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Ilya Shikshin 7D is leading the European Go Championship after the first week of the European Go Congress in Tampere, Finland. Click here for results through Round 5, as of July 30. Shikshin also won Wednesday's 13×13 Tournament (r). Chin-seok Mok 9P and Klára Žaloudková 3D are the 2010 EGC Pair Go Champions, after forcing Laura Avram 2D and Ilia Shikshin 7D to resign. Click here for EGC news and results and here for EuroGoTV reports.
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Friday July 30, 2010
RECENT EUROPEAN RESULTS: Germany, Finland & Croatia
Sunday July 11, 2010
Bernd Schütze 4d swept the 2010 German Championship Preliminary, held June 25-27 at the Chinese Culture Centre in Berlin, Germany. That same weekend, Lei Chen 6d won the China Cup, also held at the Chinese Culture Centre. Nils Ole Timm 3d was second and Andre Städtler 2d third. And in Finland, local players warmed up for the upcoming European Go Congress at the Tampere Championship Cup June 17 in EGC host city Tampere. Markku Jantunen 3d won, just ahead of Tuomo Salo 3d and Oiva Moisio 1d. Lovro Furjanic 4k was the winner of the "403. Velikogoricki vikend go-turnir 2010″, a 1-day tournament held June 19 in Velika Gorcia, Croatia. In second place was Stjepan Mestrovic 5k. - EuroGoTV
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EUROPEAN RESULTS: June 18-20
Sunday July 11, 2010
Jie Guo 4d won the 31st Kieler Go Tournament, played June 19-20 in Kiel, Germany. Bernd Lewerenz 2d came second and Hans Nelki 1k 3rd. In Freiburg, Leon Stauder 3d won the Freiburger Go Turnier. Tommy Schladitz 3d took 2nd and Michael Palant 5d was 3rd. Bruno Walaszewski 6k took top honors in the kyu players-only Bydgoszcz Tournament on June 19 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Ignacy Przech 15k came second and Maksym Walaszewski 8k third. In the 3-round Katowice Tournament on June 20, Radoslaw Jachym 4d was the winner in Katowice, Poland, followed by Bronislav Snidal 2d from the Czech Republic and Tomasz Slazok 2d of Poland. Sejichi Nemoto 6d won the June 19 Siberia-Hokkaido Cup in Novosibirsk, Russia. In the June 19-20 Turun Monni in Turku, Finland, Miika Nikula 4d was the winner, with Samuel Ritakallio 3d in second and Oiva Moisio 2d third. Jan Hora 6d notched a perfect score to win the Slovak Go Festival June 18-20 in Piestany, Slovakia. Radek Nechanicky 5d was second and Petr Cipra 3d third. All three are from the Czech Republic; the first Slovak was Pavol Lisy 4d in fourth.
- EuroGoTV
Saturday July 10, 2010
After go, says the British Museum's Dr Irving Finke, "you could argue that the world's board games went downhill." BBC Radio aired a 30-minute program on "Why Go?" on May 13 in which reporter Chris Ledgard "explores the world of Go, talking to experts in the East and West about the game's history and culture, and examining some its ancient artifacts." Although the audio is no longer available online, an overview of the show is available.
Saturday July 10, 2010
Recent UK tournament highlights previously unreported: YOHEI NEGI IN A JAM AT SCOTTISH OPEN: Yohei Negi from St. Andrews made it three in a row with his win at the 2010 Scottish Open, May 29–30 in Dundee. Second was Chi Pan Yau from Hong Kong, who only lost to Yohei. All players with three wins won cash prizes plus a bottle of Cairn O'Mohr local fruit wine and all 27 players took away a traditional pot of marmalade. In the Friday evening rapidplay, Jennie Radcliffe got the prize for the best win/games ratio with 5/7, and Robbie Goetschalckx took the endurance prize having played a dozen or more games. "ORIENTAL" WINS LONDON INTERNATIONAL TEAMS SPRING MATCH: With Cambridge withdrawing on short notice, only the "Oriental" and "Occidental" teams competed in the April 25 London International Teams Spring Match at the Nippon Club in London. The "Oriental" team of Chinese and Japanese players prevailed, with Felix Wang and Gunji Takao winning all five games and the team winning 17 games overall. BRACKNELL TOPS THAMES VALLEY TEAM TOURNAMENT: Bracknell won the April 5 Thames Valley Team Tournament at the Bourne End Community Centre. Runners up were Maidenhead (2/3) and players winning 3/3 were Ian Marsh, Edmund Shaw and France Ellul. Tony Atkins won the 10×10 side tournament.
- from the June edition of the British Go Association Newsletter; edited by Jil Segerman, email@example.com for subscription information
EUROPEAN RESULTS: Turin, Vienna, Stockholm & Bohemia
Thursday June 24, 2010
Carlo Metta 2d won the 2010 Turin Go Tournament, held June 12-13 in Torino, Italy, with a 5-0 record. Alberto Zingoni 4k (4-1) was second, while Mirco Fanti 1k (3-2) was third. In Vienna, Austria, Viktor Lin 5d swept the Alfred Nimmerrichter Gedenk Turnier 2010 which was also held on June 12th and 13th. Bernhard Scheid 5d was second at 4-1 and Ondrej Kruml 4d was 3-2 for third place. Weiying Soerlin 5d won the Stockholm Open 2010 by going undefeated in the tournament held in that Swedish city. Victor Damberg 2d only lost to Soerlin for second, while Erik Ouchterlony 3d lost to Soerlin and Damberg for third. Karel Kral 20k won the Northern Bohemia Cup, which is a handicap tournament that was held June 12-13 in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. Kral had 4 wins in 5 rounds as did Katerina Babicka 8k, who came in second, and Martin Cech 4k, who came in third.
