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The Columbus Dispatch - April 30, 2012 03:57 PM
Aaron Horton will spend the next month getting some game action. The 19-year-old reserve forward will spend the next month suiting up for the Dayton Dutch Lions.
"With the large gap in the reserve league schedule and Aaron's not figuring into the first 18, rather than just train every day for the next 35 days or whatever it is waiting for the next reserve match to get 55 minutes there, let's send him 60 miles down the road," Crew technical director Brian Bliss said. "He gets to train, plus he gets an opportunity to get in six or seven games."
The club's first homegrown player signing, Horton has seen action in three of the Crew's four reserve league matches this season and has totaled 111 minutes. Horton saw one minute of first-team action as a rookie last season. He will remain with the Dutch Lions until June 3 and is expected to be available for the Crew's next reserve match slated for June 10.
Bliss emphasized that the loan will not affect Horton's standing with the Crew.
"It's an opportunity for him to work on his game," Bliss said. "It's certainly not looked at as discarding a player or a punishment – it's an opportunity, really. The only thing we're gaining is getting him playing minutes that he's not getting here, which we think is a positive. They get a free loan and it's good for the Dutch Lions as well."
The Dutch Lions next play Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at home against Richmond.

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N.Y. Power Authority Awards Contracts To New York State Firms In Support Of Its Statewide Operations
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April 1, 2011
WHITE PLAINS—New York Power Authority (NYPA) President Richard M. Kessel today announced that NYPA has approved a new round of contracts with New York State companies for carrying out various essential services by the statewide public power utility in the operation of its generating and transmission facilities and administrative offices and its investment in new technologies.
"The Power Authority does hundreds of millions of dollars a year in business with New York companies—a prime example of how we contribute to economic development in the state," Kessel said. "In our award of competitively bid contracts, we're always eager to work with businesses committed to create or protect jobs for New Yorkers. Public-sector organizations like ours have a vital role to play in partnering with businesses to help spur the struggling economy. This is a key dimension of our efforts under Governor Cuomo."
The NYPA Trustees on Tuesday authorized contracts with a number of companies, including the following New York enterprises:
--Castle Power Solutions, South Glens Falls; Eaton Corp., New York City; and General Electric International, Rotterdam. The three New York City and Capital Region-area companies will provide support for energy efficiency improvements undertaken by NYPA at various public facilities. The contracts, for up to five years and a total of $5 million, will include a variety of services such as design and engineering measures and equipment installations.
--SHI International, Cold Spring. The firm, located in Putnam County, will provide for updates, maintenance and technical support for the software used on NYPA desktop computers in an effort to protect the Power Authority against cyber network security intrusions. The contract, for up to three years, is for $84,300. SHI is a New York State-certified Minority Business Enterprise.
--All State Fire Equipment of Western New York, Depew. The firm, located in Erie County, will provide for inspection and testing services of fire protection systems at NYPA's Niagara Power Project in Lewiston. The services will include providing labor, supervision, equipment and materials for quarterly and annual tests and inspections of the project's fire protection systems. The $60,000 contract, for up to five years, will also include semiannual inspection and testing of the fire-suppression system of NYPA's ice breaker vessel, the William H. Latham.
--BIDCO Marine Group, Grand Island. The Western New York company will provide inspections of the gates used to control the flow of water through the generating units at the Niagara project's Robert Moses Plant. The services will include all labor, supervision, technical expertise, equipment, tools and material for all operations and activities associated with such inspections and services. The multi-year contract is for $100,000.
--Casella Waste Service, Potsdam. The firm, located in St. Lawrence County, will provide refuse removal and disposal services at the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project in Massena. The up-to three-year, $400,000 contract, will include furnishing all necessary containers for refuse, recyclables, wood and insulators, as needed, and include the container, hauling, landfill and disposal fees.
--Thinking Outside the Square, Buffalo. The company will provide for maintenance and repair—including equipment and supplies of displays and exhibits at the Niagara project's Power Vista Visitors Center. The contract, for up to four years, is for $100,000.
--ASR International, Hauppauge, and Quality Inspection Services, Buffalo. The Long Island and Western New York-area companies will provide on-call quality assurance engineers, inspectors and metallurgists for various assignments. The contracts are for up to five years, for a total of $2 million, and will include the potential services of monitoring, surveillance and inspection of field work performed by contractors at NYPA facilities and vendor activities at their respective facilities worldwide, in order to ensure that purchased equipment, components, materials or systems meet specifications. ASR is a New York State-certified Minority Business Enterprise.
The procurement contracts, which become effective on or about April 1, are the result of competitive processes for obtaining the lowest-priced bids from qualified companies, in response to Requests for Proposals posted on the Authority's website or notices in the New York State Contract Reporter.
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■ The New York Power Authority uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation's largest state public power organization, with 17 generating facilities in various parts of New York State and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ Approximately 80 percent of the electricity it produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state. ■For more information, www.nypa.gov.


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This year we are seeking to fill one (1) of the At Large Director positions. This position will be filled by an election of the general members of USATT.
The deadline for nominations is December 10, 2012. To be eligible to be a candidate, a person must be a general member for at least 60 days prior to the cut off date for the nominations. For this election a person must have been a general member from October 11, 2012 to December 10, 2012. Each director of the Board of Directors must also be a citizen of the United States and eighteen (18) years of age or older on or before January 1, 2013. A director need not be a resident of Colorado. The By-Laws provide that a director shall:
(i) have the highest personal and professional integrity, (ii) demonstrate exceptional ability and judgment, and (iii) be effective, in conjunction with the other members of the Board, in collectively serving the long-term interests of USATT. Directors shall possess the highest personal values, judgment and integrity, understanding of athletic competition and the Olympic ideals, and have diverse experience in the key business, financial, and other challenges that face USATT.
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Learning fractions and long division in elementary school leads to math success, according to a Carnegie Mellon research team led by Robert Siegler. In the U.S. and Britain, fifth graders' understanding of fractions and long division correlated with their ability to learn higher math.
"We need to improve instruction in long division and fractions, which will require helping teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts that underlie these mathematical operations," said Siegler. "At present, many teachers lack this understanding." By contrast, East Asian teachers can explain why math operations work.
And college remedial classes are filled with people who never "got" fractions.
Spatial thinking skills predict future math success, reports MindShift.
In a University of Chicago study students in first and second grade who chose the right shape to complete a square "also showed the most growth in their number-line knowledge over the following school year, and scored highest on a measure of mathematics ability at age eight."
Parents can help their children develop spatial skills.
. . . Temple University psychology professor Nora Newcombe and her coauthors found that parents and children playing with blocks together were much more likely to use spatial terms like "over," "around," and "through," than participants who played with a pre-assembled toy—and that it's hearing and voicing such words that helps improve children's spatial awareness.
Another 2011 study, this one from the University of Chicago, reported that the number of spatial terms (like "circle," "curvy," and "edge") parents used while interacting with their toddlers predicted how many of these kinds of words children themselves produced, and how well they performed on spatial problem-solving tasks at a later age.
My first reaction was that kids who are good at math at a young age are likely to be good at math when they're older. But there's got to be more to the research than that, surely.


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10 Things You Can Do To Ensure Your Site Is Accessible
With so much to learn about web accessibility, where is the best place to begin? The following resources are good starting points to learn how to ensure your page is accessible.
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For Beginners
- Content Editors course powerpoint (PDF)
Powerpoint from Sac State's accessibility course for content editors. Learn more about this class at ATCS.
- Screencasts about working with text, navigation, tables, and images
Professional development from the CSU Chancellor's Office
- Accessible Technology Initiative @ Sac State
Sac State's guide to the CSU Chancellor's Office initiative to make all information technology accessible to everyone.
