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SAN ANTONIO — The nightmares won't start just yet, not with so much of the NBA Finals left to play and the San Antonio Spurs still very much awake in this monumental moment.
But after a year of sweating all the small stuff, lamenting the little things that led to their collapse in the 2013 Finals against the Miami Heat that haunt them still, the Spurs did it again in their 98-96 loss in Game 2. They were good, but not good enough. Especially with LeBron James being nothing short of great.
Not exactly the kind of tone they were hoping to set as they head back Tuesday to the Heat's house of horrors known as American Airlines Arena for Game 3.
GAME 2: LeBron gets redemption
DUNCAN: One stat shows legacy
This matters, of course, because the Spurs blew a chance to take the sort of 2-0 series lead that has historically spelled trouble for the trailing team. Twenty-eight of the 31 teams that took a 2-0 lead in the Finals have gone on to win, the latest outlier coming in 2006 when the Dwyane Wade-led Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks in six games after dropping the first two.
The four missed free throws midway through the fourth quarter were exactly the sort of thing they had discussed back in training camp, when Spurs coach Gregg Popovich shared his message about how all the little things made such a big difference against the Heat in Game 6 and Game 7 last year. Yet there was Spurs point guard Tony Parker, hurting from the Mario Chalmers elbow to his rib cage that put him on the line and had been deemed a flagrant foul, missing two in a row. Then Tim Duncan, "Mr. Reliable" if ever there was one, missed two more on the very next possession.
A possible six-point lead instead stayed at two with 6:34 remaining, and James took full advantage of the door left open from there. He jab-stepped against Kawhi Leonard on the left wing, then rose up while leaning back for a three-pointer that was as big as any shot in his 35-point, 10-rebound night. Two James free throws ensued after he drove the lane and was fouled by Leonard, and the Heat found themselves leading 90-87 with 5:01 to play.
"Just wanted to capitalize off their mistakes and just try to put some pressure on their defense," James explained afterward about the sequence.
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Heat center Chris Bosh added, "If you're in a precarious situation and they have a chance to capitalize and they don't, that gives you a little bit more wind to capitalize because it could have been worse. We were just thinking about getting a good bucket and not fouling and playing better defense down the stretch."
There was plenty of basketball left to be played from there, but the Spurs' inability to convert on the most basic of opportunities would play a major part by the time it was over. They were 12-for-20 from the line in all, with Parker and Duncan going a combined 7-for-14.
"Details," said Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, who had 19 points but whose third and final turnover — a pass through the lane to Duncan that came in too hot and went off his hand with 1:01 left — was yet another little thing that was big. "Every possession counts. We took care of the ball much better than in Game 1 (when they had 23 turnovers, reduced to 11 Sunday), and we were in a good spot. I mean, if LeBron gets hot and starts making shots like that, it can happen. But we were still in the game. And down the stretch, we couldn't execute well."
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FLOPPER: Watch Dwyane Wade fake it
The Spurs only had two of their 26 assists and eight total points between the 7:44 mark of the fourth quarter to the Ginobili three-pointer at the buzzer that was irrelevant. At the worst of times, the beautiful ball movement that they're so known for disappeared. As Popovich explained, the damage done by all the little things was compounded as a result.
"It's a 48‑minute game, and we didn't move it enough of those minutes, basically," Popovich said. "It's how we have to score. We can't put it in somebody's hands and have them create everything for us. It's got to be a group effort and we didn't do that. That puts a lot of pressure on everything else. It means we're going to have to be perfect on defense, we can't miss four free throws in a row, those sorts of things. You move it or you die."
The Spurs could have pushed the Heat and their three-peat quest one step closer to its death bed. Instead, they head for Miami knowing this is no way to avoid a whole new round of nightmares that could be even more painful than before.
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Pitt County and Greenville law enforcement had 2 major back to back events at ECU, and when monetary resources are thin it can put on a strain on law enforcement, but they're not saying how much was spent for security at the game or vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's speech on campus Monday. Ryan's headquarters did not comment Tuesday either.
East Carolina University Police coordinates the security with other agencies for all home games, but then had short notice to coordinate for Monday's Paul Ryan speech on campus. 175 sworn and non-sworn officers from the sheriff's office, the highway patrol and other law enforcement assisted in the two events, even when some agencies also offered services to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
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California's energy storage policies
No procurement targets, for now; deliberations continue
Energy storage is the holy grail of the power industry. No one has escaped hearing that mantra.
But it turns out that a holy grail is a complicated matter. You may find it, but that doesn't mean you can use it. Just as the mythological chalice is elusive, so is energy storage—at least on a utility scale.
In some cases, energy storage technology works—it can receive, store and release energy. But that technology's role on the grid, the output's place in the electricity market and the regulatory framework around valuing its services and allocating costs is fraught with complications.
Should energy storage technology be used to capture intermittent, renewable resources so that that energy can be used at another time? That might make cheap, off-peak power more expensive by time-shifting it away from a period of abundance and low demand to a period of scarcity and high demand. If storage is used for ancillary services, how would that compete with less expensive, existing sources of ancillary services? Who owns the storage technology itself, how is it valued, who pays and how much? Is energy storage an application-specific role that leaves the foregoing questions difficult if not impossible to answer?
Who knew that a holy grail could be found, only to confound?
Confused? That's the status of energy storage, in an admittedly imperfect summary, at least as it's been considered by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which has a mandate to resolve the issues around this nascent technology.
Let's move from general ruminations to specifics. Briefly, the background:
California's Assembly Bill 2514 was signed into law Sept. 29, 2010, by Gov. Schwarzenegger. AB 2514 required the CPUC to "determine appropriate targets, if any, for [utilities] to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems" by March 1, 2012. The CPUC has until Oct. 1, 2013, to adopt procurement targets and once that's done, utilities would have deadlines on Dec. 31, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2020 to achieve them.
Like the notion of seeking a holy grail, AB 2514's mandates sounded simple enough. And progress toward fulfilling these mandates has not lacked for honest, hard work. But, to cite another cliché, "the devil's in the details."
The CPUC opened a proceeding in December 2010 and in May 2011 it identified the issues to be addressed and a schedule for considering them. An initial workshop was held in June 2011 and another workshop in July 2011 focused on barriers to implementation. Comments were solicited, the CPUC staff issued a draft proposal in December 2011 and parties to the proceeding offered comments and replies to other comments, a process that ended in February this year.
