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McGrigors to cut 40 jobs in UK-wide redundancy round
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anonymous at 11:45:
Look at the Journal every month - plenty of jobs advertised and if you have the drive and talent, you can succeeed anywhere. I suspect the people complaining most are the ones who know deep down that they can't cut it without the big firm comfort blanket. For the most part, the old legal model is not sustainable in the new climate and it's time to stop thinking that anyone owes you a living and go out and prove that you are good enough to catch, kill and eat. No firm can carry passengers now. I actually think Management have done a really good job in the last two years. What would anyone out there have done differently?
So with fewer support staff again - wonder what clients would think of paying top whack for us typing our own letters - anyone thinking of signing up for a secretarial course?
This is easily one of the most read articles ever to appear on this site. I work in the Belfast office and I'm on the list for potential redundancies. I walked passed one of the partners' office last week and saw him typing a positive message on here so I thought I would tell the truth.
Mcgrigors is a complete mess. An utter shambles in fact. They messed us about after the merger with L&B with the terms of our new contracts. They were arrogant in their approach, treated us like pieces of meat and sent some clown over to "present" to us. I suspected from the start that McGrigors would not be a positive experience for the vast majority of us. I only wish I was wrong.
Igore the majority of the positive postings on here as they are being planted by McGrigors.
As an ex Mgs (and former trainee), Mgs changed for good when it merged with KLegal. It handed over too much power to London and lost its sparkle then. The robust management team that actually knew how to run a firm, kept staff morale high and created a "one firm" atmosphere have either gone or have been silenced by London. And to think in those days, NQ were given a golden hello for staying on !!
Lee Easton I salute you !
I have genuinely never heard of this Scottish firm. Let's move on. Now.
How pathetic that a partner feels he has to post positive comments (mcgrigorsarearubbishfirm post)
Law outside London? Gosh, it must exist.
Typical law firm. Partners all generally all v.good solicitors but have little skill in management or corporate strategy. McGrigors ego's have got the better of them. L&B in Belfast died for the same reasons - partners ordering new £50k BMW's on the same week redundancies were made!
I appreciate the concern which is been rose. The things need to be sorted out because it is about the individual but it can be with everyone.
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I'm not surprised by the interest in this story or the Belfast focused stories. Things seem to be unravelling in Belfast. Maybe the stories that the L&B partners can't work together aren't too far off the mark. The hope that a new name above the door and new management would change things is obviously fading. Apparently the bookies have closed their book on odds for an exodus of partners in Belfast and a new L&B re-emerging from the ashes....
I'm in the NI legal market and this is hilarious, what a bunch of whinging muppets, I wasn't aware law firms had trade unions. as for the hope that L&B will re-emerge, everyone in Belfast knows who the heavyweights/influencers in L&B were, I don't see them complaining much or have i missed something
class story but sadly largely created by losers. i liked the one about the bmw is that seriously true? i know some of the guys there like their cars, i dont think 50k would buy the bm i saw recently in the car pk though. Lets not talk them into starting up another law firm please there is little enough work
Most of you ciritcs of anonymous are living in a dream world. I am not one of the people being made redundant but I know the score within the firm. To suggest that partners only bring in the work is incorrect and insulting. To suggest that they have 'earned' the right to be exempt is correct until you take into account that it is their mis-management that is causing other peolpe's jobs. So morally exempty? No. Turnover and profit went up. People are only sacked because if thet are not then the partners won't be able to replace last years Mercedes with this years model. And consultations? pah. Lip service you mean. These firms are run like any capatalist country. The rich get richer, the poor get stepped on. And I am NO socialist. Just a relaist.
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Unfortunately it will take many many years for students to understand reality.
I work in Belfast and at every client meeting I had today, everyone (solictors on the other side and clients) were talking about this article and the responses. There are some great stories on here, some so ridiculous that they must be true! The question on everyone's lips today was "what is going on at McGrigors".
Anonymous @ 5.15 - With spelling and grammer like yours you deserve to be made redundant. In truth, there just isn't enough work to go round all the qualified lawyers working in the UK at the moment. A law firm is like any other company selling a product. If demand for the product falls any sensible business will take steps to cut costs - unforunately for those made redundant the easiest way for mcgrigors to cut costs is to cut staff numbers.
as an older generation in the profession is it just me or is it depressing that a few sore losers are allowed to start rumours and say what they like about frims on line, including L&B and McGrigors, who last time I checked were by a long way the dominant firm in NI, maybe some of you should take a leaf out of their book and sharpen up a bit - as for the rocket scientists in the firm complaining about usual business practices such as cost measures, grow up or go elsewhere although please dont apply to my firm I am now on notice of your opinions
to anonymous at 7:22
A bit harsh I would say.
Reading between the lines people are upset about ruined careers etc
Personally, these days I don't much care as I would rather be in an industry that has potential for growth and better wages etc.
Let's hope the Indians and the Chinese don't ruin your business or you might start complaining yourself. ABS is just round the corner.
Outsourcing and commoditisation of services may just finish you off.
I hope you don't mind a bit of age discrimination?? but that's business right???
Neither L&B or McGrigors have ever been the dominant forces in NI and if they were it wouldn't be too hard as the vast majority of firms in NI are either conveyancing sausage factories or one man bands.
IHateBPP at 1.19
L&B probably were fairly dominant 20 years ago when they were all walking round with their quils and smoking jackets with no real competition. They lost that position when the competition increased. I agree that McGrigors were never dominant in NI. They never will be the way things are going for them. I wonder how the L&B partners now feel being part of a ruthless business which requires them to win new work and compete in the market. Welcome to the real world!
...about some little scottish law firm trying play with the big boys and failing.
This article is funny though.....
"He adds that McGrigors is well placed to avoid any further redundancies in the months ahead, as it prepares to move from its long-standing home in Glasgow's Wellington Street to much-sought-after real estate space at 141 Bothwell Street."
McGrigors are in this position because they have continued to spend money like water despite a large overdraft. One suspects the bank will be putting pressure on them to reduce it.
To the people posting a slap on the wrists on here directed at the people complaining about this, bear in mind McGrigors, in Scotland anyway, have a traditionally v loyal workforce and lower than average staff turnover, but those same staff are now being made redundant to pay for the spending and to maintain PEP. You should have a little heart if they want to moan on here a bit and vent their frustration in a way less likely to cost them their job than any other.
I am ex-McGs, long time there and senior role and I agree with the comment about things changing when they went in with Klegal, and not very much for the better. The current managing partner was very much involved in and in favour of that deal and has continued to view expansion as the only way forward for McGrigors. Until a fortnight ago.
Just where is the legal profession going. Another firm that has expanded on the back of the sweat of good assistant solicitors on the basis ofjam tomorrow. I left the sweat shop mentality years ago and have never regretted it.
M is not daft they are well aware ,amongst others, that the promise of jam tomorrow works for technically good lawyers but as green as grass.
M will not be the last and on all accounts are no where as bad as some of the big Leeds sweat shops.
The reality is Law is the modern day sweat shop.and nothing will change unless Lawyers start walking
@Anonymous | 28-Oct-2010 6:25 pm
Are you really in a position to comment on someone else's grammar when you cannot even spell the word correctly yourself?
.... little scottish firm whose opinions are not backed up by their ability. I feel sorry for any good young lawyers in the firm who are being promised the jam tomorrow but there is no jam today and not likely to be any jam for a while. They have been building themselves up as the next big national law firm in recent years which is why so many people are looking at the apparent disarray the firm is now in with a smug smile on their face....
No wonder my Edinburgh Uni law student pals who've applied for a 2012 traineeship at McGrigs haven't heard back.... think I'll be warning them not to expect a call anytime soon!
