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The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (PRT) is spending money to find out how much the state made off the eclipse.
According to PRT's newsletter, museums, state parks, etc. were sold out or nearly sold out due to this "rare celestial event." It goes on to say: "Because this type of anecdotal evidence is so strong all across South Carolina, we're excited about seeing the final picture. We hope it informs us of the true economic impact of such an historic event."
The current scandal of SCANA's (S.C. Electric and Gas parent company) and Santee Cooper's nuclear debacle is arguably the biggest scandal in our state's history in the last 100 years.
It involves over $9 billion in wasted money that millions of South Carolinians are being asked to pay and the wholesale corruption of our State House that enables it all to happen.
It is a sordid scandal of long-term political corruption, short-term corporate incompetence (or worse) and the total denial of responsibility by all who are at fault.
In a bipartisan effort to help more everyday Americans achieve homeownership, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and I have introduced legislation to include some of the 26 million "credit invisible" individuals in the housing market.
Habitat for Humanity of Lancaster County wants to thank all who helped us make our fifth-annual Bluegrass, Barbecue and Building (BBB) a big success.
The event, held Aug. 26 at USC Lancaster, netted just over $15,000 after expenses to support our mission here – an increase of $3,000 over the last event.
The state Comptroller General's office released its annual budget report last month, giving citizens insight into the sources of state revenue and how that money was spent as well as suggestions for future spending. Here's the bottom line: The government needs to spend less.
According to the report, the General Fund this year accumulated $7.582 billion in revenue, slightly more than the $7.271 billion collected during fiscal 2016. However, it states, "the revenue growth rate has been slowing during the past two fiscal years."
Cindi Ross Scoppe is one of the most important people in South Carolina. And, she has recently put forward one of the most important ideas for this state – perhaps the most important – for the last generation or so.
Now I know that sounds like extreme hyperbole, but bear with me on this one, I think I'm right.
First, about Scoppe and her idea.
The years-long debate over South Carolina road funding stirred strong feelings all around. While tax-hike advocates made a passionate case about the need for infrastructure repairs, their plan – which raises the fuel tax by 12 cents over six years, in addition to other tax and fee increases – will put a noticeable pinch on our wallets.
It's hard to fault those who opposed it, given the ever-increasing demands being placed on them by their various layers of government.
This is a response to last Sunday's article about controversy over statues honoring Dr. J. Marion Sims.
The article noted that Dr. Sims used enslaved African-American women for experimental surgeries in the mid-1800s. Let me add some detail and context.
Neil Robinson is a man who should be listened to.
He is an eminent Charleston attorney with a prestigious statewide law firm. He is respected by his peers and community. With his head full of white hair, his well-tailored suits and his air of quiet confidence, he has a distinguished and slightly imposing bearing.
But none of this is why we should all listen to him.
Go to Lancaster's Historic Courthouse and stand beneath the Confederate monument out front.
This stately monument was unveiled June 4, 1909. It is one of the 52 such monuments that stand entrusted to our care in South Carolina.
Better yet, go to the state Capitol grounds in Columbia and read the inscription on the monument there. It was erected by the organization Women of South Carolina to commemorate the Confederate soldiers. The inscription reads, in part:
Let the South Carolinian
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Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. His new book, "Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security -- From World War II to the War on Terrorism," will be published this fall by Basic Books. Zelizer writes widely about current events.
Julian Zelizer says the public option is a clear concept that liberal backers of health care can rally around.
PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- President Obama was caught off guard by the frustration that liberals expressed at the suggestion he might drop the public option from health care reform.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that, "There's no way I can pass a bill in the House of Representatives without a public option."
The proposal for the government to offer Americans health insurance as one of their options had excited many Democrats.
But the White House insists that the public option was not central to its original plan. One senior adviser complained to the Washington Post, "I don't understand why the left of the left has decided that this is their Waterloo." Still, the administration responded to its critics and again expressed support for the public option.
The passion among liberals for the public option is something the White House should consider when deciding how to talk about the rest of the proposals over the next two months.
Unlike so many of the health care proposals that are being discussed in Congress, the public option offers a type of clarity to average citizens that allows them to make sense of what is at stake in this legislation when they are debating the bill around the kitchen table or at the town hall. Unlike the public option, many of the other proposals being debated, such as the health insurance exchanges, are much harder to understand.
When so much is at stake with legislation, voters get anxious when they can't understand what is being proposed. This is why picking the right symbols and rhetoric has played such an enormously important role in presidential success. When Presidents Kennedy and Johnson pushed for Medicare in the early 1960s, they understood that placing the program within Social Security helped voters understand what the reform would entail.
Opponents of any kind of reform always have the upper hand. After all, it is easier to mobilize against something than it is to build and sustain support around a new proposal.
During the town hall meetings, opponents have no trouble explaining what they are against: They don't want government intervention and they don't want change. The complexity of the proposals in Congress -- and the failure of the administration to adequately explain how they would work and what they would accomplish -- has helped the cause of this opposition.
Proponents of health care have been having a difficult time with the challenge of complexity ever since President Clinton moved Democrats away from the traditional goal of single-payer system, whereby the government would become the sole source of insurance and provide every citizen with coverage, and toward some centrist hybrid of government and market-based care.
In 1993, the Clinton administration proposed a 240,000-word plan that attempted to reduce costs through regional health care exchanges. The plan was complex. Even worse, the political scientist Theda Skocpol reported that the administration was politically ambivalent about talking about the exchanges in too much detail, fearing that saying too much would only cause further political problems.
Speaking of the health care alliances, Clinton adviser James Carville told a New York Times reporter, "That's not where the debate goes. I don't understand exactly how the Social Security system works, but I'm for it." Opponents responded by portraying the plan as a Frankenstein monster.
