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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Three of the four former LSU players arrested Thursday on misdemeanor drug charges are out of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Tyrann Mathieu, Jordan Jefferson and Karnell Hatcher have beencharged with simple possession. Derrick Bryant is facing felony possession with the intent to distribute.
Of the four, Jordan Jefferson's case could be the most problematic. Jefferson is facing another charge stemming from a 2011 incident outside of Shady's Bar in Baton Rouge.
Jefferson is out on a bond from the Shady's case and this new arrest could jeopardize that situation.
Criminal Defense attorney John McLindon, who is not affiliated with the case, explains the bond process. "On the original bond you're let out with the assumption that you are going to abide by certain conditions," says McLindon. "The number one condition is, don't get in anymore trouble. If a person gets in trouble they have violated the condition of that bond, in theory, they can be put back in jail."
That's the situation Jordan Jefferson is facing when he goes to court on an evidence hearing next Tuesday in front of District Court Judge Chip Moore.
East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore would not comment specifically on the Jefferson case but did talk about the process. "When someone is on bond and they re-offended obviously the judge that sets the bond will take a look at the reasoning behind it," says Moore. "Everyone is presumed innocent, even on a re-arrest."
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The Millikin University football team fell to Illinois Wesleyan University 35-21 on Oct. 5 in front of full house Homecoming Crowd in Decatur, Ill.
Millikin opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 10 yard touchdown run by Sean Dunning.
Illinois Wesleyan tied the game at 7-7 on a seven yard run by Devonte Jones. After holding the Big Blue on its possession, the Titans took possession. After a 35 minute lightening delay the Titans marched down the field and took the lead on a nine yard pass from Rob Gallik to Sean Conley.
Millikin answered back with its own scoring drive capped by a Dunning one yard run.
In the third quarter, Millikin would take a 21-14 advantage. An interception and 60 yard return by Big Blue freshman Jowonis Edwards led to the score. Millikin opened the drive with a 27 yard pass from Nick Pippin to Avery Aina and one play later scored on a five yard Dunning run.
The Titans Jones was too much for the Big Blue to handle all day. He returned the Millikin kickoff 60 yards to the Big Blue 25 yard line. Jones then carried three straight times scoring on a seven yard run to tie the game at 21-21. Jones rushed for 226 yards on 35 carries with three touchdowns.
The game remained tied until early in the fourth quarter when Jones scored on a one yard run for the Titans. Illinois Wesleyan would seal the victory later in the quarter when Paul Panno returned a Pippin interception 68 yards for a touchdown to make it 35-21.
Dunning rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns for Millikin and Justin Brooks added 65 yards. Pippin was 20-31-2 for 211 yards.
Gallik was 10-18-2 passing for 127 yards.
Mykal Neal led the Millikin defense with 11 tackles. Edwards had two interceptions on the game and seven stops.
Chris Simms led the Titans with 15 tackles including two tackles for a loss.
The teams were almost even in total offense with Millikin outgaining the Titans 378-371.
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:03 pm
Post subject: Good spots for learning in the Bay area
I'm just learning to windsurf and have been working on improving the skills I picked up at an ABK camp at Rio Vista last year. I've been sailing in Moss Landing Harbor since I work there and live in Santa Cruz (Aptos, actually) but am looking for a place with more consistent and stronger wind than the fluky 10-12 knots I usually wind up with at Moss. I can usually uphaul in pretty strong winds, tack and gybe most of the time in light to medium air and am working on a water start when I get enough wind, although at this point my waterstarts are more entertainment for anyone watching from the beach than success. I'm on a Windsup 11'8". Suggestions for decent, relatively safe spots will be appreciated anywhere from Monterey to the Bay area.
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Alameda in the spring
Berkeley in the early summer
Sherman Island county Park mid summer until fall
Tamales, Chrissy, T.I. 3rd Ave after that
Waddell, Davenport after that
Then Jalama and Pistol River
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:56 pm
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I would endorse Alameda and Berkeley too, but if you live in or near Santa Cruz then that is quite a drive! A bit closer (near SFO) I would look into Coyote Point and Third Ave. if you stay on the inside at both spots, then there is land on downwind side and are pretty safe.
I also hear folks talk about sailing in Palo Alto but i've never been down that end of the bay.
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Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:21 pm
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Seek the sage advice of Windward1. He seems to have the Santa Cruz spots wired for all manner of windsurf fun. Maybe search on his posts for ideas or talk to the man himself. He is friendly, helpful, and has good stoke.
Coming over to SF Bay can be tricky timing-wise with traffic and all. Lots of great sailing spots here though, and can still work well when coast is shutdown.
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:40 am
Post subject: It's hard to find an easy progression close to Santa Cruz
It's hard to find an easy progression close to Santa Cruz
Moss Landing is and old favorite.
The two high wind spots that are easiest are
San Luis Res and Candlestick . San Luis can also be
good for low winding its weed season there now though.
For low wind you might try Cowells there is also Shoreline
in Mountain View. There use to be some small lakes but they
have been shut down do to the Zebra Mussels. You might try
Lexington Res for low winds but its kind of low wind and swirly.
Some people try to learn at Natural Bridges but its not what
I consider a easy beginner spot due to the kelp and the possibility o
of going on down winder with not many places to come in.
If you are going to San Luis Res there is a shortcut.
Watsonville 129 to 101 north to 25 toward Hollister left on Shore Rd it turns into Fairview then left on 156 to 152
You will find it easier to Waterstart and plane on a smaller board.
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:54 am
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To expand on what Ctuna mentioned:
Lexington can be good on a south wind in the spring, but it's also shutdown
because of the mussles and is quite low water now.
Shoreline lake is great for beginners, can get decent wind and very safe, nice lawn rigging, showers.
Candlestick is good for flat water but it can get alot of wind and is offshore so waterstarting is recommended or stay close to shore. Also don't go there if the 49ers are playing.
Coyote Pt has good wind and is more beginner friendly and you can get waterstarting lessons right there at Boardsportsschool.com.
The county is reconstructing the breakwater at Coyote, so they have some of the parking blocked with fences and equipment, but the launch ramps are still open.
Learning to waterstart will open up alot of high wind venues, strongly recommend a lesson ASAP.
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:24 pm
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You are all wrong!
For years, I too was looking for the perfect spot to teach waterstarts and it was right under my nose the whole time.
The lower launch at Third Ave is perfect. Preferred wind direction is WNW or NW, which is the prevalent direction most days it blows. After that its tide dependent. You want 2-4 feet. With that you can ride nearly to the channel, attempt your tack or jibe, fall off, and still stand up in waist to shoulder deep water! Perfect for perfecting your beach into waterstarts! Ebbing is always best because the water is smoother, but flooding will also work - and force better upwind habits. As anyone who sails Third will tell you, wind is typically around 18-20. Again, perfect for perfecting those waterstarts and high wind skills.
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:48 pm
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Hi Gene,
Interesting that you sail Moss Landing. I have sailed there, but usually in the winter when there is wind there and no where else.
