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Curtains (US - BD RA)
Gabe checks out another under-loved entry in the '80s slasher cycle...
A group of women gather for a weekend casting call at the secluded mansion of director Jonathan Stryker (John Vernon). He's searching for the perfect woman to play the role of the crazed character, 'Audra,' and these women are just dying for the chance to play her! Stryker's last star, Samantha Sherwood (Samantha Eggar), is so determined to get the part that she committed herself to an asylum to prepare for the role. Unfortunately for all, a crazed killer in a disgusting 'hag' mask is viciously murdering everyone one by one. Who will survive the final curtain call? (From Synapse's original synopsis)
My frantic, some might say obsessive compulsive desire to see as many horror movies as I can get my hands on usually leaves me well-prepared to review most of the catalogue titles I'm sent from studios, like Blue Underground, Severin, Scream Factory, and Synapse Films. But there are still plenty of genre gems to be discovered. Richard Ciupka's Curtains is the latest such feature. Despite a relatively strong reputation as one of the better films of the '80s slasher cycle, Curtains languished in relative obscurity. Before it disappeared into the æther, Cipuka's film was reportedly a difficult production, one that required extensive re-writes, re-shoots, and a release delay of at least two years.
Ciupka, who shot under the pseudonym Jonathan Styker (the name of John Vernon's character in the film), was a Belgium-born filmmaker that made his feature debut with Curtains following a blossoming career as director of photography in a number of Canadian films, including Jean Lafleur's Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS sequel, Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia (1977). He continues working on French Canadian television productions to this day. His work on Curtains is crisp and classy without being particularly flashy. The stalk-and-kill sequences owe a significant debt to the pre-slasher Italian gialli, including stark shadows, garish colours, and images shot from the killer's point-of-view. Further visual nods to the likes of Dario Argento include a Profondo Rosso-like doll that appears before kills, a black-gloved murderer, and Suspiria-like baroque interior lighting. There are also a number of Mario Bava-inspired motifs, specifically a number of Kill Baby Kill and Blood and Black Lace lifts that appear during the climax. But, for the most part, Ciupka isn't blindly mimicking other filmmakers – Curtains is a mostly unique version of various suspense and horror tropes. He's mixing his stew based on existing recipes without following the instructions to the tee. The iconic, slow-motion pond skating chase/murder deserves special credit for creating a stylishly tense moment in stark daylight, against a backdrop of driven, white snow.
The script, credited to Prom Night and General Hospital writer Robert Guza Jr. (though there were likely a number of uncredited rewrites), is a typical blend of melodrama and convoluted plot twists, but not otherwise interchangeable with too many other era slashers, though the genre signification is an oversimplification of Ciupka and Guza's influences. The first act, where Samantha fakes her way into an insane asylum, appears to be in reference to Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor (1963), while the rest of the film is clearly inspired by Agatha Christie's various 'body-count' stories (Stryker actually states 'and then there were four' at one point, if there was any doubt). The punchy drama of struggling actresses vying for the same part under the heel of a manipulative director is pure soap opera fodder (it's here where the better-than-average cast makes all the difference). The horror and thriller elements are so different in terms of design and storytelling conventions that they sometimes feel as if they were added months after the initial production had already wrapped – which, in this case, some of them were (the Shock Corridor Bava stuff that bookends the film were apparently part of producer Peter R. Simpson's reshoots). The uneasy blend should've proven disastrous (by all accounts, the cast and crew thought it would be), but the warring parts actually complement each other, despite the hodgepodge visual natures. Ciupka and his editors, Michael Laverty and Henry Richardson, do a great job amping up the more hallucinatory horror elements as the film starts chugging towards its big reveal.
There are actually a number of slashers modeled on a show biz backdrop, including John Lamond's Nightmares (aka: Stage Fright, 1980), Ulli Lommel's Boogey Man II (aka: Revenge of the Bogey Man, 1983), Michele Soavi's Stagefright (aka: Aquarius and Bloody Bird, 1987), Wes Craven's Scream 3 (2000), Rick Jordan's Stage Fright (2005) and Jerome Sable's recent musical slasher spoof, Stage Fright (2014, note that none of these films are remakes). I'm not sure if slasher writers and directors are just prone to self-reflection, but the setting certainly supplies a valid excuse to include beautiful yet intellectually vapid characters and offers a chance to trap them in a definitively theatrical location.
Contrary to Synapse Film's press release, Curtains was released on DVD via gray market copyright ignorers Echo Bridge, in 2010 as part of a Midnight Horror Collection four-movie set. You would be forgiven from never knowing this, even as a fan, because the disc's cover art does everything it can to make Curtains look like a newer movie. I can't find specs on the release, but most accounts state it isn't much better than the old Vestron VHS release. Synapse's remastered Blu-ray was a long time coming and was twice delayed because the company head, Don May, Jr., was not happy with the initial results of the 2K scan. In an address to fans on the official Synapse website, May said:
Quote: … the film stock was incredibly grainy and, when we got our first encodes back, honestly, I thought they could be better. The encoder wasn't handling the grain structure well and it was softening the grain enough for me to take a couple more cracks at the compression. It looked really good for the most part, but when paused, I was seeing breakup in the grain that I wasn't too fond of.
You can read the rest of what he had to say here, complete with samples of the original master and two encodes for comparison's sake.
The 1080p, 1.78:1 image (I've seen specs that list the original aspect ratio at both 1.85:1 and 1.66:1) is somewhat grainy, but no more grainy than I'd expect from any other low-budget film of its age. The grain levels remain relatively consistent, only clumping up a hair during darker scenes and close-ups. Details are generally better in wide-angle shots, where the deeper focus helps to differentiate patterns and objects. The softer focus and pulsing grain dull some of the more delicate textures. Cinematographer Robert Paynter's garish, giallo-inspired colours are quite vivid and the more subdued scenes are pretty consistent, depending on lighting sources (outdoor, daylight skin tones are, of course, different than those shot under dim studio lights). There are a few odd shots that appear muddy and discoloured, due to increasing grain levels (a couple of establishing and dissolve shots come to mind). Compression effects are not an issue on my 50-inch set, so it appears that the 'second crack' at encoding did the trick. The bulk of the print damage artefacts are made up of small flecks, but also includes a handful of shots with some kind of water damage. The edges and corners of the frame are sometimes overtly shaded, which I believe is an intended effect (like a more subtle iris effect), though it may be a sign of further image degradation.
Synapse has taken the extra effort to remix Curtains' original soundtrack from mono into 5.1 surround. Presented in uncompressed, DTS-HD Master Audio sound, this remix is a fine effort, but not what I'd consider a necessity. Fortunately, for completists, Synapse has also included the original mono track, which is also presented in DTS-HD MA. For the sake of this review, I mostly listened to the remix, and didn't notice any 'canned' effects that were added for the sake of five-channel immersion (for example, the sounds of a storm and a revving car engine are basically identical between the 5.1 and mono tracks during a particular scene). Generally speaking, the two tracks feature the same centered dialogue and effects with only minor directional spreads found in the new mix. The discrete center channel is a plus in the 5.1 track's corner, as is the extra oomph the discrete LFE channel offers the musical score. Composer Paul Zaza – who wrote the scores for a number of your favourite Canadian films, including Prom Night, My Bloody Valentine, and Bob Clark's Porky's, A Christmas Story, and (sigh) Baby Geniuses – does a wonderful job underscoring both the melodrama and horror with string and piano motifs.
- Commentary with actresses Lesleh Donaldson & Lynne Griffin, moderated by documentarian Edwin Samuelson – Samuelson does a decent job prodding the actresses at the beginning of this track, but the actresses eventually get into the swing of telling behind-the-scenes stories and giggling about the good ol' days.
- Vintage audio interviews with producer Peter R. Simpson (courtesy of Jason Knowles) and actress Samantha Eggar (courtesy of Todd Garbarini) – These two interviews are available on another audio track. They are not scene-specific as a result. Simpson's interview, which runs about 45 minutes, fills in some of the blanks in the production history. Eggar's 10-minute chat is more interesting in terms of its archival value.