Monday June 21, 2010
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Sunday June 20, 2010
Kyeong-nang Kang 7d swept the 2010 Hungarian International Tournament, going 5-0 at the June 4-6 event in Budapest. Pál Balogh 6d was second and Pavol Lisý 4d took third, both coming in just ahead of long-time teacher Csaba Mérõ 6d, and all with three wins. There were 44 participants in the tournament.
- EuroGoTV
Sunday June 20, 2010
Frank Janssen 6d (r) was perfect through seven rounds to win the 2010 Dutch Korean Ambassador's Cup, held June 12-13 in Delft. Michiel Eijkhout 6d, Willem-Koen Pomstra 5d, and Rudi Verhagen 5d were all 5-2, each having lost to Janssen and once to each other, and came in 2nd through 4th respectively. There were 14 players in the tournament, which is a qualifier for the Dutch representative to the Korean Prime Minister's Cup.
- EuroGoTV
Sunday June 20, 2010
Mladen Smud 1k (r) won the four-round Bundek Open Go Tournament, held June 12 in Zagreb, Croatia. Vedran Vasiljevic 2d was second, losing only to Smud (who was a strong 4d fifteen years ago), while Vigor Grego 1d was third, losing only to Vasiljevic. This was the final tournament of ten in the first Croatian Go League, which was won by Matthew Zakanj 3d with Smud in second.
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The Solstice Singers, Dorene Sykes Photography The Sandwich Arts Alliance Village Concert Series presents A Very Merry Sandwich Midwinter, a special seasonal concert performance by the Woods Hole-based Solstice Singers and Ensemble Passacaglia on Saturday, December 5, 7:30 pm, at Sandwich Town Hall, 130 Main Street. A pre-concert celebration begins at 7 pm when luminaria and hot … Continue reading
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Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra To Present Spring Musicale May 17
The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra, under the direction of John Yankee, will present its Spring Musicale on Sunday, May 17, at 4 PM at the Cape Cod Conservatory, 60 Highfield Drive, in Falmouth. Members and friends of the orchestra will present a variety of chamber music works by Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Piazzolla, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, … Continue reading
Chappaquoit Cellists
Almost a year ago, on January 28, 2012, the Chappaquoit Cellists performed at the Woods Hole Library, all students of Nikki Patton of West Falmouth. Two quartets performed: the Chappy Cellists (four middle school students) and the Chappaquoit Cello Quartet (four high school students). I videotaped the concert, but it took me a long time … Continue reading
Mastersingers by the Sea Pre-Concert Talk
Mastersingers by the Sea presents its fall concert, "Festivo! Music of Celebration" on Saturday, November 3, at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 4, at 3 PM, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 91 Main Street, in Falmouth. Directed by Dr. David MacKenzie, Mastersingers is a chamber chorus accompanied by instrumentalists from the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, … Continue reading
September Sounds
The Simon Sinfonietta performs tonight at Falmouth Academy, the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra and the Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra perform next weekend, and the Boston Cello Quartet returns to Falmouth on September 30. It is a great month for classical music! Simon Sinfonietta, under the direction of Stephen Simon,will perform its first concert of the … Continue reading
Mastersingers by the Sea Present "Winter: A Season of Remembering"
Mastersingers by the Sea presented another in its fine series of seasonal concerts recently: "Winter: A Season of Remembering." Aptly described as "intimate music for intimate spaces," the concert featured music by Dominick Argento, Antonio Vivaldi, Samuel Barber, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Alberto Williams. It took place in the warm and comfortable setting of St. … Continue reading
Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra offers Musicale!
The Falmouth Chamber Players Orchestra will offer a special performance for the whole family this weekend—-a pair of concerts featuring light classical, jazz, and popular music performed by variety of chamber music ensembles. The Musicale! is the first in an annual series designed to appeal to a wide audience and to showcase the individual players … Continue reading
Falmouth Chamber Players, Premiere Concert
November 24, 2008 The Falmouth Chamber Players, a newly organized community orchestra under the direction of John Yankee, presents its premiere concerts on Friday, November 14, at 7 PM, and Sunday, November 16, at 2:30 PM, at the First Congregational Church, 68 Main Street in Falmouth. The concerts are free, but donations are encouraged. Works … Continue reading
A Cornucopia of Celebrated Cellists
October 3, 2008 The last couple of weeks have yielded a bounty of virtuosic cello performances: four concerts featuring five cellists, each outstanding in its own way, each offering a unique interpretation of the instrument, providing not only musical enjoyment for the audiences, but a glimpse into the many and varied ways that the versatile … Continue reading
Growing an Orchestra
June 17, 2008 A small group of musicians at a recent gathering of the Falmouth Chamber Players, left to right, Hilde Maingay (violin), Laura Tutino (violin), Joyce Gindra (oboe), Fritz Sonnichsen (violin), Grant Mallett (violin), and behind him: Kate Housman (French horn), Jonathan Neufeld (viola). In front are Wendy Gabriel, Mary Sholkovitz (her arm only), … Continue reading

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I'm using the Jython 2.51 implementation of Python to write a script that repeatedly invokes another process via
subprocess.Popen and uses
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stdout and
stderr to the parent process and
stdin to the child process. After several hundred loop iterations, I seem to run out of file descriptors.
