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|2004-01-13, 16:19
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Under ur skin
Age: 27
Im watching the first eiken, and OMG its sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny, ya'll prob now thyis already but if u aint watched it, please do...its halarious...(if thats how u spell it)
|2004-01-13, 20:27
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Austin, TX
Age: 35
Eiken disgusted me
*minor unmarked spoilers below*
I didn't have anything else to watch tonight, so I figured I'd try something new. I see the Eiken OVA 1 by ANBU has quite a few leechers, so I thought hey, why not. I can't believe this. This is as close to hentai as an anime can get. And the breasts of all the girls were so ridiculously, DISGUSTINGLY huge I was disgusted. Even the girl who said she had an "A" cup had breasts that were larger than average. And the finger/foot sucking on that yogurt slide? What the hell? Seriously WHAT THE HELL!?!?! The female lead is dull, boring, and for no apparent reason likes the main character. Not to mention this didn't seem to have anything even remotely RESEMBLING a plot, there is no way in hell I will continue watching this series.
|2004-01-13, 20:37
|Link #7
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Washington DC
Age: 31
Seriously, that show was a real chore to watch. Definitely something that at least most Americans won't like. All the "ecchi" scenes were so forced and so rediculously borderline hentai. The worst part of it all was the sixth grader with giant breasts; not funny or hot. The main character is such a loser, he sounds like he's 12. ack so many bad things to say about this anime.
umm, sound quality was ok i guess
Exactly how many people in Japan like THIS kind of stuff???
|2004-01-13, 22:14
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There were people who didn't like Eiken? *gaspage*
You're obviously taking it too seriously. It's making fun of other fanservicey shows. It's HUMOR DAMN IT! The Yogurt scene is very funny. Please stop disrespecting eiken.
|2004-01-13, 22:32
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Not only is this show embarassing to watch, but the use of boobies and other fanservice is so distracting and... unentertaining that I almost stopped watching it half-way through from pure disgust.
If this anime could be the embodiment of a friend who said something really funny 10 seconds too late, then this would be it. My point is that it's really going over the top just for a satire of a fanservice show.
Not only that but all the stereotypical characters have paper-thin personalities as well.
Ah well, this anime wasn't intended to be deep anyway. The yogurt scene WAS funny though .
|2004-01-13, 23:24
|Link #12
Master of Sexy-No-Jitsu
Well as some one pointed out a little up the post this is a Joke Anime it was Basicly Made as a joke to all anime Fanservice and such it even says it in the Reviews I have seen.
It's only 2 OVA's as far as I know but dont take things to Serious hehehe it's not supposed to be. Ya I do Agree the Boobs are bigger then any should ever be made and with the 10 year old it's a little over the top but yet again it's not real and its Fictional so in the end it does not matter.
I hope you all have fun watching anime, I know I do.
|2004-01-14, 00:11
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I think this is why I usually check the official site of an anime I don't know about before downloading it...
*Just looked at the official site* Holy crap, how can that one girl WALK with boobs that big!? O.o not to mention she's ugly and has horrid eyebrows (the magenta haired girl with godzilla titties) she shouldn't be ALLOWED to have boobs that big...
The blonde is cute though, I like her hair.
|2004-01-14, 00:54
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Master of Sexy-No-Jitsu
I beleave they where Going for the Groucho Marks look with her hehehe.
|2004-01-14, 02:19
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- Native Words, Native Warriors Learn more about the history of Native languages in North America, and their repression and eventual use by Native troops as codes that sealed the success of Allied forces in World War II. The Smithsonian Institution has created this website, which is a perfect unit for teachers to use to introduce students to Native languages.
- The Rosetta Project The Rosetta Project (no relation to Rosetta Stone!) is an ambitious project to build a publicly accessible digital library of the world's languages. Download a Google Earth Linguistic Layer, and make learning about endangered languages a part of your next trip, virtual or otherwise! Check out their blog too.
- Indigenous Peoples Issues Hear the voices of indigenous people talking about their lives and their concerns. The interactive map will transport you with song and image to some of the most endangered peoples and places of the world.
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Automobile enthusiasts from around the globe are gathering in Switzerland for the 83rd International Geneva Motor Show March 7–17, 2013 and Art Center faculty, alumni and staff are circulating among them.
An Art Center alumni event is set for Wednesday, March 6, 17:00-20:00 at the C Bar and Lounge, Starling Geneva Airport Hotel.
Alumni and friends are invited to meet up at an informal reception in conjunction with the show. Geoff Wardle, executive director of Graduate Transportation Design, and Cathy Karry, director of the College's Career and Professional Development office, will be among the faculty and staff in town to connect with alumni who live in, or near Geneva as well as those visiting for the auto show. For more info, please contact Alumni Relations at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wardle will be meeting with industry and media representatives to discuss Art Center's new Grad Trans program that offers two tracks for students to pursue:
- The Vehicles Track is for those who are intent on entering or returning to the vehicle manufacturing industry who have strong strategic thinking skills and the ability to focus on the bigger issues facing the field relating to its customers and its future business models.
- The Systems Track is geared to individuals who have a more varied background plus are interested in a more holistic, systems-thinking approach to innovative transportation solutions from personal mobility in the urban environment through to more sustainable freight transportation, for example.
Wardle will also discuss the development of automated road vehicles, future business models for the industry and generally what the outlook is for the future of the automobile—which, in his opinion, is positive!
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Ah! The warmth of home!
I'm listing to Utah lawprof Laura Kessler read from a paper about "Transgressive Caregiving." Transgressive caregiving? It sounds alarming. From her paper:
Can unpaid family caregiving be a form of political resistance or expression? I argue that it can, especially when done by people ordinarily denied the privilege of family privacy by the state. Unlike feminists from other disciplines, feminist and queer theorists within law have largely overlooked this aspect of caregiving, regarding unpaid family labor as a source of gender-based oppression or as an undervalued public good. Consequently, prominent feminist and queer theorists within law have set their sights on employment or sexual freedom as more promising sources of emancipation for women.Sex, reproduction, parenting, and housework can constitute affirmative political practices of resistance to a host of discriminatory institutions and ideologies.... Discuss!
This book examines a less well-explored conception of family caregiving within law, revealing the way that family caregiving can be a liberating practice for caregivers. Specifically, sex, reproduction, parenting, and housework can constitute affirmative political practices of resistance to a host of discriminatory institutions and ideologies, including the family, workplace, and state, as well as patriarchy, racism, and homophobia. I label such political work "transgressive caregiving" and locate it most centrally—although not exclusively—in the care work of ethnic and racial minorities, gays and lesbians, and heterosexual men, whose family caregiving practices are the focus of the book.
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FULTON, Mo. – The Panthers showed their resolve once again Tuesday night, outpacing a pesky Westminster squad 3-2 in Fulton.
Greenville quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the conference duel, but dropped sets three and four to the home Bluejays before clinching the fifth with a scoring breakdown of 25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 28-30 15-11.
Sophomore Corinne Coon led the Panthers offensively blasting a team-high 20 kills in the contest. Fellow underclassman Nicole Schaeffer added 18 kills of her own in the win. Senior specialist Jannell "Nelly" Crow dished out 58 assits to contribute to the strong offensive performance.
Defensively sophomore MB Taylor Bruner turned in a strong performance, serving up four block solos and three block assits. Senior Sidney Cooper and junior Ansley DeVrieze both added 26 digs in the counter attack.
With the win Greenville advances to 15-5 (9-2 SLIAC) and currently sits in a second place tie with Webster in the SLIAC standings. Tuesday nights 3-2 win marks the third straight game that the Panthers have been forced into a fifth period battle and have come out victorious.
