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DAVID GALLOP didn't like the look of the offices at Football Federation Australia headquarters when he first arrived. Although plush and new, they lacked something.
''As soon as I walked in, I was a bit shocked to see virtually nothing about football,'' he said. ''It was a sterile and empty place. I thought we should change it.''
A frosted glass wall that immediately greeted visitors has given way to an enormous mural of fans, each of them holding a Socceroos scarf. It is a reminder of who Gallop, and everyone else on this nosebleed level of Whitlam Square, really works for.
''We're changing things around here,'' he says as he moves through the corridors. ''We're opening up the doors.''
It was a nice, figurative expression - but he meant it literally. There were doors open everywhere. Cliques of power-dressers once gathered in closed spaces with euphemistic names like the ''World Cup Room''. No longer, Gallop says. ''Football should be transparent. I think head office should set that example.''
The 47-year-old looks at home in his office. There's no nervous lingering of public relations personnel, a common theme of interaction with his predecessor, Ben Buckley.
A picture of his family sits under his computer screen, spontaneous laughter filling the frame. Life as Super League's legal rottweiler, even as the NRL's commander-in-chief, is another galaxy away.
This is Gallop's 101st day in charge of football. This interview was meant to take place on the 100th day, except Gallop was in Melbourne taking part in the fans forum roadshow. A fitting excuse.
''I've been doing a lot of listening and having a lot of conversations in this first 100 days,'' he said the night before. ''But I don't think there's an end point to that. It's continual. I plan to keep listening for as long as I'm in the job.''
Although keen to keep an ear to the ground, Gallop feels the time has come to start putting his own stamp on things.
''My sense from outside was that the right strategies were in place but they need to be implemented better,'' he says. ''That remains my view, and we're doing so many things to make the implementation more effective. The first of those things I'm doing is to promote John Kelly from CFO [chief financial officer] to COO [chief operation officer].''
Two hours later, a press release confirming as much is released.
As luck would have it, football, after years of struggle, looks to have found traction in the Australian sporting landscape. Gallop feels he arrived at the right time.
''People come up to me and say 'It's going pretty well, isn't it?' and they expect you to respond by saying 'Yeah, it is.' Thankfully, that's exactly what I can say,'' he says. ''They're enjoying being on the freeway with fresh bitumen for the first time in a long while. I've been really pleased, perhaps even humbled by the welcome. My sense is that people in the game have enjoyed the profile I've brought across. That's personally satisfying.''
But Gallop also comes to football with a reputation, rightly or wrongly, as a crisis manager. He does not mind that.
''Rugby league's resurgence over the past 10 years was to do with having the right foundation stones in place as well as dealing with the unexpected events appropriately. Do that, and people keep faith with the game,'' he says.
''That's why rugby league has been through such a resurgence and no doubt, in this job, there will also be issues that come up.''
Gallop knows his answer gives rise to the inevitable question. Will that ''reactive'' tag stick? ''I reject the suggestion - and I challenge the idea that you don't need to be reactive, because you do,'' he said. ''Things happen that are unexpected. You're not involved in a business where different things come off the conveyor belt every day.''
Football might have any number of challenges, but Gallop has no doubt about his No.1 task. ''To spend its money and use its resources prudently, in such a way that rewards the elite end while taking care of the grassroots,'' he says. ''That means success for the national team, growth in the A-League and capturing young players into our game, and connecting that youth pool with A-League clubs.''
If there's a brewing crisis in the A-League, it concerns the club owners. They are traditionally a volatile bunch. Placating them is no mean feat. ''No two clubs are the same, and they have their own individual problems,'' Gallop says. ''We've just undertaken a huge benchmarking exercise for each club. We want to improve their businesses, but I caution in comparing one club with another. There's huge differences in all 10 clubs but I promise to work with each of them.''
Two clubs under the pump this season for failing to draw crowds have been Melbourne Heart and Wellington Phoenix but Gallop is not too worried.
''When I was at the NRL, we always thought Melbourne and Sydney should have two teams each, and we were pleased they didn't,'' he says. ''Melbourne doesn't have the geographic divide Sydney does, which explains the success of the Wanderers. What they've done is unparalleled in world sport, and given the Victory juggernaut, it's tough for the Heart, but they'll get there.
''On the Phoenix, I think the competition for sporting attention in New Zealand is very high, and that's bred an element of fickleness. If you're team isn't winning, it's hard to pull crowds. I know that from the Warriors.''
Gallop knows a thing or two about salary caps, too, but the A-League's unique marquee and guest allowances mean clubs have enormous spending discrepancies. Central Coast shell out $2.65 million on players; Sydney FC spends more than double that. ''The whole area of these marketing service agreements needs a review,'' he says. ''We need to have a look at what needs finetuning.''
In trying to get Lucas Neill a club, the FFA offered to play a large slice of his salary. Sydney, who are already given FFA money to pay part of Brett Emerton's salary, won Neill's services, frustrating several smaller clubs.
''The starting proposition was the FFA's offer was available to all clubs, not just Sydney,'' Gallop says. ''But having the league make a contribution to certain players is unusual to the world that I come out of. Still, nobody could doubt the importance of marquee players in the league this year and having high-profile Australians coming back. It's a unique circumstance.''
Was he disappointed about missing out on David Beckham? Or embarrassed?
''No, not at all. I think it's a feather in the cap that we were even sounded out,'' he says. ''It wasn't to be; they went in another direction.''
One of the big challenges of the job might not have been obvious. The rampant corporatisation of the Socceroos ''brand'' - and their change in attitude - hasn't gone down well with the football public.
''I can see there's definitely a need to reinvigorate the brand of the Socceroos,'' Gallop says. ''There's a level of disconnect we need to address, both with them and the way we present them. The disconnect is even reflected in pure business terms; the ticket numbers aren't what they used to be. We know the active supporter groups around the Socceroos are frustrated.
''Still, there's a once-in-every-four-years opportunity coming up for the connection to be mended and made as strong as ever. We intend to work towards that.''
Little has impressed Gallop more, however, than the fan engagement that occurs at A-League venues around the country.
''I have been absolutely blown away by it. The active fans are brilliant. It's our most unique selling point against the other codes,'' he says. ''I'd say 99 per cent of those fans do the right thing. A few don't, and that creates some headlines, and we remain vigilant about negative conduct. But we, for one moment, can't let that denigrate the experience you get at so many of our grounds. It's a key part of the game's growth potential.''
Just as big a part of the future will be whether football can attract the next generation of fans, but Gallop says it was already as well placed as any other code.
''One of the first games I went to after taking over was at the Newcastle Jets, and I was amazed at how clearly the game has a youthful demographic attached to it,'' he says. ''I've been to many Newcastle Knights games, and they get great support, but make no mistake, we've got the youth wave.
''We've got young people. They're talking about the game, downloading apps, discussing it on social media. That's possibly the most exciting thing I've seen in my first 100 days.''