The cartoonist Joe Sharpnack published a cartoon depicting an elephant, saying "Sheez! Can you believe this guy?" as he points to an impossible-to-follow chart labeled "Clinton Health Care." In the next frame he points to another chart, which is blank and labeled "Republican Plan," as he says, "Now here's something a little easier to understand. ..."
With voters unable to understand the nuances of much of Clinton's plan, the opposition had succeeded in portraying it as a huge government takeover that would eliminate patient choice. They have done the same this time around.
President Obama has also struggled with the complexity of the reform proposals and demonstrated the same kind of ambivalence about taking his plan to the voters. He has made things more difficult by staying out of the legislative fray, refusing to make demands on Congress, and limiting how much he talks about the specifics that he thinks must be part of the bill.
Whether the public option will remain in the mix is unclear. But the passion that exists toward the public option -- something lacking for most of the other proposals now being floated -- should nudge the White House into doing a better job explaining what Obama's most important health care proposals are and how they will work. Otherwise opponents will win the debate.
The inability of the White House to clarify its proposals has been extraordinarily damaging and has allowed August to turn into a huge political problem for the administration.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian Zelizer.
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There are lots of familiar refrains this time of year, as Christmas carols are sung and holiday standards are piped into and out of stores everywhere.
Here�s another one: The easiest way not to be the victim of a crime is to make yourself a hard target for thieves.
Police departments and sheriff�s offices routinely implement plans for increased vigilance through the holidays with stepped up patrols and presence in an effort to be proactive.
Meeting that goal largely depends on the cooperation of the populace. Being aware of what is going on and being willing not to turn a blind eye helps local law enforcement officials gain an advantage in fighting crime.
Another effective tool is to keep criminals guessing. Using timers for lights and appliances, varying schedules and any other means to make it appear someone is home � even if they aren�t � is an effective deterrent for many burglars.
Door-to-door salesmen are more common at this time of year, but homeowners should ask for ID and a business permit to make sure they are legitimate. Never, under any circumstances, let a stranger into your house.
Also be wary about being approached by strangers in parking lots and garages. In the event of a purse-snatching or similar crime, don�t give chase.
Parents would be well advised to speak with children about safety in crowded shopping places. There should be a plan in case a parent and child get separated, and another plan in the event someone tries to take a child out of a store.
In that case, the child should loudly scream, �You are not my parent.�
Try not to display the season�s bounty under the Christmas tree. Large, expensive-looking packages serve as advertisements to burglars so put them out of sight.
The same holds true in vehicles. Lock packages in trunks or, if in an SUV or minivan, put gifts as far back as possible and cover them.
There are many stanzas to this holiday classic, but the refrain remains the same: Holiday safety is a matter of diligence. Practice it.
A version of this editorial first appeared in the Gadsden Times, a Halifax Media Group newspaper in Alabama.


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After 500 full cycles, the power reserve battery may provide less than 75% of its original capacity. This is normal for any product with a lithium polymer battery.


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KDE Stats: KDE Is Brought To You Today By...
Have you ever wondered who contributes what to KDE? The berliOS project attempts to answer this question with KDE CVS statistics, a site tallying every developer's contributions (translators are currently not included). With regular updates planned, you can find the latest summary here and also statistics for every CVS module. And before you start to wonder: The account kulow is used to transfer the work of the translators from kde-i18n into the other modules; Stephan Kulow's exclusive account is coolo.
[Also of interest is this graph posted to the KDE Cafe by Marcus Camen in his message "KDE team breaks all records".]
How is work progressing on KDE 3.1?
By John Kintree at Thu, 2002/04/25 - 5:00am
Re: myself
There's a little note on kde-look.org about implemented features in CVS snapshot.
By jonemi at Thu, 2002/04/25 - 5:00am
Re: myself
The screenshot shows Keramik style, Tabbed Browsing, Folder icons reflect contents and the crystal icon theme: http://www.babysimon.co.uk/kde/kde31features.png
By simon at Fri, 2002/04/26 - 5:00am
KDE 3.1 progress...
By krzyko at Thu, 2002/04/25 - 5:00am
why doesn't the total at the bottom come to 100%? Is that because of the occasional patch submitted by invisible pink unicorns?
By Carbon at Fri, 2002/04/26 - 5:00am
Faure for president!
By Sergio at Fri, 2002/04/26 - 5:00am
Re: Faure for president!
To be fair, like coolo/kulow, statistics are a bit lying for me: I have a cronscript that commits the RDF files for www.kde.org regularly (hence
By David Faure at Fri, 2002/04/26 - 5:00am
most frequent commits
About 220.000 By Kulow ...
Over a period of 5 years that's about 40.000 a year, which amounts to about 110 commits a day; almost 5 an hour. Well, that's what I call 'commitment'
(Sorry about that lame joke ...)
By Matthijs Sypken... at Fri, 2002/04/26 - 5:00am
Re: most frequent commits
Ok, so I can't read very well ... I'm sorry.
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After reading "The Lonely American Just Got a Bit Lonelier," I remembered how a few years ago, I had a friend visit me here in Pittsburgh, and we went strolling down a street with bookstores and cafes.Huh? What puzzles me about the writer's apparently fond remembrance of this story is not so much that the friend deceived her and implicitly expressed opprobrium by extracting money from her to give to the beggar she'd just passed by, it's that the guy made her stand around waiting while he had a five minute conversation with the beggar and then delivered a sermonette about it. "For two bucks, I bought myself five minutes of conversation"? Damn, I would have said we were just having a conversation for free and then you made me stand around with no one to talk to while you had to act like you were befriending him so you could think especially well about yourself -- and come back and brag about it. I sure as hell wouldn't have treasured the memory for years and then written to the NYT about it as if the friend had taught me an important life lesson.