The Python subprocess documentation mentions very little about freeing file descriptors, other than the
close_fds option, which isn't described very clearly (Why should there be any file descriptors besides 0, 1 and 2 open in the first place?). I'm assuming that in CPython, reference counting takes care of the resource freeing issue. What's the proper way to make sure all descriptors get freed when one is done with a
Popen object in Jython?
Edit: Just in case it makes a difference, this is a multithreaded program, so there are several
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Battery probs
Hey all I went to start my truck about 4 days ago after it had been sitting for about two weeks and it wouldnt start or even turn over. I jumped it off and check the battery and it was reading fine. I havent tried starting it since and went out today to start it and its doing the same. It doesnt have enough battery strength for my power locks to work. I checked the battery level again and its only reading 6 volts. Why is this? The battery is fairly new.
Have you checked for a key off draw with a DVOM? Did you bring the battery back to a full charge with a charger the last time?
I agree, jump starting it probably wont cut it, gonna need to put her on a charger
Oh I dont have a charger and as you can tell, dont know much at all about vehicles. We just jumped it off. What does advance auto usually charge to charge a bat?
Whats a key off draw and a dvom? lol
digital volt/ohm meter, and they shouldnt charge ya anything I wouldnt think
A key off draw is power being drawn off the battery with the key in the off position. An example would be leaving something plugged into your lighter that stay on all the time.
I do have a GPS that stays plugged in all the time. I used the reader thing and it is reading a lil over 6. I also added some water to the battery
If the GPS stays on all the time, that could be your problem.
Shouldnt the lighter plug be switched 12v Randy?, I know it is in mine. But I also have a separate 12v source outlet down in the lower part of the dash that is constant
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Steven H. Dunn, M.D. was born in April of 1959 in Houston, Texas. His Father is Ralph O. Dunn, M.D. an ophthalmologist who practiced in the community for 40 years. His mother, D. Camille Dunn is a retired Justice from the 1st Court of Appeals.
Dr. Dunn received his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology at The University of Texas at Austin in 1982. He received his medical degree in 1986 from Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Dunn completed a residency program at Kresge Eye Institute in 1990. Dr. Dunn engaged in private practice from July 1, 1990 to August 31, 1999 with his father, Dr. Ralph O. Dunn. In addition to his private practice duties, he was Chief of Ophthalmology at MacGregor Medical Association.
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A new look. A lecture classroom at Vennum Binkley Hall is illuminated by the new windows being installed over the summer, July 8, 2011.
CORE Construction workers install new windows at Vennum Binkley Hall, July 8, 2011.
2011 Outstanding Young Alumna, Erin Knobloch '03.
2011 Alumni Award of Merit Recipient, Dick Johann '50, sports his letter sweater during Homecoming 2011.
2011 Homecoming King and Queen, Aaron Case and Chelsea Kaufman.
President Arnold shows his treasure trove of Tootise Rolls that will soon be flung parade on-lookers during the 2011 Eureka College Homecoming Parade.
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ERICA MAGDA/JOURNAL STARPeople watch fireworks that concluded the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Peace Garden in Eureka Monday night.
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Up to 19,000 motorists who've bought eco cars to avoid having to pay the London Congestion Charge could soon be forced to stump up the daily fee.
At present, any car emitting less than 100g/km is exempt from the £10 charge. But under new Transport for London (TfL) proposals, the threshold would be lowered to 75g/km.
The changes, planned for the spring, would also hike the fine for non-payment by £10 to £130.
Owners of cars that no longer qualify for exemption wouldn't have to start paying the charge until 2015. But only nine models currently on sale in the UK would be exempt – including six all-electric cars. Not one purely petrol or diesel model would qualify.
TfL claims the charge reduced congestion in central London by around 25 per cent when it was introduced in 2003, and this has remained stable since then. It adds that traffic delays in central London fell by 3.1 per cent and by 4.2 per cent in inner London between 2007 and 2011.
We asked TfL whether the C-charge is merely a toll, and a spokesman said: "A toll taxes motorists to pay for the cost of building and maintaining the road. But the charge's objective is to reduce congestion."


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Dicky Pride makes his way back to Bay Hill Club and Lodge for an 18th career appearance at this week's Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Dicky Pride has an uphill battle to earn his way into playing fields after a freezing cold start during the fall schedule.
Dicky Pride makes his tournament debut this week at The RSM Classic.
Dicky Pride arrives in Nevada for this week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Dicky Pride picked up the win at the WinCo Foods Portland Open with a 4-under-par 34-33=67 in the final round to finish three-strokes ahead of Tim Herron at 20-under 264.
Dicky Pride spun a bogey-free 5-under-par 33-33=66 in the third round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open to take a four-stroke lead with 18 holes to play at 16-under 197.
Dicky Pride collected 11 points in his opening round of the Barracuda Championship and sits four points off the clubhouse lead.
Dicky Pride is slated to honor his commitment to this week's StoneBrae Classic on the Web.com Tour.
Dicky Pride toured Trump International Golf Club-Puerto Rico in 2-under-par 33-37=70 in his opening round.
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Dicky Pride dismantled Royal Montreal with a bogey-free, 7-under-par 31-32=63 to post 10-under 270, good for a share of sevneth place.
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Dicky Pride ripped off a 4-under-par 36-30=66 for his opening round of the RBC Canadian Open, finishing two strokes off the clubhouse lead.


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Game Creation: Dialogue, battle system, maps and more . . .
[FONT="Verdana"]I've been working on an rpg game idea and have been creating detailed work regarding character profiles, abilities, the plot, script (dialogue), battle system, maps, items, quest information etc.
