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Orlando Olympia started the second half with a 17-0 run but New Smyrna Beach rallied to a pull out a 64-58 victory Thursday in the Gus Gibbs Basketball Tournament at DeLand High Gym.
DELAND -- When Orlando Olympia opened the second half with 17 straight points and New Smyrna Beach struggling offensively, there was only one thing NSB coach Steve Gawriluk could do – look to four-year starter Desmond Mitchell.
With NSB trailing 45-41 and his team going almost the entire third quarter without a score, Mitchell responded with nine straight points and tallied a career-high 31 on the night in leading the Barracudas to a 64-58 victory Thursday over Orlando Olympia (4-8).
Mitchell hit six of NSB's 10 3-pointers and the victory advanced the Barracudas (11-2) to Friday's semifinals of the 12th annual Gus Gibbs Basketball Tournament at DeLand High School.
"I just wanted to win,'' Mitchell said. "They went big and got easy buckets inside, and in the fourth quarter we turned it up on defense.''
NSB will take on Delray Beach Village Academy, a 58-56 winner over Nation Ford, S.C., at 6 p.m. Friday. Trinity Christian faces DeLand at 7:30 p.m.
Trinity got a free pass to the tournament semifinals when Orlando East River was a no-show, while DeLand held off St. George, Bahamas, 59-56.
DeLand got to the semifinals thanks to a game-winning 3-pointer from Lynnoris Hamilton with 1.6 seconds left that broke a 56-56 tie. The Bulldogs also got 24 points out of Kyle Epping and 10 from Kevin Burnell.
In the early game, NSB's Mitchell scored 10 of the Barracudas' 19 fourth-quarter points, but the win wouldn't have come without some key assistance – at the right time – from his teammates.
Desmond Jackson and Trai Halton each hit two 3-pointers and Davarez Bryant and Jalen Merrick gave the Barracudas some quality minutes in the paint when Olympia went with a bigger lineup.
"We told our kids not to look at their record because over in Orlando they play tough teams night-in and night-out,''Gawriluk said. "If we can't score, we can't press, and that took a lot out of us in that third quarter.''
Behind the long-range marksmanship of Mitchell, Halton and Jackson, NSB ran out to a 21-9 first-quarter lead and extended it to as much as 34-17 midway through the second quarter.
Hamilton Hawkins, who scored 17, and Juan Rivas (11 points) rallied Olympia to within 41-28 at the intermission. In the third quarter, the visitors took control.
A 17-0 run left Olympia with a 45-41 lead, and it took a 47-45 margin into the final quarter of play.
Halton's jumper with 3:12 left to play tied the game at 53-53, and it looked as if it was going to be a free-throw contest the rest of the way.
NSB hit a paltry 11 of 27 free throws on the game but enough down the stretch to where it never relinquished the lead after taking a 55-53 margin.
"We're like gymnasts,'' Gawriluk. "We like to do the hard maneuvers and forget about the simple things.''
OLYMPIA (4-8) King 12, Rodriguez 3, Rivas 11, Etienne 11, Berry 4, Hawkins 17. Totals: 20, 12-16 58
NSB (11-2) Dez Mitchell 31, Johnson 4, Jackson 6, Dia. Mitchell 7, Arnold 3, Roberts 2, Carlin 4, Halton 5, Bryant 2. Totals: 22, 11-27 64
Olympia 9 19 19 11--58
3-point goals—Orlando Olympia 8, (King, Rodriguez, Etienne, Rivas 2, Hawkins 3), NSB 10 (Dez Mitchell 6, Jackson 2, Halton 2). Total fouls—Olympia 17, NSB 15. Fouled out—none. Technical fouls—none
ST. GEORGE, BAHAMAS (14-4) Jennings 4, Russell 14, Bain 9, Bevans 13, Thompson 16. Totals: 21, 5-9 56
DELAND (8-4) M. Hamilton 9, Chavers 2, Epping 24, Burnell 10, Dean 6. Totals: 20, 14-20 59.
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DeLand 11 20 14 21--59
3-point goals—St. George 6 (Russell 2, Thompson 4), DeLand 3 (M. Hamilton 1, L. Hamilton 2). Total fouls—St. George 16, DeLand 9. Fouled out—none. Technical fouls—none

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Dear Coaches, Players, Parents and all other friends,
The 2018 Annapolis Open® Grant Turner Memorial Baseball Tournament is our 13th Annual and promises to be especially exciting regularly supporting teams from at least 4 states.
The Annapolis Open starts on Friday, March 23rd at 5:00PM and continues through early evening on Sunday, March 25th. The Ceremonial opening is planned for 1PM at Generals Highway Field 2 on Saturday, March 24th.
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This week we have again taken a peek at the mods that are out there and (hopefully) come up with some real crackers for you to check out. TerrorFox1234 has found a great mod collection that is all wrapped up into one nicely bundled 'utility' mod, SirSalami has found some new ways to spend his time in New Vegas, and I have found a mod that was produced following the AMA session I had with Elianora.
We've had an anonymous submission that I checked out and really liked, their selection is a total redesign of Sanctuary from Fallout 4 that adds many new buildings, fixes the bridge and also changes the road layout - be sure to check it out.
We love to hear your selections, so if you have a mod you would like to submit to the community (not your own), please check out this new and handy form. Please fill out the form completely and ensure that you add some details about the mod and why you have chosen it (similar to how we have below). Just remember that other mods on the site may do roughly the same thing, so keep your eyes peeled and understand that these are just our personal picks. That said, hopefully, you'll find something you may not have seen before. Who knows, maybe we'll even learn a little about each other along the way.
Mod: Take Your Time
Game: Fallout New Vegas
Author: ClockworkManatee
Bartering, crafting, hacking, lockpicking, reading, repairing, and weapon modding: these are specialized skills that should take time to properly perform. That's why I always roll my eyes a little when my character can seemingly repair a rifle in literally, no time at all. This mod seeks to rectify that.
Elegantly fading to black when you initiate an appropriate action, the mod will then calculate how much 'time' will be spent on the task based on your character's expertise before returning control to you. Though this happens very quickly for the player, the time that passes will affect your character and the world accordingly, making performing these tasks a meaningful commitment rather than a simple chore.
Fully configurable via MCM, this mod is an excellent addition for immersion seekers and survivalists alike.
Mod: Utopium's Utility Pack
Game: Skyrim
Author: Utopium
Utopium has slowly been taking over a small section of my plugin list. He creates simple yet effective mods that are hard to live without once you get used to them. I was more than pleased to learn that he has packed up most of his little knick-knacks into one plugin.
Since this is merge of multiple mods, I'll just give a quick description of each. Be sure to check out each individual mod's page to get more details!
Utopium's Utility Pack includes:
- Better Free Camera - This is a MCM allowing for fine control of free camera settings, HUD settings, FOV settings, and Time Multiplier settings.
- Camera Scripter - This is an API and MCM for creating custom camera automations. I haven't actually made use of this, but it seems like a great way to make a trailer for an upcoming mod.
- Don't Push Me While I'm Talking - This mod is a simple SKSE plugin that toggles clipping mode for your character when locked into dialogue with NPCs. This prevents other NPCs from pushing you around.
- Get Over Here - Another MCM. This one allows you to set hotkeys for moving NPCs around. Great for getting rogue townsfolk unstuck or moving your companion back to your side.
- Horsing Around - This mod allows you to zoom in on your character a bit closer while riding on horseback. It also disables the forced perspective change when drawing and sheathing your weapon.
- Let Me Pass - This mod allows you to move NPCs out of the way without the need to equip a spell or item. Simply push against the NPC for a few seconds and they will teleport out of the way.
- Notification Log - This mod logs all of the notifications that pop up so you don't have to worry about accidentally missing something. The log is accessed via the MCM.
- Put On Some Clothes - This is a quick fix for those occasional conflicts that wind up with an NPC walking about naked. Some settings are configurable via an MCM.
- Quick Deposit - This one allows you to set a hotkey that, when pressed while looking at a container, brings up a selection menu with various options for depositing specific types of items. This on is high configurable via an MCM.
I will also mention Continue Game No Crash which not everyone may want. You can read up on this one and decide for yourself as there's no way to quickly give an explanation. That being said, there are two versions of Utopium's Utility Pack available for download; one with CGNC included and one without.
