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Dear freelancers, Currently we are looking for professional resume writers on a regular basis as you will be given a lot of LinkedIn profiles and the jobs they are applying to and we require writers who can make a resume that will thread along to that job. will pay on a resume count basis.
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I am a Sales Manager having 8-9 years of experience as Sales Manager in electronic industry. Since last 5+ years working for...and sell and supply all over the word. I am in-charge of the Southeast Asia and Middle East market. I would like to hire a professional who can help me to write or update my resume. As well the content for my LinkedIn account.
Design resume with a professional layout for higher management position. Content will be given.
Objective: To understand the pulse from the organisation on their perspective on the internal communications in India and also gain an understanding on the success of various communication channels used internally. Also understand the way the employees perceive our positioning on Sustainability and our initiatives on CSR front. To have a baseline study
I need someone with exceptional proofreading skills to look over my resume and cover letter for mistakes. Please also give feedback on how to improve the piece.
I want some one built a simple Webrtc project Peer-to-Peer Communications with video, audio, and text. Or a more advance WebRTC With Wowza Streaming Engine
We are hiring someone who can write very professional level and high quality resume. We have a lot of resume project. Please place bid if you are very much experienced enough to write resume for us. Candidate must should be native English speaker ,no time waster please.
Have a number of clients with resume writing work. First job involves improving a resume to be more tailored and specific to health administration.
I would like to build a resume but with creative and impressive design. Some of the templates here are useful: [identifikohuni për të parë adresën URL]
Upgrade to current SQL statement in postgres to give better results when searching Resume/CV's It is purely to write the actual SQL statement
I would share some resume which were made earlier. Need to make a fresh one with the inputs taken from the old resume. I would be applying for sales and operations manager openings in us
I need you to make my CV more professional and modern format.
I need to develop a strategic communication direction: identification of audience(s), positioning, creative message.
Need help with professional resume writing according to European standards
I need a CV converted into a resume. Must have experience and know the difference between CV and a resume. Must have prior experience writing CV's and resumes. Must have at least 5 years of experience as a professional writer. Must have a high degree of knowledge of the English language. Preferably provide full ATS scan results to finalize project
...job too but not pure IT Job). I do have my resume basically mostly for IT Jobs, I would like some one to take my resume - Correct my english and enhance it such way that it is suitable for this role. I would like a resume + selection criteria to fit for this role. Role Description is attached. Resume will be forward later once the project is allocated
We are hiring someone who can write very professional level and high quality resume. We have a lot of resume project. Please place bid if you are very much experienced enough to write resume for us. Candidate must should be native English speaker ,no time waster please.
An engineer who is fluent in research writing in the field of communications and microwave engineering is required and must be Egyptian or Arab nationalit
An engineer who is fluent in research writing in the field of communications and microwave engineering is required and must be Egyptian or Arab nationality
We are hiring someone who can write very professional level and high quality resume. We have a lot of resume project. Please place bid if you are very much experienced enough to write resume for us. Candidate must should be native English speaker ,no time waster please.
I need someone to upgrade my CV and Resume. I'm applying for casual jobs that are not related to my prior experiences. Need them to be more stand out.
I need someone to fix up my resume within the next 2 hours! Add current work experience, Dollar Tree Sept. 2016 to present
Looking for some help with a portion of my resume, and creating a cover letter for a job in the software development industry.
I need a professional, modern resume made.
I need to revise or edit my resume/CV. Some sections need to be reworded. Add the revised resume objective to CV. If you are scientifically or medically inclined, you will be preferred.
I am looking for someone who knows about Software Engineer and professional resume builder.
Need help writing out a cover letter and making small modifications to resume
I'm switching fields and need my resume to be updated.
Resume to apply for store manager
Hi, I am a Sound Designer/Audio Editor. I wanted a "Resume or CV" to be done in a graphical way with more icons. May be a little artistic but not too professional. Please check out my sample pics for better understanding. Note: I need a Black Background on my Resume with some color details.
My name is Cendrella, I am a dentist with graduate diplomas in Endodontics and Oral Biology. I ma in the search of a new job either in a dental clinic( private clinic / hospital) or in Education ( university lecturer or assistant lecturer, or other). I would like someone to help me update my CV , write a cover letter and get me started on linkedin. Thank you
I'm looking for a copy editor that can review and provide me input on my resume, cover letter and Linkedin profile. I'm hoping to have general input and feedback on all three. Any advice on formatting and design is much appreciated as well.
Need a person to manage and re-organise my current resume to make it look professional.
My resume looks outdated. Need to refresh/rejuvenate it before I start applying for jobs
I want a professional Resume. the level of language should be Highly professional.
Looking to have a nicely designed resume completed
Design a Resume for me on job profile we provide through linkedin
I would like my resume re-written and my LinkedIn profile to be re-edited for powerful messages. Linkedin
Expert resume writer needed, thanks
Clean up my resume and cover page. I need to have at least 2 sets of changes made to the set.
Looking to improve my resume by making it more "action oriented" instead of an ongoing list.
Hi I need a resume writer who can wrote for me in a regular basis. I've many more project to write. Writer must be experienced, skilled and imaginary power. Only native English speaker can bid here.
Review my resume and suggest changes
I want to design and develop my resume in entirely new way. Looking people from India only.
I would like to get a resume and cover letter prepared for a primary school teaching job, I have recently completed the post grad qualification and would like to start applying for the primary school teaching jobs. I have completed a work experience at three different primary schools through out my post grad course and would also like to include this
I need someone to make some changes to my resume that a friend did for me in InDesign.
I need an expert in writing resume for senior executive role
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A playful, fun and jazzy twist on the classic "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet. This creative arrangement turns the famous dance into a waltz and lightly adapts the melody to fit into a breezy but focused swing groove. You will recognize each familiar section and the fresh twists and turns will put a smile on your face.
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BUFFALO TWP — Several hundred bales of hay and farm equipment were destroyed late Thursday night when a large barn went up in flames.
Terry Macurdy, owner of the more than 120-year-old barn at 313 Monroe Road, believes lightning sparked the fire.
It apparently hit so close that a circuit breaker was tripped in the house, but electrical power was only lost for a second or two.
At 9 p.m., while sitting in his living room, Macurdy noticed flames coming from the two-story barn with a loft.
"The whole wall facing the house was on fire," he said.
He managed to get into the back of the barn and remove two tractors before the fire took control of the entire structure.
"I lost a grain drill and corn picker," he said, "and 400 bale of hay."