A few questions:
1. Have you sailed off the beach there in the waves?
2. Do you have footstraps on your board?
Per your message your are seeking stronger than 12 mph winds. There are times when you can find that in Santa Cruz County without going to points west and north of lighthouse point, but it is rarely. I do sail and Angulo 10' 10" off of New Brighton Beach State Park, which is a similar board to your WindSUP, but has no footstraps. It is usually less than 12 knots there so will not often provide what you are looking for unless you tack fairly far up the coast, or sail out about a mile. The coast along there has some great swell riding however, especially on a south swell. Ideal conditions for what your board is made for.
If your skills are such that you can get back upwind in either light or heavy wind when the conditions suddenly change, you might be ready to try the west side of town or up the coast. If you catch the period where the wind is rising, or this late in the season, it might be the peak wind, you can find the conditions you are looking for close to home.
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:18 pm
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A lot of sailors from Santa Cruz end up at San Luis. Those of us who sail the Medieros side call the other side the 'Santa Cruz' side.
It has already been pointed out that the weeds are now in charge, OK for high wind sailing, awful for learning to waterstart.
If, next season, you are still working on this, the cove on the Medieros side is a wonderful spot to learn waterstarts as you will only get blown as far as you wish and you will get blown into shallow water so that you can walk back and try again.
The traffic getting there can be bad but with a little timing, its OK. I come in from the east and it couldn't be easier.
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|2012 Election:
|Obama's book
|Biden's book
|Romney's book
|Ryan's book
|Jill Stein's interview
|Gary Johnson's interview
|2012 Debates
The Top American Science Questions, by sciencedebate.org
"Science now affects every aspect of life and is an increasingly important topic in national policymaking.
"ScienceDebate.org invited thousands of scientists, engineers and concerned citizens to submit what they felt were the the most important science questions facing the nation that the candidates for president should be debating on the campaign trail.
"ScienceDebate then worked with the leading US science and engineering organizations listed at left to refine the questions and arrive at a universal consensus on what the most important science policy questions facing the United States are in 2012.
"Candidates readily debate jobs and the economy even though they are not economists; they debate foreign policy and military intervention even though they are not diplomats or generals; they debate faith and values even though they are not priests or pastors. We call on the candidates for President to also debate these Top American Science Questions that affect all voters' lives."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite rattling off three straight goals late in regulation to cut its deficit in half, it would not be enough as the MIT women's lacrosse team fell to the University of Southern Maine, 15-11, on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Nadia Wallace (Rochester, N.Y.) produced a game-high four points on three goals and an assist for the Engineers (0-1) while junior Rosie Forster (Andover, Mass.) paced the Huskies (1-0) with a hat-trick.
Senior Meghan Wright (Devon, Pa.) opened the game with back-to-back goals which were followed by free-positions tallies from freshmen Isabella DiDio (Jenkintown, Pa.) and Kira Schott (New Canaan, Conn.) to give MIT a 4-0 advantage after 10 minutes elapsed. Freshman Ahn Nguyen (South Portland, Maine) replied with two strikes of her own and later set up senior Samantha Purcell (Durham, Maine) for a goal that brought Southern Maine within two (5-3) midway through the half.
Sophomore Emma Kane (Garden City, N.Y.) redirected a feed from Wallace to give the Engineers some breathing room but the Huskies responded with six straight goals to close the frame with a 9-6 lead. Junior Jenna Cyr (Limerick, Maine) found the back of the net twice during the rally while senior Lauren Santo (Salem, N.H.) and freshman Sarah Pelligrinelli (Southington, Conn.) both registered a goal and an assist. A solo effort by junior Jacki Kelly (Brunswick, Maine) sparked the run as Purcell notched her second marker of the day.
A free-position goal from Forster early in the second stanza extended Southern Maine's run; however, freshman Kristyn Berretta (San Diego, Calif.) ended MIT's scoring drought and narrowed the gap to three (10-7) at the 20:43 mark. The Huskies countered with a 4-1 spurt that resulted in a 14-8 cushion with 14:19 left to play. Forster contributed two goals while Santo and sophomore Nicole LaPlante (South Portland, Maine) both added free-position markers.
An unassisted blast by Kane with 10:04 on the clock sparked the Engineers' late run as Schott followed with a free-position shot just over a minute later. Later on, a caused turnover by senior Molly McShane (Lake Bluff, Ill.) led to another Wallace goal that was set up by senior Laura Wacker (Brooklyn, N.Y.) to make the score 14-11 with 3:36 to go. This was as close as it would get as Pelligrinelli wrapped up the scoring with just under a minute left.
McShane compiled seven draw controls, four groundballs, and a caused turnover as Wright gathered four groundballs. Both Schott and Kane totaled two goals and an assist while Schott tacked on six groundballs. In net, freshman Paige Kennedy (Eastchester, N.Y.) turned away six shots.
Forster led the way for the Huskies with seven draw controls as senior Jessica Gassman (Kennebunk, Maine) added five groundballs. Kelly posted a goal and an assist to go along with five groundballs while Pelligrinelli and Santo both notched two goals and an assist. Junior Kim Vogel (Sanford, Maine) compiled 13 saves and three groundballs.
Both squads return to action at home next week. MIT will host Gordon College on Tuesday, March 5 while Southern Maine will take on the University of New England on Thursday, March 7.


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The University of North Dakota's tentative upcoming schedule was published in Brad Schlossman's Blog. The University of Denver will play their arch-rivals during DU's month long Christmas Break, when the Pioneers have traditionally played very well without the distraction of classes and homework. Then late in the season North Dakota will visit Magness Arena.
Its unofficial, so don't make any travel plans yet.
DU @ North Dakota December 7-8, 2012
North Dakota @ DU February 22-23, 2013
As previously mentioned Denver will play Boston University in the Hall of Fame game in Magness Arena early in the season, the University of New Hampshire will visit DU in the Denver Cup and Cornell will visit DU for two games.
Incomplete list, but what we do know...
Schools Visiting DU 2012-13
Air Force (1)
Colorado College (2)
North Dakota (2)
Wisconsin (2)
Michigan Tech (2)
Alaska Anchorage (2)
St. Cloud State (2)
Either UNO or Bemidji State (2)
Boston University (1) - Hall of Fame
New Hampshire (1) - Denver Cup
Cornell (2)
DU Road Games in 2012-13
Colorado College (2)
North Dakota (2)
Minnesota (2)
Minnesota Duluth (2)
St. Cloud State (2)
Minnesota State (2)
Either UNO or Bemidji State (2)


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Two recent developments could spike gasoline prices in the near future.
The first is Saturday's devastating derailment of a train carrying a load of crude to an Irving Oil refinery in Canada. The St. John's refinery has the capacity to process 300,000 barrels of crude a day, making it Canada's largest. And most of that refining capacity goes toward making gasoline. The tracks that run these trains were heavily damaged, and officials say it will take weeks or longer to fix them.