Mod: No More Radio Station Notifications - NMRSN
Game: Fallout 4
Author: KernelsEgg
Some of you may have heard the AMA (Ask Me Anything) that we held recently with Elianora. It was a great evening full of insight, great questions and interaction within the community. There were many questions asked about modding, but one that jumped out at our member 'KernalsEgg' was "What mod would you most like to see created for Fallout 4?"
Eli mentioned that the one thing that frustrates her in Fallout 4, more than anything else, is the constant pop-ups that occur when you come into (and leave) the range of one of the many radio stations. Well, this mod does exactly what it says in the title and removes the intrusive text for your UI.
Did it get Eli's seal of approval?
"MY f***ing ETERNAL GRATITUDE FOR YOU DEAR SIR/MADAM." - Elianora
I guess that's a yes.
(Guest submission)Anonymous
Mod: Sanctuary Lives Again
Game: Fallout 4
Author: greekrage
Sanctuary Lives Again is a ground-up overhaul of, well, Sanctuary. SLA contains many new buildings such as a police station, bank, church, cemetery, schoolhouse, hotel and many more. The road has been re-routed so instead of ending in a cul-de-sac it now circles around back to the newly designed bridge. Several buildings are designated for a specific profession, such as medical, food, weapons, etc.
The level of detail is simply excellent. From the fish stands to the interior detail of each building, is well thought-out though there is more than ample room for anyone to let their creative juices flow to add or modify according to their taste. I personally like the fact the mod author has left several spaces empty to do with as I please. The balance between residential and commercial areas is excellent. Neither are overbearing over the other. This mod gives me a warm feeling as if I am truly coming home after 200 years in cold storage.
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The U.S. Botanic Garden is a living plant museum. Public exhibits are located in the Conservatory, the National Garden and in Bartholdi Park.
Visitors are permitted to take photographs of the public areas at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Such photographs may only be made for personal use and must be taken with hand-held cameras. Commercial use of such photographs is strictly prohibited. The use of flash equipment and other special photo lighting devices or other bulky accessory equipment is not permitted.
Photographic or filming activities can in no way affect the public's enjoyment of, or access to, our exhibits. Other rules for photography activity at the U.S. Botanic Garden:
- Posed photography of any kind is not permitted. This includes wedding, engagement, or professional family photography.
- Films or photographs must be for personal, non-profit use.
- Photographers and their equipment must not impede access and must stay on pathways at all times. Walking in planted areas beds, behind planting beds or placing equipment in beds is prohibited.
- The use of flash equipment and other special photo lighting devices or other bulky accessory equipment is not permitted.
- Plants may not be moved, cut, rearranged or handled in any way.
- Flow of visitors along walkways must not be impeded. Visitors are asked to be aware that narrow pathways and intersections may become bottlenecks during periods of increased visitation.
- Original artwork, sculpture, or other creations that are on exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden are protected by artist's copyright and may not be photographed for the purposes of reproduction or copying in any way.
- The U.S. Botanic Garden does not provide any equipment or staff assistance.
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While personal hand-held camera or video equipment may be used without special permission in the Conservatory and on the grounds of the U.S. Botanic Garden, the use of a tripod, other equipment or art supplies requires a permit. To ensure the public's enjoyment of and access to exhibits and displays the use of tripod, equipment, or easels and organized classes are not allowed during periods of peak visitation. For advance permission to use of tripods, equipment, easels or art material containing solvents during the week, please contact Laura Anthony at 202.226.7674. Approved permits are obtained onsite at the Visitor Information Services desk in the Conservatory.
Tripods may be used Monday - Friday only during Orchid Spectrum exhibit February 23 - April 8, 2018.
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|2011-04-12, 04:59
|Link #381
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv165
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
I guess understanding the full extent of producing anime in general require a direct report from an insider, although I believe there were production costs thrown here and there in the past.
It is however extremely difficult to gauge your average budget, considering how the rendition of an anime series can be between extremely mediocre and "OVA-like".
That being said, I believe it is a fair point to consider their "craft" as not the norm, considering how few studios are actually doing the same kind of efforts (or relatively speaking, dishing out the "same kind of budget"). To put it bluntly, there isn't much competitors even if you factor simple designed things like LS/K-on/Nichijou.
If we consider your usual "runmill" studios like JC Staff/DEEN/ZEXS/Xebec/etc, we are probably going to end on a common conclusion.
Things is that, "quality" becomes more and more a relative apprieciation of the fans, and while some people would cry genius over animation galore (even of different genre, like either ambiant detail for K-on/Nishjou, or upfront action animation, like TTGL/Star Driver), some would rather want a scenary "porn" (Ef series despite having an abysmal animation, or currently, Hanasaku Iroha).
That brings even more problems regarding what to "consider" really as good production in general, if you were to be on the "opposite" side (I just say it in general, I'm in no position to call what you are expecting to be good production value).
That being said, I think we can give proper credits for a studio when it comes to consistency and "middle ground" quality that should be applied to any genre (like design consistency, colors, camera pan etc), and how often they can pull it off (for example, as much as PA Works definitely delivered eye candy stuff like Canaan and Hanasaku Iroha, they went almost close to Xebec level with Angel Beats).
However, as much as I agree they should try to expose themselves to new horizons, I think haruhi issue is relevant to their problem: KyoAni is, contrary to what many people believe, a small studio. They aren't anything close to big shots like Sunrise, Madhouse or Bones, which is even more noticeable if you check their history.
Therefore, we are pretty much seeing the producer side being overly dominant: Endless Eight fiasco was pretty much the clear indication of that (despite it did require budget to reiterate each episode with clear different scenes, although the content was basically a copy paste X7).
It is even more obvious when they are starting to rack Movies projects, which you wouldn't even expect them to do so prior 2008, as they are bound to make popular sequel.
I dunno, it is perhaps I rather see the industry itself as stagnant that I'm not really bothered by KyoAni stance.
|2011-04-12, 05:04
|Link #382
I don't give a damn, dude
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In Despair
Age: 32
And for a more up-to-date example, although nobody wants to acknowledge its existence, it has to be said that the Munto reboot, if nothing else, does show that KyoAni still has what it takes to deliver the breathtaking action scenes, especially if you're talking about the more recently-animated second half.
Really, the only thing with KyoAni is whether they want to.
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|2011-04-12, 05:28
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
I personally really like the style of ~ef, but I did notice as you said, the animation quality was not too great and why I can't say Shaft is as quality of studio in this department as KyoAni.
I can't exactly comment on FMP: TSR (I never made it that far in FMP). Though I must ask if every episode was action packed or not, where budget is inevitably lost? I ask this because if the show had lead up to fights in arcs or something of that nature (1 big fight every 3-6 episodes), then it isn't quite the same.
I don't doubt they possess they have the ability to perhaps provide quality in a single instance or two, or maybe even three in a series of such nature. What I do question, and I don't know and I don't presume to know the answer to, is if they possess the ability to maintain this for this kind of show, episode by episode like a Code Geass (I mention it only because it's a big one, not vouching for its quality, just using as a base of comparison).
Only then can I say that it is a fair comparison. Problem is, like I keep saying, they haven't given us a real opportunity to make such a comparison since they haven't really ventured outside their comfort zone.
EDIT: Another thing that I should say... If KyoAni manages to become a bigger studio that produces more shows in the future like a Sunrise/Madhouse/Bones, will they be able to maintain what they've done up till this point? I know BONES is still pretty great at delivering quality after all this time.
|2011-04-12, 05:35
|Link #384
I don't give a damn, dude
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Age: 32
|2011-04-12, 05:44
|Link #385
Bittersweet Distractor
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|2011-04-12, 06:05
|Link #386
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv165
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
What I meant is that I don't mind KyoAni stance because they are actually trying "new franchises", even though they are essentially similar due to the themes, whereas the industry is stuck with recurrent fanservice stuff etc.
I personally don't like Nichijou's humour that much (only 1 scene per episode really cracked me up, that's it), but I have to admit that it is fairly different from what we usually have. Likewise, even if it was a simple "moe blob slice of high school life", K-on wasn't following the usual trend of the industry (although, marketing and goods are a totally different story).
Of course, I would really call creativity/upside-down path for KyoAni should they decide to make a full action series, or something entierely different (Thriller, etc).
