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Three young rugby fanatics have been handpicked by All Blacks superstar Dan Carter to help him practice his pre-season goal-kicking tomorrow.
Carter, on holiday in Taupo, created a stir on Twitter earlier this week when he asked his 130,000 followers: "Hey guys. I'm doing the 1st week of my pre-season in Taupo but I need someone to return my kicks. Anyone keen?"
It appears many were interested.
Carter, who is fine-tuning his goalkicking before joining his Crusaders team for pre-season training later this month, quickly posted another tweet explaining that he wouldn't fly anyone to the training session on Thursday and that he would prefer an up-and-coming rugby player.
"I need some time to think how I'm going to sort this & pick someone to help me," he tweeted, with a hash tag of KicksWithDC.
Later, he asked for pictures of the volunteers and a summary of why they should be selected.
He had selected three lucky winners by 5pm last night (Tuesday).
Logan Karauria, a 12-year-old fellow first five-eight was chosen to help return Carter's goalkicks at an undisclosed Taupo park tomorrow.
Dad Jason put the Tauranga Sports Rugby Club under-12s player's name forward, saying he was an "absolute fan".
Carter replied to say, "Congrats mate you are the 3rd person to catch my kicks haha."
Today, young Logan was off to his local park to practise his goalkicking with his "jealous" mates.
"I'm really excited that I'm going to meet him," Logan said.
"He's really good at goal kicks and a good first-five."
He'll be driven to Taupo by his dad tomorrow morning.
"I think Jason is just as excited as Josh," said mum Halee.
"The whole family would go too if they could, but they're not."
Josh Cane, an under-10 rugby player who sent Carter a photograph of himself holding a trout, saying he can "catch any ball and teach you how to catch trout" was also selected, along with one other who has not been named.
The Super Rugby season starts on February 15, with matches between four of the five Australian teams only due to the Lions tour across the Tasman.
The New Zealand and South African teams start a week later, with the Crusaders not starting until March 1 due to a bye. Their first match is against the Blues.


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05-04-2013, 08:44 PM #1Member Swordtails
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yoyo a no go...
So I bout 3 yoyos a month or so ago. Two of which have almost doubled in size. One hasn't grown at all. Now he's laying on his side, I thought he was dead but he moves around when I went to nab him. So I don't think its doing that well. The other two are active and fine. Any suggestions?
THere really isnt enough info on this post to advise anything.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/ white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds)
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp _____
- ph _____
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
- well water ____
- municipal water ____
7. Any new fish/plants added recently
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05-07-2013, 11:39 PM #3Member Swordtails
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None of that really applies. ALL OTHER FISH IN THE TANK ARE FINE. No treatment. Weekly 50% water change. CO2 DIY.
I got 3 yoyo loaches a month ago or so. two have doubled in size, and behave perfectly fine. One will not grow. Now, he's been even more lethargic, even to the point of laying at the bottom of the tank of his back or side. I thought he was dead a few times, but when I would try retrieve him, he began swimming around like nothing was wrong. When I feed the fish (especially bloodworms) HE REALLY PERKS UP...
Botine loaches have a tendency of playing dead, so that part is more or less normal, believe it or not. As for not growing while the other 2 have....that is a a much more serious issue. Could be that it isn't getting as much food as the others. Loaches form complex social hierarchies, so in such a small school, it is easy to bully one particular fish. I can't help but wonder if things would be different if you had a larger school, in which they really should be. Otherwise, perhaps the fish has parasites, or possibly wasting disease. Those really are just guesses though. I would put the fish in quarantine for further observation, to see that it is eating and pooping well, and to see if it grows at all.125 - BGK, pictus cats, silver dollars, kissing gouramis, palmas bichir, delhezi bichir
125 - Red severum, bolivian rams, Turquoise rainbows, irian red rainbows, loaches (angelicus, zebra, kuhli and horseface), plecos (BN, RL and clown), denison barbs, pearl gouramis
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05-08-2013, 07:12 PM #5Member Swordtails
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The only other tank that I can quarantine him in, is my shrimp tank. I could move him. I am gone from home for a week, so I will need to check on him when I get back...
I should try to go pick up a couple more, it's hard to catch them in stock at the LFS...
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05-09-2013, 01:43 AM #7Member Swordtails
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I bought out all they had last time. The 3 that I have do anything but school. Does this change as their numbers grow?
I have only have a small number of yoyos as well (4). 3 of them hang somewhat together, one is odd man out. He is also the smallest. I have never seen him persecuted or harassed at all, he just doesn't hang with the others, and wanders the tank mostly on his own. I don't add more as my fs never had any more at the around the same time period I was stocking them, and now any new guys would be tiny and likely wouldn't get on well in my tank.
IMO the key indicator with loaches is colour and activity.
So long as your smaller guy has good sharp colour, and cruises around poking his whiskers into every nook and cranny when he is moving, I'd guess he's ok. He'd be happier if he had a buddy or three, but a dull stationary loach is an unhappy loach. Mine do crash on the substrate or wherever as well, but when they are moving they are quick darting, slow snooping, inquisitive fish that are fun to watch.
One last note - when asking about fish condition or disease, a picture is worth a thousand words...
yoyo a no go...
Yeah, loaches can be hard to come by sometimes. many of us have incomplete schools of one thing or another for the same reason.125 - BGK, pictus cats, silver dollars, kissing gouramis, palmas bichir, delhezi bichir
125 - Red severum, bolivian rams, Turquoise rainbows, irian red rainbows, loaches (angelicus, zebra, kuhli and horseface), plecos (BN, RL and clown), denison barbs, pearl gouramis
90 - Congo tetras, african knife, elephant nose, spotted ctenopoma, upside down cats
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I only have 2 zebra loaches in my 55g (48in)so far (will get 5)and they don't school nor harass each other. They both eat but one grows more. I would recommend having your loaches in at least a 48 inch tank, I'm pretty sure yoyos can get up to 6 inches. Also, make sure these have enough territory to keep to their own or they might get aggressive. Feeding the loaches first is also a good idea because they aren't at all picky eaters and you want them to eat their own food while the other fish eat theirs to avoid food hogging.


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I'm not great at writing reviews, but I'm bored right now and I thought I'd take the time to "honor" the RE0's. I've bought/sold/heard many IEM's in the past, stuff like: IE8, W3, PFE, SE530, TF10, X10 etc. Before the RE0's went on that $99 sale, I came to the conclusion that the W3's were the IEM's for me, X10 and SE530 came in a close second, but anyway, my point is, I was quite satisfied with the W3's until I decided to give the RE0's a shot. At first, I was really missing the bass of the W3's, the RE0's sounded a bit thin compared to them. I was disappointed but I didn't give up on them. I burned them in and kept listening. Eventually, whether it was my mind adjusting or my taste changing, I realized how refreshing the RE0's sounded compared to the W3's, it was like a splash of cold water after walking through the desert. I was no longer missing the coloration of the W3's, I felt like the RE0's were the most natural sounding IEM's I've ever heard. Highs extend effortlessly with no signs of fatigue or harshness. Female vocals really shine. They may disappoint bass-heads, but for anyone who strives for true audio reproduction, this is the IEM for you. The bass is there and it's accurate, it's quality, but it just lacks that visceral impact that some IEM's provide (IE8 comes to mind). They can really rock out too, quite a dynamic sound with great PRAT, instrument separation is fantastic and the timbre is spot-on.
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Dell (DELL) reports fiscal Q4 results tonight, after the bell, and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) reports fiscal Q1 results tomorrow evening, and analysts are sharpening up their models for both.
For the fiscal Q4 ended in January, the Street is estimating Dell made $15.96 billion in revenue and 52 cents per share in net profit. HP is estimated to have made $30.75 billion in revenue and 87 cents per share in the three months ended in January.
