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Morgan did settle in Philadelphia but the rest of the Deyoes are in Greene County, NY. Morgan was the son of Daniel G. Deyoe and Louise Sharp. Louise is my mystery woman for that line!


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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has urged Rio Tinto's new boss Sam Walsh to move the headquarters of the Anglo/Australian resources giant back to Australia - and then join the fight against Julia Gillard's mining tax.
In a shock move late last week, Rio Tinto boss Tom Albanese stepped down after the global miner announced a multi-billion dollar writedown of its aluminium and coal assets, to be replaced by Mr Walsh, the head of the company's iron ore arm.
In a statement released on Sunday, the supremo of Hancock Prospecting, who co-owns the massive Hope Downs joint venture with Rio, said she was disappointed Mr Albanese had been replaced.
But she said the appointment of Mr Walsh, who has managed Rio's iron ore business from Perth, was a chance to bring the headquarters of Rio to Western Australia where she says "it logically belongs".
"In congratulating Sam on his promotion to such an important position within Rio Tinto, we have urged him to take this opportunity and also move the Rio Tinto headquarters from London to Perth where given most of Rio Tinto's revenue is generated in Australia, it logically belongs," Ms Rinehart said in a statement.
"We also hope other Australians will join our call that now that there is an Australian CEO for Rio Tinto, and given the history of mainly success for Rio Tinto's projects in Australia, a renewed emphasis will be undertaken by Rio Tinto to reinvest more of the profits it earns in Australia.
"(That will) benefit ... its shareholders who have seen much diminution in value via investments in risky countries, and for the benefit of Australia, which given its increasing debts, greatly needs."
A long-time vocal opponent of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, Ms Rinehart called on Mr Walsh to make his own immediate and loud submissions to the federal government.
"We hope Rio Tinto and Sam will lose no time in advising the Australian government in clear and straightforward terms, what it would wish to make the decisions to increase its investment in Australia," the statement, released to the Australia Financial Review, stated.
"No uncompetitive carbon tax springs to mind as one example to help interest in investment and reduce the increasing problem and very great concern of Australia's diminishing cost competitiveness."
The stock market reacted positively on Friday to Mr Walsh's appointment, despite Rio revealing a $US14 billion ($A13.30 billion) writedown of Rio's aluminium assets and Mozambique coal assets alongside the departure of Mr Albanese.
After announcing Mr Walsh as Mr Albanese's successor, it was said he would relocate to London in his new role and receive a base salary of $A1.9 million.
Ms Rinehart said Rio's best investments in recent years had been their joint venture in the Hope Downs project, which Mr Walsh had been "intimately involved in".
"We look forward to Sam providing the leadership and adding to the great success Hope Downs has been for the Rio Tinto group by committing to develop other Hope Downs resources in a timely manner," the statement said.
"These much earlier Rio Tinto decisions to invest in West Australia have not only transformed Rio Tinto from a small miner to one of the world's largest mining houses, but also saved Rio Tinto group from going down the gurgler late last decade."


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Bobby Lavon Buckner will go before a jury to contest murder and related charges in the 2003 slaying of 12-year-old Ashleigh Moore, his attorney announced Monday.
The defendant, 31, did not appear before Chatham County Superior Court Judge Perry Brannen Jr., but assistant public defender Leslie Roche announced he would pursue the trial track for his case.
Brannen will consider pre-trial issues in May.
In a felony case in Chatham County Superior Court, a defendant can elect a jury trial or a guilty plea.
In selecting a jury, Buckner will force the state to convince a jury he committed the crimes charged in the indictment.
Moore, a DeRenne Middle School honor student, disappeared April 18, 2003, from her southside home.
Her disappearance prompted an intense search in Savannah and South Carolina, and her body was found May 14, 2003, near the Savannah Marriott Riverfront.
Her mother, Michelle Moore, was not at home at the time. The girl's mother said within days of her daughter's disappearance that she did not know Buckner - identified as the woman's live-in boyfriend - was a convicted child molester.
Buckner was arrested shortly afterward on a probation violation but wasn't charged initially in Ashleigh's disappearance.
In December, the Chatham County grand jury indicted Buckner on charges of murder, kidnapping with bodily injury and child molestation.
Buckner is serving a prison term at Ware State Prison for probation violation and an unrelated molestation case. He was not returned to Chatham County for the court appearance.


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Riggsbie wrote:Your work has inspired me.....
I have just purchased 6 plans from Atomic Zombie..... I really like the choppers !
Thinking 8 speed Alfine hub laced into an 18" motorcycle rim for the back end.......
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No hope for you now. There will be no end to it. Now, what to build next?
Experience talking as I too got hooked on building up AZ plans.
The choppers with fat tires are neat. Don't know about the rest of Aus but chopper bicycles aren't permitted on the street in W.A. so far as I am aware. Main reason I've not built one.


