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Industry Largely Welcomes, Experts Cautious on Hiked FDI in Defence
By IANS
Published: 07th August 2014 06:11 PM
Last Updated: 07th August 2014 06:45 PM
NEW DELHI: India's manufacturing sector Thursday largely welcomed the government's decision to hike FDI in the defence sector to 49 percent but security experts said this was not enough to attract the big players.
Industry lobby CII welcomed the hike from 26 percent to 49 percent with full Indian management and control, saying it was a "historic moment" for the industry to collaborate with foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and "create state of the art platforms and solutions", within the country.
"This would definitely encourage MNCs to get into co-development and co-production arrangements with Indian companies," Confederation of Indian Industry director general Chandrajit Banerjee said.
The cabinet Wednesday evening decided to hike the cap in the defence sector, that has an allocation of $38 billion for this fiscal, a move that can potentially help India curb its import bill on military hardware, 70-75 percent of which is sourced from overseas.
This was in keeping with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's commitment during his budget speech July 10.
Noting that capital and technology are the two important aspects of advanced manufacturing, Banerjee said that with the hike, the Indian government "has made its intentions clear to the world that we mean business".
"Development of technologies in India would also mean that Intellectual Property Rights can reside in India," Banerjee added.
CII deputy director general Sujith Haridas pointed out that many items in the defence sector had already been delicensed and that 100 percent FDI was already permitted.
"This is a huge opportunity for SMEs to build up their manufacturing capabilities as the 'Make' category (in the Defence Procurement Procedure) will ensure Indian companies benefit," Haridas told IANS.
Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Sons too was upbeat.
"We do see the need for significant investment in the sector and such investment, including from the Indian private sector, deserves encouragement. The Tata group's presence in the sector, as demonstrated in the Defexpo this year, is substantial, growing and reflects our commitment to playing our role in the growth of the sector," a Tata Sons spokesperson told IANS in Hyderabad.
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, has four units in the Aerospace Special Economic Zone at Adibatla in Hyderabad. It has partnerships with Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin and RUAG Aviation for different units.
Echoing the general sentiment was the Punj Lloyd Group that manufactures a range of equipment for the armed forces.
The hiked cap "will now encourage foreign defence firms to partner with Indian companies and yield better returns on the investment. It will also encourage OEMs to bring in latest technologies to Indian partners which will further stimulate technological and manufacturing capability in the sector," Group chairman Atul Punj told IANS.
Foreign vendors were, expectedly, pleased.
"Quantitatively, this is a step in the right direction by the government, and welcome. Qualitatively, this still doesn't alleviate the concerns about loss of control on knowledge and IPR. Also a non-controlling stake wouldn't necessarily encourage investments that are primarily meant for export-oriented manufacturing. On a case-to-case basis, this step can enable investment where focus is on domestic requirements and potential loss of control of IPR is not a major concern," Boeing India president Pratyush Kumar said.
Aero engine major Rolls Royce termed the hike "a step in the right direction" towards realising India's efforts in obtaining strategic self-reliance.
"It will help catalyse rapid indigenisation and substantially increase the attractiveness of the sector as a place to transfer technology and set-up a manufacturing hub. At Roll-Royce, we remain as committed to India with or without the increase in FDI and work towards the indigenisation of the Indian defence industry by exploring strong partnerships with companies who share our goals," Kishore Jayaraman, president, Rolls-Royce India & South Asia, told IANS.
"The government has moved forward. It's a good thing," Pritam Bhavnani, who heads the high-growth India, Singapore and Gulf regions for aerospace at US major Honeywell, told IANS.
However, a seminar coincidentally held here Thursday noted that the government should define a comprehensive road map for the aerospace and defence sector, in the absence of which the the manufacturing sector "is not able to cater to India's current requirements and is thus forced to look outside to meet the requirements".
Among the recommendations of the seminar, organised by the Automobile Components Manufacturing Association (ACMA) were:
* Creating a focused action plan for upgrading skillsets in MSMEs
* Making the DPP's Technology Perspective & Capability Roadmap (TPCR) more
specific to help industry effectively plan long-term investments in the sector.
* Domestic production of aerospace and defence equipment should be accorded 'deemed exports' status. All applicable taxes and corporate tax on production of defence products should be zero-rated for 10 years.
Noted defence analyst C. Uday Bhaskar said the hike was "welcome" but "may not be effective to realise India's objective of obtaining access to critical technologies and best manufacturing processes in the defence sector and enlarging India's indigenous defence capabilities". "Most big companies would be hesitant (to invest) as they would have no say in the decision-making process (as 51 percent equity would remain with the Indian partner)," Bhaskar, Distinguished Fellow at the Society for Policy Studies, said.
"Some countries permit 80-90 percent FDI in the defence sector," Bhaskar pointed out, adding that the "ecosystem has to be made enabling in the long term" to attract adequate foreign investments.
India Strategic defence magazine editor Gulshan Luthra concurred.
"FDI of 74 or 100 percent cannot cause harm. Foreign companies could set up production lines as part of global supply lines and India would gain the technologies it needs," Luthra said.
"The previous and the previous governments have bowed to the pressure of the Indian industry, both public and private, in limiting the FDI," he added.
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I have been experiencing strange problems when trying to reinstall my
HP PSC 1315 printer to my Pavilion XE736 desktop (196 MB RAM, 500 Mhz)
running Win 98
Initial install months ago went well. All features functioned. Was
even able to share the printer across a wireless network with latptops
running XP. Then recently I started recieving mutliple different
'Internet Exploter script' errors when running the scanner. I went to
the HP support site and found some recommended fixes (Settings in the
Director program) but could not implement the changes since selecting
"settings" in Director did nothing (no menus, dialogs, etc). So I
elected to uninstall and reinstall the software.
When I tried to do this the software install hung up on a dialog titled
"set up your device now". Apparently this is the point where one plugs
in the printer to the computer and then is recognized automatically and
the installation continues. However, nothing happens, the software
never recognizes the printer, no matter how long the computer is
allowed to check. Initially I thought this was a bad port/cable
problem. So I switched USB ports, same thing. I checked both USB
ports with another TWAIN device (cam) and it worked flawlessly. I
bought a new cable. No change.
I moved the printer and connected to one of the laptops. same
behavior. so I reconnected to the desktop and attemped reinstall.
however, this time when the software froze at the set up your device
now" dialog, I opened Control Panel and invoked the New Hardware icon,
and had Windows find a new device. Like magic the HP software suddenly
detected the device, and then says "Wainting for device setup to
finish". However it only gets partially through the install, freezing
after installing 8/12 programs. Then a red X appears saying it can't
complete the process.
I have repeated the uninstall/reinstall severall times with the same
result. The HP software will not recognize the presence of the printer
unless I invoke the Add New Hardware in Control panel, otherwise it
sits there forever. If the cable or the connector on the printer end
is bad then why does Windows find the printer and the HP software not?
This is extremely frustrating. the printer has been coddled, never
being moved or disconnected in the nearly 10 months I have had it. I
cannot fathom why it will not work. the printer has never been jostled
or exposed to harsh envrionments. it just stopped working. I have
tried different ports, cables, computers, operating systems. all with
the same results.
I have already been to HP and tried all the recommended solutions.
Before reinstall I did a complete uninstall and deletion of folders, I
obtained the latest version of the Microsoft installer, I updated my
Internet Explorer. So if there is something I am missing I would sure
appreciate knowing what it is. I hate to throw away a perfectly good
printer but I am getting to that point. My kids need to print out
their homework and can't afford to sit around waiting for dad to figure
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Skip to comments.End Nears for Latin Mass at Boston (Catholic) Church
Posted on 05/30/2005 10:53:00 AM PDT by nonsumdignus
Monday, May 30, 2005; 5:00 AM
BOSTON -- Dan Linnell drives from his home on Cape Cod to Boston's South End most Sundays so he can worship at Holy Trinity Church, the only Roman Catholic congregation in the area that celebrates Mass in Latin.
