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Monthly Archives: October 2012
The end of suburban housing?
Research from SCAG, the Southern California Association of Governments, indicates that the U.S. is experiencing a shift in the way many Americans will want to live in the future. A large aging population coupled with a younger generation that has developed a different set of values where housing is concerned is a major force driving this change. It is predicted that both of these groups are going to prefer living… Continue reading
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Home Prices Hit 20-month High; August FNC Index Up 0.3%
FNC's latest Residential Price Index™ (RPI) indicates that U.S. property values continue to rise. Home prices reached a 20-month high following a robust spring/summer homebuying season. In August, home prices rose for the sixth consecutive month, consistent with signs of strengthening market conditions that are led by rising existing-home sales and declining foreclosure activities. Foreclosure sales, down from 23% a year ago to 17.4% in August, continue to play out… Continue reading
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FNC Named Among World's Top 100 Financial Tech Companies
FNC was recognized Wednesday as one of the world's top 100 financial tech companies, receiving a spot in the FinTech 100 (an annual list of top technology providers, sponsored by American Banker and Bank Technology News).
FNC CEO Bill Rayburn says "it's a great honor for us to be recognized among the fastest growing financial technology companies in the world. This award is a tribute to our… Continue reading
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Happy Fiscal New Year: An origination-foreclosure-forgiveness-money-back potpourri
Happy Fiscal New Year.
Last week it was announced that new home sales are up, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 373,000. From the bottom, that number is up nicely. But from the top, it's way down. (Source: Calculated Risk)
As there were 141,000 new homes for sale last month, FNC's Bob Dorsey says it should take four-and-a-half months until that inventory is clear.
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The body of a woman who has been missing for several days was found by a group of boaters downriver from Q'Emilin Park in Post Falls Friday.
The Post Falls Police Department confirmed late Friday afternoon that Joan Gundlach's body was found by a group of boaters downriver near Pleasant view Road on the south side of the river.
An autopsy to confirm cause of death is scheduled for next week.

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Lackawaxen supports Wayne libraries
November 26, 2013 —
LACKAWAXEN, PA — The township supervisors on November 15 approved a letter to the Pike County Commissioners asking "proportionate allocations" of library funds to the Wayne County libraries in Hawley and Newfoundland, which are heavily patronized by western Pike residents.
The supervisors' letter said "the loss of state funding" and "inadequate funding" from Wayne County has endangered jobs and services at the libraries that their residents have been required to use since the closing of the Lackawaxen branch of the Pike County Public Library (PCLP).
Reporting substantial use of their facilities by Pike County residents, Wayne County library officials have twice appeared before the Pike County Commissioners this fall seeking additional funding.
The Wayne libraries have also reported a $47,000 budget deficit to the Wayne Commissioners.
Neither panel of commissioners has yet to respond to Wayne libraries' financial concerns, but publication of 2014 budgets are coming at the end of this month.
Lackawaxen's letter stated that about 30% of the county's residents live in the four western townships.
They stated that some 23% of county residents are served by the Hawley library and that, in the past three years, 46% of the active Hawley Library users are from Pike. While the numbers are smaller, the Newfoundland library was said to have a majority of Pike residents among its active users.
"On behalf of our township citizens, we urge you to properly allocate library funding to serve our community… Please do not neglect any longer the funding of the Hawley Public Library that serves our township."
Supervisors Chair Brian Stuart said that the $2,000 Pike currently appropriates to Hawley doesn't go very far. "The county has alienated everyone north of Route 84," he said of the county appropriation.
In September, PCLP Executive Director Ellen Schaffner and Trustee Elspeth Goodin were on hand during the Hawley presentation. They did not agree.
Schaffner later said "those who choose not to [use the Hawley Library] should not have to pay for the choices of those who did."
She said all libraries are facing decreased funding. "We're down $100,000 in state and local cuts."
Goodin said that diversion of Pike funds to other counties would at the same time reduce Pike's Local Financial Effort (LFE), which would reduce state aid accordingly. "If LFE falls below a certain amount, the library could receive no state funding at all."
The supervisors approved a proposed 2014 budget which calls for $3,200,621 in spending, but will retain existing millage (tax rates).


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Gates Foundation Awards Millions to World Council of Credit Unions
MADISON, Wis. -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the World Council of Credit Unions $6.7 million to support the Foundation's efforts to grow credit unions in Africa and Latin America. The Gates Foundation also awarded $2 million to the World Council's Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions.
The money was awarded by the Gates Foundation's brand new Global Development Program, which is exploring how the use of microfinance can help alleviate poverty around the world.
"We are pleased to work with World Council of Credit Unions and the Worldwide Foundation of Credit Unions," said Sylvia Mathews, president of the Global Development Program for the Foundation. "This project represents an exciting opportunity to understand the potential of credit unions to serve new members that have been previously excluded from the financial system, and to significantly increase credit union membership of those living under $2 a day in Kenya, Rwanda and Colombia."
WOCCU will use the money to support the Credit Union Growth program, which seeks to create a Credit Union Growth Took Kit that can be used to develop credit unions in different cultures.
Pete Crear, CEO of World Council, said that the money would first flow to projects in Rwanda, Columbia and Kenya and that the amount granted actually exceeded the amount of money that WOCCU had requested.
"Credit unions serve more than 157 million people in 92 countries, but our penetration is at just about 7%. There are still many poor people out there who fall prey to predatory money lenders and lack access to financial education and services," Crear said. "Through the Credit Union Growth Program, we commit to deepening credit union outreach and dramatically increasing membership to reach those in need."