From what I am reading games companies do not accept unsolicited game ideas so as to not cause issues with games already being developed. I have found this to be true with the television script work I am involved in. Is there another way to approach games companies other than working for them to get my ideas looked at? I feel very passionality about the work I am producing and enjoy creating it but I would like to feel that the finished product can be seen.
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Could it be that this game you've created will have to be your "baby" for a few years before you can pitch it anywhere? If it's something you really want to do, cherish and nuture the idea, but also do other things - these can provide new perspectives on your game and help you revise it. You mentioned writing for television, so this must give you some idea of how it works. It might be you have to develop a relationship with a games developer first.
My suggestion would be keep the idea in your head and focus on getting a foot in the door writing other things such as television and other games. They may not be as interesting to you, but showing games developers what you can do is essential. Once you have something established with a developer, mention the idea in passing, and see what they say. It can only grow from there.
I know I don't have much experience in this area, but I hope this helps :)
I agree whole heartedly, writing other things and experiencing life in general will help you create better games and stories. For what is life but a story?
There is another option though. It will consider alot more work but it is there. You could pitch the idea to a publisher and see if they will pick it up. If they do you could get funding and then hire a small studio to create it for you.
Short of releasing the game independently be prepared for that baby of yours to be butchered. Publishers, Studios and the like tend to have their own ideas on what will sell and feel they should adapt that way. sometimes it goes over your head and it's this way or no more funding.
My sugestion is love the idea but be detached.
Agreed. You have to be prepared for the slaughter-house, and you have to possibly accept the cruel fact that people aren't going to see what you see. You may have a wonderful idea, but it's such a slim market for getting things into the gaming industry. Aside from the fact that it costs less to take ideas from the inside, it's also less of a liability. And perhaps one of the most important reasons is that many ideas are collaborative efforts, especially in smaller studios. Lots of minds will come together to hone in on one particular idea out of hundreds of ideas that are brought to the table, and when this is the case, you have more people who feel like they've had a part in the idea and thus feel passionate about it. When you get an idea from the outside, people might like it, but they feel like they've had nothing to do with its origin.
I would again recommend submitting to a publisher rather than a developer. If a publisher decides they like the idea, they can fund it and get someone to work on it. If a developer likes the idea, they have to get the publisher's approval and proper funding, get the team on board, etc. That's if they aren't working on something else which they most likely will be, and if they are receptive to unsolicited material which they most likely won't be. IF you submit to a developer, I recommend submitting only to those who have an open position for a Writer. Yes, there are a few out there that do hire writers specifically, and they might be far more receptive to possible freelance work for that project, or you might just get a job out of it, and then even if you're not working on your ideas right off the bat, you have a far better chance of getting your ideas seen.
One more option is to get your ideas into a visual format. Try and get together a team of amateur designers to make a demo using your materials. Game development students are great for this because they will be getting team experience for their portfolio, and you'll be getting a team to bring your ideas to life. Why bother with this? The truth is that anyone you contact in the industry is going to be busy. Usually too busy to read through pages and pages of material, no matter how great it is. So if you make a demo out of said material, it's much easier to access in a much smaller timeframe, and it's also quite impressive for your future developer to see what they might be working with, and to get the idea that you're really serious about your ideas.
If in the end you do all of this and still no one bites, don't consider it a faikure. You've turned your ideas into a running game! And that's worth a lot to the industry. You can take that demo and then present it to the same developers you tried to sell the idea to originally and then try and get a job, and you'll be much more likely to land inside, and from there, as I said, it's a great deal easier to get your ideas heard, especially if you're working on the design team.
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Well, since you've worked it out, the scripts, the drawings and all, why not use them separately. Giving the game idea to someone as a whole is soliciting, I suppose, but if you're looking for a job, why not use the separate parts as pieces of work? If you're aiming to be a concept artist, then why not turn in your art, same goes for animation or what not. Don't get me wrong, I'm not telling you to divide everything up and forget your game. I'm saying to use what pieces you have as a means to get up in the tree, and when you're up high enough, I don't see why you can't put your pieces back together and try to make a masterpiece.
I think every writer/designer has their "baby" project, this brings up an interesting question though. As a game designer exactly how much power do we have to say this stays and this goes?
More then those that rank is below you, less then those that are above. E.g. (A VERY general example) You are a lead designer, you have more power over junior designers but less then Producers.
But the producer job description on all the postings is described as time maintenance and to make sure all tasks are complete. Then it just goes on to reword the same sentence differently many more times, so how does that dictate creativity aside from the obvious restrictions of time available?
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It's exactly 40 years since a Japanese soldier was found in the jungles of Guam, having survived there for nearly three decades after the end of World War II. He was given a hero's welcome on his return to Japan - but never quite felt at home in modern society.
For most of the 28 years that Shoichi Yokoi, a lance corporal in the Japanese Army of world War II, was hiding in the jungles of Guam, he firmly believed his former comrades would one day return for him.
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To The Editor: Nero fiddled while Rome burned and the House of Representatives passed the "knee-cap and trade" bill while the media focused on the sudden death of Michael Jackson.
Heath Shuler (D) voted "Yes." Did he read the entire bill, its amendment and debate the contents? Oh, I forgot. They don't do that any more. We must not allow the Senate to join the House in this scheme to take away your freedoms while you finance the takeover.
My Mom had three sons in WWII and was a Gold Star Mother. After she died in 1981, I was glad she didn't live to see where this country was headed. She would not believe it and I don't either.
