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My neighbor told me about an incident involving an older pickup truck with a metal septic tank using the public water-pumping station. The truck owner was seen emptying raw sewage from the septic tank into the drain area and then rinsing out the tank onto the pavement in front of the pump. My neighbor called emergency dispatch and gave them the license plate number and description. I'm outraged over its misuse and the attendant health risk the practice poses. What does the city say about this? – Terrence Burke
The city was outraged, too, and they followed up with the sordid septic suspect. But it's not as bad as you think.
The tank on the pickup truck wasn't one for sewage but potable water, according to Steve Sulka, the city's director of utilities and a fellow fluent in effluent.
There was something in the guy's tank all right, but it wasn't nasty stuff.
Um, sort of. We'll let Steve explain.
"I think what happened is the guy keeps the truck in a barn, and he left the lid open because it appears there was a packrat nest inside," he said.
"When our guys went to clean the facility immediately after that report, we didn't find any toilet paper or anything like that in the drain – only a few twigs," he said.
Which makes you wonder. What was that pickup guy thinking, merely rinsing out vermin debris from his water tank and calling it good? Anyway, city crews hustled to the pump station, between Animas Auto Spa and Serious Texas Bar-B-Q across from Bodo Industrial Park.
Despite no evidence of sewage, they cleaned the area quickly and thoroughly.
"We take every report of misuse very seriously," Steve assures. "We want people to know they can trust the potable water we provide. That's the most important thing."
The water station is getting a lot of use these days with the ongoing drought and drying wells.
"Our guys visit the area daily, sometimes three or four times, to make sure things are clean, the coin machine is working and the pump is operating. We even clean any oil drops on the asphalt."
Steve said icky incidents are "few and far between." Nevertheless, the city plans to add a license-plate camera in the coming months. It will really dry up the number of sketchy schleppers.
Most water-haulers are conscientious. But there are a few miscreants.
Like the guy who used the water pump facility to clean his fertilizer-spraying truck. He was nabbed and fined.
"Last year, we caught a person using the water hose to clean up his filthy horse trailer. We had the police there," he said.
The one thing that hasn't happened is Steve busting a cattle rancher hosing down a fully loaded livestock truck on its way to market.
Action Line kind of hopes this happens sometime – because then we could say, with a straight face: Steve wrecks the hauls with cows of folly.
'Tis the season.
This week's Mea Culpa Mailbag offers a wry observation from one of our astute correspondents:
"Why don't we move the $47 million Bridge to Nowhere over to the $500 million Lake Nighthorse? That way, we can consolidate the dubious taxpayer-funded projects. How perfect is that – a bridge that doesn't have a use for a reservoir that no one can visit?"
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General Comments: Futures closed lower as the U.S. dollar rallied. Fears of an economic slowdown created by Fed tapering of the QE program created selling in all commodities yesterday. There was not a lot of news for the market, and price action reflected this. Ideas of weak demand after the recent big rally kept some selling interest around. The weather is good in West Africa, with more moderate temperatures and some rains. The mid-crop harvest is about over, and less than expected production along with smaller beans is reported. Malaysia and Indonesia crops appear to be in good condition and weather is called favorable.
Overnight News: Scattered showers are expected in West Africa. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Malaysia and Indonesia should see episodes of isolated showers. Temperatures should average near normal. Brazil will get mostly dry conditions and warm temperatures. ICE certified stocks are lower today at 5.033 million bags. ICE said that 0 delivery notices were posted today and that total deliveries for the month are 120 contracts.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are down with no objectives. Support is at 2140, 2105, and 2080 September, with resistance at 2200, 2230, and 2250 September. Trends in London are down with objectives of 1380 and 1270 September. Support is at 1430, 1360, and 1320 September, with resistance at 1450, 1470, and 1490 September.
General Comments: Futures were lower again on what appeared to be long liquidation from speculators and perhaps some farm selling. The Sharp rally in the US Dollar and disappointing economic news from China caused the selling interest to develop. Export sales were less, adding to selling interest. Ideas of better weather in US production areas were once again negative for prices. Some storms are moving through western Texas and conditions there are improving. Good weather is being reported in the Delta and Southeast as well. The weather has improved, and looks to improve conditions generally through the rest of the week. Scattered showers are forecast for the Delta and Southeast, and wetter and warm weather is expected in Texas. Weather for Cotton appears good in India, Pakistan, and China. It is possible that futures made at least a short term high on Friday.
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one whose life is dedicated to the school band. you can usually find them in groups, as well as with their significant other who is also a band nerd.
by Naked Ken January 28, 2004
a person who is plays in a band, typically a school band or ensemble. this term is sometimes used as an insult however it is also considered a term of affection as well.
Band nerds can be found in marching bands, pep bands, brass and woodwind ensembles, etc.
by Nancy January 19, 2004
The ideal Band kid. More devoted to band than a band geek, and less annoying than a band dork. The arch enemy of choir dweebs
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A put-down insult used by the untalented people who cannot play instruments intended to somehow "lessen the glory" of the talented, skilled people, but the put-down somehow fails to work every time, contrary to "orch-dorks", a put-down aimed at orchestra people which works every time.
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If you're the lead percussionist, you're probably one of them.
I have to go practice the marimba, chimes, timpani, xylophone, triangle, tabourine, and gong!!!!!! TO THE BAND HALL!!!! dundundundunduuuuuun! (Band Nerd Alert!)
by MyWHAT?!?!?!?! February 27, 2010
a person with no school activities other than band. A person who talks obsessively about the band and the directors. Usually wears fog dog musicwear shirts and makes odd noises saying it is music. They like to congegate in groups and talk about band. They are usually never alone out of fear of rejection and never wonder far from the band hall they also are very nasty closet freaks in large numbers on the band bus where crazy things happen.
I was like totally in the band hall and the director told me to play higher and then.
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Allen Lessels' UNH Notebook: Wildcats are in a ratings warBY ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 12. 2014 8:19PM
THE University of New Hampshire men's hockey team has slipped to fifth place in the Hockey East standings and could well slide back another spot or two before it plays another league game.
The Wildcats will start worrying about Hockey East again in a couple of weeks.
Right now, they're on a hot streak and intent on raising their profile in the national rankings and ratings.
It's working.
Dick Umile's team answered a Dartmouth goal with a couple of its own in the closing minutes of the Battle for the RiverStone Cup game on Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Arena for a 4-2 win over the Big Green.
The Wildcats won their fourth straight game and boosted their record for the season to 13-10-1.
They were No. 20 in the USCHO poll last week and on Sunday were No. 13 in the PairWise rankings that simulate the method used by the NCAA to help pick its tournament teams.
There's plenty of room for more upward mobility and UNH is taking aim at some.
Union, ranked No. 4 last week, comes to the Whittemore Center for games on Friday and Saturday.
The Dutchmen provide UNH's last chance to gain stature against a nonconference opponent in the regular season.
"It's our biggest week of the season," said Umile after Saturday night's game. "It's a great opportunity for us. They're our last two non-league games and we can put ourselves in good position here as we go into the final stretch in Hockey East after next week."