- CSU Accessibile Technology Iniative, Web Priority
Learning More
- Using and choosing color
Color is a big deal in web design. But persons with vision disabilities may not be able to perceive it.
- Designers/Developers course powerpoint (PDF)
Presentation from the Sac State accessibility course fore designers and developers
Section 508 is old, WCAG 2.0 is new. Learn more about the new standards, and how you can use them to enhance your site's accessibility.
- Webinar - Designed-in Accessibility
CSU Chancellor's Office webinar about separating content, presentation, and behavior (and why it's awesome)
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ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. If you're using Javascript to create a desktop-like experience (with dialog boxes, datagrids, or complex menus), this article will get you started.
- Get JAWS
Sac State has a site license for JAWS, a leading screen reader. Use it for testing your site (or to experience the web as a blind person might).
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NVDA is a new free browser for Windows. If you're not at Sac State, this is for you.
- Screen reader survey from WebAIM
Perhaps the most complete survey of screenreader users out there. A great starting point if you need to know which of several techniques people prefer.
- CommonLook
CommonLook is a plugin for Adobe Acrobat Pro (windows) to help users remediate their PDF files. Sac State employees can obtain a copy through their ITC.
- ATI Resources for PDF
Videos and Captioning
- Captioning tool from WebAIM
A free flash tool for captioning flash video files (.flv)
- Sac State Captioning Services
Request captions for your video using this form.
- Automatic Sync, Inc.
Automatic Sync is a third party vendor that will take your video and give you any format captions file you like. The CSU has a deal to provide this service at a reduced cost.
Testing for Accessibility
- Sac State Checklist
The standard against which all Sac State websites are evaluated, complete with instructions on how to check each checkpoint. (subject to change, last updated 6/2009)
- CSU Chancellor's Office Checklist
Advisory checklist based on Section 508
- WAVE (toolbar)
Free evalutation tool that analyzes your page and puts graphics where it finds accessibility errors, warnings, and features. Great tool for getting a quicklook at a page.
- Firefox Web Developer Toolbar
Basic toolbar for controlling Firefox features like turning on/off CSS, Javascript, and images.
- Web Accessibility Toolbar (IE)
Toolbar for IE6+ that enables easy disabling of scripting and changing of text size (plus a lot of other neat stuff)
- Colour Contrast Analyser
Desktop app (win/mac) for determining whether a background/foreground color combination has sufficient contrast.
- Firefox Accessibility Extension
Firefox extension that runs a report that pops up as a dialog. Focused on functionality, not federal standards.
- Jim Thatcher's Favelets
Bookmarklets for listing and inspecting tags on a page that might have accessibility barriers. Great for assisting with manual checks.
Blogs and websites that deal with accessibility
- 456 Berea Street
- Adobe Accessibility (blog)
- Jim Thatcher's personal site
- Glenda Watson Hyatt's personal site
- Juicy Studio
- The Paciello Group (blog)
- Web Standards Project
- Opera Web Standards Curriculum
- ATI Professional Development Website
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'Homeland' for the holidays — not
What a long way Rupert Friend has come since his debut as the idealistic, sensitive, knock-him-over-with-a-feather writer in Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont. I can hardly wrap my mind around the promising young actor I reviewed in 2006 turning into the hard-bitten Peter Quinn in Homeland, who is rapidly metamorphosing into a man of mystery.
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't seen Sunday's episode, "Two Hats," yet, stop reading. If you have, I think this supports the theories I put out last week about what will happen with Brody and Quinn, while making Quinn's story more provocative than I had initially supposed.
Brody (Damian Lewis), as I suggested, is moving closer and closer to his end. Now we learn that not only are the terrorists, mainly Abu Nazir, out to get him, the CIA is as well — probably because he knows too much and is too much of a loose cannon to be trusted with all that information. Plus the new investigation into Quinn spearheaded by Saul and Virgil (should be fascinating when they let Carrie in on what they've found) suggests that storywise the writers are trying to push us into focusing on Quinn so we'll still have a cliffhanger to keep us wondering about next season when Brody goes out in a blaze of glory — which is what I still believe will happen in the finale (my prediction: watch for Brody's daughter, Dana, who declined to talk to him on the phone in this episode — and pulled him back from the brink when he was going to blow himself up the first time — to talk to her father just before his final moments and give him courage to go out as a hero).
So what do we know about Quinn, besides that he's wearing 'two hats,' as Estes puts it? He's a black op, an assassin masquerading as an analyst (probably put there because Carrie and Saul get too close to their contacts and won't eliminate them when security calls for that). We also know there's a link between Quinn and the picture of a mother and baby that Virgil finds in Quinn's apartment. Saul and Virgil talk about him as the father of the baby, but I think that's a red herring. First of all, smart people getting things wrong is essential in keeping the surprises coming and this show is all about surprises. Second, they find the picture in a copy of Great Expectations. Come on! That's a story about a boy, Pip, who got it totally wrong when he guessed his patron was the wealthy, cultured Miss Havisham when it was the simple ex-convict Magwitch — a classic case of misdirection. Which means, yes, I think Quinn is the boy's patron — possibly because as a black op, maybe he bumped off the kid's father or put the woman and child at risk and feels guilty or the woman and/or child helped him in some way and now he's protecting them.
So do I still think Quinn will eventually become Carrie's new love interest? Given these additional character complications, it may take a little longer than I initially speculated, but wait for next season for sparks of anger and eventually sparks of another kind to fly.


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Release Notes for the Catalyst 3550, 2955, 2950, 2950 LRE, and 2940 Switches, Cisco IOS Release 12.1(20)EA1a
Resolved Caveats for All Applicable Switches
Which Software Files to Download from Cisco.com
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Cisco Technical Support Website
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Release Notes for the Catalyst 3550, 2955, 2950, 2950 LRE, and 2940 Switches, Cisco IOS Release 12.1(20)EA1a
April 2004
These release notes describe a resolved caveat for Cisco IOS Release 12.1(20)EA1a. This release runs on the Catalyst 3550, 2955, 2950, 2950 LRE, and 2940 switches.
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Catalyst 3550 EMI cryptographic Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Catalyst3550 EMI Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Catalyst 3550 SMI cryptographic Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Catalyst 3550 SMI Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Table 2 Cisco IOS Software Image Files for Catalyst 2955 Switches
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Catalyst 2955 EI cryptographic Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Catalyst 2955 EI Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Table 3 Cisco IOS Software Image Files for Catalyst 2950 Switches
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Catalyst 2950 EI and SI cryptographic Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Catalyst 2950 EI and SI Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Table 4 Cisco IOS Software Image Files for Catalyst 2950 LRE Switches
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Catalyst 2950 LRE Cisco IOS image and CMS files
Catalyst 2950 LRE cryptographic Cisco IOS image and CMS files
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Catalyst 2940 Cisco IOS image and CMS files
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Safety and Efficacy Study of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Early Onset Type I Diabetes Mellitus
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified November 2010 by University of Sao Paulo.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
University of Sao Paulo
Northwestern University
Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
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First received: April 13, 2006
Last updated: November 15, 2010
Last verified: November 2010
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The study evaluates the effect of inactivation of the immune system with chemotherapy and immunotherapy and infusion of bone marrow stem cells in early onset type 1 diabetes mellitus. We hypothesize that reprograming the immune system will stop immune aggression to the insulin producing cells allowing their regeneration and thus decreasing or eliminating the need of exogenous insulin.
