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The yen rallied from a 20-month low against the dollar on speculation that monetary easing bets had driven the Japanese currency down too rapidly. The yen earlier weakened to the brink of 85 per dollar after Japan's incoming prime minister said he may change the law governing the central bank unless it boosts its inflation target. Demand for the dollar was supported as investors sought the safety of the world's reserve currency amid concern that U.S. lawmakers will fail to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. Japan reopened after a holiday yesterday while most other markets are closed for Christmas.
"Dollar-yen rose to try 85 on the back of Abe's comments, but it was sold off in front of key resistance levels," said Michiyoshi Kato, the senior vice president of foreign-currency sales at Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. in Tokyo. "The yen moves are probably caused by limited liquidity in the market."
The Japanese currency touched 84.96 per dollar, the weakest since April 11, 2011, before trading at 84.85 at 4:17 p.m. in Tokyo, 0.1 percent stronger than the New York close. It gained 0.1 percent to 111.86 per euro, following a 0.8 percent slide yesterday. The dollar was little changed at $1.3183.
Shinzo Abe said on Fuji Television on Dec. 23 that he'll consider revising the central bank law if the Bank of Japan (8301) fails to increase its inflation target to 2 percent from 1 percent at its January meeting. Abe has called for unlimited monetary easing from the BOJ to spur inflation and growth.
LDP Partner
Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, which swept to power in lower house elections this month, today reached an agreement with the New Komeito Party on a policy package that includes the 2 percent inflation goal. The LDP lacks a majority in the upper house, and backing from New Komeito increases the chance the package will become law.
Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food probably slid 0.1 percent in November from a year earlier, according to the median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg News survey before the data on Dec. 28. The so-called core inflation rate has fallen an average of 0.2 percent every month in the past decade.
"Japan's Abe means business this time," Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said in a Twitter post. "Trillions of yen to be printed. Weak yen, positive inflation."
The yen's 14-day relative strength index against the euro was at 23 yesterday and has been below the 30 level that suggests an asset is about to change direction since Dec. 12. The RSI against the U.S. currency fell to 22.
The dollar-yen rate "has been consolidating," BNP Paribas SA's currency strategy team led bySteven Saywell wrote in a research note yesterday. "Further gains for the pair are likely to slow considerably as the dovish BOJ view is already well priced in. We suspect that both overstretched technicals and positioning are playing a sizable role."
Volatility Rises
The yen has tumbled 13 percent this year, including a 3.6 percent drop in the past month, making it the worst performer among 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. The dollar has weakened 2.7 percent in 2012 and the euro has dropped 0.9 percent.
The implied volatility of three-month options for Group of Seven currencies rose to 7.91 percent yesterday, the highest since Oct. 1, according to the JPMorgan G7 Volatility Index. An increase makes investments in currencies with higher benchmark lending rates less attractive as the risk in such trades is that market moves will erase profits.
"Liquidity is limited in the markets amid the holiday season," said Yuki Sakasai, a foreign-exchange strategist in New York at Barclays Plc. "A small flow of money can cause a big move in the yen. The market will be volatile until investors return."
Fiscal Cliff
In the U.S., lawmakers said they were losing confidence that Congress and President Barack Obama can reach a deal within a week to avoid more the fiscal cliff. The $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts due to take effect in January could cause a recession in the world's largest economy.
"For the first time I feel it's more likely that we will go off the cliff," Senator Joseph Lieberman, a retiring Connecticut independent, said Dec. 23 on CNN's "State of the Union" program about the fiscal cliff.
In the aftermath of House Speaker John Boehner's failure to garner support from his caucus for his "Plan B," which would have extended tax cuts on incomes below $1 million, Lieberman said Senate leaders now must take charge of resolving the budget stalemate.


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My wife's Grandpa was the brewmaster at Hamm's,and we still leave on the east side of St. Paul. Thus,my love for all things Hamms. Here are a few random finds from the past year. And-my wife tells me I can only have ONE beer. I guess I can compromise. Isn't that the key to a happy marriage?

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Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is a global vendor of personal computers and is one of the largest companies in America, employing over 78,900 people (with approximately 33% located in US and rest in other countries) and earning revenues of $61.5 billion in FY 2011.[1] In addition to both desktop and notebook PCs, Dell sells peripherals, software, accessories, corporate servers and storage systems, and customer support services.
Beginning in 2007, Dell began forming partnerships with large retailers across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Notable among these are Wal-Mart Stores, Best Buy (BBY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Staples, Carrefour and Suning and Gome, China's largest electronics store. These partnerships represent a drastic departure from Dell's previous strategy which purposely excluded any relationships with retailers. As a result, in addition to its traditional mail order distribution system, Dell has nearly 24,000 retail locations worldwide.[2]
As corporations upgrade their computer systems to meet the compatibility requirements of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, Dell's higher-margin commercial business stands to benefit from increased demand. Dell is also responding to somewhat unimpressive PC sales growth by expanding their offerings of non-PC electronics and increasing their presence in developing countries such as India and China.
Keeping in line with its lines of acquisitions, Dell acquired RNA Networks, a Portland, Ore., software company. RNA Networks owns a memory virtualization technology.[3]
Dell offers a variety of products and services. Among its offerings are a wide array of desktop and notebook computers, peripherals and software, technical support services, and corporate servers and storage systems. In addition, Dell's subsidiary Alienware offers desktops, notebooks, and peripherals specialized for high-end video and audio editing and gaming.
Servers and Storage: For its corporate customers, Dell provides both servers and storage systems. Dell also sells customized servers and enterprise systems designed to meet the specific needs of certain customers.
As technology evolves, companies often upgrade or replace their computer systems to take advantage of new technologies, an occurrence known as the upgrade cycle. Technological innovations can trigger the upgrade cycle and increase demand for Dell's products, while a lack of new developments can discourage companies from upgrading their computer systems. This cycle occurs primarily in the commercial market, where companies tend to replace all their computers at once.
