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Everybody wants to be a star, but few know how to get there.
Remember the Face, a new networking business, provides local talent with a realistic snapshot of what it takes to get discovered.
The name stems from a 2010 convention performance by Swansboro native Christina Miner, owner of the business.
Others complimented Christina Miner on her performance and said they looked forward to seeing where she would go next. She jokingly informed them to "remember the face."
The experience, coupled with Miner's passion for the performing arts led her to creating the networking business to help transform and develop others through hosting conventions and workshops of her own.
"I wanted to bring something new to the area," said Miner, who currently resides in Virginiawith her husband, Richard, and children, Justus and Gabrielle. "There are not many opportunities to learn about the entertainment industry in the Jacksonville/Swansboro area. I wanted to bring my first workshop to Jacksonville, to give back to the area I was raised in."
Remember the Face's workshops offer the chance to interact and learn from industry professionals.
"Some of these big name workshops come through the area and they take your money and you leave without learning anything," Miner said. "People get scammed for hundreds of dollars. We're not that."
Remember the Face's first acting and singing workshop and seminar was hosted in Novemberat the USO in Jacksonville.
The $75, eight-hour workshop allowed attendees to interact with entertainment industry professionals, performers and coaches.
"The workshop was a chance for area performers to come to an intimate one-on-one, in-depth workshop," said Miner whose goal was to reach out to attendees on a personal level.
"We wanted to help individuals who are looking for information on the entertainment industry and want to learn more about their craft," she said. "It also gave the performers a chance to make a connection with someone in the community."
The acting and singing workshop featured a three-person panel including Christopher Young, president and CEO of CMY Music and Management; Allyson Newcomb, a vocal and modeling coach; and Drew Matthews, an acting coach.
Each of the panelists spoke of their experiences in the entertainment industry, as well as provided feedback and critiques of performances and industry information.
All performers received feedback throughout the workshop as they participated in the interactive portions learning various acting, modeling, and vocal techniques. They also had the option of performing either a 30-second monologue, one-minute a cappella song or a one-minute dance routine and receive feedback on from the panelists.
"Training is a big deal," said Christopher Young, stressing the importance of performers continuing to further their education in their craft and honing their talents. "You need to be fresh and on your toes in the entertainment industry. Your training may lead you to other workshops/seminars or opportunities."
Vickie Gunter, from WakeForest, drove with her daughter Ramsey, 15, to the workshop in order to get some insight into the entertainment industry as her daughter had expressed interest in performing.
Ramsey who planned to perform a monologue for the coaches enjoyed the interactive sessions the workshop provided.
"We've practiced commercial skills, performed improvisational skits and learned acting tips," Ramsey said. "Everybody has been really nice and constructive. I feel like I've learned a lot."
LaKeisha Reid, 25, of Jacksonvillesaid the event offered a lot to take in.
"All three of the coaches had a lot of good things to say" she said. "The coaches provided a lot of information that I didn't know on modeling and acting. The improv acting was the most fun."
Reid, who recently participated in the Jacksonville's local version of American Idol, has dreams of entering the entertainment industry.
"Small towns like this one don't have access to things like this, especially for that price," she said. "All of the coaches had good information to share."
Based off her positive experiences at this first workshop, Reid hopes Miner returns to the area to bring other performers the opportunity to learn more about their craft.
"I hope that there's more and I hope that more people get involved in the next workshop," she said. "If they're really serious about going into the entertainment industry, even if it's a passing thought, they should check out workshops like this one to see if they have a chance."
More workshops are tentatively planned for 2013 and Miner invites those with questions or concerns to contact her prior to the event or to come out to the workshop the day of to meet her and get a feel for what they are getting.
"We brought it with this workshop, and all of the coaches are very open to returning," said Miner. "I knew that if I could just reach out to one person attending the workshop, it would make it all worth it. We want to come back again and get even more people involved."
For more information, visit Remember the Face online at rtfnetwork.com or facebook.com/RememberTheFace.


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January 14th, 2008 #1
new illustrations and oil paints (BIG DL) update 2/12
Greetings CA!
It always feels like it's been too long since my last art dump. Revelations looks like it was a blast. If I had more cash I would've been there in a heartbeat. You can't get that sort of learning environment and inspiration anywhere else. Hopefully I'll make the next one.
This new batch of work ranges from jobs I had during the fall and some oils that were done weeks ago. I'd love to hear any crits or comments if you have them.
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These look great, although I had trouble registering the sheep in the last one
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I love the illustrations, but I especially like the oil paintings. The foreground/ background interaction helps to capture a sense of movement, especially with the outdoor scene. I feel like with those two portraits, you sort of gave up on the eyes, and opted for a big black mess. Otherwise, the color variations and bold brush strokes are really nicely done.
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January 14th, 2008 #4
Looking good here my friend! I think I've seen almost all these, except how that last cover came out. Looks great-very nice mood to it. A little different for you, but there's nothing wrong with that.
Since I am in the fortunate position of seeing these before and giving my critical thoughts previously, I can just sing your praises and tell you how good everything is!
Truthfully , you are getting better with every painting. It's awesome to see your improvements and skills develop-gets my ass motivated.. Hopefully we'll get to hang soon and have some coffee and a meatball.
January 14th, 2008 #5
I really love these oil paintings...beautiful.
January 14th, 2008 #6
Whoa! Very nice work. Love the portraits, especially the profile of the red-haired girl, and that one of the Dino in the Ice. Reminds me of Wyeth in the way you've composed the piece, the way it's painted and how you're telling the story.
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January 14th, 2008 #7
awesome paintings and illustration as usual rich.
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January 15th, 2008 #8
Very nice Rich !!
January 15th, 2008 #9
vrey nice .. so cool ! when we do like this. thatis vrey easy to go into the detail.. they are nice.. the color isgood . situation of a pic is good.
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Hey Rich! Man I love your brush strokes. And the dragon pic is just toooo good
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January 15th, 2008 #11
Woo the oil painting are good.
good job buddy
January 15th, 2008 #12
great stuff, I really like the painterly look and powerful use of colour.
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January 15th, 2008 #13
hey, really loving the large strokes you're using. cool color experimenting too.
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hi and the yes - these are looking balm!!!!!!
the sheep could use werk but dont we all?
that dragon pictur is 2 sweet m8
so i am and ok the later please more!
January 15th, 2008 #15
Righteous batch of work Rich, they're just getting better and better
Your comps and colors/moods are excellent. The thing I'd actually like to see a little more attention to is some iffy drawing/structure here and there. The bodies of the two men in the slit throat piece (particularly the hands and that sword) are a good example of this I think. It's there enough to understand what's going on, but it's not quite selling me on there being a solid structure in them. Now, unless I'm mistaken, I remember that you were in a stupid time constraint on this one, but it still looks to me like a piece which needs a little more love for the sake of the portfolio.
Another thing I'd like to see more are some sharper/punchy key areas with detail and contrast. You did this in the creepy puppet piece and I think it really makes that one stand out. The peripheral details still have that foggy atmospheric quality, but that puppet just grabs you with the contrast, value range, and edges.
Great batch dude, looking forward to the next wave
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January 15th, 2008 #16
Rich!!!! Love the puppet cover, hadn't seen that one! Love the mood
You sir, are truly talented, and if that weren't reason enough to envy you, you get praises from Minfaye
Top notch stuff sir!!!
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hey rich!
its great to see the last cover come out so well!
i think this is the most successful portrait of the bunch lately hooray just in terms of lush strokes and color. the one posted above i think lacks some tone, especially in the deep shadowed eye sockets!
i agree with dave on most points, but would love to see you play more with glazes (or overlay in PS) to get even more color undulations and hue shifts, subtlety etc...i feel your color is certainly there but another kick would send it over the edge!
see you later budsky
January 15th, 2008 #18
I love that sheep one, looks like some kind of trippy lsd dream or something lol
January 16th, 2008 #19
so goddamn tasty! love the wicked doll and the t-rex!
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January 16th, 2008 #20
Hey, Rich !
