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Wednesday, February 21st 2018, 7:33pm
any info about the delay in the Event? Is Demadrend unavailable?
Date of registration: Feb 23rd 2017
Thursday, February 22nd 2018, 7:26am
haha did you really expect it to happen as sceduled?
Thanks: 363
Thursday, February 22nd 2018, 4:56pm
If a deadline is given, I would expect it to be hold. Some people probably put quite some time and effort into their creations and I think an simple apology/short explaination would be the least they deserve. Shows how much they value the community tho.
Date of registration: Feb 23rd 2017
Thursday, February 22nd 2018, 5:18pm
To me it feels like some of staff got fed up of this game/their duties,but are unwilling to give away their position.Very bad for community.
Personally,i've put around 2h into my creation. I can understand 1 day of delay,but already 3 day delay with event not being so huge or complicated,i think it's too much.
Some people take their responsibilites and duties for granted,even if its such a small amount of work to actually be done. Not to mention how they simply ignore all threads that they dont like,altho questions are pointed towards them. But thats subject for another occasion.
Date of registration: Jan 26th 2016
Thanks: 11
Thursday, February 22nd 2018, 7:52pm
Lucky me. I didnt do it. Saw it coming
Retired Teammember
Date of registration: Mar 22nd 2017
Thanks: 3
Thursday, February 22nd 2018, 9:45pm
I believed Demadrend or Kami would be picking the winners but I will decide (with Zidane) and announce the winners in a few hours and make sure Demadrend gets the spreadsheet of entries before tomorrow. Apologies for the delay and misunderstanding.
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Date of registration: Oct 7th 2016
Location: cROATIA
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Friday, February 23rd 2018, 7:46am
Thanks: 15
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 7:59am
Ability: ''Receive one random skill cards everyday.'' everyday? dafuq?
Date of registration: Jul 24th 2016
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 9:54am
This was a funny and positive event, that called out the creativity and humor of the players. I enjoyed creating a card and I also enjoyed seeing other players creations. Too bad this response from the players was'nt appreciated by GMs/Moderators.
After you delayed the conclusion af the event for several days without any explanation to the players, I think most of that positive feeling has gone.
Too bad that you missed this opportunity to create some goodwill around the game.
Date of registration: May 30th 2017
Location: somewhere in the Elemental Plane
Occupation: Wizard
Thanks: 56
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 11:44am
This event its really a joke,I painted a card, made it in legend, godlike and awakaned version using the rules of this game and you ###### chose cards made with the paint?????????? LOLOLOLOLOLOL Really thats a joke... OR you take 7 days to chose cards random, because i dont see any criteria or wise desicion chosing cards. Im talking about s17, theres at least 3 or 4 cards made much better than the ones you chose...Ppl that takes time of is life working to make nice cards, with nice abilities... really i dont understand you...
Im my opinion its better you dont make events like this at all, if at the end you will mock in the face of people. I dont even really be mad if i saw that you chose some other well made cards, or cards with middle grafical work by a really nice abilities. But you dont even did that... Whatever... Dont even waste my time more.
And ps: dont delete my post, because he is not breaking none of the rules of the forum. Like i say before i congratulate when you do good events, same as i disagree when you do very bad ones.... And you converted one great ideia for a event into one of worst i ever saw.
Next time i will make a Batman with some chicken wings, made with paint and maybe you chose me... lol
This post has been edited 10 times, last edit by "Walthamir" (Feb 23rd 2018, 12:39pm)
Date of registration: Jul 7th 2017
Location: No
Occupation: No
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 1:14pm
Gamerage is real!
Date of registration: Jan 26th 2016
Thanks: 11
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 5:51pm
Or dont participate
Date of registration: Jan 5th 2018
Thanks: 1
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 6:16pm
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Walthamir (23.02.2018)
Date of registration: Feb 15th 2018
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 6:51pm
I agree with Walthamir, and he did realy awesom card like pro and he didn't get propertly reward? Is this kindergarten or serious posts on forum?
Date of registration: Apr 10th 2017
Location: England
Occupation: Psychology Student + Retail Worker
Thanks: 9
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 8:50pm
When taking part in this event, it didn't say the best card designs win? The winners are randomly selected from the people who took part. I didn't put as much effort into this event as others, but even if I did, I wouldn't be as butt hurt about it as some of you guys are.
You got a reward for taking part, it's not like you got nothing. In the chest you was given, you could get a fire ruby, that is better than the card you probably chose (if you was lucky enough to get one).
Walthamir I do not agree with you about ''In future do not make these events'' others enjoy them, and they give people a chance of getting stuff. Just because you didn't win, deal with it. Put your dummy back in and stop ruining things for other people, this negative attitude is most likely why events don't come out so often, because when they do, you and others just pick fault at them and moan.
Date of registration: May 30th 2017
Location: somewhere in the Elemental Plane
Occupation: Wizard
Thanks: 56
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 8:59pm
Diligence did you read all i wrote? are you serious about the winners? If winning in this event are random next time i will made a chuck norris in pants by copy paste. I lost half a day making that card. and i belive more people put serious efforts making their cards, and theres some awesome cards there that deserve more to win,but no, some RANDOM PPL WIN? in my work im rewarded when i do a great job or put some effort in that. So don't come here with crap talking about some kind of moralist talk... You will never understand...
ps. what i say its that i totally understand that other great works win this, not even talking about wanna win this... but did you think the bests cards wins? that was just random....and that's it. very discourages for someone make good stuff next time they thinking in make some other random winner event. "if they will make"
This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Walthamir" (Feb 23rd 2018, 9:20pm)
Date of registration: Jul 24th 2016
Friday, February 23rd 2018, 10:38pm
The winners were clearly not chosen randomly, except for the last two (where it says random). All of the other winners have used the Valentine theme, so obviously that has been a criteria for picking them.
The only winner, that didn't use the Valentine theme is the Awakened Modesty, which I think was chosen for its humor and originality in the abilities and texts.
Personally I think that the Awakened Modesty was the winner that deserved it most, and I wish that they had given humor and originality a higher priority instead of just rewarding those who used the Valentine theme.
I understand that some players wished that they had given a higher priority to the art work in the picture.
I guess it is hard to find some criteria, that everyone can agree on.
But what I find most disappointing is the carelessness and negligence displayed by the GMs in this event - with the delay and lack of communication.
I imagined that the GMs would discuss with each other what cards were the best and deserved the rewards. Haha !
Obviously the situation was quite the opposite. They had not even decided who should pick the winners. It was just a boring job, that one of them had to do. And in the end it was like: "Ok, if no one else care about picking some winners, then I guess I have to."
With an attitude like that it is no wonder, that the player base is getting still smaller.
Date of registration: Apr 10th 2017
Location: England
Occupation: Psychology Student + Retail Worker
Thanks: 9
Saturday, February 24th 2018, 12:14am
The fact that it's a randomly selected winner, it's your own fault for wasting half your day. You did a very nice job on your card, I kind of liked it.
But no, I don't think the BEST or BETTER cards where chosen, but it was randomly selected. I'm guessing it makes it less bias or something that way.
But my advise for you Walthamir, unless events like this say the best wins, just do enough effort to take part, because if it's random, you could do the best or worst card and still win or lose.
Maybe we should of had a player base vote? For our S13-S15 ones, I rather liked Riversharp's card and I think he deserved to win.
Date of registration: Mar 18th 2017
Saturday, February 24th 2018, 12:42am
Yeah, I won't waste my time on events like this anymore.