While diverting attention from Cap and Trade, the president spoke about health care reform. He said, "I will allow you to keep your own doctor." How benevolent he is!
That sounded very much like the foreign dictators who stay in power because they were "democratically elected." There were no military coups as a means of political transition, but their military and police were used against citizen protesters to silence them.
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The trafficking and rape of children for profit is one of the darkest stories on the planet. This physical, mental and emotional trauma leaves children broken and scarred for life. Interventions for these children are critical to their survival. This is why Love146 exists. Love146 works toward the abolition of child sex trafficking and exploitation through aftercare, prevention and advocacy. Love146 trains aftercare workers, multiplies safehomes, aids socioeconomic development programs in high risk communities and provides a voice for these victims of modern-day slavery. Founded in 2002 (as Justice for Children Intl.), Love146 is a registered public charity. Love146 is a 501c3 non-profit organization.
Philippines Prevention Work Update Our prevention partner in the Philippines has been working with us on an educational animated video, "Red Leaves Falling," for at-risk children and communities. The project is going well, and the studio hopes to be 90% finished with the video by the end of the year. Once the video is completed, which we expect in the first quarter of the new year, it will be shown in the Phillipines to children, teenagers, and adults in schools and villages. It may even be translated to be shown in other countries as well. Philippines Safehome Update Our Love146 safehome project in the Phillipines is making way! The opening for the Pink Home, part of our aftercare project in the Phillipines,has been postponed until the new year. We expect to open sometime in January as a transitional home for girls before entering the long term shelter. As we are anticipating the Pink Home opening, we have hired an architect and put a deposit on the land for the long term shelter as well. Cambodia Prevention Work Update Our partner organization in Cambodia shares an update about the advocacy work they are doing in the region of Banteay Maenchey. This province borders Thailand in the Northwest corner of Cambodia, and = because of its high risk for trafficking, regular training sessions are held for the community to raise awareness about the issues of trafficking and sexual abuse. Our partners have recently been able to identify five traffickers operating in the area and has provided information for their arrests.
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prostituted and sexually exploited minors
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United States, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka
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Love146 is an incredible organization doing some of the toughest work in regards to child trafficking. While IJM and other NGOs rescue young children out of sex trafficking, they bring the survivors to Love146 for long-term, holistic care that they themselves don't provide. Love146 is fighting the hardest battles on the forefront by implementing survivor care and prevention education programs. Few organizations, government agencies, or individuals take the time to fund or care about preventing trafficking and abuse from happening; Love146 does. If you are at all passionate about the issue, I would support Love146. They have offices in several countries and are growing to serve more and more children every day. I'm happy to support them as a donor and friend.
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I have to respectfully disagree with w_65_j's assessment that this is an inefficient organization. Love146 has achieved a multi-year Four Star rating with Charity Navigator, which simply doesn't happen at inefficient organizations. Also, the organization places a very high value on transparency, accountability, and outcome measurement. All of their financials, program proposals, and annual reports are easily discoverable on the website. After working for almost ten years in the non profit sector I can confidently say that Love146's level of transparency and accessibility is the exception rather than the norm, unfortunately.
As both a longtime donor to Love146 and an attorney specializing in non profit governance and management, I feel utterly confident investing in the work of Love146. I cary high expectations for quality outcomes, which they consistently meet.
In summary: great organization, great people, great work.
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As a graduate student studying Nonprofit Organization Management I highly admire and recommend this organization. The people working there are working for considerably less than people performing the same level of work in the private sector. These individuals are committed to their goal of ending modern day slavery. They spend their money well, including administrative and fundraising costs. How is an organization to do their work without spending money in those two areas? They cannot. For an organization doing as much work as Love146 is doing with the size staff they are working with and in the area they are working is mind blowing.
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Inefficient organization. Program revenue growth equivalent to growth in administrative costs and fundraising expenditures. Not good. Program Expenses 71.4%
Administrative Expenses 13.2%
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I never knew about modern day slavery until I heard about Love146 (they were a featured charity on Air1 Radio Station). Ever since I learned about Slavery (sex/labor/debt), I want nothing more then to help slavery and raise awareness. I love what Love146 is doing. God spoke to me though them.
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... the work that they do. They help lots of people recover from slavery.
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I used to live my life in a bubble world. I didn't realize many things that went on around me. Then in 2007 I found out about Love146. They informed me about how every minute, 2 children are sold into sexual exploitation of sexual slavery. They informed me that 27 million people were enslaved around the world and that more than half of them were children. I was in awe of what I learned. I thought slavery ended when it was abolished in the U.S. but I started to learn a great deal of information about modern day slavery and the abuse done to some as young as 5 years old (and some even younger than that). People are forced into prostitution, sold into bondage to do things that no child can even comprehend. It is happening, and Love 146 is doing so much to help restore those who are rescued out of their slavery.
I have been so influenced because of what I learned from Love146, that as soon as I found out about what they were doing to help educate victims and show love that these children have never truly seen before through their advocacy, I started to daily research the issues. I have learned the greatness of spreading awareness and even did a presentation for my church on it, using the many examples given through love146. I also held a car wash with the youth group of my church to donate money to help them continue in it, as well as raise money for them amongst family and friends. I have enjoyed the updates I receive each month from them through emails, reading their blog, and knowing that their safe homes that I have helped support are making a difference in the lives of girls who have survived and will survive when they are restored back into society.