Union split a pair of ECAC games over the weekend in its first games back after the holiday break. The Dutchmen had a 10-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 2-1 loss at Quinnipiac on Friday night.
They bounced back with a 3-0 win at Princeton on Saturday. Junior Colin Stevens had 33 saves for his third shutout of the season and has a save percentage of .916, a goals-against average of 2.12 and a record of 10-2-1.
In its last two games before the break, Union went to then-No. 1 St. Cloud and won its first game, 4-1, and tied the second, 3-3.
The Wildcats are looking forward to the test.
"There are only so many games left," said senior forward Kevin Goumas. "We don't want to take any losses. We want to keep a winning streak going."
UNH led most of Saturday's game, but had to rally late for the win.
Dartmouth's Charlie Mosey scored to tie the game at 2-2 with 3:20 left and UNH answered with Dalton Speelman's winning goal 65 seconds later.
Goumas scored his second with 33.3 seconds left.
Coach Bob Gaudet liked the way Dartmouth played on Saturday and likes the way it has been playing overall, despite its 3-12-2 record, and feels it will be a team to be reckoned with down the stretch.
The Big Green have only ECAC games left now, starting with home games against Colgate on Friday and Cornell on Saturday.
UNH athletics director Marty Scarano had some anxious moments early last week after the University of Massachusetts started talking to football coach Sean McDonnell to see if he might be interested in coming to Amherst to interview for their job as head football coach.
In the end, after lengthy discussions with Scarano and UNH President Mark Huddleston about where the Wildcat program was headed and other matters, McDonnell declined the offer to interview.
Scarano said he was thrilled and he was no doubt relieved.
"We have some pretty fabulous things going on and we're excited about the future of the program, where we're at and what we want to accomplish," Scarano said. "We're all very like-minded and no one represents the university better than Sean."
The front-burner project at the moment is getting lights put up to allow for home games next season, a project that will also include renovations to the stands on the home side of Cowell Stadium.
Work should begin as early as March or April and be wrapped up by August, Scarano said.
McDONNELL on Saturday did not want to talk about UMass, which will be hiring Mark Whipple to return as coach, according to reports over the weekend. Whipple, a former offensive coordinator at UNH, won a national title in 1998 at UMass in his first stint at the school.
McDonnell said Scarano's account of what happened last week was all accurate.
About a half a dozen players — including Nashua South quarterback Trevor Knight, wide receiver Rory Donovan of Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton. Mass., and defensive back D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie of Central Catholic in Lawrence, Mass. — have verbally committed to accept UNH scholarships, according to many reports.
NCAA rules prohibit coaches from naming or commenting on potential recruits until they sign national letters of intent to accept those scholarships on Feb. 5.
UNH has three official recruiting weekends set up starting next weekend.
THE GYMNASTICS TEAM hosts its first meet of the season on Sunday with Minnesota, Brown and Yale coming in to compete. The Wildcats lost their opener at Rutgers on Saturday. . . .The track teams play host to Holy Cross on Saturday at noon. . . . The men's basketball team, 2-13 overall and 0-2 in America East, has a pair of league home games up next. UMBC, 5-11 and 1-2, is in on Wednesday at 7 and Hartford plays at UNH on Saturday at 1. . . . Senior Kelsey Hogan of Nashua had a career-high 35 points to lead the UNH women to a 71-68 overtime win over Stony Brook on Saturday. UNH is 7-7 and plays at UMBC on Wednesday at noon and at Hartford on Saturday at 2.


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A Saudi newspaper says officials may consider dropping plans for a barrier separating men and the newly appointed women in the country's top advisory body.
The reports follow the swearing-in ceremony Sunday for the first women in the ultraconservative kingdom's Shura Council. There was no barrier during the event as the 30 women sat on one side of the chamber and the 130 men on the other.
Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic codes sharply restrict mixing between genders.
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Winter has been taking its toll on animals unfortunate enough to find themselves in Chinese zoos, though not just because of the weather – reports have emerged of sluggish crocodiles being stoned to death "because they looked fake," whilst elsewhere delighted visitors have been spotted enjoying the opportunity to pelt the lions with snowballs.
Local media report crocodiles kept at a Guangdong nature park have been repeatedly stoned to death by visitors, who deemed them to be fakes as a result of their winter torpor.
A number of the creatures died after being pelted with rocks, plastic bottles and other rubbish, whilst other visitors use bamboo staves staff used to pick out the rubbish tossed into their enclosure to poke and harass the animals.
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If your kids are fans of breakfast for dinner, they should really try dessert for lunch. With juicy strawberries, sugary almonds, and creamy goat cheese, this salad is practically a greener, lighter manifestation of everyone's favorite cheesecake.
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Carrot Ribbon Salad 2 of 19At the sight of these colorful carrot curlicues, your kids will gobble their vegetables right up. Add to the fun by letting them help. With a stool and a peeler — and maybe a little supervision — they'll become proud (and hungry) little chefs in no time.
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Abigail Hernandez' mother: She did not run awayBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
April 23. 2014 8:51PM
CONWAY — The mother of 15-year-old Abigail Hernandez, who has been missing for more than six months, issued an appeal to the public on Wednesday saying her daughter is not a runaway.
Abigail's father, Ruben Hernandez, wrote an open letter to his daughter on his Facebook page Sunday saying he had taken a "leap of faith by writing a letter to your mother requesting full custody of you."
He also said that after Abigail contacted her mother once by a letter soon after her disappearance, "it became obvious that (she) ran away." The contents in the letter have not been released by investigators.
Abigail was last seen on Oct. 9 as she left school. A large-scale law enforcement search has turned up few clues about her whereabouts, and investigators are worried about her.
"We are still very concerned for her safety and well-being," FBI Agent Kieran Ramsey said.
Zenya Hernandez does not believe her daughter has run away. She and Abigail had plans for the days after she disappeared and had plans for the weekend after.
"There were so many things that happened that don't make sense, like she bought two songs on iTunes the day before she disappeared and she never downloaded them," Zenya Hernandez said Wednesday, On the Bring Abby Home Facebook page, friends posted the following message about the feelings of Zenya Hernandez and Abigail's sister, Sarah: "Zenya and Sarah do not believe Abby ran away. The circumstances of Abby's disappearance are not known, Abby's whereabouts are not known. We continue to search for her daily," the message said.
"We ask that anyone with any information to please contact Conway Police Department at 603-356-5715, or the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI," friends wrote.
"This is a high-pressure situation for all involved, and any judgments, opinions or consents, are done under extreme stress … Zenya will continue to do whatever it takes to bring Abby home safely."


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|2011-01-21, 19:12
|Link #2041
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
I wonder what happened to that video tape.
|2011-01-21, 19:37
|Link #2042
Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
This whole deal is abit meh, cause I can't lose sight that they are young teenagers so "knowing better" doesn't always apply but I can't help but think it should.
Yuki falling for the guilt trip rather easily, at least say "ok after school at my/your place, whats the damn rush!?"
Touru does have his side of the story but I feel too many things go against him and no way in hell the video cam is a coincidence.
