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Aigner-Swesey, a biology major, was named Academic All-Big West for the second straight year. She averaged 2.87 kills per set, and led the team in kills before missing the last third of the season due to injury.
Sophomore Bre Mackie played in every set during 2012 for Long Beach State, averaging 1.95 kills per set and finishing third on the team with 209 total on the year. A Kinesiology major, this is her first Academic All-Big West selection.
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He knew he was traveling a dangerous road. But he had no idea a torrid affair would lead this far. Now photographer Gregg Ross is speeding down a mysterious dark, deserted highway, haunted by terrifying apparitions at every turn. Is he imagining things – or are vengeful, supernatural forces out to drive him insane? One thing he knows for sure: his wife lies dead in the trunk and she's not talking…yet.
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As a restaurant diner there are some questions that annoy rather than enhance the experience.
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1. Being asked, "Are you still working on that?" What a poor, ill-considered choice of words. Eating is supposed to be pleasurable; it is not "work." Work is laying bricks or cleaning the basement. I'm having dinner, thank you. I'd rather hear the simple question, "Are you finished with your plate?"
2. Being asked, "Would you like to keep your fork?" No, if I wanted to do that, I wouldn't have left it on the plate that was about to be cleared. If the restaurant is nice enough to serve multiple courses and clear dishes, surely it can provide guests with more than one fork. Double demerits if my used fork is picked up and placed on the table.
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4. Suggesting the most expensive wine on the list without signaling that it might cost more than I expect. The same goes for recommending a more expensive special without mentioning its cost. Some people may not care, but those who do shouldn't be forced to ask. No one likes feeling bushwhacked by the check.
5. Seating me at a table next to another party when most of the dining room is empty. Asking the hostess for a different location seems insulting to the people already there, but sitting beside them feels like I've crashed their party.
I don't mean to nitpick servers, whose jobs require a dozen different skills and the ability to juggle 10 tasks at once. The fact is, many of the little things that annoy diners are really the result of restaurant policies and training practices. And they come up over and over again.
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In my case, DS has never spent the night away from DH and I. We do not have friends or family we trust enough to watch him over night, or really even during the day. Only my parents have babysat with him, and it has gotten to the point where we do not trust them anymore.
I've looked at some old threads on this and several people recommended having a student doula attend the birth for their own experience, but also to provide childcare.
Anyone think this is a good idea? Other options for finding childcare (I'm thinking someone to watch DS at the hospital if I needed a transfer)?
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Schwinn Voyageur 11.8, looks to be in real primo condition.
Is it worth a $50 investment as a flip bike?
Yes and I am willing to go halfsies to help mitigate your investment risk! Also e-bay is your best bet for resale. Move quick, there is an on ramp to 309N right near my house.....
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I was only kidding about the trip North. That said, I do think it is good flip material. I have seen the black version of the Voyageur go on ebay for close too and sometimes over $200 depending. Good Luck!
I live just off of 309... and could really use an 11.8!!!! especially if it is 56-57 cm
I'll let you flip it to me for a modest profit!
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Heh, heh... I just got home with it. I haven't measured yet but depending on how you measure it just might be a 57.
The bike is in beautiful shape considering... birthdate is 0730, so it's an '80, right? Needs a rear tube and the hoods are all cracked & wonky. Anyone have a line on a cheap pair of hoods? They're Dia-Compe drilled levers.
I'm anxious to get cracking on it tomorrow.
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Congrats! That's a very good price. Careful, 11.8s can be addicting enough you'll want to keep it.
Although I saw the CL listing, WE NEED PICS!!!!
Somehow I missed this ad. Was it on Philly CL, or another PA subsection? I don't even know why I bother to watch Philly CL...just to end up seeing the deals appear in fender1's posts!
If it's a 59 or 60cm c-c, you may have another interested buyer for local pick-up!
EDIT: Nevermind, looks like the '80 was only offered in 21", 23" and 25", no in-between.
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I ran into the same sort of deal last night. Peugeot bike $125. Turns out to be 531 frame and forks in amazing condition, hehe. PICS!! We need pics!,,,,BD
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I am glad it got into C&V hands!
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Ahhhhh.... those folks in the Lehigh Valley know how to treat a bike! If that bike were close to Philly, it would be a single speed/Fixed gear by now and have been powder coated flat black regardless of the paint condition!
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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] Accessing to the send buffer
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I believe it is definitely a no-no to STORE (write) into a send buffer
while a send is posted. I know there have been debate in the forum to
relax LOADS (reads) from a send buffer. I think OMPI can handle the
latter case (LOADS). On the posted receive side you open yourself up
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> I have a problem with a fortran code that I have parallelized with
> MPI. I state in advance that I read the whole ebook "Mit Press - Mpi -
> The Complete Reference, Volume 1" and I took different MPI classes, so
> I have a discrete MPI knowledge. I was able to solve by myself all the
> errors I bumped into but now I am not able to find the bug of my code
> that provides erroneous results. Without entering in the details of my
> code, I think that the cause of the problem could be reletad to the
> following aspect highlighted in the above ebook (in the follow I copy
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> A nonblocking post-send call indicates that the system may start
> copying data
> out of the send buffer. The sender must not access any part of the
> send buffer
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> is posted until
> the complete send returns.