He suspected the hay helped fuel the initial fire on the front side of the barn.


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Cuyahoga County Prosecutors filed a motion Friday trying to block serial killer Anthony Sowell from getting more money, this time to investigate jurors.
Sowell was just sent to death row.
The Cleveland Strangler case is setting records for spending.
Now, Sowell's lawyers want more money to investigate jurors. One said after the trial that Sowell winked at her. Prosecutors say Sowell's team can't go on a "fishing expedition" and there are legal reasons why they can't go after jurors.
A hearing will be held Tuesday, August 30th.
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Options can be complex, but they have their place in an investor's overall toolkit. When used judiciously, options can help increase the income generated by a portfolio and provide downside protection to wary investors. Although the news in recent years has highlighted the risks of certain investment strategies, such as options, the headlines shouldn't dissuade investors from learning more.
A good first step is mutual funds. This may sound odd in an article about options, but analyzing a select group of mutual funds that make use of options techniques can help investors both understand the technique and the logic behind it, and see the real world results that were generated using the technique (instead of hypothetical performance examples). In the end, it may prove easier to buy the mutual fund. Or, for those seeking more control over their portfolios, simply learning by example, or even borrowing some of the fund's techniques, may work best.
Generating income with covered calls is, perhaps, one of the most prevalent uses of options. The basic strategy is for an investor to buy a stock and then give someone else the right, but not the obligation, to buy it at a higher price. That right, called a call option, comes at a price, or premium, that the owner of the shares gets to pocket no matter what happens. This process is called selling a covered call because the investor selling the call owns the stock.
If the stock doesn't reach the price stipulated by the call, it is highly unlikely that the person who bought the option would exercise his or her right to buy the stock. If the call option is not exercised, the stock's owner gets to keep the stock and the money paid for the call. If, however, the stock price appreciates above the price stipulated by the call, it is likely that the person who purchased the call will exercise his or her right to purchase the stock. In this scenario, the original investor gets the premium paid for the call and any difference between the price originally paid for the stock and the price at which it was sold.
If this all sounds confusing, it can be. But once the process has been worked through a couple of times it should become old hat. How has this process gone for other investors? Take a look at Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund (VEPAX).
The fund's objective is current income with a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. It is an "income-oriented stock investment combining an actively managed portfolio of large company stocks with the writing of covered call options." Unlike some other products that use this technique, particularly exchange traded funds (ETF), management of Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund uses an active, quantitatively driven approach when selecting investments. The goal is to create a portfolio that is similar to the S&P 500 Index, but with enhanced total return potential.
In flat, slowly rising, or down markets, management expects the fund's covered call strategies to help generate additional income. (The fund is designed to provide monthly income.) In quickly rising markets, the fund seeks to deliver market-like returns with less risk. The covered call strategy will likely limit the upside potential of the fund, however the income earned from the premiums may help minimize some of the downside if a stock's price begins to decline and provides an added source of return.
Although the fund lagged its Growth and Income peer group in the first quarter of 2010, its trailing three-year performance through the end of March is solidly in the top third of the group's return. The load fund isn't materially less volatile than the peer group, however, that isn't its goal. Still, it is less volatile than Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFINX). The dividend yield isn't spectacular, but, as a reference, it is more than one percentage point higher than Vanguard 500 Index Fund's yield. For those interested in covered calls, this is an interesting fund to review before taking the leap either on your own or through a fund or ETF.
One of the longest available funds using options to protect its portfolio from market volatility is Gateway Fund (GATEX). This load fund seeks to "capture a substantial portion of the long-term total return potential of equities, while limiting portfolio volatility to a level similar to that of long-term bonds." That's a tall order. To achieve this goal, management uses a two-prong approach.
First, it seeks to generate cash flow by selling index call options against the portfolio, much like the Van Kampen Fund noted above. Second, it purchases index put options to help reduce downside exposure.
A put option is like the reverse of a call option, in that the person buying the put is purchasing the right, but not the obligation, to force the put seller to buy a security at a set price. Thus, if the price of the stock or index against which the put option was sold falls below the price at which the option was sold, the person selling the put would be forced to buy the underling security at the higher price stipulated by the put. If the price of the underling security does not fall below the put price, the option expires and the put seller gets to keep the premium paid. Then, the put buyer is simply out the money.
Most can instantly see the limitations here; the covered calls limit the upside potential, as with the Van Kampen Fund, with the costs of the puts adding a further drag. That said, the downside protection should defend against catastrophic loss. As you might expect, the fund isn't a performance standout, but it is roughly half as volatile, as measured by standard deviation, as the average Growth and Income fund under Value Line's review. So, for a risk-conscious investor, the fund might make an interesting selection. For the investors seeking to get their hands dirty and dig into puts, the fund's tactics and performance might help illustrate the process.
There are a select group of funds that use each of the above techniques, including both closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds. The two highlighted above are simply examples that use two basic option techniques. Investors interested in options should take the time not only to review these and similar funds, but also the education articles available from Value Line. When used appropriately, options can be vary beneficial and truly worth the time spent educating oneself about the opportunities and risks.


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Hooray! President Obama signs the JOBS Act Thursday.
This rule, in effect, is designed to make it less costly for "emerging" companies to get up and going and eventually go public.
"Does this create jobs or fraud," asked one of our producers at a morning meeting at CNBC.
"Yes," I replied.
And as I started to think about it, I realized that my original knee-jerk reaction as a financial journalist to the JOBS Act was wrong. In the ideal world of more transparency, as financial journalism by its nature tends to encourage, less regulation of the financial markets is generally a bad idea — especially if the new rules result in a relaxation of older rules.
That's exactly what's happening here. Smaller companies (those with annual revenues of less than $1 billion — yeah, that's small!) will get somewhat of a free pass to avoid the toughest scrutiny if and when they go public.
Among the changes (if I'm reading the legalese correctly): They won't have to file historic numbers, they would be able to skirt some of the most onerous auditing rules and the real stunner: Analysts who work for firms underwriting an IPO would be allowed to write research on the firm while the deal is underway.
There's also a provision I ranted about the other day that would allow the SEC to get a confidential pre-offering look-see for any deal to help the company avoid public humiliation once journalists, accounting gadflies and others get a hold of the IPO documents.
But now I'm here to say: This is the best news ever (especially from a jobs perspective) for lawyers, accountants, bankers, the exchanges and, yes, maybe even financial journalists.