Linnell's wife introduced him to Holy Trinity in 1996, when they started dating, and he immediately "fell in love" with the Latin Mass, which features Roman Catholic rituals, including Gregorian chants, that date back more than 1,500 years.
"I started crying I was so moved," the 41-year-old recalled as he entered the church with his three young children after an hourlong drive from Sandwich. "For me, it's what Catholic worship is. It's just beautiful, and it edifies the soul."
Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of Holy Trinity's Latin Mass, which is the only service of its kind sanctioned by the Boston Archdiocese. Barring a change of heart by the archdiocese, there won't be a 16th.
Holy Trinity is one of 20 parishes that the archdiocese intends to close in the coming weeks and months as part of a broader cost-cutting plan to close 80 of its 357 parishes.
Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley's decision to shutter or consolidate the churches came in response to declining attendance, a shortage of priests and financial pressure caused in part by the clergy sex abuse crisis.
With Holy Trinity scheduled to close June 30, the archdiocese plans to move its Latin Mass to St. James the Greater in nearby Chinatown. Parishioners are upset they have to leave the historic church, which was founded in 1844 to serve German immigrants. It's the only German-Catholic congregation in New England.
John Fahey, 49, of Boston, said Holy Trinity is an oasis for several hundred Catholics who prefer to worship in a more conservative, traditional manner.
The church is "totally financially self-sustaining," he added. "There is no reason why it should be closed by the archdiocese."
Archdiocese spokesman Terry Donilon said that although the church closings have been hard for parishioners to accept, the process has "strengthened the Catholic community" in other ways.
"The vast majority of parishioners have moved on and done so in a very spiritual and prayerful manner," he said.
Mass was celebrated in Latin across the world until the mid-1960s, when the Second Vatican Council ruled it could be celebrated in native languages. Twenty years later, however, Pope John Paul II granted permission for it to be celebrated in Latin again.
Once a month since the Latin Mass returned to Holy Trinity in 1990, Michael Ferry drives 75 miles from his home in Ogunquit, Maine, to sing in the church's choir, which recites Gregorian chants.
"People come here because this is the Mass as it was in 1962," he said. "It's more traditional."
Susan Long said she left the Catholic church as a teenager because she disagreed with the changes made by the Second Vatican Council.
"When I came back, I came back because of this Mass," she said. "I'd like it to stay here, but my faith is in my heart. Wherever they move it, it's not going to change my faith."
It has been a tumultuous month for parishioners at Holy Trinity. Earlier this month, worshippers at the church protested its imminent closing by placing fake bills in the collection baskets.
Holy Trinity also is coping with a brewing financial scandal. Parishioners have asked state and archdiocesan officials to investigate allegations that their pastor, the Rev. Hugh O'Regan, mismanaged the church's finances. O'Regan did not immediately return a call to comment.
Boston Archdiocese: http://www.rcab.org/
And it's a pity that Father Higgins isn't the full time administrator at Holy Trinity - I definitely sense Fr. O'Regan doesn't have Holy Trinity's best interests at heart.
I miss the 'smells and bells' although they were around for fewer years than the spartan look has been around - at least in my lifetime (born 1959) - I will never stop missing our Catholic traditions.
The Mass has been the same since the Last Supper. Different Rites, different Liturgical settings, Different Divine Liturgies etc; same Mass
You said
Except for Holy Trinity, there are no other options
OK - I don't know Boston, but, despite the costs of the sex abuse problems, there is surely moe than one church left in the archdiocese. Or is it that all the others been so wreckovated they cannot provide for a completely Catholic Mass?
I am genuinely confused.
The same thing smaller, but in color:
Parking would be a problem, but it's a problem at Holy Trinity (and everywhere else in Boston).
This is a lousy picture of the outside (they must have used some weird lense), but the only one I could find:
Thanks. This situation is really a shame.
Of course , there is no such thing as a permanent altar, as we have learned all too well from the Novus Ordo
So, the solution seems to be to make the "permanent" NO altar a movable one.
Pretty church. They just don't build 'em like that anymore.
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Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in H-town.
The fog will burn off today leading to a pleasant, partly sunny day.
Somewhat foggy conditions will burn off this morning, leading to a partly sunny day as winds blow onshore from the Gulf of Mexico. Highs will rise into the mid- to upper-70s.
We'll see these pleasantly warm, early spring-like conditions until late Saturday or early Sunday when a cool front arrives.
As for possible rain this weekend, the forecast models are vacillating with the timing and amounts. Some of the higher resolution models, which often capture local precipitation better, have backed off with high accumulations.
Here's a look at the NAM model precipitation forecast for between tonight and the middle of the day Monday.
If this model is correct, say National Weather Service forecasters, don't expect much rain until Sunday night and into Monday.
Lows on Tuesday and Wednesday morning could drop into the 40s, but the second half of next week is starting to look fairly warm. I'd expect a return to near 80, or possibly the 80s by the end of the week.
Will the weekend be —
Wet or dry? For Saturday
I would bet on dry.
Today's record low is 30 degrees, set back in 1996.


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Thanks to their CrazySexyCool album in the early 90's, three young ladies hailing from Atlanta catapulted into superstars. And now, VH1 is paying tribute to these women of the R&B/hip-hop/pop group TLC with a full-length TV movie. Based on their life and career, the biopic Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story will follow the success, turmoil, and tragedy that the group experienced.
So who will be playing the iconic roles of Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins? Well we have KeKe Palmer portraying "Chilli", Lil Mama with the role of "Left Eye", and Drew Sidora as "T-Boz.
Production has wrapped up for the movie project and all with the support of Chili and T-Boz who acted on as consultants and executive producers. Get ready for the iconic looks and videos we all remember from TLC to be a part of the movie, releasing this coming fall. Also look out for the release of a new album later this year too.
Does the new cast look the part of the original TLC members?
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Playing basketball in the Midland Athletic League doesn't offer you second chances. The 11-team league featured a single round-robin format. Teams get one shot at each other, and if someone is looking for a second chance, they have to wait around for tournament time.
Feb. 11, Old Fort had its chance of pulling off a statement win against Calvert, but fell a little short.
Saturday, 11 days after their first encounter, Old Fort will get its second chance.
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Hopewell-Loudon's Courtney Burns (4) and Brooke Arbogast apply defensive pressure to Calvert's Nicole Bickley during the sectional semifinal game at Columbian Wednesday.
Both teams secured Saturday's date with wins Wednesday in Division IV sectional semifinals at Columbian.
Calvert opened up the night with a 67-51 win over Hopewell-Loudon. Old Fort followed up by holding off Monroeville for a 50-45 triumph.
It wasn't a second chance for Calvert against Hopewell-Loudon. The Senecas scored a 20-point win over their MAL rival earlier in the season.
Wednesday's win though was built off second chances.
And third chances.
And fourth chances.
And sometimes fifth chances.
Calvert enjoyed a 24-10 offensive rebounding edge over Hopewell-Loudon, with the tone being set on the game's very first possession.
Margaret Bowers grabbed four offensive rebounds on Calvert's first trip down the floor before finally finishing it with a basket. Seven of Bowers' 10 rebounds on the night came on the offensive end.
"I think one of our goals the last few games have been defensive and offensive rebounds to control the game. When we came out and we had 10 that first (quarter), it made everyone pumped up to get the game."
For Calvert coach Tim Ritzler, he said the rebounding was key to offset what he felt was an off shooting night.
"I didn't think we shot the ball real good," he said. "We had a lot of good looks I thought we missed, but we stuck with it. Kept pounding the glass and kept getting ourselves second and third opportunities. Eventually we got the ball in the basket and that's what we needed."
At halftime, Calvert already had three scorers - Nicole Bickley (12), Kate Brickner (11) and Taylor Ritzler (10) - in double figures, and enjoyed an 11-point lead at 38-27.
"We really thought we were better prepared this time around for them," Hopewell-Loudon coach Rod Daniel said. "We knew it was going to be a physical game and we just knew we had to keep them off the boards. And that just killed us early on. That first quarter we got in such a hole, rebounding and they're a very good foul shooting team and that hurt us also.