> A nonblocking post-receive indicates that the system may start writing
> data into
> the receive buffer. The receiver must not access any part of the
> receive buffer after
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> Rationale. We prohibit read accesses to a send buffer while it is
> being used, even
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A Quest isn't a design pattern. It's a definition, but because it's complicated and needs discussion, we're going to treat it like one.
Quest: A task accomplished by the players for a reward.
Design and Scope: A quest is the basic unit of gameplay. It is something that must be accomplished that provides some reward for the players.
Use: The quest is ubiquitous. All game action is driven by reward and quests formalize and increase the default rewards gained from playing the game such as character experience and player fun.
Consequences: Player driven quests are the most engaging quests. Dictates enforced from kings and geased by wizards are the most frustrating.
Quest Fan (or Array): giving players 2 or more quests simultaneously.
Design and Scope: The creation of the quest fan is to give players meaningful options. The problem with the quest fan is making sure the quests are meaningful. If it's just a list of quests and the order you complete them doesn't affect the other quests or the rest of the game, it's effectively a linear sequence. The quest fan is effective when completing one task means you can't finish or complete another. The quest fan is very effective when the order in which you complete the tasks opens and closes different options based on how they are completed.
Role playing is not a video game you can complete 100%. When you run a game that way, the game becomes tedious.
Use: This is common to anyone who's ever played an older bioware game. You have a start quest, then you reach a base, from which you have three quests you can complete in any order before you can advance the plot. In a video game, it's fine because the purpose of choosing a quest is to play the video game.
A classic example of a quest fan is the three-pronged quest in S2, White Plume Mountain. Characters are tasked with retrieving three weapons that have disappeared, each in a different location in the adventure and each with a different clue. There is a minimal amount of interaction between the three quests, each following a different direction in the dungeon and only affecting each other prong in the most direct way (i.e. slain guards remain slain). There is some interaction based on the order in which the players leave, retrieving wave last can cause the players to exit via the geyser, allowing them to avoid Nix and Nox and Keraptis's recruiting attempts.
Consequences: Using a quest fan allows players to meet their own needs during play, based on what type of gameplay they are interested in. It allows the Dungeon Master to then alter play based on the choices of the player characters. Simply having a list of tasks to complete that do nothing but reward you doesn't work as well in a tabletop game and certainly doesn't leverage the strength of infinite play available from a live human Dungeon Master.
If you have a selection of quests available and the order you complete them in is irrelevant, it's might as well be a linear sequence pattern. No action the players take can affect the outcomes of the quest fan, they are just a list of tasks that can be completed in any order.
This is why "Retrieve all parts of the Rod of Seven Parts" are such bad campaign ideas. It's removing all the meaningful choice from the players. That doesn't mean such a quest can't be done in a good way. Pirates of Dark Water had such a quest, and it seemed like it was going to be tedious. From the very first in that show, the treasures rarely stayed with Ren for very long. Sometimes captured by Bloth, sometimes stolen. At the end of every show, there was a possibility that they had to acquire the treasures by some means other than simply heading to the next location the compass indicated. Also, the show moved at a very brisk pace. In 21 episodes (six months of play) 8 of 13 treasures were acquired. An entire campaign could be handled in 9 months, which is about the reasonable outer limit for a single quest or goal.
An extremely effective way to use the Quest Fan is to mix the quests with some time structure. If you give the players 3 quests, whenever they complete the first one, the other two get worse by some significant margin. This simple pattern of having unattended things grow more complicated, naturally leads into an organic campaign that drives creative play as the players struggle to put out or control multiple fires at the same time.
Grapevine: A pattern for characters to acquire tangentially related background information, quests, and world flavor.
Design and Scope: This is a method such as a local news sheet, bulletin board, town crier, or rumor mill that provides quests and information to the players.
Use: Chris Kutalik provides an excellent example here on his blog about how he uses this design pattern to not only help provide cohesion to the campaign experience, but also to further his ends as Dungeon Master. His article talks about providing plot hooks, quests, background information, and flavor.
I'm quite fond of literally bulletin boards being in towns, created as physical artifacts I can hand my players. Not only can I then have plot hooks, but I get to use the best techniques of Craigslist and classified ad posters.
This is by no means a new technique. The most classic use of the grapevine pattern is the vintage rumor list. Examples can be found in any classic module, many also include grapevine patterns from a variety of sources, the church, thieves guild, quartermasters posting bounties, etc.
The grapevine pattern is a pristine opportunity for driving complex rumors that engage players in play through multiple dimensions. You can use the grapevine pattern to extend rumors to function as foreshadowing as I talk about here. Here I talk about using the grapevine pattern to create campaign mysteries and adventure.
Consequences: The largest consequence is the amount of time such a technique can require. Even going through weekly and writing a news brief on four or five items or two or three sentences each is going to require about 30 minutes, as well as the creative energy before hand. There's quite a list of standard options (such as bounties for bandits, missing people, looking for monster lairs), but the downside is that those are standard options.
However grapevines can rapidly expand play in a very natural way, which eases your work on the backend. The results are entirely driven by player activity and because you're writing the grapevine, it dovetails into the adventure you've prepared.
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There've been a few studies recently claiming that gay couples actually make better parents than straight couples.
Being the inquisitive person that I am, and being familiar with how studies are done and how they can be skewed (I participated in a few during grad school), I wanted to know more. I studied the reports. I sought the counsel of Glenn Stanton, Research Fellow for Global Family Formation at Focus on the Family. I read the debates.