- The Ultimate Nightmare: The Making of Curtains (35:50, HD) – A new retrospective featurette that includes interviews with Ciupka, cast members Donaldson & Griffin, editor Michael MacLaverty, special make-up effects creator Greg Cannom, and composer Paul Zaza. The interviewees recall they're careers, the difficult production process, casting, technical elements, make-up effects, reshoots (including a still from an alternate ending), and release (no one seems to have enjoyed it). There's no mention of the Italian filmmakers I see in the production, but people praise Ciupka's highly technical filmmaking and compare it to the work of Hitchcock (a more buzzword-worthy filmmaker, I suppose).
- [I]Ciupka: A Filmmaker in Transition(15:10, HD) – This vintage documentary short from 1980 follows the director's early career as a cinematographer, including behind-the-scenes footage and clips from some of the films he worked on, like Curtains.
- Theatrical trailer
Without the behind-the-scenes trials and tribulations, Curtains probably would've been either a mediocre melodrama or a mediocre slasher movie. But the haphazard slamming of two mediocre films together resulted in a charming and artistically ambitious mish-mash that stands apart from genre distinctions. Synapse has done a spectacular job remastering the less that ideal source material and has included a decent stack of extras, including a cast commentary, interviews, and a retrospective documentary.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
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hey thats Michael Wincott in the table pic....he didn't change much between this and The Crow!
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He has no lines and, because the film was altered so much in post, he drives a snowmobile into the distance and is never heard from again. No goodbye. No death scene. He just leaves the movie.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 29th July 2014
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Mono English
Extras: Cast Commentary, Director and Actress Audio Interviews, The Ultimate Nightmare: The Making of Curtains, Ciupka: A Filmmaker in Transition, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Richard Ciupka
Cast: John Vernon, Linda Thorson, Samantha Eggar, Anne Ditchburn, Lynne Griffin, Lesleh Donaldson
Genre: Drama, Horror and Thriller
Length: 89 minutes
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HorseshoesHorseshoes is one of the most basic of outdoor games, requiring only a set of four horseshoes and two stakes or throwing targets set in a sandy area. Two players can play against each other individually, or two teams of two people each can complicate the competition.
Theories vary, with some tracing the history of the game back to Roman soldiers who amused themselves by tossing metal rings over stakes nailed into the ground. The practice is also thought by some to be related to quoits, metal disks with holes in the middle that were similarly tossed toward a pin or a hob embedded in soft clay.
Other speculations link the game to the ancient Greek sport of discus, with participants throwing the discus at a stake. Under this theory, people who could not afford discuses resorted to used horseshoes instead.
Regardless, horseshoes was probably brought to America by early English settlers, and there is evidence to suggest it spread widely during the Civil War.
The first world championship game of horseshoes was held in the early 1900s in Kansas, which was also home to the first organization devoted to the activity. Rules have evolved in the decades since, and today the game is thought to be played by more than 10 million people annually.
Horseshoe pits and/or horseshoe set rentals are available at the following Broward County Parks:

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Listen in as MPD Telecommunicator Saves The Day – And A Life
August 1st, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
A Milwaukee Police Telecommunicator this weekend showed the kind of professionalism and compassion that truly demonstrate what it means to be a first responder.
On Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 10:36 a.m., District 7 squads were dispatched to a subject with a gun complaint at a home on the city's north side. The caller stated her boyfriend was in the backyard of the address with a gun to his chest threatening to kill himself.
As officers approached the address, they were notified the suicidal subject had placed the gun down and his girlfriend had recovered it. Officers approached the man, and he was taken into custody and conveyed to the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex without incident.
During the subsequent investigation, both the suicidal subject and his girlfriend related to police that the person they were talking to on 911 helped calm the man, convincing him to put the gun down. The man's girlfriend told investigators that the 911 operator was calm, gave her instructions and calmed her down, and was a key reason why the suicidal subject put the gun down.
A check of the call record revealed that Police Telecommunicator Keena Woods-Smith was the TC speaking to both subjects. Her professionalism had a calming effect on both subjects involved in this incident, and her actions directly correlated to a successful resolution to this incident. Her supervisors have recommended her for an official commendation from the department.
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I managed to pass all my classes but one...which was Math. T_T So I am re-taking that class and hopefully work harder.
1st semester was awesome....... until I failed by 1% after passing both NREMT practicals
Liar by nature
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Bleh. First semester of college ,which was 3 years ago, started out good but ended up horrible. Was doing game programming and all my games came up quite easy with no bugs or glitches. Then when working on my final project, so many bugs came up that I couldn't finish the game in time.
Professor still gave me a C as my previous games were outstanding for someone who never did any programming before :)
my bro...high five
I'm up for a NAFTA
my first term in college was okay. our university works on a trimestral basis (3 terms in a year as opposed to a semester's 2 terms). i actually thought i could get high grades without studying, since thats what i was used to during highschool. i had a low gpa but i had no failures, so still good.
I'm really busy and always tired so y'all gotta wait to be replied to :v
<--- Is on academic probation LOL
Girl slow down.. You're heaven sent.
by first semester, i wanted to get out. xD
3.50 first semester of college
Procrastination is the only true enemy
I made the top 20 in total GPA in my entire college. I attend Harvard Law School. It was a bit easier than I expected. Nah, I'm kidding. I rounded off a 3.40. I could do better if I wasn't too busy with the internet and video games.
My first semester actually went really well ... I decided to go with the 'easier' (in my eyes anyway) classes, so I could get use to college, and not just jump straight in like a crazy person. I passed with flying colors and wasn't super stressed.
My mistake however, was thinking that's how ALL of my classes would be ... holy shit was I wrong, as semesters went by it just got worse and worse, and now that I'm on my final semester right now, I'm ready to either kill myself or go on a mad killing spree XD
my first semester in college was something i didnt expect...
i wasnt so sure on what i wanted to major on..
so i took my aunts advice...
all my friends went to another school..
and i didnt know anybody in my classes...
but it turned out well..
my classmates were being nice...
and i found some people whom ill consider my lifelong friends...
First semester of college = The best time of my life!!!
So many girls! So many parties! Just fun overall. I got great grades then 2 years after that, I realized I didnt need to go to college to be an IT pro so I quit wasting my money, got a decent SQL support gig and started my own IT consulting business.
I believe there's a God above, I'm just the God of everything else!
First semester was a cakewalk.
SO I DECIDED TO TAKE 19 UNITS. Not the brightest idea. But, I made it through that semester--my GPA mostly unaffected--and that included Calculus II and General Physics I. Diffficult, but ultimately satisfying.
But, yeah, my first semester of college was a joke. But most GE classes are a joke, and when 75% of your classes are GE, well it's not hard to foresee the outcome.
OVERRATED. like i was like... how is college supposed to be the best time of my life??
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I got sick for almost a week before the finals, so i flopped xD
Dont Judge me!! You Judger!! (╯°Д°)╯︵ ┻━┻
My first year was lol....I did the quarter system so I guess there were four quarters.
I went crazy with freedom and my nomadic journey for good roomies, so I did pretty badly during my first quarter. I didn't get on academic probation but I was close. The second quarter was better since I was taking English and Entomology classes, my strongest classes. The third quarter, I failed a math class and that was bad, too.
I was on academic probation twice during college.
Once was when I simultaneously failed a math course (my natural suckage) and a class that locked me out of a final on accident. I was so pissed since they told me they didn't hear me knocking and would give me another chance to do the final but didn't.
The second time was when I somehow failed a Greek mythology class (I REALLY don't know how I did that, but there you have it...) and got a D or something in this annoying critical thinking course (it was under the subject of philosophy but it had little to do with actual philosophy and a lot to do with just 'formatting' your thoughts, which was stupid).
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Myasthenia gravisBMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e8497 (Published 21 December 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e8497
- J Spillane, clinical research associate 1,
- E Higham, general practitioner partner2,
- D M Kullmann, professor of neurology1
- 1UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N3BG, UK
- 2Central Medical Centre, Morden SM4 5RT, UK
- Correspondence to: J Spillane jennifer.spillane.09{at}ucl.ac.uk
A previously well 78 year old man presented to his general practitioner with a six month history of double vision that was more pronounced when he was tired. His wife had also noted drooping of his eyelids towards the end of the day. Examination showed restricted eye movements (ophthalmoplegia) and fatigable ptosis. He was referred to his local neurology centre and a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis was confirmed with antibody and electrophysiological tests. A computed tomography scan of his thorax was normal and he was prescribed oral pyridostigmine.
