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Joe Bartlett was the lone competitor to notch a pair of individual firsts, leading the 110 hurdles in 20.2 seconds and the high jump at 52. Eleven different Sandstoners generated the other wins; Oden Robertson in the 100 with a time of 11.4 seconds, Ethan Kelly in the 1,600 with a time of 5:16.7, Jacob Moose in the long jump at 17, Tyler Belleau in the 400 with a time of 57.4 seconds, Peter Clark in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:11, Ethan Vinson in the 800 with a time of 2:11.8, Tom Hobbs in the 200 with a time of 26.6 seconds, Spencer Neaton in the triple jump at 345, Ifem Ononye in the shot put at 3711.25 and Aaron Chandler in the discus at 100.
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Chapter 3: So maybe I like her
During the day I stayed in the house. I don't know why but I preferred the night. During the day, I'd write. Not really something a vampire nor a werewolf would do but I did. I wrote about my family. I wrote about myself. I even wrote a paragraph about Shade.
I didn't know if it was right to like a vampire. She was half. But still……it didn't feel right but at the same time, it felt more than right. All I could think about was her purple eyes and the softness of her lips.
What the fuck is wrong with me? I can't get involved with a vampire girl. I mean I'm a vampire too but things will get complicated.
I could smell Eric coming in the room.
"What?" I asked. Eric sighed and leaned against the wall in my room. "I'm sorry about last night. I just…me and Adrianne would rather not tell you everything. Its only to protect you."
"Why? What part of lying to me will protect me?" I asked. Eric stared at me.
"We're not lying to you. I understand you want to know about Todd. But…he's just a difficult person to talk about."
"Why? What did he do?" I asked. Eric sighed.
"Ready to run? It's going to be dark soon and the moon is coming out." Adrianne said standing in the doorway.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"Almost twelve." She answered. I looked out the window. I could have sworn it was just daylight outside. Maybe I was going crazy. "Um….I run by myself full moons. You know that."
"Why can't you join the family?"
"Why can't you tell me about my dad?" I asked. I closed the journal I was writing in and turned towards her in my chair.
"Why can't you just tell me? Tell me something other than he's done bad things. Anything!" My anger was rising. I knew I needed to shift soon. I could feel the burn inside my body all ready.
"He killed Eric's sister." She said. I slowly glanced at Eric who was looking down to the floor. My eyes went back to Adrianne's. "Why?" I asked.
"Just to piss me off." Eric answered. I shook my head. "He killed your sister….just to piss you off?" I asked. Eric nodded once. I ran my fingers through my hair and covered my face with my hands. Seriously…..what the fuck? I guess he really was bad. You throw a rock at someone to piss them off. You don't kill someone's sister to do it.
"I need to go run." I got up and walked pass them out of my room. I pulled my shirt over my head and threw it on the floor.
I glanced at the time. Eleven fifty eight. I walked out of the house and out into the night.
"Lucas! Lucas!" Kaiden yelled. I turned and Kaiden had his shirt off. "Can I run with you?" He asked. I sighed. "Kid, you know I run way faster than you, mom and Eric."
"Please, Lucas? I never ran with you." He said. I loved the kid. Why not?
"Alright. Think you can keep up, K?" I asked. He nodded and started unbuckling his belt.
I suddenly felt a faint burning around my chest. Then it got hotter and hotter. I cried out and fell into the dirt. It felt like my bones were cracking. "Fuck!" My hands dug into the dirt and I pulled. I got on all fours and a deep growl rose from my chest. My vision became blurry and everything became dark for a second. I could feel my fur ripping from my chest and then from my back. The burning pain was unbearable.
I could hear Kaiden's screams from behind me and Adrianne's and Eric's. Fuck. My vision came back to me much clearer and brighter. I howled into the air and Kaiden howled behind me. I took off in a run. Whipping through the trees fast in a blurring speed. I had to make sure not to go too close to the vampire side. I could hear Kaiden's footsteps behind me trying to keep up. I was getting more and more adrenaline the faster I ran. Whenever we shifted at the full moon, Aeryn or his sister, Aries would go and babysit Akaria. I felt like I was never there for her. I loved the little girl to death but……I felt like I wasn't there enough for her.
I ran to the edge of the woods where a huge lake stood. I walked into the water a little. It was warm
I saw something on the other side of the lake. A girl. I knew her face as soon as she turned. Shade. I hid back in the woods hoping she couldn't see me.
She swam towards the shallow area and got back on the dirt. She was completely naked. If I was in my human form, I probably would be hard right now. She wrung the water out of her long black hair which seemed to be longer when it was wet. She leaned down and slid her black panties back on and then placed on a big white t shirt. I watched as she disappeared on the vampire side. I don't know why I was so fascinated with Shade.
At Midnight, every full moon, the wolves only have to shift for an hour. For shapeshifters they must shift all night until 6 A.M. exactly. No one fully understands it but that's just what happens.
An hour later, I was in the woods placing my clothes back on.
"Hey stranger." Someone whispered. I turned and Shade was smiling at me. Her purple eyes gleamed. "You know my name."
She nodded. "I do. But I like calling you stranger. Another part of my weirdness." She said.