Brickner knocked down a pair of 3-pointers early in the second half and Lindsay Bickley hit a pair of baskets as the lead ballooned to 49-29.
Hopewell-Loudon began to chip away behind the shooting of Aleta Daniel, the inside play of Courtney Burns and excellent shooting from the foul line.
The lead was back to 11 starting the fourth and cut to nine after two Daniel free throws opened up the frame.
Offensive rebounds again came to Calvert's aid to end the run. Lindsay Bickley scored off a putback, then later pulled down an offensive board and dished it to Bowers for a bucket.
"We went in up 11 at the half and we really wanted to come out and extend the lead, and put the game away early," Ritzler said. "But credit to Hopewell, they didn't give up. They kept making plays, they started hitting some shots, they got some confidence going. Our girls, we settled down. They cut it to nine and we went on a 7-0 run, pushed it back up to 16 and took control of the game from there. It was a lot of smart passing and finishing the good looks we had."
"I think every time they made a little run of their own, we kind of had that little bit of more urgency to get to the next play, get to that next step," Bowers added. "Every time they made a run we pushed right back at them."
Daniel said he felt his team may have ran out of gas making the comeback.
"We had taken a timeout. We scored to get it down. We wanted them to know, 'Hey, you worked to get that deficit from 20 to nine in just minutes,'" he said. "We're an explosive team at the offensive end. There was a ton of time left. We spent a lot of energy to get it back down there and then we let them go a little run ... and couldn't get over that hump again."
Brickner finished with 19 to lead Calvert. Nicole Bickley had a double-double, scoring 16 while grabbing 10 boards. Ritzler finished with 15.
Daniel and Burns closed out great careers with the Chieftains. Daniel led the Chieftains (12-10) with 16 and Burns added 14.
Coach Daniel said those two, along with fellow senior Hope Brickner will be missed.
"Those three have really contributed to the program for us," he said. "It's tough when you got to come in and see them the way they are. They put a lot in. They've been with me the four years I've been here, so I've seen them grow as freshmen to seniors. They have definitely contributed and they're going to be missed."
In the nightcap, it looked as if Old Fort might run away with a win, especially after Alli Adelsperger grabbed the opening tip, raced to the hoop and scored the first points three seconds into the game.
But Monroeville stayed with the Stockaders most of the night. The game was tied for the seventh time, 21-21, midway through the second quarter. Old Fort, though, reeled off the next 12 points to open up a lead.
Mackenzie Ward led the charge. She had 17 of her 23 points in the first half as her team took a 10-point lead into halftime.
"They did a good job, they kept the pressure on," Old Fort coach Jennifer Miller said of her team. "We got a few steals and they did a good job of seeing the floor. Mackie Ward did a great job. If she doesn't score those 23 points, we don't win the game. She did a great job of coming out, she hit a lot of shots in the first and second quarter."
"I was making my shots," Ward said when asked about her big night. "My team was setting screens and I got open shots and I took them."
Those 23 points were a career-high for the Old Fort freshman.
"She has a great jump shot and it's been hit or miss this year," Miller said. "We tell her keep working on it, 'cause she takes off the dribble so well. She can get the shot she wants and it fell tonight. Good for her, for her hard work."
Old Fort had the lead up to 13 early in the fourth quarter, but Monroeville began to battle back. The Eagles scored 10-straight to get within three with 44 seconds to go.
The Stockaders struggled from the foul line in the fourth quarter, letting Monroeville get back into the game. But they made the shots they needed to close it out.
"We really had to pick up our defense," Ward said. "Make sure we played clean D and get stops."
For Miller, the win is nice after the struggles her team endured a year ago.
"We got a tournament win," she said. "Looking back from last year, 1-22, didn't win our tournament game, got beat right off the bat. Right now we're 15-7 and we got our tournament win. The game, we won. Thank God. We didn't make free throws in the end and that could've really hurt us. But my guards took care of the ball when we needed to."
Peyton Miller and Jordan Magers each scored eight to back up Ward.
Old Fort and Calvert will play Saturday in the second game of a sectional final doubleheader back at Columbian, following New Riegel and St. Paul.


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dude WTF whata douchebag the game sucked & thhe one kid who enjoyed it got killed thats so F*cked up
According to wii.qj.net, another "killing over a video game" has developed among the the news...apparently some cracked 25 yr old killed a 9 yr old FOR...a Tony Hawk game...these reporting's on Killing over a video game like are stupid. Like have "these" people never heard of "its ONLY a game...and not real life. True I enjoyed video games as a kid as the next guy or gal, and yes my first system was an Intellivision and first got my hands on it when i was 3, 4 or 5 down in the basement, played D 7 D daily for 1 or 2 hrs, and my dad got a N.E.S for him and one for me, so the Nintendo was like father & son bonding time which ruled i thought...But I never thought "murdering someone just for a video game, these "insane" people are real dumb asses.
Poor kid...had to get whacked just for a vid. game...poor kid,
Anthony Maldonado was a nine year old boy who loved the PlayStation. On Christmas, he received his very own PlayStation and spent the whole night playing Tony Hawk Ride. It would be on the same night that he would be stabbed to death over the game.
The suspect: one Alejandro Morales. a 25 year old resident of New York City. According to the report, the boy was still playing his PlayStation at around 3AM when two of his relatives went out to buy some snacks. The police assumes that this is when the argument started between the boy and the suspect, and that a struggle might have occurred. This was gleaned from the multiple stabs and bruises found on the boy's body.
The victim even made it to the doorway of his uncle's bedroom, where he eventually collapsed. He was then rushed to St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital, where he passed away from his injuries within the hour.
Our condolences to the Maldonado family. It truly is a tragic way to start the new year.
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i never played it wasn't into the tony hawk games.


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7:00 a.m. Room
ABC is coming today. Fingers crossed… I think it's an Iraqi crew.
Wait a minute: Is there an Iraqi Diane Sawyer?
My $1,200 embeddery tuxedo, a/k/a the bulletproof vest, has ink marks all over it. (It's hard trying to take notes in a bouncing Humvee.) Do they make Laundromats for body armor?
My picks for the FOBball Touch-Tourney are falling flat. If you're scoring at home, Seymour-Miller-Thomas-Nooney beat Egan-Sharpe-Haffey-Doolin, and Barnard-Slaughter-Parker-Borcellino beat Miller-Hoffman-Saing-Miller. (For Robert Miller, a perfect day; his Eagles get bounced, then he does.)
It rained last night. Puddles everywhere. And it's cold outside. I feel like a feeb, complaining, especially when you're from the city that always wins the Golden Snowball award. But when you're used to 80 degrees all the time, 50 feels like 30.
If only 50 felt like 30 in life, eh?
The guys are anxious about preparing to leave FOB Independence. Everybody is getting uprooted. Soldiers are walking around with huge bags. They won't go for a while, but there's something about packing that always leaves you with one foot out the door.
They had a brief worry about a car bomb yesterday at the front gate. Turned out to be a false alarm. But it's the constant reminder of how fast everything can change.
Wait a minute: If we bring democracy to Iraq, does that mean they also get an Iraqi Diane Sawyer?


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And the moon became blood. HAHAHA!
this is probably my favorite piece on DBH right now, would definitely buy
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congrats looks amazing
I like this. Congrats.
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Good Print!
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very nice print, congratulations
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congrats man
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Loves it, loves it, I'm gonna rock this one so hard!! awesome print, congrats INDZ!
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GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — It was proposed at the state level that schools that continue to offer half day kindergarten programs would receive half the per-pupil funding than those who offer full day kindergarten.
One expert described the debate between full day and half day kindergarten a complicated one.
Readers took opposite sides on the issue.
0000000 wrote:
There is no education bashing here. There is no excuse for cutting funding for kindergarthen simply because kids go half a day. First, a kindergarten teacher has to have more education and training to be a kindergarten teacher than for other grades, secondly, kids of kindergarten age are to young to be held a full school day, thirdly, many if not most kids of kindergarten age have not had previous out of home schooling experience. Leave kindergarten alone, leave the funding intact, it just might be the most important school year of a kids educational life.
