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I have discussed farming, and rice farming in particular, on this blog many times but am posting this as an actual log or journal entry. In Gangwondo, I kept track of the first snowfall through my seven years in residence there and the record became more interesting as more data points were added.
On May 9th of 2010, I was involved in the first planting of rice. This year, it was may 5th, although there was more to do after we left.
A lot of rice farming is done with machines but there are many steps to the process so we were busy enough. First, the rice seeds are soaked in some mystery liquid – I presume it was connected with fertilizer or pesticide. Then the seeds are placed in trays and left to sprout until the trays look like they are full of grass sod. This is the first planting. Then, after a month or so, the sod trays are loaded into a machine that plants them in flooded fields and they are left until harvest – with a few visits for spraying pesticide and such. Around October, the rice is harvested.
Here are my first-planting photos for this year.
8 years ago, I wrote about farming at my earlier blog and I wanted to access that material here so this is the link.


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Reports show Marysville Police helped with the removal of 11 children from the house in August and then, three days later, authorities were contacted by the county's Children Protective Services division alleging someone living at the same address had been sexually abused.
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Time and practicality trumped passion this research break, so I'm working on getting a presentation on information literacy and web evaluation into article form, which means I won't be able to dig deeply into the privacy and 2.0 librarianship issue until summer at earliest. Until then, I'll be collecting sources, and reading what I can.
I've started a public list at OpenWorldcat — have you read any of these? what do you think? Any of them worth ignoring, or absolute must-reads? others to suggest? (I'll be annotating the list as I get through it).
I've also got a lot being tagged with privacy at de.licio.us.
Please, feel free to point me to other things. And, your opinions are *always* welcome here! It's supposed to be a conversation, right?


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Some of you might remember me posting Juno a long time ago. Well, this poor girl has had some bad luck the past two years. I will try to make a long story short. She was adopted to a couple, who seemed like nice people. They had her for a few months, and then one day one of them forgot to close the gate, and she got out. Juno somehow allegedly caused the death of a chihuahua while she was out (I heard two stories - 1. That she killed it; 2. She ran up to it and it had a heart attack and died; I don't know which is true). I do not know if the chihuahua was in its yard, or any real details. The chi owners reported it to animal control, and FOHA was then dragged through lengthy court proceedings (I do not know if Juno's "owners" were involved - but they no longer wanted her, they wanted her PTS!). As a result of the court proceedings, Juno was put on "probation" which meant that she couldn't be adopted for a year (that part is over now, yay!) and that if she went out in public she was to be muzzled. I don't know when the "probabtion" period itself is over. I don't think Juno is allowed to be adopted to anyone in Loudoun County VA, where this all took place, but I could be mistaken.
Now, Juno herself is a wonderful dog. My friend and I affectionately call her the "Pygmy Hippo". Juno has never shown any aggression to humans. She loves to give kisses (but be warned, she eats poo now and then!), play in mud puddles, and eat! Juno sits nicely for treats - in fact, as soon as a treat comes out, her butt hits the ground! She does NOT door bust like so many dogs do when you try to take them out of their kennels; Juno waits patiently for you to put the leash on when you take her out, and waits patiently for you to take it off when you put her back in. Juno walks fairly well on a leash, does not react to other animals (although she will focus on squirrels/birds sometimes), and mostly just shuffles along, snuffling and snorting at the ground like a pig. She did attempt to chase cars at times, but I have worked with her on that, and she is doing well. Juno will also decide to randomly get the zoomies on leash and start darting around with a mad smile on her face attempting to dislocate your shoulder, so just be aware of that. As for other dogs, I think she'd do fine with a compatible TOLERANT male dog her size or bigger. Juno is rude when meeting other dogs and will get right in their face/jump on their head, and if a dog snarks at her she WILL snark back, but she never does more than snarking (she used to play with a dog named Bailey, but Bailey isn't very tolerant, so they got into some arguments, and they don't play anymore). I have let her sniff dogs through fences, and she wags and acts like she wants to play. Also, there was an incident several months ago with another APBT at FOHA named Matt who is very DA - he latched on to Juno's face and had to be choked off, and Juno didn't react back at all. Right after the fact a bunch of us were sticking our hands in her mouth to check for injury and she never even flinched, just looked at us like "What are you guys all upset about???"
Juno is spayed, up to date on her vaccinations, and would do well in a home with children 10+ (little kids would be knocked over and covered in slobber). No cats please! For more information, please visit http://www.foha.org
Smiles! This first picture was taken her FIRST time at FOHA.
Enjoying the pool over the summer.
Sitting nicely for a treat.
"I can haz??"
Enjoying my friend's lap.
Juno in her cute little sweater! She was recently moved into the Village, where the long-term dogs get to live. That's where these two pics were taken.
Juno really is a fairly easy dog to handle - she's low energy, house trained (although may need a refresher course since she's been at FOHA's shelter for a while), and really easy to contain as long as you have, you know, common sense!
RE-introducing: Juno! (NoVA, MD, DC area)
Why buy from a breeder when there are plenty of homeless pups in shelters???
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Awwww! She is such a beautiful girl!
I hope she finds a wonderful home!
I hope she finds a wonderful home!
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it seems like just when things got rough for the owners they were down and out. they just wanted her to be pts, and have it over with. she looks like a beautiful and happy dog. i hope her luck changes.
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Just posting a few new pics of Juno.
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Re: RE-introducing: Juno! (NoVA, MD, DC area)
One of my babies' name is Juno too!. I sure hope this Juno get a good home!
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BUMP for Juno! Any updates?
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dang she is adorable!
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Gwyneth fangirls at the airport
Gwyneth Paltrow flew LA to NYC yesterday. She was on the same flight as Demi Lovato. Here's what Demi tweeted when she saw my G in the lounge:
Sooo.. I'm sitting in an airport lounge and Gwyneth Paltrow is across the room. Had I not seen Contagion 10 times I'd probably be excited.
Cute, right?