In the roughly 12 years since that (sarcasm alert) pesky Sarbanes-Oxley Act was signed, I've felt increasingly like the Maytag repairman. The bill hit all of those things that made this job so much fun: Auditor independence, analyst conflicts of interest, lack of financial disclosure and a host of other things, including corporate fraud accountability.
Since then, CEOs have told me that as long as they have to sign a statement at the end of their quarterly financial claiming they have abided by Sarbanes-Oxley, they think twice about how aggressive they want to get.
The JOBS Act, while not changing all of that, loosens up the rules just enough to allow management of smaller companies to let human nature take over.
On a serious note: I'm a huge fan of entrepreneurs, emerging technologies and the ability of young companies to create jobs. But in going against some of the worst offenders of the rules, before they originally were tightened, I've seen CEOs use "jobs" in their quest to get my bosses to get me to shut up — including one with a focus on impressing Wall Street who wound up going to jail. (Thankfully, my bosses ignored him.) And, yes, sadly his employees lost their jobs.
That's what happens when jobs are built on a model that winds up more focused on pleasing Wall Street than its model can realistically support.
But who am I to complain? The rules are what they are, human nature is what it is and cycles have a way of repeating themselves.
And for financial journalists, that's the best news of all. It's the gift that'll keep on giving…and giving!
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Targeted attackers are leveraging a patched Adobe Flash vulnerability and the ongoing tension around Iran's suspected nuclear program to spread a difficult-to-detect trojan.
Emails were spreading that contained a Word document titled "Iran's Oil and Nuclear Situation", according to Contagio Malware Dump, a malware sample collection site.
Clicking on the file sets in motion a series of events that ultimately results in a malicious binary being dropped onto the target system.
"The Word document contains Flash, which downloads a corrupted MP4 file," wrote Contagio IT specialist Mila Parkour in a blog posted Monday. "This MP4 file causes memory corruption and code execution."
The attack takes advantage of a recently fixed Flash bug (CVE-2012-0754). The vulnerability was repaired, along with six others, last month when Adobe released Flash Player 220.127.116.11 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris.
Just seven of 42 of the most popular anti-virus products on Saturday had detected the malicious file, according to a VirusTotal review commissioned by Contagio.
Reached by email, Parkour said "someone donated the sample and sounds like a lot of them are already in circulation." An Adobe spokeswoman said the company didn't have any information about the extent of the threat.
Adobe also released another Flash update (22.214.171.124) to address two critical vulnerabilities. The flaws garnered "Priority 2" status under Adobe's newly launched ratings system. Priority 2 means there are no known exploits for any of the bugs being fixed, nor are attacks imminent.


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The Story Ever since the humans discovered NaPali they have maintained a military and scientific presence on the planet. As one of the very few Earth-like planets in the known universe Napali could potentially be the solution to all of earths resource and population problems. The first outpost to be settled by the humans was based in the northern hemisphere of the planet aptly named "Outpost One". Due to the vast distance between Earth and NaPali the first human ship to arrive carried with it an intergalactic transit gate, which is capable of instantaneous transit from Earth to NaPali. With a firm presence setup on NaPali setup the humans began to explore the surrounding area. It wasn't long before they discovered the Nali who they befriended and gradually over time gained their trust.
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Schools That Change Communities From economically challenged rural areas to crime-ridden urban neighborhoods, SCHOOLS THAT CHANGE COMMUNITIES profiles a diverse range of K-12 public schools in five states - Massachusetts, Maryland, South Dakota, Oregon and California - that are tackling educational reform at the local level. Principals, teachers, students, residents and others discuss place- and community-based education, an interdisciplinary approach which emphasizes hands-on, curiosity-based investigation using the surrounding community and neighborhoods as "living" classrooms. Proponents say this creates not only a different type of learning environment, but a different kind of student. D
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Room to Breathe Room To Breathe is a surprising story of transformation as struggling kids in a San Francisco public middle school are introduced to the practice of mindfulness meditation. D
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Habitable Planet, The "Looking Forward: Our Global Experiment" Earth's essential systems are being stressed in many ways. There are many tipping points in the environment, beyond which there could be serious consequences. Will human ingenuity, resiliency, and cooperation save us from the worst outcomes of our global experiment?. D
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Outside The Box Amid controversy, charter schools - free public schools funded by tax dollars - first opened in the United States 20 years ago, largely in response to low graduation rates and the failure of schools to better prepare students for higher education and the job market. Today, charter schools make up an increasing percentage of the U.S. educational landscape, with approximately 5,000 schools in 41 states. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Newton's Laws" Newton lays down the laws of force, mass, and acceleration. D
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Economics U$A "John Maynard Keynes" This program introduces Keynesian economic theory and analyzes the Depression. D
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French In Action "Families" Our two characters get names: Mireille and Robert. Mireille has two sisters. Robert is an only child; his mother is French. His parents are divorced.G
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "A New Friend/Stormy Weather" A New Friend - There's a new dog in town - and he only has three legs. Clifford, Cleo and T-Bone really like KC, but they're having a hard time acting normal around him. One minute Clifford overcompensates for KC and the next, Cleo frets that his "difference" might be contagious! Ultimately, they happily learn to accept KC. D
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Arthur "The Wheel Deal/The Buster Report" The Wheel Deal - After an injury, Brain has to spend some time using a wheelchair. But now he can't compete in a basketball tournament for charity! Or, can he? He meets a new friend, Lydia Fox, who just happens to be a wheelchair basketball player.and shows him how it's done. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Ain't Nothin' But A Pound Dog, Part 1 & Part 2" Martha Ain't Nothin' but a Pound Dog, Part 1 - Martha loses her collar and winds up in the animal shelter. Martha Ain't Nothin' but a Pound Dog, Part 2 - When Martha's family comes to take her home, she decides she can't leave her shelter friends behind.G
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Curious George "Zeros to Donuts/Curious George, Stain Remover" George buys one hundred dozen donuts and uses the Renkins water pump to clean a grape juice spill.G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "No Night Today/Fun in the Sun" No Night Today - Nick and Sally want to keep playing, but it's getting dark. Why does nighttime have to come? The Cat knows someone who can answer that question - Astronaut Audrey! With a trip to her International Space Station and a large model of the solar system, the kids learn that it's the earth's spinning near the sun that makes it night or day. Fun in the Sun - Phew it's hot! Too hot to play outside. D