Jay wrote:
When my son was in half days I felt it was a huge pain in the butt. And he was just fine and could have done full days with no problem. When I went to Kindergarten we did whole days and it was awesome!
thisonegirl wrote:
I had half-day kindergarten and I did perfectly fine in the following grades. Of course, this was back in 1995 so who knows what kids are learning or need to be prepared for these days. We definitely didn't have computers. We had flash cards for words and numbers and story time with some playtime and nap time in between. The only reason I wanted to stay for full-day was because they got to eat lunch at school while all the half-day kids got ready to go home. I don't know...I don't have kids so I can only comment with personal experience.
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What's wrong with doing what's right for the kids?
Let the local communities make their own decision. Too much top down management going on.
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"We are taking 3-D cell cultures to the next step," said Bill Anderson, president and CEO of Synthecon.
Approximately two decades ago, the Johnson Space Center at NASA developed a new type of cell culture system based on the principle of clinorotation, in which slow rotation of a fluid-filled culture vessel leads to the nullification of the gravitational forces. This low-shear, low-turbulence growth environment allows cells to adopt phenotypes that are normally not observed during growth in 2-D cultures. One of these phenotypes is the creation of 3-D structures that resemble in vivo tissues.
Synthecon further designed and patented several innovations to this application and is currently marketing a rotating wall vessel bioreactor, known as Rotary Cell Culture System (RCCS), which allows users to grow dynamic cultures in which the matrix, suspended in a fluid bath, promotes 3-D cell growth.
By using the rotating wall vessel bioreactor, investigators have shown that Huh7 hepatoma cells grown in 3-D rotating wall vessels are morphologically and functionally different than the same cells grown in 2-D cultures. These cells became permissive for hepatitis C virus infection, which allowed investigation of the infection process.
Additionally, RCCS technology enables several cell types to be co-cultured to generate relevant 3-D tissues. "The ability to co-culture multiple cell types to form physiologically relevant tissues really sets Synthecon apart from the rest of the 3-D technologies in the field that only support 3-D monoculture on matrix," emphasized Anderson.
While 3-D cell culture promises to re-shape the way we approach many questions in life sciences, it is still a technology under continuous development and improvement.
"Three-dimensional is not the end of the challenge," explained Dr. Bissell. "Everything is context-dependent and tissue- and organ-specific. We need 3-D models for every organ, and these will be different in terms of their requirements and their complexity. We need to understand the physiology and the biology of each organ we are working on, and we cannot be answering universal questions with one model system."
The need to use the most relevant and most informative in vitro models for each individual scientific question is a priority in all fields of investigation. Three-dimensional cell culture will catalyze significant changes in many areas and will pave the tortuous but rewarding road of scientific discovery, which still harbors so much unknown. As Lewis Thomas eloquently wrote a few decades ago, "Biological science…is under way, but only just under way."
Founded just three years ago a New Brunswick, NJ-based high-tech firm is already making its mark in the area of 3-D cell culture devices for stem cell/tissue engineering and drug discovery applications. 3D Biotek bases its approach on precision 3-D microfabrication technology and advanced biomanufacturing techniques, according to company officials.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently reported that it will use 3D Biotek's polycaprolactone scaffolds (3D Insert™–PCL) as Reference 3-D Tissue Scaffolds. This came right after Marika Bergenstock, Ph.D., a post-doc research associate working in a 3D Biotek lab, received a STAR award from the Society for Biomaterials for her paper—"Engineered Polystyrene Scaffolds For In Vitro Three-Dimensional Disease Models."
Last year, 3D Biotek won the NJ Technology Council Award as the "2009 Incubator Company to Watch" and a $195,000 Edison Innovation R&D grant from the NJ Commission on Science and Technology to develop bioactive bone and cartilage repairing scaffolds.
Qing Liu, Ph.D., company founder and CEO, believes the secret to the firm's rapid growth is the result of a combination of hard work and a little bit of luck.
"Each employee is dedicated to making the company a great success," he said. "Also, 3D Biotek's management team chose the right direction to move forward, creating successful partnerships and collaborations and bringing novel and indispensable products to the market."
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NCAA Football
Rose Bowl: Stanford Cardinal vs. Michigan State Spartans
Stanford is making their second straight appearance in the Rose Bowl, and are looking to handle Michigan State in the same way the took care of Wisconsin last year. That is easier said than though, as the Spartans are head and shoulder better than last season's Big 10 champ. They have the best defense in the country, and over the season have improved their offense. The Cardinal have a solid defense themselves, and have leaned on it to win a few games over the course of the season. Because of the great defenses, and the run-oriented offenses, this should be another hard-hitting, smash-mouth game.
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Smaller films get chance at spotlight
Few major kudo shows allow for the kind of spectacles enjoyed at the Spirit Awards.
Keanu Reeves arrived on a motorcycle in 1999. Hilary Swank has rolled in on a bike. During the show, you'll always find nominees sneaking cigarettes — or, one year, ice cream sundaes provided by a sponsor — outside the tent.
The show itself is freewheeling, allowing for rowdy, run-on speeches and the occasional F-bomb.
There are even sing-alongs.
When the indie film ceremony gets a one-day jump on the Oscars tomorrow, it is likely to again serve up a mix of willfully relaxed attire, cheeky dialogue and backstage shenanigans.
Selected by committees and announced in late November, the Spirit Awards nominations also get about a 1½-month head start on the Oscar noms.
The result this year yielded moderate overlap with the Academy's selections: "Juno" is the only film to vie for the big prize in both kudos shows. Cate Blanchett is the sole thesp to also be nominated for the same film at the Oscars (supporting for "I'm Not There"). Philip Seymour Hoffman, in contrast, will be attending both shows — but in the case of the Spirits for his lead role in "The Savages" and the Oscars for his supporting part in "Charlie Wilson's War."
This allows for lesser-known indies to vie in categories such as male lead (where Pedro Castaneda represents "August Evening") and supporting ("Great World of Sound's" Kene Holliday). It also allowed for Ang Lee's Chinese-language "Lust, Caution" to receive three nominations.
Qualifying films must fall under some specific "indie" guidelines. The Spirits' rules call for "a uniqueness of vision; original, provocative subject matter; economy of means; and a percentage of financing from independent sources."
A budget ceiling of $20 million in addition to other financial guidelines ruled out multi-Oscar nominees such as "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country for Old Men," which otherwise may have qualified under the creative parameters.
IFC Films topper Jonathan Sehring says the Spirit Awards in recent years have been "inclusive — they're not just focused on studio specialty division stuff."
But while IFC has three nominations, including one in the feature category ("Paranoid Park"), the distributors leading the nominations are still the majors' specialty arms. Fox Searchlight notched up the most noms with 11, followed by Focus Features, Miramax and Paramount Vantage, each with five. (Born-again indie the Weinstein Co. also scored five.)
Still, some indies that got love from the Academy were completely shut out of the Spirits. In particular, "Away From Her" and "Lars and the Real Girl" didn't make the cut.
But when the initial round of nominations is made by committee, it's much easier for films to fall by the wayside when a few strong voices can champion some films and rule out others.
Bingham Ray, who has served on several Spirit nominating committees and whose company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment backed "Lars," says, "When you have a group of people on a nominating committee — and there could be as many as 19 people — some films resonate deeply and some are a real fight."
Ray jokes that he sparred with feature nominating committee member Larry Gross when he spied him at Sundance in January, but claims to hold no grudge.
Ray chaired the foreign language committee for this year's Spirit Awards and takes some pride in the selections they made. "It was a very intimate process," he says. "Everyone on the committee had a lot of passion."
Films that notoriously didn't make the Academy's foreign final five — most notably Palme d'Or winner "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" and "Persepolis" — are invited to the indie kudo show. Some that made it into the Spirits' foreign film category weren't eligible for the Oscars, including English-language Irish film "Once" and French-made "Lady Chatterley," which was not the official Gallic submission ("Persepolis" was).