But the rendition of the fights are definitely on the high standards. The so famous lambdadriver scene is one among many... in fact, if you remember that weird "energy shield colliding" scene in the Cave Cricket episode of Haruhi 2006, you will realize quickly where it comes from
I would definitely recommend this series though (along with Fumoffu): even in this "day and age", FMP franchise is quite fresh. You will understand why so many people are begging blood and tears for a sequel.
Damn, that makes me want to watch TSR again
|2011-04-12, 07:39
|Link #387
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Spoiler for unanimated FMP material:
doing its stuff would look like, with the KyoAni Lambda Driver effect.
|2011-04-12, 08:11
|Link #388
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv165
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Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
Why, of course. This is even "worse" as I've just rewatched the first 4 episodes, and really, it is hard to compute the fact it is from 2005 (you would rather expect this series vintage to be around 2008-2010 instead).
And yeah, key moments of the LN would be a gigantic blast if they keep the same direction with a up to date budget/animation techniques.
Geez, this discussion reminded me why I keep this series in my top 5
|2011-04-12, 08:28
|Link #389
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
If you look at Nichijou, it's not quite up to what they did with Haruhi 2006, but every scene is animated fluidly. If you look at episode 1, the explosion scene at the beginning was great, every object is being tossed around in a twisting manner, there's an attention to detail there. For what it is, I can't see it being animated any better.
The other thing here is that Kyoto Animation is consistently high quality, the only other studio which can match this is PA Works (notwithstanding some parts of Angel Beats). Bones might produce stuff like FMA, but they also produce stuff along the lines of Star Driver.
That's not to say I'm a Kyoto Animation Fanboy. I found lucky star dull, hated Kanon, was apathetic about Clannad (though I loved After Story...), and didn't even watch K-On.
|2011-04-12, 08:42
|Link #390
Anime Snark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 35
I still consider FMP!:TSR to be one of the pinnacles of anime, and Kyoto's best anime series. FMP!:Fumoffu! is still epically funny in this day and age, I still can't help but sniggle every time I think of the Football episode (or the entire last episode).
If KyoAni ever gets around to animating another season of FMP!, I swear the Heavens will part with a radiant descending, singing choir of Angels as I sink to my knees weeping like an over-emotional weenie.
Code Geass was an entertaining show which I enjoyed it very much for the camp, and there were very well animated fights, but the series as a whole also had its "QUALITY" moments, and recycled frames. Something which is very lacking from KyoAni.
Not to mention the level of gore... if I have to use a comparison, it's akin to GitS. Throat slit in TSR anyone?
Military action aside, TSR was also about a coming of age for the Protagonist, Sousuke. You really feel his character growing. There were also some comedic elements, but TSR was mostly on the serious side.
That said... if anybody intends to dive into the FMP-series and do not wish to read the Light Novels that they are based on, they will need to watch the original series made by GONZO (with assistance from KyoAni). Otherwise a lot of plot elements will be lost on them in TSR.
GONZO being GONZO... well, it's not entirely bad, it's still good, but... ...
|2011-04-12, 13:42
|Link #391
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
I suppose I wouldn't really be here if it weren't for Haruhi specifically. The way they managed to provide such a refreshing and invigorating story to me, I'd like to see the same in other areas.
I mean since they boast a good record at adapting KEY VN's, why not try adapting a VN of another type? For example, I know you reviewed Sharin no Kuni Himawari no Shoujo and liked it, could they manage to adapt a story as difficult as that one? It seems to contain elements that they'd be good at expressing, but at the same time poses a unique challenge (It has many darker elements, and the main lead is often not the nicest guy).
|2011-04-12, 14:32
|Link #392
Senior Member
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It's a bit ironic as I think FMP:TSR quite compares favourable to top selling late night mecha like Code Geass, and Macross Frontier, or shonen shows like Gundam Seed, 00 and Star Driver.
Maybe a new FMP:Fomufo would have more succes if Goutou still has some of those stories lying around. That show's razorsharp comedy timing remains unsurpassed.
I think they over-extended themselves in that period as they had like 8 projects going in that period (from anidb). While before and after they never did more then 2 things a year. Compare this to say P.A.Works who have done 2 projects a year for the last 4 years: one original animation and one subcontracting job.
After the late 2008-2009 period quality increased again. The Haruhi movie, while not a TV-anime, had almost as much effective run time as a single cour season is amongst their best work yet. K-on!! may look deceptively simple but in terms of directing and atmosphere it had far more to offer then it's prequel.
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This season alone is a proof they really have competent staff to deliver dead serious stuff (or hilarious explosive humor, as shown in Fumoffu), so I would be entirely positive should they pick something like Sharin no Kuni.
That being said, explained by Skane already, Gonzo's season is watchable, and you have to go through this stepstone to fully understand and enjoy TSR (and Fumoffu inbetween).
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That said, I'm a bit doubtful of that game ever being adapted into anime because anime adaptations of VNs are often used to promote console ports, and Sharin no Kuni's Xbox 360 version came and went with no anime being announced.
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Age: 26
I find it very confusing that neither has gotten an adaption. If what you say is true though, it's a shame that an anime adaption may never be made for sharin no kuni himawari no shoujo. I feel like it's a good enough story to carry a lot of success though...
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TBS is the one who wanted to make Key's anime and got animation rights from Key and asked KyoAni to make adaptations. The shows I don't know where came from very much are Fumoffu and K-ON! But it'd be safe to say they're not KyoAni's projects.
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|2011-04-12, 18:53
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I disagree on the comment regarding how successful FMP would be in this day and age...
Most anime viewers have seen one of the seasons, and it has received (and continues to receive) favorable comments.
It has almost become a staple in any anime viewers repertoire.
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yeah, my friend and i just had a conversation about watching that new show by KyoAni this season, then laughing at how far they've fallen since they've done TSR. TSR is by far one of the best shows ever made in the last decade. it depresses me to think it came out so long ago and that the studio hasn't been able to reproduce a show anywhere near its quality since. PA Works is the future and the only hope we can get something TSR like in the near future.
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
Assuming Hanasaku Iroha is successful, which if it keeps up its quality will very much be so, then personally I would like P.A to produce something completely outside the slice of life genre. An epic sci-fi or fantasy/adventure series perhaps, and preferably an anime original, which all but one of their series has been so far. Then, it is possible to call them the future.
Atm, it looks like SHAFT is currently the golden egg though in the diversity/creativity department.
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Charles Arlinghaus: NH's budget looks OK, but the debt is scaryBY CHARLES ARLINGHAUS
September 03. 2013 5:02PM
The State of New Hampshire's long-term fiscal health is mediocre. Fortunately for us, the abysmal state of the federal government makes us look good by comparison. Fortunately for Washignton, it is not in nearly as bad a shape as much of southern Europe. For the future, we can wallow in our mediocrity and celebrate being not as bad as others, or we can try to fix things before they get even worse.
I don't want to be overly critical of the state's last budget because we don't do a bad job of avoiding the sins of the federal government. In general, state spending is more or less balanced and every time our spending gets a bit out of control, the lack of funds and a requirement that we achieve balance brings us back to Earth.
Looking at the state budget is always difficult because of the variety of numbers and the shell games played with them. Because of all the gimmicks related to shifting money, it's hard to figure out exactly which number compares apples to apples. For the most part, comparing all non-federal money across years is appropriate (with the exception of a couple of rare years in which funny games were played with borrowing).
Over the period from 2005 to 2015, total non-federal spending (the money raised by the state through taxes and fees, as opposed to transferred by the federal government) increased by an average of 2 percent per year, from $3.1 billion to a projected $3.75 billion.
Of course averages don't tell the whole story, and most decades in New Hampshire's fiscal history feature periods of profligacy followed by restraint. That 10-year period includes four years in which spending increased by more than 6 percent each year (fiscal years 2007-2011) followed by a significant cut when the end of borrowing and bailouts forced the Legislature to spend only what it raised. The last budget includes a below-average 1.3 percent annual rate of increase.
In the same 10-year period, federal spending increased by an average of 4.7 percent. If it had increased by only 3 percent, the budget would be balanced.
But the state's problem is debt, not balancing its budget. Unlike the federal government, our debt is offline in a separate capital budget. New Hampshire had frugal debt policies for many years. But debt skyrocketed from 2007-2011, rising by 47 percent in four years. That's not quite as bad as the federal government, which saw debt increase by 65 percent in the same period. But it is still horrible by New Hampshire standards. Our debt had been growing by only 1.4 percent each year before that.