The workers at Love146 all seem to have twitters and have really great communication and ways that you can be involved in helping them continue in their work of changing lives. They've held bike rides and walks/runs each year to spread awareness and raise money, they've held their Car Wash Across America to do the same, and are very involved in their dedication to bringing an end to slavery!
I will continue to love and support all that Love146 represents, which is bringing a voice of those who are ignored and abused.
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seeing people learn and start to also get involved in raising awareness and talking about it. Also I went to a freedom fair to educate people about slavery run by love146. I receive a lot of personal responses from workers themselves. They are very friendly and have great communication. They cause great joy to those they help, that's a huge result!!!!!
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Evening Lawanna!We have another baby in the family :O ...lil' Eddie's mom had another boy the 23rd ...looks like poor lil' Gibson will b sandwich between 2 bad tempered redheads as Marshall appears 2 b a mini lil' Eddie,but Tiff had things cut and tied so he'll b the last 4 them!! Hope all is well with u and urs!!! Bully Mastiff hugs and a vote,Gambit
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Hi Lawanna...yes, we all are very lucky and happy that we found such a wonderful home..We all have Mom wrapped around our paws..hehe. We are glad you found such a loving home, too..You have a wonderful looking family! I know your Mom misses Manatee tons..and she will always love and miss her and Chiba. Mom still misses Ben and so do we..especially Zeus..they were best furiends. I'm glad we are furiends too! GIANT hugs and a special vote..Xena ♥
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Hey Lawanna...good 2 hear from u!!! Sorry u and Rocky have arthritis and Poor Manatee is so sick!!! Prayers 4 ur family!!!!!! The site still wrks pretty much the same..clicking on the dogs name or pic will take u 2 their page 2 vote and message or u can reply as u did :) ....I don't know WHY r sisters even TRY 2 catch us..we r the FASTEST pups EVER after all! Abby thought my having a torn CCL would let her catch me 2...SILLY girl! Nw that I'm better again with most of my muscle back I'm running circles around her again BOL! Hope ur having a WONDERFUL week!!!Bully mastiff hugs and a vote,Gameboy
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Pokemon Black and White 2 is coming out in less than 2 weeks, or 2 weeks, I'm not sure, but it's coming and you bet I'm super excited. Sure one would say that each game is basically the same thing, those people are so wrong. Each Pokemon Generation, we get new games, set in a new region with new pokemon, which is basically 2 versions. Each has a legendary pokemon on the box, which means that they have something to do with the plot of the game. Then a year or 2 later we get remakes of past pokemon games, and later on in like a year or 2, we get an enhanced version of the new games of the current generation. But they actually warrant a new release because it always has new content and some tweaks.
So with Pokemon Black and White 2 just around the corner, I thought I'd make a blog for the Pokemon I had in my teams from the past games, it'll start with Gen 1 leading all the way to Gen 5, aka right now. So for this, I'll start with Gen 1's Pokemon Blue and Yellow version cause I never had Red. I said before that the only reason I wanted a Gameboy was for Pokemon. This was when Pokemon just came out and it was the next big phenomenon and had a significant impact in our culture. You couldn't walk anywhere without seeing someone wearing a Pokemon shirt, or go to any store, be it a big retail store or a discount store without seeing the merchandise. Be it real or bootleg.
So I said that the only reason I wanted a Gameboy was for Pokemon, and I got a Gameboy Color instead with a copy of Pokemon Blue version for xmas, years later that hasn't changed one bit. To this day I only buy Nintendo's handhelds for the innevitable Pokemon games that will come out for them. I had a Gameboy Color so I was set for the new Pokemon games, I needed a Gameboy Advance for Ruby and Sapphire, and I got a DS without wanting one only because Diamond and Pearl were going to be on it. In a way, Pokemon owns my handhelds.
This was the only fun you needed if you had a Gameboy
So I got my game and I thought it was going to be like the cartoon, and boy was I wrong. The game I got was apparently turn based, you take a turn attacking your opponent and then your opponent does the same, it goes on like this till you manage to make their pokekmon faint and vice-versa. It may seem easy but it's actually not that simple. You see every pokemon fell under a specific catergory, or type, like fire, water, grass ect. And the game played in a rock paper scissors styled gameplay, like water beats fire, fire beats grass, and grass beats water. It was simple but it worked so well.
I was playing an rpg before I even knew what the heck that even meant, it's thanks to pokemon that I got into rpgs, if it wasn't that, I'd probably wouldn't even touch those type of games. Also your pokemon level up, and like any rpg, everytime you level up you'd get stronger, well your pokemon not you. Also once your pokemon leveled up to a certain level, they'd evolved into something completly different and more stronger along with learning new attacks. Though some pokemon don't evolve, other evolve into another stage, and others evolved by using a special stone or by trading them with your friends.
Charles Darwin was so wrong with the evolution thing
So enough of me reminicing about my nostalgia, so here are my pokemon teams of the first days of Pokemon.
When playing a pokemon game for the first time or if you're a veteran and if you're playing the game from the begining, you're faced with possibly the most difficult question in your life:
No matter which questions you're asked, this one will always be the hardest one
That question is Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle aka which one to choose? That question is really hard but I like to think I made the best choice, I chose...
I went with Charmander because what's better than a lizard with fire in it's tail, and it breathes fire too! Well that may be true but the real reason I actually went with Charmander was because it was the first pokemon card I saw when I first got my very first pack of cards. Not only that but I also got a Charmeleon, and on the back of that Charmeleon was a fucking Charizard, a shiny holographic Charizard card, I was the envy of my school for it. If there is one thing that I managed to keep from my childhood that I still have now other than the memories I have, it's that Charizard card, I keep it in my wallet for good luck.