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It's been a while since I've been following which binary drivers (and their cards) have the best performance under Linux. I've been a die-hard ATI/AMD fan for a long time, but last I heard (which was over a year ago) ATI had really fallen behind in the 3D support under Linux. Is this still the case? I am interested in AIGLX and XGL... which one of these is best support and by which driver/card combo?
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Personally, I've had nothing but trouble and headaches with previous ATI cards, so my suggestion is to stay as far away from them as possible. I know some will say "but hey, they're improving constantly etc.", but fact of the matter is NVIDIA is still lightyears ahead of them in both speed and ease of installation.
Well, you want AIGLX so at this very moment you would need to use NVIDIA or the open-source Radeon driver for R200/R300 graphics.
At this time you would also want NVIDIA if you are after pure frame-rate in gaming. The image quality for the Radeon X1000 series has absolutely no problems under Linux.
I don't really think there is a installation problem with the fglrx drivers. Except for a few scenarios where you get a few problems, the installation is easier than NVIDIA's installer. NVIDIA's installer also has a few problems of its own.
You may also want to keep in mind when upgrading the rumors of AMD open-sourcing parts of the driver.
If you have any other questions just post, and I am sure many others will also share their opinions.
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Short answer, nVidia.
Long answer, you have to see what you are after with your graphics card. I agree with Michael's assessment but I'd rather not think about AMD open-sourcing drivers because rumors are rumors and should be treated with a grain of salt. But, if you are going to chose ATi, you might consider checking out the R200 cards as the hardware support is quite good. It's even easier to setup than nVIDIA's own drivers.
As far as newer ATi hardware goes, you're out of luck with the framerates.
The whole idea of ATI/AMD open-sourcing their graphics drivers is almost enough for me to wait around. But I remember a couple of years ago how much ATI had to go in catching up with Nvidia on Linux 3D video performance... it doesn't sound like it's changed much in this amount of time. I may be buying my first Nvidia card this year.
ATI has quickly caught up when it comes to features (e.g. dynamic display management, aticonfig, PowerPlay, etc....) but they still lack when it comes to performance. The installer is likely much better as well since the last time you looked at them.
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I have had all 3 categories of GPU, so here's my experiences:
1. My old ATi RV250 GPU (Radeon Mobility 9000) and the Xorg OSS "radeon" driver + DRI works pretty well. I currently have AIGLX + Beryl up on this and it works like a charm.
2. My desktop's former NVIDIA 6200TC with the NVIDIA binary drivers ran XGL + Compiz as well as AIGLX + Beryl just fine. It was just too weak to drive a pair of 1600x1200 monitors and also lacked the second DVI-out port, so I replaced it.
3. My desktop's new ATi Radeon x1900GT with the ATi fglrx drivers works fine with XGL + Beryl on one monitor (XGL is single-head-only ATM.) AIGLX does not work. The fglrx drivers did use to stink, but now I've had no more problems with them than I have with the NVIDIA drivers- read: very little. There still is the little XVideo bug on amd64 for the drivers, but setting your video player apps to output to OpenGL instead of XVideo works. This has been fixed in the 32-bit builds in the current 8.30 drivers and should be fixed for amd64 in the next round of drivers.
So my recommendations:
1. If you want to run a dual-head setup, forget XGL and possibly AIGLX as well. XGL does not work on dual-head setups and I don't think AIGLX does either.
2. If you are running a 32-bit machine, both cards will work equally well. Buy whatever brand you like. I personally think that ATi's video quality is better than NVIDIA's.
3. If you are running a 64-bit box, NVIDIA's driver supports XVideo and ATI's does not. This may or may not mean much to you. I run my x1900GT on amd64 and it is fine for me.
Just to clarify, the x86_64 bug on X 6.9+ systems with TexturedVideo / Avivo (X-Video) should be fixed fairly soon I believe.
Originally posted by niniendowarrior View PostI agree with Michael's assessment but I'd rather not think about AMD open-sourcing drivers because rumors are rumors and should be treated with a grain of salt.
Originally posted by Svartalf View PostIndeed. It's naught but a rumor right at the moment and I don't see that changing from my perspective... We'll just have to see, won't we? (But I'm not holding MY breath for it- I look terrible in blues and purples...)Last edited by joshuapurcell; 11-15-2006, 12:21 AM.


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A huge aftershock has rocked the Solomon Islands, sending villagers fleeing to higher ground two days after an 8.0-magnitude quake and tsunami killed 13 people.
The 7.1-magnitude tremor on Friday was the latest in a series of aftershocks that have been hampering relief efforts on Ndende island in the eastern Solomons, where Wednesday's tsunami inundated some 20 villages and left thousands homeless.
The latest quake, at a shallow depth of nine kilometres, and just 23 kilometres from the main town, Lata, rocked buildings for 30 to 40 seconds, national disaster management office spokesman Sipuru Rove told AFP.
Rove, who was in the coastal town when the tremor hit, said villagers fled for higher ground.
The aftershocks have prevented villagers from returning home and hampered their efforts to salvage supplies from damaged houses and bring them to makeshift camps in the rugged interior.
Planes attempting to fly aid to the area have been wary of landing at the damaged airstrip in Lata amid the continuing quakes.
Geoscience Australia said while the latest tremor was smaller than the one which caused the destructive tsunami, as it was much closer to the island of Ndende the intensity of the shaking would have been much greater.
Seismologist David Jepsen said there were no reports of a tsunami wave, and if one was generated it would be smaller than two days ago.
"I was more worried about the shaking aspect," he said. "This could have caused further issues."
A spokesman for Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo's office, George Herming, said 13 people were so far confirmed dead and an undetermined number missing from the first quake, with the toll expected to rise as reports filter in from outlying areas.
Officials said damage on Ndende island was much worse than first thought.
"At first we thought it was going to be quite small, but now it looks like it's going to be very big and communities will not be able to handle it themselves," Rove said.
"This is where we might require external assistance."
The prime minister's spokesman said the area was officially declared a disaster zone on Friday, as Australia announced it would assist.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, who will visit the Solomons on Sunday, said the disaster "has been a devastating experience" for people in the low-lying islands.
Carr announced $A300,000 in relief payments and said a Royal Australian Air Force Hercules had been sent to provide logistical support.
Rove said the plane would make a reconnaissance flight over the island, giving officials their first comprehensive overview of the damage.
World Vision said food and water in the hillside camps was running low and sanitation would soon become an issue.
"Destruction has been widespread in and around Lata," it said. "Coastal wells have been covered by debris or contaminated, water tanks and toilets have been destroyed and coastal areas are littered with dead fish and poultry."


