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" @DJSNuva1: and once again you still haven't said what Priscilla will do against Teresa's abilities and that an infected Dauf managed to damage her, its as if all that i am saying is just going through one ear and out the other. I have given more points in favour of Teresa than you have for Priscilla "Show me the scan of Dauf hurting Priscilla and tell me what chapter/volume it's from
@raikagebee: Just because she shows strain on her face doesn't mean she was struggling against Dauf. She wasn't even worried. She tore through Dauf in the next few pages.
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" I am leaning towards Teresa, like everyone has already pointed out Teresa did defeat Priscilla while only using 10% of her yoki. If Teresa goes all out on Priscilla, Priscilla chances of survival are very slim. "
Teresa beat Priscilla the Claymore, not Priscilla the Awakened One. Also, like Rubel pointed out, Priscilla should have surpassed Teresa by now, just like before, Priscilla was not vastly stronger than Easley before, but even Easley himself stated that Priscilla is now virtually unbeatable.
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True. However, it does mean that we're going to see something more powerful than we've ever seen before in the Manga, to destroy her." @DJSNuva1: You may be right, though how many times have we heard something like that said before in any form of fiction with a powerful antagonist. So i dont really buy the whole "Unbeatable" line yet. "
LOL, wrong thread?" how about buffy form vampire slayeer ? "
" @DJSNuva1: Theres no point repeatedly posting picks of various characters saying that they think Priscilla is unbeatable because thats just their opinion and they probably have never faced Teresa at full power or they wouldn't still be there to say that and anyway i think the Destroyer is more powerful than her because it is a massive amount of pure dark yoki and as i keep saying awakened priscilla would do worse than claymore priscilla because of teresa's ability, you have yet to prove me wrong on that "Teresa's Yoki reading ability is irrelevant because she's too vastly outmatched by Priscilla. Riful said "We can't beat her" and Easley even says himself that he cannot beat Priscilla. Priscilla is proven to be more powerful than the Abyssal Ones, Teresa is not proven to be vastly more powerful than Riful or Easley. Priscilla>Teresa
Been done
Still Teresa
I seriously don't understand why people have this arguement, we all watched and/or read the fight. Teresa wins this too easily. How did this start, Rubel says priscilla surpasses teresa but he never actually watched teresa fight just the usual rumours in the organization. Teresa made absolutely sure the organization never new of her strength, the same for her fellow claymores, she'd never released 10% in front of anyone before. When the organization list its strongest no 1s teresa was mentioned, but not even as the strongest, this shows that the organization didn't know her power. Before the fight Irene says Priscilla will surpass Teresa, that her latent ability his higher and stuff. First how do claymore's fight, they have certain speeds and strength at base level, when the release their yoma energy, they tap into the yoma in them to become stronger, so its like a kind of boost. 10% eye colour change, 30% face begins to distort, 50+% body begins to distort 70% mind begins to corrode, 80+% Awakening starts 100 % awakening completes = full power. At 100% they recieve the maximum boost from the yoma energy. Teresa had the ability to read every flow of yoki, hence the precog, she then had trouble with priscilla because priscilla could surpress her yoki, but she still won easily because her base form was stronger, faster and more skilled and experienced, this showed when teresa took a notch up and priscilla seemed to think she was getting slower but in reality, teresa was getting faster, still at base form. If priscilla had become a better warrior, she would have gained more experience and skill but will still be lower in strength and speed to teresa at base form. Priscilla then releases 10% of her yoki, this was enough to make teresa take notice, with this she still get owned with teresa at base form, meaning teresa base form > 10% boosted Priscilla in Speed and Power, priscilla breaks down, goes nuts and attacks teresa, at 30%, at this point Precog fails, Teresa notes that there is too much Yoma energy coming from prisiclla that she can't read it, so she proceeds to fight normally, Priscilla seems to be getting overwhelmed as evidenced by her constantly increasing her yoma energy, when she gets to 70-79%, base teresa begins to have trouble keeping up with her power, as though she is still able to maintain same speed but the body distortion advantage begins to play in (longer reach and stuff), and she seems to have trouble with the power. We can conclude that base Teresa = 70-79% Priscilla in Speed, Base Teresa is < 70-79% in Power. Teresa notices that she has to power up to remain alive, She releases 10% of her power, and the fight continues, still no Precog mind you. At this point Noel, Irene and Sophia arrive. Irene and Sophie exclaim that what is happening is unreal, that the 2 of them are monsters. (I'm combining things from anime and manga, as they see, to give u a clearer picture). Irene exclaims that One of the Yoma energy is MUCH MUCH MUCH greater than the other. Meaning either 10% Teresa is >>>>> than 70-79% Priscilla, or 70-79% Priscilla is >>>>>> than 10% Teresa, then they get within viewing range and see priscilla's level of degradation, Noel/Sophia exclaims is that Priscilla, Don't tell me she has...... Irene confirms that she hasn't awakened yet that if they can stop her then she could be reverted, then he stated that who in the world can stop her, indicating she suspected that Priscilla was the greater power (Notice that even though she was that close she couldn't tell who the greater power was because there was so much yoma energy that even teresa an expert at yomi reading can't read the extent. So her thinking priscilla is the greater power will have to do with her earlier statement that priscilla had the higher latent ability.) . At precisely the moment irene ponders who can beat her, she gets cut by teresa on one arm, in the midst of high speed slashes, Priscilla is blitzed by teresa rather easily, this happens about 2-3 times in total. Immediately Priscilla is overwhelmed, Irene, Noel and Sophia gasp, this further proves that Irene thought Priscilla was the greater power, then she makes a statement that (this might not be exactly what she says mind you, but it is the general idea)"Priscilla after releasing so much power, had her massive strength repelled by Teresa who released just enough for her eyes to change colour. Is this to true strength of teresa when her eyes change colour". What does this statement mean, it means that the greater power was after all Teresa, so going by what Irene said, 10% Teresa is Much Greater than 70-79% Teresa , I think her words were FAR BEYOND, which is even more than MUCH GREATER. so 10% Teresa is FAR BEYOND 70-79% Priscilla. From that statement, we can also tell that Irene never even knew the extent of 10% Teresa's power, she must have simply measured Priscilla's 100% against base Teresa. (Teresa say priscilla has potential to be a monster, but it is stated that teresa almost never goes up to 10% when she says she'd better do it against rosemary before she forgets how to do it, so it is fair to say Teresa probably doesn't know how much her strength is after 10%, and she said Priscilla would be a monster because well, priscilla is a monster in terms of ability). If Irene doesn't even know the extent of 10% Teresa then it renders her statement about Priscilla being capable of surpassing Teresa moot. Anyways event further progressed and Priscilla, frustrated at not being able to win, tapped into her inner madness (The whole, Papa, Mama thing she always does), then she goes over 80+%, at this point she tries a preemptive, teresa was still trying to understand the whole Papa, Mama thing, and she attacks, but while teresa is surprised, she still blocks it. Result is first preemptive attack failed because 10% teresa is FAR BEYOND priscilla at the point, then the awakening starts she drops her sword starts