Biggest factor going against Touru atm is the bet, if he really did take the money for bet then he's scum whether or not he knew about the video cam.
Altho it could be played that after Touru found out about it(if he didn't know) went to get it rid of it.
but then if the guys didn't have a copy of it I'd paint them as huge dumb f***s for not cause lets be fair, you would.
|2011-01-21, 19:52
|Link #2043
singing heartbreak
On a side note, if Tooru goes to a prep school in Tokyo, it's possible his parent(s) are well-to-do. If that's the case, why would he need money?
Spoiler for NTR dj:
|2011-01-21, 19:56
|Link #2044
As I make you stop, think
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Europe - The Netherlands
Age: 29
lol, i stopped reading this Manga a long time ago (this Manga is way to emo)and then today I came across the latest chapter and I just read it for the lulz.. and I get this! wahahahaha! Awesome! it's cliche as fu*k, but awesome in this particular manga.
any interesting cases of otaku-rage yet?
|2011-01-21, 20:11
|Link #2045
Tin Can
Join Date: Nov 2009
Jerkface definitely has some kind of vendetta against either Tooru or Yuki. The real question is who is the one he has a problem with? This will probably be revealed when Tooru is shown. In any case, from the circumstantial evidence in THIS chapter and in the manga thus far, Tooru is at least guilty of being partially involved in Jerkface plans. I personally don't want Tooru to be "completely innocent", because it would be too...well....lame.
As for being in a prep school in Tokyo...it doesn't actually take that much money to be studying out of prefecture. I need to look at the original script again, because I thought Tooru was studying in a high school in Tokyo (which means he only occasionally returns to Nagano) and the prep school thing is somekind of mistranslation.
|2011-01-21, 20:46
|Link #2046
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
|2011-01-21, 21:08
|Link #2047
Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
I too would have beat them up.
But again not sure if "knowing better" applies cause at this point it's only on Yuki we can really say "should have known better".
Can't really apply to Touru till he shows up with his side of the story.
Well she does say herself she was so stupid for doing so, so I guess we could slap it on her but then theres whole "in love" and "dropping her guard" and what not.
People say Yuki isn't to blame and I think I might agree but then like I say should she have "known better"?
|2011-01-21, 21:16
|Link #2048
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
She should be blamed, its not like she was raped or anything. She was retarded enough to spread her legs like some brainless H manga chick, moreover she was like in middle school which she said herself. Imo it would be even better and more laughable about her if she got pregnant as they probably didn't use any protection (suzuka anyone?), but author didn't have enough "balls" to do that.
Who cares about touru and if he is a prick or not, same goes for sh1t face. They did what they did its common, but for yuki she should behave more normally considering her personality and family rising, yet she behaved like some naive skunk.
Its not like I rage or something, but it makes me laugh and chuckle when she makes herself a drama queen and shows how she is ohh so hurt, when its 50-70% her fault. Touru was just a spark which lead her to spread her legs, its not like she had to do it or some kitties would die.
|2011-01-21, 21:34
|Link #2049
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Washington State
|2011-01-21, 21:40
|Link #2050
Wordy b@stard
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Mid-Tejas
Really she SHOULD have more sense, but then again, maybe not. Touru MIGHT be (and I expect will be) exonerated to a certain extent from the taping of the act, but the cheap shot at her dedication to him was uncalled for and he SHOULD have paid dearly for it. Throwing it all on Yuki I think is a rationalization that she's an idiot, which she clearly is not. Weak at one time? Obviously, but no longer, hence the difficulty she finds herself in with Utsumi now.
|2011-01-21, 21:43
|Link #2052
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
I do think a pregnancy thing would have been better, however we need to hate Touru for his potential return and appeal to Yuki.
|2011-01-21, 21:55
|Link #2053
Wordy b@stard
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Mid-Tejas
I'm not surprised at the no pregnancy thing though. There are actually a LOT of things that go against getting pregnant. Its not THAT easy. OTOH, most teens who end up preggers SAY they only "did it once" which is total bull. Once the sign says "open", most teens start doing it like rabbits, multiple times a night, night after night until: "OOPS! I had NO idea!"
This was Yuki's first time as was clearly stated... and apparently her last too! She was in love, afraid of ruining her childhood friendship, and being seen as a "bad girlfriend", so she did the stupid thing and gave in in the heat of the moment. But as I stated above, on HER side there could have been MANY other mitigating circumstances that drew her into a bad decision. So while it was her fault on HER side that she gave in, she's already punished herself enough and isn't through with herself form the look of it, over a one night stand.
We don't know Touru's side to everything is conjecture, but you KNOW there is more than meets the eye so far, and he will be made out the victim in SOME way before this story is over.
|2011-01-21, 22:27
|Link #2055
The Shermain
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Age: 39
Tooru shoulders 95% of this, even if he didn't know about the taping (which I'm fairly certain he did, but I'm not going to convict a man when all the evidence isn't in yet). He was the one who let those idiots manipulate him and he's the jerk who used guilt to manipulate Yuki into doing it with him when she clearly wasn't ready for it.
What I find funny about the Yuki part is this:
Some people say she was manipulated into it. Others say she could have said no, but didn't because she wanted to do it. I prefer to go with the former, myself, because if its the latter, in some ways she brought it on herself for doing it in a place like that. Yeah, I'm sure she wasn't expecting a video camera, but doing it in a public place where anyone can walk in at any time... if its not due to Tooru's manipulation and her own conscious decision, it would make her even dumber than I thought. It's why I prefer the guilt trip theory.
|2011-01-22, 00:01
|Link #2057
Join Date: Aug 2010
As for Yuki, I don't think she did anything stupid. I mean how the hell was she supposed to know? She'd been friends with Touru since gradeschool, a person like that normally would not do anything to hurt you.
|2011-01-22, 00:33
|Link #2058
The Shermain
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Age: 39
It's like playing Russian Roulette. Yeah, you can get lucky and survive, but it's still a dumb thing to do. You can use the "as long as they were responsible" defense, I guess, but how responsible can they be if they're doing it on school grounds and one might be doing it on a bet?
My mom had me when she was 16 and she tried her best. But she had to drop out of school and get a minimum wage laying job, and we were quite poor for a long time, because my dad was too young to be responsible. And I highly doubt Yuki's dad, given his attitude, would support Yuki and her baby if she did end up knocked up.
|2011-01-22, 00:42
|Link #2059
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Washington State
But personally the setup for Yuki giving up her virginity was actually in some ways what a lot of people would see as a seemingly ideal scenario. Would you rather she waited till she was 19 and in collage and banged some sports captain sempai she just met a month before? The odds were in her favor, she rolled the dice, and she lost, simple as that.
|2011-01-22, 01:43
|Link #2060
Join Date: Aug 2010
|being good sucks, drama, kento boss, romance, shoukento, shounen, slice of life, yukiumi
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If you're concerned about your appearance, and keep an eye on the covers of most health and fitness magazines, you know that improved core function has become almost synonymous with the idea of having 'ripped abs'. If you're a recreational athlete, you'll recognize that improved core function is recommended for better performance in your sport. Anyone with a history of back pain or similar condition will be familiar with the concept that better core function can help reduce or eliminate your discomfort.