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Lascelles to miss out for Reds
Stuart Pearce will be without Jamaal Lascelles for his first game in charge of Nottingham Forest against Blackpool at the City Ground.
Lascelles, who along with goalkeeper Karl Darlow has been sold to Newcastle but loaned back to the Reds for this season, is nursing an injury.
Fellow central defender Jack Hobbs (ankle), full-back Eric Lichaj (hernia) and the versatile Chris Cohen (knee) are all on their way back from the injuries that brought a premature end to their 2013/14 campaigns.
Summer signings Danny Fox, who was on loan at the club last season, Matty Fryatt, Lars Veldwijk, Louis Laing, Roger Riera, Jack Hunt, Michael Mancienne, Chris Burke, Britt Assombalonga and Michail Antonio will all hope to make their debuts against the Seasiders.
Blackpool's new-look side will get its first outing in Nottingham as Jose Riga's hastily put-together squad begins the season after a summer of turmoil at Bloomfield Road.
The Seasiders had just eight professional players on their books 12 days before this trip to the City Ground, but Riga has since signed a glut of players, including two goalkeepers in Joe Lewis and Elliot Parish.
Lewis, Ishmael Miller, John Lundstram, Joan Oriol and Jose Miguel Cubero are yet to feature in either of Blackpool's two pre-season friendlies so rustiness is to be expected.
Striker Bobby Grant did appear in the win over Penrith, though, after being out since March with a knee injury.
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SOURCE: VirtuOz
January 08, 2013 12:00 ET
Intelligent Virtual Agents Recognized for Providing a Next Generation Customer Experience Across Social, Mobile and Web
Intelligent Virtual Agents Recognized for Providing a Next Generation Customer Experience Across Social, Mobile and Web
EMERYVILLE, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 8, 2013) - VirtuOz, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) for online marketing, sales, and support, announced today that the company has been named a finalist in ZDNet's 2013 CRM Watchlist (http://www.zdnet.com/crm-watchlist-2013-it-all-starts-now-the-finalists-7000009460/).
Deployable across all of today's preferred customer access points including social, mobile and web, VirtuOz IVAs provide a next generation customer experience channel for some of the most heavily trafficked social, mobile and Web brands.
The 49 elite companies selected as finalists will undergo an extensive review by CRM luminary Paul Greenberg. The winners will be determined based on the following criteria:
"Being named a finalist alongside technology leaders such as Salesforce.com, Moxie Software, Jive and Get Satisfaction in the 2013 CRM Watchlist is an honor," said Pam Kostka, chief marketing officer at VirtuOz. "It is a true testament to our dedication to creating virtual agents that are fundamentally changing the customer experience with a personalized conversational self-service interface."
Now in its fifth year, the CRM Watchlist is an award designed to single out technology companies that will have a significant impact in the coming year in the market with customers, and in the industry they represent.
About VirtuOz
VirtuOz is the leader in Digital Customer Relationships, enabling large and mid-market enterprises to use Intelligent Virtual Agents to provide world-class online marketing, sales, and support channels, ensuring a high quality user experience while improving operational performance. Recognized by CRM Idol 2012, the American Business Awards, Best in Biz, Network Products Guide and the TiE50 Awards, the company's award winning intelligent virtual agents offer companies a new channel for online self-service that delivers the best possible customer experience at one-tenth the cost of traditional channels. VirtuOz solutions combine best-in-class virtual agent solutions with best practices across agent development, deployment, and optimization to deliver predictable and measurable results. Intelligent virtual agents are predicted to become the new standard for customer interaction in the next few years. VirtuOz leads the market for successful use of intelligent virtual agents, having processed over 166 million conversations on behalf of its customers in 2011 and with the largest number of live enterprise intelligent virtual agents for Global 2000 companies including Kaspersky, Michelin, SFR, GameFly, and Symantec. More information about VirtuOz can be found at www.virtuoz.com.
VirtuOz is a trademark of VirtuOz, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Edelman grasps the Murdoch PR nettleThursday, July 14th, 2011 by Jon Clements
Update: @tim_weber, BBC business and technology editor, sees a PR presence in the "dramatic change of tone" from News Corp.
As PR people, surely we should feel vindicated that News International's reputation implosion has prompted the hiring of PR company Edelman for "general comms support and public affairs counsel" following the phone hacking scandal.
After all, doesn't everyone – as in David Cameron's oft-repeated words about Andy Coulson – deserve a second chance?
There will be some that say there is no coming back from a reputation disaster such as a newspaper hacking the phone of a murder victim and deleting voicemail messages, so giving the family false hope she was still alive.
Neverthless, reputation rehabilitation is not impossible, Edelman has got the gig and good luck to it. But what will the PR planning agenda look like?
Rebuilding News International's reputation is key to the Murdochs' long game – gaining total control of BSkyB. Though it has ditched the bid now, News Corporation, News International's parent company, needs to regain the trust of the public, politicians and regulators to stand a chance of being deemed "fit and proper" to own not just all but any of the broadcasting giant.
In terms of reputation management, closing the News of the World has been the Murdochs' symbolic gesture that rogue companies within their organisation will pay the ultimate price, despite the inconvenient fact that the wrongdoing was done on someone else's watch.
But for any PR provider tasked with restoring corporate reputation, having access to the "warts and all" truth of what goes on behind closed doors is essential; otherwise, life will become a continual fire-fighting exercise rather than a strategic campaign to not only talk about how the company is effecting positive change, but prove it.
And this is where I think Edelman's biggest challenge lies: how does an outside organisation negotiate a corporate culture where the most senior executives have been willing to cover up grossly bad practices with denials, selective amnesia or claims of complete ignorance? As Steve Richards comments in The Independent today, "Here was a company that evidently thought it was powerful enough to get away with it, able to block police enquiries and to pay off victims of crime". Demonstrating a fundamental overhaul of corporate behaviour will need more than cosmetic communications based on half-truths to prove that change has genuinely taken root in News International.
Good PR has to be founded on truth, and Edelman needs to be confident that what News Corp is telling them – at any point – is true. As the Burson Marsteller/Facebook debacle showed, the agency has a reputation problem just as big as its client's when forced to base a campaign on spin.
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I'm not a Rex or Sanchez hater and all I can do is shake my head at your post. And I actually think you mean well. This is a reflection of the football we have seen in our lifetime.
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We may very well have our Brady in McElroy, but he isnt getting his shot because he is buried beneath our Bledsoe on the depth chart, with Tebow in the middle.
Rex is arguably the Jets most succesful coach since the guy who won the SB with Namath. Actually, that's not even an argument b/c Parcells ditched us after 3 years and just 1 playoff appearance. This team has no business being 6-7 with this asinine lack of talent yet Rex has us right there in the playoff picture.
And he's supposed to be fired? Huh?
The only house cleaning that is needed is Mike Tannenbaum. Everyone else serves at the pleasure of the NY Jets until or unless the new GM decides that their services are no longer required.
Deion Branch
David Givens
Troy Brown
David Patten
The second they left NE they immediately stopped producing. Once they gave Brady elite weapons he orchestrated some of the best offenses in NFL history. But before that, as a good QB should, he made it work with what he had. People forget but back in those days the Pats relied on their defense.. and haven't won a Superbowl since they stopped.
By all means blindly cheer on the organization while we float in mediocrity for another few years.
Me? I'd like to see a championship or two or three before I'm six feet under.


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Cisco today announced plans to acquire Colorado-based policy control and service management provider Broadhop. Specifics of the deal were not immediately available.
Hilton Romanski, vice president and head of corporate business development for Cisco, said in a blog post that BroadHop's policy control solutions for mobile and fixed networks will be integrated into Cisco's mobility group.
Romanski said Cisco hopes the acquistion of Broadhop will help it offer service providers the flexibility to control, monetize and personalize the types of service they choose, on any network.
More specifically, BroadHop's technology would enable service providers to offer more granular offerings to their end users.
"For example, if a consumer desires premium on-demand streaming, BroadHop technology allows the service provider to add value to and monetize this particular service," Romanski wrote. "In return, the user is granted a high level of service and premium bandwidth to ensure the best possible experience."
BroadHop was founded in 2003 and is based in Denver, Colorado. William Diotte is the company's president and CEO.


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Real-Life Technology
Gaining the knowledge your student needs for the real world begins with being technologically prepared. Every Mount student experiences technology first hand without sacrificing the personal approach. Their classroom experiences will be enhanced by technology and their relationships with professors and fellow classmates will benefit from all our electronic communication choices.
Technology at Mount Union will enhance their exploration of the University's campus. Our website provides a wealth of information about our offerings, as well as an online directory, course scheduling and grade viewing, and textbook purchasing. Several multimedia classrooms allow students to get the best education possible with the use of computer-generated presentations, telecasts and Internet resources, and our professors list course requirements and updates online for easy access and viewing.
But the best thing about our technology is that it doesn't confine your student ' it allows him or her to explore the world and see and experience things they may not have the opportunity to otherwise. Our online library resources allow your student to search the databases of libraries throughout the country and locate up-to-date journal articles for research assignments. Other academic research is gathered through Internet resources and specifically-designed computer programs. When it is time to seek out internships or begin their career search, your child can post his or her resume online for potential employers to view, bringing that dream job a little closer.


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Beasts of the Southern WildRSS
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in "the Bathtub," a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack-temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.
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April 29, 2004
Ryan Murphy defeated No. 100 Jamie Cerretani at the No. 1 singles position and Milosz Gudzowski won his singles match at No. 5, but the Elis fell to No. 55 Brown 5-2 in their final match of the season.
Murphy handed Cerretani his 14th loss of the season.
The Bulldogs completed their season with a 3-4 Ivy League record and an 8-12 overall record, while the Bears improved to 6-1 in the Ancient Eight and 18-5 on the season.


