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Bad — Nothing New to See Here
Let's get the bad out of the way right at the start. Madoka Magica: Beginnings is about 95% shot for shot, scene for scene, line for line the same as the TV series. There may be a grand total of thirty seconds of completely new footage in the entire movie. Moreover, the vast majority was indistinguishable in quality from the Blu-ray release of the series, meaning little to no touch ups were done to the film. However, that's not to say there weren't a few visual improvements in the form of additional magical effects, new backgrounds, and transformations sequences.
Good — A Better Sense of Pace
So while there was little new in the movie, there were things taken out. The movie covers the first eight episodes of the series exactly and has a run time of two hours and ten minutes. The
series took two hours and forty minutes to cover the same events, leaving about thirty minutes on the cutting room floor. This is in no way a bad thing.
If the TV series had one problem, it was that it spent too much time discussing and re-discussing the same information—i.e., what is your wish going to be—over and over with little to nothing new in each iteration. Many of these, along with exposition scenes (i.e., how telepathy works) and silliness not related to the overall story (i.e., hiding their adventures from their friends and families), are simply cut from the film.
The abridgment also serves to make Homura's power far more mysterious as the clock motif (sans her room) and close-ups on her shield are completely cut from the film.
The only major—and questionable—cut was the opening dream sequence from the first episode which foreshadows not only the climax but also the driving secrets of the plot. This seems like a rather major part to leave out, but we'll find out next week when the second film comes out whether it means anything or not.
Good — If Any Anime Deserves a Second Watching, it's Madoka Magica
While I complained about Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning being a rehash, there is a major difference between it and Madoka: Madoka is far deeper. Upon a second watching, and knowing
all the plot twists and character motivations, it almost becomes a new story—not about Madoka but about Homura. Suddenly the story can be looked at as Homura being the only sane person in an insane world—and the only one who really has a clue about what's really going on. Moreover, many of her lines have double meanings that can only be appreciated upon a second viewing.
Final Thoughts
Going in to Madoka Magica: Beginnings, I was sure that there would be nothing new in the film—that it'd just be a useless cash-in. Yet, almost against my will I was drawn back into the story. The movie was perfectly paced—more so than in the anime—and an astounding amount of content kept the story interesting for the full two hours and ten minutes. To say I am looking forward to the second movie, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal is an understatement. Luckily, I only have to wait until next weekend to see it.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings was released in Japanese theaters on October 6, 2012. It will be premiering in several major cities across the United States starting October 19, 2012.


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So, based on BBSI's Q4 guidance, BBSI will earn $2.82 - $2.87 in 2013 - let's take the high end of BBSI's Q4 EPS $1.15-1.20 guidance, which makes BBSI's 2013 EPS $2.87.
I think Mr. Elich effectively guided to at least 30% revenue growth next year. Let's assume 30%. Assuming margins stay the same, that takes BBSI's $2.87 to $3.73. But then Mr. Elich suggested a further 10 basis point increase in operating margins during the conference call. BBSI's operating margin is going to end this year at roughly 1.0%. So an increase of 10 basis points (i.e., taking the 1.0% operating margin to a 1.1% operating margin), increases EPS by another 10% (assuming the same non-operating income/expenses, tax rates and share count).
That brings BBSI's 2014 EPS to $4.10, if my math is correct.
In other words, at $82.00 a share, that suggests BBSI is 20x next year's earnings. Interesting...
Sentiment: Strong Buy
The volume of this stock is stink. Only 30000 shares daily. It went up more than 5 dollars today with 36000 shares traded. If a big holder decide to sell, then disaster. this market is very much manipulated. Why only very thinly trade stock can go up. Maybe thinly traded stock has no high frequency traders.
So this is a workers compensation insurer disguised as a PEO. insuring companies for half or less of what the insurance industry would charge. Various CA insurers are in trouble now because they underreserved their future claims by a lot. The main question is how underreserved is BBSI for future payouts of claims? Also, at the end of 2014 they are prohibited from this self insurance play and have not announced an alternative. I think this means they cannot write annual policies beginning 1-1-2014, but must have expiration dates of 12-31-14. Without a cost effective alternative, this is when the losses keep giving with no premium to outrun it. To me it is scary and it will hit sometime, but because there is very little government oversight (compared to real insurance companies) they might be able to outrun it for another year?
Lot's of talk on the conf call yesterday about California Senate Bill 863, experience rates, reserves, etc.
Are you thinking that none of the analysts that follow BBSI understand this?
stock price is a double from here
Did the analysts for MIG or TWGP understand? Heck if I know. What I do know is those were the cheapest WC carriers in CA and they are toast. BBSI insures at even (much) cheaper rates than those two. Sometime, the manure must hit the fan, in my opinion. I did not listen to the call. Did they mention what they are going to do after 1-1 when they can only write a policy until 12-31/2014? It takes months, and even years sometimes to license a new carrier in CA, so if they have not already submitted, they may not get that. Plus it take a ton of capital.