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I've explained a number of times in my columns that the term 'core' actually reflects a concept rather than one or more specific muscle groups. This concept is related to the central region of the body involving the spine and pelvis, and all of the muscles and systems of stability and mobility present in this region. I've even given some pretty high-level instruction on how to activate the important core stabilization mechanisms. I've also shown a good range of individual exercises that can target and train the muscles of this area.
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It was a rough weekend for both the Neosho Black and Neosho Gold youth football teams on Saturday as they combined to go 1-7 overall against Seneca and East Newton.
It was a rough weekend for both the Neosho Black and Neosho Gold youth football teams on Saturday as they combined to go 1-7 overall against Seneca and East Newton.
Only the Neosho Black third grader's earned a victory, with a 14-6 triumph over the Indians at Earl Campbell Stadium.
Neosho Black vs. Seneca
At Seneca
Third grade
Neosho 14, Seneca 6
With two minutes left in regulation the Indians marched the ball down to Neosho's one-yard line, but the Wildcats' defense would rise to the occasion and stopped the Indians right there, forcing a turnover on downs. Two plays later, Neosho's Logan Whetzell sprinted free on a 97 yard touchdown run, capped by a two-point conversion run by Hayden Crane to cap Neosho's only victory of the day.
Whetzell's scamper capped a big day in which he rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Crane ran for 10 yards and Elijah Mojica three. Brayden Hardage and Mojica teamed up for five tackles each on defense. Connor Jordan (4), Fisher Stephens (3), Marcus Duncan (3), Crane (2), Zacheria Conduff (1), Zane Boyer (2), Rafe Larson (1), Talon Mitchell (2), Whetzell (2), Seth Green (2), Lane Osborn (3), Landon McCracken (3) and Caden Misner (2) also had tackles.
Fourth grade
Seneca 34, Neosho 0
The Wildcats couldn't muster any points against a good fourth grade Indians team. Sam Sullivan led the Wildcats with 36 yards rushing. Racey Shandley ran for three yards, Jeremiah Larson two, and Ewing one. Drayke Perry led the Wildcats with 10 tackles. Ryan Cargile (5), Ewing (1), Brandt Gonzales (2), Isaac Harris (2), Will Jennings (4), Wyatt Keplar (4), Austin Manwiller (3), Larson (3), Logan Renner (6), Shandley (7), Eric Siler (4) and Sullivan (3) also had tackles.
Fifth grade
Seneca 20, Neosho 0
The Indians also blanked Neosho in the fifth grade game as the Indians' defense really made its mark on the day.
Sam Cook led Neosho in rushing with 55 yards on the ground while Quincey Willis chipped in 25. Willis also added 35 return yards and had six tackles. Payton Morris had two tackles, Cook finished with six, Kaden Dickens one, Carter Elder 1.5, R.J. Long 1.5, Grant Baslee two, Levi Campbell one, and Mason Gammons one.
Sixth grade
Seneca 20, Neosho 0
Keeping with the trend of the day, the Seneca defense blanked Neosho in a hard-fought contest.
Isiah Richardson picked up 48 yards on four carries for the Wildcats. Cade Lyerla rushed for six, Drew Osborn seven and Caden Green one.
Lyerla chipped in 12 yards in returns and Tyler Sullivan had nine. Those with tackles for the Wildcats were: Connor Cathers (2), Green (2), Tre'von Letts (9), Brok Logan (3), Lyerla (3), Collin McCracken (2), Charlie Merrell (1), Austin Moss (1), Osborn (2), Mason Ray (4), Richardson (7), and Sullivan (3).
Neosho Gold vs. East Newton
At Bob Anderson Stadium
Third grade
East Newton 28, Neosho 0
Neosho Gold was swept in all four of their games at NHS. East Newton jumped out early in this one and never looked back. Noah Reed and Trent Neece chipped in with 48 and 45 yards, respectively, on the ground to lead Wildcat runners. Lukas Erickson ran for 10 yards and Tristen Mason had two.
Neece connected with Reed on a two-yard pass. Neece had 5.5 tackles for the Wildcats followed by Pete Houk (2.5), Erickson (.5), Reed (4), Mason (4), Kolby Hood (3.5), Ellis Pendergraft (.5), and Harrison Slinkard (.5).
Fourth grade
East Newton 18, Neosho 16
In a game that went right down to the wire, the fourth grade game made for the closest outcome of the day. While the Indians managed to hang three touchdowns, the Neosho offense was busy trying to match that as Domenick Kirkwood and Dalton Brodie each found pay dirt while Landon Austin and Cayden Auch both chipped in a two-point conversion.
Kirkwood led the team with 68 yards rushing. Austin had 37, Brodie 34, Auch 29, Liedtke 25 and Landon Kivett 3. Dylan Adams led the Wildcats with nine tackles. Auch, Gavin Linny and Kirkwood each had seven. Brodie had six stops, Myles Buck and Austin both had four, Kivett and Cooper Beaver finished with two, while Liedtke and Trenton Fickle got one each.
Fifth grade
East Newton 22, Neosho 14
Another close game went the Patriots' way. Neosho's Gage Kelley was in on every Wildcats score, with each coming in a different category. First, Kelley plunged into the end zone on a 43 yard run. Later, he tossed a 33-yard strike to Jace Parmely and scored again on a two-point conversion.
Kelley led the team with 51 yards rushing and 33 passing. Parmely and Zane Persinger both ran for three yards while Brett Camerer had two and Nakota Bach added one. Parmely had the only catch of the day for the Wildcats and, along with Kelley, added three tackles.
Hunter Box had a five-yard return and two tackles. Others with tackles for Neosho were: Bach (1), Brady Franklin (5), Chase Capps (3), Dylan Collins (3), Cameron Kirshner (1), Camerer (6), Ryan DePaul (1), Ryder Schnackenberg (1), Jaden Harter (2), Connor Burghart (2), Matt Houk (6), Persinger (9), and Tyler Lewis (1).
Sixth grade
East Newton 38, Neosho 8
East Newton's offense was too much for the Wildcats to overcome in the sixth grade contest. Colton Mouse scored the only Wildcats touchdown on a 23 yard run. Dylan Jordan took the honors with 57 yards on the ground to lead the Wildcats while Braxton Barnes amassed 49 and Mouse 18 total.
Barnes also turned in 11 passing yards. He connected with Connor McGehee on a two-yard toss and Mouse on a nine-yard gain. Barnes and Jordan each had a return of 12 yards. Barnes and Ethan White each had five tackles. Blake Norris and Jordan had four stops. Mouse dragged down three runners while Issack Howard stopped two and McGehee one.


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Have you scanned or taken a picture that just did not look right, because the image was crooked.
Here is a video tutorial on how to straighten a crooked image.
Have you scanned or taken a picture that just did not look right, because the image was crooked.
Here is a video tutorial on how to straighten a crooked image.
I have CS6 and did not know you could do that! Cool Thank you!