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Super Why! "Goldilocks and the Three Bears: The Mystery" There's a mystery in Storybrook Village - the case of the broken guitar strings! Jack thinks Whyatt is the culprit, but he knows he's innocent! The Super Readers fly into the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and meet up with Goldilocks, who is just as determined to prove that she didn't make the mess in the Three Bears' house! What will it take for Goldilocks, and Whyatt, to convince everyone they're telling the truth? Educational Objectives: To learn strategies for convincing someone, explore the practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story. D
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Dinosaur Train "Carla Cretoxyrhina/Train Trouble" Carla Cretoxyrhina - On this underwater excursion, the Pteranodon family meets up with Carla Cretoxyrhina, a young shark who turns out to be much nicer than her reputation suggests. She introduces the family to her dad, bringing them face to face with the "Big Fish in the Sea." Train Trouble - The speedy dinosaur brothers Oren and Ollie join our kids on a train trip to Troodon Town, but unplanned engine trouble sends Oren and Ollie sprinting the Roundhouse to bring back another engine to save the day!. D
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Sesame Street "The Flower Show" Stinky is nervous that he won't bloom in time for the flower show. Maybe relaxing will help. Educational Objective: Self-Regulation. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Be A Vegetable Taster!/Daniel Tries A New Food" Be a Vegetable Taster! - Teacher Harriet introduces Daniel and his friends to the school's vegetable garden and convinces them to pick out some healthy veggies for their snack. They explore the garden, picking and trying different vegetables.with mixed results! Daniel Tries a New Food - Miss Elaina is having dinner with the Tiger family and she encourages Daniel to try some new food: Veggie Spaghetti and Banana Swirl. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Reused Robot!" Sid's toy robot is broken, so he wants to throw it "away." Sid's Mom tells him there is no such thing as "away," and when we put something in the trash, we are actually creating waste. Sid and his friends explore the idea that everything we throw away goes somewhere. D
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WordWorld "Bear's Bed Sled/Sh-Sh-Shark!" Bear's Bed Sled - Bear is excited about sledding on the first day of snow, but her plans change when she hurts her toe and is unable to ride her sled. It's up to her friends to come up with a solution that will let Bear stay in bed and go sledding at the same time. Sh-Sh-Shark! - Shark is misunderstood. D
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Caillou "Caillou Cares" Caillou's Cricket: Caillou inadvertently brings a cricket in the house and decides it'll be fun to keep it as a pet. When the cricket gets loose and Caillou goes on a wild-cricket hunt, he's suddenly able to see things from the cricket's perspective.and decides to put the cricket back outside where it belongs. D
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Barney & Friends "The Magic Words and Litterbot" The Magic Words: In her eagerness to play with her friends, Baby Bop forgets to say "please" and "thank you". Barney tells her that these two words can be magic--they are polite words to use and people feel good when they hear them. Baby Bop has a daydream where she just can't say the magic words no matter how hard she tries! After her daydream, she remembers to be polite and always use the magic words! Educational theme: Practicing good manners such as saying, "please" and "thank you. D
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Thomas & Friends "Busy Days" Thomas' Crazy Day - Thomas promised to play hide and seek with his best friend Percy at the Steam Works. Sir Topham Hatt also asked him to show Bash, Dash and Ferdinand what it takes to be a Really Useful engine. Thomas decides that he has to do everything so he rushes back and forth helping the Logging Locos and playing a game of hide and seek with Percy. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Zeros to Donuts/Curious George, Stain Remover" George buys one hundred dozen donuts and uses the Renkins water pump to clean a grape juice spill.G
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Martha Speaks "Martha Ain't Nothin' But A Pound Dog, Part 1 & Part 2" Martha Ain't Nothin' but a Pound Dog, Part 1 - Martha loses her collar and winds up in the animal shelter. Martha Ain't Nothin' but a Pound Dog, Part 2 - When Martha's family comes to take her home, she decides she can't leave her shelter friends behind.G
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The Electric Company "Out to Launch" When Francine calls Hector a liar on a neighborhood billboard, The Electric Company has to work together to help clear Hector's name. D
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WordGirl "Thorn in the Sidekick/Crime Takes A Holiday" Thorn in the Sidekick - Chuck reluctantly teams up with an obnoxious, exasperating new sidekick named The Whammer. WG and CHF must track them down - before everything in town gets whammed. Crime Take a Holiday - Dr 2-Brains is on vacation, and WG has to battle his replacement - a super-fan named Glen who isn't quite as scary as the real Doc. D
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Wild Kratts "Aardvark Town" When a young aardvark accidentally becomes a stowaway in Chris's backpack, the Wild Kratts team sets off on a "door to door" search to return him to his home burrow. Along the way, they discover the incredible (and valuable) service the aardvark provides to all the burrow-living creatures of Africa. Science Concept: Aardvarks manipulate earth materials and alter landscapes. D
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Speculation is wrong.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Paris
Maybe Kazumi Magica is about Nico...
Her wish could really be related to creation, allowing her to create the clones.
|2012-04-24, 07:42
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I was also thinking the one who appeared on the lighthouse was one of the girls from madoka, but who knows.
No ch 15 raws, this is the explanation btw:
I have raws of the chapter, but I have to pay to release them, so I'm just going to release the script (with notes about the art and context) right now. I'll update this post with the Share raw when they get uploaded.
so yeah...sad face. Anyways, ch16 comes out today in japan, I hope it brings a new plot twist to this already twisted series.
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|2012-04-27, 21:47
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I think what Kazumi is trying to do, is just to call their attention so that they can fix their "personal issue" once and for all, and she's using the pretext of releasing the soul gems, because there's no way the girls will allow that.
Still, Kazumi didnt do anything wrong, she just died and became a witch. Even Satomi is a "victim", because she just snapped with the idea of becoming a witch, she just lost it (like Mami in the alternate world in madoka).
Nico is of couse hiding something, but we don't know what.
I think it would have worked if Airi hadnt struck that Evil seed inside kazumi's head. We still don't know the origin of Evil nuts, even though probably is QB himself (helped by nico maybe?)
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Twilight lander
Well, I put "almost" to safebelt against people who might start raising Oriko topic. Despite the fact that she didn't quite deserve her fate either (and never deserved the circumstances that led her to contracting in the first place )
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The True Culprit
I'll just head off the entire possible argument by clarifying that in my personal beliefs, not even Hitler would deserve the fate of a Magical Girl. It's worse than anything HE did because atleast what he did to his victims ended with them dying. Puella Magi aren't even that lucky most of the time.
