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The gift of technology today expects everything to be fast and on-the-go. Instead of post letters why not do it with email? Want to capture an image? Do it with your digital camera!
The term "real-time" is basically a catchphrase that refers to the ability of setting tasks instantly or at the exact moment they should be accomplished. And Web 2.0 made it possible for individuals or businesses to gather or broadcast information, conversations or news instantly. Web design and development has indeed come a long way.
The Internet has become an open menu complete with all the dishes you want for your table of curiosity. Let me delight you by discussing some examples.
Real-Time Web Tools to Instantly Connect With the World!
• If you are looking for news and events around the world today, real-time web tools provide you with options.
Google News – as the world's number one search engine tool, Google has the ability to bring the latest news from around the globe. Google News provides expert opinions, relevant articles, and point of views from varieties of sources online. Their interface gives you the option to select news editions from different countries worldwide displayed on the timeline.
AllVoices – this is a platform for contributors to share global news and exchange ideas. The reports are posted automatically from their news RSS feeds. Anyone can find or share news on allvoices using SMS or via the website.
Worldometers – this site have selected sources only from trusted world institutions such as: the World Health Organization, United Nations, World Trade Organization, World Food Programme, and more.
• Twitter is the face of real-time web tools today. This micro-blogging site provides users with limitless real-time content. You can make the best out of Twitter using numerous platforms. Here are a few:
Trendsmap – this tool allows you to see trends around the globe, in your area or state. Trendsmap is currently having eighty million tweets processed per day. And 120 countries with 1300 cities have pages in the site.
Twitscoop – this tool tracks what people are talking about in Twitter. Their system cuts tweets into tags and ranks them by frequency versus the normal usage. Tweets are displayed correspondingly according to your searched topic and results are refreshed automatically.
Tinker – is another Twitter client that shows the latest Twitter buzz. You can follow or create event stream, user or topic according to your preferred keywords. It can also be used to promote your own events.
• Netizens (Internet Citizens) are continuing to grow in number which made it possible to track or find people online easily in real-time.
Pipl – it is a people search engine that dive deep into the web for information. The search results come from databases, social networking services, and etc. to find bits of possible essential information.
PeekYou – a free people search engine which serves millions of visitors monthly. If Google looks at the probable association of a link with a keyword, PeekYou see a link's probable association with an individual.
Spokeo – this is another people search engine that can be used to track individuals across 22 social networks without visiting each site individually. You may search people by name, phone number, address, email or username.
• Sharing content is one of the well-known purposes for real-time web. This is also a crucial function of a business website to promote their content to the world, which is to have "Share" buttons.
Share2Me – this browser plugin allows individuals to share favorite stuff online with friends across different platforms with just a click. This tool can be integrated to any site, following three easy steps: Register to get a publisher key for the button, choose a button from their page to generate the code, and paste the generated code to your site.
FriendFeed – provide services that make it easier to share with people online. Users can invite friends and get customized feed made from what they shared like videos, links, messages and photos. FriendFeed can be viewed and shared from mobile, email or even from the social network Facebook.
Wists – the term is short for web lists where you can find shareable stuff online to bookmark. Users can create wish lists of product images from any online store, organizes a gallery of thumbnails with favorite stuff like songs, books or movie CD's. Wists encourages the promotion and discovery of products, amateur designers, small manufacturers and retailers. Once signed up to Wists, you can add their button in the browser toolbar and start from there.
It is indeed important to be kept updated with the fast-running times today. Hence, real-time applications or web tools are of great importance to individuals or business corporations. These tools will help you avoid delays or mishaps with anything you wanted the world to know.
It is also crucial to choose tools with reliable system on which they work on, as well as proper development of its program. These are just a couple of the many factors to consider in selecting your real-time web tool.
Netizens are fortunate to have been able to get the chance and advantage of what modern technology offers these days. Nevertheless, it will always depend on each individual to take responsibility in using the web tools for the common good of our modern world. Just as Peter Parker's Uncle Ben said: "With great power comes great responsibility".


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Rated 1 out of 5 by salllly from too tight the bracelet is very pretty but the ring is a big problem is very tight. Though it is elastic ring and stretch out it gives a lot pressure to finger. My middle finger is 7. I tried to wear it couple times but every time I took it off after 5 minutes ...
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Schmidt & Cohen on Their Visit to North Korea
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas, talk with WSJ's John Bussey about what they hoped to accomplish from a visit to North Korea, and their observations about the country's technological potential and its likelihood of embracing the Internet. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... I'm John Bussey with The Wall Street Journal on the Georgia eight by not ... Eric Schmidt's interest the executive chairman of global By and his colleague Jared Cohen who runs Google's internal think tank Google Ideas ... by Andrew few have been adapted excerpt from your new book of the new digital age ... coming out in the Wall Street Journal this coming Saturday's dance were talk about that girls can talk about in the context of your ... recent trip to North Korea which was unusual for a corporate executive that is a private trip it was also ... one that's um ... you undertook for a number of public reasons as well ... umm into one resort there ... North Korea does not have a dinner that ... ought to speak of ... it has come and ... internal ... facsimile of that ... write your an Internet ... company ... wide up ... which aired and I were talking about ... is part of preparation for a vote we should go visit some of these countries that were reading about ... and to more interesting than North Korea after all was the most shutdown country on earth ... and it certainly ... lived up to its expectations ... if we if there was any possibility of getting in and in North Korea ... he thought it was worth ... Danaher is also is the last example of a country where people are not for the ... I we Odyssey to what you do before you go to a country like our Grandpa cute in it ... and see what the YouTube sensations our country is bizarre ... to read them and their sees traffic cops to this very strange totalitarian way ... of directing ... traffic and there's really ... no cars they came down proprietary Military technology Center Turkmen the freezing cold wanted to talk to one of them explained ... that there are huge distances ... and it dawned on us have you explain this to me that there are YouTube sensation when W they never heard of YouTube it never actually heard the ... or ... and in no frame of reference for critical thinking for you know ... it yet ... so this is department ... was to dissuade you from ... taking this trip ... um with the city was going to say that ... we had a series of Commerce isn't this is where we wanted to know what we're doing is legal for Americans to travel to North Korea ... it is illegal to do business there ... it's certainly legal to go on a humanitarian mission which was our objective ... um and they seemed okay with that they wanted to make sure that everyone understood that we were not representing the states which we were not even ... an incident as ... you said back to them ... we were gone ... even though they objected to the up to the idea ... that in the interval concern was that that somehow you're going to get in the ... whale five ... revisions of the ... three reasons the first the first of course was that ... he could be misinterpreted as we are representing the US government we we we would not ... be so silly announce that we were not RFPs and the government ... which is one of the report ... on the second of the second objective ... was that they were concerned that the ... of ... North Korean government could miss leave the North Korean citizens ... given their Tennessee propaganda ... about our visit with CDB didn't announce that we were there ... in fact we found out later to grass that they'll wonder successful peaceful launch of the cases on my right which I can assure you is a complete line right right aam and in the third of course is this is a period of heightened tensions and perhaps it was a key up ... with that that was a concern to write that you are going to be the viewer cement play into the propaganda cycle with in ... North Korea or what what we're actually understand that this looks ... media buyer ... we are at dinner ... I Whitson seen or read officials trying to make the case for them to give us access to American citizen ... is being held in one of the present and our ... I'm and got beaten back dozens of well the State Department came out again today against your trip ... so you don't have Kaufler ... at which point we ... will insert a rumor we know when it comes to me so we don't know the sun some reason something that'll Onglyza since you have access to media and information in your country has become and we don't and you can toss the state are set ... up ... um the North Koreans from their side of this feud that require the loud what what what was in for that ... aam ... I think to some degree the government was trying to expose a sell some new ideas and I think to some degree that didn't quite know what they were ... looking for and it's a new idea for them ... um the country has tried various points to open up ... but as we see every time it opens up that crunches back in the way it is now ... and also in we were pretty forthcoming about wanting to talk to the North Koreans about the virtues of free and open Internet ... and it was not intuitive to ... give us the news that ... allows the country actually show up for that conversation and process we actually learned a lot about technologically possible in or create given the infrastructure that is hard to call for the unelected ... so miss our core message of North Korea was that you have the necessary infrastructure to turn on the end of the roughly a million phones ... the technology which was a fun little flick of the switch ... they could turn on the internet for those phones today this was to not have Eon and as we know is here ... um and the rest of the history right they just have to decide it's just ... a literally a decision yet aam after we left they actually unable to meet old roaming which allow people to go in and out of the country ... and then if you re so profit to turn that back off again right that was earlier this year the to do this ... you can still if you're ... if you're forced him to North Korea is still get some