What is myasthenia gravis?
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission characterised by fatigable muscle weakness. The disorder is typically mediated by antibodies against the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptor or by antibodies against muscle specific tyrosine kinase. About 10% of patients with myasthenia gravis have a thymoma.1 Any muscle group can be affected in myasthenia gravis, but typically patients present with ocular symptoms, namely diplopia and ptosis. Weakness then becomes generalised in about 80% of patients.2 The most serious complication is myasthenic crisis: acute respiratory failure resulting from myasthenia gravis that requires mechanical ventilation. Myasthenic crisis occurs in about 20% of patients with myasthenia gravis and is a neurological emergency requiring admission to an intensive care unit for respiratory support.3
How common is myasthenia gravis?
The prevalence of myasthenia gravis in the United Kingdom is estimated at about 15 per 100 000 population, although this figure has increased over time4 5
The incidence is bimodal, with a female:male ratio of 2:1 in younger adults and a reversed sex ratio in older people6
Both the incidence and the prevalence of myasthenia gravis in older patients are greater than previously thought7
Why is myasthenia gravis missed?
The fluctuating nature of the symptoms and the often subtle findings on clinical examination can make myasthenia gravis difficult to diagnose. In one study, diagnosis was …
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Prosecutors have outlined three grounds of appeal against the acquittal of prominent Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney, who was found not guilty this month of murdering his estranged wife, Corryn.
The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lloyd Babb directed the appeal on Thursday - the deadline for lodgment - and documents were submitted to the Court of Appeal in Western Australia.
Mr Rayney was acquitted on November 1 following a highly publicised three-month trial and a five-year ordeal to prove his innocence.
Ms Rayney, a former Supreme Court registrar and mother of two, disappeared after her weekly dance class on August 7, 2007.
The case dubbed the "trial of the decade" was presided over by former Northern Territory chief justice Brian Martin.
He found that Ms Rayney was a victim of a random attack outside her home and was buried head-first in a grave at Kings Park before her car was dumped nearby.
Mr Rayney has kept a low profile since his acquittal but told reporters on the day he was found not guilty that it was a "terrible tragedy" his daughters still did not know who killed their mother.
Following Mr Rayney's acquittal, many in the legal profession publicly stated they believed a retrial was unlikely because, for an appeal to be successful, lawyers would have to find a misapplication of the principles of the law.
But it seems Mr Babb believes there are grounds for an appeal, citing three reasons, including what he says are the judge's failure to appropriately assess the circumstantial evidence as a whole.
He also cites the significance of a dinner place card with Mr Rayney's name on it that was found near Ms Rayney's grave site.
Tom Percy QC, one of Perth's most high profile lawyers and a friend of Mr Rayney, told AAP he was "staggered" at the decision to appeal the acquittal.
"It's unusual to do it at the 11th hour," he said.
Senior Perth legal figure John Hammond told AAP he could not see any gaps in Justice Martin's legal reasoning.
"I am surprised (with the appeal) in light of what Justice Martin said in his decision," he said.
"The facts fell short of proving the case beyond reasonable doubt and, where it did fall short, the prosecution relied on speculation."
Mr Rayney's case was WA's most expensive trial and required its judge and prosecutor to be flown in from interstate to avoid bias because the Rayneys were well known in Perth's legal community.
There's now uncertainty surrounding a defamation lawsuit against WA police regarding the head of the major crime squad in 2007, Detective Senior Sergeant Jack Lee, who told journalists shortly after Ms Rayney's death that her estranged husband was the "prime" and "only" suspect in her murder.
Mr Rayney's ability to practise as a lawyer also remains up in the air after Justice Martin found the barrister had engaged in "discreditable conduct" by lying to a magistrate, swearing a false affidavit and arranging a phone tap to monitor his wife's calls.
Both the Legal Practice Board and Barristers' Board were reviewing Mr Rayney's privilege to practise law before the appeal was announced.
The WA Bar Association, of which Mr Rayney is a member, could also strip him of his membership but cannot prevent him from practising as a barrister.


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Santa Barbara Shooter Identified as the Son of Hunger Games' Second Unit Director
Elliot Rodger has been identified as the shooter, who went on a killing rampage, near University of California, Santa Barbara on Friday (May 23) in Calif.
The man was the son of Peter Rodger, a second unit director on the 2012 blockbuster Hunger Games.
"They want to send the deepest condolences to all the victims' families involved at this time," Peter's attorney Alan Schifman shared to ABC.
Elliot killed six people before committing suicide with the use of a gun. A few hours before the shooting, Elliot posted his last Youtube video, where he talked about how unfair he felt life was.


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Mmmm, just read through the last 15 or so pages of posts that have emerged whilst I was away, and hadn't had a chance to read yesterday.
I'm sure I had a few fair points to make but damned if I can remember them now. I am however looking forward to seeing what state Tsukune is in, or at, when Touhai lets him go after Akua; there's also the fact his ghoul mode seems very much to be akin to a sort of 'Devil Trigger' mode ala Devil May Cry; with the slight side effect of burgeoning insanity; should he get beaten to the usual point of no return.
He's also slowly getting closer to taking control of that power as well; considering Tsukune has now reached a point whereby even in Ghoul mode; he retains his conscious self, even if it's not the portion of him in control. Back in the early days; I don't remember him even remembering. That his conscious self is now strong enough to remain 'awake' and remember, it's obviously either getting use to his vampiric self, becoming slowly attuned, or getting stronger itself; giving a clear indication at some point, not now, and likely not for some time, but one day Tsukune will be in full control of every essence of power we've seen his ghoul form exhibit; and likely more as he'll no longer effectively be acting against himself.
He's definately gone up a whole different level of power though, just judging by the blast he gave the ground without even trying; and the punch we saw in Ghoul mode; I'm definately looking forward to seeing Moka's rescue, and her reaction to the Six-Million-Dollar-Tsukune He's definately starting to stretch his legs from the early encounters; and it's not just his conscious form getting stronger, so is his ghoul.
He's definately going to be a tough one if he survives long enough.
I'm also definately looking forward now to finding out what's happened to Issa. With his wife in her position; it makes me all the more interested to find out where he is; whats happened to him and what he's been doing. Someone who heads a large vampire coven, and can take a mistress, whilst having a wife like that says something about his strength.
PERHAPS he HAS been killed; or taken out the picture. But I somehow think that he'd be too strong to depose easily.
Also glad to see a small hint that Akasha may well still be alive; although 50/50 as she may instead have merged with Alucard.
Akua's also still bat-shit crazy it has to be said; right now I've no idea if she'll do a turn round like Kokoa, or whether she really might have to be killed; or whether she'll simply up and leave/continue to be a pain from the side lines.
Once Tsukune's learnt something that'll at least give him a chance against the Jigen-Tou, it's certainly going to be a nasty fight; especially if any element of the 'ghoul' appears.
We saw previously that Akua didn't want to take on Touhai; but we saw last chapter just what Tsukune's ghoul form is capable of right now, absolutely wasting him. I'd say that suggests the raw power potential [albeit not the level Tsukune can control] from Tsukune is already far higher; but Akua has control and technique on her side.
From obvious suggestions and the original 'falcon punch' it'd also suggest that Tsukune in his current conscious state; has probably surpassed the strength of his at-the-time-far-stronger ghoul form when we first saw it; demonstrating how much he has grown; and perhaps not entirely from Touhai's ritual, but from experience and the Ayashi nature slowly becoming a bigger part of him.
[Although there is also no doubt the ritual hasn't also given him a fairly potent power up/helped bring out a little more of his potential]
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My question is, how long will the training of Tsukune take? I figure the next chapter or two will focus on Moka and Alucard while dealing with Akuha's mother. So, maybe 5-6 chapters from now they may finally be ready to go after Moka? Or do you guys think the author will draw it out longer? With the pace the slow pace arc has had, I'm thinking we may be a year away from a Tsukune x Moka reunion. I really wish this were a weekly manga.