Even now, though, our general-obligation debt is just under $1 billion, about 25 percent of what we raise in a given year. By comparison, the federal government's debt is more than $17 trillion, or 650 percent of what it raises in a given year. If the federal government were a state, we would declare bankruptcy and turn over its management to the former government of Detroit as an improvement.
Where we fare particularly badly is in the area of long-term debt that actually drove Detroit out of business: pensions and other retirement obligations. New Hampshire has one of the most underfunded retirement obligations in the country, and it's getting worse.
The unfunded liability of the regular pension system and the smaller retiree medical fund managed by it is $5.3 billion. A separate retirement medical benefit plan is 100 percent unfunded, to the tune of $2.3 billion. This $7.6 billion long-term problem (compared to regular state debt of less than $1 billion) is probably understated. It presumes we will average a return on investment of just under 8 percent and that the number of employees paying in and their average salaries will continue to rise much faster than is reasonable to expect.
Considered on its own, New Hampshire has serious debt issues, especially over the long term. The budget is balanced and our system pressures it to stay that way. But there is no pressure to push state debt levels down to the stable level of the decade prior to 2007. And the pension problem continues to grow. From 2007 to 2012, just the retirement system portion increased from $2.8 billion to $5.3 billion (growth half again as fast as the federal debt).
If you want to feel better, just tell yourself that, as a state, we're nowhere near as bad as those bozos in Washington. But deep down inside you know that it would be somewhat easier to act early instead of waiting until it gets too big to fix.
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Virginia Tech basketball secured its second 2013 commitment Sunday, from Hargrave Military Academy guard Donte Clark.
Schools from the ACC, Big East, Big 12 and SEC offered Clark, including Miami, Providence, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Tennessee and Memphis, according to Rivals.com.
Clark, 6-foot-4, is from the Charlotte area and visited Virginia Tech this weekend along with Oak Hill Academy guard Ikenna Iroegbu.
Clark joins center Trevor Thompson in the Hokies' 2013 class. Transfer Adam Smith, a guard from UNC Wilmington, also becomes eligible in 2013. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining.
Tech coach James Johnson is a former Hargrave assistant, and the prep school has long been a pipeline for the Hokies. Three current Tech players hail from Hargrave: sophomores C.J. Barksdale, Marquis Rankin and Robert Brown.
Other recent Hargrave products to play for the Hokies include Jeff Allen and Dorenzo Hudson.
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The Merit Badge Worksheets & Requirements include the maps, checklists and other materials you need.
Other resources include the online Merit Badge Application and Most Popular Merit Badges
Certain requirements need prior approval but most do not.
|An Online Merit Badge Application is available.
| Click here for the online Merit Badge Application
Print on regular or blue paper. Just fold half way down the page and trim off the edges. The back lines up with the front side. Ask your council what merit badge applications they will accept.
Boy Scouts and Varsity Scouts may work on merit badges from the time they join a Scout troop until they turn 18 years old. See Merit Badge for more details.
- The Merit Badge Application #34124 is known as a "blue card" due to its distinctive color.
- Councils are not required to use the "blue card" #34124 as their Merit Badge Application.
- Merit Badge Blue Cards are sold online at Scoutstuff.org or at your local Scout Shop.
- There is an Online Merit Badge Application that you can fill out and print from your PC.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief says one U.N. staffer was shot to death and another was injured during unrest around a mosque in the Abyei region, which is disputed by Sudan and South Sudan.
A spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the U.N. chief condemned Tuesday's killing.
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters that the staffer was shot during clashes around a mosque in Abyei, during which U.N. peacekeepers were called in to restore order. He said the circumstances were being investigated. The staffer was not identified.
The Abyei region is contested by both countries, and the border is largely unmarked. South Sudan became its own country last year.


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Marilyn Owens, 71 - November 05, 2008
Marilyn Rose Owens, 71, of Curtis died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, following a courageous 25-year battle from injuries suffered in a horseback riding accident on Oct. 28, 1983, that took away her freedom.
A visitation will be held Wednesday from 1-8 p.m. with family present from 6-8 p.m. at Blase-Wetzel-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Curtis.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Nov. 6, at the Congregational Church in Stockville with the Rev. Dale Heimer officiating.
Owens was born on March 31, 1937, to Arthur and Alice Johnson at Farnam. She graduated from Maywood High School.
On Aug. 21, 1955, she was united in marriage to LaVerne Owens. To this union, a son and a daughter were born. The couple resided south of Curtis.
She and her husband farmed together and raised cattle. In 1975, she adopted the first wild mustang horses to be transferred to Nebraska and appropriately called the farm "Wild Horse Haven."
Owen was the founder of the Frontier Wrangleretts Drill Team. Her life and love were her horses, especially her best friend, Poco, according to family members.
She was a member of the Curtis Berean Fundamental Church.
Owen was preceded in death by: her husband, LaVerne; her parents, Art and Alice; brothers—Johnnie Bob and Billy; her sister, Margaret Jorgensen.
Survivors include: her son, Larry (Marcia) Owens of Curtis; her daughter, Debra (Richard) Nelson of Lincoln; granddaughters—Dusty (Eric) Coulter of Gothenburg, Misty (Chris) Reitz of North Platte, and Lisa and Jenna Nelson of Lincoln; three great-granddaughters—Madison and Bailey Coulter and Jaycie Reitz; brother, Jim (Twila) Johnson of Stockville; sister, Millie (Cliff) Becker of Lincoln; brother-in-law, Harold Jorgensen of Curtis; sister-in-law, Lulu Mae (Ted) Herrick of North Platte; numerous other family and friends.
Memorials are suggested to the Frontier County Fairgrounds or the Arbor Cemetery: 39604 Hwy. 18, Curtis, NE 69025.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com.
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There has been a lot of confusion over the Fox story of nonunion line workers who were supposedly sent away from New Jersey. This never happened.
There has been a lot of confusion over the Fox story of nonunion line workers who were supposedly sent away from New Jersey. This never happened.
The governor of New Jersey has come out to say this story was false. The same governor who introduced Mitt Romney at the Republican Convention. The same governor who gloats about fighting the teachers union.
The "faux" news people should be ashamed. This was a blatant union-bashing tactic. I personally worked to restore power in Rockland County. I worked next to nonunion linemen and we accepted all help.
Gregory G. Hoover Jr.
The biggest winners in this election year are the media and the ad agencies who produced political ads. Together, they raked in $6 billion. It's not clear whether the public benefited from that spending.
One thing is for sure: Such spending would be for nothing if the public were informed about what the candidates and issues are. If they were, the amount of negative advertising spent on the basis that the public would be gullible enough to go by the advertising sound bites and brochures that were pressed into their hands would be a waste.
Did the advertising work? Who knows? In the congressional contest between incumbent Nan Hayworth and Sean Maloney, Maloney succeeded in unseating Hayworth despite the negative ads her campaign launched against him.
Citizens United, in the end, couldn't unseat President Obama. It would be nice to believe members of the public were informed enough to disregard the advertising and vote on the basis of what they knew about the candidates and the issues.
When the public is informed, advertising merely serves to draw attention. In that regard, it would not be used by anyone as an information source with regard to the candidates.
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AIDS 2012: Where Do We Go From Here?
July 27, 2012
At the close of the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C., we stand at a threshold between the past and the future. We can now imagine an AIDS-free world; it's at our doorstep within our reach -- but only if we decide to act now -- and we must act now.
Decisively. Deliberately. Definitively.
The End of AIDS: We have heard this phrase many times for the last five days. We have attended hundreds of sessions on the latest scientific HIV research, we have viewed thousands of posters pointing to new tools at our disposal; we have been inspired by numerous plenary speakers, leaders in their fields of research, science, advocacy and policy, who tell us that we are now beginning to turn the tide to on AIDS. But will we?
Despite the developments of recent years, serious problems remain.
There are approximately 50,000 people who become infected with HIV each year in the United States. This number has remained unchanged for nearly the past ten years. We need to make serious adjustments in our prevention methodologies.