text: Cal Athletics USA Improves To 2-0 At World University Games California forward Reshanda Gray pulled down two rebounds vs Czech Republic By Cal Athletics on Tue, July 09, 2013 Related Links Box Score USA Basketball Release BERKELEY – California forward Reshanda Gray pulled down two rebounds for USA in a 101-61 victory over Czech Republic to move the Americans to 2-0 at the World University Games Tuesday night at the Miras Sports Complex in Kazan, Russia. The USA jumped ahead 8-0 in the first 80 seconds and forced Czech Republic 22 turnovers for 21 points to run away with the victory. The United States took a 21-point lead into halftime and never let the game get closer en route to the victory. "I thought our defensive intensity really set the tone for the game," said USA head coach Sherri Coale. "We came out strong out of the gates in both the first and second half, but I thought it was our defensive intensity that set the stage." The United States will next close out the preliminary round pool play with a Wednesday morning game against Brazil (1-1), 78-51 winners over Mali Tuesday. That game will be played at 12:30 p.m. local time (1:30 a.m. PT) at the Miras Sports Complex. Gray, a rising junior from Los Angeles, Calif., averaged 8.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in less than 20 minutes of action for the Golden Bears in 2012-13. An All-Pac-12 selection as a freshman, the 6'3 forward impressed the national pundits with her defense and strong offensive play that was especially evident in the NCAA Tournament. In her lone start of the season against Utah, Gray put up 19 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting. She finished fourth in the Pac-12 with her .510 field goal percentage. Gray previously had experience competing for USA at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship where she averaged 6.0 ppg and 5.8 rpg to help USA claim the gold medal. Six years ago, Gray also participated in the 2007 USA Basketball Women's Youth Development Festival, where she helped the Red Team to a 3-2 record and third-place finish while averaging 4.2 ppg and 3.8 rpg. World University Games The USA has been placed in Group B for the 2013 World University Games and will open at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 8 against Mali at the Olymp Sport Hall (capacity: 800), followed by Czech Republic at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on July 9 at the Miras Sport Complex (capacity: 1,000) and its final preliminary-round opponent, Brazil, at 4:30 a.m. (EDT) on July 10 at the Miras Sport Complex. Following the preliminary round, the first and second placed teams in each of the four pools will advance to the medal quarterfinals to compete for 1st-8th places, while the remaining teams will compete for 9th-24th places. The quarterfinals will be played on July 12, with the semifinals on July 13 and the gold medal game on July 15. USA Basketball Women's World University Games Team Roster Crystal Bradford – G – Central Michigan (Detroit, Mich.) Aaryn Ellenberg – G – Oklahoma (Las Vegas, Nev.) Reshanda Gray – F – California (Los Angeles, Calif.) Cassie Harberts – F – USC (San Clemente, Calif.) Bria Hartley – G – Connecticut (North Babylon, N.Y.) Jordan Hooper – F – Nebraska (Alliance, Neb.) Tricia Liston – G – Duke (River Forest, Ill.) Ariel Massengale – G – Tennessee – Bolingbrook, Ill.) Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis – F – Connecticut (Anaheim Hill, Calif.) Theresa Plaisance – F – LSU (New Orleans, La.) Shoni Schimmel – G – Louisville (Mission, Ore.) Odyssey Sims – G – Baylor (Irving, Texas) RECOMMENDED STORIES < Wendale Farrow Joins Cal Womens Basketball Staff Bear Trio on WNBA Opening Night Rosters Gottlieb Adds Australian Standout Anastasieska > OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE < Men's Nike Gray Cal Bears Team Stripe T-Shirt $25.95 Buy Now > Cal Bears Nike Navy Blue Medium Training Duffle Bag $60.00 Buy Now > > Left Promo CHECK IT OUT > Right Promo MORE INFO > Bears On Pac-12 Networks Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Networks


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TRIAL by jury is a hallowed British institution. It represents the power of the people against the power of a potentially oppressive state. Yet curiously, when the summons to jury duty comes, many are reluctant to attend.
Approximately a quarter of a million people pass through the crown courts as members of a jury each year, a mere seven per cent of all trials conducted. The axe falls randomly. Some are selected two or three times in their lives, many not at all. And too many slip through the gaping holes in a system that lets off the professional and educated classes with greater ease than the working class and unemployed.
The summons I received in October to attend the Old Bailey in December was peremptory. An unwelcome invasion of the state into my life. My initial reaction was reluctance. But as I was neither over 70 nor under 18, mentally ill, a criminal, a member of the clergy, armed forces, law services or medical professions, I had no choice. I had to do my duty.
After a while, I began to look forward to the experience with excitement and expectation, tinged with more than a little apprehension. The responsibility of making a decision that may result in sending a person 'down' for several years is awesome. Armed with no legal knowledge, doubting my capabilities, I nervously joined the multitude of first day jurors that filed through the glass doors of the 1970s annexe of the Old Bailey one cold winter morning.
First we were shown a clear and concise video on what to expect and what was expected of us. It did nothing to dispel the mystery. Then we were herded up to the fifth floor jury restaurant to await our summons, a wait that we had been promised would be tedious and long. At intervals bailiffs appeared and read out a list of names. A group of embarrassed looking individuals would shuffle off to the lift and down to whatever lay ahead.
In what seemed to be a relatively short time (I had diligently followed the advice issued to bring 'a book to read, crosswords or knitting' and was thoroughly wrapped up in my novel) my name was called. Fifteen or so of us were led downstairs along blue carpeted corridors and before we knew it into the court itself.
It was a shock. The courtroom was crammed. I experienced a strange feeling that a party had been going on and we were gatecrashers. All eyes were upon us: the defendant in the dock, the relatives and friends in the gallery above, the hawkish looking defence and prosecuting counsels with 'their learned juniors', the judge and the court officials. We were subjected to unabashed scrutiny, an on-the-spot appraisal of what they were all up against. Simultaneously I experienced a frisson of excitement, a thrilling realisation. We had the ultimate power in this courtroom. It was to us that the whole trial would be addressed.
Twelve names were read out, including my own. The remaining three jurors disappeared, presumably back upstairs to await another summons. We swore to 'try the defendant and give a true verdict according to evidence'. The charges were read. The defendant was accused of murder, a ritual killing. An audible ripple of dismay passed through us.
The prosecuting counsel informed us that it was their role to establish the 'burden of proof' for the Crown and that we were to decide our verdict 'beyond reasonable doubt', a tricky concept for how could 'reasonable' possibly be defined? The prosecution outlined their case (the defence are not required to so do though it would help a jury to know which tree it was barking up sometimes) and the trial began.
Later in the sanctuary of our oak panelled jury room the atmosphere relaxed and we had a chance to scrutinise each other. No chatting in the lift or in the jury restaurant for us. We had been separated from the rest of humanity with solemn and legally binding promises to keep mum. And for the duration of the trial we used a special entrance to come in and out. …


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Greenville Police say they have arrested a suspect who assaulted and robbed a clerk at a Trade Wilco station Friday.
Curtis Ray Roundtree, 38, of Edwards Bridge Rd. in Grifton is charged with common law robbery and assault on a female.
Greenville Police say they had assistance from Ayden Police in the arrest of Roundtree at his home in Ayden. The police report says he was arrested without incident Tuesday night.
WITN aired surveillance pictures of the suspect at the crime scene. Police say people called Crimestoppers and identified the man as Roundtree.
Greenville police detectives believe Roundtree robbed the store because of an addiction to drugs. This is Roundtree's first arrest. His bond has been set at $20,000.
It happened at the Trade Wilco at 502 SW Greenville Boulevard around 11:00 p.m.
Police say the robber got some beer out of a cooler, put in on the counter and then went behind the counter where the employee was standing. The man struck the woman employee on the side of her head with his fist and then took the money from the cash register.
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Les Paul made some of the most innovative records of the 20th Century, but he had to invent multitrack tape recording first...
"I knew from the beginning that there was a great marriage between electronics and music," says Les Paul. "I'd play my guitar and my mother or my brother would tell me how good it sounded, but I wanted to hear it, and the only way that could happen was if I could hear it played back. So I built a crank phonograph and turned it into a recording device like Edison had — without even knowing who Edison was. The electronics were all in my living room. In addition to the phonograph I had a player piano, a telephone and a radio. I took the telephone apart at the receiver end, and when I looked at it I figured that the two coils were humbucking and quickly understood what the receiver was doing. Then I looked at the mouthpiece and worked out what that was doing. It was all right there in the living room. I never had to leave it — and I didn't!"