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Since the global financial crisis of 2008, stress tests have taken on growing importance and prominence in financial institution supervision and regulation. This report by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and SAS is based on survey results from 89 executives and practitioners directly or closely involved in the process at a globally distributed sample of financial institutions. It sheds light on the state of stress testing as perceived by those who are "in the trenches." From these results, a picture emerges of the level of maturity and effectiveness of the processes and procedures that these organizations have put in place to implement stress tests.
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After Tuesday evening's League Two post-match brawl between players from Bradford City and Crawley Town, the Football Association announced yesterday that they would be investigating video footage of the incident before deciding whether or not to hand out further punishments.
The Red Devils maintained their promotion push with a crucial 2-1 victory at Valley Parade, but the win has paled into insignificance following the dismissal of Bantams trio Andrew Davies, Luke Oliver and goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin, along with Pablo Mills and Claude Davis from the visiting side, Those reds equal the British record for players sent-off in a match.
Due to the scale of the confrontation - in which punches were thrown by members of both teams - additional bans could be handed out to the individuals concerned, and the clubs could be fined for failing to control their players.
In light of this midweek mauling, GiveMeFootball has decided to take a walk down memory lane and recall its top five English football dust-ups.
Sheffield United v West Brom (March 2002)
The 'battle of Bramall Lane' was a particularly tempestuous encounter between two old First Division sides. The Blades were fined £10,000 by the FA after three players were sent off following a series of fights and illegal tackles, in a match against the Baggies which was abandoned after 82 minutes when the hosts were reduced to six men due to dismissals and injury.
West Brom were leading the game 3-0 before Michael Brown limped off in the closing stages, leading to allegations that United boss Neil Warnock ordered his player to feign injury in an attempt to get the game cancelled. However, the claims were never founded, and Brown missed the remainder of the campaign.
Manchester United v Arsenal (September 2003)
In a highly charged encounter at Old Trafford between two of the Premier League's leading title rivals, Ruud van Nistelrooy succeeded with his dubious attempt to get Gunners captain Patrick Vieira sent off with 15 minutes left on the clock.
With the score poised tentatively at 0-0, United were awarded a penalty in stoppage time. Up stepped Van Nistelrooy, who crashed his spot-kick against the bar, prompting a raucous reaction from the visitors.
As the final whistle blew moments later, the Dutchman was literally pounced upon by a selection of Arsenal players, led by stand-in skipper Martin Keown.
Newcastle United v Aston Villa (April 2005)
Trailing 3-0 at home in the Premier League against Villa, Magpies midfield duo Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer decided to take their frustrations out on each other, and became embroiled in an on-pitch brawl.
Both players had to be pulled apart by teammates and members of the opposing side, before each receiving red cards for their actions, leaving Newcastle to play out the game with eight men, as defender Steven Taylor had already been sent-off for a deliberate handball.
Dyer received a three-match ban, while Bowyer was handed a four-game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 – approximately six weeks wages – after it was adjudged that he had been the aggressor.
Macclesfield v Wycombe Wanderers (February 2011)
A little over a year ago a mass 22-man brawl marred a spirited League Two clash between the Silkmen and the Chairboys.
A fiery game with numerous flying tackles spilled over when the hosts' Ricky Sappleton kicked out at a Wycombe player so blatantly that a number of his teammates took exception to the challenge.
Chaos ensued but the most surprising thing was the fact that the aforementioned Sappleton and Macclesfield striker Emile Sinclair were the only players to be sent off for their actions.
What did we miss? Of course, these player fracas' extend much further afield than the English game. Share your favourite classic football skirmishes below...
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Improving the Fedora Boot Experience 109
An anonymous reader writes with a link to a recent post on Red Hat senior interaction designer Máirín Duffy's blog with an illuminating look at Red Hat's design process, and how things like graphic elements, widget behavior, and bootup time are taken into account. It starts: "So I have this thing on my desk at Red Hat that basically defines a simple design process. (Yes, it also uses the word 'ideate' and yes, it sounds funny but it is a real word apparently!) While the mailing list thread on the topic at this point is high-volume and a bit chaotic, there is a lot of useful information and suggestions in there that I think could be pulled into a design process and sorted out. So I took 3 hours (yes, 3 hours) this morning to wade through the thread and attempt to do this."


text: It came to my attention the other day that though I am passionate about the GMO issue and talk about it often, I may have been lacking in educating the people who mean the most to me. GMO is genetically modified organism, which as far as food goes is predominantly produced my Monsanto. For those too young to know Monsanto started at the beginning of the 1900s as a chemistry company that brought us such wonderful things as now banned and toxic additives to plastics and agent orange. When money … Continued