Probably best that students leave the commenting to people who are not just feeding on whatever rumour somebody in their law class has decided to make up on that day. Considering the firm was one of the few not to defer their trainees, even during the big hit in 2008, there is absolutely no basis to suggest that the trainee intake will be affected this year.
No, trainee intake will not be affected this year.
Trainees much needed after the recent redundancies to help with basic tasks of sorting out post and archiving. Whilst the partners are swanning off on their away day, patting themselves on the back for saving their own skins, the firm 's transformation into a complete farce is almost complete. Yes, make the post guy redundant - its great getting our important letters and deliveries at 1pm instead of first thing in the morning. Archives department? Completely unmanned. Well done, lets hope there is no need to recover any client files currently sitting in a big container no one has a clue how to get to. McGrigors - we salute you
Trainees are much needed yes, as cheap slave labour (trainee salaries in scotland are the worst in the UK)
However they then ditched half of their loyal and hardworking trainees in August last year rather than taking them on as NQ's. (After all but promising the majority would be retained).
2 for the price of one where trainees are concerned
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The 411 Movies Top 5 03.22.13: Week 376 - Top 5 War Movies
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Inglourious Basterds
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
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Starship Troopers
Yeah, yeah, I know,
Starship Troopers
is science fiction and not what one would normally call a "war movie." But when you think about it, what is the plot of
Starship Troopers
? Humans are battling alien bugs from a faraway planet. Humans battle these bugs by ground, through the Mobile Infantry, and the Fleet, the human air force of the future. And on top of that,
Starship Troopers
is a parody of World War II propaganda movies (the "Would You Like to Know More?" segments, how everyone is so damn gung ho). And I remember something the great actor/technical advisor Dale Dye said about
Starship Troopers
the novel, that it's an important military novel despite its sci fi trappings. Dye worked on
Starship Troopers
and appeared in it in a brief cameo. He didn't care for the movie (I believe he didn't appreciate the parody aspects of it), but the fact that he wanted to be a part of it is good enough, I think, to include it here on this list.
The Dirty Dozen
The great thing about
The Dirty Dozen
, aside from being one of the ultimate "guy" movies, is that it shows that maybe not everyone fighting the Nazis in World War II was a great person or even an upstanding citizen. The members of the Dirty Dozen were all murderers and thugs, the kind of people who, regardless of the time period, are likely in jail somewhere. How often do you see that kind of thing in a World War II movie, especially since that war is considered the last "great" war? Not very.
Stalag 17
Stalag 17
tells the story of a German POW camp in World War II. The camp is filled with captured American soldiers. Now, based on that description you would think the movie would be horrific. But it isn't. It's actually a comedy of sorts (it inspired the TV show
Hogan's Heroes
). William Holden gives a great performance as the shifty Sgt. Sefton, an American POW who is essentially out for himself, but the stand-out performance belongs to Robert Strauss as Animal, the goofy POW that, when he isn't engaged in hijinks with Harvey Lembeck's Shapiro, is lusting after Betty Grable and or women in general (he flips out when he sees a group of women walk to the showers). If you haven't seen this classic movie, seek it out as soon as you can. It's well worth checking out.
One of director Oliver Stone's best movies,
tells the story of an idealistic soldier, played by Charlie Sheen, who struggles with the overall meaning of the nastiness he is forced to deal with in the jungles of Vietnam. Sheen's Chris volunteered to fight, unlike many of the people around him. He wanted to go to war for his country. And you see him interact with the "good guy" of the war, in Willem Dafoe, and the bad guy, brilliantly played by Tom Berenger. Which side will Chris fall on? Everything about this movie is brutal, nasty, grimy; there's very little "hope" here. It isn't quite a horror movie, but it's damn close. Even the "light" scenes, where we see everyone drinking and smoking pot and singing and trying to have a good time, have an aura of doom about them. Remember what John C. McGinley's character said about the new LT, "He ain't gonna make it, there's just no fucking way." You could say that for just about every character in the movie.
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan
isn't a perfect movie, as it has several "slow" moments, but the "fast" moments, the moments where we get to see the horrors of war up close and personal, more than make up for the movie's slow moments. The D-Day invasion that takes up the first chunk of the movie is a sadly thrilling and horrifying swirl of violence. You can't hear anything, there's danger around every corner, and you're not sure what you're going to run into next. Will the man you're trying to talk to suddenly lose an arm, a leg, or his face in a hail of bullets or some kind of up close explosion? The last segment of the movie, which is all about battling over a bridge, almost duplicates the feel of the D-Day scenes, but it can't quite match it. It comes close, though. Still a profound, sad movie fifteen years later.
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Based on the Pulitizer-Prize winning
The Killer Angels
, this is the most meticulous Civil War movie ever. It wonderfully showcases the three days of 1863 that changed the course of the war as North and South collide in a small Pennsylvania town and the movie shows every bit of it (aided by how it was shot on the real battlefield). The cast is good like Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee and Jeff Daniels as a Union officer but the star is how well director Ronald F. Maxwell recreates it all, especially Pickett's epic charge, showing how brutal warring on your own can be but how it was sadly necessary to allow our nation to grow.
Paths of Glory
World War I is often overlooked for its sheer horror, the classic idea of "civilized" warfare blown away by gas attacks and brutal trench battles. Stanley Kubrick's masterwork showcases this, the officers sitting back in houses sipping tea and giving orders, seemingly not caring of the men who have to fight and die in the mud. Kirk Douglas is an officer who gets a first-hand look at that, like the shocking idea of three men who refused a suicide mission shot for "cowardience." Horrifying and yet with a glimmer of heart that reminds you that every war must give way to a peace and hopefully a better tomorrow.
Apocalypse Now
Okay, it's true that
Hearts of Darkness
is actually a better movie. But this is still a powerful piece, less on Vietnam itself and more on how man's inhumanity to man shines through in war time. It's brutal in so many ways and while we get action (the famous helicopter charge), what's truly terrifying is how this was truly hell on Earth and how easily "moral" soldiers can descend into darkness through it. Brutal now as it was then, wonderful as a psychological piece as well as a brutal take on one of the most vicious wars in history.
Overlooked at times, this take on the first all-black regiment of the United States remains a powerful tale. It's not just the Confederates they have to worry about but also those within the Union who don't think they have the right to fight for themselves. It's a powerful tale with Matthew Broderick as the leader who has to make harsh decisions in command, Morgan Freeman as a veteran ready to fight and Denzel Washington in his Oscar-winning role as a former slave not sure if he even wants to fight for this country. The final storming of the Confederate fort, a total suicide mission, is brilliantly shot with James Horner's gorgeous score making you feel every moment to the sad climax. An ending to the soldiers but the birth of the idea of how blacks were as able to fight as any white man, if not more.
The Longest Day
Based on Cornelius Ryan's best-seller, this massive epic had nearly 50 major stars from America, England and elsewhere but still manages to tell the best version yet of the D-Day invasion. It's good because it also shows the German point of view, from the poor commander on the beach who sees the end of Germany coming (when asked where the fleet is, he responds "Right at me!") to the bungling that allowed the Allies to gain a beachhead. But we get great bits like Red Buttons as a paratrooper stuck on a rooftop and watching his unit wiped out to the wild street fighting. The shots of the invasion force on the beach are amazing as you realize this isn't CGI but rather thousands of real men and equipment replicating the massive effort. A true classic of one of the key battles in history, well worth watching today.