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Let's post scores in here for the 2012-2013 season!
September 8, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Here are the scores so far for Collin's team.
August 31st: Win 5-3 (Collin played the entire game in goal and got the win)
September 1st: Win 9-0 (Collin's first shutout of the season and another win he played the entire game in goal)
September 2nd: Win 4-0 (Collin was in goal for the entire game again picking up his second shutout)
September 3rd: Win 4-3 (Collin didn't play in this game, his backup got the start and played the whole game)
September 7th: Win 5-2 (Collin didn't play in this game either)
September 8th: Win 5-2 (Collin played the whole game, allowed 2 goals, 1 in the 1st period and 1 in the 3rd)
He is really happy about being on his new team and has made new friends. He looked at the standings after today's game and noticed that his old team is 0-6 while his new team is 6-0, he had a smirk on his face after seeing that.


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It's the final week of the 2010 football season, as the Blue Devils (3-8, 1-6 ACC) host the rival North Carolina Tar Heels (6-5, 3-4 ACC) in Wallace Wade Stadium. The game will kickoff at 3:30 PM ET and will be televised on ESPNU. Tickets for the rivalry game are still available from
GoDuke.com, as the Blue Devils try to reclaim the Victory Bell for just the second time in the last 20 tries.
Duke fell at Georgia Tech last Saturday, 30-20, in what Coach Cutcliffe called "a tough pill to swallow." The Blue Devils' defense held the Yellow Jackets out of the end zone for the entire first half, taking a 13-6 lead into the locker room. In the second half, the momentum quickly turned towards Georgia Tech after Brandon Connette threw a red zone interception, which was returned 85 yards for the touchdown and a 16-13 lead. The Blue Devils fought back in the 4th quarter, as Sean Renfree found Austin Kelly on a play action pass for a 37-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 23-20, but it was not enough. The Yellow Jackets' option offense wore down the Duke defense and sealed the victory. On the day, the Duke defense allowed 320 rushing yard to the #1 rushing offense in the country, which was led by Anthony Allen and Tevin Washington. For the Blue Devils, Renfree threw for another 300+ yard game in the loss, including 92 yards to Cooper Helfet and 7 catches each for Conner Vernon and Donovan Varner.
If the Blue Devils' loss last week was tough to swallow, North Carolina's was devastating. The Tar Heels hosted rival NC State last Saturday and fell, 29-25. North Carolina jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead, which they extended to a 19-10 lead by late in the 3rd quarter. At that point, the game went an unexpected and almost instantaneous reversal of momentum, as Russell Wilson and the Wolfpack scored 17 unanswered points to close the 3rd quarter and start the 4th. The first score was the most unlikely, as Wilson threw a jump ball on 4th and goal to a crowd in the back corner of the end zone, which somehow fell into the hands of TE Owen Spencer for the touchdown. After forcing a quick punt, explosive returner T.J. Graham took the punt return 87 yards for the score and a 24-19 lead. The Wolfpack would add on a FG and a last-minute safety to seal the 29-25 victory. Seniors T.J Yates and Anthony Elzy led the way for the Tar Heels in the loss, as Yates threw for over 400 yards, including 178 and a touchdown to Elzy.
Both teams find themselves in the red in the turnover margin for the season. Turnovers have haunted the Blue Devils throughout 2010, while North Carolina has given it away 7 times in their last two games. Last week, Duke saw firsthand how a key turnover can propel a team to victory. Without leading fumble recovery man Kelby Brown, the Duke defense will have to find other players to step up with takeaways.
Explosive Plays
Without crunching all the numbers, let's just say in last week's games, both teams were on the losing side of key explosive plays. Georgia Tech scored three touchdowns, two of which were explosive plays: an 85-yard interception return and a 79-yard catch. In the Tar Heel's last game, the decisive play was a T.J. Graham 87-yard punt return for a touchdown, which gave the Wolfpack the lead for good. With 2 of the ACC's top 3 quarterbacks, both teams have the ability to rack up explosive plays on the opposing defense. Renfree will have to get things going with Vernon, Varner, Kelly, and Helfet early and often, while the Duke secondary will have to contain Yates and his receivers, led by the trio of Dwight Jones, Anthony Elzy, and Erik Highsmith.
Sacks haven't had a huge influence on the Blue Devils' games this year, as Duke has been very good at protecting Sean Renfree, while the Duke defensive front has struggled to bring pressure. Conversely, the Tar Heels rank last in the ACC in sacks allowed, as Yates has found himself on the ground an average of 3 times per game, including 7 times last Saturday. UNC's defense has failed to bring the pressure it did a year ago, when they ranked second in the ACC in sacks per game.
3rd Down Production
Would you be surprised to learn that the struggling Duke defense has done a better job on opponent 3rd downs than their rivals in Columbia blue? It's true, and the Blue Devils' offense has also done a better job converting on 3rd downs. On paper, advantage Duke.
Rushing TDs
Would you also be surprised to know that as of last week, North Carolina has surpassed Duke as the ACC's worst rushing offense? The Blue Devils' have Nate Irving and the NC State defense to thank for that. After a season-ending injury to Johnny White, the Blue Devils will have to focus their defensive efforts on Anthony Elzy and Shaun Draughn in the North Carolina backfield. In last week's preview, we stressed the importance of the Blue Devils' scoring on the ground. The Tar Heels have only allowed 9 rushing touchdowns this year, but Brandon Connette and the Blue Devils' backs will have to find ways to convert in the red zone for Duke to shed its two-game losing streak.
Field Goals
Will Snyderwine had been nearly automatic in 2010, but missed two late FGs in Atlanta last week. Expect the Blue Devils' kicker to have a bounceback game in the season finale. Casey Barth has been equally good for the Tar Heels, and the team that does a better job of putting the ball in the end zone, rather than through the uprights, is most likely to win this one.
Duke has done a nice job of minimizing penalties in 2010, though the few penalties they have committed have often been costly. Against Georgia Tech, the Blue Devils committed 6 penalties for a total of 50 yards, but several of those helped to extend Yellow Jacket drives. North Carolina's inability to follow the rules off the field has been well documented, but the Tar Heels have also committed an average of 7 penalties per game. They've improved this statistic in recent weeks, totaling just 70 yards in penalties their past two games.
It is difficult to remain objective when it's Duke vs. North Carolina. The Tar Heels are admittedly exhausted: mentally, from having faced tough questions all season about their wrongdoings off the field; and physically, from playing shorthanded while not having a week off since their bye in week 2. In the back of some players' minds, the Tar Heels are just one game away from the end of this nightmare regular season. After an emotional loss to rival NC State on senior day, can the Tar Heels get back up for one more game?
Meanwhile, the primary question that has haunted the Blue Devils in 2010 is "what if…?," as they've watched ACC games slip away against Wake Forest in week 2, Maryland in week 5, Boston College in week 11, and Georgia Tech in week 12. Can the Blue Devils breakthrough this week against the rival Tar Heels? If this year's senior class has its way, the Blue Devils will be ringing the Victory Bell into their offseason.
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Manchester United and Arsenal have been told to forget about signing Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini, as he is crucial to Roberto Martinez's plans.
Both Gunners boss and new Old Trafford manager David Moyes have been credited with an interest in the Belgium international.
Arsenal had even reportedly bid for him earlier this summer, though Moyes took Fellaini to Everton and has long been linked with signing him for a second time at Manchetser United.
However, neither the Emirates Stadium out fit nor the Red Devils will sign him, if the new Everton boss has anything to do with it.
