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After much anticipation, here are the winners of the Grand Slam Turkey Call Competition. These were selected by T&TH staff. By no means was judging easy. There were many, many excellent calls. These were the best of the best. Congratulations to everyone who entered!
Working Box Call Category
First Place: Dave Halloran, Great Valley, N.Y. Call description: checkered short box, purple heart lid
and bottom, Missouri cedar sound chamber, spalted maple ends.
Second Place: Josh Shoemaker, Lebanon, Va. Call description: Cost-style hewn-out box made of Spanish
cedar and walnut.
Third Place: Ernie Moyer, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Call description: Working box call
Honorable Mention: Chad Zutter, Minneapolis, Minn. Call description: Long box
Working Friction Call Category
First Place: David Halloran, Great Valley, N.Y. Call description: Cherry pot cacklin' crystal over glass, with a dymondwood striker and ebony striker.
Second Place: Clint Corder, Mulberry, Tenn. Call description: Amboyna Burl Call.
Third Place: Tom Tiberi, Fairbank, Pa. Call description: Slate over glass, hand-turned walnut pot,
purple heart striker with hickory top.
Honorable Mention: Doug Keith, Ephrata, Pa. Call description: Walnut pot with maple inlay, strikers of hickory with a burnt tip and carbon.
Honorable Mention: Jerry Elmore, Greenwood, Ark. Call description: 3-inch slate call with cherry pot and cherry sound board with walnut striker and hickory striker, both with maple tops.
Honorable Mention: Zink Custom Calls, Port Clinton, Ohio. Call description: Power Slate.
Honorable Mention: Zink Custom Calls, Port Clinton, Ohio. Call description: Power Aluminum.


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Never heard of Gaikai? Find out how PlayStation Network and Gaikai technology will change the way you play forever.
You may not know who David Perry is, but he knows that you love playing video games. He also knows your time is incredibly precious, and that lots of video games are even better when your friends are involved. That's why his company, Gaikai, is now part of the PlayStation family. The technology his teams have developed will play a key role in powering PlayStation 4, and, as we found out when Perry took the stage at PlayStation Meeting 2013, that means you'll be able to play instantly, anywhere you like, with the people you value the most. Here's how.
Try whatever you want
Experience every game on PlayStation Store instantly. No need to see if the game you're itching to play will launch with a demo, and no waiting around for that demo to download before you can dive in. As Perry said at the unveiling of PS4 in New York, he's "always liked the concept of 'try it for free, share it if you like it and pay only for the games that you fall in love with'."
When a game catches your eye on PlayStation Store, you'll be able to immediately start playing at the tap of a button (1). If playing it wasn't enough to help you make up your mind, you'll also see how many PlayStation Network friends have downloaded it (2), as well as a host of other content such as shared videos of your mates actually playing the game (3).
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You know that moment when you finally beat the last, toughest boss at the tenth time of asking? When you punch the air but realise there's no one around to share in your moment of glory? Well, thanks to partnerships with some of the most influential social networks around, such as Facebook and Ustream, you won't have to keep it to yourself. Post a video clip of your personal triumph (1). Pick up the gauntlet thrown down when a friend beats your score (2). Or be the first of your social group to discover a new world – and snap a screenshot to prove it (3).
Invite the world
"Wouldn't it be cool, if you were stuck on a difficult level, to ask a friend on the internet who had finished the game to take over your controller and assist?" Perry asked at PlayStation Meeting 2013. PS4 has the answer.
Pressing the "SHARE button" on the DUALSHOCK 4 lets you broadcast from your game to your friends, live (1). If you feel you're about to meet your match, you can ask a friend to jump in and help out (2), or give you helpful items such as health packs. Your friends can also post comments to your screen (3), giving advice or even just brutally honest assessments of your skill – if you invite them to, of course. You don't even have to be playing the same game to chat.
Go beyond your TV
Remote Play lets you enjoy PlayStation 4 games on your PlayStation Vita via a wireless internet connection; with the aim to make almost every PS4 game playable on PS Vita this way. Perry called PS Vita "the ultimate companion device for PS4". When your main TV is used for something other than playing video games, you can simply transfer the game over to the portable system and carry on playing.
You can stay up to date with everything that's going on in your circle of friends with your tablet or smart phone, too. Your full name will be used (1) as well as your online ID – just as it would on your favourite social networks – and you'll be able to see what your friends are currently enjoying (2). Every time your friends achieve something cool, there'll be a list of clips and images to check through, too (3).
"'Everything, everywhere' is the challenge that PlayStation has put before our teams," Perry concluded before the world's gaming press. It's a challenge PS4 looks more than capable of meeting. Excited about the future of PlayStation? Make sure you keep apace of breaking PS4 news at playstation.co.nz/ps4 and PlayStation.Blog.
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Which Dallas Texas Dentist Makes The Most Sense Contacting And Visiting?