At some point, they were introduced. Per Demi:
Gwyneth P. is SO nice!!! she wanted a picture with ME?!!! #COOL
This is the photo:
And Gwyneth tagged it with:
@ddlovato Apple! Check out who was on my flight! pic.twitter.com/7z6iSU75nH
Apple Martin, G's daughter, turns 9 in May. She'd definitely be of the age. I think? I'm basing this on my niece who is 10. And at least a year and a half ago was really, really into Katy Perry and knew all the words to her songs. Duana had to walk me off the cliff when I called her in a panic after learning this, "BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT KATY PERRY ACTUALLY SINGS ABOUT???????" In the end, wise Duana prevailed. It's not like I knew that Duran Duran songs were about stalking and exploitation when I was dancing to them in my underwear.
Anyway, the point is Apple Martin and her friends choreograph routines and rehearse their moves to Demi Lovato music. And her ma Gwyneth, like a Twi-Hard, cornered her in the airport lounge for a picture. And when she posted the picture, because Demi Lovato fans are so active on Twitter, Gwyneth's Twitter account started trending in LA, according to Trendsmap.
And you know what Gwyneth did?
She retweeted it.
Oh NO OH NO.
You know I am a full blown Gwyneth disciple. For all the reasons people hate her, I adore her. I defend her. I will follow her into the fire. But the G who could lead me into battle? That G...gulp... I never imagined that G would be a retweeter boaster.
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By Lisa Capobianco
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The heat wave that took over Connecticut this summer left an unpleasant odor coming from Southington's wastewater treatment plant, near the Southington Drive-in.
Town Manager Garry Brumback said at a recent Town Council meeting that during this major heat wave, organisms in the anaerobic digester that eat the sewage underwent a growth spree and stopped eating.
"The organisms more than doubled in size then they were not performing the function they were supposed to perform and odor developed," Brumback said.
Residents have reported smells of sewage, which comes and goes sporadically.
Since the heat wave, the engineers and wastewater treatment staff have worked together on a number of solutions.
Brumback said there are two parts of the solution, managing the odor in the short term and and recreating a healthy environment for the bacteria to grow in the long term.
For the short-term plan, workers tried rerouting the waste stream, which failed, and they also added chlorine to the waste stream, which only worked intermittently, Brumback said.
Brumback said now the town is in the process of finding sources of liquid permanganate, a rare commodity that may ease the odor for a short while.
"The engineers and waste water treatment staff have been there everyday… trying to find innovative ways to control the odor," he said. "All the different things we were trying did not work."
Brumback said the long-term goal is to rebuild the digesters, and the town is several months away from this plan.
"It takes time to get [the digesters] back to normal," Brumback said.
Town Councilor Chris Palmieri said he spoke with Water Pollution Control Superintendent John De Gioia, who has consistently contacted residents who live within the area ahead of time.
"I want to compliment him for being proactive rather than waiting to be reactive," Palmieri said.
What is that smell?; Town works to fix odor coming from wastewater treatment plant
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The marketplace for narcotics isn't what it used to be. Conventional street drugs like crystal meth and heroin continue to sell as ever before, but a new breed of mind-altering substances is becoming hard to ignore. These drugs are legal in many states, not because they've been decriminalized, but because they have yet to be classified as drugs.
Some derive from natural sources that have been around since time immemorial, and others are synthesized in laboratories. But in both cases, these substances --- which go by names like bath salts, spice, herbal incense and even plant food --- provide inexpensive highs and can be obtained in stores.
The highs often mimic those of drugs like marijuana and cocaine, but they don't turn up in drug screenings and aren't subject to federal laws. In many cases, the drugs are labeled "not for human consumption," which allows them to go unregulated.
Read ahead to see a list of dangerous drugs that are legal in many American states.
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Yeppers, we will toot our own horn. I (cheryl) of Team Teebow went Geocaching this morning and found 5 caches which put us over the 300 mark. It has been a long long time since any of us have geocached.
I have 11 more caches I plan to find in the next few days before it starts raining. YEE HAW!!!
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Effect of Coefficient of x on Parabola Vertex (b < 0)
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This classroom activity presents College Algebra students with a ConcepTest, a Question of the Day, and a Write-pair-share activity concerning the effect of the coefficient of x on the vertex of a parabola where a>0, b<0 and a and c are arbitrarily fixed values in f(x)=ax^2+bx+c.
Algebraically analyzing the effects requires a good bit of effort on the students' part, but the results are rewarding.
Learning Goals
To enable students to:
- develop their understanding of the effects of coefficients in quadratic functions
- exercise their mathematical intuition and verify it via appropriate calculations
- exercise the skills of algebraic and mathematical analysis
Context for Use
The activity is comprised of four segments: ConcepTest, Question of the Day, Write-pair-share exercise, and conclusion involving the use of a demonstration applet. The time required for the entire activity is approximately 40 minutes but fewer segments can be offered as a shorter alternative (see Activity Description below for individual segment times).
Description and Teaching Materials
Activity Description and Teaching Materials
- Instructor presents a ConcepTest (Rich Text File 75kB Aug18 10) in the form of a straw poll (either show-of-hands or written) concerning the effect of increasing the value of the coefficient of x on the position of the vertex. Each student is asked to make a conjecture and the instructor records the results for the class to see. (~5 minutes)
- After the straw poll, the question becomes the Question of the Day (Rich Text File 72kB Aug18 10) and students work in pairs to share and explain their reasoning in written form. (~10 minutes)
- Lastly, students are asked to carry out the appropriate calculations in a write-pair-share activity (Rich Text File 135kB Aug18 10) to verify their conjectures. (~15 minutes)
- In conclusion, the instructor presents a classroom demo involving a Java applet that quickly and easily demonstrates the effects of changing the value of the coefficient of x in a quadratic function. http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/Other/MovingGraph/MovingGraph.html
In addition, the instructor ensures that students understand the algebraic and mathematical analysis involving the expanded form of the formula for the vertex by clearly explaining how the coefficient affects each of the x- and y-coordinates of the vertex. (~10 minutes)
Teaching Notes and Tips
References and Resources
This applet allows the user to change the values of the coefficients of a quadratic function and immediately see the graphical results. http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/index.html
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- 2 cups peeled grated potatoes
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- Drain/press excess moisture (and lemon juice) off of potatoes.
- Add other ingredients and stir to mix well.
- In a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil until hot. Place spoonfuls of potato mixture into hot oil, lightly using fork to spread out to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick patties.