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|2007-03-19, 00:56
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<3 Fujiyoshi Harumi
Positions: Japanese to English Translator, AFXer.
Group: Mahora-Fansubs
Upcoming Project: Lucky Star
IRC Channel: #firstname.lastname@example.com
IRC Contact(s): BillyG, Kelso, Shinmeiryuu
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
|2007-03-20, 09:51
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3v!L Overlord
Join Date: Oct 2004
Positions: Japanese to English Translator
Group: AnimeYuki
Group attitude: Quality >>> Speed
Upcoming Project: Moonlight Mile
IRC Channel: #email@example.com
IRC Contact(s): Kawasumi_Mai, Tohsaka_Rin, Nagato_Yuki, Minase_Nayuki, Sonozaki_Mion, wa-totem, mirrim, zerox20
Looking for someone to make first TL passes on episodes of this show. While SF fan with some understanding of techie jargon would have it easier, the team has editors with rudimentary knowledge of japanese and a truckload of technology fan-girls/-boys, so we CAN and WILL cleanup if needed.
Warning: show contains some adult material (non-explicit, it's not a hentai).
All other tasks covered, but all contributions welcome.
Joint offers are OK, too.
|2007-03-20, 11:15
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Anime Toshokan Headmaster
Group: Anime-Toshokan Fansubs
IRC: #firstname.lastname@example.com
Positions: Translator (Jp -> Eng) (Most Needed Position) (All other positions are filled but are welcomed)
Projects: THE IDOLM@STER Xenoglossia (Besides these, any other the translator(s) wishes to do is fine)
Website: http://www.animetoshokan.org
Contact: (on IRC) Hideki-Motosuwa, Xat, Subaru-Mikage (Website) Hideki-Motosuwa
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
AIM: hidekimotosuwax
You'll mostly be able to contact me on IRC since Im in the channel almost 24/7. We are able to start at any time as soon as we get a translator.
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|2007-03-20, 14:23
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Positions: Translator (Jp to Eng), Translation Checkers, and all other positions, H264 and Xvid encoders (must be able to work with filters, and avs)
Group: #Mushroom Fansubs
Future projects (hopfully) : Darker than BLACK - Kuro no Keiyakusha also Please check channel for others, we're willing to work with a TL on a different project
IRC channel: #Mushroom @irc.rizon.net
i've worked with groups before, so i thought I'd start my own, at the very least it will be fun, we will be aiming for quality not speed.
please join #Mushroom Fansubs @ irc.rizon.net and msg Dragon001 (me) or GacekSSJ4
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|2007-03-21, 01:54
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Junior Member
Last Call
Position needed : Translator(japanese-->english), Distro(BT)
Project : Anything that the Translator pick (We wish that TL can pick Idolmaster Xenoglossia or Rockman)
Future project : Devil May Cry
Website : http://www.stable-chaos.com/axess/news.php
Irc : #Axess-Fansubs @ irc.rizon.net
Contact: email@example.com
We are a new fansubs, we are looking for people who can translate any anime that the translator pick. We wish that we can start our fansubbing soon. So please, if anybody is intrested, please contact any of us in irc/web or email/pm me. Thank you.,your support will be greatly appreciated.
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Translator, Producer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Age: 38
Group: Arienai Fansubs
IRC: #firstname.lastname@example.com
Positions: Temporary Translation Checker
Project: Hataraki Man (episodes 9-11 only)
Contact: Quarkboy
Our translation checker is busy for the forseeable future and I really want to finish the last three episodes of this show. We have scripts for all 3 episodes, and only need a NATIVE SPEAKER or equivalent to carefully check them over. This show is not easy to translate, so only respond if you are an experienced translator (or native speaker). I'd say my scripts have 10-20 lines which need scrutinizing, so you won't be starting from crap.
No commitment other than these 3 episodes. Please help us finish this very unique anime.
Familiarity with the show a big plus but not necessary.
Please contact me through the forum or through IRC or AIM or MSN or by phone or by coming up to me at a coffee shop and introducing yourself. Although if you do the latter I might think you're a stalker.
|2007-03-21, 12:49
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Position(s): Editor - QC
Group: AnimeForever-Fansubs
Project(s): Sweet Valerian and others maybe?
IRC Channel: #animeforever @ irc.rizon.net
IRC Contact: driftr / [p]ako
E-Mail: email@example.com
Recruiting experienced/knowledgeable members. Yup we've pretty much come to a hault but some things can get moving with a good person or two to help.
|2007-03-22, 07:38
|Link #1230
Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 32
El Cazador, IDOLM@STER: Xenoglossia timer
I'm hoping a group can recruit me as a timer for the upcoming april series El Cazador (especially) or IDOLM@STER: Xenoglossia.
My timing preferences are to add lead-in (150 ms) and lead-out times (350 ms) to every line of dialogue, I join adjacent lines that are 500 ms or less apart, I scene time, both cutting and extending start and end times to match scene changes (keyframe or scene change threshold based). I QC my timing as I go over scene timing. I usually finish in an hour and a half (+/- ~30 minutes). If you'd like a video of me timing, I can link you to it, lolz.
I have positive fansubbing experience from working with numerous groups (Froth-Bite, Kaizoku-Fansubs, AnimeForever, Wizzu, IY4Ever, Anime-Keep, AnimeYuki, Melody-Fansubs, WIND) and a few smaller projects (minus a few hosers), so I'm highly adaptable to working with different people and on different projects. I don't like to slowsub (as in, I do my part in the same day, then someone else drags it for a week or so); I like faster, possibly well organized teams.
The group I'm currently in (F-B) has shown no interest in these two projects, but I'd like to work on one of them, especially on El Cazador.
If you have any need for an experienced timer and you are planning a project on one of these shows already with a translator in mind, PM me on this forum. Thank you.
|2007-03-22, 15:23
|Link #1231
Looking for QC'ers!
Group: Megami
Position: QC'ers
Projects: Getsumen To Heika Miina, Sumomo (Yes, It's not dropped)
Contact: PM me here go to #firstname.lastname@example.com and msg "Ai"
IRC: #firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.megamivisuals.com
we need qc'ers for those two projects, if anyone who wants to help qc'ing the show for us, please contact me "Ai" on our channel, thank you.
|2007-03-24, 04:52
|Link #1232
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: belgium
Group: Nana-Fans
Position: editor, typsetter, Quality Checker, karaoker(timing & styling)
Project: Nana
IRC: #firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact: Please Contact Spinal or pm me here
Yeah, i found a translator now i still need someone to do typsetting if anyone is intrested contact me on Rizon thanks! Spinal
Last edited by livs20; 2007-04-04 at 16:18. Reason: found a TL !
|2007-03-25, 10:54
|Link #1234
Seeker of Power
Sometimes I feel like a spammer in this thread.
Group: Formula Sub
Position/s: TL for upcoming spring project (Polyphonica? Wangan Midnight? at this point we're open to suggestions), timer for spring/secret project, typesetter for Reborn!
Project: Spring project is undetermined and up to translator, Hitman Reborn! (w/ Shinsen), 1 other which will be disclosed to new members
Contact: PM me here, or on IRC get a hold of Merines or martino, or email email@example.com
Channel: email@example.com
Web: http://www.formulasub.com
It'd be so very nice to have a TL for a new project rather than leaning on other groups in joints. The TL would not be tied down to the group after the series is done. We've had a couple releases now, so people might know that we aim for high quality. There's a WHOLE lot of good-looking anime coming out this spring, and we'd love to work on something that isn't going to be oversubbed.
Joints are great as well, just keep in mind that we have all positions besides TL filled.
|2007-03-25, 23:02
|Link #1235
Join Date: Jul 2006
Position(s): Translators (JP< ENG) , QCers , Editors, Raw Providers, Encoders, Typesetters, Karaoke Timers, Distros, Webmaster
Group: Jigoku-Fansubs
Project(s): Claymore
IRC Channel: #Jigoku-Fansubs @ irc.rizon.net
IRC Contact: Faze , Haku
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
We are a new group with some experience in the field of Fansubbing we hope to offer make this sub group a relaxed environment for all involved while I would like to have things done on time. I will not be one to be a hardass about deadlines but I would prefer to work as fast as possible. Currently the group is just forming so I'm just Working out the kinks so pop into our channel and PM Faze or Haku in the channel. Right now we are considered fansubbing Claymore but once I have an entire group formed we will make the final decision
Thanks for reading my help wanted post!
Last edited by Fazeshot; 2007-03-27 at 04:45.
|2007-03-26, 13:27
|Link #1236
Slave to the D:
Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 34
gg are looking for Quality Checkers.
Group: gg
IRC: #email@example.com
Position: Quality Checkers
Contact: el / Eliza / anyone at @ in recruit channel.
We at gg are looking for some Quality Checkers to look over our subs before we release them.
Please pop into #gg-recruit on irc.rizon.net to apply.
|2007-03-29, 07:02
|Link #1238
Inactive Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Group: SD Project
Position: Translators, Timers
Contact: PM Uska
IRC: #firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.sdproject.net
Last edited by Soulfang; 2007-04-04 at 07:16. Reason: Updated
|2007-03-31, 06:14
|Link #1240
Gespenst Jaeger
Join Date: Oct 2006
Group: Anime-Jiyuu
Position(s): Translator(JP -> EN)
Project(s): Moonlight Mile, Darker than Black, Skullman
(Depends on what translator is willing to do)
IRC Channel: #anime-jiyuu @ irc.rizon.net
IRC Contact: Arthuro, NeoPhoenix, or any other @
Contacting us via IRC would be nice but it's not necessary. You can also PM me on the forums here.
EDIT: Removed Moribito from the list.
Last edited by Arthuro; 2007-03-31 at 15:25.
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Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti has denied he plans to raid Chelsea for full-back Ashley Cole in January or at the end of the season.
The French club have been heavily linked with a move for Cole ever since reports this week emerged that the 31-year-old was set to walk away from Chelsea after contract talks broke down.
According to reports, the Chelsea defender was seeking a long-term deal, while the club were only willing to offer him a one-year extension to his contract at Stamford Bridge.
PSG were said to be in the race for his signature, while Manchester United and Real Madrid have also been linked with a move for Cole, who joined Chelsea from Arsenal in 2006.
Manchester United have been linked with a move for Cole since the summer, with reports claiming Sir Alex Ferguson was keen on taking Cole to Old Trafford on a free transfer at the end of the season.
Despite the Red Devils interest, PSG were believes to be favourites to land Cole and were ready to launch a £23 million January raid for the Stamford Bridge favourite - however Ancelotti's has moved to dismiss claims Cole will be heading to France in the Winter window.
"Besides Lucas [Moura], nothing is done and there is no discussion with any player," he told Le Parisien.
When asked about Cole, he replied: 'Neither this winter nor next season.'
Ancelotti, who enjoyed a two year spell in charge of Chelsea between 2009 and 2011, and won the Premier League title in 2010, has previously admitted he was a fan of Cole's ability.
The Chelsea player currently faces disciplinary action from both club and country over his controversial Twitter message about the FA, but is expected to be recalled to the Three Lions team for their rearranged World Cup qualifier against Poland this evening.
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Who said UCF doesn't recruit Orlando? Perhaps that is a bit of a misnomer.
It was evident during the gathering of players representing UCF first-stringers Thursday at the annual media day, that Orlando is doing just fine, thank you, in its Central Florida representation on the UCF football team.
Eight of UCF's 24 starters are from Orlando or the surrounding area, and that's a point of pride for those Knights who lace up their cleats for the hometown team.
"It is pretty cool," says Joey Grant, an Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley product. "We joke around sometimes and get into arguments about which high school is better and it's really fun to be able to joke around and have a lot of players who are from here."
Grant, a redshirt sophomore, heads into his third season at UCF and is playing his third position, switching over from the defensive line to center. Quarterback Blake Bortles (Oviedo), defensive tackle E.J. Dunston (Orlando Edgewater), defensive end Deion Green (Orlando Edgewater), linebacker Willie Mitchell (Deltona Pine Ridge), safety Drico Johnson (Orlando Agape Christian), cornerback Brandon Alexander (Orlando Evans) and kicker Shawn Moffitt are the other local products joining Grant on the first team.
"I love it because I'm so close to home and my family can be at every game," said Dunston, who enters his senior season. "I love that they call [Bright House Networks Stadium] the Bounce House because it really is . . . that's one of the main reasons I came here because the fans get crazy."
Dunston and Green especially enjoy their continued friendship as teammates in college.
"It's awesome, man," said Green, a redshirt sophomore. "That's one of the biggest reasons why I came, just knowing I would have somebody with me who I had already fought beside, had already battled by. We feed off each other. That chemistry is there on the D-line. It was there in high school and it remains just as strong today."
• When Alexander was a senior at Evans High, he was leaving a situation with the Trojans football program that had spiraled downhill since making the playoffs back in 2001.
After Alexander graduated in 2012, Evans hired veteran coach Chip Gierke and that first season included a district title, a playoff win and a 10-2 record.
Alexander admits to a bit of jealousy, and, for good reason.
He was supposed to be a senior on that Evans squad in 2012, but he skipped a grade — fifth — in elementary school and it moved him into the class that graduated in May 2012.
"Honestly, it was hard, watching those guys," Alexander said. "A lot of people don't know that I skipped a grade. I'm supposed to be a sophomore right now, but I'm a junior.
"I congratulate those guys all the time, but I was like, 'Wow, that could have been me.'"
• Mitchell, a junior, committed to UCF two months before his senior season even started. But that's where he wanted to go and he was set on his decision.
He's played special teams throughout his UCF career, so he's seen action, but he'll feel the nerves of his first game as a starting linebacker when Akron visits Aug. 29.
"That's a feeling that I haven't even experienced yet," Mitchell said. "Of course I'll have some butterflies, but after the first play, they'll be gone."