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Procedure: Immunosuppression and autologous stem cell transplantation
Procedure: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Phase 1
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Early Onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus- a Phase I/II Study
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: type 1 diabetes
MedlinePlus related topics: Diabetes Type 1U.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Sao Paulo:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Exogenous insulin dose [ Time Frame: Daily ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- C-peptide levels [ Time Frame: Each 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Hemoglobin A1c [ Time Frame: Each 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Each 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Anti-GAD titres [ Time Frame: Each 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Immunologic reconstitution parameters [ Time Frame: Yearly ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:Detailed Description:
Procedure: Immunosuppression and autologous stem cell transplantation
Mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) with cyclophosphamide (2 g/m2) and G-CSF (10 ug/kg/d), followed by collection and freezing of HSC and conditioning with cyclophosphamide (200 mg/kg) plus rabbit ATG (4,5 mg/kg).Procedure: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) to peripheral blood with G-CSF (10 ug/kg/d) and cyclophosphamide (2 g/m2) followed by collection and freezing of HSC and high dose chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide again (200 mg/kg) plus rabbit antithymocyte globulin (4,5 mg/kg).
Patients from 12 to 35 years old with type I diabetes mellitus proved by anti-pancreatic beta cell antibodies and recently diagnosed (less than 6 weeks) will be included in this study. Peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells will be mobilized from bone marrow of the patient with cyclophosphamide plus G-CSF, collected by leukapheresis and cryopreserved. After 2-3 weeks, high dose immunosuppression is given (cyclophosphamide 200 mg/kg plus rabbit antithymocyte globulin 4.5 mg/kg) and stem cells are thawed and injected intravenously. This procedure is performed in isolated rooms at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit of the School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Patients are discharged from the hospital after engraftment and closely followed up to 2 months after transplantation (with at least weekly outpatient visits) and continue the followup for 5 years after transplantation. Clinical, hematological, metabolical and immunological evaluations are performed to analyse the effect of the transplant in the disease and in the hematopoetic and immunologic systems of the body. Patients fitting the inclusion criteria but not agreeing to perform the transplantation are the control group and they will be followed in parallel with transplanted patients.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 35 Years (Child, Adult)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosed by clinical/metabolic parameters and positive anti-GAD antibodies
- Less than 12 weeks from diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous diabetic ketoacidosis
- Pregnancy
- Severe psychiatric disorder
- Severe organic impairment (renal, hepatic, cardiac, pulmonary)
- Active infectious disease
- Previous or present neoplastic disease
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00315133
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00315133
|Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
|Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 14048-900
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Sao Paulo
Northwestern University
Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
|Principal Investigator:
|Julio C Voltarelli, MD PhD
|University Hospital, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by University of Sao Paulo:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2017
Additional Information:
General information about the blood and research center where stem cells are collected and where immunologic studies are performed
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Couri CE, Oliveira MC, Stracieri AB, Moraes DA, Pieroni F, Barros GM, Madeira MI, Malmegrim KC, Foss-Freitas MC, Simões BP, Martinez EZ, Foss MC, Burt RK, Voltarelli JC. C-peptide levels and insulin independence following autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus. JAMA. 2009 Apr 15;301(15):1573-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.470.
|Responsible Party:
|Julio Voltarelli MD PhD, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00315133 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 13, 2006
|Last Updated:
|November 15, 2010
|Health Authority:
|Brazil: Ministry of Health
Keywords provided by University of Sao Paulo:
Diabetes mellitus
Stem cells
Autologous stem cell transplantation
Autoimmune diseases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2017


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leadpipe wrote:In today's NBA it's awful hard to find an impact player who isn't near the top of the charts as an athlete.
Hey, it's not like you guys aren't making killer points on this. I'm listening. I don't think Sully is an elite talent either at this point. He's not a top pick candidate. I just don't know where his celing is yet guys. You don't have to jump out of the gym to be a very good player, even in the Association, even on the blocks. Lee's Love example is a good one. I think Boozer is another. And then you're talking about going back to guys like Dantley and Barkley who had a freaky inside knack.
I don't think you all are wrong, but I don't know ur right yet. I do think on the college level too many are too hard on the kid, esp after the loss. He got zero help.


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Pensions bet big with private equity
On the 13th floor of a sleek downtown office building in Austin, Texas, the trading desks are manned overnight. The chief investment officer favors cowboy boots made of elephant skin. And when a bet pays off, even the secretaries can be entitled to bonuses.
The office's occupant isn't a high-flying hedge fund but the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, a public pension fund with 1.3 million members including schoolteachers, bus drivers and cafeteria workers across the state.
It is a sign of the times. Numerous pension funds are still struggling to make up investment losses from the financial crisis. Rather than reduce risks in the wake of those declines, many are getting aggressive. They are loading up on private equity and other nontraditional investments that promise high, steady returns in the face of low interest rates and a volatile stock market.
The $114bn Texas fund has hit the trend particularly hard. It now boasts some of the splashiest bets in the industry, having committed about $30bn to private equity, real estate and other so-called alternatives since early 2008. That makes it the biggest such investor among the 10 largest U.S. public pensions, according to data provider Preqin. Those funds have an average alternatives allocation of 21%.
Not all pension managers are in on the action. Some funds are wary of the high management fees often charged by private-equity and hedge-fund firms. And while a large fund like Texas' may have access to marquee investors, smaller pensions may have trouble getting an audience with the best performing firms.
Even in Texas, there isn't exactly consensus. Critics worry that the teachers' benefits are leaning too heavily on the esoteric investments, which can be less liquid and less transparent than stocks and bonds. Another sticking point is the fund's generous bonus culture—a contrast against the pensioners, who haven't seen a cost-of-living raise in more than a decade.
"I have problems with these alternatives," says former Texas State Sen. Steve Ogden, who owns an oil and gas company. "It's one of these 'trust me' investments."
And yet the strategy has helped to turbocharge the Texas pension, with returns from private equity averaging 4.8% and 15.6% over the past five-year and three-year periods respectively.
Including all assets, the pension's annual return from Dec. 31, 2007, to Dec. 31, 2012, was 3.1%—better than the median preliminary return of 2.46% among large public funds, according to Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.
Texas pension officials say private equity helped offset declines in its other investments. Britt Harris, the pension's chief investment officer, says he aims to "smash" the stereotype that government pension funds are on the losing end of most investments.
In November 2011, the Texas fund made one of the largest single commitments in the private-equity industry's history, investing $3bn in KKR and another $3bn in Apollo Global Management. Three months later, Texas teachers bought a $250m stake in the world's biggest hedge-fund firm, Bridgewater Associates—a first such equity stake for a US public pension.
For the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, the Texas teachers fund had a 7.6% return, and pension officials say they expect their bet on alternatives can help the fund hit its 8% annual target return over the long term. Over a ten-year period ending Aug. 31, 2012, the fund has had an annual fiscal year return of 7.4%.
Other large pension funds aren't so optimistic. Sticking to a return of 8% or more is "taking a big risk with one's ability to pay for benefits,' says Richard Ravitch, co-chair of the State Budget Crisis Task Force, a nonpartisan research group. Since 2009, one-third of state pension plans have scaled back their return goals, according to the National Association of State Retirement Administrators.
The reason: In some states, like California, failure to hit the target return puts taxpayers on the line to make up the difference.
California's giant public employee pension fund, Calpers, had made an aggressive push into alternative investments such as real estate, representing about one-tenth of its assets. But many of those real-estate holdings, particularly in housing, suffered big losses during the financial crisis.
If Texas misses its mark, state officials could seek to cut benefits or switch newly hired teachers from traditional pensions to less generous 401(k)-type plans. Similar proposals in other states have met with stiff resistance from labour unions.
Retired education workers in Texas, on average, receive an annual pension of $21,730. Most former educators don't receive Social Security, making their total retirement benefits among the lowest of the big public pension systems.
"If new teachers are forced to switch to 401(k)s," says Tim Lee, head of the retired teachers association, "they will end up in poverty."
Unlike many state pensions, the Texas teachers fund is in relatively solid shape. It is 82% funded, meaning there are 82 cents of assets covering $1 of liabilities, up from a low of 68% in February 2009, during the depths of the financial crisis. The average funding level among large public pension systems nationally is about 76%. Contributions from teachers and the state are identical, at 6.4% of employee salaries. The balance comes from investment earnings.
