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Thursday, November 03, 2005
Currently in production is Cybele May's first audio presentation. The Redeemer directed by Norman Kern is set for release late Fall 2008 by Crazy Dream Sound.
Cybele May's most recent collection of one-act plays, The Parking Lot Plays, was produced at Theatre/Theater in Hollywood and was heralded by the Los Angeles Times in 2003 as "A refreshing authorial voice ... an epic survivor's monologue recalling Jean Cocteau ... a sardonic attack worthy of Shirley Jackson ... industry headhunters should scope out the inhabitants therein." Her one-acts have been produced all over Los Angeles, including The Intercession at North Hollywood's Interact Theatre as part of The Last Gasp. The Intercession was also produced by Women in Theatre at the Ventura Court Theatre, and at the LACC Annual Short Play Festival along with another one-act, Male Order. Her play A Grave Mistake has also been produced as an award-winning short film, entropy, directed by Daniel T. Green, and was distributed by Atom Films. Ms. May is a graduate of Humboldt State University (BA) and Carnegie Mellon University (MFA). She most recently served as Literary Associate for the Ojai Playwrights Conference.
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[E]personal qualifications and skills, choices at key stage 4, the changing world of work
[F}targets for key stage 4, seeking out help with career plans
[G]influences on spending, managing personal money.
[A]physical and emotional changes that take place at puberty
[B] how to keep healthy, influences on health, including the media
[C]an appropriate balance between work, leisure and exercise can promote physical and mental health
[D]facts, laws, school rules, about alcohol and tobacco, risks of drugs
[E]relationships, reproduction, contraception, STDs, HIV and high-risk behaviours including early sexual activity
[F]recognise and manage risk in lifestyles, environments and travel
[G}pressure from others can threaten personal safety, developing effective ways of resisting pressures
[H} basic emergency aid procedures
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[Cthe nature of friendship
[D]cultural norms in society, lifestyles and relationships
[E]changes in, and pressure on relationships with friends and family
[F] the role and importance of marriage in family relationships
[G]the role and feelings of parents and carers, the value of family life
[H] that goodwill is essential to positive relationships
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[J]resisting pressures to do wrong
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The journey to economic recovery has begun, but the trip will be a slow, difficult slog.
That is the prediction of Mike Walden, a North Carolina State University economist. Walden, a William Neal Reynolds Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State, produces an economic outlook twice a year. In his North Carolina Economic Outlook Summer 2010, Walden points out that most economic indicators are up since 2009.
"Employment, retail sales, home sales, wage and salary income and even state tax revenues have all registered gains in the last six to nine months," Walden writes. That's the good news.
The no-so-good news is that the economic indicators "are still well below pre-recessionary levels," according to Walden. The economist sees the economy continuing to recover but at "a slow, agonizing pace."
Consumers are at the root of the slow recovery, Walden says, explaining that consumers are paying down debt, saving more and spending less.
That's important because consumers account for 70 percent of the nation's economic activity. Walden says most economists see this consumer frugality continuing for a year or two, and until consumers open their pocketbooks wider, the economy won't take off.
Walden sees North Carolina's unemployment rate declining gradually through the remainder of 2010 and falling below 10 percent by the end of the year. The slow decline will continue in 2011, he predicts, while the state will add 70,000 to 80,000 jobs over the two-year period.
While the declining unemployment rate and increase in number of jobs are welcome, the state has a long way to go to reach the 4.5 percent unemployment rate of 2007 and replace the 250,000 jobs lost during the recession.
Walden predicts the jobless rate will remain "uncomfortably high as households control spending and rebalance their financial sheets."
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Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for February to Sarah Neujahr of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at today's City Council meeting.
Neujahr has worked as an Animal Control Dispatcher for the City since 1997. Animal Control Manager Steve Beal nominated Neujahr in the categories of customer relations, loss prevention and productivity for her development of new procedures for pet license renewal.
When new Animal Control ordinances passed a few months ago, the division anticipated an increased number of calls from the public. Neujahr wrote a streamlined procedure for pet license phone calls that provides better customer service. Beal said her work on the procedures is saving the department time and money. Animal Control officers and staff have better and faster access to more accurate information on the status of license renewals and the pet owners.
Neujahr handles the more than 4,000 delinquent pet license follow-ups. She developed a more efficient data base and spreadsheet that can be accessed by officers in the field or by dispatchers. Managers can produce reports, track the status of license renewals and find where problems might exist. Information is grouped by zip code allowing the manager to assign and track progress across the City. The increased efficiency requires less staff time to research the status of owners who are behind on licensing their pets.
Neujahr also has attended two Saturday clinics to microchip potentially dangerous dogs. Beal said she is dedicated to her job, supportive of co-workers and maintains a "can do — no problem" attitude even when the pace is frantic.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are safety and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials.
Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
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jv1017 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Archetype Construction Services
We are a small, but growing construction and maintenance company located in NJ. Presently we do mainly residential construction, capital improvements, remodeling and maintenance on single family homes, townhomes and condos throughout the state, but are also working toward securing business in the commercial market as well. We are focused on quality work, fair pricing and customer satisfaction. We aim to create lasting relationships and secure repeat business with our clients.