I smiled at her.
She licked her lips. "I know you were watching me."
For some reason I wasn't embarrassed she knew about me spying on her. Well not spying. Okay. Spying.
She giggled lightly. "I'm sorry." I said. She shook her head and grabbed my hand. "Don't be. I didn't mind." She whispered.
"Why do you swim naked?"
"Why not?" She asked shrugging. She circled me for a second before stopping in front of me.
"And you kissing me yesterday. What the hell was that?" I asked.
"You kissing me back, what the hell was that?" She asked. We stared at eachother.
"Why'd you kiss me?"
"You were upset so I thought I'd cheer you up." She said innocently. Her black hair blew in the wind and whipped across her face.
"That's the only reason you did it?"
She shrugged. "Maybe it's also because I like you."
"You like me? Why? I'm a loner."
"Not if I'm with you. Listen, you don't have to be alone all the time because you're annoyed with your family. You're not alone." She walked to me and smiled.
"How would you know that?"
"I thought I was alone when my dad left my mother and me. Turns out, my life is better without him and I have my mom and my friends and cousins who love me. I don't need my dad. And I'm sure you're amazing without yours."
"That asshole killed my aunt. Well my half aunt."
"See? You don't need your dad. Just…let him go. Because, Lucas, I think you're pretty great without him." She whispered. Her purple eyes looked into mine.
"What?" I asked.
"Kiss me." She whispered. I didn't hesitate to press her against a tree and kiss her deeply. Fine. Fine. I like the girl. She smelled amazing. Way more amazing than I've ever smelled in my life. Her scent was cinnamon. Chocolate and oranges and….peaches. I wanted her blood. I know she was another vampire but…..I needed her blood. I don't know which side was stronger. Her human side or her vampire side. Her smell was overwhelming.
She invited me into her mouth and her fingers grabbed my hair as she moaned. I wanted her. Bad. Physically and emotionally. I don't know how I came to like her. But I just did. Was she my mate? The One?
I pulled away to look into her eyes. "Your eyes are white again." She whispered. I traced my thumb over her cheek and began kissing her neck.
"Can I bite you?" I asked. She slowly nodded.
I licked her just to taste the flesh of her skin. I couldn't believe how good she smelled. Fucking amazing. My fangs slid out and I immediately bit into her neck. She moaned and pulled me closer to her. I only drunk a little. I then used my tongue to clean the wound. And I pressed my lips against the wound and it slowly faded. I pulled back to look her in her eyes.
She placed her warm hand on my cheek and smiled. "I never felt anything like that before. It made me feel…….hot."
I smirked at her. "You taste good. I almost got carried away."
"Just my blood? Nothing else about me carries you away?" She asked smiling weakly.
"Your eyes, your hair, your voice, and your skin." I admitted. She blushed and chewed on her lip.
"I like your hair. Your eyes. Your attitude. You try to act tough but really…..some parts of you are sensitive."
"You must have me all figured out." I said. She grabbed a hold to my shirt.
"I hope not. I like how mysterious you are." She pulled me towards her. I wanted to kiss her again. Just to taste her again.
She looked in my eyes and smiled. "I think we're avoiding the inevitable." She whispered. I raised my eyebrow. "We're probably trying to ask ourselves in our minds if we're each other's mate." Shade said nodding.
"Maybe. I don't know if you are yet." I said narrowing my eyes at her. She nodded. "Right. I feel the same way. If I was full werewolf, we would know because we'd be of the same species." She said.
"Well when we figure out if its what we want then we will." I said shrugging. Shade smiled widely at me. Her perfect white teeth gleamed in the moonlight. "That. I love that." She whispered.
"Your attitude. You pretend that nothing matters and you don't care but you actually do care more than you think."
"For certain things yes."
She nodded. "I know that you feel like your family doesn't care about you but they do."
"We're not talking about my family. I rather talk about…"
"Lucas, how can you even think about being with someone if you're making it seem like you don't care about your family?"
"Shade, you don't understand."
"Oh, yes I do. I want my father dead, Lucas. I hate him. I don't get along with all the vampires. Half of them are my family. I know a lot of them love me but there's a lot of them that don't because I'm a half breed." Tears came to her eyes.
"I get pushed around where I live. Its not my fault I am what I am. My dad kidnapped a human teenager, raped her and that's how I came to be what I am."
"He raped a teenager to procreate you?" I asked. She nodded. I started to wonder. If my dad was such a bad man, why did my mom and him make me? Maybe…..maybe he raped her. I truthfully didn't want to know.
I wiped her tears from her face and she smiled at me weakly. "I'm sorry. No one should have to go through that." I brought her to my chest and hugged her. She hugged me back and started sniffling.Here I was talking about how I felt like my family was barely there for me and Shade got it worst. I placed my fingers in her hair and she looked up at me. I kissed her lips and she kissed me back and wrapped her arms around my neck. My hands slid down her body and caressed her perfect ass. She giggled and stepped away from me smiling and blushing.
"I knew that'd cheer you up." I said. She smiled showing her dimples.
"You are something else Lucas."
"I know that for a fact." I muttered. She bit her lip.