After passing a beggar with his can, my friend asked me if I could give him a couple of bucks, and thinking it was for a coffee at the adjacent cafe, I handed him the money.
To my amazement, he returned his steps and handed the money to the beggar. He then struck up a conversation.
A good five minutes later, he walked back toward me, and I told him that if I knew it was to give out free money, I wouldn't have given it to him.
He answered: "Here in America nobody talks to you. But for two bucks, I bought myself five minutes of conversation." Alexis Rzewski
ADDED: This item got me thinking about the horrid Bette Midler song (written by John Prine), "Hello in There," you know the one that ends:
So if you're walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, say, hello in there, hello.


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Will he take a wicket in the second innings?
Who will it be?
If he doesn't his last wicket will be Collingwood.
Fairly self explanatory.
I'd say Read.
Tailenders should go to Lee and Warne
If the England tail comes up to bat in the second innings (Read to Panesar), I'd expect Ponting to bring on McGrath and Warne in tandem.
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
im taking a guess and saying harmison
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i said it before in the warne thread....warne to knock over harmison, then mcgrath to knock over panesar next over, leaving anderson not out
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The Camera Raw 5.2 and DNG Converter 5.2 are now available on Adobe.com.(For Photoshop CS4 customers I recommend choosing the 'Updates…' option from the Help menu) This release includes additional features and new camera support. Lightroom will be updated to version 2.2 in December to provide the equivalent camera support.
New in this release:
- Targeted Adjustment Tool for on image adjustments
- Output sharpening for print or screen output
- Snapshots for saving all settings in a single reference
- Camera Profiles for enhanced raw file interpretation now available in the Calibration panel
Newly supported camera models:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Canon PowerShot G10
- Panasonic DMC-G1**
- Panasonic DMC-FX150**
- Panasonic DMC-FZ28**
- Panasonic DMC-LX3**
- Leica D-LUX 4**
**With the release of Camera Raw 5.2 (and upcoming Lightroom 2.2 release) there is an important exception in our DNG file handling for the Panasonic DMC LX3, Panasonic DMC FX150, Panasonic DMC FZ28, Panasonic DMC-G1 and Leica D-LUX 4. In this release the native, proprietary files from these cameras can only be converted to linear DNG files. A linear DNG file has gone through a demosaic process that converts a single mosaic layer of red, green and blue channel information into three distinct layers , one for each channel. The resulting linear DNG file is approximately three times the size of a mosaic DNG file or the original proprietary file format.
This exception is a temporary solution to ensure that Panasonic and Leica's intended image rendering from their proprietary raw file format is applied to an image when converted DNG files are viewed in third party software titles. The same image rendering process is applied automatically in Camera Raw 5.2 and in Lightroon 2.2 when viewing the original proprietary raw file format.
In a future release Adobe plans to update the DNG specification to include an option to embed metadata-based representations of the lens compensations in the DNG file, allowing a mosaic DNG conversion. In the interim Adobe recommends only converting these files to DNG to allow compatibility with third party raw converters, previous versions of the Camera Raw plug-in or previous versions of Lightroom.


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Leah Elizabeth Martens and Brent Charles Keene were married Oct. 2 at Estherville Lutheran Church in Estherville with Pastor Doug Burton officiating.
Parents of the couple are Mike and Phyllis Martens of Estherville and Dave and Kris Keene of Hartley.
Maid of honor was Hallee Jackson of Terril, friend of the bride.
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Leah and Brent
Best man was Matt Wildeman of Hartley, friend of the groom.
Bridesmaids were Molly Martens, Estherville, sister of the bride; Tiffany Hopp, Estherville, friend of the bride; Tess Jackson, Terril, friend of the bride; Jenna Keene, Hartley, sister of the groom; and Rochelle Houseman, Council Bluffs, friend of the bride.
Groomsmen were Brent Mischke, Theilman, Minn., friend of the groom; Chad Keene, Papillion, Neb., brother of the groom; Lucas Stevens, Huron, S.D., friend of the groom; Josh Rieck, Primghar, friend of the groom; and Clayton Eggers, Terril, friend of the groom.
Ushers were Wayne Lair, Estherville, friend of the bride; Morgan Welch, Springdale, Ariz., cousin of the bride; Jason Jacobs, Melvin, friend of the groom; and Nelson Miner, Huron, S.D., cousin of the groom.
Musicians were Marcia Klingbeil of Estherville, and Chad Keene of Papillion, Neb.
The rehearsal supper was held at Fort Defiance State Park, and a reception and dance was held at the Estherville Elks Club. The couple honeymooned to the Black Hills.
Brent is currently employed by Northwest Ag Supply in Hartley in sales and agronomy. Leah is currently employed by Cooperative Elevator Association in Ocheyedan as a bookkeeper. The couple resides in Hartley.


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Seattle Washington March 2-5, 2016on 02/28/2017 at 8:30 pm
I'll be at Katsucon February 17, 18 (leaving at noon on Sunday (flight kerfuffle) so show up early and often!)
It's at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the National Harbor, Oxon Hill Maryland.
I have two panels!
Friday 2017.02.17, 10:45pm 11:45pm,
Saturday 2017.02.18, 7:00pm 8:00pm,
Time for our annual Krampusnacht Sale! This year we have all 7 ID books, along with a bag and a Krampus print for $66.66!
If you got last year's Krampusnacht special, then you can catch up with the Lil Krampus for $26.66.
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Google X Search Engine
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Internet,
Okay, now it's pretty obvious that Google enjoys OS X as much as the rest of us. According to Google's Blog, the project started as a late-night project in order to learn Javascript & DHTML. The result is a Mac OS X inspired version of Google - Google X. At this time the link to the Google Labs version is not working, however, we were able to find a mirror thanks to Tech info Blog. Check it out here.