Martinez has insisted he still wants the powerful 25-year-old to remain at Goodison Park and is excited about the prospect of working with him next season.
"Marouane is an international footballer and he's going to be involved, if all goes well, in a World Cup next year," he is quoted as saying by talkSPORT.
"He's had a fantastic impact in the Premier League and hopefully now is the time he can carry on showing his massive influence in the game for us.
"He's still a very young man but I am really looking forward to seeing Marouane working hard and making sure that he sets really good standards at this club."
Martinez may find it difficult to hang on to Fellaini, however, as the former Standard Liege star has previously expressed a desire to play in the Champions League.
suggested at the weekendHe reportedly also has a clause in his contract that says he can leave if a team in the Champions League make a £23million bid for him, though it was that this clause would expire soon.
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Unique gifts and cards
Here are some very Catholic--and very non-Catholic--gifts:
After Michelle Newcomb's 4-year-old son said he wanted to be a priest, the Indiana mom decided to create a game just for him. Interest in her game grew, and now The Priest Game has been reproduced for sale. The matching game is not competitive and teaches young children numbers and colors, along with Catholic prayers and explanations of religious items and symbols.
Though Steve and Joni Abdalla have three girls, the first product of their new toy company, Wee Believers, is a Mass kit. "In speaking with priests and even a well-respected Bishop of the Church, we learned that it was a toy Mass Kit made in the early 40's and 50's that instilled their first calling to become priests," the couple writes on their site. "We plan on following up…with more products, especially ones that our daughters will enjoy. We have a vision of building a comprehensive, faith-inspired line of toys."
For girls, there are Christian dolls with the appropriate accessories. Instead of hosting a tea party, children can play "interfaith dialogue" with these dolls, as there are also Muslim and Jewish dolls.
Forgoing gifts this year? Then here are some rather interesting cards to send out: Atheist and Great Depression Christmas cards. Warning: Most of them are offensive, of course. Artist Andrew Shaffer admits in this article that the cards that declare "Have a Great Depression and a Subprime New Year" aren't as funny as when he first created him now that a lot of people are losing their jobs.
Still, he also says his customers include traditional Christians, and he is mocking the secular side of Christmas rather than the sacred. One cute example says the atheist snowman believed in evolution..."until he met his Creator," with a picture of a little boy putting a hat on the snowman.
Like them or not, these gifts are certainly unique.


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Linked-in Workshop
Start:28 January 2014
Time:10.30am - 4.30pm
LocationMusicians Union London
Download as vCalendar (for Microsoft Outlook etc.)
This workshop from FEU Training falls into two parts:
1. Why networking works and why effective digital networking is so important.
2. How we fit networking into our daily work schedule.
Areas covered in the workshop include:
- Networking refresher – what it is and why it works
- Identifying what you're selling and how it helps others
- Your key messages
- Understanding your digital footprint
- Social media for work – polishing your online profile
- LinkedIn – including groups and recommendations
- Google + circles
- Tools for managing multiple social networks (without wasting time)
- Your next steps
- Participants will devise a personal action plan with practical measures to improve their online and face-to-face networking.
Who should attend?
Equity members who wish to find better ways to network both digitally and face-to-face. No technical knowledge will be assumed. The aim is to help freelances understand how networking works and hone their message. It does not require participants to be online during the training.


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Bounty Killer
- 2013
- 90 mins
- English
"Inventive and violent humor... a hell of a good time that never takes itself too seriously" - Bill Graham, TWITCHFILM
It's already been twenty years since multinational conglomerates have taken control of the planet, their insatiable thirst for profits and power having led to the outbreak of a new world war. Known as the "Corporate Wars", this global conflict has permanently altered the face of the earth. It is amidst the rubble of this annihilating darkness that the Council of the Nine Roses was born. Its sole objective: locate and eliminate every white collar responsible, whether directly or not, for the world's destruction. The era of the bounty killers has begun. From cold-blooded assassins to homicidal amateurs, each and all is joining the competition to accumulate the most bodies and collect the ensuing bounties… big bounties. Their shared goal is to eradicate the cancer known as "Corporation", the root of this apocalypse.
A hybrid of MAD MAX and DEATH PROOF, this post-apocalyptic action fest brings us back to the memorable movies of our youth. Like many great directors before him, Henry Saine chose to hand the leading role in a testosterone-filled action movie to a woman, Christian Pitre. Much like Sigourney Weaver, her screen-ripping charisma deftly mixes sexy with badass. She's masterfully supported by Matthew Marsden and Barak Hardley, and together, they supply the important ingredients needed for a good action film: charm, violence and laughs. This humour, along with costumes, acting style and mise-en-scene, imbues BOUNTY KILLER with a comic-book vibe. Not looking to over-extend himself, Saine keeps his direction focused on entertaining us with his heartwarming, amusingly original characters. His obvious, palpable love for both his characters and genre cinema in general is very refreshing. BOUNTY KILLER should definitely be on your "do not miss" list at this year's festival. To heighten your sense of anticipation, we invite you to seek out a copy of the film's graphic-novel adaptation: 97 pages of pure delight that will help soothe your impatience until screening night!
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Submission + - Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So (computerworlduk.com)
Glyn Moody writes: Most people regard OpenOffice.org as a distant runner-up to Microsoft Office, and certainly not a serious rival. Microsoft seems to feel otherwise judging by a new job ad on its site for a "Linux and Open Office Compete Lead". According to this, competing with *both* GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org is "one of the biggest issues that is top of mind" for no less a person than Steve Ballmer. Interestingly, a key part of this position is "engaging with Open Source communities and organizations" — which suggests that Microsoft's new-found eagerness to "engage" with open source has nothing to do with a real desire to reach a pacific accommodation with free software, but is simply a way for it to fight against it from close up, and armed with inside knowledge.


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Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL), today announced that it has met its ambitious "Go for $2B by 2012" goal by achieving $2 billion in total sales from new products created since 2000 by the end of fiscal year 2012. By attaining this goal, Hormel Foods continues its successful track record of creating innovative, new products to grow the company's brand portfolio. The "Go for $2B by 2012" goal built upon the company's success with its earlier Billion Dollar Challenge, which was to generate $1 billion in sales from new products launched in the decade, beginning fiscal year 2000 and ending fiscal year 2009. By the end of fiscal year 2007 – two years early – Hormel Foods reported total sales of $6.19 billion with more than $1 billion generated from new product sales. "Our company was founded on innovation and that spirit continues to guide us today," said Jeffrey M. Ettinger, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods. "Generating more than $2 billion in sales from products that didn't exist 12 years ago is a remarkable accomplishment. I am proud of all our 19,600 employees around the world whose hard work and commitment to making Hormel Foods successful continues to propel our company forward." Hormel Foods was able to meet this challenge because of the success of new products across its business divisions. The most successful new products include Hormel ® party trays, Hormel ® Natural Choice ® deli meats, Hormel ® Compleats ® microwave meals and Jennie-O Turkey Store ® oven ready items and turkey burgers. About Hormel FoodsHormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, many of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry. The company leverages its extensive expertise, innovation and high competencies in pork and turkey processing and marketing to bring branded, value-added products to the global marketplace. The company is a member of the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index, S&P Dividend Aristocrats for 2012, Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes, Global 1000 Sustainable Performance Leaders and was again named one of "The 100 Best Corporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the fourth year in a row. Hormel Foods debuted on the G.I. Jobs magazine list of America's Top 100 Military Friendly Employers in 2012. The company enjoys a strong reputation among consumers, retail grocers, foodservice and industrial customers for products highly regarded for quality, taste, nutrition, convenience and value. For more information, visit http://www.hormelfoods.com.