screaming in pain and Crying, she has clearly lost here, then she begs like all claymores do to be killed while still being human. Teresa while keeping some sort of honor code and shit releases her yoki back to 0, in order to deliver the final blow. Remember that we concluded that 70-79% Priscilla was = speed and > strength than base Teresa, and this time she was over 80+, which means >Speed and Strength than base teresa, then she tries a second preemptive, preemptive attack plus greater speed and power and of cos Teresa's hands are immediately cut off, and she is immediately decapitated. That's about how the fight went, Teresa is undoubtedly the stronger of the 2, with the steady rate at which powers increase when you increase your yoma energy it is possible that 100% priscilla will still have been defeated by 10% Teresa, if not, then she'd have to raise it to max 15% and she's stomp her. there is even a way to calc that 10% > 80% which means Teresa is at least 8 times stronger than priscilla, then 100% divide 8 = 12.5% it'd take Teresa to beat Priscilla and this isn't exactly right because 10% was said to be FAR BEYOND. Anyways look at Teresa's feats to back up her power, she cut through 2-5 of the organization, she cut the about 10 or so warriors sent to initially kill her. The organization gave the definition of an Abyssal One as a previous number 1 that awakened, while they might vary in strength, she still qualifies as an abyssal one, and she gets blitzed by Teresa at 10%, in shot by a simple movement of her hand, Teresa uses brute force to rip off an abyssal one's hand, and we know that low numbered claymore's while being able to cut metal (except Clarice it seems) find it diificult to cut the skin of normal awakened beings, and this is an abyssal level awakened being and teresa uses a hand to rip off Rosemary's hand, and awakened beings easily level large buildings, this means she'd break metal with brute strength and could have possibly defeated Rosemary with her bear hands, cos rosemary didn't even realize her hand had been ripped off. People bring up the argument that rosemary couldn't be considered an abyssal one. But more recently we find out another of teresa's feats, you only realize this if u think deeply enough. The organization used Priscilla's arm to reproduce the 3 they considered to be the strongest ever no 1s, Cassandra, Hysteria and Roxanne. The three were said to be abyssal level. Before Hysteria died.......again, she narrated how she died the first time, she says the warriors gathered and she was cutting them down, (we know Hysteria was called the Elegant, since she had the most beautiful technique + she was fast enough to completely blitz mira, who happens to be one of the fastest claymores in the verse). So she was cutting the warriors down because she was obviously faster than them, she said "There was no one there who could keep up with my speed, so even with me alone, i should have been able to massacre all of them, but the one who delivered the final blow to me was the then number 4 Rosemary". she then said "but it wasn't her who defeated me, even before i that final blow, i had recieved a blow fatal blow that dulled my movements towards the end". Now I quote her final words "Blood and Screams where everywhere on the hill of massacre, There, the strange figure of a single warrior caught and held my eye. Admist the Warriors stiff with fear, she alone was FAINTLY SMILING". The Key word here is FAINTLY SMILING, what does that remind you of, FAINT SMILE right?, so Teresa delivered the fatal blow to an abyssal class no 1, which means she could have totally defeated rosemary if she was an abyssal class, which she was. If you doubt that it was teresa being talked about, check who delivers the final blow ROSEMARY? yeah, the same rosemary, doesn't it suit teresa's personality the way she liked to hide from the organization that she delivered a fatal blow to hysteria but let someone else finish her off so she doesn't take the credit and the organization doesn't know about her strength, same thing after she killed Rosemary, the man from the organization asked, What happened to your uniform(note that after all the hits she purposely took from an abyssal one, she didn't have a scratch on her just her uniform roughened up), hope u didn't allow Rosemary awaken "teresa says, of course not, if a former no 1 awakened i wouldn't be alive here, that i just saw a few yoma on the way", meaning even the organization have been constantly kept in the dark about her power, plus all those who witnessed it got killed by Priscilla except Irene who went into hiding and Claire who became a claymore. Another feat by teresa, was when she was still a trainee, we've seen how they are all locked up and kept in the organization but she was constantly able to escape and runaway, this isn't even the feat i'm referring too, just a minor one. Remember Rafaela, she was said to be an expert in killing her yoki, even top yoki sensors like Galatea who can sense yoki from range(possibly across continent as she sensed Luciela and Easley's fight in the south from the organization in the east) couldn't sense her presence, she was used as an enforcer of the organization, to sneak up on renegade claymore and kill them, the never notice she's there, even irene didn't notice, plus she had power to rival Luciela, since they were sisters, and were the first failed experiment of the eventual Alica & Beth Program. Anyways, one of such times when Teresa escaped as a trainee, she came across rafaela and said "Are you human?" after rafael confirms that she knows of the organization, Teresa says he sensed her yoki but it was very small like it wasn't there, and rubel's words were that it was IMPOSSIBLE/FUTILE to track rafaela through yoki since she had killed it off, and teresa as a trainee sensed it, also Rafaela was surprised that a trainee would journey from the organization across a considerable distance to the town, while going through the wilderness, with wild animals and youma several times. All these are feats accomplished and we only know a little of her. Riful was calced to MACH 3000 (I was also like what the hell), here is a link to the calc http://www.narutoforums.com/blog.php?b=17277. we know Priscilla Blitzed Riful from a VERY VERY long distance away with riful being unable to react, and Teresa 12.5% > than Priscilla >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alicia >>>> Mach 3075 (Riful). Just consider this and yo know that Claymore verse is not to be Messed wih, especially the lady with the FAINT SMILE. This is long isn't it
Holy shit how didn't i notice this thread? And above me... that wall.
Teresa at just 10% was wrecking the shit of a well over 50% Priscilla, she'll probably have to go beyond 10% in this scenario but she should still rape with little effort if she's serious.
There is a reason Teresa is called the strongest number one.
@ohgodwhy: Pretty much.
There's also the fact that Teresa at 10% casually blitzed and one-shoted Awakend Rosemary, who as a former number one has the right to be called an Abyssal One.
So yup, everything indicates that Teresa is the god-tire of Claymore verse with maybe the Awakened Dragon Kin, but i guess we'll learn about that in due time... or at least i hope we do.
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PROVIDENCE — An ex-convict from Fall River is the fourth person charged in the fatal stabbing of a Providence man who tried to break up a fight on Federal Hill last week.
William E. Lopes, 29, out of prison for less than two years, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant from Providence police in the murder of 22-year-old Satchel Bernard Ramos.
The police chased and caught Lopes near 132 Last St. in Fall River, just a block over the line from Tiverton. He is expected to be arraigned as a fugitive from justice Thursday in Fall River District Court and brought to Providence to face a felony assault charge by afternoon, provided he waives extradition, said Providence Police Maj. David Lapatin.
As the bars and nightclubs were closing in the early hours of March 2, Ramos and his older brother Clyde saw several men harassing a couple on Federal Hill.
The brothers tried to break up the altercation, the police say, but instead were drawn into a fight in the middle of Dean Street and Atwells Avenue. Both were stabbed, and Satchel Ramos died.