The release of a product like Microsoft's Windows Seven operating system could trigger an upgrade cycle in Dell's commercial segment. As seen with Vista, compatibility issues will occur, encouraging companies to upgrade their systems to take advantage of Seven's new features. This potentially increased demand in the higher-margin commercial segments could positively impact Dell's total sales.
Established in 1984, Dell is a relative newcomer in the computer industry, especially when compared to long-established companies like IBM and HP. As such, Dell still has a lot of room for expansion in certain areas, especially the non-PC segment and international markets. These segments have been showing higher growth potential than the domestic PC market in which Dell has historically been concentrated.
On that note, Dell has shown a major interest in expanding their global exposure. Dell has signed a deal with WalMart Stores (WMT) to sell Dell desktops and notebooks in Brazil and Mexico.[5] Dell has also signed a deal with Gome Group, which is the largest electronics retailer in China.[6] Currently Dell has 24,000 retail stores around the world, with a much bigger reach thanks to its partnerships and collaborations.
Dell continues to pursue international sales through a variety of means. In addition to distribution agreements with large retailers, Dell has developed a number of products specifically targeted at emerging markets. The best example of this is the Dell 500 notebook, a low cost laptop designed to be affordable for a large phase of the population of developing countries. Such initiatives have proven successful for Dell; unit sales for emerging markets have grown signifcantly. Despite this stellar performance there is still much room for growth, since only 5.1% of Indians and 9% of Chinese have computers, compared to 75% of Americans.[7] Furthermore, 85% of the world's population lives in developing markets.[8]
Within Dell's portfolio of offerings, non-PC products and services are showing larger growth potential than the company's PC segment, which currently accounts for 60% of sales. Dell is responding to this increased demand in the non-PC segment, expanding its line of servers, peripherals and accessories, and customer support services. These account for a smaller percentage of Dell's revenue, leaving room for continued growth. In addition, margins on these goods and services are generally higher, especially for technical support services. The higher profitability and increased demand in the non-PC segment could bolster Dell's earnings significantly if the company continues to improve its offerings in the segment.
The PC market has become intensely competitive, especially in the United States. Dell must keep its prices competitive or risk losing business to competitors, putting pressure on Dell to cut production costs wherever possible. Following industry trends, Dell has begun outsourcing more components to third parties in order to lower its costs of production. Unlike other leading PC manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) or Apple (AAPL), Dell still assembles its own final products.[9] In order to try and close the resultant gap in production costs, especially for highly demanded notebooks, Dell sells its factories worldwide to various contract producers.[10]
The purpose of this outsourcing is to minimize production costs, increasing profit margins and allowing the company to reduce prices. On the other hand, Dell's increasing reliance on its technology partners can decrease its control over the supply chain as a whole. As more components are outsourced to third parties, Dell loses some of its control over both prices and the overall production process.
In an effort to counter the fall of personal computers and server sales, Dell will make a strategic acquisition that will allow it to obtain a piece of the U.S. government's stimulus. As part of the U.S. stimulus, the government is spending $19 billion over the next five years into technology that will digitize medical records.[11] To get a piece of this, Dell will purchase Perot Systems, a provider of technology services with specialty in electronic health records, for $3.9 billion; Perot services 1,000 hospitals and automates patient records for 200,000 doctors.[12] This will secure revenue for Dell which has had difficulty during the downturn.
Dell's competition varies in its different segments. However, its largest competitors overall are Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, and Lenovo Group (LNVGY). Hewlett-Packard's recent acquisition of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) will create difficulties for Dell, as previously Dell had an agreement to sell its PCs and other hardware through EDS. Since HPQ will likely be unwilling to market Dell's products through its subsidiary this buyout will cause a loss of sales for Dell.


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We'd love to hear from you on Friday Feedback. WHQR takes comments on all aspects of its programming and operations. Leave feedback by calling the station at 910-292-9477 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Your comments may be read on air during Friday's Morning Edition at 7:45 and 8:49 am, and during All Things Considered at 5:44 pm. As always, thanks for your feedback.


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Hartsville, SC- The Lady Cobra softball team improved their overall record to 21-9 and current winning streak to 13 with a sweep of Glenville State University on Wednesday afternoon. Game number one went to the Cobras by a commanding 12-2 score, while game number two went down to the wire with the Lady Cobras prevailing 3-2.
Game 1
In game number one, the Lady Cobras put a three spot on the board in the bottom half of the first to take control early thanks to four walks by GSU pitching. In the bottom half of the third is where the Cobras took sole control of the ball game and put 8 runs on the board, capped off by a Kimberly Atkinson (Mcbee, SC) grand slam. The lady Cobras put one more run on the board in the 4th inning and clinched to victory in the 5th inning as they were leading by more then 8 runs.
Shelly Catlett (Orangeburg, SC) got the win on the mound pitching 4 complete innings while allowing two runs on five hits and striking out seven. Leading the way at the plate for the Cobras was Ashton Williamson going 2 for 4 and Kimberly Atkinson going 1 for 3 with 4 RBI's. Five other Cobras also had one hit apiece.
Game 2
Game number two was much different as the Lady Cobras prevailed by a 3-2 margin with all three of the Cobra runs coming in the first inning. A single by Ashton Williamson and a walk drew by Jessica Blackwell (Hartsville, SC) were converted on as Kimberly Atkinson doubled to left center to bring in her 5th and 6th RBI's of the day. Atkinson then finished off the Cobra scoring as she was driven in by a double of the bat of Eunice Nettles (Pelion, SC). From there on out it was a pitching duel as Glenville State put up one run a piece in both the first and fifth inning to keep the game interesting.