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More Carpin
2012/3/14 6:23
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D-Dog has me all wound up and focused on Carpin for the last few weeks. He obviously has it pretty well figured out. I, on the other hand find myself deep in the carp flyfishing learning curve. I have been fishing a local stream that has a good number of decent size fish working in one area. In the early mornings these carp are mudding, chasing each other around and every now and then feeding on something on top. There are that many fish working that the water is normally very off color due to their digging. I went to the vise last night and tied up a new pattern of crayfish fly that I found on the internet to try today. I added the gold Krystal flash and orange/black centepede legs for antennae and tied it on a size 6 heavy wire wet fly hook. I'm thinking it should work well for both carp and smallies.
A few early mornings this week I have effectively spooked almost every carp in the area by almost every means imaginable. These fish may look stupid but I assure you they are not. I have had many classic refusals but the fact that the water is murky makes me feel like I need to get the fly very close to the fish which generally ends up spooking them. I was about to give it up this morning and accept another skunking when I spotted an average size carp in some clearer water in the middle of the water column. I had to cast about 35-40' of line to reach this fish. The cast landed about 4' in front of the fish and a bit short. The carp turned toward the fly! One small strip and the fish responded to it. During the strip the end of my fly line stopped. I lifted the rod tip and it was "GAME ON"! When you lift the rod and have a solid hook set with 6-8 lbs. of thumpin' carp on the other end it is just a total adrenaline rush, at least for me. This fish was a good fighter but did tire fairly quickly. It was the first carp that I hooked up with on my new 8 wt. The rod worked great and I can't wait to get into something bigger with it. It's pretty cool to be able to confidently apply side pressure to a heavy fish and manipulate it away from trouble areas without popping it off. The 8 wt with a SMB leader and 2X tippet gave me plenty of equipment to "horse it" a little when I needed to. Anyway, I managed to bring it to hand and snap a few photos. It measured approximately 24 inches. Battling these big fish on flyfishing gear is a blast!
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2006/9/9 17:32
From Gettysburg
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Good stuff. The first 10+ pounder will really smoke your reel - esp if hooked in bigger water with room to run. The flies look good. Something that rides hook upward and has a hint of rust/orange color and looks like a crayfish seem to be popular.
Although I don't pursue them too often myself, carp are a really neat fish to chase and, I'm convinced, an intelligent and wary quarry.
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2012/1/9 19:50
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Any time you wanna get out just let me know I would be happy to shorten your learning curve a little.
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Re: More Carpin
2012/3/14 6:23
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Thank you very much for your offer, I will keep it in mind. I think I am starting to get it. I stuck two more carp very early this morning. It has become quite evident that I need to target the fish that are in the clearer water. Experience and confidence has so much to do with success in any kind of flyfishing. Thanks again.
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One thing you need to keep in mind with Carp is they are extremely smart and don't take kindly to repetitive stinging or spooking. Carp are more selective,smarter and more weary than trout. Don't get in a rut and keep pounding the same water. Hitting new water not only makes you better at what your doing but it will also increase you catch rate.
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2012/3/14 6:23
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I was thinking about that issue earlier today. Thanks for the heads up on it. With your advice in mind it would probably be best for me to give that bunch a rest for a while. I have a few other areas that I located while smallie fishing that I know have some decent carp to try out. Guess it's time to do some carp scoutin'.
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A Stevens Point police officer shot and killed a man after an altercation Saturday. However, the victim's name was not released, only that the individual was not from the Stevens Point area.
Stevens Point Police Chief Jeff Morris said officers were responding to the report of a stolen vehicle when the suspect fled on foot.
Morris said another officer spotted the suspect near a high school and used his Taser twice along with chemical spray in an attempt to subdue the suspect.
Morris said the suspect and officer scuffled before the officer fired twice.
There was no identification found on the suspect and Morris would not say whether the man had a weapon when the officer fired.
The 14-year veteran of the force was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Portage County Sheriff's Department and the state Department of Criminal Investigation.


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Borland swaps out CodeGear CEO
Four months too long for Smith
Posted in The Channel, 5th April 2007 23:58 GMT
Borland Software has named a new chief executive for its unwanted CodeGear tools subsidiary, with incumbent Ben Smith exiting after barely four months.
Taking over as CEO is Jim Douglas, a veteran of the sales and marketing side of a trio of businesses involved in the semiconductor sector. Douglas is a former vice president of marketing for Cadence Design Systems, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Tality, and president and CEO of ReShape that was acquired by Magma Design Automation last year for $750,000.
Borland's chief executive Todd Nielsen announced the change of guard, saying Smith is returning to private equity having set the "right tone, energy and structure at CodeGear." Smith was believed to be an architect of Borland's failed attempt to sell its respected developer tools business for $150m, which became CodeGear, through auction. No reason was given for Smith's exit.
Douglas joins two other Cadence veterans. Borland board chairman John Olsen was president of Cadence's design and realization group, while Borland director Mark Garrett is an ex vice president of finance for Cadence, according to Borland's web site.
The change over and new appointment will do little to quell concerns over the long-term future for CodeGear and its respected Delphi and JBuilder products. Developers will be extra rattled at a time when there are signs CodeGear's inaugural offerings aren't cutting it here and here.
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Troopers of the Marysville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of a semi tractor-trailer and sport utility vehicle crash about 7:55 a.m. Tuesday on State Route 347.
Richard Merritt, 46, of Delaware, Ohio, was operating a semi near U.S. Route 33 approaching a stop light when his vehicle struck the rear of a stopped SUV operated by Kristy Evilsizor, age unavailable, of DeGraff.
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'Gosh darn it.'' I got cranky at one company's voice-activated telephone answering service last week. It's not very effective, but it made me feel better.
Ever found yourself so exasperated by a ''state-of-the-art'', cut-down-on-staff customer service system that you've similarly lost it?
Voice-recognition software remains one of the biggest complaints to Smart Investor magazine's annual service - or SMILES - survey. Our Smart Investor League of Exceptional Service study gives Aussies an opportunity to vote for the companies, in 12 industry categories, that are actually looking after them - rather than those that may just claim to be.
And we are not happy.
We far prefer local, person-to-person call centres. Four other features we want are accessibility, user-friendliness, quick responses and if we hold different products from the same provider, integrate your systems already!
Instead, fund managers, risk insurers and utilities suppliers are having a race to the bottom. The average score for these providers is just 65 per cent.
It's pretty obvious why we've marked down utilities companies so. Finally, a comeback for those eye-watering price rises. What's key is that we turn this vote with our fingers into votes with our feet; there are cheaper options - on every front - out there.
You've told us those companies that treat customers right are Queensland regional electricity provider Ergon Energy (79 per cent) and, on a national level, Origin (64 per cent).
For fund managers, investors are understandably still disillusioned with their failure to insulate against sharemarket mayhem. Many are nursing big losses and worried about how retirement will now look.
It's telling that the top provider in this category, with an impressive 81 per cent rating, is Vanguard, a company that offers products seeking to match market returns rather than exceed them. The latter is far more risky and comes with the possibility of falling far below.
Risk insurers typically come up short in our survey, largely because of their core business. They protect us if something unthinkable happens, which we prefer - yep - not to think about. This category was the only one to fall overall this year, albeit slightly.
In any case, CommInsure apparently makes the whole business most palatable, chalking up a decent 72 per cent.
The laggards in our survey, on that average 65 per cent, are at the other end of the spectrum from the top overall performer online savings providers, with an average of 82 per cent. UBank notches up the highest individual ranking, in fact the highest of any provider in any industry in the country: 85 per cent.