Nothing to add to wait I told you the other daay, except of course for that Spooky Puppet. I remember only an earlier stage. Nice job with the tones and lighting, make the mood of your pic' succesful. I just wonder of the left part [skulls] couldn't have more love in definition. My two cents here.
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January 16th, 2008 #21
The sheep wins for me Rich - the paint and the image are almost the same thing. It seems to be where you should be headed. It would be interesting to know how you came up with this image....are those goggles/binoculars?
The fire in the firey dragon one is marvelous too - in a way all your forms are built out of flames. mmmmmmmmmm.....
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January 16th, 2008 #22
Wow, vodoo, you sure are getting better, these are slick!
January 16th, 2008 #23
Hey Rich,
Great stuff ! Your painting of the puppet kid turned out awesome! I love the creepy blue, and all those really nicely painted violets on the puppets chest, hmm hmm yummy!
I aslo second Scott on getting together to have coffee and meatballs.
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dude awesome stuff!!how do u ppl get so good???
oh awesome dragon by the way!!
pld: NEED CRITIQUE! But BEWARE your Eyes might BLEED OUT of YOUR eye SOCKETS <---cause I really suck and haven't done shit pld:
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January 17th, 2008 #25
nice work mate! u have something interesting inside u... u have to more work for release ur imagination outside!
keep going!
January 28th, 2008 #26
sorry for the delay! :O
Thanks for stopping by everyone.
Shmaba: good point. I was pushing the ambiguity in that piece but I think I went too far. I'll have to find a better way to balance readability and abstraction.
Nofingers: Thanks for the crit! A sense of Movement is critical to my work. I haven't been able to recapture it digitally since Corel Painter changed their Palette Knife. I've been experimenting with Photoshop to try and compensate. I admit I struggled with the eyes and gave up too fast. I was working really fast since my opening was creeping up. I did something like twelve oil paintings in two weeks while working a part time job and freelancing. Insane. Let's just say I took a week off when I finished.
Scott! Whenever you are down for some meatballs and gravy I am ready! Errrm Painting party anyone? I've got the scotch!
emily g: Thanks!
Jason Snair: That is one hell of a nice comment. Wyeth was always one of my favorites. I just picked up a book on N.C, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. Three for the price of one. It's a good read and a steal for 10 bucks.
bhanu: thanks mate.
DanielC: thanks Dan.
Samantha: thank you.
spookybabydoll: thanks.
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rawr: thank ya.
WOW! I am humbled that you. THE MINFAYE have commented on my work. I bow to you.
Dave: Good good point. I need to run my stuff by you guys more often before sending it out. I did use ref for that image your talking about too. I loved that new painting of the man reading through the stacks of books.
Vic: I know right! Minfaye! hahaha. thanks Vic.
Tim-dawg: True dat. Glazing FTW! We need to plan something out broski. I am coming to your studio! NOW!
meeps: great take on it. must be some residue from my highschool days.
DARYL Thanks man. can't wait to see new stuff from you.
Julien: mon ami! good to hear from you. the skulls and masks could use more love. you sir have a good eye.
Chris Bennett: Good to hear from you Chris. The sheep image is a sort of take on a egg tempera painting I made tree years ago. I was in this class where we made oil, egg tempra and encaustic paint from scratch. We were looking at a lot of renaissance art and I was influenced to put my spin on some of the themes these artists were working with. I figured why not make a biblical scene but throw gas masks on all the animals. They won't see that coming. The teacher liked it but now looking back it wasn't all that original. haha.
Wasker: thanks man. I can't believe that gods TD was only a year ago. time flies.
Tiff! lol! well what the hell! let's set a date! meatballs for everyone!
RaistlinTheDark: practice dood. oh and no social life. thanks.
dtr.aty: thanks. i plan on it.
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February 12th, 2008 #27
Here's a new cover.
I learned that trying to make negatives look readable is hard... never mind making them look cool.
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February 12th, 2008 #28
Dude! That came out great and I think you did a really good job handling the negatives. I am really glad you chose to paint it like that (as opposed to the other sketch you showed me) - I think this is going to jump right at the viewer with the bold large graphic shapes and limited hues. One of my new favorites from you.
If I had to crit, and it's really really nitpicky, is that the torn off negative edged probably wouldn't tear that way. I've torn negatives up (usually nude pictures of you) and the edges are very hard, where there they feel more like cloth. Oh gawd- that is the most nitpicky crit I have ever done. I am not going to delete it because it's funny to me now Great job brotherman!
February 12th, 2008 #29
SCOTT! you told me you threw them away! haha!
good crit though dooder. your dead on about that too. i got a little carried away (as usual) and had too much fun. unfortunately with that you can forget what your doing. oh noes!
Thanks for the wisdom broski!
February 12th, 2008 #30
My favorite piece is the one with the dinosaur bones. That's pretty much how I imagined finding fossils when I was an 8 year old paleontology nut: just walking along, and BAM! DINOSAURS!
I think your work is great. Keep on keepin' on!
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In the 2012 U.S. presidential election:
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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
In the 2012 U.S. presidential election:
squeaky wheels (Score:5, Interesting)by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02, 2012 @02:52PM (#41856345)
I predict the majority of commenters hate the two main parties, but the majority of responders to this poll will pick one of the two main parties.
I will vote for whoever grows the best moustache in the first 6 days of Movember.
Re:Voting for Obama (Score:2, Interesting)
Come back and tell me that when you've grown up and seen how things actually work, sonny. Do be sure to read up on Game Theory while you're at it, and the failure modes associated with first past the post voting.
Re:squeaky wheels (Score:5, Interesting)
Take a look at this map [electionprojection.com]. If you live live in one of the solid colored states, the electoral votes for your state are already statistically guaranteed. Voting for the lesser of two evils in one of those states is like pissing into the ocean. It has absolutely no chance of having any effect in the outcome of the election, and at best it slightly adjusts the margins of victory sending a message. Vote for the candidate that sends the best message; the one that best reflects your political views.
Re:squeaky wheels (Score:4, Interesting)by painandgreed (692585) on Friday November 02, 2012 @05:16PM (#41858643)
I predict the majority of commenters hate the two main parties, but the majority of responders to this poll will pick one of the two main parties.
It's a test of the mathematically depressing fact of how first-past-the-post voting always degenerates into two-party rule due to fear.
It has its disadvantages and advantages like every system:
Disadvantage: Two parties get to fight it out while other viewpoints and fringe ideas never really get brought up and dealt with. The winner, usually feeling they have a mandate because they beat out the only other choice takes actions far beyond what even the people who voted them into office want. Very bipolar partisan factionalism with little cause to form any sort of working together.
Advantages: The two main parties have to cater to the center mass of people rather than subscribe to fringe viewpoints as if they go too far, the otherside will always win. There is less factionalism, or at least less factions to deal with. Theoretically, the winner does so with a majority and therefore some sort of mandate which gains acceptance and provides for a more stable government.
by Dr. Hellno (1159307) on Friday November 02, 2012 @05:48PM (#41859045)You don't think there's a difference between the major parties on gay marriage? Because there definitely is. As for starting a war with Iran, one party is clearly more likely to do that, although it's hard to say absolutely that either one won't. They'll probably both bring the troops home from the current theaters though.
Balancing the budget within the next four years isn't an important real issue. It's arbitrary, and possibly counter-productive. Balancing the budget eventually is a worthy goal, but doing so in the middle of a recession is not. Auditing the fed sounds reasonable but I wouldn't call it important.
I agree with you on the NDAA and the Patriot act, and the pointless war on drugs. But those values have to be weighed against other important, real issues, where there is a real difference: Education availability, corporate person-hood, investment in green energy, support for the worst-off, international diplomacy, trade policy, immigration policy, financial regulation, health-care cost-management, and of course, social policy. These are all important, real areas of disagreement between the two major political parties. Will you ignore them all?
Re:Voting for Obama (Score:5, Interesting)
You're bound to fail. The reason government gets so big is they make promises and have to deal with problems that become much easier to deal with when they have their hands on all these nice powers we gave their predecessors.