The police recovered a knife thought to be the murder weapon, which was discarded at the scene. The couple who were rescued by the Ramos brothers have not been publicly identified, but Lapatin said they are speaking with the police.
The police say the four suspects were together that night. Two of them have been in prison recently.
Lopes had been out on probation since his release in May 2012 from the Adult Correctional Institutions, where he served time for possession with intent to deliver 1 to 5 kilos of marijuana and other drugs. The state police had found the drugs after they stopped his Mercedes-Benz on Route 195 in East Providence in 2011, according to court records.
The Providence police say that Lopes is friends with the other three suspects — a man with a criminal record going back to his teen years, a part-time nail technician from Fall River, and an unemployed man living with his parents in Assonet, Mass.
Justin Santerrre, 32, was released on Jan. 28 from a maximum-security facility in Shirley, Mass., after serving time for home invasions in Fall River. He is now held without bail on a charge of murdering Ramos. He has a criminal record going back to his teens.
So is Eric Souza, 29, of Assonet, who is unemployed, was caught by two officers as he tried to flee the murder scene. He is being held on murder and conspiracy charges.
And Santerre's girlfriend Lisa Fisher, 28, a part-time nail technician, is out on bail on charges that she helped Santerre and Lopes get out of Providence and return to Fall River. She is charged with two counts of harboring and with misprison of a felony.
Ramos was the fourth person slain in Providence this year. So far, Providence police have made arrests in three of the four homicides.
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What is a good tip for a conciege host?
I just off the Wonder and I upgraded to the one-bedroom. How much does a conciege host need to be tipped? I had no idea and just guessed. Any pointers??
We had no idea earlier...I think we were pretty cheap but since we upgraded in port last minute we didn't budget much for them, we left 100.00 which we felt was fair...I felt that 200.00 would have been spot on, we are going to budget more next time...
200.00 tip????
Are you saying a 200.00 tip for one person? If that is what it takes to be in concierge, I'll stick with my veranda cabin. Considering we paid 84.00 per person in tips, 200.00 for one person seems excessive. Do they really do that much more for you? We just got off of our first cruise ever and we did put extra in all 4 envelopes, but 200.00 just seems like a lot. :confused3 |
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DCL gives no guidance whatsoever.
We did a survey a few months ago and the results were all over the place. A significant percentage said that no tip whatsoever should be provided (presumably since you are paying for those services in your elevated cruise fare). Another large chunk of people felt that for a family of four on a seven night cruise, that around $100 or less was reasonable (total, not per person). If I remember correctly, less than one in three people thought any more than that should be given as a concierge tip (for a seven night cruise for four people). So, I think your tip was entirely fair and reasonable. DWF |
Here is the link to the poll:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....concierge+poll My memory was fairly accurate. I think anything in the $100 range is a "good" tip and even something like $50 is fine based on the responses. As always, it depends how needy you are. We do not have that many requests that warrant some over-the-top tip. But, of course, some others might. Also, do not forget that the litho and game cards, for example, are not being personally purchased by the concierge for you. Our first concierge was a little deceptive with those items and said something like "I thought you might enjoy this limited edition litho" instead of "DCL wants to you remember your experience and would like to give you this litho". Big difference in my opinion. DWF |
I think it depends on their skill set as well. Some go above and beyond and deserve a little more. I have also had the flip side where they were utterly useless and we avoided them like the plague.
Did some review of that poll and over 75% would leave $100 or less (some significantly less) for four people on a seven night cruise. Also, bear in mind, that the members of this board are generally the more generous tippers as far as I can tell. In the real world, interviews with cruise staff indicate that around 1 in 3 do not leave any tips whatsoever to anybody. Members of this board probably are much, much less than that. So, again, I suspect $100 is a "good" tip unless you are very needy of the concierge staff.
Oh, somebody also multiplied out the numbers that went something like: 40 concierge cabins, $100 tip each, $4000 per week, split three ways, $1350 per week, $65-70K a year. It does make the argument for a $200 tip a little less strong (nearly $150K a year for that job, where do I signup!). DWF |
Also, I think it depends how much the concierge does for you. If you are a party of two adults who require very little from the concierge, then a total tip of $50-$100 to the concierge strikes me as about right. Whereas, if you are extremely high-maintenance -- judge, and tip, accordingly!
Slightly OT, but related: we felt that the cabin steward should get 2x the suggested tip rate, as our 1 bdrm. concierge cabin was about twice the size of a regular cabin. |
We upgraded at port for a five nighter, and we also had no clue. We gave 10/night, so a total of 50.00.
One thing I want to question last week one of the concierge hosts told us DCL does not pay tjem and they rely on tips. Is this true?
We were clueless last week and just guessed, as our quick DIS search on the boat didn't help. Missed that poll post, DARN IT! Anyway, we were wondering now how one would have tipped the food & bar staff there. We were really hoping staff would share with them as there was no envelope for them, but are now guessing not...
I always look at it from a "what would their salary be if we all did the same thing" position. If every concierge cabin tips $100 per week, the annual tip revenue per concierge is almost 70K. Then, if DCL is still paying a salary and providing room/board, I find it hard to imagine that anything more than that should be considered necessary. The reverse argument is that if we complained to DCL that we would prefer the position to be nontipped, we could return to the good old days and avoid all this discussion. I know that is going to be the thrust of my end-of-cruise evaluation next year on the Fantasy. I would much rather the concierge staff be considered a salaried professional position and any tips be pooled and donated to charity, if somebody feels so compelled. DWF |
Any idea of what the average tip is for the Roy suite?
The hypothesis above is essentially my understanding of what happened--when DCL started handing out concierge tip envelopes, they significantly decreased the base pay of those positions. Again, just my understanding, but I've been told that it's not like the servers (essentially a no salary position), but that it was basically cut in half from what they used to get.
My advice--look at what they do for you and tip accordingly. For instance, for 2 of us on a 7 night cruise, the suggested tip for the dining room server is $56. Did the concierge do as much for me as the server? Did they do ANYTHING beyond sit in the lounge and be available? The answer to that depends on you and your family. If they were doing stuff for me, I would choose to tip appropriately. If they did basically nothing, a token tip is my choice. Honestly, I'd rather spread my tip dollars to those who actually do the work. |
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Sounders clinch first-round bye in playoffs with win over Dallas
Brad Evans had two goals to lead Seattle in a 3-1 win in its final regular-season match at home this year.
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The Sounders have seen just about every trophy elude their grasp this season.
First, it was the CONCACAF Champions League back in March. Then, over the course of the year, the U.S. Open Cup, Heritage Cup and MLS Supporters' Shield followed. Lastly, before Sunday's regular-season home finale against FC Dallas, Seattle was forced to concede the Cascadia Cup to Portland after the Timbers clinched the fan-sponsored competition among Pacific Northwest rivals in Vancouver.
But one trophy remains. The most important one: MLS Cup.
And with a 3-1 win against Dallas, led by two goals from midfielder Brad Evans, the Sounders helped their cause to that aim by clinching a top-three seed into the Western Conference, thus avoiding the first round of the playoffs.