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Robert Altman created a war movie so great that it ended up as one of the most popular television shows in history. While most people know about the TV show, not as many today have seen the movie it was based on. That needs to change for anyone who hasn't seen it. Donald Sutherland stars as Hawkeye and Tom Skerritt is Duke, the two military doctors in the Korean War who try to survive the horrors of war with humor. The movie is actually about a football game, but the jokes are strong and the entire movie is a great war comedy.
Apocalypse Now
I would argue that the best movie about making movies was
Hearts of Darkness
, which tells the making of
Apocalypse Now
. Martin Sheen almost died, Marlon Brando was a giant headache, and Francis Ford Coppola had a legitimate nervous breakdown. However, what resulted was one of the best war movies ever made, as Sheen's soldier takes a journey into darkness to assassinate Brando's deserter. The movie is a great look at the darkness that can take over a man's soul when war overcomes him.
Paths of Glory
Stanley Kubrick made a more famous war movie later in his career, but
Paths of Glory
remains a true masterpiece. When watching the opening of this movie, it is clear it had a strong influence on Steven Spielberg because this is exactly where
Saving Private Ryan
lifted its long beach shot from, as
Paths of Glory
has one of the best trenches long shots in all of cinema. The film is about men falsely accused of cowardice and put on trial, with the threat of a firing squad if found guilty. Kirk Douglas stars and the movie is a true classic.
Inglourious Basterds
If you are looking at an alternative history war movie, there isn't one better than
Inglourious Basterds
. Of course, it is Quentin Tarantino, so that has to be expected. The cast was amazing, with Brad Pitt on top form as the man leading the Nazi hunters, Christophe Waltz winning an Oscar for his role as the Jew hunter, and Michael Fassbender even popping up in an impressive smaller role. The movie had great dialogue, some fantastic twists and is still - in my opinion - Quentin Tarantino's masterpiece and best movie.
Pan's Labyrinth
One might not think of
Pan's Labyrinth
as a war movie, but it really is. This is Guillermo Del Toro's best movie, which is high praise considering his great filmography. This movie is a dark fairy tale about a girl who is horrified by the real world and heads into a fantasy world that is actually more dangerous than the one she left. Everything she finds in the fantasy world parallels the real-world horrors, including the Spanish Civil War and the military step father who has stepped into her life. This is a tragedy that is fully seeped in the mythology of the Spanish conflict and one of the best movies ever made in any genre.
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Roger Wrenn's heart is still with Patterson.
Wrenn, the Clippers' football coach of 32 years, said he still feels as much a part of the Patterson program now as he did when he was coaching. But for the last six years, Wrenn has commanded the sideline at Poly, after choosing to move on from the school where his legend was created."It's hard for me to look across the field and see the blue and white," Wrenn said.
This past Friday, Wrenn's Engineers clashed with the Clippers and Poly escaped with a 44-34 victory.
"We've struggled offensively but we've been playing real well defensively," Wrenn said. "We thought this could be a shootout if we played well offensively. It turned out it was. It just seemed the last team with the ball would win."
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The game was tied 16-8 at halftime before Patterson struck early in the third quarter. Junior wide receiver/safety Kyle Jones recovered an onside kick to start the second half, which Patterson converted into a touchdown six plays later. Quarterback Craig Oliver punched in a 1-yard touchdown to cut Poly's lead to 16-14.
On Poly's next possession, Milburn threw a screen pass which was deflected into the arms of Clippers defender Davonte Ellis, who returned the interception for a touchdown. Running back Derwin Beasley, who led the Clippers in rushing with 12 carries for 68 yards, ran in the 2-point conversion to put Patterson ahead 22-16.
From there, it was tug-of-war. Poly answered with a nine-play drive that resulted in a touchdown and 2-point conversion, to go up 24-22. Oliver then hit receiver Nyme Manns for a 66-yard touchdown to put Patterson up 28-24. Poly's Chappell scored a touchdown to put the Engineers up 30-24. But on Patterson's next possession, Oliver threw a pass intended for Manns that was intercepted.
The Engineers converted the turnover into points with Milburn running for a 62-yard score, increasing the lead to 38-28. Oliver answered with a slant to Manns, which went 50 yards for a touchdown, cutting Poly's lead to 38-34. But Poly running back Priestly Shuler sealed the game with a 45-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
Poly did most of its damage running the ball up the middle in the second half.
"We knew what was coming and credit to them, they blocked well and executed well," Patterson coach Corey Johnson said. We just couldn't stop the run up the middle."
Oliver finished the game 7-20 for 189 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. Manns caught all three of Oliver's touchdown throws and accounted for 177 of Oliver's 189 passing yards. Oliver didn't play defense after injuring his wrist last week in a win over City College.
"We had a good game but some crucial turnovers hurt us at the end," Manns said. "We have to always come out to play and play hard all game. In the fourth quarter it's time to step it up and we didn't do it. In practice we'll work on that."
Before Poly played Patterson, the Engineers had surrendered only 12 points total for the season. The Clippers almost tripled Poly's season total of points allowed by scoring 34.
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hi this podcast planned very long back but delayed badly.well since it is being uploaded during diwali there are some sharing about diwali& dussera.Rest all about KANDALSAMY…Oh sorry Kandasamy… lol…
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Had time and listened to ur podcast. Your review was so good. But unfortunately this movie has grossed heavily in tamil and telugu industries. I do accept ur pointers. Padam was technically good but so many flaws. Never thought Susi Ganesan would give such a disastrous product after his Five Star and Virumbugiraen. I didnt like Thiruttupayale even. While there are some good aspects in the society to be thrown light, I am really frustrated about the thoughts of these directors touching delicate and negative side of the society. These creators should have a care about the society while coming out with a creation. Anyways enjoyed ur podcast Suki. Keep it up.
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hi…. great to hear this from you….
i have also written a review about the movie in my blog….pls. visit www.cinevenkat.blogspot.com
Enakkum Kandhasamy ean seval veshathula vandhaarunnu innum puriyala ! sema comedy
Pesaama muruganoda vel maathiri vesham pottu irukalaamo ? ROFL
Reality nna enna nnu kepaanga pola irukku avlo kku irukku movie.
But I only Liked that Excuse me Mr. Kandasamy song in that movie.
innonnu enakku puriyala, eppadi Oru villan oda mahala mattum vilundhu vilundhu love panna thonudhu herokku ?
Kandhasamy Nondhasamy :(
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PLAYERS: Cam Newton, J.J. Watt, Brian Cushing, Kareem Jackson, Alan Ball, Seyi Ajirotutu, Shaun Cody, Gary Kubiak
TEAMS: Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers
TEAMS: Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers
In this series we will give a breakdown of the game with stats, commentary, and updates. The Texans traveled to Carolina to take on the Panthers. The Texans started the game off on defense and forced Cam Newton and the Panthers on two consecutive three and out possessions. The Texans went on offense moved the ball, but unfortunately only scored a field goal. The Texans went on to win the game 26- 13. Here is the breakdown and commentary. Final Score: Texans 26 Panthers 13 Texans Preseason Record: 1-0 Texans Game Summary: Total Yards: 375 Pass Yards: 201 Rush Yards: 174 T.O.P.: 37:41 GAME STATS THE GOOD The Texans defense showed no signs of regression, they came out hard, and fast against the Panthers offense and forced them into two consecutive three and outs possessions. The most impressive part about this defense is that they showed great pressure and cohesion even without two of their best players out of the lineup in J.J. Watt and Brian Cushing. The Texans have improved their interior rush defense, they showed the ability to remain stout against those interior rushes that gashed them last season from time to time. The single biggest surprise for me was the ascension of Kareem Jackson. He showed much improved ball skills and route recognition by breaking hard on two balls intended for opposing receivers. I was excited and impressed with his play, I just hope that it continues and he becomes a more complete cornerback. THE BAD The Texans red zone possessions were very lack luster. The Texans were in the red zone 5 times and came away with only two touchdowns. This will have to be addressed during the preseason in order to keep it from happening in the regular season. I am not the conspiracy theory guy, but the fact that they were so vanilla in the red zone could have been an attempt to create more kicking opportunities. THE UGLY After the performance that the defense put on yesterday it's hard to complain, but one single player stood out. Alan Ball didn't have a good game and he was picked on time and time again by the Panthers quarterback. He allowed Seyi Ajirotutu to expose his lack of ball skills and route recognition. He seemed to play too far off of the receiver and allowed the receiver to create space between them. There were too many times where he allowed the receiver to get behind him which is like sounding an alarm to the quarterback. Shaun Cody left the game and it was determined later by head coach Gary Kubiak that Cody was dealing with a back injury.