Still, it made you wonder, how does a tiny lizard like Charmander evolve into a big beast of a dragon like Charizard? Sure Charizard's type isn't dragon but by Arceus doesn't Charizard look like one?
My next choice was a Pidgey because well, it was one of those first pokemon you'd find and might as well use it for the rest of my journey. He was a pretty good pokemon after the first gym because I was at a clear disadvantage there with Pidgey. He eventually evolved into Pidgeotto and finally into Pidgeot. He was pretty much my pokemon to use fly, till I got Aerodactyl and just used Aerodactyl instead.
Nidoran M is one of those you'd find early in the games and I thought, why not? I was sure that I might replace him later on once I find something better. He eventually evolved into Nidorino and I kept it for a while. I wondered if he'll evolve again and I was right, I found a moon stone at Mt. Moon and as soon as I thought the time was right, I evolved Nodorino and it evolved into Nidoking.
One of the pokemon I wanted on my team alot was a Haunter, because I loved Haunter in the pokemon cartoon. Well all the 3 ghost pokemon were funny in the show, that and their antics reminded me of the 3 Stooges, if you saw that episode, then you'd know what I mean. I caught a Ghastly in the Pokemon Tower and he became part of my team because he was the only ghost type pokemon in the entire game, which makes him special. He evolved into Haunter eventually and finally I had him, now you're wondering if I ever evolved Haunter into a Gengar, you bet I did, how could you resist that smile?
That christmas I got my Gameboy Color and my Blue version, I also got a Link Cable for some reason, without asking for it, that just how awesome my parents are. My friends played the games and we learned that the only way to evolve Haunter to Gengar was to trade Haunter with another friend, the thing is I wont have my Haunter err Gengar in my game. My friend needed an Alakazam, which involved trading a Kadabra to another game, so we gladly traded the pokemon and we traded back, we both got what we wanted in the end. I'm glad my friends weren't asses, if they were, they would of kept my Gengar.
Scyther was possibly one of the coolest looking bug pokemon of the first gen pokemon, the name Scyther sounded cool, like scythe. Now I really really hate bugs in real life, however I love bug pokemon, does that make me a hypocrite? Anyway, I wanted one, the thing is that you couldn't find one in Blue version, they were exclusive to Red version, which sucked. My version had Pinsir but I wanted a Scyther, no offense to Pinsir. My friend had Red version and as luck or convinience would have it, he didn't have a Pinsir and he had a Scyther he was willing to part with.
We traded and got our buggy little friends. Even after I got Silver version, Scyther still became useful once I evolved him into Scizor because he was one of the few new steel type pokemon.
I wanted a water type pokemon for my team because if I wanted to be a good trainer, I needed to cover as many different bases as possible. Lapras was a gift pokemon that you'd get in the game and I said why not? He actually turned out to be a very good pokemon in my team with it's combination of water and iced based attacks.
Now on to Pokemon Yellow and here's a funny tidbit:
I actually found this one pretty funny. Looking back, the original sprites looked weird, but back then I thought they were really cool, plus you have to cut them some slack, it was their first attempt. Still the Red and Blue Sprites look way better than the Pokemon Green ones.
It was xmas 2000 and well frankly I didn't know what I'd want, I did want some N64 games but on the Gameboy spectrum, I just said to surprise me. Since you know, I was still having a blast playing my pokemon game. And boy did I get a cool surprise:
I didn't even know this game existed since well, Gold and Silver were out and I had Silver version, aka the version that didn't have the Cocoa Puffs guy on the box as 1up once said. I was excited to play this game, sure it might be a step back since I already experienced the awesomeness of Johto, but what the heck, no harm in playing an older game.
It may be the same thing but not really, the game features a different story, it is the closest thing you'll get that re-imagines the show into the game. Alot of the elements from the show can be seen here, like Team Rocket, no not the grunts you beat but rather the Team Rocket with the talking Meowth. Your rival even has the Eevee from th show.
And remember when I said that the game has elements from the show? They even had the daycare for the abandoned pokemon that had Bulbasaur, the trainer that gives up Charmander, and even Officer Jenny gives you Squirtle. This game was awesome. So now, the team I had with me during my new or return quest into Kanto.
Well yeah Pikachu is going to be the pokemon that's first on your tam because well, he's your starter, just like in the show. How awesome is that? Also in this game you could check Pikachu's mood, you could tell if he was happy, sad, angry, and tired. Pikachu would even have a different expression in his face depending on the status effect he had. This idea was expanded upon in Heartgold and Soulsilver, which felt like a nice little throwback to Yellow version.
I never used Bulbasaur before and I wanted to try him out. I didn't even know you could get a Bulbasaur in the game and that made it even more awesome. One of the things I noticed in the show is that no one fucks with Bulbasaur, like you couldn't do anything and get away with it. That's how awesome he was. I always thought that Bulbasaur was a dinosaur since it has saur in it's name, so is he a plant eater? If it is isn't that so meta? Still, of all the grass poemon in the first game, nothing beats Venusaur and it's sheer brutal force.
An old friend, except this time, a trainer has kindly allowed me to adopt his Charmander. I really love this guy, I still think he's the best fire starter. Still awesome looking dragon for something that isn't even a dragon type.
Officer Jenny gave me this Squirtle and why she even had a Squirtle is beyond me. But according to what I saw in the show, this Squirtle was a trouble maker with his gang of Squirtle friends. I was expecting to get a ton of Squirtles but one is good enough. Squirtle is awesome because it evolves into a Blastoise at the end, a turtle with 2 cannons sticking out of it's shell. Which is really awesome. I didn't need a water pokemon now that I had a Blastoise.