access the internet but and that's the that's ... the best way to understand this is that the phone's our local only within the country are not going anywhere ... um only the government I suspect can call oh ... and probably under the Martha lines ... of Internet usage is on a private intranet that is they literally don't allow ... you to make a connection ... to be fair to say that the North Korea has no even access for the average person ... none whatsoever there's no way the encounter at the snow with the can into the queue ... with with the of the that that people are meeting with you with a soft ... peaks with a policy guy is a leader who were ... going there were other moments ... next to me the most authentic conversations yesterday happy hour ... government officials everything else is very well be described as a Broadway play all ... day it's tougher for all our ... in state students the pastiche commuters and a subway tracks the stage people ... talking on their crimes the government's pre traffic cops have not read ... or what what what that other doves in no mood to visit to the season will that that ... these guys are very good one that ... they're very very good ... at the press that ... they understand exactly what they're doing ... and I'm sure right now they're planning their next sees a lot of ... messages and email messages to collapse to ... get you in your excerpt at which people can read of this of this Saturday ... the CDOs possible to curb in monitors acknowledge he wants to fail ... even most repressive regimes are unable to put back in the box ... now isn't that basically ... the reason why they're not flicking the switch ... well it that one day we learn about North Koreans is that ... you cannot figure out what they really do it ... when you speak to them they listen very carefully ... and when the state deputy speaker prepared notes and others write down what they say yes ... so there was very little informal conversation ... and be fair to say that you have to very much be imbedded in the in the country speak the language that we don't ... have any sense of what you owe it to ... court ... every conversation praise the great leader and the president relied on by a cheerleader and out of respect ... it's ... it's extremely hierarchical society ... um and it's it's a great deal of time about the the brilliance of the leadership the dear leader in the respective gotten into the situation the third ... you know the the argument that you ... you make is running ... also was that ... which is said to the North Koreans was ... look if you want them to win the economic curve upward ... you've got to reduce resistance to the internet ... if that's actually sort of ... what's on the money somehow it still through the eyes of life it's just not possible to have a modern country without access to the internet ... there's just no way there's too much information is too much electronic commerce is too much pricing signals ... it's how the banking system works now it so many political ideas improvements for societies ... every country ... with exception North Korea ... has embraced the internet at least in some limited form ... and in a more open with the North the idea that they probably get that ... they get that are going well again we don't know what we do know is that this is a country that man is to go through a famine of craps two million people and still are not so does something else at work here ... it's different from the other countries ... and from our perspective the most important and we could do and I think this is an American firm policy as well ... is get the country's decided to open up with new ideas ... to design new ideas will bring ... on new ideas about governance to ideas about business ... and perhaps less of a threat level to the eyes write the what's in your presumption the little that instead of making the suggestion that the North Koreans that ... really economic growth is what ... is ... partner ... I in their interest ... with at Hollywood's primary is the leadership saying in ... power ... yes although it's very clear in and the politicians that we had heard from you agree with this that they recognize they have to open up a tiny ... across ... they're trying to figure out ... how to do it's interesting is even fell ten dollars to Democratic ... aam but they're trying to figure out how to do this is only as possible without a lot of questions ... on Yemen and in some of them are are quite technical but they face a conundrum in the sense that ... they know they have to open up a little bit but also the same time ... no population in any country anywhere in the world is worse off ... as a result of the ... it makes sense that I'm a third term government will want to have the internet on its terms ... it makes sense that in the third turnover would say will we wanted the part of the Internet that we like but we don't want all these other ideas this free speech they so forth but of course all of us feel very strongly about right ... we believe that if you get a little the divinity and ... they have to accept a little bit of openness ... that that it's just the tip of the spear ... to open up the society's as fundamental as humans are the same everywhere ... the curious when they come up with a new idea to say well that's interesting did you hear about it and I were excited about it yet in all the sudden something changes ... and that sets in motion ... the liberalization of the country yet right ... in ... the eye in the North Korean leader just mind that's exactly what ... they wish to avoid ... well again we don't know what I would caution against him ... against speculating what the what they're up to ... um many people have ... tried to study this government ... um this is this intrigue is that no information whatsoever that dissidents but we're to believe na from the government said eyewitnesses ... um to fuel suggesting for example ... um that the leader is ... beholden to the generals in the Eastern releases for the generals I think the answers ... to speculation the US to meet up ... no one seems to be a while to your point there's over million ... cellphones in a country with a fall ... right that ... was great what a lot but it's it's worth saying that that ... in terms of expression I was expecting to see ... a much ... tougher environment within the city itself ... the city itself through pretty ... of course it's purpose cuz cousins no manufactures no pollution ... um children going to school um others to mothers with their families and so for them and um modicum of cars typically ... are coming into China ... um what disturbed me however ... was that I saw no sense of dissent ... in other countries and I've been to use Germany and Russia as it was falling ... um you have a sense that ... they understood that there was a transition underway ... I had no sense of that North Korea none whatsoever right and a visit with ... its partners for know why is it that this country ... exists in the onthe ... yet truly totalitarian society but then you can speculate and guesses what the reason there seems to be a total absence of religion ... and they ... you can look back at history in ways that day ... I read it that that that they're they're center point about there being no dissent there's no informal or formal widow organize ... there's no way to think differently every morning the leadership ... camp which is good morning by loudspeaker announcing a population that is our home for an afternoon run for the current season TV channels the first one plays the respectively the speech over over again which there were hard to memorize ... the other one plays rather catchy patriotic songs yet well it's a visit by rail and the Smithsonian this thing on its this totalitarian state that seem to have come out with all other ... permutations of that ... was a totalitarian state in ... what you saw was ... the city and the attractiveness of the city was you didn't see on where the cool on Santa and I was with at the center is in persons Autoweek though a week after our return who will put up put up a set of of essentially user generated maps GM Korea Korea as a society with you out with a cell phone owners are also ... in its initial data for Google maps it took a lot of courage for the people to get the information a lot of work for hardly squares today after our return for obvious reasons ... aam ... and to look at the loss on the map which we did not physically see ... and to imagine the situation ... just here's your car ... yet I cannot imagine ... a situation that this Americanism prison's is an ... upbeat must be very rough this is a government ... which ... doesn't have a lot of money into the building we're in we're on he did ... um things that often North Korea ... um and they've chosen for whatever reasons a lot of money on the military yes ... well we played hard and wrote an essay up for the Saturday ... papers while the ... washer Post ... report on a bit on that Gulag stands ... by the Dow this generation's being born into that gloms kids who know nothing ... else but to live within the prison system of ... North Korea ... you've also been good to firm up ... to me and MAR ... um did you get any common sense when you're in North Korea that ... there might be a ... me and MAR fixation underway that ... the leadership is beginning to think on your time to ... time the last is this ... on ... new cars are imported say we did not get that sense in North Korea ... um ... we had a very good visit to Myanmar Burma we were surprised how quickly the opening is working ... to working on opening up their banking system the sanctions were lifted ... to goodness by America ... all the sudden the country is joining the rest of the country's ... we had no similar since the North Koreans that the leadership would choose that yes um ... I was to Dhoby with more hopeful path ... I came to views that ... in his Chicken Peninsula ... the North Koreans have to have actually agreed ... that they will eventually be unifying ... but they never read on the mechanism by which they would be in if I ... see have a vibrant democracy in the south you have the sort of ... strange place in the north the toughest of nuclear weapons ... of the merger of the two was going to be fraught with issues with an even cheaper ... yet ... to China's another model for the internet of Google's had its troubles there on ... censorship costs you two to clean up ... by yet you do have a relatively by friends of Internet community with limitations though with Chinese are very different from the North Koreans Chinese of our argue with each other is a very dynamic culture ... as long as you stay away from criticizing the senior leadership ... it's a very very intense and ... of very very critical place which part of its success snap ... up again we had no these are difficult that we have no sense that that was a possible outcome for North Korea ... the most logical outcome for North Korea ... is a variant of South Korea ... this call surely the Korean culture has been around for a thousand years ... as a strong commitment to education ... um as a preacher Billy said a very very patriarchal a certain way is ... up and make sense to me that if you imagine South Korea ... and imagine a more than a less open ... last time that lets Free version of South Korea ... as a possible path from North Korea ... but it's not at all clear we want to make sure that this is clear it's not obvious to us when this will occur ... it's natural for us assume all will happen in the do it next year ... I think there's no further reason was can happen in times of no more or whether China would allow the person is the youngest readers ... to know that many had said her won't be there for a long time and don't know if and when change comes whenever that that you're talking about market standing armies in the world ... of art is suffering we ... are all this'll be the largest ... mobilization disarming and and and and modern history and on about