You know, I knew Obama would be the same as Bush. Not because I believed Obama was just like Bush and lying to us, but instead because he was inexperienced at the Federal level and had no idea what the job he signed up for was going to be like. When you are faced with everything being an emergency, and those emergencies can determine the fates of nations and people, you don't start throwing away your options. You don't start releasing Gitmo prisoners when you actually realize that your prisoners aren't meek political prisoners. You don't stop drone strikes when your other option is an infeasible invasion of Pakistan with troops that you can't justify and you certainly can't risk losing. You can't end the wars immediately and withdraw the troops because the Shiites and Taliban will be in full power in six months if you just start unilaterally withdrawing.
Add to that the fact that as President, you hold the reins of the bureaucracy, but that same bureaucracy happens to be a team of stagecoach horses running wild towards a cliff. It outweighs you by a ton, has its own momentum and you can only sometimes get it to ignore its dumb, animal instincts when you pull really hard and get really lucky.
This is a job that gives people grey hair in less than four years. Your usual third party libertarian candidate will be hilariously under-qualified for the job and if they even try half the shit they promise, they will either fall off and be trampled or they will give in and act just like any other president from any other party just to keep above water.
The only real hope for a useful third party candidate is if you can force a current party, and its experienced politicians, to split and merge with the libertarians. Then you might get some of these policies and some real power. Look at the history of parties in the US, and you can see all of the major parties grew very organically from previous big parties, only fracturing on very big items. I just don't think the Republicans are there yet, they're too disciplined. The Democrats are more likely to split because they're a lot less disciplined.
Re:Voting for Obama (Score:2, Interesting)by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02, 2012 @05:54PM (#41859117)
This might be the best possible outcome. Day 1, he pats Ryan on the head and dispatches him to play tiddlywinks at his Mass Ave. Mansion. Then he tweaks Obamacare with a few market-based reforms, and decides that spending a few extra $trillion to fuck up Iran by bombing them with gold-plated fighter jets isn't worth it. Trouble is, he knuckled under during the primaries. So. When Darth Cheney comes calling, and explains how $100 billion Halliburton contract to democratize Iranians in the face is vital to our interests, what do you think he will do?
Re:Catch 22 (Score:4, Interesting)
Exactly this. Canada has -- or had, back when I was living there -- something called a 'declined vote'. You showed up at the polling place, then formally declined to vote. They had to record that, it was roughly like voting for 'none of the above'; if enough people did it, they'd have to hold that particular election over again. (Not that that ever happened in real life, alas.)
Here, third parties have little enough chance to win or even seriously tilt the election (except when there's a major random 3rd party candidate for president). If you'd really rather vote 'none of the above', pick some 3rd party and vote for them. It sends more of a message than just not showing up.
You may have a right to complain if you're too apathetic to show up to vote -- but I have a right to ignore you.
Re:squeaky wheels (Score:5, Interesting)by 10101001 10101001 (732688) on Saturday November 03, 2012 @11:57AM (#41864813) Journal
Well, the problem isn't with the Electoral College system, per se. It has a lot to do with the implementation. The whole point of having a proxy voting system is to try to quantize the popular vote and intermix it with the number of states so that the federal system isn't merely ruled by the most populace states. The rub is giving each state too much control over the quantizing process. The result is states have chosen to cast all their electoral votes in one fashion instead of splitting them upon the popular vote in each state. This has been done presumably because it results in a lot less moderate of results from each state--as in a system with "strong" (ie with a 15% edge) a state with 30 votes total would split with only a 5 vote difference instead of a solid 30 vote block one way or the other--which in turn pushes more consideration towards states with more electoral votes--be it more election focus to more general political considerations from the President.
So, while I could readily support a candidate who won the electoral vote while losing the popular vote by 500,000 votes, the system really needs to be split such that the above really means that more states (and mostly their populace) as a whole voted that way instead of it merely being a few "swing" states that are effectively able to upset the popular vote.
Green Party (Score:5, Interesting)My state shows a 98.7% chance* of voting Obama, and I don't like Obama**, so I took the opportunity to vote 3rd party for the first time in my life.
* http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/ [nytimes.com]
** Failed to close Guantanamo, increased raids on MJ dispensaries, watered-down healthcare act... he makes Clinton look liberal!
Wrong - only one party is monitored and checked (Score:3, Interesting)by SuperKendall (25149) on Saturday November 03, 2012 @09:38PM (#41869309)
In this election it really doesn't matter whomever that gets elected, both are looking at a task that is a big headache - the economy.
It matters a great deal, because the press ignores all but the most egregious errors of Democrats, while reporting on just about anything negative they can find with Republicans.
If you care at all about the government getting away with murder (sometimes literally) then it makes no sense to vote Democrat. ANY other candidate will probably be investigated and reported on way more thoroughly.
Hey Abstainers (Score:5, Interesting)by assertation (1255714) on Sunday November 04, 2012 @12:32PM (#41872897)
The next President may have the opportunity to appoint 3 Supreme Court justices.
Voting has never taken me more than 30 minutes. Over four years that is 7 1/2 minutes a year for a better life and a better country.
Please vote.
Re:Either? (Score:5, Interesting)You don't have to agree with them 100% to believe in them. I don't agree with Gary Johnson 100%, but I do believe he would do the best job (hence "I believe in him" and thus my vote is not wasted on Obama or Romney). You say you don't agree with Obama 100%, but do you believe in him? Based on your statements is sounds like you do. Good for you. You're voting for a candidate you believe in (and thus aren't wasting your vote).
Those Libertarians that used to be Republicans did try, you might remember that Ron Paul had quite a lot of support from voters... Until the Christian Fundamentalists stacked the deck against him. Several caucuses (like St. Charles, MO) tried to over-rule the crowds in attendance and send delegates that supported the "chosen" candidate at the time (usually Santorum or Romney). Those where Paul did win, and got delegates to the National Convention, found that the Paul Delegates were getting kicked out and replaced with pro-Romney delegates to limit dissent within the party. At one point in the RNC they stopped putting the numbers up for Ron Paul. It's difficult to retake a party when your opposition has themselves so deeply entrenched that they can change the rules to be in their favor.
Not all Libertarians are disenfranchised Republicans either. Some of them do believe that the role of Federal Government in our daily lives should be quite small. That maintaining a strong military is important, but that we shouldn't be as aggressive as we have been. That Corporations do *not* have the same rights as people. That Religion, Race, Sexual Identity, etc.. should play absolutely no role in legislation (ie: legislating who can and cannot be legally married based on the religious definition of marriage). That Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like Alcohol and Tobacco (the side effects of which are reduced prison populations, reduced power of drug cartels, more tax revenue for states... all of which would be fantastic for this country). Most of those views (despite being a truly "conservative" view-point) are the opposite of anything heard from the Republican Party during the last 50+ years.
It's also an arguable point that if the Libertarian Party wanted to change the Republican Party from within they would first have to prove that they are more valuable to the Republican Party than the Religious Fundamentalists. If the Libertarians cannibalize enough votes from both parties this election. It makes it clear (to both parties) that they will need to make platform changes and if they don't they will continue to hemorrhage voters over the next few election cycles until the Libertarians or some other Third Party become legitimate contenders. IMHO this is the true role of Third Parties in a Two Party system. They exist to keep the "major" parties in check.
Neither the Democrat Party nor the Republican Party existed when our country was founded, so at one point in time they were both "Third Parties". The Republican Party was founded in 1854 (78 years after the Declaration of Independence) as a bunch of anti-slavery activists. The Democrat Party evolved out of the Anti-Federalist party which originally favored similar views that modern Libertarians have (limited Federal Government and pro-State's Rights). If you look at the history of our country, the idea that our country was designed to be a two-party system is patently false. The current major parties may have changed the rules to be in their favor, but a "two-party" system was never the original intent (if it were the Constitution would probably say something about it).


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. Mens basketball head coach Jeremy Currier announced on Thursday afternoon that the Pfeiffer University Falcons will begin their 2010-2011 season with an exhibition contest in Raleigh against the Wolfpack of N.C. State on Tuesday night, November 9th at 7:00 p.m.