(Read More: Fatal Oil Train Disaster Brings Scrutiny to Oil-by-Rail Boom)
The second development is the formation of the season's first tropical storm, Chantal. This in itself has had little-to-no impact on refiner operations, but it does remind traders that it is hurricane season, and you don't want to be caught short when a disruptive storm is coming.


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|2012-09-28, 16:11
|Link #22
Catholic = Cat addiction?
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In my mind, that series created a very bad precedent. I am very pleased with Unicorn, because it brought the franchise back in terms of its original intended depictions of warfare. Of course, massive nostalgic points help tremendously, too.
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|2012-09-28, 18:26
|Link #23
The legendary dragoon
Join Date: Oct 2004
so what the new show called ? i kid i kid
i gave it a 6/10
its a mech show/gundam so i just had to.
for the most party i was WTF (not ina good way) most of the show
still think they should have made the show into 3 seasons about 40-50 each
was not to impress with the gundam design, but hey said it was for younger people.
my fav charactors came from 2nd generaton in the 3rd generation, Asume and Obrit FTW
|2012-09-28, 20:23
|Link #24
A Contradiction Beneath
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Singapore
For me, the 2nd generation arc packs the most realism, especially Asemu's struggle to surpass his dad and his friend. Nowhere near the ideals that Kio preached, which in my opinion Gundam should stay away from.
The plot for the 1st generation arc for me was actually ok. The events that culminated in the revelation of Vagan and the atrocities of the Fed for me added much needed complexity to the show. The producers could have at least maintained such a standard, rather than simplifying matters by making Zeheart turn rogue and foisting unto Ezelcant a plan that would only cause people to think of him as a madman and likewise for the Vagans.
|2012-09-29, 01:54
|Link #25
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Location: Ve Land
Gundam Age Rant-views-what-ever
Initially ,considering that this the next gundam series after 00 i tend to compare this series with 00 as 00 is fresh in my memories. Though i tend to compare certain parts of the series with 00, i never really had high expectations for the show. I even thought that the 1st few episodes were pretty ok. And it is after watching AGE that i realized that i would have given 00 even higher ratings. Around 30+ episodes i pretty much got disappointed and stopped watching it on a weekly basis. Anyway back to my rants-views-what-ever.
Plot & Characters:
Many people have brought up issues with the characters so i'll keep it short. The concept of 3 generations was very interesting but in the end AGE has a really big problem in executing it. Many stories always have problems with dealing with previous series' protagonists appearing in a sequel. While the way AGE dealt with having 3 main characters wasn't perfect at least it didn't fall into the cliché of having the current main character keeps on saving the ex main characters. I'm surprised the director didn't keep on bringing previous generations' characters in later generations back. It's like they didn't care about using old characters to further improve on character developments. Not to mention it wouldn't hurt to know what previous generations characters were doing in the later generations. But then again some previous generations characters who were brought back didn't really contribute much ; initially i thought that having Unoa and Flit on the same ship would bring some really interesting family interactions but... Character wise, i can relate to Flit and Kio ( abit) in the final arc. Flit being full of rage was pretty easy to relate to and in some ways i can understand how Kio was feeling considering his age. But damn sometimes Kio naivety is very annoying , i guess he goes down as the most annoying gundam protagonist. Honestly i can't understand Asemu's decision to go missing and do all the stuff as a pirate. It feels like the writer didn't know what to do with Asemu's character . As for the plot, it feels like it doesn't make much sense. I used to write down a list of plot problems but after the 2nd arc i gave up and simply didn't really care that much. I see some people feel that AGE should be longer, however i think that it doesn't necessarily need more episodes ; there exists 12 episodes anime out there with good character development and plot .
Art & Animation:
I have no problems with the kiddy art . It is the inconsistency that's really hurting the art & animation. The animation & art was pretty bad at times, sometimes it did improve but overall inconsistent. Though there some pretty good art at the last few episodes.
Bad. Bad action choerography. Especially since AGE came out after 00, which i consider to have the best strategies in the gundam franchise. After watching AGE and thinking back i realized that over the years i must have set the bar too high for mecha action. Usually there is like at least 1 fight that i really like in every gundam show that i watch ; Freedom Vs Impulse in Destiny, Amuro's fight on earth in Zeta, Neil Vs Ali in 00 etc etc . But there's practically none in AGE for me. There were times when they tried to make certain scenes 'cool' like the conversation of Grodek and the Federation's commander in the fight in Ambat, but personally it feels very forced. Not to mention Diva's victory at Ambat was pretty hard to digest.
I didn't really like the earlier generations MS. Especially the Vagan MS , they don't look like Mobile Suits, more like obviously badly designed Tokusatsu monsters' suit. Though i suppose in the last arc it gets a lot better.
Overall: 5.5/10 ( rounded up to 6)
AGE has a serious execution problem coupled by bad action and inconsistence animation. Move over AGE, can't wait for the next Gundam series. On a side note did Akihiro Hino do any interview or say anything now that AGE is over?
|2012-09-29, 13:32
|Link #26
Join Date: Jul 2009
After watching all 49 Episodes of Age, I have to say it so bad it makes Gundam Seed Destiny looks like a masterpiece. But overall I would say the pacing of the show is downright terrible. Alot of characters are a waste of screen time especially if they're girls. Literally all they do is nothing except die or give birth to the next gen characters. I mostly end up watching it for the Gundam name alone and hope the show might get better, but it never did (gen 2 came close). Then the show got a lot of forced drama thrown in your face and that you're suppose to care for a character that have hardly any screen time, or the most ridicioulus random death ever.
Animation Quality: 6
Voice Actors: 8
Script: 2
Soundtrack: 6
Editing: 5
Enjoyment: 4
Emotional Involvement: 3
Overall 5/10
|2012-09-29, 13:42
|Link #27
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
As much as I can enjoy it as it is, I think AGE would've worked better if it had been Kio's generation the whole way through. Sure, we wouldn't have gotten to see Flit and Asem grew up, but the time skips in between generations were long enough that cutting their younger versions off of the show wouldn't have been a big loss to the story. Asem being the pirate dad who neglected his family and Flit being the loving grandpa with a dark past would've been perfect character setups from the start of the show. Any addition to their past could be shown through brief flash backs. A bonus is that we won't see characters disappearing throughout the series.
So, in that regard, what was supposed to be the unique point of AGE, a multigenerational story, ended up hindering it a little in my opinion.
|2012-09-30, 02:19
|Link #28
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Or... they could have just left it to two generations. Asemu's character was already shaping up to be a semi-Vagan sympathizer (at least with regards to Zeheart). And most importantly, we are given a very solid reason why: the development of their friendship through Mobile Suit Club.
On the other hand, Kio comes along and in two episodes, completely forgets which side of the war he is fighting on, just because of a shoe-horned plot device known as Lu.