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Nicolas was tired. He had just gotten back from his business trip, only to come home to more work. So, not only did he have tons of paperwork to deal with, he also had that stupid spell the grey-face gave him. Was it a spell? He wondered. More like a curse. He turned and saw someone stood in his doorway and sighed. Great, just what he needed at this moment.
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Oldschool gaming fanatics will love this series!
This is my entry for the final round of NATA 2012! It's been fun!
The theme was "the final fork in the road." For those having trouble seeing how that fits with this movie, remember that the fork in the road is for Death and not Calvin.
First, some things that went wrong. Because it's all frame-by-frame, some of it is shaky. Oops. The way I coloured it is weird and the backgrounds aren't too detailed. The sounds mixing isn't too great, but that's partially because I got my friends to record their lines at their own houses, so the quality differed. Now, things that I thought went well. On the whole, I think the frame-by-frame came out nicely and I'm proud of it. But ore importantly, I branched out in terms of story. This breaks the same formula I've been using since the novice round, and I didn't have to panic and change things last minute like I did last time. It actually sort of worked, so that's nice.
I doubt I'm going to win NATA because I'm against Emrox, but NATA was definitely a great experience. Just compare my open round entry ("Splice of Life") to this. I definitely got something out of this all. Expect me back again next year!
Good animation considering you're only a novice at it. I felt quite an attachment to the charaters for some reason. The voice acting was really quite bad. Not emotion. It felt forced, and of course, the quality. I look forward to your future works.
I imagine if you had better quality, this would be much better.
Animation was fine. But the voice acting needs A LOT of work. The lines weren't delivered well, and the different voices sounded fake.
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Poetry Magazine's Editors Prize for Reviewing
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Equipment for Living
My big face is pleased to announce that I am working on a book of criticism, to be published by Simon & Schuster, tentatively titled Equipment for Living. (I stole the title from Kenneth Burke's essay "Literature as Equipment for Living.")
This amazing, restorative, soothing, angry, beta-blocking book will cannibalize some of my previously published literary & music criticism, & will also contain new stuff, essays about my education in poetry & popular music. And about my love of Taylor Swift.
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Hidden 3D
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When Brian Karter's mother dies, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited The Sanctuary, home to her controversial experimental addiction treatment center. Having previously believed that the building burned to the ground years ago, Brian travels there with a group of friends and meets Haley, a mysterious friend of his mother, who acts as their guide through the impressive, monastery-like building. During their tour it becomes clear that something sinister lies beneath the surface.
Despite their misgivings, they follow a secret passageway underground and come across strange and unsettling discoveries that trigger Brian's disturbing memories of his mother's research. Ultimately, they are confronted by her terrible secret: Brian's mother built a revolutionary machine that cured people of their addictions but, as a side effect, those addictions materialized in the form of mutant children hungry for human flesh.
Sharing the dark bowels of the building with swarms of firefly-like creatures that they use to lure their victims into death traps, the mutant children begin a wild hunt, with the new visitors as their prey. Fighting to stay alive against the inconceivable, Brian and his friends soon realize that some things are better left hidden.
- There's currently no US distribution.
- Co-writer Mariano Baino was originally going to also direct before leaving the project due to creative differences.
- Mariano Baino and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni co-wrote the screenplay together, but felt that since much had to be changed due to the influence of the producers, they had to leave the project. Here's a quote with further details: "We came up with a truly unique concept and wanted to make a genuinely disturbing, multi-layered movie. Unfortunately the producers decided to go in a completely different direction, and we decided to leave the project. No hard feelings. Stuff happens. Lesson learned. It was a labor of love for us, a project we spent years writing and developing. As artists, both of us care deeply about everything we get involved with, and we couldn't bear the thought of making the movie the producers wanted to make. We have kept our 'story by' credit on Hidden 3D, because the movie is still based on our original story, but signed the screenplay with a couple of very obvious pseudonyms because very little, if any, of our screenplay or our original intention and vision was left in the movie they are making..."
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"Nobody informed me that [Greg Austin] was out on bond on a similar charge in Tennessee," said Magistrate Judge Vic Wells. "He wouldn't have gotten a bond from me with a previous charge in Tennessee."
But Catoosa County Sheriff Phil Summers said Austin's history, including charges that he allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl in Chattanooga six months ago, were given to the judge.
"We did run a criminal history check on him," Summers said. "And the judge had it in his possession."
Wells insisted no one told him that Austin was out on a previous bond. The judge said he plans to revoke Austin's bond today now that he knows about the charges.
Austin, former president of CTC Technology, was arrested in Fort Oglethorpe on Thursday on suspicion of child molestation. The mother of the alleged victim told police Austin had raped her daughter in front of another girl at a Fort Oglethorpe motel, while another girl stayed in the bathroom, police reports show.
Austin was released Friday after posting a $10,000 bond.
In April, Austin was charged in Hamilton County for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl after her mother reported she found inappropriate text messages from him on the child's cell phone, reports show.
The mother alleged Austin had taken the girl to a motel in East Ridge more than once and had sex with her, according to reports.
After he was released on a $15,000 bond, Austin's case was bound over to the grand jury in May, court records show.
Austin did not return calls seeking comment.
While Austin still is listed as the registered agent for CTC Technology, a Chattanooga-based company, on the Tennessee secretary of state's website, an employee for the company said he no longer was employed there.
The company, which performs computer network installation and management, merged with Executone-TCOM in August 2008, according to the company's website.
Joy Lukachick is the city government reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press Since 2009, she's covered breaking news, high-profile trials, stories of lost lives and of regained hope and done investigative work. Raised near the Bayou, Joy's hometown is along the outskirts of Baton Rouge, La. She has a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Joy was a staff writer for the Daily Reveille. When Joy isn't chasing ...
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The Italian Riviera Rocks.
... tickets have to be purchased at a tourist agency in the town, not like an Irish couple who turned up looked around for the ticket machine and started to panic. The wise old Aussies came to the rescue and helped them out with directions.
Following our previous experience with Varenna Station we scrambled on to the closest carriage on the train took a seat and our last look at Lake Como and Bellagio. The change of trains at Milan was easy except we had reserved seats in the ...
Finale Ligure
... shops where we purchased some holiday **** :-) Lucy found an indoor funfair ride and Betty won a grabber game prize. Benji purchased a snorkel set and impressed the German van next to us as he strutted out flippers and all. They slowly began an England chant with a slow clap as he progressed to the rocks. Flippers abandoned he dived in, i actually think he was trying to impress the teenage girl in the next door van. Benji surprisingly staying in ...