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As for the training, I don't think Ikeda's going to waste anymore time on it and keep the results of his training a surprise and whatever else Tsukune will do with Fuhai-sensei will take place off-panel. Next time we see him, I assume it'll be to plan how they make an entry into the HQ.
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And as for the training, Touhou didn't say that there was a technique that Tsukune would need to know in order to fight Jigen-Tou, but all he had to know how to do is know Youjutsu, which Tsukune now knows. So since Touhou didn't say anything about any sort of technique that could block Jigen-Tou, than i'm hoping Ikeda would skip over the rest of the training and go straight to the "Rescue Moka Arc", since it would be pointless to continue the "Training Arc", if Tsukune isn't going to learn anything specific to block Jigen-Tou.
It's interesting isn't it?, Akua has her agenda, Gyokuro has her agenda, Tsukune and Co. has their agenda and Hokuto as well as Kiria has their agenda (along with Miyabi, no doubt), this is basically a " every man and woman for themselves" as well as "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" will be used in this upcoming arc, with all that you just know that things are going to get bat-shit crazy on the floating garden
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I got a feeling this is all just a family affair in the end and Alucard is the main baddie villainous-Bosseus. lol
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I also agree that a Jigen-Tou of his own would allow him to be able to fight on equal grounds with Akua, considering all of her fighting is centered around Jigen-Tou anyway, and that right there is her weakness, but by the time they encounter and fight, Tsukune will already know how to block Jigen-Tou and he will have the advantage over Akua, if she doesn't use any others means to fight, however, i don't know weather or not Tsukne will still learn Jigen-Tou, but it's still a possibility.
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Furthermore why do you think that HTsukune is a Shinso / youkai hybrid, if the case is the human modification ritual then I think you are mistaking something, since any kind of ayashi can learn youkai techniques, it's just that the method used to make Tsukune learn them has been a bit unusual due to Tsukune, not having enough time to learn ayashi techniques using the normal way of learning.
In other words, to me Tsukune is still classified as a human / Shinso vampire hybrid, at least until we see him being affected by vampire weaknesses or needing blood to survive, since in my opinion, only those two things could signify that Tsukune has fully lost his humanity, and if that doesn't happen then I, would still consider Tsukune as a Shinso vampire / human hybrid.
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No no no, the Shinso/Youkai is for his monster type at the wikia page, it's not what you think. The Shinso part refers to his Shinso power, blood and form (that we have seen so far all the way up to the point of the modification ritual). The Youkai part refers to his newly reborn youkai body that he has, didn't mean him actually being a Shinso/Youkai.
Touhou did say that Tsukune's body has been reborn, and this is true, however, the only "human" parts that Tsukune has left is his linaege and mind, while his physical body is a artificial youkai body, his mind and linaege AKA his humanity remains, i agree with you on that one.
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But does Akuha really have low stamina, or is it she just wears herself out quickly spamming the Jigentou? I'd always hoped it had a weakness, and in chapter 41 it was implied that it does.
Fuhai could not use the Jigentou is his elder form (not safely anyway), which means it requires a lot of energy. And when used as frequently as Akuha does, I can see how she could get winded quickly. As you said, it's one of her weaknesses. Not to mention being an overachiever. I am really looking forward to her downfall, and may Tsukune be the man to bring it about. Until then...
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The reason why Touhou had to use his own lifeforce energy to compensate for his lack of youki was because he had injected Tsukune with a tremendous amount of youki through the needles, which tired him out.
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Speaking of blood sucking. We do not see Kokoa running after Tsukune's neck. Though she did lick his blood. O_O
As for Tsukune race...well he should be hybird by now, though I think there is need to have 2 separate Tsukune's in the Wikia since in the first season manga he is still human, though here at SII manga with this kind of metamorphosis that needs to be in a new category of a hybird, since he's still partially awake like he said in that berserk vamp/ghoul form.
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The Jigen-tou technique does require a lot of energy. Vampires are perfect for learning it because of their own massive energy reserves. It also depends how much the technique is being used and what it's being used for. Even when she was a child, Akua used the Jigen-tou primarily focused around her hands, which along was considered a feat in of itself. Now she can basically phase her entire body out using the technique, which undoubtedly eats up much more energy than just using it around her hands as she likes to do. She was spamming it already when she fought against the Tongs (phasing out of the fire attack, then attacking the Tong family directly, phasing through the wall to get to the gang, fighting Jigen-tou to Jigen-tou against Ling Ling, phasing out just in time of Ling Ling's uzi and 'suicide attack') and then she decided to mimic Fuhai's long range version, which probably nearly drained her completely.
And I think we should wait at least two more chapters before we try and clarify exactly what Tsukune needs to be labeled as of now.
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VG247: Sam Fisher made a return appearance at this year's E3, sparking the announcement of Splinter Cell Blacklist. VG247 rappelled in with the guys behind the green lights to discuss this 'blacklist' of theirs.
Sam Fisher was at his best during Chaos Theory, this empty shell of a former badass is nowhere near "his best".
So Sam Fisher likes to kill people alot huh? Too bad he's no where near the legendary Solid Snake. Stealth is not about frickin killing people around and starting a gun fight, it's about sneaking and bypassing enemy patrol undetected and if necessary, put them to sleep or knock them out but not kill them and leave a mess! That's not what the father of stealth Hideo Kojima taught us.
IDK...I understand people lambasting the "new" fisher. But throughout the series we knew he was a badass. But through all the stories his stress over double crossings, thinking his daughter was dead and all that jazz had pushed him passed being the stealthy man we once knew. I understand really, but he has grown an IDGAF attitude through all these stories and has stated he'll kill anyone in his way. So I understand peoples omg the old fisher is gone but we've been led up to this point within the stories.
I think everyone should calm their tits. I too enjoyed the first three splinter cell games and I too was a little disheartened at the e3 gameplay but I think they did make the game to be played both ways. We live in new times. Pew, pew explosions sell nowadays and if they hadn't catered to the majority at e3 this game would not sell.
The stealth is still there as the devs said if you so choose to play it that way. MGS4 did the same thing and that was still an amazing game in my opinion.
On another note it does go with the lore as above poster has said. Sam really could give less of a crap right now. He's no longer bound by third echelon like in the first three. Considering how decent Conviction was I'd say give it a shot before you utterly denounce it.


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There have been many different Indianapolis 500 pace cars over the years, but most would agree that there's nothing quite like a Corvette. So we're pleased to report that the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will be the official pace car of the 2013 Indy 500 at the historic Brickyard in Speedway, Ind.
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toolonglegs wrote:Cheers Ireland...about time too!.
Le velo....I know where Seyssel...you get pretty close to it when you do a Grand Columbier / Col de Richmond loop.When you get back home make sure you head up there.The Grand Columbier from that side is not so bad,well it is still a huge climb but not as nasty as the western side....there is one section that averages 19% for two km's...makes you want to cry like a baby!.I can see it from my house on a clear day...it is the only mountain I can see over the top of the Bugey range apart from Mont Blanc.Beautiful countryside!.