Dell's own forecast back in late November was for the company's full-year revenue growth to be toward the lower end of a range of 1% to 5% that it had previously offered. With revenue last year of $61.5 billion, that implies at least $62.12 billion, which is ahead of the full-year Street consensus of $62 billion, implying upside in this final quarter.
HP's forecast on November 21st was below analysts' estimates at the time, projecting a range of 83 cents to 86 cents in profit per share this quarter.
The company didn't offer a revenue outlook, saying its new practice is to offer only EPS projections. Newly installed CEO Meg Whitman has said the company expects to make "at least $4″ per share in profit this fiscal year. Analysts are currently modeling $4.09. Analysts expect the company will stick with the EPS-only approach to its "guidance" when it reports tomorrow.
For the current quarter, the Street is modeling Dell to deliver $15.1 billion and 46 cents, and for HP to deliver $30.42 billion and 95 cents a share.
UBS's Maynard Um this morning reiterated a Neutral rating on HP shares, but he raised his price target to $30 from $26.50, writing that the stock's P/E multiple is "normalizing," and he assigns a 7 times P/E on his 2012 estimate for $4.15 per share in profit.
HP will likely turn in 87 cents a share, though there were several challenges in the January quarter, including disk-drive shortages that constrained personal computer shipments for the Personal Systems Group, and some pressure on printer sales, if the recent results from Lexmark and Canon are any indication.
Sterne Agee's Shaw Wu, on the other hand, reiterates a Buy rating on HP shares, and a $34 price target, writing that the company may beat the 86 cents at the high end of its forest, even though "our supply chain checks indicate mixed trends."
The company is regaining credibility with customers and fixing inventory issues in its PC (31% of revenue) and printer (20%) businesses. In terms of end markets, we are picking up relative strength in enterprise and SMB markets (65%- 70% of revenue) offsetting weakness in consumer (~25%).
Wu is formally modeling $30.97 billion and 86 cents a share.
Wu expects the company may forecast 95 cents a share for this quarter.
BMO Capital's Keith Bachman reiterates a Market Peform rating on shares of both HP and Dell, though he raised his price target on Dell stock to $21.50 from $16 after increasing the P/E multiple he uses to 9 times from 8 times.
Bachman's estimate for Dell this fiscal year goes to $2.18 from $2.05, with a projection for $2.38 in 2014.
Margins may hold up better this year than expected, he thinks, given that the company's achieving a better mix of product than in past, even while component pricing remains a challenge for the company.
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First I will answer your question.
No you don't need to write setters and setter for every field in your class. Only if think you are going to use them or have the need for them to be public.
Making such decision is all up to you and is called software design. Use your logic to layout the classes in such way that they will work together but also will not cause problems behavior wise when you are able to modify properties publicly.
As for getters and setters them self. I have feel obligated to say they are not so great as every body might think. Actually they are even evil. First of all for the fact that most people never put anything in a getter setter block besideds passing true a value which is actually just mindless typing working which doesn't make sense at all.
Secondly for the fact that getters and setters are no more than syntax sugar in the end it is a function that return a fields value and set a value using function. With that said it more logical to make a function/method that has a better description about what the operation is going to preform on a class.
Compare the following example
[source lang="java"] spaceship = new SpaceShip(imgSpaceShip, posx, posy); if( spaceship.x < screen.width) spaceship.x += speed; if( spaceship.Y < screen.width) spaceship.y += speed;[/source]
[source lang="java"] spaceship = new SpaceShip(imgSpaceShip,posx,posy,speed); spaceship.move(screen);[/source]
This is a small part pseudo code that reflects real good what I mean that using getters and setters does not promote better software design. It is not even considered OOP.
I used to be a big fan off getters and setters until I starting using more languages that had no syntax sugar for getters and setters. At first it hated it then i found out that I wrote better OOP and made less mistakes due better open close principle and that methods attached to classes where better descriptions on them self. If you would still feel the need for model / object to have mainly public properties you might think of using a struct. Therefor I have to disagree with people in this thread whom claim that structs and classes are the same this is simple not true.
I agree totally with this idea. It is quite the same what I also said. It's much better design, if you put logic under a function inside the class rather than passing values in and out via getter and setter and do the logic outside of the class.
Also Baase and Van Gelder refers to this design in the "Computer Algorithms: Introduction to Design and Analysis" book.


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KCRC is hosting a training day in Sedalia missouri on Sunday May the 19 at Bob Haydens. We're going to try to do hunt test set ups. This will be a great opportunity to train for our hunt test the following weekend. If any one needs directions shot me a PM.
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Family: Heteromyidae, Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats view all from this family
Description A relatively small, four-toed, slender-footed, and usually buff-colored kangaroo rat. The tail is much longer than head and body, ending with a dusky to dark tuft at the tip. Body has dorsal and ventral dusky stripes, and the underparts are white. Smaller than most four-toed kangaroo rats, with a dark (not white)- tipped tail.
Dimensions 195-282mm, 120-182mm, 33-54g
Endangered Status The San Bernardino Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, a subspecies of Merriam's Kangaroo Rat, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California. This subspecies has declined as its habitat in southern California has been overtaken by development and altered by dam construction and other water-managment practices.
Similar Species Different from the San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat by range, body size, and color pattern on the tail.
Habitat Deserts, Scrub, shrub & brushlands
Range Southwest, Texas, California
Discussion The subspecies from the San Bernardino Mountains (D. m. parvus) is Endangered. Occupies a wide variety of soil types and habitats in the Southwest.


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Sad that my posts to my web log lately have all been to warn of server outages, but oh well. The following servers will be down due to a planned server outage:
Also down are any other servers that are virtual on these that I may have forgot.
- svn.samhart.net
- svn.tux4kids.net
- pimpscript.net
- trac.tux4kids.net
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- pastafest.org[1]
- rpmstrap.pimpscript.net[2]
- asav.samhart.net
- people.tux4kids.net
This planned outage will be for approximately 12 hours. The big problem is, when it is scheduled to come back online I will be unable to verify that everything is back online.
Basically, if you have any problems with these, you may have to wait until Monday, March 20th, before I can fix them.
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There's a list up at IMDB... you did see that Bernie Mac is on it didn't you? No voices for the bots on there yet though.Originally Posted by JediTricks
There's a list up at IMDB... you did see that Bernie Mac is on it didn't you? No voices for the bots on there yet though.Originally Posted by JediTricks
Hearts of Steel #1:
This is the first Transformers comic in over 2 years
(since Armada) that I can honestly say is *good*, and
worth reading wholly on objective merit. This is the
first in IDW's series of "Elseworlds" style comics.
Normally, I despise the whole "lets apply this gimmick
or genre convention to the franchise because....."
idea. But, the Elseworlds concept, when done
correctly, can yield some great stories. When
exploited to its full potential, it can bring in new
readers. IDW making a solid attempt at this, using
Chuck Dixon as a writer. The Industrial Revolution is
a good setting to apply Transformers to, and Dixon is
exploiting the progress angle well. Grade: A Full
steam (pun intended) ahead!
Official Transformers Fan Club Magazine
April/May '06 Issue:
The fan-wank, erm fan-club comic consists of several
"in-house" advertorial style articles, some toy
previews, and a comic. The advertorials are about par
for course. If you can stomach White Dwarf articles,
you can handle this. The preview pics, while dated,
are clear, and well handled. And, the Alvarez
written article about the old BW2 Niagra Base is well
written. (As a point of information, the toy was
originally produced for a non-TF line, which explains
the off-scale detailing Alvarez notes in the article.)
The real meat of the issue is the comic, and the
accompanying time-line, written by Allspark's MSipher.