(Thanks w00t.w00t!)
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MSN adCenter At Strategic Account Summit
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Corporate News, Internet,
At the Strategic Account Summit, Microsoft's answer to Google AdWords was introduced – MSN adCenter. This prototype is designed to help advertisers generate more revenue with the ability to connect to the desired audience throughout the MSN network. The new technology will provide advertisers in depth audience details such as geographic location, gender, age group, lifestyle segment and time of day – thus being able to generate more clicks. Microsoft did not provide many details on how the technology is able to obtain such statistics. Seems that as advertising technology is improved, our privacy seems to diminish as well.
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Google Code
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Internet, Software,
Google goes Open Source with its latest offering – Google Code. The new page offers developer tools and projects which can be used to develop applications for use in conjunction with many of Google's services. Google will feature a project every week on its Google Code page. Of course, you may submit your projects to Google via email and see if they feature it.
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Sonic to visit Mario on Gamecube?
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Video Games,
In the latest issue of NOM Magazine, Yuji Naka, head of Sega developers - Sonic Team, sat down for an interview to deal out some goods about the next few games in development for Gamecube and DS. Also, the article hints about a future Mario and Sonic game in the works:
Sonic Team head, Yuji Naka, revealed two new Sonic the Hedgehog games for Nintendo in an exclusive interview with NOM in London at the end of last year.
"We are in development with a new GameCube Sonic game, which we hope to release before the end of 2005," Naka exclusively revealed to us. "Sonic Team is also currently making a Sonic game for the DS. We are taking our time to make sure the game makes good use of the DS's many new features." Double whammy!
We pressed for details and Naka revealed that the DS game will incorporate parts of the screen-rubbing Sonic tech-demo shown at E3 last year. Naka expects both titles to be playable at this year's E3 and, as always, we'll be there to see it all.
Pick up NOM UK next month for the full interview, where Yuji Naka reveals his secret conversations with Shigeru Miyamoto about getting Sonic and Mario to appear in a game together.
No, you are not dreaming.
Box.net Online Storage Contest Winners
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Another contest has come to a close, this one sees three people walk away with one year of free online storage courtesy of Box.net. The three winners are benplaut, bayyar, and TheMetsAreBad. You will now have 1 GB of online storage for a year. All the rest of us can get it on it for $2.99 per month.
Scientists Develop a Motorcycle That's Too Quiet
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech,
You just can't seem to please everyone. Make bikes too loud, and pedestrians complain about the noise. Make them fuel-cell powered and super-quiet and people say they're an accident hazard. The new prototype bike, developed by British manufacturers Intelligent Energy, are said to make about as much noise as a PC. In an even greater act of blasphemy, they are going to add a switch on the bike to allow artificially generated noise so that people will know when it's approaching. No, it's not April first yet.
Read More | BBC News
Glow Brick Nightlight
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Misc. Tech,
Okay, so what if you don't want people to know you still use that Elmo nightlight in your room. Now there's a cooler way to keep some light around when you're going to bed. It's an encased lightbulb that charges up during the day through solar power, then glows at night. Kinda pricey at $45, but still a great idea.
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Hannah Rogers didn't need a lot of runs Saturday, but Florida's offense provided them anyway.
It's a good bet somebody will eventually score a postseason run against No. 6 Florida.
It just wasn't Saturday.
Senior pitcher Hannah Rogers allowed only four hits and kept the UF postseason scoreless streak going, as the Gators run-ruled No. 8 Washington 9-0 in the first game of the Gainesville Super Regional.
"It all starts in the circle," said Florida coach Tim Walton, who won his 11th straight Super Regional game. "She set the tone in the first inning and ultimately that was huge."
The Gators (49-11) need only one more win Sunday to advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City for the sixth time under Walton in the last seven seasons. The two teams play at noon (ESPN) with a second game to follow if necessary.
Florida scored seven runs off Washington's top two pitchers in the fourth inning to blow open a close game. Those two pitchers walked seven batters and hit another.
"We beat ourselves," Huskies starting pitcher Kaitlin Inglesby said. "The best part is that it can't get any worse than (Saturday)."
Washington (36-14) had not allowed a run in its three regional wins last week. Florida has pitched 23 innings in the NCAA tournament without allowing a run.
The Gators received an offensive boost from the bottom of the order, as No. 8 hitter Aubree Munro and No. 9 hitter Katie Medina combined for five hits and three RBIs.
"Eight and nine, what they did was instrumental for us to score that many runs," Walton said.
Medina, a shortstop in the lineup because of her glove, had only one postseason hit in her career coming into the game. That hit was a walk-off single in the first game of the Super Regional against Alabama-Birmingham last year.
She raised her average for the season by 18 points to .234 with her two hits Saturday.
"When I was up there, I felt good," she said. "We had the momentum and I felt energetic."
Rogers made her own trouble in the first when she walked two batters with one out. With the crowd chirping about the strike zone, Rogers kept her composure and got Kylee Lahners, the Huskies' leading home run hitter, on a pop out to second. She then struck out Ali Aguilar to end the inning.
"They were good pitches, but they were probably balls that I wanted to be strikes," Rogers said. "It was just a matter of working through it."
Florida took the lead in the bottom of the second when Munro ripped a two-out double inside third base to score Bailey Castro from second. Castro collided with Washington third baseman Jennie McNeill as she got to the base but still scored easily to make it 1-0.
Munro went 3-for-3 in the game.
"I was just seeing the ball well (Saturday)," she said. "I went to the slap and I've felt really good about that lately."
Castro drew a one-out walk on four pitches to score Kelsey Stewart and make it 2-0 Gators after three.
