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Young actors needed for Missoula Children's Theatre
It's time once again for youthful area thespians to hone their theatrics and have a good time doing it. Auditions will be held for the Missoula Children's Theatre original adaptation of King Arthur's Quest on Monday, Jan. 30, from 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the Colville High School (CHS) auditorium. Approximately 50 students, grades K-12, will be cast to appear in the show. No advanced preparation is necessary and all interested students are encouraged to audition. Among the roles to be cast are King Arthur, Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Merlin, Raven, Taleisin, Uther Pendragon, Mordred, Morgan Le Fey, Lady of the Lake, Knights, Damsels, Squires, Citizens of Camelot, and The Minis. Assistant Directors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to assist with the technical aspects of the production. Students wishing to audi¬tion should arrive at Colville High School between 3:00 and 3:15 with a signed permission slip, and must stay for the entire two-hour session. Audition information sheets and permission slips are available at most local schools. Some cast members will be asked to stay for a re¬hearsal immediately following the audition. Most cast mem¬bers will rehearse from 3:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Students must also be available all day Saturday, Feb. 4 for a dress rehearsal and performances at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. As in the past, this production will be run as a workshop for young actors and each participant who accepts a part after auditions is expected to pay a tuition fee. Students can offset this fee by selling tickets to the show; need based scholarships are available. This production is part of the Missoula Children's Theatre's unique international touring project and is presented locally by Parents for the Performing Arts, Colville High School, and local sponsors. For information call Sandy Moore, 685-0478.

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Blues focused on 60-minute effort against Flyersby Adam Kimelman
FLYERS (39-27-8) at BLUES (50-17-7)
Last 10: Philadelphia 6-3-1; St. Louis 6-3-1
Season series: It's the second and final regular-season game between the Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues. On March 22, Scott Hartnell, Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek each had a goal and an assist to lead the Flyers to a 4-1 win in Philadelphia.
Big story: Despite leading the Western Conference in points, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said he hasn't been satisfied with his team's effort the last few games.
"What I'm troubled by that I'd like to see changed is we're in the 40-50 minute range for hockey, not the 60-minute," Hitchcock said Monday. "We were great against Toronto [a 5-3 Blues win March 25], went to sleep for 10 minutes, game on. We were asleep for 10 minutes against Minnesota [a 5-1 Blues win March 27] and then game on. You all know what the playoffs are like; you can't sleep for 10 minutes. It's game over, not game on."
The Flyers continue their rough ride through the season. It will be their eighth game in the past 10 against teams currently holding spots in the Stanley Cup Playoffs; the other two are against teams within two points of a spot in the Dallas Stars and Toronto Maple Leafs. Rather than dwell on the difficult schedule, coach Craig Berube sees it as good preparation for the postseason.
"Well, it doesn't hurt," he said. "It just shows you … we're going to St. Louis and we just played them, it's going to be another real competitive game. They're good teams for a reason. Good teams play with good structure and follow the system and they play extremely hard."
Team Scope:
Flyers: The good news for forward Steve Downie is he has passed his concussion baseline testing and his neck is feeling better nine days after a hard collision with the Blues forward Patrik Berglund on the opening shift of the game on March 22.
Downie has missed the past four games with an upper-body injury, one he said Monday included whiplash. While he was a full participant in an optional practice Monday, he will not be in the lineup when the Flyers and Blues play again Tuesday.
While Downie says he feels good, he knows it will take a bit more time for him to return to game shape.
"It takes a couple of days to get back," he said. "I'm cleared and passed all the tests. I took a pretty weird shot to the neck in an awkward position. I had some neck issues but it's all cleared up right now. I'm healthy. It all comes down to getting your legs back and getting the timing back. A couple more skates and we'll see."
Blues: The Blues have gotten great seasons from their top line of Alexander Steen, T.J. Oshie and David Backes; the three rank 1-2-3 on the team in points.
However, Hitchcock knows that as well as his top line is playing, teams don't win the Stanley Cup with one line. That's why he's "probing" for someone to step up and provide secondary scoring.
"We're not looking for combinations that work; it's too late for that," he said. "We're trying to get people to understand when they play really well how it looks and what it feels like. We had some conversations with people [Monday], we'll have some more [Tuesday]. Try to get more people connected and involved in the finishing part of our game. I think all of us feel as happy as we are for the one line, you can't win with one line doing that. We're trying to get more people included.
"One of the reasons we're so high up in the standings as far as offense goes is that we've gotten great season from a lot of people other than Backes, Oshie and Steen and that's what given us that success. One of the guys is not there, [Vladimir] Tarasenko, so other guys, we're probing to see if we can get other guys to step up their game and fill out that void."
Who's hot: Flyers captain Claude Giroux finished March with six goals and 15 assists in 14 games. … Oshie was named NHL Third Star of the Week on Monday after totaling four goals and two assists in three games last week, including his first career hat trick March 27 against the Minnesota Wild.