Dentistry in the United Staes, especially in the big cities, has reached truly amazing technical levels and high standards of care due to excellent and constantly developing education programs and the fact that in the last several decades, big cities have driven many dentists who own their dental practices.
The Dallas Fort Worth area is no exception. A number of outstanding dentists have settled here and dedicated their professional efforts and best years of their lives to improving dental health in their communities. Having great competition keeps the high quality of services and without a doubt provides many choices to Dallas Fort Worth dental patients.
Nevertheless, it still remains crucial that you connect with a dentist who will be able to take care of your specific needs, which is why people keep relying so heavily on personal recommendations when it comes to choosing the right dentist for themselves or their children. Here are some of the challenges involved in finding "the right" dentist:
- Different people chose dentists based on different needs. Some have trouble traveling long distances either due to busy schedules, lack of transportation, or even health problems that severely limit their ability to move around much and forces them to do their best to preserve their energy as much as they can in order to make it through the day. Those who fall in this category will be looking for a dentist who works close to home.
- Others may be obligated to shop for a dental professional who works with a specific type of insurance. Being employed and having benefits doesn't always guarantee that you'll be able to pick and choose just any dentist. There are many employers that offer only certain insurance plans with affordable premiums with respect to the compensation they provide, which can dramatically limit your choice of a dentist. Oftentimes, you may not be able to find a dentist in your area that accepts your insurance.
- Yet there are those patients who seek dentists based on a particular problem they have or may be having. Finding a reputed dentist who can solve a specific dental health issue helps the patient feel in control over the risks involved. It also aids in the trust-building phase of the bonding process between a dentist and his or her patient, especially if the desired correction will require numerous visits at the dentist's office.
It goes without saying that most people in Dallas Fort Worth fall in more than one of these categories and therefore face a tougher challenge in finding a dental professional in Dallas that fits their multiple and complex needs. And, as if this picture is not complicated enough already, there is also the consideration of pricing! While prices and insurance tend to be perceived by some as two sides of the same coin, this isn't always fully accurate since there are still may people with serious dental needs who don't have dental insurance. We would also like to point out that price is relevant even if you have insurance as there are very few plans that would cover your dental expenses in full.
Therefore, the importance of performing your due diligence when seeking dental help for the first time in an area as big and full of choices as Dallas Fort Worth, cannot be overstated. To help you create a fun learning experience out of your hunt for a dentist, we will suggest a method that has helped many people make great educated decisions. After all, good dental health is essential not only from appearance and self-confidence perspective, but even more so from health perspective as poor oral health leads to complex and sometimes life-threatening health conditions.
Why A Healthy Smile Matters
Missing teeth as well as teeth that are damaged or out of alignment can create a variety of challenges for your health and self perception. A smile revealing gaps in your mouth where teeth should normally be present could be more or less embarrassing depending on your personality and priorities. Some people are extremely self conscious if they have a smile that is far from the Hollywood standards, while others have no problem accepting what they have and decide to focus their concerns on other aspects of their lives that they find more concerning. What really matters here is what makes you feel comfortable and happy about yourself.
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Aside from the health concerns, in many cases, your smile is the first thing people see when you meet and great them. It creates a lasting first impression, and first impressions carry a significant weight in further relations, right? A cosmetic dentist can be of tremendous help when it comes to smile perfection and rebuilding your self-confidence. Patients of cosmetic dentists have revealed numerous times that a new and healthier looking smile is a complete game changer when it comes to positive self perception!


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WM Crenshaw had 4 Smokescreens an hour ago, their price is $13 for deluxes. Also Cyberverse Commander Trailbreaker(cutter, whatever).
TRU Culver, TVC Luke Hoth x2, some other not as interesting stuff.
Target Culver, nada.
TRU La Cienega, TVC Luke Hoth again, nothing else of note.
All these stores: a ton of voyager Predaking, gonna be a while until those clear out.
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Are you in Las Vegas attending the CES show this week? Stop by the LG Pavilion and check out their new Ultra HD Touch displays, where they are using beautiful immersive panoramic images from 360Cities.net to demonstrate them.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Right-Wing Political Will Supports Cycling
Received wisdom - and local experience - would suggest that the Conservatives will be the last party to take the side of the sustainable traveller and support stronger measures in favour of cyclists, pedestrians and bus users. But then their leader is a regular cyclist. And now their Party Vice Chair Sayeeda Warsi has produced an upbeat report on BBC's Newsnight about a bold Republican initiative in Portland, Oregon to increase sustainable transport use.
Judge for yourself whether this kind of political cross-dressing might catch on here - Tony Richmond on a bicycle? You can see Sayeeda Warsi's report here.
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- Mike said...
Portland sounds like a fantastic place; I read a number of blogs from Portlanders.