Ten credit unions in Rwanda will be pilots for French-speaking African credit unions; 10 Colombian credit unions will serve as test cases for Latin America; and up to seven credit unions in Kenya will pilot the English-speaking African program.
WOCCU selected credit unions to participate in the program based on their commitment to expand services to the poor, solvency, asset quality, membership bond, openness to change, commitment to growth and willingness to develop new products aimed at member service and growth.
WOCCU has a long history working with credit unions in Colombia, Kenya and Rwanda. After the Rwandan genocide in the 1990s, it provided technical assistance and training to revive and restart the credit union movement. WOCCU recently completed a Model Credit Union Building program in Colombia designed to ensure fiscal strength and expand access to microfinance, and has assisted Kenyan credit unions, which form the largest credit union sector in Africa, for over 20 years. The Credit Union Growth Program will create a "Credit Union Growth Tool Kit" to help credit unions expand outreach to low-income households through innovative marketing plans, product designs and branding procedures. By the year 2020, WOCCU expects to provide 46 million low-income individuals in developing countries with sustainable financial services. --email@example.com


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Sister Joy Barker was honored by the Franciscan Federation for her work and support of the Sisters of St. Francis ministry in Haiti.
Sister Joy received the Franciscan Life in Evolution Award at the federation's annual conference in Pittsburgh last month. The conference brings together congregation members in the United States who follow the Third Order Regular Rule of St. Francis of Assisi.
A member of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Toledo since 1968, the Sylvania Franciscan nun's work includes bringing a Haitian man to Toledo for heart surgery, organizing events to help victims of Haiti's 2010 quake, and other works.


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Dear leader reborn?
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money,I want to speak with my mother Metiria Ostapchuk you idiot !!!
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I said ……..Where's my breakfast?
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When I joined ROBLOX, I knew nothing about scripting or what scripting was. After I learned about scripting, you guys got me into what I want to do as an occupation. I want to be a programmer. I have gone to a camp where I made my own RPG. Making games is what I want to do. I am only 13, and because your game inspired me so much, I have already learned JavaScript, Javacode, Lua, C++ and some other scripting languages.
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Caney Large Browns
Got this off of another board posted by Grumpy:
They shocked from the dam to Happy recently & turned up 1 24" brown in that whole stretch as "big fish", they've either migrated down or bubba has hauled them all out. I've watched them shock before & they do a thorough job.
As long as it's legal, "bubba" has that right. I would rather see a big fish thrown in a cooler to be eaten later, than these sports "play" a 16" fish for 15 min. and then quickly release them back only to die.
Bubba pays for his stamp as well and as long as he is within the law i.e. the slots and limits, who cares.
Those fish are still there. Do you think TWRA and all there shocking efforts knew that monster was in the S. Holston?
I don't think there are that many Browns in that area. I've elecrto shocked for fish before and it's fairly thorough, then again, that is a big river. I think the Caney should have a longer minimum on browns and brooks and maybe a catch a release only section. Nothing wrong with taking a legal fish. I just think that most fly fishermen would release rather than keep a large brown. Playing a fish to exhaustion for fun is definitely wrong. My family has bubba's and world class engineers and diplomats. All good people. I think Grumpy was refering to the local guys that poach on the Caney. I've seen it myself. I don't think it was directed at a socioeconomic group in general. Grumpy does not come across as elitist to me. Just my 2 cents.
Last fall's spawn was very unfortunate on the Caney. I believe there are still decent numbers of large fish but LOTS of them were taken out by catch and keep crowd because the fish were so easy to target when they were on the shoals... I would be strongly in favor of closing portions of the Caney during the spawn like they do on the SoHo even if the fish aren't spawning very successfully just to protect the adult fish while they are vulnerable...
Having ridden the front a shocking boat many many times on the Clinch, and seeing how effective it can be at getting a good understand of what is around, I believe them. The Caney got so much pressure last year, and is much smaller then the CLinch, it is easy to see how they could be gone.
When we used to shock the Clinch 3 nights a week, we would turn some massive fish. Biggest two being 33.5 lbs and 34 lbs. This was back in the mid 90's, and I do not think that there are as many that size as there used to be.
With that said, even though TWRA took a baby step forward, we are still a long way away from properly managing our tailwaters.
Yea I do believe they knew fish like that were/are there.
Regarding people keeping fish, as long as they are within the limits of the law, I don't have a problem with it. Now, I do have a problem with somebody keeping a limit of 24" fish that they caught while on redds. To me that is not ethical. However, I do keep the TWRA poacher hotline on my cell in the event that I do see something illegal.
I'll just remind everyone that the trout in the Caney Fork are all stockers. They can't reproduce there, unlike the hordes of big smallmouth that the dam mostly eliminated. They are only there because TWRA rasises them on trout chow and dumps them off a truck into the river. Much more like an agricultural operation than some wild, freeflowing trout river. To me it's irrelevant whether the trout are caught on corn and hauled out by Bubba, shot with a bow and arrow, gigged off a red, or caught on 5x and gently released. It's like hunting on a stocked game farm: fun and all that, but morality has got nothing to do with it. I rarely fish tailwaters that are too screwed up to have natually reproducing fish. To each his own, I guess.
Some trout on the Caney must survive to reach the limits that they do. I've seen some large browns come out of that river that obviously survived a couple of years or so. No way they let them get 20" plus in the TWRA tanks. Most riviers in Tennessee depend on stocking trout to allow fishing for them. Unless I go to the Smokies, I can't fish for wild trout in Tennessee, that I know of. I see no problem with having a catch and release only section on that river. Some of the trout released in it do survive and grow to large sizes.