Now, as I am about to give a very harsh review to
content written by a fan (who is affiliated with a
very large board no less), let me say that I am
reviewing the work, not the man. I have never met
Sipher (unless I unwittingly blundered into him at a
convention), and have nothing to say about him besides
painfully obvious ovbservations like, "he is a
transfan". Put simply, the comic is terrible. It
makes the worst hackfest I pick up and the local shops
look good. And, the timeline is neither comprensive,
not comprehensible. Rather than resolving points of
confusion about the comic and franchise in general, it
only adds to the confusion. For example, does the
comic take place on cartoon, or comic Cybertron. And,
if one or the other, does not the timeline's linking
of the two violate its stated rule of not following
characters, but events. And, if the timeline follows
events, why does Omega Point not connect to Wreckers,
and Universe? Why does Universe not clearly route to
the current comic? Why does Sipher feel compelled to
note that Axer (a very obscure character) dimension
hops (despite never being shown to), by not Vector
Prime (clearly shown to)?
Overall, this type of effort is best undertaken after
a decisive reboot. Sipher is trying to make sense fo
the non-sensical. The main problem is that
Transformers as a franchise does not have the
intellectual capital, and institutional know-how to
manage this kind of thing without it turning into a
regretable session of "applying genre elements to a
franchise because it seems kewl". I am assuming that
Transformers is going to get a cold reboot by the end
of this year. Perhaps a revised, and more disciplined
timeline would be appropriate then. Grade: D
This is one of the 4 infamous retools from the
Cybertron line. Like the other 3, Longrack is a vague
reference to an older character. Unlike the other 3,
Longrack is the only one to note refer to a US
character, and instead refers to a character from the
Japanese BWNeo series. The steam-shovel vehicle mode
is a bit too pedastrian to be consistent with the
Cybertron key, but it does do a good job of evoking
the giraffe beast mode the original Longrack had.
Additionally, the coloring around the cockpit does a
good job of evoking an animal's face. The key works
from both an engineering and aesthetic perspective.
The key unlocks, but does not deploy (a rarity for
this line) the shovel gimmick, and looks good as an
ornament. Grade: B email@example.com
Universe Downshift:
This is a KB exclusive recolor of the Energon mold.
Aside from a gaudier paint scheme, nothing much has
changed for this toy. The combination tabs are still
present, thought the instructions do not mention them
(as there is no combination partner offered in the
Universe line). There are some nice touches to the
engineering, such as the legs, feet and shoulders.
And, there are some blah touches. Interestingly, the
tech specs seem to contradict the theory that this is
the same character as Cybertron Downshift. The two
coulc be reconciled, but it would likely be a hasty
"fix", rather than any useful story addition. This
mold is worth owning one of. Grade: B/C
LoC RedAlert:
This might be the only LoC toy that I actively
dislike. The 'bot form is okay, but the vehicle form
is something to write home and complain about. The
vehicle form is lacking in basic elements (such as at
least trying to hide the robot bits) to the point that
one has to wonder why the designers ever bothered with
this toy. The paint work is pretty good though,
especially on the sigil. Still, this was 4 bucks I
couls have spent on something else. Grade: D
I have seen, but part of the list is based on rumors and such, a lot of the bigger name actors haven't actually had their parts publically revealed.Originally Posted by plasticfetish
Dom, I'm surprised to hear Hearts of Steel works, I wasn't expecting it to simply because it IS so much of a gimmick. I may just track this one down.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Hearts of Steel is fantastic. Why would you expect it to be bad? The "Elseworlds" gimmick has a pretty good track record.
If you cannot find a copy, let me know.
No.. the RM Beast Megatron sucked.Originally Posted by Dominic Guglieme
How so? I never saw one.
http://tfkenkon.com/g/?mode=view&alb...e=1000&start=0Originally Posted by Dominic Guglieme
I think he just REEKS of suck.
Hey JT. Can you link the fix for Ransack you did awhile back? I bought the repaint today (along with some other stuff that I'll get into after I go see Pirates) and I thought I would do them both at the same time.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Wave 8 Basics:
TF:CY Ransack GTS - I am not going to base this review on my Ransack review because that was before I discovered how to fix the rear wheel strut issue which make it a better toy.
Paint-Deco: 3/5
Black with a yellowy-gold, white, and translucent green, plus light metallic blue accents in key locations to bring out a few sculpted details. Overall, this is a better look than Ransack which was too simplistic, but GTS' colorscheme is a bit odd in its own rite. The rest works together even though it's strange, but the white is offputting in vehicle mode, gray or light gray-blue would have been a better choice. The trans green looks very good though, strangely the trans plastic of the weapon has been painted opaque rough black and gold; there's also black paint on the white waist. Bot mode's got more white which balances better, such as white paint on the face - the gold-painted eyes stand out well, why they painted over light-piping again though, I dunno, but if you shine enough light through the back of the head the green light shines through the eyes a tiny bit. The head is now black with green ears, but it doesn't show that much detail. The trans green chest isn't painted over like Ransack v1, instead it's clear with light blue vents and a small Decepticon logo in the middle. Overall, more details get paint, the colors are odd choice yet kinda work, but the white hurts.
Vehicle Mode: 3/5
Still a long, futuristic motorcycle, sleek and fast-looking. The clear green wheels are flat and wide, so the bike stands by itself perfectly, and my favorite feature of the figure is the empty middle of the wheels. The bike is still gappy in places it shouldn't be, and while solidly together, some parts move around too much and it still needs parts to be massaged into correct alignment. If it weren't so long, I'd like it a lot. The faux-windshield still doesn't align perfectly with the faring, sitting just a tiny bit up and forward, just like the original Ransack. The only kibble is the tops of the bot fists in the seat.
Hasbro assembles the rear wheel struts on backwards so the wheel sits up way above the rear fender, this doesn't look good and pushes some parts out of the way, so I fixed it, it looks a lot better with the wheel closely following the contour of the rear fender and the key gimmick gun shooting horizontally rather than up in the air.
Key Gimmick: 1.5/5
Insert key into the weapon and the top flips over to become twin barrels minus the actual gun details, uninteresting in both modes. The weapon is too wide and has pieces that get in the way of poses, because of how it's integral to the vehiclet mode. There's one likely unintentional feature of GTS' translucent barrels being painted black and gold though, when you hold it up to the light, the light shines through the black a little.
Transformation: 2/5
I like how the head is revealed and the arms are revealed, but it's not an especially exciting one and not totally satisfying since some of the alignment seems questionable and the chest really needs to be better.
The wheel strut fix changes the transformation slightly, the robot heels fold all the way into their voids in the feet in vehicle mode.
Bot Mode: 2.5/5
Ransack GTS is an awkward robot, he's got low shoulders with wide shoulderpads, long arms that go down to his knees, legs that make him sit way back to balance, really big narrow boots with long toes and heels, and a lot of kibble. His details get sorta lost in robot mode, the worst being the blankness of the torso elements. I don't like how the head sits on a neck plate now, the white plate sitting over black everything else makes it look very separate and not part of the bot which sucks since the head is already too small for the body. Overall, it's an unusual look for any robot and seems not quite finished, but it does have some odd charm to it too.
Articulation: 4/5
Ransack GTS has standard neck, shoulders, and waist, ball-jointed elbows, hips, and knees, a hinged lower torso so he can bow, and side-hinged upper biceps (the "flapping" joint). That's a lot of articulation for a Basic figure, but much of it doesn't like to work with other points in concert, the legs being the biggest problem there. Still, there's a lot of range of motion and pose potential if you can figure out how to keep him upright. At times the figure can look pretty stupid holding his large weapon, but there are some 2-handed poses where it really looks cool.
Overall: C
This is a mold I never loved, I liked some aspects of it but the overall falls flat in my book, yet this Ransack GTS recolor is less of an eyesore than the original, so that does give him a leg up. There's also an ineffable quality charm to this mold, he can win you over almost as if through sheer willpower so I do have to give this one props for that.