Still, the pension had a $26 billion shortfall, as measured at the end of August, caused in large part by big stock market losses during the financial crisis and increases to benefits for future retirees.
Harris, the pension's CIO since late 2006, says over the long term the fund can keep hitting its target, but "getting to [the 8% target level] over the next five to 10 years is going to be tough," he acknowledges.
With so much riding on returns, Harris has created an investment operation that looks and feels more like a hedge fund than a government agency. The office lobby buzzes with a flat-screen television that hangs next to photos of school children. Two of the fund's traders work into the night from a windowless room, following the markets in Asia and Europe. Staff—including secretaries—can score annual bonuses provided the pension beats its peers by just a small fraction.
Mr. Harris, whose mother is a retired Texas schoolteacher, once managed pension investments for corporations like Verizon and briefly served as CEO of Bridgewater. Last year, he was rewarded by the fund with a bonus totalling $483,753. Harris recused himself from the pension's deal to buy the Bridgewater stake.
Fund officials say the bonuses are necessary to attract an investment staff that can compete with the most accomplished investors around the world.
For decades, the Teacher Retirement System favoured a mild brew of stocks and bonds. But starting in 2000, Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, put real-estate developers and other investors on the pension system's board. Five of the nine current trustees are investment professionals.
"We had to have a more progressive system of investing if retirees were ever going to get a cost-of-living increase,' says Linus Wright, a former pension board member and former superintendent of the Dallas schools.
Between 2005 and 2007, as Texas and other states were ratcheting up their private-equity investments, state legislatures passed laws preventing certain information about the holdings from being disclosed to the public. Some private-equity firms insisted on these measures before approving investments from pension funds, says William Kelly, a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP, who works with both pensions and private-equity firms on disclosure issues.
"We are not your average investor,' said Steve LeBlanc, the former head of private-equity investments, who left the Texas pension fund in April to return to the private sector.
To help train managers, Harris employed some unusual tactics. He hired former law-enforcement agents to teach his staff how to tell if someone is being less than truthful when touting investments.
One strategy: Always have two members of the pension-fund staff in the room. That way, one person can listen to what the Wall Street salesperson is saying and the other can watch his or her body language.
"We know we are up against the most highly resourced, most sophisticated sales effort probably in the whole world,' says Harris. "But we have brought people in here who are equal to or better than what you find on Wall Street."
During the financial crisis, the Texas teachers fund showed its mettle by making investments that many pension funds couldn't stomach.
As the credit crisis escalated in late 2008, the Texas pension board authorised an investment of up to $5bn in inexpensive, high-yielding debt.
It was a large amount, even for a Texas-size fund. Still, some pension officials had an appetite for more. One pension board trustee said he was comfortable investing up to half of the pension fund's assets in the cheap debt, recalls board chairman David Kelly.
As the recession deepened and fear roiled the debt markets, the pension's investments in residential mortgages, corporate bonds and bank loans, totalling $2.6bn , lost value in the early part of 2009. The pension fund held on to the debt, which eventually gained 15%.
"Everyone, as we like to say down here, cowboyed up," says Kelly, a former Salomon Brothers banker and real-estate executive.
Ogden, the former legislator, had tried to convince lawmakers to reconsider the teachers' investment strategy. Instead, officials opted to extend it to at least 2018 while voting to allow the fund to double its hedge-fund investments.
"They found no smoking gun to convince them to cancel the program,' recalls Ogden.
The pension board also took steps to reduce the red tape in the investment process, giving its senior investment staff "quick-strike authority" to invest up to $1bn without full board approval.
LeBlanc used this authority in the spring of 2010 when he says he got a call from a friend at Paulson & Co., the firm run by hedge-fund star John Paulson. The friend asked: Would the teachers fund join Paulson in providing national mall operator General Growth Properties with new funding to exit bankruptcy?
Paulson lost out on the deal, but the pension fund plowed ahead, joining another group of Wall Street firms that agreed to pay about $10 per share for a large stake in General Growth. The risk was that the shares could fall as the company exited bankruptcy in a difficult retail market. After three weeks of due diligence, the Texas pension made an initial commitment to invest $500m in General Growth.
"No one moved as quickly as they could,' says Adam Metz, General Growth's former CEO.
General Growth turned out to be a big winner. The mall company's shares are worth about $19 today, an 85% gain for the pension fund.
Despite that particular coup, doubters wonder if the strategy is sustainable. "They may think they are the smartest and best investors, but this system cannot work in the long term," says former Rep. Warren Chisum, who in the last legislative session proposed switching new teachers to 401(k) plans.
Pensions officials, such as Harris, say the risks of the alternatives are manageable because the pension fund has ample liquidity to keep paying benefits in the event of big losses.
Texas educators have little choice but to support the pension fund's aggressive investment strategy and Wall Street-style bonuses. But retiree raises can't materialise until the system's funding level improves—to an estimated 90% from its current 82%. One solution, not popular with educators, is to increase the retirement age for teachers to help make up the fund's shortfall.
In the meantime, educators like Vella Pallette, a retired elementary-schoolteacher from the tiny Central Texas town of May, are in limbo. The 78-year-old's $2,000 monthly pension check is her sole source of income. "A little more money," she says, "sure would help."
– Write to Michael Corkery at email@example.com
This story was originally published in The Wall Street Journal. http://on.wsj.com/W4F1uc


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anybody listen to wknr this morning??? greg brinda had jimmy hanlin on talking about the tcf golf outing and hanlin was waxing poetic very well about the website, giving a nice big plug for swerb and everything that goes on here. i must say that i was very impressed. it was very classy on hanlin's part.
what wasn't so classy though was how brinda reacted to it of course as he acted like a complete mainstream media boob about it, denying that he wasn't aware of the website, never even heard of it, didn't know that it existed, yada-yada-yada when you could tell full well that he certainly did know about it as you could tell from the tone of his voice inflection that he was probably cringing in his seat, biting his tongue, gritting his teeth and silently spewing curse words at hanlin for basically just giving a free plug to an outlet that is far superior in content to his little radio gig.
he even went so far to actually look it up on online and stated that he couldn't find it, but jimmy pulled it up on his computer lickety-split and when brinda compared notes, he stated "oh, you have to use 'the' cleveland fan dot com" and he sounded very condescending when he said it too.
i don't know but am i just being thin-skinned about this???


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The Law of Purple
The Law of Purple
Latest Comic
Comic Dish
Alien Revenant
Jessi-Sama's Tumblrrrr
If I were Lette, I would listen to Blue
Posted on 2008-10-14
Copyright © 2006 Jessica Segaard.
Fleeing the scene
Look I like complicated polygons ok
Sparring and tea
Like a butterfly
On the subject of geometry
Robbie is basically just their third kid now
This is an official page
But I can work with it
this is what she's leaving me
Does this count as a plot twist?
I used to keep a leather collar in my purse just to put it on when I got off work
Passing on the reins
She actually WAS a literal goddess the entire time
Changes at Dachshund's Market
Boss Boss Boss Boss
what's in a name
She's a strong independent cranky lady
He's got this part covered
More convos with the babychild
channeling his father a little bit here
I swear this is the last one
I swear I'm almost done with these
Honestly at this point my former job is just writing the comic
Another comic based on the author's life
On the clock
Chest thumping contest
Well then
Well now THERE'S a twist
Get ready for more robot references
Robbie's dad is worst dad
Get in the robot, Robbie
Oriel's one of THOSE characters
I have been waiting for this page since Roses and Rainstorms
Fun with dialogue boxes
Kind of a funny coincidence this story chunk is going online when it is
no chill
Sabre has her reasons
And now we finally have some context
Helpful Maho Shojo Stella
Adriano Solves Problems Peacefully
surgeon general's warning
And now for something completely different!