The Caney Fork brown trout will spawn and based off of last fall, they can do it successfully if we could just get some consistent low flows for a long enough period of time... The large browns would still be throughout the upper river if the majority weren't taken off of redds while they were vulnerable...
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Hiya I would like for you to first explain to me your knowledge on both Chakra & Ninjutsu. If you have any questions regarding the two do not hesitate to ask .
Yosh Sensei
Ninjutsu is basically a term used to describe a set of skills and abilities used to control ones life force "chakra" and using it as raw energy or manipulating it for use as a weapon which have real effects on surrounding objects.
Ninjutsu includes techniques like walking on water,walking vertically up a tree and making shadow clones etc.Rasengan is also a part of ninjutsu as it includes shape manipulation and nature transformation,which are an important part of ninjutsu :-
'Shape manipulation' itself controls the form of chakra, its movement and strength. usually not involving the manipulation of the environment, or rather the elements of it.
Chakra Nature Manipulation on the other hand is changing the properties of ones chakra, allowing him to control elements, the simplest example would be heating chakra and manipulating fire.
Chakra is the life forces the dwells withing all living creatures. It has two aspects of it, the physical energy generated by ones body, existing in each cell from burning carbohydrates and breathing, and the spiritual aspect of of will power, based on the individuals persistence and perseverance, his determination.
There are basic ninjutsu techniques (basic five) and advanced ones (combination of two or three elements).Healing techniques are also a part of ninjutsu.Ninjutsu is important in battle because it can tilt the battle in favor of the user.
Nice, you hit a couple of points there that I wanted to address..
for a better understanding I have a written out my own explanation on both Chakra & Ninjutsu. Let me know if you have any questions after.
You should also know that Chakra is comprised of both Spiritual & Physical energy of a living being, whether that being be human or animal, all creatures have a chakra network than runs through their system. Spiritual energy is thought of as being related to the being's mind & spirit, I would like to think that the more a living being is in tune with their mind & spirit, the more control they have over their own chakra, leading me to believe this is how one would gain a mastery over their "Chakra Control" a title used in many aspects of the Narutoverse. Physical energy is related to a being's body & vitality, something that can also be seen as one's inner strength & "Will". A life force with a greater physical energy would usually have a large source of chakra.
Chakra itself does not require to have an equal amount of both Physical & Spiritual energy. As noted some beings have a greater source of physical energy while others a spiritual. An example of a large source of physical energy would be the Uzumaki, a clan that is named for having large sources of chakra due to an extended life force. An example of spiritual energy would be the Uchiha, their Sharingan has a closer relation to spiritual energy rather than physical. This allows a Uchiha member to gain a visual prowess over such others like Senju or Uzumaki.
Ninjutsu is a skill that allows one to control & manipulate their chakra, resulting in them creating a desired technique. There are two main portions of ninjutsu that are used to "enhance" a technique, these are known as Shape manipulation & Nature transformation. Shape manipulation gains the user the ability to alter the form of a given technique, allowing them to create a desire shape to an already existing chakra source of their own, this can allow the technique to gain a different effect than it's original form. Nature transformation is the basis of elemental chakra (the basic 5 elements being the most common used & in some ways the "pillars" to creating advanced nature types), something which consists of altering chakra's nature to gain a set of characteristics & properties.
Handseal are hand gestures commonly used to better manipulate/mold a user's chakra. it usually aids with techniques that would require more concentration, & gain an improved control over a technique.
Yosh Sensei ....
thanks for a informative and awesome Scroll *Rolls the scrolls and gives it back to sensei *
I have one question sensei if I may .....
Does power of Suiton jutsu affected by the presence of water ???
Certain jutsu can be performed regardless of there being a presence of water or not. I would say these would be less powerful than jutsu that require a source but as we have seen from certain ninja (Kisame & Mei), they have the ability to create powerful water jutsu without having to rely on pools of water surrounding them. Saying powerful is a broad term as well. Our RP system determines power by the rank of the jutsu & will always note if they can be used with or without a water source. Of course if there is only a puddle of water & you want to perform certain jutsu that create waves that cover a large area, then it would not be about power as you simply would be unable to perform the jutsu.
In which way you apply water jutsu will also take in effect in regards to power. Creating a large mass of water that can cover near enough, an entire field can be seen as a very forceful attack. You can also compress water to create condensed forms that move at great speeds, which on impact are backed with a great deal of force. Hopefully that can shed some light on your question.
Ook now on to the Jutsu... I would like you to fill out the template for each jutsu & any questions you have regarding the jutsu itself do not hesitate to ask.
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(Kirigakure No Jutsu) - Hidding in Mist Jutsu
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short-Long
Chakra Cost: 10
Damage Points: N/A
Description: This displacement technique creates a thick mist to spring forth by lifting up some water from either a pre-existing source or expelled from their mouth, then goes in and out of sight at will from within the pearly-white realm. The mist's thickness is controlled by the amount of chakra kneaded into it. It can't fool the Byakugan, but, due to the mist being created with the user's chakra, any Sharingan and Rinnegan-user will see the mist coloured by their opponent's chakra, which will effectively hide the user from the dōjutsu.
Note: Can be created through releasing from mouth or manipulating a nearby water source.