TF:CY Giant Planet Minicon Team - Cool new Minicons, and they're eeeeevil Decepticon Minicons, if you believe their packaging (none sport Decepticon logos, just sculpted Minicon faction logos). I'm a pretty big fan of the Minicons in general, they pack a lot of cool stuff into a tiny little robot, and they're generally cheap. This is only the second set of new-mold Minicons sold alone since the Armada line, though this Cybertron line's other Giant planet Transformers all have new-mold Minicon pals as well.
Paint-Deco: 4.5/5 (Deepdive); 3.5/5 (Longarm); 4/5 (Overcast)
The colors all 3 figures have in common is the purple plastic used for hips and shoulders, it's neither a deep dark purple nor a red burgandy - intead right in the middle, and good for Decepticon use. All 3 also share a little bit of dark gray plastic, red detail paint; and Longarm and Overcast also share some dark blue plastic and silver paint. Deepdive and Overcast balance out very well in bot mode, and their dark colored plastic doesn't hide their sculpted details.
Deepdive's alt mode is mostly that gray plastic with red paint details and light metallic blue oceanic camo - the overall look is perfect for the submarine alt mode, especially the neutral darker gray plastic. The robot mode uses the same colors plus the purple mentioned before, his face is a red visor, it all works together and looks good, if perhaps a bit simple.
Longarm's alt mode is light green with purple grasper arms, some silver details, and a little red and dark gray paint - standard Constructicon colors, which is fine but I wish they were a little more subdued. I also wish the side windows were painted silver like the windshield. Bot mode adds dark blue thighs and a completely red face in its green head; the redistribution of darker colors helps balance out the overwhelming green. And they painted his feet, good choice.
Overcast's alt mode is dark blue with some purple plastic, silver painted details, and a little gray; the amount of purple plastic depends on if you leave the missiles loaded, with them in it's almost half purple, with them set aside it's a lot less and more in check by the overall dark blue, which is how I prefer it. The alt mode underside is more of a hodgepodge of dark blue, silver and purple. In bot mode, there's a little more purple and silver in action, yet it all balances out smartly. The only new color is the red of the eye visor.
Alternate Mode: 4.5/5 (Deepdive); 3/5 (Longarm); 4/5 (Overcast)
Deepdive is an attack submarine, the conn tower is 2/3rds of the way back and has a powerlink hardpoint on top, the large, angled bow of the boat has 3 torpedo tubes on either side, and everywhere you look there are little rectangular cuts around the shapes like rivets, as well as other small details which gives this a fantastic look. One thing I find odd is that the boat tapers up from the stern to the back almost like forced-perspective, maybe this is accurate but it seems a trifle unusual. The only kibble is the bot head, which faces into the back of the conn tower so it's barely noticable, and the front of the fists in the back of the engines. I like how sealed up and solid this is, even the underside is closed as much as possible, except for the powerlink port.
Longarm is a crane truck I guess, it has a large forward section followed by a long, narrower utility section, the shape reminds me slightly of RID Optimus. If it weren't for the lack of wheels in the middle area, it might look like a truck hauling a separate piece, but alas no. There's a fixed digger/grasper claw which sits over the cab, and a narrower fixed crane arm - that looks mostly retracted - with closed hook which hangs way off the back; both can rotate and are hinged at the "shoulder", but can't lean down past horizontal. There's plenty of sculpted details, but the utility area's details are a bit generic; the 6 rolling wheels are also ridiculously small. There's no bot kibble though, and the powerlink port is at the middle underside. It's mostly solid, but the back half of the utility part isn't locked in so it can be easily pushed down out of position.
Overcast is a large cargo jet with high, wide wings, a tall tail, a large fuselage... and gigantic missile launchers under each wing. The missiles are a tiny bit longer than the plane itself, they're marble-shooter style - which is the worst of the worst in my book (they look like crap AND they don't fire worth a damn) - with big, rounded, tech-detailed warheads at the front that don't really look like anything here, just an ugly, oversized distraction; with missiles removed, the launchers - which tab into the underside of the wings - aren't very distinct but are more passable as weapons pods or engines... with pinchers in front. The plane has some good detailing with little windows and jet engines, but nowhere as good as Deepdive's sculpt. The powerlink port is on the underside just behind the nose; bot kibble includes the missile-launcher arms under the wings, and the waist and thighs at the midsection. The front half of the plane just ahead of the wings is easy to knock askew down at the transformation hinge, but is otherwise solid. I like this vehicle, but the missiles have to go.
Transformation: 2.5/5 (Deepdive); 4/5 (Longarm); 3.5/5 (Overcast)
Deepdive's transformation has the bow split and rotate into boots while the rest of the hull splits in half to become arms and big shoulders, then the head folds back and locks the shoulders into place. It's a bit cheap, and the card art - both drawing and photo - show the shoulders as long arms which works better, but the hands and instructions suggest that is wrong.
Longarm's transformation isn't complex, the legs are in fact quite ordinary, but the torso - while simple - is fun and creative, with half the body folding in half to meet itself and reveal the head, the waist then rotates into place; the waist has just 1 stop-point, at the vehicle mode location which is just right. Any transformation where I want to see it as a deluxe or larger is a dandy one.
Overcast's transformation in the instructions is just wrong, there's no way around it, there's a second joint in the fuselage that has no use in the instructions and could only be there to raise the large front fuselage up to neck height, then let that front fuselage fold down to become the chest - there's even sculpted lines inside that double-hinge which could only be seen by doing this. The corrected transformation is a bit tough to hinge over, but holds well and is visually superior. The head flips up, the waist and legs swing down, and the arms just lower to position, the part Hasbro doesn't mention is the only really nifty part, the rest is good but standard.
Bot Mode: 3/5 (Deepdive); 3.5/5 (Longarm); 4/5 (Overcast)
Deepdive is unusual, he's got these thin but very wide boots with long feet, a narrow body, a simple round head with a full-face visor, short forearms, and then VERY TALL SHOULDERS - the figure is 6cm to the head, and the shoulders from joint to top are 3.5cm more! The shoulders are too much kibble, they actually offset the humungo-boots but this is a ridiculous amount and use of kibble. As mentiond prior, the card shows them shoulders as his arms, which - while long - is vastly superior to the skyscrapers trying to pass as shoulders because the actual forearms are so very short that they make unnoticable shoulders. The actual forearms end in little fists sculpted into the inner half of the alt mode engines. I like the new distribution of detail, but the back of the bot gets almost none. I can accept his oddities, but I dunno if everybody can. And he's solid, nothing comes off or flops about.
Longarm reminds me a lot of another Minicon, Bonecrusher in the Armada line, they both have a stocky build, 1 longer arm, and wheels in the middle of the chest. Longarm's shoulders look good until you use them and realize they're a bit too low, his shovel arm and crane arm both end with claw-like hands, and while neither match they're not too vastly different (not too much wider or longer than each other). His legs are big boots with even larger kibble panels up above his knees. Although like most Minicons, Longarm has a tiny head, if you look close he actually has a good head details and even well-sculpted eyes, a nose, and a mouth that suggest he's about business - luckily the paint lets this show rather than covering it up. He's got some detail all around, but the light color covers it up. I like his bulky robot look more than I expected, he almost got a "4" here. He's also solid, his torso locks into place so no flopping like in alt mode.
Properly transformed, Overcast reminds one a lot of Cybertron's Jetfire, both are cargo jets that have the heads flip up from the top, and use the front fuselage as a chest and the wings as shoulders, only Overcast has a solid middle. His head is a simple affair, square, notched, with a wrap-around visor at the eyes and little else. Overcast's tail turns into his legs, they make good boots with long heels from the jet tail, so the tail is oversized for no reason at all really. The missiles don't overwhelm bot mode as much as alt mode, they kinda seem like melee weapons this way, but he's far better without 'em; the elbows are fixed at 90-degrees, without the missiles his hands are large immobile claws. I really like this guy, maybe more than he deserves. Again, another solid bot mode.