If they wanted to be realistic, all they needed was Asemu vs Flit. Hell, by the end of the series, Asemu just ended up on Kio's side most of the time anyway. We didn't really need BOTH Asemu and Kio to argue with Flit. Having a young adult Asemu and a Flit in his 50s would have made much better story-telling.
|2012-09-30, 14:09
|Link #30
User of the "Fast Draw"
Asemu really did set things up rather well. A time skip forward would have been fine if they kept the focus there. Heck, they could have turned the finale into an actual Asemu vs. Flit showdown with Flit still getting that scene with Yurin and the others.
Could have been good, but not meant to happen I suppose.
|2012-10-01, 15:18
|Link #32
Retweet Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: ニュー・オーリンズ、LA
Hehe, it's me yall…
First off, as "bad" as AGE was or wound up being, it WAS NOT and IS NOT worse thaN GSD…Ok, even I can admit that…AGE was not a production clusterf**k by any stretch in comparison, so lets kill that comparison…
Spoiler for OVERALL:
While there were many things about this show that I didn't enjoy I'd have to say the increased attention to fight strategy and fight choreography was so exponentially improved from the middle of gen2 and beyond I couldn't help but notice. Some of the individual one v. one battles were ridiculously detailed from both an animation standpoint and strategy standpoint (Asemu v. Galette in the asteroid field comes to mind)
Another aspect of the show that was very enjoyable was the evolution of Vegan technology, specifically in the area of beam weaponry…Unlike Flint who whored the Gundam out for his family alone, instead of letting the tech be advanced for the entire army (and no $hitty Custom Clanche's and those other crap EFF Mass produced suits don't count), the Vegans Darwanized every class of their suits and tweaked aspects that became vulnerable to the Gundam (They had the REAL AGE SYSTEM)…
The evolution of the beam saber being a claw hand weapon to becoming a reusable dagger shot (as in the case of Galette's supped up red mech) to the awesomness of the bits, which turned out to be simple bits of light that attacked the living $hit out of you (most genius $hit I've seen in a while in-terms of this tech)…
Gundam Legillis was just the cherry on top to a very imaginative catalog of G-suits that I will remember (I will give the Mecha Cicada final boss travesty suit a pass^^). With that said I was equally appalled by the lack of any ingenuity on the EFF side when it came to suits, except for Girard Spriggan's awesome suit.
So honestly, at the end of the day, what I asked for came to fruition a bit. I was so incredibly critical of this show in the beginning with IMO was good reason (lack of expositions, character development, battle choreography, thematic presence, worldveiw), but I always said if you put diamonds in the dirt you're shoveling, at least I could deal…And certainly the visual prowess of the fighting had picked up to a level so high at times that I did ignore the terrible storytelling and lack of anything even resembling a worldview…Also stealing basically the Desity Plan for the final stanza was ehhhhh too, but…
With that said though, I can't with good conscious give the show a high grade, but I can put certain eps on a green DVD to symbolize that these are some cool eps to "toke up" to xD…
After giving gen1 a D/F, gen2 a C+, and gen3 a C, I'm compelled to give the series a C- with the caveat that it has mostly terrific action in the last 30 episodes…In numerical fashion, I give Mobile Suit Gundam AGE a 4.93 outta 10..With almost all of that going to the improved visual action of the show and Vegan tech…
It's funny because even in the final epilogue, the show's most glaring weakness was on display…As you see the statue of Flint (a man who cared about a single girl more than anything or anyone else in the story), a grown up Kio and equally elder Asemu, you realize more than ever this show only cared about AGE…And allowing us to see these characters age was more important than character development, exposition, or the depth that's needed to actually care that the characters' aged…I suspect as we age we won't much remember this title much as it pertains to Gundam, but with age comes wisdom, much like Flint, hopefully…
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|2012-10-04, 22:32
|Link #33
Join Date: Apr 2012
On the whole, it saw and Asem arc and Kio arc were able to be enjoyble.
The only exceptions are Frit arc and a three-generation arc. sorry, these were not able to be enjoyed although it might be only me. I liked the relation between Asemu father and kio.
I gave it a 6/10
|2012-10-14, 18:18
|Link #34
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Wished I watched it all in one go instead of waiting weekly.
The concept of the story wasn't bad, but the way it was executed was beyond terrible. Flit's arc had the most character development in the series and thus the only memorable characters outside of the big three (<3 wolf/grodek). But the pacing of the first ten episodes made me question if I should even bother with this series as it seemed more like random adventures. Once the pace picked up I was finding myself liking the story.
The Asemu arc was the best one imo, even though the way they ended that arc felt way too rushed. Watching Asemu go from being a selfish insecure brat to fighting with a purpose was done nicely. Having an actual antagonist who was older than six and a faster pace with lots of battles was what made this arc for me. But thats not to say this arc was perfect, they sacrificed character development for everyone besides Asemu/Zeheart, Romary had illogical moments and Asemu marrying Romary (seriously wtf?? lol).
The kio arc was trash. It started off well, but introducing characters and wasting time telling us of their past only to kill them off in an episode or two was so pointless. While our "hero" Kio cared more about the enemy than those who were fighting with him, he flat out refused to kill but when that kid he met on mars dies, he is ready to kill . So overall in this arc you have close to no character development (besides the diva captain), a pilot who causes more casualties to his side than the enemy, random characters getting focused on then dying and the worst ending imaginable. I'm not going to bother going into detail on what was wrong with the way it ended. Only saving grace for this arc was the Diva going out with a bang and a young Flit seeing his old companions, captain and mom.
Overall 3/10. Inconsistent and a horrible ending ruined a cool idea. Down there with the trash that was seed destiny.
|2012-10-15, 02:17
|Link #35
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|2012-10-15, 14:47
|Link #36
Joseph Defense Squad
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mars
Having a slow weekend, I finally caught up with this show, after months of pretending it doesn't exist
I don't find it easy to rate this show, or say anything about it anymore (having been very critical until I dropped it), mostly because I am a compassionate loser and I feel bad for Hino, somehow. Wouldn't want to be him at the moment.
People have already summed everything up pretty well.
There were a few things that improved over the course of the show, including the fight scenes and, in my mind, the looks of the show. Now, this is probably mostly in my mind, but the characters and mech's went from looking like a joke in Gen 1 to actually looking more or less reasonable by Gen 3, be this due to dropping designs like Dique's and Grandpa's or slightly more attention to detail.
The soundtrack remained unmemorable though and so did the cast. I cannot grasp why they didn't even try to give anyone a sprinkle of depth.
There were one or two moments overall where I found myself mildly invested for a bit, but overall, AGE just kind of didn't leave much of a positive impression, nor will I want to rewatch it in the future and thus there is no incentive to purchase any material related, which is apparently the overarching sentiment, looking at DVD sales.
If anything, the show leaves a bunch of bitter aftertastes, including that horrific third ending with the girls and the final scene with Yurin- what on earth was that? As well as the very strange circumstances of Fram's death which were probably supposed to be a touching display of devotion or something I actually felt a bit angry, watching these.