It's a shame.
Retired Teammember
Date of registration: Jul 3rd 2017
Thanks: 17
Saturday, February 24th 2018, 12:49am
I believed Demadrend or Kami would be picking the winners but I will decide (with Zidane) and announce the winners in a few hours and make sure Demadrend gets the spreadsheet of entries before tomorrow. Apologies for the delay and misunderstanding.


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The latest polls show President Obama and the Democrats beating Republicans on just about every issue,from the economy and health care to immigration,Medicare,and gun violence. Overall,45 percent of Americans agree with most of what the president is doing,40 percent agree with the congressional Democrats,and only 29 percent agree with the congressional Republicans,according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey released Wednesday.
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But there's a case to be made that Obama has helped exacerbate the GOP's internal divisions by highlighting wedge issues. Gay marriage,the expansion of Medicaid,immigration reform,even the "sequester" – all have splintered the Republicans and at times forced them into debate among themselves as much as with Democrats.
"Obama's doing a good job of exploiting internal discord," says Ford O'Connell,president of the conservative Civic Forum PAC.
The Republicans,of course,damaged themselves in the last election. The party is still digging out from Mitt Romney's rich-guy gaffes,starting with his disparaging comments about the "47 percent." Obama continues to crush the Republicans on the issue of who understands the concerns of the middle class. Then there were the off-key comments on rape that cost the Republicans two Senate seats and untold embarrassment nationally,especially among women voters.
But it was Obama's unabashedly liberal speech at his second inaugural that fueled the notion that he is actively trying to splinter the opposition. He went after climate-change skeptics when he bashed those who "may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science." He took an indirect slap at the GOP's vice presidential nominee,Paul Ryan,when he dismissed the idea that the social safety net – Medicare,Medicaid,Social Security – makes us "a nation of takers."
Obama went in for the kill with this comment: "We cannot mistake absolutism for principle,or substitute spectacle for politics,or treat name-calling as reasoned debate."
House Speaker John Boehner got the message. The next day,in a speech to the moderate-Republican Ripon Society,he accused Obama of trying to "annihilate the Republican Party."
The speaker argued that because Obama laid out an agenda that can't get through the Republican-controlled House,the administration's real aim must be to destroy the GOP.
"Let me just tell you," Speaker Boehner said,driving the point home,"I do believe that is their goal – to just shove us into the dustbin of history."
A month later,the Republicans have grown only more fractious. The American Conservative Union declined to invite New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,the most popular Republican in the country,to their annual confab – the Conservative Political Action Conference,or CPAC – next month.
In the grand scheme of things,the CPAC snub is small potatoes – in fact,it may help Governor Christie's image as a pragmatist as he runs for reelection and possibly president. But it's also telling: The biggest annual gathering of conservatives won't include one of the GOP's superstars,because he played nice with President Obama after superstorm Sandy,right before Election Day.
On gay marriage,more than 80 Republican leaders broke ranks with party orthodoxy this week by submitting a brief arguing in favor of marriage equality,ahead of next month's Supreme Court arguments on the issue.
And as the federal government prepares to implement the sequester – deep,across-the-board spending cuts,half out of defense – Republicans are splintering over how to frame it and whether even to fight its implementation. The GOP establishment opposes the cuts as currently configured (entitlements are mostly exempt) and points out the Obama administration came up with the idea. Tea partyers welcome the cuts,calling them a victory for smaller government.
But at least one House Republican is in open revolt. Rep. Scott Rigell (R) of Virginia,whose district is home to the largest naval base in the world,says he's open to closing tax loopholes and thus creating new revenue to avoid the deep cuts. When Obama visited his district Tuesday,he gave Congressman Rigell a shoutout.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina,up for reelection in 2014 and concerned about defense cuts,has also tiptoed off the reservation. On Monday he told CNN he was open to $600 billion in new tax revenue if Democrats would go along with major entitlement reforms.
Immigration reform is another issue that deeply divides the GOP. Some Republicans oppose a path to citizenship,or anything that could be called "amnesty." Others,like Sen. Marco Rubio (R) of Florida,have changed their tune and now support a path to citizenship. Reaching agreement will be tough,but Republicans' abysmal showing among Latinos last November is a vital area of GOP concern.
In fact,a legalization process could end up eventually creating more Democratic voters. But Republicans like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush say that the party needs to move in this direction regardless,to get the issue behind it. Otherwise,Latinos won't hear the rest of the GOP message of economic opportunity and family values.
There's no doubt the 2012 election opened up divisions in the Republican Party,and it's natural for the president to try to take advantage of them,says Julian Zelizer,a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. But making the Republicans look disjointed isn't necessarily Obama's ultimate goal.
"At best,he wants votes," Mr. Zelizer says. "At minimum,he wants the divisions more pronounced – it makes them look weaker."

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Megan and two other Entrepreneur Scholars launched a new business during their first year of Entrepreneur Scholars studies. The business is called Your College Memories and it creates ceramic replicas of college campus buildings. Their first is of the Sacred Heart Chapel at the College of Saint Benedict which can be ordered at www.yourcollegememories.com. During her Entrepreneur Scholar experience she had two different internships with entrepreneurs: one with Stephanie Wolf at TKUU Clothing designs in Mill Valley, California and one with QuarterTon Productions in St. Cloud.


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In case you occasionally channel your inner adolescent, you oughta stay away from Facebook. It's not because — as in the days when the Mean Girls were the scourge of seventh grade — you will be judged. It's because you will judge them — and find yourself falling short by comparison.
Compare. Contrast. Fail.
You don't have to know from Justin Beiber to realize this is not necessarily rocket science: Even though we all know that facebook personas are carefully curated — we do it ourselves, after all — a new study published this week in Pediatrics suggests that while we know our own profiles might be a bit, um, varnished, we tend to get sucked right in to whatever our friends post. In other words, we believe. We think they have more fun.
According to the study:
Researchers have proposed a new phenomenon called "Facebook depression," defined as depression that develops when preteens and teens spend a great deal of time on social media sites, such as Facebook, and then begin to exhibit classic symptoms of depression. Acceptance by and contact with peers is an important element of adolescent life. The intensity of the online world is thought to be a factor that may trigger depression in some adolescents.
No one can say for sure whether it's cause and effect or a simple correlation, but here's what the study's lead author, Dr. Gwenn O'Keefe, told the Associated Press:
But there are aspects of Facebook that can make it a particularly tough social landscape to navigate for kids dealing with poor self-esteem, said Dr. Gwenn O'Keeffe, a pediatrician and lead author of new American Academy of Pediatrics social-media guidelines published today in the group's journal, Pediatrics.
With in-your-face friends' tallies, status updates and photos of happy-looking people having great times, Facebook pages can make some kids feel even worse if they think they don't measure up.
It can be more painful than sitting alone in a crowded school cafeteria or other real-life encounters that can make kids feel down, O'Keeffe said, because Facebook provides a skewed view of what's really going on. Online, there's no way to see facial expressions or read body language that provide context.
Maybe yes? Maybe no? But even when we're no longer teenagers chasing after those girls who have more fun, is there still a trace of that insecurity that wakes up whenever we get sucked into the great comparison game, the often unintended consequence of social media? Do we search for constant validation in the form of a "like" button? Do we end up with one more measure by which we judge ourselves? Do we saddle up for another frantic chase after all the trappings of our iconic self?