Freshman Sydney Greenwalt (Edwardsville, IL) picked up the win allowing two runs on six hits while striking out three. Shelly Catlett came back came in to secure the save going two innings and only allowing one hit and striking out three. At the Plate Kimberly Atkinson, Ashton Williamson, and Whitney Wallett (Shermans Dale, PA) were all 2 for 3.
The Lady Cobras will put their current winning streak on the line as they play host to Conference Carolina Opponent Mount Olive on March 27th at 2pm.


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The $40 million shell of an unfinished prison in Iraq's Diyala province; $2 million in laundered cash pocketed by government officials and contractors in Hilla; an $80 invoice on a $1.41 piece of PVC piping from a defense subcontractor near Baghdad.
Those are just three examples of fraudulent and wasteful spending that plagued U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq, according to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, which on Tuesday issued its final report on the U.S. government's $60 billion reconstruction program for that country.
The report identified at least $1.5 billion in wasted or questionable spending during the period from 2004 to 2013. It urged Congress to create a new agency, the Office for Contingency Operations, which would oversee and coordinate such reconstruction in the future, prospectively avoiding some of the worst excesses.
"If it had existed at the outset of the Iraq program, the United States might have avoided wasting billions of taxpayer dollars," said the report, titled "Learning from Iraq."
Such an office would be critical to better spending and contracting practices if, for example, the United States were to get involved in reconstruction in Syria, where the country's civil war has devastated entire cities.
"Experience has shown that we need a corps of dedicated civilian professionals in order to conduct these stabilization operations well," said John Herbst, the director of the Center for Complex Operations at the National Defense University in Washington, who testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "We have created the world's greatest military, but without a civilian counterpart, this military will not conduct stabilization operations effectively."
Inspector General Stuart Bowen also used the example of potential reconstruction in Syria to explain how such an agency would prove more effective than addressing each effort as it arises.
"It's impossible to project the cost, but we do know the devastation in Syria is massive. And thus the stabilization and rebuilding of the country will take time," Bowen said. Were the Office of Contingency Operations in existence, he added, it already would be "identifying the contractors, the personnel, the IT system, the oversight, how money would be managed, the controls . . . to ensure that we avert fraud, waste and abuse of the kind that we saw in Iraq."
With an administrator appointed by the president, such an office also would bring accountability to a process that in Iraq was handled largely by military officers or government civilians who rotated in and out of their posts before any of the projects were completed.
He cited the example of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's mishandling of Hurricane Katrina to make his point.
"There was no one in charge for Iraq specifically," he said. "Mike Brown was there to fire when FEMA failed."
The office would require roughly $25 million a year in funding, a small price, Herbst said, compared to the estimated $200 million a year it would have saved in Iraq spending.
The 172-page final report outlines nine years of questionable spending and misguided practices in the Iraq reconstruction effort. It blamed lack of planning and coordination and shaky oversight for widespread fraud and waste.
The report listed a plethora of failings: Many projects weren't designed correctly, money designated for a specific use often was redirected to another project, Defense and State department efforts weren't coordinated and no one was in charge overall. Contracts that shouldn't have been approved slipped through the cracks, and under-the-table deals were struck.
U.S. reconstruction efforts, Herbst said, lacked legitimacy and the support of the Iraqi people. The failure of U.S. troops to establish security before reconstruction efforts began led many projects to fail.
"You must have sufficient security before engaging in reconstruction activity," said Herbst. "That cost us billions of dollars and too many lives."


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Halloween Hi-Jinks on the High Line is one of several educational initiatives to strengthen our partnerships with the neighborhood public schools, and teach kids about the High Line through fun, interactive, hands-on activities.WATCH VIDEO: New York City News Service covered the event. Check out their news video.
We would like to thank the following organizations for supporting our partnerships with local public schools: the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, with additional support from the Altman Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston; The Concordia Foundation; The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation; and, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Follow us after the jump for a photo tour of the project.
workshops with local puppet master Ralph Lee at three public
schools near the park. Photo by Deborah Suchman Zeolla.
Line two years in a row to construct unique Halloween
creations in cooperation with local schools.
Photo by Deborah Suchman Zeolla.
freight train cars together for the very first time on the High
Line on Friday, October 28, 2011. Ralph helped the students
with the finishing touches.
Line, from the 14th Street Passage to the 10th Avenue Square.
some students wore re-purposed sweatshirts decorated with
painted skeleton bones and waved streamers crafted from
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Rules & Regulations
Causes of disqualification:
Any instance of violation of the following rules will result in immediate disqualification from the event for the entire team.
Only 1 vehicle is allowed per team so be sure to have a vehicle adequate to your team size. No vehicle longer than 20 feet in length will be permitted thus excluding Buses, Trailers and Motor Homes. No towing of any kind will be permitted along the course. Teams are encouraged to use Mini-Vans or SUV's. This event allows (1) vehicle per team. Should your vehicle appear to have too few team members in the vehicle as you enter a transition area the Transition Area Captain will confirm that you indeed only have (1) vehicle. Many of our Transitions are small and failure to abide by this rule will result in immediate disqualification. Also please see Spectators rules.
We are thrilled to engage spectators at our event, however many of our transition areas are simply too small for extra vehicles. Spectators will not be permitted to enter the following transition areas: #5 Waitsfield Elementary School, #6 Wadham's Horse Farm, #7 Picnic Area, #10 Rochester Elementary School, #11 Ted Green Ford, and #12 Clear River Inn. Spectators are welcome to find appropriate and safe parking areas along the way to stop and cheer from as long as the normal flow of traffic and runners is not impeded.
Runner Shadowing:
Vehicles are not allowed to shadow runners on the course and should proceed to the next transition area. Event participants may not interrupt the normal flow of traffic throughout the communities we pass through. Teams may provide food and drink to their teammates but must do so without interrupting traffic or other event participants (use parking lots and the like rather than the side of the road please). Teams must use appropriate and safe parking areas. Your vehicle must be pulled into a parking area that will safely allow a steady flow of traffic to continue on Rte 100 as well as allow runners to safely continue their course.