We would like to gain the attention of the following potential clients:
- Property management companies
- Property managers
- Association boards
- Multi- family property owners
- Commercial property owners
- Single family homeowners
We are looking to create a more professional logo as we will be joining and advertising with several leading industry organizations.
There is an abundance of contractors in NJ. We are looking for an attention grabbing design for our fleet vehicles that will get noticed but still be refined and professional looking.
Here is a list of a few things we are looking for in a design:
- Something thats clear and easily read, but not plain.
- 2 or 3 colors max, with one color being black or dark gray for white backgrounds. But can also be inverted to white for black backgrounds.
- We would like to use the color green, but feel free to experiment with others.
- A graphic above or to the left of the company name
- Generalized list of our services: Building*Remodeling*Maintenance
Please no cartoon images,clip-art, etc.
Please do not use gradients as we would like to use all solid colors for ease of lettering vehicles, signs and clothing.
The following file formats are needed:
- Layered RGB file- JPEG, PSD
Please see attached current logo graphic:
The colors are good but design is a bit to angular and aggressive looking.
Just something to give you ideas. Thanks
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Dr Gavin Sandercoe necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
Norwest Laser Clinic
Dr Gavin Sandercoe is a plastic and cosmetic surgeon operating a business in North West Sydney. Dr Gavin Sandercoe is launching a new business that will complement his already existing Norwest Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery practice. This business is based upon the use of a medical grade Cutera Laser machine.
The main services to be offered will be laser treatments using the latest state-of-the-art medical grade laser machine. The Laser is an anti-aging fractional laser perfected for treating wrinkles. It basically performs non-surgical facelifts as well as other treatments such as vein, scar and pigment treatments; skin resurfacing and skin tightening; and of course, hair removal.
The 'Dr Gavin Sandercoe' brand and the Norwest Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery brand has already been created. This concept will, however, need to complement the two brands.
The brand created needs to be mindful of being positioned quite differently in the consumer's mind to other beauty salons being oriented toward a 'medi spa' style of offering and could be considered to be beauty treatments rather than medical in nature. We are NOT a beauty salon simply offering hair removal.
The brand needs to hold sufficient gravitas and sophistication to support the delivery of serious medical services, but also be appealing and humanistic, in order to be effective in a promotional context for cosmetic treatments.
Although primarily female, the target audience is likely to have an older skew, particularly for more expensive procedures. A portion of the market are well informed and discerning in their choice of medical practitioner, and have undergone procedures before. A number of these consumers are price sensitive and will shop around for value. Other potential customers are uninformed and fearful of taking the step to undergo surgery. Another segment of the market will be existing customers who are 'upstamping' from a cosmetic procedure such as Botox, to a facelift. Information gathering and research, particularly on the internet, form a key step in the decision making process when selecting a medical provider.
In all cases, trust is a key part of the equation. The consumer wants to be sure that nothing will go wrong – and if something does go awry, that the surgeon is sufficiently qualified and experienced to rectify the problem.
The visual identity of the brand will play a critical role in distinguishing Dr Sandercoe's services in the market.
The logo is required to complement our other 2 brands / logos.
The other 2 brands / logos can be found at:
To get a feel for the business premises, please click through to the faciliities page on the Norwest Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery website. You will see from the photos that we are trying to market our selves at the higher end of the market.
The Laser treatments can be found at the manufacturers website http://www.cutera.com
Brand Positioning
Quality. Trust. Peace of Mind. Professional. Beautiful. Substantial.
A premium brand, but accessible.
Classic, elegant, and sophisticated but not fussy or old fashioned.
Contemporary and progressive - using the latest tools and techniques, but not risk taking.
This brand is the Audi of the car industry. It's not about top of the line prestige or performance, it's not 'look at me' – it's about quality.
If it were to be applied to another industry vertical, it would be translatable to a boutique hotel.
It is not frivolous, it's not a day spa, it's not pink, it's not sexual. It's also not severe or clinical.
The logo needs to feel balanced and cohesive.
It should be versatile in its application, and translate to different media and environments.
It should combine elements of classic sophistication, but feel contemporary and relevant.
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|2012-08-31, 19:54
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Join Date: Jan 2012
I was absent for some time... and now i see that nothing changed... I mean how many times were these things like the identities of Ikuko and Tohya discussed already? It really seems time for R07 to publish new information.
I still think that Tohya=Battler and Ikuko=Yasuda, because of the last scene in Twilight o.t.g.W. in the orphange.
If you look at the characters involved you get the impression, that Ange replaces Yukari, Battler replaces Tohya and Beatrice replaces Ikuko.
But maybe that is just my "Headcanon" in which I wish for an ending that is at least a little bit of a happy ending...
as it seems, ambiguous endings are "mainstream" now. (Mass Effect 3, anyone?)
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|2012-08-31, 21:02
|Link #30282
Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
Apparently in Japan a lot of people fell for the trick. Over here at animesuki though most people didn't, and didn't even know there was a trick..
|2012-08-31, 21:23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
And that's exactly what I said. I'm not saying he's EXACTLY the same person as when he was 12, that would be foolish, but I'm not gonna jump off the proverbial cliff and say that contrary to every bit of characterization Ryu provided, Battler was actually moody and had a tendency to pinch his aunts butts.