"Our rules are confusing to people because they're not like the Academy's," says Dawn Hudson, exec director of Film Independent, the org behind the Spirits. A film such as "Once" made the cut because it was foreign-made with primarily non-U.S. creatives.
For a foreign-language film to be considered in other Spirit categories, two out of three creatives must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, Hudson says. "A lot of international films qualify as American indies every year, but this year it was even more so. We embrace that universal, global view. There's no penalty for that. Julian Schnabel making a film in French: Great!"
Schnabel's France-set "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was made for about $10 million, so it qualified under the Spirits' financial rules and scored four noms. Multi-Oscar nominee "La Vie en rose," however, didn't qualify at all because of its larger budget.
Another area where the Spirit Awards got a jump on the Oscars was in securing an early WGA waiver for the ceremony. Film Independent and the producers got the go-ahead before the strike started for both the show writers and the clips to be used.
"We couldn't afford not to know," Hudson says. "Producers Diana Zahn-Storey and John Hamilton began speaking to the WGA very, very early. We go by that indie film rule: You don't have money, but you have time."
What: 23rd annual Spirit Awards
When: Saturday; lunch at 12:30 p.m., show at 2 p.m. PT live on IFC; 10 p.m. on AMC
Where: In a tent on Santa Monica Beach at Barnard Way
Who: Honorary chair Javier Bardem; presenters include Alan Arkin, Maria Bello, Patricia Clarkson, Forest Whitaker and Tom Wilkinson; 1,400 guests


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OPELIKA, Alabama -- A woman told police her vehicle was taken from her while she was at the car wash, a man reported the soft-side doors of his Jeep were stolen while he was in the grocery and two people who live in the 100 block of Columbus Parkway reported burglaries where intruders tore open their ceilings, according to Opelika Police Department crime reports made available today.
- The victim of a robbery told police her car was taken from her just before 4 p.m. Monday while she was at the Goo Goo Car Wash, 1701 Pepperell Parkway. She said she was approached by a subject from behind who threatened to shoot her if she screamed. The subject then took her car, which was located a short time later near the dead end of York Avenue. The victim's purse had been gone through and her cell phone and some cash were missing. The suspect was described as a black male in his late 20s or early 30s, around 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds with a thick build and short scruffy facial hair. He was wearing a black hooded jacket with writing on the front of it and a black toboggan. The investigation continues by the Opelika Police Department Investigative Services Division, according to Lt. Bruce DeLong.
- A burglary and theft of property occurred in the 100 block of Columbus Parkway between 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15, and 6:30 p.m. on 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Victim reported someone forcibly entered the residence, damaged the ceiling, and removed the copper wiring. There are no suspects.
- A burglary and criminal mischief occurred in the 100 block of Columbus Parkway between 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. The victim reported someone forcibly entered the residence and tore some of the ceiling down. Nothing appeared to be missing from the residence. There are no suspects.
- A theft of property occurred in the parking lot of the Kroger, 2450 Enterprise Drive, on Monday night just before 10 p.m. The victim reported his vehicle was parked in the parking lot and someone stole both black, soft-side doors off of his Jeep Wrangler. There are no suspects.


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Music Muse: Fresh Beat Kids, Village People on way
The Erie-area concert scene heats up something fierce starting Saturday when Steely Dan plays at Presque Isle, followed next week by CelebrateErie with Cheap Trick, Who's Bad -- the Ultimate Michael Jackson tribute, Sawyer Brown and an Erie all-star music salute to late-period Beatles and their best-known solo material. Then, there's the Crawford County Fair with Hunter Hayes and Lee Brice.
Looks like the scene won't cool off in the fall. The Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line concert for Oct. 9 sold out in about an hour. And more shows are on the way.
Tickets go on sale Friday for two polar-opposite ones: The Fresh Beat Band, a Nickelodeon sensation, and insult comedian Lisa Lampanelli. Somewhere in the middle are the Village People, also headed here.
Fresh Beat Band play the Warner Theatre on Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Kiki, Marina, Twist and Shout will present their greatest hits tour, which means youngsters are in for a night with "Bananas," "Great Day," "Here We Go" and their cover of the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian," among other songs.
Justin Bieber, Jason Mraz, Wayne Brady and Ne-Yo are among the stars who've hung out with the Fresh Beats and the group is beloved by many celebrity parents.
Tickets ($40.75, $30.75) go on sale Friday at noon at Erie Insurance Arena box office, 452-4857 and at www.erieevents.com.
Lampanelli, as noted last week, plays the Warner on Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. Lampanelli's shock humor pokes fun at virtually every ethnic group and minority, often using stereotypes to drive home her point: We are all humans. Being an equal-opportunity offender is important, she told me last January before her show in Salamanca, N.Y.
"It's like the great equalizer," she said. "So everyone, when you come in, no matter who you are, knows that you're fair game. I think that's good."
Tickets range from $33.50 to $66 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Village People will headline an Eriest Halloween Bash with special guest the Groove on Oct. 30 at the Bayfront Convention Center.
That party will also include costume contests with various categories, including most outrageous and most like the Village People.
Tickets, available now, range from $20 to $50. The latter price includes a meet-and-greet with the band.
The Halloween Bash is sponsored by Headline Events (an Erie Times-News venture), which also puts on the Rock Erie Music Awards and other events. For more info, visit www.headlineevents.com.
Speaking of REMA, it's not too late to enter. Submissions will be accepted through Aug. 20 for the awards, scheduled Sept. 28 at the Bayfront Convention Center.
Artists can enter by visiting www.rockeriemusicawards.com. Album and song of the year nominees must be mailed to, or dropped off at, Times Publishing Company, 205 W. 12th St., Erie, Pa., 16534.
Voting begins Aug. 25 and runs through Sept. 7 -- a short window, yes, but just one vote per person is allowed, anyway.


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Co-op Longstore Locale staff walk 15 miles Co-op 2 Co-op in aid of the GSPCA
On Saturday Manager Mr Ian Cuthbertson and a team of the Co-op Longstore Locale staff walked in aid of GSPCA.
The 2014 'Co-op 2 Co-op' walk took 8 hours and the staff taking part paid a visit to every Co-op retail outlet in Guernsey, some 15 miles in all.
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager asked Co-op Longstore Locale Manager Mr Ian Cuthbertson how it all went and here is his reply "It all went very well thanks, we'd finished by 16:00 hrs, some 8 hours walking from shop to shop."
"Got a little wet in St Martins mid morning, but otherwise it was perfect walking conditions."
"People were stopping and donating as they drove past, it was a great day."
"We have raised £1,100 so far, but we hope to raise £1500 in total."
"We have left the buckets in the shop for another couple of weeks, so it might be more to be honest."
"Well done team, great effort."
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said "We are extremely grateful from the GSPCA to all of the team from the Co-op Longstore Locale store that took part in the 15 mile 'Co-op 2 Co-op' walk on Saturday and to all that donated towards their fantastic achievement."
"We have nearly 300 animals in our care and have helped well over 2000 already this year at the GSPCA and every penny really does help make a difference."
"We love to hear from anyone that would like to help raise funds for the animals at the GSPCA and please do get in touch if you would like to help or you can find out lots of details on our web site."
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Matt Bell - In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods
Colfax Avenue: Critically acclaimed writer Matt Bell will read from and sign his debut novel In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods (Soho), a fantastical book which tells the story of a newly married couple who take up a lonely existence in the title's mythical location. Bell's novel is about marriage, parenthood, and the dreams parents have for their children—as well as what happens to a marriage whose success is measured solely by the children it produces, or else the grief that marks their absence.
"Matt Bell does not write sentences—he writes spells. He is not a novelist—he is a mystic. ~Benjamin Percy
"It's hard to imagine a book more difficult to pull off, but Bell proves as self-assured as he is audacious.... Bell's novel isn't just a joy to read, it's also one of the smartest meditations on the subjects of love, family and marriage in recent years...." ~NPR
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Veggie Pride Parade
Toronto is well-known for its Pride Parade. We have the biggest LBGT Pride Parade in the world. Which is why it is the perfect city to start pushing a whole new kind of pride: Veggie Pride. Today the second-annual Veggie Pride Parade was held in downtown Toronto. The parade ends with everyone chowing down… so … Continue reading


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Though it's not exactly recession-friendly, Aaron Spelling's mansion will be perfect for the right person – someone looking for the bragging rights of owning the most expensive home for sale in the United States.