"I think this was one of the most important games of the year so far," Evans said. "We made a statement tonight."
Seattle (15-7-11) will face Real Salt Lake for the second year in a row in the conference semifinals, but which team will have home-field advantage is to be determined.
The Sounders are tied with RSL in the standings, but boast a 51-46 advantage in goals scored, the first tiebreaker. That means a Seattle win the last game of the season on Oct. 28 against the Los Angeles Galaxy would almost assuredly clinch the No. 2 seed.
But even while it was nice to look forward after a win, losing the Cascadia Cup still stung.
"We like to get trophies," said acting coach Brian Schmetzer, who filled in for the suspended Sigi Schmid. "We like to win as much as we can wherever we can."
"If we can't give (the fans) that, then we need to give them something else," added Evans.
Evans broke a 1-1 tie in the 60th minute when he hammered a cross from midfielder Christian Tiffert past goalkeeper Kevin Hartman. Midfielder Mauro Rosales capped the scoring in the 79th minute when he finished into an open net on a fine pass from forward Fredy Montero, who had two assists.
It marked the second three-goal performance for the Sounders in three games.
"We did an excellent job," Rosales said. "We have to keep going like this, play the last game, and then try to be at our best level for the playoffs."
The Sounders opened the scoring in the 32nd minute from an unlikely spot.
Montero was brought down in the penalty area, drawing Seattle's first penalty kick since a Week 2 game against Houston on March 23.
Evans converted the kick, like he did against the Dynamo. He is 5 for 5 in PKs the past two seasons and earned his first two-goal game since April 30, 2011.
FC Dallas (9-13-11) responded in the 40th minute on a goal by forward Blas Perez, his fourth in three games. The score ended Seattle's season-best shutout streak at 369 minutes, which was the sixth-longest in MLS this year.
The Sounders are 14-0-3 this season when scoring the first goal, 27-0-4 since the end of 2010 — the second-longest active streak in MLS behind New York's 56 games.
The Sounders finished 11-4-2 at CenturyLink Field, their best home record for a season. Seattle, as expected, also established new MLS records this year in average attendance (43,144) and total attendance (733,441) following Sunday's crowd of 38,755.
• Sounders FC next hosts CD Marathon of Honduras in its final CONCACAF Champions League group game at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Seattle has already clinched advancement to the quarterfinals.
• FC Dallas was eliminated from playoff contention with the loss. Vancouver earned the final berth thanks to Seattle's win and will face the Galaxy in the first round.
• Seattle fielded its 30th different lineup in 33 games as forward Eddie Johnson and defender Adam Johansson returned from national team duty. Defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado also returned and played with a protective mask due to a facial fracture.
• Schmid was suspended for the game due to critical comments toward referee Ricardo Salazar during and after Wednesday's tie with Real Salt Lake. He was forced to watch the game from a suite but addressed the crowd in a postgame ceremony as part of Fan Appreciation Day.
• David Estrada was named the 2012 Sounders FC Humanitarian of the Year on Sunday.
• Schmetzer improved to 2-0 in MLS games.
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Seattle | 1 2 — 3 |
FC Dallas — Kevin Hartman, Hernan Pertuz, Matt Hedges, Jair Benitez, Zach Loyd, Andrew Jacobson, Ricardo Villar (Scott Sealy, 74th), Daniel Hernandez (Carlos Rodriguez, 81st), David Ferreira, Fabian Castillo, Blas Perez.
Seattle — Michael Gspurning, Marc Burch, Jeff Parke, Adam Johansson, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Mauro Rosales (Andy Rose, 83rd), Osvaldo Alonso, Christian Tiffert (David Estrada, 89th), Brad Evans, Eddie Johnson, Fredy Montero.
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Team | W-L-T | Pts |
San Jose | 19-6-8 | 65 |
Seattle | 15-7-11 | 56 |
Real Salt Lake | 17-11-5 | 56 |
L.A. Galaxy | 15-12-6 | 51 |
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Renegade Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo won't pay off debts, say opponents
(Read article summary)Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara accuses renegade President Laurent Gbagbo of paying his loyalist armed forces while neglecting to pay international creditors.
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Alassane Ouattara, the former International Monetary Fund economist that just about every world leader recognizes as Ivory Coast's president-elect, doesn't think his opponent will ever pay his bills.
Specifically, he doesn't think renegade President Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to concede defeat in the country's Nov. 28 election, will honor the $29 million dollar payment that Ivory Coast owes its debtors by Jan. 29.
"If they wanted to pay, they would have done so," Mr. Ouattara told Bloomberg yesterday. He also said Mr. Gbagbo's administration has recently withdrawn millions of dollars "to pay salaries, to pay mercenaries, and to take money out of the country instead of paying what they have to pay to the London Club, so clearly they have no intention of paying," referring to the group of creditors who hold Ivory Coast bonds.
Paying off Ivory Coast's government debt might be a way for Gbagbo to kindle some shred of legitimacy in the eyes of the West. But Gbagbo, an ex-history professor fluent in neo-colonial rhetoric, seems less and less concerned with such intercontinental statecraft.


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Victor Pasmore
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bromide print, 16 April 1962
14 5/8 in. x 10 in. (371 mm x 255 mm)
Given by the photographer, Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, 2000
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After three weeks in the NFL there are only 3 unbeaten teams left, 2 in the AFC and 1 in the NFC. I am going to break my usual tought process on best teams this week and actually leave one of the undefeated teams out because I am still not convinced they are for real. These rankings seem to be changing a lot this year. Here we go...
1. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0) - The Steelers took care of business on Sunday by dismantling the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with their fourth string quarterback. Their defense is honestly the best in the game, hands down. If their offense can click the way it did on Sunday once Ben Roethisberger comes back in two weeks than this team is going to be very hard to beat. They have a huge divisional game this week against the Baltimore Ravens at home. Their defense is going to have to come up big this week because the Ravens are a way more complete team then anyone they have faced so far.
2. Chicago Bears (3-0) - The Bears answered the question of whether or not they were for real on Monday night, defeating the Packers in a huge divisional showdown. Jay Cutler is showing his maturity at quarterback and their defense is playing extremely physical. They are the best team in the NFC right now but are actually underdogs this week against the New York Giants. Vegas must know something that I don't know because I would bet my salary on Chicago beating the Giants outright.
3. New York Jets (2-1) - I would not have thought after their week one performance that the Jets would be back in our power rankings after week 3 but they have defeated the Patriots and the Dolphins convincingly in back to back weeks and now sit atop the AFC East. Mark Sanchez seems to have found his stride as they coaching staff has finally allowed him some leeway to throw the ball downfield. The Jets will play their third consecutive division opponent this week when they travel to Buffalo. Barring an enormous let down, the Jets should end week 4 at 3-1.
4. Atlanta Falcons (2-1) - Some people are going to argue against us putting the Falcons this high in our rankings but they did just defeat the defending Superbowl champions and their only loss has come at the hands of our number one team. Matt Ryan is quietly putting up some solid numbers and Michael Turner is running the ball well. They have also allowed the second least amount of points of anyone in the NFC through 3 weeks. They will host the desparate, under performing San Fransisco 49ers this week. Watch out, this could be a trap game.