A longstanding member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as well as an inductee into the Inventors' Hall of Fame (alongside such esteemed company as Benjamin Franklin, the Wright Brothers and Alexander Graham Bell), Les Paul is one of the authors of modern music; a man who was at the forefront of guitar amplification, pioneered the technology of multitrack recording, and who, at the age of 91, still performs weekly sell-out gigs at New York's Iridium Jazz Club — playing the electric guitars that have carried his name since he first invented them in the 1940s and teamed with Gibson to perfect and manufacture them in the 1950s.
Born Lester Polsfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1915 — his mother would later change the family name to Paul — Les was dimantling radios and telephones at the age of seven, and by the time he was 13 he was performing cowboy songs in local venues, billing himself as Red Hot Red. The telephone and radio were used to fashion a PA system, and his guitar was amplified by wedging a Victrola needle under the strings and plugging the instrument into another radio as well as the remains of the phone. Eventually, Red Hot Red evolved into Rhubarb Red, and the penchant for country material was superseded by a love of jazz that led him to Chicago in the mid-1930s, where he performed as Les Paul.
Les's first two records were released in 1936 — one under the Rhubarb Red moniker and the second as part of the backing band for Georgia White.
After forming a trio with rhythm guitarist Jimmy Atkins and bass player Ernie Newton, Les relocated to New York and joined Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, while gaining widespread exposure via the radio and even performing at the White House for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Moving to Los Angeles in 1943, he formed a new trio and was soon accompanying Bing Crosby on radio and record, topping the charts with 'It's Been a Long, Long Time'. There were also assignments with such major artists as Judy Garland and the Andrews Sisters, and while he and his Trio had a string of discs issued by Decca between 1944 and 1947 Les also found the time to immerse himself in technological innovations that would forever change the face of recording.
It was in 1947 that, having enjoyed chart success working with artists such as Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters, Les Paul recorded 'Lover (When You're Near Me)' in his home studio, featuring eight multitracked, multi-speed guitar parts, and talked Capitol into releasing it as a single in 1948. That year, following a near-fatal car crash, doctors avoided amputating Les's right arm by setting it at a permanent right-angle so that he could still play the guitar, and thereafter he teamed up with singer-guitarist Colleen Summers, who adopted the stage name that he dreamed up for her: Mary Ford.
Marrying in 1949, the pair subsequently had a string of multi-layered, effects-enhanced chart hits that were ostensibly recorded for their NBC radio show and then released by Capitol. These included 'How High the Moon' (1951), 'The World is Waiting for the Sunrise' (1951), 'Mockin' Bird Hill' (1951), 'Tiger Rag' (1952), 'Bye Bye Blues' (1952) and 'Vaya Con Dios' (1953), all committed to tape in Les's basic yet state-of-the-art home setup, after he'd spent four years managing to achieve sound on sound via wax discs.
"I built two disc machines, and I'd bop between them while I played the first part and then added the second, third, fourth, fifth parts and so on." He recalls. "However, that was a rather difficult way of doing things, and the sound on sound also became a little tricky because of the degeneration that took place. After you'd go 25, 30 dubs down, that first part got to sound pretty bad. So, what we did was layer the parts down in the order that would best cope with the sound deterioration. Instead of putting the first part on first, we might put it on last — it was all about the importance of the part we were dealing with. If I was beating out a drum part, a rhythm, with my hands on the guitar, that could deteriorate all it wanted and it didn't matter, and the same applied if I was just laying down some organ chords with tremolo on them.
"The important thing was the first part of a vocal or the first part of a guitar solo, so we'd plan things out and what went down would not be in a logical order like it would today when you lay down the rhythm tracks, the melody, the harmony. We didn't do it that way at all. And that was one of the key secrets as to why the balances came out right. When you listen to those old recordings you might say, 'My goodness, how in the world did they know how loud to make the bass and how loud to make the second part or the third part? How could they get everything that exact?' Well, that was because we'd lay down the least important parts first and then work our way through the recording until the parts that we'd want to hear the clearest and cleanest went on last. It was a very unusual way of recording, but that's what we had to do.
"What made me particularly proud of those wax machines was that they were made with Cadillac flywheels. My dad had a garage, and one day I was there, asking for something 16 inches in diameter that was balanced and would hold a round disc. The mechanic came out from underneath a car and he said, 'You know what's dynamically balanced and would fit the bill? A flywheel. There are a couple of cars out in the alley — why don't you do a hysterectomy on one of them?' So, we did. We took the flywheel out of a Cadillac, and the other part we needed came from my drummer who was a dentist. One time, he was cleaning my teeth and I saw all these dental belts, so I asked where he got them and I ordered some because they were endless belts and they were perfect for isolating the flywheel, the turntable and the recording device from any vibrations in the motor or even from trucks driving by outside."
It was in 1946 that Les Paul saw a tape machine for the first time — invented by the Germans and rescued from recently-liberated Luxembourg by a group of US Army officers. Familiar with wire recorders, Les had no idea about the AEG Magnetophon that made use of plastic-based magnetic tapes.
"Judy Garland and I flew from LA to New York to do the Paul Whiteman Show," he recalls, "and at the rehearsal this fellow kept trying to get my attention. Finally, I walked over to him and he told me that his name was Colonel Dick Ranger and that he had a tape machine that Sherman Fairchild — the founder of Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild Camera and Instrument, and Fairchild Recording — thought I should see. Well, Judy and I got into a car with Colonel Ranger and went to see this device, and then I called Bing Crosby out on the coast and told him about it. It turned out that one of the fellas working for him, Jack Mullins, had been in the same signal corps as Colonel Ranger, and he also had a tape machine, but he'd left it in pieces in his garage. So he dug out the pieces and took them to Ampex, and Ampex bought them right there on the spot. Colonel Ranger already had the assembled machine but he was not a good businessman, so it was Jack Mullins who made the very first tape machine for Ampex, which was the 200. The rest is history.
"In 1949, Bing Crosby brought an Ampex 300 over to my house in LA, where I was then living. He asked me to go out into the front yard and help him get it out of his trunk, and then once I did that and the machine was indoors he said, 'Well, have fun,' and left. So, there I was, busy recording to disc, and I looked at the machine and all of a sudden the light went on — what if I put a fourth head on this machine? I took a piece of paper and a pencil, I drew it out, and I went to Mary and I said, 'Forget hanging up the laundry, forget the whole thing. Lock the place up, we're leaving. I've just found a way to record without needing the garage or a recording studio. I can do the whole thing anywhere that we wish to record.' All I needed was a fourth head on that mono 300 deck."
Which, as we now know, was perfectly logical. But was Les sure at the time that this would work?