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Gold fell more than 3% Thursday as the U.S. Senate's approval of a revised $700 billion bailout plan boosted the dollar, reducing dollar-denominated prices of the precious metal.
Gold for December delivery lost $27.80, or 3.1%, to $859.50 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
"In short term gold is likely to remain in a softer mood as approval of the U.S. rescue package will no doubt boost the dollar and investor risk appetite," said James Moore, an analyst at TheBullionDesk.com.
The Senate approved the revised plan on Wednesday night to stabilize the financial industry, just two days after the House of Representatives rejected the original package.
By a vote of 74-25, senators authorized the Treasury Secretary to buy bad assets from companies' books, allowed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to raise its deposit-insurance cap to $250,000 from $100,000, extended several tax breaks and required government agencies to modify troubled mortgages.
The measure now moves to the House, where a vote is expected on Friday. See full story.
"The passage of the U.S. financial rescue package in the Senate did contribute to the firmer dollar tone," said Marc Chandler, a currency analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman.
The dollar rose against the euro, with the European currency standing at $1.3782, down from $1.4007 in late Wednesday trading. The greenback was also higher against the British pound. The dollar index , which tracks the value of the greenback against other major currencies, rose 1.2%. See Currencies.
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Also on Thursday, the European Central Bank Thursday left its key lending rate unchanged at 4.25% despite a rapidly deteriorating economic outlook and rising turmoil in the European banking sector.
Gold prices have been very volatile recently as investors awaited Congress's decision on the rescue plan. Some analysts said that even the plan is passed, the U.S. economy is still going to succumb to a recession.
"Bailout or no bailout, gold is going higher in price as no matter what size the bailout is, it will not prevent a probable recession in the U.S.," said Mark O'Byrne, executive director at Gold & Silver Investments.
Investors have been snapped up gold coins as a safe haven as the financial crisis on Wall Street deepened. See related story.
Also on Thursday trading, platinum for October delivery lost 3.3% to $995.60 an ounce, falling below the $1000 level for the first time since early 2006.
December palladium slid 3.3% to $204.05 an ounce and December silver dropped 6.4% to $11.95 an ounce. December copper skidded 0.9% to $2.77 a pound.
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The Bisons are moving to the University of the South at Sewanee for practices Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And for three days and two nights it will be a complete move with the luggage including everything from basketballs to video equipment.
"They are very gracious to let us come down there," Bisons' coach Scott Sanderson said. "It is going to be kind of secluded. "The guys are extremely excited about it. I've heard several players talking about it over the last couple of weeks."
The Bisons needed to find a place to practice due to the Nashville Symphony using Allen Arena this weekend. Sanderson plans to have one practice Friday night, two Saturday and one Sunday before returning to Nashville. He views the trip as a combination mini-camp and bonding exercise.
"It is a good opportunity for us to get away," Sanderson said. "Saturday night we will do some team building stuff. There is no better way to get everyone together than to spend 2 1/2 days with each other.
"Hopefully we will become better listeners and better communicators with each other. We thought about taking their cell phones away. But we were afraid someone might have a heart attack."
The University of the South will be on fall break during that time, but the school's basketball teams will be practicing.
"There isn't going to be a lot going on there besides practicing and eating meals together. You grow together on the road. We have a lot of players coming back and three new players in the mix.
"We want the players to have an emotional attachment to each other. I want each player to say I am not going to let the guy next to me down."
The players will be housed at a hotel on the Sewanee Mountain. They will spend every minute together both on and off the court. Senior guard Josh Slater plans to present a special devotional period Sunday morning.
"Josh has a devotional prepared for the whole team," Sanderson said. "We are going to have a lot of the guys get up in front of the team and talk to them about the season and what it means to them. We want them to reflect on the good things that have happened to them in the past two or three years and also the things we need to stay away from.
"It is more than just the Xs and Os of starting practice. It is a lot more this weekend. There are high expectations for our basketball team. The closer we can come together off of the floor will help us on the floor."
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|2009-02-15, 03:37
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|2009-02-15, 04:32
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Somehow this is a topic I've been waiting for, though. Despite that I only played around with investigating Layfon's so-called "harem" just to poke some fun and laugh at it, not to support any sides of his "harem"...
However, if Missing Mail's omake were to be believed, then I guess we might already have a clue on who the members of his so-called "harem" are.
Although at this time there's little we could learn even with the information from all the manga (the ones I've read is only the main manga and also the Missing Mail side story) and anime combined together, we'll need for those in knowledge of the novels...
... especially when the total number of episodes bound to be aired for Regios won't let us have enough of it, and we are already reaching half of the season.
|2009-02-15, 06:35
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|2009-02-15, 07:26
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... Okay, so we already have an idea of who the members of Layfon's "harem" are, but the one I still have yet to believe is Nina. I can understand Felli, Mei, and Leerin (especially), but Nina? Even though it's quite an interesting idea for me, but so far until episode 5 it's hard for me to believe although I wanted to believe it exists.
Any thoughts? Or maybe it's just too early for me to think why Nina seems to be included in that so-called "harem" :P
|2009-02-15, 09:47
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Hoping for a harem for Layfon.
Also cool with Layfon x Felli.
Most likely scenario is that nothing gets settled in the end because this isn't a romance story.
Indifferent towards Layfon x Lilin
Will be pissed off at Layfon x Nina
Will go WTF at Layfon x anyone else
|2009-02-15, 09:51
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|2009-02-15, 10:05
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But then again the way she takes social interactions when it comes to Layfon seems so casual I can't tell much...
Or maybe there's even a pointer I missed, in which as I recall in episode 2. Remember? I just recalled that just now.
Spoiler for some parts of ep 2 recapped:
That last part of the scene I mentioned here could prove something. If a girl worrying about a guy to the extent she wants to cry (especially after what she did to him herself) could justify Nina's possible inclusion into Layfon's harem, then I guess I'll have to be content with the discoveries... for now.
EDIT: NO WAIT. I rewatched the scene again and I noticed that when she said "Not at all." she's already on the verge of tears.
... Anyway, I'm glad we're just at the beginning of the season, but then that means more possibilities to look out for; and things might change... now I'm afraid of getting my guesses wrong as the show progresses...
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|2009-02-15, 10:07
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Well even since he was with Mei alone at the beanch he keept thinking about Lilin ^^ and offcourse she is thinking about Layfon so I can assume that this pairing is kinda best ^^ since
Lilin: loves Layfon for who he is and doesnt care about his power or stuff like that...their are childhood friends that understands each other the best
Feli: a lonely person who came to Zueli for the same thing like Layfon which is to find her own path to live.... so she found a similar person to her which is Layfon... dont know if she has a crush on him since she doesnt show any emotions (and simple thing like a smile is super rare in telekinetics.... so yeah have a all-time-gloomy-violant-loli as your girlffriend and you will be super lucky....) Feli for me is rather kinda funny character that gives little comedy into the story
Nina: she only thinks on power... and how to get it or use Layfons power for her own squad17 profit....(but its not right to make layfon the work while she is not taking it seriously...since why to bother while there is layfon who will kick everyones ass) I dont see any romantic interreaction toward Layfon..... her only objective is to gain power and that's it..... at least in ep6 she starts to understand that Layfon is WAY ABOVE HER LEVEL and doesnt need much training (well the score shows it the best... layfon score above 19,800,000 while nina not even 1milion [she got above 800,000]... so roughtly said Layfon is above 20times stronger than her ^^ strange that as for a captain her level is very close to that sniper guy...normaly she should be 2x stronger than him...)