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Last year out of curiosity I grew as one of my array of peppers a ghost pepper plant. I have only tasted anything "ghost" once. It was a salsa. When I unknowingly sample some I noticed it was rather hot. I thought it was habenero. Habenero is too hot for me to comfortably consume. I enjoy jalapeno hot. Even serrano is too hot for me. About 5 minutes later my stomach was quite uncomfortable even from no more than a tsp of the salsa. I the4n read up on the pepper and last year raised a plant out of curiosity. I gave away all the peppers to those interested and at the end of the season the plant as well. A woman from Mexico took some home and reported to me that she only used the bottom portion of the pepper in a sauce served with rice. She said it was very hot but saborisimo. The fellow who took the plant had taken a few peppers earlier and said that from the potted plant they were able to get another crop to grow inside the house.
The plant is different shaped as are the leaves from the more common varieties. The peppers are not large. They start out as a light green slowly turning yellow and then turning to a bright orange and finally to a reddish orange. They are a bit shriveled and end in a point
This year I decided to grow a ghost pepper plant again. Thinking it might get lonely I also decided to grow a buddy for it. I also have a "butch" pepper plant. This is also called the Jamaican scorpion. The shape of the plant is similar to the ghost. The leaves clearly show they are related. The peppers start a darker green, then lighted and then go directly to orange. The peppers are rounded at the bottom and have a shape as if the pepper was a bit squashed.
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Historical Presentism
I am on the hunt for examples of Historical Presentism, the notion of reading the present into the past. David Hackett Fischer in his work, Historians' Fallacies, says that "…the fallacy of presentism is a common failing in historical writing by men who have never been trained in the discipline of history."1 Peter Charles Hoffer, when going back to publish his Harvard dissertation Liberty or Order, admits that after reading Fischer's book he felt he was himself guilty of historical presentism. But, he said, "I am comforted that the same charge can be laid against Jefferson, John Adams (above), and all of the other revolutionaries studied."2 I need to finish reading his book to find out why but what a fascinating assertion.
For my own enlightenment and education, I'd be interested to hear of other examples any of you may have of historical presentism.
By the way, in researching the authors I'm reading, I am always fascinated to find out what accomplished historians and scholars they are. I've added both professor Fischer and professor Hoffer to my "the historians" page here where you can read more about them.
1David Hackett Fischer, Historians' Fallacies, Toward a Logic of Historical Thought (New York, 1970), 137.
2 Peter Charles Hoffer, Liberty or Order: Two Views of American History from the Revolutionary Crisis to the Early Works of George Bancroft and Wendell Phillips (New York, 1988), ii.
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A blip in the in the U.S. private equity market is causing a valuation spike for some middle market companies, creating a flurry of activity among company owners and investors seeking to raise growth capital or to sell their companies outright.
The spike is the result of a bubble of capital that PE firms have at their disposal, but with a "use it or lose it" set of strings attached by the limited partners who pledged the capital in the first place.
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On the other side of the bifurcation, companies where revenue, profitability and the strategic path forward are less clear, or are cyclical, are finding it tough to get the time of day from many funds. Those deals are taking much longer than expected to close, and in some cases not closing at all.
Unfortunately for those entrepreneurs and investors selling a company, this window will be short — only about a year at most. Because PE fundraising tailed off severely from 2009 onward, transaction multiples are likely to begin to contract as fewer bidders seek any given target.
There are a few cautionary notes for company owners seeking to sell or raise capital, however. Among them: so-called "Zombie funds," PE funds whose mediocre track records led them to be unable to raise more current funds from limited partners. Zombie funds are considered less desirable partners for a middle market company since they don't have dry powder to invest in new opportunities or acquisitions a company might uncover.
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Middle market companies face less liquid capital markets than their Fortune 500 public brethren, making a hot market all the more enticing. It should make for a very busy 12 months ahead as owners and investors scramble to take advantage of the moment.
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Edward Bess' new four eyeshadow palettes (introduced here) includes the warm neutral Cosmic Bliss ($68). The minute that I opened the palette, I knew that this would be the one that I'd be reaching for most often.
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Just like Edward Bess Sun and Stars, the Cosmic Bliss palette has a light matte shade that nearly matches my skin tone. I use this in my inner corner (I'm using this over a Laura Mercier Eye Basic in Linen, so my lid color is already neutralized with this as the base shade). From the left, the second shade is a soft light shimmery brown with a very slight touch of khaki. The third shade is a neutral shimmery brown. The fourth shade (on the right) is a deep shimmery brown with a touch of red. Swatches:
More swatches of Edward Bess Cosmic Bliss:
Because you might be considering this for an online purchase, here are a few more pictures.
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Liz did this simple eye, focusing on using the two middle colors:
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Last year the Bloggers' dinner hosted by FamilySearch was a quiet, dare I say, contemplative affair with lengthy conversations about the world of genealogy blogging. This year was a total contrast. The dinner and conversation were secondary to the important issues of the day. The first, and very important issue is the introduction of the 1940 U.S. Census on April 2, 2012. Digitized copies of the Census, not just scans of an old microfilm record, will be made available by the National Archives. Immediately, the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project, a joint initiative between Archives.com, FamilySearch, findmypast.com, and other leading genealogy organizations, will coordinate efforts to provide quick access to these digital images and start indexing these records to make them searchable online with free and open access. This is a call to action. The indexing of the 1940 U.S. Census will be handled by the FamilySearch Indexing website and program. The more people that volunteer, the faster the Census will be indexed. You will hear a lot more about this shortly.
Now, on to the other important issues. The U.S. Congress is right
now contemplating the passage of two pieces of legislation, one
concerning the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and the other the
Model Vital Statistics Act. Passage of either or both of these bills
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the House Ways and Means Committee website.
The changes to the SSDI could totally eliminate this valuable
resource. The Model Vital Statistics Act could potentially remove
millions of names now available for research online. Notwithstanding the
importance of these bills to the genealogical community, the House Ways
and Means Committee has refused to allow anyone from the genealogical community to testify at the hearing on these bills. As I would be wont to say, the unmitigated gall of these people.
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DMcGrew wrote:holy ****
Kovy27 wrote:Waco, TX....
Wasn't the Waco Cult thing on April 20th?
llipgh2 wrote:Kovy27 wrote:Waco, TX....
Wasn't the Waco Cult thing on April 20th?
Yep. The FBI already issued a statement that they are looking into the explosion.
thepittman wrote:
Froggy wrote:i think it's probably more likely this is an unplanned violent chemical reaction than another attack. I think the fact that it happened near waco, near the 20th anniversary of the cult stuff there, and days after the marathon bombing are all coincidental.
but i'm also the guy who thinks i can live off celery and multivitamins, so don't listen to me.