How much? His widow, Candy, is putting the expansive home, called "The Spelling Manor," on the market for a whopping $150 million.
The largest home in Los Angeles County, the French chateau-style property has 56,000 square feet of space and is settled on 5 acres of land.
"This house is the equivalent of a mid-sized hotel," Spelling tells PEOPLE. "It's a lot of work."
The manse requires an army of gardeners, security personnel and housekeepers, and boasts a bowling alley, wine cellar, three gift-wrapping rooms, library, gym, screening room and humidity-controlled silver storage room, among many others. Also on-site? A tennis court, fountains, a water fall, a pool and spa, a reflecting pool and 16 car ports.
"I have wonderful memories here," Spelling sighs. "But I feel like it's a new chapter in my life – and it's just me in this big house!"
With reporting by MAUREEN HARRINGTON
Candy Spelling's Home on the Market for $150 Million
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Mark me as another naysayer about the doings at Heritage Landing last week (Coast West Music Festival, July 1-6).
From the start I found the very name illiterate and unworthy. If they wished to use Latin syntax why not go all the way and call the beer-bash "Festival Costa Oeste", that way the country music lovers would avoid the cutesy "Coast West" and learn a little Spanish too!
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ECOSS and the Powerful Neighborhoods program are currently serving multi-family buildings in Seattle City Light's service area. If you would like to participate in the program please call the Powerful Neighborhoods multilingual phone line at 877-311-8752 or e-mail SCL_Install(at)Seattle.Gov to schedule an appointment. All products and installation services are free.
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I know this is a bit of a silly topic, but I'm always happy to talk about silly things.
What are your inspirations for your own version of FemShep?
Movie characters? TV characters? Novel characters?
I'm going to admit that my answers are probably a little oddball here:
-Jenny Shepard from NCIS.
NCIS is a bit of a guilty pleasure, I have to admit.
-Marge from Fargo.
...Yep, Marge.
So - what about you? :3
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Physically, Damara was originally supposed to be an Emma Watson lookalike, but she eventually became her own entity.
Her personality is my own creation, but takes cues from Mary Shannon (In Plain Sight) and Kate Beckett (Castle).
Appearance-wise, my Sheps are pretty much all their own people. Personality's a different story.
A lot of the time, I don't even notice when I'm being influenced by something, and it takes stepping back and taking a good, hard look at the character for me to see it. I think my first clue was when, while playing as my Canon!Shep (Vi), I realized her internal voice sounded a whole lot like Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (see: Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost In The Shell). It doesn't hurt that her voice and Hale's are very similar, pitch-wise.
Then I started noticing things. The maroon eyes. The nakama. The "screw with me or my crew, and I will mess your shit up" attitude. The snark. The hair-trigger temper. The unresolved sexual tension with her arch-nemesis.
Somewhere along the line, possibly while I was busy doodling and taking screenshots, Shepard had metamorphosed into some kind of horrible amalgam of Malcolm Reynolds, Starbuck, Ellen Ripley and Aeon freaking Flux.It was kind of a "holy shit, what have I done?" moment.
Thing is, now I have a hard time picturing her as anything else. Bugger. >.>
Well, Renee Shepard has long been my main FemShep, and I've had a short list of who has influenced my ideas of her.
1. My good friend Amanda. She's a redheaded woman who's genuinely good, with a mischievous streak. Also, some of the personality items from her have come into Renee.
2. Honor Harrington. It's mostly that I'd read all of the books published to date before I started playing, but I'm not sure any woman commanding a fictional starship can not be compared to Honor. They're both very strong willed women quite capable as both ship commanders and personal combatants. Although I've got a feeling Renee would beat Honor at the gun range, while Honor's height and strength advantage would be overwhelming up close.
3. VADM John D. Bulkeley. World War II PT Boat commander. About one of the most bad-ass people to have lived. From stealing an Ambassador's briefcase, to hauling MacArthur out of the Philippines, and finishing the war as CO of a destroyer, he'd be the sort of person you'd make a game about. His final assignment as Chief of the Board of Inspection and Survey, into the 1980's he would find the nastiest places on a ship to inspect. I could see Shepard being the crusty old officer who tears fleets new ones.
Somehow, I've managed to build 5 Femsheps and 4 Mansheps all with their own looks and personalities, but my "canon" Shep is, of course, just based on me. Well, me as Femshep. I named her Elliot (I was having a bit of a Scrubs phase at the time), she's bleached blonde, beautiful, nicknamed Soldier Barbie (for obvious reasons). Personality-wise, she's just like me; paragon, generally pleasant and morally correct, but with a quick temper - if you mess her around, she'll kick you in the throat and demand her money back. And she HATES batarians.
One of my others is worth a mention too... I basically modelled her off Han Solo, so she's cocky, arrogant, full of belief in her own awesomeness (not without cause, she's my only Shepard of the 9 who kept everyone alive on the SM), but very much morally straight. In a piece of background fanfic I did for her (she's a War Hero, by the way), I wrote out a transcript of an interview she did upon receiving her medal for the Elysium heroics, in which she admitted "I was half drunk that day, and they still couldn't get past me. If I'd been sober, then by the time reinforcements showed up, all they would've been was me sitting next to a pile of dead guys, smoking a cigarette and sipping on some Serrice Brandy, yelling 'What time do you call this?'"
Actually my main Shepard (Angelina) is also a character that I have created in other games, and RPGs under differant names,etc. Her inspiration just comes from I guess strong independent attractive females, but who also have a soft side. With what I'm trying to go for, even if in the Mass Effect games she looks like someone, there really isn't a few actresses or models that I can pinpoint her likeliness too, but many whom I have taken small bits, and pieces from. Her physical look is kinda suppose to be a tribute to alot of Science fiction shows, and movies mainly in the Red hair, and Blue eyes which are actually suppose to be White designer contacts (I'm getting a new PC in a few weeks, so I'll probably show new pics, of what I really want her to look like since I have ME2 on my steam account). She is also intended to be a rather physically imposing female, but I can't do that because the game doesn't allow anymore modification than the Head region. Angelina would probably be around 6'0 tall, and 155lbs; a combat specialist, I usually always have her as a Soldier. Her ethnic background is suppose to be Italian/Greek, I have a thing for People from regions around the Mediterranean so that played into a factor of her dark complexion. Her Personality is majority Paragon, but if she has to push a few buttons, and go fully renegade to get the job done, she will.
My 'canon' Shepard is inspired by, well, Shepard. Starting the game, I observed the character, how she behaved and how other characters reacted to her, and started to build from there. As far as morality choices go, I mostly picked the ones I personally would have picked, were I in Shepard's situation. So she was not a fully developed character before I started playing, but became one on the way.
My ruthless renegade Shepard I'm currently playing is at least partially based on some of the anecdotes one hears in my country, when people are defending Finland's conscription. We're told cautionary tales of how in countries with all-volunteer military, many of the people who end up serving are those who don't really have any other options (no access/ability for formal education, for example), and who consequently might not be the 'right' people for military service.
Of course, it is possible that all my Shepards are influenced in ways I'm not aware of. There might for example be a bit of BSG in some of them. I'm however doing my best to make sure they are their own characters, not too strongly based on anything/anyone pre-existing.
Well, appearence-wise I kinda slapped together most appealing parts and gave a random name that came out of my head, which frankly turned out to be a male name - Jaden.I admit that all my RPG characters have one thing in common- blue eyes.
But biography-wise, when I played with her for the first time I never paid attention to it... after some time passed and I started watching Jaden, pay attention to things other characters say about her and BAAAM, story started appearing.