Mei: well typical hero-complex the one who got saved by Layfon from death and here is the crush like all other girls in the school.... becouse he is cool and powerfull.... well but its rather 1sided crush (since 1v1 in the park and all that layfon was thinking is lilin...)
to put in few words in discriptions:
Lilin: pure love without any hideing meening behind it
Feli: im the same as you situation (im a tool for fighting...)
Nina: power jelousy
Mei: typical hero-complex ^^
Well it only past few episodes and to tell it more we need to see at least 2x that much episodes ^^ but anyway right now im a LayfonxLilin pairing fan ^^ since both of them keep thinking about the other one... and its rather pure without any hideing meening behind it...(like hero-complex, power jelousy or I'm the same like you situation...)
Feli was worried there too... since you forgot how close she was to him when he was regenerating on the bed.... so its natural for someone to worry about someone else then you hurt that person.... thre is no romance in there in my eyes...
|2009-02-15, 10:48
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Well anime is not the novel or manga. The anime may used most elements from them but so far the differ in terms of storytelling. You won't find how Felli looked like in her maid-outfit glory that's for sure. In terms of developement and relationship so far, Felli and Mei have got alot of screentime and it's clear they're into the competition.
Felli well she feels Fon-fon's the only one who would understand her because of their similiar position. Heck she even nick named him personally, so far that nick stayed exlusive with Felli x Fonfon. She also listened to Fon-fon when he plead for help, where up until ep 5 she's basically shows this 'I don't care attitude', and finally, it's Fon-fon that's capable making her smile.
I think Fon-fon is pretty important for her, not sure if Fon-fon feels the same though. I agree that most likely they'll leave the ending open ended. If that's the case then I demanded a HAREM one.
|2009-02-15, 12:34
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No, I demand the Missing Mail omake ending!
Just kidding.
Current information in hand: Two already confirmed, as for the other two... one having somewhat good vibes with Fon-fon but not really confirmed yet (with that deadpan attitude + face it's hard to tell anything), while one... still needs more screentime for me to be able to confirm my suspicions (okay, lots of Felli is fine too, but Miss Captain needs some of her own too).
In my thoughts about 'em:
Leerin: she has an advantage since she's Layfon's childhood friend and of course, she's the first in his mind whenever he thinks of a girl...
Felli: I should say, whenever Fon-fon is involved, she's damn cute (I hate to admit it but yeah now I just did) and makes me want to laugh everytime she talks with him and end up with funny results (the "give Fon-fon his nickname" episode especially).
Mei: I get the feeling she's even far much better than Layfon, given the fact that how Layfon can actually cook as revealed in episode 6 (pffffttt--- Felli... I just can't resist wanting to laugh). Out of the three Zuellnians, I probably think she's the best when it comes to cookery, followed by Nina (in the Missing Mail manga, Layfon can't believe she can actually make tea; and even tries to imagine Nina in a maid uniform!).
Nina: Outside training and battles (and of course, when she's on good terms with Layfon) she's quite friendly that it's hard for me to discern friendship and/or any signs of feelings which makes me wonder - how is she counted as a member of the harem, again? Gosh, I got to blame the Missing Mail omake for making me believe she's in, although in the first place I really wanted it to happen somehow before the omake even came out...
|2009-02-15, 13:02
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To be honest, I don't really like Layfon with any of the girls. I don't think any of them go well with him. LayfonxNina could work for me if she improved her character and stopped being quite so hot-headed. Until that happens though, it doesn't work. I like Felli, but I don't picture her romantically with Layfon. Mei...well, you all already know my opinion of her and she has the least chance with him anyway.
Now as to what couple I think has the best chance, that's obviously LayfonxLilin. If things get resolved romantically at all it'll be in that direction. I'm pretty ambivalent about that couple though. I need to see more Lilin before I can judge whether I really like her or not.
|2009-02-15, 14:10
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I must say you have a point there.
When the girls' personality are vastly different, no one seems to really fit with Layfon. It's just hard imagining him and any of the girls walking hand in hand. Except Lilin, as of this point we don't know much about her yet.
The one that fit to be with Layfon should be lady-like, calm, and express her kindness aboveboard. A childhood friend who already understands him and can skip the blushing-process is even better.
|2009-02-15, 17:45
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o.o :stares at topic:
not much romantic development has been going on so far but from the stuff l've seen so far ...l'm hoping for either a...
LilinxLayfon pairing.
NinaxLayfon pairing.
MeixLayfon pairing.
ln that exact same order from top to bottom.
|2009-02-15, 19:08
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Manji dislikes Felli, so of course she won't be on that list. Just like Mei would never be on mine (though again, I don't really even have a list. I don't like anyone with Layfon at the moment.) It's all a matter of preference afterall.
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We have decided to add $1000 to the price of Scarlet and include HDRx™ capability. The extra money will go to more boards and another ASIC plus development. The improvement is more than worth the effort. The image possibilities and capability are incredible.
On why there is a price change:
We have made the mistake... or not, of talking to our customers as we have gone along. Things change... especially since we have an open dialog with our customers. Technology advances and opportunities arise. We have said clearly that "everything is subject to change".
As we add more capability to our program, prices have risen. At the same time, we have added many features at no extra cost. Go figure.
On the shift of Scarlet towards the higher end "professional" market
We thought we might get into the "volume" business... but we realized we cater to professionals.
On why the products were so delayed:
Why is RED so late releasing EPIC and Scarlet?
1. We had no idea what we were doing.
2. This is as difficult a trick as anyone could possibly pull off. 5K/120fps on a postage stamp has never been done before by anyone, let alone by a new company that has no idea what they were doing and no library of information.
3. Engineers are optimistic. They think they can do stuff faster than is reasonable. And they tell us dates that they can't make.
4. Stuff changes. We have added capabilities along the way the complicated the process. This is a disruption to the program and adds time to process.
5. Nothing works like it is supposed to. The amount of boards and lines of code needed for this project are not comprehensible. Everything needs to be done several times to get it right.
What does it all mean? Basically Red cut out a niche for itself with the Red One by supplying higher than 2K resolution cameras in a market where HD to 2k to 4k cameras had very well defined price and feature levels. They tried to do the same with the Scarlet for the ViDSLR market, where there isn't a compact, higher than HD resolution interchangeable lens camera at all, much less under $10k. Every business model that wants to make serious money need a volume seller where sheer volume make up for lower margins. The Scarlet was suppose to be that. Jannard and company just realized that their envisioned "volume" product wouldn't be competitive at the price they could make it at.
The competition haven't sat still either with Panasonic just releasing the GH2. Nikon also recently moved to 1080p with their range. Then of course the new darlings of DPs, Canon's range with the wide (and widening) appeal of 5D2,1D4 and 7D (and of course the soon to be announced 1Ds4 (Sorry no spoilers here! ) and the flurry of lenses and accessories available. All these cameras announced before the prototype of the Scarlet was even publicly displayed. No wonder they shifted.
The market for 2k+ resolution cameras is very small. Canon's own video division, with no products to protect other than the X series camcorders and the ENG lenses, can afford to push the boundary a little more. Panasonic and Sony, on the other, have the big production camera divisions to protect, and hence they are holding back with the codec and feature set.
If Scarlet can produce a 18 stop camera for under $10k, it'll still be a great product, especially for underwater. However, in trying to beat the volume players, who have years of experience and the human power to produce products at an annual pace or even faster, Jannard and company tried to bite off more than they could even fathom. And with their "open discussion" corporate culture, it's a very vocal shift in product placement, as opposed to the tight-lipped and secret Japanese companies. It's not a failure but just a product repositioning.