In previous versions of PS, there was a 'Ruler', or 'Measure Tool', hidden beneath the Eye Dropper Tool. I found a tutorial that shows how that tool is used.
It works like a charm! Basically, you click and drag the 'Ruler/Measure' tool along a straight line in the image itself. Then, go to 'Image'>'Image Rotation' and select 'Arbitrary'. It will show the angle it must adjust to in order for the lines in the image to be straight. Click okay. You may have to crop the edges of the image afterwards.
The tutorial shows it with images and makes more sense.
You might not know you have the 'Ruler' or 'Measure Tool'. (Depending on the version it may be called one or the other.) I didn't for a long time. It lives under the 'Eye-Dropper Tool'. Give it a try!
I just go CS6, so this will come in handy learning the new features
Didn't know that - I have always used the ruler tool hidden under the eyedropper (what a pain). Also didn't know about the "don't delete pixels" check box. VERY helpful Judy!
The delete pixels was new to me also. I used to use the ruler, but found this to be a quicker way.
I have been working with the new features of CS6. Some neat changes. Don't like some of the short icons that are now missing and have to go through the menu, but I am sure there is a way to put some of them back.
I just saw your last post, Judy. I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but, in 'Preferences', under 'Edit', you can click on 'Plug-Ins'. Look for "Show all Filter groups and names". When you click on it, a bunch more Filters become available for use in the Filters palette. Adobe hid a bunch of them and this is the way to get them back if you use them. This is specific to CS6.
Thanks Su, the Preferences allows one to change many different settings as well as Plug-Ins.
But what I was referencing is that there were short cuts on the top menu, such as Arrange. This is now under the Window menu item only. I have not investigated if this could be put back as a seperate menu item yet.


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There's a Mystery Machine sitting outside Andrew Borakove's nondescript warehouse on a quiet street in Lincoln, Neb.
"I can never be depressed driving around town, because there's always some 4-year-old waving to me manically," Borakove says.
The mystery about the Scooby Doo replica van starts to fade, however, once you notice the bumper stickers on the back. Black background, white font, like a "Got Milk?" ad: "Happiness Is a Warm Gong." "Gongs, Not Bongs." "My Child Is an Honor Gong Player."
The van doesn't just amplify Borakove's personality — which probably doesn't need much help — it's the cargo van for his Internet business, Gongs Unlimited. He bought the van off eBay five years ago to move his business and his family from California to Nebraska.
That journey is a story of American optimism and reinvention in an economy that increasingly demands mid-life career shifts. It's a story Borakove hopes will, ahem, resonate.
Life In 'Development Hell'
For 20 years, Borakove, a native of New York, worked long hours in the pressure cooker of L.A. TV-writing. He'd moved there in 1986 and found success writing for shows like South Park and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
But after several years working to create shows that never made it on television — languishing in "development hell" he calls it — the jobs began to dry up. What work did come along paid less and less.
"I was kind of like, 'I don't know what we're going to do,'" he says.
It was 2005. Borakove had a second child on the way. He imagined a future where he could support his family selling things online, but he had no idea what to sell. He was not a percussionist or musician.
Ever the comedy fan, Borakove compares his plight to the Jim Carrey film Bruce Almighty. In one scene, Carrey's character, desperate and confused, throws himself in front of a moving truck.
"One day, I was like, 'God, I don't know what the heck I'm going to do. I'm literally on my hands and knees' — in the same position that Jim Carrey was," he says.
"And then, like a day or so after that, I was meditating, and this image of a gong appeared in front of me." He pauses. "I mean, not to get too mystical — that's why I was mixing it with the comedy there."
Nebraska Bound
But Borakove was serious about the gong business. He did some research and found that people were searching for gongs online, but there weren't many places to buy them. It's not like you could walk into Target and buy a gong, he says.
So he moved his family from Los Angeles to San Diego and set up shop. Immediately, his new business began to grow. Soon, Borakove was working 10 hours a day, running his website from a Starbucks and spending $800 a month on storage units for his gong supply.
"I'm going, 'I'm not getting a chance to surf. I'm barely getting out in the sun. And my kids are getting bigger,'" he says. "And then, all of a sudden, I started having odd dreams to get out of California."
College town in the Midwest, he thought. "That was my gut feeling."
Madison, Wis.? Too cold. Lawrence, Kan.? "Meh. No," he says. His wife had lived near Omaha, Neb., so they settled on Lincoln, a smaller town about an hour away.
"The surfers in San Diego were, like, 'Where is that?'" he says. "They were scratching their heads a little bit."
'That's Heavy Metal'
The day Borakove moved to Nebraska was the first time he'd set foot in the state. "My wife had gone and bought the house," he says. "I had never been here before."
He — and the Mystery Machine — quickly settled in.
"People got used to me," he says. He made friends with a local barista who became his connection to the "Lincoln hipster community." The 20somethings were drawn to the store, hanging out and even helping with the shop.
These days, the store has never been busier. Business is growing, and it's not just yoga studios lining up.
"Everyone buys my gongs," he says. "[New Jersey Gov.] Chris Christie's brother. Someone bought a gong to give to [director] James Cameron. I sold one to a death rocker, who was like, 'I NEED IT TO BE VERY DARK.' I've sold a gong that went to a prison. It was a minimum security prison in Minnesota. They put on a talent show. They needed the gong."
He ships gongs all around the world. Kuala Lumpur. Dubai. Why wouldn't those customers just buy gongs made in Asia?
"Because they want the BMW of gongs," Borakove says, made by a Swiss company called Paiste. "But I've shipped Chinese gongs back to Hong Kong several times. And I love it."
Small gongs are popular for workplaces and corporate events, big gongs for symphonies and musical acts. He sells gong stands, too, including ones made by the "almost-father-in-law" of Lady Gaga (In her hit single, "You And I," Gaga sings about a long-lost lover from Nebraska. The namesake man's father has been building gongs and stands for Borakove for several years. "I call him Papa Gaga," he says.)
"Is it ever going to make me rich?" Borakove asks. "No. But I sold $450,000 worth of gongs last year. That's heavy metal."
And it's a story that may inspire other midlife career-changers. "Be entrepreneurial. Be creative," Borakove says. "You gotta find that side in you. And c'mon. We're selling gongs. We're having a good time. There's gotta be some goofiness to it all."
From the deserts of Arizona now to the Midwest Plains, in particular, Lincoln, Nebraska, and a story about...
LYDEN: ...gongs. Recently, our colleague and the regular host of this show, Guy Raz, spent some time at a dull-looking warehouse in a quiet part of Lincoln. Parked outside, a van painted like Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine.
ANDREW BORAKOVE: As you know, this is a colorful van.
LYDEN: Guy picks up the story from there.
BORAKOVE: I needed a parking van...
The mystery machine belongs to 50-year-old Andrew Borakove. He bought it on eBay a few years ago.
BORAKOVE: I tell people I can never be depressed driving around town because there's always some 4-year-old waving to me maniacally.