- Brown on one side, turn and brown on the other, ~3 minutes on each side.
- Let drain on paper towels.
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2/14/2019: UPDATES*LIMITED VDAY NOAH & NEAR SET* Includes holographic card holder, signed postcard, card sticker only available on Tictail! I always wanted to do a limited Vday set but never finished things on time, this year I'm finally able to!
2/8/2019: UPDATES*NEW* IIDX Brogamer hoodie available for limited stock on Tictail, released on conconbyemu! Orders on Tictail will ship 3 weeks after order date, orders on conconbyemu will ship immediately.
1/31/2019: UPDATES*NEW* RHYTHM GAME SCRUNCHIES are now available for PREORDER starting from 1/31 to 2/14! Velvet scrunchies made for those who want to show off something special as a hair accessory! Initial designs features SDVX Tamaneko, IIDX Smooch, SDVX Tsumabuki, DDR Arrows, & PIU Arrows. More to come if these are popular!
1/29/2019: UPDATES*NEW* Gitadora, Popn' Music, Jubeat, Groove Coaster lanyards added
1/25/2019: UPDATESBig gap between updates but I'm almost done with all my cons so I'm putting up some new items now!
12/5/2018: UPDATES*NEW* WRISTBANDS & SWEATBANDS are now released I have received the shipment today and I plan to bring my first batch to Raj! There will be a limited sale on Tictail first, I plan to release more quantity later once I see how much I have left after this weekend~
12/3/2018: UPDATESToday happyf333tz is featured for #GamingTuesday on Twitch for doing a charity for Save the Children, I will donating 20% proceeds made in my concon.tictail.com to charity only for today, mention "happyf333tz" in notes during checkout if you want to participate! I will be starting to stream very soon as well most likely this month so trying to get some experience from this. Thank you everyone!
11/23/2018: UPDATES**BLACK FRIDAY CYBER MONDAY SALE STARTS NOW on concon.tictail.com!!**
11/22/2018: UPDATESHappy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you guys have a nice day today and eat a lot of delicious food! BLACK FRIDAY CYBER MONDAY SALE 11/23 to 11/26 will happen at 11/23 midnight today! Everything will be on sale and it will last until 11/26!
11/20/2018: UPDATES*NEW* 20, NOVEMBER SHIRT only available for 24 hours! Today is November 20 so I decided to make a shirt based on the song~ Design is available on both websites, Tictail will ship at a later date than conconbyemu. Shirt may be available next year but it will only be sold on November 20.
11/12/2018: UPDATES*NEW* Official Discord now launched for concon! Get the latest updates from me, there are also mods that can help with store inquires too! Link is here: https://discord.gg/Q3sSCtE
*NEW* GFDM, JB, CB HIMMEL hoodies added
*NEW* Fate/Grand Order BB mini print added
*NEW* Dancerush Stardom card stickers added
*Store navigation cleanup
*Adjusted stock
Happy Halloween everyone! I will be releasing hats in the near future but I would like an interest check on which ones people would want first since I can't make so many at once. You can vote here!
Towels have been restocked + new designs such as Tamaneko, IIDX red & blue, and Bemani Sound Team!
*RHYTHM GAME TOWELS 1ST RELEASE* Available for special preorder price from Oct. 10 to Oct. 15 // 11:59pm PST only on conconbyemu! I want to order a few before making a bunch of designs. Tictail store will restock with them in 1-2 months.
*BIG SHIRT RESTOCK* added to Tictail store! I added a lot of Smooch, SDVX 4, DDR Note and other popular shirts that was low in quantity for a while. Fate/Grand Order shirts are restocked as well~
*NEW* Toga & Platelet die-cut decals
*NEW* Fate/Grand Order lanyards
*NEW* Groove Coaster Nesica card stickers
*NEW* Miku Hatsune decal
*NEW* Dancerush Stardom decals
*RE-RELEASE* Groove Coaster button set
*Combined women clothing into fewer listings to save space in store
*NEW* Chibi die-cut decals - Zero Two, Rem, Ram, Shimakaze added
*FATE/GRAND ORDER charms & charms now restocked
*BEMANI & Rhythm game shirts now restocked
More to come in September, stay tuned!
*NEW* store soft opening for conconbyemu, which will feature my clothing directly from the supplier so if I'm out of stock for anything on Tictail they will all be available on conconbyemu! Everything on conconbyemu will be produced and shipped from the supplier so none of the merch I make myself (i.e. card holders, charms, stickers) will be available there. Shipping for international customers should be cheaper there so it's a good way for out of country customers to purchase on there! Website is still a little buggy, it will be fixed later on, thank you everyone for your support!
STORE UPDATED - all remainder stock from Anime Expo are now listed online!
*NEW COTTON SHIRTS & DESIGNS ADDED - Grace Dark, Emi. Smooch Dark
*SPORTS MESH SHIRTS ADDED - remainder now available online
*LANYARD ADDED - remainder now available online
*BEMANI & FATE/GRAND ORDER CHARMS - remainder now available online
*FATG/GO MINI PRINTS - new listing, remainder now available online
*NEW DIE-CUT STICKERS ADDED - OVERWATCH Pink Mercy / FATE/GO Jeanne, Jeanne Alter, Astolfo / SDVX Rasis, Grace, Near, Noah, Hiyuki
*NEW CARD STICKERS ADDED - DDR Baby-Lon, SDVX Rasis & Grace -Vday ver.-, IIDX Himmel
*NEW CARD HOLDERS ADDED - PIU Arrows White, Arrows Dark / SDVX Rasis & Grace -Vday ver.-
6/25/2018: UPDATES**New store theme featuring summer clothes!! Finally updated from fall**
SDVX KANADE SHIRT final version is now available! This shirt along with the other 3 illustration designs will be available until 5/31. All other designs has been sent for production and I'm waiting for it to arrive~ I will now focus on shipping out things and start drawing my charms for AX.
DDR BABY-LON SHIRT final version is now available! I really like the color aqua so I wanted to draw him in the Extreme outfit. Shirt will be available until all illustration designs are finished and then I'll submit everything at the end for production~
IIDX CANNONBALLERS SHIRT featuring Himmel final version is now available! Shirt will be available until all illustration designs are finished and then I'll submit everything at the end for production~
Preorders are now over only available shirts that are up will be the new illustration designs. I will still be working and releasing them for this batch. All other preorder items have now been orderd and will be arriving around June.