Unfortunately, if the only emotional response a show could trigger was rage at its treatment and portrayal of female characters, that's not very good.
All in all, I rate the show a little bit higher thanks to the improved visuals and battle choreography, but very low for plot, characters, soundtrack: 4/10 overall I think, although I was tempted to rate it lower than that even...
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April-May, 2006 Gallery Exhibit Featured
"Prickly Subjects" by Sandy Tracey
painter Sandy Tracey creates bold and almost day-glow depictions of cacti
that jump off the canvas. They do -- particularly when they sport realistic
toothpick spines and glochids! Her work has been shown in galleries from Mesa
to Tubac, Globe, Tempe, Fountain Hills, Chandler, and Scottsdale. During April
and May of 2006 her works were shown in our visitor center gallery.
Her most memorable exhibition remains her first. Let the artist explain: My mother used to give me crayons and a coloring book when I was still in the crib, so Id stay busy while she would be sewing nearby in my bedroom. One day she was cleaning the house up for a dinner party that evening. As usual, she gave me my crayons and coloring book, but left me alone so she could clean the house. To her horror, when she returned to the bedroom, I had drawn on each bar on the crib, every wall space between the bars as far up as I could reach -- using every color in the Crayola box, of course! There was no time to clean it up before the guests arrived, so she did the next best thing: she brought everyone in to show off what my little artist has created. I was off to a running start - since then, painting has been my passion!
Sandy moved to Arizona in 1976, after graduating from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Having grown up in the Midwest, the desert was an extreme change in landscape. I immediately fell in love with, and am still fascinated by, the different plants and trees the desert offers. I love to use the striking shapes made by cactus to create colorful interpretations of the desert. Saguaros are a favorite theme in my work, along with prickly pear cactus. I use colors that are bold and dynamic; my paintings are taken from sketches, plein air painting or my desert hike photographs. Several pieces represented in this show are new works, plein air pieces done at the Arboretum during the past few months. My palette consists of acrylics, watercolors, pastels, markers, and mixed media. To me color is everything: I love the shape and texture of different cactus species, and I try to convert the play of light and shapes of what I observe into fun interplay of colors my work will never be accidentally confused with a photograph!
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a 320-acre collection of plants from the world's deserts. Criss-crossed by more than two miles of trails, this Arizona State Park is cooperatively managed with the University of Arizona's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The Arboretum is at highway 60 milepost #223, about 45 miles due East of Mesa as you approach the copper mining town of Superior. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $35, and include a full year's access, guest passes for friends and family, and many other benefits. Gallery exhibits are displayed in the visitor center each month and may be seen daily during business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (May-through-August hours are 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) Daily admission is $7.50 for adults, $3 for ages 5-12. For other details please call 520.689.2811
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OCZ conquers Everest, flashes 3-bit NAND at world
Next-gen MLC gets TLC
OCZ is showing the first mainstream computer flash drive using 3-bit NAND at CES 2012.
Flash comes in single-level cell (SLC) form, the fastest, longest-lived and most expensive, and also a 2-bit multi-level cell (MLC) variant which is slower, has a shorter working life but is less expensive than SLC. TLC is an extension of this – by 1 bit to 3-bits (three level cell) – and is slower than MLC, has a shorter working life but is less expensive.
If TLC's disadvantages can be ameliorated through clever controller designs and over-provisioning then it could, and hopefully should, perform acceptably fast for mainstream computer applications and have an acceptable working life, as well as being the most affordable flash yet.
Whichever manufacturer pulls off that trick will have a hot product that could encourage its customers to replace disk drives holding high-access rate data with TLC solid state drives (SSDs).
OCZ's TLC NAND drive with Everest 2 controller
OCZ's demonstration or preview product uses a coming Indilinx Everest 2 controller and we're told it will do sequential reads at at 500MB/sec and random reads at 30,000 IOPS, which is not bad.
There is no word on endurance, expected to be less than 2-bit MLC, and none on availability, although we reckon it's later this year.
Indilinx is OCZ's in-house controller technology, and is used in the Octane SSD product. OCZ has used SandForce controllers in the past and makes use of Marvell controller modules as well. It is using SandForce controllers less and less.
According to Toms Hardware, the Everest 2 controller – using 29-20nm class NAND – can do 550MB/sec sequential reads, 500MB/sec sequential writes, and 90,000 random read IOPS, and support up to 2TB of capacity in a 2-5-inch drive, and 4TB in a 3-5-inch drive.
We understand a coming Vertex 4 3.5-inch SSD will use the Everest 2 controller.
OCZ is showing a Chiron enterprise SATA III SSD at CES 12 as well. This is a 3.5-inch drive holding up to 4TB of data, with OCZ saying customers can have 96TB in a 3U rack enclosure. It runs at 100,000 random read or write IOPS – we're not told which – and 500MB/sec when doing sequential I/O. El Reg assumes it's an MLC drive based on the IOPS numbers, as the TLC drive mentioned above runs at 30,000 IOPS. There is no word on Chiron availability or price.
OCZ CEO Ryan Petersen was in excellent bragging form, saying in a statement: "Once again we have been able to ... change the face of solid state storage and deliver innovative new solutions far ahead of our competitors, demonstrating technology leadership across all product categories." ®


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A man who was buried up to his neck after the trench he was digging collapsed has died, according to the Clarke County, Virginia, Sheriff's Office.
Crews are working to recover his body.
The victim was digging a trench for a water line in Berryville when the dirt collapsed on him at about 10 a.m. Wednesday, said Chief Deputy Travis Sumption of the sheriff's office.
Police later identified the victim as 48-year-old Russell Allen Polen of Front Royal, Virginia.
Polen was an employee of Broy and Son Pump Service, which was contracted to repair an underground utility line at the trench, police said.
Chopper4 flew over the scene as rescue crews tried to free Polen from the dirt.
Berryville is near Maryland and West Virginia in northern Virginia, about 65 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.


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When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The 2013 State 4-H Public Speaking Contest will be held Saturday, September 21 at Middlebush Hall on the MU Campus in Columbia. The contest takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Youth compete in a communication category of their choice, alongside other Juniors (ages 8-10), Intermediates (ages 11-13) or Seniors (ages 14-18) in their age division. Registration fee is $25 per competitor. Family and friends who come to support the speakers get in free. All youth must be pre-registered for the contest and a currently enrolled member of Missouri 4-H to compete. more...
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Junior (ages 8-10), Intermediate (ages 11-13) and Senior (ages 14-19) contestants compete in one of the following categories:Prepared, Extemporaneous, Tech-Assisted, PSA or Interpretation.
To register, please contact the 4-H office in your local MU Extension center, which will be able to provide local deadline and qualification information. The individuals selected by their counties are typically the top finishers at their county 4-H public speaking contest, but each county may have a different selection process.The number of speakers counties may send is determined by the competition category:Counties may send up to three speakers per division (Junior, Intermediate and Senior) per category for the Prepared, Extemporaneous, and Technology-Assisted categories. For the Public Service Announcement category, counties may send up to five competitors per division. Counties may send up to five competitors per division for each of the Interpretation sub-categories: Dramatic, Humorous, and Pantomime.Registration form and guidelines are at http://4h.missouri.edu/go/events/publicspeaking/registration.htm. more...
