the same as they do now, but their spirit and their heart are still the same. That's what people fall in love with eventually. People fall in love with someone's beauty, but it's their heart and their soul that they end up loving more than the outward beauty. That's what that song is about.
9. I grew up in Blue Ridge, Ga., where you're from. What did you like most about growing up in a small town? (Tony Underwood)
I think I like the same thing about it now that I didn't like about it then. There's a whole lot less that goes on there. I always wanted to be more involved in the fast lane. Now that I'm on the road and I'm gone away from home all the time, I would love to be able to go back and put my family in a small-town environment. There's a whole lot less to do, but at the same time there's a whole lot more opportunity to relax and to live.
10. Who were your influences to become a country singer?
I think everything's an influence, whether it's an influence for the good or for the bad. I grew up listening to stuff like Conway Twitty, like Ronnie Milsap, like Alabama, George Jones. I listened to a wide variety of country music. When I say a wide variety, you have your traditional country, you have your contemporary country. You don't get a much bigger gap between traditional and contemporary than George Jones and Ronnie Milsap. Those were two of my favorites. I listened to a wide variety of country music; I listened to a wide variety of music in general. That was what sold me on country music – I loved the diversity in it.
11. How old were you when you decided to get into the music business?
I was about 4 (laughs). I really was. I can remember being a little kid and just singing, loving to sing, and telling my mom that's what I was going to do for a living. Mom was like, 'If that's what you want to do for a living, you do it.' I think that was a nice, polite way of going, 'OK, you'll change your mind.' Sure enough, that's what I set my goal to do, and I've been very blessed and very fortunate to get to make a living out of singing music, which is something I wanted to do my entire life. I feel very blessed to be able to sing for a living and to have a good time doing something I would be doing as a hobby if I wasn't doing it for a living.
12. How did your band get its name, Nokintobob?
The band got the name Nokintobob because when I first started out on radio tours, back in late '95, early '96, every radio station I would go into, one of the first questions would be, 'Are you any kin to Bob Wills?' I would say, 'No, I'm no kin to Bob. It just came about to where the more people would ask me that question, the faster [my answer] would get. 'No, I'm No-kin-to-Bob.' My wife heard me say it and some of the guys at the record company heard me say it and they said, 'You ought to just name your band the Nokintobob Band.' We took it and made one word out of it. Now, that's the name of the band. People look at it and they think it's like an Indian word or something. They're like 'Mark Wills and …' I go, 'Yeah, it's just a long Indian word.'
13. How do you warm up or get prepared vocally before a concert?
Vocal coaches hate to hear this, but I don't. I'm a person that God has blessed with a natural voice. I don't mean that to sound like I'm bragging, but I don't have to really warm it up now. If I'm sick or if I've got a cold or something, that's a different story. But generally speaking, I don't warm up. I go do it. I've been really blessed to have a voice that doesn't take a lot of priming or a lot of pushing to get it to where it needs to be. I just go out, open my mouth and there it is.
14. You seem so confident coming on stage. What is the first thing you focus on when you greet your audience? Any special thing to look for to keep you from getting the jitters?
Normally, before we go out, my guys and I stand around the back, we say a prayer. We go out to have a good time. People don't normally buy tickets to come to a show to not have a good time, so that's the philosophy we take. If you're coming to the show, you're out there to have fun and you're out there to hear the music. We feel like if we put the emphasis on the music and we put the emphasis on us having a good time, they'll have a good time. A lot of entertainers try to outthink this business. It's just music. It's about going out and having fun and portraying the music with the dignity that it deserves. That's what we try to do.