. Well, I suppose you could, but ... well, I'm not strong enough to still enjoy a plot that would then enter some borderline James Joyce level abstraction.
Also, having just reread a bit of the chapters about Ikuko, Tohya=Battler and Ikuko=stranger seemed ... fairly apparent. I mean, it doesn't seem to be pulling any weird narrative punches, at all. Tohya's headaches spring up when he tries to remember stuff, when he first thinks about arguin over mysteries, and when Ikuko kinda randomly brings up the Rokkenjima incident it throbs into overdrive.
In my opinion, the only thing to doubt is WHEN exactly Ikuko figured out who Battler was, since the passage of time in the chapters concerning their home life is the vaguest thing ever.
Well, honestly, I just really like random hermit "I talk to corpses on the street, and take them home if they happen to be alive" lady. And the thought of her being Yasu just never crossed my mind, even. It was also said that her family was rather well known in the area, her siblings pretty accomplished. Ehhh, I just think the room for all this doubt is so small, I'd rather just disregard it.
It's as GreyZone says, though ... would be nice to get some development on Ryu's next project. Or wait for that "Forgery of the Purple Logic" fan work to be translated, amirite?!
|2012-08-31, 22:08
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The True Culprit
|2012-08-31, 23:01
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Regardless, his body isn't really what was being talked about. Though if a forgery appeared with a gratuitous shirtless Battler scene...
|2012-09-01, 06:06
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"Senior" "Member"
Join Date: Jan 2012
Well about Battler's "real" personality, I wrote something some time ago, so I'll just repost it:
|2012-09-01, 07:32
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
If Battler or Yasu didn't exist, or were not part of the story your reasoning could work, but since they exist and they are part of the story, their encounter with a random person isn't unlikely at all.
In that case it would be one of the premises of the story, even if it wasn't clearly stated. But since this is clearly meant to be a plot twist, that's a given.
Ryuukishi certaintly created the situation you described, but he also stated that you should be able to understand the truth using the hints he left to us. and that's where you should draw the line.
Else I can state something like: "There was a secret Russian facility hidden in Rokkenjima. Kinzo was actually a spy for the Russians, the incident is actually the result of an experiment gone wrong."
There's absolutely no point in that. You're not justified in coming up with never mentioned facts just because you don't know which is true or false.
If it's catbox, you'll either find a dead cat or an alive cat. You won't find a frog.
Certainly something isn't wrong just because someone doesn't agree with you, and there isn't anything "circular" about it.
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|2012-09-01, 08:36
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Detective, Witch, Pirate.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ruins of the Golden Land
But then I said.... Wait! What if it is the masked guy who was with her at the book signing? And then I felt very proud of myself.
Well, as a matter of fact, you're right, he didn't, though I don't know how 'Yes, it was Battler' would follow up in the discussion. In the end, that's the whole point. Although I'm not a fan of Toya=Random and Ikuko=Yasu theories, I do enjoy the fact that so many different stories it is still possible to come up with.
That's one of the reasons I hate the Ikuko=Yasu theory. There's just no adequate hint to pass it as acceptable.
|2012-09-01, 08:51
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
I value more thematic narrative hints rather than crude mathematical facts. To believe in the Yasu=Ikuko I should see something that thematically and narratively suggests that, something in the way she acts or talks that would suggest she is Yasu.
I do not believe that Ryuukishi would simply throw an Ikuko and the expect us to conclude that she must be Yasu.
At any rate what I mean to say is that at least this theory has some basis to it, albeit weak. It is still better than "Ikuko was Eva's confidante" that Renall suggested earlier.
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|2012-09-01, 09:17
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Detective, Witch, Pirate.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ruins of the Golden Land
|2012-09-01, 10:26
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
Seriously. Look it up. It's even mentioned in the Wikipedia article you posted a few days ago.
I really think people often jump to conclusions when interpreting that interview with Keiya, though.
|2012-09-01, 10:52
|Link #30294
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Crime Scene
There's an interview were Ryuukishi07 said "Yes, it was Battler". All the hints point to "Yes, it was Battler". There's not a single line that questions or negates the "Yes, it was Battler"
What in the world is so hard to catch about the "Yes, it was freaking Battler" confirmed by the word of god?
Ikuko is regarded as an oddity. For all we know, she's a real witch that tought funny to try and spread Rokkenjima's cat box. Ikuko=Yasu is less likely that Yasu stumbling around as an amnesiac -because, you know, she was in the Rokkenjima big boom and she couldn't have so swiftly gone and buy a house, identity and all that jazz in so little time-.
Yasu wouldn't have escaped of the Big Boom even if she could. Because that's all her character is about and is been hinted for the enterity of the series: that she was all for dying with them if nobody solved the epitaph. And if they solved it... if they solved it she would do nothing and let them do as they pleased. In case of Battler, George or maybe even Jessica solving it, she'd let her funiture die and take the identity for the winner... and let them do as they pleased with her. Disturbing contents included.
BTE, there's a difference between assuptions made on shaky fundations and freaking castles in the air.