Articulation: 2.5/5 (Deepdive); 3.5/5 (Longarm); 3.5/5 (Overcast)
Deepdive has hinged elbows and hips, ball-jointed knees and limited ball-jointed shoulders, plus a little side-hinge action for the shoulders in the chest, and you can point the feet down from transformation. There's really not all that much he can do with his articulation though, the kibble gets in the way a lot, the elbows are worthless thanks to the stubby forearms, and the legs are limited by the boot size. At least he can stand like a champ.
Longarm has rotating and hinged shoulders, rotating waist, and hinged knees. As I mentioned before, the shoulders look a little odd in action but they get the job done. The waist articulation adds a lot of pose potential as usual. The knee articulation would look better if not for the kibble in front. Even with hollow-back feet, he stands fine too.
Overcast has ball-jointed shoulders and hips, and hinged knees, plus you can point his toes from transformation. Although not that much articulation, he has the most range of motion and is the only one I can leave in a dynamic pose without him falling over. There are limitations, but he does more with less which impresses me. Despite the small feet and distant heels, he stands well even with his missiles.
Overall: A-
This is another good new Minicon set, all 3 molds are satisfying and none have awful colors or anything I'd call a deal-breaker. Deepdive's shoulders are weird, but he has charm to make up for it. At the Basic pricepoint, this set is pretty nifty and I think worth picking up if you like Minicons at all.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Somebody explain to me why Hasbro hasnt come out with a Transformers Unleashed series. Think of the posibilities... Grimlock unleashed... Devastator unleashed... Wreck-Gar unleahsed.... I think it would be a great idea.
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Don't look at me, I didn't come up with that saying. It's a common saying in Bretagne because of it's infamous climate. Look it up on facebook if you don't believe me! It's a mass generalization that it's always rainy and terrible in Bretagne. But I personally have found that the weather is lovely. It hasn't rained since I've been here, and the majority of the time, the weather has been beautiful and sunny and warm. Quite the welcome surprise.
Not much has been going on over the last few days. I'm starting to feel guilty because I'm improving my French more rapidly than they're improving their English. Why? Because I'm speaking French 24/7. That's not fair, I know, but RARELY do I get a chance to speak French with native speakers
Anyway, on Friday I went with Cyril and Ang�lique to their ballroom dancing lessons in Quimper. I accept every invite for anything at this point because I love having stuff to do. So we drove 10 minutes away to Quimper and I tried my best to remember how to get there... to no avail because Cyril drives pretty crazily. We arrived at this gym and hurried inside because we were late. The gym itself would make any American laugh. It had all the charm of a gym from the 60's. In the US, we're used to everything being new and renovated and state of the art, but in France, mostly everything holds on to old traditional looks. The gym was not exempt. It was carpeted in many areas and generally pretty dark inside. We descended downstairs on a tiny spiral staircase and walked down a narrow path to find a classroom. The floors were old and wooden, the walls were painted concrete blocks with standard paintings of fitness related activities. The class had already begun but everyone stopped to greet us. The instructor was teaching salsa. His instructions were very clear, and one difference between dance classes in the US and dance classes in France are the counts. In the US, we use an 8-count (one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight, and to start an 8-count, you preface with five-six-seven-eight)
On Saturday, the weather was amazing so we went to the beach in Combrit, another town about 10 minutes away. I absolutely love the beach but I've never been to a French one so I really had no idea what to expect but my, was I in for a real treat! La plage was absolutely beautiful. It stretched out for miles under an azure sky and the breeze was delicious and warm. Ang�lique, Liam and I found a spot and laid out our towels. I took out a book and began to read. I could have honestly finished the whole book in the soft sand while the sun warmed my body. It was lovely. Ang�lique and Liam went to play in the water that I knew would be far too cold to be enjoyable, so I watched them from the shore. Before I knew it, it was time to leave so I snapped a few pictures and we drove away from the beautiful place.
And today? It's Sunday
I wonder how long the weather will stay this beautiful...
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Posted November 26, 2003; 02:39 p.m.
L'Atelier will present a public theater workshop at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Rockefeller College common room.
"L'Atelier: Cours Public 3" will feature students performing classical French theater scenes, directed by Florent Masse, a lecturer in the Department of French and Italian . The department is sponsoring the event with the Center for French Studies.
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Morning, everyone! Just yesterday, I received in the mail my beloved Cox & Cox catalog. As per usual, it's filled to the brim with the most delightful details one could ask for in a wedding and, as per usual, it's got me all hot and bothered. Peculiar how pretty little tchotchkes can do that to a girl. Anyway, gotta share some of the new swag to be had (plus a few oldies for good measure):
Vintage Design Cake Boxes – NEW!
Rose Cupcake Wrappers – NEW!
Vintage Design Cones – NEW!
Cupcake Stand – NOT NEW, BUT STILL!
Organza Favor Bags – NOT NEW AS WELL!
(Like these? Well, using StazOn ink and other materials similar to those in this post on DIY Wedding Eye Candy, I created the CUTEST stamped bags to house some chocolate lollipops I made for Christmas last year. I wish I had a picture of them to show you! They were too cute, if I do say so myself. It's really so easy – I highly recommend making them yourself!)
Seed Favors Set – ALSO NOT NEW, BUT YES, PLEASE!
Credit: Cox & Cox
Here's a fun little aside: when I right-clicked on the word "tchotchkes" (top of post) just to check if I spelled it correctly, the dictionary offered up these suggestions:
- latchkeys
- hopscotches
- crotchless and
- hotcakes
Weird to the max. My dictionary is advising me to write crotchless. Anyway.
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Emphasizes fundamentals of reading in English. Students will practice basic study-reading strategies and vocabulary development including recognizing context clues, main ideas, and organizational structures of texts, and identifying word parts. Prerequisite: permission of the program director.
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Hours: 1-99
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Who Will Own the Future? Privatization and the Threat to the Urban Environment
George Wooding, Former President, West of Twin Peaks Central Council; First Vice President, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods; Columnist, Westside Observer
Aaron Peskin, Executive Director, Great Basin Land & Water; Former President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Former Chair, San Francisco Democratic Party
Tim Redmond, Reporter; Manager, San Francisco Progressive Media Center; Former Editor, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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What will the future look like if the extremely wealthy take over our schools, parks, woods, recreation areas and safety and maintenance services? Share your views with well-known civic activists as they explore what happens when for-profit groups privatize the government.
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Lady Bulldogs win 2012 Union Co. softball tournament
Not in eight years have the Lady Bulldogs won the Union Co. tournament in softball. That changed on Saturday, and for two seniors, it is, what they hope, a sign of good things to come for the remainder of their final season at New Albany.
"We tried to modify our attitudes, set them aside and work together, and by doing that, we've now learned that we can win things like this," Jalanna Cameron said.
Along with Amber Mirfield, New Albany came into this weekend's tournament at 3-5, having fallen to Lewisburg in extra innings last Tuesday, 3-2, to open division play. That loss in a hard fought game gave the Lady 'Dawgs what they needed to go through the UCT undefeated.
"The team played very well. We finished a very tough division game at Lewisburg on Tuesday, and I think that contributed to our slow start," coach Tom Zahller said. "We were anxious to play in the county tournament, but at the same time, I think we were still hurting from the division loss."
The opening game for New Albany was a come-from-behind affair, avenging an early 6-1 deficit to defeat West Union, 7-6, on Friday night.
Tied at one in the third inning, the Lady Eagles scored five runs with RBI hits from Gina Beth Conlee and Bailey Bogue. New Albany answered scoring three runs in the bottom half of the inning and taking the win in the fourth on an RBI double by Jalanna Cameron. Having the first win in place, Zahller challenged his team to come out strong on Saturday, as they played three games.