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Peter Murray, aka the Disruptive Library Technology Jester posted an encapsulated history of the origins of the Dublin Core, and observed that he still is
trying to reconcile what differences exist between RDF and the DCAM based on these postings and comments from Stu's blog.
I'm glad that people are engaged in trying to sort this out, even as I'm unhappy that its still unclear at this late date. That it still IS unclear is incontrovertible (look at the caliber of people trying!). I'm not very confident at this point that I can wash away the confusion, but it does seem potentially useful to reprise a part of my metadata talk that I used to give a lot.
Sharing metadata requires agreements on three topics:
- Semantics: what is the meaning we are trying to convey in metadata assertions? Meaning, of course, resides in the minds of people, not machines. The focus of the Dublin Core effort has been to promote those shared meanings... and make them sharable. The semantics bit is about agreeing about elements: author, publisher, date, etc.
- Syntax: how do you take a set of metadata assertions and pack them so that one machine can send them to another, where they can be unpacked and parsed by machine logic or displayed and read by a person with high probability that the meaning of the assertions travel unchanged from one mind to another. RDF documents refer to serialization... the order of bits in a stream... actually putting the stuff 'on the wire.' (The careful readers and jaded among you may wonder why i changed the order of exposition from the title of this post. Best for last? no... hardest.)
- Structure: You can't do syntax reliably unless you have unambiguous structure. The sorts of things you have to specify in a well-structured metadata assertion (not an exhaustive list):
- The boundaries of a set of assertions (what constitutes a record)
- Cardinality - Can an element be repeated, and if so, is there a limit on the number?
- How is a name structured? What is the delimiter separating elements of a compound name (Prince and Bono excepted, most names are compound structures, many with surprising and confounding complexity).
- How is nesting managed?
- How are dates encoded? YYYY-MM-DD? DD-MM-YYYY? MM-DD-YYYY?
- How does one identify an encoding scheme that specifies the above question?
- How does one identify a value encoding scheme (rg. LSCH, MeSH, Dewey) from which metadata values can be chosen? Are such schemes required or optional?
- Are metadata values specified by reference (URI) or by value (literal strings)?
Most of these issues are not addressed in RDF. The can be, of course... but without agreements about how to do so, people tend to do them this way and that, leaving us without the ability to share data effectively. This is where the Dublin Core Abstract Model (DCAM) comes in, as it specifies how to structure these sorts of things in a way that makes the data sharable.
Is it perfect and generalizable? No... its authors, in comments on my posts, have made evident that they make no such claim. Is it the best that is available for descriptive metadata? I assert that it is, and that efforts to work towards an Uber-Metadata-Model should start with this effort and simplify or complexify as is necessary and sufficient to assure that metadata can be shared across communities.
One last point. DCAM is articulated in the vernacular of RDF, but the structure that it creates is independent of RDF. If RDF passes into the graveyard of once-or-never-mighty technologies, the abstractions it (DCAM) declares survive quite nicely. Syntax independence: a goal we strove for from day 1 of the first DC metadata workshop. It is a worthy metadata engineering principle.
To sum up: Defining semantics is a political process of reaching consensus. Syntax is arranging the bits reliably so they travel comfortably between computers (RDF is a fine way to do this, but by no means the only way), and structure is the specification of the details necessary to layout and declare metadata assertions so they can be embedded unambiguously in a syntax. A data model is the specification of this structure.
I was influenced to include semicolons in the title of this post by an article in today's NYTs, forwarded to me by Marguerite. I LIKE semicolons, even if they are stodgy.
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New Zealand bans 'Maniac' from general release
SYDNEY (AP) — New Zealand banned a horror film starring Elijah Wood as a scalp-collecting serial killer from general release after the government deemed it too graphic and disturbing for the public.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification's action means "Maniac" — a remake of the 1980 slasher film about a killer who scalps his victims — cannot be screened anywhere other than film festivals or as part of academic study. DVDs of the film will not be allowed for sale.
The government censor said in its classification that Maniac, which is shot entirely from the killer's point of view, contains graphic violence and "content that may disturb," and said a wide release of the film "is likely to be injurious to the public good."
"The murders are depicted in first-person perspective, inviting a viewer's vicarious participation," the agency wrote in a summary of its reasons behind the restriction. "While the feature does not actively promote or support this material, the tacit invitation to enjoy cruel and violent behavior through its first-person portrayal and packaging as entertainment is likely to lead to an erosion of empathy for some viewers."
The ban was condemned on Thursday by the film's regional distributor and organizers of the New Zealand International Film Festival, which will be screening the movie on Saturday.
Monster Pictures, distributor of the film for Australia and New Zealand, said suggestions that Maniac minimizes the impact of violence are ridiculous, and called the ban an insult to the intelligence of New Zealanders.
The film is hardly the first time a horror film has featured the villain's point of view, said Monster Pictures manager Neil Foley, citing the 1960 thriller "Peeping Tom," in which a serial killer films his victims' deaths.
"It's nothing new," Foley said. "To be honest, we think it's kind of a gross overreaction."
Ant Timpson, a programmer for the New Zealand film festival, said the idea that the film's first-person perspective could be harmful was a "big leap."
"It's saying that the (point of view) nature of the film mixed with the psychopathic behavior of actor Elijah Wood is more than disturbing, that it's potentially dangerous in the hands of the wrong person (that is, a non-festival goer)," Timpson said in a statement. "It's only my opinion but I simply don't agree with this decision."
Maniac premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and has received mixed reviews. The Hollywood Reporter dubbed it "essentially a sadistic art-house bloodbath," while Variety said: "This merciless work of anti-entertainment is arguably admirable for being as disturbingly disgusting as it wants to be."
Elijah Wood is well known throughout New Zealand, the filming location for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, in which the actor played a decidedly less sinister character — hobbit Frodo Baggins.
The last film in New Zealand to be banned from general release was "The Bridge," a 2006 documentary about suicides at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.


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|2012-10-26, 05:52
|Link #83
Join Date: Jun 2012
I know you can skip the battles in vn, but it was the first scene. If they had made it more interesting, non-vn readers would be more excited about the anime, like "That was fun, I wanna know what this show is about".
If they had accomplished it by the start, it would be a win-win, even wasting some more minutes.