Running on the Designated Side of the Road:
Based on traffic patterns, blind curves and Transition Area locations, we will be selecting the side of the road you run on. Participants should always run on the same side of the road that 100 on 100 signs are posted. We cannot have runners on both sides of the road for safety reasons. Signs will mark the course and the course descriptions highlight the side of the road to run on. Many of the towns, which allow us to use their roads, have cited runners on both sides of the road as a safety concern. Future permission to run the event is contingent upon you abiding by this rule.
Reflective vests and flashlights:
Each team is required to show (2) reflective vests, (2) Flashlights and (2) rear flashing lights at event registration prior to receiving the race packets (Illuminating/flashing vests may serve as both vest and rear flashing light). 30 minutes before dusk all runners will be required to have on a reflective vest, front light flashlight, and rear flasher light. Teams will not be allowed to leave the transition area they are at if these items are not on the runner at dusk. The transition area captain can refuse any team from continuing if this rule is not followed.
Public/Private Property damage:
In order to hold this event the towns, business and homes along the route must be respected. This event is largely considered a pack in pack out event for all normal trash. Restrooms will be provided along the course and any public littering, urination or defecation on private property will result in immediate disqualification. If a business along the route has offered their trash cans as normal trash receptacles then participants may take advantage of that offering.
People should feel free to have a good time during this event, it is meant to bring us together in positive ways. Please be conscious of your noise level when traveling through residential areas or during the early morning and evening hours. Residents do not enjoy waking up to a line of vans honking their horns.
We all love pets but we love for them to stay at home during the event. No pet of any kind will be permitted to participate in any leg of the race. Pets really need to be left behind to avoid not only race complications, but also transition area complications. This includes no pets in the race vehicles. Any vehicle with a pet will be asked to leave the course.
Bicycles/Rollerblades etc:
Bicycles and rollerblades are not permitted on the course. No mechanism of their sort will be permitted. Additionally Baby Joggers or strollers are not permitted at any point during the event.
Runner Navigation and Dropouts:
Although signs and volunteers will be strategically positioned to keep runners on the course, teams should aid the guidance of their runners with information regarding the leg. In the event that a runner goes off course the team is allowed to drive the runner back to the section of course where they went the wrong direction. Once back to the point of error, the runner must continue the leg as intended.
Should a runner drop out due to injury they will be considered done for the remainder of the event and may not run an additional leg later in the course. Team rotation will be monitored and enforced based on the runner position bib number. If a runner does drop out due to injury the team must continue on in their current rotation for the remainder of the event. The runner sequence may not be shuffled.
All Vermont open container and drug laws apply to this event and violation might result in arrest and disqualification.
One-earpiece headphones are the only acceptable method of headphones for runners on the course. Any headphone that blocks the participant's ability to hear traffic or directives from course staff may result in disqualification for the entire team. Please no cell phones while running, we ask that you wait until the transition area to use these devices. The majority of races are banning iPod's/Walkmans, and the future use of these devices in this event depends upon you.
Outstretching the Support Infrastructure:
If your team is significantly outstretching our support teams due to a mis-representation of your 5-mile pace during registration your team may be held at a transition area until our infrastructure can be established. This is done to provide safety to the runners so we appreciate your cooperation. This infraction might result in a 3-hour time penalty for your team.
Falling behind the Support Infrastructure:
If your team is significantly falling behind our support teams due to a mis-representation of your 5-mile pace during registration your team may be moved ahead to a transition of our selection. This is done to provide safety to the runners so we appreciate your cooperation. Your teams actual event completion time will then be calculated based upon time performance to that part of the race. If your team is asked to skip ahead we do require that you stop in at each of the transition areas that you are skipping and inform the volunteer check-in team that you are skipping the transition.


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WHAT: ARM will join several industry-leading companies at the 2007 JavaOne Conference in exploring the advances, issues and opportunities facing Java-focused developers, system integrators and business executives. The panels and presentations will address the latest topics at the forefront of Java technology.
Joint Motorola Demonstration and Developer Support
ARM will lend its market and technical expertise to JavaOne attendees at Motorola's MOTODEV booth, located at booth number 1102. ARM will provide demonstrations to developers producing Java applications for Motorola mobile phones incorporating the ARM® Swerve software. JavaOne attendees will be able to see the Swerve 3D graphics engine running on the latest Motorola phones, including the MOTOMING, device of the show, and discuss techniques to get the best 3D performance for their applications.
Architecture and Implementation of Multi-tasking Java ME Systems
The Birds-of-a-Feather panel will feature representatives from ARM, Nokia, Sun and Telus who will discuss current issues around multi-tasking in Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) systems. Of interest to applications developers and those working with the mobile and embedded communities, participants will draw on their real-world experiences to explain the key issues multi-tasking Java is solving for handset vendors and carriers.
By looking at some of the technical issues in deploying Multi-tasking Virtual Machines (MVM), the panel will show developers how they can take advantage of multi-tasking Java and the issues they need to be aware of. ARM will give insight from extensive work with a number of handset vendors, carriers, software and silicon Partners to understand the role Java is playing in delivering IMS services on mass market devices today and the possibilities a multi-tasking Java environment will open to developers in the future.
WHEN: Tuesday – Friday, May 8 – 11, 2007
• "Architecture and Implementation" Birds of a Feather Panel – Tuesday, May 8, 8:00 p.m. - 8:50 p.m. PDT, Esplanade 303.
• Motodev Booth Demonstrations, Tuesday, May 8, 11:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. PDT, booth number 1102.
WHERE: JavaOne 2007 – Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif., USA
WHO: ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from mobile, home and enterprise solutions to embedded and emerging applications. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan Ltd; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium N.V.; AXYS Design Automation Inc.; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; ARM Physical IP, Inc.; and ARM Norway, AS.