You begin releasing your water chakra over a large source of water, the chakra combines with the water & has water molecules rise from the source creating a thin mist. You continue passing your chakra creating a thicker mist to obscure your opponent's vision.
You first take in a deep breath, building your water chakra within your lungs. You then exhale releasing a stream of mist that slowly begins spreading over the field concealing anything within.
A very popular jutsu, commonly used against Sharingan users. It comes with its drawbacks as unless you have a byakugan, there is no way for either side to see each other through the mist. It can be used to create tactical situations to your advantage. Remember to use all other senses while in this mist, being as descriptive as possible allows you to gain an advantage over your opponent. Noises are the biggest give away while in this jutsu, try & be creative when attacking in the mist. Maybe use an earth jutsu that covers a large surrounding scale.
(Suiton: Mizu Kuri No Yaiba) - Water Style: Sword of Draining
Rank: D
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 10
Damage Points: 20
Description: A technique that utilizes water to create a sword. The sword can be wielded in the normal fashion, allowing the ninja to cut and stab like with a normal blade.
Note: Doesn't require a water source.
You begin gathering water chakra around a desired hand. a "blob" of water begins forming & as it does you then focus on shaping the blob into a sword. on completion your grip the hilt of the water blade, treating it as it a normal weapon.
A basic jutsu allowing you to created a bladed weapon through basically nothing >.>. Best to be used in close combat situations, as your opponent is distracted.
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The cutting-edge director takes on the Nazis in the Actors' Gang's "Mephisto."
Tim Robbins spied "Mephisto," the Nazi-era play based on Klaus Mann's 1936 novel about an actor who pandered to the Nazis to advance his career, while rifling through a box of books on his way out of an English-language bookstore in Paris last March. The actor-writer-activist, then on location with Jonathan Demme's film, "The Truth About Charlie," was searching for plays to direct at the Actors' Gang, the boldly original Los Angeles troupe he'd co-founded with UCLA peers in 1981.
The play, which opens at the Actors' Gang Oct. 27, had an intriguing backstory. Mann based his protagonist on his ex-brother-in-law, a Communist-turned-fascist, who, oblivious to escalating anti-Semitism, had been named director of Hitler's Berlin State Theater. An ensuing lawsuit banned the novel in Germany until 1980, when it became a best-seller and the subject of a 1981 Istvan Szabo film, "Mephisto."
The play version was adapted by Ariane Mnouchkine, founder of Paris' Theater du Soleil, whose highly theatrical style had profoundly influenced the Gang. "So I immediately picked up the book," says Robbins, 43, who quickly realized the morality tale was perfect Gang fare.
His company is known for cutting-edge, socially relevant theater, not unlike the revolutionary troupe depicted in "Mephisto." The fictional company's work was actually performed in Nazi Germany: "In her adaptation, Mnouchkine utilizes cabaret sketches written by Karl Valentine, a clown and satirist who'd do these very daring pieces that were critical of the Nazis -- taking real risks not only with his art, but with his life," Robbins told The Journal. "That kind of vaudeville-style, political cabaret is something the Gang has done well in the past, so it plays very well to our strengths. But 'Mephisto' also takes us to where we should be growing, because to successfully perform the piece, we must completely immerse ourselves in the world of the play."
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The troupe provided Robbins with a creative outlet as he began landing TV roles -- an endeavor he initially despised, though it enabled him to funnel money back into the Gang.
Since then, his work of choice has often been searing social critique. He is the writer-director of the films "Bob Roberts" (1992), a satire about a seductive right-wing politician; "Dead Man Walking" (1995), an anti-death penalty saga starring his significant other, actress Susan Sarandon; and "Cradle Will Rock" (2000), about a leftist musical defiantly staged during the Depression.
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Reflecting on his career, Robbins says he can understand -- at least in part -- the Faustian struggle of his "Mephisto" protagonist. "Hollywood can be a very seductive and destructive place for an actor," he says. "There are the parties, and being loved because you're famous. But, Hollywood can also be an incredibly liberating place. [For example], there would be no Actors' Gang if it wasn't for the TV money, at the start. And our theater wouldn't be here if it wasn't for 'Bull Durham' and 'The Shawshank Redemption.'"
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It's hard to imagine the Ohio State basketball program returning to the Final Four after its best player and two-time All-American Jared Sullinger departed for the NBA draft.
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Kihn's weapon was held steady, aimed at the head of the thing standing on the ceiling. So it probably wouldn't die if he shot it, but it might slow down a little. Still, no need to make an enemy of it, yet. So far it hadn't done anything wrong, as far as Kihn knew.12/16/2011 #31
Morgan was distracted by the action going on and drew back a little. Powerful though she was, jumping into fights was not her way. She remained open, however, to further communication with Anna.
The room the rest of the Mongoose crew walked into looked like a cross between an old fashioned library, office and sitting room. That meant lots of hiding places. The group went about the room slowly, each in their own way, making sure there were no threats to the others. No one in the group seemed particularly worried about their own safety, except maybe Carlos, who kept his weapon to his shoulder and looked carefully around each couch, chair, and book shelf.
The girl that fell into the house earlier now seemed to have...gone berserk. Alexei frowned. If all the people here were like this... He trailed off with the thought. Remaining invisible, he decided to watch and wait until Anna reported about the other team.
The telepathic in question replied to Morcant. 'Agreed. Talk to your boss. I'll talk to mine.' She didn't bother looking around, only spoke while keeping her eyes on the fight. "Konstantin. As I'm sure you know, the other group has a telepath. She wants our teams to work together."