And there's difference between something unlikely but possible inside the game and bullshit from an asspull.
|2012-09-01, 12:03
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Dea ex Kakera
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sea of Fragments
So yes, she felt guilty enough to commit suicide over the deaths that occurred, but that's not quite the same thing as being determined to blow everyone up along with herself. In the former case, she might choose not to commit suicide if she had the opportunity to save somebody else. For instance, what if Battler was responsible for the murder game escalating into actual murders, and he tried to commit suicide out of guilt himself after learning the truth from Yasu?
|2012-09-01, 12:27
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
|2012-09-01, 14:40
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Crime Scene
What I'm trying to say is that Shanon was ready to let George take her away and marry him. I believe the great incident that was going to happen anyway was she giving the siblings the opportunity to solve the epitaph and get the Headship. If she gave George the gold, there was a possibility of hurting the moron's dreams about him building his perfect castle by himself. And Yasu didn't want to hurt anyone's dreams.
On a side note about the X-Sibling-that-found-gold as killer theory: Why take the burden of killing individually everyone if you could just run away and wait for the bomb to go off without telling them about Kuwadorian? I think some spontaneous blast that nobody expected is better and safer than the possibility of someone making a call or finding a way to comunicate about some mad serial killer. Surely one misterious vanishing or two would make less scandal that 6+ people being brutally murdered...
|2012-09-01, 14:51
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The True Culprit
Also, there's ample evidence to suggest that Ikuko is faking quite a lot of information. Lying to an amnesiac man isn't a stretch, especially when Amnesia Doesn't Work That Way.
Then again, it's the same reasoning people used to deny Shkanon mirite?
"Battler is alive" is a plot twist right at the epilogue.
|2012-09-01, 14:57
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Crime Scene
All the hints point to "Yes, it was Battler". There's not a single line that questions or negates the "Yes, it was Battler"
Then Ryuukishi nailed it further in the interview, Find me one line in the novel or tips that states, suggests or hints that it's NOT Battler and I'll consider it a little step above asspull.
|2012-09-01, 17:31
|Link #30300
Detective, Witch, Pirate.
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ruins of the Golden Land
Well, I'll agree with you as to the fact that I'm not too confident on what Ryukishi said, but I'm not going to dismiss off the bat either. Devil's proof and whatnot.
P.S: A bit irrelevant but, I just checked out Chapter4 of KnownNoMore, and.... Oh - My - God! That guy's pulling so much stuff out of his ass I wonder how it's still intact! I mean, anyone else here heard of what he calls the 'Rose Symbolism'? I seriously want to gouge out my ears....
And the worst part is, nobody's telling him to SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!
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Last Mock Off Season Of January 2012
I have been busy with my off season addiction of researching free agents and draft hopefuls again. Right now I am knee deep in mock drafts and have completed a few complete off seasons as well. I am also currently finishing up my defensive analysis, which I will post in a couple days before leaving for Florida to work for a bit. Here is the last off season mock I made and posted on my Facebook page a couple days ago. Keep in mind this is just fantasy, but I try to be as realistic as possible, keeping in mind salary CAP and position needs as well as player availability both in free agency and each round of the draft. I do this for fun and hopefully you all will have some fun reading this and coming up with your own ideas as well. It's a long off season and we have to keep busy some how. Enjoy…
I want to preface this one by acknowledging the fact that there is no way to make everyone happy. The moves (or non-moves) in this one that people will complain about is not resigning Laurent Robinson and Tony Fiammetta. Also, not having better depth behind Victor Butler and Bruce Carter, so this one is a gamble. Then again, aren't they all? Let me explain my thoughts before getting into free agents signed and the draft.
In this scenario, Laurent Robinson finds a much higher payday than Dallas is willing to shell out for it's 4th option on offense, and decides it's a much better idea to fortify other positions with that money. As for Fiammetta, his health concerns cause Jerry to wait until camp to see if he is an absolute need. There is no doubt, his blocking skills were directly related to Murray's rookie success, so this one will be closely monitored. For now, the money is used to backup Romo, with the economical choice of Brady Quinn. Anthony Spencer finds a Chris Canty-like deal that is too rich for the Cowboys blood and Ryan decides he can roll with Victor Butler and a new young player from the draft. This decision also indirectly influences the first round pick in the draft.
Free Agents Signed:
Carl Nicks OG 7 years $57 million with $15 million signing bonus (contract comparable to former Saint's teammate Jahri Evans)
This is the big move of the year. Nicks will pair with Tyron Smith to protect Romo's blindside, giving him the time needed to make the critical reads.
Richard Marshall CB 6 years $28 million with $10 million guaranteed (contract similar to Scandrick's)
Marshall was named defense MVP by Arizona Cardinal's DC Ray Horton.He is a solid cover corner and tackles well. He was also used at safety last year when FS Kerry Rhodes was sidelined with a foot injury. Richard will come in and compete with Orlando Scandrick for a starting spot.
Thomas DeCoud FS 6 years $25 million with $8 million guaranteed (contract similar to Sensebaugh's)
DeCoud became a solid starter in Atlanta, but became a CAP casualty with so many other priorities and William Moore as a fallback option. This is an upgrade for the Dallas secondary compared to resigning Elam to play SS and Sensebugh to stay at FS.