Slightly Off-Tpoic: Do we have any independant councillors in Darlington? Or any wards where the Labour or Conservative candidates don't just get voted in everytime?
As an example, in my ward I can't imagine anyone other than Labout being voted in, and I remember looking through the results from the last election and not being surprised about the wards who elected Conservative/Labour councillors. I think the only ward with a mix of parties was North Road.
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- Mike Barker said...
There are two independent councillors in Darlington, though they were both voted on to the Council as members of the Labour or Conservative parties.
There are two Liberal Democrats in North Road ward and one in Hurworth. Following next May's elections we expect to have several more Lib Dems on the Council. You will also find that the Labour Party will probably lose control of the Council.
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Really excited today as I got the news that my deceased NFC FC AFC Storms Riptide Star (Rascal) bred to Maggie (daughter of Roux/Tyra) had a litter of TEN delivered last night. The ultra-sound had forecast 8 pups and a recent x-ray indicated 7 or 8. Actual count is 8 males and 2 females. The morale of the story is dont always believe the ultra-sound or x-ray counts as they are just an estimate. Be prepared for whatever might happen.
Another positive message is for those of you who are considering frozen semen breeding; they can be successful resulting in good sized litters. Key issues are quality motile semen from the male and a very competent implant team. Timing needs to be excellent. This breeding used one "pellet" and was implanted at Brittmoore in Houston.
I am looking forward to meeting my pup in Thomasville GA before Christmas---delivered by "move the dog".. I have a home there and will be there for the winter. It is a great area to introduce a pup to water and have it socialized by visiting some of the top training trucks in the USA ( I personally know several so not a problem getting an invitation to visit).
I have not had a new pup in years so am very excited about meeting this new family addition. I plan on keeping a detailed journal on my pup and will report in once in a while as it grows up.
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Visit here to learn about the different events in the Christian community in Israel
the first leader of the Christian congregation of Jerusalem, Apostle
James the Just, brother of Jesus, is the pa
in the Galilee, Jesus climbed "a high mountain" and was transfigured.
Jesus became radiant, spoke with Moses
of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the most important celebration is
held in Beit Jala, with a festive devi
International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem annually hosts a Christian
celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles
On the 12th, the feast is celebrated in Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee.
local religions regard Elijah as a major Old Testament prophet. This
day traditionally marks his ascension to h
after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led
them up a high mountain…and he was transf
Friars of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land arrange the
pilgrimage to the Jordan River. This tradition is
feast celebrates the bringing of the relics of Saint George to Lydda
and the consecration of the church in his
day commemorates the Exaltation of the Cross after its finding by St.
Helena and the building of the Church an
"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger" (Luke 2:7)
Catherine is the titular saint of the church and friary which the
Custody of the Holy Land has in Bethlehem,
The Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption. The
belief that Mary, Mother of Jesus, "fell asleep" and was assumed to
The return of the Icon marks the end of the Feast of the Dormition.
event marks the beginning of the long feast of the Virgin Mary's
Dormition. On this day, the icon of the Virgi
On each day of the week, Christians belonging to the various Christian communities congregate
in a church of a differ
Orthodox Patriarchate and congregation celebrate the feast in the
traditional location of the house of St. Sime
This celebration which always falls on the second Sunday after Pentecost testifies to the unity of the church and its b
Russian Orthodox Monastery on the Mount of Olives: Day time - Divine
Liturgy is celebrated in honor of the feas
day commemorates the finding of the True Cross in Jerusalem by St.
Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great
For the Eastern churches, this feast denotes Christ's baptism in the Jordan River. Theologically, it is Jesus' first re
Church of St. John the Baptist, Ein Kerem - St. John the Baptist's birth
is celebrated in the crypt inside the
birth of St. John the Baptist in Ein Kerem is celebrated with Divine
Liturgies in the Greek Orthodox Church and
The feast denotes Jesus' ascension to heaven forty days after his Resurrection.
when the time came for their purification according to the law of
Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to p
On this day, the faithful commemorate:
1. The Last Supper.
2. Jesus' washing of the apostles' feet.
3. Christ'
The central event of the Christian Friends of Israel's 25th Anniversary Conference.
On the fiftieth day after Jesus' Resurrection, the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, and the early followers of
When World War I ended, the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was returned to its domicile in the Stella Maris Church
the Catholic tradition, the entire month of May is devoted to the
Virgin Mary and the faithful congregate for da
at the Church of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives toward the Old City:
The procession exits the Bethphage
On this day Jesus was crucified and buried.
On this day, the faithful celebrate Jesus' resurrection.
On the afternoon of March 24th
a procession marches along Paul VI Street to the Church of Annunciation
in Nazareth.
The Holy Light ceremony, a celebration preceding Jesus' resurrection, is unique and particular to the Church of Jerusal
For the Eastern churches, this feast denotes Christ's baptism in the Jordan River.
new initiative of the Ministry of Tourism. South African choirs will
perform at the Huldah Steps in front of thou
Choirs and singers from all over the world are invited to join.