The Falcons and Wolfpack are scheduled to tip-off in Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of N.C. State. The Wolfpack started last year winning eight of their first nine tilts en route to conference play in the powerful Atlantic Coast Conference. Senior Chris Woods (Greensboro, NC) and Jeff Pettiway (Edgewood, MD) return for the Falcons after leading the team in minutes played and scoring a year ago. Woods averaged 22.4 points and 24 minutes per game last season while Pettiway scored 18.3 per game with just under 25 minutes per game.
This is a tremendous opportunity for our basketball program, remarks Currier. Few Division II teams in the country get to play against ACC opponents, and we have had two of the best in the last two years with Duke and N.C. State. The atmosphere around campus is electrifying about the 2010-11 season and there is no better way to kick things off than playing the Wolfpack in Reynolds Coliseum.
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Thank you for an exciting year in motorsports 2012
The motorsport season 2012 has ended and on many small and not so small occasions we at Schuberth had the luck to be a part of it. The 2012 season has been a very exciting and emotional one for us. Living legends, celebrated stars and surprising newcomers – they´ve all been there. And we´d like to say thank you to all our Schuberth-Riders for all these great achievements and want to present some of them in this special review.
Stoffel Vandoorne
A real impressive performance came from our Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne. He won the Euroseries Formula Renault 2.0 championship with 10 points difference. Ever since the World Series has been the talent pool for upcoming Formula-1 stars and we´re looking forward to see much more of this talented young man.
Bruno Spengler
Another championship won by a Schuberth-Driver: The DTM, the most challenging touring car championship, won by Franco-Canadian Bruno Spengler. Many times did he prove he could be the first crossing the finish line – since 2005 he runs in one of the most advanced touring series worldwide and finished as runner-up in two seasons. But not many would have bet on the championship in the first year after the return of the BMW-team ! Well done Bruno
Erwan Nigon
Just in 2011 did Schuberth start to supply professional motorcycle racer with it´s SR1 helmet. All the more we are excited that our French Schuberth-Rider Erwan Nigon did succeed in the International German Motorcycle championship (IDM). Whoever had the luck to meet Erwan in person and experience this humble and polite person was astonished how much eagerness and dedication he could show on the track. We just can´t wait for the next season with Erwan as our top Schuberth motorcycle rider.
It took us a little bit by surprise when we received the news of winning the Endurance Superstock Worldchampionship with the penz13-team. Second year in motorcycle racing and already a World Champion! Congratulations to Rico Penzkofer and his team penz13 with Pedro Vallcaneras (E), Michal Filla (CZ), Gregory Vastre (B) and Arie Vos (NL). Moreover we take our hat off to Rico participating in two of the most challenging motorcycle races in the world: The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy and his goodbye race at Macau, where this picture was taken – close call!
Nico Hülkenberg
Back to Formula 1: An impressive season by Nico Hülkenberg. With his team Sahara Force India he did not only deliver continuously good results, but also achieved some very respectable standings. We´re happy for him that his performance brought him to a regular cockpit in the promising Sauber F1 Team. This foto has been taken when he visited us at Schuberth for customizing his new SF1 helmet.
Fernando Alonso
The international press did already say anything that can be said about this spectacular Formula 1 season and it´s highlight race at Interlagos. And we know that a top performer like Fernando can only be mildly happy about a second place. Obviously we hoped for another title for Ferrari – but now we like to congratulate Fernando for his unbelievable spirit and fight shown till the last lap of the last race. For us you are the most inspiring Formula 1 driver.
Michael Schumacher
Last but not least we´d like to honor our friend Michael Schumacher. Since 11 years we work together very closely. Many developments and innovations have their origin in his pursuit of perfection. Most of our achievements were really his achievements: we could celebrate 4 out of 7 World Championships with him. We take off our hat – or more precisely our helmet – to honor this outstanding athlete. Michael, we´ll miss you on the track. But at the same time we´re happy that we can still continue to profit of your experience and your knowledge now that you ended your professional career – looking forward!
The Pit Crews
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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers wrapped up the U.S. leg of their 2012 Summer Tour in fine fashion in Austin on Saturday, rocking the sold-out Erwin Special Events Center on Cinco de Mayo.
Regina Spektor, the immensly talented New York City-based songstress who opened the 10 shows in the U.S., once again delivered an incredible set backed by her trio. Spektor has proven to be a more than capable opener for Tom and the band, captivating audiences with her unique, piano-driven pop songs and gorgeous voice. Safe to say many Heartbreakers fans are now Regina Spektor fans due to her incredible performances on this tour.
Tom and the band stormed the stage just before 9 pm to rapturous applause and cheers. Never ones to leave anything left in the tank, the Heartbreakers delivered the show of the tour, a great mix of songs powered by inspired playing by one of the best bands on the planet. "Free Fallin'" is almost always a glorious sing-a-long, but Austin gave it some added punch with the loudest audience vocals all tour. Mike Campbell was on fire all night, ripping solo after solo - including an absolutely monstrous one on "It's Good To Be King" - that brought smiles to the fans and everyone on stage. As if on cue, the skies opened shortly after the Heartbreakers' incendiary set, and Austin was deluged with an epic thunderstorm only found in the great state of Texas.
Canada, you're up next! See you in a few weeks and then on to Europe!
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Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn!
This book is great fun. Anyone who is as big a Khorne fanatic as me should love it!
Blood for the Blood God - Tome of Blood officially announced!
Posted 11 September 2012 - 02:13 PM
Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn!
Matt Eustace. Contributing Author Credits: Church of the Damned, The Lathe Worlds, The Lathe Worlds - The Lost Dataslate, Only War Core Rulebook, Hammer of the Emperor, Shield of Humanity, Tome of Fate, Tome of Blood, Tome of Excess and Tome of Decay.
The views expressed in this post are my own. I do not speak for or on behalf of Fantasy Flight Games.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 04:34 PM
Awesome, long time Khornate player here who is delighted to see the Blood God given his due.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 07:31 PM
Assuming that the wording was vague and we're getting 2 CSM and 2 Heretic archetypes, what do we assume?
I'm saying: World Eaters Berzerker, Iron Warriors Warsmith, some kind of anti-psyker Heretic, and then a commander type character.
My apologies to anyone I offend; FFG staff, playtesters, and forum users alike.
Please check out my Dark Heresy to Only War conversion! You can find it on the main Only War forum. I'm always looking for more people to playtest it!
Posted 11 September 2012 - 08:09 PM
There should also be quite a lot of new (Khorne) toys as this book wouldn't spend much place for psychic powers.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 08:22 PM
I'm rather excited.
Tome of Fate is to be expected as the first of the four alignmentbooks; Tzeentch is a pretty ambiguous chaotic god and his followers work for just about any character concept, and they're probably the easiest type to portray and roleplay satisfactorily. Also, the chaos sorcerer in heavy armor and using powerful magics alike is one of the most iconic images of Chaos and Warhammer in general.
Khorne is what I already expected to be the second. Khornates need the most love for new rules as far as any alignment is concerned, though they have a few really nice chaos gifts, they have a lot of problems, not least that its a psyker build that is the best at melee at the moment, as far as I can tell. Khornates are also basically the archetypal warriors of Chaos, perhaps an even more iconic image than the sorcerers, and so it makes sense that they are the runners up. Basically, due to the lack of psychic stuff, there are the fewest Khorne-centric combat options, so hopefully Khornates will get something to fill the void in this book.
The mass combat bit sounds exciting, I really wonder what will entail.
Nurgle and Slaanesh are definitely alignments I expected to come last in terms of releases -- their followers are gross and sick even by the standards of very gross and sick men, and mechanical concerns aside, it ought to be an epic undertaking to keep their books from being too disgusting to be appealing at all while still keeping them from seeming dumbed down or kiddy-fied.
I agree that Iron Warriors will probably be the unaligned CSM in this book. Which makes me wonder what the unaligneds in the Nurgle and Slaanesh ones will be? We have the Word Bearers, Night Lords, and Black Legion… I'd VERY vaguely guess Night Lords will fit into Nurgle (spreading terror seems to be a Nurgle thing amongst the talents and even the Intimidate skill, iirc, and the way the Night Lords legion decayed into a seething mass of ex-cons and the corrupt and such seems very Nurglesque). But who would the honorary Slaaneshi unaligneds be? Word Bearers, due to their emphasis on charismatically spreading the word of Chaos (mainly since Fellowship and diplomacy is associated with Slaanesh in BC?)