"I charge everyone who attended this Conference to ask this one important question," said Phill Wilson, President and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute. "Was it all worth it? Was it worth the time, energy and expense to come to Washington for a week or more? When we leave D.C., where do we go from here?"
We are done with the sessions and the lessons. Now we must move on and out beyond D.C. and back to our families and our communities, where we must spread the news from AIDS2012.
The Black AIDS Institute now demands for implementation of what we learned at this Conference. It's now up to us -- each and every one of us has an obligation to take what we have learned back into our communities, to our local leaders, our non-traditional partners, to our policy makers at every level.
"It's a huge undertaking but we must accept the charge," said Wilson. "We must aim beyond the five steps I outlined in my plenary speech and act on them: to fully implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to encourage every person with HIV to come out; to demand treatment to link individuals to the care they need; to integrate both biomedical and the behavioral therapies in our prevention and treatment efforts; and to ask AIDS organizations to re-tool themselves for a rapidly evolving AIDS landscape."
The Black AIDS Institute is doing just that by hosting post-Conference hubs in 13 U.S. cities most impacted by HIV/AIDS and by supporting training in community clinics and healthcare facilities to help build infrastructure and scale up access to care in the most impacted communities across Black America.
The End of AIDS is more than just a declaration: it's a commitment and it's a charge. We must now take the Conference on the road to turn the tide of HIV in our own neighborhoods. And we must do it now. An AIDS-Free Generation is within our reach only if we seize this moment and maximize this opportunity.
To end the epidemic, we have to bring the conversation home and re-energize our communities to act.
"Talking is not enough," said Wilson. "Yes, we can end this epidemic; if we act now. As we look back on this Conference and think about the End of AIDS -- it gives us hope and it reminds us of the work that is still left to be done. We must redouble our commitment to act. This is our charge. And we can prevail."
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ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina are looking for a man they say killed two people whose bodies were found in separate barrels in a lake.
Anderson County deputies said Friday that 35-year-old John Young is charged with two counts of murder.
Authorities say 37-year-old Andrea Mitchell and 52-year-old Tony McGinnis died from head injuries suffered in a beating a month ago.
Mitchell's body was found Wednesday in a plastic barrel that was partially submerged in Lake Hartwell. Deputies returned to the lake Thursday and found McGinnis' dismembered body in a metal barrel about 10 feet under water.
Deputies say they found a chain saw and machetes at Young's home, near where the bodies were found.
Investigators say a man already in custody is charged as an accessory for allegedly helping Young get rid of the bodies.


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I am so happy that the wait is finally over. We were all wondering if he would take the bigger stage or decide to stay home. Thank you, Jordan Farmar, for deciding to stay in Los Angeles.
Richard Katz
Los Angeles
It should come as no surprise that not one of the high-profile NBA free agents had any interest in climbing aboard the Lakers' Buss to Nowhere.
Bud Chapman
The best thing about LeBron returning to Cleveland is thinking about all those burnt Cavaliers jerseys in 2010. Hope he keeps No. 23 too.
Larry Yells
Hermosa Beach
I guess David Blatt stopped reading the Torah and picked up a King James Bible.
George Sands
Duck, Donald
The Donald Sterling three-ring circus is like driving by a very bad car accident. You don't want to look but you do. You don't want to read the articles about it, but you can't help yourself.
Matthew D. Kerster
Given knowledge of his current mental state, early-onset Alzheimer's as diagnosed by clinicians, is it not possible that Donald Sterling was similarly afflicted just four months ago when he was taped uttering racist remarks? If true, was he, as a sufferer of mental illness, not then denied equal treatment and due process by the NBA in its banishment proceeding against him? The insanity plea is invoked on a regular basis throughout the land.
Skip Nevell
Los Angeles
Donald T. Sterling has gone from shrewd and calculating to absolutely "nuts." Any thoughts that he is trying to force the issue of the sale of the Clippers by Shelly have gone by the wayside as we watch him implode daily in court.
Sol Bialeck
Van Nuys
Nil-nil may have described the latest World Cup game. It can also be described to describe Donald Sterling's current level of competence and class.
Ron Reeve
Kick ball
Because there is no mercy rule in soccer, Germany should have gone for the two-point conversion after scoring a touchdown against hapless Brazil.
Al Sanchez
San Gabriel
I don't think Neymar could have scored eight goals.
Rick Henderson
Unbeknownst to them at the time, losing to Germany only 1-0 was the U.S. men's national team's greatest achievement of the tournament, if not all time.
Michael Miyamoto
Mission Viejo
Many Americans do not care for soccer because some of the rules seem illogical if not unfair when taken in the context of sports they are used to watching. Imagine the following scenarios in a Lakers-Houston game:
The Lakers score on a fastbreak, but the basket is disallowed because the Rockets failed to get back on defense.
In late-game strategy, Dwight Howard is fouled, but James Harden gets to shoot the foul shots.
The final buzzer goes off with L.A. ahead by a point, but the referee adds two minutes to the game.
The game is still tied after overtime, so five players from each team take turns shooting free throws to determine the winner.
Soccer will become more than a once-every-four-year diversion for American sports fans only when FIFA changes its rules to accommodate their sensibilities. In other words . . . never.
Bennett Beebe
They should conduct the shootouts before the games, to count only if the teams are still tied after 120 minutes.
That way we would get to see at least one team trying to score instead of spending two hours watching both teams flooding their defensive zones in hopes of winning the lottery after the game.
Bernie Troy
San Luis Obispo
Star power
Of course the Angels only had one player named to the All-Star team — they're boring ("Gall-Stars," July 7).
If you buy into the premise that sports, including baseball, is entertainment, well, the Angels aren't very entertaining to watch. Pujols and Hamilton aren't exactly bon vivants and Trout, although he tries hard in those sandwich commercials, doesn't ooze charisma.
Meanwhile, up the Interstate 5, Puig is flipping bats and gunning runners out at third, Gordon is a holy terror on the basepaths, and Kershaw and Greinke are pitching like a latter-day Koufax and Drysdale.
Maybe the Angels should get a bubble machine of their own.
David H. Crocker
Baseball fans vote Yasiel Puig in as an All-Star starter in his first full year in the majors. Yet, rather than praising — or simply reporting — this accomplishment, the Times' All-Star story emphasizes only that "not everyone loves Yasiel Puig" (genius observation) because, in the players' vote, he finished fourth behind (only) the reigning league MVP, the current home run and RBI league leader, and the best player on the team with the best record in the league. What amazingly distorted reporting for a hometown paper!
Michael Herman
Los Angeles
Is there any truth to the rumor that Time Warner Cable has requested that Fox switch to SportsNet LA when Clayton Kershaw or Dee Gordon enters next week's All-Star game?
Kenny Wolin
Studio City
Sing it proud
I can't tell you how pleased I was to see Bill Plaschke's column on Jeffrey Osborne and our national anthem [July 6]. Osborne has always been a class act and I admire his courage in putting all the singing "divas" in their place and with a challenge to them to sing it with respect. I'm sure he'll get some backlash, but I am so pleased to see him remind them that their singing of our national anthem is not about them, their range, or seeing how they can emote. It's about the history of our country, and it deserves to be sung as it was written. Yes, it's a difficult song, but if you divas can't sing it as it was written, then sit down and shut up.
L.M. Scouten
Los Alamitos
There isn't very much that can dampen a day baseball game at Dodger Stadium. That's what I expressed to my friends as we awaited the Dodgers-Indians game on July 2. During the national anthem, I found my opinion change. As I watched Clayton Kershaw and Brian Wilson giggle and talk and Scott Van Slyke do the same with Carlos Triunfel, I thought I was watching first-graders line up for recess. Maybe the Dodgers could hire a decorum coach for the players with all the TV money.
Jim Previte
Not a close shave
Wow, these bearded ballplayers ["His and Hirsute," July 6] look like Team Taliban — or worse — with their too long baggy pants, all manner of uniform jerseys and caps depending on the whim of marketing new stuff for the fans to buy and the like. As a lifelong Dodgers fan dating to Ebbets Field, I do have to give credit to the hated Yankees for their unchanged classic uniforms and clean-shaven look. The Dodgers are truly living up to their old moniker — bums — at least visually.
Alan Miller
Santiago, Chile
It's not just the beards and long hair. It's the mohawked hair, tattoos, uniforms thrown on, repeated errors, sloppy fielding, needing to be rested and coddled. If that's OK with wives and girlfriends, Don Mattingly, the Guggenheim Group, so be it. But let's forget about "the boys of summer," "the boys in blue."