But I liked Anego's battle, it was fun watching Masato fighting with an useless weapon.
|2012-10-27, 07:03
|Link #84
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
The major setback by animating the battles is the "meaning" of them in a anime format, which should have been cleared by the ranking system. If they were to animate just a few battles correctly, along with ranking (and for some reasons, they only put 3 titles so far, and 2 of them are not battle related), that could have been better on the long run.
And the problem is that the anime fails extremely hard to have a swift and explosive aspect of the battle at all: they make characters attacking aimlessly (Kengo with his shinai and Yuiko with Murasama) to make the battle longers, which isn't really a good idea, when you have "filler" like stock images all the time.
Heck, due to how dragged the battles are, I'm not surprised that some people are getting bored by these: Yuiko's took like 4-6 min by herself, which takes too much for her own intro episode. Hell, because of that, you couldn't have Kudo and Mio intro in the same ep, and if they wanted to be really "yuiko centred" only, they should have at least make the whole first baseball practice with her in its entirety to drive the point with her and the girls, instead of having her showing up due to cute girls, for the fanservice. I think they made a very basic mistake by skipping/postponing Yuiko's "Yui-chan" scene.
The fights are used to either have a short good laugh and/or have major quirks of the characters being introduced. So if they made Yuiko go "cold murder" mode and trash Masato within 30 seconds like in the VN, that would have been enough.
Likewise, if they want to make a fight to introduce Haruka, Kudo and Mio, they should make it quick: Haruka winning by making her opponent falling due to marbles/fireworks, Kudo insta-KO her opponent with Strelka and Belka, Mio doing nothing at first, then either clumsy do something or insta-ko with a science weapon.
Really, you don't need dragged badly animated scenes for these, it is just making the intro battles a bore, and even lower the possible length of the baseball practice.
|2012-10-30, 23:30
|Link #85
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
I am not sure how much I want to attribute the fault here to JC staff, but the voice acting performances of the cast are pretty poor so far. I just don't feel the same energy and excitement from the characters' interactions. It should be more fun than this IMO.
Partly this has to do with the odd flow of the scenes, but I feel that is just the difference between anime and VN pace, whereas you can read as fast as you want.
I'm trying really hard to not be biased here, it's hard to beat one's own imagination when it comes to an adaption, but the direction so far of the story is disconcerting. I'm not sure jumping into Komari's route was a good idea.
I don't suppose they were going to implement any sort of "loop" feature here, but it seems a rather odd way to progress in this story if they're going to merge all the routes (Which is what it seems like so far). Unfortunately this shows the limitation of adapting this VN in the first place, and this is ultimately going to take away impact from the punch scenes in the story.
|2012-11-03, 23:32
|Link #86
likes cute things
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Searching for more imoutos
Age: 38
So how are the Anego fans feeling with how they cheapened the Komari vs Anego squabble in episode 5? Anger? Sadness? It was reduced to less than half and also had zero impact.... It fails to show how much Anego dislikes being called "Yui-chan" IMO.
|2012-11-04, 08:49
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ANEGO Worshiper
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
|2012-11-04, 08:56
|Link #88
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Nowhere, because I don't exist
Age: 27
|2012-11-04, 09:25
|Link #89
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
That scene got be annoyed as all hell...
But Komari's break-down was poorly done as well. It is true that in the VN you only get one perspective of the scene, Riki's and in the anime you have a spectator's perspective...HOWEVER you get a much better sense of "WTF is going on? What's wrong? What do I do?" you are genuinely worried for Komari and what happened to her, you yourself suspect that it has something to do with her brother but only until after she shuts-down. Plus the fact that Komari held the kitten's dead body and suddenly dropped it when she fell to her knees had a much bigger impact.
In the anime you get bombarded with flashbacks even before the break-down scene...through all episodes of Komari's route you keep getting hit with flashbacks...hell, even if you are an anime only viewer you already have a pretty good idea of what happened to Komari's brother...something you're never real as sure in the VN until a a bit later.
|2012-11-04, 14:03
|Link #90
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
Episode 5 is really the worst of the show so far: it was bland from start to finish, with an absolutely silly adaptation for Yuiko and Komari's scenes.
Really, it isn't like "Yuiko" name is anything critical regarding Yuiko's route/personality, but it is another point that defines her a bit. These details together put some sense why Yuiko has difficulty to even define herself, and some points regarding her past.
Meanwhile, Komari doesn't really have much "personality" than what she had: surely, she wasn't exactly bright in the VN either, but there were at least few points that could give the impression, and I admit that while I never liked her voice in the original game, the way how the director lead the voice acting make it even worse.
Finally, Riki hardly needs any build-up or upgrade, considering how staunch he can face Kojiro now.
|2012-11-04, 15:06
|Link #93
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Searching for more imoutos
Age: 38
|2012-11-04, 21:51
|Link #95
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
If I had to make a comparison, her breakdown in VN was something that was very saddening.
But the anime version would feel like Komari just suddenly tripped and cried then suddenly remembered about her brother and stuff and we are left going.... wut, rather then being saddened. (I still don't get why Riki was trying to get the cat out of the gutter and then suddenly stopped)
|2012-11-04, 22:32
|Link #96
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Episode 5 for me have a good adaption. I think that most important plot already put in this one and anime have a good way to reduce unnecessary event from the game. I have no problem with the Komari's scene when her got mental breakdown. Only the scene that both of them went to shooting star is just somewhat long and makes me annoying.
I almost expect that if they put the kiss scene for Komari at the boat scene would be perfect if it can go for romance. Overall, I can still give 9 out of 10 for this one.
|2012-11-05, 03:27
|Link #97
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: InterWebs
I just watched the ep. Personally, I don't think it's all that bad. Indeed, some things were rushed a bit, but it didn't really bother me all that much. I think the message is adequately conceived, about how this girl who is always sunshine and seems to think positively all the time (almost on the level of self-hypnosis, which were indeed the case) suddenly breaks down just like that.
|2012-11-10, 15:29
|Link #99
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
I simply can't believe they went all their way with Rin in this episode: her reaction towards Komari was so strong it almost reminded me of "that" sequence in Refrain.
Really, this episode shows how bad JC staff choice was to be done with Komari before the LB group is complete: the relationship between Komari and the other members should be barely of acquaintances/"buddies", even if you factor Komari's penchant to befriend anyone within her range.
It just makes the whole point terribly mismatched with the purpose of the loops, and the way how Rin and Riki have to grow up. At this point, both had little troubles to encourage Komari in a way or another.