There is, of course, at least one other crucial aspect to this narrative: what do stakeholders say? A brief generalization is fraught with peril, but that's where the man behind the curtain can help. (That's me.) Utilities are already engaged in pilots to discover what roles storage technologies might serve and how they might be valued by the market. Vendors suggest that procurement targets would provide a degree of certainty to their investments and provide real-world scenarios that would be preferable to more modeling and analysis. Critics suggest that forcing procurement targets merely lays more costs at consumers' feet, prior to proven business cases, and, in the market, the services (and value) that storage might provide tend to fluctuate, making storage investments at scale rather perilous. Meanwhile, researchers (see "Energy Storage: Drivers and Goals") have noted that "storage" per se isn't a monolithic concept, that specific applications must be identified and the value of storage to deliver those applications must be established. Cost-effective storage likely means, for instance, using one type of storage for multiple applications.
In some sense, that's a very short version of how we've arrived at the CPUC staff's final framework proposal, issued yesterday. As the arc of this column reflects, just setting up the background leaves little room for considering the issues. Now to the final CPUC staff proposal, which you simply have to read yourself. I can only cite aspects of the executive summary or we'll be out of space and into the devil's details - which, unfortunately for brevity, it's all about. (As I published, the final staff proposal had not been posted online. Go to the CPUC proceeding R.10-12-007 and check for the latest documents; the one in question may be labeled April 3, 2012. Or go to the CPUC homepage and enter the proceeding number with no punctuation (R1012007) into the search box in the upper right corner.)
The CPUC staff has proposed the adoption of an energy storage "end use" framework" to assist in defining evaluation methods and resource adequacy values.
"CPUC staff believes that this analysis framework, along with a plan for addressing identified barriers, will set a foundation for expanding the ability of energy storage to gain wider adoption," the final staff proposal said. "Specifically, CPUC staff believes that the creation of a resource adequacy value and development of other rules allowing storage providers to participate more effectively in the utilities' procurement programs will mitigate many of the identified barriers. This effort will need to be coordinated with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to encourage policies and define products to enable electric energy storage systems to participate in its markets similar to other generation facilities. In parallel, the CPUC will continue to evaluate electric energy storage to make a determination whether or when an energy storage portfolio standard could be adequate."
That quote hardly suffices as a capper here, but it's clear that procurement targets are not being imposed on utilities right now in California. So tomorrow I'll look at the CPUC staff's "energy storage analysis framework," barriers to energy storage implementation and the next steps in this appropriately tortuous issue.
Phil Carson
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Storage of solar generated electrlicity works impressively well on a small scale.
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Let the Utilities Profit from Storage and Barriers Will Drop.
Storage can provide vital services. We don't need to quantify and categorize all potential benefits into a "framework" that is imposed on the utilities. The main barrier to adoption is the lack of incentive to the utilities that control access to the grid. There are two solutions to this problem; either force the utilities through mandates, or allow them to earn income from storage investments.
They don't need to become storage experts and risk ratepayer money. Hundreds of megawatts of solar PV are being developed in CA through utility programs that do not risk ratepayer money. Solar developers are installing rooftop PV under power purchase agreements with the utilities. Let storage developers create energy service agreements to compete with peaker plants and T&D investments. Level the playing field. A storage developer should be able to install storage that provides benefits to an industrial host and then sell services to the utility just like a peaker plant.
Stop the paralysis by analysis and just allow a storage developer access to the same streams of income available to other vendors. Allow utilities to contract with storage, on a competitive basis, for the same voltage support, capacity, frequency regulation, spinning demand, etc. that is purchased from generators and load. Make such purchases non-discriminatory, technology neutral, based only on performance, and see if storage can compete.
Charles R. Toca, USR Power Grid Partners
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Pumped storage in California alone amounts to more than 3 GW. Nationwide I think the amount is well into the double digits of GW.
I'd love to see more thermal storage but unless it's cost-competitive with peaking plants, it's just too expensive. Even if it's capital costs are comparable to a peaking plant, only the most efficient technologies are competitive on an operating cost basis. The bottom line, though, is that thermal storage would be readily adopted if it made economic sense. Since it doesn't make economic sense without sizable out-of-market payments, either it's still too expensive or market conditions don't make sense. As a long-time observer of the electricity industry in Californis, I suspect both cost and poor market conditions are responsible for the slow uptake of thermal storage.
Jack Ellis, Tahoe City, CA
Pumped storage cannot solve the issue
On a hot day, California requires somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 GW. So 3 GW of pumped storage is nice (just as important is how long can that 3 GW be maintained), but won't solve the problem and certainly won't back up large scale installations of solar and wind. There is also the issue of tying up a lot of water in a state that is always desperate for it.
As you imply, there aren't a lot of good solutions for storage outside of pumped storage. That's my main point here. Most people (including me) wish we could get rid of fossil fuels, but at the moment there just aren't any solutions that won't cause major disruptions in the economy. Out of all states in the US, California with its looming deficits and fragile economy should be the most sensitive to this.
Milton Scritsmier
Boulder, CO
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Pumped storage in California alone amounts to more than 3 GW. Nationwide I think the amount is well into the double digits of GW.
I'd love to see more thermal storage but unless it's cost-competitive with peaking plants, it's just too expensive. Even if it's capital costs are comparable to a peaking plant, only the most efficient technologies are competitive on an operating cost basis. The bottom line, though, is that thermal storage would be readily adopted if it made economic sense. Since it doesn't make economic sense without sizable out-of-market payments, either it's still too expensive or market conditions don't make sense. As a long-time observer of the electricity industry in Californis, I suspect both cost and poor market conditions are responsible for the slow uptake of thermal storage.
Jack Ellis, Tahoe City, CA
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While all parties involved are posturing for position in California and storage happens at a snails pace, proven technologies and regional isos like PJM and ERCOT are moving forward with programs that reward storage customers for participation. Many of those storage customers use proven affordable thermal energy storage.
According to a March 2012 KEMA Market Storage of Energy Storage study for the copper industry, thermal energy storage has over 1GW of installed capacity in the US. That is twice as much as pumped hydro and more than all other energy storage technologies combined. The prediction is that that pattern of growth will continue because of the new control technolgies availabe to TES operators and that TES is affordable today.
Because of passed experience Californai is slow to adopt thermal energy storage. A little bit of a CPUC push would result in faster adoption while customers put some skin in the game as well. While TES is a seasonal storage solution is most areas of the country and it may not be the total solution CALIFORNIA is looking for, TES provides the biggest benefit when the California grid has the most difficulty - Summertime. A total solution will require all forms of storage to provide the grid reliablity needed when moving away from dispatchable fossil fuels to intermittant renewable energy. While I understand the slow pace for a total solution, a separate program for distributed thermal energy storage could get the storage movement started with minimal investment.
CALIFORNIA can do nothing and our TES industry will provide capacity at its current pace. Or the CPUC could at least get some rules in place for distributed thermal energy storage to provide faster addoption within the state to help reduce demand for the summer season. TES could really be of use this summer with San Onofre nuclear plant shutdown by shifting peak demand and capturing more renewable energy.