"Oh yes, I knew," comes the reply, "but Mary didn't. We drove from LA to open up in Chicago at the Blue Note, the machine was in the truck of our car, and when we got to New Mexico she said, 'What if it won't work? You haven't tried it yet.' I said, 'Oh, it'll work,' but as we kept driving she'd say, 'Well, you didn't make a prototype. This thing may not work.' The closer we got to Chicago, the more concerned I became about the fact that I hadn't made a prototype. Without that I couldn't be absolutely positive it would work. However, I'd called Ampex before we left California and told them I needed another head that they should send to Chicago, and when we arrived in Chicago and went to the New Lawrence Hotel the head was waiting for me. So, I got a guy to drill a hole in the machine for me and we mounted the fourth head, and then I turned the machine on, Mary said, 'One, two, three, four, testing,' and I said, 'Howdy, howdy, howdy,' and my God it came back.
"At that time I was still walking with crutches following our automobile accident, and I threw my crutches in the air and we danced around in the hallway. Then we got in the elevator and went to work, and that was a big day. After that we'd record 'How High the Moon', 'The World is Waiting for the Sunrise'... in fact, at least 90 percent of our recordings were made on that [Ampex 300] device, not on the eight-track."
Les Paul and Mary Ford's version of 'How High the Moon', which topped the Billboard singles chart for nine weeks in the spring and early summer of 1951 (while also hitting number one on the R&B chart, something which no white act had done before), was a true wake-up call for many of today's veteran engineers; a multi-layered, souped-up recording that highlighted not only the jazz guitarist's quick-fingered virtuosity, but also, thanks to his technological and innovative brilliance with recording, the creative possibilities that lay beyond merely capturing a straightforward live performance. As multi-Grammy-winning engineer Bruce Swedien once told me:
"The first time I really got excited about pop music was when I discovered that it was possible to use my imagination. That had come with a record that I myself didn't work on, Les Paul and Mary Ford's 'How High the Moon', in 1951. Up to that point the goal of music recording had been to capture an unaltered acoustic event, reproducing the music of big bands as if you were in the best seat in the house. It left no room for imagination, but when I heard 'How High the Moon', which did not have one natural sound in it, I thought, 'Damn, there's hope!'"
'How High the Moon' was recorded in Les Paul's home studio in Jackson Heights, using just the Ampex 300, a power supply unit, a small home-made mixer, a Bell & Howe amplifier, a Lansing Manufacturing Iconic speaker, and a single RCA 44BX ribbon mic.
"We had to fold the Murphy bed into the wall in order to put the machinery in there," he recalls. "My buddy Wally Jones built the mixer. This had a channel for Mary to sing on and one for me to play the guitar, and there was no VU meter. With anything that we recorded there was never a VU meter and there were also no equalisers. I was flying absolutely blind. I went by my ear, wearing a pair of Armed Forces headphones that I think were in the range of 5Hz to 50kHz, and I'd just bring the level down a little bit if there was any distortion."
The VU meters that appear in photos of this setup were added later.
"One of the things that intrigued the guys at Capitol was how the needle always looked like it was standing still," Les continues. "One day, the president of the company stopped me and said, 'Hey, we've finally figured out what to do. We've built a limiter-compressor, and with this we now are able to do what you do.'
"In my case, I was so used to playing that, even without a meter, if I was going to hit a note I'd know that by hitting it here on the string it wouldn't record as loud as if I hit it there. And it was the same with Mary's vocals. She'd got to the point where no one had to tell her to back up on this note, move forward on that one, move sideways, or watch out for sibilance. We'd been doing it a long time and we were professionals."
"I had only one machine and, by the time we finished, the spliced tapes might be 6dB off and of a different bias. So, I'd press the record button and at that point the tape would go through and I'd be riding the gain to make everything the right level."
Eight-track came along a short time after 'How High The Moon'; conceived in 1953 when Les and Mary were living in Jackson Heights, a neighbourhood of Queens, New York, and operational by 1956. Originally, he presented his idea to Westrex in LA, and after this and another company rejected it he found more receptive ears at Ampex in San Francisco.
"We had a meeting, which was attended by everybody in the place, and they were terribly excited about it," Les recalls. "They said, 'It can be done. It means we're going to have to develop a staff of people and go to work on this thing, but we will make you a multitrack machine.'"
Which they did, developing 'Sel-Sync' (Selective Synchronous Recording) while the resultant unit was twice flown back to San Francisco to correct problems that Les unearthed at his home in Jackson Heights.
"For one thing, they didn't have a master bias oscillator," he explains. "They had eight individual oscillators controlling each track —there were eight tape recorders, eight sets of electronics, each self-powered with their own biasing, and of course they would conflict with each other. One master oscillator was the way to go, so we did that. Then the second error they made was to make the machine 30/60 [ips] instead of 15/30, so all the EQs were wrong, both on the recording side and on the playback side, and they therefore had to redo that. There were also two or three other minor errors that they had to correct, and after quite a while of going back and forth and debugging the system we basically changed it almost completely from what it originally was going to be.
"We built the board at the same time, we got the remotes in so that all the controls were right on there, and that board, which did everything that I wished it to do, was married to the eight-track. The board we called the Monster and the eight-track we called the Octopus. I still have that all-tube board — it hasn't gone to the museum yet — which was just about as modern as you could get, with inbuilt EQ, vibro, filters, you name it, and a great, warm, sound. People would fight for it today.
"At the same time as all that was being developed, across the hallway [in their San Francisco facility] Ampex was working on colour video picture — I could walk over there and talk to Ray Dolby and the guys working on the video, and then walk back to the room where we were doing the audio. Both those things would make history and change the world, but at the time I had no idea we were going to change anything. All I knew was that I had a machine with tape delay on it, the ability to change speeds and fidelity that was good. It was just a blessing."
'How High the Moon' was not a new song when Les Paul and Mary Ford recorded it. Written by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis, this jazz standard had been covered numerous times before Paul and Ford committed it to tape on January 4th, 1951. And even then, the guitarist gave it multiple concert outings before settling on the right arrangement.
"After we discovered that the sound on sound was working, that night we went to work at the Blue Note," he says. "And after a couple of weeks there, I told Mary, 'There's something bothering me. If you listen when we play 'How High the Moon' on Monday, the crowd just goes crazy. Tuesday is almost as good as Monday, but by Wednesday we've got a problem. By Thursday and Friday it's worse, and by Saturday it's almost forget it. Then Sunday is pretty good, and again Monday is a great one. The reaction should be the same no matter what night it is, so we're playing 'How High the Moon' wrong. We're playing it for professional people who are off on Monday; bartenders, maitre d's, musicians, and they want to hear it the way we play it. But on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday we've got people who want to get away from the kids; blue-collar guys who are far removed from musicians and professionals.'
"So, when we next moved on to places like Rockford, Illinois, and Omaha, Nebraska, we kept trying 'How High the Moon' each night in three different ways until I was pretty sure that I'd found the arrangement that went down great every night of the week.
"It was very unusual to do this, but when the guys over at Capitol asked, 'What in the world makes you think that this record is going to make it?' I said, 'Because I've put it to the test and my jury says this is the way it should be.' And after we made it, the jury bought it right away. This was what we did with all our hit records — I would make sure that there was a jury of people who could tell me if something was good or not. However, I never told them they were part of a jury or that I'd like their opinions. I'd just watch their reactions."