all the neighbors that that is set to be out there for many endeavors the status quo ... I won't work since I it's her right and it's on the other direction the screen saying this of the South Korean Chipotle years ago ... um did you love ... it did get the the the any common sense that ... um ... the the ... North Koreans ... were in any way so easy you um ... on this kind of of ... the initial surrounds you were using us cause attempts ... to other ... by officials with the North Korea to sort of get on the technological bandwagon that you were sort of their uncertainties than in two ... of the new world ... this was opaque to us it's clear to me that the user visit ... with in North Korea to publicize the fact that we had visited North Korea was a ... was publicly known that we're in North Korea ... and as I said I'm tripping misstated why we were there ... um ... the internal workings of who is making these decisions in this openness ... was very much clear to us ... after a so so when you when you left would you feel you accomplish ... it's the first step of a long series of steps that we eventually results ... in North Korea having an internet ... it's not possible from North Korea during the rest of our lifetimes to remain cut off ... it simply cannot grow cannot prosper cannot serve the needs of its innocence ... independent of its military ambitions that Just Can't Just aka happen ... to you will open up at some point the question is when we don't know ... when ... you and also we go overseas and economic delegation from North Korea as I can United States in twenty years ago and they ... actually individual offices and learn about certain learn about ... the free flow of information in our view is ... of what it comes to technology we should be willing to talk to any society about the three virtues of ... other verses free and open and that at any time any place at the start there ... you know what what I would hope would happen is that over the next few years ... of that the smart people in the country will say ... this is will find a way ... to open this up ... and will begin to get some amount of access into the country will open up the cell network ... will get more people fractionally more than just a government ... odds have access to the and that that's often happen in other countries ... and once that starts is very hard to keep it from ... from ... a to F one yes ... um ... your your system pretty optimistic ... view of six um one could argue that in the leadership feels things are working just fine right now ... the will be periodic Sammons ... but you rely enough on trade across the China border ... aid from China fuel from China and repression internally and the leadership stays in in in power with the matter with that scenario continue on for years ... the situation is China is not as stable as people think of this on the Koreans don't really love the Chinese and Thai their view in a cold is the ... isthe Chinese overcharged them annoyed if that's true or not ... of reducing the costs are supply area in trouble we have some pension without ... um this I'm sure that they understand the precarious as the situation ... I'm sure they would often every minute of snow ... a bit mature year view of this is a once technology begins succumb to come through the door it's very difficult to keep the rest of the ... rest of an outing in difficult to change from happening ... to to the North Korean leadership ... that sounds like a terrible Pandora's box that they've probably should not open what with the purchases we didn't actually say that to them in that meeting we talked about the benefit of a PC that it could exit in public but in our meetings we said to them unless it again ... that the Internet provides great prosperity because it provides a better society it's good for your citizens and thus without much to be about ... um if you take a look of Burma ... Myanmar on now ... um it's clear that the generals running and decided to keep it open ... but the Internet ... will mean the tree stays open ... yes that they may have decided to come again on the side of history this is no going back ... and and and Jerry would say ... that ... you will never have another country like North Korea ... behest of his fall was the last one official may reveal that the human society ... can completely shut down or you can be basic and free ... for all of the auto is right ... because they have a vehicle for asking questions in a vehicle for receiving information and content ... the challenges that are the old way of doing this in our career was struggling ... to turn out Hitler's government bonds in the press and as recently as ... three years ago that I'll be putting all the mobile devices are Korea was that ... that is in the land of the not exaggerating progress but I'm saying that ... little by little ... it begins to chip away at his ability to ... foster a cult of personality just may take a turn on ... and I'm sure that phones over the over future to be possible to use the SD cards ... to bring even more information and even if the man was turned on ... this all sorts of ways in which information wants to get North Korea and and vice versa ... aam and and also tremendous pressure ... to allow for more interchange between North and South Korea ... um because of the beast interdependence coped with it ... um Jared Cohen both the goal of thank you very much you can read more about this topic in the Wall Street Journal's Saturday edition of the excerpt from their new book ... The New Digital Age of John Bussey with The Wall Street Journal ...


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Mattias Solich and Daniel Sebesta are set to do some training together. They start off by helping each other to warm up, First they stretch the upper body and then take turns to lay on the floor with the others working on their legs. As they stand again Mattias takes some oil and begins to apply it to Daniel's body. As he oils the body Mattias kisses Daniel's shoulder. Daniels hand tracks Mattias' as it rubs the oil in. Mattias then pushes Daniel's shorts down and begins to wank his cock. As that cock starts to get hard Mattias pushes his own underwear down to reveal that his cock is already hard. Daniel takes hold of it and they wank each other. Daniel is soon hard as well as they continue to wank. Mattias then leads Daniel, by the cock, to the boxing bag and lifts his hands above his head. He then starts to kiss on Daniel's chest, working his way down to that throbbing cock. He takes the cock in his mouth, closing his lips tight around it. Mattias sucks on that cock, taking it nice and deep in his mouth. Daniel's hips begin to thrust as he starts to fuck Mattias' mouth. Mattias is loving that cock and sits on the floor, wanking himself as he gets as much of Daniel's as he can. Daniel continues with his slow fucking of Mattias' mouth until he decides he needs more. Mattias stands and bends over,so that Daniel can slip that hard cock deep into his ass. Daniel shoves it in and starts to fuck that hot bubble butt. Mattias loves the feel of that cock in his ass and has Daniel lay on the training bench, so that he can sit his ass right down on that cock and ride it. He slides up and down on Daniel's cock working it as far up his ass as he can. Then the guys move to missionary position for Daniel to fuck some more. Mattias wanks on his cock as Daniel fucks him harder and harder. Mattias hand speeds up on his cock and he soon dumps a huge load of creamy cum all over himself. Daniel is ready to and pulls out of that hot ass and shoots his creamy load all over Mattias balls to end a very good scene, with all thoughts of training forgotten.
We brought two great looking guys in for a submission wrestling match, Jan Mikulec and Radek Filipec. They start off by helping each other with some stretching exercises to get their muscles loosened up. Then the match begins. Right from the outset the contest is hard and fast, with the guys grappling with each other. Jan seems to employ better holds as he moves into the lead. After the first round the guys remove their underwear. In Radek's case we see a wonderful full bush. Jan makes good progress, employing very effective neck holds to move into a commanding lead. Radek does eventually win a round, to put the score at 6-1. It is great seeing those awesome bodies, with the cocks and balls on full display and the asses spreading as they wrestle. Jan continues on his winning ways and at 9-1 the guys oil each other's bodies. As they start to wrestle again things are tougher, because of the oil. However it seems that some blood appears on Radek, maybe from his nose. So the match is finished, with Jan the victor. The guys then settle down for a wank off, won quickly by Radek, who shoots his cum all over the mats. Jan continues to wank and soon he dumps a very nice load too. Then they go off to the shower and wash each others bodies clean of all that sweat and oil.
Petr Castek is aged 21 and lives in Prague. He is currently unemployed and enjoys jogging and athletics. Petr looks very impressive as he sits and does his interview. Then he stands up to begin things off. Lifting his tee-shirt we see his pubic hair above the waist band of his jeans. and a happy trail up to his belly button. Lifting the tee-shirt further we see a nipple. Petr dips a hand into his jeans, rubbing his cock. Then he removes the tee-shirt and we see his complete upper body. He has a very nice, slim build. He lifts an arm up above his head, twisting to kiss his biceps. Then his hands go back into his jeans to grope himself. Kneeling on the bed he gyrattes his hips as he feels himself. When he unzips the jeans he reveals a very nice, hard cock. Taking hold of that cock he begins to wank himself. Petr's ass moves up and down as he wanks on that lovely cock. Then he turns around and shows us his sexy ass. He spreads the cheeks so we can see right into the crack, with a great view of his tight hole. H erubs his hands all over his ass and up and down the crack. Removing the jeans Petr gets back on his knees to show that hot ass some more. The cheeks part beautifully to make sure we see absolutely everything. Turning over, Petr lays on the bed and raises his legs as he plays with his cock. A hand goes down to his ass and a finger slips into the hole as he continues his wanking. He puts on a great show, fingering himself and then wanks on that cock until he shoots a very nice load of cum for us. Finally, it is off to the shower for Petr, to clean himself up after a very good shoot.
Ondra Rezavy is from Velke Mezirici and is aged 18. He is a mechanic who enjoys sports, particularly rugby and football. What a handsome guy Ondra is too. His body is very good too. As he slowly removes his clothes we get to appreciate it fully. Posing for the camera he shucks his jeans down to show a thick, flaccid cock resting on his big balls. Then he turns around to show a gorgeous bubble butt, which he then spread very nicely, to show his hot pucker hole. Ondra then starts to get his cock hard, and as it swells the head begins to poke out from the foreskin. It looks very good indeed when it is fully erect, with Ondra posing as it sticks out. All in all this is a very good shoot from a really good looking guy. I will look forward to seeing his erotic video.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Oct 2006 18:47 UTC, submitted by tux68
Red Hat has officially responded to Oracle's 'Unbreakable Linux' move. "The opportunity for Linux just got bigger. Oracle's support for Linux reaffirms Red Hat's technical industry leadership and the end of proprietary Unix. It's no accident that Red Hat was chosen #1 in value two years running. Want to know what else we think? Read on." This article has more reactions.


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HuhPosted by HeroOfCanton, Jan 27 2009, 01:31 PM
I had two more parts to that series, didn't I? Um, I'll try to get on that, but more pressing writing needs have come up lately. Sorry about that.