That would leave room for an undivided chaos book… for that, I would definitely wager we will see Black Legion (the Ultramarines of Chaos) and HOPEFULLY an Obliterator-style archetype as the two CSM options.
What topics would these alignment books carry? I'm guessing the Nurgle book might have rules for becoming a chaos dreadnought (or 'helbrute' as it looks like they'll be called in 6e; which may be interesting, as its rumored in their fluff that they can ascend to become greater daemons instead of daemon princes), and maybe some sort of rules for terrorism and spreading plagues (I guess) to decimate populaces, though not sure what these'd be for, really. The Slaanesh book might also include all sorts of ideas and rules for converting people to Chaos -- while yeah, you can shove 100 Corruption points in people's face through psykery, there isn't any kind of consistent way of telling whether this will make them go Chaos or turn them into a freaky eyeball and tentacle creature or just kill them.
Incidentally, since Slaanesh was the first god to have a psychic power that could turn people into Chaos Spawn, I hope it will have rules for converting PCs and NPCs alike into Chaos Spawn. Note that we've had stats for Minor Spawn of Chaos before -- I hoep this means that we will see Greater Spawn of Chaos.
Then, I would rather hope the Undivided book has rules for converting PCs and NPCs alike into daemon princes.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:20 PM
This is great and all, but perhaps you could actually release Tome of Fate in the UK first!
Posted 11 September 2012 - 10:37 PM
Here's to you guys at FFG for rocking my socks. Tome of Fate was excellent. I just finished it cover to cover last week and can't wait to drop it on my group.
I'm interested in seeing how you manage the social aspects of the end of the book module for the Tome of Blood. I've got Khorne NPCs sitting around and I want to throw them at my players but just launching into combat seems to diminish the whole undertaking.
Props and support to you. Keep up the stellar work.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:09 PM
YAY! Bring it out quick!
Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:34 PM
After finishing Tome of Fate I simply can't wait for this book to arrive!
As for the psyker melee vs pure melee thing, I would like to see some "Prerequisite: Aligned Khorne" talents in this book for some added special melee smash. That would atleast somewhat fill the ~20 page hole the lack of new psychic powers will leave in the book, me thinks
Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:37 PM
Oh nice. Mounted Combat, so Rough Riders in OW will be coming.) I´m bit worried about mass combat though, one in Battlefleet Koronus was well… bad. Like realy bad, slow, broken and despite the efforts I´ve seen more narrative in Epic: Armageddon.
Still looking forward for this tome. Two Astartes archeotypes are more or less given (WE Berserker and IW Warsmith, but I think that Night Lord is still a small possibility) so I wonder about the mortals. My guesses are some kind of Murder-Priest, Gladiator and Bloodpactesque Veteran/Grenadier. Would love to see more exotic Khorne daemons, along the ways of DH DotDG Murder Room.
There is nothing as good as seeing rebel scum running out of a cave full of gas, right into the blasters of your battalion-–well, except sunrises, but for those you have to get up early.
Posted 12 September 2012 - 07:10 AM
A lot of people wish for some sort of anti-psyker as archeotype but we already have blood god's contempt and other than this there are only psychic blaanks so I don't think anything like this will appear. There would rather be more anti-psychic gear like the exotic armour that protects from force weapons.
Khorne is also quite big on command skill so meaby would see some kind of renegate/apostate combo archeotype. I hope for archeotypes that are not simply 'upgraded' from base ones (I love alpha legion from tome of fate for this).
Posted 12 September 2012 - 08:06 AM
Glad to see a new one in the works. I look forward most to Unaligned things personally though.
A thought regarding that: Wise expenditure of your XP early on can ensure you'll have some good stuff from the opposition while still unaligned, and nothing but the True costs on the majority of things you like once you actually switch into alignment. Combined with the bonuses on the Gifts, and the improved gifts tables themselves, surely there's some room for "Chaos Undivided" bonuses somewhere?
Obliterators would certainly be special, but even something as simple as "well, if you reach 5+ with each alignment without ever being more than one apart between the highest and lowest, 100xp off the two highest purchases of skills and characteristics, and tier 3 talents" would be nice. It wouldn't be interesting like unaligned warp-entity weapons or unaligned Gift forms, but just something to go for out there ya know?
I'd particularly enjoy the Obliterator infection to affect non-marines as well. Sure, you're just as behind as a regular human archetype vs the CSM ones, but nothing should be stopping your renegade or heretek from fusing to his armour and stuff just as much. At the least that oughta rid you of the no-black-carapace penalties to agility in power-armour, given its now 'you'. I can imagine, given how resilient they are, that it either "lathes" your armour or outright turns half your AP into Toughness.
Imagine: Enhanced Potentia Coils on a smaller-than-normal obliterator. A "weapon switching" style, where as opposed to actual Slayer Arms or Daemon Weapons, you only get your WP [or should that be what's left of your fellowship] to weapon damage [you are the daemon bound to it], and weapons don't get infinite ammunition as-is, but rather freely and automatically reload themselves while not deployed.
Now I'm thinking of houserules [or maybe if its not total crap, it can get polished up and used officially] for obliteratordom…
Posted 12 September 2012 - 04:26 PM
I want playable Daemon Princes.
Also, calling it now; Tome of Rot for Nurgle.
My apologies to anyone I offend; FFG staff, playtesters, and forum users alike.
Please check out my Dark Heresy to Only War conversion! You can find it on the main Only War forum. I'm always looking for more people to playtest it!
Posted 12 September 2012 - 05:49 PM
Kiton said:
Now while I think all Chaos builds should have a unique point to them, to include even non-psykers of Chaos Undivided (as really, Exalted powers probably are enough for psykers, because holy hell, flying around crushing baneblades with your mind WHILE INCORPOREAL and indestructable to all mundane attacks), Chaos Undivded is probably overall the best alignment in a number of ways and probably is the absolute least in need of bonuses; its unbelievably improbable, even for a starting Undivided char, to ever get a bad mutation except on a failing.
From the roleplaying standpoint Chaos Undivided is even more attractive… compare the difference in freedom between a Chaos Undivided and Marked Khornate or Marked Nurglite or ordinary aligned Slaaneshi. The Chaos Undivided dude is a free man, he doesn't have to fear heresy or bow to anyone like an imperial, he can be good or bad or lazy or do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. The marked Khornate and Nurglites are driven to KILL, FOREVER. Even if your character has no problem with committing murder, he probably does it for survival, or fun, or something… a marked Khornate can't stop himself. Anger isn't a pleasant, happy feeling, even when you are punching people. Its a stressful, unpleasant feeling, and Khorne is seemingly always angry. A Khornate is driven to kill, all the time, and even killing doesn't relax him or make him happy other than maybe in the short term… he just has to do it.
Oh, and uhh, Slaaneshi get punished with corruption (which, except when you're about to gain a chaos gift or hit 99, isn't much of a punishment usually) if they "ignore a unique opportunity to… desecrate a foe." That's also problematic.
The game should err on the side of providing bonuses to those who must abide by the restrictions of the gods, especially because of how nice Undivided is atm.
And I will totally second that it'll be awesome when (not if) they put out rules for playing a daemon prince. I seriously hope we see an analog to DH:Ascension that has rules for playing chaos spawn (yes, I'd totally play one) and daemon princes (Also would totally play one). Whatever you do, don't tell me it wouldn't be fun or a good roleplay experience to play a chaos spawn, though.
I'm betting it'll be the Tome of Decay for Nurgle.
Posted 13 September 2012 - 05:33 PM
Awesome. The CSM Archtypes are pretty much a given, considering Tome of Fate had a Q'sal psyker or whatever I imagine one of the human archtypes being from Xurunt.
Posted 15 September 2012 - 11:24 AM
I'm pleased that they're taking a "general supplement on things thematically associated with this God" approach to the Tomes line, although I do wonder what they'll do for Slaanesh and Nurgle.