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One of the senior players on the New Boston team was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own teammates. Coach Traylor reflected on the tragedy when we visited with him after the conclusion of Gilmer's last tune-up before opening the season at Buckeye Stadium tomorrow night.
"It just puts things into perspective, it really does. How do you even go on and begin to think about football when you're dealing with that situation. It's Coach Thomas's first head coaching job. Our prayers go out to them. I hope we raised a little money for them tonight. Our Booster Club is going to write them a check. You aren't prepared to bury a kid when they're 18. They might have an insurance policy but even if they do, it doesn't matter. I want to help; our kids and I want to help. The program wants to help with whatever cost we can help defray."
We asked the coach what effect it had on the Buckeyes to end up having their final scrimmage just six days before opening the regular season. "We're a day behind; obviously, our coaches have to grind it up a little bit. It will be a late night tonight and we're going to try to get a lot done tomorrow. We've known we're going to play Atlanta for a long time, so it's not just like we just now found out, so at least we knew that. We've basically been working on them since the Navasota game in a matter of speaking.
We also asked Coach Traylor his thoughts on how the Bucks performed in the scrimmage against Greenville. "I thought we were sloppy; it didn't look like we were very enthused to play the game. It didn't look like much more than a glorified practice to me. That's why we stayed and did a little extra work, just to remind them that we're not nearly as good as they think we are."
We concluded by asking the coach if he felt some of the lack of execution might not have been due to the emotions the team was facing after hearing of the tragedy in New Boston.
"We talked about that, you know. Football's a game of sudden change. There are a lot of sudden changes—turnovers, big plays, you've got a lot of sudden change. This is one of those sudden changes in life. It was an inconvenience for us. It was a life-changing sudden change for them, so in a manner of speaking ours wasn't nearly as bad as theirs. It still affected us, and how we handle it shows how mature or how not mature we are."
It didn't take the varsity Bucks long to get rolling in the controlled portion of the scrimmage. On the very first play quarterback Tanner Barr hit on a 70-yard TD scoring pass, with the receiver running for most of it. It took only six plays on the next possession for Barr to find DeVondrick Dixon over the middle. Dixon turned it to the outside and the Texas State commit outran several Lions to the south end zone on a 75-yard scoring play.
The third possession by the first team offense took only five plays and came on a 6-yard toss. That score was set up by a 30-yard pass to Chase Tate and a 19-yard scamper by Texas A&M commit Josh Walker. The next possession resulted in a fumble recovered by the visitors, and Gilmer ran out of plays two plays later, but had a 3-TD lead.
The visitors managed a 7-play, 70-yard drive for their only tally of the night, aided by two penalties on the Buckeyes on consecutive plays. The score came on a 1-yard run.
The second team offense was able to tally one TD on a 55-yard pass and the second team defense held firm, resulting a 4-1 touchdown victory for Gilmer in the controlled portion of the scrimmage.
In the running clock, two quarter game-type action, Gilmer went three-and-out on their first possession. After a punt Greenville set up shop on their 31. After the Black Flag dropped the Lions for consecutive 6-yard losses on their first two plays, the visitors completed passes of 34 and 57 yards. It appeared the Lions would score on the second pass, but the ball was ripped away and Gilmer recovered in the end zone and returned the turnover out to the 10.
The offense got clicking on their second possession, mounting a 9-play, 90-yard drive that consumed approximately 3:30. The score came on a 3-yard run by Kris Boyd with 2:56 left in the first quarter. Pablin Olivares added the PAT and Gilmer led 7-0.
The first quarter ended with a Gilmer fumble recovery at the Greenville 28. The Lion defense dug in and the Bux were forced to try a 44-yard field goal. The Olivares kick was just short and to the right, and the score remained 7-0.
The Black Flag Defense forced a three-and-out on the next possession by the visitors, and after a punt to the Gilmer 38, Barr and company found the end zone again. After a 7-yard run on the first play of the drive, Jaidon Parrish hit Desmond Pollard for a 55-yard score. After a false start, Olivares nailed the point-after and Gilmer led 14-0.
Both teams had one more possession and the scrimmage ended without any further scoring.
In the ninth grade scrimmage earlier in the evening Gilmer blew the Lions away seven scores to one.
The first team scored five TDs and the second team scored one. The lone Greenville score was initiated by their first team offense.
In the JV scrimmage Gilmer also enacted an 8-score-to-1 blowout victory. The first team scored six TDs and the second team scored two. The lone Lion score came from their second team offense.
The scrimmages are over and we now move forward to the regular season. We encourage all Buckeye fans to show up early and be loud tomorrow night when the Atlanta Rabbits hop into town and cheer the Bucks on to a big victory as we inaugurate the beautiful new home side of the stadium. GO BUCKEYES!!!


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Hi WARs
So I came back to the game after an extended break to find that I don't really have any useful/desirable jobs. NIN has totally failed to keep up with other jobs' buffs, PLD is now lacklustre outside of high-endgame which I don't do any more, and BST/PUP were always lol'd. I'd like a job that people don't go 'oh... don't you have anything else?' to >_>;
I feel I should probably level a pure DD job, and I'd like to know what the pros/cons are for WAR vs. say, DRK/RNG/MNK these days. I'd probably be looking at using this job for exp/merits/abyssea, pickup events like assault/nyzul/mission fights, maybe some dyna/limbus, maybe some lowman NMs and stuff. WAR shares more gear with my current jobs, though I have H2H merits already from PUP that MNK could make use of. Something that's useful without ridiculous gear would be good - I have gil reserves, but would find it hard to fight higher tier ZNMs/VNMs or HNMs.
Or I guess I could go the other way and level SCH/BLM - would a magic DD be more useful for these sorts of situations? Should I just suck up the stigma and make my own groups for stuff rather than level a whole new job?
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The great thing about building a modified Corvette is having the freedom to design it to your own personal specs. The theme you choose to carry through the car-from engine choice to interior trim and exterior color-reflects just how imaginative you can be. The same applies for the chassis: Only your imagination and your wallet limit the level of sophistication you choose for your Vette's suspension configuration and braking ability.
There's also the level of craftsmanship you bring to the project. Restoring a vintage Corvette to NCRS or Bloomington Gold judging standards (they're significantly different) will definitely test your mettle. In the end, however, you have a '62, for example, that looks exactly like hundreds of other perfectly restored Corvettes from that model year. That's great, but where's the individuality? What you do with a modified, however, demonstrates your creative and imaginative talent. It can also be a mix of modern and vintage, serving as a rolling reminder of decades gone by when $5 of gas filled a tank, not a gallon jug.
Regardless of whether you opt to go mildest or wildest, how well you execute has a significant impact on the final result. That's what we liked about this wicked little '62 roadster tucked away in with the high-buck lineup of Corvettes in Rick Treworgy's Punta Gorda, Florida, collection. Treworgy has a most impressive collection of Vettes, ranging from a restored '54 right up to C4 ZR1s and C5 and C6 Z06s. One of his favorites is a white '66 roadster with LS1 power, a C4 suspension, and a modified interior. The group also includes 16 big-block midyears in both coupe and convertible forms. Hey, what can we say? The man likes Corvettes a lot.
We took the '62 outside for a better look and to pass it in front of the camera. Only 232 miles have gone by since it was sprayed, so the fresh PPG Hot Rod Red paint seemed to vibrate under the bright sun. The car has a vintage rake, thanks to the chassis setup, the chrome 16-inch Americans, and chunky Michelin rubber. All of the original trim and emblems are intact, including the gorgeous crossed-flags front emblem used only in 1962. Aside from the wheels and the aggressive stance, Treworgy's Vette looks pretty stock from the outside, and that's cool.
Open the driver's door and slide in behind the wheel. There's the massive bank of gauges set in Harley Earl's famous school of excessive '50s design. Most everything looks familiar, but something's different: the steering wheel. Ingress was a little easier since the wheel has been cut down to only 15 inches in diameter, with a soft leather rim instead of the original hard plastic. The tinny AM radio was long ago replaced with a Custom Autosound KNW801 AM/FM/Cassette with a separate 10-disc CD changer and speakers mounted in the kick panels. There's also one oddity on the floor next to the shifter-and a dead giveaway to the go-fast goodies that lie below: a five-speed shift pattern next to what appears to be a stock Muncie lever.
Underneath is an Art Morrison chassis that starts with a 2x4-inch welded-steel frame mounting C4 upper and lower front control arms with spindles. There's also power rack-and-pinion steering; front and rear stabilizer bars; a triangulated, four-bar rear link; and Strange adjustable coilovers at all four corners. GM discs are employed front and rear, with 215/60R16 Michelins at the steering end and 225/50R16s astern. The setup makes for smooth cruising, with sufficient tautness for good cornering, yet it retains a lot of that old-school '60s look by foregoing super-wide, ultra-low-profile modern rubber. There's nothing wrong with piling on all the latest hardware, but Treworgy's Vette was assembled with an eye toward creating a mild mix of old and new technology. You remember the KISS principle, right? When this '62 was built, the operative phrase was "Keep It Simple, Stupid."
That same philosophy applies to the powertrain. The engine of choice for the '62 was a GM ZZ4 crate motor. Who knows how many thousands of ZZ4s power street rods and a variety of Chevys and Corvettes? The durable 350ci engine has a healthy 0.474/0.510 hydraulic roller cam, stamped-steel 1.5:1 rockers, and a forged crank. With a Holley four-barrel, HEI ignition, and Hedman headers dumping into a set of two-chamber Flowmasters, this ZZ4 is cranking around 350 hp. Nothing exotic here, but then, exotic's not the idea-just good, old-time street performance. Mated to the ZZ4 is a Doug Nash five-speed gearbox spinning a 3.55:1 Posi rear, an excellent mix for cruising and performance.
Of all the Corvettes Rick Treworgy can drive, there's something special about this little red roadster. He'll pull it out for a run to the local cruise-in hangout on a warm Florida Saturday, crank up the oldies on the radio, and maybe make a few full-throttle blasts on the way home. For him, it's a remembrance of days gone by and a great way to relive those memories today. Rock on.