5 Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations (Part 3)Posted by HeroOfCanton, Jan 23 2009, 12:29 AM
3. Thank goodness for Milk.
Mr. Hero asked me an interesing question this morning while we were discussing the nominations: "What are the Important movies this year?" Of the five Best Picture nominees, The Reader is Important in that way Holocaust movies are always Important, but not Important in a timely way. Frost/Nixon might have seemed more Important if the Democrats weren't firmly in control of Congress and the White House. But as it is, the movie is a nice history lesson, not an Important call to the world today. Slumdog Millionaire could be considered Important if anyone besides Brad and Angie cared about brown orphans in foreign countries. As it is, it's just a feel-good movie, and if it feels good, it can't be Important.
But Milk, we are so lucky to have Milk! A slain gay activist is always an Important story, especially in a year when the troglodyte freaks voted against gay marriage in California. So if Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are duking it out for Best Picture (which is what I expect) and split the vote, will the most Important movie of the year slip through? It just might, and that worries me. No, I haven't had the opportunity to see Milk yet, though I hope to before Oscar day, and it might be a terrific film, but I have a feeling that if it pulls off an upset, it will be because it's Important, not because it's good.
5 Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations (Part 2)Posted by HeroOfCanton, Jan 23 2009, 12:11 AM
2. Whither The Dark Knight?
Fanboys are in a tizzy today, because finally, this year was going to be the year when a summer popcorn blockbuster broke into the top categories instead of being relegated to the tech category slums. But not so much. The highly anticipated nominations for Adapted Screenplay, Director, and Picture didn't pan out for The Dark Knight. Instead, as conventional wisdom has it, TDK's spots in those categoeries were taken, nay stolen, by The Reader, that artsy, Holocaust, Oscar-bait movie that TDK fanboy, Kris Tapley, calls "pornographic."
Perhaps we should try a little perspective. First off, if this hadn't been a generally weak year for movies, no one would have even gotten their hopes up for a movie based on a comic book. Second, I understand the disappointment, but not the surprise. If folks who pay attention to awards are truly shocked that Harvey Weinstein got a Best Picture nomination for his movie The Reader, they must have been willfully blind. The first rule of awards season is never bet against Harvey Weinstein. I thought everyone knew that? Third, and I don't know how to say this delicately, so I'll just rip the bandaid right off--The Dark Knight isn't that good a movie. The script is a mess. For a movie to get the big nominations, a tight, focused script helps a lot. And don't try to argue that the Academy doesn't like crime mysteries with intricate plots. When movies do that kind of story well, like two of the best movies of the '90s, The Usual Suspects and LA Confidential, they win screenplay Oscars. I'm sorry fanboys, but you're just going to have to wait for something better to come along.
(Does The Hobbit have a release date yet, by the way?)
5 Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations (Part 1)Posted by HeroOfCanton, Jan 22 2009, 09:30 PM
(Sorry for the long break from blogging, but I suspect that at least for Oscar Season, I'll be around more.)
As I get them prepared, I thought I would share five things I find interesting about this year's Oscar nominees. (For a complete list of nominees, you can look just about anywhere, but here's the official Academy site.)
1. Does the Academy have a problem with brown foreigners?
For a long time, the Academy lived under a cloud of racism, with everyone assuming the members were too old and too white to vote for actors who weren't white and spoke the King's English. It was 24 years between Hattie McDaniel and Sindey Poitier and another 26 years until Denzel Washington. But then it looked as thought things might be changing with wins and nominations for Hallie Barry, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, and others. And for years only world superstar Sophia Loren could claim an acting win for a foreign language film, but then Roberto Benigni won, and last year all four acting awards went to non-Americans, including a foreign language performance from Marion Cotillard.
So perhaps the explanation for the Academy's oversight of Slumdog Millionaire in the acting categories is that they like minorities and foreigners now, but not foreign brown people? Especially when the names are hard to pronounce--actually, Dev Patel is pretty easy, but who's counting? Speaking of Patel, he did receive a Supporting Actor nomination from SAG, but Oscar voters decided to go with Michael Shannon, who reports claim is the best thing in Revolutionary Road, so maybe it was the right choice. However, it is awfully suspicious, and rare, for a movie to recieve 10 nominations, including Best Picture, without reaping a single acting bid. After all, how many movies are 10-nominations good without having, you know, good actors?
So. . .Posted by HeroOfCanton, Oct 31 2008, 06:44 PM
. . . that went well. All of my readers suck. Not one single suggestion for what I should blog about. Oh well. Maybe next week I'll do some kind of election wrap up, and I've been thinking about books and reading again, not too mention Oscar season is starting up. So never fear, even though my faithful readers let me down, I won't let them down, and I should be blogging again next week.
With love,
What Next?Posted by HeroOfCanton, Oct 15 2008, 01:36 PM
I think that BBW blog took a lot out of me, and I just can't think of what to write about next. So, dear readers, I'm taking suggestions. Post a topic in the comments or PM me with a brilliant topic you're just dying to see me blog about.
The Freedom to be Intellectually Dishonest: The ALAPosted by HeroOfCanton, Sep 27 2008, 11:44 PM
Once upon a time, when I was young and naive--oh, about a couple of years ago--I thought the American Library Association was a wonderful group looking out for libraries and performing a great public service with Banned Books Week. But then I started seeing evidence to the contrary, mostly from Nat Hentoff and the Annoyed Librarian, and my opinion changed drastically. It turns out the ALA would much rather spend its time debating the evils of the Iraq War than promoting the profession, and "banned" books is a misnomer by their own admission. Not only that, but when they do tackle library issues, it is generally with a decidedly leftist bent.
In 2007 at the ALA's midwinter meeting in Seattle, the Social Responsibilities Round Table sponsored a vote on a resolution condemning the Iraq War. I'm happy to tell you that the resolution failed to pass. Why am I happy? It's not because I support the Iraq War, although I do, but because it has nothing to do with American librarianship. The ALA wasted time on something wholly outside their purview while there are real problems like the fact library school education is a joke. I spent half of graduate school drunk and got straight A's, and it's not because I'm an exceptionally good student. So what other issues has the SRRT tackled in recent years? They have discussed impeaching President Bush, as well as homosexuals and the Boy Scouts, and SRRT has task forces about feminism and the environment. Perhaps if they want to be "socially responsible" they could address early childhood literacy or the elimination of library media specialists in a lot of public schools. I know it's not as flashy, but it would be library related and responsible.
But the ALA does focus on books once a year and that self-congratulatory orgy known as Banned Books Week starts today. The ALA takes great pride in their defense of intellectual freedom and attempts to stop book banning. Only, books aren't banned. Across the country, books are sometimes challenged, which generally means someone finds a book age inappropriate and asks for it to be moved to a different department, or parents object to assigned school reading and ask that their children be allowed to read something else. So why is it still called Banned Books Week? According to their website, ALA partners with other groups and they could not change the name without approval from the others. Fair enough. But the ALA's statement doesn't end there. They claim no one wants to change the name because, "a challenge is an attempt to ban or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or a group. A successful challenge would result in materials being banned or restricted." Generally when a book is "restricted," it's moved from Children's to Young Adult (I'm sorry, Teen Services--I guess some in the library world can promote name changes) or YA to Adult. Depending on the library, this could mean that a minor would not be able to check out the book without parental permission. (At my library, parents decide what age level books their children 15 and under can check out.) But what books get challenged and why? One recent brouhaha surrounded the book The Higher Power of Lucky featuring a 10 year-old girl and marketed as a children's book. Here's an excerpt:
Sammy told of the day when he had drunk half a gallon of rum listening to Johnny Cash all morning in his parked '62 Cadillac, then fallen out of the car when he saw a rattlesnake on the passenger seat biting his dog, Roy, on the scrotum.
Is it so unreasonable that parents may find this objectionable for their 5 year-olds? At library school, they pounded into our heads that librarians do not serve in loco parentis, and yet when parents are asked to choose the age level their children should be reading and that the books in that age level should be age appropriate, the ALA screams that this is an infringement on a child's right to read.
The ALA's belief in people's right to read whatever they want at any age doesn't stop at the border, either. (Actually, it depends on which border, but more on that later.) Last year the ALA's president publicly denounced a Catholic school in Canada because that school decided that the His Dark Materials series was unsuitable for middle schoolers. 1 How the American Library Association feels it's appropriate to tell Canadian school libraries what books they should have is beyond me. Also, is it really so awful that a Catholic school would choose to move a series of books that promote atheism, by the author's admission, from their middle school to their high school? (From what I understand, Catholic schools in Canada are tied to the government, so it's a bit different than in America. That doesn't change the fact that I don't know why the ALA was commenting on it in the first place.)