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please write in Japanese specially thank you !
Is a 「少女」連載 girls' comics?
Me too.
The girls' comics which I like is a "Orankoukoufosutokurabu"
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However, I do recommend OSU. http://osu.ppy.sh
It's a rhythm game and quite a lot of fun. You can chat and hang out all you want and you can play through a large collection of music, mostly anime or VN music at that.
But anime can mean many things.
It can mean a way of telling a story. In it, the characters and the world move. They are alive. But it's not real life. People in anime can do things that we can't. And it's not just people. Things that don't exist here can exist in anime. And even those things are alive. So it can tell a story in a different way than other ways. If I read a Novel, the world and the people in the Novel are inside my head only. They are alive only in my imagination. I have to imagine even their faces, unless I am reading a Light Novel with illustrations or a Visual Novel. If I read a manga, I don't have to imagine the faces. But it is very limited in showing me movement. They all have their uses. But anime is definitely unique. And I am in love with this method to tell a good story. I like it more than I like Live Action. Live Action can't do things anime can. And actors in Live Action are always acting. They are fakes. But in an anime, the actors actually go through the story. If somebody dies in a Live Action, the actor doesn't die, only his character does. If somebody dies in an anime, they die for real.
I have a question for you. Do you watch any western animation? Western animation also has the advantages anime has over Live Action but in this part of the world, Live Action is still a better way to tell a story than an animation. In general. I believe the reason is because the general western audience doesn't think animation can tell a good story. Even the ones that are popular and tell a good story avoid dealing with complicated concepts. Most of the time, it's just fun for kids. The ones that target an adult audience rely on vulgar jokes and politically incorrect comedy. There are very few products from western animation that deal with human nature etc. Most of the ones that do that are very short and obscure. They don't get aired on TV or anything like that. Nor do they have a enthusiastic casual market. Almost always, they are watched only by a very specific audience. But despite all that, when they work, they work wonderfully. I really love them as much as I love anime.
Therefore, what I really love is animation. I love anime more than western animation but that has to do with the content more than Japanese animation being superior. In fact, most anime are produced with flawed animation. But I love the unique flair they have nonetheless. If I had to compare them, I would say that good anime bring out human emotions really well while good western animation feels more surreal. Apologies for extreme generalization.
And I shouldn't be so limited as to talk about animation from a pro-west and a pro-Japan perspective. There are wonderful animators elsewhere as well. CIS and South Asia have produced some notable shows. I don't know about the rest of the world but judging from the incredible talent shown by Chinese and Korean artists, I think they have great potential as well. But their works are very rare, especially on an international level. I wish there would be more of them.
Now, anime can also mean the collection of animated shows produced from Japan. I love this too. But I also dislike a lot of such shows. As I said earlier, many of these shows are flawed. Sometimes they don't tell a story well. Sometimes they focus too much on one thing only. Sometimes they lack coherence. So on and so forth. But despite all that, anime continue to impress me. They have their share of problems but they attempt what western animation usually doesn't. They tell us a human tale. They attempt adult themes. They tell a good story. A good story aimed at not just kids but a good story with profound significance. I do love them. But sadly, most anime don't do those things very well. I can understand why. Making an anime isn't easy. But that's all the more reason to make the ones that get made well. I hope anime shows find a balance between telling a sincere story and finding profitable exploits.
And that brings us to another thing anime can mean. The animation industry in Japan. There isn't another country in the world where animation deals with complicated topics on a seasonal basis. There certainly isn't a centralized animation scene which attempts so many genres elsewhere. There isn't a single another established animation scene with the volume of audience anime has. And to manage to keep producing such wonderful titles despite all the problems is an amazing achievement. But I keep hearing bad things about the industry. I hear that animators are underpaid and badly treated even within the industry. I hear that there are budget concerns all around. I hear that the industry no longer has a hold on mainstream Japanese audience. I hear that the industry is supported only by a passionate group of otakus who are seen as scum by society. I hear that the future of the industry is bleak. I don't know how much of this is true. But I certainly hope that the anime industry figures out a way to connect with the mainstream audience. I would think that pandering to a specific audience to the degree that some shows do now is ultimately suicidal but I don't know the full picture. I just pray for its continued success in the future. I will do what little I can when I can to support it but that isn't much at all.
And yes, enjoying a story come to life on screen is very appealing.
I would think there are indeed.
Now, just to provide context for you, here is a rough sample of animation that I like from outside Japan.
Spoiler for Death of Ace.:
Spoiler for The Lighthouse.:
Spoiler for Sintel:
Spoiler for Oceansize:
Spoiler for The Backwater Gospel:
Spoiler for Meena:
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|2012-03-21, 15:44
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Sorry, Forsaken_Infinity, your posts are too long for me to translate. However, since English to Japanese machine translations are very much more accurate than Japanese to English ones, if you try your best to keep to proper academic English and avoid slangs and unnecessary jargon as much as possible, and also break up longer sentences into shorter ones, then Tatsuyama-san has a good chance of understanding you through a machine translator.
|2012-03-21, 15:48
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Using translators... it's better to know at least some basic grammar to put these things to use, where all you'll need to do: translate simple words and phrases. Then, you put them together using the grammar. Of course, that's not perfect either, as you'd be bound to come across some... idioms.
For example, translate this: "Hey, what's trippin', yo?"
|2012-03-21, 16:01
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|2012-03-21, 16:56
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And, through my church, I have been teaching ESL to a small group of foreigners, among them Koreans and Hispanic people. Well, the more I dive into English (for lessons and topics)... the more I realize: "English sucks!"
For example, how we define "anime" vs how Japan does. Then, you end up with people thinking like... Forsaken_Infinity's long winded answer above.