We may have outgrown our awkward adolescent selves, but still, there's that lingering need to compare, which is facilitated by the minute-to-minute status updates that are up in our face whenever we care to check. On the one hand, we're trying to make our way in this brave new land of unlimited options without a roapmap or much in the way of generational role models. But then, right there, with the click of a button, there's someone out there who looks to be doing it better, faster, righter — and having a lot more fun.
Women today have every choice–and every one of us is, at some point or another, terrified we've made the wrong ones. Is it any wonder, then, that we treat our public personas like we might a disssertation: something we must present and defend? Here is my choice, and look how great it is! I have achieved the American Dream–witness husband and spawn! Or: I'm single and successful and fancy-free–witness the world travels and amazing fun! When in reality, of course, both are bullshit. Because life is life and it's fabulous at times and at other times there are diapers to change or douchebags to date, and either way there's bills to pay… But just because we've come up against yet another dirty diaper–or douchebag–does not mean we chose wrong.


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February 14, 2013
On Tuesday, former vice president Al Gore appeared on Ellen Degeneres' NBC daytime talk show and admitted that scientists have "proposed" programs intended to "figure out a way to block out the sun," an effort many argue is already underway via the "chemtrail" program.
Here's a short transcript of some of the interview:
Ellen: "There's a rumor, I don't know if this is true or not, that some scientists are trying to figure out a way to block the sun to try to slow down global warming."
Al Gore: "It's a measure of the feeling of desperation that some of them feel…"
Ellen: "Are they really thinking they can do that?"
Gore: "Well, some of them are seriously proposing, and I think it's completely nuts [laughter], you know, you put another kind of pollution, sulfur dioxide, up to orbit…cover the atmosphere, the sky won't be really blue in the way it is now anymore, but it would block out some of the sun's heat so that we wouldn't have to take the difficult steps to stop spewing all this global warming pollution into the atmosphere."
Ellen: "Mm hmm."
Gore: "And of course, there are a lot of problems with what they're proposing. It turns out plants need sunlight,"
Ellen: "Yes"
Gore: "It wouldn't stop the acidification of the oceans and it really should be yet another wake-up call for why we need to stop putting all this pollution out there. We put 90 million tons every day up there, and that's what's drying out the soil…that's what's contributing to the worsening of these fires in the West, West Nile Virus worst outbreak ever last year, Superstorm Sandy."
It's clear Gore attempted to take full advantage of the interview to spew out global warming propaganda, and did his best to try to discredit researchers who for years have maintained that a government program was already in place to spray artificial aerosol particles into the atmosphere to accomplish the very thing Ellen was questioning.
"Given the fact that most advancements in science and technology are already taking place years before they are disclosed to the public, it stands to reason that geoengineering programs based around spraying the upper atmosphere with particles are already underway, most notably in the form of chemtrails, contrails that linger in the sky for hours and form into artificial clouds," PrisonPlanet.com editor Paul Watson wrote in 2012.
Also last year, Reuters reported the cost of a program that would perform this type of "sun-dimming" had been estimated at around $5 billion a year. "Planes or airships could carry sun-dimming materials high into the atmosphere for an affordable price tag of below $5 billion a year as a way to slow climate change," a study claimed.
Further adding to evidence that government weather manipulation has already been taking place, a 2008 New Scientist article pointed to a project funded by the Department of Homeland Security titled the Hurricane Aerosol and Microphysics Program (HAMP), which was working on testing "the effects of aerosols on the structure and intensity of hurricanes."
"In HAMP's final report," Infowars reporter Melissa Melton wrote, "authors concluded, 'Pollution aerosols reduced the cloud drop size and suppressed the warm rain forming processes in the external spiral cloud bands of the storms.' It was also mentioned, 'During the past decade it was found that aerosols (including anthropogenic ones) substantially affect cloud microphysics,' proving deliberate chemtrailing has been occurring for at least the past ten years."
In light of Obama's reinvigorated resolve to push Congress to pursue climate change legislation ("Pass a market-based climate-change plan…or else…"), can we soon expect a full-on admission that a program designed to block the sun's rays is and was already in effect?
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
BREAKING NEWS: "Duck" Star seen in skies over Los Angeles
Please stay tuned to the MZone as this story continues to develop.
11 comments:
- Mikoyan said...
We are orbitting the planet. the moon with the rebel base will be in range in 30 minutes.
- October 27, 2010 10:32 AM
- phil said...
After seeing the Duck talking to Lane Kiffin, maybe there is something to this Duck Star:
Lane Kiffin: So what team are we playing this week?
Duck: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to know who you're playing this week.
Lane Kiffin: We don't need to know who we are playing.
Duck: This isn't the team you need to prepare for.
Lane Kiffin: This isn't the team we need to prepare for.
Duck: You can prepare for Notre Dame
Lane Kiffin: We can prepare for Notre Dame
Duck: Pay no attention to all our scoring.
Lane Kiffin: Pay no attention to their scoring.
- October 27, 2010 12:55 PM
- GO DUCKS 2012 said...
Outstanding! GO DUCKS!
- October 27, 2010 1:28 PM
- GoBlueBob said...
Yost... I am really impressed that with a simple post of the Duck Star you now have Oregon fans visiting by the badelynge, bunch, brace, flock, flushe, paddling, raft and team.
- October 27, 2010 2:54 PM
- Coach Brooks said...
Spreaded and Shredded they will be
- October 27, 2010 3:05 PM
- Yost said...
GBB, love to see that! Eugene was one of the best roadtrips I ever had. Classy fans. Glad to have them here in the MZone.
- October 27, 2010 3:13 PM
- Unknown said...
Yost, glad to hear that you had a good time out West. This post was pointed out to me by a fellow Duck fan. Very cleverly written, but Phil's commentary, or rather script for the upcoming week, was hilarious. Out of respect to you all, Go Big Blue! Oh yeah, Go Ducks too!!
- October 27, 2010 9:25 PM
- Tom Atkinson said...
Last year when USC played in Eugene on Halloween, some people called the game "Fright Night". We now have an illustration for: "Fright Night2: Terror in LA".
- October 28, 2010 1:46 PM
- Unknown said...
How dare you call us classy!!! We hand out dog biscuits to husky fans. We boo injured players on the field for holding up our offense. I love my ducks and we've worked hard to earn the reputation as the best (worst?) hecklers in college football. I'm just shocked and saddened that anyone would call us classy. PS when's the next matchup? I'd love to travel to the Big House
- October 29, 2010 3:32 PM
- Brian Libby said...
Even with a fake Duck Star hanging over the Coliseum, my eye still focuses on those crazy bleachers-in-front-of-bleachers configuration they have in the end zone. You know you have a challenging stadium when your end-zone seats are so far away from the field they have to put new bleachers in front of those!
- October 29, 2010 6:40 PM
- Yost said...
I would love another match up. Sadly, I think we're still picking up the pieces from the last time the Ducks came to A2. Both hopefully soon.
And my sincere apologies for the "classy" remark.
Totally agree. While there's a lot of history there, not a great venue to watch a game.
- October 29, 2010 8:44 PM


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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Their Memory Remains
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sunshine makes the world much brighter!!
Isn't is amazing how sunshine makes such a difference in our lives, outlook and attitude! We've been knee deep in outside projects yet something as simple, and beautiful, as this flower makes one pause and smile; there is nothing like taking time to enjoy and appreciate all that is before us.
Wishing everyone a day full of sunshine!
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Now this is a barn!