Turns out, the studies are flawed to such a degree that the findings are in fact invalid.
For the purposes of this blog entry, I'll just stick with a study by Charlotte J. Patterson entitled "Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents" which was published in 2006 by the Association for Psychological Science.
She begins her report by acknowledging that previous studies are flawed because the participants of those studies (the "sample") were not sufficiently representative of the general population, and therefore reliable conclusions about the general population couldn't be made.
The thing is, Patterson's studies are flawed because she doesn't sufficiently describe the study participants (or "sample") that she's selected. She compares same-sex "parents" with heterosexual parents (who are in "marriage-like relationships"), for example, but doesn't tell us what kind of heterosexual parents are included in her study. Are they biological parents who are in fact married? Are they cohabiting college students who just happened to have a child out of wedlock? Are they step-parents? She doesn't say, and that is significant.
In her report, Patterson concludes that "the findings suggest that parental sexual orientation is less important than the qualities of family relationships. More important to youth than the gender of their parent's partner is the quality of daily interaction and the strength of relationships with the parents they have."
The problem is that there's an incredibly large, diverse and conclusive literature showing that family formation DOES matter to children, even when the adults in the home are very loving, a body which Patterson has never recognized in any of her work. This body shows that children suffer when they live apart from their own fathers, really for any amount of time, as well as when they live with single, divorced, cohabiting or remarried parents.
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- Marriage from a Child's Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children, and What Can We Do about It?
This is the concluding problem with Patterson's work: She says that children from same-sex homes look like kids from two-parent heterosexual homes. (She makes that stark conclusion elsewhere, but seems to not make it as boldly in this paper, but she assumes it.) The significant problem is that the various forms of heterosexual two-parent homes are very different: married biological, married non-biological, remarried with step children, cohabiting, etc. Patterson makes no effort to say WHICH heterosexual homes she is comparing her same-sex home kids to.
And that is the fatal error which should get her paper failed in any respectable graduate school program.
It shouldn't make a difference in a truly scientific study, but it is notable that Patterson is a lesbian in a relationship with a female partner, and the couple has three children between them; that may account for her bias and activism on behalf of those practicing the homosexual lifestyle.
For more information showing how these studies are flawed, see "Refuting Points No One is Making" and "Are Same-Sex Families Good for Children?"
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to scrapbooks, fragrance impregnated paper, and diffusion barriers for volatile aromatic compounds.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Paper has long been used as a substrate for fragrances. Many examples of paper-based air fresheners are readily available in commerce. Because fragrances, by their very nature, are volatile compounds. Without some type of containment, they evaporate rapidly into the atmosphere. In addition, multiple fragrances in close proximity tend to mix and lose their individuality.
During the past several decades, the hobby of scrapbooking has become increasingly popular. The popularity has spawned an entire industry dedicated to fulfilling the needs of scrapbooking hobbyists. Scrapbooks are typically glorified photo albums dedicated to recording and preserving events of interest, as well as personal and family histories. The detail, complexity and ornateness of scrapbooks is limited only by the hobbyist's imagination. The compilation of a single ornate scrapbook can represent the expenditure of many hundreds of hours of time and many hundreds of dollars.
Memories of a particular event or a particular series of related events generally involve all of the senses: sights, sounds and smells. There is a trend in scrapbooking that attempts to memorialize events in ways that they will be well remembered. The manipulative creativity that accompanies digital photography has certainly enhanced the sight aspect of the recorded memory. Low-power sound chips, such as the multi-level analog sound storage of Winbond Electronics Corporation of America, provide an opportunity to store sound aspects of particular events. Such chips are small enough that they could be incorporated in a playable module stored in a pocket on the pages of a scrapbook and removed for playing. The smells associated with particular events pose certain problems related to storage within a scrapbook. Fragrances, by their very nature, must be volatile compounds so that they can either sublimate or evaporate into the air. Clearly, unless a the compound emanating the fragrance is stored in a sealed container, it will eventually be lost to the atmosphere. In addition, volatile compounds readily diffuse through materials that are porous or have a molecular structure that allows the volatile compound to be absorbed and pass through the material. The diffusion of volatile compounds through materials, such as paper, makes it impossible to store volatile compounds for any length of time, as well as to maintain multiple fragrances stored in close proximity as discrete and separate compounds.
The present provides a scrapbook in which multiple fragrances associated with memorable events can be stored for extended periods of time. If a particular event is associated with a certain fragrance, that fragrance can be applied to all paper sheets of the scrapbook associated with that event. For example, a camping trip to the mountains might be preserved on pages to which pine or other evergreen fragrance has been applied. Pages for a wedding might use rose fragrance. Sheets of paper pre-impregnated with a particular fragrance may be purchased, or a particular fragrance may be sprayed, rolled, painted, stamped, or printed on the paper. Alternatively, a sheet of paper may be totally immersed in a solvent bath containing the desired fragrance. A barrier sheet is placed between sections of the scrapbook containing different fragrances and at the beginning and end of the scrapbook inside the front and back covers. The use of barrier sheets at the beginning and end of the scrapbook dramatically reduces the surface area from which the fragrance may diffuse and evaporate into the atmosphere, thereby greatly prolonging the storage life of the fragrance. If each of the paper sheets within the scrapbook is not enclosed in a page protector, then with the use of barrier sheets, the only escape path available to the stored fragrances during storage is through the edges of the paper. Rapid evaporation of the volatile fragrance compounds occurs only when a particular page is open and the entire surface is exposed to the atmosphere. The barrier sheets may be any polymeric film or laminar sheet which has a resistance to oils and other chemicals. In order to enhance the barrier qualities of the polymeric films, a metal layer may be deposited on the films. Because of its low cost, aluminum is the preferred deposition metal. Polypropylene provides an excellent barrier to oils and gases, as does polyethylene terephthalate. Aluminized films made from the latter compound, also known as polyester or Mylar�, are readily available. Polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride are two additional materials which may be used for barrier films.