15. What's your most embarrassing moment while performing live?
The most embarrassing moment, I was in Nashville, Tenn., which is the home of country music, and I was playing a show and I could not remember any of the words to any of my songs. I got stage fright. I messed up a song, and when I messed up that song, I got really nervous about being in Nashville. From that point on, I couldn't remember any of the words to any of the songs. I was forgetting the words to 'Jacob's Ladder'; I was forgetting the words to 'Places I've Never Been'; I was forgetting the words to big hit records that we had had for years. That's a scary thing. I don't have a lot in my life that I have to remember. I have to remember my daughter's birthday. I have to remember my anniversary. I have to remember my wife's birthday. Pretty much, other than that, all I have to remember are songs (chuckles). When you get stage fright, when something happens that throws you off and you forget the words to your songs, that's an embarrassing yet horrifying moment, to be standing up there in front of that many people and not be able to remember any of the words to any of your songs. That was about two years ago at the Wildhorse [Saloon]. I had been on the road. I had been running myself ragged. We really had been on the go with no stopping whatsoever. That night it caught up to me. I was onstage and totally lost it, totally lost what I was doing and could not remember the words to the songs, could not remember anything, and it was a very, very scary and embarrassing evening.
[Daughter Mally interrupts, "Hello, Daddy" and a short conversation between father and daughter ensues.]
16. How has the tragedy of 9/11 impacted your life? Has it inspired you to record any material related to it?
I have recorded a song about it, but I chose not to use it. The reason I chose not to put it out was because I felt like, with everything going on, we just needed to get on with life. We needed to go on and try to live our life. Alan wrote a great song that's done wonderful. I felt like you can almost fall into that whole thing of capitalizing on what happened. I didn't want to do that. Music is entertainment. Music is supposed to make you feel good or feel bad or make you happy, make you sad. That's what the songs are about. I felt like, after all that happened, and I got to looking at it, I thought it's probably just best for me to go on doing what I do. You never know, on the next record I may have something out there that is a tribute or reflects that kind of mindset.
I did my album release for the Loving Every Minute CD in the harbor in New York City. I stood there and looked at the twin towers off of the USS Intrepid with my wife and family. We stood there and looked at those buildings, and I was telling my wife about the day that I played between 'em. I played at the World Trade Center, standing between the two towers, I played a concert there. I was telling her next time we go to town we'll go see it, blah, blah, blah, and it's no longer there. So removing myself from all of that, I think you're going to hear a lot of songs about that kind of stuff. Therefore, I chose just to keep doing what I do and not dive in to make people feel like I'm trying to capitalize on a tragedy.
Once you have a couple songs of songs [about the situation], then you kind of feel like, well everybody's just jumping on the bandwagon. That's what I didn't want to do. As an American citizen and someone who's very proud to be an American, you want to defend your country, you want to speak your piece about that. At the same time, you also want to be very aware that we have a job to do, and our job is to entertain. Instead of getting on the bandwagon and doing something like that, I just felt like since I had just released a new album, it was probably better for me just to go on and do what I was doing off the album.
17. If you could go any place in the entire world, where would that be? Why?
I would love to travel around and play the world's best 100 golf courses. I tell you what I would really love to do, and I'm probably going to get the opportunity to do that this year, is to maybe go over to the holy lands, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, places like that. I would really love to go over and see some of that area. That's something I would enjoy doing. I've gotten to travel a lot of cool places. Without going to Hawaii or someplace on vacation, I think that would be cool to go over and see some stuff like that, some stuff that you read about or you hear about in church. Go and actually see those places. If you're a religious person, if you believe in God and you believe in Christ, that's something that is kind of the beginning of your faith. That's where it all transpired. I think that would be cool, to go see some stuff like that. I'm doing some stuff with my church, and they're planning a trip over there. If everything keeps going like it is, I'm going to try to go over. I think that would just be an awesome trip, very inspirational, very spiritual trip to get to go do something like that.