"Once we started going and we came back against a very good West Union team, I told the girls this morning to come out early and set the tone for the rest of the day," Zahller said. "I think that's what they did. They got some rest and got ready to play this morning."
The Lady Bulldogs opened Saturday with convincing wins over Ingomar, 14-3, and Myrtle, 9-2, to set up the championship game with East Union, who also entered the tournament's final game at 3-0.
Like New Albany, the Lady Urchins opened on Friday with a close win, holding on to defeat West Union, 2-1. East Union also picked up wins against Myrtle, 7-3, and Ingomar, 7-5.
In the final game of the tournament, the Lady Urchins got on the board first, as Ashley Leach scored in the opening inning. New Albany tied the game in the third, with Cameron bringing in Mallory Beaty on an RBI triple. The next inning, defensively, was the biggest for the Lady 'Dawgs in the tournament, as they held East Union scoreless despite the Lady Urchins loading the bases with no outs.
"That's what we call a momentum changer," Zahller said. "I told them after they did that, this is how you get games won. We turned that around and had a very big inning offensively, and I'm very proud of them, defensively, in that inning."
The next inning for the Lady 'Dawgs at the plate saw seven runs scored off of five hits, with RBI hits by Kayla Pavlick, Morgan Beaty and Megan Dye. East Union was held to one hit for the remainder of the game, as Mallory Beaty earned the win in the circle. The junior pitched in three of New Albany's four games, resting against Myrtle while Pavlick took her place. Zahller noted the strength of his pitchers throughout the tournament.
"Mallory has exceeded our expectations this year. She's a real team leader, and when she's on the mound, the girls feel that they can win any game," he said. "Playing three games in a day is tough, even if it's only five innings each. Mallory was tired [against East Union], and in the fourth inning of this one, I asked her, 'can you get me six more outs?' She said, absolutely, and then in the last inning I told her, 'you have three outs and you can win the county tourney,' and she said I've got it. When she said that in front of the girls, it meant everything to them and gave them that confidence."
Now on a four-game winning streak, New Albany will play at Corinth on Monday before returning to division play next Thursday against Senatobia.
"All you have to have is confidence, and from that loss on Tuesday [against Lewisburg], I think we gained it there and carried it into the county tournament," Mirfield said. "We're going to keep this momentum going into division play, and win or lose, we're still the pride of New Albany."
Friday, March 23
East Union 2, West Union 1
Ingomar 4, Myrtle 1
New Albany 7, West Union 6
East Union 7, Myrtle 3
Saturday, March 24
New Albany 14, Ingomar 3
West Union 4, Myrtle 1
East Union 7, Ingomar 5
New Albany 9, Myrtle 2
West Union 13, Ingomar 3
New Albany 8, East Union 1
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DETROIT, August 15, 2012 – Marygrove College is among four Southeast Michigan colleges and universities to partner with TurboVote, a national service which aims to make voting as convenient as renting a Netflix DVD.
Marygrove joins the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Wayne State University and Eastern Michigan University in offering the online voting service to students.
TurboVote simplifies the process so that voters can focus on the candidates and important ballot questions. Here's how it works.
1. When voters sign up at TurboVote.org, the system checks their registration status.
2. Voters can then request that a pre-filled voter-registration form or vote-by-mail application be sent to them in the mail. The form is delivered with a stamped, pre-addressed envelope, so it's easy to sign and drop in the mail.
3. When local election authorities receive the vote-by-mail application, they send the voter a mail-in ballot for the upcoming election.
TurboVote works for every election – special, primary or general, from school board to federal. And for every election, TurboVote sends text message and email reminders to users who have signed up for the service to ensure that they never miss another deadline. TurboVote also offers reminders to users who have signed up for the service and choose to vote in person at their polling places.
Read more: Marygrove College to participate in TurboVote voting service for students
MONROE, Mich. – On Saturday, June 30, the six members of the 2012 Leadership Council of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) took office during a Liturgy in the IHM Motherhouse Chapel.
The six sisters are Mary Jane Herb, IHM, president; Sharon Holland, IHM, mission councilor/vice president; Helen Ingles, IHM, mission councilor/chief financial officer; Margaret Alandt, IHM, mission councilor; Mary Ann Bredice, IHM, mission councilor; and Patricia McCluskey, IHM, mission councilor. They will serve until 2018.
The new Leadership Council members voiced their pledge to living "the liberating mission of Jesus challenged by the Gospel, the spirit of Vatican II, the Earth Charter" and the IHM commitment to sustainability.
Brenda Price to serve as director
DETROIT, May 25, 2012 — Marygrove College today announced Ms. Brenda Price as director of the newly established Office of Urban Leadership Initiatives. Ms. Price will report to Marygrove President Dr. David J. Fike and administer grant expenditures, establish and coordinate project timelines, and assure overall grant compliance related to the College's $1.5 million, three-year Building Our Leadership in Detroit (BOLD) initiative, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In addition, she will help identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward partnerships with other philanthropic and public sector agencies capable of supporting the College's Urban Leadership initiatives.
Read more: Marygrove College institutes new Office of Urban Leadership Initiatives
Positive change requires a harmonious balance of forces all working together toward a common goal. Just as Marygrove College evolves into a more prominent, outward-focused urban leadership role, the school's inner workings must be in balance as well. That's why the position of Director of Mission Integration was devised, to ensure that together with the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), Marygrove and its mission will live on, true to the values that the IHMs have dedicated their lives to shaping.
After a thorough search and a four-month interview process, Jan Machusak was chosen as Director of Mission Integration from a host of more than 200 applicants. She has spent virtually her entire career in Catholic education in the Metropolitan Detroit area, including a leadership role at Dominican High School and Academy in Detroit. She holds a B.S. in Math-Science from Aquinas College and a Master of Science Education from Lawrence Technological University.
Her experience through the years in Franciscan, Dominican and IHM-led institutions will help Marygrove deepen and sustain the connections between our institutional mission, IHM sponsorship, Catholic identity and Urban Leadership vision," says President David Fike of his direct report. "This position was created to promote within the campus community a shared enthusiasm about why we do what we do.
Enthusiasm and creative vision are Jan's specialties. A self-proclaimed "people person," she tells a great story about an exercise she used in her classroom once about giving, and being ready to receive. She filled a large bowl of colorful candies in front of a group of very excited students and told them they could reach in and take a handful, BUT they could only use their fists to take some. When a clenched fist yielded a scarce few candies— and a whole lot of frustration— she pointed out that an open hand was a much more effective and gracious way to receive these gifts, and pass them on.
Read more: Trinity of women seeks to keep our mission alive and well, and living in the city.
Marygrove College, sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and committed to fostering Christian values, to educating students from diverse backgrounds, and to serving the people of Metropolitan Detroit and beyond, will be given the Educational Partner Award at Ecumenical Theological Seminary's (ETS) Sixth Annual Spirit Awards Banquet on May 20, 2012.
The Ecumenical Theological Seminary (ETS) Educational Partner Award was established to recognize and honor individuals and organizations who strive to provide opportunities for educational achievement in our communities. The honoree helps empower our citizens toward making educational choices that lead to well-rounded, healthy citizens who understand and articulate the hopes and dreams of our communities. Dr. David J. Fike, President will be accepting the award.
Read more: Marygrove College to be honored by Ecumenical Theological Seminary
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We will have tutors available all weekend
to assist you in preparation for finals.
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Come participate in discussion on how to
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Academic Advising Lounge in MC Basement
Up all Night Movie Night featuring
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Movie, Discussion and Food
We will be watching and discussing themes from two blockbuster hits!
MC Main Dining Room
Freshman Finale Dinner
Raffle—Laptops, Nooks, and other prizes
Come join us as we celebrate the completion of your FIRST YEAR!