Hi toolonglegs,
That's it! Le grand colombier is just above. There is also a massive climb to the ski station right above seyssel which is called "sur Lyand" which is great up there in summer time for some off road riding. We used to take the dirt bikes and quads up there .... Ah so many memories.....I can even smell the warm baguette......damn you ! Ha ha ha ..... Time to plan a trip home I think sooner rather than later


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Robert Steven Cupit, age 63, from Clear Creek Road in Parkdale, was pronounced deceased at the scene of a semi-truck versus car accident on Highway 35 about 13 miles north of Bennett Pass on Jan. 21 just before 6 p.m. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation into Friday afternoon's crash that resulted in Cupit's death. The semi involved was a 2003 Kenworth truck pulling a dump trailer driven by Fred E. Jorgenson, age 63, from Husum, Wash.. According to OSP reports from the scene, Jorgenson was northbound on Highway 35 near milepost 77 going around a curve when he came upon Cupit's 1996 Honda Accord traveling southbound in the northbound lane. Jorgenson reported braking and steering to the left in an attempt to avoid the oncoming vehicle, but the car crashed into the right side wheel axle on Jorgenson's dump trailer. The impact tore away the Accord's passenger side before the car came to rest in the northbound lane. The truck slid to a stop along the side of the northbound lane. Cupit, the Accord's driver and lone occupant, was not using safety restraints, according to OSP. Jorgenson was using safety restraints and was not injured. According to Cupit's wife, Lisa, Cupit underwent triple by-pass surgery just over a year ago and was on multiple heart medications. She reported that her husband normally was a religious seatbelt wearer and may have removed his belt due to chest pain. The Cupit's were employed as the last full-time rangers at Tucker Park until 1991. Robert had, since then, worked as a criminal defense investigator in Portland. He was also a song-writer and local performer. "We moved here from Cascade Locks last September to be closer to medical help for his heart," Cupit said. "We had lunch the day of the accident. We were both watching the river. He went up the mountain to see what it looked like up there. We think he may have had a heart attack or a stroke," said Cupit. Road and weather conditions were not a factor in the crash, according to OSP Lt. Pat Ashmore, and blood toxicology test results are still pending. Local emergency responding agencies and ODOT assisted at the scene. The highway was closed for several hours during the investigation. OSP troopers from The Dalles Area Command office are requesting the public's assistance to complete the crash investigation. Any information regarding the whereabouts and activities of Robert Cupit between the hours of 2:30 and 5:50 p.m. on Friday would be appreciated, according to Sgt. Julie Wilcox. Also any motorists who encountered a vehicle being operated in a reckless manner on Highway 35 prior to the time of the crash are asked to contact Trooper Brent Ocheskey at 541-296-8126 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Roots have been so good for so long (two decades) that it's perhaps easy to take them for granted. The Philadelphia octet is higher profile than ever as the house band for the "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" TV talk show, but somehow its excellent 2010 album, "How I Got Over," was overlooked. The same mistake shouldn't be made with "Undun" (Def Jam), the 10th and best full-length studio album of the group's career.
Over 14 tracks and 38 filler-free minutes, the album traces the birth, cold-sweat life and early death of a street hustler, consumed by paranoia, crack and unfulfilled dreams. The tightly wound narrative is a familiar tale animated by its sharp turns of phrase, coal-grey images, and, most of all, its evocative music. In a way, "Undun" sounds like a continuation of the brooding first half of "How I Got Over." On the 2010 album, redemption eventually arrived. Here, there's no way out except in a casket, and the music underlines the tragedy: the episodic horn riffs of the haunted "Sleep," keyboards that chime like bells in "Make My" and slam with percussive force on "One Time," the kick-drum thunder of "Stomp," the rock-gospel feel of "The OtherSide." At times, the music evokes a church service or the eerie stillness of a funeral parlor, as if the semi-autobiographical character at the center of the story, Redford Stephens, were already dead.
Questlove Thompson's beats come hard as a clenched fist, softened by pleading voices and the wrenching narratives of Black Thought, one of hip-hop's most underrated voices. He's a philosopher as much as an MC in that he welcomes struggle, the notion that sometimes his protagonists don't have all the answers and feel trapped, lost, dead tired, desperate. "There I go from a man to a memory," he muses. "Damn, I wonder if my fam will remember me?"
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By the time of her death in 1982, Anna Freud's work had revolutionised how we treat children in many walks of life, such as in hospital - with longer visiting hours when children are having treatment - and in the judicial system, where screens and video cameras are used when children have to give evidence.
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Interesting, bearing in mind the controversy over the new DSM V definitions...
Barbara Bonneau 's curator insight, August 6, 2013 10:54 AM
Well what do you know? Language apparently does have something to do with the differences. Isn't this what Lacanian psycho-analysts have been saying all along, even after Kanner and Asperger made their distinguishes based on similar findings ? Add this to the fact that there seems to be no real effort to distinguish Asperger's from Freud's Obsessional Neurosis, or many other historical forms of "diagnosis". Has Asperger's become just another DSM descriptive list of "troubles" that could add up in many different ways?


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has until midnight tonight to propose how it'll satisfy a $1.4 billion U.S. judgment on sovereign debt that the country hasn't paid since its world-record default in 2002. A U.S. federal court ordered Argentina to pay the money. But Argentina's media have been reporting that the country plans to pay back no more than 30 percent and offer new bonds. Analysts say that would lead Argentina into another catastrophic default.


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Newly tenured profs bring wide expertise to Gettysburg College; see their videos
With expertise in fields ranging from Jewish studies to computer science to piano performance, nine Gettysburg College faculty members have been granted tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor, effective Sept. 1.
Africana studies Prof. Jennifer Collins Bloomquist has taught at Gettysburg College since 2003, beginning as a Derrick K. Gondwe Minority Fellow and coordinating the Africana Studies Program since 2007. A linguist, she has written and taught extensively about dialects in multicultural America. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a B.A. from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She discusses the science of linguistics in a video. Read her speech welcoming new students.
Economics Prof. Zhining Hu focuses on econometrics and has published research on topics including entrepreneurship and development zones in China, and economic policy in Japan. She holds a Ph.D. and master's from Boston College and a B.A. from Nanjing University's International Business School in China. She has taught at Gettysburg College since 2004 and the University of Mississippi previously.
Computer science Prof. Ivaylo Ilinkin has taught courses ranging from The Mathematics of Computation to Introduction to Bioinformatics. His publications focus on topics including identification of proteins, layered manufacturing, and mobile phone text entry methods. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and B.A. from Manchester College. He has taught at Gettysburg College since 2007 and previously at Rhodes College.
Spanish Prof. Alvaro Kaempfer holds degrees from the Universidad Austral and Universidad de Santiago, both in Chile, and a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Since coming to Gettysburg College in 2008, he has taught courses such as Topics in Latin American Literature: The Dictator Novel, The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election in the Latin American Media. He also teaches in the Latin American studies and Globalization studies progrms. He has also taught at the University of Richmond.
Psychology Prof. Brian Meier has published extensively on facial expressions and how perception affects emotions and behaviors. Titles include "Are Sociable People More Beautiful? A Zero-acquaintance Analysis of Agreeableness, Extraversion, and Attractiveness" and "Mellow Monday and Furious Friday: The Approach-related Link Between Anger and Time Representation." Meier earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at North Dakota State University. He has been teaching at Gettysburg College since 2005.
Physics Prof. Jacquelynne Milingo, an astronomer, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma and a B.S. from the University of Kansas. She has been a Gettysburg College faculty member since 2006, and was visiting professor here from 2000 to 2003. Titles of her publications include "Rotational Modulation and Long-Term Activity Cycles in Spotted Stars" and "Abundances of Galactic Anticenter Planetary Nebulae and the Oxygen Abundance Gradient in the Galactic Disk." She has also taught at Franklin & Marshall College.
Religious studies Prof. Stephen Stern's research includes titles such as "Philosophers of Catastrophe and the Last Kantian in Nazi Germany: How Judaism Redeems Western Philosophy" and "Einstein's Jewish Science." His book, The Unbinding of Isaac, is forthcoming. He teaches courses ranging from God Wrestling: Philosophy of Religion to The Holocaust and Jewish Thought. Stern, who directs Hillel on campus, has taught at Gettysburg College since 2002 and previously at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He holds a B.A. from Pomona College and Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.
Pianist and Sunderman Conservatory of Music Prof. Jocelyn Swigger's work ranges from a new recording titled "Rhythms and Blues: American Piano Music" to solo, chamber, and new-music performances across North and South America and Europe. Her courses range from advanced piano instruction to music theory to Mozart and his music. She holds a B.A. and B.M. from Oberlin College plus two master's and a doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music. She has taught at Gettysburg College since 2004. Hear her play J.S. Bach's Partita in C minor. Listen to her podcasts.