... to drive on. Later we drove only on straight roads, not as fun for motorcycles. But hey, no stress, because every kilometre brings us closer to Croatia! In the evening we stopped on a camping along a beautiful lake, surrounded by mountains. The down side is that the camping is full with Dutch people!! The positive side is that everything is cheap ;-) We ate at the restaurant on the camping and listened to some live music. See ya ...
Crazy Italian People
... then the cars between the cars and trucks. Even when there is a corner, they go for it, even without knowing whether there is someone coming from the opposite direction. For our followers, we are doing the same but much and much saver!! As we have pasted a lot of city centres, we have only driven 150km's today. We stopped at 16.00h on a small camping along the coast in a small city Arenzano. Here we stayed the night and walked in the city while enjoying an ice cream. See ya ...
... to do at the tower. So once we had our photos done, we found a great little cafe for lunch which we could see half the tower from. Wandered around Pisa after lunch and got harassed by the hawkers. Such a shame they are everywhere there, and don't like taking no for an answer. Although it led to a highlight for Toby, one of them came up to him trying to sell him a hat - not sure the ...
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Iron Man 3 - Tony Stark (Workshop Version) by OMG
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More Goth appropriate.
Test results are coming in - it's looking good!
I will be writing a quick 'how to' on the column/shelf + arch. ALT key will be needed to place it how it was intended. I wish it could all be on one mesh but the design would have suffered immensely.
More tests, more tiny errors.
Night time at the Goths. It was fun to revisit this family and revamp their home during these tests. If only it were possible to now release the house too, but I don't use sim3packs.
After much excitement over figuring out the faux 3x arch being able to go diagonal, it appears that while it looks good, it is un-routable**, so keeping the 'ugly' diagonal (V1) would be a visual reminder that 'sorry bubby, it's not going to work.' … . If only they'd pantomime it rather than just stomp their foot - I could see releasing it just for a good laugh (**Huge thanks to Pocci and Sandy for giving this some assistance - if someone knows how to write custom scripts and wants a challenge, let me know).
I suspect after taking some more photos (yup) and writing a couple of tutorial type notes to go along with the set that it will be ready for release. The set as it stands right this second could be released right now. It's now taking the time to write the post at my blog during a work week. If I can't get it done by the weekend it will be early next week. Weekend releases are utterly depressing and lacklustre, so if it isn't done by Thursday, it will be Monday or Tuesday.
There are days I just love the lighting in game.
S3 to S2 Conversion of
Baufive/B5Studio's Grant Park Windows & Doors
Pocci/Garden Breeze 3's Grant Park Curtains
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This is so cool! Yay Tinkle!! Have at it TS2 players!
Miniature Fairy Doors | by Jonathan Wright
All this magic began for Jonathan Wright, children's book author and founder of Urban Fairies Operations, when he decided to install some miniature 'fairy doors' in various corners around his house, much to the delight and surprise of his young kids. Soon after, he decided to take the tiny doors public for all to enjoy, at various establishments around the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
If you open these doors, you can glimpse the intricately designed interiors, complete with stairways and miniature furniture inside. The first public door was built at Sweetwaters Coffee and Tea in 2005. Peering into its window, you could spot a table and chairs, a newspaper.. even cups of coffee (fairies need their boost, too)! Now, this initiative has extended from the city's local theatre, shoe shop and bakery, all the way to the Google offices, where the fairies "Giggle".
My favourites of the entire collection include the latest wing at C.S.Mott Children's Hospital, 'Wing Wing', and the space built into a row of books at the public library. The windows in each book peer into the tiny fairy reading nook inside, with its very own wing-backed fairy armchair (armchair with a hole in the back to let the wings out haha)!
So between Pocci and Heidi, the diagonal position of the faux arch finally works correctly.(Heidi says "Pocci did all the work." and Pocci says "I did only a little." BAH! Both of ya's … . awesome!!
You can see the shelf/column doesn't place as well on the diagonal as it's narrower (and the ALT cheat will be needed to align it correctly on the diagonal [not the normal version] - WITHOUT MoveObjects cheat please - you want to make sure it doesn't hit the sweet spot in the center [the placement turns green when it's okay to place]). Turns out workshop doesn't like to have it's settings fiddled with, but the s3pe plugin was the key work around.
Thank you ladies!! Very excited. Nearly every tutorial out there said this could not be done.
The set will release Tuesday. Keep an eye out!
The Dwarve`s Miniature Dinner at the Hobbit Hole
My Cup of Tea Miniatures
My Hobbit table needed a bench…So I made one inspired in Smaug the Dragon Hope you like it! Now everything is ready for dinner
Ceridwen came with me to the beach. <3
Ceridwen is a Limhwa Leda
Faceup: Meenist
Wig: Leekeworld
Oufit: Plume Blanche Creations
Necklace, Bracelet: Tiny Jewels Shop (me)
MIS14 - Leslie Cheung - Miss You Much Leslie (Passion Tour Version)
Time flies by as this year marks the 10th anniversary of the legendary singer and actor Leslie Cheung's departure from us.
In year 2000 during his iconic Passion Tour concert, Leslie has donned a unique look with straight long hair and sparkly bronze colored suit to perform his hit song – Passion, this one-of-a-kind look has left a deep impression in the heart of all of Leslie's fans. To commemorate the iconic star, Hot Toys is presenting the new 1/6th scale Leslie Cheung Collectible Figure (Miss You Much Leslie - Passion Tour Version).
The collectible figure features a highly-accurate head sculpt with real fabric long hair, an elegant tailored bronze-colored suit, newly made microphone stand, a light-up figure stage with a paper backdrop which is specially modeled after Leslie's Passion Tour concert stage to let fans reenact his astonishing performance from the exciting concert!
Miss You Much Leslie Cheung (Passion Tour Version) by ON.CC
I originally bought a Sweeney Todd head thinking I couldn't afford the complete figure. Well, I did buy the figure and yesterday decided to use the head which I repainted with acrylics. One of the best washes for skin tones I found were Sennellier Acrylique: 250 Flesh Ochre and 650 Blush Tint. I was really pleased how nicely he painted up. Now Sweeney has a doppleganger.