While waiting for the perfect answer, the TES industry will march forward on its own with the educated customers that have experienced the life cycle cost value of using thermal energy storage.
They might as well pass a bill to set pi to 3
This just shows the whole silliness of treating utilities as social welfare organizations rather than providers of a critical service.
The technology for storage on a cheap, large-scale basis simply isn't there. If it was, utilities would implement it. There would be no need for a government mandate. The same can be said for using renewables. In most cases they aren't the cheapest nor most reliable solution, and bring their own problems.
The hard truth staring everybody in the face is that today the cheapest and most efficient form of energy storage are fossil fuels. Given that we keep finding more and more of them, especially in forms that are excellent for power generation, it's silly to force expensive alternatives on society. One day we are going to stress energy production to the point that we will find ourselves with a third-world power generation system, unable to provide power with the 99.99% reliability a first-world economy needs.
One more thing....
I looked up the employment statistics for Indiana. The state currently has 2,818,000 workers (see http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=indiana+number+of+workers ). Assuming they work 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, that's 704,500,000 work days per year. If the total loss due to all effects of particulate matter is the 123,098 work days cited in your reference, that's a loss of 0.018%. That's hardly noticeable. Colds and flus probably cause far more down days.
Unfortunately, the reference you cite does not mention this fact. Instead, all these numbers are presented as terrible, end-of-the-world statistics in bold print. This document is basically a PR stunt which would not be acceptable in scientific circles. Shame on the scientists who presented this info to the public without putting it into perspective.
I'm not saying we should ignore the effects of particulate matter or any other pollution. My next door neighbor, who I grew up with and was in the same grade as me, suffered from severe asthma as a child and died from an asthma attack in her 30s. She left behind a husband and young kids. So it matters to me. I've also known people who died tragically in car crashes. Does this mean we should ban all cars?
Life is a series of trade-offs. Cheap, reliable electricity is important to a first world economy. So is the freedom given by cars. So we do what we can: We put seat belts and air bags in cars and design them to minimize the effects of a collison (which nobody should forget was done by government mandate, and which also saved my life once). With power generation we have recently been blessed with the option of replacing dirty coal with cheap natural gas. Why must we always live life at one extreme or the other?
Milton Scritsmier
Boulder, CO
Actually, nobody has asked the Hoosiers yet
It's all nice to cite a bunch of statistical studies, but how do you really tie an asthma attack to particulate matter? The truth is that over the past few decades asthma has been increasing even as our air has become cleaner -- including particulate matter of all sizes. When we don't even know the reason for this increase, how can a bunch of statistical studies definitely tie particulate matter to asthma? Correlation is not causation. And any study that purports to exactly "123,098 lost work days" when the underlying data is not anywhere near as accurate is blowing a lot of smoke. It's just putting out a lot of numbers for the media to gobble up.
And let's not speak for the Hoosiers. Let them speak for themselves. If you took a vote, they might very well opt for cheaper coal over some theoretical study on particulate matter.
However, if you don't like coal we always have plenty of natural gas. It will even make a good replacement for diesel in long-haul trucks if particulates really bother you. Meanwhile, coal producers in the US will probably find an eager market for their coal in China.
But I am not really opposed to storage. It's just that we currently don't have any economical options for large scale storage, which makes solar and wind very iffy as a replacement for baseload power. This is a simple fact which should be apparent to all. Having grown up in California and seen a great state devolve into navel gazing, I am once again dismayed by their denial of economic realities.
Milton Scritsmier
Boulder, CO
[Also the original author of "They might as well pass a bill to set pi to 3"]


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The Kuruma is a four-door sedan seen in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. It is also a sedan cut during the development of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, assumed by some to be replaced by the Admiral.
The word "kuruma" means "automobile" in Japanese (車, くるま), which may suggest that the car is of Japanese origin. "Kuruma" may also be a reference to the Toyota Camry, the bestselling midsize sedan in the United States, with "Camry" being an Anglicized phonetic transcription of the Japanese word kanmuri (冠, かんむり) for "crown". (Toyota has a naming tradition of using the word "crown" for primary models, starting with the Toyota Crown in 1955, continuing with the Toyota Corona and Toyota Corolla, the Latin words for "crown" and "small crown", respectively.) Kuruma is also Arabic for "pussy".
The GTA III rendition of the car is strongly based on a 2001-2006 Chrysler Sebring sedan or a 1998-2004 Dodge Intrepid (both the design and the fact that the car has a longitudinally mounted engine in Xbox version), and it comes with uncolored (gray) bumpers and trims, giving it the appearance of a base model. The Kuruma in GTA III is also said to bear some resemblance to a Buick Century. For GTA Liberty City Stories, the Kuruma has slight cosmetic changes to make it look like a 1995-2000 Dodge Stratus or a generic Japanese sedan during the late 90's, the front appearing to resemble a 1994–1997 Honda Accord, and its bumpers and trim are body-colored to give it a more upscale look, although there still are base Kurumas with unpainted trims and bumpers, especially if the car is sprayed white or grey.
The Kuruma is the first car made available to the player in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, in the missions "Give Me Liberty" and "Home Sweet Home", respectively, probably due to the fact that it handles relatively neutrally. When originally introduced in GTA III, the car is not seen driven on the streets of Portland Island, but is parked in various locations in the island; in GTA Liberty City Stories, the car is present in Portland traffic.
During development of GTA III, the Kuruma was originally known as the "Sentinal", not to be confused by the Sentinel which is another sedan in the final version of the same game that was previously known as the "Beamer" during development.
In GTA III, the Kuruma has a V6 engine and a FWD powertrain. Whilst the engine is powerful enough to propel the light Kuruma to high straight line speeds, the front wheel drive layout causes understeer. Players may therefore favor using the handbrake to swing round turns at high speed. In GTA: Liberty City Stories, it is powered by a small, yet gusty, four cylinder engine.
Nonetheless, the car's firm handling makes it a good choice for the first LCS car race in the mission Grease Sucho.
The Kuruma possesses almost identical handling properties to the GTA III rendition of the Taxi.
- During Home Sweet Home, the player drives Vincenzo to the safehouse with an unique black Kuruma.
- During Give Me Liberty, the player drives a unique teal Kuruma, having a different shade than the usual ones. To save it, park it in the garage after the mission Luigi's Girls.
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- The Kuruma has appeared as both a wreck and a working car in Manhunt and Manhunt 2, respectively (see also Kuruma article at Wikihunt).