This coincidentally went up the day before Lette's birthday
Blonde Goth Mom and the Goddess of Awesome gotta have this talk
Sapphire and Blue have THAT sort of friendship
You two stop being so cute
Why do their conversations always involve plot bombs
Lette's a REALLY good driver guys
They're driving through downtown at this point
Ides of March 2016
Been doing this for ten years and I still can't draw cars
Finally getting some mysteries solved I guess
We'll get to Lette and Skyla in a page I swear
this page also took too long
valentine's day 2016
this page took too long
Skyla's in watermelon colors today
Been a while
Sabre really
To be fair
A Conversation with Words
Sabre's kind of single minded
About time we got back to this
Vanessa Meets Nick
I drew this with the tablet
Good news all around
The ideal hiree?
Not what he was hoping to hear today
I wish this was exaggerating
Some faces
Mister Dachsund
Ides 2015
No drama here
We all know people like that
And then it kinda soured
you won't have heard of it
Hiatus Over March 2
memorial day 2014
Martin Luther King Day 2014
Ides of March 2013
Christmas 2012
How WOULD you decide that anyway?
Café Place
And it's looked like this since Roses and Rainstorms, too
Green don't hold with this nonsense
A sparkle field that turns on and off, apparently
Rowen will be important later you guys
Adventure Time at Dachsund's Market
Getting on Synn's Good Side
Synn and Van have a grown up talk?
Acknowledging this hiatus
Ides of March 2012
Synn and Van
Synn and the little kid
And now they have to figure out where all THREE of them will sleep
The return of... Holy Cow.
Vanessa Keeping it Classy
Martin Luther King Day 2012
Varney is a vampire and Dalia isn't sure she wants to be here
The Joke is Subtle but Just Think About It
Like I haven't done this joke before
Trials and Tribulations
well THAT explains a few things
Rachel wouldn't have cared if she didn't respect him so much
The return of... Rachel!
Popcorn Robo, we love you
Caligulans don't actually tan, so I'm not sure what she's there for
Vic and Darby
Colossalcon 2011
Memorial Day 2011
Lynnah's mom was so mad the phone is smoking
Probably should have seen this coming
As soon as things start to go smoothly
This IS my Business Suit
Better than being kicked out, right?
That guy is still here
Perks of the Job
The Return of Dachsund's Market
The enemy of all pregnant women
Wait a minute
My character design hasn't changed since before the comic started
Oh, yeah, those guys are here
Lette Explainerates A Little
She knows them better than that
Oh hey it's her again
Bella the Social Networker
Cravings Anonymous
Aaaaand 2
Introductions to ter class 1
Parenthood Prep at Jack Kirby Library
Don't know why they didn't have this conversation earlier
Is that even a word?
Bah, informative fillers
Title justification?
Almost home
Ides 2011
Lark for President
Moving Through the Crowd
New Buddies
Bitter Rivalry
Green's been standing off camera the whole time.
Rest in Peace Goofy
Lette the Transformer
Reunited at Last
Lette Playing at Radio Host
Running Some More
Tastes Like Licorice
Running the Hallway
Les Trois Mousquetaires
The Kitty
ohayocon 2011
Off We Go
Green and Control Panels (and Ivy)
Synn and Nebi again
Hoo Boy
Lette gives advice
Wait, can she burn out?
Gunfight (well, not technically, but yeah.)
Lette in aqua tones
On with it
Walerian being even more creepy
Walerian continues to be creepy
Zeva likes him after all
Christmas 2010
Return of the- Duwaah, it's yellow!
Nebi wasn't born yesterday
Military Brotherhood
Lark and Lette
this is canon
Tataka does not hate Synn
I'd have said the next day but there are no days in space
In Motion
Tataka hates Dimka
Vartan gives you his smoky look
Veteran's Day 2010
Walerian should never show his teeth
Something to think about
Lark Wants Answers
Halloween 2010
Enough About Daimon Already
Daimon and a guy
Daimon's Contributions
Daimon's Mission
Daimon's Sparkly Eyes
Sylvana wants you
Moar Nan'da Hugs
An'da huggles
Hitting a Nerve in Turn
Fine Cuisine
Yoda Hat
Just Like Dumbledore
Disown that thing
In a Barbie World
That Guy
Threat or Promise?
Unanswered Tensions
What better motive is there?
The description fits
A Skirmish of Wills
Happy to intrude on your quiet time
Moving On
Hearing the news
Moar huggles
A little too cavalier
What does it look like
Back to the Ship
Exes Crossing
It's actually pretty hard to get Morgan mad
Save the Princess!
And Blue is like "Whatever..."
Juni didn't know either
Lette's Middle Name
All it is is hashing out the details
The High General Returneth
Daimon's Freaking Big Tower of Stuff
I would totally read that
Slippin thru Purple Space la la la
Fare Thee Well
Regina Ecstatic
Juni versus Shi Shi (Ding ding!)
That's one sexy statue
Long suffering
The result of too many space operas
Who talks like that, Guv?
Totally not the same as the old boss
You just don't mess with the Goddess of Awesome
I've known cats like Konane
Class of Pain
What the heck are you talking about
Say that again?
Page 1000
Someone at the door
No pulling a Jade for you
He left a note
You can stuff me in a little box, but you cannot chain my smug grin
Grudging Admiration
Someone took my shoes
I'ma get you for this
So who's more prepared?
Shanghai Spoon
Dogs of War Title Page
Doggy Hugs
Dinner and a Show
Kitty's Big Victorian
Drama Chaser
Shades of Sin Alternate Cover
Beaten but not Subdued
Plunged into a Nightmare
Wrath and Pain
So much of it
And time turns
Conflict of Desires
State of the Consternation
Win and Fail
Sad, tired, but amused
Grief of the Executioner
Probably the bloodiest page since MOP
Clarence and his disturbing metaphors
Clarence teh EVILE!
He's in your bunker invading your space
The scent of tyranny?
Jus enough resemblance to be unsettling
Settle down Sweetheart
Worn Patience
Methodical Madness
Different kinds of pain
Ho ho, name puns again
Seeds of Shadow
Bad Kitty
a quieter tragedy
Skyla's reaction
Oh. Hi there.
Sam and Ainjea compare notes
Vague conversation
When she says a conversation's over, it's over
And Maxwell offers another option
A very early breakfast
Blue seems to really enjoy having a bounty on his head, if you ask me
Also he likes to stargaze out there
So matter of fact
That is the closest Juni ever looks to amused
Lette can be pretty creepy when she wants
Random fanservice page of dewm. XD
And what a mental image that makes
Synn knows how this looks, and he swears that's not how it is.
Didn't expect THAT.
ninja ninja ninja
It's not that his kung fu is weak, it's that he didn't see that coming
Return to the dark room
It ain't easy being Stud
Blue fears not the chill
It's like moving from Florida to Alaska
Running away to the circus
On the spot
The one unaccounted for
This does not bode well
One track mind
Break up the scene
Lette tells me she WAS going to take care of it eventually...
First of the crowd
Lette's hardly the only one who finds Maxwell a bit infuriating. XD
I mean come on, Wevers, seriously.
Wait-- they KNOW each other?
Supply and Demand TITLE PAEJU
SO... so.... so...
Walking in at an awkward time
Green being all good... buddyish.
Green being all enigmatic XD
I smell character development!
Oi Robbie
The highest praise
Greenstyle returns and means SERIOUS BIZNUS.
What, WHAT kind of RPG is this again?
Should've been able to figure this out on his own
Awww, why NOT?
More Roleplay
An elf and a catgirl walk into a comic...
Surprising Revelations!