The voice came from her left. "Sounds good. I doubted we would find someone else willing to forge an alliance." Then louder, to address the entire team. "Everyone! We're heading out of here; let these two fight it out."
Jericho frowned, turning to the youth in the corner and talking to him. "You want to come with us and get the hell outta here?"12/16/2011 #32
Valerai looked nervously at the man, wanting nothing than to do what the man had suggested. He wasn't about to stay here with these insane people...Valerai nodded, slowly moving away from the corner and moving in close to the man. He hoped that he wouldn't mind...
Elipsion moved over, so that this animal wouldn't touch him with her filthy hands. He glanced over at the man pointing a gun at his head, annoyed but not worried. His attention went back to the kid, who had now moved away from his corner.
"And where are you going?"
Xenon listened silently. Sounded like the majority was forming an alliance, which was good. But it seemed that it was only the two groups, so...he would back off. He didn't want to be in the way.
Grace continued watching the two try to fight, not doubting they could do damage. The others seemed to be leaving. Whether he'd follow, he wasnt sure.12/16/2011 #33
Jericho nodded at the youth's response, then frowned when he heard the man speak. As if he were giving the orders here.
He grit his teeth. This man almost sounded like his father....he hated his father.
Alexei heard the white-haired man talk, apparently to one of his teammates who stood near the youth in the corner. Now the attention had shifted. Not good.12/16/2011 #34
|Yuki Kuran
Leta knew she would miss, so she was prepared. She spun about on all fours as soon as she hit the floor so she was facing her prey. She was going to need to be more cunning with this man. She quickly scanned the areas of the room that might give her an advantage. The man's attention was on the boy, so she looked behind his line of sight. Just to across from the balcony was a small chandelier. That was perfect. As quietly as possible, Leta made her way back up to the balcony. By the wall rather than the banister, mind you, that way she steered clear of the man's vision. She made it to the top and leaped for the light fixture. She knew time was short, once she hit it she would be heard. She positioned herself so that she landed on it already facing her intended victim. Then, without a sound but for the squeak of the hinge, she leaped at the man's back from behind.12/17/2011 #35
Morgan thought Anna's affirmation to Kihn, who then backed into the room, closely followed by Morgan.12/17/2011 #36
~"You're welcome to join us in the room, if that fits your tactics. Just let me know so we can keep the door open."~
"Clear," One crew member after another called out. Gilchrist just grunted something about not knowing why everyone was freaking out. Carlos glared at the monk, and Malachi chuckled a little.
"We'll need to find an exit from this room," Anthony said. "It won't be long before white-head or someone comes up here."
"Agreed. See to it," Kihn said, while taking up a position kneeling behind a couch, facing the door with his shotgun resting on the back of the couch.
The others focused their attention on the outer edges of the large room.
Valerai was terrified as the man spoke. He had asked where he was going...
"Away....away...from you..."
He was shaking, and he tried hard not to cling to the man that offered to take him out of this room. But despite his efforts, Valerai's hand gripped the man's arm in fear. No doubt he could feel his trembles. The voice said he had powers, but he wasn't focused or even brave enough to use them.
Elipsion watched the boy and the man, none to worried. He was going to take the kid and use him to his advantage. His smirk widened at the display of fear emitting from the child, he wouldn't be a problem.
"You're mine.
Then, Elipsion found that animal landing on his back. It annoyed him, but the animal's intent was to hurt him, was it? The weight had knocked him off balance, and he fell to the floor, his wings disappearing.
Xenon had turned to follow the others, then heard the thud of someone landing. A low growl was also heard. Xenon turned quickly, seeing the white haired man on the floor with the..cat girl? Now was his chance if he wanted to restrain both of them. Feeling self conscious, Xenon opened his mouth and his tongue extended out, a purplish-blue like his hair and eyes. Except his tongue was not a muscle, or anything normal for a human. It was made out of a gel which he had immense control over, which was a feat in itself. As an Undalx, it was hard to master such control over their gel. But now, since he was using his gel tongue, he wouldn't be able to speak. So, his tongue extended out, then he detached it and it immediately spread out to the man and the girl. Any contact with his gel, and they would be easily restrained until he decided to let them go. It was the advantage of his species. Their gel, as long as they could control it, could be manipulated into nearly anything. From guns and bullets, to swords, to....whatever you could make up12/19/2011 #37
|Mikey8152 - GEM
Mikey (from here on in, Gem) looked at the thread with amusement, Val had introduce his people, the Undalx, before he had the chance, but that didn't matter, "I'm so jumping into this, and I know just who to use". A small, evil grin crossed his face.
A 6'2" white haired, crimson eyed man wearing a business suit had appeared, to see a... wereracoon? and, and, well he wasn't sure what the other, person, was, but they were both covered in what looked to be purple Undalx gel, the man rubbed his head, so many questions.
A deep chuckle came from the man's pocket, "Problem 3m?"
"Shut it, Kyri," at the mention of the name a black orb with rubies studding it floated out of his pocket.
"The mighty Mr. "3m 3t18" King wants me to be quiet, hmmmm, I'd rather not," the orb danced around his head, he was in a good mood today.
3m sighed and looked around the room at the others, abruptly stopping when he set eyes on Akira (Val's), and just shook his head and groaned. He muttered under his breath, "Of all the places on all the worlds in all the galaxies in all the universes, why did I end up in the same room as HIM."
Gem laughed, Val's Akira did nothing but irk 3m, this was going to be fun.
"..." 3m looked around, something was laughing at him...