Brady Quinn QB 3 years $8 million with $4 million guaranteed
There are quite a few options here at this price, but Quinn is my flavor of the week. I could also see Chad Henne getting a look here.
2012 Dallas Cowboys Draft:
1. Devon Still DT/DE Penn State
Still is currently the 10th rated player and top rated DT in this years draft. I could also see Quinton Coples or Michael Brockers going here. The idea behind this pick is that I believe Courtney Upshaw will be gone by the 14th pick (probably to Buffalo at 10) and the dline has been ignored for years. If you watch today's NFL QB's against a 3-4 defense, most are aware of the edge rushers (OLB's) and step up into the pocket to avoid pressure. If the pressure is also coming from the inside, it's a different ballgame. Ratliff at NT and Hatcher and Still at DE, combined with Butler and Ware on the outside could be the upgrade in pressure that we've been lacking since the switch to a 3-4.
2. Ben Jones C/G Georgia
Jones is the second rated center in this year's draft, but the perfect fir for Garrett's offense. Ben is versatile, smart and strong. When asked what his greatest asset was at the senior bowl, his response was "My intelligence, I'm a smart guy. I can get the whole offensive line on the same page and I'm tough as hell." One of our oline weaknesses for years was that the center doesn't make the line adjustments. Kosier has been that guy and with age and injuries catching up to Kyle, Jones would be the perfect choice for the future at center.
3. Josh Norman CB Coastal Carolina
Norman caught the attention of scouts at the senior bowl. Although a small school player, his height, (6'2") physicality, smoothness and great hands make him an intriguing prospect and worth the 3rd round grade he is currently receiving from most draft sights. Josh could be the steal of the draft and everyone knows Jerry likes to gamble on players with high upside to make him look like a genius.
4. T.Y. Hilton WR/PR Florida International
Hilton is another small school athlete with tremendous upside. He could potentially replace Laurent Robinson's void as the 4th offensive option as well as provide a legitimate weapon on punt returns, finally keeping starting WR Dez Bryant off special teams. Although small in stature, (5'10" 185lbs.) T.Y.'s straight line speed, hands and elusiveness make him a weapon defenses must account for at all times.
4. (comp pick for Stephen Bowen) Tank Carder ILB TCU
Depth is needed on the inside after losing former starters Keith Brooking and Bradie James. Tank is a tough, physical player with great tackling technique. Carder was the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year in 2011.
5. Jack Crawford DE/OLB Penn State
Crawford is the second Penn State player taken in this draft and would be the third Nitny Lion on the 2012 defense joining starter Sean Lee and first round pick Devon Still. I really like his size for the position. (6'5" 270 lbs.) Crawford has tremendous work-ethic and energy and could be counted on for significant contributions during his rookie season rotating with Victor Butler on the strong side.
6. Beau Reliford TE Florida State
If Jerry doesn't get caught up in the en-vogue two-tight end receiver option, Beau could be the cheaper solid blocking tight end needed after losing head-case Martellus Bennett to free agency. Reliford is a former basketball all-star and has the size (6'5" 260 lbs.) and athletic ability (like Bennett) to excel in Garrett's offense.
7. Emil Igwenagu FB Massachusetts
Choosing not to resign Fiammetta right away and the slow progress of last year's draft pick, Sean Chapas, leaves a void in the lead blocking department, which is essential to the health of the running game in Garrett's 90's style offense. With few teams looking for traditional fullbacks in this new era of passing prominence, Igwenagu has the receiving skills to do damage on the perimeter when not blasting holes in the running game. He was also voted team captain in 2011, something JG holds to a high regard.


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Here I'll dump all my old and random battles. Not too detailed reports, more like highlight spots.
To start off, here is an year old solo battle, when most of my good figs were at Finn_striker's home, in the zombiemegabrikwar. So pretty random.
Note: Some pictures have paint thingys.
The good forces. 3 spearmen, 1 archer, and Sir Shinyblade, the hero.
The barbarian horde.
And their chieftain hero, forgot the name.
Battlefield, with skeletons and mystical artefacts.
Hurr hurr! The horde approaches!
One of the bastards pics up the wizard hat...
And gains majistic powers, killing an archer.
Elevated positions are taken.
The empire strikes back! Killing two and losing one of theirs.
Heroic feat commences...
Hm. Sadly, the explosive barrel flew off the table.
And a secret faction emerges! Yeah, the skeletons. Just like you wouldn't had expected.
Uhh, critfail? Can't remember. Anyway, the results of a sword hitting a grenade:
Boom. No one is killed.
Now, the horde attacks again..but the wizard dies to counters.
A jaw jaw throws his/her axe at Sir Shinyblade who...
Parries it.
His horse is wounded. Or not. Can't remember..
Oh, it was killed. Shinyblade bails.
Empire's turn. A spear is thrown.
Looting commences..
while a skeleton goes for the mysterious helmet..
Granting the skeleton a laser gaze!
A stormtrooperskeleton drags itself...
And cirtfails
Battle so far.
The stunned chieftain gets up..