In the fourth, Munro singled to start the inning and Medina ripped a double down the line to knock out Inglesby. Stewart scored one run with a sacrifice fly and Stephanie Tofft brought home another with an infield single.
Florida loaded the bases later in the inning and Castro laid down a perfect bunt to score Tofft from third.
"I texted one of my assistants (Friday night), 'Don't let me forget about the squeeze,' " Walton said. "I've seen it so many times with bases loaded and the batter is thinking grand slam, and you end up not scoring."
Bryana Walker walked the next two batters, each time forcing in a run. A fielder's choice made it 8-0 and Medina's single gave Florida a 9-0 lead.
Rogers finished off the fifth inning despite Washington getting two of its four singles in the game in the inning. She struck out five and didn't walk another batter after the first inning.
It was a tough day all around for the Huskies.
"It's too bad we couldn't give them a better game," Washington coach Heather Tarr said. "But one game is one game. We're a better team than we showed."
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This house definitely has something evil or some curse on it. I owned this house many years ago. This house has a strong history of terrible occurrences, such as attempted murder, suicide, attempted suicide and much violence. This was a rental house for many years and it was also a duplex at one time. I see the new owners have completely gutted the property and rebuilt the inside, but something definitely evil is in that home.When I sold the place I told the buyer the place needed burned down and sowed with salt. I spoke with a few people who had lived there including the previous owner who used this place as a rental, and all had terrible things that happened to them while they lived there. It also had horrible things happen to me and my family when we lived there. Yet when we moved in everything was very positive, within 2 years it turned into a total nightmare.See this property: 720 HIRAM ST, WICHITA, KS
CS Sat Dec 02, 17 22:31:51
I am interested in this property.See this property: 3314 FERNWOOD, WICHITA, KS
peggy vanderford Tue Mar 22, 16 20:05:44
Looking for any historical information anyone can provide about this home. It was built in 1930.See this property: 1716 N. JEANETTE AVE., WICHITA, KS
Jodee Wed Apr 01, 15 13:42:20
This place is haunted like real shit we had to moveSee this property: 1536 S OLD MANOR, WICHITA, KS
nacy Sun Jan 04, 15 02:29:02
Your estimate is way off I own it and its worth nearly 60kSee this property: 1730 FABRIQUE, WICHITA, KS
dale Sun Jun 29, 14 21:36:33
I would like to know who owner these property are 4263 to 4249 ross pkwy east in Wichita ks 67210 please get backto me soonSee this property: 4263 ROSS PKWY E, WICHITA, KS
georgetta vaughn Sat May 03, 14 18:04:07
I lived in this house a few years when I was growing up. It is haunted. This isn't a joke, just a warning. Constant footsteps from the end of the hallway by the kitchen to the room down the hall where I had my room. It always felt like someone was watching you while you were in the living room.See this property: 7510 W 11TH ST, WICHITA, KS
N/A Fri Mar 07, 14 04:54:35
I lived in the house in 1993 for 4 months. We had to move because we believed that it was haunted. The next occupant whom I told nothing about the haunting, called me 2 weeks after they moved in and asked me to come over. When I arrived, the lady was sitting on the porch smoking a cigarette and shaking saying she would not stay another day in the house. She moved out and I never went back to the home. It always felt like there was someone watching you when you were in there. Many nights I would wake hearing noises and swear someone was in the other room. I was so nervous that I searched the house with an SKS fully loaded. I don't believe in the supernatural, but I can't explain what happened in that house.See this property: 3202 PENLEY DR, WICHITA, KS
B-rad Sun Jan 26, 14 00:39:03
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP AT 1402 LAURA WICHITA KS.See this property: 1402 LAURA WICHITA KS, WICHITA, KS
JERRY KLASSEN Mon Oct 22, 12 19:23:41
Please provide information on crime statics, demographic information, owner information and utility costs for the area.See this property: 1975 GARLAND, WICHITA, KS
angela treat Thu Oct 18, 12 17:32:34
I want to contact the people who leave in that street, specially in the 1838 number house. The house appears in Google Earth Street view. I leave in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. This steet has my name!See this property: 1838 N DENISE MARIE, WICHITA, KS
Denise Maria Mon Sep 03, 12 11:14:20
I wanto to contact the people who leave in that street, specially in the 1836 number house. I leave in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. This steet has my name!See this property: 1836 N DENISE MARIE, WICHITA, KS
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Glenfarclas 12 Year Old
Review: Glenfarclas 12 Year Old Highland Malt 90/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on November 6, 2011
The Glenfarclas Distillery is located on the Recherlich Farm at Ballindalloch in the heart of Speyside. The Distillery was purchased by the Grant Family in 1865 for a total sum of £511.19sd. It has remained in the control of the Grant Family for six generations up to the present day. In fact, Glenfarclas is one of only a few distilleries remaining in Scotland which is independently family owned and managed.
The Glenfarclas Single Malt Whisky line-up includes the Glenfarclas 10 Year Old, the Glenfarclas 12 Year Old, the Glenfarclas 15 Years Old, the Glenfarclas 21 Years Old, the Glenfarclas 25 Years Old, the Glenfarclas 30 Years Old and the Glenfarclas '105' Cask Strength. I was provided with a sample of the Glenfarclas 12 Year Old by Pacific Wine & Spirits Inc. who is the importer/distributor of Glenfarclas Highland Single Malt Whisky in Alberta.
In the Bottle 4.5/5
Pictured to the left is the bottle presentation for the Glenfarclas 12 Year Old Single Highland Malt. The reference on the label to the whisky as a 'Highland Malt' was rather confusing to me. However, I have learned that whiskies from Speyside have historically been considered Highland Whiskies. This is because there were originally only four official whisky regions identified in Scotland, Highland, Lowland, Campbeltown and Islay. Given that Speyside is home to the greatest concentration of distilleries in Scotland, it later was decided that Speyside deserved its own status as a region. Thus a Speyside whisky is a Highland whisky and a Speyside whisky at the same time.