My major inspiration is Astrid Magnussen from "White Oleander" movie. Insecure girl is taken away from careless but happy life and toughens up against life odds, breaks from her mother's control and becomes free, doing what she liked to do.
My primary FemShep, Braea, was initially based on the light-side jedi I played in SW: KotOR. (Her name was Braea, too, thanks to the random name generator.) From there, I evolved a version of her personality that I thought would fit the ME universe better (she's not nearly as goody-two-shoes as the jedi) and ran with it.
I'm now working on a second FemShep very roughly based on a dominatrix/super-spy character from an old-ish and obscure (and pretty terrible overall, really) fighting game. ;)


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August 23rd, 2013
At the turn of the last century French artist August Rodin celebrated the very act of thinking with this bronze sculpture. Little did he know just how iconic the pose would become, an elegant, literal representation of the contemplative life. The sculpture has been copied, imitated, and parodied for a century (my favourite is a Steve Colbert-headed truthiness version). To our jaded eyes it has achieved the order of kitsch, but anyone who went to high school still recognizes the original.
Rodin was living in an age much more disposed to the value of thinking than ours seems to be. He was French, after all, raised in a culture that boasted a Descartes, Diderot, Compte, and so on. There was nothing radical or startling about The Thinker. The piece is notable for its mastery of bronze, its appreciation of the male form with its taut muscular structure and well-proportioned geometry of the body. It was by no means a barn-burning statement or challenge to received wisdom. It was in itself about wisdom.
At the risk of sounding cynical it is hard to believe that any such comparable statement of the value of the very act of thinking could emerge in our own time. 21st century sculpture is by turns extremely abstract or informed by new technologies. Figural sculpture is often an expression of the tortured, not the calm, life of the mind. Things change, sure. Rodin and his cohort were living in a pre-tech time, with fewer distractions and far fewer pressures on the body. Who's got time to think anymore, anyway?
But have we actually given up on the value of thinking?
In the last month or so, during the usual sleepy summer diversions, news has been pretty steadily circulating about the closing down of arts and humanities programs all over Canada and the USA. This week the University of Alberta announced it was moving to close 20 such programs, including music and language majors. At Mount Royal University down the road in Calgary theatre-arts and journalism programs have been eliminated. To my knowledge, these and other targeted arts programs are fading without so much as a whisper, let alone a bang. The rationale for all of these cuts is, of course, economic. Classes are small, enrolment is thin, and so it is easy to justify their elimination. Courses in the humanities have always been opportunities for thinking through and about problems, not necessarily solving them. And, to be sure, they have never promised to lead directly or obviously to a vocation. This is the rub. Vocationalism dominates university culture now, and while I do think we have an obligation to be honest and responsible to our students about the job market, we need to balance that against providing a space and time for the contemplative ideal.
Writing in the New Republic this week, Christina H. Paxton, President of Brown University, tries to make an "economic case for the humanities." She joins several other leading administrators and academics who have recently taken a shot at defending the humanities. Her essay is a variation on a common theme: we need people trained in the humanities because a progressive civilization depends on it. She cites the great intellectuals and inventors who came up through a humanities education, and underscores the importance of understanding the world in all of its complexity. Knowing a lot about Latin America is important in view of the changing nature of that region, and so closing down language departments is a step backwards.
Notwithstanding some of the ways she links education to outcomes, I like the way Paxton actually avoids making an economic case for the humanities and instead insists on the value of thinking, of taking one's time to be educated without clear or measurable results. Too many defences of the humanities incline towards arguments based on their practical or applied value—you know, like making the world more democratic. Really?
Maybe it's time we stopped trying so hard to say that a humanities education leads to this and that career or this and that utilitarian or lofty purpose. Instead, let's stress the value of thinking—just thinking, for its own sake.
Dr. Faye Murrin is Dean pro tempore of the School of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Biology. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) at Memorial University, her M.Sc. at Acadia University, and her Ph.D. at Queen's University. Her research interests have always been focused on fungi, in particular the cell biology of insect pathogenic fungi and, more recently, the ecology of mycorrhizal mushrooms in the boreal forest. Dr. Murrin has served in a number of positions on the Council of the Mycological Society of America and was awarded the title of MSA Fellow for her contributions. She was awarded the Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Membership Award as founding co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Summer Program. Dr. Murrin participates in public lectures and workshops, and is a Director on the board of Newfoundland Foray, Inc.


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Ole Miss did a lot of chirping this week and T.J. Yeldon's long TD run should put an end to it. He breaks through the line, puts a nasty spin move on the defender and takes it to the house! What a great play.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
The following incidents were obtained from the Goose Creek Police Department and Berkeley County Sheriff's Office:
• A Ladson woman reported a criminal domestic violence and larceny incident on a recent night. She said she was at a bookstore in North Charleston and when she left the subject, whom she knows, followed her home. Before she could get out of her vehicle the subject opened her door, grabbed her phone from her hands and fled. She said she had not been with the subject for a while and was avoiding him. The deputy did not observe any marks or bruises from the altercation on the victim.
• A Goose Creek woman reported an assault on a recent night after an incident on Redbank Road in which she says she was riding in a vehicle when the subject shoved her in the chest and poured beer on her. The deputy responded to her Surfside Drive residence and did not observe any marks or injuries to the victim who said she did not wish to press charges.
• A Ladson man filed a report after his truck was stolen three days prior and had since been recovered by the Walterboro Police Department. The victim picked up his truck from a wrecker company in Green Pond. He noticed his prescription medication of Adderall and Oxycodone, wire cutters, a chop saw and a toolbox with various tools were missing. The missing items have an estimated value of $600.
• The manager of a steel company reported that over $18,000 in scrap metal had been stolen from Alliance Drive in past incidents. The scrap metal was discovered to be missing during a recent inventory.
Other employees reviewed surveillance video and saw on six occasions an unauthorized pickup truck approached the area where the items were stored and departed a short time later with an obvious lowering in the cargo bed indicating heavy items were acquired on site. The incidents occurred on April 14 at 11:36 a.m., on April 20 at 9:20 a.m., 9:40 a.m. and 10:43 a.m. and May 5 at 7:49 a.m. and 8:07 a.m.
The suspect vehicle is a white extended cab pickup truck with a black roof, hood and bed. The truck in the May 5 incident is black.
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Friday, May 9, 2014
Teacher Appreciation Week is a time students show their gratitude for their teachers, but at Summerville Elementary School instructors got more than just a thank you to start off their week.
Appreciation Week started May 5 and at Summerville Elementary the celebration kicked off with a visit from the Kickin Chicken corporate group.
To give back to teachers Kickin Chicken provided lunch for faculty and staff at the school, prepared fresh for employees to come pick up in the parking lot.
Meg Watson, corporate director of marketing for Kickin Chicken, said the restaurant chain picked different schools in the Charleston area to provide lunch for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Each school selected is one that happens to be near a Kickin Chicken location. Summerville Elementary was selected for Dorchester District Two because, Watson said, the corporation is already familiar with the school, having participated in coupon give-aways at events such as the schools end-of-the-year awards celebration.
However, this is the first time Summerville Elementary has gotten such a visit for Teacher Appreciation Week. Were hoping to grow it next year, she said. Were just getting our feet wet and seeing how it works for the school.
The Kickin Chicken truck known as the Chicken Coupe served lunch May 5 from 10 a.m. to noon. Teachers had pre-filled menu cards for their orders, which were made fresh inside the truck and then handed off to teachers as they arrived.
Many teachers and faculty wrote little notes such as, Thank you so much for doing this on their menu cards.
Employees got to pick from delicacies including wraps, nuggets, salads and a choice side of potato salad, chips or French fries.
Watson said the Kickin Chicken corporation was happy to provide lunch in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week.
Its just reaching out to the community that supports us, she said.
Keiko Hamilton, a special education assistant at Summerville Elementary, was excited about the lunch.
Its very nice, she said. Its a great showing. We love Kickin Chicken.