This is a good product - the interest rate is always competitive and, importantly, only a small amount is forfeited if you don't meet monthly qualification conditions. In other words, you get a decent rate no matter what. And recent improvements have smoothed out what was previously a clunky online banking offering.
The most-improved award in terms of categories goes to super providers, which have upped their average from 63 per cent to 71 per cent. The odd positive number on our annual statement makes us feel far more predisposed to positive ratings.
Public-offer industry fund QSuper claims top spot with 73 per cent, as service and systems compensated for soft performance across the sector.
Where should you look for health and general insurers that care? To GMHBA and AAMI, respectively.
GMHBA is a Geelong-based non-profit health fund that, on 80 per cent, is apparently making policyholders very happy. It knocked the competition out of the park when it came to claims resolution.
AAMI, the highest-rated general insurer open to all Aussies, with 75 per cent, will be known to everyone and is a regular in our survey. Perhaps Rhonda and Ketut helped this year. Also check out RAC if you're in Western Australia (80 per cent).
These ratings compare with an average score in each category of just 73 per cent.
Internet providers notched up the same average, with Internode coming top on 81 per cent. That's a far cry from mobile providers, though, who we still love to hate. The average was just 69 per cent, with Telstra and Vodafone again in the firing line. Voters rated TPG the highest with 82 per cent.
And speaking of providers with image problems, what of the banks? They maintained their average satisfaction scores overall. The standouts are St George for best home lender (75 per cent), and perennial people favourite Bendigo Bank for day-to-day banking (83 per cent).
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IT'S the question that has been asked for generations ... is there anything out there?
Comboyne Mountain resident Manfred Druschowitz believes he has the photographic evidence to answer the question once and for all. Yes.
Mr Druschowitz, a keen photographer, was taking photos of the full moon on various settings late last month for a project he has been working on.
He didn't notice anything out of the ordinary when he was taking the photos but picked up strange lights in the background when he loaded the images onto his computer.
Mr Druschowitz believes his photos provide "serious evidence" of UFO activity.
The photos show several different things moving and changing in appearance.
From his experience in the airforce he believes they were stretched across a distance of 20 to 30 kilometres.
Mr Druschowitz has ruled out the International Space Station because it is a different shape and says it wasn't star activity because other stars in the photos are stationary. He says the images haven't been tampered with. Mr Druschowitz says plenty of people have reported seeing UFOs – including someone else in the Comboyne Mountain area – but there has been very little photographic proof.
He has shown his own photos to friends who were "stunned" and has also placed them on YouTube, where they have been attracting plenty of interest.


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SENECA -- It didn't take long for Seneca's defense to set the tone in Friday night's 46-0 Homecoming win over Dwight in the Interstate Eight Conference Small Division.
The Fighting Irish kicked off to Dwight to start the game and, after the Trojans were whistled for an illegal procedure penalty before the first play, the backwards procession continued. Seneca's defensive line poured into the backfield to stop Triston Dircks for a 10-yard loss back to the Dwight five and, after Dircks got a yard back on the next play, the third-down pitchout was fumbled in the end zone and Seneca's Brandon Webb fell on it in the end zone for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead just 1:26 into the game.
"I don't remember exactly what was going through my mind when I saw the ball on the ground," Webb said. "I just fell on it like I have been coached to do. I've never scored a touchdown in high school football, so to get one when I am a senior on Homecoming night is pretty cool."
The Seneca defense forced Dwight into a three-and-out on the ensuing series and, after the Trojan punt went just 6 yards, the Irish (4-3, 4-1) took over at the Dwight 26. Unfortunately, Seneca fumbled the ball back to Dwight, but then forced another punt. Logan Pifer fielded it at midfield and returned it to the Dwight 38, and a personal foul set the Irish up at the Trojan 23. On the sixth play of the drive, Peyton Schrag scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak and his conversion pass to Austin Applebee made it 14-0. Another three-and-out, this one highlighted by a 12-yard sack by Matt Johnson and Brad Wyss, gave Seneca the ball at midfield. Schrag did most of the work on the drive, completing passes of 16 yards to Applebee and 13 yards to Bo Taylor before carrying it in the final 13 yards for a touchdown and a 21-0 lead.
After another Dwight punt, Schrag hit Applebee (4 catches, 96 yards) for a 45-yard touchdown. On the next Seneca drive, the pair teamed for a 26-yard connection on 3rd-and-11 for a first down. 30-yard run by Pifer put the ball at the Dwight 5, and Mike Taylor scored from there for a 34-0 lead. The Seneca defense got an interception when Jimmy David grabbed a pass that had been tipped by teammate Tommy Lovett at midfield and returned it to the 30. On 2nd-and-21 from the 27, Schrag (6 carries for 55 yards, 5-of-9 passing for 109 yards) ran for a 26-yard gain and Bo Taylor scored from the one with 1.5 seconds left in the first half, ensuring the running clock for the entire second half.
So dominant was the Seneca defense on the night that Dwight did not manage a first down until the final minute of the game, and that came on a pass on a fake punt call.
"Our defense has been our strength," Seneca coach Ted O'Boyle said. "We did a real good job keeping our focus tonight. I was a little worried about that since we didn't have school today, but the kids played great. And, it's always good to have a score on the board before your offense touches the ball. We hadn't had a defensive score yet this year, so that was good to see."
Seneca pounds Dwight on Homecoming
SENECA -- It didn't take long for Seneca's defense to set the tone in Friday night's 46-0 Homecoming win over Dwight in the Interstate Eight Conference Small Division.


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On this year's International Day for Mine Awareness, we are "lending our legs" in a campaign to show support and compassion for survivors. Working closely with national authorities and non-governmental organizations, the United Nations is implementing mine risk education and victim assistance in more than 40 countries, teaching communities how to live safely in contaminated areas, and assisting survivors with disabilities to obtain access to the full range of services and rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire house has exploded and burst into flames, killing one person. A firefighter suffered minor injuries trying to put out the flames.
Neighbors in Nashua reported hearing an explosion and seeing flames and heavy smoke coming from the single-family home Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters say it took more than 40 minutes to knock down the bulk of the fire. They say the fire was strong enough to damage other homes, including at least one whose siding melted.
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A recent trend in the self defense world is to emphasize the importance of adrenaline and its effect on our ability to defend ourselves. In fact there are whole self defense systems built around overcoming the negative effects of adrenaline.
This is a short essay written to examine the effects of adrenaline. My goal is to give you information to help turn adrenaline into your friend instead of your foe.
What is adrenaline anyway?
Adrenaline is a chemical (actually a hormone) produced by the two adrenal glands, which are located on top of the kidneys (ad - renal, on - kidney). These glands secrete adrenaline directly into the blood stream when people are exposed to something that they see as potentially dangerous.
Because adrenaline has to be carried by the blood to all the different parts of the body, it takes a second or two before people will feel its effects. I will explain below how this slight delay can be important in how you react to danger.
What does adrenaline do?
Physically, adrenaline increases your heart rate, raises your blood pressure, and is associated with a diversion of blood away from certain areas of your brain and internal organs and into your muscles. As a result, adrenaline has the ability to increase speed and strength. It also decreases how much people feel pain. A large amount of adrenaline released into your system all at once causes what is often called an adrenaline dump, rush, or surge. All of these effects are designed to prepare your body to either run away or to fight.
What does an adrenaline surge feel like?
Adrenaline can make you feel energized, or it can make you feel shaky, weak or sick to your stomach. Sometimes all of these feelings come at the same time, which can be confusing. Results of an adrenaline surge might also include:
• feeling as though time has slowed down.