"I want to see you again, tomorrow night." I said. She smiled and nodded.
"Okay. In this same spot?" She asked. I nodded and grabbed her hand. She brushed her lips against mine and smiled. "Until tomorrow." She whispered. She slowly backed away and was suddenly gone. I wanted her. Why hide it? She clearly wanted me also. This wasn't about to be a cat and mouse thing. Shade is now on my list of people to care about. I wanted her.
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Mariner 9 is the first major artist commission by Tyneside Cinema's Pixel Palace digital arts programme, where Newcastle-based Canadian Kelly Richardson was artist in residence in 2011. Presented as a 12 metre-long panoramic video installation, the work features a constructed Martian environment created by combining NASA technical data with scenery generation software normally used in the film and gaming industries.
Ten months in the making, working full-time, Richardson has depicted the red planet two-hundred years in the future where a minutely detailed battlefield contains the corroding remains of abandoned craft that appear to be transmitting data back to the planet from where they came.
Speaking to Matthew Hearn for a-n's Knowledge Bank profile, Richardson explained how rewarding the project has been: "As I'm almost always producing work for exhibitions, it's rare that I take the time out for proper artistic play, so the opportunity to do that was seriously appreciated."
Dominic Smith, Digital Arts Manager, Pixel Palace said: "As a creative digital media programme in a cinema, we are witnessing film in its final transition from physical to digital media. By working with artists like Kelly we are beginning to explore how this may change the nature of cinema and the arts."
The installation is presented at Spanish City Dome in partnership with North Tyneside Council. Once home to a permanent funfair, the building has been an iconic feature of Whitley Bay's seafront for over a hundred years, but has sat empty since 2000. It is currently awaiting redevelopment, something that seems pertinent to Mariner 9's theme of decay and abandonment, with small sparks of renewal.
Mike Campbell, Arts Development Manager for North Tyneside Council said:"The Spanish City Dome is such an iconic building – it really lends itself to the creative imagination. The building is to be redeveloped over the next year or so, to restore it to its former glory at the heart of the Whitley Bay seafront, so Mariner 9 will be special not only as an artwork but as a rare chance for visitors to see the inside of the Dome as it is now."
Mariner 9, The Spanish City Dome, Whitley Bay 3 – 19 August 2012.
LEGION, Kelly Richardson's major solo exhibition at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland until 29 September 2012.
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At least no one is calling Brown Obama's poodle, as Blair was during the Bush years.
Rich, have you a brain? What position has Brown bucked Obama on? Methinks none. Brown hasn't stood up to Obama once. So does that make Brown a poodle? No. But it didn't make Blair a poodle either. It was just the liberals/Bush haters calling him that.
You need to talk to your shrink about your BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome).
Tony Blair was called " Bush's poodle " by the British and the Europeans for his unconditional and exuberant support of George Bush's policy on Iraq.
Brown is much more restrained and don't intend to lick anybody's boots .
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The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the President has greeted him with a cry of "Blair!" and told him: "You"re my boy."
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The recall is intended to address problems that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash.
Toyota spokesman Irv Miller said until the company finds a fix, owners should take out the removable floor mat on the driver's side and not replace it. "A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop a vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death," Miller said.
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"This is an urgent matter," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. "For everyone's sake, we strongly urge owners of these vehicles to remove mats or other obstacles that could lead to unintended acceleration."
The recall will affect 2007-2010 model year Toyota Camry, 2005-2010 Toyota Avalon, 2004-2009 Toyota Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Toyota Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS250 and IS350.
Toyota said owners could be notified about the recall as early as next week. [This is puzzling - Why is Toyota waiting for one week to tell its customers of this important safety problem? I am posting this to make Toyota drivers aware. Please tell your friends who own Toyota or Lexus.]
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Maybe Gordon Brown's feeling snubbed is good therapy.
If the British didn't live on hand me downs from the Queen, I would have more respect for them.
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Marketing Matters: What Did You Learn?
The summer of 1998 is over. Your campers had fun and learned new skills and a great deal about themselves and others. Hopefully, you, too, learned more about your profession and sharpened your expertise in camp management.
Not Just a Pretty Face
Perhaps your most obvious marketing tool is the camp itself. How did it look this summer — to campers, to parents on visiting day, and to prospective families on tour? As you mentally scan the scene, picture your camp's sign at the entrance. It is your welcome mat, nameplate, and billboard all rolled into one. Your sign should be bright and welcoming, and if its overall quality does not depict a well-maintained total operation, consider replacing it before next season. If your marketing materials include a logo or font that has become standard for your camp, those elements should appear on your sign.
You should also evaluate your camp from the visitor's viewpoint. How does your camp facility look from a marketing perspective? If visiting days and tours are significant events, then your camp is indeed a showcase. You should think about your camp's overall visual impact. Perhaps more signage would help. Maybe an outdoor display of major craft projects would enhance the total look of the grounds. Next summer, plan to display creative projects that will make campers feel proud of their accomplishments and that will also make the camp look more appealing and more memorable.
An Activities Assessment
To enhance the marketability of your camp even further, determine those activities that deserve center ring in your description of camp during marketing presentations. Where did campers have the most fun? What captured their imaginations? What kind of events and activities best served their developmental needs?