And beheads the last spearman.
The last barbarian is killed by Shinyblade's counters.
BEEP BEEP the helmet has side-effects, sending odd signals..
What is that monstrous thing up to??
KLANG THUD KLING UH! The ynfamous chieftain is killed.
Desperately, Sir Shinyblade mans the turret, to no avail..
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The year 1947 was an important for evangelist Billy Graham. It was when he moved (mostly)
from being the featured preacher at Youth for Christ rallies to leading his own evangelistic team,
the team that would soon become the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Above is the program (from
Collection 7) from one of his last YFC rallies, held at the Hollywood Bowl in California on July 27, 1947.
Below is a brochure (from Collection 5) from one of his first city-wide evangelistic campaigns, held in
his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina from November 9-23, 1947. For more information on this first Charlotte
campaign, come to the Archives Reading Room and browse through the papers of Charlotte businessman
Vernon Patterson (Collection 5) or the records of Charlotte evangelistic campaigns (Collection 295). Or perhaps you
would like to read the Charlotte Observer's account
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Myosin is a name utilized to describe a family of motor proteins that interact with F-actin filaments. Though a number of different myosins have been described, the most widely familiar of the proteins continues to be myosin II, the first of the family to be discovered. Each myosin II molecule present in a cell is comprised of two identical heavy chains (200 kD) and two pairs of light chains (17 to 22 kD). The enzyme trypsin can cleave the myosin heavy chains so that a rod-like tail region, called light meromyosin, and a globular head domain, termed heavy meromyosin, are formed. Light meromyosin is involved in the assembly of the bipolar thick filament, whereas heavy meromyosin is further cleaved by papain into subunits, one of which binds adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and engages in the establishment of cross-bridges between thin and thick myofilaments. Myosin II molecules are tightly packed in thick filaments (200 to 300 are present in each thick filament) and are arranged so that they are parallel, but are staggered in a manner that ensures that the middle of each filament only contains myosin tail regions and the ends of each structure are comprised of both heads and tails.
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The High Point Public Library has grown their annual genealogy festival, GenFest, over the past five or more years. A record 446 visitors attended last Saturday's event! Working alone at my table, I stayed busy and didn't get to browse all the other vendors this time, but I didn't mind. I did say "Hi" to a few acquaintances from around the genealogy world, including members of the Randolph County and Guilford County genealogical societies. (Look! Larry's on TV!)
here's 2010) except for last year, when I went to England instead, but this was my first time as a bookseller. Tannery Books had a nice corner table near the door in the Morgan Room. I was between the Old North State Detectorists club (metal detectors and historical artifacts — yes, this group gets permissions from landowners) and a paranormal investigation team (with local ghost tales) from Winston-Salem. Interesting neighbors!
Although sales weren't huge, I did sell a few books and gave out all my bookmarks to browsers. Maybe now people will know there's a bookshop in Archdale! Several of my sales were for books on commission — it's a good feeling to mail those checks to local authors.
Friday, June 08, 2012
GenFest 2012
Posted by Elizabeth Saunders at 6:22 AM
Labels: books, bookseller, genealogy, Guilford County, Randolph County
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Hi Elizabeth: I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award... Come check it out: http://meenarose.com/2012/06/16/the-versatile-blogger-award/
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Ongoing background research on the institutional status of Cornish heritage and culture. I am reading my way through these documents, a Green Paper for Culture in Cornwall, proposing a five-year plan. This consultation and the results were published in 2010 and the White Paper was due on March 2012 but I have not found this published to date.
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If you have the time and interest, please can you post your comments here? My first skim of the survey questions this was largely based on is that several of the questions were 'leading'. However I am still working my way through this.
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Ok lets see if we can get a decent turn out this year guys.
Hosted over the weekend from 6th-8th August at santa pod raceway
loads of events going on throughout the week including:
Run what ya brung - chance to legally race against ya pals and prove who has the bigger BHPenis
Music Tent for nightime entertainment
Autoglym show and shine for the bobbly dazzlers
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Demo vehicles including the 6 second Fire force jet car
Monster Trucks
Freestyle Motocross
all the other chavvy stuff...
will be arranging club camping subject to suffiecient numbers.
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Samsung will likely make more dollars per each Galaxy Note 10.1 it sells than Apple makes on its iPad, IHS iSuppli reported Aug. 24, following a teardown of the newest Samsung tablet. However, there's a big if involved.
Samsung continues to "seek the magic formula" that will enable it to rival Apple's share of the tablet market, said the report. If with the Note 10.1 it can mimic the success of the original Galaxy Note-a "phablet" with a 5.3-inch display and an S Pen stylus that Samsung has already sold more than 10 million of-it will be on to something. But to cash in on that success, it will need to hold firm to its price point.
"The hardware profit margin for the Galaxy Note 10.1 only holds true if Samsung is able to maintain its initial price," Rhoda Alexander, director of tablet and monitor research for IHS, said in an Aug. 24 statement.
"And therein lies the rub," she continued. "No Apple rival has yet demonstrated the capability to actually sell in volume at $499, instead falling back on price cuts in order to drive volume."