• tunnel vision, you only see what is in front of you and not what is around you.
• a sensation of your mind wandering or floating, making it hard to concentrate.
• decreased coordination.
• difficulty in thinking clearly.
I do not know whether these sensations result directly from the adrenaline itself, or if some other factor, like sensory overload from trying to figure out what is happening around you, causes them. As an emergency physician I have given pure adrenaline as a drug to treat many people having severe allergic reactions. Treatment involves injecting them with amounts of adrenaline far greater than what the body produces naturally.
Many of these patients have described feeling shaky, weak, and nauseated as a result. I have not heard complaints of the other feelings often attributed to adrenaline. What is important for you to know is that when you are in a situation likely to cause an adrenaline surge, these are the feelings you are likely to experience.
How does adrenaline affect your ability to react to danger?
The effect of an adrenaline surge depends on many different things. Sometimes you have no warning that something is about to happen until you are suddenly startled by a surprise attack or other unexpected event. When startled in this way, it is natural to momentarily freeze, jump, flinch, or run.
Your first response normally happens without the effect of adrenaline because it takes a second or two for the adrenaline surge to hit. During those first pre-adrenaline seconds, you will may or may not move. People's initial reaction is normally based on how circumstances interact with their personality, and their built-in tendency to react a certain way under stress, without adrenaline.
Once adrenaline kicks in, it will likely reinforce your initial response. If you are frozen, you might find it even harder to break out of it and take action. This is especially likely if you are overwhelmed by an unfamiliar adrenaline surge and misinterpret the feelings associated with it as fear or panic.
People often associate fear with helplessness. Helplessness is not a good mindset when you need to take action to ensure your own safety and the safety of others. This is why an adrenaline surge can sometimes make freezing worse.
If you do not freeze initially, your adrenaline surge is more likely to be helpful as long as it is directed into effective action. If you are already running, you may run faster. If you are fighting, you may fight harder.
However, sometimes adrenaline can make a person fight back so frantically that although they are fighting hard, the techniques are uncoordinated and not very effective. This ineffective, frantic way of fighting back is sometimes called "flailing".
There are also times when you see danger developing more gradually and adrenaline does get a chance to work before it becomes clear that you need to do something to respond to the threat. In this case adrenaline can still interfere with your ability to think clearly and initiate a response as both your adrenaline levels and the level of the threat increase.
How can you learn to use adrenaline to your advantage?
In order to put the effect of adrenaline into perspective let's break it down into individual problems.
Problem # 1.
An adrenaline surge is unexpected and unfamiliar
Now you know what an adrenaline surge is and, at least in theory, what it feels like. You know that although fear is normal in scary situations, the sensation of an adrenaline surge is not the same thing as panic, and does not mean you are helpless.
Problem # 2
Adrenaline makes it hard to think clearly
This is true to some degree. On the other hand, emergency workers such as police officers, fire fighters and emergency physicians do their jobs on a regular basis while experiencing an adrenaline surge. Even medical students early in their training are able to function quite well under such circumstances. This is because they have had preparation and practice. This means that, although adrenaline does to some extent interfere with clear thinking, and can make you tremble and be uncoordinated, it is still possible to be very effective during an adrenaline surge.
Problem # 3
Adrenaline can cause freezing
OK, this is the big one. As explained above, freezing can occur without adrenaline, but adrenaline can make it worse. The reality is that every time you face something new, there is a moment of hesitation before you react. Freezing is just what happens when this hesitation takes too long and you find yourself in deeper trouble as a result. So how can you minimize this effect?
Use adrenaline to help prevent freezing in the first place
Have you ever found yourself in a situation that did not particularly frighten you, but when you felt the hair on the back of your neck stand on end and your heart start to pound for no apparent reason? Maybe you told yourself "Why is this happening? There is nothing here to be afraid of."
What you were experiencing may have been an adrenaline surge because your instincts were warning you of hidden danger. This is an example of how adrenaline can be your friend if you learn to listen to it. An adrenaline warning can prevent you from getting into a situation where freezing could occur. Gavin De Becker in his book The Gift of Fear provides a wonderful explanation of how your instincts can help you to recognize "hidden" danger. http://www.gavindebecker.com
Accept momentary freezing as part of a normal response
When the adrenaline surge hits, you can use this as a signal that you now have the strength, speed and pain tolerance to deal with the situation and escape from danger. You can recognize the adrenaline surge and take advantage of the power it provides. The important point is to accept the temporary freeze as something you have to get through in order to figure out what is happening and to make the right choices about how to deal with the problem effectively.
Make the unfamiliar more familiar
Adrenaline is especially a problem when you are surprised by the unexpected. This can include the unexpected sensations of the adrenaline surge itself, or the circumstances that caused it. You now have read what an adrenaline surge feels like. By participating in a high quality self defense course, you can also get some first hand experience as to what an adrenaline surge feels like in a controlled, supportive, safe environment.
Sanford Strong describes how it is possible to make dangerous situations more familiar in his excellent book Strong on Defense. www.sanfordstrong.com
Strong believes that a very important part of personal safety and self defense is mental preparedness. He suggests running through scenarios in your mind involving dangerous situations that could actually happen to you.
What would you do if confronted by a stranger asking for a dollar on the street, or for all your money at an ATM, or standing over your bed at three in the morning? What would you do if this same person threatened your loved one in order to get you to cooperate with him? Well, for starters, you would get an adrenaline surge.
But by using mental preparedness to imagine scenarios and solutions, you can make decisions about what to do in these frightening situations in advance. This increases your chances of making the best choices possible if the real thing ever happens and the adrenaline is flowing. Practicing mental preparedness means thinking about some very scary possibilities. However, people usually feel safer and less paranoid when they mentally rehearse working out solutions to possible problems.
Understand the places where the mind gets stuck when we freeze
There are 3 ways that people react once they realize that they are being attacked.
These are:
DENIAL: "This can't be happening!"
REALITY: "This is happening!"
RESOLVE" "This is not going to happen"
It is OK to freeze at first as long as you find a way to get past Denial and into Reality and Resolve. Become determined that "This is not going to happen". This will prevent you from freezing when adrenaline hits. Just knowing about Denial, Reality and Resolve can help you to move to the third stage and overcome your normal hesitation.
By taking the time to prepare yourself through practice and increased understanding of how adrenaline works, you will ensure that adrenaline is your friend and not your foe in a self defense situation.
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Continuing Education
Connecting Youth With Fresh Food and Gardens: Growing, Harvesting, and Cooking Food
Date: 5:00pm - 8:00pm PDT May 15, 2013 Location: Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus
Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus
Chef Nicole Hoffman and Sarah Sullivan from Abernethy Elementary School's award winning School Kitchen Garden Program will delve deeper into techniques for growing food to prepare and cook with youth grades K-12.
Learn about year-round gardening, recipe development & execution, cooking with multiple ages & skill levels and addressing various subjects and standards effectively through the kitchen and garden.
Don't miss Sarah and Nicole's introductory workshop on Wednesday, May 8: Connecting Youth With Fresh Food and Gardens: Lessons in Science, History, Writing and Math.
Workshop Details
This workshop is part of our 2012-2013 Workshop Series.
Fee: $30.
Complimentary coffee and tea will be served.
Instructors: Sarah Sullivan, Nicole Hoffman
About the Instructors
Sarah Sullivan is the Program Coordinator for the Garden of Wonders program at Abernethy Elementary School. Sarah came to Portland in 2007 from Hawaii where she taught landscape and permaculture design and co-founded Hawaii SEED, the now-flourishing statewide coalition promoting sustainable, diverse, local agriculture. Sarah is the former executive director for the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, with extensive experience in organizational management, farming with children, seed saving, grade-school curriculum development, community leadership and fundraising.