What shocked me the most was Riki's absolutely cool head nearly all the time in this episode: I would expect Riki to be really in a "WTF" state, and brooding/worrying about Komari for at least half an episode, due to how dreadful Komari's situation was, and how helpless he felt.
Likewise, Rin felt as if Komari was already her definite best friend and went full on supporting Riki without much issue.
I can't find all the words that describe how baffled I'm regarding how the scripters are handling the developments of the characters: nevermind the adaptation and faithfulness issues that people were always worrying about, I'm actually annoyed by the direction of the series right now.
Suffice to say, if they could bring a new aspect of LB, as a very united kick ass group of friends, I wouldn't complain about that, but even that aspect is hardly complimented with so few interactions and "events" that make you FEEL that they have a strong solidarity.
|2012-11-10, 15:51
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Starting at guard the past three seasons, Burton currently ranks second on the team in steals (34) and assists (30), is tied for third in rebounds per game (4.2), and is fifth in points per game (5.9). A two-time NEWMAC academic all-conference team honoree, she is tied for 10th in the league in steals and steals per game.
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"I am insensitive / I have a tendency / To pay more attention to the things that I need / Sometimes I drink too much / Sometimes I test your trust / Sometimes I don't know why you're staying with me," he sings to begin the song. This track kicks off his album and sets the mood for the next hour or so worth of music.
"I'm hard to love, hard to love / I don't make it easy / I couldn't do it if I stood where you stood / I'm hard to love, hard to love / You say that you need me / I don't deserve it but I love that you love me," he adds during the catchy chorus.
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Friday, January 06, 2012
Fleece, Felt and Pashmina
18 comments:
- Suzanne said...
Posted at 4:30. You are my hero.
Thanks for the link to the shawls and good luck with your design. Happy weekend, Susan!
- January 06, 2012
How super-fun to have a child to craft with!! Sounds like she's doing great work.
- January 06, 2012
- Renee Anne said...
Has TC ever considered donating any of her blankets to Project Linus? Madison has a chapter (you can look up Project Linus in Google and then go to Madison's page from the main page).
If you're not familiar with it, Project Linus gives blankets to children in hospitals (Children's Hospital, Meriter, and St. Mary's in Madison). They can be quilts, fleece, crocheted, or knitted. They do have some rules/regulations for materials (especially for yarny ones).
Little Man has two blankets from PL from two of his hospital visits. He loves them (and I do, too).
If she's intent on giving them away, it's a good place for them to go :)
- January 06, 2012
- Kathy Bridges said...
I just finished my fairy and flower yesterday. She is so cute. My knitting group says she needs a friend. I now am working on some Susie's reading mitts for a birthday present the end of January. I also bought some yarn to make a "Kate" shawl, but have not done anything with it. Can't wait to see yours!
- January 06, 2012
- Sam I Am...... said...
Your shawl is beautiful! I never thought of wearing any but after I saw you the other day with it tied and with jeans and a turtleneck, I thought..."Yeah,,,,I could wear that!" LOL! I'm a pretty casual dresser!
Are you in Madison, Wisconsin? I used to go up there a lot as I lived for 13 years in Rockford, IL. How old is TC? Very talented!!!!
I've always wanted to make one of those fleece blankets...I need to Google that today for instructions.
I have a blog you can check out to see my projects. www.farmgirlsam.blogspot.com Purl Bee oven mitts...only my 3rd knitting project and a crochet felted bag. The oven mitts will be felted too. You are SO inspiring! Have you ever checked out www.Jellywares.blogspot.com ? She's in New South Wales...isn't that New Zealand? Anyway, she does beautiful knitting and crochet also. She's on Ravelry too. I aspire to someday being as good as you 2 if I live that long! LOL! Thanks for sharing! Oh, and those cute little boxes! Great job, TC!
- January 06, 2012
- christine m. said...
oh! the felt boxes are delightful! and they look just as good as the ones on the box, so she obviously did a good job. such fun to make things, isn't it? :)
- January 06, 2012
- Gebreidesjaals: Knitted Scarfs or Scarves said...
I like to see this knitting blog!
mieke from Holland
- January 06, 2012
- Amber said...
I am so enjoying getting daily blog posts from you! I feel like it's an email from a friend.
I love TC's blanket, as a quilter-turned knitter I am always glad to see someone young working on a quilt-like project! There is a cool blade for rotary cutter that I learned about last year, it is notched and you can make little holes around the egde with it, then you can crochet an edge on the polar fleece.
Also, I love the pincushion made from selvedge strips! I've been saving mine for some fabulous project yet to be determined!
- January 06, 2012
- 6sonrisas, Elisabeth said...
You sew too? You really inspire me. (Don't we all need that from time to time?) Thank you for sharing, educating, mentoring and encouraging us. Wishing you a weekend of peace and goodwill:)
- January 06, 2012
- Irisha said...
I cannot wait to see the finished TC's blankie!
When I was younger, somebody gave me a huge bag of factory cuts of knit fabric. I made a nice warm oversize vest for mom. Even lined it!
- January 06, 2012
last night i cut out squares to make a nine-patch quilt. i thought it would be a good way to get back into quilting. very low pressure for me.
i found a very fun animal print for the alternate squares.
maybe i'll start sewing this weekend.
- January 06, 2012
Gorgeous colour yarn! :)
- January 06, 2012
- Kepanie said...
I sure like hearing you have a shawl in the works!
TC rocks! What fun for her.
I'm currently learning how to sew again; the first time totally went over my head. Should have pajama pants by this weekend!
- January 06, 2012
- thewalshfam said...
Glad you are enjoying so much crafting! I love reading about it! Congrats on your recent change! Though I will miss you on the S&C blog. Good for you! Simplifying is always good!
- January 06, 2012
- millefeuilles said...
I always feel glowing and happy when I visit your blog. I think your citron with those seed beads is scrumptious! Happy, creative, peaceful new year to you, Susan.
I have a challenge for you! I have been dreaming about knitting up some little hats from an illustration I found before Christmas. Here is the link:
Incase the link doesn't work have a quick look at my penultimate post dated December 22 and you will see the most adorable Christmas tree hats. How would you concoct these little wonders?
Warmest wishes,
- January 07, 2012
- Debbie1085 said...
I can't wait to see your Princess Kate shawl!!!
- January 19, 2012
- Debbie1085 said...
I can't wait to see your Princess Kate shawl!!!
- January 19, 2012
Have you completed the shawl you were designing?
- June 14, 2012