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Los Angeles City Hall, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris wheel and Los Angeles International Airport gateway pylons are among the iconic structures that will go dark for 60 minutes tonight in observance of the World Wildlife Fund's annual Earth Hour call for energy conservation.
The illuminated pylons that mark the entrance to LAX will glow solid green for one hour beginning at 7:30 p.m., then go dark during Earth Hour, which lasts from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., according to airport officials.
In Santa Monica, the solar-powered Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier will fade to black, with the exception of wheel-rim safety lighting.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered that all non-essential lights be turned off for Earth Hour at City Hall, City Hall East, City Hall South and the mayor's Getty House residence. He also called on residents to take part in the observance.
"Reducing energy consumption reduces pollution and the strain on our utility infrastructure," Garcetti said. "While it will take more than an hour to solve climate change, by joining this movement we send a strong message that Angelenos care about the health of their city, their environment and the globe."
Among the worldwide landmarks that are also set to go dark for the event are the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament in London and the Acropolis in Greece.


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jimbobwalton needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
The logo should be clean and classy and integrate into the design of http://www.mc4-it.com. MC4-IT needs a new logo.
MC4-IT provides IT marketing consulting, Joomla web design and management, and web hosting.
MC4-IT, marketing consulting for information technology
The logo for MC4-IT will be used for the website and letterhead. It should display the professional image of the company. Although we do web design and webhosting, the major focus of MC4-IT is web marketing and strategy consulting
- Logo text must inlcude "MC4-IT" and may include the words "Marketing", "Joomla" and "Hosting", but not necessarily. I leave that up to you.
- Upper and/or lowercase letters can be used.
- Color scheme should work with the colors of the website.
- Additional colors to black/white/gray can be used. I am using red as an additional color on the website at the moment and would also consider other colors to match design of logo if that look better.
- Logo should work on black and white backgrounds, black for website and white for printing.
- Files to be delivered in either Illustrator, Photoshop or Fireworks formats.
- I am pretty much open for any design and will give feedback throughout the contest.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Love of a Daughter and Unfinished Craft Projects
I hope the writer won't mind if I share its contents with you.
The email was from Laura who was on a mission of sorts. Sadly her mother had passed away and Laura had inherited her mother's half finished sewing and craft projects. Laura described her mother as being both a "proficient and prolific craft person" and I immediately thought about my own stash of half finished projects I too would probably leave behind when my turn came around.
Laura has decided to take on the task of finishing some of these projects so that she can give them to family members and was writing seeking some technical advice.
Laura's mission reminded me of two other kindred spirits who came to seek similar advice a few years back. One daughter had inherited a collection of cream heirloom quilt blocks, some of which were complete while others remained to be worked. Luckily she also had the pattern and just needed some assistance to learn the embroidery stitches required to complete the quilt. Over the next few months I fondly watched as her mother's stitches blended with her own. I am very pleased to report the quilt was eventually completed and now sits pride of place on her bed.
The other daughter came with a request of a slightly different nature. Her mother had passed away a few years ago and she had kept the outfit her mother had very happily worn on her daughter's wedding day. The daughter had been unable to part with it because it held such happy memories for her, although she felt that tucking the outfit away in a cupboard somewhere was a bit pointless. Instead her ambitious plan was to incorporate some of the fabric from the outfit into a quilt for her bedroom. Thankfully the two piece outfit was made of cotton and we were able to cut enough squares from the gathered skirt and blouse to feature in the quilt. Needless to say she was thrilled with the result and can now look at the quilt each day with fond memories.
These wonderful acts of love in motion all touched my heart and have given me hope.
Hope that I may also find the time to finish two half completed projects I have inherited from my own much missed Grandmother, and hope that there is also a chance for my collection of unfinished projects to be finished one day in my memory.
What a lovely idea.
Warmly Lenna
PS I have received many stories after writing this blog and have included one of them here with the permission of the writer.
Hi Lenna,
After reading on the blog about "unfinished projects" I thought I would share mine with you and your readers if you would care to post.
The quilt in the picture was pieced with scraps of colorful fabric and flour sacks by my grandmother in 1930. Called a grandmother's flower garden quilt, each "flower" is pieced together from individual hexagon pieces. When I was in my early 40's (about 15 years ago) my grandmother gave me the quilt top. I have always loved the idea of quilting, but lacked the knowledge to know what to do next. Fortunately for me, I made friends with an Amish family that offered to help get the batting and backing in place. They fixed the rotted pieces of the the quilt and after a 7 hour drive to Illinois, they showed me how to back the quilt and stretch it up for the actual quilting...we had a little quilting bee for a couple hours before I had to pack up and head for home - it was a wonderful experience while it lasted. So, now every year, I hoop quilt a section of it in the dead of winter - that seems to make the dreary days seem a little brighter...and I am about halfway finished as of this year! I can't imagine the time it took to cut the exact pieces and then hand sew them perfectly together. But then again, my grandmother was an amazing woman! She did the most beautiful handwork...tatting, crocheting, knitting, embroidery...I am so fortunate to have some of her work in my collection of linens, etc. Hopefully in a few years it will be finished and I can put it on display.
Best regards!
Sandy K.
9 comments:
- Florrie said...
Such heart warming stories.......I inherited my mothers knitting bag complete with all her knitting needles, it gives me a warm feeling everytime I knit for my grandchildren using the same knitting needles my mother used to knit for myself, brothers, sisters and her own grandchildren.....it's a connextion I treasure.
florrie x
- January 11, 2011 at 11:39 PM
- Gloria J W said...
Lenna how lovely... Now that makes me even more inspired to actually finish off my pieces, so that I too may enjoy seeing my children actually receive them, and not have to finish them for themselves.
Rainbow smiles.. Gloria
- January 15, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Linda said...
I absolutely love your crafts. They are so beautiful. Great job!!!!
- January 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Winter groet uit Holland.
gr Margriet
- January 30, 2011 at 2:49 AM
- Florrie said...
Hi again Lenna,
because of problems with someone who reads my blog I've had to change my url address.
Hope you still visit,
florrie x
- January 30, 2011 at 11:39 PM
- Mamacessories said...
I love this post. I have my grandmothers wedding dress and although it is beautiful I don't want it to be wasted in my closet. I have gotten my mothers and mine and the plan is to make my own version of a crazy quilt. Some embroidery, some applique and some piecing - with fabric photo transfers too.
- January 31, 2011 at 7:35 PM
Maybe now, in this mojo-less time, you could work on these projects. They are already started, you don't have to think much about the why or how of it. Just do them.
- February 8, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Country Mom said...