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After a preliminary breakdown of the Galaxy Note 10.1's components, IHS estimates that an HSPA+ version that retails for $640 has a bill of materials (BOM) of $283-or $292 when manufacturing costs are included. That tally doesn't include software, licensing, royalties or other expenditures that cut into Samsung's profits.
A WiFi-only model was found to have a BOM of $260.
IHS earlier found a comparable third-generation iPad, with WiFi connectivity, 16GB of memory and a $499 price tag, to carry a carry a BOM of $316.
Samsung is the only smartphone manufacturer that has proven it can stand up to the Apple iPhone, and in the tablet space, it's also proving Apple's only real competition. While brands like Google and Amazon have followed a model that offers the hardware at a price that yields no profit but offers the promise of high-volume sales and ongoing software-side profits, Samsung's model is more akin to Apple's-and more, it has some of Apple's same tricks up its sleeves.
"One of Apple's major competitive advantages is its dominance in semiconductor spending. This allows Apple to command more favorable pricing from its suppliers, helping to reduce its costs and expand its profit margins," said the IHS report. "However, Samsung can counter this advantage by leveraging its own internal sources of supply."
In the Note 10.1, Samsung supplied both the flash and DRAM memory, the core processor, the battery and a number of other components.
Additionally, Samsung leans on parts that are used across a number of its devices.
"By using cross-platform components, Samsung can better leverage pricing with outside suppliers, and further reduce the incremental cost of developing other devices," IHS Director Andrew Rassweiler said in a statement.
He offered the examples of the quad-core Samsung Exynos process, used in both the Note 10.1 and the Galaxy S III smartphone, and the Intel wireless chipset, also shared by the two.
Can Samsung use a few of Apple's tricks to defeat it?
That's for consumers and business users to decide. As for the IHS staff, they believe the quad-core processor will offer a noticeably strong user experience. However, they added that the tablet "isn't breaking new ground in term of technology. As is usually the case with such hardware releases, each device offers only an incremental set of improvements compared to the previous generation."
The teardown team at iFixit, on the other hand, found the Note 10.1 to be quite a thing apart from the iPad 3. While the latter is nearly impossible to fix, or to do so inexpensively, they found the Note 10.1 to be quite the opposite.


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WHAT: Living Room by William Kahele
WHERE: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street
WHEN: January 18 �" February 18, 2018
COST: $5-$25; Ticket information below
INFO: 536-4441, kumukahua.org
EVENT: Free talk-story following the production on Friday January 26.
HONOLULU, HI�"Kumu Kahua Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of Living Room by William Kahele. This thoughtful comedy is also Kahele's world premiere as a playwright.
Eli's family and friends are well-meaning, but they won't leave him alone as he wrestles with his troubled past and uncertain future. Millie, Rose, Fannie and Junior haunt Eli with their concerns until they nearly drive him crazy. Eli's indomitable sense of humor and a handsome stranger may be his saving grace in this comedy about the drama one local man faces alone in a crowded room.
This play is a semi-autobiographical piece that was written by Kahele as a result of beginning and advanced playwriting classes offered at Kumu Kahua Theatre by Tammy Haili'opua Baker.
Wil Kahele says "My grandmother told me a lot of stories when I was growing up. She made me believe anything was possible. My other grandmother was a bit more practical and tried to enforce the attributes of hard work. I learned from both of these strong women that there are positives and negatives in their perspectives of child rearing, and I survived them, but not without some bumps and bruises along the way."
The play is a thoughtful comedy that contains some adult themes and language.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: January 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27; February 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 2018
Sundays 2pm: January 21, 28; February 11, *18, 2018
*American Sign Language Interpretation upon request
(No show Super Bowl Sunday, February 4)
Following the performance on Friday, January 26th there will be a free talk story. These talk stories are offered on the 2nd Friday of each production run and include an opportunity to gain behind the scenes insight from the director, cast and playwright (when available).
Hometowns of the Cast of Living Room:
Ricky Cardenas - Mililani, Daryl Bonilla - Kapolei, Aimee Nelson - Honolulu, Aaron Miko - Honolulu, Kahana Ho - Honolulu, Natalie Dawn - Kailua, Will Ha'o �" Honolulu.
Tickets for performances can be purchased with a credit card by calling 536-4441, or by visiting the box office at 46 Merchant Street (corner of Bethel and Merchant Streets, downtown) between 11am and 3pm Monday through Friday. Tickets can also be purchased at KumuKahua.org.
Ticket prices are $5-$25.
Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by The Hawaii Tourism Authority, The Hawaii Community Foundation, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) Charitable Foundation, The Atherton Foundation and Hawaiian Electric Company; The Star-Advertiser and other foundations, businesses and patrons.
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Deals: Settlers of Catan
Posted by Ana Mardoll at Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Edit
(For those not in the "Euro Game" phenomena, this is a board game.)
11 comments:
- jill heather said...
I have a board game night tomorrow, and a friend asked if Catan plays with three. It does, I said, as does any other game in the universe, could we play one of those first?
It's a great game to start playing with, but I find it hits overplay saturation quickly. That said, one of these days I am going to play it with my planned deck of dice (no weird cards doing other stuff, people get hands to choose what to play, or alternately they can choose any card open on the table) and I am going to see if the game gets better because it is more strategic and less random or worse because somehow you still end up with 5 sheep and no iron and you cannot blame the dice.