Incredibly Elaborate Miniature Fairy Castle
This elaborate miniature house was created in the 1930s by silent film star Colleen Moore. The Fairy Castle is filled with remarkable miniatures and artifacts and is a timeless reminder of the imagination, ingenuity and craftsmanship of cultures and artisans all over the world. It became a permanent exhibit when it was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago in 1949. The 9-square-foot castle features about 1,500 miniatures and cost nearly $500,000 at the time it was created. The tiny treasures, include:
- A painting done by Walt Disney himself, along with a dozen other pieces of original artwork from various artists
- The tiniest Bible ever to be written, dating back to 1840
- The dining room contains a replica of King Arthur's round table
- Three statues of the Goddess Isis, more than 4,000 years old, in the Great Hall


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Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 5Chapter Five: Got Your Back"Rosendaaaa
"Emile slunk into the kitchen, where a worked-up Rosenda-344 was desperately trying to clean up the mess that GYSGT Stacker and his crew of dimwits had left. He was wearing his all-black dress uniform, complete with all the medals he'd won fighting the Covenant and Insurrectionists. Rosenda turned to look at him and her eyebrows rose slightly. "Wow. Who knew, you actually look sane," she said, smirking. Her shoulder-length brown hair was sweaty and trailed into her face as she cleaned up stains and put things back where they belonged."Got somethin' for ya," Emile announced, one hand behind his back.Rosenda's head snapped up and she cocked an eyebrow. "Uh-huh, really. Look, you and I both know we can't stand each other 'cause I'm your replacement.""So? No reason to be all huffy about it," Emile said. "Besides, it is Christmas
"He brought his hand out from behind his back, and to Rosenda's utter shock it was
A can of cranberry
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 4Chapter 4: Converting the Commander"We're ba-a-ack!" Emile sang, after kicking in the door. He marched in, with Jun following, still wiping his red eyes and muttering about a newly developed fear of shopping malls. Jorge, of course, was stuck carrying all the trappings, which consisted of many boxes, bags and random packages."What the
"The place was clean. Sparkling. Scary clean. It even smelled like Pine Sol, which was odd, because Pine Sol had ceased production in the 23rd century. At any rate, it was slightly eerie, also because no one was bumming around like usual. The place had been wiped clean and squared away
and decked with holly?"Ooh! It's like that old song! Deck the halls with boughs ofOW!" Jun screeched as Emile twisted his ear. "Don't interrupt my festive song! And let go of my ear!""Ah, you're back," Kat said, stepping out to greet them. Emile's jaw nearly detached itself from his face and fell to the ground. She was wearing a red velvet turtl
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 8Chapter Eight: Angst and an SOS"Dude, we should so totally annoy Dare into letting us do this next year," Romeo whispered loudly, elbowing Mickey, who had his eyes shut and was breathing deeply. It would have looked like an ordinary calming exercise to any passerby, but Mickey's squadmates knew exactly what he was doing: inhaling the smell of food that hadn't been freeze-dried at some point in time."I heard that, Lance Corporal. And it's Captain Dare," the woman in question sneered, pushing past the grinning ODST. She was taking everything in with a look that was part disbelief, part amusement."I thought Spartans and ODSTs have a relationship that's, well
er, touchy, if I may say so," Six said quietly, standing by Kat, who was watching as Dare's squad made themselves at home."That's true, but there is an old saying that says 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.' I think that applies to ODSTs as well," Kat replied, and Six smiled slightly.The Rookie stood
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 7Chapter 7: Party Crashers"Noble Team
my, it's good to see you in person instead of on a screen," Colonel Urban Holland mused, his hands clasped behind his back as all seven Noble personnel stood at attention. He eyed Kat and Six's non-military attire with surprise, but did not say anything about it. "I must say this is a rare and unusual treat, but after so many months in the field, a good meal at Christmastime sounds like something I can't afford to pass up.""Sir. We're honored to have you with us, as always," Carter replied.Holland indicated his three guests and they stepped forward. "I'd like you all to meet Commander Jacob Keyes and his daughter, Lieutenant Commander Miranda Keyes." The elder Keyes had salt-and-pepper hair trimmed very short and a thoughtful, almost sad look to his angular face. His daughter had regulation-length dark brown hair and keen green eyes that swept over the Spartans with interest.Kat and Carter relaxed somewhat, since these individuals matched
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 9Chapter 9: Winter Wonderland"Aha, now this is more like it," Jun said gleefully, prancing through the deep snow like he was on top of the world. He lifted his arms, admiring the white and gray body armor that he and the other two members of the search-and-rescue party now wore. "Not as comfy as MJOLNIR, but hey, at least it has heating. And triple the insulation we'd get in those stupid parkas."Six couldn't help agreeing with the sniper's statement. The weather had taken a nasty turn for the worse in the last fifteen minutes, and the snow was blowing so thick it obscured her natural vision. But the HUDs of their helmets, which aesthetically resembled a cross between ODST and CQC variants, picked up infrared and also possessed motion trackers. This armor was virtually useless in battle, but today it would serve the Spartans well. It lacked the liquid-crystal layer that augmented their movements, though, so it was a bit heavy. Nothing they couldn't deal with.Jorge turned his head to t
Operation CHRISTMAS part 1Chapter One: Oh, Christmas Tree..."But I don't see why we have to get a real tree," Jun said for the fifth time, dragging his feet in the snow. A normal human would have been bogged down by the eighteen inches of packed white flakes, but the Spartan-III moved easily, albeit reluctantly. "I mean, the folks back at Delta Base use their heads and go buy one from Uni-Mart. Where it's warm." He pulled the thick fur lining his white and gray park closer to his face to block the frigid wind. "And why are we walking when we could have just stolen a snowmobile?""Whiny sniper is whiny," Kat sighed. She had on a parka similar to Jun's, but hers had much more fur tacked on, and she wore a white balaclava over her face, with blue sunglasses to shield her eyes. Her boots were horrifyingly un-military, with little poofy furballs hanging on strings from the tops, just below her knees (they'll be much warmer than combat boots, she'd insisted to Carter when she picked them out at the mall in New Alexa
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 13Chapter 13: And To All A Good NightDr. Halsey took a deep breath and looked into her daughter's face, the face that so resembled her own yet had obvious traces of Jacob's in it. "I'm sorry," she said calmly, holding back her emotions; years of carefully maintaining a professional mask made it easy, but it was hard at the same time. "Sorry for not being a better mother; sorry for never being there when you needed me; sorry for
well, a lot of things." She crossed her arms, mirroring Miranda's posture, and sighed. Suddenly she felt
old."You make it sound so easy, being sorry," Miranda remarked, neither condemning nor accepting the apology. "What does 'sorry' mean when you say it, anyway?"Halsey was quiet for a moment, then looked away. "It means I'm ashamed of myself, really," she said softly. "What is all I've done worth when I can't even face my own daughter without feeling like a failure?"Miranda blinked rapidly. She uncrossed her arms, shifted her weight, then took a s
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 11Chapter 11: Heating Up"Oh. My."Those were Doctor Halsey's first words as she entered Noble Base, hastily removing her scarf and goggles so she could gawk at the decorations
and the company. Upon her entry, Jacob Keyes had immediately ceased his conversation with Miranda and stood up, while Miranda remained seated and eyed Halsey with an icy, almost hostile demeanor.Halsey looked around, taking in the sights and sounds, and her keen blue eyes flitted from the tree to the ODSTs to Kat's bright red velvet shirt. It took her a moment to accept that this was indeed reality, and she took a few more steps inside, snow sliding off her coat. Jacob Keyes walked straight toward her and held out both hands. "May I?" he asked, and she turned so he could pull off her snow-caked coat. He slung it over a nearby chair and then half-smiled, still handsome despite his years. "It's been too long, Catherine," he said, his voice, so used to giving orders, oddly gentle."Okay people, Spartans coming
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 12Chapter 12: Dinner is Served"Come on.""No.""Please?""No.""Can't you at least consider trying""NO."Jacob sighed and wondered which side of the family Miranda had gotten her stubbornness from, his or Halsey's. Though in this instance, he was pretty sure it was Catherine coming out in their daughter. She had her hands on her hips and was scowling darkly, daring her father to come up with one more suggestion on bonding with her estranged mother."You haven't spoken a single word to her in years, Miranda," Jacob said, trying to remedy the situation. "I know you resent her for a lot of things, but you have to understandshe's been involved in work that's turned the tide of the war. She gave up motherhood to save you. To save a lot of people.""Quit telling me what I've already heard a hundred times," Miranda snapped. Then her expression softened and she sighed. "Dad, I'm sorry. I shouldn't be angry at you.""It's all right. You've had a lot on your mind lately. We both have
Just a Preview of my Story.The light reflected off his visor through the dimly lit forest brush. Vegetation was thick and holes in the canopy were sparse, but at the end of it all he could see a light. It looked like a holy glow from beyond filtering through the dark browns of the towering trees and green mossy grounds with plant-life almost as tall as he. It's no wonder this part of space had been rebel-controlled, he thought, they could hide anywhere on this planet. A burst of static came through his radio, catching him in his tracks for a moment, he paused and listened to the frequency vying to come through his radio in his helmet comm."Damn," he whispered. It was no use. Signal out here was impossible. That's why they'd sent him. They knew he could do the job, and alone. Still, it was unknown danger, he wished he had been a little better fitted for this crap. He crouched for a moment listening intensely before the static faded. His sage green armor glowing from the dim light; he looked like a mossy giant go
Halo Reach: SolaceThe fall of the Spire left Noble Team feeling like the battle had been taken to a new level. It wasn't really a battle now; it was an invasion, and the new goal was to stop their planet's transformation.Noble Six watched Carter's silhouette as the commander stood at the mouth of the cave, perhaps feeling through the movements in the air the attitude of his squad. Six sat beside Kat on a stub of rock, hearing the occasional ting sound as Kat cleaned her rifle with a rag held in her mechanical hand.Carter turned around with his helmet under his arm. "All right, Noble Team. Set up camp. This might be the last time we get some sleep for a while."Emile, sitting on the floor and flipping his knife, turned his skull-mask toward the commander. "You want us to sleep now when we could be working on getting that slipspace drive? I'm ready to keep going.""Then you can take the first watch." Carter assigned the other watches and started unpacking bedrolls, crouching on the other side of Kat whi
What if - Female Noble Six : 1What if, somehow, the noble team didn't die in "Halo Reach"? What if something occurred that stopped the deaths in their paths?This is a fanfiction on how I would change the stroy line so that everyone would survive.~Halo Reach (Female noble six) Six saw the elite aiming his rifle at the slipspace drive on the pelican. She shot his arm with her pistol, and the weapon flew out of it's grasp. The elite roared in pain and glared at her. It pulled out a plasma grenade with it's good arm, and activated it. Right as soon as it was getting ready to throw it at Noble six, a spray of ammunition shot through it's head causing purple blood to splatter everywhere. The grenade plopped onto a grunt that stood behind it, and it ran screaming towards it's comrades. The whole group exploded in a flouresence of blue. Noble six gave Noble five, Jorge, a thumbs up for his assist and he nodded.