Participating in the Marathon are Israelis, Palestinians and Italians. The public is invited to register and participat
The Concluding Ceremony of the Nigerian Winter Pilgrimages.
while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. And she
gave birth to her first-born son and wr
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This distressing documentary explores a netherworld of individuals who have come to Beijing from all over China hoping that their grievances against their local governments will be heard. Facing indifference from the authorities and violence from thugs hired to intimidate them, the petitioners hang on, some living for years in makeshift huts and going every day to the petition office.
The film is a modern tragedy based on an unchanging conflict: the state never acknowledges the petitioners, and the latter never abandon their quest for justice. Because the contacts between these two sides are so fleeting and inconclusive, the interest of Petition shifts, for much of its two-hour running time, to the relationship between filmmaker Zhao Liang and his subjects as they invite him into their lives or (at one point) demand that he stop shooting.
These moments of communication sought or denied give poignancy to a film filled with helplessness and outrage.
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Ticlio, Peru The Andes is the longest and one of the highest mountain ranges in the world. This range runs along the Pacific coast of South America for more than 7000 kilometers. From the vicinity of the Caribean Sea to the Cape Horn the Andes cross seven countries, even though the highest peaks over 6000 meters can...


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Obama put out a fact sheet for his African trip. Kenya is not actually on his itinerary since the leader there has been charged with war crimes.It's a good thing in Kenya, but not in the US?As President Obama and his family continue their tour of Africa, the White House put out a Fact Sheet entitled "U.S. Support for Strengthening Democratic Institutions, Rule of Law, and Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa." One of the first items highlighted by the White House is a $53 million program in Kenya that helps young people "obtain National identification cards, a prerequisite to voter registration."Civil society and independent media play a critical role in any vibrant democracy. Across sub-Saharan Africa, the United States supports efforts to ensure civil society organizations and independent media can organize, advocate, and raise awareness with governments and the private sector to improve political processes, transparency, and government performance. Examples include:
• In Kenya, the $53 million Yes Youth Can program empowers nearly one million Kenyan youth to use their voices for advocacy in national and local policy-making, while also creating economic opportunities. In advance of Kenya's March 2013 general elections, Yes Youth Can's "My ID My Life" campaign helped 500,000 youth obtain National identification cards, a prerequisite to voter registration, and carried out a successful nationwide campaign with Kenyan civic organizations to elicit peace pledges from all presidential aspirants. [emphasis added]


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LG Heat / Cool Window Air Conditioner with Remote - 12000 BTU
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Hmm. Learned about Cisco switch management a little yesterday. I'll see how much I remember when it comes time to change the configuration... Worked on solving cable routing problems without working myself into a hole. Built the wooden ladder rack and it ended up being much more flexible than the real thing, as I realized that I could use it for much more cable management than just running some wires overhead. I'm quite pleased. And it doesn't look like falling apart any time soon.
Today arrived at work to find that someone had cut a power cable (idiots with backhoes!) and we were subsisting on emergency power. That keeps the servers running, fortunately, but meant I wasted some time bringing up "non-essential" machines after power was restored.
Spent some time catching up on lad-comments email. I kind of lost track of it while I was in .nl and forgot to catch up with it when I got back. Oops. The errata is now up to date. Now I start on patches for procps that have accumulated over the past few months. Time for a new release.


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Digital Submissions
All entries must be submitted in a digital format, this means no VHS, HI8, or BETA Max. To allow complete control over the final appearance and quality of the video submitted, and to prevent quality loss, it is in the submitter's best interest to handle digital conversion.
We ask that you include a text file with your submission information. The inclusion of extra files sent in during your submission will not be tolerated. This infraction depending on the materiel sent may cause you to be disqualified.
Online Submissions
If you're a very busy person, and a lot of us are, please send your videos online. You can send your file over the Internet via filesend.com. filesend.com will handle files up to 500mb in size for free with out registration, and 1GB if you register for the FREE account. There are many other file sharing websites online and you may use any that you want, just don't send links to any illegal or illicit file hosting websites. Remember all file formatting and type rules still apply. Make sure to send your video to email@example.com. After the video has made its way to us please send another email with all the info as if it were a mailed entry.
Note: Due to problems with downloads from the site and certain restrictions placed upon downloading, we ask that you DO NOT upload via Mega Upload. Filesend.com is preferred.
Info to accompany your entry as a text file with your submission(s):
* For every production group (or individual if a video was made by themselves)
• Production Group Name (if applicable)
• Full legal names of everybody in the production group
• Mailing address (single address for the group)
• Email address (single address for the group)
• Phone number (single phone number for the group)
* For every video submitted:
• Name of the video
• Production group responsible (if multiple groups are submitting on one disk)
• Song Artist
• Song Title
• Footage used (If your video uses more than 3 sources, you need only list "various")
• Category to be judged in.