An activities assessment will also help you edit scenes for your next video or select photos for your next brochure. Always remember to make a specific effort to record camp activities for marketing posterity. If this was the first year that you staged a Backward Day to great acclaim, yet you neglected to photograph the fun, make sure recording this amusing event becomes part of next year's plan.
Equally important, are photos that portray concentration, achievement, success, self-confidence, and self-pride. If your photo collection does not include these types of photos, make a commitment to collect photos next season that paint a compelling picture of the enriching experience your camp offers children.
Who Said That?
Hopefully the past summer was punctuated with moments when you heard praises from your campers for the experience they had at your camp. Perhaps compliments came from parents on visiting day or from staff members. Make a point of getting back to those people to record their comments verbatim. Filed carefully, they will make excellent additions to newsletters, flyers, and your next camp brochure.
Annual Check-Up Time
Right now is the time to do an inventory of your marketing package. Re-evaluate how effective your various marketing tools are in conveying a total positive image of your camp operation. Do your materials clearly distinguish your camp from other camps by communicating unique benefits for the camper? Does your total package look up-to-date and well organized? Is it now time for the video or the web site you have not needed previously? And, how many brochures are actually left in those cartons on the shelf?
This type of self-analysis can direct your future efforts. If your plans call for a new video or new brochure, this "quieter time" of the year is best for careful planning.
Beyond self-analysis, it is vitally important that you are familiar with other camps in your area and their marketing efforts. (Know thy competition!) Use regional seminars and conferences as opportunities to network with the folks down the road and to trade marketing materials.
"World of Good" Inventory
Your own marketing story should incorporate a discussion of the higher value of a camp experience — customized to reflect your camp. Consider carefully which emotional skills your camp excels at helping children develop; then make certain to promote this as a specific value of enrollment in your camp. Every camp must use its own marketing program to help promote the benefits of a camp experience for all children.
From among these benefits, be sure to reinforce those which most accurately portray your camp as an opportunity to:
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Most important, spend time making an inventory of anything and everything that makes your camp's approach different from other camps' approaches. This list will help you describe and promote your camp with a marketing message that is memorable and distinctive.
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Tent is 9.2 oz with stuff sack or 8.9 oz without. Comes with the floor corner seams sealed. Workmanship appears as high quality as the other cottage gear I've owned. I contacted Gen at Alpinlite and asked how long it would take to get me the tent this past weekend. When he told me it'd ship out Mon or Tues if I put the order in over the weekend I went ahead and ordered it. Got it today delivered as promised.
Edited by simplespirit on 03/20/2009 17:58:39 MDT.
Very nice, Chris!Can you give us the actual measurements in width and height? Also, when sitting up, do the mesh rise up pretty darn close to your face?
It looks just like the MLD Serenity shelter except for the color. I thought you were a MLD man-man! No matter what it looks like a solid bug shelter--I was just looking at Alpinlites tarps.
No such thing as an MLD man-man! We're all gear-sluts here. :)
Hey - its the BA Fly Creek without the Fly....and of course the pole structure.
HAHAHA - that's exactly what I thought!
Yes we are Ben (Gear Sluts),, I want to try out every cottage gear shop in North America. Lets see have purchased from BPL, GG, MLD, SMD, Golite, Trail Designs, Mini-Bull, Nunatak, WM, OR. I know I have bought from even more?????? Let me think???
Edited by Creachen on 03/20/2009 19:18:50 MDT.
I'll get measurements over the weekend Ben. I have some seam sealing to do and more gear to play with so I'll set it up again.Re: sitting up.If I sit up at the front near the door the top of my head just brushes the top of the tent. For reference I'm about 5'8 but shorter legs and longer torso than average.
Jay -- you need help (just like the rest of us)!Chris -- Thanks! Have fun playing with your new toy. If you are so inclined, feel free to snap a few shots with pad and bag (or even you) inside -- just like the photos in Moontrail.com. :)
Edited by ben2world on 03/20/2009 19:02:49 MDT.
Haha. Good idea. I'll put the GF on photo duty.
Chris,that looks like a winner. I look forward to your review/info.
Someone needs to finish their raking...Edit: Nevermind. Bad joke. Just realized that is some sort of pine/mulch mix for the spring. Very nice little bug shelter though. What will you be putting over it?
Edited by MissingUtah on 03/20/2009 23:07:17 MDT.
From their website:SpecsMaterials: 1 oz No See-Um netting 1.1 oz. Ripstop Nylon (with Silicone Blend Impregnation)Dimensions: - Height: 36" at head / 19 " at feet - Width: 34" at head / 24 " at feet - Length: 7' - Floor Area: ~ 17 ft2Average Weight: 8.9 Ounces (does not include guylines, stakes, or seam sealing)Tie-outs: 4, 1 @ each corner (1/2" Grossgrain webbing) 2 on ridgeline (loop of cord)Guylines: 8' x 3/32" dia, nylon 6' x 3/32" dia, nylonZipper: #3 Is it just me or does the photo look taller than 2" more head end height than width?