RAZ: The mystery about why he drives it fades when you check out the back window. This is some good bumper stickers. Happiness Is a Warm Gong. Gongs, Not Bongs. My Child Is an Honor Gong Player. This is the cargo van for Andrew's business, and that business...
RAZ: ...is the business of gongs.
BORAKOVE: That's the kind of gong you hit before you make La Choy Chinese food.
RAZ: Inside this small warehouse in Lincoln, Borakove's got thousands of them from around the world.
BORAKOVE: This, for example, is a Thai gong.
RAZ: Lincoln is where Borakove runs his Internet gong business. It's called Gongs Unlimited.
BORAKOVE: But then we could walk over here to Chinese gongs.
RAZ: And last year, he sold close to half a million dollars' worth of gongs. When would you use this gong? Like, for what occasion?
BORAKOVE: You know, I'm thinking like some sort of nude party for the solstice, or a Bjork record release party is pretty much what I'm thinking.
RAZ: There are giant gongs the size of a subcompact car, small personal pan pizza sized gongs, gongs that cost 25 bucks, and then what Andrew calls the BMW of gongs: handmade by a Swiss gong maker called Paiste.
BORAKOVE: And he tuned them to the vibration of the planets.
RAZ: The vibration of the planets. This one's tuned to the vibration of the planet Mercury.
RAZ: That's what Mercury sounds like. Now, at this point, you may be wondering how a brash New Yorker got into the gong business and got into it in Lincoln, Nebraska. Well, in Borakove's case, it was out of necessity and somewhat of an inspired move. He and his wife used to live in L.A. where he wrote scripts for comedy shows like "South Park" and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch." But about eight years ago, the work started to dry up, and so did the money, and a second kid was on the way.
BORAKOVE: One day, I was like, you know, God, I don't know what the heck I'm going to do. I'm like - I'm literally on my hands and knees, and all of a sudden, I was - I totally give up. And (unintelligible) and it went - like a day or so after that, I was meditating, and this image of a gong appeared in front of me.
RAZ: Now, the thing you should know about Andrew Borakove is that there's a definitively serious side to him, the side that's into healing and meditation. And so, yes, he had a vision of a gong, and later, a dream about living in a Midwestern college town. He did some Internet research, and he discovered a lot of people actually buy gongs and not a lot of people sell them.
So he packed up the wife and two kids and settled on Lincoln, Nebraska, a place he'd never even visited and knew nothing about. When you told your friends and your family and all - you know, we're moving to Lincoln, Nebraska, what'd they say?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Where is it?
BORAKOVE: Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Where's Nebraska?
BORAKOVE: The surfers in San Diego were like, where is that? Somewhere, like - and they scratched their heads quite a bit.
RAZ: And five years on, business is booming.
BORAKOVE: Everyone buys my gongs. I have - someone bought a gong to give to James Cameron. I've sold Chris Christie's brother. Here's an interesting thing â sold out - I sold to a death rocker. He was like: I need it to be very dark. I've sold a gong that went to a prison.
RAZ: Why a prison?
BORAKOVE: Fifty-two - because they had - it was a minimum security prison in Minnesota. They put on a talent show. They needed the gongs.
RAZ: Not to mention more obvious customers like yoga studios and car dealerships that want to bang a gong every time there's a sale.
BORAKOVE: You can walk into Target and buy a gong? No. The gongs are here.
RAZ: And from here, they go everywhere. Andrew has shipped gongs to Kuala Lumpur, to Dubai. High quality gongs, he says, are hard to find.
BORAKOVE: But I've shipped Chinese gongs back to Hong Kong several times, and I just always love it. That's my favorite thing.
RAZ: These days, Andrew is working harder than ever, sometimes well into the night. He has even designed his own gong. He calls it a subatomic gong.
BORAKOVE: I also feel we may be the reason why so many whales and dolphins are being beached. They're hearing that call, and they're trying to get to Nebraska.
RAZ: Andrew Borakove knows he's never going to get rich selling gongs, but he doesn't miss the brutal life of a Hollywood writer, the feast and the famine. Now - well, now, he's really happy.
BORAKOVE: There's a fear, I think, in every industry, because you always hear these stories: Oh, I was a stockbroker, and I was making $200,000 a year. Now, I can't find - I'm like, well, be an entrepreneur. Be creative. You got to find that side of you. And I was always entrepreneurial because when you have to sell TV shows, you have to come up with an idea, ha-ta-da, and you got to go sell it and all that stuff.
And, come on, we're selling gongs. We should be having a good time. There's got to be some goofiness to it all.
LYDEN: That's our colleague Guy Raz reporting in from Lincoln, Nebraska with producer Brent Baughman. You can find Andrew Borakove's website at gongs-unlimited.com. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The writer has the responsibility to have a rational detective ask relevant questions that a rational reader might make about the premise of a story.
For instance, if the detective is told in testimony that "oh, a robot murdered him," this would be something worthy of speculation in a story set in plain vanilla 1870s London. On the other hand, it would not be a big deal in Asimov's Elijah Bailey novels, because robots exist there and we've accepted the premise of them and their laws going in.
In the latter case, we don't want Elijah Bailey dwelling on what a robot is, because he already knows. In the former case, however, we want a rational question to be raised, like "What's a robot doing in this story?" or "How did this person even come up with the concept of a robot?" Done well, this can certainly still make for a good story. Done poorly, however, and it stands out as something bizarre and out of place the author didn't properly establish, either by the setting making it something we suspend our disbelief for or something the detective character is himself curious about.
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Location: In a badly written story.
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"I saw this awesome puzzle on the internet today, BT!"
"Oh cool, what was it?"
"Something about sacrifices and a golden land or something..."
"........how'd it go?"
"Oh I think I got it."
"Dude, you idiot, you solved your own story!"
|2010-08-17, 20:12
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I liked Episode 7.
I took it for what it was, a telling of the possible solution, which should involve love, told from the perspective of someone who has no love.
If you look at the tea party, you can see it is very similar to a lot of earlier theories, before Ryukishi dropped the 'without love' hint.
It is like a video game summary. If you are talking about a video game that you love, you'll be able to more effectivly summarize it, you'll use a lot of positive words, and you'll be able to talk about it for a long time.
On the other hand, someone who dislikes that same game might give a very broad description, use negative terms, and go on for a bit less about it. However, that doesn't mean what he said is any less true then the person who liked it. He simply had a 'skewed' view on it. He wouldn't tell outright lies like "The main character is 'x'" when in fact the main character is 'y'. And he wouldn't say, 'It's a platformer' when in fact it's an RPG.
The Kakeras that are so prominent on the story aren't limitless. There are fragements for every 'possible' choice, but there can't be an 'impossible' choice.
For example, there wouldn't be a fragment where Ange, who is only 6 years old and wasn't on the island, could carry out such a murder. But, there may be a fragment where Asumu never existed, so in effect, Ange is 18 years old, and she would be capable of carrying out the murders.
This is even the case in Higurashi. In Higurashi, Rika could go very far back, but as her powers weakened, she could go back less and less.