Kyri bumped 3m's head, "Hey, don't we know that orange guy?"
3m grimaced, "Yes," he said with obvious distaste.12/20/2011 . Edited 12/22/2011 #38
|Yuki Kuran
Lita was rather proud of herself when she managed to tackle the white-haired creature to the ground, but no sooner had she achieved her goal than she was stopped in her tracks. Still clinging to the man's back, she was unable to move. Her eyes darted from side to side and a slow panic crept in. There was only one thing that she feared: a cage. However, her prey seemed to be stuck as well.12/22/2011 #39
She tried to calm herself, but it was too late. In that brief moment of weakness, her other half-the original owner of the body- took back her control. Lita, the real Lita, emerged from the dark confines of her mind and forced her other self back into them. Hopefully, she would be able to explain what had happened, but for now, she was feeling somewhat weak and tired. Fighting your mind while someone else was fighting with your body could really wear a person out.
(Fierce, your turn for this)12/22/2011 #40
Anna heard the other telepath's response. 'Understood.' She then spoke, it seemed, to no one in particular. "They're open to joining up if you want."
A voice replied, "Then let's. Everyone, move up the balcony." No one could see him, but each member of the team was certain that Alexei was already heading in that direction. They followed suit as the...animal-girl tackled the white-haired guy and tried fighting him. None were interested in who would win, except Jericho, who found himself rooting for the girl. Everyone else preferred not to be involved.
Some members of the group gave the tongue-trapping man some odd expressions as they passed. They thought they'd seen everything, but it seemed there were plenty more waiting with the other guests of the house.
Jericho continued on, keeping his grip on the youth; the latter seemed to have been frightened by the white-haired man. What made the weird guy suddenly have an interest in the kid, anyway?
(Sorry for the crappy post. If I'm forgetting to react to something, let me know. This post is mainly meant to let you all move on...)1/6/2012 . Edited 1/7/2012 #41
|Yuki Kuran
(my character can't really do anthing right now. She's trapped in a pile of tongue goo...)1/7/2012 #42
"Friendlies coming in. Hold your fire. Three, two, one," Morgan said. The military parlance wasn't really her, but she had picked it up in the past and it worked in this situation. Everyone held their fire as the other operatives entered the room.1/7/2012 #43
"Where's my exit?" Kihn asked as the last one entered.
Gilchrist was already opening a wall panel that was actually a door, that was hidden behind a book shelf.
"How did you . . . Never mind," Malachi said, as he lined himself up beside the opening, crossbow ready, and looked to see if the others were coming to back him up as he went through.
Someone might have asked what was wrong with the library. It was a very nice library, with lots of very nice books. They all liked to read and could occupy themselves for quite a while. But for people like Kihn and the others the key was mobility. They didn't like to hunker down and defend a specific spot if they could help it.
(Xenon's a teen, not man :P lol but he's awesome all the same)
Elipsion struggled against this...substance. It had come from the little malnurished brat, it seemed that he had underestimated the brat. Well, he was sure not to do that ever again. As soon as he was free, the brat was going to die then he'd pursue his object of interest. Someone else had arrived, but only caught his attention for a moment before turning back to the 4'7", bluish-purple haired teen.
You can't keep us here forever
Xenon shifted, keeping his SVT-40 on his shoulder, as he looked at the two trapped people. He had kept a stump of his tongue attached inside his mouth, otherwise he couldn't regenerate it back. So, he would grow back a new gel tongue and keep them both here. But it was true; even though he had exceptional control of his gel, he had limits. And exhaustion and hunger wreaked havoc on his thin, underweight body. All the others were leaving, and a new man in a suit had appeared. He wondered what this man would bring.
Did someone say 3m!?! Akira spun right where he stood, seeing his amazing best friend.
Valerai went along, trembling, with the man who held his arm. He wanted to get as far from the disturbed man as possible. But....still.....if he was after him...
Valentine grinned, now don't be confused with the Valentines. This one was her, the other was a male oc for Helix. Just to clear that up. Now, she thought of bringing in another character, even though she already had too many. It was something she couldn't help. In the near future, Korvyn would be joining them at the price of removing her choice of character from here. But he didn't belong here anyway, he was a bad choice for this Rpg to begin with. Why, oh, why did she bring him in here? Guess he'd join her in spectating, which wasnt so bad.1/7/2012 #44
(AGAIN FORGOT THE QUOTATIONS FOR ELIPS :/ To those who don't know, it does make a difference for Elipsion. Without quotations means only someone who's wearing him as a hat can hear him, only through physical contact AS A HAT. With quotations, anyone can hear him.)1/7/2012 #45
|Mikey8152 - GEM
3m winced at Akira's outburst, why was he still calling him that?
Kyri did a little loop, "I remember him now! He's the one with the lollipops and is way to hands on for your tastes."
"Yeah..." 3m looked at Akira, "remember what I told you about hugging me, and what's going on here?"
"Sorry Val, but 3m's got to get away without a hug once in a while," Gem laughed.1/8/2012 #46
(Yuki or Fierce can post for this one)1/30/2012 #47
|Mikey8152 - GEM
[anyone? hello? someone post, please]2/8/2012 #48
(I'll wait for the people playing the operatives that are joining Kihn's group in the Library. They haven't said "Hi" yet, or anything else for that matter. I want to see how they react to the library, to Kihn's group, to Kihn's bossy manner, whatever.)2/8/2012 #49
(Ok, so Fierce :p oh oh oh, Mikey, should I add Seraphim to this? ((When he's done)) He'd been freakin amazing)2/8/2012 #50
The group entered without a problem. Not that any of them were expecting one, but you could never be sure. Sylvia had been in ordeals like that: Walk into a room and suddenly you face attacks from all sides, there's no time to think, only act. And act, she did. She was the only one to walk out, though her powers obviously played a big part in it.