"Right from the start I wanted to get different sounds and I wanted to get different effects. The first thing that hit me was that if I played a note and I played an octave higher than that, playing the two notes together — even three octaves apart — it created big sounds and different sounds, making the whole thing very special because it had never been heard before. It was a new kind of music, and that turned me on, as well as people like Artie Shaw and WC Fields who'd come to my place and be amazed by what they heard. I was out to find a sound that was different to anything else on the planet.
"In terms of effects, for delay I had a phonograph pickup behind the record head. It took me about three years to figure that out — every Friday night this guy Lloyd and I would sit in a saloon and watch the fights on TV, and one time he asked me to explain what I was after in terms of echo, and when I said like a guy shouting 'Hello' in the Alps and hearing it come back to him multiple times, he said, 'You mean, like if you put a playback head behind the record head?' Oh my God, we were out of that saloon so fast. We left the girls there with 10 dollars to pay for the beer, we forgot all about the fights and we were on our way home. It took us 10 minutes to get there, and we had that thing up and running in no time at all. We quickly realised that by moving the playback head forwards or backwards we could also change the delay — the whole neighbourhood could hear 'Hello... hello... hello...'"
Still, for all the pre-production on 'How High the Moon', to begin with there were actually two — count 'em — failed attempts to get the right results on tape...
"We were located right across from a firehouse," Les explains, "and our first attempt was ruined when the siren went off. Then some planes came overhead on their way to La Guardia Airport and ruined the second one. At that point Mary began crying and saying, 'I don't know if I can do it again,' and just when she decided she could, the guy who lived above us went to the bathroom. He must have weighed about 400 pounds, so we had to wait and wait while he took a leak and went to bed before we could go for it. You see, we'd record at night, and that kept the people upstairs awake. Mary would put a blanket over herself to isolate the sound — the guitar wasn't a problem since it went straight into the earphones — but in this case those folks complained because they could hear her singing the fourth part, which had a lot of high and strange stuff. Still, in the end we got it done.
"The first thing that was recorded was me just rapping on the guitar. I turned the volume up and hit the strings, no chords — that was the rhythm and it set the tempo. Then the second thing that went down was just chords. This went on and on and on as I built it up, part after part, take after take. The lead vocal and my guitar went on second to last, and the last thing that went on was the bass, played on the last string on my guitar. Everything was done on that guitar — I never left it from the beginning to the end except to lay down under the tape machine and change motors or change capstans. It felt like I was under that machine much more than I was on top."
"When we did the radio show for NBC I had a problem. I was doing everything; I produced, I directed, I wrote the script, I acted and I played. In the script I tried to explain how I'd take Mary's voice and multiply it, but it was all so technical. Then I came up with the idea of my magic box, the Les Paulverizer, which did everything for me, and this worked and it became very popular among listeners. It became part of the show, with me saying things like, 'Mary, you sing this song and the Les Paulverizer will multiply you into 12.' It was a lot easier than going into all the technical detail.
"Then, when we were appearing on the 'Ed Sullivan Show', he said, 'Where are the rest of the people?' We said, 'There's only two of us,' and he said, 'Well, I want to hear what I heard on the record.' I said, 'That's all done with my invention, the Les Paulverizer.' However, wherever we performed, people kept asking the same thing, so what I did was sit down and build a box that I called the Les Paulverizer. This sat on my guitar and it started and stopped the tape machines, rewound them, recorded, added the echo and did everything right there on the stage. Well, I finished making it on a Friday, and Friday night Vice President Richard Nixon called and informed me that we'd be performing for President Eisenhower in Washington that Sunday night.
"When I told Mary we were going to use the Les Paulverizer, she said, 'I'm not going on the stage with this thing! It's never been tried.' I said, 'It'll work...' The tape machine would be hidden behind a curtain, so everyone would still think the Paulverizer was this magic box. Well, we went down to Washington, and there we were, performing for Eisenhower, Nixon and all the bigwigs, and through the first five songs everything went great. Then Nixon leapt up, put his arms around me and said, 'Maybe the President has a favourite song. Why don't you ask him?' I said, 'That's a great idea.' I could have killed Nixon.
"I said, 'Mr President, Vice President Nixon came up with an idea here — I'd like to ask if you have a favourite song that Mary and I can play for you.' I was thinking, 'Oh my God, what are we going to do?' because we really had to play the next number on the tape. Anyway, Eisenhower couldn't think of a favourite song, so he asked Mamie and she said, 'Well, when we were leaving Denver and you got pains in your chest, we pulled over to the side of the road and I turned the radio on and we heard 'Vaya Con Dios'...' So help me God, that was the next number on the tape!
"I still have the letter that Richard Nixon sent me, describing how Eisenhower had stopped him down in the tunnels beneath the White House and said, 'You know, that Les Paul is bothering me. I still can't figure out the Les Paulverizer.' I've also got a letter that Eisenhower wrote to Pat Nixon, saying, 'I'll never figure out how that guy could do what he did. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen.' And of course it was amazing. If it hadn't been for Mamie picking that song, we'd have been dead. It's just lucky that Nixon didn't suggest they ask for a second song..."
"In all, there were 12 guitar parts and 12 voices, and a total of about 24 takes before the result was sent to NBC and then on to Capitol", explains Les. "Everything was laid out like we were doing a stage show, and by the time Mary and I were ready to go we pretty well knew what we were going to do; not lick for lick, not note for note, but just in terms of the sections. Within each section we knew we could do anything we wished — four parts, eight parts, 12 parts, whatever — and while Mary was singing her part I'd lay my part down at the same time."
And how long did it take to achieve all this?
"I would say less than an hour. You see, I was so into it and so free, having played so much, that I'd just press the button and go. And Mary was absolutely super. I'd tell her what I wanted and that's what she'd put down. If I wanted her to sing a three-part harmony or whatever, that's the way it was done. What's more, it would take a stick of dynamite to change her, because once she'd got it, that was it, and she didn't have to rehearse or anything. It was the same with me. I knew what I was doing, and so as fast as I could rewind that tape we were ready to lay the next parts down.
"I remember running into George Benson and him telling me that he was just finishing up an album. When I asked how long he'd been working on it, he said, 'Less than a year.' Less than a year? We would make an album while Mary was preparing dinner. She'd be making macaroni cheese, so I'd figure I had 45 minutes, and during that time I'd lay down all these parts, including the backgrounds for the whole album, and then I'd tell her where she had to come in, saying, 'Lay way back on this one. Make it real loose. Do a Bing.' She could do that and put feeling into it, and within no time at all everything was done."