I think we all go these dry spells. It's God's way of making us slow down and smell the roses. Your mojo will be back and we will be waiting to see what you create. My daughter is into owls now. i've been searching the net for idea's and there are so many cute ones out there.I know something will inspire you soon. Hang in there.
- February 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Eliane said...
Courage pour retrouver le Mojo, quand je le perds et bien je reprends tous mes encours, ça motive sérieusement.
Amicalement de Paris en France
- February 8, 2011 at 9:23 AM


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Pets, Pets, Pets
An art era ended in Babylon. The estate sale of the contents of the carriage house owned by the Eckelberrys took place last Saturday. Don R. Eckelberry (1921-2001) was a renowned wildlife illustrator, internationally known ornithologist, conservationist, and mentor to artists and naturalists around the globe; in essence, a modern day John J. Audubon. Since 1979 I've lived a stone's throw away from their gracious home, and hadn't a clue about its astounding owners until last autumn when his widow Virginia Eckelberry, a textile designer, died at age 96.
With due respect, the Eckelberrys had many dear friends nearby who could recount their contributions much better than anything I write; yet as an outsider, my tiny finds within their historic home offer a snapshot at their legacy. Thehuge studio in the carriage house contained a vast library, and inside certain volumes are personal mementos- each expressing gratitude from the many persons whose lives they touched. The internet is full of testimonials to his tutelage. As Herb Raffaele, one protégée, wrote: "Once Don Eckelberry took me through his studio and I thought I had gone to heaven!"
The prolific illustrator Eckelberry grew up in Ohio. As a teen he formed a bird club and wrote nature columns for two newspapers. He attended Cleveland Art Institute where he met his future wife who was his freshman design instructor. During the 1940s, he was a staff artist for the National Audubon Society, but later worked as a freelancer. His drawings are in many scientific articles plus 17 books including A Field Guide to the Birds of the Birds of the West Indies collaborating with his colleagues James Bond, Arthur B. Singer and Roger T. Peterson (the inventor of the modern field guide). TheNational Wildlife Federation turned his miniature images into wildlife stamps.
Eckelberry traveled extensively, documenting avian species throughout North, South and Central America. He preferred to work directly from the live bird in the field, thus each painting depicted the spirit and life breath of the subject within its habitat. Expeditions sparked conservation efforts. His fundraising secured additions to the Florida Corkscrew Swamp. In 1967, Eckelberry helped establish the Asa Wright Nature Center in Trinidad, setting aside 1,500 acres as a tropical preserve and a non-profit living laboratory for ecotourism and research.
Back home, each summer the couple would host an annual gala of painters, sculptors, scientists and poets who shared their passion for birds and art. The steel drum music would drift over Babylon. Upon Mrs. Eckelberry's passing, the original artwork was donated to the Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin while the Don and Virginia Eckelberry Endowment at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia perpetuates the couple's life long commitment to helping others pursue careers in animal art.
How could I not know who lived there? I walked my dogs by the magnificent house on Woodsome for decades, always wondering about its inhabitants. The residence has a mysterious walled courtyard. All I knew was that it was part of the Foster property. Someone told me that a famous greeting card artist lived there, which is wrong. Last year, I eyed the ivy covered stucco when Edgar Afghan Poe needed a backdrop in his Dracula cape for the rescue calendar, although I didn't dare pose him there.
Like many locals, I was curious when the realty held the open house, but the history surpassed my wildest dreams. Now the house has sold. And if I weren't walking my dogs, I wouldn't have seen the small sign for the estate sale. And if I weren't in a rush to get to the shelter, I would have spent the day going through the books. Hence, I am fortunate to own a few treasures:
• Prints: I arrived late. There were still prints by various artists in the studio. Some were signed or initialed in pencil by Don R. Eckelberry. I purchased his last signed one. I heard that earlier students were overcome with joy because they were able to buy his art supplies. There remained 1950s notebooks with pressed fauna from Central America. Since I am always foraging for Westminster clues, I took an 1892 field dog print with an unfamiliar signature which turned out to be Bruno Liljefors, his influential predecessor.
•Books: I spied a nature art book completely in Hebrew. Inside was a letter dated 1978 from the Holy Land Conservation Fund explaining the book was dedicated to the Israeli soldiers killed in combat and thanking Eckelberry for "his significant support." The letterhead lists Arthur Godrey, Cleveland Amory and Tony Curtis (who died last week) among the committee. I am not sure if the drawings are Eckelberry's because they are signed in Hebrew. An inscribed bulb book, illustrated by Judy Singer, wife of his artist friend above had newspaper clippings tucked within describing a Japanese watercolorist indebted to Eckelberry. In 1984, this artist's botanical drawings were about to become 20 cent US postage stamps.
• Pets: A longtime artist friend was monitoring the sale. He told me that Don and Virginia weren't dog people, but did own cats, so I set aside an Egyptian cat statue. Seconds later the orange tabby who I've seen lounging across the street waltzed through the front door. I found a Beagle drawing that Eckelberry was enlarging for a magazine; next, a similar enlargement of a Pointer, so reminiscent of Westminster's Sensation (buried right here in Babylon) rose to the top of the pile. My K-9 kismet was complete. Take a peek. I may be the only person ever ecstatic about displaying an Eckelberry dog rather than bird drawing.
This week's poster pets at Babylon Town Shelter (631-643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon are two sad surrenders. "Hemi" #20304 a declawed mush of a cat lost his home due to a foreclosure in June, whereas sweet "Gretchen" #93957 a Miniature Schnauzer was turned in by a family member. She is about 6 years old and 100% love. Other declawed cats: "Snuggle" & "Cinnamon", also friendly.
Male: Clumber Spaniel mix #93531; "Blue" #93487-Retriever mix; small Wheaten type #93592; white Beagle mix #93555.
Female: "Asia, Lydia, Brownie" from the patient Pit collection.


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Utah State University Advanced Weather Systems lab Begins Work on First Space-Based Sensor
Feb 11, 2013, 11:06 ET
LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advanced Weather Systems laboratory at Utah State University announced today that it has initiated work to build the first Sounding and Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology sensor for delivery to its commercial partner GeoMetWatch.
The sensor, known as STORM™, is a hyperspectral sounder that will collect and return to Earth sophisticated and critical weather data that is not currently available to weather forecasters. The procurement of this data will enable forecasters to predict severe weather and atmospheric instability more effectively, resulting in earlier evacuations that will increase the preservation of lives and property.
"The STORM™ sensor will provide unique and revolutionary weather and Earth observation capabilities that will benefit Utah, the United States and ultimately the world," says GMW CEO David Crain. "GMW is very excited that the Advanced Weather Systems lab at USU has begun production of our first geosynchronous sounder."
AWS board member and Utah State's vice president of commercialization and regional development Robert T. Behunin noted that, "It is not every day that you get to start building a sensor that could dramatically impact the way in which we think about weather. The initiation of this first sensor build is a significant milestone for Utah State University and for our USTAR Program."