In order to further control the release of fragrance that has been applied to sheets of paper, each of those paper sheets is enclosed in a see-through page protector having a basic shape similar to those in notorious use in the scrapbooking industry. See-through page protectors, which look like plastic sleeves and are made from transparent polymeric plastic films, are such an integral part of scrapbooking that many manufacturers include them in the purchase prices of their album systems. One scrapbook page (finished on both sides), or two back-to-back pages, can be slipped into a single page protector. Like the albums, page protectors come in many sizes, from 4 inches�5 inches to 12 inches�15 inches, and even larger. A very popular size is probably 12 inches�12 inches.
Other than size, page protectors are generally available having a single option selected from each of the following four groups:
Page protectors fabricated from polypropylene films are widely used in the scrapbooking industry, as they are relatively inexpensive, have excellent transparency, and are tough and long-lasting. Regardless of the material from which it is made, a page protectors are typically fabricated from a sheet of polymeric material that is folded back on itself to create a double layer assembly that is subsequently heat sealed around the non-folded edges to form an envelope or sleeve. The loading slit is placed along the top or side edge. For the present invention, the page protectors are fabricated from the same polymeric materials as those used for the barrier sheets, with the exception that they are not metalized. Both sides of the page protector has a plurality of small fragrance release perforations, which are of sufficient number and size to permit a controlled escape of the fragrance when the major surface of the sheet. Preferably, the perforations are punched or stamped through both sheet layers simultaneously, removing the chads, and leaving an unperforated border that is about 1 to 3 centimeters in width. It should be understood that a greater number of smaller perforations is preferred to a smaller number of larger perforations, as greater protection is thus afforded to the page stored within the protector sleeve. An evenly-spaced array of circular perforations of up to 1 millimeter in diameter is deemed to be the currently preferred embodiment.
The use of page protectors having sealed edges greatly increases the time period during which fragrances may be effectively stored within a scrapbook. Only when a page is open is there direct exposure of a fragrance-impregnated page through the individual perforations, as the page protector is sealed around the edges. If the page protector is designed so that the loading slit is covered with a flap, the individual perforations are the only escape route for volatile aromatic compounds. Alternatively, the loading opening can be heat sealed after a page is inserted within the page protector sleeve. The preferred shape of the fragrance release perforations is circular, as there is no stress point within the perforation that would lead to tearing of the protective sheet. In addition, small round perforations as opposed to oval perforations, for example, provide the greatest protection to the page within the page protector sleeve. However, the preferred use of round perforations is not intended to be limiting.
Fragrances in all odor categories are contemplated for the use in scrapbooking. The following fragrances are listed as only a few of those which are available: fruit fragrances such as strawberry, raspberry, peach, cherry, apple and pear; citrus fragrances such as orange, lemon, grapefruit, and lime; floral fragrances such as rose, magnolia, gardenia, jasmine, blackcurrant, hyacinth, lilac, lily-of-the-valley, calyx, osmanthus, orange blossom, apple blossom, rose, Japanese Yuzu, and freesia; woody fragrances such as cedarwood, sandalwood, oak, and pines; leather fragrances, i.e., dominant scents from the quinoline family; oriental fragrances such as musk, vanillin, laubdanum, and oak moss scents; aldehydic scents; mint fragrances such as spearmint and peppermint; and food fragrances such as vanilla, chocolate, chocolate mint, pizza, popcorn, barbecued meats (beef and chicken).
The invention and its method of manufacture will now be described in detail with reference to the attached drawing
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Marrying the Mafia 3
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Cast: Hyeon-Jun Shin, Hyeong-Jin Kong, Won-Hie Kim, Yong-Geon Kim, Su-Mi Kim, Eung-Su Kim, Yi Shin, Jae-Hun Tak, Jun-Ha Jeong, Hyeong-Jun Lim and others
Mrs. Hong's family, launches a new business of setting up a kimchi manufacturing company after putting an end to their crime-related dirty business. The new business is a huge success due to Mrs. Hong's talent in food, and her three sons and their wives help her to write a new chapter for their family history, learning what an ordinary man's life is like. But the Hongs meet a new crisis when former prosecutor Bong, imprisoned for manipulating evidences in the second installment, is released and prepares for a revenge on the Hongs, who largely contributed to his conviction.
Marrying the Mafia 3 (Size: 700.44 MB)
Director: Jeong Yong-gi
Year: 2006
Cast: Sin Hyeon-jun, Kim Won-hui, Tak Jae-hun, Kim Su-mi, Gong Hyeong-jin, , Im Hyeong-jun, Sin I, Jeong Jun-ha, Kim Yong-geon
Subtitles: English
Running time: 109 min.