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DETROIT, April 13, 2012 — Take Back the Night Detroit at Marygrove College has been formed to raise awareness, promote prevention, and support survivors of rape as they cast off shame, guilt and gain access to the help they need on their journey toward healing and wholeness. This year's theme is "Healthy Sexuality for Sexual Assault Prevention."
This event will be held on Friday April 13, 2012 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. in the Madame Cadillac Building, Alumnae Hall, on the Marygrove College campus.
Marygrove College and more specifically, Student Government, the Women's Center, and the Social Work Department are sponsoring this event with SASHA Center—a community-based organization formed to assist survivors of sexual assault.
Read more: Marygrove College hosts Take Back the Night Detroit
DETROIT, April 9, 2012 — Marygrove College today announced a program to revise its entire curriculum to develop leadership skills in each of its students, no matter what their major focus of study.
The initiative, entitled Building our Leadership in Detroit (BOLD) is grounded in the belief that everyone has a potential for leadership if given the proper support and guidance and is designed to make Marygrove a significant leader in the drive to rebuild Detroit. It is being underwritten by a $1.5 million grant from the W. K. Kellogg foundation.
Read more: Marygrove College to revise curriculum to develop urban leadership
Leadership Institute for Educators
April 5 - 6, 2012 • Michigan League. Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Greenleaf Center invites faculty, staff, and board members at universities who are teaching and applying servant leadership principles, as well as those who want to learn about these practices, to attend the two-day Leadership Institute for Educators (LIFE).
Registration is $225 for a non-member and $200 for a Greenleaf Center
member. Student rates are also available. To register, visit www.greenleaf.org.
For more information: http://www.greenleaf.org/life/program.html or call (317) 669 - 8050
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This refreshing hard lemonade combines blueberries with gin and the flavors of mint and lemon.
What does muddle mean? When mixing cocktails, herbs and/or fruit are often mashed or ground--muddled--in the bottom of a glass before adding the liquid ingredients to intensify their flavors. You can muddle with a spoon or a pestle-like tool called a muddler.
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The Legal Aid Society Creates a Broad Range of Pro Bono Opportunities for Law Students and Law Graduates
Friday, April 26, 2013
- The Legal Aid Society
The Legal Aid Society has created a diverse menu of pro bono opportunities to assist law students in completing 50 hours of pro bono work prior to bar admission. The Chief Judge's initiative, the first in the country, became effective as of January 1, 2013 and will be applicable to candidates for admission to the New York State bar on or after January 1, 2015. The timetable enables current second and first year law students to plan their pro bono service in a meaningful and timely fashion.
The Society's Civil, Criminal, and Juvenile Rights Practices, will partner with law students and law graduates on a number of specific 50-hour projects. Short descriptions of possible projects are listed below. For additional information about these and other opportunities with The Legal Aid Society, interested law students and law graduates should contact the Pro Bono and Volunteer Coordinator at their law school or law firm, or visit our website at www.legal-aid.org.
- Access To Benefits/Superstorm Sandy Disaster Relief Hotline – Volunteers can help staff The Legal Aid Society's hotline to help victims of Superstorm Sandy secure disaster relief aid and assist families and individuals in obtaining subsistence government benefits such as unemployment insurance, public health insurance (including Medicaid), public assistance, and food stamps.
Class Action Law Reform Project - This project involves monitoring City and State compliance with court orders and other legal requirements affecting tens of thousands of low-income New Yorkers.
- Disability Advocacy Project - The Disability Advocacy Project represents low-income New Yorkers in their administrative and federal court appeals concerning federal disability benefits.
Employment Law and Low-Wage Worker Project - This project seeks to assist unemployed workers at unemployment insurance hearings, educate workers on their rights, and monitor the treatment of workers in particular industries.
- Family Law/Domestic Violence Projects – Among other things, this initiative assists clients with the implementation of the newly enacted New York State laws providing post-marital support guidelines, no-fault divorce and counsel fee awards, all of which are critically important to low-income clients.
Foreclosure Prevention and Equity Preservation Project - To monitor the mortgage servicing industry, file complaints when appropriate, and/or develop litigation strategies, this project seeks to develop systemic data and case examples showing violations of existing servicing standards and guidelines.
- Health Law Unit Project - As the economic downturn continues, increasing numbers of low-income New Yorkers seek the Society's assistance in addressing legal issues related to health care.
Homeless Rights Project – The Project is counsel to the Coalition for the Homeless and the leading legal advocate for homeless families and individuals. Volunteers can help enforce the court-ordered right to shelter for children and adults.
- Housing Development Unit Project - The Housing Development Unit is dedicated to preserving and expanding the supply of decent, affordable housing in New York City by providing legal representation and technical assistance to tenants and tenant organizations.
Housing Eviction Prevention Project - This project provides critical eviction prevention legal services to the most vulnerable families and individuals in New York City in our effort to prevent evictions and keep low-income New Yorkers in affordable housing.
- Immigrant Defense Project - Volunteers can help some of the thousands of immigrants with long-term residency and family roots in New York who face removal from the US because of old and minor convictions and other immigration violations.
Mobile Outreach Unit Project - Using a specially equipped van, this project provides outreach legal assistance in remote locations where some of the most isolated and underserved City residents live.
- Prisoners' Rights Project/Re-Entry Project - The Project seeks to remedy unconstitutional conditions and illegal practices in the City jails and the State prisons through class action or test case litigation.
Project FAIR/Public Benefits/Job Center Project - Project FAIR provides access to information for pro se public benefits applicants and recipients about their legal rights in the New York State administrative "fair hearing" process concerning food stamps, public assistance and Medicaid benefits.
- Criminal Defense - The Legal Aid Society is the primary public defender in New York City, annually handling some 220,000 cases for indigent clients accused of crimes and/or parole violations. Volunteers can assist criminal defense and parole revocation defense attorneys with case preparation, including: conducting legal research; gathering facts; obtaining evidence; monitoring court proceedings; and assisting with filing appeal notices.
- The Criminal Appeals Bureau is the largest provider of post-conviction services in appellate and collateral State court and federal proceedings for indigent criminal defendants in New York City. Volunteers can assist attorneys in reviewing transcripts, contacting family members, and reviewing research and arguments from the Bureau's extensive brief database.
- The Criminal Defense Special Litigation Unit initiates class action and law reform case litigation on civil rights issues affecting Criminal Practice clients. Volunteer assistance can include case preparation; fact gathering; assistance with ongoing litigation; monitoring compliance with court orders; and research.
The Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP) is the country's leading legal organization in the field of child advocacy. The Practice represents children in child protective, termination of parental rights, PINS (persons in need of supervision), and juvenile delinquency proceedings. Volunteers can work alongside JRP staff, assisting with case preparation, witness outreach and digesting educational records. Volunteer assistance is also needed for adolescents in completing applications for essential services they will require after leaving care, such as public assistance, housing, and healthcare.
The JRP Appeals Unit represents clients through the appellate process. Volunteers can provide valuable research assistance to attorneys by collecting and organizing transcripts, preparing research memos, and creating a research bank on issues affecting court-involved youth.
The JRP Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit has initiated class action lawsuits and other litigation to address systemic problems and system-wide abuses within the juvenile justice, child welfare, and educational systems. Volunteers can carry out data collection, which can be used to inform practice decisions for court-involved youth. For those children who have been involved with the juvenile justice system, volunteers can assist with ensuring that their privacy rights are protected and that records sealed by the court remain sealed.