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Today Oracle released its latest version of Solaris technology, the Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 release. It includes a large number of new features not found in either Oracle Solaris 10 or previous OpenSolaris releases including ZFS encryption and deduplication, network-based packaging and provisioning systems, network virtualization, optimized I/O for NUMA platforms and optimized platform support including support for Intel's latest Nehalem and SPARC T3. In addition, Oracle Solaris 10 support is available from within a container/zone so migration of existing systems is greatly simplified. The release is available under a variety of licenses including a supported commercial license on a wide variety of x86 and SPARC platforms.


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Training and Consultation
The CSU Center for Community Engagement is pleased to offer a variety of training and support opportunities to campuses and organizations interested in developing and/or expanding student leadership opportunities in community engagement. While the Advancing Community Engagement With Student Leadership Manual and Workbook was designed as a "how to" that can be used independently, we have found that the additional support and guidance of our experienced staff, student leader mentors and project consultants makes a difference in the overall success of program development.
A variety of possible options are described below. Those interested in exploring possibilities should contact Judy Botelho, Director of the Center for Community Engagement to discuss training design and fees.
The Advancing Community Engagement With Student Leaders Manual and Workbook is ideally suited to bringing together several campus/organization teams who work with our consultants in a facilitated retreat over the course of 1-3 days. Not only will participants walk away with a deep understanding of possibilities, many aspects of program design will be completed by the end of the institute – all with the support and guidance of expert colleagues, experienced student leaders from CSU campuses and the peers who attend.
Our team has developed workshops ranging from 1.5 to 4 hours and presented them at conferences such as The Western Region Campus Compact Continuums of Service, US Social Forum and National Conference on Service and Volunteers. These sessions cover the basics of program design, motivations for working with students, and an orientation to the Advancing Community Engagement With Student Leadership Manual and Workbook.
For those who want to make the most of technology, the CCE is able to transform in-person training opportunities into a webinar format through Elluminate. Team members will not only receive instruction and materials from our consultants, they will be able to develop materials online and ask questions in an interactive format.
Individual Consultation and Campus Support
In addition to formal training opportunities, CCE project staff can be hired to assist with specific aspects of your program design. This can range from several hours of focused problem solving to site visits that provide specialized training and support for your individual campus needs.
The CSU Center for Community Engagement gratefully acknowledges the Surdna Foundation for its generous and visionary support of The Next Stage: Boosting Service Learning to New Heights, three-year grant initiative.