Mailing Media
Multiple entries may be on a single disk, and multiple disks may be in a single mailer. A letter and text file detailing all media included on the disks must be included with the disk and on the disk(s). All media must be turned in on time to meet all requirements for application into the contest.
Disks must be labeled properly with all info in clean legible handwriting.
Info to be included on the label of the disks:
• Fanime FMV 2K12
• Your full name and either your email address or phone number on each disk.
* Note! If multiple individuals are responsible for the content of the disks, a single contact person must be chosen and that persons name included on top.
• If the file is larger then 650 megabytes or 4.7 gigabytes please span it across multiple disks. Please use either (Winzip - .zip) or (Rarsoft - .rar) to break the file into manageable file sizes.
All disks must be clearly labeled in consecutive order as part of a set (example: 3 of 7 or XXX of YYY)
If you wish to submit your file in another format to span media please email email@example.com to confirm we can handle it.
Info to accompany your disks, as both a written document and a text file on your disks:
* For every production group (or individual if a video was made by themselves)
• Production Group Name (if applicable)
• Full legal names of everybody in the production group
• Mailing address (single address for the group)
• Email address (single address for the group)
• Phone number (single phone number for the group)
* For every video on the disks:
• Name of the video
• Production group responsible (if multiple groups are submitting on one disk)
• Song Artist
• Song Title
• Footage used (If your video uses more than 3 sources, you need only list "various")
• Category to be judged in.
*** Note! Judging staff reserves the right to place your video in any category if they feel the video was misplaced. To avoid any conflicts we will contact you before this move.
No media formatted as VCD, SVCD, or DVD-Video will be accepted. All media should be data formatted and readable as a simple file, usable on a PC or MAC.
Your entry's package must be properly labeled on both the package itself and the disks included. And must include the full name of the contest you are entering as follows:
ATTN: Fanime FMV 2K13
Your name and address
Mail all entries to:
ATTN: Fanime FMV 2K13
C/o Jose Marin
5176 Elm Ridge Dr
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Note: This address is new. Please update your notes, friends, etc!!!
File Formats
We are only accepting files that are formatted in MPEG2, AVI, MP4, or MOV. If you choose to select a format that is different from the one's listed we will contact you and ask that you change it's format. Please, when exporting your files stay within official resolutions 720X480 or an HD size of 1280x720 and with stereo audio. Videos may be rejected if the resolution is too small.
Suggested Programs for file conversion
If you need to convert your video to an accepted file format we suggest using one of these two programs. MPEG Streamclip and TMPGEnc. Both are free and easy to use.
ASF, WMV, MKV, Windows Media, Flash/Shockwave Animation, Real Media, and HUFYUV Files are unacceptable.
General File Settings
• 29.97 Frames Per second
• Encode with an aspect ratio of 16:9, 4:3 is allowed but might be stretched during our conversion process.
• If your original source was film or 24fps add a 3:2 Pulldown this will convert it to 29.97 fps
• Please encode your video as deinterlaced. Interlaced is OK but we will deinterlace the video for the contest.
• Video size must be either 720X480 4:3 Format or 1280X720 16:9 Format
• Single pass set to a variable bit rate and select 16 megabits per second
• If you use two pass VBR set to 2 megabits as the minimum, 8 megabits as the average, and 16 megabits as the maximum.
• We have had issues converting certain codecs in the past such as YCrCb or LAM (LAME). Please avoid these if possible. We will contact you if any entries have converting issues and work with you to fix it as soon as we can.
• Use Layer-II or Layer-III audio at 224 Kilobits per second or better
• Choose stereo over joint stereo for best quality
• Sample at 44.1Khz
We have a lot of hard drive space available and would rather sacrifice size over quality. If you're unsure of how or what resolution/frame rate/bit rate/audio settings to choose, please send the source file and let us do the conversion for you.
*Note! When resizing your video the choice of maintaining the aspect ratio will be determined on a video-to-video basis.
Events and Judging
Judging staff will consist of Fanime FMV coordination staff, Fanime Con staff, outside technical and artistic judges, and AMV editors not participating in Fanime AMV events for the current year.
Judging staff will separate all videos submitted into 4 genres as follows:
• ACTION - Think Action, Adventure, Horror things that tell an exiting story.
• DRAMA - Think Drama, Romance things that tell a story that makes you feel.
• COMEDY- Think Comedy, Parody, just things that really make you laugh.
• EXPERIMENTAL - Think outside the box! Movie Trailer AMV will be included in this category. (any FMV that pushes the limits and crosses genre barriers, A.K.A the ones we can't categorize)
Different notifications will be sent out to each contestant depending on how far they made it through judging. I will post copies of the Email's on the forums and a description of what they mean to avoid any confusion.