Random stuff you did not know
Truth or Dare: RUINED
Personally I was more "Poor Basil Rathbone" at this point
No, this is a real movie
Flash! Ah-ah!
A summer out in the wild
Movie suggestions
We had a dog that used to do that
Do you MIND?
Ghost stalker
A logical conclusion
Chekov's phaser (I'm not explaining that one)
Qu qu qu what?
Nobody's actually said this to me before but they've come close
Woooo mama
Loss of appetite
Daytime Lingerie?
hustle hustle
Mickey's Pizza
Max plans ahead
Dinner Party Cover
Colassalcon made me do it
Blue Shirt
Epsilon and young Daimon
I so missed out on this gag during the chapter
Karmic Retribution
The Myranian version of the Way Things Are
Memorial Day 2009
O what a beautiful morning
It only gets worse
Lust kiss
They just want to get away from it all
Yuk I is sick
Oo la la
This gets its own short story
Girl hugs
Half past midnight and past your bedtime
One almost thinks she set this up
The buns are not for sampling, have a sandwich instead
Some Kitties are Tigers
Teh Stud explainerates
Culture clash! :D
You can rent but you can't buy
He don't know her very well, do he?
Like Mother like Daughter
Chitchat is such a great way to get to know people
The return of Dex's sister
The more I draw Nick, the more he looks like he's trying to be Quicksilver from the X-Men
Dance dance XD
GAO what a hokey ballad XDD
The music mystery SOLVED
Yes, Synn considers Thud a confidante
Oh say can you see my face through my hair
Overall Glee
Alone at last- for a minute anyway
Making conversation
Oh those rascals
Of course
They go together
They took away your name and gave you another name
I do
Who actually would have the GUTS, anyhow?
A father's tears
Yes, he IS that stupid
Yes, this is still her wedding dress
YES, this IS her wedding dress
When you know to start worrying
Poor Tommie
Freehand Cathedral of DEWM
But traditions are AWESOME
Morning revielle
Note what his door says.
Sounds like a plan
No hiding from the Wrath of the Rose
Don't make this into a habit
Rent it for WHAT?
Your Wal-Mart has MOVED!
Red tries out his anime pointing pose
Reception Party Coalition
Reception compromise
That is ALSO not her wedding dress
Rose borrowed that robot from Green
Sabre therapy
Sabre theorizes
Patient nudging
Sabre intervention
MLKJDay 2009
Vivid Trauma Flashback
Danni and Max don't really act like friends at all, do they?
Danni has no sense of sarcasm XD
Max in her loungewear
A glimpse of the entourage's outfits
I love how that tree turned out.
No other motive needed
Free Gym!
Girl Snuggling
Any Excuse
Dijana makes her memorable entrance
FettList, like Craigslist, ha ha
I love Sabre's shirt here
Nick in a Fury
Christmas 2008
Morgan being Morgan
The More the Merrier
Ya'll ain't got no class
Wait, he hired WHO?
Myrddin looks like a pirate in that shirt XD
Cooking With Lynnah
Call of the Cloth
Why should I have to tell you everything about myself, anyway?
Thanksgiving 2008
So darned cute
The imagination fails
Executed Plans
Solution to the problem
I love Kitty and Memphis's relationship
Meanwhile, at the Knick Knack Store....
So excitable!
Kitty up and down
Sister noogies
I love how Sabre's ears perk alla time
How all females will bond eventually
Veteran's Day 2008
We know she fits in
I know it doesn't take all week to vote but I might need time to recover
Halloween 2008
The way all my conversations seem to go
This brings back memories of high school, actually
Robbie finds out how to get Lynnah's goat
If you think my regular cheesecake is bad, you've never seen cheesecake
The main difference in their relationship now
High on Growth Spurts
Why it's called being the "best" man.
Should've told him this before now, Rose
Even Red has a Goofy Side
The Stud has Issues
The Goddess of Awesome in an Awesome Mood
Now where were we?
If I were Lette, I would listen to Blue
Mari's hair got darker?
You'll see a lot of this from here on out
That third panel is SO getting made into a sig.
Carly Carli Carliegh
Carly Carli
Who Says?!
... But everyone else is opaque.
Green finds Dex totally transparent....
There's probably a story behind this
Yes, I think it does
Having deep discussion during late night TV
Gee I wonder
Even Rose can only take Kitty in small doses
Kitty Pounce
There's just no winning
Loving the attic
Lette's kaibasmirk
Gypsy's real hair color is brown
Ladies, you KNOW you do this
No, this is NOT her wedding dress
Whatever You Say, Milord
September 11, 2008
Now is What Matters
Pedophile Bait
Dubious Origins
And the Quest is finally fulfilled
Long distance shopping
Suddenly "in character"
I was actually like this as a kid
Dex, Lord of Drama
I can has be back naow
How to get more dates
Because even Lette can't win ALL the time
Premature shameless promotion. XD
Invid and I actually do this
The most fun cover I have ever finished
We can has storyline?
Because we already did Mecha Torge Gold Edition
Heat of Battle 6
Heat of Battle 5
Heat of Battle 4
Heat of Battle 3
Heat of Battle 2
Heat of Battle 1
Man of Power Production Notes 4
Blue in funky armor and notice stuff
Easter 2008
Saint Patrick's Day 2008
Man of Power Production notes 3
Man of Power Production notes 2
Man of Power Production notes 1
And finally, the chapter ended.
Yeah, it's a running gag by now
Ingrid looks good in yellow. =3
Petting Therapy
Martin Luther King Junior Day 2008
Truth of the matter
The world to live for
Exploding X'Zabris shadows
Daimon as Epsilon's mouthpiece
Justice Wordplay
Every Game has Rules
And the artist gets even more tired of the conversation than Blue is. XD
Daimon should only answer to himself?
Christmas 2007
Could've asked? :x
Forgiveness is a long road
Bonnie Fools
Thanksgiving 2007
And Blue would be expensive, too... O.O
Veteran's Day 2007
Seems like Blue's the only one who HASN'T tried for himself
Halloween 2007
Outfit Switch
Overlapping and alternate universes
Yet again, blasted fillers
Scottish accent attack?
What we don't miss
Green shirts and wandering cameras
YAAAA! Parks!
I should probably be hurt for this
The Return of Nick! (Sorta)
Wunwunwun musical notes!
A Moment of Silence
Another happy reunion?
That is one detailed crowd. O_o
Return of the buzzing spacecraft!
Really a LOT of Kittycats are creepy, but hey.
GDG the Sheep
Undah Constructionz!
Synn demands dignity! XD
Spaceways characters
RPG Hijinks!
Synn REALLY mothers his troops. XD
The Name of Final Victory
And Silver folds
Blue lays his aces
Blue and Silver negotiate
Independence Day 2007
Goussh the second! :D
Lette the White Knight
And falls out of the panel.
Synn leaps before he looks...
How teh Jessi does teh color!
Blue versus Governor Cahro
Should've closed that door
Blue likes to play with hair
That spaceship comes courtesy of Wayne Enterprises. XD
Green dislikes his title passionately.
:/ I'm having people shot all OVER the place, aren't I?
Silver vows VENGEANCE!
How Doctor Dross gets away with stuff
Some races of LOP
The Five Faces of Darkness-- I mean, Drakon.
A threatening prediction
Jessi's sleep cycles are way messed up
Ingrid's crazy face
Nuu! Mari!
Read Spellbound, darnit!!
Gratuitous choking sketch
Memorial Day 2007
Mail by Air Sylvana
Old Wraithe Sayings
Doctor Dross sparkles when he's happy
Meanwhile, back at the Palace
Love and War
Ninja Mastah reveals himself!
I wonder if she can do that in stilettos?
Adorable Synn and his sexy walk. XD
Not a difficult choice, apparently
Mysteries better left unsolved
There's no fooling Synn.