I'm kind of hoping for some detailed social interaction/soft skills/cult building rules from the Slaanesh book, and I wonder if Nurgle might be the best place for rules on Daemon Princes, since a lot of people petition Nurgle directly for Immortality.
Posted 15 September 2012 - 02:42 PM
Tzeentch: Thousand Sons, Alpha Legion
Khorne: World Eaters, Iron Warriors
Nurgle: Death Guard, ???
Slaanesh: Emperor's Children, ???
Who should Nurgle get? Word Bearers don't exactly fit. Slaanesh is a tie between Word Bearers and Night Lords.
My apologies to anyone I offend; FFG staff, playtesters, and forum users alike.
Please check out my Dark Heresy to Only War conversion! You can find it on the main Only War forum. I'm always looking for more people to playtest it!
Posted 16 September 2012 - 12:42 AM
Plushy said:
Tzeentch: Thousand Sons, Alpha Legion
Khorne: World Eaters, Iron Warriors
Nurgle: Death Guard, ???
Slaanesh: Emperor's Children, ???
Who should Nurgle get? Word Bearers don't exactly fit. Slaanesh is a tie between Word Bearers and Night Lords.
I think it fairly straightforward.
Tzeentch: Thousand Sons and Alpha Legion
Khorne: World Eaters and Iron Warriors
Nurgle: Death Guard and Night Lords (because Nurgle empahtize fear and the Night Lords are all about causing fear)
Slaanesh: Emperor's Children and Word Bearers (because the Word Bearers are very charismatic and so fits best with Slaanesh, who should be the most socially adept Chaos God)
As for the archetypes I was actually a bit disappointed by them, and most so about the human ones. I would have favored wider archetypes rather than so shallow ones. "Packground backages" or something would in my mind have worked better to give the oppertunity to play the Traitor Legions.
Posted 16 September 2012 - 02:20 AM
Somewhere along the line there would have to be a way to become psyer without alighning yourself to tzeentch (because death guard have nurgle sorcerors f.e.). The 'sorceror heretek' we got in tome of fate shows one way (in fact I think someone has invented exactly te same way on this forum a while back) but you should be able to start game as one without being either tss or weak legionless sorceror. We won't see it in tome of blood, but hopefully in the next book, or meaby some free pdf for tome of fate.
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Somewhere along the line there would have to be a way to become psyer without alighning yourself to tzeentch (because death guard have nurgle sorcerors f.e.).
There's already a way to do this, it's called "playing a Sorcerer". Starting sorcerers aren't "weak and legionless" they're just not members of a specific advanced splat.
Why should Death Guard Sorcerers get to be more powerful than other Sorcerers?


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Ice-Fire wrote:khmrP wrote:I didn't see it in the replay but then again twc didn't show good clip of it, oh well its not like numbnuts is squeaky clean, he's been borderline idiotic this season anyways with his antics, should've known better with his reputation.
I saw the replay, he did nothing that warranted a suspension.... the league were just crying wolf for Brandon Knight... in fact I hope the league makes a new rule for players getting suspended for pissing & moaning about someone hurting there poor little jaw.
which replay though? cause TWC didn't show that incident live and whatever replayed they showed just had peace/knight tangled up already but I didn't see this hand on neck and striking but its Peace afterall, you really doubt he's incapable of doing such a thing? As for Ebanks playing or starting, hopefully he'll be put on Wallace, he's no longer an offensive threat now, just that garbage guy but better not leave him open ebanks


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Last of a three-part series.
An update on the homeless subjects interviewed to date:
Roger's tent is still up and running in a wooded lot on the edge of town. The property owners have either given their blessing to the little tent village, or they've stayed silent allowing them to stay. The encampment is still clean, although Roger's little domicile has puddles of water and smells strongly of the roll-your-own cigarettes that he seems to eat like candy. In situation, he's pretty much where he was when I met him, a philosopher accepting his station in life.
Ron, who said he'd found himself in the RCS shelter as a result of "piss-poor planning," is no longer there — he was dismissed from the shelter for on-going violation of rules. Director of Operations Bob Howe says that he's dropped by once or twice to say hello, but nobody seems to know where he's staying.
Reggie, the admitted addict, is, like Roger, pretty much in the situation as when I met him. He still helps out at a local ministry where, his supervisor says, "he works like a trooper."
Amy, who traded domestic abuse for homelessness, is still at the shelter and describes herself as a den mom to the newer residents in the women's dorm. She has had a couple of interviews but has not been hired, and the state still has her children. They're in a group home now, she says, but at least they're together and receiving help for their post traumatic stress disorders.
Gina, the Kentucky woman who'd lived in a truck with her boyfriend, daughter and dog for 10 days, has managed to find a second job and is working to pay off her deposit. Things are still tight, she says, but the world is definitely looking up.
The homeless are not without their advocates or help.
For instance, tent-dweller Roger's declaration of the local police as "Mayberry RFD" is not completely without merit. "People are human and it's in our nature to help," Sgt. Todd Conway said. "We don't just look at them and forget about them. We try to help them."
While panhandling — aggressive begging on the streets for money — is stopped when reported, police don't automatically haul the panhandlers in on the first offense.
"If we can sit there and talk, and then figure out their problems, we can figure out how to help them," he said.
The police will try to direct the homeless to organizations where they can receive help — Religious Community Services (RCS) for instance. In cases of obvious mental illness, the Crossroads program at CarolinaEast Medical Center can be used. Area agencies are also setup to help deal with problems of addiction — a major cause of homelessness.
When squatters are found, usually living in tents in wooded areas, the police do not automatically throw them out. "If they can find a landowner who allows them to set up a tent, there's nothing illegal about it," Conway said. The usual procedure is to alert the landowners to the situation. If the landowners want them removed, then the police order the squatters to clean up their site and go.
Liability is a frequent reason landowners order the homeless to move on. Another might be a problem that the homeless can make for themselves, when they trash the area where they are camping.
RCS is probably the best-known resource to help the homeless, most prominently through its 20-bed shelter.
Those beds are generally divided between a men's dorm, a women's dorm and a small family dorm —all three are currently occupied.
The shelter is meant as only a temporary measure and, according to Juliet Rogers, director of shelter services, 90 days is the maximum length of stay. Four or five days tends to be the average.
If you find yourself in need of shelter, a stay at RCS begins at police headquarters, where you must show an ID and submit to a check to be sure there are no warrants against you or that you are not a sex offender.
Once approved, a resident must obey stringent rules — first and foremost, a zero drug and alcohol tolerance is laid down. Fighting or other disruptions can get a person kicked out. From 8 a.m. to noon the shelter is closed and a strict 6:30 p.m. curfew is in place. Lights go out at 10. One shelter resident teased that she was being treated like a troublesome child with all the curfews, though she said she could live with it while she gets her life together.
People staying at the shelter are also required to earn their keep with chores.
"We have people coming out of prison, people coming out of mental institutions, and a lot of transients," Rogers said. "We're seeing the fastest growing number of homeless is women and children." Census is usually at 16 or 17, with about 200 homeless moving through in a year.
RCS also assists its homeless guests with clothing, meals and resources.
But RCS also works to keep those on the verge of homelessness in their homes. Executive Director Michael McMillan described the organization's curious Rental and Utility Assistance program:
Every Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. upwards of 20 or 30 families show up who are facing eviction or termination of their utilities. The RCS budget doesn't allow it to help that many families, but it holds a drawing from which eight families are selected to receive help. Payments are then made directly to the landlords or utilities to assist with $200.
The families must prove their need, McMillan said, and RCS can only give the assistance if the landlord or utilities will not still evict or cancel services after payment is made.
The Salvation Army deals with 10 to 15 homeless a week, according to Whitney Morton, corps officer. The Army's assistance focuses on food, clothes, blankets and sleeping bags. "Occasionally we have sleeping bags," she said, "and for our homeless population that don't have a cupboard we supply backpacks." Canned goods go out as well — usually the pop-top kind.
The MERCI Clinic provides for some homeless — and for the nearly-homeless, Director Priscilla Miller said. "I have a number who are not homeless, but they're on the brink," she said. "One small incident might be the one that puts them over the line."