Injury report: For the Flyers, Downie (upper body) and defenseman Kimmo Timonen (upper body) are out. … For the Blues, Tarasenko (thumb) is out and defenseman Jordan Leopold (ankle) is questionable.


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She explained that it is important to inform the public about this from the start, before a government approves any company's investment in any natural resource, so that people know what the contract is, what the taxation arrangement is, what the company saying to the states, how much it damages the environment and so forth.
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2. I learned that the world is a very beautiful place this fall, and that we live in a beautiful place. We took a trip to a ranch about 8 miles southeast of Soda Springs to take an old rocking chair back to Ron's former sister-in-law. The trip was well worth it, because fall is in all of its glory.
Next, we stopped in Soda Springs at the Geyser Hotel to have some lunch. There, we saw the geyser (man made), as well as some of the sights in the hotel. This hotel has been reclaimed, and is very beautifully done. The rooms upstairs are furnished in old-fashioned ways. However, I also took some pictures of some of the stuffed animals that are in the lobby of the hotel. Here are a few of them.
Oho, now I've learned something new. There is no way to add these pictures without replicating the above pictures. If you know how to do this, please tell me.
Next thing I learned today is that coming home after a round trip of about 100 miles is very nice.
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Spot or Not: Gainesville Fountain
I can't really begin to count the number of fountains just like this one. Prominently displayed in a public place. Smooth water, ample run up and run out, just begging to be skated. I've stood around many of them with people talking about hitting them. Deciding when would be the best time, and how we'd quickly escape. But mostly it's just been talk. No one wants to risk the trespassing ticket, or worse, just to get the shot, (let's be honest, fountains like this are really only hit when a camera is there, it's not like you are going to get an all-day session with your friends.) Sometimes though, you just have to barge it.
Such was the case with this fountain in Gainesville, Fl. It came to our attention via a post on Wakeskating.com by Jeff Knox. He posted pictures of a perfect 8-foot drop waiting to be shredded. So when a recent trip brought myself, Reed Hansen, Matt Manzari and Ryan Lemons through Gainseville, it was time.
Again there was the discussion of the best time to hit it, but that was going nowhere fast. The decision was made: here and now. The fountain is surrounded by 8-foot walls with another few-foot tall fence surrounding the entire thing. The fence made the perfect winch restraint, and the bricks of the walls were almost like a ladder to climb out of. It was meant to be.
Reed went first and ollied it first try. But after one or two tries we got our first warning. Keep in mind it was a weekday, mid afternoon, so this was no surprise. A fireman from the adjacent station came out to give us a friendly warning. Apparently we were supposed to be playing in the fountain! Who knew! He didn't kick us out though. But after a few more tries the real authorities came and our session was over.
So to my knowledge the only thing that's ever been landed down this gap is an ollie. Yeah, it wasn't exactly a progressive session, but we did it, and well, that's what matters.


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The Minnesota Timberwolves had exactly what they wanted — their best player with an open shot and the game on the line. Kevin Love's 3-point attempt with 1.9 seconds left bounced off the back rim, sending Minnesota to its first loss of the season in a 93-92 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
The Minnesota Timberwolves had exactly what they wanted — their best player with an open shot and the game on the line.
Kevin Love's 3-point attempt with 1.9 seconds left bounced off the back rim, sending Minnesota to its first loss of the season in a 93-92 defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
"Heck yeah, we'll take that shot every time," said guard Kevin Martin, who led the Timberwolves with 23 points. "The best power forward in the league with a great look to win the game."
Love's 29.7 average going into the game led the league in scoring. Even though he struggled from the field, hitting 8 of 20 shots and scoring 17 points, he was confident his late shot would go down and his team would come all the way back from a 23-point deficit in the third quarter.
"More often than not, I believe I'm going to make that shot," Love said. "J.J. (Barea) made a good pass and I was in good rhythm, but I just hit the back rim."
Even the Cavaliers realized they were fortunate.
"Luckily, K-Love missed a shot and we got the stop," said Kyrie Irving, who had 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists, but committed a career-high nine turnovers and missed two shots down the stretch that would have helped Cleveland extend its lead.
The Timberwolves got the lead into single digits several times in the fourth quarter, but still trailed 93-84 with 2:43 remaining. The Cavaliers didn't score again and Minnesota had its opportunity after Irving missed with 15 seconds left.
"We finally decided to play some defense in the fourth quarter and gave ourselves a chance to win," said Love, who was named the Western Conference player of the week. "I just didn't convert."
Minnesota, which won its first three games, was off to its best start since going 6-0 in 2001-02.
C.J. Miles led the Cavaliers with 19 points. Rookie forward Anthony Bennett, taken with the No. 1 pick in the draft, missed all three of his shots and is 0 for 15 from the field this season. His only points have come on two free throws in the season opener.