The other members of Alexei's little team, task force, squad, whatever he wanted to call it, were probably luckier than Sylvia, though. Probably because they hadn't had the time to be anything less.
She was the last one to enter the new room--a library, clearly stocked up by someone who had too much time on their hands. Seemed recent, too; Sylvia thought she could catch the scent of freshly-printed pages. Someone who just moved in or bought a few thousand books?
Or could it be...?
"Alexei..." she began.
"I know. Something's off here."
He materialized right in front of her, from a weak shimmering to a solid appearance as the active camouflage deactivated. He was currently running a few fingers across the wood of a nearby table. He looked up to see his companions enter, the last one being Jericho and that youth from the corner. Then a sideways glance to the other team, specifically the one man that spoke of an exit.
"Who is the leader of this group?" Alexei addressed said man, then drew back his hand from the table. No dust. That table had either been placed recently or cleaned recently, likely the former since the only scent he could pick up was the faintly sweet smell of fresh wood. Everything here had been made not even a few days ago. He had looked around earlier: windows held a luster; the carpets, rugs were spotless. It was as if the house had been redecorated in preparation for guests...
Sylvia tried holding back a smile.It can't be that boy, can it? Something brought him here, too, or is this his house to begin with? A rather long stretch, but it's possible... 2/8/2012 . Edited 2/8/2012 #51
(Can characters appear outside? Just wondering)2/9/2012 #52
[Sure, so long as they meet with other characters at some point. I'm not going to be super strict about the setting; it can be expanded if necessary. Maybe to a few acres or a small city. The latter would probably be the limit, though.]2/9/2012 #53
(Okay >=) )2/9/2012 #54
Grace suddenly found himself out of the mansion and beside a girl with a look of amusement. What had just happened? And where was he now?!
Valentine laughed, "Sorry, Grace, you're not right for this thread. Don't worry. And, AWWWW 3m wants no hug??"
Akira frowned, extremely disappointed. His best friend didn't like his hugs?? HOW MEAN!!! Huh? What was going on? He didn't know, but he had a whole bunch of new friends!
Xenon watched silently, his tongue not yet regenerated. This white-haired man was giving him looks that could kill and the cat-girl was freaking out...Maybe he should let them go...And that German disappeared?!
Valerai followed the man silently, glad that they had moved farther away from that scary man. In fact, his trembling had calmed and he felt safer with all these other people around. "I......I need to sit..."
Outside, just a few yards from the front of the mansion, a man appeared, flying through the air into a statue.
The man rolled, and sat up, momentarily dazed from the impact. Rubbing his black-bandana head, Sera stood up, resting his hands on the two sword sheathes on either side of him. He stood 5'10", lean with a army green hoodie with grey cargo pants with black shoes. His eyes were bright green and his hair was aqua green covered by a black bandana. On his upper left arm was a tattoo of three claws with three angel wings on both sides, equaling six.
"Guess there's one thing to do."2/9/2012 #55
|Mikey8152 - GEM
3m leaned down to examine the Gel that was holding the, thing, and the girl in place.
"Why don't you go to your new friends for a bit Akira? I'll get Kyri to find you when I'm done."
Running his hand lightly over the gel his assumptions were confirmed. Undalx, but, all of the clan was in the village... or was this kid with Platinum? He sighed, without anyway to confirm that he couldn't take action. He'll have to keep an eye on him.
Now to release these two. If there was reason for them to be restrained he could just do that himself. Once again he ran his hand over the gel, but this time the tips of his fingers leaked an acid that, although would only cause some minor burns on skin, cut through the gel like a hot knife through butter.
Ah acid, the Undalx gel doesn't stand a chance, the only better option would probably be liquid nitrogen, but 3m doesn't have any and doesn't know how to magic up some.
"There," the gel had been dissolved enough for the two to break out and 3m had just stood back up when there was a crash from outside.
"What, was that?"2/9/2012 #56
"I am, for now," Kihn said. Now that there were more operatives in the room he felt a little more comfortable, and straightened up, though he remained facing the door.2/10/2012 #57
"And I'm guessing you lead this group," he continued, gesturing with his free hand while his weapon pointed at the ground in-front of him. "Got any plans we could work on together?" he asked.
(Fierce, your turn)2/14/2012 #58
[ @Val: You overposted me as I was working on my response. Go figure :P ]
"I am the leader," Alexei answered. "Name's Alexei Konstantin. And I presume our plans are the same: to find out what's going on here? Hopefully without getting caught in the crossfire of the other...guests here?" Alexei had his own true objectives, though none of his comrades knew his agenda beyond wanting to capture a certain arms dealer. Though the odds of accomplishing that here were rather low, he knew.
Still, as Sylvia was probably thinking, there was a chance...
He looked to the other group's leader. "Have you noticed? Everything in here...it's new, fresh. Like someone just moved in."2/14/2012 #59
(Haha, that's funny)
Akira grinned quite big before bounding off after his new friends. He didn't know what they were doing, but he didn't care. The first person he noticed was the shy guy, clinging to the guy that had stood between him and the crazy white-haired man.