The film is the third installment of the popular gangster comedy series.
The members from the second installment teamed up once again for the new film, including director Jeong Yong-ki and actors Shin Hyeon-joon, Kim Won-hee and Kim Soo-mi, bringing little that is new since the second film.
The story takes off with the family matriarch, Mrs. Hong, her star prosecutor daughter-in-law and the rest of the family launching a kimchi-making business after putting an end to their days of organized crime.
But they face a crisis as their enemies prepare to take revenge on the Hongs.
This time around, the enemy is Myoung-Phil, a disgraced former prosecutor who was jailed for corruption and whose sole purpose is to the Jang family. What the legal weasel doesn't know is that Mama Jang has family members all over the country and like THE WARRIORS, they're ready to come out and play. Can Mama Jang and the boys overcome their latest enemy and restore the family glory?
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Tekken 5 (2004)
EDITOR'S OPINIONTonight on the Tekken VC section we have this Australian Vale Tudo Brawler whom went from a Murderous Thug to someone whom is trying to be a more honorable fighter here is... CRAIG MARDUK! Craig made his debut in Tekken 4 in which he was voiced by English speaking VA in Japan, Walter Roberts. Well first things first unlike Tekken 5 and 6 Craig didn't say that much in 4 but it might feel a little stranger on how Craig had a substantially deeper voice but to be honest I am certainly not complaining. Granted Walter's performance does sound a bit more serious than the other two but all things considered it is understandable as Walter was able to make it work nevertheless. Its not perfect but I can certainly understand what Walter was trying to go with here and it works nevertheless.
However in Tekken 5 (and Tekken 6's Arcade Mode) singer and also English speaking VA in Japan Marcellus Nealy takes over the role. While Marcellus' Craig voice is a bit lighter than Walters' its by no means too light in general and I did like on how Marcellus' Craig voice is a bit gruffer though. Oh yes and as for Marcellus' performance its a bit of a mixed bag as his delivery can be a little iffy on Craig's more serious moments but to be fair not so much on his lighter moments though. Though in all fairness all things considered I have heard worst even in this game series.
Last and certainly not the least is in Tekken 6 where TJ Storm takes over the role here. Apparently Namco wanted TJ's performance to be like Marcellus' (and if that is not the case it seems like it). Does it work? I suppose so as TJ's voice and performance for the role is like Marcellus' (only with somewhat better acting). Granted its not one of TJ's better performances but its still a good one nevertheless and it still does work for the role as well. Overall none of these guys are perfect (and I also admit that while its not that big a deal I suppose it is a shame that none of them even bothered to do a Australian accent but maybe it is just me ) But still none of them are bad though in fact I would go with Walter Roberts and TJ Storm the most with Marcellus Nealy at a somewhat close second.
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said at 8:06 PM on Thu Jul 30 2015
said at 8:06 PM on Thu Jul 30 2015
My question is...if Marduk is meant to be Australian...why has he always been voiced with an American accent?Reply
said at 4:02 PM on Mon Jul 27 2015
said at 4:02 PM on Mon Jul 27 2015
1) T.J. StormReply
2) Walter Roberts
3) Marcellus Nealy
2) Walter Roberts
3) Marcellus Nealy
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said at 2:16 PM on Mon Jul 27 2015
said at 2:16 PM on Mon Jul 27 2015
Ok If I had to guess why TJ' Storm's two takes are seperate is because someone else was listed as voicing him in Tekken 6 before it was confirmed as TJ Storm voicing him in both games?Reply
NCZ (Admin)
said at 3:05 PM on Mon Jul 27 2015
said at 3:05 PM on Mon Jul 27 2015
@Shaun Ince Yeah, blame me for blindly trusting IMDB when I first joined.Reply
Shaun Ince
said at 5:06 PM on Tue Jul 28 2015
said at 5:06 PM on Tue Jul 28 2015
@NCZ Ah. I'm guessing this was the whole DiMaggio rumor that was circling around a few years ago got started. IMDB is pretty unreliable when it comes to voice credits.Reply
said at 12:45 AM on Wed Jul 29 2015
said at 12:45 AM on Wed Jul 29 2015
@Shaun Ince Let's face it, John Dimaggio would still be a PERFECT choice for Marduk.Reply
Shaun Ince
said at 12:14 PM on Wed Jul 29 2015
said at 12:14 PM on Wed Jul 29 2015
@Zillah Yes, yes he would.Reply
said at 8:30 PM on Wed Nov 12 2014
said at 8:30 PM on Wed Nov 12 2014
I love how TJ's votes are separate but either way I prefer him in Tekken 6 over Street Fighter X TekkenReply
said at 4:00 PM on Thu Feb 27 2014
said at 4:00 PM on Thu Feb 27 2014
TJ Storm so good he gets two voting slots.Reply
solidejake (Moderator)
said at 8:27 PM on Wed Nov 23 2011
said at 8:27 PM on Wed Nov 23 2011
I voted for Nealy, only because I feel his voice suited Marduk the most. But DiMaggio's acting is far better.Reply


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The moustache is an acquired taste - they're greasy, they're majestic, they're creepy, they're stylish, they're stuck in a time warp, they're a lost art form - but for one month a year, everyone can get behind the ol' mouth brow.