Cavaliers center Andrew Bynum played 18:40, his longest stint of the season, and scored 10 points with four rebounds. After playing 9:42 in the first half, he returned in the third quarter for the first time in the four games he's played. Bynum, who missed all of last season with injuries to both knees, said before the game he's not sure if he will regain the explosiveness he had earlier in his career.
Minnesota trailed 76-61 going into the fourth quarter and cut the margin to nine points early in the period. Two baskets by Miles and a jumper by Bynum pushed the margin to 84-69, but the Timberwolves weren't finished, outscoring Cleveland 31-19 in the final period.
The Cavaliers avoided a third straight loss after a season-opening 98-94 home victory over Brooklyn.
"It was a great learning experience," said Cleveland coach Mike Brown. "Hopefully, we can build off that if we're in that position again, especially in the near future."
NOTES: Love downplayed his individual award which was announced Monday. "I'll take a 3-0 start over any individual honor, but it's cool," he said. "It just shows that if you win, good things happen for everybody." ... Cavaliers F Tristan Thompson had 12 points and 11 rebounds. He scored two points and had four rebounds in 35 minutes Saturday against Indiana. ... The Cavaliers play at Milwaukee on Wednesday. ... The Timberwolves host Golden State on Wednesday.


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The Newburgh School District Board of Education is considering the closure of a public grade school. I urge them to keep Horizons-on-the-Hudson open and for the public to get involved.
The Newburgh School District Board of Education is considering the closure of a public grade school. I urge them to keep Horizons-on-the-Hudson open and for the public to get involved.
Newburgh is a city that is struggling to overcome crime, poverty and image. With that challenge in mind, closing Horizons-on-the-Hudson has more meaning, and is of greater significance, than what may appear in a financial analysis. It will most assuredly have detrimental consequences to our children and the immediate neighborhood and broadly set back the progress of every person who is working fervently to better Newburgh.
Interestingly, the Horizon school offers an innovative and successful IB program that has added enormous value to our children's education, and a sense of pride each student has of his accomplishments. It took years of preparation to be able to offer this program; it will be a shame for it to be lost for future generations of Newburgh students.
For the sake of our children, and for the City of Newburgh, we must have the vision and steadfastness to invest for the long term. Keeping Horizon-on-the-Hudson open is the kind of investment that will realize our common dreams.
Frank Skartados
In reading a biography of Calvin Coolidge, I came upon some comments by his vice president, Charles G. Dawes, about the U.S. Senate that could have been made today instead of in 1925.
Dawes, as vice president, was about to preside over the Senate, and made the following comments to the Senate: "Senators were selfish, he suggested, in their decision to sustain the practice of the filibuster. Senate rules, written by senators, placed 'power in the hands of individuals to an extent, at times, subversive of the fundamental principles of free representative government.' Because the Senate had not changed its ways, 'the rights of the Nation and of the American people have been overlooked.'"
It seems that nothing has changed in the Senate since Dawes made these comments. Voters in every state should show their senators what they think of them in 2014.
We are stuck with a Senate that doesn't represent the people — one that just represents themselves, their financial backers and their desire to be re-elected. They will not change their rules, the Constitution will not be amended to bring change — we are not served by our governmental servants. Perhaps term limits is the answer.
Jay Kasofsky
Now our U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and other Democrats are accusing Republican senators of exploiting the Boston bombings to curtail the immigration bill and how shameless and disgusting it is to politicize that horrific event.
Isn't it amazing that it is perfectly OK to politicize a horrific event when the shoe is on the other foot? Didn't Schumer and the other Democrats use the equally horrific Newtown shootings for their gun-control legislation? I, for one, am tired of Capitol Hill high jinks and wish that the American public would wake up and vote all these legislators out of office on the next Election Day.
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Charles Higgins enters his seventh year as an assistant coach at his alma mater in the 2014-15 season. He returned to ODU three years ago to continue his collegiate coaching career after one year of coaching at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in King's Point. Higgins was an impact sailor in his career at Old Dominion as a leader in team racing and sloop sailing.
While coaching at the USMMA the team had an ICSA Women's Singlehanded National Championship Qualifier and the co-ed team also qualified for the ICSA Coed National Championship in the Spring of 2008. Before his term in New York, Higgins coached at Norfolk Collegiate High School where the team won the 2006 Fall District Championship.
As a sailor at ODU, Higgins earned a trip to the MAISA Singlehanded Championships in each of his final three seasons.
He earned national championship experience his junior season, as he helped the team finish sixth at the ICSA Dinghy National Championship in the Spring. As a senior, he won the A division sailing at the War Memorial Regatta and posted nine Top Ten finishes as a versatile asset to the program.
Higgins has continued sailing since his graduation and won the Vanguard 15 Class National Championship in 2006, leading to an invitation to the US Sailing Championship of Champions in San Diego where he finished fifth. He also won the U.S. Team Race Association midwinter championship in 2008.
Charles graduated from Old Dominion with a degree in Business Management in 2006 and currently resides in Norfolk.