They're being replaced by men down from the mountains, out of the wilderness, tired old men.
Maybe the Time Warner blackout isn't so bad after all.
Damiana Chavez
Los Angeles
The tooth hurts
World Cup, C.J. Wilson on the mound, or root canal? I'm going with root canal.
David Hawkins
Anaheim Hills
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As President Obama and Mitt Romney campaigned heavily in the battleground state of Ohio on Thursday, new polls show neck-and-neck race in Colorado with both candidates tied at 48 percent; meanwhile in Nevada, the president still holds a slight advantage. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has appropriated for himself one of President Barack Obama's most potent lines of attack throughout this election.
If there is a candidate who represents the status quo and whose plans for the next four years are hazy, it's Obama, as Romney tells it.
It's the same charge the Obama campaign has used against Romney -- with great effect -- for most of 2012. But in a stroke of irony, the Republican nominee has turned the attack back toward the president, with a degree of success.
"This election is a choice between the status quo," Romney said during a major speech on Friday in Iowa, "or choosing real change."
Governor Mitt Romney addressed a crowd of supporters in Ames, Iowa, touting himself as a candidate of change and promising to "bring that kind of change, real change to our country."
The former Massachusetts governor has stumped for most of this week by calling himself the candidate of "big change," claiming for himself the mantle of "change" that Obama had first powerfully represented in 2008.
Moreover, Romney has begun ridiculing Obama's plans for a second term as thin and vague at best.
"You see the President's campaign is slipping, the president's campaign is slipping because he can't find an agenda. He's been looking for it -- there's only 12 days left," Romney said at a rally Thursday in Ohio. "He hasn't had a chance to defend it or to describe it to the American people in our debates and so the American people now have to recognize that given the big challenges and the big election we have it's time for a big change."
NBC's Chuck Todd and David Gregory weigh in on the candidates' closing arguments as the presidential race comes down to the wire. Their messages: Mitt Romney promises change while President Obama argues for trust.
If Romney's offensive seems familiar, that might be due to its similarities to many of Obama's own attacks on the Republican nominee.
The president, for instance, has sought throughout the campaign to link Romney to former President George W. Bush, arguing that little has changed in Romney's proposals from the last Republican to inhabit the White House.
"We can't afford to go backwards to the same policies that got us into this mess; we've got to go forward with the policies that are getting us out of this mess," Obama said yesterday at a rally in Virginia.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers his speech on the economy during a campaign stop at Kinzler Construction Services, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, in Ames, Iowa.
And Obama mocked Romney's jobs plans as nonsensical and insubstantial, much as Romney has begun to do of Obama's second-term agenda.
"I've got a plan that will actually create jobs, not just talk about creating jobs -- a plan that will actually create middle-class security, not just use the words but not deliver on the promise," Obama said at the same rally in Richmond. "Unlike my opponent, I'm actually proud to talk about what's in my plan, because the arithmetic works."
But Romney has been able to turn these criticisms back against Obama precisely because voters suggest that they are seeking change, even if Obama is re-elected. Sixty-two percent of registered voters, for instance, said in this week's NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that Obama should make "major changes" in a potential second term.
Obama's campaign also produced a new, glossy pamphlet -- which packages many of Obama's existing jobs proposals, which have met defeat on Capitol Hill -- in a glossy pamphlet. Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan ridiculed it as a "comic book" during a rally Thursday in Virginia.
"President Obama really hasn't given us a vision for a second term agenda. Just a couple of days ago he came up with a slick new brochure, with less than two weeks left to say, 'Oh I do actually have an agenda,'" he said. "It is ... a slick re-packaging of more of the same."
That Obama hasn't laid out much of a comprehensive second term agenda -- combined with the overall thirst for "change" among many voters -- has only aided Romney and Ryan's ability to sidestep many of the questions about their own plans that had dogged the Republican ticket for much of the election. When asked about the difficult arithmetic or politics underlying Romney's proposals, Republicans are arguing in the closing days of the election that Obama has hardly offered better.
In an interview on Friday with radio host Michael Smerconish, the president dismissed Romney's claim to "big change" -- by again voicing his familiar criticism of Romney.
"What Gov. Romney's offering is a return to policies that have failed us in the past," Obama said. "He's now talking about them as 'big changes.' They're not big changes; they're a repeat, a relapse, of things that haven't worked for American families for over a decade now."


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Christmas is almost upon us so this is the last post in this series, but it is a good one. This year we have become big fans of the range of menswear from Albam. The company has its roots in Nottingham but also has a four stores in London now. If you are quick you might finds this rather lovely …
Is no logo the new logo?
When was the last time you bought something with a huge label slapped across the chest? I ask this because The Independent has recently wrote an article on the death of overt branding.


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House of Delegates met at 10 A. M.
Prayer by Rev. R. V. Dodge, of Presbyterian Church.
Communication from the Senate announced adherence to their amendment to House bill No. 10, regulating the salaries of the officers of the branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia at Weston, and requesting the concurrence of the House in the appointment of a Conference Committee.
Also, the passage of the resolution published in the Senate proceedings of yesterday, and asking concurrence therein.
Mr. SMITH, from the Committee on Courts of Justice, reported a bill entitled, "An act to provide for the preservation of the public health.
Also, a substitute for Senate bill No. 4, entitled, An act rearranging the Judicial Circuits of Western Virginia.
Also, a bill entitled, An act to provide for the confinement and safe keeping of prisoners sentenced to the penitentiary.
Which were read by their titles and ordered to be printed.
He also reported that the committee concurs with the Senate in amendments to bill No. 2.
Mr. WETZEL, from the committee to examine enrolled bills, reported a bill entitled, An act to amend and re-enact the 15th section of chapter 15 of the code.
The bill was, on motion of Mr. Farnsworth, laid over for the present.
Mr. WEST, from the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation, to whom was referred a resolution to exempt the mail carrier on the Wheeling and Bethany turnpike from toll, reported adversely on the resolution.
Mr. PORTER from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a resolution to refund to the Sheriff of Ohio county amounts overpaid by him to the Auditor, reported adversely thereon.
He, also from the same committee, reported various amendments to the appropriation bill.
Mr. SNIDER from the Committee of Conference in relation to the amendments to the bill regulating the military forces not mustered into the service of the United States, reported that they had agreed to amend by striking out the word "staff," which was adopted.
Mr. WEST moved to reconsider the vote by which the House had resolved to adjourn on Wednesday.
Objection being made he withdrew the motion.
He then moved to pass by the order of the day for the present. After a good deal of discussion about extending the time fixed for adjournment, the question was taken and the motion lost.
The special order was then taken up, it being the bill and substitutes in relation to a division of the State. A lengthy discussion followed, and several gentlemen addressed the House.
[We prefer to give the discussion in full at a future day, to a bare and uninteresting outline this morning. - EDS]
Several amendments were offered to the bill, and some adopted. The House took a recess with the subject pending.
House reassembled at two o'clock P. M.
Mr. PORTER, from the Committee on Finance, obtained leave to report a bill making an appropriation for military purposes.
Also a bill authorizing the Executive to borrow money on the credit of the State.
The bills were read by their titles and ordered to be printed.
The order of the day, it being the election of Public Printer was then taken up.
Mr. Boreman moved to reconsider the vote by which the order was made.
Mr. VANCE was appointed to notify the Senate that the House was ready proceed to the election.
Mr. HOOTON obtained leave to offer the following resolution.
Resolved, That all the commanders of camps or places of rendezvous shall have power, under the control and discretion of the Governor of this Commonwealth to regulate or prohibit the sale of ardent spirits within the bounds of the camps or place of rendezvous.
A message from the Senate announced its readiness to proceed to the election.
Mr. ZINN nominated Messrs. Trowbridge & Downey.
Mr. CROTHERS nominated Messrs. Campbell & M'Dermot.
Mr. WEST suggested that Mr. Downey, being a member of the Legislature, was under the law ineligible.
Mr. ARNOLD said he was authorized to say that if the House saw fit to election him Mr. Downey he would resign his position in the House.