Setting this confusion aside, I like the whisky presentation. I like the brightly coloured cardboard sleeve the whisky is housed in, and I like the rather masculine shape of the Glenfarclas bottle with its corked top. I could do with a little more information on the label with respect to the level of peating and the types of barrels used in the maturation. I have noticed great variation in flavour based upon the type(s) of oak used for aging and of course the level of peat can drastically alter flavour. In my market there exists a great deal of angst amongst consumers when they are selecting a Scotch Whisky. Giving the potential consumer some indication of the flavour profile ahead of the purchase decision would be a good thing.
In the Glass 8.5/10
The colour of the whisky in the glass is a nice coppery orange. When I tilted my glass and gave it a slow swirl I noticed the whisky imparted long slender legs which ran slowly back into whisky. The initial nose from the glass is full of floral oak spice with obvious honey and marzipan notes rising up as well.
If I close my eyes and allow the glass to breathe, I can imagine that I am surrounded by saw grass in a lowland meadow. Some heather and lavender grows in small clumps nearby, and a few pine trees lie on the edge of my sensory range. These scents and smells from the glass are clean and pleasant.
In the Mouth 54/60
The whisky tastes clean with some nice light lemony citrus notes combining with the spicy sweetness of honey oak. That spicy flavour has a noticeable almond taint which settles on my palate with lighter flavours of butterscotch, and vanilla. There are some light floral sensations which slide by my taste buds, and I also taste a few hints of something fruity reminding me of sherry. The whisky is not overly complex; but its flavour and mouth-feel are vibrant.
I found that the more I sampled the Glefarclas 12, the more I wanted to return to it the following evening. It is easy to approach in spite of the spicy flavour, and that ribbon of honey sweetness is very appealing. This urge to return to the bottle means far more to me in scoring the whisky than any fancy descriptors I could use.
In the Throat 13.5/15
In the exit the Glenfarclas 12 continues to be spicy, but it also continues to carry that honey sweetness through the finish. I really like the combination as each component seems to serve to compliment the other rather than to compete with it. This prevents the finish from being cloying, and is part of the reason why I just keep wanting to return to the bottle.
The Afterburn 9/10
With the Glenfarclas 12 Year Old Highland Malt Whisky, I found that there was more to the whisky than what my taste descriptors could quantify. I was continually drawn back to the bottle each night for just a little nightcap. This unconscious desire I experienced which kept me returning to the whisky made me realize that although the flavour seemed rather straight forward, it was also so easily approachable and delicious that the whisky is deserving of a high score. We are not in the stratosphere here, but we are approaching it.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
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Although I think the Glenfarclas 12 is wonderful when served neat or on ice, I did find myself exploring the cocktail realm again. What I came up with I call, Soft Touch.
Soft Touch
1 oz Glenfarclas 12 Year Old
1/2 oz London Dry Gin
1/2 oz Triple Sec (sub any good quality orange liqueur)
Stir with ice until chilled,
Complete with Soda
Garnish with a lime slice
Please Enjoy Responsibly!
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)


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|Spirit in Nature (SpIN) Interfaith Path Sanctuary is a nonprofit organization that brings together people of diverse religious traditions to promote reverence and care for the Earth. Through education, dialogue, and spiritual reflection in nature, SpIN seeks to awaken people to environmental problems, promote environmental action that is spiritually or religiously rooted, and provide a replicable model for engaging diverse religious traditions in caring for the Earth. Seeking to create an opportunity for people of diverse traditions to meet, meditate, walk, and worship in a setting that is conducive to spiritual reflection on nature, SpIN established a network of eleven "faith paths" in the foothills of the Green Mountains, near Ripton, Vermont. Nine of the paths represent different religions (Bahai, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, Quaker, and Unitarian Universalist), while the other two, including the children's path, are inter-religious. The paths meet at a sacred circle, highlighting the interconnections between different religious traditions and between humans and the environment. In 2004, a labyrinth made of natural rocks was added to the site. SpIN encourages reflective walking along the paths, which are marked with "nature notes" indicating special points of interest in the natural surroundings. The paths have benches and quotes from each religious tradition about connecting with the Earth. Located on seventy acres of land, the Vermont path center now has six to eight miles of paths with more than 6,000 feet of river and brook frontage. Beaver dams and signs of moose, deer, coyotes, bears, and bobcats are found in the area, and "Nature Notes" highlight twenty-five natural points of interest. In addition to maintaining the paths, SpIN sponsors public events geared toward stimulating dialogue and action on behalf of the Earth, such as its Bread and Soup Speaker Series, Earth Day Fair, discussion groups, guided walks, and experiential activities at the path center. Each year SpIN publicly recognizes a person who has contributed to the connection of religion and ecology with its annual Eco-Spirit Award. "Spreading the Seeds" workshops are available for people interested in starting SpIN path centers at other locations, and the quarterly Spirit in Nature newsletter keeps readers informed about events, activities, and political issues related to religion and the environment. The Spirit in Nature Handbook, which contains information about SpIN and the Vermont path center, is available in print and online. At present, SpIN has more than 270 members nationwide, about one third of whom are not affiliated with any particular religious organization. New SpIN groups are forming in Boston and western Massachusetts; Norwich, Vermont; and Saratoga Springs, New York.