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YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - Police in southwestern Arizona say no gun was found after a Yuma school was evacuated in response to an unconfirmed report of a student possibly having a weapon.
Yuma police say they responded to Rancho Viejo Elementary School about 10 a.m. Tuesday and did a "systematic search" of the campus.
City spokeswoman Martha Guzman says school buses took students to another school several miles away where parents picked them up.
The report of a gun also prompted lockdowns at two other nearby schools.
Police say students at Salida Del Sol Elementary and WACOG Preschool also were bussed to another location so their parents could take them home.


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The Dalton experience over in bungleland....... gradkowski threw the go ahead score
Well folks....I am ready to file this game away into the books. I figure about 3 flushes oughtta do it!
JD from Utah
They beat us when they picked white jerseys
**** Formerly Clevestinks!****i como enormes senos
This is one game I want to forget!!!
Until we see them at Heinz, and then the Steelers better not forget!
Listening to post game chat, lots of speculation that Ben was left in due to bad performance. Firstly, no way Tomiln does that right?? Secondly, did Ravs play their starters too long? Not that Steelers need any more motivation for 6 Nov!
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Andrew Farrell brings lessons from Peru with him to Revs
They say home is where the heart is but for Revs defender Andrew Farrell, home is wherever soccer is. Jessica Camerato from CSNNE.com chatted with Farrell on his family's move to Peru for 10 years and how it impacted his life and soccer game. Read more to hear how the rookie describes the experience.
NBC Sports Radio Boston: Kelyn Rowe
Kelyn Rowe checks in with NBC Sports Radio Boston to talk about what he likes to cook as well as his thoughts on this Saturday's game against FC Dallas. Listen to find out which famous international player he would choose in a fantasy draft: Lionel Messi or Christiano Ronaldo and what award-winning film the self-proclaimed movie buff has not yet seen.
McCarthy's Musings: Mexico wins tactical battle out wide early, but U.S. strength through the middle earns a point
The USMNT played Mexico to a scoreless draw last night, earning the Americans a big point – only the second away point the USA has taken in Mexico in World Cup qualifying history. Kyle McCarthy shares his thoughts on the match and how he feels each team played in this Goal.com piece.