That month, of course, is November, or more accurately Movember.
It represents 30 days of freedom for men from shaving their upper lip in a push to raise money and awareness for various men's health causes. While many B.C. Hockey League teams hav participated over the last few years, this is the first time the league has put together a united campaign, and the Nanaimo Clippers think they have put together a rather formidable foursome of potential muzzies - Austin Dick, Trevor Fitzgerald, Greg Fraser and Nicholas Gushue.
The Clippers will be supporting several different charities over the course of the month, beginning with Friday's home game against the Cowichan Valley Capitals at 7 p.m., as Lucy Paquette will be selling moustache cupcakes with proceeds going towards the Garrett Paquette Memorial Fund. For their Feb. 16 home game against the Langley Rivermen, if they get at least 2,000 fans through the gate, they will donate a dollar for every fan in the stands to the BCHL Movember Campaign.
"It's unfortunate, some people are not lucky with health like us, so it's for a good cause and it's a fun thing to do," said Fitzgerald, 19. "No one minds growing a greasy mustache for a month, it's pretty fun to joke around with the guys in the league and the community."
The group was selected by assistant coach Mike Olson, who has full confidence the four will represent Nanaimo well against the other BCHL teams.
He adds that while only four Clippers are officially on the moustache squad, most of the club, including the coaching staff and trainers, is doing their best to support the effort by growing their own - some more successfully than others.
Olson admittedly struggles with the challenge, due impart to his fine, blonde hair.
"It's not going to show up as much as some other people's but it's fun and it's for a good cause and anything you can do as a team is a good thing," said Olson.
Being that the Clippers are a team of young men, 17-20, there will be many on the roster joining Olson with patchy attempts, like Michael McNicholas, Chris Newton and goalies Jarrod Scha-merhorn and Jayson Argue.
One who certainly has nowhere to grow but up is assistant captain Kyle Kramer.
"Kramer won the 'College Try hard' last year at Boston Pizza, he won that out of the community," said Fitzgerald, selling out his teammate. "He could definitely be a little bit better."
There already is some soup strainer controversy among the hairy four. The oft-moustachioed Fraser, 20, was the only one to reportedly go clean-shaven on Nov. 1, with the other three taking an early run at growth.
Fraser is not deterred, before breaking out the razor he was well on his way to a respectable handle bar.
"I was just getting to the point where I could curl it up. I'm just hoping to get back to the point where I was before I shaved it off," he said, adding he took part in the Western Hockey League's campaign the last few years while with the Prince George Cougars as they raised money for prostate cancer.
However, there is one form of mustache enhancing that is very much frowned upon.
"I know a couple of guys have used mascara along the edges to get the blond hairs out, but I think mine looks pretty fake when I do that," he said.
The big underdog among the group is rookie defenceman Dick, who, at 18, has unsuccessfully been trying to grow a respectable 'stache for the last year.
"I don't expect to win, but it's all in fun," he said.
Lanny McDonald, a hall of famer on the ice and facial hair, is the gold standard in hockey circles. Captain Fitzgerald looks to his dad's own "frosted tips" for inspiration. However, he has no illusions over expectations for his own lip toupee. He's just hoping for something respectable by the end of the month.
"I don't grow a bad mustache, but I'll probably end up dying it towards the end of the month to get that extra noticability in there," he said, noting he has been shaving for five years and normally rocks a soul patch.
It is still all done in the name of fun. Gushue, 17, who was with the Langley Rivermen last year, knows he has some work to do to improve on last year's plumage, but at this stage he's already ahead of his old pace.
"(I prefer) a bushy one, but I'm trying to grow handlebars, so we'll see how it goes," he said.
There is no set plan on how the Clippers will end Movember, in the early goin they're banking on their superstitious side.
"Hopefully we don't have to (shave), hopefully we go on a good little string and all of a sudden we're growing mustaches for two or three months," said Olson.
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Jadeveon Clowney declares for 2014 NFL Draft after Capital One Bowl
The worst-kept secret in the world is no longer a secret. Jadeveon Clowney is declaring himself eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft.
In an on-field interview following the Capital One Bowl (a 34-24 victory against Wisconsin for the Gamecocks), Clowney said, in rather hysterical fashion, that he's headed for the NFL.
"It's been great. We've put everything into this," Clowney said. "I'll miss everything about Carolina. I love it here."
Asked directly if he was declaring for the NFL Draft, Clowney said "yes sir" before smiling and walking off.
Clowney will be in a dogfight with Johnny Manziel to draw the most scrutiny of any NFL prospect this offseason.
The Gamecocks defensive lineman is about as talented a defensive prospect as they come. He's freakishly athletic and has legitimate 4.5 speed to go along with his massive 6-foot-5, 268-pound frame.
He's the No. 1 prospect on the NFLDraftScout.com big board and, in a vaccum, would be be the first player off the board. The Texans could pair him with J.J. Watt and watch AFC South quarterbacks shake in fear. But it's also possible Clowney could slip in the draft because of the need for a quarterback in Houston.
Both Rob Rang and Dane Brugler have the Rams selecting Clowney with the No. 2 overall pick in the draft. What a disaster for the Redskins, who traded away the pick.