18. What is your favorite food?
My favorite food is food that doesn't eat me first. I love all kinds of food. When traveling on the road, you have to be somebody who can eat a lot of different things. I eat everything from sushi to hot dogs and hamburgers. I love Italian food, I love Chinese food, I love Japanese food, I love Mexican food. I can pretty much eat anything. I'm not trying to balk on the answer, I just don't have a favorite type of food. Last night I had Chinese food. We have a place down the road from my house that delivers. I had just flown in from Phoenix, after playing in the Phoenix Open Pro/Am [golf tournament] for a couple of days. I flew in and had Chinese food. I feel like I'm a pretty well rounded food guy.
19. Why did you cut your hair a few years back and go for the not-so-cowboy look?
I'm not a cowboy. I'm a country singer. There's a difference in country singers and cowboys. It was no disrespect to anything. I just felt like there were a lot of people out there who had long hair. As confident and carefree about my hair as I was, I was kinda going with a different image and I didn't have a problem cutting my hair. It was one of those things that, on the road, having to wake up and go to the radio stations, it kinda had become a problem. You have to get up an hour early to fix it, just to go into the radio station so you didn't have a bed head. It was basically more out of convenience than anything. I just wanted to have a little less stuff to do in the morning, so I cut my hair off. Hey, I'm a dad. I kinda felt like it was time to do something different, to look a little different, to make a change.
20. What other artists besides country do you like?
I like a lot of different stuff. I like Aerosmith, I like Bon Jovi, I like Brian McKnight, I like … let me go over here [to his record collection] and I'll just read you some stuff that I have on my wall. I'm looking right here, I have Bon Jovi records, I have NewSong, which is a Christian group involved in the church, I listen to a lot of their music. I like some of the old '80s stuff like Bad English, I listen to Motley Crue. The biggest majority of my collection is definitely country music. I can go through here and, John & Audrey Wiggins, who used to be on Mercury. Bryan White. Best of the 80s country collection, a five-disc CD set, and right above that I have 80s rock monster ballads. I have a very wide … Delbert McClinton, Brent Mason, who plays on my records, who has a great solo record out. I have a very wide range of music that I listen to. It kinda keeps me from getting stale. I feel like if you constantly surround yourself and you never put anything else in your life other than one thing, you can get burned out on it. Therefore, I try my best to listen to different stuff all the time, to keep it fresh.


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Smart Designs necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
"Here at BabyOnline, we know how challenging it can be to provide babies with the best of everything without blowing the budget. We feel it is time to change your shopping habits."
We are one of the leaders in the disposable nappies market and one of the leading suppliers of environmentally friendly nappies! The success of it is largely due to many years of experience in the international disposable diapers market. Our extensive product range has been carefully selected to provide you with value for money.
Right from the beginning BabyOnline has concentrated on providing customers with high quality products at very competitive prices.
Our guidelines are simple:
Quality products
Variety of options
Value for money
Excellent customer service
Another reason for our popularity is our diverse range of products. We proudly cater for needs of every caregiver. We supply a variety of quality products, from nappies right through to car seats and other baby products, all at affordable prices.
Our target audience are parents, mainly mothers who frequently buy their nappy supplies online along with other baby products.
They love their new family member and want to give them the best in life and make sure whatever they buy for their baby, they know they can trust.
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We'll be using the following rating system (borrowed from delynnberry competition "thanks"):
1 star - Wrong direction, start over
2 star - Some elements we like, but it's still a miss
3 star - Interesting concept that needs further refinement. You're getting close but need revisions or a different angle to your design
4 star - A great design. Probably only needs a tweak of color or shading.
5 star - You've made the Final Cut.
This design if for an online shopping website. You can look at the current website we are upgrading to get a feel of the products and content it will be presenting at http://www.babyonline.co.nz. This website is very retro and the design and colors are way too strong overpowering all it's content. The new design
needs to be completely different.
Please look at http://www.ieproduce.com to see many of the new shopping features the new website will be using. it will be using the same shopping engine.
Design Requirements:
- We have a new logo design, thanks to Mickle here on 99designs! We now need a new website design that works well with this new logo. You can view it here: http://www.babyonline.co.nz/newlogo…online.JPG
- Try not to use typlical Pink & Blues please. Maybe for highlights only.