Synn versus Governor Cahro
Purple nights XD
Bubblegum Wraithe
Seeing metallic skin in places we don't normally see! :o
Fool! Weapons have no effect on sexy women!
Minor characters have NAMES, too!
Sound effects are overrated.
Catacombs are almost as awesome as Lette.
Hey, the minor characters have personal lives, too...
And an ongoing plotpoint is resolved. Eep?
Memphis has mercy
The difficult questions
It's a kitty!
Somebunny's late (That was awful.)
Whu-- YOU!?
Shangri nestled
Daimon's a fast healer!
The Abode of Ebony Black
I don't think Red's acting out of HATE, Daimon.
The moral of the day.
X and Eppie have some weird arguements
Blue knows how to keep a woman happy. X3 Even out of bed.
And they've been keeping me in basement.
Hey, sis, while you've been worrying, I've been surrounded by hot babes!
Morgan wants pie!
Fencing Morgan
Lynnah looks too good in those pants. O_<
Why Blue can't wait to go home.
Everyone should have a pair of Happy Pants.
Anticlimactic tummy growlz
DOWN, boy!
Daimon is a kitty. XD
Ides of March 2007
So close, and yet so far.
Blue needs a hug! =(
It's pretty easy for Blue to get distracted. XD
Mah Cross! O_o
All part of what makes Lette the Goddess of Awesome
Chopsticks.... of DOOOM!!
Only SORT of a guest comic. XD
Lawl of Purple! XD
Daimon the video game character.
One of my creepier creations
Revampy goodness? O_o
Aren is a COLD little hellspawn.
Who's jealous of Daimon? (raises hand)
Sylvana unleashes her TRUU POWAH!
I am NOT your dear.
Valentine's Day 2007
Red needs Red to-- Wait.
Red panel borders! Get creative!
Bye bye, Fire Escape
Fire escape of salvation!
Finally shrunk for easy viewing!
Giants in the Earth is the book which I was reading.
No DUI for Synn. XD
ANOTHER one! XD
Spacescape posters!
Worry not, he's on his way! XD
Where's Red when you need him?!
Blue is REALLY happy to see her. XD
And then the Knight makes her Heroic Entrance!
Blue's startling discovery about body art (XD)
Cut to pieces
Goddess of Awesome down the rabbit hole
A win win for Silver?
MLKJ Day 2007
A lot of nerve, or just a lot of ego?
The reason for black
The Best Search Engine?
And Vanessa retaliates.
Red attacks....
Teh Half-Beed Stays Wif We For Funs! D:=
Shiny Toys
The Goddess of Awesome has Called Her People. O_o
Lette's emergency
Walleye Drop
XD Or maybe not.
Blue's being rather modest...
A sound too familiar
Blue just can't seem to keep his clothes on
Christmas 2006
Biology 101 with the Goddess of Awesome
Synn to the rescue!!
Daimon is quite the kisser. X3
Why Daimon, I NEVER.
Fuzzy Pink Flashbacks
Blue Knivessss...
Title Page
Down time
I gotta hug!
The epic conclusion!
On a wall
Yowie what now?
Party Girl
So is he Purple?
Lette pinup
The Bread of the Undead!
What IS the joke?
Return of the ultimate terror!!!
Cutting the turkey
For no particular reason
New premise?
The Greeter
Boo! Hiss! Filthy lies!
Not in my contract
And... the story... continues...
The Letter C
Bad Blue! Bad! Bad!
It follows form...
The One Thing
He's younger than he looks XD
No, no, no, no...
Disturbing vision?
Friday the Thirteenth... in OCTOBER!!
Or something
Not for sale
Casey the chaperone
So, YOU'RE Vanessa!
Nice jeans... I mean genes
I vote schizophrenia...
Five times fast?
Shurrup your mouth
Keeping up appearances
Half the game (and half the clothes)
Your MOM?!
Delayed reaction
Look BOTH ways before crossing the street!
Kids on the Street
Not Fully Grown?
Messy Guests?
Lette's Casual Wear
Rather be wrong
(Not even close to a) Tearful Reunion
First Panel W00t
Casta Bay Sketch
Love her as a MAN!
Daimon Sketch
Good Behavior?
Daft Gibberish
Window Seat!
ZOR-CH!! ScHRACKK! ShCLishh!
Reminder -OR- RRRMM-MMMBB-RRRR-BMMMMmmmm... revisited
Welcome... to my nightmare!
Off to School
Cerulean Blue Preview
Vodka Box
Big Production
Chibi LOP Theatre Presents: Pointless Rivalry
Telling Lette
She'll be relaxed?
Lynnah filler
Daimon filler
You GO, girl!
Knivesss... and some shirtless guy
Who are these people and why are they staring at me?
But she IS a-
Another one?
But then again
Knife Holdssss...
Knife Throwssss...
Lack of diligence
Heart vs. Ninja silence
Excepting the exceptions, except when accepting-wait...
"Cieling camera"
You're on mah list!
Supah pointy eared hearing!
Me Thud get some love!
It you!
Fly on the windshield
Spaced out
Too much fun
Pretty explosions
Me Thud have awesome strength
Father's Day '06
What you say?!
Fuzzing gracefully into cloak
Family business
What a mess
Who can resist risking death? Wait...
Go Fish
Elevator Tour
Disturbing vision
More PDA!
Mari and the Miko Pet
It'sa Mari!
Meanwhile bubbles! XD
Vickie found an elevator!
She GOT a funny feeling. XD
Love at first sight
Radioactive DNA! XD
Eppie and X!
X and Eppie!
Mother's Day 2006
Chat fight! XD
Shi Shi can jump!
Flashy lights!
Thud got girlfriend!
Physically Impossible
Jel lost the point here. X3
EroPoem! =D
Chimpanzees are mighty hunters!
Yes, Shi Shi, he knows you...
Learn to confine them, foo!
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Steppin' on and out
Do the (Mem)Twist
Dumb blonde attack
Know how it feels
St. Patty's
Ides of March '06
YUM-er, YOU!
The Law of Purple explained... sorta.
Where's Wald-er, the ship?
Short for something?
Keep her dad out of it!
Normal Tactic
Chibi Recap
Weird background
On the move
I have seen da FUTAH!
Massive Premonition (c)
It be talk like a pirate... comic!
Take us with you!
Messy living room
Like Usual
He weel not connect yuu, either!
He weel *not* keel yuu?
Mira is quiet
NOoo! Foolish emo boy!
He weel keel yuu!
Burned Toast
Itsa Me! Dross...io.
Insults and Threats
Evil Incarnate
Martin Luther King day 2006
When toys ATTACK!
Thud NOT STUPID!
Enter THUD!
Duke the gofer
Helpful Nijai guide-don't leave home without it!
Nijai on a couch
Aye, lass!
Teh Commander? Noes!
That ninja also has pretty hair
Legal Implications
Christmas Party... aftermath
Mistletoe, er, holly
Just call him "Sensei."
Stupid Kid!
Mystery of the Wardrobe REVEALED!
That ninja has pretty eyes
...And so is Blue
Rose is tough...
That's Silver? Kinda looks gray to me.
Irrelevant Weirdness
Where? I saw no people!
Peace is an illusion
Fanservice Title Page
Alien Shantytown
Fire Escape
Rockin' Like Teh Sixties
Blue the Tagger
Three Roses
Green yuu MEDDLER!
Just let me hold you
Camera Therapy
It's BONDED to yuuu! >:3
X'Zabris Double
Out of Place
Extra Caffiene
Trying to understand
Blue vents
Visions of the now
The start of a beautiful relationship. :/
Max is scary
Mortified Max
SUBMIT to my Millenium Mind Control!!! >:D
Composure lost
Max on a Mission
Whitey ain't a dating service
Uniforms Are a Terrible Idea
Wait, isn't Skyla OLDER than Lette? XD
Goddess of Awesome Drops a Bombshell
The Goddess and Pharaoh of Awesome have a love hate relationship.