Les Paul always made sure to make a master of his recordings that he'd hold onto, and, as is always the case with back-ups, it's fortunate that he did. A few years back, when he received a call from Capitol, informing him that the company's own tape of 'How High the Moon' had disintegrated irreparably, he was able to supply a backup that was as good as new.
"It just happened to be 3M tape," he says. "Back then, 3M tape was excellent, and when I took a listen to the original it sounded great. We'd used no limiters, no echo chambers, nothing. Just tape delay, which I cranked up only when the number was done. There was nothing on one track that didn't appear on another track; it was on everything. The mistake made today is like when you go into a club and hear the piano with echo while the guitar right next to it is dry. How does that sound out in the audience? It sounds weird. If you do it the right way you put a little bit on everything, and if it's noticeable it's too much. That's why my advice is use it, don't abuse it. With so much to play with it's easy to go too far. Simplicity is the answer."
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I have caught hundreds and hundreds of crappie with this lure over the summer and also plenty of bass and bluegill. I even finally caught a trout with it and expect to catch more now that the weather's getting cooler. So far it outfished mini-jigs for panfish by a quite a margin. I make sure to take it to every lake or stream that I fish in.
Haven't fished with it yet, but looks OK with floats, weighted hooks, and soft plastic grub bodies.
If you're a fisherman/fisherwoman/fisherperson, you should add this to your tackle box arsenal. It is, hands down, the best lure I've ever used. I've caught all species of fish using these lures except, strangely enough, a trout! I went to the mfg.'s website and found out that its best to use a float with 18-24" of fluorocarbon leader when using the Trout Magnet to keep the lure just above the bottom (where trout feed). I am going to try it this season but I am sure I'll be successful. Tight lines!
I have been using trout magnet for a while.
caught alot of sunfish, crappie and even cat fish and carp. I am glad that walmart carrying this, so I can get it easily. wish walmart can have crappie magnet too.
Its pretty hard to find this product. The site to store worked out pretty well. I got it right before opening day. I actually caught two pretty nice trout on it. I believe the white one and the orange. The good thing is that the trout magnet rarely ever gets snagged if you use it right. Ill be using this product throughout the whole fishing season.
this is a true Story ! They had these Trout Magnet Kits In the Mark Down Clearance Row. I guess they didn't Sell cause Of there 20 dollar Price. I bought A single Color Pack and Knew How good they Worked. So I bought a Pack. Also Not Knowing My Brother-in-law Bought a Pack. He Caught fish On them and Loved them but some how he Miss Placed them. He Look at our Local Walmart and sold Out and Not order them Cause of being on Clearance. Same Problem and a close by Walmart Well 30 Miles away No Luck .. He had to Go to This one Town 50 Miles a way Hey there's A Walmart. He Check if they had it.. Sure enough On the Clearance row For $17.95 Well I feeling sorry For the guy and I Go fishing and do well I Let him Use My Box Of Trout Magnets before He found those other.. Man I going to be out of these wonder Lures soon .. I Got On Walmart Site to Store and there it was so I ordered It And I also got for My father who 87 years Young a one Color Pack and Gave him . He Love to Trout fish. I bet I'll Be ordering him a box soon as well .. What can I say These work on Trout , Pan-fish , Bass, Walleyes. They Look Like a Minnow . If You Use Micro Tackle these are a must have
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Salt and freshly ground pepper,
to taste
2 bunches spinach, leaves only, coarsely chopped
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup small-curd cottage cheese
1/3 to ½ cup crumbled feta to taste
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1. Peel the potatoes. Slice two crosswise about 1/8-inch thick. Slice the third potato lengthwise, also 1/8-inch thick. Brush some olive oil in a wide skillet and set over high heat. When the oil is hot, reduce the heat to medium. Make a layer of potatoes and cook, turning them once, until golden on both sides and tender when pierced with a knife. Repeat until all are done. Remove them to a paper towel as they finish cooking.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. Add the scallions, dill, parsley and cilantro and cook over medium heat until the scallions are wilted and bright green, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and remove to a bowl.
3. Add the spinach to the same pan, with the water clinging to the leaves, or add ¼ cup water if the spinach is dry. Cook over high heat until the leaves are wilted and tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer the spinach to a sieve and press out any excess water, then add to the scallions. Add the eggs, cheeses and lemon zest and stir well. Adjust the seasonings.
4. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. To assemble the torta, lightly butter a 9-inch springform pan and set it on a sheet pan. Cover the bottom with the potato rounds, overlapping when necessary so there are no empty spaces. Place the long pieces around the sides. Pour in the spinach mixture, then bake immediately until firm and golden in places, about 40 minutes. Gently ease a knife between the edge of the pan and the potatoes. Release the spring and carefully lift off the side. Set the torta on a serving place and serve immediately.
From "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" by Deborah Madison


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Nelson, Harper power Falcons to win
Lackawanna College's women's basketball team rebounded from their first conference loss with a 70-54 road victory over Del Tech-Stanton on Sunday.
Leading the Falcons was Brittany Nelson, who scored 17 and grabbed 20 rebounds. Tenise Harper led the scoring attack with 20 points and Geena Shrader added 10. Tiffany Then had four assists while Melvene Gainey grabbed 13 rebounds.
Men's basketball
At Newark, Del., a 17-point, 13-rebound effort by Dante Thompson and a 23-point performance by Charles Cooley led Lackawanna College to an 81-76 win over Del Tech-Stanton.
Also contributing to the victory was Jaylon Sims, who scored 10 and had nine rebounds.
At Madison, N.J., the University of Scranton will enter the upcoming Landmark Conference swimming and diving championships on a positive note after a pair of victories over Drew University.
The men (6-5) won nine individual events and one relay to post a convincing 176-76 victory, clinching their 14th straight winning season. Freshman Matt Finnegan won the 100 breaststroke and the 500 free to pace the Royals.
Senior Sara Franciscovich put on another dominating performance in leading the Scranton women to a 162-100 victory, winning three individual events - the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 100 free - and swimming the opening leg on the first-place finishing 200 freestyle relay.
It was the 28th consecutive winning season for the Lady Royals (9-3).
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"Well, there you GTO again…"
Drive one for the Gipper!
Ronald Reagan liberated something?
He liberated the nation from the most worthless pres… eh, well now days, the second most worthless president in the history of the republic.
Should have been crashing through the Berlin Wall.
Should be a Corvette, but other than that it's awesome!
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the Reagans had a psychic….they knew GM would take a bail out and get handed to the UAW. He wouldn't be caught dead in GM product.


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The City of Shelbyville is now a drug-free workplace.
The city council on Thursday night adopted a municipal order that puts in place a new set of guidelines and procedures to ensure that city employees are not using illegal drugs and alcohol while on the job.
BARDSTOWN -- Despite several penalties and sloppy conditions, Shelby County held on to defeat Nelson County, 20-16, Friday night.
The downpour ended by kickoff, but the field was saturated, requiring two Spread-oriented teams to get creative.