Edited by malndman on 03/21/2009 07:23:39 MDT.
I just checked the width and height and they're as specified above and on the site.
Cool, looks like a great piece of gear at a reasonable price with great availability.I called MLD about their Serenity Shelter/Patrol Shelter and they are back-ordered for weeks.
Ignore the ugly model.More here
Very nice. If one were to combine that with a Cuben Fiber fly you would have a very cool 3-season Shelter that would come in at under a pound!cheers
Mike -- thanks for the specs.Chris -- thanks for confirming -- and for the pics! Who's that ruggedly handsome model? :)Looking at the pic of you sitting up at the door way makes me wonder if the shelter height is still OK when sitting on a self-inflating pad -- or worse, a 2.5" air pad? OTOH, a little bit of cramping is a small price to pay for the huge weight savings here...
Edited by ben2world on 03/22/2009 18:23:49 MDT.
Ben,Yeah, I forgot the pad in the house but on a 2.5" pad you'd definitely have your head in the net when you sit up unless you're say 5'6 or shorter.-Chris
Curse you, Chris, but I think I will spring for one. It's ALL your fault! (wink)
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New laser cut robot chassis for GM series motors
Well, I got busy tonight and designed a chassis for the GM series of motors. The GM motors are really tops with price/performance... at $5.50 each, they are VERY hard to beat.
I thought you might like to see a video of the chassis being cut out, so it's included. The material is plexi .093 thick - it's clear, but has a blue protective plastic coating designed to protect it durring cutting and handeling - plexi scratches easily.
I designed this because there are absolutely no good chassis for the GM series motors, and that's a shame because they are so nice.
I've got to mount a few more parts, but it should be done over the weekend. Thanx to Fritz for sending me some code to build on :-)
Everything has a solid mounting point on the chassis (screws) and the servo is a fuill size JR ST47, mounted off center so the shaft is centerline preventing cone errors durring scanning.
I started out as a machinist so I try to make everything with extremely close fitting tolerances and built to last - the deck is screwed together, but the interlocking tabs would hold it together by friction alone. Motors are hard point mounted with screws and add to the rigidity of the chassis.
Just a few more tweaks and I gotta figure out the battery configuration...
Robot acrylic chassis
Congratulations great job with the chassis!!!
Regarding the slots that interlock the two pieces of plastic together (gm9 motor bracket and round baseplate) if let say the acrylic is 3mm thick what is the size of the hole to accept it? I assume that due to material tolerances it should be a bit bigger.
Is it possible to have a pdf drawing with dimensions of the chassis for referance? I am trying to do a frosted acrylic cube with interlocking pieces and I don't know how to do the connections?
Thanks a lot
Thanks a Bunch for the code!
Very good!
what you need to do is just
what you need to do is just keep a record of the "ping" gosub you went through before. Example:
1- gosub ping
2- record the ping value
3- turn head
4- gosub ping
5- is this value bigger than the previous one? if yes we can just keep going this way!
6- record the ping value
7- etc etc..
but actually this code supposes that there is no or at least little movement in between those two gosubs.
hey Casca, there's something
hey Casca, there's something i don't really understand about your .bas file. it says:
gosub ping
gosub ping2
if W0>W1 then
gosub motor_reverse
gosub body_lturn
gosub motor_reverse
gosub body_rturn
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won't the two gosubs (ping and ping2) give the same results as the head hasn't moved between the 2 gosubs?
Great job on the entire
Great job on the entire thing! Looks awesome, very sturdy and well though out. You should be very proud.
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WE HAVE been asked many times, questions on obligations to be paid when transferring properties, and the most ticklish issue to tackle is the questions on obligations relating to estate taxes. For one, the tax cannot be paid by the decedent (the deceased individual) for obvious reasons. Thus, it has to be assumed by the executor or administrator, who, in most instances are the heirs or the closest relatives.
To be clear about our topic, "estate" refers to the properties, rights and obligations of a decedent individual (one who has died or passed away) that will be passed on to his heirs through hereditary succession. Our tax laws define estate tax as "the tax on the right to transmit property at death and on certain transfers made by the stature, the equivalent of testamentary disposition and measured by the value of the property."
It explains that estate tax is not a direct tax on property, as is commonly understood. Neither is it a "capitation tax," that is, the tax laid neither on the property nor on the transferor or the transferee. In other words, it is more of an excise tax or privilege tax where the main purpose or object is to tax the shifting of economic benefits and enjoyment from the dead to the living. Remember that the property transferred by the decedent shall accrue to the benefit of the surviving heirs; in the case of a married man, his wife and children.
Every decedent, whether resident or non-resident of the Philippines are required to file the required estate tax, the basis for the computation of the tax is the Value of Net Estate. In the case of the former (referring to resident or Filipino decedent), the Gross Estate shall include real property, tangible and intangible personal property wherever situated; while the latter (that is, non-resident decedent), only real and personal properties located in the Philippines.
To arrive at the Net Estate, the following are allowable deductions from the Gross Estate:
1. Ordinary Deductions in the form of:
a. Funeral expenses equal to 5% of the Gross Estate or P 200,000.00, whichever is lower;
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c. Claims against the estate as long as the indebtedness was contracted within three (3) years before the death of the decedent;
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6. Net Share of the Surviving Spouse in the Conjugal Partnership Property (in the case of married persons).