Valerai had remained near Jericho, feeling safer near him when this crazy bright orange man bounded up into his personal space. Immediately cringing, Valerai's trembles started up again and he ducked to the side of Jericho, allowing Jericho to stand between him and the insane man.
Xenon looked at the suited man with dismay. After expanding his gel that much, it had all now gone to waste. Now the threatening man was loose again to create more problems.
Elipsion smirked as he broke himself out of his entrapment, no thanks to the fool that let him go. Completely ignoring the new man, he turned his attention past the child that had trapped him. His interest was with that terrified youth.
Wincing slightly from the impact, Sera made his way to the front door. Maybe whoever lived here would know what was going on and if they did, they better explain it all. He wasn't fond of colliding unexpectedly into statues. Lifting a hand, Sera knocked on the door.
"Hello?!"2/15/2012 #60
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FORT COLLINS – More than six years after Denver developer Lloyd Goff first announced plans to turn the old Fort Collins Downtown Airport into a 150-acre mixed-use community anchored by a high-tech research park, his Airpark Village property may be headed for foreclosure.
Lender Mile High Banks has filed a Notice of Election and Demand with $5.449 million of the original $5.45 million loan still owed.
Although there has yet to be any redevelopment at the site, Goff isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet though.
"We're trying to get it refinanced," he said. "The bank is under FDIC watch and pushing us out the door because the FDIC wants them to sell 20 percent of their loans. We can't get a loan from a bank, so we're looking at private money."
Longmont-based Mile High Banks in February signed an agreement with the Federal Insurance Deposit Corp. to strengthen its financials stemming from its loan concentration in commercial real estate at a time when commercial real estate values were rapidly declining.
Mile High Banks Chairman and CEO Dan Allen, however, said the NED filing on the Airpark Village loan had nothing to do with the bank's agreement with the FDIC. He said he could not comment on the specifics of the litigation.
According to the filing in Larimer County, borrower Airpark Village LLC has until March 1 to cure the loan default before the property is sold on March 2.
Optimistic, Goff said that deadline gives him several months to secure financing. He said he is in talks with two potential investors, one of whom he hopes to go to contract with this month.
"We've got a lot of people looking at it. It's hard to say what's going to happen," Goff said. "If we had a decent market then we wouldn't be having any problems. We wouldn't have problems with the bank. The essence of human adventure is uncertainty."
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Competing visions
Goff first acquired an option on the property, which is part of the city's East Mulberry Corridor, in 2004. The airport closed in 2006, and there were concerns that adjacent businesses, primarily aviation-related, would leave with it. Goff, though, said he did not have a problem filling existing space after purchasing the property that year, bringing in about 30 new tenants.
"We're full," he said. "We don't have anything left to rent. The hangars are all rented out."
Those tenants include some entertainment, computer and storage businesses, along with driver training for various groups like law enforcement and truck drivers.
Goff's vision for the property, however, looks very different.
"The first project we want to do is an energy tech institute, a brain trust that would link members with a conference center that sits on top of five labs and would allow us to get a national audience," he said. "We would work on energy research and development. The main theme of the campus, of the development project, is a research and development campus."
Goff wants to change the name of the futuristic development, eventually, to Energy Park One. He said the first building he envisions for the park can co-exist with the hangars, but the second building – still years away – would have to replace them.
Josh Birks, economic adviser for the city of Fort Collins, while not opposed to Goff's plans, sees the Airpark Village area more as an opportunity for light manufacturing and other industrial uses. He does not think its foreclosure would have much of an economic impact on the city.
"We have a need for reasonably affordable space for those kinds of uses,´ said Birks, who joined the city in March 2009. "We see that area as an opportunity to continue to enhance that part of the economy. I'm not sure the ultimate owner of the property will impact what happens there over the long term one way or the other. We haven't seen it as a major economic asset other than in terms of a place for light industrial manufacturing uses to site.
"We had initial conversations with the property owner before my time, and our contact diminished significantly just as he was trying to move the project forward," he added. "We've never done a formal estimate of the economic impact, but something closer to the status quo is the way we are looking at it from an economic impact standpoint at this time."
Birks said there are a number of other areas in the city that can respond to research and development opportunities, and the airpark is not an area they earnestly track as an economic development asset.
"Ultimately that area and parts of South College, south of Harmony, and parts of North College are the strongest places for small scale light industrial uses in the community and there are other opportunities for larger new construction and new employment," Birks said. "If companies are looking for affordable or existing facilities, those are the kind of places we think of as opportunities consistent with our overall vision."
Fort Collins Zoning Administrator Peter Barnes said the city annexed the Airpark Village property and zoned it as an E (Employment) zone, which has a wide variety of uses, at the request of Goff. The city also approved Goff's Overall Development Plan in 2008, but Goff has yet to submit a specific development plan for anything.
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One use that is not allowed in an E zone is an airport, and Goff has for years been involved in litigation with pilots who want to continue using the airport's runway. That's because an airport can be allowed in an E zone as a grandfathered, nonconforming use forever as long as the use was not abandoned for 12 consecutive months. After the FAA closed the airport in 2006 and 12 months passed, the city determined the property was not an airport anymore and thus lost its nonconforming status. However, some pilots continued to use the runway for occasional takeoffs and landings without notifying the FAA and argued that such use meant the airport had not in fact been abandoned.
At Goff's request, the city will look at the issue again to determine whether or not flying is allowed at the old airport.
"We expect to get the answer that zoning doesn't allow it and the FAA said it was shut down properly," Goff said.
He categorizes the zoning dispute as a minor annoyance compared to the much larger headache of the market collapse.
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