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Cody, Wyoming Lodging Packages at K3 Guest Ranch
Consider a K3 Guest Ranch Bed & Breakfast package to make your visit all it can be! (Packages are optional)
Yellowstone Tour Package
Includes 2 nights accommodations at K3 Guest Ranch and a 1 day tour of Yellowstone National Park. ** 8 hour tour
$419 per person (2 person minimum) | $228 3rd person or more
Chief Joseph | Beartooth Highway Scenic Drive Tour
Includes 2 nights accommodations at K3 Guest Ranch and an incredible drive along two of Wyoming's most scenic byways. **5 hour tour
$399 per person (2 person minimum) | $228 3rd person or more
Day Ranching at K3
Includes 2 nights accommodations plus a trick horse performance, hay ride and picnic lunch at the K3 Guest Ranch. **1/2 day of fun ranch activities
$248 per person (2 person minimum)
$137 for children under 10
Marksmanship & Gun Safety
Includes 1 night stay @ K3 Guest Ranch, use of the K3 Guest Ranch shooting range, and an introduction to a variety of guns. **1/2 day of marksmanship fun | 2 person minimum. Shoot Cowboy Action Pistol .45 Long Colts, .45 Saddle Carbines, 12 gauge stagecoach double-barreled shotguns, .22 long rifles & more!
$248 per person (2 person minimum)
$137 for children under 10
Our Cody, Wyoming Lodging Packages are optional and not required to make a K3 Guest Ranch Bed & Breakfast reservation.
Questions about these K3 Guest Ranch Bed & Breakfast packages? Pick up the phone and call Head Wrangler Jerry Kinkade toll free at 888.587.2080, or send an e-mail to email@example.com.
Legend Rock Tour
Includes 2 nights accommodations, plus visit Legend Rock where you can see over 300 Indian petroglyphs that are 2,500 to 5,000 years old tour is 5 hours long.
$399 per person (2 person minimum)
$228 for 3rd person or more
A K3 Guest Ranch Wedding
The perfect wedding has to have a perfect wedding location and K3 Guest Ranch Bed & Breakfast in Cody, Wyoming has it all! With both indoor and outdoor ceremony options, lodging accommodations for an entire wedding party, and Wyoming's Rocky Mountains as a backdrop K3 is Cody's premier wedding venue.
Reunions / Family Gatherings / Girls Night Out
K3 Guest Ranch Bed & Breakfast is the perfect location to gather. Make the K3 Guest Ranch lodge your home away from home, light a fire, cook a favorite meal, enjoy each others company and the spectacular mountain vistas from the comfort of the Great Room, play games, read, fish, hike, or take a hay ride. Just let K3 Head Wrangler Jerry Kinkade know what you'd like to do during your stay, and he'll work to make it happen.
Meetings & Business Retreats
Business meeting planners should put the K3 Guest Ranch Bed & Breakfast at the top of their list for small business meetings or retreats. The first floor dining room can seat up to 30 at banquet tables or classroom style and the sitting area of the Chuck Wagon Room can hold a small meeting beside the vintage gas fireplace. Upstairs, two dozen or more people can meet in the Great Room.
In warm weather, small groups can meet on the tipi patio or in the optional party tent. Free wireless internet service is available. Caterers are welcome or our kitchen is available for meal preparation.
Questions about the ranch? Pick up the phone and call Head Wrangler Jerry Kinkade toll free at 888.587.2080, or send an e-mail to: email@example.com


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Even as baseball enters its last, thrilling phase (WS), Yankees fans must still be brooding over their team's trivial pursuit of a post-season spot. Though in truth, even absent the A-Rod saga, the 2013 team was more than a few tweaks away from serious contendership. But if you're a Highlander de-vo-tee, I have a little sump'um that might just perk-up your spirits and rekindle some of tha...


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Sony is running a contest here where you can choose which show makes it to DVD next.
Well, except the MUppet Show.
Personally, I picked Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
Sony is running a contest here where you can choose which show makes it to DVD next.
Well, except the MUppet Show.
Personally, I picked Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
Who's a sexy kitty? Who is? Yes, you are. You're a SEXY kitty...
PHONE BOOK Written by Bendis. Art by Jim Lee. Total copies sold: 15 billion.
"Comic Collecting. Miss a decade, miss a lot."
the critic, followed by newsradio, just shoot me, dilbert, then the tick.
not really holding my breath for any of them...
Nachos are the right of all sentient beings.
The guns... They've stopped!
- Dan Akroyd, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope
Parker Lewis, Newsradio, The Tick, I Dream of Jeannie, and Dilbert. I dunno if I'd buy 'em, but they'd be the ones I'd most likely consider buying.
This is a pretty funny idea, makes sense and it's cheaper than a focus group.
BTW, I used to like "The Critic", but every time I've watched a rerun of it since it went off the air, it seems to diminish for me. Now I don't find it funny at all and can barely watch (thankfully "Duckman" airs right after it on Comedy Central).
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
1. The Critic
2. Parker Lewis Can't Lose
3. Bewitched
4. I Dream of Jeannie
5. Maude
Of course in season sets.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
This thread looks oddly familiar.
Back and more bearded than ever before
Barney Miller
Werewolf(I was oddly thinking about this show the other day)
thanks Chux Turbo LBC Bobafrett Mtriv73 Rjarvis JF96 JT JMG FB Rogue2 Tycho Slicker Deoxy Caesar JontheJedi JJReason Brandon Solo JMS UK for great deals.
SSG Pro Football Pick em and Bowl Pick em Champ 2006. 2007 NCAA Bracket Champ
#24 - Gone but not forgotten
I went with:
Parker Lewis
Diff'rent Strokes
I hear ya on The Critic JT. I have seen every episode at least 20 times. And while at first they were incredibly awesome, they have lost something over time.
"Roger Nasty Butler!"
Wow, none of those really interested me. I liked Parker Lewis Can't Lose a lot when it was on but I can ever see wanting to buy a set of the show.
"No one helped me so why should I help you?" - College professor circa 1999
By choosing not to decide you still have made a choice.
I'm in love with the women of Univision.
WHOAH THAT'S A CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!??????Originally posted by Eternal Padawan
Personally, I picked Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
Best charachter was KUBIACK!!!!!!!
No matter how I die, even if there is a suicide note; it was murder. Cheers!
heres my pickin's
- The Tick
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Dilbert
- Fantasy Island
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By Michael Aneiro
Yesterday's record-smashing $49 billion bond sale will vault Verizon (VZ) into fourth place among the largest debt issuers in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch benchmark high-grade debt index, and will make Verizon the largest constituent in terms of risk – or index duration – contribution when the new Verizon bonds formally enter the index at the end of this month.
BofA credit strategist Yuriy Shchuchinov writes today that the bond sale adds $45 billion in index-eligible Verizon debt ($4 billion in floating-rate debt is ineligible for the index), bringing the company's total bond index notional amount to $78.6bn, or 1.81% of the index market value. GE (GE) ranks first, with $90.4 billion in debt accounting for 2.17% of the index, followed by JP Morgan (JPM), with $84.1 billion worth 2.02%, and Bank of America (BAC) with $79.6 billion accounting for 1.95% of the index.
"Importantly," Shchuchinov writes, "because long bonds make up $21bn, or almost a half of the new index-eligible bonds, Verizon's share of risk in our index significantly exceeds its share of market value." That risk comes in the form of interest-rate risk, as measured by duration, which is most acute in longer-dated, higher-rated bonds. Shchuchinov says the average duration across the index is currently 6.4, compared to 9.0 on average for the new Verizon index- eligible bonds. He says Verizon's debt sale brings Verizon's share of index duration to 2.34%, surpassing the previous leader, GE, with 2.09% share of total index duration.


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First, I'm new to this forum, but not new to C++ or DirectX9. I've tried searching the topic of how to generate terrain, but didn't find anything I thought was useful for these specific parameters:
-fast generation
-contenuous (moves with the player so there is no spacial limit)
-detailed up close, low-poly at distance, and smooth transition between.
I've come up with some ideas, but I would like to know if there is anyone here that knows how the experts do it.....
I think my ideas would be slower than methods used by "the industry".