- Kuruma also exists as a car manufacturer in another popular Rockstar game Midnight Club. It has one model called the Faasuto (based on a Mazda RX-7 and a Nissan 240SX) with 3 variants: The GR, GS, and GT. It should also be noted that this is a hidden car and in order to unlock it and its versions, you have to find 3 hidden markers in the city of London.
- The Kuruma is referenced in an episode of crime drama NCIS where a witness tells Agent McGee that a getaway car was a "Kuruma", and later explains to his confused superiors: "Kuruma is the name of a car in Grand Theft Auto III. It's a Chrysler Sebring sedan." A video of the exchange can be found here.
- The GTA Liberty City Stories rendition has 3-speed transmission. This can be heard when driving at straight line, and the engine makes three shifts.
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- Docks, Portland Harbor, Portland Island.
- Momma's Restaurant, Saint Mark's, Portland Island.
- Capital Autos, Harwood, Portland Island.
- In a car park, near the apartments, in Wichita Gardens, Shoreside Vale.
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- Parked outside Vincenzo's warehouse in Atlantic Quays, Portland Island. The car is uniquely black.
- In Saint Mark's, parked where you dropped off the drugs for Salvatore from the Cartel in the mission Contra-Banned.
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Demolition Man
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- "Now this here, this is the development as planned, and this is the property that we're lookin' at."
- ―Avery Carrington.
- "You're trying to say this new office block is kinda in the way."
- ―Tommy Vercetti.
- "You catch on quick!"
- ―Avery Carrington.
Demolition Man is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by property developer Avery Carrington from his limo in his construction site in Vice Point, Vice City. It's name is a reference to the 1993 action movie of the same name.
Avery Carrington is looking at some more development land, located up the road from his construction site. Avery's problem is that construction has already began, so Avery asks Tommy to destroy the site. Tommy leaves Avery's construction site and walks to the edge of the site, where a Top Fun van is located with an RC Goblin and four bombs. Tommy enters the van and uses the remote control vehicles to carry bombs onto the construction site, whilst avoiding the construction workers and security guards. After Tommy places the four bombs in the building, they detonate and damage the buildings structure.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Get to the TOPFUN van near the building site to be demolished
- Use the RC helicopter to transport bombs to four demolition points on the building site
- This is the only Avery Carrington mission that does not require the player to change clothes.
- The mission timer only begin when you pick up the first bomb. You can aim straight for the building site without one on the helicopter and use it's rotor blades to kill off all the opposition at leisure, especially the armed security men on levels 3 and 4. This also lets you map out the site in your mind before doing the timed run.
- The stairwell between levels 2 and 3 is open, allowing you to bypass the stairs between 3 and 4 completely, saving time.
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Okay, here I am. Again. Back in sunny Los Angeles, ready once again to start writing up a storm on APhotoAssistant. Speaking of storms, right now I am watching an online webcam feed in Minneapolis on the U of M campus, where there are many students building snowmen and having snowball fights in the freshly fallen snow after the season's first major snowstorm. It actually looks like they are having fun, but it is a cold reminder of why I travel to more temperate climes when winter rolls around. At least some people can tolerate the snow and cold. Well, I can tolerate it for the most part, since I lived there for most of my life. But, these days I just choose not to have to endure it for the five or six months that one is expected to deal with winter's wrath in Minnesnowta.
Snow, anyway…
More and more these days, students and newbie photo assistants are asking me how to find work as a photo assistant. It's usually along the lines of, "What am I doing wrong, because I just can't find the assisting gigs I expected or want to do?" Or, it's something like, "I've talked with so many photographers but, they all say they don't have a lot of work right now, or that they already have a list of ten to fifteen assistants that they call when they have a shoot coming up. How will I ever get my foot in the door?"
The answer to these types of questions can be many, and usually a combination of reasons. But, the bottom line is that when you are starting out in the photo industry as a photo assistant, there is going to be a huge learning curve in just about everything you do. So, unless someone in your family, or a close friend is already established as a photographer or other creative in the industry, you will have a great deal of hard work in front of you to build your foundation as a photo assistant. The nice thing about this, though, is that once you've begun really digging in, you will build momentum and it will carry you through, and things will become easier and easier once you have really started to get your bearings.
I have taken a few moments to put the following list together to help assistants who have the gumption to put forth the effort that will help you establish your place in the pecking order of photo assisting with the photographers you want to work with. Bear in mind that there is no real secret formula to this process, only that if you do the footwork and approach every situation with common sense and a bit of creative resourcefulness and hard work, you can succeed and begin making progress.
Persistence – when you are beginning to call on photographers to introduce yourself to them, you must be persistent, but without being a pest. Sending an email every two to four weeks is probably a good time frame to work with. Mail promotional postcards to the studio with well produced images, graphics, and copy to help get you noticed even more. Yes, photographers still love print! Pick up the phone and call the studio, from time to time, stating your interest to meet with the photographer in the hopes of assisting them sometime in the near future. Find out if they have been receiving your emails and postcards. The goal is to stay in front of them and on their welcome mat, but never give them any reason to sweep you under the rug.
Attitude – always be positive with a can-do attitude! Be pleasant, calm, and maintain discretion when in the company of those you aspire to work with. You should maintain a professional demeanor at all times. Don't be over-eager or talk too much. Be confident, honest, and always be teachable. Don't ever think your way is the only way or the right way. Ultimately, your personality will match, or compliment, the photographer's personality you wish to work with. Once you have worked with a few studios you will begin to know your place and what is appropriate in those relationships.
Hard Work – you will need to motivate yourself and work hard, keeping your goals in mind. You might spend hours upon hours researching photographers work on their websites. You will undoubtedly need to develop well thought out ways to market yourself with a website/blog, emails, postcards, portfolios, etc. You might have a regular day or night job and pull double-duty in order to get your feet under you, which will allow you to take the photography leap, full-time. Whatever your situation, stay focused, have fun, and make it happen.
Network – join, attend and get involved with your local APA and ASMP chapters. If there is not one close to you, find a camera club that will keep your creative juices flowing in ways other than just taking photos. Look for ways to be helpful and assist other photographers in the camera club. You could even start your own group like The Crew Group to share your time, resources, and gear with others to work on projects and build your portfolio. Get to know the sales and rental people at your local camera store and rental houses. Find online groups on Linkedin and other sites that provide resources and ideas that you can use. Participate in photo workshops and festivals as a volunteer to meet new photographers and expand your mojo. I still do this, and love it!
Continue Learning – always remain teachable. I like learning, but I also tend to be slow to change with changing times. Photography has taught me to be flexible and more open to adapting to new techniques and workflows. I find that by keeping my eyes and ears open, and my mouth shut, I can gain the trust of others and learn something from them. Research online for new gear, owners manuals, lighting set-ups, and tricks-of-the-trade. Take a lighting workshop or attend an Assistant Training Workshop.