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Boston's Bike Week Festival closes out a great week of bike commuting in conjunction with the statewide Bay State bike week (May 11th-19th). It also serves as the first Bike Friday event of the season!
Just like Bike Fridays, it starts with 9 group rides from different surrounding areas all the way to Boston City Hall. We'll have vendors and a small expo area, as well as free breakfast and morning refreshments! Local shops will be on hand to examine your bike and lots of other commuters will be around to share their energy.
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Wally from Gotye is this week's Draw Something picture of the week. Wally, the singer of the hit single Somebody That I Used To Know, is a hard one to depict, but this week'd best drawing captures his piercing blue eyes and low brow.
The fever over Draw Something is dying down. It initially reached 50 million downloads in just 50 days after it's 4 April launch, according to PC World. But information from AppData, the organisation that tracks app log-ins via Facebook, says Draw Something has lost 4 million daily active users.
While people are leaving the app in droves, plenty have recently joined up to our own Draw Something Challenge, suggesting that the hype over the new app has settled down to a base level of users who love to draw and share.
To keep users engaged, Draw Something has just released a set of new words to draw, including Kentucky Derby, NBA playoffs and celebs Kourtney, Khloe, Megan Fox, Pippa. Xtina. For those outside the celeb arena, those are some people who do not much other than have TV shows, a famous sister and a former singing career.
Are a few new words here and there enough to keep you using Draw Something? Have you recently deleted the app from your phone? If so, tell us why.


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A man recently released from prison for sexual crimes moves to Montrose and police held a public meeting Tuesday to advise residents.
Tuesday's meeting was a first of its kind in Montrose, as dozens of residents came out for information regarding their new neighbor.
There are two ways sex offenders register with law enforcement;
one is passive, the other is active.
While both registrations are accessible to the public, an active registration involves law enforcement officers holding a public meeting to identify the sexual predator and to tell residents where he lives.
Nelson Lesperance, who was recently released from prison after serving a six year term for a sexual assault on two juvenile females, fit the four criteria to be labeled as a sexual violent predator, which warrants a public informational meeting.
The criteria involve a person's age; they must be over the age of 18 when the crime was committed.
The crime must have occurred on or after July 1, 1997. The relationship to the victim or victims is relevant and finally if a risk assessment test shows the presence of mental instability or sexual deviant intentions..
the criminal is then classified as a sexual violent predator.
While Tuesday's meeting was to inform the public of the 59-year-old Lesperance, Montrose residents must also follow certain protocol regarding the predator.
"They have to leave him alone. Anyone who harasses, bothers or annoys the man will be brought in," Sgt. Jake Suppes of the Montrose Police Department said.
Because of the Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994 and two additional amendments, convicted sex offenders must first contact local law enforcement. The police then contact the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, who then post the offender's picture and address on a website.
That address is www.sor.state.co.us
A man recently released from prison for sexual crimes moves to Montrose and police held a public meeting Tuesday to advise residents.


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I'm happy the boards are back up! I never did an introduction post on the old boards, so I figured I'd do one here.
I'm Morgan, twenty years old and going to college in the gorgeous state of Vermont. I am a pretty big Twilight fan, have been for a few years. I run a mature Twilight forum for fans older than 18, which takes up a lot of my time (I think you can find the link on the Lex's affiliation page.) Besides running that, I'm studying to become an early childhood educator, and am planning on getting my masters in Library and Information Sciences.
I'm 100% Team Edward, and thoroughly enjoyed Breaking Dawn. I got to go to the NYC date of the Breaking Dawn tour, where I spotted Pel from the Lex while waiting in line, which was neat. It was, in my opinion, the ultimate midnight release party.


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Any impact on Moore's Law?
Well, according to TFA:
Scaled up to industrial size, the method could save microprocessor companies a lot of money, Yu said, because about 30% of the space in a microchip wafer is taken up by the wires between components
Given that, I'm going to tentatively answer your question with a "yes."
Technically a bit different issue than the way Moore phrased it, but conceptually could have some related effects. Moore was predicting an increase in transistor density of integrated circuits (ICs), while this work scales down the size of interconnects between separate ICs. That could have the same effect of increasing overall transistor density for an electronic component, but is a somewhat different than increasing transistor density within a single IC. For example, it won't allow CPUs to pack transistors more densely, because CPUs are already a single IC.
Also wouldn't seem practical to move a 'copper-printing pipette' around a silicon die to lay all the copper interconnects, unless you could have hundreds or thousands of such pipettes doing that simultaneous (still not efficient compared to existing methods I'd guess).
But perhaps a nice technique for silicon pad <-> I/O pin wiring. If result would be a stronger bond than what's currently done, perhaps that could improve reliability for some IC package types. And of course die-die interconnects for mul
It could be more tightly related than that, but it depends on how scalable and reliable it is. Rather than predicting an increase in transistor density, Moore actually predicted an increase in transistor density at a fixed price-point. This is the same as a reducing price-point for a given transistor budget.
So one way to increase power would be to assemble processors out of smaller units. If each unit is an IC with a fixed transistor budget and this provides a reliable and scalable way to assemble those IC
As someone actually deep in the industry (rather than speculators and wannabes), specifically to density and Moore's Law, I'd say not so much. Reason: electromigration. It's electromigration that defines design rule line widths for metal in microelectronics.
The researcher (like most/many academics) is clueless about real life applications and doesn't really understand the driving factors of the technology he claims this could replace. I.e. he's pulling masturbatory fantasies out of his ass when he tal
I hate it when news articles don't either link to the original scientific paper, or at the very least tell me what issue of what journal it was published in! Given the state of journalism-about-scientific-research, I like checking up on the original paper, either for more details, or for a better "related work" section (often the actual papers will be much more honest than the press releases about which parts of the work are new and which parts aren't, and how it relates to existing work).
Anyway, it's this:
Jie Hu and Min-Feng Yu (2010). Meniscus-Confined Three-Dimensional Electrodeposition for Direct Writing of Wire Bonds [sciencemag.org]. Science 329(5989): 313-316.
Anyway, it's this:
Jie Hu and Min-Feng Yu (2010). Meniscus-Confined Three-Dimensional Electrodeposition for Direct Writing of Wire Bonds [sciencemag.org]. Science 329(5989): 313-316.
about as readable as the Sunday Times website
It sounds like this might be another step forward for self replicating 3D printers. [slashdot.org] The best 3D printers print all of the plastic components to produce more 3D printers, but they are not yet able to print some of the necessary electrical components.
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PublicCEO.com, a site that runs a lot of stories from us, has videotaped an interview with Irvine City Manager Sean Joyce. You can see it here.
Joyce's interview is the 20th in the series "Meet Your City Manager." I'm not offering any spoilers as I'd like that site to get your hits.


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Aftermarket supplier EGR Group helped modified a Hyundai Veloster Turbo for this November's Specialty Equipment Market Association show, Hyundai said in a statement. Called the Night Racer concept, the car boasts both performance enhancements and an eye-catching visual scheme.
The most obvious modification to the Hyundai Veloster Turbo is a bright-yellow custom paint job called Yellowcake. The idea is for the car to be visible during night races, aided by upgraded headlights and a roof-mounted LED light bar. Hyundai asserts that with the loud paint and dazzling lights, "the EGR Night Racer will be impossible to miss." Other visual add-ons include a new spoiler, wider fenders, and a new front splitter.
To prepare the Hyundai Veloster Turbo for race duty, the car also receives a roll cage, DPE racing wheels with Toyo Proxes R888 tires, and an ARK lowering suspension. The cabin adds Takata racing bucket seats with harnesses, as well as Katzkin leather upholstery. Bisimoto Engineering, which upgraded the Hyundai Genesis Coupe that's headed to this year's SEMA show, also worked its magic under the hood of the Veloster Turbo. A new intake, exhaust, and engine programming bring horsepower from the 1.6-liter turbo-four engine to 250 hp. Enlarged Brembo brakes help bring the car back to a halt.
At the 2012 SEMA show, Hyundai showed a customized Veloster Turbo with 232 hp and snowboard racks on its roof. The standard 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo (pictured below) extracts 201 hp from its 1.6-liter turbo-four engine, and starts at $22,895 after destination charges.