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We took Lucky and Sparky to Sandy Hook State Park this afternoon. After March 15th, dogs are not allowed on the ocean beach because of nesting aquatic birds, but they got to explore the inlet side and had fun!
We'll go again after Labor day when they can play closer to the ocean
What's this wet stuff?? We like the feel of the sand between our toes ...
Beach boy Sparky
Lucky exploring the rocks
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Ah, early spoilers, how I love thee! So a short summary of the latest chapter was provided by ohana this time around, with Aohige doing the translation:
-Chapter title is "Counter Hazard". Ministory involves Jinbei ending Caribou's kidnapping spree by beating the crap out of him.
-Looks like Luffy and Law weren't the only supernovas who formed an alliance: It's revealed that upon his crewmate Killer's suggestion (who now has a 200 million bounty now BTW), Eustass Kid formed an alliance with Scratchmen Apoo AND Basil Hawkins!!!! Their new bounties are as follows: 470 million for Kid, 350 million for Apoo, and 320 million for Hawkins.
-Back to Luffy's group, Law uses his DF ability to take the chains off everybody. It turns out that Law had secretly replaced the seastone chains with normal ones at some point. He also returns Smoker and Tashigi to their original bodies. Around the island, we see people running away from the poison gas (like Usopp and Nanji, who are using Brownbeard for transport). However, when Caesar's pirate servants make it inside the lab to seek refuge from the chemicals, they find Luffy's group waiting for them, who after being joined by the remaining Straw-Hats and Kinemon (and breaking down the shutter door on their way to the lab), are all prepared to make their counter-attack....!!!!
Well now, well now. Looks like more of our super-rookie friends are appearing earlier than expected. I gotta say that I'm mighty pleased with Apoo's new bounty! But I'm not really surprised at all that Kid's reward is the highest by far. But that makes me wonder why we apparently don't have Killer's new bounty yet.....
Anyway, I guess it was either Law or Monet who switched those chains. But that makes me wonder why Luffy was still apparently weakened by the otherwise normal chains, then? Or maybe he only thought that they were actual seastone? If so, then lol.
Anyhow, there's no telling how soon it will be until the chapter's released since the spoiler's so early. Can't wait to check it out, though!
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Then again, these are early spoilers, so maybe everyone but Law had seastone chains...
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So it turned out that Killer was the one who convinced Kid to form an alliance between his fellow supernovas so they can take down an emperor. Heh, he's a surprisingly logical guy for someone who's known as the "Massacre Man"....
Also, I SO can't wait to see post-skip Capone's new bounty.
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Well, it's just that the whole "Massacre Man" alias kinda makes you think that he would be some meathead who goes around fighting/killing people left and right without abandon. But ironically, his captain is a more accurate representative of that trait (we ARE talking about the dude who went around crucifying other pirates, after all.....).
And as for who exactly which Yonkou Kid's alliance plans to take down.... well, personally, I'd put my money on it being the same person Law wants to take down with Luffy (whether it turns out to be Kaidou, Big Mom, or heck, even Shanks). I guess I just think it would be really cool if a common target made all FIVE of these powerful crews form an even BIGGER alliance with each other.....
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I'm a slighty confused. Are there two alliances (Law and Luffy; Kidd, Apoo and Hawkins) or just one big Supernova alliance? I'm thinking the latter. Either way, this is awesome sauce.
I've gotta say I'm surprised Apoo's bounty if higher than Hawkins' now.
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^Pretty sure it's two separate alliances (I doubt the news of the Luffy/Law alliance would have spread THAT quickly). But like I just said in my last post, I can see all of those crews eventually joining forces in the end anyway if they're all gunning for the same Yonkou.....
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Tashigi's reaction when she got back into her body was cute. Her first priority was to cover herself up. It's exciting to have her and Smoker join forces with the Straw-hats and Law. The second to last double spread was badass.
And wait a minute...did Law cut kairouseki chains which are supposed to be as hard as diamond? Or did he use his DF power in order to accomplish that feat?
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Finally, the real action is about to start! Can't help but wonder what Caesar has in store, because most of his troops are fodder yet I can't imagine they'll get to Caesar and Vergo that easily.
And the apparent birth of yet another alliance (assuming they come to terms) means there might be another group going after a Yonkou. The former bunch of rookies definitely are going to leave their mark in the New World.
My favorite moment was Tashigi glaring at Smoker.
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Okay, I edited the opening summary a bit since the full chapter's out now. So we DO get Killer's new bounty after all.....
Anyways, I like how Apoo is still as reckless as ever (looks like he didn't really learn his lesson after picking a fight with Kizaru two years ago, did he? ). Now I'm wondering if any more supernovas were invited to Kid's little get-together....?