The ALA doesn't take it's crusade to every corner of the world, however. You see, the ALA seems to have a soft spot for commies. They did virtually nothing to support librarians in the Soviet Union and today the organization is turning its back on Cuba. 2 In 2003, Cuba had an old-fashioned book burning. On the pyre one could find the works of people like George Orwell, Vaclav Havel, and Pope John Paul II. The ALA also has turned a blind eye to librarians currently in Cuban prisons. One such librarian is Ivan Hernandez Carrillo (June 8 column) who has so far served five of his 25 years in prison for operating an independent library in his home. What was so terrible in his little library? For one, a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. that detailed the ideas of civil disobedience. The Cuban government decided Carrillo's library would literally be excellent fuel for their fire, and a judge ordered his collection incinerated. However, the ALA refuses to defend imprisoned Cuban librarians because they aren't really librarians. 3 Those stalwarts of professional standards refuse to offer support to anyone who didn't get drunk at an ALA accredited school for a few years. People like Carrillo risk their lives and freedom to supply books to their countrymen by operating their own libraries, but the ALA is hung up on a technicality. Additionally, the ALA feels as though it would be inappropriate to defend these independent Cuban libraries because some of their support comes from the US government. 4 Without American intervention, the average Cuban would never be able to read something like The Power of the Powerless, and somehow that's a problem for the intellectual freedom-loving ALA. If the ALA is going to stick its nose into international affairs, wouldn't jailed librarians and book burning be the natural place to start?
If you go to a public library this week, chances are you will see displays and posters celebrating people's freedom to read, all thanks to the enlightened and brave folks at the ALA. Just remember that the freedom to read includes your child reading about drunken rattlesnake dog scrotum, because Bush sucks and anyone named Castro is a-okay since they never lock up gin-swilling accredited librarians.
1. The ALA is upgrading their website at the moment, and this statement is no longer available there. You can read the Annoyed Librarian's take on it here.
2. Sadly, I learned about this article today, but I could not read the full text online. If I'd waited to have the article sent to me, I would have missed Banned Books Week. I would also like to read a book I discovered on the topic today, but again, couldn't access, [i]Not Seeing Red.[/i]
3. Again, this information is not available at the moment on the ALA website. This Nat Hentoff article explains it well.
4. This is another ALA website problem that is covered in the above Hentoff article.
The Party of LincolnPosted by HeroOfCanton, Sep 27 2008, 12:59 AM
Why was the Republican Party formed? In large part, the original Republicans and the GOP's first president, Abraham Lincoln, were for abolition. It's odd to think that the party of small government first became famous as the party which held the union together and forced states to end slavery, but such is history.
But somewhere along the way, the party of Lincoln lost the support o the people they were founded to set free, until we now play identity politics and over 90% of blacks vote for the party that once supported segregation in the South. Why? Perhaps that first move with a strong federal government led the black community to expect more from the federal government than the Republicans ever showed again. Perhaps they were fed up with Republicans supporting local control when local control in the South meant subpar schools and separate bathrooms. Or perhaps they fled to the Democratic Party under FDR like so many did and just decided never to come back.
Whatever the case, race seems to be one of the factors everyone wants to talk about in this presidential race. Usually it's about how only redneck whites stand between Obama and history. But I think there's much more to it than that. With a country split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, if Obama loses, it's going to be in part the white Democrats who are the rednecks, not the racist Republicans, who put McCain over the top. (Of course, few people want to talk about the fact that McCain may have genuine appeal to moderate Democrats that has nothing to do with race.) Also, it seems impolitic to discuss the fact that some blacks will vote for Obama because he is black, which is no less racist. And the one thing you won't hear anyone talk about, except maybe Ward Connerly, is the fact that Obama is every bit as white as he is black, but our check-one-box-only mentality is a can of worms unto itself.
The real point is when did we become so divided by identity politics? Why can't each person make decisions without influence from the group? Why did it come to light during the Supreme Court affirmative action case that a University of Michigan official asked if Cubans count as Hispanic, because, "Don't they vote Republican?"
Heaven knows I don't have answers, but it seems to me that if we continue to shy away from the questions we will never get anywhere.
[size="3"](This blog was largely inspired by the Sept. 29, 2008 article "A Ticklish Position" in National Review.)
Does Your Health Insurance Pay You?Posted by HeroOfCanton, Sep 23 2008, 03:17 PM
Not that I'm hoping to strike up another health care conversation with squid(), but my mother recently told me something interesting about her health insurance. We get our insurance through our hospital at a truly affordable rate, and we've both been very pleased with it for the 5 years we've had it. (How many people can say they have been happy with their health insurance for 5 straight years?) In a few months, mom will be hitting the magical age of 65. At that point, her insurer will pay her money if she comes to work out at their gym. You heard that right--she will get $10 a month if she works out there 5 times a month. How genius is that? She gets in shape, they have less of a chance if having to payout for medical problems, and she gets free lunch money.
We talk a lot about preventitive medicine in this country, and this sounds like one of the best ways to promote this that I've ever heard. Anyone else have ideas?
(PS I'll try to get around to race later in the week.)
I'm backPosted by HeroOfCanton, Sep 20 2008, 02:02 PM
I just want to let everyone know that I should be back to blogging soon. I spent most of this past week without power or internet, but I'm now up and running again.


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Thursday, August 11, 2011
We're Not Loading Up Landfills
I'm happy to report DH is on board with the system and even came along to make our first purchases. He can't wait to install the diaper sprayer and he tells everyone we know about the diaps. I'm pretty sure he's also ecstatic that he doesn't have to take out a full load of trash every day any more either. Our lovable little stinker has a habit of soiling an extra diap or two or three(!) mid-change. Anyone else have that problem?
The top five reasons we're not loading up landfills (in no particular order) are:
1. Babies have accidents on clothes when they're in disposables, so there's no way to avoid washing poo anyway.
2. Snappis make using pre-folds super easy! I tried it on a teddy bear a few times to get the hang of it since the claws are a little scary, but now it's no sweat.
3. Our baby has a full head of hair, so her cute factor is off the charts! How could I not cover that bum in super sweet patterns to match? I love the Thirsties Duo Wraps, but have my eyes set on the LadyBug Bummis next.
4. Honestly, disposables make me think of pads and I wouldn't wish those on my worst enemy. I'm snuggling DD in the softest fabrics I can find.
5. DH says, "I was raised on cloth diapers and I turned out OK."
My head is pleasantly bursting with tips and to-dos after three months of exploring the wealth of information from knowledgeable mamas. I love that the cyber community is so helpful and the information about this topic is constantly growing! I'm getting advice I didn't even know I needed from being a Facebook fan of Diapershops.com. Just today, I learned that dryer sheets can leave a residue in the dryer for future loads. I thought leaving them out of my load would have been enough, but now I can avoid a future leak by drying my covers and Fuzzibunz on a rack.
So, here's to all the mama's that have come before me. Thanks for trying and testing everything under the sun to make it easier for the future generations. I promise to take what you've learned and pass it on as frequently as I can. Until the diaper shelf at Target also stocks Hemp Prefolds and Bamboo Inserts, there is work to be done. After all, we don't inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children.
BIO: Jeannette is a budget-conscious mama with a degree in Design and Merchandising from Drexel University. She's cloth diapering her brand new baby girl because it's fashionable, fresh, and fabulous!
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She is so adorable!
If she's soiling diapers mid-change, have you thought of trying elimination communication? If you know she's going to go then anyway, you may as well give it a shot.
- August 11, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- Kristin {Sea Cow Circus} said...
Love this post :) I've thought about the pad comparison, too - especially in the hot Florida weather, I wouldn't want that plastic-y stuff sticking to my sweet baby's skin!
- August 11, 2011 at 2:15 AM
- Jeannette said...
Good suggestion Linda! I looked into that, but it's a little too complicated now since she can't hold her head on her own. I think we'll try a combination of EC and CD once she's a little bigger.
- August 11, 2011 at 11:06 AM
- Natalie said...
Random question for Jeannette... what diaper is she wearing in the picture?
Building our first newborn stash and eager to see how things fit as I don't know anyone locally so I can actually see the fit of diapers!
- August 11, 2011 at 7:06 PM
- Holly said...
The pads comparison was what went through my head every time I heard them crinkle. I cringed every time we had to head to the store for more diapers, and I have twins, so it was way too often.
- August 11, 2011 at 8:47 PM
I love that you thanked those who came before. Great post.
- August 12, 2011 at 4:31 AM
- Jeannette said...
Natalie- she's wearing a fuzzibunz xs at 7 lbs. It was still too big at the legs so we had a leak... But it was the cutest for the picture.