Especially this section:
I say this, despite being one of the most poorly read people on the planet. And many of these books (print media) have been made into movies (video media), just as many manga (print medium) has been ported into what we call anime (video media). For now, "anime" is put into this special pedestal because nothing else compares to it visually, with exception of Pixar.
Come to think of it. Part of me can't wait to see what happens when a Japanese studio really masters 3D animation. So far, these have been limited to video games, although SquareEnix have tried a movie or two.
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|2012-03-21, 17:08
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I will try to keep this simple.
Hi, it is very good to have this discussion with an anime fan from Japan.
I usually like anime a lot. Many of my favorite pieces of entertainment of all-time are anime shows. I think that anime, as an entertainment medium, offers great potential. I have been an anime fan for about 7 or 8 years now, and I have no regrets in choosing to be a fan for that length of time.
Now, a few basic questions:
1. What do Japanese anime fans tend to think of foreign fans? Are you (plural) glad that anime is well-liked outside of Japan? Do you think it is something that you have to be a Japanese person in order to fully appreciate?
2. The anime Guilty Crown comes to mind here. Have you seen it? I have read it said that it is an anime that you would have to be Japanese in order to fully appreciate and understand. I would be interested to get your take on that statement.
3. What are your own favorite anime shows?
4. How popular are Visual Novels where you live (as in your specific region in Japan)?
That's all I can think of for now. I'll leave it at that. Thanks a lot for having this discussion with us western/foreign anime fans.
|2012-03-21, 17:10
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Also, if you really are one of the most poorly read people on the planet, then you are just about the last person I want to be told off from for not considering that books attempt complex themes etc. Because I can say with utmost confidence that I have read more than most people. And I enjoy a well-written narrative a lot more than any other medium.
But that wasn't the point. I was simply telling Tatsuyama-san that I love anime and I was pointing out my reasons for loving it. I compared its strength and weaknesses vs western/international animation in a very crude and generalized manner. But I also acknowledged that anime is, in fact, just animation. But you can't deny that the word anime also refers to the uniquely Japanese works of animation. And I was trying to lay out my views of that particular subset of animation. I don't see why you are implying that my attempts were misguided but please, do elaborate.
I do realize that I made many generalizations in my post but I was only trying to keep it simple. Generalizations are perhaps not the best way to achieve that but they most certainly are the easiest. Considering I am a lazy person, I took the easiest approach. Apologies for that. But I trust my reader to take what I say with a grain of salt, especially if I let them know that I am generalizing things.
Argh.. I have a severe case of the disease that makes you edit your posts over and over, again and again. I also can't help but compulsively reply to any point I see in a post addressed to me. I apologize if my thoughts thus appear incoherent. I can't quite help it.
I already told you that I don't put "anime" in a special pedestal as in considering it superior to other medium. But I do hold it in a special pedestal as in acknowledging it as a unique and useful medium of storytelling with its own flair and approach that can't be replaced by another medium. Western animation would come close but it wouldn't quite be the same as "anime".
What I wish to address now is that part of your post where you claim that literature has been adapted into movies in the same vein as manga into anime. It's true. But it doesn't mean live action adaptation manages to portray the same picture as animation can. You seem to have missed the part of my post where I compared my feelings towards live action to animation. I prefer animation over live action because it helps me be more objective. And as unreal as it sounds, animation is more real than live action to me. Because live actors are faking their part while animated characters are living their "real" life. But I don't mean to diss movies altogether. Movies are just as valid a medium for storytelling. They aren't inferior but different. I even acknowledged that at least in the west, live action is where I can find complicated stories and not animation. In general. But live action adaptations exist in Japan as well. And animated adaptations of literature exist outside Japan as well. Light Novels are getting more and more popular as the source for anime than manga. My point here is that live action and animation are separate medium. One can't replace the another. But, in general, I prefer animation over live action. Certainly so in the case of Japan where live action adaptations are epic fails while "anime" are beautiful works of art. Certainly not so the case outside Japan. In general.
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|2012-03-21, 17:48
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English is a difficult language as it has a lot of weird rules and then a lot of seemingly random exceptions to those rules. A lot of that can be (or just usually is) blamed on the French. Specifically the 1066 invasion of the British Isles by the Normans. When what was then English was banned and that era's French made the official language. Language creep happened and English (a Germanic Language) get a lot of Romance Language family rules and a bunch of French words added to the lists.
Since then, the langauge has changed....a lot. There use to be modifiers to words if someone was male or female (like one does in say Spanish), and there use to be formal and informal ways of speaking (Which can still be seen in the King James Bible and Shakespear). One of these was eventually removed around the time the Dictionary was invented. At that point the words became one fixed spelling and certain styles of speech began to die out.
However there are still a lot of English accents and differences even in the typed word between different English speaking countries (such as the spelling of the word "color", or "colour" depends on where you are from). I've had to act as a translator in an English to English conversation. Because Scottish Highlands accent goes not makes sense to someone with a Texan acccent and vis versa.
The Internet has not helped. In fact I think I am becoming a worse speller over time.
|2012-03-21, 17:56
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While I agree that the English language is getting further corrupted, I am not sure if that's necessarily a bad thing. It depends on whether you see it as corruption of the language or evolution of the language I suppose. I definitely do think that English is getting badly corrupted in instant messaging and cellphone messages and the like though. But I have no ideas on how to combat that.
|2012-03-21, 18:06
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It's in such threads that I understand my japenese still have a long way to go. I really try to read but meeh, I barely keep the level.
Though it seems a weird suggestion, above all based on the rules of this board, but please, keep this thread like this huhuhu.
Well anyway, Japan culture and anime/manga are amazingly well accepted here, maybe because we too have the "BD" (our manga) mixing illustrations and dialogues, and such, manga weren't really different than ours, aside the fact we have to read from right to left.