And yeah, Tashigi getting pissed at Smoker was great. And now the climactic battle is here, though I also wonder if there are any more strong opponents left (Smiley is busy poisoning the whole island, the yeti brothers were already taken out by Law, and we aren't really sure if Monet is a fighter or not. I don't doubt that Vergo will be a formidable opponent, though). But then again, since Vergo is the G5 commander, I suppose it wouldn't be out of the question for him to PHbring along some powerful reinforcements to PH, or at least summon some (like that commodore from a few chapters back).....
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The clowns are still celebrating and decide to raise the platform that Dumbo jumps from. On their way out to ask for a raise, one of them knocks into the table, spilling a bottle of champagne into a bucket of water.
This is a very curious sequence from a graphical standpoint. Like the previous clown sequence played in silhouette, the layouts are credited to Al Zinnen. However, that sequence was animated by Berny Wolf and this one was animated by Art Babbitt. This sequence is quite a bit busier graphically. The characters are not as well defined by the negative spaces around them and their silhouettes are not as strong. The clowns' hair is far more complicated here. There are more clowns on screen, which also clogs up the graphics.
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- Eric Noble said...
Interesting. Absolutely fascinating. I guess Babbitt could have just needed an assignment, since I don't think he worked on Bambi at the time. Interesting how history works out.
- August 13, 2010 11:07 PM
- Steven Hartley said...
Yeah - interesting that Josh Meador was credited on scene 18 in the draft doing clowns and bottle, and I thought he only did the bottle!!
Art Palmer does the liquid water turning into alcohol!!
Josh Meador seems to have done little effects in the film, and during the first scenes in the Stork Sequence, did Josh animate all the rain??
- August 14, 2010 9:39 AM
- Steven Hartley said...
I know info on Art Palmer, he was born in November 27, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois; he had an older sister named Ida G. Palmer (older), and his father died when he was ten I believe.
He worked for Disney in 1936 to work on Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi; and left in 1942 (probably during the strike - or serving in the military -I don't know), he married to Elizabeth A. Palmer in 1937, and its unknown when they divorced.
Art Palmer died in July 7, 1982 aged 68 in Woodacre, California.
This info was based on Joe Campana who e-amiled me!!
- August 14, 2010 7:28 PM
- Zartok-35 said...
You can always tell when Art Palmer animates water.
"Donald's Tire Trouble" and "Lake Titicaca" were among his last jobs.
- August 15, 2010 12:37 AM
- Peter said...
Scene 17-18 appears to be a curious case of something presumably unplanned working despite itself.
The shadows in these scenes are DX or 'partial exposure' shadows – the shadows are painted solid black, but when they are put under the camera, on top of the background painting, the aperture of the camera is stopped down so that the frame is underexposed.
Then the shadow cel is removed, and the background is shot at another partial exposure so that the two exposures add up to one full exposure. This leaves a partial exposure of the background in the black areas of the shadow; i.e. the background is darker where the black areas were. (Usually all the animation is shot on the first run, then the film is run back and the scene is shot again without the shadow cels for the second run, to save constantly changing the aperture each frame. The 2-tone effect of the silhouettes could have been achieved by using three exposures, but I'm inclined to think that they probably painted the shadow cels black and dark grey.)
However, scene 17 requires some real cel animation when the bottle falls over and pours into the water tub. (The beauty of these clown scenes, besides the great saving in paint and trace that it provided, is that we are kept from getting emotionally involved with the characters by this distancing device – we don't enter their world, only overhear them. But the bottle of champagne intrudes into the real [i.e. Dumbo's] world, moving from shadow to substance!)
And here an error seems to occur. I'm guessing that originally the corner of the table and the appearing bottle were going to be matched-back to the static background showing the gap in the tent. But that the animator felt that the hard edge looked wrong, that the canvas needed to move with the bottle. So the end stripe of the canvas was traced and painted on cel, to match the background, so that the edge could animate with the bottle (while the other side remained matched to the static background.
The animating flap had to be on top of the held cel of the table, and the shadows of the clowns had to pass behind the exposed table (was the decision taken not to trace and paint the parts of the clowns that should have been visible passing the opening, or was it another oversight that only the shadows are seen through the gap?)
This arrangement under the camera meant that the shadow cels were under the end stripe animating overlay, and so do not appear as shadows across the first stripe of the canvas flap.
This ought to be a glaring error, but in fact it works, because it makes the end of the canvas more solid and 3-dimensional and focuses us on the bottle, where a literal rendering of the shadows across all the stripes would have seemed too flat.
But was this an unplanned accident that actually worked in the film's favour, or was it a quick fix to overcome an unnatural flatness evident in the first shooting of the scene (or test of the set-up)?
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Bisons head coach Scott Sanderson said he was proud of how his team found a way to win.
"We haven't played well in spurts," Sanderson said. "We are not playing well for long periods of time. You build character through adversity. Adversity as far as basketball is concerned. We have had guys who were making three or four threes a year jump up and make three or four of them in a game. That stuff has happened to us a lot this year. It is those kinds of things, but again we found a way."