If you've driven along Frankfort Road during the morning school rush these past few weeks, you may have noticed him, a solitary sentinel at the entrance to the Shelby County School Bus Garage, holding a small, hand-lettered sign.
Since Aug. 13, this has been Billy Young's role, to arise each morning, hop into his little red Volkswagen and drive to his post across from the Masonic Home, where he and his sign create a silent protest against his fate in the world for students and commuters passing by and bus drivers returning their vehicles to the garage.
A Loving Choice Pregnancy Resource Center's annual fall banquet was an evening of inspiration and giving, plus beautiful music and -- yes -- fried chicken.
The event was held at Claudia Sanders Dinner House on Thursday evening. Guests scanned tables and placed their bids on 74 silent-auction items. There were karate classes and massages, Dairy Queen cakes and a Christmas wreath.
It was another slow start, and it was ugly, but the SCHS football team beat Eastern, 41-34, Friday for the team's fifth consecutive victory.
It seemed that the football gods were not going to let Eastern lose the game. The Eagles raced out to a 13-0 lead, recovered two Shelby fumbles that gave them a short field to the end zone, caught a tipped pass for a 47-yard TD and seemed to get every break in the game.
The City of Simpsonville has entered into an agreement with The Cardinal Club on an initiative that will improve the environment.
The commission gave approval at its bimonthly meeting Wednesday morning to provide so-called "gray water" to the club for irrigation. The golf course had been using clean drinking water from the West Shelby Water District to water its fairways and greens.
Shelby County's elementary school students are showing excellent progress in their capabilities, but the middle schools and high schools aren't improving quite as well.
Those assessments are established by the No Child Left Behind's Annual Yearly Progress reports, which will be released today by the state.
This year more then any other it will be important to clean up all that old vegetable debris. It was a wet season, so therefore an active fungal disease season. We need to remove the old dead debris to remove the disease from the vicinity.
Pull up plants and rake away leaves once the plants have stopped producing.
Burn, baby, burn may be great for a song title, but it is not a scenario that firefighters want to see.
Local fire departments want to spread the word like wild fire that the Fire Hazard Season began last week and will continue throughout Dec. 15.
And Shelby already is off to a hot start, with a barn fire and a garage fire already this week.
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Waste: Transparency International has named Venezuela the most corrupt nation in the hemisphere, matching Haiti and besting the likes of Paraguay and Nicaragua. With a $1 trillion oil windfall, that's lots of graft.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez ushered in the era of high oil prices in 1998, slashing output and earning the country a cool $1.125 trillion windfall as oil prices shot from $9 a barrel to more than $100.
That's bizarre, given that Venezuela remains a crime-ridden hellhole, whose vast slums and impoverished people offer not a scintilla of evidence of any spreading prosperity. Other countries, even lousy ones such as Ecuador, have spiffed up their cities using oil revenue.
Not Chavez's Bolivarian government. Despite claims to have spent $300 billion on social programs, it offers citizens only more poverty.
That raises questions about just where the money went, and the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranked Venezuela at 165 out of 176 countries this week, offers useful clues.
TI reports that bribery, embezzlement, patronage, nepotism, conflict of interest and procurement padding in the public sector are the big sources of corruption.
All of these are crimes committed in the dark, the antithesis of transparency, and Chavez has expanded the public sector more than 25% during his regime.
No wonder so many billions are missing.
Venezuela's budget is secret, its oil earnings are secret, its electoral mechanisms are secret, and its media are largely under government control. Whistle-blowers are hit with draconian punishments. As for the health of the president, who apparently is dying of cancer — well, that's a secret, too.
Meanwhile, a U.K. nongovernment organization, Tax Justice Network, reported that about $400 billion in Venezuelan capital has fled to offshore banks.
No doubt, much of that is oil money, given the lack of any significant economic activity in the country.
Venezuelan oil expert Gustavo Coronel points out that some 1,500 government-linked bankers and government elites have managed to take at least $95 billion of the windfall, while the government has squandered billions more on arms purchases, "free" oil to Cuba, imports of food and now refined oil, and waste associated with newly nationalized state-owned industries.
The lesson here is that large amounts of cash don't create wealth in the hands of strongmen; they create only corruption.Venezuela's descent to rock bottom on TI's rankings is evidence of this massive downward spiral.


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101 Dalmatians Grown-Up Pups part 4 by Stray-SketchesWatch
©2013-2016 Stray-Sketches
Decided to to the rest of the Disney dalmatian pups. Here's Cadpig and Dipstick and Pepper!
I didn't realize, until trying to find any reference of Pepper, that there was actually debate whether or not Pepper was a boy. I always assumed he was a boy, but apparently a lot of fans claim Pepper is a girl.
Also, I realized there's no official screenshot of Pepper--a lot of people seem to confuse Freckles or Penny for Pepper.
I'm not here to say what's right or wrong--believe what you like and have fun with it! Me, personally, I decided to keep Pepper a boy, just because that's how I grew up perceiving him.
Cadpig, Dipstick, Pepper & "101 Dalmatians" (c) Disney Inc.
image (c) NY-Stray
Pongo & Perdy's Litter!:
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Pongo & Perdy's Litter!:
Other Grown-Up Pups!:
I think its Freckles by the judge of the spots on her or his face
I'm confused, did Cadpig and tripod appear in the 101 dalmatians movie?;o;
No, just the series (Cadpig also appeared in the books); I just wanted to draw them in the movie's style. :3
Dipstick's new career farming he has the teeth of a farmer when he was a pup
i have seen on the dalmatians disney wiki on patch's page that on the right , * they give you some little information of the character like : personality,fate,family/relatives * and i found by his relatives that it says that pepper is his sister * pepper (sister)* along with some others like lucky and rolly and his parents so i guess pepper is a girl . But i don't really know if that wiki is actually official or not but from that i got the idea pepper is a girl don't blame me if this wiki is wrong or so
Cadpig my fave
I always thought of Pepper and Freckles as girls, but it's interesting to think of Pepper as a boy.
Pepper I was always kinda unsure about, but I think that'd be cool if Freckles was actually a girl.
Do we know for certain or not Freckles' gender? or did you assign some of them?
I'm not sure--in the 1961 movie, most of the time it's the boys who are given the red collars, but in a lot of promotional images and merchandise some boys are given blue collars and some girls are given red collars. I'm not going by whether or not Freckles' voice was done by a boy or girl, since girls sometimes do the voices for younger boy characters. So far, all the wiki/info pages claim Freckles is a "he," but I doubt any of these sources come straight from Disney.
I never knew what Pepper was. I had an actual Pepper stuffed animal growing up, and I always played it as a tomboy! haha! But I like your version too!
Really? That's awesome, I didn't even know there were plushies of Pepper made--I always say Lucky or Penny or their parents.
& thank you!