- August 12, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- Nicole said...
she is gorgeous!! and... uhm.. ladybug bummis?! HELLO! I'm excited :-D
- August 18, 2011 at 10:31 PM


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June 6, 2008
The Honorable Christopher Koch
State Superintendent of Education
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001
Dear Superintendent Koch:
I am writing in response to Illinois' request to amend its state accountability plan under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Following discussions between the Department and your staff, you made certain changes to Illinois' accountability plan, which are now included in the amended state accountability plan that Illinois submitted to the Department on June 5, 2008. I am pleased to fully approve Illinois' amended plan, which we will post on the Department's website. A summary of the amendments submitted for the 2007-08 school year is enclosed with this letter. As you know, any further requests to amend Illinois' accountability plan must be submitted to the Department for review and approval, as required by section 1111(f)(2) of Title I of the ESEA.
Please also be aware that approval of Illinois' accountability plan for Title I, including the amendments approved herein, does not indicate that the plan complies with Federal civil rights requirements, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
I am confident that Illinois will continue to hold schools and school districts accountable for the achievement of all students. I wish you well in your school improvement efforts. If you need any additional assistance in implementing the standards, assessment, and accountability provisions of NCLB, please do not hesitate to contact Patrick Rooney (email@example.com) or Grace Ross (email@example.com) of my staff.
Kerri L. Briggs, Ph.D.
cc: Governor Rod Blagojevich
Melina Wright
Connie Wise
Amendments to Illinois' Accountability Plan
The following is a summary of Illinois' amendment requests. Please refer to the Department's website (www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html) for Illinois' complete Accountability Plan.
Acceptable amendments
The following amendments are aligned with the statute and regulations:
Including students with disabilities in AYP determinations (Element 5.3)
Revision: Illinois will use the "proxy method" (option 1 in our guidance dated December 2005) to take advantage of the interim flexibility regarding calculating adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the students with disabilities subgroup, as offered by the Department pursuant to its authority under 34 C.F.R. § 200.20(g). See http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/modachieve-summary.html. Illinois will calculate a proxy to determine the percentage of students with disabilities that is equivalent to 2.0 percent of all students assessed. For this year only, this proxy will then be added to the percent of students with disabilities who score proficient or above. Illinois will use this adjusted percent proficient to re-examine if a school or district made AYP for the 2007-08 school year only for a school or district that did not make AYP solely due to its students with disabilities subgroup.
Assessments used for AYP determinations (Elements 5.4, 6.1, and attachment C)
Revision: Illinois removed references to the IMAGE assessment because it removed the IMAGE assessment, which was previously given to LEP students in Illinois, from its assessment and accountability system. Illinois also noted that it assesses students in grades 4 and 7, and in biological and physical sciences.


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|2006-08-18, 03:07
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From the way the books are drawn and colored (every book different), I'd say they are not CG (perhaps created through photoshop instead (ie. edited photo), since Shinkai-san did mention he uses photoshop heavily in his backgrounds). Shinkai-san does make use of CG arts in his works, but they tend to be used for large moving objects (mechs in "Hoshi no Koe", for example), not for stationary backgrounds.
The train in the trailer, for example, is clearly CG.
|2006-08-18, 03:58
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The camera could be panning from left to right, for which a 3D rendered bg would be far more accurate than 2D art. I'll agree with you that it's more likely that it's a static bg, but I think it being a polygon model isn't impossible or improbable. But we'll see..
|2006-08-18, 05:47
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I'd say that the scene complexity is a bit too high for everything to be CG. Some of the lighting effects (on walls/floors for example) are very complex and too "real" for CG - basically, it'd take far too much effort. The bokeh (out of focus) effects are a bit too real too.
I'd say they took real photos and made them look like cell paintings. You sometimes see manga where they've done the same in backgrounds... maybe this is the first time for anime...?
|2006-08-18, 06:06
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The Commissar Vanishes
This is not the case here. The picture is far too perfect to be a filtered photo. The lighting effects have to be drawn manually.
Shinkai definitely uses HDR photography as a visual template to work off, but I doubt that he uses it as a direct base.
|2006-08-18, 08:18
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♪♫ Maya Iincho ♩♬
It's Shinkai, he's more like a creator of great animes rather than an innovator of anime. Though all of his works are romance in the reminisce kind of romance. His works always question us "Is the wait all worth it at the end?" But I suppose in the anime sence, it does.
ps: i know nothing of his new anime at the moment, gotta go read about it now ^_^.
His artwork and the quality he puts into it always amaze me. Everything is so vibrant, and the scenery is like watching a sun set every time there's a new scene. Well... enjoy now.
|2006-08-18, 10:09
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There was a link awhile back (maybe on his personal blog), comparing the original stock location photo with his rendered background. What I remember are the following:
1.) The perspective and layout of photo and BG are the same
2.) The general color and texture of photo and BG are the same
3.) The anime-style coloring differentiates the BG
4.) The lighting and shadows don't seem to be filtered on, but rather reworked into the picture.
I have attempted to do a similar thing (create detailed backgrounds for animation given stock footage), and while I can get some of the realism in textures and shadows/highlights, the lighting still eludes me as Shinkai's works are never flat in color. He has some sort of 'secret recipe'
Where Shinkai uses BGs are external objects. A few times he uses them for background objects (such as the water tank? in Wind OP). But in my opinion, the best backgrounds are rendered as fully flat raster images (i.e. Photoshop). I know way more people who can pull of excellent BGs armed with just Photoshop than those armed with a full 3D suite. Even 3D-rendered BGs must have textures to look real, and guess where they pull off those textures?
|2006-08-18, 22:07
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♪♫ Maya Iincho ♩♬
|2006-08-19, 11:06
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♪♫ Maya Iincho ♩♬
But it's not like it a 26 episode long anime, so Shinkai can meticiously work on every single little detail. THat's why all of Shinkais and Miyazaki's work are so famed for their life like CGs. (not really Miyazaki)
|2006-11-01, 12:27
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Makoto Shinkai's New Work
Yeah, this movie looks amazing! Mr. Shinkai's works are always highly inspirational to me since I am an aspiring artist myself. As for his beautiful BG's, he still hand draws all of them (many times using real locations and photos as a reference) and then scans them into a computer and thats where the real magic happens. As his coloring and CG effects really set him apart from the rest of the anime industry, in my opinion anyways.
I can draw BG's out of my head but they are never quite as good or as detailed as when I use a photo or location as a reference and draw from that. But I don't think I'll ever have Mr. Shinkai's computer skills at coloring and lighting.
|2006-11-20, 10:07
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Not dead. Yet.
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There's a new promo on Yahoo. The direct link to the stream is here (16mb).
That shot of the lights coming on in the classroom had me picking my jaw off the carpet....
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|2006-11-20, 14:14
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The Commissar Vanishes
Holy lighting effects, Batman!
This was certainly promising. I always wondered how will Shinkai be able to pull of fantastic visuals without his usual sci-fi storyline, and this is the answer.
Beautifully painted and animated, if only for a minute forty.
|2006-11-20, 15:51
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cho~ kakkoii
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|2006-11-20, 17:10
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The Commissar Vanishes
Let's just hope that the promised 3 cinematic novellas combined by their theme DO stay as 3 novellas.
Because Shinkai isn't exactly a master of the feature film genre. He has a lot more success with shorter, OVA-length pieces.
|2006-11-20, 17:46
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Feldman's solid return not enough in opener vs. O's
BALTIMORE -- Scott Feldman, sitting only a few lockers over from relief pitcher Jerome Williams, went over and patted his teammate on the back Friday night and offered him some words of encouragement while replaying some pitch sequences.
There were a couple of pitches Feldman wanted to have back, particularly the homer he served up to Manny Machado in the third inning, while Williams was lamenting giving up a leadoff double to J.J. Hardy in the seventh that sparked an Orioles rally.View Full Game Coverage
BALTIMORE -- Scott Feldman, sitting only a few lockers over from relief pitcher Jerome Williams, went over and patted his teammate on the back Friday night and offered him some words of encouragement while replaying some pitch sequences.
There were a couple of pitches Feldman wanted to have back, particularly the homer he served up to Manny Machado in the third inning, while Williams was lamenting giving up a leadoff double to J.J. Hardy in the seventh that sparked an Orioles rally.View Full Game Coverage
After Feldman made a promising return from the disabled list by allowing two runs and five hits in six innings, Williams gave up a pair of runs in the seventh that enabled the Orioles to beat the Astros, 4-3, in the series opener at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
"He kept the team in the hunt for a win," Williams said. "It falls back on me. I felt like I let the team down, and hopefully tomorrow I can get back out there and try to do my best."
Feldman, pitching for the first time since April 17, exhibited great control by throwing 60 of his 88 pitches for strikes and not walking any batters while showing improved velocity.
"I definitely felt like I could throw all my pitches and not just have to rely so much on my offspeed stuff," he said. "I felt like I had a little bit better fastball. I felt like I was throwing more free and easy and stuff. It was a good feeling in that regard. It would have been a nice one to win, but they got the best of us tonight."
Astros starters have posted a 2.97 ERA on the first five games on their seven-game road trip, but are sitting at 1-4 after dropping the opener to the Orioles.