It truly became popular when I think about it, the amount of manga now legally translated is amazing compared to what there was there ... 10 years? Back then when I was still young, there was only Naruto and things like that, the mainstream, but now each time I go in a market I can see shoujo, yaoi, yuri, even manga that aren't fansubbed in english.
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|2012-03-21, 18:34
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I am sorry I can't write in Japanese but welcome to the boards.
I am an American adult female fan of anime for about 12 years. For some Americans the differences in anime might be hard to understand but for myself and I think many anime fans in this country and around the world we love those cultural differences. I don't understand everything and probably never will as someone who is not a native speaker but I think I have picked up many things from being a fan over the years.
There are some things about anime I don't like but overall I am happy with the medium and find it more interesting than a lot of TV from the US.
If someone can translate this post I would appreciate it.
|2012-03-21, 18:42
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Morning! Welcome to our community ^^
For me, Anime and Manga are a special thing, but in England I think I'm in the minority.
Even though it's a minority, there's a lot of anime/manga otaku here. In English, the word for Otaku is Geek.
In England, otaku culture is in the same situation as Japan.
Being a geek still isn't normal, but recently more famous people have become geeks.
Every day, Japanese culture in England is growing, I think Europe and America are the same.
My Japanese is pretty bad, but if you have any questions, I'd like to hear them. ^^
(ごめんなさい、これからはあの女の言葉です。彼女とあなたの為に訳しましたけど、まずい日本語で許してく ださいwww)
アメリカに違う文化はちょっと分かりにくいですけど、アメリカのアニメオタクはその違う文化のことが大好き です。
私は日本文化のことがよく分かりませんけど、ファン時のおかげで、私はたくさん日本文化のことが習いました 。
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|2012-03-21, 20:10
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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Konnichiwa, Tatsuyama. (こんにちは、龍山さん。)
You asked for english so I won't scare you with my japanese language skills.
Well, the existence of this forum shows there are dedicated western fans.
I am an adult anime and manga fan. I read and speak some Japanese so I do have a collection of japanese language manga and light novels.
I especially enjoy seinen but there is some shoujo and shounen anime I've enjoyed.
Recently, I've enjoyed watching Usagi Drop, Youkai Otome Zakuro, K-On!, Spice & Wolf. Also Toradora!, Working!, and Bakamonogatari. There are others as well, but I think that list will do for now.
I also study Japanese culture in general (I didn't start enjoying anime and manga until about 10 years ago). My wife is Japanese-American and our life reflects an interesting combination of Japanese and Irish-Norse aspects.
I sometimes wonder how some other western fans can follow a story at all when they don't know basic principles of japanese social expectations. Often they don't understand why a character behaves as they do.
Hopefully, that wasn't too complicated or too simple to read
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|2012-03-21, 20:11
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Spoiler for nitpicking for no reason aka messing around, i.e., being a baka:
|2012-03-21, 20:17
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Is this exact?
|2012-03-21, 20:25
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
And I blame flaky self-checks for the Bakemonogatari error... I should eat before typing. Though "idiot's stories" may fit Araragi better
|2012-03-21, 20:32
|Link #40
Lolli for loli :D
You are welcome I studied Japanese in high school for four years so I am able to write it. When I have free time, I study it. I am still in the middle of learning so please pardon any mistakes in my words.
はい、少女漫画色々好きですね^^「桜蘭」ね。。。アニメは面白かった!私 環の派です!(ハルヒとカップ ル事)
10年かかったのに一番好きな漫画はまだ種村有菜の「満月をさがして」です。読む事ありますか ?
Yes, I like lots of girls comics. "Ouran" huh...the anime was amusing! I am a Tamaki fan! (as in a couple with Haruhi)
It's been ten years but my favorite manga is still Tanemura Arina's "Full Moon Wo Sagashite". Have you read it?
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|Helio RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
As promised, here's the discussion thread for the Crypt of the Everflame adventure - and, assuming everything goes as planned, for the two modules to follow.
As I said in the recruitment thread, I figure I'll start the adventure on Tuesday night. I don't want to just start it up now, before people even get a chance to realize they're accepted and it's starting. This way people can get to know one another - out of character, at least - before the whole thing actually starts. Since everyone is from Kassen, they probably have at least a passing knowledge of each other, anyway.
So yeah - this is for most OOC discussion, questions, comments, criticisms, etc. (Seriously, please let me know if I'm screwing up, PBPs are new to me)
|Elaina Tirel
|Edvard Tirel
|Elaina Tirel
Well, I guess it's pretty obvious that Edvard and Elaina know each other pretty well. Elaina would probably know Nedyr pretty well, since she is a follower of Ol' Deadeye. She would probably be an acquaintance of Delia, since it seems like she spent a little time learning to be a guide. Sevrin, well, I guess she wouldn't know Sevrin apart from his name and his looks.
I do have one question, is Sevrin eventually going to turn into one of those baby-munching witches? The first time I went though the Mask of the Living God, we had a witch in the party that terrorized my character, pretty much the first incarnation of this character, who looked about 4 years younger than she was. Needless to say my character stayed the hell away. :)
Elaina would probably know Nedyr pretty well, since she is a follower of Ol' Deadeye.
That sounds sensible to me. They've probably chatted together more than once. I noticed Délia's background mentions that she learned a little of something from everyone, so perhaps she visited the same cleric(s) that Nedyr studied under.
Sevrin has no plans to become a baby munching witch, but all he knows about witches are dark stories of baby munching and the like. He is intelligent, but naive. I'm actually forgoing a skill point in arcane knowledge at first level to reflect this. The path he takes will be determined by what options he sees as open to him. He's not going to turn his back on his power, but he's not set on becoming a monster. Elania can rest easy for the moment.
|Elaina Tirel
Oh good.
The Witch in question was a gravewalker that kept commenting on how good my character smelled, almost got us thrown out of not one but two inns, and would have joined an evil cult if we hadn't managed to talk her (the player was a guy, the witch was a female elf) out of it.