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Rangers chief Charles Green wants a voice for SFL as SPL prepare for revamp talks
Rangers chief executive Charles Green has urged all-inclusive discussions on reconstruction of Scottish Football.
Last Updated: 02/12/12 9:47pm
The SPL and Scottish Football League last month drew up significantly different plans to change the league format, although Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan last week said he was encouraged with the common ground secured in talks with both bodies.
SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster last month revealed the 12 top-flight clubs had all backed plans to expand their membership but it is unclear how much support there is for a plan for the two divisions to split into three groups of eight midway through the season.
And Green has warned the SPL not to assume that SFL clubs would rush to join their ranks.
The Englishman, who repeated his personal stance of refusing to join the SPL in protest at the rejection of his newco application in the summer, told Rangers TV: "I'm not sure SFL clubs will rush to join the SPL. There is a big sense of injustice about how they were being told what to do over where Rangers should go and we all saw the outcome of that.
"They were told to put Rangers in the First Division and quite rightly the SFL clubs didn't listen and put us in the Third Division and we are happy to be there.
"So I think people have read it wrongly once and they need to learn from their mistakes and get it right next time.
"I've seen the SFL proposal and the SPL version of what should happen. There are merits in both but what it needs for all the clubs to sit down."
Green also called for an outsider to help with reconstruction, although plans put forward by former First Minister Henry McLeish in an SFA-commissioned review two years ago, which included top-flight play-offs, have not been introduced.
The 30 SFL clubs unanimously backed plans for a 16-10-16 structure but they are unlikely to be adopted by the SPL.
The SPL meet tomorrow on the backdrop of the resignation from the board of Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson last week.
Thompson cited "professional differences" as he became the third board member to step down in six months following St Johnstone chairman Steven Brown and Motherwell director Derek Weir.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Playing on the newly-named Preston Goldfarb Field, the Birmingham-Southern men's soccer team opened its Southern Athletic Association slate with a 3-0 shutout victory against Rhodes College, Saturday afternoon.
BSC is now 7-3-1 overall with a 1-0 SAA mark. The Lynx move to 5-5 on the season and 0-1 in the SAA.
The win was preceded by a ceremony to recognize the efforts and accomplishments of 31-year head coach Preston Goldfarb by naming the field in his honor. As part of the soccer program's Alumni Weekend, Goldfarb was flanked by players, past and present, for the ceremony, as well as his wife and two children. Athletic Director Joe Dean, Jr., and BSC President Gen. Charles Krulak presented a plaque at midfield to commemorate the occasion honoring the coach that has built and led the program to unparalleled success at three levels of competition: NAIA, NCAA Division I, and NCAA Division III.
Goldfarb's squad then took the field and gave their coach another win to add to his already distinguished resume. After a scoreless opening 30 minutes, senior Tobias Winter found freshman Conner Quiggle for the contest's opening goal. Less than a minute later Quiggle returned the favor and fed Winter for a goal to build the two-goal advantage the Panthers would take into the half.
In the 59th minute of play senior Brooks Busby hit a streaking Winter down the sideline for Winter's second goal of the match. It is the third time this year the senior has tallied two goals and an assist in a match.
The Panthers out-shot the Lynx 12-11 with a game-high four coming from junior Johannes Loeffler. BSC's starting goalkeeper junior Jonas Heidrich saved five shots and combined with his replacement, freshman Louis Fagelson, gave the Panthers their fifth shutout of the season.
The Panthers return to action next weekend at Goldfarb Field, hosting a pair of SAA tilts. BSC will face Centre College on Friday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m., and Sewanee visits town at noon on Sunday, Oct. 13.


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If you're a music fan who enjoys checking out young emerging bands then you have a few treats waiting for you at area clubs on November 22 and 23.
On Nov. 22, Grooms, an alt-rock/pop band from Brooklyn will be performing at the Fire and Sylvan Esso, a pop duo from North Carolina, will play the World Café Live. Temples, a psychedelic rock band from England, will be playing Nov. 23 at Kung Fu Necktie.
Grooms, which features Travis Johnson, Emily Ambruso, Jay Heiselmann and Steve Levine, has been an evolving project for several years.
"Emily and I were in a band together for a long time," said Johnson, during a recent phone interview. "We got a drummer and did an album as Grooms in 2009. Since then, we've changed band members a lot. This is about our 30th lineup.
Emily and I are the only constants. The songs we've been writing lately are both more melodic and more free form -- which is nice. I do the lyrics and the guitar parts but we write the songs as a group."
The band is touring in support of its new album "Infinity Caller."
"One of the themes of the new album is whether or not we would continue as a band," said Johnson, whose scrupulosity (a religion-centric form of OCD) has heavy influence on his music.
"Before we recorded the last half of the album, I stopped drinking. That colored it for me a lot and took the lyrics in a different direction. I had been drinking a lot and it was a problem. I stopped and now everything is better.
"We spent more than six months recording the album and another four weeks mixing it. Because we were recording ourselves, we weren't on the clock. So, we were able to spend the time to do each song just the way we wanted."
Sylvan Esso, which will release its debut album soon, features vocalist Amelia Meath and electronic musician Nick Sanborn.
"Nick and I met in Milwaukee and then got together later in Durham," said Meath, during a recent phone interview. "I moved there in January. Prior to that, we were e-mailing songs to each other to work on. I usually write the lyrics and the melodies and Nick writes the beats.
"We love all kinds of music. But, it seems that musicians are always locked in genres. So, you can say that we're a pop band. We wanted to make pop music that was talking about partying and doing it. I'm pretty stoked on singing, dancing and moving about."
Temples is a four-piece band from Kettering, Northamptonshire featuring James Bagshaw, Tom Warmsley, Sam Toms and Adam Smith.
"Our influences go back to the early days of psychedelic rock," said Bagshaw, during a recent phone interview from his home north of London. "We love the Byrds, Tyrannosaurus Rex -- and T. Rex, Bowie, Brian Eno and the Move.
"But, instead of recapturing an era, we want to recapture what we like about that era. It's not a pastiche. We're holding on to the things we loved but we also wanted it to be contemporary -- to be more cinematic."
Temples' debut album, which will be released early next year, is intended to take listeners back to the trippy era of the late 1960s and to invoke a lot of visual imagery.
"With our songs, we want to create a full cinematic experience," said Bagshaw. "We had an idea of the imagery we wanted. We didn't want it to sound like a studio album. We wanted listeners to feel like they were listening to a fantastic movie score."
On Nov. 22, Grooms will play at 9 p.m. at the Fire (412 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia, 215-671-9298, www.iourecords.com) and Sylvan Esso will play at 8 p.m. at the World Café Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com). On Nov. 23, Temples will play at 9 p.m. at Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St., Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com). Tickets are $10 for Grooms, $19 for Sylvan Esso and $10 for Temples.


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- Plane involved fuel spill in Boston found to have second leak in Japan, airline says
- Inspection in Japan found leak in nozzle used to remove fuel
- Boeing's new 787 has had several problems, including engine cracks
- Manufacturer spokesman: "These planes are safe"
A Japan Airlines' inspection of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner involved in a fuel spill last week at Boston's Logan International Airport found a new leak from a nozzle on the plane's left wing, a JAL spokesman said Sunday.
The leak was different from one that caused a flight on January 8 to be delayed by four hours, the airline said.
The jet was bound for Tokyo on January 8 when a pilot on another airplane spotted the 787 leaking fuel just before takeoff.
The ongoing investigation found a new leak in a nozzle used to remove fuel.
The new 787 Dreamliner has been the subject of negative publicity after a string of recent mechanical and other problems. Troubles dating back just four months include reports of an oil leak, a fuel leak, engine cracks and a damaged cockpit window. This all follows a very difficult development history that included a series of production setbacks and other delays before the plane entered service in 2011.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which is responsible for air safety, launched a comprehensive examination on Friday of the Dreamliner's design, manufacture and assembly.
More than 150 Dreamliner flights occur daily, according to Boeing. United Airlines -- which has six 787s -- debuted the nation's first domestic Dreamliner routes last November with much fanfare.
Ray Conner, the head of Boeing's commercial airplanes unit, said Friday that Boeing is convinced of the aircraft's safety and that the airlines that have bought the plane are also confident in its safety.
"These planes are safe," he said. "We welcome any opportunity to further assure people outside the industry."
Worldwide, Boeing has delivered 50 Dreamliners. Several hundred are under order, making its success crucial for Boeing, which had not designed a new commercial jetliner in years before unveiling the Dreamliner.
The twin-engine jetliner is heralded for its mostly carbon fiber construction, which reduces weight. Its fuel-saving possibilities, cutting edge technology, operational versatility and cabin appointments generated enormous interest from airlines, initially overseas.
One passenger said Friday he would avoid flying on a 787 for the time being.
"I am wary of a plane model that has fire problems and leaks fuel," said Atlanta-based businessman Bobby Burns, a project manager who takes more than 50 trips a year. "I think of it the same as a new car model: wait a year or two to get all the 'recalls' sorted out."