The Senate having informed the House of their readiness to proceed, the roll was called, and resoluted, Trowbridge & Downey, 20; Campbell & M'Dermot, 4; Downey, 2.
The CHAIR said it had been suggested that the election, as it had taken place, was irregular, as the resolution required the election of a "Printer" and not printers.
The vote was reconsidered, and
Mr. ZINN nominated Mr. Trowbridge.
The Senate was informed of the nomination, and a message from that body returned the nomination of Mr. Trowbridge, with the additional nomination of Mr. Campbell.
Mr. PORTER said he had voted for Campbell & M'Dermot as a firm for Printers, but that, as Mr. Campbell held a position now under the Government, he was ineligible to the office of Public Printer, under a provision of the Constitution.
The roll was called, and resulted, Trowbridge, 26; Campbell, 4.
Messrs. Zinn, Boreman and Swan were appointed to ascertain the joint vote, and returning, reported, Trowbridge, 33; Campbell 4.
So Mr. Trowbridge was declared elected Public Printer of the State of Virginia.
The unfinished business of the morning recurring, Mr. Vance moved the previous question.
The question on putting the previous question was decided in the negative.
So the question recurred in the indefinite postponement of the bill and substitutes.
[Here followed a discussion and several speeches on the division of the State, full reports of which will be published as early as practicable.]
The question on the indefinite postponement was finally put and decided in the negative, by yeas 9, nays 22.
Mr. SMITH moved to lay the bill and substitutes on the table until morning. Adopted.
So the subject of a division of the State was postponed until morning.
Mr. FARNSWORTH offered the following:
Resolved, That all officers of this Commonwealth who refuse to take the oath prescribed by the constitution of the United States and the reorganized Government of Virginia, shall be allowed no claims of office or salaries.
The resolution was laid over.
Mr. PORTER moved to take up the appropriation bill. The bill was taken up, read a second time, variously amended, and ordered to its engrossment.
Mr. HOOTON moved the suspension of the rule for the purpose of taking up the resolution he had offered.
The resolution was considered and referred to the Committee on Courts of Justice.
The bill regulating the salaries of the officers of the Exchange Bank at Weston, as amended by the Senate, was taken up, the amendments disagreed to, and Messrs. Arnold, Wilson and Boreman appointed a committee to confer with a like committee or part of the Senate in relation to them.
Mr. FARNSWORTH offered the following:
Resolved, That all offices of the Commonwealth of Virginia known to be vacated by the officers thereof, either by absenting themselves, by giving aid and comfort to the Secessionists, or joining the rebel army, thereby neglecting the duties of said offices, shall, on the fact becoming known to the Governor, be declared vacant, and he shall be empowered to order a new election to fill such offices.
The resolution was ordered to lie over.
Senate bill No. 6 was taken up, read and recommitted to the Committee on Courts of Justice.
House bill to prevent county courts and overseers of the poor from making levies for the aid of the rebellion, was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. CROTHERS moved to reconsider the vote by which the House agreed to adjourn on Wednesday, and substitute Monday next. Lost.
The resolution fixing on to-morrow for adjournment was taken up.
Mr. WEST moved to lay on the table. Lost.
Mr. WEST Moved to amend the resolution by striking out Wednesday and substituting Monday next.
Mr. VANCE moved to substitute Thursday, which motion was also lost. The question recurring upon the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Logan moved to lay it on the table. Motion rejected.
Mr. WEST moved to indefinitely postpone the consideration of the resolution. The motion was rejected and without disposing of the resolution the House adjourned.
The President being absent Mr. Gist, of Brooke, occupied the chair.
The Senate took up the bill providing for the organization of volunteer militia, which, after a few immaterial amendments, was passed.
The House bill providing for the organization of patrols during the war was taken up and passed.
The Senate bill fixing compensation of members of executive council was passed.
The House bill authorizing the Treasurer to sell uncurrent bank notes and authorizing the Governor to direct what notes shall be received in payment to the State, was passed.
Mr. FLESHER, from a special committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill appropriating $200,000 for the organization of volunteer companies.
On motion of Mr. Close the bill was ordered to be printed and made the special order for to-morrow.
On motion the Senate adjourned.
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School discipline concerns prompted local parents, students, and mayoral candidates to attend a briefing by Civil Rights leaders on the progress of a Justice Department lawsuit, claiming the city of Meridian, Lauderdale County, and Lauderdale County Youth Court Judges have unfairly targeted and punished students over the years.
"But it's a situation where we feel as though the work is not done," Meridian-Lauderdale County NAACP Education Chair Randall Jennings says. "It's really just beginning because we have to go back and figure out just how many children got caught up in this."
Jennings says since the Department of Justice filed the lawsuit last October, leaders from the NAACP, SPLC, ACLU, and the Children's Defense Fund have launched a statewide investigation to determine if there are school to jail tendencies in other districts. In the meantime, he says he is pleased with the findings of the Justice Department.
"Because we felt like when we first brought these allegations out that there was some credibility to what we were saying, even though we were being shut down at every turn," Jennings explains.
During the meeting, numbers from the U.S. Department of Education were presented, showing that for every one white student served with out of school suspension, there are five black students served. Civil Rights leaders say they recommend a punishment that will hold students accountable for minor misbehavior without excluding them from school.
After the Department of Justice lawsuit was filed last fall, attornies for the city and county fired back with a letter, saying there is no evidence to support claims of students being targeted and punished unfairly.
The Meridian Public School District and the Lauderdale County School District are not included in the lawsuit.


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Cahill wants to play on under Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou's brave vision has convinced celebrated striker Tim Cahill to extend his peerless Australian soccer career.
Cahill wants to play at the Asian Cup on home turf next year, believing coach Postecoglou saved him from the international scrapheap.
"Without his vision, I could never have chased this dream of a third World Cup," Cahill told reporters in Vitoria on Thursday.
"He believed in me. Who knows if anyone believed in me the same way Ange has.
"Who knows if I would have scored these goals, because possibly under any other manager ... (they) might have thought I was over the hill."
Cahill is suspended for Australia's last fixture at the Brazil World Cup, a battle with fellow winless nation Spain in Curitiba on Monday (Tuesday AEST).
The 34-year-old's World Cup career finishes on a high note, scoring a superb volley goal in Australia's 3-2 loss to the Netherlands on Wednesday.
"I capped my World Cups off with one of the most memorable moments in my lifetime, one of the goals everyone is talking about as one of the goals of the tournament," Cahill said.
Postecoglou said Cahill's absence for the Spain fixture won't change his mantra: attack, and measure Australia against the world's best.
"Timmy is out, somebody else will come in and we'll go at it again," Postecoglou said.
"Our approach won't change. We want to go into that game and prove to people that we can play good football against the best in the world."
Australia's classy display against the Dutch won rave worldwide reviews, with Cahill saying Postecoglou must take the credit.
"I can't thank the boss (enough), especially for believing in us and our ability and trusting it," he said.
"Regardless of what happens out there, he'll carry the can. It takes a brave man to do that.
"Not many managers I have played under would take full responsibility on his belief on the way to play football."
Cahill, suspended for receiving a yellow card in Australia's 3-1 loss to Chile - when he also scored - and another against the Dutch, anointed A-League striker Adam Taggart as his replacement.
The 21-year-old Newcastle Jets marksman has only six international caps, but Cahill said was among the players to carry Australia in a Postecoglou-led future.
"Tags is young kid who can finish, he is raw, but this is what dreams are made of," he said.
"If he hits the back of the net he could be the next superstar of Australian football."
Cahill said the accomplished World Cup displays of other international novices such as Jason Davidson, Matthew Spiranovic and Matthew Leckie were signs of a bright new era for the Socceroos.
"I have been impressed with some of these youngsters," he said.
"The way Leckie has played, the kid is a machine.
"These boys, given the opportunity in Europe, given the opportunity on the world stage ... I would really like to see some of our boys getting analysed and seeing what they can do.
"I am just proud of what they have showed. They have stood up and been counted. Hopefully they will get their shot at the title as well."
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Bantams fail to break down Dale's 10
Rochdale's 10 men held out for a goalless draw against Bradford City at Spotland.
The hosts had a man sent off in the closing stages of the first half when Bobby Grant was dismissed for a reckless challenge on former Dale defender Rory McArdle.
The incident sparked ugly scenes on the touchline with Spotland chief John Coleman and Bantams boss Phil Parkinson involved in a heated exchange.
