Seems like this is hitting the local new now. From the article, "Administrators say their goal is to avoid layoffs and minimize the effect on employees. They say they are "considering alternative measures to defray some of the impact, which cannot be fully addressed with currently available state and federal funding."
My wife works for UIHC. What upper management communicated to the employees to make up for the UIHC's financial shortage was layoffs or to reduce "everyone's" salary by a undetermined percentage for an undetermined amount of time.
During the same town hall meeting it was brought up about postponing construction projects. They commented that they would look into that as well. Funny how an employee had to bring that up and it wasn't one of the UIHC main ways to save money.
Federal aid was also brought up and they commented that it "wasn't enough".
Just thought it was interesting they went straight to layoffs and reducing salaries. What about the terrible mismanagement of construction projects? Hell they still owe Modern Piping about 13.5 million.
This should about end football in the Des Moines area. With kids having no home stadium. What a terrible thing this is for communities around Des Moines metro. Glad I am in the suburbs.
It's Tuesday night, so here we go with another On That Note. As we say every week, OTN is a music themed series hosted alternately by @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.
Last week's OTN was "Do You Wanna Dance." It can be found here:
This week we're continuing our series on musical instrument families - with stringed instruments. But we're going to have to lay down a few guidelines or this could end up being something too unwieldy.
No, guitars aren't going to be the thing to qualify a song. Too too many, too too easy. String bass? Same deal; no. Obviously a song can HAVE those but they alone don't qualify it for inclusion here.
Symphony or classic performances are excluded.
Musical groups that routinely include classical string sections such as ELO are to be avoided.
Country or Blue grass acts with group members who normally play banjo or fiddle are out.
So in short, we're looking for songs by pop groups who have non-guitar/bass string performances incorporated into a song or performance.
Too complex - yes. Too difficult to find examples? I don't think so.
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My First 5:
A West Texas Rocker, Buddy Holly got pretty sophisticated with this one. Login to view embedded media
One of the first ones many people will think of is Paul's ballad from 1965. So only 18 months after they were dismissed as novelty flavor-of-the-day they come out with this. Login to view embedded media
And the Beatles, particularly George, were instrumental (pun intended) to incorporating Indian instruments into Western music - particularly the Sitar. Many mid/late 60's songs incorporated the instrument including the Rolling Stones on this major hit. Login to view embedded media
One of the most iconic songs of the 1970s from one of the most iconic acts of the decade. Banjo is very prominent in this one! Login to view embedded media
Another early 70's hit featured a not-often-used in Rock and Roll stringed instrument. In fact, it's a part of the song title. Login to view embedded media
Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal are trending on twitter, and it brought back memories of the funniest thing that I've ever seen in sports Login to view embedded media
I’m currently at a company I really like and a job that I enjoy for the most part. It’s a smaller company and the role provides a few minor headaches, but for the most part is a good gig. The pay is average for the industry. The job does have great benefits and unlimited PTO.
I recently came across a somewhat similar role for a large company that I feel I would have a decent chance at landing. The pay is almost double what I make now.
I’m stuck on the old phrase “money isn’t everything”, but also doubling my income would allow a lot of extra fun. Would you ever leave a job you like strictly for more money?
For the gamers on here... looking for an RPG to sink my teeth into on PS4. Used to be very into fantasy RPG/MMORPG's on PC like Runscape, Guild Wars, Neverwinter Nights, etc. but haven't really gotten into one in years. I'm certainly a the grinder/completionist type in these games... at this stage, leaning towards something like Diablo III, The Witcher III, etc.
Any suggestions out there? What are your favorites?
The Big 12 and the SEC. I know everyone gives the Big Ten West a hard time for being so bad and rightfully so but it's crazy to realize the Big 12 is even better than the Big Ten East. Really it's the Big 12 and SEC and then everbody else way down the road
Haven't been opted into the gaming & hobbies forum, so thought I would place this here.
Just stumbled across the Old World video game (Epic game store). The lead designer made Civilization IV. It's in early access, but the game is mostly complete (they just need to add a bunch more events, and maybe some other details and things).
Imagine Civilization mixed with Crusader Kings.
This game really brings some interesting new ideas to the formula.
Your ruler is mortal (each turn is a year). When you're gone, your chosen heir will rule, and you'll carry on with them (based loosely on how you've groomed them).
Events happen every year (sometimes many). These events shape your relations with the noble families you rule over, as well as relations with foreign powers.
Moving your units and doing things with them all revolve around orders. You get a set number of orders based on your legitimacy score, and once you use them up, your turn is done (so you have to plan well).
Technology is card based, with a technology tree like Civilization games, but the cards are somewhat random, some of your path is left up to chance (more realistic IMO).
Diplomacy is more involved (mainly through your decisions from events that happen), but it feels much more real than Civ.
Scouts are much more useful. Along with revealing more of the map, they can find special places that trigger helpful events, harvest items, and since the map reverts to last known status, you need to use them to actually scout the enemy and what they're up to.
The AI is very competent.
Overall, with the succession of rulers, random events and everything else, each game plays out a bit differently.
I've been waiting for Humankind, but this should keep me plenty busy until then. I'm already more into than I ever got into Civ VI
Ruling says that colleges can pay for all expenses related to education and NCAA can't stop that because it is a violation of anti-trust laws. I am guessing this could go to the Supreme Court.NCAA has been losing cases recently.
The Cyclone FB Twitter account is great and is always putting out good stuff. I figured we could have a thread dedicated to it instead of bumping old ones
Hey guys ... quick question for you in which I'm seeking some feedback.
I've been meeting with our developer about refreshing the site and upgrading our forum here over the next few months.
One of the options that he has brought to me is the "gamification" of our forum. Basically, there is a lot of really cool new technology out there that could bring more games, leagues, and eSports right here to our community through the forum software and also your own gaming systems.
This is out of my line of expertise so I thought I would throw it out to our forum users to gauge an appetite for it.
Looking for some advice. I purchased a new SSD for my laptop and was wondering how best to set it up. I know cloning is the easiest, but I've read that doing a clean install of windows and moving backups of files over will give you the best performance. My laptop is getting fairly old and there is definitely some bloatware I would like to get rid of. If I am installing Windows 10 will it pretty much install itself including drivers if I use a recovery file? Does anybody know of a good faq they would recommend for this? I've looked at a few but someone out there may know of better ones than I've seen.
We're moving to CoSprings shortly so we get to do a move! Anyone do a cross-country move recently using a professional moving company? I don't want to call to get estimates yet, but curious what others experiences have been?
I HAD looked at Pods but good GOD they ask a lot of money! As a comparison, we're driving over a 12' van with unlimited miles for 6 days over the long weekend and Budget is only charging $300...
I won't (can't) move on our own - lazy, old and have too many artificial parts and despite the fact we're taking a load over on our own already. We have a basic 2-3 room home, no packing needed and we're driving our own cars but I've been out of this market for decades...
Anywho - curious about others' recent experiences...
I've seen 4 schools (Notre Dame, South Carolina, Creighton, & Marquette) announce a schedule where they will start earlier than normal in August, take no Fall Break, and the Semester will then end around Thanksgiving. Wonder if ISU will do something similar?