Don't buy into the garbage talk about character concerns for Clowney, even though there will be plenty of it in the coming months. A pair of speeding tickets is a laughable concern. The idea that he took 2013 off is silly, too. It's hard to be uber-productive when you're double- and triple-teamed on every play.


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It began with the desire to make one doll. I found myself intrigued with the concept of primitive dolls — the muslin, the painting, the grunging, the freedom to design the clothes — and the delight of making them magickal by adding charms, sigils, and spells inside the bodies so that these dolls would be haunted in a purely positive way. My version of the Voodoo Doll. As I worked on my first doll stories began popping in my head. I kept seeing this little old lady (I suppose that would be me) in a car filled with these primitive dolls. Some hanging out the window. One swinging from a moon roof.
And the dolls are talking.
To each other and the lady driving. She's frustrated because she's trying to keep her mind on the road and the sound of twenty yapping dolls twists her concentration into horrendous knots. She is going to a show, by the way. The first one she's ever been to. There, she plans to sell her dolls. She's nervous. What if she doesn't sell any? She had to pay a vender fee — the last money she had in her savings account. Like everyone these days, she's worried about her future and how she will cover her bills. These dolls aren't exactly the normal type. They don't have pretty blonde ringlets and liquid, cornflower blue eyes. They are primitive, powerful, and unique. At this point the racket in the car is getting out of hand. One doll is slugging another. Two are climbing from the front seat to the back seat and to the front seat again repeatedly. One doll is singing Ninety Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall and she's worried that he broke into her liquor cabinet before she left. If customers smell booze, they won't buy.
No one can hear the dolls, of course, except our little old lady who is driving the car.
And then a police cruiser appears over the crest of the hill behind them. All the dolls turn and start screaming about the approaching police vehicle. As the officer pulls the old lady over, one doll yells, "Shut-Up! Be Quiet! It's the Po-Po!"
That is exactly how the Beboodle stories began. With this vision of the screaming dolls and the little old lady.
So…how do I really make them?
My first three dolls were from patterns I purchased over the internet. After finishing these dolls, I decided that I wanted to create designs of my own. I was already creating designs and posting them here on the blog for other projects (a cat, spirit dolls, mojo bags) so the step to actually creating the doll with the patterns as a reference wasn't too big of a leap. From the primitive Mammy dolls came the idea for the BeBoodles. Yes, I made mistakes, like spending hours making a vest that should have taken me forty minutes — but, part of the joy was in the creation process. I drew many patterns on graph paper until I created exactly what I wanted.
Once I finished the patterns, I transferred the pieces of the dolls to muslin, sewed them together and stuffed them. I learned to double stitch the seams so they could take the strain of primitive-style stuffing, which is tightly packed using small pieces. This style takes several hours just to stuff one doll — but, its worth it. I also learned to sculpt fingers, toes, lips, and noses using a doll needle and embroidery thread. This type of needle art gives each doll its own, unique look. The BeBoodles don't have sculpted fingers and toes as I was looking for a less time consuming doll that could be completed faster. A BeBoodle takes approximately three months to complete. Sometimes more depending upon the theme of the doll. I design everything — clothing to match a theme, painting shoes to match, etc.
I, by no means, consider myself a seamstress. I have basic skills and my only real adventure into sewing was years ago when…for a time…I made unique Halloween costumes for my children or the occasional summer clothing. What I'm trying to say is that if you really like something but think you don't have a creative bone in your body — think again. The art of creativity isn't in the fingers — it is a combination of the will to try and the patience to work through it — telling yourself that mistakes are okay, the world will not blow up if you get it wrong, and keep going.
I sew the back of the doll last because here is where the focused magick begins. Each doll, like the dolls in the BeBoodle stories, contains a combination of herbs, perhaps charms or trinkets, and a spell paper dressed with Kyphi Oil (an Egyptian oil, when if made correctly, contains a high number of ingredients). The items in the doll are created to make him or her "come alive" in a magickal sense. Once sewn closed and the facial features created, the doll is painted using acrylic paints and allowed to dry in the sun.
When completely dry, I sand the doll with sandpaper, then I paint the doll again using a coffee, vanilla, cinnamon mixture. If I've used kitty litter to weight the bottom, the doll can go in the oven for about 20 minutes at 180 degrees. If I have used plastic pellets, the doll is placed in the sun to dry once more. When dry, she or he is sanded again.
Grunging the doll before it goes into the oven. These days I add magickal herbs during the baking process.The magick for each doll is performed at the best possible time available, which isn't the same for each doll. I look at the moon phase, the sign the moon is in and other heavenly movements. When I feel the time is right, it is placed in a ritual circle and often empowered over a bonfire. In the story, the BeBoodles are put in large pickle jars (I have those) which are buried in the ground for three days (a Braucherei technique for gathering power). The pictures below show both the type of jar and the jar inserted in a very large flower pot filled with dirt from many places (Molly Pitcher's grave being one of them).
I also have a Beboodle Birthing Box that I created if I can't go outside to bury the dolls.
Once the doll is sanded, the eyes are painted with acrylic paints. I draw them freehand and take my time. I spend an hour or more just on the eyes — sometimes two. Then, I affix the hair either by sewing it in or by needle felting (or both). Sometimes I add a full head of hair, other times not so much. Normally, I use natural wool, straight from the animal, purchased on Etsy or Ebay.
Before the eyes are painted, I treat the cloth with a ritual solution of eyebright and other herbals so that the doll can metaphorically "see" danger and be used as a divination partner.