Few updates! Please read: Notice about preorder, coming months and News about remainder illustration designs
POP'N MUSIC shirts are now available featuring an orange and blue version. I tried to add the game's cuteness into the design~ They're available now until 5/11!
JUBEAT shirts are now available featuring a graphic look and Prop's theme. They're available now until 5/11!
PREORDER IS NOW EXTENDED TO 5/11, this will allow me to have more time to refine the other designs. Cross Time from Pump it Up is released!
PREORDER BATCH #9 is now live from 4/14 to 4/27 11:59pm PST!! New illustration designs features Cannonballers Poster-chan, Babylon, Cross Time and Kanade! New item release features tanktops, good for playing dancing games in. Designs include PIU and DDR Arrows. New hoodie designs feature Smooooch and Pump it Up, limited stock for those! New graphic tee designs with Pop'n and Jubeat set to release this preorder as well. Designs will be releasing during the preorder batch~
BEMANI POSTER PRINTS now available! These are a few prints from shirt designs that I turned into 11 x 17 prints. More will be coming in the future. More updates coming soon~
I will be attending The Big Deal 2: Electric Boogaloo next week and will be offering free pick up for my merch if you order online within 3/14 - 3/21! Order period will be live until night of 3/21 then I will finalize everything. New items scheduled to release during time, store will be updating within the week. See you guys there!
Event Page: link
Preorders and conventions have ended now store will resume normal hours! Shirt listings have been updated with photos. More updates coming soon, for those who have ordered during 8.5 the shirts will come around mid-end of February, I will be making a post once they arrive.
BEMANI HOODIES BATCH #1 starting from 1/20 to 1/26 11:59pm PST!!
*NEW PRODUCT* I made some DDR/IIDX/SDVX/POPN (first product) polyester zipper hoodies! These are made from the same material as the sports mesh shirts so they will be pretty light and not very warm. These may or may not be released again depending on popularity. More information in FB post.
BEMANI T-SHIRTS BATCH #8.5 starting from 1/17 to 1/23 11:59pm PST
**NEW: MAX 300 and BEMANI SOUND TEAM shirts, inspired by Music Game Hell** Since I don't have enough time to make a full one this is just a small batch for people to get some shirts they missed out on, unfortunately I will not have custom shirts this batch.
ACRYLIC CHARM FGO PREORDER UP from Dec. 24-31! I will be getting these early January, there will be a limited stock for online sale because I am planning to bring some to conventions. I will bring them to Anime Impulse and Anime Los Anglges.
NEW DESIGNS: Tamamo no Mae, Tamamo Cat, Mashu, Astolfo
ACRYLIC CHARM PREORDER UP from Dec. 23-31! I will be getting these early January, there will be a limited stock for online sale because I am planning to bring some to conventions.
NEW DESIGNS: Lilieze, Maud, Cocona, Natushi, "Lion Suki" Carlos
Happy December everyone! I am almost done receiving the rest of my orders, and will be shipping out as much as I can for everyone. Please be patient with me as I need to also meet my charm deadline by the 10th. Once I'm done with that I'll focus on shipping the remaining orders left.
Store is now back online with adjustments everything will go back to schedule soon! As for preorders most likely they'll arrive early-mid December so I'll be working hard to get everything out ASAP for everyone to enjoy it during holidays~ More updates coming up soon, thanks everyone!
IIDX On the FM shirt available now in stores! Preorders will end 11/14 11:59pm PST.
DDR Emi shirt available now, as well as custom DARK DDR shirts. Cotton batch is now released with selected designs.
I'll be making some cotton shirts this batch since a lot of people would like that option so please vote for your favorite designs here. Only 2 per category will be selected as winners! Good luck~
Happy Halloween everyone! BATCH #8 is now live! 3 new illustrations featuring Grace, On the FM and Emi. Dark series is now available for this batch, these will not be available normally! More updates coming soon, thanks a lot everyone!
NEW PRODUCTS ADDED! Featuring Smooooch, BroGamer, DDR Extreme, DDR Ace, IIDX 1P/2P card holders. NEW DECALS added with new color schemes and designs. REMAINING ACRYLIC CHARMS are listed now, getting rid of these left overs and I'm planning to make a new batch soon!
Shipment is almost done store will be stocking on shirts very soon. New products will be added within this week. Thank you everyone!
FATE/GRAND ORDER CHIBI SHIRT available for preorders from 9/20 to 9/26 11:59PM PST!! First time making FGO shirt, not sure how many copies I'll get in stock for the future. May be a limited run!
Preorder batch #7 is now over thank you for everyone that have ordered! Store has adjusted quantity for shirts, once I receive my order listings will be updated with extra shirts I got during the batch.
PREORDER BATCH #7 is now live from 8/22 to 9/5 11:59pm PST!! New designs will feature Brogamer, Smooooch and Rinon. More may be released during this time period. All shirts are now available for preordering!
Thank you for everyone's patience and support during AX! Store has been closed briefly for Japan trip, once I come back around 8/3 store will be revamped with new banners and items will be restocked! Unfortunately it is difficult for me to update UI and graphics during my trip so everything will be done afterwards. I will be updating store images and changing up some things for a new look for the coming Fall. New items released during AX will be added to my online store, please check it out mid August for a new look!
AX is this weekend! I will see you guys there, whatever I don't sell during AX will be available online.
SIZE CHART UPDATE- New size chart for my shirts, this one is more details as well.
ADDED LOCAL PICKUP - Now during checkout there will be a SoCal Local Pickup option for anyone who's located around me that wants to get the products directly from me~ Option out now!
STORE BANNER UPDATES - Banner images changed to reflect on upcoming AX! More charms and buttons coming your way. Shipping will now be slightly delayed due to con preparation but I will still ship out weekly. New shirts will get updated photos soon. Availablity may come soon~ More updates to come, stay tuned!
I will be shipping everything in the first half of the preorders within this week, and will be waiting for the second half to come. AX is coming soon so I will be planning that soon. Con season is coming!