Nicole Hoffman, a graduate of the Western Culinary Institute, has now been running the school kitchen at Abernethy Elementary School for over 3 years. With training in outdoor education and urban agricultural development with the Youth Farm & Market Project in Minneapolis, and 3 years of experience running a scratch kitchen on an organic farm in Alaska, Nicole is a unique employee of Portland Public Schools Nutrition Services. Chef Nicole interned under the James Beard award-winning chef Maria Hines at Tilth restaurant in Seattle, and attended the Chefs Move to Schools Campaign kick-off event at the White House last spring.
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I'm a savage Chicken fan & came across this one today
I'm a savage Chicken fan & came across this one today
Thanks for sharing that one Mel. Funny..
Happy Trails!
Very cute. Funny part is, when I saw the thread title the first thing I thought of was a post in the national forums where some of us created our own Geocaching related comics using do-it-yourself comic websites like http://www.stripcreator.com/. While many of them have references to caching back in 2002, they are still funny.
Perhaps we can get some local talent to come up with some Maine caching comics for this site?
"The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realize it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it..."
"Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion." --Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods


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HONOLULU - The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has become the first university in the country — and the first organization in the state - to sign on as a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry, a non-profit organization established to measure and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions in a common, accurate and transparent manner consistent across industry sectors.
By joining the group, the UHM has voluntarily committed to measure, independently verify, and publicly report its GHG emissions on an annual basis using The Climate Registry General Reporting Protocol. The protocol is based on the internationally recognized GHG measurement standards of the World Resource Institute and World Bank Council for Sustainable Development.
Currently 75 leading corporations, non-profit organizations, cities and counties are reporting their greenhouse gas emissions to The Climate Registry. "The UHM has demonstrated exemplary environmental leadership by courageously stepping forward to support The Climate Registry in its preliminary stages," said Gina McCarthy, chair of The Climate Registry.
The move was facilitated by the Mānoa Climate Change Commission as part of the UHM's aggressive strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The UHM previously committed to reducing its energy use by 30 percent by 2012 and to have 25 percent of campus-wide energy use come from renewable resources by 2020.
"We are extremely pleased to be the first university to join The Climate Registry, and we urge other colleges and universities to follow," said Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw. "I commend the Mānoa Climate Change Commission for leading this effort to measure and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions."
"I applaud the UHM for becoming the first institution in Hawaiʻi to join The Climate Registry," said Laurence Lau, Hawaii state deputy environmental health director. "The emissions template developed by Mānoa provides accurate reporting that is specific to Hawaiʻi. By taking a lead, Mānoa will ease the way for others to make a public commitment to our climate."
In August 2007, Hawaiian Electric Company donated $25,000 to the Mānoa Climate Change Commission to support its efforts to measure campus greenhouse gas emissions.
"We are fortunate that some of the leading experts in the field of global climate change are right here at the University of Hawaiʻi," said Mike May, Hawaiian Electric president and CEO. "There's no question that global warming is one of the most important issues we face today."
About The Climate Registry
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship research university in Hawaiʻi. A land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, UHM attracts more than 20,000 students and $200 million in extramural research awards annually. UHM excels in science, indigenous and international studies, and sustainability and hosts professional programs in business, law, engineering, medicine, nursing, and education. For more information, visit www.manoa.hawaii.edu.
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I hope the plaintiffs win, and get every stinkin penny.
1b in sales
- 500m to Activision
- 1/3 to lawyers
- 1/2 to taxes
/ 38 plaintiffs
* 2 = 8.77m to each person that did the work.. sounds fair to me.
I agree, as too many times I have seen and experienced first hand the sadness of having worked extra hours unpaid as
the management tells me they can't afford to, and then when deadlines are met and sales are made, the management gives themselves all big bonuses....and sip on their crystal champagne, and laugh at how stupid we (the progs) all were to give up those hours for their bonuses.
Honestly, for Activision the lawsuit is worrying. However, what would be far more worrying is the fact that they're apparently lost 26 people from the MW dev team and they're losing more frequently.
"That brings us to a staggering 26 employees in total to have left Infinity Ward since the drama began, a tally which constitutes the bulk of the studio's creative and programming "brains trust"."
http://kotaku.com/5525152/eight-more-leave-modern-warfare-developers-bringing-total-to-26 [kotaku.com]
Activision Boss: "Oh hey Tom, so uh... how's the weather?"
Infinity Ward - Tom: "Sorry, under the advice of my attorney I cannot answer this question in any way other than "it may or may not be nice".
Tom: "Sorry, under the advice of my attorney I cannot answer this question in any way other than 'Sorry, under the advice of my attorney I cannot answer this question in any way other than "it may or may not be nice"'".
No, insider info, and they can't be forced out, very sneaky way of always being kep in the loop so to speak.
Insider> (makes eyes at receptionist) Hi Janet, you look lovely today, as always...
Receptionist> Thanks Frank, i got some new nail polish....looks great
Insider>Yeah, that will be great for your board meeting later and impress Jim with....(smiles)
Receptionist>No Jim wont be there to see it , hes busy trying to find a lawyer to counter sue and put some
This does sort of kill any credibility for Activision's claims. They alleged the fired individuals had gone from being model employees to seditious saboteurs, poisoning the dev team and conspiring to quit.
What's far more likely is that Activision treated their devs like crap (surprise surprise) and for most of them, having the heads of IW fired was the final straw. This is further reinforced by the fact that Activision (allegedly) owes them back wages and royalties, something they are obligated by both la
They only fired West and Zampella (the rest quit on their own volition) and overall IW doesn't exactly seem like a bunch of model employees, more like a bunch of assholes that weren't being punished because of their contribution to the bottom line (some of the IW guys publicly insulted Activision guys on their forums).
Also Activisiopn alleged that W&Z were in talks with EA over defecting and what do you know? A few days after getting fired they get hired by EA. Sure, that's not evidence but it's pretty
Yes, every dev that quits, the bonuses for the execs and upper management pile higher.
What's far more likely is that Activision treated their devs like crap (surprise surprise) and for most of them, having the heads of IW fired was the final straw.
This is ironic because Activision (the original Activision) was founded expressly to treat developers better. To quote from Wikipedia:
"Before the formation of Activision, software for video game consoles were published exclusively by makers of the systems for which the games were designed. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. This was particularly galling to the developers of the games, as they received no financial rewards for games that sold well, and did not receive credit for their games. This caused several programmers to resign from their jobs. Activision became the first third-party game publisher for game consoles."
That was before Bobby Kotick bought the company name and sacked everyone there from the original Activision.
Athough I would concede the point that they're all rather too forgiving.
Spelunky [spelunkyworld.com] would like to clear something up regarding this statement.
I would say all of those people leaving really makes it sound like it was Activision that was mostly to blame for all this.
Well they lost their biggest money making team of developers, hopefully they will treat their employees better in the future.
But I am happy that such a good team of developers are now working for hopefully less evil companies/company.
Honestly, for Activision the lawsuit is worrying. However, what would be far more worrying is the fact that they're apparently lost 26 people from the MW dev team and they're losing more frequently.
Not really, MW is a franchise at the stage where it just needs a skeleton team to keep churning out sequels that will sell on name alone.
Wait, I thought the whole insubordination deal came about because IW didn't want to make MW3? Sounds like they want to have their cake (not make MW3) and eat it too (get the money for it).