So it should be assumed that, the further back things are changed, the more power is needed. Bern originally might not have been able to do this, but with Featherine's power, it was probably possible to go far back enough to find a kakera where Natsuhi decided to keep the child.
So, while this may be directed by contrived minds, that doesn't mean it's completly full of crap either. It is one of the possibilities. The important point is to compare and contrast it to other episodes to find what might have changed and use that as a guide.
As for the epitaph. For one thing, Kinzo, throughout the entire story, has always stressed 'taking huge risks, to make a miracle happen'. He may have well been aware that his other children would solve the Epitaph. But he took that risk to make a miracle happen, one where he would be forgiven by Beatrice 3.
And I would hardly call Genji's hint 'cheating', but it was more like 'evening the playing field'. After all, as you said Renall, all the parents already knew he was from Taiwan. Claire/Beatrice 3 on the other hand, did not know this. She was not getting any extra information, she got the information that the other siblings had since the start.
I should also say that while I believe Shkanontrice is possible, I am also not 100% behind it yet, so I simply think it is a possibility, while making my own theories.
The reason Shkanon is hardly played in the 'truth' is because it should NOT be being played. In that situation, the Epitaph was solved, therefore, Beatrice no longer has anything to do with it. While I agree there are strange points about her actions, there was no reason for her to be involved and hinted to be Shkanon, when in fact, she wouldn't be killing people.
Do not forget, when the epitaph is solved, Beatrice is no longer responsible for the killings (atleast not directly).
It's true not everything in this story should be taken as "Hey, all the answers!" but it also shouldn't be taken as "Hey, these are all wrong!"
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I might be over-thinking, but I think the main problem of this episode is the "bigger Schrodinger's cat box". Beatrice (as game master), and Willard have both said that the events of the 2 days (Oct 4-5) are in the cat box. That's implying that the events were open to different interpretations, and thus we have the different games. That's also why Battler is going to open the box in ep8 (hinted, I guess).
While the events in Ep7 explained the major events leading up to the 2 days, it was actually in fact a bigger cat box containing the smaller one (I forgot if Berun or Willard said that). This is apparant with the flashback quote from the end of the tea party, suggesting that Kinzo actually started the whole fight between the Japanese and Italians. (He does have the motive and the way to pull it off), which wasn't shown in the narration in the main story.
So, did those events really happen? I would say yes, but maybe some details are still being withheld from the readers.
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I have to say that if there is one person on this entire island whose words and revelations I can trust the most, it is Kinzo. He maybe insane, at times completely irrational and probably completely clouded by his love for Beatrice(s), but I'll be damned if he isn't consistent. I can trust a consistent character with questionable mental faculties than someone who's character can't even be pinned down.
Summaries later.
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If you haven't read them, it pretty much always comes down to: Elijah Bailey and his robotic partner R. Daneel Olivaw are called somewhere to solve a mystery which everyone thinks a robot committed. It should, of course, be impossible for this to be so, since a robot's programming prohibits it from harming a human or allowing a human to come to harm.
Asimov's laws may as well be red truth (except when he decides they aren't, anyway...). The solution often relies on some twist in the laws which permit robots to act in an unusual manner, though they are almost never the actual culprits (the "robots seemingly breaking their laws" thing is in all of Asimov's robot works, not just the mysteries). Still, they are quite often manipulated (though not as badly as with the Zeroth Law).
It's similar to a closed room mystery, but it's more of a "closed motive" mystery; we're shown a suspect and given a reason why they killed, then told outright that it is impossible for that suspect to have killed. Naturally, there are really only two ways this gets resolved in general: The suspect isn't the killer, or the "prohibition" on their actions is not as restrictive as it appears to be.
EDIT: Actually, the whole "servant can't do it" vs. "yes, but what if it's more than a mere servant" thing in ep7 mirrors parts of Asimov's robot mysteries exactly, although I don't believe any of them relied on a robot thinking it was human. There was definitely some "Laws of Robotics evasion" in the same sense some of the red text is dodged.
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What I am curious about is how far exactly does the whole servants cannot be culprits go. Does this mean that they just cannot be the prime suspect, or they cannot commit any of the crimes at all? If they cannot commit crimes can they still provide an environment or assistance, knowingly or unknowingly, in which the prime suspect can commit crimes without any of the servants having actually committed any themselves?
I guess to put it another way, think of a trial. We know servants cannot be the prime culprit, so lets think of a murder for hire scenario. The one who hires the hitman and the hitman are both on trial. The hitman actually performs the murders, but the one who hired him is the "culprit" as nothing would have happened without their actions, i.e., the hiring of a hitman.
If both of these are ruled out, could we say they servants can be accessories to the murders. Like providing alibis for the murderer or for altering the conditions of the bodies, such as having the servants stake the corpses. Another way could be giving a killer means in which to kill someone without actually killing someone themselves, like giving them one of Kinzos guns or means to get one of Kinzos guns themselves.
I am just trying to figure out the proper way of applying the rule.
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"Culprit" has never been defined, and only a few people have been said not to be "murderers," which while unambiguous doesn't necessarily mean they aren't criminals. If ryukishi intended "culprit" to have an unambiguous singular meaning, I don't think he's said what meaning that is yet.
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First summaries for today. Was gonna make more but I was studying, making a K-On! blog post and coaching a Starcraft 2 game.
This summary start begins from Kinzo telling his past up to the Italian submarine.
Spoiler for Summaries!:
As the content implies, we get a background not only on Kinzo's past but, more importantly, the first indication of a possible truth as to how Kinzo met Beatrice.
|2010-08-18, 10:50
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If you pronouce "quadrillion" in Japanease syle you get Kuwadorian...but
If you pronouce "trillion"...you will get...toraian...the guesthouse...
What if you prounouce "billion" ? It's probably the name of the mansion, who knows.
Birian ? maybe ?
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New training pilot project will provide job experience and skills
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Feb. 8, 2013 01:30 PM
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/13 -- The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) and Minister for the Arctic Council on behalf of the Government of Canada, along with Deputy Premier Peter Taptuna from the Government of Nunavut and Vice-President Jack Anawak of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. today launched an innovative new learning and development pilot project to help Inuit build their skills and experience for potential future positions in the public service.
"The Government of Canada is committed providing Northerners with the tools and the skills they need to obtain jobs here in the North," said Minister Aglukkaq. ""Our Government is proud to be working with our partners at the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. to prepare Nunavut Land Claims Agreement beneficiaries for potential future job opportunities."
"The Government of Nunavut is the territory's largest employer, and as such, we are committed to building a workforce that represents our population," said Deputy Premier Peter Taptuna. "By training within the three different organizations, our young people will develop a transferable skill set and experience the unique perspective and working environment of each partner."
"In order to implement Article 23 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, Inuit must be employed in government at a level that is representative of the population of Nunavut, which means a minimum of 85 per cent of the jobs within government must be held by Inuit," said NTI Vice-President Jack Anawak. "It is through important initiatives like this that such obligations will be fulfilled, creating a brighter economic future for Inuit."