There was! It was one of my favorite Christmas gifts when I was little! www.ebay.com/itm/8-DISNEY-101-…
Wish I still had mine, but eh, such is life!
Awwww! It's so cute! I used to have a Penny plush that looked like that.
Sorry to hear you don't have it anymore--one time my mom accidently threw out my entire beanie baby collection...it sucked then, but it'd be a pain in the ass to get rid of them now, so in a way it worked out.
Oh cool! Yeah, I think I had a matching Patch one too!
Don't worry, I am still a big kid. I have a bit of a Disney stuffed animal collection! I did get rid of a few when I was younger I wish I hadn't, but overall I kept my favorites!
Don't worry, I am still a big kid. I have a bit of a Disney stuffed animal collection! I did get rid of a few when I was younger I wish I hadn't, but overall I kept my favorites!
I actually agree with you. I always felt Pepper was a boy. Even the 101 Dalmatians storybooks are confusing in that regard. Some show Pepper as a boy, other as a girl...strange thing that is...
I just wish the character designers would MAKE UP THEIR MIND DANG IT!!!!!!!!!! (lol)
I just wish the character designers would MAKE UP THEIR MIND DANG IT!!!!!!!!!! (lol)
Between the movies, promotional images, the series and the books I figure the best thing to do for these pups is just to draw your own conclusion.
I agree with you 100 percent. Same thing with Balto, where only two pups have been looked at in detail. Two more have names but were basically background characters, and the last two have no details other than their appearance.
But on the bright side, more creative freedom for us fans, right?
But on the bright side, more creative freedom for us fans, right?
Exactly! Even though it's a little frustrating, to me, because I like to look at characters' official designs, on the other hand I think it's really fun and creative to see what other people come up with in terms of appearance and personality. :3
That's what I did with the last two pups in Balto and Jenna's litter. I named the puppy with the mask pattern Joseph and gave him a personality somewhere between a (good kind of) tough guy and a big softy (depends on the situation). I named the puppy with the red nose stripe Laura and gave her a very active, upbeat personality. I even have anthro situations where Joseph is an Alaska National Guard soldier/police officer and Laura is a railroad engineer.
^^ nice!
so where be Pepper at? just wondering
so where be Pepper at? just wondering
I like Cadpig's design.
C'est belle!
Interesting take on Cadpig. I've always been curious about how my favorite of the pups would look as an adult.
Hmm...I just noticed something...the lower black area on Dipstick's ear looks kinda like a Mouse-Ears. Was that intentional?
Yep! In a lot of the promotional 2D images, Dipstick has a hidden mickey (half a hidden mickey) as his ear spot! :3
Cadpig looks awesome
They both look nice
That's very nice!


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This office is on Oahu and primarily would service subscribers in the Windward (North East) areas, such as Kaneohe, Kailua, Laie and Waimanalo.
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o What: First-ever regional meeting of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
o Where: Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave.
o When: Registration begins at 8 a.m. Saturday; program gets under way at 9 a.m.
o Cost: Free.
Latinos in the Pacific Northwest are looking to make their presence and political power felt, starting this weekend at Washington State University Vancouver.
Voting rights, immigration reform, educational attainment, positive youth development and more topics of interest to Latinos are on the docket Saturday as WSUV hosts the first regional organizational meeting of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
o What: First-ever regional meeting of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
o Where: Washington State University Vancouver, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave.
o When: Registration begins at 8 a.m. Saturday; program gets under way at 9 a.m.
o Cost: Free.
Margaret Moran, president of the national group, will officiate and install the first slate of officers. It's the first time a national president of LULAC has visited the Pacific Northwest.
"It is the oldest civil rights organization for Latinos in America, and it is very active," said Diana Perez, who'll be sworn in as first president of the group. "Given all the issues we are dealing with, I think we are all interested in better representation and advocacy for the Northwest region."
Since 2000, the number of Latinos in Washington has surged by 71 percent to nearly 756,000. Latinos now represent more than 11 percent of the state's population of 6.7 million.
Perez said the local LULAC council started forming in 2009, but it's taken this long to get sufficiently organized and recognized by the national umbrella group. There are more than 900 councils nationwide.
"We are trying to grow more councils in the Pacific Northwest. That's why the president is coming," she said.
Perez said the purpose of LULAC is to organize around social justice and civil rights issues, and to "make sure Latinos here know that there are resources and benefits available to them." The group was formed in Corpus Christie, Texas, in 1929, but now is based in Washington, D.C.
The local meeting is set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Washington State University Vancouver campus, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. It's free and open to everyone.
In addition to Perez and Moran, speakers at the daylong meeting will include Mickie Soloria Luna, national vice president of LULAC, who'll talk about the organization's structure and about opportunities for youth; Joaquin Avila of the Seattle University School of Law and the National Voting Rights Advocacy Initiative, who'll discuss the power of voting; and Richard Roybal, executive director of LULAC National Education Service Centers, who'll introduce his agency's educational resources and opportunities.
Perez is hoping this meeting spurs more local councils to form throughout Washington and Oregon.
"We are trying to develop into the society we all seek, having a successful quality of life and contributing to our society in a positive way," said Perez. "We want to have a good reputation."


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Micro-springs and tilted micro-cantilevers less than ten microns wide are a couple of structures made from 3D-structured carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a methodology developed by Imec and MichiganUniversity.
The 3D structuring method for making vertically-aligned corrugated nanostructures is based on an iterative sequence of CVD growth of CNTs and capillary self-assembly. A wide variety of robust 3D CNT microstructures can be fabricated.
The process starts by lithographic patterning of a catalyst film on a Si wafer, followed by growth of vertically-aligned CNT microstructures by thermal CVD at atmospheric pressure.
Next, the straight CNT microstructures are transformed into sloped shapes by condensation and subsequent evaporation of liquid on the surface, the so-called capillary forming step.
These two process steps can then be iterated and finally result in 3D corrugated structures. Arrays of such structures with varying lateral dimensions can be fabricated as illustrated below. This study further focuses on the fabrication of (arrays of) CNT 'bellows' and CNT 'cantilevers'.
First, the utility of cylindrical CNT 'bellows' for use as vertical microsprings was investigated. It was found that the properties of the corrugated CNT microsprings can be tuned on the basis of their geometry alone e.g. the compliance (which is the reciprocal of the stiffness) of the springs is inversely related to their wall thickness.
Microspring arrays are used commercially in probecards for the testing of electronic devices. For this particular application, the availability of a method for making arrays of compliant springs with small footprint is an important step forward.
Secondly, the method was used to create cantilevers. Iteration of growth and forming of semicircular shapes creates intricate overhanging cantilevers with multiple folds.
The structures can be packed in dense arrays and oriented in any direction.
The process enables cost effective fabrication of vertical CNT walls with a thickness below 300 nm, and aspect ratios exceeding 1:100.