Patience – is the follow-up to persistence. Allow the proper time for things to fall into place, especially when you are just starting out. When I had trouble getting assisting gigs at first, I took a full-time night job which allowed me the time to continue marketing and meeting photographers, little by little, until I could establish some good rapport with them. Everyone has their own pace. And, in our fast-paced world today, many opportunities are lost in the shuffle, or the right opportunities take longer to be discovered. Stay focused, and don't be too discouraged when things don't seem to happen quick enough.
Treat Photo Assisting as Your Business – because it is! When I started out I was pretty excited to be in business! I even started out using an assumed business name. But, as time wore on, I got lazy and a lot of administrative paperwork type stuff piled up on me. Thankfully, I got that worked out with help. Don't be afraid to use a tax service or accountant. This will save you many headaches later on when you are too busy on set and don't have the energy to stay on top of some of your administrative tasks. If you like doing this stuff yourself, go ahead and do it. But, remember to manage your time efficiently and balance your priorities. I try to schedule, hour-by-hour, my tasks when I am at my desk, so that I am at least making some progress on all the stuff that's in the in box.
These are just some of the things that were going on, day-in and day-out, back when I started my photo assisting business. Of course, I still have to do a lot of this, even these days, but it's second-nature to me, now. But, in the beginning, it can be a bit overwhelming and difficult to know if you are doing all the right things that will lead to getting some good work and starting to make an impression on the photography community. I remember always second-guessing myself and having doubts that would almost paralyze me. Then, I might have a good meeting with a photographer and get some work and things would be good. It can really be a roller-coaster ride, for sure!
The bottom-line is this: Be mindful of all these things, on a consistent basis, and show the photographers you want to work with that you are the real deal and deserve the opportunity you are asking for. Do your best to set your self up to get noticed. There's a lot of competition, so you better suit up and show up. Otherwise, all your hard work and persistence is for nothing.
So, ask yourself… What would you have to do to walk into a studio for an interview and see one of your postcard mailers on the fridge?


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Retailer of the Week
Federico Bani, president of the Carnevali Group
10 Oct. 2012
Federico Bani, President of Carnevali Spa in Brescia, Italy
The Carnevali Group, founded in 1940 by Attilio Carnevali, has since grown into a family-run business that oversees a selection of high-end fashion stores. Carnevali is based in Brescia, Northern Italy inside a modern building that hosts designer and upmarket sportswear brands for men, women and children as well as accessories and undergarments. The group also includes four denim-focused stores called Il Passatempo, which are all based in Northern Italy in Brescia, Lonato, Curno, Erbusco and Bellinzago. The Group's president Federico Bani believes that the key to attracting loyal customers today lays in three fundamental elements: quality, product and assortment. Interview by Maria Cristina Pavarini
What are your current bestsellers and why? What would you say are today's most important trends, in general?
Rather than identifying certain bestselling items, I'd prefer to speak about our bestselling colors. The number one is certainly black, which is once again the hottest hue of the moment. Purple, green, blue and grey are significant competitors, but black is never out of fashion. Men are generally more careful while choosing fabrics and materials and pay greater attention, for instance, to the composition of wool fabrics. Women, on the other hand, prefer jewel applications, small adornments, special details and comfy fits.
Denim area in the Brescia-based Store
How do you inform yourself about trends? How important is communicating with regular customers? How do you communicate with them?
Our buyers keep up-to-date on the newest fashion trends by going to trade shows, reading trade magazines, participating in fashion shows and private presentations and often by travelling in order to learn which major trends characterize markets in foreign countries. What we offer is chosen according to research, previous sales results, our personnel's feedback and our professional intuition.
Communication has a fundamental role. Those who don't communicate don't exist. We are always in touch with our clients, providing them with the latest trends through our blog.
How does your store differ from other stores?
I think our Carnevali store is different from others because it is a true department store in that every brand is clearly presented in a space that is 100% personalized to reflect to each brand's own image. This is a favorable advantage because clients identify themselves with brands while shopping and the settings work to help them decide what to buy.
Moreover, they feel at ease because our sales personnel are never pushy and avoid putting pressure on our clients. Our salespeople are very professional and ready to guide and advise clients as best as they can, which keeps people coming back to our stores again and again.
Inside the Carnevali department store in Brescia
What do you like about your customers?
I like observing them and seeing them leave our stores satisfied with their purchases. I can see the satisfaction they feel at finding the right item, that perfect piece that makes them feel beautiful and at ease.
How important is the interior, the atmosphere and the whole package?
I'm convinced that the atmosphere, interiors, environment and similar elements are very important because they complete the whole vision and give the customer the feeling of being at home.
Carnevali Authentic Store
Via Cefalonia 77
I-25124 Brescia
tel. +39 030 2425311
Il Passatempo
Via della Volta 70/72
Centro Commerciale San Carlo
I-25124 Brescia
tel. +39 030 349821
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GREELEY -- John Brady Guyette, a long-time Greeley stockbroker who in 2008 sold more than $1 million in non-performing investments, was sentenced Monday to one year of house arrest, 10 years of probation and 200 hours of community service.
Guyette, 72, was convicted of 15 Class 3 security fraud felonies in August. According to prosecutors, the investments he sold were in Medical Capital Holdings Inc.
Two of his victims are Larimer County residents.


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A memory game for kids, but you grown-ups may find yourselves struggling to beat your kids' times in matching all the pairs.
The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards. It's easy. Tap to flip two cards. Match a pair and they disappear. But flip quickly ... the clock is...


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May 5, 2016
-- Valdosta, Ga. -- January 17, 2013 --
Georgia's kids are doing better than their national peers in math, language and nearly every other category thanks to the pre-kindergarten program. That's what a new study conducted by the University of North Carolina says. But in 2011 the state cut the pre-k school year from 180 days to 160. Pre-k teachers also saw a 10 percent pay cut.
Suzanne Tanner is the principal at Westside Elementary School. She said "due to financial reasons they needed to make a full salary. They were not able to take a financial cut in their salary so they asked to come out of pre-k and to fill any slots that we had open in K through five so we feel like we lost a lot of veteran teachers."
Ginger Taylor is a Pre-K teacher at Westside Elementary. She said "so many people were so qualified and loved teaching pre-k and then they had to leave and it's just sad."
In total there have been more than a million kids to have gone through the pre-k program in Georgia in the last 20 years.
Governor Deal has announced plans try and reinstate Georgia's pre-k program back to a 180-day school year. It could happen as soon as the next academic year.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Lord's Resistance Army has suffered its biggest defection in years after 19 members surrendered to an advocacy group and African Union troops hunting the insurgents in the Central African Republic, the advocacy group said.