The opportunity presented itself for a few days away thanks to my wonderful daughter, who stayed with her Grandma. We headed to Frankenmuth, Michigan to take in the sites. And lovely sites they were! We ate the traditional food, took in the touristy shops and took lot of pictures.
For those of you who are "caregivers" you will understand how wonderful it is to get away just to relax, do things when and if you want to, walk, talk and spend some quality time with one another. And that is NOT to say I begrudge my role as "caretaker". I am just saying that everyone needs a respite break.
Hubby and I are so fortunate in that we both share so many common likes and interests...and following that "yellow brick road" is one of them. In the past, we have been known to take off on vacation for weeks without one reservation in place. And so we did on this little "getaway".
I was amazed at the cleanliness of this town, the homes were well kept, the lawn well manicured, there appeared to be no areas that were neglected or needed attention. Parks were lovely (my age is showing, but frisbee golf was a new term to me!). There is so much history here, lovely old homes, a number of churches were open for tours, people were extremely friendly and helpful. We intended on hitting a winery or two, but spent more time than we had anticipated at Bronners Christmas Wonderland. We did find some wonderful Chocolate Mint Cheese (really, who would have ever thought of that!)
(Ladies, can you tell I'm very comfortable under my rock!!)
But my favorite was this little "gem" tucked on the outskirts of town. The home, as you can imagine, was VERY lovely! Can you imagine what you could do with something like this tucked into your back yard? It would make a great little antique shop, don't you think? Or a great "man barn" with pool table, manly stuff everywhere. The possibilities are endless. What would you do with this little "gem"?
Posted by Journey at 2:12 PM 2 comments
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Dale Chihuly Exhibit at Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
The colors are simply amazing! Sculptures such as the one shown above are gently placed thought the butterfly exhibit and in various placed on the grounds. This one happens to be in a pond in the butterfly garden. This year marks the 15th Anniversary of Meijer Gardens. If you are in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area, you will thoroughly enjoy stopping here.
Leonardo da Vinci's Horse
Flowers Blooming Everywhere
More Chihuly Exhibits
A beautiful way to spend a bright, sunny day!!!
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Giroud had been left on the bench for the last two matches following a dip in form and some unwanted headlines about his private life.
However, the 6ft 4ins frontman delivered the perfect response with a first-half double as Arsenal put the midweek Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich behind them.
Czech playmaker Tomas Rosicky converted a well-worked third ahead of the interval, before defender Laurent Koscielny headed in from a corner just before the hour.
Sunderland - who take on Manchester City in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley next weekend - grabbed a consolation through a 25-yard drive from substitute Emanuele Giaccherini, but remain deep in relegation trouble.
Giroud opened the scoring on five minutes, before then capitalising on a poor backpass by Santiago Vergini to effectively kill off the match as a contest inside 31 minutes.
"I had no hesitation about his strength of character
Of course you want him to come back into the team and be successful, which he was today because he scored two goals," said Wenger.
"One great one at the end of great movement and the other a little bit of a gift from Sunderland, he got an assist as well so he did well."
Arsenal had earlier unveiled a bronze statue of former striker Dennis Bergkamp, who helped the club win seven major trophies, including the 'Invincibles' Premier League campaign of 2003/04.
Wenger felt the Dutch forward, who received a hero's welcome on the pitch at half-time, would have appreciated the team's efforts.
"We had a very demanding week physically and mentally and we gave the right response today
We did the job in the first half and I think we scored two great 'Arsenal' goals," said Wenger.
"I am very pleased for Rosicky because today Bergkamp got a statue and I think Rosicky took the Bergkamp role well today
Certainly Dennis will have been pleased to have seen him play."
Bergkamp, who is coaching at Ajax, suggested he would like to return to Arsenal in the future.
Wenger said: "I am not against it one day
He has the qualities, but you need to have the need as well because we have a big staff already.
"He is now at two clubs that made Dennis Bergkamp
The first, and certainly the most important one, is Ajax.
"He is at Ajax now and a coach there
The second club that is important in his life is Arsenal
Maybe that will be the next step."
Wenger left out club-record signing Mesut Ozil, who had missed an early penalty against Bayern, because of a thigh problem.
"It was a kick
He should also be available next week
He is in the dressing room at the moment," Wenger said.
The Gunners boss also hopes both defenders Koscielny (back) and Nacho Monreal (foot) will recover from their knocks to be fit to face Stoke.
Sunderland boss Gus Poyet, meanwhile, was less than impressed with his side's capitulation which was far from ideal preparation for their upcoming Wembley date against Manchester City.
"I am not accepting this defeat
We were poor in many ways and were second best in everything, Santiago (Vergini) was not the only one," the Uruguayan said.
Poyet continued: "Now no-one has put themselves on the teamsheet for next week, they all had a great chance to show me, but everything I had in mind went in 90 minutes
Now I have to start from zero
"Arsenal proved again that they can beat anyone, but sometimes players pick the team for you, but now I have a few options for Wembley.
"There are plenty of similarities between the way Arsenal and Manchester city play for me to ponder on."
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Lenovo has recast its IdeaPad S10 Small, Cheap Computer as an education machine, restyling the netbook for schools and colleges by adding an 'e' to the model number.
Lenovo's IdeaPad S10: now pitched at schools
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All in the Family
Some of these "relative names" are also used when interacting with others in public. The words "abi" (older brother) and "abla" (older sister) might be used when, say, trying to get the attention of someone working at the veggie pazar, and you'd use the word "teyze" (auntie) when giving up your seat to an old lady on the bus. They can convey a sense of familiarity amongst friends and neighbours, or a sense of respect between strangers. You would most certainly never use a person's first name without tacking on one of these titles, unless you were using a more proper "sir" or "ma'am."
I recently caught a comical glimpse of how deeply this system of "respectful address" is engrained in the Turkish heart. On the news, they showed security footage of a man robbing a gas station convenience store. He burst through the doors, held a gun to the cashier's head and said, "Abi (big brother), give me all your cash!"
You can terrify a man and steal all his money, but always, always do it respectfully.


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Beyonce Posts More Pics of Blue Ivy Wearing Bling
Blue Ivy isn't watching the throne, she's sitting right on top of it!
The spawn of Beyonce and Jay-Z has peeked her head out on the Internet once again, and she's wearing quite the accessory -- a bedazzled crown!
Beyonce also posted a picture of some of Blue Ivy's fabulous clothing, including a cute-as-a-button gauzy peachy colored dress and a pair of bright pink Tom Ford lace up heels that are being modeled on her mum's feet. A year-and-a-half old and she already has a pair of Tom Fords. We are slowly turning green with envy.
In addition to her outrageous clothing, Queen B posted a pic of her getting a light 'boop!' on the nose from her daughter. Too freakin' cute! C'mon Bey and Jay and give Blue a brother or sister already!
Honestly though, is anyone else sensing that the Carter family is a bit obsessed with royalty? Beyonce dressed in a full-on French monarch-type for her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour promo, not to mention her hubby Jay-Z is naming his next album 'Magna Carta Holy Grail.' This is an obvious homage to the Magna Carta, which essentially limited a king's powers in medieval times.
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An Alabama state senator and a representative who have been in touch with the family of the 5-year-old boy being held hostage in a bunker discuss the case.
The family of an Alabama boy abducted from his school bus and being held in an underground bunker is "holding on by a thread," a state representative said Thursday as the hostage drama stretched into a third day.
The boy, a 5-year-old named Ethan, is receiving necessary medication and appears to be calm and doing well, a state senator said.