5. Philadelphia Eagles (2-1) - This will be another controversial pick for our power rankings but you can't ignore the fact that their offense is very explosive with Michael Vick at the helm. They have scored the most points through three weeks in the NFC and when Stewart Bradley is in the game on defense they look good. The held the Jacksonville Jaguars to less than 200 yards of offense last week and only 3 points. This week brings the most hyped game in recent memory as Donovan McNabb and the Redskins travel to Philly for Donovans first ever game in Philly in an opposing team's uniform.
There is the top 5 teams in the NFL after week 3. Thoughts or opinions? Feel free to leave a comment! Also don't forget to visit my site, www.moleandmeares.com , to watch our weekly picks video and submit your week 4 NFL picks for a chance to win a weekly prize.
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NFL Power Rankings - Week 4
Posted on: September 29, 2010 11:46 am
Edited on: September 29, 2010 11:54 am
Category: NFL
Tags: Atlanta, Bears, Chicago, Eagles, Falcons, Jets, New York, NFL, NFL power rankings, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Steelers
Since: Jun 15, 2010 |
Posted on: September 30, 2010 8:34 am
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4well you got #1 correct.... dont know where you get the rest
Since: Jan 7, 2009 |
Posted on: September 30, 2010 7:18 am
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4Way too many NFC teams in the top 5. Philly? So beating the Lions will get ou a ton of respect. So why don't we put the terrible Vikings at #6? I mean they did just beat the Lions also right?
The NFC is not nearly as tough as the AFC this year. The only NFC team in the top 5 is the Bears and for obvious reasons. Other than that, AFC rules the top 5 in the league right now |
Since: Apr 24, 2008 |
Posted on: September 30, 2010 5:47 am
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4LMFAO...everyteam listed is overrated...this list is the worst i have seen..ever.
Since: Sep 20, 2006 |
Posted on: September 29, 2010 6:42 pm
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4I would put the Packers at no worse than 3rd even with the loss.
The Eagles and Jets would not be in my top 5.Add Pack/ravens |
Since: Jul 12, 2010 |
Posted on: September 29, 2010 5:24 pm
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4I would rather go with the magic the chiefs have going for them, before the luck the bears have
Since: Dec 6, 2007 |
Posted on: September 29, 2010 4:49 pm
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4The Patriots and Colts have looked awful on the defensive side of the ball...the Colts can't stop the run and the Patriots gave up 30 points to the Bills...yes they both have great offenses but we all know that defense wins championships. The Saints barely won their first two games and had major issues with the Falcons, the loss of Reggie Bush is a lot bigger than people think. That is also not to say those teams won't venture back into the rankings but as of right now they don't deserve to be in the top 5 through three weeks.
Since: Dec 30, 2007 |
Posted on: September 29, 2010 4:21 pm
NFL Power Rankings - Week 4It really is a bizarre start to the NFL season with traditional
powers, the Patriots and the Colts, getting no respect. And then there is the Super Bowl winning Saints also AWOL. I verture that we will be laughing at these ratings by the end of the season, if not sooner! |


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Ideas? Is it possible that the orange oil and the milk interacted and "curdled"? Can this be rescued for another day?
The silver lining in this is that my GD tends to want to be a perfectionist (at 9 yrs old) and stresses when she can't get a smooth iced edged cake. LOL! I keep telling her we need to be realistic...she is only 9 and not a professional and she is way better than most young wives would even be...but she just loves decorating cakes and tends to get disappointed when her vision isn't realized. :-) It wasn't her fault...it was mine I am sure cause I told her to put milk instead of water.


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SHREVEPORT, LA (KTAL) — A Blanchard couple was arrested over the weekend for possessing child pornography and solicitation of prostitution, according to Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen.
Richard L. House, Jr., 37, and Lisa T. House, 37, of the 200 block of W. Alexander Ave. in Blanchard, were arrested just before noon Friday for attempting to exchange money for sex during an undercover operation involving solicitation of prostitution in Bossier.
During the arrest, detectives recovered a camera and portable hard drive, and the couple gave detectives consent to search the devices.
Detectives found pornographic images of three different girls, estimated to be about 9-11 years of age. Both admitted to viewing the images, and Richard House admitted to downloading the pictures onto his portable hard drive.
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The market value of New York-based JPMorgan has dropped by $20 billion since Bloomberg News first reported April 5 that the firm amassed a large and illiquid position in credit derivatives at its chief investment office in London. The bank lost $5.8 billion on the trades during the first six months of this year and has said it could lose as much as $7.5 billion total while closing out the position.
Dimon, who was awarded $23 million in salary and bonuses for his performance in 2011, said previously it's up to the board whether his pay will be reduced when an internal task force concludes an investigation into the botched trades.
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Before Community Board 6's May 14 meeting ended, Sara Demartino of Rego Park stood up and described a problem she said is plaguing her community: the constant cacophony of barking dogs in Yellowstone Park, across the street from her Forest Hills home.
"It's a quality-of-life issue that me and my neighbors are experiencing on a daily basis," Demartino said. "It's impossible to have a conversation, there's so much noise."
There are usually about 10 to 12 dogs in the park at night, she said.
When she's tried to raise the issue with the dog owners and asked them to quiet their pets, Demartino claimed, she's been ignored, rebuffed and treated rudely.
The park once had specific hours, but Demartino said the dogs and their owners are there both early in the morning and late into the night. She said many of the owners use the park for social rendezvous, let their dogs loose and ignore the barking while they're hanging out with friends.
"I love animals, don't get me wrong," Demartino said. "The dogs aren't the problem, it's the owners. I've been out there in my pajamas before and asked them to please control your dog as much as possible, but they don't listen, they just don't care about the rest of the community.
"I've asked people, how would you like it if I come outside of your building and scream on the sidewalk in public? I'm allowed to be there just like they tell us they're allowed to be there."
After the meeting, Demartino said one dog owner had approached her and threatened to spit in her face.
Demartino said she's called 311, the Parks Department and several other authorities to complain, but none ever showed any interest.
CB 6 Chairman Joseph Hennessy said he was "surprised" to learn about the noise and thought it was a quiet area. He acknowledged that it was once a "troublesome park," but for other reasons.
He added that the dogs are a Parks Department issue, but said he would check in with the 112th Precinct to see what can be done.
One dog owner, who was interviewed at the park days after the meeting, said people bring their dogs there to socialize them, for the animals' emotional health.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, acknowledged that the barking can get loud when a truck goes by or someone brings a large dog to the park, but said that the regulars are mostly mindful and considerate of the residents.
"They have to be realistic; we live in an animal culture where people have pets and dogs are going to bark," she said.
Barking aside, residents are also sparring over a small corner of the park on Yellowstone Boulevard and 68th Road, which is fenced off from the rest of the park. The section has off-leash hours of 6 to 9 a.m., and many dog owners want it to be a permanent free-run space. They say the Underbridge Dog Run at 64th Road and the Grand Central Parkway is too far away for many of them.