The Inuit Learning and Development Pilot project will offer a 16-month training opportunity for up to 16 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement beneficiaries who have a high school diploma or the equivalent, college, or university education. The pilot project will include four 4-month assignments of paid full-time work in the Government of Canada, Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. in Iqaluit. The pilot project will also involve classroom learning, coaching and mentoring components. The first group of participants is anticipated to begin their work placements in late May 2013.
This pilot project is intended to prepare Nunavut Land Claims Agreement beneficiaries for jobs in the public service and give them work experience in a variety of government functions and departments. Funding for the work placements will be provided by the hosting organizations.
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The more established Republicans want to move from social issueS to economic issues but the right wing of the Republican Party is not buying into it. In fact, at a recent private conference in Virginia, they have pledged to raise big bucks to keep social issues alive in the Republican Party even if that means virtual civil war with the establishment.
Politico.com in an article by Kenneth P. Vogel reports:
On a recent snowy day in the Washington suburb of Tyson's Corner, Va., some of the religious right's wealthiest backers and top operatives gathered at the Ritz-Carlton to plot their entry into the conservative civil war.
Their plan: take a page out of the playbooks of Karl Rove and the Koch brothers by raising millions of dollars, coordinating their political spending and assiduously courting megadonors.
Plans in the works range from aggressive super PAC spending in primaries against Republicans deemed squishy on social issues, to holding a donor conference in Normandy, France, tied to the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
It's all geared toward elevating the place of social issues like abortion and gay marriage in conservative politics. They've been largely relegated to the sidelines as the business wing of the GOP establishment wages a bitter and expensive struggle against the tea party for the soul of the Republican Party. The focus has been on fiscal issues such as Obamacare and the budget, while both sides have steered away from social issues they deem too divisive.
The Republican National Committee even issued a post-2012 autopsy report declaring: "When it comes to social issues, the Party must in fact and deed be inclusive and welcoming," lest it turn off young voters and women.
That analysis reflects the perspective of the Republican megadonor class, but not the GOP's base, argued Frank Cannon, who participated in the Ritz summit and runs an outfit called American Principles Project.
"The Manhattan and California zip codes where large numbers of these donors come from don't behave politically or have the same views as Western Ohio," Cannon said in an interview. "So there is a distortion of the political views by the donor class and by the consultant class."
The Ritz summit was intended to help change that. It was organized by the Conservative Action Project, an initiative funded by the secretive Council on National Policy and chaired by former Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese that brings together conservative leaders and donors to try to shape the movement.
The event was by invitation only and was closed to reporters. But POLITICO reviewed an agenda and guest list and staked out an adjacent lobby where participants held informal breakout meetings and munched on a lunch spread featuring soups, salads, and roast turkey sliders with brie, arugula, vine-ripened tomatoes and spicy mustard on pretzel roll buns.
The recent backlash against the tea party in Congress and the public could provide an opening for religious conservative leaders. They believe that, with a few tactical adjustments, they can capitalize on donor dissatisfaction with establishment outfits like Rove's Crossroads and fiscally conservative operations like the one connected to the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers. Between them, the Rove and Koch networks combined to raise an unprecedented $750 million for their 2012 efforts.
Socially conservative groups, meanwhile, mostly missed the boat on the explosion in unlimited outside group spending in the post-Citizens United world.
The roughly 25 socially conservative groups represented at the Ritz — including Cannon's, as well as Gary Bauer's American Values outfit, James Dobson's Focus on the Family, Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition, Americans United for Life, the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage — combined to pull in at least $280 million in 2011 and 2012, according to publicly available tax and campaign filings. While that's hardly chump change, a majority of it went to groups focused on providing services and "issue education" to like-minded conservatives — including Dobson's group, which raised $166 million — rather than to more overtly political activities.
"There are enough people out there that are pro-life and pro-family that have the resources to fund political efforts on those issues, and for a variety of reasons they just haven't stepped up and so we have to do a better job of getting them to step up," said Bauer, who's been working with Cannon and others to increase coordination among socially conservative groups. Their leaders, according to Bauer, are increasingly concluding "that we've been behind the curve and that we need to do a better job of strategic fundraising and working together in order to get more traction on these issues."


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Auction of gingerbread houses to benefit Buckner Children and Family Services
UPDATE: Auction raises at least $3,620 for Buckner this year.
The Golden Triangle Chapter of the Texas Chefs Association and the Lamar University Hospitality Program hosted the seventh annual Gingerbread Competition to benefit Buckner Children and Family Services on Nov. 29 at the Civic Center in Beaumont.
Chef Charles Duit of the Chef's Association and a chef instructor for the Culinary Arts division of the Hospitality Program at LU coordinated the event. Community members from local businesses judged the competition, which consisted of four categories: high school students division, Lamar University students division, non-professional division and property, or professional, division. Cash awards were given to the first-place winners in all categories and to the second-place winners in the student categories.
Duit said participants in the competition had to use only edible decorative items for the houses, including wrapped candies like Hershey's kisses.
"Taking care of kids is expensive, and it's not getting any cheaper," Duit said. "The neat thing about this is that the auction gets about $3,000 to $5,000 per year for Buckner's."
According to Rhonda Robichau of Buckner Children and Family Services, the auction garnered $3,620 for the organization this year. She said the total could rise because those purchasing the houses sometimes give more than promised with their winning bid.
"It's not just about the money," Robichau said of the auction. "It is about the awareness it raises, as well. We are very, very pleased. We had several sponsors who helped make that happen, as well. This event raises awareness for all of our programs. Not only do we do foster care and adoption. We also have an emergency shelter where a child will stay 30 to 90 days. It lessens the number of moves a child will make. On any given day, we have over a hundred kids in care, whether it is through residential, foster care or one of our community programs."
Robichau said she is grateful to the sponsors of the event, the Texas Chefs Association Golden Triangle Chapter and Lamar University Hospitality Program, Buckner Auxiliary, Market Basket, Harbor Hospice of Beaumont, Ted and Sandra Cutaia, and Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Cordts.


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John Waite Calls Out Journey as 'Super White Music'
There's little we like more, especially on a lazy Friday summer afternoon, than the beginnings of a good, old-fashioned musician slap-fight. And while it's not a shock that the newest one involves Journey, it is surprising that it isn't between past and former members of the band. Instead, it came out of nowhere, with John Waite, late of Bad English and the Babys, firing the first shot at the rock legends.
"I mean, I hate to say it, but I listen to Journey and think, 'Jesus Christ, that is just wrong,'" he told Metal Sludge. "That's why there will never be a Bad English reunion. It's for super white people listening to super white music. F— that. I'd rather shoot myself."
Waite, whose main connection to soul music is through Tina Turner's cover of his 'Missing You' which reached No. 84 in 1996, worked with three members of Journey — Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain and Deen Castronovo — in Bad English. Their power ballad, 'When I See You Smile,' went to No. 1 in 1989. The group broke up two years later.
On Aug. 10, Waite will play his next show in Santa Cruz, Calif. as part of their FREE Friday Night Bands on the Beach series, which also includes the Fixx and Eddie Money. Incidentally, former Journey member Gregg Rolie is the series headliner tonight (Aug. 3).