"He did a good job," said Astros manager Bo Porter, who went to the mound with two outs in the sixth and was talked into letting Feldman finish the inning. "You look at the fact he actually, for five innings, wasn't in any stress. They kind of got to him in the sixth and he wanted it and I allowed him the opportunity to get it done, and he got it done."
Williams was called upon in the seventh inning of a tied game and promptly gave up a leadoff double to Hardy. He was at third with two outs when Jonathan Schoop -- the No. 9 hitter -- hit an RBI single to center. Nick Markakis followed with an RBI double to push the lead to 4-2.
"It was just a bad pitch, to me," Williams said. "I thought I could get that sinker in to J.J., and that didn't work. He hit the ball for a double, and I kind of battled, getting those two ground balls, and I left a cutter up, and he hit it up the middle."
The Astros were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. They had runners at first and third and no outs to start the ninth and managed just one run when Chris Carter hit into a double play. And the inability to put down a bunt in the sixth is what bothered Porter.
With runners at first and second and no outs, Jonathan Villar couldn't get down a sacrifice bunt, popping one up in the air and taking another pitch for a strike at the knees. He wound up lining out. Dexter Fowler then hit into a fielder's choice, and Jesus Guzman grounded out.
"Whenever you get opportunities to put runs on the board, you want to do everything you can to execute," Porter said. "We had first and second with an opportunity to bunt him over to second and third and allow the other team to make a decision -- 'Do you bring the infield in? Do you play the infield back?' It changes the whole dynamic with three, four, five [in the batting order] coming behind you with an opportunity to push at least one or two runs. We didn't execute there."
Feldman allowed a pair of solo homers in the third inning. Steve Pearce led off the inning with a homer to left-center, and two outs later Machado homered to left-center to put the Orioles ahead, 2-1.
"I missed my spot to Pearce," Feldman said. "It was a fastball in, and that happens. You're going to miss your spot sometimes. The one to Machado was just a dumb pitch, to me. That's the one that's going to bug me until my next start probably. That was a changeup that was meant to bounce and didn't bounce. I probably got a little greedy and shouldn't have thrown that pitch."
L.J. Hoes gave the Astros a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a sacrifice fly, and Carter's fifth home run of the season, a solo blast to left field to start the seventh inning, tied the game at 2. Carter came up in the ninth with two runners on, but Tommy Hunter coaxed him into a double play that pushed across a run. He struck out George Springer to end the game.
The Astros have lost eight of 10 games, with five of those losses coming by one run.
"We're holding up," Williams said. "It's real close losses, and when we're in Detroit you'd never think we'd be in a battle with them winning one-run ball games or a low-scoring game with them. They're a pretty good-hitting team. All we have to do is execute and play baseball."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter.


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What a great meeting we had on Tuesday! We had several new faces that joined us and made our small space in the media center feel like we were bursting at the seams! Our time at Knit Michigan seems to have generated some interest in our group as several of the guests heard about us for the first time there. Katie and Barbara both did some recruiting of their own and brought two new friends with them. . .(Katie talked us up while shopping at Jo-Ann's!) We're always glad to be inspired by what others are knitting, and fresh perspectives are always welcomed. Members, if you see someone KIPing (Knitting in Public) invite them to join us! Take a few flyers from a meeting and keep them in your purse so you can point folks to our blog, or post flyers at the stores you shop at. . .all of the publicity you can provide for us will help our group grow.
If you are considering joining, please remember that membership benefits include our meetings where we have some interesting technique or information that will increase your skills, a subscription to Cast On magazine as well as periodic discounts or shopping days at local yarn stores (we're currently scheduling days at The Knitting Room and Beaumont).
We missed several regulars, I hope that not everyone was sick (hope you're feeling better Chris) and that the change in schedule just was a bit of a conflict this month. (Phyllis, we're sorry we missed you, but hope your Red Hat meeting was fun!)
Again, I am amazed at the generosity of our members. Judith took home 43 scarves for SOS. That brings our total up to 79 scarves that we've donated! We will continue to collect scarves at each meeting, so if you're between projects and looking for a quick project, knit a scarf! Washable yarn is preferred--Coralee and Judith always have some at our meetings or you can pick some up at your local yarn store--or out of your stash! We'll have small door prizes for the prettiest scarf and the person who donates the most again in March. . .get knitting!
Louise and I are making good progress on our UFOs (unfinished objects). My New Year's resolution socks are being finished faster than ever since I can't jump between projects. . .I'll post pictures of my March and April socks (both pairs completed) later this week. It's a great feeling to watch my list get smaller, but increasingly hard not to cast on something new. I'm interested to know what you think about this. . .I have a sweater that I've decided not to complete as the style just won't be flattering on me (I don't know what I was thinking when I began knitting it. . .). I plan to rip it out and eventually make a different desgin. Do you think beginning that new design counts as casting on during lent?
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Sunday, March 4, 2007
Bursting at the Seams
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Bursting at the seams is right. Who is that old fat man,feeding his face? Oh no, that isn't a fat old man, that's me. This is why I bought a camera, so I could get behind it and I could take candid shots of others, but I keep forgetting to do that. That pick. tells me it's not casting on that I should give up, is't something alse, food maybe. Sharon
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Katy Perry Performs 'Part of Me' in U.K. TV Special
Laser beams, neon colors — Katy Perry's performance of 'Part of Me' shows her breaking out from what is either a futuristic cage or a '90s school picture back drop.
Clad in a skintight purple super heroine-style suit similar to the gold one she donned for her Grammys performance of the track, Perry sings along to a backing track and dances somewhat awkwardly inside a barrier of green lasers. Towards the conclusion of the first chorus, she busts out, perhaps symbolic of breaking away from a failed relationship.
Perry's vocals are relatively on point, but her choreography leaves a bit to be desired. Perry is a bit stiff when she dances, and she looks uncomfortable and self-conscious. She has enough eye candy and lighting effects accompanying her to distract somewhat, but we can't help but think she'd be better off either taking dance lessons or just standing there and singing, a la fellow diva Adele.
Check out Perry's performance below. The girl knows how to put on a show for sure, we're just not sure if dancing needs to be part of it — at least maybe until she goes to a dance boot camp. Maybe that's the secret theme of her upcoming video.
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University Soup KitchenSaturday August 20, 2005
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Serving restaurant-style meals
Volunteers at the University Soup Kitchen, Street Project's longest running activity, serve meals to men and women of all ages in a respectful "restaurant-style" environment. Soup Kitchen is a great, fun way for busy people to lend a hand to the community while meeting other young professionals in the city. Saturdays from 11:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Church of the Nativity: 44 2nd Ave. b/t 2nd and 3rd Streets
Volunteers are needed at the Soup Kitchen for several upcoming Saturdays. Space can be limited (~6-8 people per session), so please sign up online if you're able to volunteer. Please arrive at 11:45 a.m. for a quick orientation / job assignment, and then Please courteously stay until clean-up is finished. You must be 18 to volunteer. And please let us know as SOON as you know you can't make a day you've committed for. Where: Church of the Nativity 44 2nd Ave. b/t 2nd and 3rd Streets
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Skip Harvey: 'What kind of a town are we?'
Outgoing Councilman Skip Harvey says the Town Council is doing Mammoth's citizens wrong by insisting on closed meetings that deal with the impending settlement of the $42 million MLLA judgment.
"The people of this town have a right to know what's going on," Harvey said in an incendiary statement from the dais Wednesday evening.
"I think it's time that we get this issue out to the public." Turning toward the audience and the television camera, Harvey said, "It's time that we ask for your help. You can't help us if you don't know what is going on. So I think it's time for this to come out."
What triggered Harvey's ire was a closed-session meeting a week ago. Before that meeting, a reporter from The Sheet challenged the council's decision to keep its closed-door policy.
Harvey implied he was all for opening up the meetings, even though the rest of the council and town attorney Andrew Ross said matters of litigation are allowed for discussion in closed session.
But after more than a year of closed meetings, Harvey said he's had enough.
"Our town attorney explained that it's an active legal action and that strategies and tactics should remain confidential. And so we kind of sort of went with that "But you can question that. You can question whether there are any strategies or tactics.
"Our citizens need to know what bankruptcy means. What's it mean to our town to be bankrupt? What does it mean to our town to settle, to have some kind of settlement? These are the things you need to know.
"This lawsuit is going to affect everybody—every single person in town, young or old, for a very long time. There's a very good chance of that.
"You have a right to know, and I think you have a right to hear from this council, the five people who are sitting up here on this bench, to tell you what this means, not to hear some high-priced attorney. The high-priced attorney might know the law, but I'm not so sure that they always know what is best for our town.
"The citizens of the town need to hear it from us, from the five people who sit up here, as to what all this means and what the different outcomes could mean for this town as we move forward."
Whatever happens, a settlement, a bankruptcy or whatever else, Harvey won't be on the dais to deal with it.
Last month, Harvey, who is battling throat cancer, pulled his nomination papers for re-election, then gave them back, dropping out of the June 5 municipal election.