The contract you refer to was an employment contract, it refers to the responsibilities that the employees would have to fulfill to get paid, which is working on CoD4 and later MWs. It doesn't give them any rights to the series, those belong to Infinity Ward, and Infinity Ward is a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, which means those belong to Activision.
I don't know about money owed, if Activision owes these people money for what they did, they should pay up. It is unlikely Activision owes these people
WHen IW was bought IW retained the rights to the CoD name and future titles.
But isn't this just a technicality. That only helps if Activision tries to sell off IW. But it still doesn't help the people who don't work for IW anymore. They (former IW staff) still wouldn't own any IP, right?
I'm sure they all made a lot of money from the original deal. When you make a deal with the devil...
Not sure they've learned their lesson, as now they're making deals with probably a worse devil (EA). Guess you need funding from somewhere. They better hope they get good lawyers to draw up their
The tricky part here, though, is "California". The laws there are such that you have to pay money owed under a legal contract, period. But you can only recover actual damages and interest. Nothing else. Their inclusion of "punitive damages" and the insane amount is just as likely to get the thing thrown out by a judge. Just watch most of those TV court shows - they tend to be filmed in California or New York, both of which almost every other episode have the judge explain to the plaintiff (for the thousandth time) that "pain and damages" and the like aren't recoverable there.
I put the real bill at closer to maybe 50 million, which is still a lot of cash. My guess is that they are hoping to settle out of court since Activision knows they are going to be found guilty of something the second the lawyers go through their emails and documents. Again, California's laws are a PITA to deal with and it has some of the nastiest chain-of-evidence and E-discovery laws. If you hide anything, you're meat. If you destroy anything, you're toast. If you "forgot" to keep the old emails, you essentially lose the case by default. And the guys really do show up with the police in tow if required and haul your entire backups off to get analyzed by firms that are so good at this stuff that nothing short of god-level encryption will save you.
Basic summary - don't do business in California if you plan to screw your partners or employees. You lose every single time. The only question is - how much will Activision have to settle for.
The money they're asking for is compensation they were promised for Modern Warfare 2 and never received, not for the MW3 game they don't even want to make.
The article does explicitly say that the claims include "future profits from games such as Modern Warfare 3". Remember, once lawyers get the scent of money, you shouldn't expect any consistency in the claims.
I wish Al Qaeda would figure that out. Lawsuits are so much better than bullets
Do I have any rights to sue Activision for ruining my potential profits? Can I do anything to have Kotick and crew ousted?
Do I have any rights to sue Activision for ruining my potential profits?
As a matter of fact, yes.
Can I do anything to have Kotick and crew ousted?
Depends... just how many shares do you hold, or can you get access to? A large enough percentage could just swing a vote... or even cause one to be raised in the first place.
This is not legal advice. Use your favorite search engine for more information, or contact an actual lawyer.
Seriously, when did game development become so lucrative? I know that Atari used to pay their devs and coders slave wages, and that has changed (EA excluded, perhaps), but when did the little guy start making $13M? I'll be lucky to see half of that in my lifetime.
If I'm missing something important from the article, please quote it. The site is blocked by my employer's Websense firewall.
Block Reason: The Websense category "Games" is filtered.
The fact that they can screw with and abuse people so hard that they actually WANT to go work for EA, speaks volumes about how dedicated Activision must be to sucking every last cent of work out of their employees.
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Europe's energy policy is at a crossroads. Its grid infrastructure and many power stations are ageing and major investment decisions are being taken. Important issues are at stake; energy security, stability of supply, growing demand, the risks of nuclear power, employment opportunities for thousands and the urgent need to cut emissions and head off climate change. An answer delivering sustainable, cost-effective and secure energy is within reach: energy savings and renewable power.
An offshore windfarm in Danish waters. With the right power grid, Europe could efficiently channel large amounts of wind power south and solar power north to balance supply and demand.
An increasing number of European businesses, organisations, politicians, cities and regions subscribe to the vision of a 100 percent renewable energy supply by 2050. The Energy [R]evolution study demonstrates how Europe can achieve the necessary transition. However, its realisation relies on political decisions at European and member state level. Greenpeace is focussing on the following policy fields:
A 100 percent renewables pathwayThe EU is developing an energy roadmap leading to 2050. Greenpeace urges decision-makers to strive for an efficient and fully renewable energy supply, one that would enable Europe to achieve its emissions reduction target of 80-95 percent by 2050, while supporting a flourishing economy and delivering affordable energy to its people.
A 21st century electricity systemEurope's electricity networks and market rules suit large, centralised fossil and nuclear power stations. The system is inefficient, inflexible and threatens the climate. To enable the cost-effective integration of increasing shares of renewable energy and to reap efficiency and cost benefits from market integration, Europe has to upgrade and smarten its electricity infrastructure and the way it is operated. As the EU is developing different policy initiatives and an upcoming infrastructure regulation, Greenpeace's Battle of the Grids report demonstrates what infrastructure improvements are necessary.
Phasing out fossil and nuclear energyDirty and dangerous nuclear and fossil fuel power sources are not compatible with a safe, secure and climate-friendly energy system and should be phased out. This is why Greenpeace is working to make the nuclear industry reduce its risks and pay its own costs in full. The EU should draw lessons from the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, cease subsidies for nuclear energy and tailor its proposed nuclear waste directive to discourage the production of more radioactive waste while properly taking care of existing wastes.
Greenpeace opposes all fossil fuel subsidies, including those for experimental carbon capture and storage technology, a highly expensive distraction from investment into proven renewable technologies.
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Industry giant VW is attempting to undermine a planned new EU law that would make cars more efficient.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sophomore Stephanie Kent (Washington Depot, Conn.), sophomore Vicky Brook (London, England), and senior Jessica Rhee (Dayton, Ohio) will compete for Yale in the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships from Nov. 5 to Nov. 8 at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center at Yale University.
Kent and Rhee will compete in the 32-player singles draw, and the doubles team of Kent and Brook will compete in the 16-player doubles draw.
Rhee will take on the No. 6 seeded Allie Will of Florida Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Kent will face No. 8 seeded Venise han of Washington at 1 p.m. Thursday. The doubles team of Brook and Kent will face Fresno Pacific's Vanessa Heroux and Katia Sabate at 9 a.m. Thursday.
The 2009 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournament, is the second of three national championship events for college tennis this season. The ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships feature a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women.
The draws will be made up of qualifiers from Wilson / ITA Regional Championships held across the country, the ITA National Small College Championships, top performers from the ITA All-American Championships, and at-large wild card selections made by the ITA National Tournament Committee.
Kent, Brook, and Rhee have the chance to compete in the tournament as a result of Yale hosting the prestigious event.
Kent was the star of the Wilson / ITA Northeast Regional Championships hosted by Yale University at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. Kent advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles draw with three victories, two of which came over seeded players. Kent and doubles partner Brook advanced all the way to the finals of the ITA Regionals with five victories. Rhee also advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles draw with three victories.
The weekend's festivities will include more than just tennis. The weekend kicked off on Wednesday night with a dinner banquet hosted at Yale University's Pierson Residential College. The banquet included speeches by ITA President David Benjamin and Yale Athletic Director Thomas Beckett.
On Friday, Yale will host a coaches' workshop with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Coach Tim Mayotte. Mayotte, a former professional tennis player, won 12 professional singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 7. Friday will also be Yale's student day where college students with college ID's get in for free.
Yale will host a Youth Day on Saturday that will include a free tennis clinic for kids. Donald Dell, a three-time collegiate tennis All-American at Yale University, will participate in a Silliman College Master's Tea at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center Saturday Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. Dell, a former Davis Cup Player and Captain, was a 2009 International Tennis Hall of Fame Inductee.
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