Spartans Never Die.I give you part one of the story about Luna team. Five Spartans deep in the battle for Reach. I hope you like it. It's called Spartans Never Die. There will be action later I assure you but for this section I just wanted to you get a feel for the characters and the situation. I hope you enjoy it. Please let me know.SPARTANS NEVER DIE.Remember when there was a tomorrow? Remember Reach."Tell me this isn't happening!""This is echo two three, can you confirm those readings, bravo four?""Rodger that echo two three, this isn't some glitch!""Echo two three to delta five are you getting this too?""....""Delta five? Echo two three to bravo four it appears we have lost delta five.""....ack.... dering a full retreat we are be.... run....! We covenant in the city! I re...t coven.... in he city!.........""Bravo four?""....suicide units!.... AHHH!""Bravo four do you read me""...."" Damnit!.... Is this really happening? Is the Covenant on Reach?.... God
Dear Halo: Cast Letters - Pt2Dear Halo - A Collection of Previously Unread Letters from Various Characters in the Halo UniverseDear Readers,SP01LARZ AHEAD!Sincerely,-DA.---Dear Warthog,Om Nom Nom!Sincerely,The Brute Chopper.---Dear Noble Six,For a brick, you flew pretty good!Sincerely,Jorge.---Dear Jorge,Hands off the merchandise.Sincerely,Female Noble Six.---Dear Kat,Hey-Chicka-Bump-Bump!Sincerely,A whole lotta people.---Dear Skirmisher,BOOM! HEAD- No, wait.BOOM! HE- Seriously, hold frickin' still!Sincerely,Frustrated.---Dear Spartan 117,CC: Arbiter.YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!Sincerely,343 Guilty Spark.---Dear Sergeant Johnson,Send me out with a bang huh?That's the last time I listen to you.Sincerely,Stranded in deep space.---Dear Flood,Screw You!Sincerely,The entire human race.---Dear Jun,What part of "do it quiet" involves firing a high caliber sniper rifle!?Sincerely,Stealth, look it up.---Dear Covenant Battlecruiser,Imma firin' mah...I don't even
Dear Halo: Cast Letters - Pt1Dear Halo - A Collection of Previously Unread Letters from Various Characters in the Halo UniverseDear Jorge,We can't afford the high powered ammo for your chaingun, you'll have to make do with 9mm's.Sincerely,UNSC.---Dear Rabid Kat Fans,Get real, she's way out of your league. Also, I am just as impressive.And I'm not made out of pixels.Sincerely,J-Lo.---Dear Cortana,Please don't seizure me.Sincerely,Noble Six.---Dear AI Allies,WE'RE meant to be the Spartans, Legendary means YOU get hosed first, not the other way around.Sincerely,The Gamers.---Dear Dr. Halsey,OPEN THE @"#!&$'% DOOR!Sincerely,Noble Team.---Dear Kat,You've made quite a name for yourself haven't you?Sincerely,Disapproving Moa.---Dear Covenant Corvette,Tag! You're it!Sincerely,Shortsword Pilot #1---Dear Frigate Grafton,Flying within ten yards of something you plan to shoot with a Mac gun probably wasn't the smartest idea you've ever had.Sincerely,So that's why our hull
HalloweenKelly frowned down at her daughter. She couldn't tell if the dirt that smudged the kid's face was because she hadn't washed up or because it was part of her costume. "All right, where did you get the armor?"Catherine grinned, clutching the ODST helmet under her arm. The seven-year-old wore an almost exact replica of ODST signature armor but it was small enough it fit her. "Grandpa helped me."Kelly sighed, she should have known. She turned to see Avery walking into the kitchen. "And just who are you supposed to be?"Avery tugged at the collar of his long black coat. "I'm the doctor." He grinned like a mad man. He looked cocky and his hair was slicked back."Doctor who?" Catherine asked."Exactly!" Avery grinned, holding out his arms so the two females could fully see his costume. He wore a black shirt and black pants. Sunglasses hung around his neck from a chain that most people would use to keep reading glasses close at hand. The only color to the costume was a crimson and sapphire s
Operation CHRISTMAS pt. 6Chapter 6: Emile's Epic FailCarter looked up at the huge tree, resisting the urge to gape, while Kat chuckled and squeezed his hand. "See, we are capable of decorating without using alien blood and guts," she teased. "You can thank Jorge for the tree and Jun for the decorations. And Gunnery Sergeant Stacker's men for hanging all the ornaments.""Always a pleasure to help out, ma'am," Stacker said coolly, from where he and his squad were resting. One of them was hopelessly tangled in string threaded with popcorn while two others were picking off the popcorn and eating it, seemingly oblivious to their comrade's discomfort."Man, you guys went all-out
it brings back memories," Carter said, and Kat squeezed his hand again, reminding him of what she'd said earlier. "But what say you we spend tonight making some good ones, right?""I couldn't agree more," Kat said with a sly smile."Achoo!"Jun trudged in, sniffling. He looked like he was having an allergy attack or something. "Ah, Co
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A road resurfacing and upgrade project scheduled to take place in late May on Route 65 is expected to bring additional traffic restrictions in the area of the — also designated as an alternative detour during repairs to a nearby bridge.
Beginning Saturday, the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge will close until mid-November as part of a $16.6 million repair project.
PennDOT spokesman James Struzzi said the Route 65 resurfacing work — scheduled to occur about three months later — isn't expected to cause any significant impacts to detouring traffic from the .
"The resurfacing work on Route 65 will be done during off-peak hours when traffic volumes are considerably less," Struzzi said. "There should not be any significant impacts to detouring traffic because of this work."