While she said that MERCI does all it can to help, assisting the indigent presents some real challenges.
"We don't want to deny anybody," she said, "But those who are homeless, it is difficult to get them qualified."
"We get a lot of 'couch surfers,'" she says — that is, people who sleep on couches in friends' or others' homes at night, who cannot meet eligibility requirements for proof of income.
If they have no direct proof of income, they need a notarized letter showing that someone is providing them with shelter and food. "If they're on a different couch every night," she said, "who is going to be that person?"
Another problem is that, to get meds, pharmacies require that clients can show they are making at least $8,000 a year, including the food stamps and rental value.
"And the hardest part is, the patients we have not seen before, we are not going to be able to take them in any time soon," she said. "We are really, really busy. We can't handle the care of everyone who needs it."
Miller said that, like many other community needs organizations in the area, MERCI is in need of more money, space and volunteers. Still, "We find a way to do it. We go through everything and find a way to make it work."
Area churches are sometimes inundated with calls for help. "When is our church not approached by the homeless?" Susan Pate Greenwood, senior pastor at Centenary United Methodist Church, said. "Sometimes the homeless come asking for help with a place to stay for a night or two, some for help with getting enough medications they can't afford, some come for help with food. Some come to ask us to pray for them; some just want someone to listen to them."
Most churches have food pantries and, under some circumstances, they will assist in such items as gas and housing needs. However, most primarily work with the homeless through monetary and physical assistance through RCS.
Many of those with mental health issues wind up in the care of CrossRoads CarolinaEast's adult mental health care wing. Ron England, director of the program, estimated that 23-24 percent of the patients are homeless, many of them couch surfers.
It does not surprise him that so many homeless have mental illness. "Within our community, out of every 10 vehicles you pass, two or three of them are going to have serious mental illnesses," he said.
The patients arrive in many ways: delivered by police, from the emergency room, other organizations or on their own. Some are locals and others are individuals moving through the area.
"We have homeless patients that are not permanent residents," he said. "They come to the center because they've stopped taking their meds and they need help getting back on track."
The hospital absorbs the cost of dealing with the homeless. "That's one thing about this hospital," England said. "They have never asked, 'Can they pay for this care,' but, 'Do they need this care?'"
He said that Crossroads deals with a lot of depression and schizophrenia among the homeless.
As soon as patients are admitted, England said, the staff begins planning their discharge. "We start looking for resources… inpatient psychological care is not a cure. It's only Step One."
He said that support through family, if possible, and other organizations after release is vital — and, the biggest problem of all, so is a place to stay. "An individual cannot maintain mental health unless they have stable housing."
England admits that, even though resources are available, the area needs more. He lists three specific needs: First of all, short and long term housing. The other specific needs he sees are a way of seeing that meds are available to the homeless who need them, and that transportation is available to them.
"With our current resources," he said, "we all have to work that much more closely together."
Tharesa Lee, the former non-profit coordinator for the City of New Bern, agrees that housing is one of the greatest needs in the area.
She is a member of the Neuse Trent Housing Alliance, an organization made up of representatives from roughly 30 different organizations and formed for the purpose solving the problem of chronic homelessness in the area. Meeting the first Wednesday of every month, the NTHA is putting together a 10-year plan.
"We're coming together to find solutions, to get permanent supportive housing in our area," she said.
In permanent supportive housing, people move from temporary shelters to a longer-term house for a year. Here, they pay rent and receive budget and other counseling to help them to stand on their own. "People in shelters can get Medicare," she said, "But they don't know how to get housing.
"This may take three years, it may take five, but at least the process is beginning," she said.
Lee believes that many people in the area are unaware of the homeless problem in Craven County. "They go about their daily lives and they've got so much to take care of," she observed, "that they don't realize the problem. They don't think of that."
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I'm in for the 14 date adv. masters
I'm in for the 14 date adv. masters
im pretty sure i can play also
Intellectual property theft!!!! I'm suing!!!! Actually, there are no original ideas (or at least not very often). I stole it from others. I am happy to pass it along to you all. I think it's a lot of fun. I will let you know after our event on Saturday, if you would like, how things go and what we could have improved.Originally Posted by J_VanOver
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That would be great Lyle. Thanks
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Count me in! I'll be playing Am's not Pro's
Im in.
To be honest though, I would feel better about the AM bracket if Nate Bagger Deluxe Hartlage would move on up to the pro bracket where he belongs.
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Me and Steven Dodson would like to play in the intermediate division. I'm not sure if we will be able to make the March 14th date but I am positive we can make the April 25th date.
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It looks like we have enough responses to set the date on March 14th and then maybe have another one in the summer sometime. I'm going to edit the first posting to set the date.
Andrew, I hope that you and Steven can make it. We would really like to have you guys here and it's definitely for a good cause. We really want this A-tier to be the best it can so it will help the local gov't realize that we have something worth investing in.
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I think it will be a neat tournament and something different for once. I plan on making it out also.
i'm in...i've never been in a PDGA tourney, and am not a PDGA member, therefore i have no rating, but i typically shoot around 60 at IQ on the normal course, low-mid 70's at CV on the long tees, low 60's at radcliff, if that gives any indications...
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While new restaurants have popped up, three recently-opened restaurants have closed within the last month.
Everyday Italian, Green Basil and Tropical Flavas have disappeared almost overnight in the past few weeks.
Michael Clifton and Harry Livingston opened Tropical Flavas in Vernon Park Mall June 7.
The restaurant, which was in the former Andy's space, featured Caribbean food and also had hot dogs, ice cream and other fast food.
For several months prior, the mall had offered no food after Chick-fil-A moved out.
Mike Ingalls, the mall's manager, said there were "multiple problems" that led to Tropical Flavas' sudden disappearance on Sept. 9.
Ingalls said he rewrote the lease for Clifton after the partnership broke up.
"(Clifton) told us that things were increasing and good," Ingalls said about the restaurant's sales. In less than three weeks, they were closed without a word, though, Ingalls said.
However, a verbal commitment has been made on a burger and hot dog business coming soon, and there is also interest from a pizza vendor, Ingalls said.
In addition, the mall has two new stores — Barnes' Jewelers and Felicia's Fashions, and will be opening two more — Nu Look Bounce & Children's Play Center and Mr. Magic, a photography and art school.
Green Basil, owned by Sal Longo and Davide Bennardi, was opened July 15 after the previous tenant — Bellini's — suddenly closed. It was at 2918 N. Herritage Street.
"I don't know what happened there," said Mark Pope, Lenoir County's economic developer. "They weren't there very long."
Gerry Vitale, from Two Cousins Pizza & Grill in Snow Hill and former owner of Bellini's, was helping out there before it closed. His partner, Gianni Vitale, at the Snow Hill restaurant, said he didn't know why Green Basil closed.
Division One Foods in Washington, co-owned by Will Page, owns the building. Page said there were "partnership issues."
Green Basil closed its doors on Aug. 1, he said. Longo had left the business about a week after opening, leaving Bennardi, the chef, Page said. Bennardi tried to run it for a month, but didn't have front-end and business experience, he added.
"When Sal left," Page said, "(Bennardi) thought he wouldn't be able to turn it around as a front-end face."
The quality of the food exceeded the previous Bellini's but Bennardi couldn't find someone to replace Longo, Page said.
"I went over and ate twice," he said. "They had fantastic food."
Bellini's, owned by Vito Balsamo and Gianni Vitale, had been open about a year and closed shortly before Green Basil opened. Prior to Bellini's, it had been a Pizza Inn for at least a dozen years.
Page said the building is being marketed as medical or office space, as well as a restaurant.
"It's fully stocked right now," he said, "so it could be up and running in a week for the right people."
The owners of Everyday Italian, Ahmed Hamed and Manager Abdel Mohamed, closed the restaurant at 3647 W. Vernon Ave. about a month ago after renovating the building and opening in the latter part of January.
For-rent signs are now displayed on the building, owned by L.G. Kornegay of Emerald Isle.
"I can't really tell you," Kornegay said about why it closed, "because I don't know … they just up and left."