PREORDERS EXTENDED to 5/21 11:59PM PST, SDVX KAC shirts are finally released! NEW DDR Rainbow and Note themed shirts available as well!! Thank you everyone for waiting~
BEATMANIA IIDX - Final Sinobuz design up! Made some color changes and edits hope it's okay~ SDVX KAC coming this week!!
PREORDERS EXTENDED to 5/20 11:59pm PST now!! NEW Sinobuz and 1p/2p shirts are now available in stores for preordering. Sinobuz drawing subject to slight change in final product. Lilin and Heaven will release after this~
BEMANI T-SHIRTS BATCH #6 starting from 4/20 to 5/2 11:59pm PST - New designs will be coming out soon as well! Custom shirts now available for a limited quantity.
Charms Update! Restocked on SDVX 3 Rasis for Bemani, new Fate/Grand Order charms featuring Jeanne Alter, Artoria Alter and Mordred. More close up charm photos added to listings as well.
New card holders available featuring Jubeat, Reflec Beat and Groove Coaster! Card holders will now come with a matching accent color on the top to reinforce the plastic more. Will add that onto older card holders as well.
GRAB BAG SPECIAL - Promotion features Buy 2 get 1 Free with increased value up to $25! This sale will continue until I run out of stock, trying to make room for new things in the future~
Updated store banner and carousel images, will slowly add more things into store. Anime & Games section added to store. Fate/Grand Order charms are available as well.
Merging Storenvy products into my main Tictail store, I'll be adding new navigation sections for the anime products. New product photos for shirts coming up soon as well!
All shirt orders have been shipped and store and back to normal schedule for shipping. Thank you for everyone's patience it means a lot to me. Preorders tend to take a while but I'll be working on shipping normal items normally. Store will be readjusted to normal.
All charms & keychains are on clearance sale until 1/31!! Making room for new products in the coming months. New charms in the future will be 2.5" and 2" in size!
( ´ ▽ ` )ノ Happy New Years! ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ Store will be going back to normal, preparing for Magfest 2017 and Anime Impulse 2017 very soon. Shirts have been submitted to production as well!
New releases in Batch #5 - SDVX II/III/IV themed shirts, SDVX Rasis & Grace KFC Edition, and IIDX controllers shirts.
Bemani Shirts Batch #5 UP! Preorders will start from 12/14-12/31 12:00am PST. Customers who want to order XL+ sizes there is a new listing specifically for those orders. Please read FAQs before ordering to lessen confusion. More information out soon!
Storenvy storefront now open, store will mainly feature merch sold at the anime conventions I'm going to. Some items will appear in both stores, however Storenvy will be updated mainly during con seasons. More images and products coming soon!
Sale has closed, thank you for everyone that participated. Store going back to normal, will be updated with new listings and photos periodically. New surprises for December will be announced eventually.
CYBER MONDAY SALE will happen 11.28 @ 12pm-12am!! It'll be my first big sale ever, everything in the store will be discounted! Store will go on maint at 11:30am 30 minutes before the sale so I can prepare everything.
GRAND OPENING! Store will be constantly updated, will add new products whenever I can. New photos coming soon, more information will be added. Shipping will now all be flat rate.
Store getting ready to move to Tictail. Making changes and updates.


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We have a home-study course in dog grooming. It teaches people how to become a dog groomer.
Now we're adding a diary, which will tell learners about the day to day activities of a mobile groomer, as she travels around.
The diary will be informal, and will be around 250 words a day, and will be sent to students 2-3 times a week.
The audience consists of learners who want to become a dog groomer. They are studying our home-study course. They are typically aged 25-65. They live predominantly in the UK.
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Humour is unlikely to go down well. People take dog grooming and animals seriously, and it's a real life income for these people.
On the cover of the diary, we need text saying 'Diary of a Mobile Dog Groomer'.
I need a version of the diary image done as a header. This will go at the top of a PDF document. The image will be around 800px wide and maybe 200 deep?
The header will appear on each daily instalment of the diary.
As with the 'diary' image above, the text on the header will say 'Diary of a Mobile Dog Groomer'.
NB The colour should be similar to the dark blue on our website, here: http://www.inst.org/dog-grooming-co…/index.htm


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It would be silly to try to reduce the American character -- if there even is such a thing -- to a single graph. But the one pictured above, taken from a report released Wednesday by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, does a pretty good job conveying the truth behind one of the developed world's favorite stereotypes of the United States.
We are, indeed, far more prone to lethal violence than any other country in the developed world.
Why? The report wasn't designed to answer that particular question. Instead, it compared a slew of health statistics collected from Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia to see how disease and premature mortality rates in the United States stack up against those of its peers. Then it offered some guesses as to why this country fared as poorly as it did.
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Here's a distillation from my colleague Eryn Brown:
"It is possible that there's something about American culture, and the high value it places on individualism and personal autonomy, that results in its poor performance, the researchers noted. It also may be that the U.S. is ahead of the curve on a general trend, and that other nations will also start to experience the health problems that have been on the rise here since the 1980s, [Samuel] Preston [of the University of Pennsylvania, a collaborator on the study,] said."
It's worth taking a few minutes to flip through the complete set of graphs that the one above was taken from. Those data reflect only the mortality side of the study; the findings on health measures aren't collected in the grafs, but they are similarly grim. As the National Research Council put it in a summary of the report: "Not only are their lives shorter, but Americans also have a longstanding pattern of poorer health that is strikingly consistent and pervasive over the life course -- at birth, during childhood and adolescence, for young and middle-aged adults, and for older adults."


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Went to the gym to find it closed in preparation for tomorrow's tournament, so went to see Adel Imam's film in the club instead. Five pounds for his movie is all I was willing to pay for it. A very trivial movie, but I loved it, cracked in laughter most of the film. Imam is still funny, and I still hate his melodramatic and emotional scenes. Just stick to funny.
The movie is too trivial, and I like trivial stuff. Forget about the stupid analogy. The building, Palestine and the Israeli occupation. You had to ignore that part to enjoy the movie. The analogy I saw was not to the Israeli scene, but to the current domestic one. Those current protests against the regime, those emotional demonstrations, those "normal" people never connecting with those protestors though they're suffocating from the system, at times onlooking, at times participating for different reasons, and at times just not understanding what those protestors are all about.