However, some residents, including Harry Widoff, feel the dog owners are trying to commandeer the park. Widoff said some inconsiderate dog owners close the gates and take their dogs off leashes after 9 a.m. without asking the park users if they are comfortable with that.
Meng reports to constituents
Also during the CB 6 meeting, U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) updated the board on her work in Washington, DC as a member of the Small Business and Foreign Affairs committees and founder of a bipartisan panel focused on kids and safety issues.
"There are fewer than 20 congressmembers in the entire body that have children under the age of 12," said Meng, who is the mother of two young boys. "Children don't really have high-paid lobbyists to advocate for a lot of their issues. There are so many safety issues, including transportation, and we're exploring ways to see how we can be helpful on a federal level."
Meng thanked the community for its advocacy in helping her pass a bill to obtain federal funds for houses of worship and other nonprofit institutions damaged by Hurricane Sandy, many of which had services such as food pantries and homeless shelters. The bill has yet to pass in the Senate.
Another bill stemmed from Meng's first Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, when then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified about the Benghazi, Libya terror attack. The panel put in a piece of legislation at Clinton's request to close a loophole "to basically prevent future Benghazis from happening," Meng said.
The congresswoman also said veterans' issues are among the top reasons people call her office. Many in New York have longer wait times than most of the rest of the country for getting benefits, she said.
"This is totally unacceptable," Meng said. "We passed a pretty common-sense piece of legislation that basically requires each regional office to do what they're supposed to do: to meet their self-imposed deadline, to give us answers every year, to see if each regional office, if they've met their deadline — and if not, why not and who is responsible, and how can they address the situation? It's pretty common-sense, but it's sad that we have to legislate."
Lastly, Meng addressed spoofing, which has affected Queens residents. Spoofing is a practice used by scammers to scramble caller ID and make it look like they are an institution, such as a bank, immigration office, the IRS, or even a police precinct. Many people have trusted their caller ID and wired thousands of dollars to the scammers. Meng is working on legislation to combat spoofers who call from outside the U.S. and target people via text message, both of which are still legal.
Traffic concerns
John Dereszewski, chairman of the board's Transportation Committee, discussed issues at some major intersections in the area. He said the city Department of Transportation has proposed limiting the number of hours that cars going north on Yellowstone Boulevard can turn left onto Queens Boulevard, as DOT statistics indicate there are a lot of accidents there.
Dereszewski said the committee has asked the DOT for traffic agents to assist near the construction at the Rego Center II mall, which has created difficult situations for drivers.
Several months ago, the DOT implemented some changes to the corner of Metropolitan and 71st avenues in order to prevent pedestrians from getting struck by left-turning cars. A westbound lane was converted into a left-turn bay for eastbound cars, but over the winter some of the striping deteriorated. The board asked the DOT for restriping.
The board also unanimously passed a resolution requesting that the DOT conduct a comprehensive study on the feasibility of a redesign of all of Queens Boulevard, in particular in the CB 6 area, using "complete street" principles to make the boulevard safer for all road users. The members also requested that the DOT involve CB 6, residents and community groups in the study.
"Complete streets" are streets with protected areas for each road use, and the DOT uses a variety of strategies to achieve that.
The resolution notes that in 2013 alone, six Queens residents died and 92 pedestrians were injured, and that many were senior citizens. The population of Queens is increasing rapidly, as is residential and commercial development close to Queens Boulevard, which will bring even more people to the area. There is also a need for increased mass transit and alternative transportation, according to the resolution.
"Despite welcome safety improvements over the years, collisions, injuries and fatalities are still on the rise and prior safety improvements were insufficient so structural changes are necessary to improve safety on the boulevard," the resolution states.
The board received more than 3,300 petition signatures supporting the resolution, and all five City Council members with districts that include Queens Boulevard issued a joint letter to the DOT asking it to make the thoroughfare a priority in the Vision Zero plan, which aims to eliminate pedestrian fatalities.
One board member reminded the rest of the "very unfortunate and unwanted reinforcement of how dangerous Queens Boulevard is," when an 82-year-old woman was killed at the corner of 71st Avenue on May 3. "We really need DOT to take this seriously," he said.
The Whitepot Awards
Also at the meeting, the board presented its annual Whitepot Award to Capt. Thomas Conforti, commander of the 112th Precinct, Lt. Brian Goldman, Officer David Sothiros from Community Affairs and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills). The Forest Hills-Rego Park area was once called White Pot because the native Americans made white pots with clay from the area.


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Perception means a lot in the first week of free agency.
Although proclaiming winners and losers after three days is like projecting a football game in the first quarter, defining patterns emerge in how teams handle their free-agent business.
The action has been fast and furious. The list of 427 unrestricted free agents was trimmed by 72 as players moved to different teams or re-signed.
Here are the early winners and losers.
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: After a 10-win season in 2010, the Bucs signed only a punter last year in free agency and fell to 4-12, costing coach Raheem Morris his job. This year, the organization was aggressive. The Bucs signed wide receiver Vincent Jackson, guard Carl Nicks, cornerback Eric Wright and backup quarterback Dan Orlovsky. They ate up $34.75 million of cap room. They committed $143.55 million in contracts for the four players. The smart move was getting more resources for quarterback Josh Freeman. Nicks will help keep the pocket clean with his blocking, and Jackson gives Freeman a big, downfield target.
2. Buffalo Bills: This is where perception comes into play in a positive way. Signing the best free agent on defense is a big win for a franchise that has struggled for more than a decade. The $100 million contract given to defensive end Mario Williams placed the Bills back on the map. Bills general manager Buddy Nix proved to be a good salesman. The Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks couldn't -- and didn't even try to -- match or challenge the Bills. After his official visit, Williams stayed in Buffalo awaiting more options, but that only gave Nix and his coaching staff more time to recruit him.
3. Washington Redskins: Give the Redskins credit for scrambling. As free agency opened, the Redskins were given a $36 million salary-cap deduction over two years for front-loading the contracts of Albert Haynesworth and DeAngelo Hall before the 2010 uncapped season. That didn't stop owner Dan Snyder from being aggressive. Scrambling is going to be a big part of the Redskins' future after Snyder gave up three first-round picks and a second-rounder to be in position to draft Robert Griffin III. The Redskins went 2-for-3 in upgrading the receiving corps, adding Pierre Garcon as a downfield threat and Josh Morgan as a possession receiver. They tried to get Eddie Royal, but the San Diego Chargers landed him. That still gives coach Mike Shanahan the option of keeping Santana Moss and using him in the slot. On Thursday, the Redskins added hard-hitting safety Brandon Meriweather.
1. Miami Dolphins: This is where perceptions come into play on the negative side. The Dolphins were informed they were out of the Peyton Manning sweepstakes. That means that, in two seasons, they have failed to land three main targets: Jim Harbaugh, Jeff Fisher and now Manning. They traded away a Pro Bowl receiver, Brandon Marshall. You figure the Dolphins have a good shot at getting a consolation prize of Matt Flynn at quarterback, but the loss of Manning took a lot of the buzz out of Miami's offseason. At some point, the Dolphins need to show they can land a big recruit.