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M.S. in Literacy Education
Three professional certification tracks within the master's in literacy education program give you the choice of adding to your teaching credentials in a variety of grade levels.
Designed for teachers who hold initial certification, the program offers curricula leading to literacy education certification in:
- Birth - Grade 6
- Grades 5-12
- Birth - Grade 12
Classes are offered in the evening to accommodate working professionals. Each semester (including summer), you have the option of taking 1-3 classes, thereby controlling the tempo of program completion to suit your needs and busy schedule. You can complete the program in just 15 months, if you schedule your classes accordingly.
Program Overview
The program's curriculum emphasizes teaching strategies, assessment, and literacy program evaluation. Courses are designed to help you, as a literacy educator, create programs that address the strengths and needs of individual learners, as well as make positive connections with families and communities in support of both in- and out-of-school literacy learning.
The birth-grade 6 and grades 5-12 options are 30-credit-hour programs. Because of the broader range of grade levels, the birth-grade 12 option requires 36 credit hours for completion.


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Hi guys, I have a friend who owns a 9700. She said that random characters are not showing up in her contact list, like "@" or "#". It shows up when she opens the message box or bbm box though. She has the official OS, she didn't change the OS when she bought it.
Any thoughts? ^^


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MACON, Ga. – The 2012 Atlantic Sun All-Conference awards were handed out Tuesday. Five Lady Bisons were honored based on votes from the conference coaches.
Junior Kelsey Cartwright earned a spot on the All-Conference first team thanks to a team-leading 15 home runs and 42 RBI and was second in the A-Sun in both categories. The Auburn transfer has the second-most single-season home runs in school history behind Kellie Sirus' 17 in 2010.
"Kelsey has been a game-changer this year offensively," said head coach Kristin Ryman. "She has truly been one of the best in the A-Sun, and has earned the respect of opposing teams. Kelsey is the type of player we want at the plate with the game on the line. She can line it into the gap, hit it out of the park, or beat out an infield single...she can do it all and has been a big impact both on our team and around the A-Sun.
"Kelsey has put up some of the best single-season numbers of any player ever to play at Lipscomb. She is a dynamite type of player that is competitive and has the ability and drive to lead us to a championship."
Senior Whitney Kiihnl and sophomore Haley Elliott were placed on the second team. Kiihnl went 22-12 to earn her third 20-win season in four years with the Lady Bisons. She became the third pitcher in Atlantic Sun history to strike out more than 1,000 batters and led the A-Sun with 211 this season. She no-hit Butler on Feb. 18 and was a three-time A-Sun Pitcher of the Week honoree in 2012.
Kiihnl is just the eighth player in Atlantic Sun history to earn All-Conference honors all four years of her career, and the first Lady Bison softball player to do so.
"There is so much to say about Whitney and what she has done this year and throughout her career, but her numbers really speak for themselves," Ryman said. "She is one of the best to ever play in the A-Sun, and she is the type of pitcher that no one wants to face this time of year with so much on the line. She has been a program-changer for us, and has one last shot to go out on top.
"While there were some good pitchers around the league this year, Whitney still stood out as one of the best. She gives us a chance to win every time out...she has done that for four years, and there is not much more you can ask for from a pitcher. She has been an All-Conference performer since her freshman year, and we are happy to see her honored one last time."
Elliott was often an unsung hero in 2012, hitting 10 home runs and batting .298. The Lexington, Tenn. native upped her average to .321 in A-Sun play.
"We are so proud of what Haley has done this year to help our team," Ryman said. "As a member of the All-Freshman team last year, she continued to find ways to improve this season, and has really taken her game to the next level. Haley is a strong catcher, but she has been so patient and unselfish in understanding that while she hasn't been behind the plate, she has had an opportunity to impact our team in other ways.
"She was challenged at the beginning of the year to really earn an everyday spot in the lineup, and she did it so impressively. She has not only been clutch this year at the plate, but she continues to grow and develop at first base. She is one of our most coachable players, and we are happy to see her be honored this way."
Freshmen Gracey Aguirre and Ashley Anderson earned spots on the All-Freshman team. In her redshirt year, Anderson developed into a solid complement to Kiihnl's No. 1 starter role, quietly compiling a 12-6 record and 3.17 ERA. She won seven conference decisions, third-most among all conference hurlers.
"Ashley has come into an incredibly tough situation this year and been such a positive influence," Ryman said. "With only two main pitchers, Ashley worked extremely hard this fall to recover from a season-ending surgery last year. She not only recovered, but rose to the occasion and was impressive in her first season going 7-1 in A-Sun play.
"Ashley will be a major part of the future of Lady Bison softball, and she gained so much valuable experience this year. She still has so much untapped potential...she is the type of pitcher that truly earns all that she gets, and we believe that will be a lot of wins before her career is over."
Aguirre, who was the April 16 A-Sun Player of the Week, hit .270 with two home runs and 16 RBI in her first year at Lipscomb. She hit .286 in conference play and only struck out seven times in 115 at-bats.
"Gracey came into our program as a corner infielder, but after a few weeks of the season, it became evident that we needed her bat in the lineup," Ryman said. "We asked her to start working in the outfield, and although she had never played there before, she did so for the good of the team.
"Gracey was one of our most consistent players early in the conference season, and ended up making her way to the top part of the order. She had the fewest strikeouts on the team which is unusual for a freshman making the transition to the college game. But she has a very natural, pure swing that we truly believe is only going to get better. Gracey may find her way back into the infield in future years, but she is definitely a major piece of the future for our program."
Ryman is proud of the work her players put in to reach these heights and the contributions they've made to the program.
"We are so proud of these girls and what they have accomplished this year," Ryman said. "But more importantly, we are proud of what they mean to our team. The best players cannot win games on their own, and we have an entire team full of very talented players. It is always nice to see players from your team honored, but if you were to ask any of these girls what it means to them, they would all say they want a championship more.
"We have always had one goal in mind, and through all of the obstacles we have faced this year, these girls have been the consistent performers to help us get there. This team is determined to play the best ball we can play tomorrow, and that is where it begins."
The Lady Bisons open the Atlantic Sun Tournament Wednesday at 3 p.m. (ET) against fifth-seed and defending champion Jacksonville in Spartanburg, S.C.