- Ana Mardoll said...
Ahahaha. I have actually successfully avoided playing it, because I have HEARD THINGS. But Husband likes it a lot.
My mother has actually been forced to play it. She was not amused at ALL.
We need a "favorite Euro games" open thread. Let's do it in this one!
- jill heather said...
I used to love Catan, and it was several years of occasional play before I moved all the way to hate. (I hate Carcassonne even more, but play it surprisingly often via my iDevice -- it has such a good interface. Any other players?)
So, I am a fan of Pandemic because I love coop games. It takes forever to set up, which is fine except when you lose in three rounds. But still, such fun.
I like Power Grid and Tigris & Euphrates on those rare occasions I have a brain. A huge brain, with no sleep deficit.
I love Fjords and Taluva as two player games. Fresco, too, in part because it's so pretty, and in part because it has an awesome turn mechanic.
Stone Age is probably the game I play most often because it's pretty good for a mix of people.
I love Fresh Fish even though no one else in the world does.
- storiteller said...
I enjoy Settlers as long as you are playing with people who can stand to not take themselves super seriously. I have a friend who gets jackassy about both Settlers and poker and complains when he claims he's playing it better than anyone else and yet is still losing. I can really only play one game of it per day though - after that, it just gets too repetitive.
Not a Euro-style game, but in terms of indie games, I really enjoy Flux and Gother than Thou. I was introduced to Gother than Thou by a goth and it's a very funny send-up/love letter to goth culture. They're both card games.
- Ana Mardoll said...
I'm a fan of Carcassone. I wish they had an android version.
LOVE Pandemic. Husband doesn't like playing with me because he feels like "cooperative" means that I dictate where his piece "should" go next. I'm trying to work on that. It's an overabundance of exuberance, I swear!!
We play Oregon a lot on Yucata.de. I think they have Stone Age, too. We played Stone Age in real space once, but the smell of the animal skin cup gave me some kind of allergic reaction. o.O
A book about Settlers of Catan? Doesn't beat my bafflement over the current production of a theater-release movie based on the Battleship game, but it comes close.
I do like Catan, but I don't play it too often. The one friend I have who's wild about it played it a lot, and is very good at knowing at all times what cards everyone has in their hand at any time. I hate playing like that. I don't like quite a few cardgames because they're all about counting which cards you have, have been played, and which are still in play. Especially if I must at the same time keep up with what the other played on which turn and what that implies for what (s)he still has left. So yeah, I generally lose those games with such a difference that it stops being entertaining.
The eurogame I really like is Small World. It's a bit like Risk in that you must conquer areas, but you play using very few dice rolls, get a wide range of fantasy races combined with special powers to choose from, and when your current race is running out of steam (because you lost a few army tokens and the rest is busy holding on to your previous conquests), you can put your current race in decline where you still score points but can't attack anymore, and pick a new race.
- jill heather said...
I liked Small World okay, but see my player order issues. Then I played Vinci, the game it was based on, and adored it. Vinci is, of course, out of print. Toss the stupid cup for Stone Age and try again -- it's a very good game to play.
I might have been known to be very, um, assertive in my suggestions for Pandemic. Which works fine against other people who play a lot of games, and is miserable for people who don't.
- sarah said...
No way. A Settlers of Catan book? I bought the game for my family for Christmas last year.
- Will Wildman said...
somehow you still end up with 5 sheep and no iron and you cannot blame the dice.
This is an excellent phrase even though I have no idea what it means.
I know of Catan by reputation only, although a relative once said I should come by and play sometimes. And I know Carcassone by name, but nothing else. The rest of these machinations are an utter mystery to me and I suspect sorcery may be involved.
I've played Power Grid. You build power plants and use the money you receive from them to buy coal, oil, and nuclear stuff to keep powering them, as well as to expand your utility empire into other areas.
- Whitney Barnes said...
The new Settlers of America is a nice update with many of the negative play experiences of the original Settlers softened. You can always settle somewhere, and you always get something no matter what the roll (though by late game some people might be getting more than you)
No love for Dominion? Best game ever, and gets better with every expansion. The base game comes with 25 different cards, you play with 10 at a time, so there are a lot of different set-ups, a whole lot of differnt ways for the cards to interact. You get expansions, and there are a whole lot more options. You can play a dozen games without seeing the same card twice. And games only take about 40 minutes. So you don't spend an hour feeling like you are hoplessly losing, which can happen in Catan pretty easily.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar surged against the Canadian dollar Wednesday after the Bank of Canada left interest rates on hold and stressed that inflation could be weaker than expected.
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The Australian dollar AUDUSD, +0.0282% rose to 88.52 U.S. cents from 88.11 U.S. cents late Tuesday after the country's latest inflation reading slightly lowered expectations for an interest-rate cut.
The consumer price index rose 0.8% last quarter, or 2.7% from a year earlier, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected, on average, a quarterly rise of 0.5%. The increase on a seasonally adjusted basis was 0.9%, or 2.6% from the year-earlier quarter.
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