Still, some of the craziness that happened was what made that so much fun.
Well, Délia knows half the town. And I doubt that attractive half-orcs who volunteer in the church choir are very common in most places, so I think most of the town knows her too. :)
Also, Sevrin can not go munching babies, since he does not have a cauldron. You gotta cook them first. No self-respecting witch would munch raw babies. That would be of bad taste.
Well, let's hope he doesn't try to improvise on the baby munching front.
Sevrin is a herbalist by profession, so that would be his likely point of contact with most villagers. He also could be encountered in the woods searching for rare plants, or more disturbingly, in silent communion with his familiar and patron.
|Helio RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
|Helio RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
With Elaina's mention of encumbrance I realized I probably should have said something about house rules. All GMs have their own things, and it completely slipped my mind.
Encumbrance, for me, is highly handwaved. As long as you don't try to carry around a small town, you'll probably never get called out on it. Same thing with backpack sizes - as long as you don't have five kitchen sinks in there, I'm just going to assume everything fits just fine. I mean, we all cram stuff into our bags. Adventurers can probably do that ten times better than me. It's still good to track (if you really want to) just to get an idea of what kind of burden you're lugging around roleplay wise, but it won't ever really affect the rollplay elements of the game.
The only other thing that I can think of off the top of my head is potions. Rather than a standard action, I prefer making them a move equivalent action that provokes attacks of opportunity.
I'm almost positive there's other things that I usually mess with, but I guess I'll remember them when they come up.
I've not played a witch before, so I've been doing some looking into how hexes are handled. They appear to be supernatural abilities, rather than spell-like, and unless otherwise specified to not have verbal or somatic components (I would think cackle could be considered to have a verbal component, others disagree).
The upshot is that I could potentially use a hex like Evil Eye to reduce a targets skill rolls the next time, for example, Delia makes a bluff attempt without necessarily alerting the target and spoiling the bluff.
Depending upon Helio's opinion on the matter.
|Helio RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
Yep, I'm back. Cy still has no power, and half the state doesn't either. New Jersey essentially got hit by a truck, but most of the real damage was in south Jersey and on the coastline.
And to answer Sevrin's question from a week ago, I'd argue that you could make it obvious or not when you cast it, depending on how you describe the casting of the spell. For instance, if you want Evil Eye to be more subtle, perhaps it functions more like a gaze attack than a spell cast. Alternatively, you could manifest some big, evil looking eye and throw that thing at your target. This would obviously be slightly less subtle.
The same thing goes for any type of magic or spell - Ray of Frost might be a literal flying ray of ice (as the vanilla description), a snowball, a vacuum-chilled ball of nothing, or a zone created around the target that sucks all the heat (all 1d3 damage of it!) out of your victim and leaves little icicles on his beard.
(putting this here because it's probably too long to throw in ooc chat)
|Edvard Tirel
Howdy folks, boy does it feel good to be back! I'll spare you folks the story - basically wizards and their magicks had a fun time with screwing around with NJ. Needless to say, thanks for the concerns everybody and lets get this show rolling!
|Elaina Tirel
Oh hey guys, I should've mentioned this before.
This is gonna sound pretty far-fetched, but its pretty awesome.
Our DM has moved to Korea for a year, to pursue a new change in his career. What that means for us is that he's gonna need a few days to get settled and figure out how to connect to the grid.
In any case, he's a time lord now - 14 hours into the future, if you're on the east coast.
|Old Mammoth
|Helio RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32
Hey guys - I can't believe I completely forgot to mention I was traveling halfway around the world. My bad.
I'm here and I'm alive, but I don't actually have my place set up yet. I'm typing from the floor because I have a desk but no chair, and I'm stealing internet from some guy down the street.
In any case, I'll be able to post now (so long as that guy down the street doesn't figure something out and password his router like a normal person)
|Elaina Tirel
|Elaina Tirel
|Elaina Tirel
I would to get some sort of feat that allows me to become Mecha-Shiva with Elaina. It would be a sick combo to do during battle, and most definately hilarious.
Everyone died again? Game's gone silent.
Well, I was responding yesterday, and then the forums went down which later made neglect it until I realized that had been postponed. And now, I forget what awesome post I had in mind and had to settle for something lame :o
|Elaina Tirel
|Elaina Tirel


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Armitage Parish Register Editor and Hon. Secretary: Norman W. Tildesly Printed Privately for the Staffordshire Parish Registers Society by Albert Cartwright & Sons LTD., Willenhall, Staffordshire, England.
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Barton-under-Needwood is in the Deanery of Tutbury. It contains the baptism, marriage, and burial records on pages 1 -112. Some of the family names contained in the registers are: Holland, Grane, Allsopp, Duddell, Hanson, Webb, Whiteing, Cranidge or Cranage, Fox, Penifather, and Fewsdale.
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Barton-under-Needwood is in the Deanery of Tutbury. It contains the baptism, marriage, and burial records on pages 113-253. Some of the family names contained in the registers are: Holland, Grane, Allsopp, Duddell, Hanson, Webb, Whiteing, Cranidge or Cranage, Fox, Penifather, and Fewsdale.
Barton-under-Needwood Parish Register, Part 2 General Editor: W.P.W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., 124 Chancery Lane, London Privately Printed for the Staffordshire Parish Register Society May 1903
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The story of London Tweed
So this is how the story goes. In 1826 a London merchant decides to buy some cloth from a weaver in Hawick, a town in the Scottish borders famous for its cloth production. Very happy with his order, he decides to get some more but – crucially – misreads the weaver's dashed handwriting. Instead of 'twill' this Londoner reads 'tweed', and assumes this new cloth must take after the River Tweed which runs fast and clear through the textile areas of lower Scotland. 'Tweed' and not 'twill' has been the term used ever since.
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