Two factors that affected the Bisons in the first half were poor free-throw shooting and the play of Campbell's junior forward Eric Griffin. The Bisons shot only 40 percent from the free-throw line in the first half (4-of-10). Griffin, who entered Thursday's contest with only 11 made three-pointers on the year, knocked down 5-of-6 long range shots in the first half.
"Griffin has made 11 threes all year long and was shooting 29 percent from three," Sanderson said. "That is just the world we are living in right now. If he makes one, then that is on me. If he makes two, that is on me. After that, the rest of them are on you. Close out long and get to him."
Senior center Adnan Hodzic led the Bisons in scoring with 22 points and five rebounds. Sophomore guard Brandon Barnes and junior guard Jordan Burgason both added 12 points. Seven Bisons finished with six or more points.
"Brandon Barnes came in and I thought gave us a big lift," Sanderson said. "Jacob Arnett made some big free-throws and some timely buckets. I thought Brandon Brown did some nice things for us. We are just excited about getting that win."
Campbell was led by junior forward Eric Griffin who paced all scorers with 28 points. Senior guard Junard Hartley added 20 points while also dishing out nine assists.
Lipscomb jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and stayed in control throughout the first 10 minutes of the game. However, the Fighting Camels took their first lead at the 9:12 mark and held on to it throughout the remainder of the half. At the break the Bisons trailed 42-38.
In the second half, the Bisons fell down by their largest deficit of the game at the 18:49 mark when Campbell took a 47-38 lead. However, Lipscomb battled back and changed the momentum with a 22-6 scoring run. Lipscomb held Campbell to just two free-throws from the 15:26 mark to the 8:28 mark in the second half. The Bisons took their first lead in the second half with just over ten minutes to play and led the rest of the game.
"Mainly it was just our energy and guys talking to each other and communicating," Sanderson said. "When they didn't score during that stretch that makes them not as good defensively because they are having to get back in transition."
Both the Fighting Camels and the Bisons shot over 54 percent from the field. Lipscomb finished six-of-15 from downtown while Campbell connected on eight-of-12. The Bisons finished 19-of-32 from the free-throw line while Campbell went 16-of-22.
Lipscomb out-rebounded the Fighting Camels 32-23.
With the win, Lipscomb improved to 15-10 (10-6) and Campbell dropped to 11-14 (5-10).
The Bisons will get a week off before taking on USC Upstate in Allen Arena on Feb. 17th at 7 p.m. central. Coverage on the Lipscomb Sports Network will begin at 6:40 p.m.


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Caroline Wozniacki breezed into the second round of the Australian Open on a baking hot day in Melbourne.
The 10th seed dropped only two games in defeating Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0 6-2.
She said of the conditions: "It was a little warm out there today. I put a (drink) bottle down on the court and it started melting a little bit underneath. It was great that I managed to finish it off in two sets and it wasn't too long."
Wozniacki is playing in her first grand slam since becoming engaged to golfer Rory McIlroy but insists she is as hungry as ever to try to be a grand slam force once more.
The 23-year-old has not reached the quarter-finals at one of the sport's four biggest tournaments for two years.
She said: "I think I'm in a very good place in my life right now, on the court and off the court. I know what I want. I want to improve all the time. I want to be the best."
There was a scare for eighth seed Jelena Jankovic when she fell during her match against Japan's Misaki Doi and needed treatment to her ankle, but she recovered to win 6-1 6-2.
Eleventh seed Simona Halep, who won more titles than any other woman except Serena Williams last season, was an even more emphatic winner, the Romanian defeating qualifier Katarzyna Piter 6-0 6-1.


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Researchers monitored the accuracy with which subjects could step onto a target. In 50% of the attempts they blocked subjects' vision just at the point when they were lifting their foot off the ground. On the occasions when vision was blocked, the subjects were less able to step accurately on the target.
"Because vision was blocked only after the foot had left the floor, this research shows that we use visual information to adjust our footfall while our foot is moving forwards - it is not simply predetermined at the beginning of the step," says Dr Raymond Reynolds, who along with Dr Brian Day conducted the work at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London. The research is published this week in the Journal of Physiology.
This research models the sort of situation people encounter when rambling over rough terrain, where they need to accurately place their feet on well defined targets. Getting it right may avoid your slipping or twisting an ankle. "This visual guidance mechanism could also help gymnasts on the beam, or acrobat walkers on a tightrope, as in these situations accurate foot placement becomes crucial," says Reynolds.


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The index of U.S. leading economic indicators rose at a slower pace in October as businesses held back on investment in anticipation of domestic fiscal policy changes set to take effect in January.
The Conference Board's gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months increased 0.2 percent after a revised 0.5 percent gain in September that was lower than initially reported, the New York-based group said Wednesday. Economists projected the October gauge would climb 0.1 percent, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
The fiscal cliff of $607 billion in federal spending cuts and tax increases has been a hurdle for companies even as consumer sentiment has supported the household purchases that account for about 70 percent of the economy. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that a budget deal could help make the coming year "a very good one" for the economy.