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High-field intraoperative MRI and awake craniotomy a 4-year experience with 60 patients
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Objective: Describe the method, the procedure and results of the combination of intraoperative MRI and awake craniotomy.
Methods: From 09/2005 to 09/2009 322 gliomas were operated within an integrated iMRI-OR. For 60 patients with tumors adjacent to or within eloquent areas awake craniotomy with direct cortical stimulation (DCS) and neuropsychological monitoring was indicated. We evaluated patient perception of the procedure prospectively. Growth pattern and potential resectability was assessed based on preoperative structural and functional MRI as well as neuropsychological evaluation. Resection rate was calculated comparing pre-, intra- and postoperative images. Neurological follow-up was gathered every 3 month, neuropsychological FU immediately post-operatively and on request during the outpatient controls.
Results: After thorough clinical and neuropsychological evaluation 60 patients were deemed eligible for awake craniotomy and were operated in the integrated iMRI suite. Gender distribution was 34 male with 35, and 23 female with 25 awake surgeries. Mean age was 45±14 (15–78). Histopathology was 18 grade IV, 15 III, 7 grade I–II and 20 recurrent gliomas. 48 lesions were on the left, 12 on the right (11 motor, 1 speech) side. Overall 35 patients underwent motor and 25 speech monitoring. Surgery was performed with Neuronavigation until intraoperative updates were deemed necessary. Imaging sessions consisted of T2-WI and enhanced and non-enhanced T1-WI depending on the presurgical MRI-appearance of the lesion. Five patients did not obtain intraoperative scans. In 40 patients one intraoperative imaging session was performed, in 10 patients two and in five patients three or more. These data sets were used for updated navigation. Of the prospectively evaluated patients (n=24) 21 patients stated that they would undergo the same procedure again, while three were undecided. Despite the location prompting awake craniotomy gross total resection could be achieved in up to 60%. Around 10% had permanent neurological deficits.
Conclusions: Awake craniotomy and iMRI is a technically feasible approach to tumors in or adjacent to eloquent areas. Patient perception is hardly influenced by the elaborate procedure which considerably challenges patient cooperation. Intraoperative structural MRI as well as online motor and speech testing form an ample basis for surgical decision making.


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Robert L. Dickey was born in Marshall, Michigan in 1861. When he was still young, he started painting animals, especially horses. He got a job as artist and writer at Horse Review magazine, the top journal on horse sport, in 1894. He contributed witty cartoons about the racing scene for a quarter of a century. Dogs feature prominently in his newspaper strips 'Mr. and Mrs. Beans', 'Buster Beans' and 'Buckey and his Pals', which appeared in the 1930s. He also did dog cartoons for Life magazine from 1914 to 1930, and various illustrations for advertising. He died in October 1944, in Cleveland.
Peter Manning (horse), Robert L. Dickey,
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James B. "Mally" Mallison
James B. "Mally" Mallison, 84, of 162 S. Paul Rd., St. Marys, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at his residence. He was born June 9, 1929, in St. Marys, son of the late Bernard "Barney" and Florence Geeck Mallison. On Aug. 24, 1957, in the St. Mary's Church, he married Mary R. Reuscher, and she survives. Mr. Mallison was a lifelong resident of the area; a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Class of 1947; a graduate of Fordham University, Class of 1951; and received his master's degree from Penn State. He was a former teacher at Elk County Catholic High School and retired from the Keystone Carbon Co. He was a member of the St. Mary's Church, was a veteran of the U.S. Army, was an avid tennis player and basketball player, and was an avid duplicate bridge player. He was a member of the K of C and was a founding member of the St. Marys Book Club. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Barbara M. Zellers and her husband Toby of Damascus, Md. and Catherine M. Little and her husband Larry of Falls Church, Va.; two sons, Gregory R. Mallison and his wife Lori of Doylestown and Thomas M. Mallison and his wife Ann of State College; nine grandchildren; and by a brother, Dr. Robert Mallison of Los Gatos, Calif. A Mass of Christian Burial for James B. "Mally" Mallison will be celebrated in the St. Mary's Church on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Thomas More Sikora OSB, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation is at the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. Memorials, if desired, can be made to the St. Mary's Church, 325 Church St., St. Marys, Pa. 15857 or to the Elk County Catholic School System, 600 Maurus St., St. Marys, Pa. 15857. Online condolences may be offered at www.lynch-radkowski.com.


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Savory spinach crepes filled with fresh ricotta, parmesan, basil and garlic-laced plum tomatoes. All that is good, right and particularly delicious in the world right now.
I could wax poetically about how happy I am summer is coming to an end but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't miss its bountiful produce.
For me summer is about bringing simple flavors together using the best quality ingredients I can lay my hands on.
Organic baby spinach. Backyard basil. Fresh, locally made ricotta cheese. Organic garlic. Home-grown San Marzano tomatoes. Local, farm fresh eggs. Combined they transform into something extra special and memorable.
Crepes are thin, delicate eggy pancakes. These spinach crepes are thicker and sturdier than traditional crepes making them easier to handle and fill. Plus they're as easy to make as hitting the pulse button on your food processor.
Just like pancakes the first few probably won't be the best so don't despair. They make great taste testers. Sustenance for the cook.
Savory spinach crepes filled with fresh ricotta, parmesan, basil and garlic-laced plum tomatoes.
- In a food processor pulse together the spinach, milk, eggs, butter and basil just until combined. Add the flour and 1 teaspoon coarse salt, puree until smooth and allow mixture to rest 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes heat a crepe pan, flat griddle or 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Mix the batter up again with a spoon then use a 1/2 cup ladle to pour batter into the center of the pan, use the bottom of the ladle to carefully spread the batter out into a thin circle. When crepe is dry around the edges and golden brown on the bottom flip and cook until golden brown. Repeat, greasing the pan each time until all the crepe batter is cooked.
- Meanwhile, in a separate medium skillet heat the olive oil over medium-low heat. Add tomatoes and garlic, season well with salt and pepper and saute about 5-6 minutes until garlic is fragrant and tomatoes just begin to soften.
- Stir the ricotta, parmesan and basil together.
- To assemble the crepes: spread ricotta over half, top with tomatoes and fold over. Butter the pan and over medium-low heat cook the crepes on each side until the middle is warm. Serve immediately.
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Thousands of mourners flock to a Tallahassee church Friday to say farewell to former School Board member, Scott Dailey.
Services are still underway at Faith Presbyterian Church where a standing room only crowd has gathered to say good-bye.
Dailey served two terms on the Leon County School Board, and served as the Director of the Florida Institute of Government for more than 20 years.
He is survived by his wife, three children and five grandchildren. Dailey was 68-years-old.


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Finance balks at wish lists for now
A wish list for additional personnel in the city fire and police departments likely will not be approved this year because of a tight budget, a Wapakoneta City Council member says, but she is willing to listen to the department chiefs' justifications.
Wapakoneta City Council Finance Committee members reviewed several funds Wednesday including the Wapakoneta Police Department. Committee members discussed the Wapakoneta Fire Department budget earlier in the process during a December meeting.
Wapakoneta 3rd Ward Councilor Bonnie Wurst, who chairs the Finance Committee, learned Police Chief Russ Hunlock would like to hire an additional dispatcher as one dispatcher spends more and more time serving as the department's records clerk.
At a December Finance Committee meeting, Fire Chief Kendall Krites requested the possible addition of a swing shift firefighter to reduce overtime of other firefighters and to help cover shifts during vacations.
"It is too early in the budget process to give
a definitive answer, but I can determine already that it is going to be difficult to add personnel and keep the budget at a reasonable rate of growth or to keep the budget balanced," Wurst said. "Our cash carryover has been decreasing every year for several years and we have to have a cash carryover."
She said Krites told Finance Committee members much of the cost for a new position could be offset by reductions in overtime as a firefighter is often called to cover firefighters who may be on a rescue squad, or EMS, run as well as firefighters working to cover vacations.
"I would like to see the actual numbers on what Kendall pays people whom he calls back in and how that would compare to another salary for a swing shift employee," Wurst said after Wednesday's meeting. "I would like to see a breakdown of those numbers to determine if it will reduce the overtime enough to be worth the money or result in no net increase."
City administrators have appropriated a preliminary amount of $1.66 million for 2013 after spending $1.55 million in 2012 for the police department. Finance Committee members already discussed the fire department budget which was tentatively set at $1.53 million for 2013, compared to expenses totaling $1.48 million in 2012.
Personnel dollars appropriated for Krites' department is $270,000 for supervisory pay, which includes the chief and captains, and $590,000 for non-supervisory, or firefighter pay. They spent $250,000 and $574,500, respectively in 2012.
Wurst would like to discuss the dispatcher and records clerk position more with Hunlock.
City administrators appropriated $150,000 for supervisory positions, $250,000 for dispatchers and $650,000 for non-supervisory, or police officers, in 2013. They spent $125,634, $206,416 and $644,583, respectively, in 2012 for the three divisions of personnel.
"I haven't heard his justification for another dispatcher, or as Mayor Rodney Metz said for a position of records clerk," Wurst said. "I would like to hear the justification for the creation of that position. I intend to talk to both Krites and Hunlock in the coming weeks to learn more about their plans.
"I reiterate this is still early in the budget process and we will go over each of these funds again before we approve the appropriations and have documents submitted for council approval," she said. "We have a long way to go since we are mandated by law to have a balanced budget."
The city must have appropriations and its 2013 budget passed and in force by April 1.