Invisible Children said in a statement late Tuesday the LRA members approached a civilian fishing on a riverbank near the village of Tabane in southeastern Central African Republic on Dec. 6 with their weapons raised above their heads.
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"Most significantly, six of the nine males were Ugandan, including a lieutenant and a lieutenant colonel , representing a severe blow to the LRA's strength and command structure," the statement said.
The leader of the 19 defectors, Lt. Col. Okello Okutti, was abducted by the LRA in 1989 and had risen to prominence within the group, the statement added.


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The Red Keep is the residence of the King of the Andals and the First Men, his family and his court, located within King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. It dominates the skyline of the city, and serves as the city's primary fortress and redoubt.
Located in the southeastern corner of King's Landing, the Red Keep overlooks Blackwater Bay and the Narrow Sea. It is currently the seat of King Joffrey Baratheon, and was formerly the seat of King Robert Baratheon and before him, the seat of the Targaryen kings.
Specific Locations
The Great Hall
The Great Hall is the massive throne room of the Red Keep and where the Iron Throne stands. The King (or his Hand, in the event of the King's absence), holds court and receives petitioners within the Great Hall. It is also employed for official ceremonies.
Maegor's Holdfast
Maegor's Holdfast is a stout tower in the center of the Red Keep. It was named after King Maegor Targaryen, who built the Red Keep. It serves as a redoubt when the city is attacked. The royal apartments are also located in Maegor's Holdfast.
Maegor's Holdfast served as a refuge for Queen Cersei and the highborn ladies of the Red Keep during the Battle of the Blackwater.
The Tower of the Hand
The Tower of the Hand is the location of the quarters and offices of the Hand of the King. The Hand's family, household and guards also live and work in the Tower of the Hand.
When Tywin Lannister assumes his Hand duties for King Joffrey he arranges for the meetings of the small council to be held in the Tower of the Hand to assert his own authority.
White Sword Tower
The White Sword Tower houses the chambers of the Kingsguard.
The Traitor's Walk
The Traitor's Walk is an outer corridor on one of the sides of the Red Keep with view to one of its outer walls. The heads of criminals and traitors are placed on spikes over said wall, visible both to the exterior of the Red Keep and whoever passes through the corridor.
Following the arrest and execution of Ned Stark, his head and those of his entire household were placed on the wall beside the Traitor's Walk.
The Black Cells
The Black Cells are part of the dungeons of the Red Keep. Prisoners accused of treason and other high crimes are kept within the Black Cells, as was the case of Ned Stark. Varys has access to the Black Cells, though he dons the disguise of a gaoler when entering.
Notable residents of the Keep
- King Joffrey of House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm.
- Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, his mother, widow of Robert I.
- Prince Tommen, Cersei's younger son and Joffrey's heir.
- Lord Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West, Hand of the King and Savior of the City.
- Tyrion Lannister, called "The Imp" and "Halfman", his youngest son, former acting Hand of the King and new Master of Coin.
- Bronn, a sellsword in Tyrion's service. Former Commander of the City Watch.
- Podrick Payne, Tyrion's squire.
- Ser Kevan Lannister, Lord Tywin's brother
- Ser Lancel Lannister, his son and cousin to the Queen Regent.
- Tyrion Lannister, called "The Imp" and "Halfman", his youngest son, former acting Hand of the King and new Master of Coin.
- Lady Olenna Tyrell, mother of Lord Mace Tyrell
- Margaery Tyrell, King Joffrey's betrothed. Widow of King Renly Baratheon and Lady Olenna's granddaughter.
- Ser Loras Tyrell, called "the Knight of Flowers", Lady Margaery's brother.
- Lord Varys, called "The Spider", the King's Master of Whisperers and a member of the small council.
- Grand Maester Pycelle, the Red Keep's resident healer and king's adviser in matters of science and history, a member of the small council.
- Ser Meryn Trant, Ser Boros Blount, Ser Preston Greenfield, Ser Balon Swann, knights of the Kingsguard.
- Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice, a mute headsman and executioner.
- Ser Aron Santagar, Master-at-Arms of the Red Keep.
- Lord Gyles Rosby, Lord of Rosby.
- Lady Sansa Lannister (neé Stark), Tyrion's wife.
- Shae, Sansa's handmaiden and Tyrion's concubine.
- Dontos Hollard, called "Dontos the Red", a former knight and King Joffrey's new fool.
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Behind the scenes
Production Designer Gemma Jackson said that the look of the floor in the Red Keep is based on the Pantheon in Rome.[1]
In the books
In A Song of Ice and Fire, the Red Keep is a major castle complex located at the south-eastern corner of the city of King's Landing, directly overlooking the Blackwater Rush and Blackwater Bay. It is built atop Aegon's High Hill, the tallest hill of the city, and affords a panoramic view of the rest of the city. It consists of a number of interconnected buildings, such as the main keep, a secondary castle called Maegor's Holdfast and the Tower of the Hand, the seat of the Hand of the King. White Sword Tower is the base of operations for the Kingsguard. The Red Keep is so-named due to the redstone bricks used to build it.
The Red Keep was built approximately three centuries prior to the events of the series and replaced an earlier wooden fort, built by King Aegon I Targaryen where he first set foot on the continent and used as his base of operations in his conquest of Westeros. The construction of the Keep was an immense undertaking, spanning the reign of the first few Targaryen kings, although modifications and additions to the castle have been made ever since.
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King's Landing (Red Keep · Great Sept of Baelor · Guildhall of the Alchemists · Flea Bottom · Dragonpit
Antlers · Rosby · Castle Stokeworth · Duskendale · The Whispers · Claw Isle · Dragonstone · Driftmark · Sharp Point · Stonedance· Rook's Rest · Sow's Horn
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While taking a break at a restaurant, Ash and Co. hear that Professor Oak and DJ Mary would be arriving in town. Team Rocket sees an opportunity in this and disguises themselves. With Jessie as DJ Mary, James as Professor Oak, and Meowth and Wobbuffet as their manager, things go very well for them until the real Professor Oak and Mary show up. Unable to tell which is which, Misty suggests a contest with things only the REAL Professor Oak would know. Which Oak is more knowledgeable?
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Soldier is the first storyline mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories given to protagonist Victor Vance by army sergeant Jerry Martinez from his office at the Fort Baxter Air Base in Vice City.