2. Arizona Cardinals: Coach Ken Whisenhunt and team president Michael Bidwill put on a full-court press to land Manning. They reached out and flew him to the desert and felt good about their chances. But, unlike the Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos, they had a time limit. Friday was the deadline regarding whether to keep or cut quarterback Kevin Kolb, who had a $7 million roster bonus due. Because they couldn't reel in Manning, the Cardinals decided to pay Kolb's bonus instead of releasing him. The Cards will try to change the perception that last year's trade for Kolb wasn't a good one. Arizona signed 49ers offensive lineman Adam Snyder, but his reputation as a blocker is spotty.
3. New Orleans Saints: The $14.4 million franchise tag number given to QB Drew Brees handcuffed the Saints in trying to keep all of their top free agents. They kept wide receiver Marques Colston, but lost wide receiver Robert Meachem and Nicks. General manager Mickey Loomis did a good job of adjusting by signing Baltimore Ravens guard Ben Grubbs. Now, the Saints await a big draft choice penalty for the pay-for-hit controversy. They could lose a high draft choice this year and maybe next year's first-rounder.
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Re: Skyline
A few comments. First, the theme of the derby says to make up ONE word out of objects. This doesn't seem to meet that criteria. Second, all submissions must include the shirt composition, to let voters know where on the shirt you want this to print. Without that, it will be rejected.
Re: The Rats of NIMH
Why can't you run this? NIMH stands for "National Institute of Mental Health", so it's not trademarked or copyrighted.
Re: Curiosity
Finally a cat shirt I would consider wearing! (that's closer than I've ever been before)
Re: Fungi
Gorgeous! And perfect color choice.
Re: retro at heart
A very elegant design. Bravo.
Also, only one color allowed.
Re: Magic
Simple and adorable! Great design.
Re: After All This Time
IDK about you but the first thing I thought of was ALWAYS tampons cause they always have tv commercials. I get the HP reference but I have a feeling people are going to think I'm wearing a shirt for tampons.
Re: Viral
Wonderfully creepy!
Re: Starving Artist V2
Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!
omarfeliciano wrote:If this design wins, I pledge to donate $500 to the "Invisible Children" movement.
How to Determine If a Charity Like Kony 2012 Is Worth Your Money Wouldn't it be better to donate that money to one of the charities Invisible Children gives grants to. I mean if I was giving $500 to a charity, I'd want every dollar to count. I understand there is overhead to every charity, but only about 20% of the money get goes to actual charities. That $500 quickly becomes less than $100 after those charities' overhead.
Very cool design - my Erlenmeyer Flasks are jealous!
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=61311]
Can someone post a link to a similar shirt? I've done several searches and can't find one.
Re: Qwerty
Rejection coming?
Re: Alien Invaders
8-bit Copyright?
Re: Equation
I like it... but I'd like it more without the chalk tray and piece of chalk.
I feel guilty for liking this, being a cat lover! lol! Definitely well thought out though!
lyonscc wrote:Can someone post a link to a similar shirt? I've done several searches and can't find one.
This the the closest I could find. http://www.mrcloud.com/t-shirts/cookie-monster-t-shirt.html/
That's some tough love!
Great work!!!:D
Re: Inconceivable (V2)
Re-subbed this design with a few changes. Vizzini (Shawn Wallace) and Fezzik (Andre the Giant) with more cartoon like features or caricatures and less realistic. Also made the six-fingered hand right handed. Re-votes are greatly appreciated.
I enjoy the Princess Bride references you incorporated. I wish it was a little easier to read without being told the pictures form "inconceivable".
Re: Make Him Famous
The giraffes kind of look like they're having sex.
Elegant. Beautiful. A little bittersweet. This was so well done. I applaud you and hope very much that it prints. This would also make a lovely card for a special someone.
wirdou wrote:Great work!!!:D
Thank you mate!
Re: Read
Well done! Another lit major, former English teacher/librarian/bookseller, and writer truly appreciates the work you put into this. Thanks for liking to the larger pictures so we can see all the details.
Re: Monster
I immediately recognized your style! You excel at making monsters fierce but cute. Another great design! I wish you could have used multiple colors. That would really make this design pop!
hpesoj wrote:Very cool design - my Erlenmeyer Flasks are jealous!
Thanks. No clue why they "can't run this". Is there any way to get an actual explanation from the moderator to appeal?
toby8915 wrote:the coffee cat t shirt is not a similar shirt. there are tons of other coffee stain shirts , so if this rejected due to that shirt, than that shirt should never have printed. If it is not that shirt please link to the similar shirt. someone linked to a type face, but not a shirt.
Coffee cats printed 10/2010, so who knows if it predated the shirts you mentioned. I did a quick google and came up with this, so it's a lost cause, I'm afraid. http://www.zazzle.com/coffee_stained_tshirt-235737239675201499 edit: fixed the link
snmasters wrote:This the the closest I could find. http://www.mrcloud.com/t-shirts/cookie-monster-t-shirt.html/
Yeah - I just found that one, too, but it's not all that similar. This is my second rejection tonight with no good explanation... I'm somewhat pissed that we don't get enough explanation when a design is rejected to know what was actually wrong with the design or if it can be fixed.
timelessblur wrote:but even then it could be viewed as thief and not an original idea.
I don't know that the word "thief" is warranted here, but the idea has clearly been done before. Even though Woot! did specify "Similar shirts exist" (it's nice when they provide a link) and I agree that Coffee Stain Cats doesn't seem similar enough to be a problem, the artwork linked from the other submission is sufficient grounds for rejection.
stingray69 wrote:I don't know that the word "thief" is warranted here, but the idea has clearly been done before. Even though Woot! did specify "Similar shirts exist" (it's nice when they provide a link) and I agree that Coffee Stain Cats doesn't seem similar enough to be a problem the artwork linked from the other submission is sufficient grounds for rejection.
I agree. The rejectionator seems to have a hair-trigger tonight w/o visible grounds for rejections.
Holy... oh... oh gosh... GMV... I can't think of what else to say. Ummm... thank you. PLEASE PRINT
Loving the details, my favorite is the Cheshire Cat (: And I'm glad to see not everyone is as lazy as me and actually took advantage of the extra time haha.
What can I say, I love fish sticks (;
Re: X-Gene
Yes. My very dear dear friend is such a mutant and requires this shirt. Therefore, let it be printed. Also, my husband is a mutant, and it isn't because his last name is Logan and he wishes he were Wolverine...
Re: Ninja
Aw man, you've done it again. How you execute simple ideas in such an appealing way is awesome. +1
Thanks a lot, I got the same problem too. You can always get people back by just shaking your head in their general direction. lol I wish I could have put more than one word on this shirt, though. Even thought about putting a question mark next to the word, but I was afraid it'd be rejected for being more than "one" word. Ah well...
Re: one
Wow, this is a shirt I'd actually wear. I wish it was getting more votes. Awesome work on all of the little details Jasneko (: The thumbnail doesn't look like your usual work, I was pleasantly surprised to see the artist.