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Mario Pikus, painter and sculptor, won his first Art Award at age 8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. By his teen years, he was participating in group shows and painting commissioned murals. As a young man, Mario traveled to New York City to meet the only living Paris of the 20's artist, the renowned Cubist sculptor, Jacques Lipchitz. Lipchitz believed Mario to be an artistic genius, and became his mentor. Lipchitz compared Mario to the expressionist painter Chaim Soutine. Through Lipchitz, Mario met his most significant collectors, Lester Avnet and William Mazer. Mario moved to Soho and later Tribeca in New York City, where he created in his artist's studio. In the 1970's and 80's, Mario became an activist in fighting for the legal rights of artists to both work and live in their loft spaces. He was involved in court battles for many years, but victoriously was responsible for case law and legislation that protected thousands of artists in their lofts. This protracted struggle for the artists' homes resulted in one of Mario's largest exhibitions held in Soho, entitled "Pictures of an Eviction". Currently residing in Rancho Mirage, CA, Mario brings to his work his unique bursts of color, emotion and intensity. His most recent oil paintings and sculptures combine with innovation, discipline and freedom the elements of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism and Cubism. Mario has completed many commissioned artworks for collectors and celebrities. Mario's mediums include Oil Paintings, Pastel & Ink Drawings, and wood & metal Sculptures. Mario is the innovator of a new sculpture artform called "Harley-ism". His unique metal sculptures are created from discarded Harley Davidson motorcycle parts. Each sculpture, rather than being welded, is bolted together by the artist to create perfect balance of weight and form. Finishing touches of colors – red, yellow, orange paints, are then applied. The final art is abstract versions of horses, musicians, dancers, & other persona. He is currently working on a new series of horse sculptures called "Sturgis Stampede". In Spring, 2009, Mario was awarded Best of Show at the Palm Springs Art Museum for his sculpture entitled "The New Ride". In Nov. 2009, Mario was the artist chosen for an amazing installation of his paintings & sculptures at the Dennis Lambert concert at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA. The fund-raiser starred Lambert, Natalie Cole, The Commodores, Connie Stevens, The Players and many other legendary singers. Mario was the featured artist in April 2010 at Cabot Museum's Earth Day for his use of recycled materials, and the first One Man Exhibit (paintings, sculptures, & drawings) at the new David Blank Gallery in Palm Desert, CA in May 2010. "The same freedom that I feel when riding my Harley on the open road is what I want to convey in my sculptures & paintings – I want to represent freedom of form and movement."
Artist Statement
I was born a painter & sculptor, and I will work until I die as a painter & sculptor. I did not choose Art -- it chose me. In this uncertain world we live in, Art can give comfort, courage, beauty & inspiration to all who view and experience it. All artists -- no matter what corner of the world -- who are living today are an "endangered species" -- and must be protected, nurtured, and encouraged -- for we breathe life into forms and images that carry on the human spirit and human experience.
Art Education
Although I received several scholarships, I followed my mentor Jacques Lipchitz's final advice to learn from the Masters -- so the Museums and Art Books & Films became my greatest teachers.
One of my proudest recent Awards was winning the highest honor, "Best in Show" at the Palm Springs Art Museum in 2009. In 1985 in New York City, I sat at the right hand side of then Governor Carey as he signed into law a bill to protect all artists living in lofts in NYC which was the result of my many years of activism for artists rights. I have fostered, taught, and encouraged many young artists over the years and continue until today. I also foster emerging musicians, and I have gatherings in my home of young classical and contemporary composers, pianists, saxophonists, guitarists, and singers to have exposure of their art and to network with each other. My other achievements have been my art showings: April, 2010 – Featured Sculptor, Cabot Pueblo Museum – Desert Hot Springs, CA;– Earth Day Celebration; May, 2010 – One Man Show, David Blank Gallery – Palm Desert, CA Other Selected Exhibitions 2009 Selected Artist – Lambert Concert, Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, CA 2009 Winner Best of Show – Palm Springs Art Museum, CA 2008 Exhibition at Rancho Mirage Public Library, CA 2007 Project "Translate" – Rancho Mirage, CA 2006 Desert in Manhattan, Tribeca, New York City 2004 Make It a Better World, Palm Springs, CA 2004 Art in the Park, Palm Springs, CA 2001 Art in the Cave, Chumash Indian Rock Paintings, Malibu, CA 1997 The Art Bank Gallery, L.A. 1996 Bova Gallery, L.A. 1995 Trident Entertainment, L.A. 1994 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica 1993 The New Wilshire Art Exhibition, L.A. 1993 Weisenthal Museum, Los Angeles 1990 Art in the Villa, Los Feliz 1986 The Second Generation, L.A. 1985 The Museum of Hispanic Art, L.A. 1984 Office of Hon. Governor Mario Cuomo, N.Y. 1983 Lever House, National Council on Art, N.Y. 1982 The Artist's Dilemma, N.Y. 1981 Cayman Gallery, Soho, N.Y.


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Notable pitching performances this week from Drew Pomeranz, Jake Arrieta and MIchael Fulmer.
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Insight on a strong Cleveland starter, a struggling Cardinals reliever and an enigmatic pitcher in the Bronx.
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Notable performances this week from Trevor Bauer, Corey Kluber and Wei-Yin Chen.
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June 11, 2016 10:57 am
Standout pitching performances this week, including Zack Greinke, Francisco Liriano and Adam Wainwright.
The past week to 10 days has seen a return to past glory for a pair of veteran right-handed, with both Zack Greinke and Adam Wainwright providing optimism that their respective seasons can be salvaged. A veteran southpaw has not been so lucky, and though Francisco Liriano's last two starts came in week nine of the season (he was skipped this past week), he is scheduled to pitch today and all eyes will be on his performance and any potential adjustments that he makes.
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Deal could mark beginning of new regional water supply
by Jeff Switzer
The Woodinville Water District, the Northshore Utility District, and the City of Everett struck a deal on Dec. 20 which in 10 years could relieve the area from relying on Seattle Water, its rate increases, and the threat of a year 2012 cutoff for the 27 purveyors.
Pending Department of Ecology approval, Woodinville, Northshore, and Everett have formed the Snohomish River Regional Water Authority with the intention of purchasing water rights for 36 million gallons per day from Weyerhaeuser for $1.3 million.
Woodinville's average daily demand is four million gallons per day, peaking at 11.6 MGD in the summer. The agreement will supply Woodinville with 11 MGD.
"This is truly an historic event and a good example of regional cooperation," said Kinnon Williams, president of the Board of Commissioners of the Northshore Utility District. "We have to credit the tenacity of Commissioners Don Ellis and Bruce Gardiner, who spearheaded the effort."
"It has been a life-long dream!" Ellis added. "The purchase of this supply source is one of the best investments the district has ever made."
Northshore's share is 10 MGD, and the City of Everett will get 15 MGD. While this will cost $143 million to build a pipeline and plant by 2006 and hinges on DOE approval, that agency has been positive in supporting the concept.
"The whole concept of a regional organization is a positive note," said Bob Bandarra, general manager of the Woodinville Water District. "It's a regional perspective for the common good: They like that concept so that's a plus for us."
The proposal would have a direct draw off the Snohomish River. The DOE may complete their review as soon as the end of 1997 or early 1998.
The three agencies had to move quickly on the water rights, as there is a five-year statute for a transfer and Weyerhaeuser had not exercised those rights since Dec. 1991. The Weyerhaeuser property is actually being purchased by Snohomish River Pulp partnership, but they have no interest in operating a water treatment plant.
According to the Northshore Utility District, which serves the Bothell and Kenmore areas, "an alternate supply source has long been the Holy Grail for many king County water purveyors who buy from Seattle."
"In the long run, the unit cost of the Weyerhaeuser water will be less than what we must pay Seattle," said Don Ellis, who will serve on the board for the Snohomish River Regional Water Authority.
Other board members include Mayor Ed Hansen (Everett) and Ken Goodwin from Woodinville. Goodwin described the proposal as "wonderful."
"It will provide the residents of Woodinville with a supply of water for decades to come at a reasonable rate," he said. There will be less reliance on Seattle and more water for those who need it, he said.