Victor arrives at the Fort Baxter Air Base by a Barracks OL and meets his new sergeant, Jerry Martinez. Jerry tells him the real opportunity to make money however Victor refuses to go through any trouble. Jerry then tells him to get over to Escobar International Airport and pick up a package for him. Victor, outside, is handed a pager and on a Streetfighter makes it to the airport. When meeting the dealer with the package, however, Hitmen are following and attacking them. Victor starts shooting at the Hitmen but the Marquis is set on fire. The dealer's hookers both die in the explosion and the dealer drowns as Victor manage to escape and swim to shore while avoiding gunfire from the enemies. Victor goes back to his barracks inside the base and hides the drugs there.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Take Sgt. Martinez's bike.
- Go to the V.I.P. terminal at the airport.
- Swim to shore.
- Return to Fort Baxter.
- Take the package to your barracks.
The reward for completing this mission is $50 and the player is able to free roam. The next mission Cleaning House is unlocked.
- The first song heard in the game, during the opening cutscene, is "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner. It is also featured on the radio station Emotion 98.3. However, occasionaly the song will not play and the Emotion 98.3 radio station will restart and play from the beginning.
- Notice Vic salutes Jerry, even though he is a sergeant. (Sergeants are not considered officers in the military, and hence are not to be saluted.)
- The name of the mission might be a reference to the movie Soldier.
- The skins that are used for the hitmen are the same from the hitmen that are after Toni Cipriani in No Son of Mine until Making Toni.
- The dealer is not killed by the hitmen, he is programmed to drown shortly after the cutscene.
- According to the BradyGames guide, the player would control Victor and shoot the gunmen himself instead of a cutscene playing. This was clearly changed in the final version of the game.
- If Vic tries to obtain the boats used by the hitmen, they will explode, most likely to prevent the player from accessing locked areas.
- Chronologically, this is the first mission in the GTA III Era.
- The Barracks OL that drops Vic off has a license plate of VC2 which could be referencing that this is the second GTA III era game to feature Vice City.
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Sesame Street Season 15 aired from November 21, 1983 to May 18, 1984.
Season Overview
This season "attempts to explain death and computers to its young viewer."[1]
Episodes 1836 - 1965 (130 episodes)
- Episode 1836 -- 15th season premiere; Gordon and Snuffy run the NYC marathon
- Episode 1839 -- Death of Mr. Hooper
- Episode 1845 -- Dr. Nobel Price "Discovers" The Law Of Gravity
- Episode 1854 -- Snuffy is Sick
- Episode 1858 -- Proud To Be A Cow/Captain Vegetable Returns
- Episode 1899 -- Bob talks to the Phone
- Episode 1927 -- Gordon and Susan baby-sit
- Episode 1933 -- The new computer
- Episode 1952 -- Hooper's has a broken window
- Episode 1957 -- Election Day on Sesame Street
- This is the first season to have the Sesame Street sign and the CTW logo on the top of the screen.
- After a nine year absence, Joe Raposo returned to his old job as musical director and would remain with the show until his death.
- This was the first season with the Muppets Inc. copyright, in addition to the Children's Television Workshop copyright, at the end of the episodes.
- Despite being released between seasons 16 and 17, this was the final season finished before filming began on Follow That Bird.
Muppet Characters
- Anything Muppets, Barkley, Bert, Big Bird, Buster the Horse, Captain Vegetable, Dr. Nobel Price, Elmo, Ernie, Forgetful Jones, Fred the Wonder Horse, Gilbert and Sullivan, Grover, Honkers, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster
Human Characters
- Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed
- Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Brian Muehl, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, Bryant Young, Noel MacNeal (uncredited)
Season 15 Credits
- Executive Producer: Dulcy Singer
- Producer: Lisa Simon
- Directed by: Lisa Simon
- Head Writer: Norman Stiles
- Writers: Joseph A. Bailey, Sara Compton, Judy Freudberg, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Jeff Moss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Tom Dunsmuir, David Korr, Gary Belkin
- Music Director: Joe Raposo
- Supervising Film Producer: Edith Zornow
- Associate Producer: Arlene Sherman
- Muppets by: Don Sahlin, Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, Cheryl Blalock, Richard Termine, Susan Moore, Ed Christie
- Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
- Assistant Music Director: Dave Conner
- Post Production Supervisor: Ted May
- Associate Director: Andy Bamberger
- Production Supervisor: Frieda Lipp
- Art Director: Victor Di Napoli
- Production Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien
- Stage Manager: Mortimer J. O'Brien
- Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
- Costume Designer: Bill Kellard
- Graphic Artist: Gerri Brioso
- Senior Scenic Artist: Jane Asch
- Production Assistants: Diane P. Mitchell, Cheryl Ann Jung, Lynn Roberge, Stuart Lovery, Danette Morganelli, Joseph M. Catalano, Mercedes Polanco, Thelma Moses, Noel McNeil
- Unit Manager: Eleanor McIntosh
- Technical Director: Ralph Mensch
- Lighting Director: Randy Nordstrom
- Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
- Audio: Blake Norton
- Video: Martin Gaujenieks
- Cameras: Frank Biondo, Arnold Giorando, Miguel Armstrong
- Videotape Editors: John Hutchison, Evamarie Keller
- Make-Up: Lee Halls
- Hair Stylist: Karen Specht
- Wardrobe: Grisha Mynova
- Curriculum Coordinator: Robert J. Emerick
- Vice President for Research: Edward L. Palmer
- Director of Research: Valeria Lovelace, Ph.D.
- Associate Director of Research: Istar Schwager
- Chairman, Board of Advisors: Gerald S. Lesser
- Vice Presidents of Production: David D. Connell, Al Hyslop
- ↑ The Deseret News: 'Sesame Street' nears 15th year
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Hyūga Elder
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This unnamed elder was the previous head of Konohagakure's Hyūga clan and the father of Hiashi and Hizashi.[1]
It was apparently his idea to have Hizashi act as Hiashi's body double after the incident with the Head Ninja of Kumogakure. Even though his elder son struggled with the decision, he told him that at some point in time each head of the clan has had to protect it in some way or the other and that this was why the branch family existed.[2]
He has been shown to be very loyal to the clan putting the safety of the Byakugan and its secrets even above the life of his own son.[3] This fierce loyalty, however, comes off as callousness, and it often times seems that his only concern is protecting the clan's kekkei genkai at any cost.
He is a man of short stature with long, grey hair that reaches down to his back, and like all members of his clan, he possesses featureless white eyes. He wears traditional robes which consist of a loose fitting kimono that is held closed with a simple sash under a brown, waist length haori. He also sucks nuts and dick...
Although nothing is known of the extent of his abilities it can be assumed that he was well verse in the clan's secret techniques as he was the head of the clan. He also has the Byakugan which grants him near 360° vision amongst other abilities.