A source close to the investigation told NBC News on Thursday that authorities had also managed to get crayons and coloring books to the boy.
The child was kidnapped Tuesday after school when a man stormed the bus and presented a note demanding that two children be handed over to him, the source said. When the driver refused, the man shot and killed him and grabbed the boy, authorities said. Twenty-one other children on the bus were able to escape.
On Wednesday, a source close to the investigation identified the suspected gunman to NBC News as Jimmy Lee @!$%#s, 65, of Midland City, describing him as a loner and a survivalist who "does not trust the government" and holds "anti-American views."
Hostage negotiators were still talking to the man in his bunker through a PVC pipe, but after a second night ended with no sign of progress in negotiations, Alabama state Rep. Steve Clouse told the TODAY show: "We are all just hoping this can come to a safe end."
He said the boy's family was "holding on by a thread."
The Dothan Eagle quoted a neighbor, Michael Creel, as describing the bunker as a "homemade bomb shelter," roughly 4 feet wide, 6 feet long and 8 feet deep and covered by several feet of sand. James Arrington, police chief in neighboring Pinckard, where the bus was assaulted, told reporters Thursday that @!$%#s had been known to stay in it for as long as eight days.
Alabama state Sen. Harri Anne Smith told TODAY that negotiators had delivered medication that the boy needed, provided by his mother, and that he was believed to be calm and doing well. His mother has "taken comfort in that," she said.
In the remote town of Midland City, just north of the Alabama-Florida state line, people prayed for the boy's safe release.
"Right now, the whole town seems like they're just in a mourning stage," convenience store manager Carl McKenzie told NBC station WSFA of Montgomery. "I would go take that child's place if I could, just to get him out of danger."
Bus driver praised
Authorities offered no hints to the gunman's motive. Clouse said the kidnapping appeared random.
Hostage negotiators have been talking to Jimmy Lee @!$%#s, 65, who is alleged to have abducted a kindergartner from his school bus Tuesday. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Read more: Hostage suspect was loner, missed court appearance
The gunman burst onto the yellow school bus about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. When the driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66, tried to stop him from taking children off the bus, he was shot and killed. The source close to the investigation told NBC News that four spent bullets were found at the scene.
Read more: Slain bus driver remembered as hero
The county school system said 21 students had made it off the bus safely and praised Poland as a fallen hero. But the gunman made off with the one child, possibly because the boy fainted during the siege, according to WSFA.
Clouse said gratitude was being expressed for Poland's actions, telling TODAY: "He started the day as a bus driver and ended it a hero."
Linda Williams, a county tax clerk whose cousin was married to Poland, described him to NBC News as "a good Christian man" who was active in church.
"It says in the Bible the meek will inherit the Earth," brother-in-law Melvin Skipper told the Eagle. "He was the meekest man I knew."
Poland's neighbor Hilburn Benton told the newspaper that Poland refused to accept payment for work on his yard two years ago. "He told me, "You're my friend and you're my neighbor. I'm not charging you a dime,'" Benton recalled.
Suspect faced previous charges
@!$%#s had been due in court Wednesday morning to face a misdemeanor charge of menacing James E. Davis Jr., a neighbor who accused him of firing a pistol at his truck Dec. 10. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that the dispute was over a makeshift speed bump.
Dale County Board of Education
Charles Albert Poland Jr., who had driven a school bus for Dale County, Ala., since 2009, was shot and killed.
Rhonda Wilbur told WSFA that @!$%#s was a longtime source of concern in the neighborhood because "he has been like a time bomb waiting for him to go off." Wilbur told reporters that @!$%#s had beaten her dog to death with a lead pipe.
In addition to the county sheriff's department, the FBI and a SWAT team were on the scene. A woman answering the phone at the Midland City Police Department said the FBI had taken over and that local police were no longer involved. Authorities ordered people living nearby to leave during the standoff.
Schools in Dale County and the nearby city of Ozark were closed for the rest of the week. Dale County schools said counselors would be available to help students, including those who were on the bus.
M. Alex Johnson, Gabe Gutierrez, Isolde Raftery and Alastair Jamieson of NBC News contributed to this report.
The Dothan Eagle via AP
A man boarded this stopped school bus in the town of Midland City, Ala., on Tuesday afternoon and shot the driver when he refused to let a child off the bus. The bus driver died.


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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
What's the Most You Would Pay For an eBook?
I'd appreciate your opinion. How much are you willing to pay for an ebook? Does it matter who the author or publisher is?
Please take the survey to the right and I'll announce the results.
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30 comments:
- Kate Aaron said...
When I first got my Kindle a year ago, my max price was £0.71 ($0.99) and I stuck with that for a good six months. Then I got started with a series, book 1 was free, book 2 was £2, book three was £7.50! I paid it...even though it nearly killed me.
Now I'm much more relaxed about paying a little bit more. I paid £5 for Damon Suede's 'Hot Head' a couple of months ago, it's his first novel from a small press and it's the best book I read all last year. I've also paid £7 a throw for three books by Kyell Gold, because I read a collection of short stories that he put out for free on Amazon. Again, small press, niche audience. Worth every penny.
As an indie I look who the publisher is, but I never used to. As a reader I don't honestly care: a book is either good or bad. Some books are worth paying more for, but I think it takes the average kindle user a while to get into the habit of paying a little bit more - these devices are sold off the fact that there are so many free and dirty cheap books available, after all. I think once you've got a reader's loyalty it's not such an issue, I'd happy buy anything else by Suede or Gold without worrying about the price.
- January 11, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Morgan Mandel said...
Then you are in the camp that it depends on the author. I'd pay more than $4.99 for an author I actually know, or one I really like, but otherwise, I'd order the book or the kindle version from my library. Not everyone has a library with that option. I'm fortunate ours is so great.
Morgan Mandel
- January 11, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- Terry said...
I would go to $9.99 for an author I knew had a good story to tell. But if the story was out in paperback for 6.99, I'd buy that at a book store. Most of what I get on Kindle is in the free to 2.99 range. Most of what I buy in print at Amazon is from the Used column, where I can find very good prices.
I miss our local Borders Books! I loved their bargain table.
I love our local library, too. Haven't asked yet about whether they have the software for a Kindle book, but will check it out soon.
- January 11, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- @Ruby_Barnes said...
For fiction I've limited myself to $2.99 max but I'm a new kindle owner. I still have loads of paper books and haven't yet reconciled myself with paying paperback prices for ebooks.
I've paid higher prices for non-fiction (how to) ebooks, up to about $9.99.
- January 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM
- Damaria Senne said...
I've paid up to $6.99. It's usually authors I know ( either because I bought books by the same author previously or because i read some free stories by the author and want to read more). As a reader I don't care who the publisher is, if i'm familiar with the author's work. New authors are usually from publishers who's work I've read. However, my ebook purchases are for a niche genre. Fewer non-fiction and no general fiction purchases so far.
- January 11, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- Unknown said...
Morgan--this is the bad thing about ebooks. We must buy many, if not most, all of them.Yes, we can get some free, and I do, just like everyone else. I can tell you about half were immediately deleted they were so bad. This is another topic, in my opinion, about the kinds and quality of books we sometimes run across.
To be honest, I'd only pay $5.99-$6.99 for an ebook by a very special favorite author. One of my publishers has my ebook at $7.99--that's just crazy, and as a result I haven't sold but a handful in two years. I don't promote it because I think it is too high, and not worth 8 bucks. (I'll get the rights back soon, make some changes, get a new cover, and release it myself.)