The movie made fun of everyone and everything, and well deserved actually. Thought I was watching Jay Leno or something. I needed that simple fun. Made fun of those leftists, the protestors, the government and its police, the Israelis and their ambassador, alJazeera news channel, the radical Islamists, the always high Egyptians as well as the emotionally principled Egyptians. Cracked in laughter. The only person who was real was Imam's character. That simple human being. Just a simple guy who reminded me of a guy I know too well. As he says, he's neither a hero nor a traitor, just a guy going about his life facing those unexpected hurdles that he just wants to bypass.
The fun ended when he turned into a melodramatic protestor thinking he's falling in love with that rebellious Warda and planning to marry her.


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Despite the hoopla of the past few days, reports on controversial OIF experiments conducted under the auspices of the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation (HSRC) appear to be having little impact on formal proceedings at CBD COP11 in Hyderabad. News from the conference indicates a deal has been struck between those countries pushing for a tougher line on geoengineering, and others resistant to any further restrictions on research. A core agreement seems to have been reached between Ethiopia and Australia, according to which opponents of geoengineering have given up their demand for an enforceable test ban, in exchange for a "reaffirmation" of the 2010 moratorium (including, crucially, its non-binding status). The final text of the decision must still be adopted by the full conference.
The full story remains murky back in Canada. Federal Minister of the Environment Peter Kent (Conservative) declared, "If this happened, it would be in violation of Canada's Environment Protection Act." Environment Canada has launched a formal probe into the matter, but refuses further comment. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, remarked, "The fact that Federal officials may have known about this and let it to happen is disturbing. Have they allowed a Californian rogue investor to play with fire at the expense of Canada's environment? I never thought I'd see something like this happen in my country." Meanwhile, Russ George and HSRC have organized a press conference in Vancouver scheduled for later today.


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Now that a California jury has issued a $1.05 billion verdict in Apple's patent infringement battle with Samsung, the mobile industry is going to have to adjust to Apple's newly-fortified high ground in intellectual property wars. Many future battles remain unfought: Samsung will certainly appeal the decision, and other jurisdictions might not find in Apple's favor at all — after all, just last week a South Korean court found the companies infringed on each others' patents. But suppose Apple's victory holds — or at least amounts to more than a temporary ripple in the mobile industry. What might it mean for future mobile products, and how companies attempt to complete?
What's a utility patent?
Apple's victory over Samsung was based on infringement of two types of patents: utility patents and design patents.
In United States law, utility patents cover inventions that have some demonstrable benefit and are capable of being used — meaning they have to be operational, practical, and beneficial. Utility patents cannot be granted simply for cool ideas: For instance, the U.S. Patent Office has an outright ban on patent applications for devices like perpetual motion machines.
There is no special class of "software patent," so most patents covering computer software are utility patents covering the functionality of a particular feature or application. Utility patents do not cover the algorithm behind particular kinds of software; however, they can protect software that performs a particular function based on an algorithm. In other words, if someone comes up with a novel way for (say) analyzing harmonic content of digital audio, that algorithm probably isn't patentable. But applications that rely on it — like digital tuners, automatic song recognition apps like Shazam, or even melodic transcribers — could be protected by utility patents.
There's no standard for how minor (or how broad) a utility patent can be: It merely has to demonstrate that it's useful to someone with normal knowledge and skills in a particular field. Most challenges to utility patents are on the basis that the patented innovation would have been obvious to anyone familiar with the technology and prior art: If an invention doesn't pass this "obviousness" standard, it isn't patentable.
Apple's case against Samsung was whittled down to three utility patents. Perhaps the most significant is the so-called '381 patent. It covers overscroll bounce (or rubber-banding) to indicate that a user has reached the end of a scrolling content area, but also common touchscreen actions like dragging documents, pinch-to-zoom, and twist-to-rotate. Another Apple utility patent ('915) covers distinguishing between a single-touch scroll action and a multi-touch pinch-to-zoom gesture, while a third covers double-tapping to enlarge and center onscreen content.
What's a design patent?
Design patents live in the area between utility patents and protections like trademark and copyright. Design patents cover the distinctive non-functional ornamentation of an otherwise functional item. In the software world, design patents are most often used to cover on-screen icons and other non-functional aspects of an interface.
One of the first U.S. design patents was awarded in the 1840s for a typeface, but one of the best best-known objects protected by design patent was the original Coca-Cola bottle. The particular design and ornamentation of the bottle didn't mean that nobody else could make bottles — but it did mean if another beverage maker mimicked the design of Coca-Cola bottles for a different product, Coca-Cola could claim patent infringement. Designs can be covered by both design patents and trademark: Coca-Cola's design patent has long since expired, but since trademarks remain active as long as a product is on the market, it's still protected by trademark.
While utility patents can be invalidated if they're found obvious, one irony of design patents is that they can be invalidated if they're found to be useful. If the Coca-Cola bottle design enabled more-efficient packaging or strengthened the bottle, competitors could have sought to have it invalidated. However, utility patents differ from copyright in that patent holders do not need to show that an alleged infringer copied an original work: Even if someone arrives at the same ornamental design completely independently, they can still be sued under a design patent.
(Another famous design patent covered the Statue of Liberty, although it's hard to argue what the practical utility of the statue might have been. The patent was mostly issued to protect sales of small versions of the statue, proceeds of which were used to built the full statue.)
Design patents are generally considered weaker than utility patents, because they cover things that are (by definition) useless. They also run for a shorter period of time: Design patents typically last 14 years, while utility patents last for 20. Furthermore, unlike utility patents, design patents are limited to a particular field or industry. For example, if a jewelry designer files for a utility patent covering a particular design and someone can find a kitchen utensil with the same design — guess what? The jeweler is out of luck.
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Amongst technology companies, Apple has been uniquely concerned with design patents. Of the nearly 360 Apple patents that list Steve Jobs as a co-inventor, more than 300 are design patents. A great deal of these have nothing to do with the iPhone: In fact, two cover the glass staircases in some Apple retail stores. Many others cover the final design of a multitude of Apple products, including iPods, keyboards, mice, notebook power adapters, and even product packaging and lanyards included with some iPods. Jobs was famous for berating companies like Microsoft for having no style and failing to bring taste and sensibility to their products.