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Did you know that the most expensive movie to be created ever is Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds's End? The estimated cost to produce it was $300.000.000! A lot of people watch this movie!
Did you know that the most expensive movie flop in the history is Cutthroat Island (from 1995), total cost was $115.000.000 but it only earned back around $18.500.000! Well we think this movie will soon take the second place now when Brad Pitt's movie World War Z has been released since they have already spent over $200.000.000 just to re-write and re-shoot the FINAL ACT! Talk about wasting money! I'm still gonna watch this movie online though ;)
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V. Anderson, B. Evans, B. Frank, C. Hoffman, J. Hughes, S. Shure
Ex-Officio: Provost Maynard
Guests: K. Liu, R. Lugar, L. Sperry
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1) Back to School picnic last week was a success with a larger turnout this year than last; thanks to all who attended and worked to make a success;
2) enrollment status when compared to same time last year: FTE within 27, headcount within 12, still need 1,000 registrations before official enrollment date, graduates—even, freshmen—down, transfers—even.
3) President's Fall Address this Friday; encourage colleagues to attend.
II. Chair Report
Chairperson Lamb report:
"I continue to hear from faculty, frustration with the number of academic initiatives. There is a call for greater focus on fewer initiatives.
We certainly are in a period of challenge. We suffer from declining enrollments. I have heard that the number of freshman is down 20% from four years ago. And we are all aware that funding from the State has treated ISU less than favorably.
Any initiative that does not impact rather directly on enrollment should be given a serious look. Certainly, the quality of the academic experience, the ability to attract and retain good faculty, quality EAP, quality staff, and most importantly, good students is critical. Our turnover rate of EAP, Faculty and staff is extremely distressing. We must create an environment that attracts and retains.
Regardless, I ask the administration to be concerned about taking on so many initiatives that we are not able to make serious impact with any of them. We must concentrate our energies; focus our energies on initiatives that make significant impact directly and quickly.
On another note, I was most pleased to hear that the standards associated with academically challenged students have increased
The University picnic held last Wednesday was most enjoyable and gave us an opportunity to relax and enjoy each other's company."
III. Fifteen Minute Open Discussion
1) Difficulty staffing committees with tenured faculty within colleges expressed; great turnover of faculty a concern.
2) Quality of service a disappointment when assistance requested by Institutional Computing Services Help Desk. Provost will follow up immediately on concern.
3) A press release on the Laptop Initiative is anticipated.
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4) Difficulties encountered by graduate students with the implementation of the revised Student Academic Progress Policy relayed.
5) Work load of staff dealing with Institutional Review Board demands may warrant review of the evaluation protocol.
IV. Approval of the Minutes
Minutes of the August 16, 2005 meeting were approved with modifications.
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V. CAAC: Social Welfare Minor
Guests were invited to the table. (Sheets, Frank 7-0-1)
Discussion: the Department of Social Work desired to make distinction between two areas of work, social services and ancillary areas. Twenty percent of Social Work majors are interested in this minor. Noted that the minor affords little choice of classes; the department desired to take a macro approach to social welfare. Although a distinction was not made of the experiential learning component, the exposure presently exists within classes within the major.
Approved. (Sheets, Anderson 7-0-1)
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Removed from the table and guests invited to the table. (Hoffman, Anderson 7-0-1)
Further discussion ensued regarding the dimensions of scholarship.
Approved as modified (Hoffman, Evans 7-0-1):
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Motion to approve. (Hoffman, Evans)
Chair Lamb gave some background on today's recommendation: an instance of a faculty person enrolled in classes for credit within that person's own department brought this matter to the forefront. This practice was viewed by a past Executive Committee to be unacceptable, "The framers of the Handbook language recognized that the close association of faculty within a department creates the possibility or perception of biased evaluation of a faculty member's accomplishments if he or she is enrolled for credit in a course taught by a departmental colleague." The first FAC motion dealing with this matter was forwarded and accepted by the Executive Committee on November 9, 2004, "encouraged the Executive Committee and the Faculty Senate to continue its dialogue with the Provost in furtherance of enforcement of the faculty's primary authority in this matter.
Pros and cons on the issue were expressed.
Motion to send the document back to the FAC for rework. (Hoffman, Frank 7-0-1)
V. Sheets will prepare supportive comments for allowing faculty to take courses and C. Hoffman will prepare non-supportive comments to accompany the document upon its return.
VIII. Handbook Issues
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IX. Faculty Dismissal Hearing Committee
Sudipto Roy was approved for a five-year term on the Committee. (Anderson, Evans 7-0-1)
X. Executive Session
Moved into executive session. (Anderson, Hoffman 7-0-1)
Moved out of executive session. (Sheets, Hoffman 7-0-1)
XI. Charges to Standing Committees
Standing Committee charges were discussed, modified and approved by consensus for distribution to the Senate standing committees.
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FREMONT -- Stephanie Stout and Jordyn Gallagher provided an effective 1-2 punch as Fremont Ross shut out Greater Buckeye Conference rival Lima Senior 8-0 on Friday at Alumni Fields.