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|Spirit in Nature was founded in 1998 by a religiously-diverse group of local environmentalists and naturalists in Vermont, who came up with the idea of forming both a community-based, inter-religious, environmental group and an inter-religious, environmental "path center" in the Green Mountains. SpIN leases its seventy acres of land from Middlebury College, and attained its 501(c)3 status in 1999. SpIN honored Bill McKibbon, John Elder, Stephanie Kaza, and Warren King with Eco-Spirit Awards in 2001, 2002, and 2003, 2004 respectively. There are thirteen members on the Board of Trustrees, representing six different religious traditions. Five of the Trustees are Middlebury College students. In 2002, the Board of Trustees joined with the Middlebury Area Clergy to endorse the Global Warming Action Coalition's program to reduce fossil fuel consumption locally by ten percent within five years. In October of 2002, Skidmore College opened a Spirit in Nature Sanctuary on its campus in Saratoga Springs, New York. At present, a path center is being developed in East Hampton, Massachusetts. SpIN is also affiliated with other nature centers in Ipswich and Plainville, Massachusetts as well as in Norwich, Vermont.
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|To encourage the creation of other Spirit in Nature Interfaith Path Sanctuaries in the United Sates and throughout the world.
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A few interesting game related things.
I have begun doing a series of pixel art tutorials in order to make my pixel art skills better. The result is this face. The face has been blown up 2x to make it easier to see. The idea is to do some pixel art tutorials every week this year. When I am learning something I like to do it by doing a small project. So my pixel art learning project is going to be to update my bleten game. Bleten was a game I made for a 48 hour game dev competition(using python and pygame to code of course). Due to lack of time(and poor pixel-fu) most of the pixel artwork in it is pretty average. Including some stick-sheep.
Also game related, I am working on a milkshape character animation library written in C. I have converted it from some C++ code I had lying around. The conversion from C++ to C code is in order to make it easier to port, make it easier to use as a library, to simplify it, and to reduce code size. I will be wrapping it up with python bindings once done. It should weigh in at 10-20KB once finished.
The current C++ cal3d library I use for character animation I am having a few problems with. Firstly when I update milkshape the exporter needs to be recompiled. Also I need to export models, I can not read directly from the milkshape files. Another problem is that the cal3d library in the last few versions has been using more template features. Which are anoying to use from python. Finally it is quite large. All up(including the python bindings) cal3d weighs in at about 500KB. This is about 1/10th the total size of a 5MB game. 5MB being the magic size small enough for modem users. Another reason for the change is so that I can optimize the character animation code for my needs. Cal3d is quite large, and I have found it hard to optimize. I want to be able to cache frames to speed up playback, as well as to change data types to suit the models I use. I also want to support some features that cal3d does not. Like scaling in animations, and only animating certain bones. Eg only animating the hand with a hand animation.
I am going to wrap the C animation library up with the ctypes wrapper. Hopefully pyopengl will finish its transition to ctypes as well, so that I can save some more space with the reduced size of the pyopengl wrappers.
Pygame patches have also been going in. Someone asked about when a new release would come out... maybe in a couple of months. The only feature I want to add is per pixel collision detection. Also need to expose some new SDL functionality from the last SDL release. There have been enough bug fixes to make it worthwhile to make a release.
For web related things, I have been working on a few sites in php for work. A new version of the antipoda design site(unreleased yet), as well as some improvments to an existing site www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au I have also been doing some more things on www.pretendpaper.com using python.
Dane has mostly completed a new look for the site. Very similar to the old site, but lighter with less dark lines. It makes pretendpaper somewhat cleaner. The new design should come online in the next month I reckon. Hopefully at the same time I finish a new set of changes.
These new changes include new edit screens. I have just started changing the edit screens around. During so I ran into problems with the session implementation that I use. I need to change the session code around to support multiple readers and writers better. The session bugs pretty much stopped me in my tracks.
*Update:* I hacked on the session code, adding locks for each session rather than for the whole lot. The session code was designed for one request per session owner, not multiple ones. I also made it a memory based session that stores its data occasionally to disk(and on shutdown).


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The ending showed everyone reincarnating, which left you very sad for the male protagonist (the names escape me, been many years since i've seen it) because he finally realized he loved the girl known as Angel and wanted to stay with her, and upon hearing that she was able to reincarnate... Leaving the main character no choice but to move on and reincarnate himself... It was a sad ending, however, after the credits you hear a new female character humming the same song that Angel always used to hum, and you then see the main character chasing after her. <-- again you decide if he catches her or not and if it ended happily.
Similar events occured in Kanon <-- really damn sad in my opinion, Clannad, and pretty much EVERY anime Key has ever released...
While we're on the topic!!! Who's excited for the upcoming release of the LB anime?! and also, how long do you think it will take for a dubbed release?
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As for the LB anime. First impression from the trailer was the characters look different, especially their eyes. It is still uncertain how they will tell the story, how they are gonna handle each arc in addition to the main arc. The VN itself is even longer than Clannad so I hope they don't rush through LB in just one season. Now that I think about it, two seasons of 24 episodes each is like 4 months of painful weekly episodes, not to mention the delay between the seasons. I really can't stand weekly episodes. >.>
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RE: anime
One impression I had of the game before I read it all was that everything seemed...artificial to put it simply. The common route had mini-games, scoring tables, fight scenes, the background CGs even seemed a bit off, giving, to me at least, that artificial feeling. Coupled with the technoriffs they used in much of the music gave me that overall impression of Little Busters! routes before Refrain, and that's not even counting Kudo's, Mio's and kurugaya's routes. That's how it all then clicked for me nicely during the denouement when I learned about "the secret of the world".
Though I'm not going to watch the anime, one thing I think would've made a good impression to me, or maybe the viewers, is if they included such evocative things about the world to aid in foreshadowing. Probably noticing the same old students walking to and fro in the background, with quite blank/featureless faces for most of them when Riki's not looking directly at them, or maybe make most places Riki goes to seem empty.