"The STORM™ sensor is a sophisticated scientific instrument that our team is uniquely suited to build," said AWS lab director Scott M. Jensen. "We are delighted at the opportunity to build this sensor and deliver it to GeoMetWatch."
STORM™ will be the first in a series of sensors that AWS will build in the coming years. The deployment of these sensors will create a global constellation of hyperspectral sounders orbiting the Earth to provide the most accurate weather data yet. Current technologies in use are twenty plus years old and provide inadequate information.
"We are beginning an exciting journey," said USU President Stan L. Albrecht. "The STORM™ project has tremendous promise and represents Utah State University's most recent success in developing cutting edge technology that will have a positive global impact."
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Name: Skye
Gender: Female
The reason I am writing is because my boyfriend and I have been together for about a year, and we've been having some problems with sex. The problem is that I have difficulty getting to a climax. The problem with this is that my boyfriend feels like he has not accomplished anything if he can't get me off (which generally nobody is able to do). The only way that I am able to climax is during anal sex and my boyfriend does not want that all the time and has become skittish about doing it at all because of some difficulties with this earlier in the relationship (I am not very experienced).
This issue is starting to drive a wedge between us, and neither of us wants to break up over this. So we are asking for some advice as to what we can do, or what we can try. One thought that I have had is that maybe I am nervous when I'm with other people because while I have difficulty climaxing when I'm with somebody, I have no difficulty at all when I'm alone.
Please give us any advice you can, or point us to somebody who might be able to help us.
Ok, let's take this apart piece by piece, shall we? You're unable to cum through partnered sex, despite the willingness of your BF to try and please you as much as humanly possible, right? But you are orgasmic; I mean you can cum when you are by yourself, right? This suggests to me that you are suffering from performance anxiety.
While performance anxiety is mostly talked about in terms of men and their erection problems, they don't have a monopoly on the annoying issue. It's an arousal phase concern and we all have an arousal phase regardless of our gender.
I'd be willing to guess that since you say you are not very experienced with sex, you may be creating a level of anxiety that short-circuits your pleasure. Sad to say, this often plagues younger women the most. Young women tend to have less self-esteem. And if they are new to sex, they may not know what they are doing, which can be not only frustrating, but also distracting.
So let me ask you a few questions. First and foremost, what's going on in your mind when you are having sex with a partner? Are you focused on the pleasure you are giving and receiving? Or are you focused, like so many people on something other than that?
If your mind is busy with how you look, or how you smell, or if you are wondering if that birthmark of yours is too obvious. Or if you're worried about how accomplished you are at performing a particular sex act; then you may have performance anxiety. If you anxious about what your partner thinks of you, if he's turned on by you, or loves you, or is just bangin' away at you like a side of beef; then you may have performance anxiety. If you're afraid to let go and have a screamin' meme of an orgasm, because it might not look lady-like, or you're not sure you can trust the person who's bumpin' you enough to just relax and enjoy the ride; then you may have performance anxiety.
It also appears from what you say that your BF could also be developing a complex since he's unable to pleasure you to climax. So let's see if we can nip this in the bud before it gets to be a full-blown dysfunction.
Many women report that their partnered sex is not as satisfying as their solo sex, because they're not able to stimulate themselves in the same fashion in partnered sex as they do when they're jillin' off. If you are self-conscious about showing your partner the particulars of gettin yourself off, or too intimidated to incorporate a vibrator in your love making, you might not be getting the kind of stimulation you need when you need it. Thus you might be aroused, but not to the point of lettin' one loose…if ya catch my drift.
I am also very curious about another thing you mention. You say; "The only way that I am able to climax is during anal sex and my boyfriend does not want that all the time and has become skittish about doing it at all because of some difficulties with this earlier in the relationship." That's downright amazing. Butt fuckin' get you off, but not traditional, cock in cooch, sex? Holy cow! How did you come to be so well acquainted with anal sex when you claim you are not very experienced with sex in general? I'd be very interested in hearing more about that, don't cha know.
Finally, may I suggest that you and the BF take advantage of Dr Dick's How To Video Library. It is chock full of swell videos that you guys can watch together. This might be the very thing ya'll need to break open a conversation about the kind of sex you are having as opposed the kind of sex you both desire.
A lot of the videos in my library will teach you how to ask for what you need and want. How to shake things up and add some spice to your sex play. You'll learn new ways of pleasuring one another. And, most importantly, how to relax and enjoy yourselves. Once you guys learn how to effectively communicate with one another about sex, you will have gone a great distance in clearing the air of unnecessary sexual anticipation. You'll both be able to relax into the event itself and enjoy yourselves more. Here is just a tiny sampling of titles to look for:
Women's Sexual Satisfaction
Personal Touch: Toying With Pleasure
Nina Hartley's Guide To Couples Sexploration
Expert Guide To Female Orgasms
In my How To Video Library you'll be able to search by stars, like Nina Hartley or Tristan Taormino. You can search by Directors, like Michael Perry or Jamye Waxman. Or you can search by topic, like cunnilingus, toys or anal pleasure. And the best part is that this wealth of information is right there at your fingertips.
Good luck


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An interesting debate took place on Facebook recently: an estate agent posted that he was not willing to deal with a seller who wouldn't listen to reason and who wouldn't take his advice on the selling price. The agent argued that as a professional, he had all the knowledge and tools available to price the home correctly and wasn't prepared to waste his time dealing with a person who thought he knew better.
His statement got a large number of people extremely hot under the collar because, as they quite correctly pointed out, it's the sellers' decision as to what price he wants to attach to his property.
While no one is disputing this fact, one has to wonder why some sellers ask for an agent's advice and then totally disregard the expert opinion given, and insist that the property is listed at an inflated price. Another question that needs to be asked is why agents should spend their valuable time marketing a property that they know, given the loaded price tag, will never sell.
Agents know and understand local markets and quite frankly, shy away from showing potential buyers overpriced homes. Remember that agents in this country have a duty towards both the buyer and the seller and as such, are going to be far more willing to show homes that, in their professional opinions, offer good value for money.
Reams have been written in real estate circles about whether an agent should walk away from a seller who adopts a bullish attitude and who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, insists that his property is worth way more than similar properties in the area.
Given the response to the unhappy agent's post, it seems that sellers truly take umbrage at those who refuse to market a home. But is this fair? Perhaps sellers should put themselves into an estate agent's shoes for once and imagine the scenario that undoubtedly occurs when a buyer is taken to a home that is clearly overpriced.
Agents usually take buyers to view an assortment of homes in their price range. Overpriced homes generally stick out like sore thumbs and the first question most buyers ask is, "why are you wasting my time showing me this home?". Our time is precious and we become annoyed when we think someone is wasting ours.
Another point to remember is that the agent of today is fiercely protective of his reputation. While you may still get the odd agent who hopes to pull the wool over a buyer's eyes, most are not willing to earn a bad name just for the sake of a sale.
Article courtesy of Private Property Blog