- Keep it clean and simple but with some extra level of sophistication and detail to really present the products and content well plus make it easy for people to intuitively use.
- We are looking for a modern design with soft tones and a good feel. The design at http://www.mint.com really inspires us. Not nessasaryly these colors. Something like this will definitely impress us.
- Design the width of the website for 1024 be viewed on resolutions but with a smart background design that bleeds out to the full width on larger resolutions. The above mint websites deals with this well, here's another couple of examples: http://cms.template-help.com/magento_21820 or http://pulsedirect.co.nz
- Find a good balance with the design that's too strong, so that the logo, content and products can easily stand out and not be over powered by the website design as you will see with the current design.
- As well as the master design template we need content design concepts for the the front page layout, the products listings and product zoom (more info) pages.
We are not experts so feel free to put forward any design ideas you professionly think is a good choice for this online busines. The website's main objective it to do a good job attracting customers and selling baby products online.
Feel free to ask as many questions as you like and work with me to help you do the best job.
Additional requirements include:
- Original file format used to build the logo.
- Provide the names of any fonts used.
- In the future the design will also be used on basic print.
The winner will be someone who can truly impress us and show some great talent. They will also be someone who would be enthusiastic to work with us on the rest of this project to help us to create an award winning website, which is already very successful even with its current retro design.
We look forward to your entries, all the best!


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Question: We recently tried to attach a SQL Server 2008 R2 database to SQL Server 2012 and the upgrade failed because one of the filegroups in the database is set to read-only. When we tried to attach the database back to SQL Server 2008 R2 that failed as well. What did we do wrong?
Answer: The simple answer is that upgrade does not work with read-only filegroups.
I replicated the scenario described above and found that SQL Server 2012 leaves the database in an unusable state. If you try to take a SQL Server 2008R2 database with a read-only filegroup and attach it to SQL Server 2012, you'll see the errors below:
Starting up database 'paulsdb'.
Recovery is writing a checkpoint in database 'paulsdb' (5). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Database 'paulsdb' cannot be upgraded because it is read-only, has read-only files or the user does not have permissions to modify some of the files. Make the database or files writeable, and rerun recovery.
However, trying to then attach the database back to SQL Server 2008R2 generates the following error:
Could not open new database 'paulsdb'. CREATE DATABASE is aborted.
Msg 3624, Level 20, State 1, Line 1
A system assertion check has failed. Check the SQL Server error log for details. Typically, an assertion failure is caused by a software bug or data corruption. To check for database corruption, consider running DBCC CHECKDB. If you agreed to send dumps to Microsoft during setup, a mini dump will be sent to Microsoft. An update might be available from Microsoft in the latest Service Pack or in a QFE from Technical Support.
The database is now completely unusable. The problem is that SQL Server 2012 wrote into the primary filegroup of the database which means it is now unusable on SQL Server 2008R2. I consider this a bug.
Usually, I would say that the best way to do the upgrade operation is to restore from a backup, or to take a copy of the database rather than trying to attach the only copy of it, as this makes sure that you have a working copy of the database attached to a SQL Server instance if something goes wrong with the upgrade. However, when you start to consider multi-terabyte databases this can become unfeasible very quickly so sometimes there is no choice but to use the real database (as long as you have a backup of it, just in case something goes wrong).
The reason that SQL Server does not allow an upgrade to progress if a database has one or more read-only filegroups is that it is unable to upgrade the physical structures of the read-only filegroup. This would mean the database engine having to copy with two (or more) versions of the physical structures – which is very complicated from an engineering perspective.
Bottom line: Whether you agree with it or not, SQL Server cannot upgrade a database that is partially read-only. And be very careful with how you do your upgrades to SQL Server 2012 as you don't want to get bitten by the behavior described above.
Update: There's now a KB article that describes the fix in 2012 RTM CU2.


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