"We're moving in the right direction — it's just I think 'subdued' is still an accurate assessment of how the economy's performing," Kevin Cummins, an economist at UBS Securities LLC in Stamford, Connecticut, said before the report. "We have to get past the fiscal cliff, and there are things like Europe still out there that potentially are headwinds to the economy."
Fiscal Cliff
Some businesses are pulling back on concern that hurtling over the fiscal cliff will damage the economy. Spending on equipment and software was little changed from June through September, the weakest reading since the second quarter of 2009, according to figures from the Commerce Department.
Estimates from 51 economists in the Bloomberg survey ranged from a decrease of 0.1 percent to an increase of 0.6 percent in the Conference Board's leading index. The September figure was revised from a previously reported 0.6 percent gain.
Four of the 10 indicators in the index of leading economic indicators contributed to the increase, while two were unchanged. The interest-rate spread between the federal funds rate and the 10-year Treasury note and a credit gauge were among the indicators leading to the advance.
Ataman Ozyildirim, an economist at the Conference Board, said in a statement that the leading index "still points to modestly expanding economic activity in the near term."
Coincident Indicators
The Conference Board's index of coincident indicators, a gauge of current economic activity, increased 0.1 percent in October, after a 0.2 percent rise the prior month.
The coincident index tracks payrolls, incomes, sales and production — measures used by the National Bureau of Economic Research to determine the beginning and end of U.S. recessions.
The gauge of lagging indicators rose 0.3 percent in October after decreasing 0.1 percent the previous month.
In a separate report, the Labor Department said fewer Americans filed applications for unemployment benefits last week as damage to the labor market caused by superstorm Sandy began to subside. Jobless claims decreased by 41,000 to 410,000 in the week ended Nov. 17, the department reported.
Building permits, a proxy for future construction, declined 2.7 percent in October to an 866,000 annual rate, reflecting less demand for multifamily construction, Commerce Department figures showed in Washington. Permits for single-family units rose to the highest since July 2008.
Housing starts in the U.S. climbed 3.6 percent last month to an 894,000 annual rate, exceeding the highest estimate in a Bloomberg survey, the agency also said.
Housing Market
"Recently, the housing market has shown some clear signs of improvement, as home sales, prices, and construction have all moved up since early this year," Bernanke said yesterday in a speech in New York. He said it's likely that "residential investment will be a source of economic growth and new jobs over the next couple of years."
Bernanke also said policy makers will "do what we can" to support the recovery. The Fed is buying $40 billion a month of mortgage-backed securities and has said its benchmark interest rate is likely to stay near zero through the middle of 2015 as it seeks to spur growth and reduce a 7.9 percent unemployment rate.
Record-low mortgage rates and dwindling inventories are boosting orders for homebuilders and sales for companies such as Lowe's Cos., the second-largest U.S. home-improvement retailer.
"Housing prices have bottomed now on a national basis, and in some markets you are seeing some good appreciation," Chief Executive Officer Robert Niblock said in a Nov. 19 telephone interview from the company's headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. "People are going to feel better about spending on their homes believing that in the future they're going to be worth the same or more than what they are today."
Lowe's that day reported fiscal third-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates, sending shares up by the most in more than three years.
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Eddie Catflap posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHi all, New Ford Focus owner here and new forum member. A couple of weeks ago I bought a 2003 Ford Focus Ink. Sadly the engine management light illuminated after a couple of days of driving. Using the self-diagnostic check in the LCD display showed a DTC code of 9318 (low voltage) had been logged. The battery voltage without the engine running showed as being around 10 volts and 13.5 with the engine running. I replaced the battery with a new Halfords calcium one (as per their website suggestion for my registration number) and the engine management light was no more. Sadly 100 miles later and the engine management light has illuminated again. The self-diagnostic check shows a DTC code of 9318 and a battery voltage of 11.8 without the engine running and 13.5 with the engine running. Please could someone help me to further diagnose why the engine management light has illuminated again when the battery and alternator appear to be healthy (to my untrained eye at least)? Many thanks in advance, Andy


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Interview: Joan MacNaughton, Executive Chair of World Energy Trilemma
The WEC trilemma team has focused the second half of this year on engaging decision-makers during the UN General Assembly, at the World Energy Congress, and at COP-19. Interview with Joan MacNaughton, Executive Chair of the study: The findings of the Trilemma study were discussed at the Congress. What was achieved there? At the […]
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WEC at COP: guiding energy and climate decisions
The WEC brought its studies and outcomes of the World Energy Congress to decision-makers in Warsaw, Poland last month during the UNFCCC's 19th Conference of Parties (COP-19). The WEC kicked off a week of activities with its official side event on 15 November, organised as part of the UNFCCC's formal day for the Business and […]
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Inconvenient truth: Current technologies, policies, and innovation are not enough to meet climate goals
Unprecedented uncertainty is leading to short-termism in energy investments, according to the World Energy Council's World Energy Scenarios report COP-19, Warsaw, Poland, 19 November 2013: The world is set to face several significant challenges in balancing global energy needs in addressing the triple challenge of the energy trilemma over the next four decades, according to […]
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Delays in agreeing a coherent climate framework could be creating the next "too big to fail" sector
The WEC's 10-point agenda for change sets out a path to addressing the triple challenge of the energy trilemma. COP-19, Warsaw, Poland, 16 November 2013 – A World Energy Council (WEC) report finds that the lack of a globally agreed framework for carbon pricing will impede investments from flowing into clean energy and low-carbon projects. […]
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22nd World Energy Congress reflects concerns about shifting energy agenda
The significant interest in last month's World Energy Congress reflected global concerns about today's shifting energy agenda.