One of the things that this game allowed me to do was become Ash because well, I had 4/6 of the pokemon he had, which was cool. I got a Caterpie since I can be more like him and I never used a Caterpie before. One of the things I do is that when I replay a pokemon game is that I use an entirely different team, there are some exceptions if a previous pokemon makes it back. Once Caterpie evolved into Metapod, it seemed like forever for it to evolve, but I'm glad it was a Caterpie before cause wild Metapods only know harden and stringshot. Butterfree was a good pokemon cause it was a bug type and it knew psychic type moves.
Pidgey came back into my team because I never used Pidgeot enough once it was replaced with Aerodactyl, that and it's older sprites didn't do it justice imo. He was a pretty good pokemon and my main source of a flying pokemon when I needed to go somewhere really far in a few seconds.
Now here's a list of Pokemon I replaced in the games and some I ended up using in rival battles at school:
I've used countless pokemon in the past in the single player game but I'm listing the ones I used in battles that I replaced and/or used again in battles with friends. All of these pokemon were really good imo, Primeape and Hitmonchan were fine examples of fighting pokemon. Poliwrath looked awesome with that swirl and that don't fuck with me expression. Magneton was an awesome pokemon because it's fucking Magneton! Electrode has the best smile in the game, next to Gengar. Onix well I like Onix in the show because it was so gigantic. Tauros is a pokemon that looks very strong and is very strong, it's a cool pokemon. Snorlax was a powerhouse on my team when I battled my friends, especially in the standard meta-game and Starmie was awesome because of all the moves you could teach it.
Legendary pokemon I used were Mewtwo. I remembered when I first found Mewtwo in that forbiden Cerulean Cave, it felt like I've discovered something truly amazing and Mewtwo was in every sense of that word. Mewtwo was a formidable opponent but I eventually caught him. He was so powerful that I had to use him in my team and I leveled him up to lv. 100 because my friends and school peers loved to battle alot. I saved Mewtwo for my last resort aka when it was allowed to use legendaries. Now the Mew was something special, which I found with that glitch you found in the original games, it was awesome finding the apparently god-like pokemon of the games, because it didn't have a number in the pokedex, there wasn't even a hint that you could find it. The only hints you knew about Mew was the burned Pokemon Mansion in the game through it's journals, and well the ol' reliable word of mouth.
So that's it for now, did you ever play the original games and if so, what pokemon were on your six? Next on my blog, the Neo games so thanks for reading and later and remember:


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Emerging CCTV Biometric market, $3.2 billion by 2016
In an attempt to mitigate crime and terror, the global installed base of more than 45 million CCTV surveillance systems has been experiencing dramatic growth throughout the last decade. The current decade will be marked by the fusion of CCTV with Biometrics, and human behavioral signatures, which will create a new multibillion premium security market of CCTV-Based Remote Biometric & Behavioral Suspect Detection. This family of technologies results from the need to remove the bottlenecks of current CCTV and people screening systems, the inability to provide reliable real-time alarm when suspects are viewed by the CCTV camera and the staggering cost of security officers, required to operate 24/7 CCTV workstations. This fusion of technologies brings significant growth opportunities to CCTV, biometric and IT systems manufacturers, security systems integrators and entrepreneurs. This new market (including systems sales, upgrades and post warranty service) is forecasted to reach $3.2 billion by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 33%.
HSRC's latest report, CCTV Based Remote Biometric & Behavioral Suspect Detection: Technologies & Global Markets - 2011-2016, presents in 161 pages with 104 tables and figures detailing analysis and the forecasting of 96 sub-markets. The report presents current and pipeline technologies, products, 78 vendors, SWOT and competitive analysis of the market.
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|Named Person:
|Cal Ripken, Jr.; Ken Griffey, Jr.; Mark McGwire; Sammy Sosa; Barry Bonds; Pedro Martínez; Ichirō Suzuki; Barry Bonds; Ken Griffey, Jr.; Pedro Martínez; Mark McGwire; Cal Ripken, Jr.; Sammy Sosa; Ichirō Suzuki
|Material Type:
|Internet resource, Videorecording
|Document Type:
|Visual material, Internet Resource
|All Authors / Contributors:
Ken Burns; Lynn Novick; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); PBS Distribution (Firm); The Tenth Inning Film Project, Inc.
|9781608832781 1608832783
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|Language Note:
|English (5.1 Dolby) or Spanish dialogue, with subtitles in English SDH. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
|Special features (unrated): Interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; additional scenes; outtakes, and over 2 hours of bonus footage.
Produced in association with WETA-TV, Washington.
|Producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick.
|Narrated by Keith David.
|2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
|DVD, widescreen ; NTSC, Region 1.
|Disc 1. Top of the tenth (1992-1999) --
Disc 2. Bottom of the tenth (1999-2009)
|Other Titles:
|Tenth inning
10th inning
Baseball, the 10th inning
|a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one day return to normal.
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- Baseball -- United States -- History.
- Ripken, Cal, -- Jr., -- 1960-
- Griffey, Ken, -- Jr.
- McGwire, Mark, -- 1963-
- Sosa, Sammy, -- 1968-
- Bonds, Barry, -- 1964-
- Martínez, Pedro, -- 1971-
- Suzuki, Ichirō, -- 1973-
- New York Yankees (Baseball team)
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team)
- Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
- Baseball.
- United States.