Kornegay said the owners weren't paying the rent. He said about a month ago, a Kinston resident called him and said the place had closed. At the time, Kornegay said, he was dealing with the loss of his wife and business partner, Vickie Kornegay.
It wasn't the first time business owners had walked out of the location. Kornegay said he had a previous tenant take all the kitchen equipment and leave without a trace.
The building had also housed Billy's Drive-in, as well as the Barbecue Lodge, which Kornegay ran for 43 years until about 1990.
He said he's had several inquiries and one interested person who wants to look at the building.
"Anything that would come to Kinston would be good," Kornegay said. "It just needs to have something. I just don't know what it is."
Kinston/Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce Director Laura Lee Sylvester said the restaurant business is difficult to run.
"Especially during these trying economic times," she said. "However, in our community, we have many new businesses that opened up recently that want to do well in Kinston and Lenoir County."
She mentioned Ginger 108, The Boiler Room, East Side Café, Mary Lou's Grill, Jones' Grill, Little Caesar's, Sagebrush and SweetFrog.
Sylvester continues to promote TLC, or Think Lenoir County, encouraging people to shop and dine locally.
"It is through us," she said, "that these businesses will be able to thrive and stay open."
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It was a like a "belly punch," said
"This was a terrible blow to the community," he said.
In the wake of the indictments against the men in October, the financially-strapped city of 5,700 people is trying to decide whether to disband the police department.
If that happens, Cherryville would contract for law enforcement with
City Council will make a decision within the next week,
"Right now, the county is putting numbers together. ... We're just waiting on those numbers," he said.
Meanwhile, the issue has divided the predominantly rural community about 40 miles northwest of
Some oppose disbanding the department, saying they're worried about safety.
"How fast would they be here in an emergency?" said Lee Scott, 45, a mechanic. "Are you putting the public at risk?"
Others, though, support the idea because it would save money — and improve the community's image.
"Do we really need a police department after everything that just happened?" asked Robert Jones, 32, a truck driver. "The county can do the job."
Just a few months ago, few residents — if any — would have suggested disbanding the Cherryville police department.
But everything changed in October, when three Cherryville police officers, a reserve
Four of the men — including two of the Cherryville officers — pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in
Charges are still pending against the others.
Federal authorities haven't disclosed a motive. But the indictments said the six offered protection for supposed criminals who transported stolen goods through Cherryville and beyond.
The indictments said three of the defendants collectively received more than $17,000 in cash payments to follow what they believed to be tractor-trailer loads of stolen goods as they moved within
After the men were arrested, Cherryville Police Chief Woody Burgess and a police captain were suspended with pay. Burgess resigned Oct. 31.
Meanwhile, the Gaston County District Attorney's Office is looking at cases that relied on testimony from the officers who were arrested. It's possible that some of those cases could be dismissed.
The events have stunned people in this tight-knit community. Some wondered if the poor economy played a role in the scandal. Cherryville was once a thriving community with textile plants and other manufacturing jobs. But in recent years, it has faced tough economic times. Most of the area's textile plants have been shuttered, with production shifted overseas. Good-paying manufacturing jobs have been replaced by service industry positions — and many people are struggling to make ends meet.
Before the arrests, Cherryville had slashed the police budget to $1 million from $1.3 million. The department used to have 15 officers. Now it has 11.
"The revenue streams have really slowed down," said
Despite the economic troubles,
People are still talking about the scandal — and what to do about the police department.
"It was shocking," said Jones, the truck driver. "You just have to wonder why they did it. Were they having financial problems? Was it greed? It's just a shame."
"In October, everybody was just surprised at the events that unfolded. ... But the town is resilient," he said, adding that the "love of Cherryville is the common thread that ties the community together.
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Hello all . Just been reading on here since deciding to use a vw for my donor car build.. It is not quite done but ....here it is ..
Hello all . Just been reading on here since deciding to use a vw for my donor car build.. It is not quite done but ....here it is ..
looking good
street or track use?
Street ,, and maybe a little drag, after I finish it and get another turbo ..
Wheres the LIKE button.
Its very atom like, you going off plans, or out of your head?
yes kinda off what the atom looks like , but still ,,no plans . Also , a body is in the works too ..aluminum.
Sounds good! You may need to buy an English wheel!
Holy Sweet balls batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome!!!!!
thanks LOL ... still lots to do though..and then try to make 450 to 5 hp ..
Curious as to why you want so much hp.... wouldnt a quicker spooling 300-350 hp, with that weight, be a little more reliable, and funner? Either way, i dont care, its cool as hell!
good question ..I guess I just want it to be untouchable lol... kinda like that guy at the track that knows that he has the fastest car there...know what I mean?
did you take the entire MK4 front hub/knuckle and just cut it down and weld it to a control arm!?!?! Looks like a simple and effective idea, and no real machine work needed for bearing supports and what not if you made it all from scratch! I like it.
I have a GSXR1000 motor on the bench waiting for me to make a 2 up buggy for... you inspire me to get crackin!
yes , I took the whole knuckle , Drilled the top (3/4")where the strut bolts in . I used Heim joints each side of the knuckle . For the Bottom , I just used the existing ball joints ..Off the LCA , I welded a 1/4" small plate and it bolts to the ball joint. And thanks !
badass little buggy there!
All I have to say is wow. Mind sharing some details about how your front suspension works?
Nevermind.... I just enlightened myself. Why did you choose the setup you did over inboard shocks upfront?
I copied the suspension from an ariel atom ....I have not driven it to date , so I will have to let you know if it works good or not . I am hoping that the rear is not so stiff that it just spins versus squatting and hooking up
A couple more shots of it ..
I like where this is going! Are you gonna run your coolant through some of your body tubes to get it up front?
...I wish I would have thought of that ..but no ..
Make sure you use rubber, aluminum, or steel pipes. Stainless or copper will make for a corrosive coolant. I had used 1.25" conduit. In hindsight I wish I had used al weld elbows. Would have been cleaner but I was in a pinch and had no way to weld the aluminum then.
Thanks for posting your build I had completely overlooked a cantilever suspension for my project. That opens a whole new look at things. I am excited to see this come together
How much adjustability did you build into the chassis? As far as suspension geometry.
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The Shocks are from an R1 and are adjustable. I have about an inch of Caster/Camber using the Heim joints on the rear . On the front , I have twice that . There is 3.25" I can raise or lower it .
So,,, I would say it has a lot of adjustability...
Awesome. Ive wanted to do this also, but I have no room and no time.
Cry once....
me too but I have no welding experience except burning holes through sheet metal.
this looks like a car featured in the Grass roots motorsports mag last year maybe even longer, a guy copied an Atom just from pictures.
looks awesome man, keep up the good work and update this thread !!!!!!!!!
Nice project, love it
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Cool project, chassis looks very good. What are you using for front uprights and what kind of suspension ratios are you using?
I really don't know the ratio's , honestly .. As for uprights ...Where the shocks mount it is just 1/8"
tabs.. As for the pivot point...I drilled through the frame and welded a XXheavy wall pipe in the frame wall. That wall pipe has a 9/16" hole id , and 1 1/4" od..
So , it pivots on a 9/16, grade 8 bolt basically .
And thanks for all the comments ..
any updates on this?
Are you **** kidding me!!!! u stole my idea!?!?!?! lol i seriously planned on doin this. exact style frame and all. Ariel Atom right?
Majorrrrr props man. im definitely fallowing this. i want a play by play haha
more please
Hey , still working on it ...the little details are killing me getting them done ..
I will post some new pics in a few days .
Hey , I am still working on it ..
Still things to deal with : The wiring harness , Air to water IC and piping , Longer shift cables
Money has been kinda tight , so ? , just going with what I can do ..
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2013: Saw action in 21 matches . . . fired 12 shots and four shots on goal.
Personal: Daughter of Charlie and Lisa Brady…Born on March 9, 1995…Majoring in Criminal Justice.
Before Pfeiffer: Attended Watauga High School… Also ran Cross Country and track in high school… A member of the National Honor Society . . . was named All region, All Conference, and Defense MVP.