The estimated $5 million to $6 million resurfacing and milling project will span from the Beaver County line at Ambridge Borough through and to the Sewickley Bridge.
Sewickley officials previously about the cost of providing additional traffic control during the bridge closing.
Struzzi said officials will be monitoring traffic flows and making adjustments as needed. However, he said motorists tend to find their own routes after a closure goes into effect.
"Many people will go north to other bridges instead of traveling through Sewickley," Struzzi said.
About the same time, a second $1 million to $2 million resurfacing project will occur farther southbound along Route 65 in Emsworth from Charles Willow Street to Hazelwood Avenue.
The repaving projects are scheduled to go out for bid in late March, with work slated to begin in late May or early June. The Route 65 upgrades are expected to be complete this fall.
UPDATE (8:45 a.m. Tuesday)
PennDOT today announced short-term lane closures will begin Thursday on northbound Route 65 in Leetsdale.
Restrictions will occur as needed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through March 7 in the area of the Cross Street intersection. Crews from PSI, Inc. will be conducting geotechnical drilling and research for a future improvement project.
PennDOT advises motorists to anticipate changing traffic patterns and use caution.
Motorists can log on to 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions on major roadways before traveling.


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requiring a minimum of safety to be addressed through the use of a pool barrier (fence) in an effort to protect area children from tragedy.
Below you will find information and resources to assist homeowners in complying with the ordinance for area children and non-swimmer's safety, as well as information on other layers of protection that may be added if small children reside in the home to add to their protection.Layers of ProtectionLayers of protection start with complying with the current residential pool requirement of a protective enclosure. Mecklenburg County Health Ordinance, Rules governing residential pools require that:
"Residential swimming pools shall be protected by a fence, wall, building, or other enclosure, or any combination thereof, which completely encloses the swimming pool area." View ordinance governing residential swimming pools.
Other layers of protection that can be added especially if the home itself has or is visited by small children include, planned supervision, an additional barrier between the house exit points and the pool, door alarms, pool alarms, pool covers, swimming lessons, and access to rescue devices.
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Mr. Tan Kah Kee, a well-known Philanthropist and an outstanding Chinese leader in Southeast Asia, past away in Beijing on 12 August 1961. The Singapore Hokien Huay Kuan , together with 50 other Chinese associations, urged the management committee of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry to hold a memorial service for Mr Tan Kah Kee In view of his invaluable contribution in promotion of entrepreneurship, social reforms, cultural and educational developments as well as political and charitable movements,
With the support from the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the memorial service was held on 10th September, 1961. More than 5000 representatives from over 280 associations and clans came to pay their respect to Mr Tan Kah Kee. During the event, the Tan Kah Kee Scholarship Fund was established, in memory of Mr. Tan Kah Kee's educational spirit, with the donation of S$100,000 from the participants.
In April 1968, the Tan Kah Kee Scholarship Trust Fund was established, starting to offer scholarship to students from the four institutions then. However, the small capital of the Fund has impeded the activities of the Trustees and has prevented them from participating in a more substantial manner towards the advancement of education. As a result, in February 1982, the Tan Kah Kee Foundation was set up when it was granted Institution of Public Character status by the government and was allowed to raise an endowment fund of S$8 million.
The mission of the Foundation is to carry on the charity works and to foster the Tan Kah Kee spirit in entrepreneurship and dedication to education. Through these years, the Foundation has been actively engaged in the promotion of education and culture. Today, its influence has been extended beyond the Chinese Community in Singapore and has begun to reach out to the region.
The major activities include:
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what am i going to do with my life? is it sad that i still do not know? when all seems to be going right it turns around and makes me sink even further. i get these moments in life where i sit in the dark contemplating on how i am even going to make it. hopefully things will plan out for the best.
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While googling this problem I came across this thread which suggests the problem is to do with the way Safari handles 'chunking'. Perhaps nickbro could have a read of this thread and see if the suggested fix could be applied to HAP+.
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It's time for a Mom Confession -- because, let's face it, we're real mothers and sometimes it doesn't work the way the parenting books say it should.
This Week's Confession:
My daughter has a t-shirt that says "Daddy's Little Squirt" (like the one at left). I love it, I think it's funny. But the other day at the mall, another mom pulled me aside and told me how offensive it was and that I'm defiling my child, especially since she doesn't even know what it means. Well, I told her off, of course. She's my child and I'll dress her however I like. -- anonymous
Question: Is it appropriate for toddlers to wear shirts with borderline obscene sayings or innuendo?
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Would you let your child wear a shirt that says "Playground Pimp" or "Hung Like a 4 Year Old"? Toddlers don't know what these things mean -- are we disrespecting them? Does it bother you when you see other kids wearing them?
Past Confessions:
I Let My Toddlers Climb Play Equipment Unassisted
My Kids Go to Sleep After Midnight
I Let My Toddlers Go Naked in Public
I Paid $22 for My Son's Haircut
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Our Children Aren't Invited to Our Wedding
I'm on Vacation, But My Kid Is Still Going to Day Care
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Depends on the shirt I think this one is a going a little far....my son has one that I put on him occasionally that says "Boobies make me smile"
This has made me rethink if I should put that tshirt on my son........
Do I think they are appropriate No...BUT I think they are funny as hell!
A friend of mine gave me a black onesie as a gift for my son that read "HUNG LIKE A 5 YEAR OLD"
OMG...You should have seen my mother's face when as a joke one day, I dressed him w/ a black bandanna. black work boots & the onesie underneath a pair of jeans & a black hoodie... when she went to change him she was like (gasp) WTH??? and then came out all red in the face, then laughing after realizing it was just a joke! LMAO!!! Priceless.
I wouldn't put my kid in them. Call me a prude, but I think it's inappropriate. If I would let my child say it, I'm not going to let her wear it.
I voted no, but only because I wouldn't dress mine in them. I think most of them are hilarious, and would never say anything to another parent who chose to dress her child in one.
We had one that said "daddys little tax deduction" but I would never put my so nin a shirt with a sexual reference. That is just nasty and low class.
Some of them are funny and would let my kid wear them, but some of them are too far for my taste. Who seriously comes up to someone they don't know and critiques what a child is wearing?
I saw one at Spencers that has stick figures with Me, Mommy, A**hole (instead of Daddy). If they made one in my son's size, I'd get it for him.
i personally think theyre funny! my 4 year old has a shirt that says "Hottie of the year" and "it took mommy and daddy 9 months to make me but i'll be dazzling the crowd for years" that shirt has gotten some good comments and some bad ones. but i really dont care. its my kid! ill dress her however i want her
If it had actual obscene words on it, no, I wouldn't let my child wear it. But a funny shirt, even if a bit crass, is fine in my book. I'd rather have my child wear that than wear what some of these little girls I see have on. Why on earth would you dress a little girl in a baby-style mini skirt, or little 'booty shorts' that say 'Hot'?
I'd rather my child grow up wearing clothes that show a sense of humour on his parent's part, and then on his part, than wearing clothes that show of everything but their private parts. Sometimes, dressing like mommy can be a BAD thing.
Trashy, they just make mom look skanky, or a hillbilly.
When I see kids wearing shirts that have sexual undertones I feel bad for them.
this is child abuse. disgusting.


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Check Out @Nas in Associated Press' Mesfin Fekadu's Interview: Q&A: WITH 4 NODS, RAPPER NAS AIMS FOR GRAMMY GOLD
"When I chose to get in rap, my friends chose to do other things and not all great things. They chose to be in the streets and kind of laughed at me in a way about taking rap so seriously," said the rapper, who hails from the New York City borough of Queens. "I'm glad I stuck with it because I believed in it from day one."