1st Email – This will be sent to you notifying you that your video has been received and logged into our system.
2nd Email – There will be two different types sent out. Type A will be informing you that you have made it into the contest. Type B will be informing you yours was not chosen this year.
3rd Email – This Email will be sent to everyone giving you the time, date, and seating arrangements.
100 Point Judging Scale:
35 Points – Skill/Technical Prowess
35 Points – Creativity/Concept – "does the Video go with the music?" "Does your Music Video flow gracefully or does it roll like Square wheels"
15 Points – Quality of Audio selection – "Does the music fit the tone or selection of anime used in your Music Video" and "Does the quality in general sound ok?"
15 Points – Quality of source material – "Does you video have the DivX Logo? Does your video look grainy when expanded to full screen? Subtitles will hurt this score."
2 Extra points will be given to those who submit on or before April 24rd, 2013
5 Extra points will be given to those that submitted properly – This one must be self evident, you need to submit the right information in the right format. Videos adhere to the submission guidelines regarding formatting, codecs.
*Note! Please keep in mind that the 100 point scale and any extra points are assigned per judge on the judges panel. This means that every point has the potential to make or break a winner.
The judging staff will view each entry and choose which entries will make it into the finals. Don't despair - those that don't make it into the finals will still be shown along with those that did make it into the contest during the con in-between programming during the convention.
Award Classifications
• Judges Choice:
Judges Choice will be decided prior to Fanime Con and will not be announced until the Award Ceremony.
• Viewers Choice:
The attending audience of the finals judging will decide Viewers Choice. All audience members will vote on their favorite video by ballot.
• Bonus Awards:
Special awards in their own special theme that you're able to get no matter what genre you enter into. (Think bonus stars in Mario Party )
This year's bonus awards are:
• The "Best Minute Ever!" Award - Can you make an amazing AMV that clocks in at a minute long or less?
• The "Life After Death" Award - Is your AMV focused on the undead? Are the stars of your AMV zombies, vampires, or ghosts? Then this might be for you!
• The "Sickeningly Sweet" Award - Chibis? Cute Animals? CUTE CHIBI ANIMALS? Is your AMV's cute factor over 9000? If it has tons of babies, cute furry animals, or is just overly
saturated with super cuteness, then this might be right up your alley.
•The "Satin Panties" Award - Can you make a provocative AMV with super sexy characters? Even more important, can you keep it PG so that we can actually
show it? They can be laughing or blowing things up. It doesn't matter as long as you think they look good doing it.
Each genre will have a winner. There will also be two Best of Show awards chosen out of all submissions (one from Judges and one from Audience). One of each Bonus Awards will be given to the video that best represents the spirit of that award's theme out of ALL entries. Awards will be submitted to all winners during the Award Ceremony, which is held during con. You do not have to be present at the con to receive your award but it would be nice if you were. Any awards unclaimed at con will be mailed out.
Exhibition Videos
Exhibition videos will be accepted and may be shown at other events during the con. If you wish to submit an exhibition FMV please make sure your documentation says that it specifically is for the exhibition. Otherwise it will be judged as a regular FMV and may or may not be disqualified.
Notice!!! Fanime Con 2013 reserves the right to make amendments to the rules at any time.
FanimeCon 2013 FMV Contest Rules and Guidelines!
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Re: FanimeCon 2013 FMV Contest Rules and Guidelines!
Marin Jei El wrote: Notice!!! Fanime Con 2012 reserves the right to make amendments to the rules at any time.
Oh, then I guess we have nothing to worry about.
But seriously: You state that you accept AVI files, but you also state that
Marin Jei El wrote:HUFYUV Files are unacceptable.
and that
Marin Jei El wrote:• We have had issues converting certain codecs in the past such as YCrCb or LAM (LAME). Please avoid these if possible. We will contact you if any entries have converting issues and work with you to fix it as soon as we can.
So are there any particular AVI codecs you *do* prefer?
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Re: FanimeCon 2013 FMV Contest Rules and Guidelines!
I'll like to know if you received any mail from me in the last days
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Scintilla wrote:So are there any particular AVI codecs you *do* prefer?