I've had good luck buying some 99 cents books.
So, I prefer the $2.99-$3.99 price range, but will go a little higher for the favorite author. But some of those inch up into 9 dollars, and so that makes me angry, and I refuse..no matter how much I want to read it.
I followed a conversation about the after-Christmas uptick in sales of ebooks not happening. Why? When so many readers were getting Kindles and Nooks and others for Christmas?
It's the economy, stupid! (Not my words--a campaign slogan.)
- January 11, 2012 at 3:02 PM
- Paul McDermott said...
You may not realise how lucky y'all are in the US! Here in the UK we're ripped off by suppliers of e-book READERS (every make & model) who conspire to keep prices in the stratosphere...
For this reason, I didn't vote for the TOP price OR the lowest, as I believe the author deserves suitable remuneration for their work (how do you pay someone 20% royalties on the download of a FREE e-book??)
Serious question: can someone explain it for me?
Paul McD
- January 11, 2012 at 3:05 PM
- Paul McDermott said...
Oh,and BTW ... isn't ACME where Wile E. Coyote buys all the fantastic stuff he uses to trap Road Runner????
- January 11, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- Cheryl said...
Now, I must preface my comments with admitting I am a cheapskate. LOL! I rarely pay more than $4.99 for an e-book. I've only done it twice since I owned my Kindle. The first book was a friend's and the other a nonfiction title on real estate investing.
The majority of books on my Kindle were either free or less than $3.
- January 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Mary@GigglesandGuns said...
I won't pay more than $7 a paperback so the idea of more than that for e version is out of the question.
Like the others I've downloaded some bad freebies and .99 deals BUT I've also discovered authors I very much enjoy. Honestly, the same has happened with print books.
I'm lucky my library offers e-books also.
- January 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Unknown said...
I'm looking at some ebooks right now - non-fiction - that are $12.99. I have samples of them and I'll buy at least one. I did balk at a book for $25 but I won't say I'd never pay that much.
I won't limit myself only to cheap ebooks and anyone who thinks they should be free, the next time you go to work tell your boss you'll do it for free. He's also entitled to free labor just like you figure an author should be. (I doubt anyone on this list thinks that way, but I know there are people who do believe anything online should be free)
I think if you set a limit on how much you'll pay you're cutting yourself off from some really good books
- January 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM
- Mona Risk said...
A few months ago before going on vacation I bought 6 ebooks at $6, and then realized I could get many more books if I only buy ebooks at $0.99. There are so many good ones, many better written than the expensive ebooks. So I promised myself I won't buy any book at more than $1.99. I'm selling my novels at 99 cents, and they are great books very well written with characters that you won't forget, based on what reviewers told me.
- January 11, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- Eastbaywriter said...
I have authors who I can't wait for their next release so I've paid the e-book release amount but I self published my novel I priced it a two bucks.
- January 11, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Most of the books I purchase for my iPad are eight bucks or lower. Ten is about my limit. However, I did purchase Jennifer Hillier's Creep for eleven bucks, but she's a really sweet blogger buddy.
- January 11, 2012 at 6:26 PM
- Morgan Mandel said...
We've got some great comments here, and very diversified.
I'm still not sure if my new book is priced right, but it could be a lot higher.
- January 11, 2012 at 7:16 PM
- Dorothy Thompson said...
I'm late on the ball here but you have the same questions I do. I will be self-publishing shortly and I have no idea how to price the darn things. My gut instinct is to go for $2.99. I remember my publisher telling me awhile back then when my book that is supposed to be published with them next year (or is it the year after...), the Kindle book will be priced at $6.99. Frankly, I think that's way too high.
- January 11, 2012 at 7:56 PM
- Maggie Toussaint said...
Hi Morgan,
For me, it depends on the author. I'll pay more to get something I know I really want. The quality control on the more inexpensive ebooks is all over the map.
I don't think authors should rush to get something out there. It's better to put out a quality product that shows you're a professional.
- January 11, 2012 at 8:15 PM
- Stephanie Burkhart said...
I don't mind paying 5.99 and lower, but I don't want to go higher unless it's one of my favorite authors.
Maggie - I agree - don't rush to get something out there. Take your time and put out a quality product.
- January 11, 2012 at 8:32 PM
- Dani said...
I agree with Steph, but I buy mostly .99 - 2.99 for my Nook. What I love best about e-books is I can start a a long-time series from book one, and catch up without paying a huge amount of money.
- January 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM
- Dani said...
Oh, and a lot of those books are self-published so the author keeps all the cash. I know more than a few writers who sell 10,000+ e-books a month so that's not pocket change.
- January 11, 2012 at 10:27 PM
- dissertations said...
Great book very intresting!
- January 12, 2012 at 3:23 AM
- Morgan Mandel said...
I'm shooting for that 10,000 mark a month that Dani mentions!
Morgan Mandel
- January 12, 2012 at 6:30 AM
I pay according to how much I want the book. After all, this is someone's work - often months and MONTHS of work - I resent the idea that we can buy the same content for $30 or $0.99 just because one happens to have cardboard covers. That's saying we value paper way over content, right?
- January 12, 2012 at 6:35 AM
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- January 12, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- Morgan Mandel said...
Good points, Sally.
Morgan Mandel
- January 12, 2012 at 12:07 PM
- Margaret Tanner said...
Hi Everyone,
I am in agreement with most of what has been written here. Around $2.99 and up to 3.99 would be my maximum, unless I know the author then I would pay up to about $6.99 but anything over that is too much for an e-book.
- January 12, 2012 at 11:39 PM
- L. Diane Wolfe said...
I've paid as high as $14.99, but prefer those under $9.99.
- January 13, 2012 at 6:33 AM
- Morgan Mandel said...
I don't think I'd ever go so high as $14.99. It would have to be a family member's book or a very good friend's.
Morgan Mandel
- January 13, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Margot Justes said...
I think 2.99 seems like a good price. I've become a convert to the e-format and a Kindle found its way to the house.
Margot Justes
- January 15, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- married woman said...
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Joseph the Hymnographer
Joseph the Hymnographer was a monk during the 9th century who was a stronge defender of the reverence of icons during the inconoclastic period. He is remembered for being a prolific writer of hymns, as noted throughout the Parakletike.
Saint Joseph the Hymnographer was born in Sicily in 816. After being brought up by pious parents, he became a monk at the monastery of Latmos in his youth. Due to his piety and love towards God as a monk, he was praised by Saint Gregory the Dekapolite. Together with Saint Gregory, Saint Joseph staunchly defended the reverence of icons and preached his stance to others.
During the time of heresy in the Orthodox Church, Saint Joseph was chosen as a messenger to Pope Leo III, who was still in unity with the Eastern Church. During one of his trips as a messenger, the saint was captured by Arab bandits, who delivered him to the iconoclasts for imprisonment. While in prison he inspired others to stand strong against the heretics. It was also during his imprisonment that Saint Nicholas of Myra appeared to him in a vision and asked him to sing in the name of God. Afterwards Saint Joseph was freed from prison.
After being freed he founded a monastery in dedication to Saint Gregory Dekapolite, who was no longer living by this time. He also dedicated a church in the name of Apostle Bartholomew, whom he honored greatly. While in strict fasting before the Feast of the Apostle Bartholomew, the apostle appeared to him in a dream and encouraged him to write hymns for the church. After writing his first hymn in honor of Apostle Bartholomew, Saint Joseph dedicated other hymns to Saint Nicholas, who freed him from prison, the Theotokos, and other saints.