Asian studies Prof. Leo Shinchi Yip's courses range from Traditional Japanese Theatre to Chinese Culture in Early Japan to Advanced Japanese. His research includes "Yingtai huixiang (Yingtai Returns Home): A Translation of a Muk-yu (Wooden-fish songs)" in the forthcoming Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature. He holds a B.A. from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and a master's and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He has taught at Gettysburg College since 2005 and previously at Wittenberg University.
Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. Alumni include Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate, and other distinguished scholars. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.
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The award-winning Southern Ocean Lodge epitomises the Australian luxury experience. Designed to float amongst the dramatic coastal beauty of Kangaroo Island's south west coast, where natural icons jostle and Antarctica is next stop on the horizon, the world-class lodge offers unrivalled luxury in a uniquely Australian setting. At the heart of the lodge, the expansive and convivial lounge offers soul-stirring ocean views. You can enjoy exceptional Island-inspired dining in the restaurant, or a relaxed drink at the open bar with an exclusively South Australian wine selection.
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We are a privately owned company with twenty four years experience in Alhaurin el Grande on the Spanish Costa del Sol.
We provide a top quality service in the field of Mobility Products in Alhaurin el Grande
specialising in Electric Mobility Scooters, Electric Wheelchairs, Manual wheelchairs and Walking frames – Mobility Scooters Direct can offer all these products for sale or rent at very competitive prices (click here to see our mobility scooter rental rates).
We have a great selection of mobility scooters for rent all in excellent condition from a small boot scooter which folds down to go in the back of a car to a large scooter which can go up to 40 kilometres every day on a full charge. Whatever your needs we have a mobility scooter to make your life that bit easier to enjoy here in Spain. All our orders are normally delivered within 24 hours and always on time.
We are the agents in Alhaurin el Grande on the Costa Del Sol for new Electric Mobility Euro products.
These items are normally delivered all along the coast to homes and hotels from Nerja in the north to Sotogrande in the South normally within twenty four hours of order. We are the agents on the Costa Del Sol for new Electric Mobility Euro products and we can supply any mobility scooters or wheelchairs from this company at a very keen price within seven days of order.
Apart from this we always have a good supply of used electric scooters all with guarantee. To meet the needs of disabled people who cant get out for any reason we go to them with our big van with a selection of goods that they may choose without any pressure from us. Getting around the streets of the Costa is no joke if one is unable to walk,but on one of our mobility scooters meeting your friends or going to the shops makes life just that more pleasurable.
When choosing a new mobility product it is important it fits with your lifestyle and needs.
Most products fit into three main groups. Car Transportable–which can be dismantled to go into the boot of most cars. Medium Range–which are used from your home to go around the area in your locality normally up to twenty miles per day. Outdoor Range.–These are normally class three 6/8 mph with capabilities to go on the road and have a range of 25—40 miles per day on one charge. It is important to get the right advice before buying as no two people have the same needs.
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This school year will likely be the last for the year-round calendar in three Havelock schools as the Craven County system makes a push for a modified calendar.
This school year will likely be the last for the year-round calendar in three Havelock schools as the Craven County system makes a push for a modified calendar.
School officials say if the bid for a modified calendar fails to get through the General Assembly, all Craven County schools except for the two early colleges would move to the traditional calendar.
Currently, Arthur W. Edwards Elementary, Havelock Elementary and Tucker Creek Middle schools � all in Havelock � operate on the year-round calendar in which classes start in July and continue through June with nine-week grading periods interrupted by three-week breaks.
In the traditional calendar � mandated by state law � classes start no earlier than Aug. 25 and continue until June 10 with the only long breaks being for the Christmas and Easter holidays.
Craven County school officials want a modified calendar for all schools. That calendar would mirror roughly the calendar of colleges in which classes start in early August, with the first semester ending before the Christmas holiday. Classes would end for the year in late May.
A modified calendar would require the General Assembly to approve a waiver of state law. School officials sought such approval this spring for the current school year, but the measure failed.
Linda Thomas, vice chair of the Craven County Board of Education, said in a statement that if such a measure failed this spring, all schools would go to the traditional calendar.
�The administration and Board of Education have agreed that is the best plan, and that is what is being worked toward at this time,� she said.
School officials say the county�s current three-calendar system makes county-wide continuing education of teachers, training and administrator meetings difficult because not all staff members have the same work days. The modified calendar would also allow for early high school graduates to enroll in college for the spring semester.
Many parents on the year-round calendar as well as staff members insist that calendar is what is best for students, with smaller three-week breaks out of the classroom helping children retain more of what they have learned.
Thomas said in her statement that the board has heard from parents that having children on different school calendars can be difficult on scheduling vacations and other activities.
�What we continue to hear from the Havelock community, through our Board of Education representatives, is that the community wants one calendar for all the schools in Havelock,� Thomas said in her statement.
Craven County Schools created and operated under a calendar similar to the modified schedule until 2004, when the General Assembly passed legislation mandating the traditional calendar schedule. The law basically took school calendar decisions out of the hands of local boards and administrators. The legislation followed a �Save Our Summers� campaign by some parent groups and the state�s travel and tourism industry.
Lane Mills, superintendent of Craven County Schools, sent letters to parents of children in the year-round schools explaining the decision to seek the modified calendar and the possibility that the year-round schools would be moved to the traditional calendar for the 2014-15 school year. The letter also advised parents of the county system�s calendar committee meetings, the first of which was held Tuesday night in New Bern.
The meetings are open to the public, but no parents attended the first session on Tuesday night. The next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 24, with a final meeting planned for Oct. 8. For more information on the committee meetings, call Craven County Schools at 514-6300.


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Rivershore Inc. has received a generous donation of land in Youngstown from village residents Richard and Karen Phoenix. Rivershore will explore ways to meet the housing needs of the Village of Youngstown through this donation.
A thank you celebration was held on Friday, Jan. 25, on Hinman Street in Youngstown, followed by a reception at the nearby Rivershore residence. At the celebration, Rivershore Executive Director Jeff Sanderson presented a plaque to the Phoenixs and proclaimed, "Their names shall be forever linked to all of the good that shall come to pass on this land."
The celebration was attended by Judy Condino, president of the Rivershore board of directors; Jerry Wolfgang, president of the Rivershore Foundation board of directors; and Youngstown Mayor Raleigh Reynolds.
Rivershore is proud to be designated a Compass organization for the 10th consecutive year by the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. Compass is focused on quality outcomes achieved within an agency through internal rather than external review, and recognizes agencies that stress empowerment, satisfaction and involvement of people who are served by the agency in its leadership and strategic planning. Rivershore is one of only seven agencies statewide to achieve Compass status, and the only Compass agency based in Niagara County.
Of the approximately 750 private non-profit agencies providing services for people living with developmental and other disabilities throughout New York, Rivershore is ranked in the top 1 percent.


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The United States Court Tennis Association acts as the central authority to regulate, promote and preserve the game of Court Tennis in the United States. Court Tennis is played by approximately one thousand men and women nationwide on eleven courts.
This Association has many objectives, but primarily we are the controlling authority to coordinate all championships and major competitions. We organize and conduct tournaments for amateurs, publish an annual report, send monthly e-newsletters, and host an annual dinner.


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Party Plan: Backyard Birthday Bash
Throw the perfect backyard birthday bash for a very special someone. Celebrate their big day in a very big way.
Throw the perfect backyard birthday bash for a very special someone. Celebrate their big day in a very big way.
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Planning a birthday party for little ones can be stressful—especially with food allergies, gluten intolerances and concerns about added sugar becoming more common.
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Ready to make your next event or party a one-bag affair? See if you can make it from start to finish on one bag of trash. Sound crazy? Not with smarter, greener planning.
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What's a summer backyard party without a little slipping and sliding? Create a homemade slip 'n slide in minutes by following these four simple steps.
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Ready to sit back and enjoy cold drinks on the patio? Make sure your patio furniture is party-ready, too.
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Throwing an outdoor party? Things could get messy. But there's always an easy way to remove stubborn stains from clothes, tablecloths, napkins, and other nearby targets. Check out our outdoor party stain removal guide and learn how you can keep things clean.
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Hosting an outdoor party? Don't throw recycling out the window. Sorting makes it easy to keep things green. Follow these three easy tips and delight in your earth-friendly ways.