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This one's kinda tough to review. It's a pie slice from the Grand Higurashi Pie that goes well with the other slices, even though they have different flavours. There is a hint of flavour of the other arcs but it still has it's own distinct flavour. So, pie. It's a late bloomer in the baking cycle, considering that it's in the mid teens of the series and being Kai, here meaning Answer. Answering questions from earlier on and providing it's own. Lets say you read one or two of the arcs preluding this, that doesn't mean you should dig your fingers into the squishy innards of this one from your half-baked... See full review
October's Badass War on Halloween MM
Story: To be frank, this is a world of badass. Cards that summon monsters and shit, where if the monster gets injured, so does the summoner and none of that "punch monster, oooh! Summoner is bruised! And he's cut?!" kinda shit, this is where if a monster fucking rips the arm off of another monster, the summoner's arm gets fucking ripped off. This is card games at it's finest: Chockful of violence, blood, mutilations and shitloads of killing. None of that pussy ass hologram shit from Yu-Gi-Oh!, this is as manly as fuck. But I can't neglect how many people... See full review


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Hope College's Chapel Choir, College Chorus and Symphonette combine talents for an evening of entertainment on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The concert will include two Concerto/Aria
competition winners, graduating seniors Patricia Rhiew and
David Schout. Schout, an organist from Holland, will open
the concert with Samuel Barber's "Toccata Festiva for Organ,
Strings, Trumpet, and Timpani." Rhiew, a soprano from
Farmington Hills, will sing the "Jewel Song" from the opera
"Faust" by Charles Guonod.
Featured soloists during the concert will include
Stuart Sharp, Elizabeth LaGrande and Margaret Kennedy-Dygas
of the Hope voice faculty, along with baritone Dale
Schriemer of Grand Rapids.
The program will conclude with a collaborative
choir/orchestra performance of "Mass in Time of War" by
Joseph Haydn.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located on the corner
of 12th Street and College Avenue.


text: I came to the realization that it's been over 8 years since I clicked on a search engine hit for "Star Wars collectibles" and signed up under a fake name. A lot's changed since I was a four-year old toddler then; well, maybe I was a tad older than that. What have you done in your life that's been significant, after your official joining here? I'll just let this get up to 1138 page worth of posts before I chime in.


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Freddy Documentary's Lehigh Valley Premiere
Who says Freddy's fever has to wait until May? It's already quite a contagious little bug in Easton. The curtain is going up on the highly-anticipated Freddy's documentary "Most Valuable Players
Tonight's special screening brings a touch of Hollywood to Easton's "Broadway." Tonight the state theatre, tomorrow the national film festivals.. and the sky's the limit.
LOCKHART : "This is not an MTV sort of, the drama you'll see is very realistic."
TRAILER The nominations for outstanding chorus.. Emmaus high school.. Parkland high school, Freedom high school. (Cheering)
Only a few more hours until the curtain rises on a documentary featuring the Lehigh Valley high school performing arts circuit.
LOCKHART: "This movie was made in this community and it's about this community."
The Lehigh Valley's beloved Freddy awards are the star of a Hollywood documentary called "Most Valuable Player.
LOCKHART: "We had 300 hours of film footage and it was very very difficult to decide what to choose."
The film is 97 minutes long and will have it's Lehigh Valley premiere tonight in the State Theatre, the very place it was shot.
LOCKHART: "It's the only opportunity for this town to see the film in the very theatre where it was shot. It's pretty rare. And you'll be surrounded by the people who were in the film
The screening is set for 8:30 tonight. Tickets are still available. They money raised will benefit the Freddy Award. Stay with me tonight at 6.. I've got more of a sneak peek at MVP.
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From here to beyond
David Schoonmaker
A magazine that attempts to survey the breadth of the engineering and scientific research enterprise necessarily traverses a lot of topical territory. Often as not, however, doing so means covering a lot of geographical territory as well. The issue you're beholding is certainly a case in point.
Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle start it off in grand fashion by essentially covering the world in "Accounting for Climate in Ranking Countries' Carbon Dioxide Emissions" (pages 278–281). Their thesis—that heating- and cooling-degree days are beyond the control of a given populace—visits every sovereign nation on the face of this planet. It's a provocative idea that, as you'll see, turns the tables on a number of nations.
Henry Petroski serves as our travel agent for a visit to the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Bridges—in particular, "Government Bridge" (pages 288–292)—are naturally on the itinerary, but we'll stop by several other notable examples of architecture. I was particularly intrigued as I think I've been just everywhere in Illinois and Iowa except the Quad Cities.
Rob Dorit does a tour of duty in France—only in 1918 to talk about the Spanish flu that American soldiers imported to that country toward the end of World War I. In "The Fear of the Known" (pages 293–296) he goes on to discuss the ramifications of the sequencing of that virus as well as the rapid evolution in the laboratory of mammalian transmissible H1N1 (often called "bird flu"). Fear that such developments could be used for bioterrorism has made publication of the details controversial. Studies were finally published in Nature and Science in early May, and we went right down to the deadline wire to include Rob's commentary, which, incidentally, he finalized while in Singapore. One more cheer for the Internet.
We also get some pretty candid snapshots of people in far away places in our update of "100 Reasons to Become a Scientist or Engineer" (pages 300–305). I say "update" because the first 75 commentators appeared in a 1986 issue to celebrate the magazine's 75th birthday. We thought it such an excellent idea that we saw fit to add 25 more voices to bring it up to 100 for the 100th. You can find the original 75 on the magazine's website.