Stout and Gallagher, who respectively bat second and third in the Ross order, were responsible for five of the Little Giants' hits (12) and at least half of the runs scored (eight) and RBI (seven). Stout produced a 3-for-4 effort, including a double and two singles, with three runs scored and two RBI, while Gallagher added a pair of singles in four at-bats with a run and two RBI.
"Stephanie has excellent speed and we would like her to utilize it whenever she has the chance," Ross coach Mike Gilbert said. "Her first step comes at full speed, which means that she can really get down the line."
Meanwhile, Gallagher used her arm to hold down the Spartans, who were able to generate five hits against the Little Giants' right-hander and did not have an opportunity to score until the sixth inning. For the complete game, Gallagher struck out four, walked one and prevented Lima Senior baserunners from reaching third during the first five frames.
"We're taking it one game at a time, but the past couple of games have been two of our better efforts," said Gilbert after the Little Giants improved to 9-8 overall and 4-2 in the GBC, third in the league behind Napoleon and Marion Harding.
On Wednesday, the Little Giants trounced the Spartans 19-1 at Lima. Ross outscored Lima Senior 27-1 in two GBC games this season. Lima Senior is 0-15 overall and 0-6 in the GBC.
With one out in the Ross first, Stout sent a double into left-center field before moving to third on a passed ball. She came home on Gallagher's single, which bounced off the glove of Lima Senior center fielder Emilee Evans after the defender made a long run to try to catch the sinking liner.
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The inning continued with a Britta Barron single before Stout and Gallagher followed with RBI-singles that first scored Saionz and then plated Barron as Ross took a 5-0 lead.
The Little Giants increased their advantage to 7-0 in the Ross fourth. With one out, Barron lifted a triple over the head of Evans in center field before Stout reached safely on an infield error. After Gallagher popped up for the second out, consecutive singles by Clark and Suzanne Chudzinski sent home Stout.
In the Ross sixth, Stout executed a flawless bunt-single, went from first to third on Gallagher's sacrifice bunt and scored on a wild pitch.
"I've been working to see the ball better by hitting off the pitching machine because I want to see it and react," Stout said. "I know that when a lay down a bunt, it's going to put pressure on the defense to throw me out. They will have to field the ball cleanly, and that's not always an easy thing to do under pressure."
Gallagher retired the first seven Spartans she faced before Justine Williams walked and went to second on Cannon Uncapher's single to right field. The Ross hurler avoided any further damage by inducing Evans to hit a soft grounder to Little Giants' first baseman Tashia Novitski.
After Brianna Butler singled to open the Lima Senior fourth, Gallagher reeled off a string of eight straight outs before Butler, who went 2-for-3, ripped another single in the Spartans' sixth. Kemper and Breanna Garrett followed with consecutive singles, but a relay from Ross right fielder Christy Meggitt through Novitski to Clark, the Little Giants catcher, caught Butler trying to score.
"I'm having a great deal of fun working with these girls," Gilbert said. "They are a fun group to be around, but they are also a hard-working group. We have two important games next week against Marion (Harding) and Sandusky. We'll just see if we can take another step forward."
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I came across a DVD while in Hong Kong that is a lovely nugget for Connie Chan fans like myself. She was a huge star in the Cantonese cinema of the 1960's and did every kind of role imaginable from drama to action to a slew of musicals. I had come upon a few of her musicals and had wanted to see more, but sadly very few of the DVDs of Cantonese cinema from this period have English sub-titles. And neither does this DVD, but it does present us with 38 musical numbers from her career. They range from sappy ballads to pop to rock to Chinese opera and even a Hawaiian number is in here. It is a blast from the past and along with her we can spot other stars of Cantonese cinema such as Lydia Shum (participating in a number that sounded an awful lot like Teenie Weenie Polka Dot Bikini but instead they were singing barbecue, barbecue), Woo Fung, Josephine Siao, Lu Chi and Sek Kin (who gives Connie a leer so oily it left a stain on the screen).
The musical numbers are very modest compared to the songs being produced across town at the Shaw Studios - usually in black and white with a small band at best and choreography that was probably made up by Connie a few minutes before she was to dance. But a few of them are great fun to watch - in particular the rock and roll ones - though unfortunately they don't include the numbers from her film I'll Get You One Day that completely floored me - and the songs also give you a real slice of history that few of us have had a chance to see.
I would assume that this can be purchased on the Internet. For anyone who can read Chinses, here are the song titles.


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The Iron Bank of Braavos
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Posted 14 March 2013 - 11:50 AM
This sounds rather like an essay question that you have been set as an assignment.
Posted 15 March 2013 - 03:00 AM
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Posted 28 March 2013 - 06:50 PM
There's no doubt that the Free Cities are to resemble these Italian states, most notably Venice being the blueprint for Braavos. Channels, the lagoon, a glamorous social scene, power in the hands of merchant dynasties rather than feudal lords.
I think Braavos is simply the most developed place in the world in terms of a monetary system, which gives them huge power.
Cersei once thinks about setting up her own bank, which would be a very rational step indeed.