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No creepy crawlies here! These dirt cups make snacking fun, earthy, and tasty.
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These colorful cups feature layer after layer of flavor.
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What do you get when you pair two sweet classics? A deliciously fun treat your guests are sure to love.
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Meet one of the tastiest treats on the menu. Serve jibblers at any family gathering and they'll be coming back for more.
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When the sun's out, life gets a little brighter—especially when you combine two parts chocolate and one part deliciousness. Add chewy, chocolaty goodness to your next party by making a batch of bee stingers.
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Add a touch of sweet to a cluster of color with bright and tasty Rainbow Rave Punch.
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Introduce a new turkey tradition to your crew with these delicious and fun kabobs.
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Guests will love this refreshing berry slush beverage during warm and sunny afternoons.
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Serve up the giggles and give guests a slice of yum with this easy and colorful cake.
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Stick to the delicious stuff with these fun and easy-to-make baked chicken kabobs. It's sure to be a guest favorite.
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When gummies attack, how will you respond? Turn a simple cup into a fun and festive treat with these undeniably delicious crawly sweets.
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Need an awesome recipe your kids can tackle on their own? Task them with creating edible crawling critters using a colorful array of vegetables. From tomato ladybugs to carrot and asparagus butterflies, there's no telling what they could create. It's an easy way to get them excited about eating their daily dose of greens. And oranges. And whites. And more.
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Tasty food can bring a smile to any face. But what if your food could smile right back at you? Bagel buddies can do just that. All you need is a few bagels, a lot of veggies, and a little creativity.
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You don't need to go nuts with the trail mix. Try this simple and delicious nut-free trail mix as a sweet and savory party bowl filler.
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Surprise and delight your guests with a fresh baked gluten-free vanilla shortcake.
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Make your next party pop with flavor. These yummy party pops feature chocolate-dipped, sprinkle-rolled frozen bananas.
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No-bake party snacks are a great option for sensitive snackers. These allergy free bites will be a surefire hit at your next backyard bash.
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Ready to make the ultimate edible centerpiece? Vegetable arrangements are a fun, easy, and delicious way to add color to your table. Grab your veggies and carve your next delectable gem today.
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Get artsy by cutting and crafting a colorful and beautiful mobile out of construction paper. Mobiles are a fun way to string up a little flare—indoors and out.
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You can't capture everything with photographs. Buy a paper tablecloth for your next party so you can keep oodles of guest-created doodles.
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Show smiling faces in your party spaces. Cut and paste a few of your favorite snapshots of the birthday girl or boy and paste them onto paper plates. Then, hang them for all to see.
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The gooey goodness of grilled cheese just took on a new angle that's perfect for a fun afternoon bash!
The classic "pigs in a blanket" become "bugs in a web" with the addition of potato legs and a clever use of condiments.
If you've got a bug-loving birthday boy on your hands, we've got a plan for a creative party with plenty of wiggly appeal.
Turn an easy homemade pizza into a tangled web of gooey-goodness with string cheese and an eight-legged olive/p>
This lip-smacking bug juice is a delicious blend of flavored soda and fruit punch – but it's the frozen surprise that will keep your guests coming back to the punchbowl/p>
Let your imagination run on the wild side when it's time to dress up your cupcakes. You can even get your kids in on the decorating fun!
Turn a simple cake into a caterpillar that's (almost) too adorable to eat.
Serve tea fit for the most proper birthday tea party with a full menu of fancy finger food, sweet treats, and teas for party guests of all ages.
Prepared chicken salad cuts down on the prep time for these easy herbed appetizers.
Goat cheese and prepared egg salad make a creamy topping for puffed squares of crescent roll dough, while sliced radish and cucumber add a satisfying crunch.
Treat the adults at your tea party to a refreshing drink with hints of cardamom and clove.
No matter how old your birthday boy or girl, chances are that pizza tops their favorite foods list. So why not plan a party full of their favorite toppings, extra cheese, and a few more Italian goodies?
Try adding fresh basil to this sauce for extra Italian street cred. Have leftover sauce? Freeze ½ cup portions and drizzle it over pasta, or spread on an English muffin for a quick lunch.
Thick crust or thin crust? Whatever your preference, we have the method to help you serve fresh homemade pizza tonight.
Make a hot, fresh pizza in less time than it takes to order delivery.
The pink color of this fizzy iced tea is sure to win over every tea party hostess.
Enjoy warm, restaurant-worthy breadsticks without leaving home.
Crescent dinner rolls make these pizza pinwheels a snap to assemble and a perfect size for dipping.
If you're a fan of pineapple on your pizza, just wait until you try this! Have your kids help out by selecting the fruit for this sweet-tooth pie and arrange the pieces in fun patterns and shapes.
These fruity sodas are a great way to experiment with flavored syrups. Encourage your guests to create and share their own signature flavor combinations.
Using a recipe starter sauce makes preparing this savory fondue as easy as turning on a burner.
Chopped spinach and Parmesan join forces to make this uncomplicated appetizer completely irresistible.
Host an easy yet elegant black and white dinner party. We've got everything you need to pull off a high contrast, high style evening event.
This two-cheese spread takes a little planning to prepare, but the steps are simple – and the results are heavenly.
If you splurge on fresh herbs for this lamb roast, your kitchen will smell delicious from the moment you start chopping.
This recipe uses often-discarded mushroom stems to create a rich broth that infuses the entire dish with flavor.
Each layer of chocolate lends it's own texture and complexity to this divine dessert.
A sprinkle of nutmeg tops this classic special-occasion cocktail.
Black rum, crème de cacao, and a little cocktail shaker magic create a statement cocktail that your guests won't soon forget!
Combine the forces of salsa and guacamole for a chunky, creamy dip you'll want to put on everything.
Take a break from meat and potatoes with this flavor-packed Mexican fiesta. We have a complete plan to treat your guests to a colorful meal with an authentic flair.
Orange zest brightens the natural flavor of this fruity take on salsa, while the accompanying cinnamon crisps offer a sweet crunch.
Panko-crusted shrimp and a quick cabbage and carrot slaw are the basis of this fresh spin on a seafood taco.
Got a little extra time? Try roasting the vegetables in these easy vegetarian tacos for an even richer taste.
Salting the rim with taco seasoning gives this Bloody Mary a Southwestern spin.
This lime-kissed margarita cake is entirely virgin, but if you get the urge to sprinkle a little sea salt on the top, we would certainly understand.
Add a little chocolate to this traditional Mexican custard dessert.
Give a playful nod to the black and white theme of your dinner party by incorporating fondue dipping snacks in each color. Try stacking squares of dark rye bread, black olives, and dark pretzels on one side of the pot and sourdough cubes, peeled apples, and shaved pear slices on the other.
Fans of dress up and fashion trends will love this clever purse confection. Don't forget to get some decorating tips from the birthday girl!
Enlist help from eager kids when it's time to add the thumbprint to these lemony thumbprint cookies.
Special madeleine molds will give you just the right crispness on the edge of these classic pastries, but try using a muffin, mini-muffin, or whoopee pie pan if that's what you happen to have on hand.


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ASK Video Interactive Media has announced that it is now shipping the first DVD in a 4-part training series for Pro Tools 8: Pro Tools Level 1 features 32 high quality tutorial videos for more than 3 hours of instruction.
Pro Tools 8 has a new interface, new virtual instruments, new scoring and MIDI options, and this new video gets users started and PT veterans up to speed quickly. From installation, setup, and a tour of the interface to recording, editing, and finishing up with three chapters on Boom, the MIDI Grand, and Eleven Free, Pro Tools Level 1 is for all Pro Tools HD, LE, or M-Powered users.
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Wofford head football coach Mike Ayers has interviewed for that job at Georgia Southern and is one of four finalists for the position.
Wofford football fans in recent years have come to realize that the Terriers might someday not so distant lose head coach Mike Ayers to retirement.
But lose him to another school? And a former Southern Conference rival at that? It was a mind-boggling development in many ways as that strong possibility suddenly came into focus.