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Nah, dropping subtle hints is always a good thing in a story such as this one. Plus using one of the routes like they did Kurugaya's was genius...her whole route is what makes most people start to connect the dots.
And there's also the whole "Some routes have fantasy elements, some don't." which makes you wonder...why are there such fantasy elements in Mio and Kuu's routes but none in Haruka and Komari?
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I would appreciate if you stick with the thread topic, instead of pulling random chatters and whatnot. Chunk of posts have been removed.
If you have nothing to supplement in any -discussion- related to LB, please don't post.
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there are stuff I don't get about Saya's route (which I had just started doing around 6 hours ago and still continuing)
And speaking of stuff, I have calibrated a complete list (which may or may not have been discussed in the previous posts.) I had posted it earlier, but something came up.... -_-
<<Required Points>> [ ] 3-cour MINIMUM [ ] Omnibus / Continuous Format w/ Skipped Parts [ ] Required Details (Mention / Flashback / Short Sequence) >>> [ ] Battle Rankings >>> [ ] Baseball Practice >>> [ ] "Shaka-Shaka Hey!" Special Emphasis >>> [ ] Rin vs Unidentified Lifeforms >>> [ ] Kick the Can >>> [ ] Stage Play Ideas >>> [ ] (Can be "Last Playthrough" Only) LB wins the Baseball Match >>> [ ] Ripples of Thoughts at EP 1 [ ] New versions of: >>> [ ] Alicemagic >>> [X] Little Busters! [X] No changes to: >>> [X] Komari's VA >>> [X] Rin's VA >>> [X] Kud's VA >>> [X] Kurugaya's VA [ ] Refrain is handled w/ care (at least one of the main points) >>> [ ] a KyoAni adaptation of 2nd season >>> [ ] a KyoAni movie adaptation of 1st season >>> [ ] Perfect 1-cour season [ ] OVAs (any one of the ff.) >>> [ ] Kurugaya's True Route OVA >>> [ ] Muscle Sensation OVA >>> [ ] Kud Wafter OVA [ ] Special EDs at the end of the Arc >>> [ ] Mio >>> [ ] Kurugaya >>> [ ] Haruka <<Bonus Points>> [ ] EX Routes (in the form of OVA / Episodes) >>> [ ] Kanata >>> [ ] Sasami >>> [ ] Saya (Can NEVER be an OVA btw.) [ ] Unnecessary Points (will be expanded soon) >>> [ ] Kurugaya's Advice to everyone >>> [ ] Mio and the Science Club >>> [ ] At least one cameo of the extra chars. before the Arcs. >>> [ ] Fix Kurugaya Arc + Rin Arc 's <IjustwantRiki> character >>> [ ] Mention the "For some reason I can't go to <place>" >>> [ ] The Big Cat during Baseball Practice / Rin's Arc (I don't know its name though) >>> [ ] Haruka and the Apocalypse Scenario >>> [ ] Display Stats (Like Arm Power, etc.) [ ] 4-cour [ ] Visuals Consistency
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[A short summary of what I understand so far... playing the untranslated route.]
Spoiler for Kyousuke / Saya:
As for Suginami, let's just say that what seems to be "throw-away characters" is bad in the eyes of many people (including me.) Even a short cameo would be great, simply to prove she was there in the first place.
|2012-08-20, 23:47
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Having played through the game, I am confused to whether this is a BL game or not...
What with Masato confessing like nearly every scene, Kyousuke and Riki moments and the sleepover scene...
Another great work by Key, although Rin didn't feel like a Heroine by much..... (Not going to check out Kud wafer, it hurts just thinking about it)
|2012-08-21, 04:05
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Spoiler for Saya, IMO:
I wanted to take other EX routes (the *cough*extended*cough* versions of everyone's routes + Kanata and Sasami), but I feel as if I'm going to miss a lot more if I look at it untranslated. (in fact, even the present EX Common Route in TL-Wiki has quite a lot of those...) I have a feeling, though, that the EX routes will see the light of day... if not animated by the Key-affiliated guys...
I haven't noticed though, but was there any changes to the battle items in EX and the original? sure there was Doruji... then...?
EDIT: I forgot something... Saya's Song is very very good... almost like as dramatic as the Clannad EDs.
EDIT2: Unrelated. Shaka-Shaka-Hey? Shaka Shaka Hey.
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For the EX heroine routes, actually I don't hope much about that. However if there it is, then it's fine. .
|2012-08-23, 09:50
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As for the EX routes, better discuss that in the game thread.
Come to the think of it, I'm not even sure if all heroines will be possible to squeeze in the first place, because of the length, but also how they will have to change few things, depending if they do a continuous adaptation or use the omnibus format.
At least, I hope they will do something like:
Komari => Kud=> Haruka => Mio => Yuiko => Rin [///] [Pre Refrain] => Refrain.
Although if they really plan Ex routes, they should logically put Kanata route right after Haruka, so that would mean they have to tackle non EX heroine back in the "possible" S2. So, the logical way they should do that would be:
Komari => Kud => Haruka => Kanata => Mio [///] Yuiko => Rin => Saya => Refrain
But if we assume that there won't be a S2, well... they will have to discard Kud, Haruka, Mio, the EX routes and change Yuiko so it will "match" Rin, but I would definitely not like the outcome of that kind of decision...
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I accidentally clicked something when I initially signed up, and only briefly saw the screen that said I needed to activate my account via an email. The email never arrived, and I found no option to resend it.
I did eventually search up how to resend the activation email for vBulletin forums in general, and added "/register.php?do=requestemail" after the "/forum" in the Prelude Australia forum URL (won't let post up the full URL because I'm a new member, apologies if posting it like this is still breaching the rules or anything like that)
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