Part II
Konoha History Arc
Main article: Konoha History Arc During the invasion of Konoha, he along with other Konoha shinobi were defending the village from the invading Suna and Oto ninja. When he saw two Kumo ninja attempting to kidnap Hinata, he tried to rescue her. However, the two ninja escaped and he was subsequently attacked from behind by an Oto-nin. He was later found by Neji and when he regained consciousness, he asked him to do whatever it took to get Hinata back.[4]
- "The advanced blood of the Hyūga clan is a valuable trump card to this village. Protecting that has been the duty of the main family. That is why the branch families exist."[2]
- (To Hiashi) "Hiashi… The time has come where each generation has protected the Hyūga blood in this way. You must have the heart to let go of even a sibling to protect the blood. That is the destiny of the main family and the destiny of those born as Hyūga."[3]


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By Becky Dernbach
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Last week more than 50 community members rallied in support of Rose McGee as she faced off against Fannie Mae in settlement court alleging wrongful foreclosure. When Fannie Mae still refused to offer what she considered a fair deal, the judge ordered the parties to return for further court mediation May 14. "The outcome of the court process today was very disappointing," said Rose McGee. "The offer that Fannie has made is unreasonable. If they made a reasonable offer, I would gladly accept it. Continue Reading →


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You may be in a minority, Rochdale will become Suva for the day
Re the Fijian Population of Rochdale, it is - I'm told - the largest UK Fijian population outside London and the focal point for ex-pat Fijian gatherings. The Fiji UK RL side has a large Rochdale contingent, and if you're involved/interested in RL in Rochdale, you don't have to go too far to bump into a Fijian (certainly Mayfield have a couple of lads playing for them, and the Rochdale Cobras have a palm-tree on their badge, such are the links).
The Hornets supporters tag side Rochdale Swarm played a Rochdale Fijian rep side a couple of years ago at Spotland (National anthems, the full monty!). They flogged us.
Given the size of my friends' families, those of my acquaintances, and mine also, it could be close run thing.


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Born March 28, 1976, Ada Limón is originially from Sonoma, California. As a child, she was greatly influenced by the visual arts and artists, including her mother, Stacia Brady. In 2001, she received an M.F.A. from the Creative Writing Program at New York University.
Her first collection of poetry, Lucky Wreck (Autumn House Press, 2006), was the winner of the 2005 Autumn House Poetry Prize. She is also the author of This Big Fake World (Pearl Editions, 2006), winner of the 2005 Pearl Poetry Prize, and Sharks in the Rivers (Milkweed Editions, 2010). Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, the Harvard Review, and Pleiades.
A 2001-2002 fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, she has also received a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts and won the Chicago Literary Award for Poetry.
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It was just a doctor's visit, but seeing how to access her medical chart online gave Keuka College social work student Cyndy Bundy an idea: why couldn't social workers consult online, too?
Now, the Eastwood resident is soaring to new heights, thanks to her proposal for social workers to use social media as a way to combat issues like sexting, cyber-bullying, and suicidal tendencies.
Bundy was invited to share her poster presentation at the national Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference (BPD), a competitive academic event, which will be held in March in Myrtle Beach, SC. She is the first Keuka social work student and first ASAP student to receive an invitation to present at a national conference. Bundy is pursuing her bachelor's degree in social work through Keuka's Accelerated Studies for Adults Program (ASAP). She attends classes at the Onondaga Community College site.
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink – Charging Valets
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Ladies and Gentlemen – this is the catch-all area of my kitchen counter.
A variety of items have been rotated in and out of this place, but one thing that has remained constant has been the ever-present charger cords for the various small electronics we use daily. I keep trying to convince myself that it doesn't bother me that the cords are just sprouting from the wall willy-nilly, but it does.
Fortunately, there are a variety of great, good-looking options for hiding all of those cords. Unfortunately, they are all great in their own right so I am finding it hard to make a decision.
This option from Pottery Barn is very nice looking and ultra functional with a mini-drawer and a couple of places for your electronics to land. It even come in a variety of colors…but sadly it is too bulky for where I want to use it:
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May 2, 2016
North Carolina's governor is this week's speaker in the weekly Republican address opposite President Barack Obama.
GOP Gov. Pat McCrory said Saturday that governors need Washington to grant states more flexibility, independence and accountability.
McCrory says Washington has shown weak leadership, while the country's 30 Republican governors are innovating to improve the lives of their citizens. He says he's concentrating on improving the state's economy, education system, and government efficiency.
But McCrory needs permission from the Obama administration to revamp North Carolina's Medicaid program in his vision of bringing together physical health with mental health, substance abuse and other social service needs.
McCrory also says the president should grant governors the ability to develop energy resources by allowing offshore oil and gas drilling.
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(KSDK Sports) -- One of the biggest complaints traditionalists have had ever since the postseason was expanded from four teams to eight teams in 1995 - and to 10 last year - is that there are too many possibilities for upsets, which often prevent the best teams from playing in the World Series.
That won't be the case this year.
The Red Sox wrapped up the American League pennant Saturday night with a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park as Shane Victorino's seventh-inning grand slam rallied Boston from a 2-1 deficit.
SLAM DANCE: Victorino clinches Red Sox pennant
CARLOS BELTRAN: Ready for first World Series
Now the Red Sox will meet the St. Louis Cardinals, who also won the National League Championship Series in six games over the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the World Series. Game 1 is set for Wednesday night at Fenway.
The Red Sox and Cardinals were both 97-65 in the regular season, tying for the best record in the major leagues. Thus, the two best teams will indeed be going head-to-head.
"It should be exciting," Red Sox left-handed reliever Craig Breslow said. "They have a great team and we have a great team, so it should be a great series. I don't know if the World Series can be any closer than this series was against the Tigers, but I imagine it probably will."
The Game 1 pitching matchup will likely feature the Red Sox's Jon Lester against the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, though Boston manager John Farrell wasn't ready to go over scouting reports Saturday night.
"We're probably going to take 12 or 24 hours to let this one sink in," Farrell said. "The Cardinals have a fantastic team and a lot of power arms that will walk to that mound. By the time Wednesday rolls around, we know we'll be prepared."
The Red Sox led the major leagues in runs scored in the regular season with an average of 5.27 a game, and the Cardinals were third at 4.83. St. Louis was fifth in runs allowed with 3.68 a game, and Boston was 13th with a 4.05 average.
The teams last met in interleague play in 2008 with the Cardinals winning two games in a three-game series at Fenway. Just four players who appeared in those games are still with the teams - St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina along with Lester, second baseman Dustin Pedroia and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury for Boston.
The Cardinals and Red Sox have met three other times in the World Series. St. Louis won in seven games in both 1946 and 1967 while Boston swept in four games in 2004 for its first world championship in 86 years.