"I haven't said a whole lot about why I decided not to run for re-election so I just wanted to mention very quickly because a lot of people ask," Harvey said. "It has nothing to do with my health. My health is actually quite good. It's improving every day and that's all I can ask for.
"Really, I wanted to take a break. I want to see how this town wants to do business, because I'm not really sure.
"Are we the kind of town who wants to play hardball, no matter what, regardless? Or are we the kind of town that takes responsibilities for our actions?
"I'm not really sure about that, so I'm taking a little break to find out how this town really wants to do business."
Harvey said he knows the road ahead is paved with trouble.
"It's going to be tough," he said. "It's a mess that we've gotten ourselves into, and it's going to take every single citizen in this town to get us out of it—everybody. It's going to take the Mountain, it's going to take the public employees, it's going to take all of the citizens to help us get out of this.
"I just think that we need to get this thing out of closed session and out to the public, and the people need to know what's going on with this lawsuit.
"It has gone on long enough in closed session. It needs to come out."
The rest of the council members said nothing in response to Harvey's outburst. His speech was not an agenda item and it came from out of the blue.
Meanwhile, the council wrote a Letter to the Editor in today's edition, saying it was council's intention to be more public.
"As a point of fact, since the start of the negotiations, the Town Council has been receiving many requests for information and desires to communicate important information to the community about the status of the negotiations and settlement," the council said.
"Last fall, we formulated information in a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and were prepared to it send to the media. In respect for the confidentiality process, the FAQ was sent to MLLA. MLLA immediately demanded the Town not send it as proposed, claiming a breach in our agreement with them.
"In respect to the process, and MLLA's specific request of the Town to not distribute the FAQ, we held back sending it."
The town subsequently posted the FAQ on its website, where it remains.
The document also can be found on the Mammoth Times website at www.mammothtimes.com.


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35 players made the trip to Casa Grande, Arizona, as the 'Caps continued their preseason. The coaches were looking to build some more chemistry within the team, and the players were all out to impress their new bosses. Now, as the trip has come to an end, there was a feeling that a great deal had been accomplished and the squad was coming together nicely.
There is still much work to be done, but the stay in Casa Grande has laid down a solid foundation for the rest of the 2012 preseason.
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April 4, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's volleyball team defeated Johnson & Wales University, 30-19, 30-22, 30-22, on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers close the regular season with an overall record of 23-6 and a NECVA mark of 15-3.
Rob McAndrew posted 15 of Tech's 36 kills and recorded six assisted blocks. Ryan Dean tallied four aces along with four assisted blocks. Nathaniel Chan collected a team-high six digs while McAndrew and Dean each had five. Setter Jordan Wan dished out 25 assists in the win.
Next up for MIT is the NECVA Championship Tournament hosted by Ramapo College on Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10. The No. 7 seeded Engineers, making their first-ever appearance in the tournament, will face No. 10 Eastern Mennonite University at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. In a series dating back to 1992, each squad has won four matches. The last time these teams met was in 2001, when MIT posted a 3-2 victory before falling to EMU, 3-0, later in the season. In addition, the Engineers' last post-season victory was a 3-0 sweep over EMU in the EIVA Division III Playoff in 1993.


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In this five-hour class, we will cover the basics of welding using MIG welders, to have you safely and effectively ready to start your very own furniture, bicycle chopper, or top fuel dragster project.
We will be emphasizing skills and techniques that will make welding more accessible to those without extensive workshops, toolsets, or experience. During the class we will cover safety, metal procurement and selection, welding technique, and finishing/rust prevention techniques. We will then apply all the new skills to make a four-inch cube that we can inflate with a bicycle pump.
Requirements: Comfortable using power tools and not squeamish with loud noises or sparks. Participants must wear long sleeve cotton shirts and cotton pants/jeans without holes. Pants must cover the tops of your shoes. Please also wear leather or canvas shoes (zero nylon/synthetic materials on the shoes—vans, work boots, cowboy boots—all good). Please also bring sunscreen, safety glasses, and leather work gloves if you have them.
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Milford, 11-7 with five regular season games remaining, was leading host Main South 7-1 on Wednesday night when the game was suspended because of thunderstorms entering the top half of the fifth inning.
WORCESTER — After dropping its first three games of the season, defending state American Legion champion Milford Post 59 is now hitting its stride while making its way toward the top of the Zone 4 standings.
Milford, 11-7 with five regular season games remaining, was leading host Main South 7-1 on Wednesday night when the game was suspended because of thunderstorms entering the top half of the fifth inning. The postponed game will resume at Main South on Thursday starting at 4 p.m. when Post 59 seeks its fifth consecutive win.
On Wednesday night against Main South starter Colin Fitzgerald, Milford jumped to an early four-run lead in the first inning. Milford added three more runs in the fourth to build a six-run lead before play was suspended.
"I think the biggest thing for these guys is to believe they are a very good team when they show up to the field every single day," said Milford manager Steve DiVitto. "They've got to start to believe that and I think they are. I think they've recognized we can beat anybody in the zone. If we're on our game and we're healthy, we can beat anybody."
A key to Milford's recent success has been regaining some of its health. That includes Kevin Martinis, who was a member of Bellingham's Division 2 state champion team and will join Northeastern's pitching staff next season.
Martinis, hampered by injures all spring, shined in a three-inning performance in his debut this summer during Saturday's 5-0 win against Grafton Hill. The left-hander allowed one hit while striking out five of the nine batters he faced. Martinis took another step toward returning to form Wednesday.
Martinis pitched all four innings against Main South (11-6), striking out six while allowing one run on five hits. While Martinis did struggle at times — he allowed a double to give Main South runners at second and third with no outs in the second before striking out the side — DiVitto was pleased with how he competed.
"This is the second time he was out (pitching), he was on a 60- to 65-pitch limit and I think he just hit 64," DiVitto. "He did a great job giving us an opportunity to win each inning. We're looking for him to continue to get healthy and that was another step in the right direction."
Weather permitting, Milford and Main South will resume play with Post 59 heading to bat in the top half of the fifth.
"It's not an ideal situation but it is what it is," DiVitto said of the game being suspended. "You can't control the weather, so we'll just come back ready to play tomorrow and hopefully we're right back here against Main South."
If Milford holds on to win over the final three innings, it will record its 12th win and move ahead of Main South into third place in the zone standings, behind only Grafton Hill (14-4) and Shrewsbury (12-6).
Milford split its regular-season series with Grafton Hill with a 5-2 loss and a 5-0 win. Post 59 will play Shrewsbury, which it beat 8-1 on June 29, in its second-to-last regular-season game.


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When Family Service and Community Mental Health Center closed last year, it left some 6,000 people looking for help.
Family Service had to close its doors because of financial issues facing the agency. The facility had about $1 million in state contracts and late Medicaid payments contributing to its shortfall.
The collapse of the county's oldest and largest mental health agency led to other agencies – such as Rosecrance, Greater Elgin Family Care Center's McHenry location, and Thresholds, among others – stepping up to fill the need, said Todd Schroll, interim executive director of the McHenry County Mental Health Board.
"That was a pretty dramatic time for our local system," Schroll said. "I think our local partners stepped up very well to figure out how to connect with our clients who were displaced by that closure."
Schroll said the board believes individuals who were served by Family Service have either found services elsewhere — or are still disconnected and waiting to re-enter the system. The second thought is a concern, he said, because often they wait until there is a crisis to seek help.
Because of the closure, the McHenry County Mental Health Board increased its monitoring of wait lists, capacity of organizations and reallocated funding.
"We know after Family Service closed, we did lose some psychiatrists, and the capacity shifted," Schroll said. "Some left the county, some began working for other organizations."
At Pioneer Center for Human Services, the Behavioral Health Services and Counseling division went from having 1,000 clients to 4,200 clients in the last year, said Patrick Maynard, the president and CEO of the social service agency.
Pioneer also had to hire more therapists and counselors, including at least 10 people from Family Service, to serve the additional clients, Maynard said.
"We have the same mission," Maynard said. "There was demand from our clients and we have to respond."
The closure of Family Service also led to more people going to emergency rooms, according to Centegra.
The hospital system also saw a jump in calls to the crisis line it manages. There were 1,397 calls in June 2012, and it jumped to 2,018 a month later. Family Service closed in late June 2012.
Centegra had to hire an additional person to assist in answering the line because the higher rate persisted.
"We saw more patients seeking services because a lifeline was broken," said Sheila Senn, the vice president and site administrator for Centegra Hospital-Woodstock.
Before it closed, Family Service did try to find a way to stay open. It had an agreement with LaSalle-based North Central Behavioral Health System to take over operations, but that fell through after one month. The Mental Health Board also fronted the agency more than $1.4 million to cover payroll and other expenses as Family Service's funding sources dried up.
Maynard said stepping up was just part of the social service agencies roles and responsibility to the community.
"This community was in crisis," he said. "We're part of the support system. We needed to step up to the plate."