Although she did the writing at nearby Duke University, Kendra Sewall's subjects—animals that match calls among group members and mates—are a very diverse bunch. "Vocal Matching in Animals" (pages 306–315) ranges from coyotes in Death Valley to elephants in Africa to Australian galahs (a cockatoo species). It's a perfect example of the sort of animal behavior research that has become part of Exploring Animal Behavior (Sinauer), a popular college textbook complied from American Scientist articles and now in its fifth edition.
In terms of far-flung places, though, it's going to be hard to one up Kevin Heng. Writing from Zürich, he explores the atmospheres of extrasolar planets in "The Study of Climate on Alien Worlds" (pages 334–341). Despite his modesty—"… one aims to be roughly accurate rather than precisely wrong"—it is simply extraordinary what he and other astronomers have been able to deduce about very far away swirling gases.
Finally, to hark back once again to the magazine's centennial, we bring you book reviews (pages 344–348) that have stood the test of time—70 years, in fact. The first reviews appeared in the first issue to be called American Scientist, back in 1942. We considered trying to count the number of reviews published since then, but we'd probably still be at it.—David Schoonmaker
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2012/4/bringing-the-worlds-down-to-size/1
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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The Roland SP-404 is a great machine for making music and noise using samples. It also includes a great many effects to twist and crunch and otherwise change the sounds that you record into the pads. The pattern sequencer is awesome. There are a few drawbacks: no legit pitch-change system (the pitch changer makes sounds really dull and wavery-sounding), and you can only play 6 stereo or 12 mono samples at one time or else some of the samples cut out. Otherwise, it's a great entry-level device and a useful tool for the production of audio art.
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By Tiernan Ray
Just another day in Palo Alto: Apple (AAPL) had a sharp gap down this morning, apparently as rumors circulated that Apple COO Tim Cook was going to be offered the top spot at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which continues to seek a replacement for Mark Hurd and which is holding its analyst day today.
Not true, says Gleacher & Co.'s Brian Marshall, who follows Apple. He called me a short while ago to say he'd just run into Tim Cook in Palo Alto, had coffee, and asked him about the rumor.
"Tim Cook will not be going to HP, he loves Apple," Marshall tells me Cook told him.
(Cook had his iPad on him this morning, Marshall noted; no indication of what app(s) he was running.)
As for Research in Motion's (RIMM) "Playbook" tablet, unveiled last night, Gleacher's Marshall thinks the company will mostly have success among its installed base of BlackBerry customers. He projects 50 million tablet computers of various stripes being sold next year, and says that Apple will probably get consumers' dollars "9 times out of 10."
Despite a feature list that's long for the Playbook — front-facing camera, Flash support — "which is the more productive device?" asks Marshall. He thinks the iPad is, as well as being the device consumers actually crave owning. And the next iPad will be coming in Q1 of next year, he argues, likely with a front-facing camera for FaceTime video conferencing.
Marshall thinks the jury's still out on the 7-inch form factor of the Playbook, and says Apple could do something in that area, but he sees the company continuing to focus on the iPad's current form factor.
Apple shares this morning have regained some ground, now down $3.83, or 1.3%, at $287.33.
Note: the comments on the Playbook tablet were from Brian Marshall, not from Tim Cook, as incorrectly cited in the earlier version of the post. My apologies for the error.


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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
NASHVILLE – Gavin Ware was much more involved for Mississippi State in Wednesday's 70-59 SEC Tournament win over South Carolina.
Just a week earlier, he'd been held to six points on two shot attempts in MSU's loss at South Carolina. This time, the freshman center had his teammates looking for him often, and he was able to get himself in good post position.
Ware finished with 10 points, making 4 of 7 shots and grabbing seven rebounds. He was part of an MSU frontcourt that scored 32 points on the game.
"Two things: We wanted to get him the ball, and then we also wanted him to get better post position," MSU coach Rick Ray said.
"I didn't think he fought for post position in the last game against South Carolina."
Williams quiet
In the previous meeting, South Carolina guard Brenton Williams lit up MSU for 38 points. On Wednesday, he was held to six points on 2-of-13 shooting, including 2 of 11 from 3-point range.
He did hit a big shot late in the second half, a 3-pointer to cut MSU's lead to 60-56 with 4:05 to go. But then he missed four consecutive 3-point shots down the stretch.
Player of the game
Freshman guard Fred Thomas scored a career-high 21 points to go with five steals, three blocks and three assists.
"Most people are expecting us to lose the first game, so we had to prove them otherwise." – MSU forward Roquez Johnson
Next game
MSU now plays No. 5 seed Tennessee (19-11) at 2:30 p.m. today. The Volunteers beat the Bulldogs in the regular season, 72-57 in Knoxville.
Brad Locke


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