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Some of the best known arts groups in the Twin Cities face life without their longtime leaders. It's a prospect they find challenging and scary.
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Don't be surprised if you see this ad over the next few years as some of the best known arts organizations in the Twin Cities confront the future without their founding visionaries. Consider:
Leaders -- and fans -- of the Jungle Theater held their breath in November when Bain Boehlke suffered a mild heart attack.
In October, Minnesota Film Arts announced changes designed to lessen the responsibilities of founder Al Milgrom -- changes with which Milgrom is not entirely pleased.
The "Prairie Home Companion" organization is sorting out the future of that show in the wake of Garrison Keillor's minor stroke in 2009 and his subsequent statement that he didn't see himself hosting "more than a couple of years."
"There is going to be this seismic shift in the next decade whether we want it or not, and I think it's a good idea to look at what that means for the community," said Jack Reuler, who founded Mixed Blood Theatre in 1975.
In the balance rests the future of these organizations. Can the singular product of an individual's vision be transformed into an institutional mission driven by strategic plans? For that matter, will audiences feel that the product is just as desirable as it was under the founder?
"I remember someone saying to me, 'There's nothing wrong with starting something and then stopping it," said Dale Warland, whose eponymous choral group folded upon his retirement in 2004. "Just because it's good doesn't mean it has to go on forever."
Planning helps, but transition -- the stuff of great drama -- is less science than art.
"It's like a family business," said George Sutton, executive director of James Sewell Ballet. "It depends on whether you can take something small and closely held and broaden the sense of ownership of the mission and values."
Willing to let go
Sutton was once managing director at the Jungle Theater, where Boehlke's age, health and a yearlong sabbatical induced whispers about succession. Furthering the discussion was the Jungle's appointment of director/designer Joel Sass to fill in while Boehlke was absent. Boehlke, 71, returned in 2010 and quickly scotched those rumors as idle speculation. As for his November heart attack, he said, "it was like a bump in the road."
"The doctor said my heart is great, my lungs are clear," Boehlke said. "I had a blockage of an artery and they put in a stent. I don't feel threatened by it."
Still, the incident heightened the question of succession for the Jungle board.
"We had conversations around [succession], especially when Bain was heading out on sabbatical without a lot of certainty whether he was coming back," said John Sullivan, Jungle board chair. "The first thing was getting an assurance from Bain that he views the theater as a community asset that is about something more than just him."
Boehlke's deal with the theater is that he or the board may give one year's notice that either he's leaving or the board wants him to leave. Intellectually, that method sounds fine. But emotion makes it a wild card.
"You don't know what your demise is going to feel like until you get there," said Rick Shiomi, who is actively planning his succession at Mu Performing Arts, which he helped to found in 1992. "Who knows? When it comes time to retire, I might be like Brett Favre."
Penumbra Theatre founder Lou Bellamy said he can't imagine ever "just cutting bait and walking away" even as he points to the company's New Era campaign, which focuses on developing junior staff. Asked if he has any time line, Bellamy said that at 66 he's retiring from teaching at the University of Minnesota this year and pointed to Penumbra's upcoming 35th anniversary.
"Those things tend to gain meaning beyond what you thought," he said.
In the meantime, Bellamy and the company's other leaders are looking beyond his official tenure. As outgoing board chair Phyllis Goff said, "The board realizes the need to move on to Penumbra the institution, which can survive without my dear friend Lou Bellamy."
Reuler has a contract to lead Mixed Blood through 2014, when he will be 61. He unsuccessfully tried to organize a number of theaters in similar situations to study what the coming transition will mean in the community.
"I was not taken that seriously," he said.
Linda Andrews, who has spent 28 years of "backbreaking work" to build Zenon Dance, said she has neither a concrete succession plan nor any desire to step away. She does, however, feel that personality is not simply about ego or company identity. It defines the art produced.
"It might still be a repertoire company, but when I'm gone it wouldn't be Zenon," Andrews said. "I feel like it's such a singular vision. It would have to change."
Plans are no guarantee
Happenstance can derail even the best-laid plans for institutional succession. Founders work for much less than the market rate because of their passion; hiring someone new has financial implications. Founders are the faces that donors love to see and the personalities with which audiences have grown familiar. Like it or not, the individual often is the institution.
"There is nothing that ensures the continuation of an organization," said Gayle Ober, who was the last managing director of the Dale Warland Singers.
The company had a plan that Warland would cultivate a successor and make a smooth transition to retirement in 2007. But the organization, at a crossroads that had less to do with Warland and more with financial health, determined in 2003 that it needed to expand its touring schedule.
"And Dale, at 72, said, 'I support this plan but I don't have the energy for it,'" said Ober. "So Dale felt that for personal reasons he needed to retire before the succession plan could play itself out."
Warland stayed at the podium through the next year, but timing and financial stress (national search, higher successor salary) left the board feeling it was best to shut down.
"The concern was that the organization would not survive the transition," Ober said.
Ober sees her experience as a cautionary tale for other groups that rely specifically on the artistic vision and magnetic personalities of their founder. She pointed to another signature chorus, VocalEssence and its longtime director, Philip Brunelle.
"Philip is not only the creative force, he's the chief fundraiser and the chief energy behind that organization," she said. "They have a succession plan, but who knows if it will succeed in reality when Philip finally retires, because of that unique role he carries."
Brunelle, who has guided VocalEssence for 42 years, expressed confidence in his organization's succession plan, which includes a list of potential candidates, but no timetable.
"It's not going to be 'Oh, dear, who's going to come in?'" Brunelle said. "This is a plum job."
The rocky realities
Founders often say they will work until they feel they no longer are contributing. But who makes that call?
In October, Minnesota Film Arts board members indicated a change was afoot regarding Milgrom, the 87-year-old visionary who had founded the organization's predecessor in 1962. The news stunned Milgrom, who was out of town. He said a few days later that he hadn't been informed.
In a recent interview, executive director Susan Smoluchowski redefined the board's intentions.
"It made it sound as if we had completed this transition, and the whole thing is that we're in the midst of a transition," Smoluchowski said. "We want Al around, but we all think -- staff, board, funders -- everyone knows there is a need for us to be implementing a transition."
Primarily, Smoluchowski said, Milgrom will share programming responsibility for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.
"That means a committee will have veto power and decisionmaking power as opposed to solely Al," she said.
Milgrom sounded only slightly mollified two weeks ago, saying that he was still the artistic director and director of the film festival.
"I'm working on the 29th film festival," he said. "If I decide I want to go out and smell the roses with my remaining years, I will decide. But right now I'm hoping to reach the 30th."
Milgrom's situation recalls the discomfort when Minnesota Dance Theatre's board moved Loyce Houlton into emeritus status in the late 1980s. She refused and later severed all ties with the organization she had founded.
"It can get ugly," said Kathy Graves, a consultant who helps nonprofits develop strategic plans. "It's like what happens when people don't have a will. If something happens and you don't have [a plan] in place, it gets ugly."
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