Apple's predilection for design patents no doubt dates back to the early days of its competition with Microsoft over graphical user interfaces. Apple fought a long and bitter court battle with the Redmond software giant, alleging Windows copies key elements of the Macintosh user interface — something that was pretty obvious to anyone who saw before-Mac and after-Mac versions of Windows, in much the same way the iPhone's impact on smartphone design is obvious when looking at the evolution of smartphones. However, due to a licensing agreement the companies had in place, Microsoft was able to fight the case under contract law rather than copyright law, and Apple lost. Apple learned its lesson, and since Steve Jobs' return to Apple in the late 1990s, the company focused on using all available legal means to protect its designs, including trademark, copyright, and design patents.
Apple's victory over Samsung represents a partial vindication for its protection strategy, and the ostensibly weak design patents that go along with it. The jury found that Samsung infringed on three Apple design patents, including the front-face appearance of the iPhone, the general outline of the iPhone (including the infamous round rectangles), and the grid of round square app icons on a black background that serves as the iPhone's home screen. However, the jury did not find that Samsung infringed on an Apple design patent covering the design of the iPad — which is why Samsung is now requesting a June 26 injunction on U.S. sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 be lifted.
If the decision stands, Apple will have proven what consumers (and its competitors) have known all along : design matters. Apple is used to being copied: It was the first computer maker to move keyboards back from the front lip of a notebook computer; as soon as the iMac appeared, computer makers around the world started making candy-colored all-in-one computers. Pretty much everybody thought they could make iPod knockoffs, and Apple's MacBook Air essentially invented a new category of notebook computer. The iPhone and iPad's impact on the mobile and tablet markets is undeniable.
But where Apple previously mocked copycats with marketing taunts like "Redmond, start your photocopiers," the company can now come back with a much more forceful response: "See you in court."
Suppressing innovation?
Apple's victory over Samsung has drawn out discussion over weaknesses in the existing patent system. Critics have argued that many of the patents at issue in the case are trivial items that shouldn't be eligible for patent protection, and Samsung itself continues to articulate its dismay that something as seemingly simple as a rectangular phone with rounded rectangles should be eligible for design patent protection. Others have argued that Apple's utility patents are overly broad: Tectonics creative director Bill Flora (formerly involved with Windows Phone) likened Apple's '381 utility patent covering pinch-to-zoom and twist-to-rotate as the equivalent of patenting a car's steering wheel. (We bet Alfred Vacheron would have patented his steering wheel back in 1894 if automobile tillers hadn't been all the rage — and plenty of other steering wheel designs have been patented since.)
There is some truth to these concerns. In the existing legal environment, it's practically impossible for a small company or determined individual to take a great new idea for a phone or tablet, run with it, and have a major impact on the market. The mobile marketplace is only accessible to companies with broad patent portfolios or substantial cash reserves to license other companies' patent portfolios. Preferably, a company needs both. For now, that means only the big names can compete in the market.
Apple's victory on design patents might also create a new playing field for patent trolls. Individuals or companies might now start acquiring design patents in hopes of being able to license them (or leverage them) against mobile device makers. In any case, designers of everything from on-screen icons to smartphones to tablets are going to be looking over their shoulders with every move they make, lest their great ideas turn out to be covered by someone else's design patent. Thanks to the ways design patents work, determining whether they're in the clear or not will mean much more than an exhaustive search for prior art in the computing or mobile industries: They'll have to look at everything from furniture and architecture to jewelry and typefaces to be sure they're in the clear.
However, it's also easy to argue these concerns are overblown. It's true that the current patent landscape means small companies are essentially locked out of the mobile device arena — and I would argue that's a bad thing. However, there are many players with both the patent portfolios and the operating capital to make a go: these include not only successful mobile device makers like Samsung, HTC, Nokia, RIM, Amazon, LG, Google/Motorola, and Asus, but also companies like Microsoft, Sony, Dell, and even HP (if it could ever pull its head together) — and that's not even considering companies likt ZTE. Apple did not create the patent and licensing landscape that is keeping small, fleet-footed innovators out of the market — it's just that, right now, they're among the companies most successfully negotiating it. That breeds a certain amount of resentment.
Are Apple's utility patents so broad that they prevent others from making competitive mobile products? I have real trouble believing that — particularly if Apple's competitors are even half as smart as they claim. There's nothing in Apple's utility patents that prevents a company from conceiving, building, and marketing a device that consumers will embrace as being superior to the iPhone or iPad, or from creating some new class of mobile device that the market hasn't imagined yet. The smartphone and tablet market so far has been focused on trying to catch up with the iPhone and the iPad, mainly by appealing to consumers through lower price tags. Smartphones and tablets are the focus of the market right now. If a company wants to innovate, perhaps it should consider skating to where the puck will be, rather than complaining about where Apple was five years ago.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone bankers are worried that sensitive information will leak out before the official publication of the bloc's review of bank balance sheets, triggering speculation and making investors uneasy.
The European Central Bank is putting the euro zone's 128 largest banks through a rigorous health check before it becomes their supervisor in November and plans to publish the results in one go in October to avoid market disruption.
Even if some banks were to issue positive news about the tests, that might put pressure on other banks to show how well they compared.
"We see this as a problem," said Stefan Winter, head of UBS's UBSN.VX German investment banking operations on Tuesday. "There are several questions, which haven't been fully discussed yet."
Michael Kemmer, head of the German BdB banking association, pointed earlier this year to a significant danger that some information would come out between now and October.
"Such leaks would be poisonous for the financial sector. They could unnerve investors and thereby run counter to the initial aim of the exercise," he told Reuters at the time.
The ECB wants the review to help restore trust in the financial sector, by pushing banks to come to terms with non-performing loans and clean up their balance sheets so they are able to lend more again to companies and households.
Sources told Reuters last month that the ECB was in talks with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to find a way to deal with leaks and rumors.
"All options are currently being assessed," a central bank source said.
The ECB declined to comment.
The problem is that the health checks will be done in different stages. Right now, more than 1,000 auditors and independent specialist appraisers are trawling through trillions of euros of assets, checking whether banks have set aside enough capital to cover potential losses.