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Posted 01 April 2013 - 01:40 PM
Is the IB too big to fail? The difference between the IB and today's institutions is there is not the same level of...shall we put it nicely and say interdependence between them and other major institutions. I am betting that a huge number of royal families, and other clients would love to see the bank fail.
Posted 07 April 2013 - 11:49 PM
There are so many questions. I wonder if GRRM will ever awnser them.
Edited by Njell, 07 April 2013 - 11:51 PM.
Posted 10 April 2013 - 07:34 AM
The Iron Bank of Braavos had a fearsome reputation when collecting debts.Each of the Nine Free Cities had its bank, and some had more than one, fighting over every coin like dogs over a bone, but the Iron Bank was richer and more powerful than all the rest combined. When princes defaulted on their debts to lesser banks, ruined bankers sold their wives and children into slavery and opened their own veins. When princes failed to repay the Iron Bank, new princes sprang up from nowhere and took their thrones
Posted 11 April 2013 - 08:18 PM
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Posted 13 April 2013 - 01:09 AM
Thanks for the Qoute w/ them backing Stannis and the North it tells you alot about where the story line is headed I believe the Iron Bank is done w/ the old regime and wants to aid in ushering in the new.
It seems to be very powerful and influential:
Posted 16 April 2013 - 07:21 PM
I think you could link the Iron Bank to the Rottschild Family at the peak of their power. The controlls sush a amount of wealth that they finished half of the kingdoms in Europe.
While there could eventually be an institution on the scale of the Iron Bank on earth, it doesn't yet exist. The IMF and World Bank do have an international angle, but they're limited in their power to enforce anything (orchestrating coups is certainly not on their standard list).
Posted 17 April 2013 - 04:49 AM
There's even an episode of Sharpe series where a banker or bankers' agent character features during the adventures in the peninsular war.
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Posted 17 April 2013 - 12:38 PM
Travel expenses: 4,000
Regime change: 60,000 (see operation Cersei for more detail)
Building Maintenance: 13,000
and so on heh
Posted 18 April 2013 - 01:37 AM
I think the World Bank or IMF are rather inappropriate comparisons, because neither are banks in the classical sense. The World Bank is the loan division of the International Monetary Fund, which is the ideological-political division of a two-part system designed to propagate the expansion of neo-liberal economics in developing countries. The Iron Bank seems to run more on the classical model of banking- whoever mentioned Venice here was in the rights, Rothschilds is another great comparison. They aren't interested in development or conditional funding, but rather are just really influencial banking magnates who may mint currency in Braavos (we aren't sure yet, not-canon) but most definitely have large holdings of Westerosi currency and barter-and-loan there.
Edited by Gordias, 18 April 2013 - 01:38 AM.
Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:37 PM
We know there is an active insurance market for shipping and trade. I can imagine the Iron Bank reselling Iron Throne debt to other investors.
Nevertheless the economy is based on precious metal coins. That alone prevent many modern finances and economy advances.
I imagine the Iron bank as the interests of the richest people in ASOIF. Playing a different game than the game of thrones, playing the profits game.
Posted 25 April 2013 - 01:27 AM
Westeros is probably not very developed compared to the free cities - its politics are dominated by feudal landowners who don't have any understanding of finance so you wouldn't expect the merchants to have much of the institutions that would be common place in the republics of Essos. Westeros also lacks a government that you can trust - so economic development lags way behind that of, say, Braavos or Pentos where government seems to be fairly steady and responsible. Not something that the leading families treat like a war trophy.
Posted 25 April 2013 - 09:22 AM
haha love it. this guy might be trolling
There is no single financial institution in the real world that corresponds to the Iron Bank. The IMF and World Bank maybe, since they are lenders on a global scale to states.
This sounds rather like an essay question that you have been set as an assignment.
Posted 25 April 2013 - 10:49 AM
I'd say it is about where England and western Europe was in the beginning of the Renaissance age. I would expect the merchants to use some sort of cheques among themselves but that's only with people or institutions they REALLY trust. There wouldn't be a lot of those around but between the free cities there ought to be some. Gold and silver are the currencies everyone trusts in.
Westeros is probably not very developed compared to the free cities - its politics are dominated by feudal landowners who don't have any understanding of finance so you wouldn't expect the merchants to have much of the institutions that would be common place in the republics of Essos. Westeros also lacks a government that you can trust - so economic development lags way behind that of, say, Braavos or Pentos where government seems to be fairly steady and responsible. Not something that the leading families treat like a war trophy.
True. Gold and silver are very trustworthy. But being the only mean of exchange slows down greatly the economy.
Agreed in the way that Westeros is really behind the free cities in many aspects, chiefly in economics.
Whoever ends in the Iron throne will be highly indebted with the iron bank. All the current debt plus the new ones they will need to win it.
I am betting that someway, someday Casterly Rock will be sacked, the iron bank payed, and inflation will soar in the free cities... jajajajajaj
Posted 28 April 2013 - 02:22 AM
It seems to be very powerful and influential:
Thanks for the quote this gives us a clear perspective on how the Iron bank operates. It also shows us how much Stannis with the banks support can gain.


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