I seal the eyes and mouth with acrylic polymer liquid sealer. Then add embellishments such as the bells, jewelry, buttons, etc.
When I first began creating the dolls, I finished the doll first, then made the clothes. I found, though, that I prefer making the clothing first, and then putting together the doll. I started with clothing consisting of the basic dress, bloomers, apron and headpiece or scarf. With each doll I began changing patterns, particularly the apron. I even made a pinafore for one doll (that took me forever), and a vest for another.
Shopping excursions for BeBoodles are half the fun. I choose material, jewelry and any other items I want to add to the theme of the BeBoodle. For example, I took a special trip to a local restaurant store to pick up a metal pitcher for my Molly Pitcher BeBoodle. I've made other trips, too, to find just the right embellishment for a particular doll.
What I didn't expect in my journey of doll making, was the interest and involvement of my family. From my husband to my children and my in-law children, ideas flowed and helping hands stuffed and shaped bodies, arms, and legs. My daughter-in-law, Samantha goes on trips with me to take pictures. In fact, I rarely shop alone for the BeBoodles. There are often two or more people cruising a store looking for that "special something" for a particular doll. There were many times where I would completely finish the clothing, lay it out on the table, and then sew the doll together, thinking of the chosen colors, the theme, and any particular embellishments I would like to add. My youngest daughter sometimes paints the remarkable shoes on the dolls.
And why the bells? Two reasons that collided. While writing the first BeBoodle story I wanted to add something odd…unusual…about the doll. I thought back to my childhood when my grandmother gave me a cloth doll with many jingle bells. I loved the bells — disliked the doll (I hate clowns). The bells, then, are one part delightful memory, and one part fiction. They certainly do make the dolls unique!
I've also done one or two special requests. For example, in the beginning, my dolls were only female; but, one lady in Texas asked if I could make a male BeBoodle for her grandson. Right now, I have another male BeBoodle in the pickle jar for a customer in Florida. As I create the dolls, the BeBoodle story evolves in my head. Sometimes I will go for weeks, waiting for the right experience or thought to show me the direction of the story. Other times I know right away just "how it will go down!".
I can honestly say that the BeBoodles saved me in a way that nothing else could. Some of you know that for five years I took care of a family member with dementia. Although the first two years were more of a series of adjustments to my lifestyle, the last three years flowed into a horrendous nightmare. Rather than bore you with the trials and tribulations of home caring for a family member, let me move on to how these dolls helped me keep my sanity. Because I could carry them with me, put them down, and mindlessly stitch on a whim, their creative process fit well into the environment of care giver. Their story in my mind kept my thoughts off the harsh reality of my daily tasks and allowed me to live in an interesting world in which evil does not survive…for long.
My family member passed away in May four years ago and I'm still adjusting to the freedom of living just for me (okay, so I live for my kids and my husband, too, but they are grown and I don't have to spoon feed them, or worry what they are wearing or whatever). My BeBoodle fantasy stalled a bit as I recovered and took care of business. My family, however, did not let the BeBoodles go and continued to encourage their existence!
How much of the Beboodle stories on this blog are real…and how much is fiction? Obviously, I did not kill Marlene's brother nor did I send Mrs. Witherspoon to her demise when my daughter-in-law and I went to the graveyard to count out the steps (really) and navigate the terrain in the story. Much of the magick that you have read and will read, however, is real. No, none of my BeBoodles have climbed out of a watery grave to save the day…but…
it would be nice, wouldn't it, if they could really make bad people go away…
In 2015 my husband said, "You haven't made any Beboodles in a while. What's up with that?" I'd been busy making magickal candles, writing lessons on Granny Magick and Braucherei, and even chugged out a big lesson on making magickal dolls. "You should make more," he said, "I know how much you love creating them." I put up a listing in my Etsy store for the custom made dolls and was shocked with the positive response.
Soon, I began offering more themes and working on special requests — Florence Nightingale Beboodle, Wolf Woman Bebeboodle, DragonFly Beboodle, Mists of Avalon Beboodle, Storm Beboodle and several others. My daughter began helping me on a regular basis by painting the shoes. She comes over once a week and calls herself the "shoe fairy". She takes special care in designing every Beboodle's boots so they are unique to that doll.
In May of 2015 I started using Instagram to show my customers how their Beboodles were progressing. I began taking pictures of the different steps in the creation process and then moved on to showing the dolls in my daily life. Folks started following these Instagram pics because they are fun and lighthearted. People actually logged onto their devices every day just so they could see the antics of my Beboodles.
Some folks ask me, "Why do you make the dolls this way? Why don't you just buy brown, purple, or blue fabric and just create the doll out of that?" I very much enjoy the primitive soft sculpture technique. The painting , the sanding, the dressing of the doll with herbs and spices. The many days and steps it takes to make the doll can be filled with all sorts of charms, rituals and incantations. To me, this empowers and honors the making of the doll. Too, I like to think outside of the proverbial box whether it is magick, religion, crafting or sewing and this process encourages me to do that. Finally, not too many people are interested in this type of doll crafting which makes it alluring to me.
When I look at my dolls, I see beauty and I feel joy. They are created in love and they are empowered for strength and protection. Each and every one is truly — A Spirit Doll.
May you find inspiration as I have.