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Slaking the thirst and ensuring the safety of millions of people living along the Delaware River are not the only burdens to be met by a controversial draft of a plan for its management. The plan also must protect the creatures that live in the river itself.
Slaking the thirst and ensuring the safety of millions of people living along the Delaware River are not the only burdens to be met by a controversial draft of a plan for its management. The plan also must protect the creatures that live in the river itself.
But, in its current form, the plan will fail miserably, according to a leading conservation group.
Trout Unlimited, a 150,000-member organization and reportedly the nation's largest cold-water conservation group, recently came out against the draft plan proposed by the Delaware River Basin Commission. The group said the plan may prove dangerous, or even deadly, to wild trout in the river. Other advocates have warned of the plan's impact on shad and the endangered dwarf wedge mussel.
Trout Unlimited previously had supported other versions of the management plan, saying it balanced the river's needs by tying release targets to the seasons and to the water needed in the reservoirs. But it reversed course after more extensive research.
Fishery advocates have focused on how much water would be released from one upstate New York reservoir in particular, the Cannonsville in Delaware County, N.Y. Releases from there feed cold water into the west branch of the river. When that water intersects with the east branch, it maintains the temperatures that wild trout need.
Instead, the levels envisioned in the current draft of the plan would result in what Trout Unlimited called "lethal rises in water temperatures and loss of habitat," according to a statement.
The plan, known as the Flexible Flow Management Program, originally was proposed in September. The commission recently extended the deadline to receive public comment on the plan.
The DRBC acts at the direction of a group known as the decree parties: the group of four states — New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — and New York City.
The group is named after a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decree that balanced the competing roles of the river.
The management plan is meant to balance the competing interests in the river: supplying water, particularly to New York City and New Jersey; lessening the impacts of flooding; supporting the ecological health of the river and bay; maintaining a strong enough flow to keep Philadelphia's water supply from being contaminated by salt water; and keeping the river water cold enough to sustain fisheries.
Fishing is big business. A study co-produced by Trout Unlimited 10 years ago put its economic value to the Upper Delaware region in New York at approximately $30 million.
More generally, anglers spend $1.8 billion in Pennsylvania each year, ranking it sixth highest in the nation, according to "Hunting and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy," a December report produced by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Under the current draft of the management program, 260 cubic feet per second of water would be released each day from the Cannonsville reservoir — from valves at the bottom where the water is coldest — during a normal summer day at the height of fishing season.
"We know that the 260 number is one of the worst numbers in any of the revisions," Dan Plummer, chairman of the Friends of the Upper Delaware River, which supports Trout Unlimited's assessment. "This is one of the worst situations ever."
The release target of 260 is about two-thirds of the average release level from the Cannonsville during prime trout fishing season last summer, according to data maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Between mid-April and the end of June, releases dipped as low as 45 cubic feet per second and spiked as high as 1,007.
The proposed release target of 260 also is below the 325 cubic feet per second envisioned in a previous draft of the plan, referred to as revision one.
Clarke Rupert, spokesman for the DRBC, acknowledged that fishery advocates were not happy with the most recent version of the plan and reiterated that the commission was still listening to comments.
"Ultimately it comes down to this balancing act that is being undertaken," Rupert said. "And, ultimately, that's what the FFMP is all about — how to take a limited resource to meet these competing demands."


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 13th Dec 2007 18:27 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
"GNOME theme engine designer Andrea Cimitan has implemented support for transparent widgets in the Murrine GTK theme engine, bringing Vista-like translucent glass effects to the GNOME desktop. Cimitan used RGBA colormaps to implement the feature and says that, with only 10 or 20 extra lines of code, translucency can easily be added to other theme engines that support RGBA. Cimitan says that the addition of translucency effects proves that critics of GTK are wrong. "[I]n the last week I've seen a lot of people claiming about 'lacks' of Gtk+ capabilities," wrote Cimitan in a blog entry. "Some of them still think that Gtk+ doesn't have RGBA support... Or it will require nasty hacks. This is absolutely false."