A stress test will follow in May and June to check how banks hold up under potentially damaging scenarios.
The auditors have been asked to keep test-related information to themselves, but banks might be able to draw conclusions from the data and additional information the auditors are requesting.
Some bank chiefs have suggested imposing a fine for leaking information, similar to what the ECB did when it launched the manual for the asset quality review (AQR) earlier in March.
Three sources with knowledge of the balance sheet tests told Reuters at the time that recipients of the manual faced fines of 100,000 euros for leaking information early.
However, Andrea Enria, chairman of the European Banking Authority (EBA) told Reuters earlier this month that if the AQR revealed material discrepancies, banks would have to go public right away.
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My letter was published today. So far, no hate calls. Good thing I'm going away for the weekend.
Supreme Court gives religious equality a temporary setback
I am disappointed, but not surprised by the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Michael Newdow's challenge to the 1954 Pledge of Allegiance. By dismissing the case on a technicality instead of making a tough and unpopular decision, the justices dodged the issue. Their decision only means the struggle for religious equality will continue.
I am sure pledge supporters will be crowing "Victory!" in the public square, but supporters must realize it is not a victory, merely a delay. The pledge is still constitutionally unsound, and because the Supreme Court did not rule on the case's merits, another party can still challenge the pledge. I hope another concerned parent or guardian is out there willing to step up and take the baton from Newdow. If they do, then the case against the pledge can stand on its own merits.
Ultimately, Newdow helped raise awareness about this religiously divisive issue and laid the groundwork for further progress. For that, I thank him. Maybe one day the pledge will return to its pre-McCarthy state, neutral to the existence of gods and truly inclusive of all Americans as "one nation, indivisible."
The funny thing is that I've written enough letters to the paper that they no longer check my identity. This is the third letter in a row that I've had published without knowing about it before hand. They used to call me and tell me that they were publishing my letters. No more.


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NEW YORK (AP) ? NBA owners and players made progress toward a new labor deal during more than 15 hours of talks and will return Thursday, still hoping an 82-game season is possible.
NEW YORK (AP) — NBA owners and players made progress toward a new labor deal during more than 15 hours of talks and will return Thursday, still hoping an 82-game season is possible.
The talks Wednesday into this morning were about the salary cap system, and Commissioner David Stern said they likely will stick with that issue when they resume.
"We were able to work through a number of different issues today regarding our system," union president Derek Fisher said. "We can't say that major progress was made in any way, but some progress was made on system issues. Obviously enough for us to come back."
And enough that the focus was more on games to be played, not canceled.
Though the remainder of the November schedule is already in jeopardy, Stern said he had no plans to cancel any more games at this moment. Instead, union officials said they believed a full schedule — and the crucial first paycheck they seemed to have already lost — was possible if an agreement is reached by the end of this weekend.
Stern said it would be difficult, but that the league intends to play as many games as possible.
"Whether that gets to be 82 games or not is dependent upon so many things that have to be checked," he said.
Neither side would offer specifics or quantify the progress, but Fisher and union executive director Billy Hunter said they might be in a better position to do so after talks today.
The sides did not deal with the division of basketball revenues, the other big obstacle to a deal and the one that ended last week's talks.
It emerged as such a roadblock that Hunter said they should "park" the issue and turn the discussions back to the system, saying that players might be willing to take a lower percentage if they found the system rules more favorable.
"I think we'll turn to the split when we finish with the system," Stern said. "Right now, it has been profitable to turn to the system."
Seeking greater parity among their 30 teams, owners are looking to reduce the ways that teams can exceed the salary cap so that big markets won't have a significant payroll advantage. Players have feared some of those changes would result in what would essentially be a hard salary cap, restricting player movement and perhaps even eliminating most guaranteed contracts.
But the league has insisted for months it can no longer move forward with a system where a team like Fisher's Lakers can greatly outspend most of its rivals.
"We are united on the NBA side in wanting a system that makes all teams competitive," Stern said. "We have some strong views on what the best way to do that is."
So do the players, who would like a system that looks much like the current soft cap structure. So even with Wednesday's progress, there are still system items to sort through. The sides have been struggling over things such as the length of the deal, players' contract lengths and the size of their raises.
"We're not going to get ahead of ourselves at this point," Fisher said. "We'll continue to remain focused on some key principal items in our system that have to remain there in order for our players to agree to what is already a reduced percentage of BRI."
The sides returned to bargaining with a small group meeting less than a week after three intense days of mediation didn't produce a new labor deal. Wednesday's negotiations marked the second-longest bargaining session since the lockout began July 1. The talks stretched into early Thursday morning, the first time bargaining has gone past 3 a.m.
And they ended with a feeling of optimism. In these negotiations, an agreement to keep talking the next day has sometimes qualified as progress. With time already lost, they can't afford another setback without the season likely starting in December at the earliest.
"It's sad that we've missed two weeks, and we're trying to apply a tourniquet and go forward," Stern said. "That's always been our goal."
Talks broke down last Thursday when players said owners insisted they agree to a 50-50 split of revenues as a condition to further discuss the salary cap system. Stern missed that meeting with the flu.
"I leave these guys alone for a little bit of time, and all hell breaks loose," he joked, motioning toward Silver.
The players have lowered their proposal to 52.5 percent of basketball-related income, leaving the sides about $100 million apart annually, based on last season's revenues. Players were guaranteed 57 percent of BRI under the previous collective bargaining agreement.
Stern rejoined the talks Wednesday after missing last Thursday's session with the flu. He was joined by Silver, owners Peter Holt of San Antonio, Glen Taylor of Minnesota and James Dolan of New York, and a pair of league office attorneys.
They will brief the owners' labor relations committee via conference call Thursday before meeting with the players.
The union was represented by Hunter, Fisher and vice president Maurice Evans of the Wizards, attorney Ron Klempner and economist Kevin Murphy, who will be unavailable Thursday because of another commitment.


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It's 40" x 40."
|It started with this block that I designed in an appliqué class with Gwen Marston.
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|I'd also been fooling around with words, using Tonya Ricucci's book, Word Play Quilts.
Then Tonya visited in July, and designed this quilt with my orphan blocks.
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