When the heresy of Iconoclasm returned, he again stood steadfast against the movement and was sent to exile.
When he was at old age and ill, the saint was told by the Lord that his life would soon be coming to an end. In response, Saint Joseph prayed intensively until his death, praying for peace for the Church and for mercy on his soul. He fell asleep in the Lord around 863. His legacy carries on as many canons in the Menaion and hymns in the Parakletike were composed by Saint Joseph the Hymnographer.
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Runners no longer score on force-outs to end an inning thanks to a do-over patch Sony rolled to the PS3 earlier today for MLB 10 The Show.
The patch weighs in at almost the same size (361 MB) as the version on Tuesday that contained the glitch, so it looks like Sony just swapped out the buggy update with a new one altogether. Check here for the complete list of content changes and fixes.


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Time has moved on – almost twenty years to 1863. Harrison Musgrove had married Jane Rooking on 11 April 1853 and by now they had at least five children.
However Harrison makes the local news again in the Westmorland Gazette on Saturday 31 January 1863. This time with two other men he is accused of night poaching.
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THURSDAY JAN. 29 (Before W H Wakefield, W Wilson and E Harrison, Esqs.)
William Backhouse, Harrison Musgrove, and John Thompson, were charged with night poaching in the township of Strickland Roger, upon land belonging to MR G A Gelderd, in the occupation of Mr Anthony Barnes. Backhouse was also charged with assaulting the gamekeeper, and this charge was first entered upon.
Wm. Gardener, gamekeeper, in the service of G A Gelderd, Esq., said that on Tuesday night, 27th inst., as he was out watching he came upon Backhouse, whom he saw in a crouching position about six or eight yards off. The prisoner got up and threw a large stone at him, which hit him on the breast and stunned him for a moment. He, however, on recovering himself seized hold of the prisoner and secured him.
The stone was produced and was of formidable size.
The prisoner, who did not deny the truth of the statement, was then charged with his companions with the offence of night poaching.
The gamekeeper, Gardener, stated that on Tuesday night he heard the three men, and waited until they came to a place where they knew there was game. They then began blocking up the "smoots" where the hares run, and he saw one man setting nets and another had a dog. It was a little before twelve o'clock, but the moon was not down. Witness afterwards heard a dog run, and came upon that man (Backhouse), who then threw the stone at him, as he had stated. There were three nets set, and if he had not interrupted them there would soon have been three hares in them.
The Bench sentenced all the defendants to three months imprisonment with hard labour for night poaching, and Backhouse in addition to a month's imprisonment for the assault.
The prisoners will also have to find securities of 10l. each, upon the termination of the imprisonment for night poaching, or will be re-committed for six months.


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This week saw the much anticipated launch of Mr. Porter, the cousin to the amazing women's website Net-A-Porter. I know stylish men logged on all around the world to see what http://www.mrporter.com/ had to offer. I myself have a strong appreciation and adoration for men's fashion so I logged on as well. What I found was a clean, simple, organized online shopping store that all gentlemen could appreciate.
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Racing Suspension - Rear Steer Technology
How Does It Work, And Why Do You Need It?
The use of rear steer has changed in the past few years. What was common in the mid-to-late '90s is not necessarily the fastest way to go in the 2000's. Technology races on, and we discover new and innovative ways to go faster. As setup philosophies change, so do other setup components that are affected by the setup evolution. Rear steer is one of those effects that must conform to the basic setup package.
Rear steer in a circle track race car is a condition caused by suspension movement and sometimes dynamic forces of acceleration. Under the right conditions, rear steer can be beneficial and enhance performance. Under the wrong conditions, it can ruin your performance. We do not necessarily need to know the exact amounts of rear steer our cars are subjected to, but we need to have a solid understanding of exactly what produces rear steer and what effect rear steer has on the handling of our cars.
The technology related to rear steer for asphalt and dirt is somewhat different. There are a few similarities and many differences in how we evaluate and use rear steer for each group, so we will analyze them separately.
First and foremost, rear steer is mostly caused by rear suspension movement. As the rear of the car dives and/or rises, and rolls, the control arms, which locate the rear end fore and aft, can cause the wheels to move forward or to the rear. Obviously, if both of the wheels did not move or moved in the same direction by the same amount, we would have zero rear steer. When one wheel moves more than the other or in a different direction, we have rear steer.
Rear steer can either tighten a car or make it very loose. Not only does the condition of rear steer affect the entry and middle handling balance, it also affects the handling under acceleration due to the thrust angle of the rear end being either right or left of the centerline of the car. In dirt racing, it may be advantageous to incorporate a large amount of rear steer under certain conditions.
Is rear steer an important tuning tool? We asked Joe Garrison of GRT Race Cars and Mark Richards of Rocket Chassis if rear steer was important in dirt racing, and both said having rear steer capability in a dirt car was critical. "Rear steer helps the driver get the rear end around on dry-slick tracks without having to break the rear tires loose," said Garrison. Richards said, "If the driver has to counter steer the car a lot, you need more rear steer."
Keith Masters of MasterSbilt Race Car Chassis said, "The reason chassis builders build four-bar cars is rear steer. The entry is more important to design than the exit, as far as rear steer is concerned." That echoes what Garrison said in that keeping the rear tires connected to the ground going in and through the middle helps provide traction offthe corners, too. So a smooth entry provides a faster exit.
We also talked with Sandy Goddard of Warrior Race Cars, and he told us that his group of racers work with rear steer less than some other dirt teams, although he feels that using a degree of rear steer is very important at times. He said, "Rear steer definitely helps get into the corners on dry-slick tracks, but you can put too much rear steer into the rear suspension. A lot of guys take that to extremes."
C.J. Rayburn, of Rayburn Race Cars, is a driver as well as a car builder and echoes much of what the other builders have to say. "We have always wanted rear steer," he says. "Rear steer is important in any design of dirt car." Rayburn builds the swing-arm type of rear suspension, and those cars have multiple holes so that the angles of the control links can be altered to produce more or less rear steer.
A rear end that is steered to the left of centerline will cause the thrust angle to be to the left of centerline and make the car tighter on entry and tighter on exit under acceleration. A rear end that is steered to the right of centerline causes the thrust angle to be pointed to the right of centerline and makes the car looser on entry and looser on exit under acceleration. Knowing these basics, we need to look at each type of racing to see how rear steer affects each type of car and how we might improve our performance using rear steer.
The asphalt racing surface provides a lot of traction, even on those flat, slick tracks. Because there is very little slip of the tires on asphalt, the range of useable rear steer is very small. The suspension should never steer the rear end to the right of centerline on asphalt. It has been a practice for teams to align the rear end and/or have it steer slightly to the right to fix a tight mid-corner condition, but this goes into the category of crutches and should not be necessary if the car is set up properly otherwise.
Asphalt stock cars have four predominant rear suspension systems, and all of them produce some amount of rear steer. They are as follows:
The Asphalt Three-Link. The three-link rear suspension system has two trailing arms forward of the rear end and mounted near the rear tires, and a third link is mounted atop the rear differential, which controls rear end wrap-up. The trailing arms can be mounted parallel to the centerline of the car or angled with the front mounts closer to centerline.