Coleman had the last laugh as his young defence held the Bantams at bay for 55 minutes to stretch Dale's unbeaten run to five matches.
Parkinson's men created the better chances during the opening 45 minutes, James Hanson's volley and a glancing header from Luke Oliver both held by Josh Lillis in the Rochdale goal.
Bradford skipper Ricky Ravenhill fired a well-struck shot on target in the opening minutes of the second period, but he too was denied by Lillis.
Rochdale's young defence coped well under increasing pressure, 18-year-old Joe Rafferty clearing Andrew Davies' effort off the line as the game drew to a close.
Source: DSG


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Homeland nominee defends self as GOP boycotts
Jul. 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Homeland Security used his appearance before a Senate panel Thursday to adamantly deny allegations that he helped a politically connected company obtain a foreign investor visa.
But the lawmakers who may need the most convincing — the eight Republican members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee — weren't in the room for the nearly two-hour confirmation hearing.
Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, the panel's ranking Republican, said in a written statement that he wouldn't participate in the hearing until the allegations against Alejandro Mayorkas are resolved.
The nomination hit a snag this week after The Associated Press reported that the department's inspector general is investigating Mayorkas' role in helping secure a foreign investor visa for Gulf Coast Funds Management, a company run by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother Tony Rodham. The efforts on behalf of Gulf Coast allegedly occurred after the visa application had been denied and an appeal rejected.
Democrats didn't shy from asking Mayorkas, currently the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to explain what he knew of the investigation, and he said he only learned about it on Monday night, at the same time as lawmakers. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri had to prod Mayorkas to forcefully deny the allegations.
"You've got to do a rebuttal here," McCaskill said. "I don't think you can talk around it. Say what you want to say. You aren't going to get another opportunity like this."
Mayorkas told the committee that suggestions of impropriety on the visa matter were "unequivocally false" and that he had overseen the program "based on the law and the facts, and nothing else."
"I have never, ever in my career exercised undue influence to influence the outcome of a case," he said. "I have never based my decisions on who brings a case but rather on the facts and the law."
The AP obtained a letter from White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to the committee stating that the administration has no concerns about Mayorkas' suitability for the job. She urged the Senate to swiftly confirm him.
Despite the absence of the panel's Republicans, and many of its Democrats, chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., expressed confidence in the nominee.
"Nothing in my conversations with Mr. Mayorkas or in my review of his FBI file has convinced me that we should not be holding this hearing today," Carper said.
It remained unclear when the committee would vote on the nomination.
Maryorkas' nomination took on new importance earlier this month when DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced she would be leaving the department in September to take over as president of the University of California. Should Mayorkas be approved by the Senate, he almost certainly would lead the department until a permanent replacement for Napolitano is named.
With Napolitano's departure, 15 of the department's 45 top positions will either be filled with an acting official or they are vacant altogether.
Congressional officials briefed on the Mayorkas investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release details of the case publicly, said the visa in question was for a Chinese executive. The Homeland Security Department and its and Citizenship and Immigration Services agency have not commented on the investigation.
In an email to lawmakers Monday, the inspector general's office said that "at this point in our investigation, we do not have any findings of criminal misconduct."
Rodham's company said Tuesday it was not aware of the investigation or of any investor visa application being denied.
According to the inspector general's email to lawmakers, the FBI's Washington Field Office was told about the Mayorkas investigation in June after it inquired about Mayorkas as part of the White House background investigation for his nomination.
The investigation does not appear to have any direct ties to Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. Nonetheless, any hint of scandal or even the most tangential connection to Clinton, who is a possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, is likely to become fodder for Republican super PACs, which have sought to discredit her record while she maintains a lower profile with private speeches and work on a new book.
The international investor visa program run by USCIS, known as EB-5, allows foreigners to get visas if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in projects or businesses that create jobs for U.S. citizens. The amount of the investment required depends on the type of project. Investors who are approved for the program can become legal permanent residents after two years and can later be eligible to become citizens.
Associated Press writers Julie Pace and Stephen Braun contributed to this report.
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Man charged in shooting
OMAHA, Neb. —
A 19-year-old accused of shooting a woman early Thursday morning has been charged.
Police said 19-year-old William Harris shot 26-year-old Rebecca Earlywine in her home near 29th and S streets around 2 a.m.
Earlywine was taken Alegent Creighton Health Creighton University Medical Center in critical condition.
Harris was charged with first-degree assault and use of weapon to commit felony.
Witnesses said they heard four gunshots then saw Harris run into a business. Police said when they found Harris he told them he was at an apartment where someone was shot and hoped the woman doesn't die. He claims he has no relationship to Earlywine.
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Raorchestes chromasynchysi
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
Common Name(s):
Philautus chromasynchysi Biju & Bossuyt, 2009
Pseudophilautus chromasynchysi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group,
|Measey, J. & Stuart, S.N.
|Goel , A., Dinesh, K., Molur, S. & Biju, S.D.
|Pascual Cuadras, A. & Angulo, A.
Listed as Vulnerable because its extent of occurrence is estimated to be 7,204 km2, it is known from three threat-defined locations and its population is considered to be severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in the Western Ghats of India.
|Range Description:
This species is known from Kurichiyarmala in the Wayanad Plateau, Wayanad district, state of Kerala (between 800 and 1,500 m asl) (Biju and Bossuyt 2009); from Kemmanagundi (218 km away from Kurichiyarmala at 1,434 m asl within the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary) (Dinesh et al. 2010); and from Galibeedu (1,100 m asl, 12 km north of Madikeri, Coorg district) (A. Goel pers. comm. March 2010), Honey Valley Estate (1,200 m asl, Coorg district), and Talakaveri (1,000 m asl), in Coorg (K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011), all in Karnataka state, India. Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is estimated to be approximately 7,204 km² and it is presumed to occur in other regions of the Western Ghats (S.D. Biju pers. comm. September 2010). Despite this species being known from five geographical localities, these are identified as three threat-defined locations.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:India (Karnataka, Kerala)
|Additional data:
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|This species is considered to be locally common in Kurichiyarmala, Kemmanagundi, Honey Valley Estate and Talakaveri (K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011), but not as common in Galibeedu (A. Goel pers. comm. March 2010). This species' population is considered to be severely fragmented given that its habitat is patchy and fragmented, its dispersal capacity is believed to be low, and over half of the known population is found in small isolated habitat patches separated by large distances.
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|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|It occurs in shola forests (a type of high-altitude evergreen forest formed by shrubs and small trees found only in the southern portion of the Western Ghats) in Kurichiyarmala and Kemmanagundi, and in medium-level wet evergreen forests in Coorg, as well as in coffee and cardamom plantations with native shade adjacent to forested areas in Honey Valley Estate and Talakaveri (Biju and Bossuyt 2009; A. Goel and S. Molur pers. comm. May 2011; K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011). During monsoon individuals can be found either on the ground under leaf litter or on leaves about 1 m above the ground in forest patches, whereas in winter and summer they can be seen resting below the small rocks and pebbles of perennial streams and in tree cavities (Biju and Bossuyt 2009; K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. February 2011). Specimens have also been sighted on Crotolaria bushes by rivulets in plantations (A. Goel and S. Molur pers. comm. May 2011). Like other congeners, this species breeds by direct development (S.D. Biju pers. comm. December 2010). Its tolerance threshold to habitat degradation is still not fully understood, although this is thought to be a forest-dwelling species highly sensitive to noise disturbance (K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011).
|Use and Trade:
There are no reports of this species being utilized.
|Major Threat(s):
The major threat to this species is habitat loss due to small and large-scale plantations, largely coffee crops around Kurichiyarmala and Coorg area, and ecotourism due to noise disturbance from road traffic in Kemmanagundi and Coorg (S.D. Biju pers. comm. January 2011; K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011).
|Conservation Actions:
A well-conserved subpopulation of this species occurs within the protected area of the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (BWLS) although this species' chorus call pattern is being severely affected by road traffic noise from that area (K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011). Additional habitat protection could be needed for subpopulations outside the BWLS as its restricted and patchy distribution outside this protected area suggests that its distribution could have been fragmented due to habitat degradation between the northern and southernmost occurrence points (K.P. Dinesh pers. comm. June 2011). More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status and threats.
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