Elven Hearing
Skyla, the Pharaoh of Awesome. XD
Robbie the Drama Queen
It PULSATES. XDD
Because ♥ is TOTALLY a word.
Lette IS focused. X3
yet at the same time, has no clue.
Husband of Boss is very perceptive...
Skinny Squad meets Husband of Boss
A stick of LARD! :D
All Purpose Remote
Dex's greaat escape!
Dex's big sistah!
Dex's biggest worry
Green pulls off a snake toungue
The Lens! The Lens!
Blue likes apples!
You know me too well, boy.
Someone ELSE sleeping where they shouldn't! :x
Virgin Seer
X'Zabris and Epsilon
The Goddess of Awesome's couch
Mysterious connection
Don't you feel alive?
Lette's friend KitKat
Dynamic Trio?
Rose and Mjölner♥
Violet's True Motives
Violet Likes Football?
Roll Models
Lette being coy
Plot Bunnies!!!
Robbie bites. X3
And this is you on drugs.
Port Platypus Secondary School
That just means he LIKED you!
He doesn't wear a scent
This is ME.
Occult Balance
Monster to the Mall
Let's go shopping!
Like an old spy movie
One Man Army
Goddess of Awesome in Nirvana
Lord of Narcissm Defeated
Nick the Nuisance
One GOOD Reason
Hot Chix
The Goddess of Awesome vs Lord of Narcissm
Feeling Better
Not my mom
Hot Chocolate CURES
Girl Talk
They're already gone
Rose in the wind
Mr. Too Sexy for his Shirt
Role Model
Shojo eyes of DEWM
Not Fine
Lette Duels Good (XD)
Helmet Head
First impressions don't always take
Motorcycles are sexy
Lette is also the Goddess of Awesome Scrapbooks
Of course Lette sings perfect Japanese. XD
Even the Goddess of Awesome likes to sleep in.
Jo's secret weapon
Writer's Block
Violence in literature
Harry Potter, God of Whining and rabid fan bases.
No, Blue CANNOT swim.
But maybe it WAS an old boyfriend! :o
I know nothing of Tennis
The Goddess of Awesome's nice legs
something to show you
Blue and guitar
Wet shirt contest
lawn mowers are evil
Claymore Bill
He-man in Bondage gear
Green the Mangaka
Goddess of Awesome meets her nemesis
Wyrd kids
Work crush
Manners mean nada
Alicia Wyrd, town cryer
Always Remember
We need more shadows!
Hands up, Han! >:3
Heart to Heart with Sapphire Sharp
Star Wars Reference with Extra Cheese!
Mickey's Pizza?
Page thirty TOO!
Page thirty WUN!
Say WHA?
Pyromancy for dummies
Blue likes books!
The bosslady's wardrobe is fun
Robe-ed arm
Kitty pounces!
The Bosslady
Mage Myrddin's
No bad dreams = happy Blue
Cult wahuh?
Having Blue around is like having a teen daughter...
Sleeping on the floor
Flame in the dark
I need to handle it myself
Blue is no longer in this discussion
So when he's not emo the world ends?
Comparing therapists
Doctor Sharp
Sharp brand therapy
No touchie the emo! XS
Red's Wardrobe
What geeks gossip about
Lette's coming too!
Hot in here
In the car
BBE Page 10
BBE Page 9
BBE Page 8
BBE Page 7
BBE Page 6
BBE Page 5
BBE Page 4
BBE Page 3
BBE Page 2
BBE Page 1
Behind Blue Eyes Cover
Sweet Addiction
Old costumes
ye olden days
Coming soon!
Whitey Sitting
Green the Action Hero XD
Green the Artist
That's platiPI. I think.
We only take credit
For SCIENCE!
Red's plan?
Max is CahRAZY
:x Who'z ZIS?
Deciding their fate
I wonder about that scientist.
Just hysterical
Red the therapist
Touching reunion (FINALLY.)
Kitty love HURTS
Happy little signal pirate
The real freak
Boy talk
Mines!!! *drool*
Brotherly love
Lette's Dad
Stunning plot twist!
Brothers are supposed to pick on each other
Legs of springs
On the road
Blue, you EMO PLAYBOY. XD
Talk with the General
I see a court martial in your future...
Frieda, what are you DOING?
That Twilek is hot.
Thick as Thieves
Thank yuu thank yuu
So happy to see you I'm sobbing
Dog Tags are just cool
Ring us in, we's ready for the new year!
Just remember what they say about absolute power...
Run, Jik, or the mounties will GET YUU!!
Don't follow him, Alice, it will get you nowhere.
The HORRORS!
Santa Green wishes Merry Christmas!
General Dert
Zentraedi Overlord
Dark Forcesss
Humans off Earth
Return of the Goddess of Awesome
All night long
Geeks 'n' Freaks
Red's a doctor!
Was?!! LAST NIGHT???
Memphis is too pretty for his own good.
Work out
Frieda, quit hitting on him.
Ack! Mush!!
Lette, Goddess of Awesome
Mush moment
Green is adorable too
Rocket Fuel
Broken Heart
Santon Hospital
Raising them
I do love my shower scenes
Flamez and Death
More expositions!
That's EARTH food, n00b!
The official stance of the government on handling extraterrestrial lifeforms.
Have a sexy Halloween!
Whitey's cute
MY toy!
BwaHA he's fast!
Fanservice?! :3
It's dark in there
On trial by cat!
Quit breaking the 4th wall, Casey.
Conventions are luv.
It was I!
Oooh, what biceps!
Love at first nab
Oh wait- he's NOT dead! Maybe.
Jeust an ikkle creepy-- ooh, is that a Beetle?
Blue would be even DEADER here, as he cannot swim.
Character death! (maybe.)
Rose roxorz. My writing is cheese.
Okay, this is getting old.
FtE FIRST PAGE!!!1!
Fall to Earth
Ides of March
Behind Blue Eyes
Far Side of Nowhere
Man of Power (Part One)
Daddy's Girl
Captive (Filler Special)
Man of Power (Part Two)
Guest Comics
Lette's Birthday 07
MoP Production Notes
Heat of Battle
Toy Quest
One Shots
Roses and Rainstorms
Dinner Party
Supply and Demand
Shades of Sin
Dogs of War
Rule of the Babeocracy
No Storyline
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Eighty-Eight Inn (88 Inn)
Eighty-Eight Inn is ideally situated in the heart of KL's famous and prime attractions, offering spectacular night views of the Bukit Bintang area.
One of the best value hotels in Bukit Bintang within convenient access to many other major attractions such as the Twin Tower, KLCC, Chinatown and even the KL Sentral by various mode of public transport.
Our hotel lobby has a no smoking policy.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free Internet Access
- House Keeping
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Parking
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
If you are taking taxi or any form of public transport, just direct them to bring you to Berjaya Times Square first.
Once you have reached there, you can locate us at the following address.
Eighty-Eight Inn
No. 2, Jalan 1/77B, Changkat Thambi Dollah, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
By Air
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is approximately 1 hour by road.
By Rail
KL Sentral KLIA and Railway Transit Station using Monorail Train (MRT) is about 5KM away, approximately 11 minutes by MRT or car.
By Road
Main Bus Station is called Pudu Raya is within 20 minutes walking distance.
Located Near
Our hotel is very near the Berjaya Times Square area.
(Located between Berjaya Times Square and Wisma Shaw - Eu Yan Sang)
5 minutes walk to Berjaya Times Square, Sungei Wang, Lot 10 and Bukit Bintang.
Easy access to Monorail Station and other modes of public transport.