Rear steer in this system is caused by chassis movement, which can produce several secondary effects. Usually, the RR corner of the chassis moves more than the left rear (LR), and on most flat-to-medium banked tracks, the LR moves very little. This has been confirmed by studying data from onboard computer systems during testing that shows shock travel amounts in the turns. The LR shock mostly seems to move between 1/2 inch in rebound and up to 1/2 inch in compression during the entire lap, whereas the RR shock shows 3 to 4 inches or more of travel, depending on the spring rates used.
That would mean that on most asphalt three-link cars, the RR trailing arm mostly controls rear steer due to body dive and roll. We usually need to position the angle of the trailing arm so that the front mount is higher than the rear mount by roughly one-third the distance that the front mount will move down during cornering. The variation of height for the RR trailing arm is very small. Changes in the height of the front of the trailing arm, which are as small as 1/4 inch, can be felt by the driver.
A way to produce rear steer only under acceleration is by staggering the height of the two trailing arms in the three-link system when using a pull bar upper third link. If we mount the left-side trailing arm lower than the right-side trailing arm, as the rear end rotates under acceleration due to the pull bar extending, the LR wheel will move rearward more so than the RR wheel, causing rear steer to the left to a small degree. This promotes forward bite without causing the car to be tight on entry or in the middle of the turns.
Another configuration that promotes rear steer is when the rear trailing arms are angled from a top view with the front mount closer to the centerline than the rear mounts. With this design, lateral movement of the rear end causes rear steer. If the Panhard bar is mounted on the right side of the chassis and level to the ground, then the rear end will be pulled to the right and the rear end will steer to the left when the chassis moves during cornering.
The Truck Arm System. Adapted from the design for a '64 Chevy truck, this system is used on many Late Model stock cars as well as vehicles in the three premier divisions of NASCAR: Craftsman Trucks, Busch cars, and Nextel Cup cars. This system only steers to the left and has a limited amount of steer. The roll of the chassis and the movement of the Panhard bar influence the amount of steer in these systems.
As far as the geometry related to rear steer is concerned, this is an ideal system. The amount of rear steer due to body roll is regulated by the height of the front mounts of the arms, which are always mounted lower than the rear axis of rotation, which is the axle. Rear steer amounts due to the Panhard bar angle are regulated by the angle, the same situation that exists with unparallel three-link lower arms. A downside to using the truck arm system is that a narrow spring base forms when the springs are mounted directly on top of the truck arms, resulting in a narrow spring base at the rear that doesn't resist roll very well.
The Metric Four-Link System. The metric four-link is a widely used system that is built into some models of stock automobiles. It uses four links, as the name implies, that are not parallel to the centerline of the car. The top links are angled from a top view with the front pivots wider than the rear pivots. The lower links are angled from a top view with the front pivots closer to centerline than the rear pivots.
With this system, the rear end stays located by virtue of the opposing angles of the upper and lower links. There is also steer to the left, and because of the width of the front mounts of the lower controlling links, rear steer can be considerable. Under most current rules, there is no adjustment for amounts of rear steer with these systems.
Leaf-Spring Systems. The leaf-spring rear suspension system locates the rear end fore and aft as well as laterally using the leafs. There can be some amount of rear steer as the chassis rolls and squats, but it is usually minimal and mostly fixed as far as adjustability. The advantage of this system is that it keeps the rear end squared up and the thrust under acceleration straight ahead, if that is what is needed.
There are four types of rear suspensions used in most dirt cars that are significant to study regarding rear steer. Characteristics of the metric four-link and the leaf-spring systems are the same as discussed under the headings related to asphalt cars, so let's expand on the other two systems
Dirt Late Model cars can be designed with a considerable degree of adjustment for rear steer. Many teams use varying amounts of rear steer to adjust to constantly changing track conditions, a product of variations in moisture content that is so common in dirt racing. Other teams may just stick with a fixed location for the mounts in the rear end and adjust handling by other means.
A car may test fast in practice, qualifying, and maybe the heat races, but when the track changes it's out to lunch come feature time because of improper rear steer. Here's how each system functions and how they can be adjusted for the degree of rear steer.
The Standard Four-Bar System. The four-bar suspension is highly adjustable and can be made to steer wheels in both directions. The rule about never steering the rear end to the right on an asphalt car does not apply on a dirt car. There are times when we definitely want the rear to steer to the right.
Depending on the angles of the trailing arms or bars, each rear wheel can be made to move to the front or rear. The roll angles and vertical movement on a dirt car can be very pronounced. With so much movement, we can plan our rear steer just about any way we need it
The bars can be mounted on one side of the car so only the wheel on that side moves to create the rear steer. If both sides are configured to move in opposite directions, then rear steer can be extreme in magnitude. The trend in the past few years has been to limit the degree of rear steer, even on dry-slick tracks.
On a tacky track, the team would do well to eliminate rear steer on both sides of the car. These conditions call for a driving line that is more straight ahead. When the track goes slick, especially dry slick, some rear steer may be needed. In the past, drivers would set the car up for exit off the corners by throwing the car sideways and breaking the rear tires loose.
In more recent years, teams have been setting the car up so the left side rises quite a bit. When limiting LR wheel movement, the LR tire does not tuck under the left front of the wheelwell as much as in the past.
There are limits to how far we go in steering the car this way. One disadvantage was pointed out by Keith Masters. He said, "High left-rear loading does not increase traction." As the left side of the car travels up, the front of both of the trailing arms are angled upward so the LR tire tries to drive up under the chassis, loading the LR tire considerably.
We can have too much weight on the LR tire and lose traction and/or cause the car to push off the corners because of all the forward thrust concentrated in the LR tire. In racing, we have the maximum amount of traction from a pair of tires on the same axle if they are equally loaded. Excess loading of either the LR or RR tires decreases traction in most cases.
The Z-link rear suspension, or swing arm as it is sometimes called, is another system used on dirt cars. Compared to the four-bar system, it has more limited adjustment for rear steer and has worked well on the tighter and more highly banked racetracks because the rear end is pointed more straight ahead. Some manufacturers have added multiple mounting points on the front and rear chassis mounts. This helps make the rear steer characteristics more adjustable for the changing conditions.
According to Richards, the Z-link or swing arm suspension can have nearly as much rear steer as the four-link without the excessive loading of the LR tire. This comes with adding more adjustment holes and is beneficial if rear steer is needed.
Most of the Z-link systems utilize a spring mounting system that attaches the coilover spring to the front link. This produces a motion ratio that causes the spring to move less than the rear end in relation to the chassis. Therefore, the rate that the car feels is much less, usually around 50 percent, than the actual installed spring rate. A 200-pound spring in a Z-link car feels more like a 100-pound spring in a four-bar car.
The chassis travel in a Z-link is enhanced compared to the four-link suspension when using the same installed spring rate, and this causes quite a bit of chassis travel and related rear steer. Teams need to take this rate difference into account.
We should learn to read the conditions of the track and tune the amount of rear steer. We need less for tacky and wet conditions and can add more rear steer as the track becomes more slick. In extreme dry-slick conditions, use some rear steer to the right to help the car rotate. This is accomplished by causing the RR wheel to move back and the LR wheel to move forward as the car rolls. Soft springs, a left-side chassis-mounted track bar, and easy-up shocks on the left side all promote the body roll that produces rear steer to the right.
On asphalt, do not make large changes to components that influence rear steer. Make small adjustments if you feel you need to, and when you find the correct amount of rear steer, stay there and tune the handling with the other components. When racing on dirt, watch the conditions and be prepared to make changes accordingly, not just to the setup, but also related to rear steer. That way, the car will stay as fast and balanced as it can be throughout all the changing conditions.


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