Ayers, 65, coach of the Terriers and face of the program for more than a quarter of a century, said Wednesday that he was in Statesboro, Ga., and had been meeting with Georgia Southern athletics director Tom Kleinlein about the opening there. Ayers was reportedly first contacted by GSU in late December, only a few days after Jeff Monken left after his four seasons to coach at Army, and this week was invited to campus as one of four known finalists for the job of leading a team headed to the Sun Belt Conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
"Today, I interviewed at Georgia Southern," Ayers said. "The opportunity to talk with them would not have been possible without all of the success that we have had at Wofford, which is the result of all the hard work that our coaches and student-athletes have put in over the years."
Ayers said he did not want to comment further.
"Mike means the world to us," Wofford athletics director Richard Johnson said. "He's been terrific. He's built a program that is to be emulated and modeled at any level. So it's no surprise to me that someone showed an interest in him. What's surprising is that people haven't done more of this. If you look at it objectively, by any criteria, Mike Ayers is stellar."
Georgia Southern has been looking for a coach since Monken accepted the head position at Army on Dec. 24. Vanderbilt co-defensive coordinator Brent Pry seemed to be the leading candidate as a replacement, but recently withdrew his name from consideration.
Ayers joined a list of finalists that also includes Navy offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper, who was an assistant at Georgia Southern under Paul Johnson when the Eagles won national championships in 1999 and 2000; Sam Houston State head coach Willie Fritz; and Auburn running backs coach Tim Horton.
There was reportedly a fifth candidate being interviewed on Wednesday evening.
Ayers and Johnson spoke Wednesday night by phone and will meet in person Thursday morning.
"(Georgia Southern) expressed interest and it developed kind of slowly and then it picked up steam quickly," Johnson said. "The question is whether or not Mike is really interested. How interested is Mike? There are differences in the two programs and one of those is certainly financial. At the FBS level, with so many more students, there are stark differences in salary."
Reports are that the Georgia Southern head coach will make about $450,000 per year. A decision could be made as early as Friday with an announcement possibly coming Monday.
"I would expect there will be resolution to this, one way or another, fairly quickly," Johnson said. "First of all, Mike Ayers likes to get down to business. He's listened. He'll evaluate. He'll make a decision and he'll get going, whatever that decision is."
The Eagles want to keep their option-oriented offense, which would seem to put Ayers and Jasper at the forefront. Ayers would almost surely bring with him longtime assistant Wade Lang, who played at Wofford and has been offensive coordinator for 24 years.
"Georgia Southern is committed to the option. It's part of the tradition and history. Who better to run that than Mike Ayers?" Johnson said. "When you throw in his integrity, his track record of success, the character of his players and how he is a great ambassador for the program, I mean, he would be an easy choice. If there's anybody better at all those things than Mike Ayers, I haven't seen it."
Ayers was an assistant coach at Wofford from 1980-82 and returned as head coach in 1988 after three seasons at East Tennessee State. He ushered the Terriers from the NAIA days into NCAA Division II and finally to Division I, winning the first of four Southern Conference championships with an unbeaten league mark in 2003. Wofford also earned titles in 2007, 2010 and 2012.
The Terriers were 5-6 this season, 4-4 in the league, and suffered only their second losing season since 2001. They had made the FCS playoffs in five of the past six seasons, joining three-time defending national champion North Dakota State and New Hampshire as the only other schools able to make that claim.
In 2003, a season in which Wofford won 12 straight games and made it all the way to the national semifinals against eventual champion Delaware, Ayers won the Eddie Robinson Award recognizing the most outstanding FCS head coach in the country. Ayers has been Southern Conference coach of the year five times in the past 10 years and earned the American Football Coaches Association regional award on four occasions.


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Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X Review
Have you been looking to upgrade the video card in your current system? Maybe the one that you currently have is not able to give you your desired FPS in your favorite game or maybe it doesn't support DX 11 and is holding you back from getting some of the newer titles? Whatever the reason may be, if you are looking at upgrading your current GPU, Sapphire has recently launched the HD6870 with the Vapor-X Cooler installed on it for maximum cooling power. Not only are you going to get DX 11 support with the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X, you are also going to be able to get a total of two DVI, one HDMI, and two DisplayPort 1.2 adapters on the card. This will provide you with the most potential for your display device to be connected with up to six monitors from this one card. I am very excited to see exactly what this card is going to look like as well as to see exactly how well it is going to perform when it is put up head-to-head with the competition in our extensive series of synthetic and real-world testing.
Closer Look:
The front of the packaging for the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X is very clean looking. You are going to get an Arctic scene in the background with a penguin standing on the snow. This is going to give you the impression that the card is going to be running very cool in comparison to the stock reference cooler as well as some of the other options out there for cooling your GPU. The top left hand corner of the packaging is where you are going to find the Sapphire Logo printed and the right top hand corner is where you will find the 1GB GDDR5 and TRIXX badges. TRIXX is the new Sapphire GPU tweaking utility that is going to give you the ability to tweak and overclock their video cards. In the center of the package you are going to see the Vapor-X logo with the tag line Vapor Chamber Technology under it to let you know exactly what Vapor-X is (if you had not known before). To the left of the Vapor-X logo, you will find a badge letting you know that Vapor-X Cooling is award winning and is a superior cooling solution. The bottom edge of the packaging is where you are going to find a few of the highlighted features that the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X card carries, such as Full DirectX 11 Support, AMD Eyefinity, CPI Express 2.1, 1080p Full HD, AMD HD3D Technology, DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI High Speed, 7.1 HD Surround Sound, and Super Fast GDDR5 Memory. When you flip the packaging over to the back, you will find a list of the Product Highlights as well as a more detailed list of the features that the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X card includes as well as a description of each feature. You are also going to get a list of exactly what is inside of the box such as the Sapphire HD6870 Graphics Card itself, Driver CD, Cables and a User Manual. Let's get this box opened up and see for ourselves exactly what is inside!
Once you get the outer packaging off, you are going to find a brown box inside. This is where the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X along with all of the accessories are housed. There is a cardboard container that holds the card which is contained in bubble wrap. This will hold the card firmly in place to ensure it does not move around during the shipping process (not despite the fact that every shipping company lovingly cradles your packages as if they contained rare Mammoth eggs destined for the Queen herself). Under the cardboard container you will find a second brown box that is guarding all of the accessories. Inside the accessories box you will find a Drivers CD, a User Manual, a Sapphire case badge, a CrossFire bridge, a D-Sub to DVI dongle, an HDMI to DisplayPort dongle, an HDMI cable and two 4 pin Molex to 6 pin PCI-E power adapters.
Now that we know what the packaging looks like and what kind of accessories are included with the Sapphire HD6870 Vapor-X, it's time to take a close look at the card itself.


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I received an interesting comment to my last post on networkcomputing It was about Avaya's SPB and how it served in the core of the network at the Sochi Olympics.
For those who are not familiar with acronym, SPB stands for Shortest Path Bridging and it is used for large scale bridging in the data center (Though it is not limited to datacenter environment).
Since the Idea behind of SPB is removing the Spanning Tree protocol and benefits from multipathing which can be easily achieved with layer 3 routing, with SPB,bridging can be implemented in a smarter way. Also better resiliency is achieved with SPB compare to the classical bridging.
In this post I will explain large scale bridging, layer 2 multipathing technologies, some vendor implementations such as Fabricpath of Cisco , SPB of Avaya. I will mention their pros and cons as well. Before going technical details of these technologies, let's examine traditional/classical bridging, let's see how large scale bridging problem is solved while examining resiliency and multipathing capabilities of each solution.


text: As time passes at one time or another we all reflect back over our life and wonder how things would have turned out if we had made different choices as opposed to the one(s) we made. They say that hindsight is hard to accept. Do you ever wish you had married someone other than the spouse you're with; Have you ever wished you had made another career choice but feel that you are too old to do so now. Do you hate you signed a lease or bought the house where you now live? These are just a few of the things that we sometimes inwardly regret having done but never voice to anyone. Therefore, we live a life of misery and deceit which affects our true identity and personality. Did you know that supressed emotions can cause serious mental and physical problems.