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What are the energy realities? Challenging the myths, defining the future
The World Energy Council (WEC) has called for policymakers and industry leaders to "get real" as the WEC exposed the myths informing the energy debate and defined a path to a more sustainable energy future at the 22nd World Energy Congress. The WEC warned that several prevailing myths are severely hampering the efforts of governments, industry […]
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WEC brings Congress outcomes to UN climate negotiations
The World Energy Council will be bringing the findings of its studies and the deliberations of its 2013 World Energy Congress to the UNFCCC's climate change negotiations in Warsaw, Poland this month. Presentation of its studies and programmes will focus on the World Energy Trilemma, World Energy Scenarios, and the Global Electricity Initiative, all of […]
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Next generation energised to make a difference
Deep in the cavernous halls of the World Energy Congress, the future of energy was being shaped – quite literally. The 'future' refers to the 100 young energy professionals, hand-picked by the WEC's member committees, to network and gain international experience through the Future Energy Leaders programme. Enthusiasm, drive, and a desire to make a […]
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses World Energy Congress
Promises access to energy for all by 2030 One in five people worldwide lack access to energy World Energy Congress, Daegu, Korea, 17 October 2013: On the closing day of the World Energy Congress, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reaffirmed his pledge to provide one billion people across the globe access to sustainable energy by […]
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Sustainable energy for all: One year later
Providing energy for more than a billion of the world's poor will need good governance in developing countries and a willingness in developed nations to tolerate increases in greenhouse gas emissions, the World Energy Congress was told on 17 October. "In one petroleum-rich country with a population of 150 million, half the people are off […]
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For those of you that don't like reading math, please feel free to skip to the bottom for my TL:DR version of the post.
Ok, How will Eclipse affect my DPS?
Please Note: Most of the assumptions I made in part one will apply to this post as well. The one exception is to my 5th assumption. For this section I am assuming that you have the [Idol of the Shooting Star] equipped when casting both Starfire and Wrath to maximize the Starfire Eclipse buff.
It is difficult to assign Eclipse a concrete value. Given it's random nature it is impossible to nail down an exact DPS rotation to measure it, and when it does proc the buff might be wasted due to fight mechanics. So, the number I am presenting in this section are kind of a best case scenario.
There are 5 steps to providing a value to eclipse.
1. We need to determine how long our Precasting period will be and how much damage we will do during it. We can determine the average number of Wrath casts it is going to take to proc the Starfire Eclipse using the following formula:
# of Casts to proc = 1 / (proc rate * crit rate) orSince it is highly unlikely that you will see the buff proc before your casting your next spell I will assume a 1 spell cast buffer. This will increase the number of Wrath's cast by 1 and reduce the Buff period by Wrath's casting speed.
# of Casts to proc = 1 / (0.60* 0.35) = 4.7619 Casts
So our Casting Time and Damage for the Precasting period looks like this:
Avg # of Wrath's = 4.7619 +1 = 5.7619
Avg Wrath Cast time = (((1.5/1.17) * (1 - 0.35)) + 0.35) = 1.1833 seconds
Avg Wrath Damage = ((((588 + (2000 * 0.6714)) * 1.13)*1.0712)*(1-0.35))+((((588 + (2000 * 0.6714)) * 1.13)*1.0712)*2.09 * 0.35) = 3228.77 damage
Precasting period cast time = 5.7619 * 1.1833 = 6.8181 seconds
Precasting period damage = 5.7619 * 3228.77 = 18603.85
2. Now we need to determine how long our Buffed period will be and how much damage we will do during it. The Duration of the eclipse buff is 15 seconds, but I am assuming that we will cast one Wrath before we recognize that we have the buff. So the buff's duration is reduced by Wrath's cast time of 1.1833 seconds. Also remember that Damage is calculated at the end of spells cast. Therefore I will ignore any partial casts and round down to the nearest number of whole Starfire casts.
So the numbers for the Buffed period look like this:
Avg SF Cast time = (3 - (0.5 * 0.68)) / 1.17 = 2.2735 seconds
Avg # of Buffed SF casts = (15 - 1.1833) / 2.2735 = 6.077, rounded down to 6 casts.
Avg SF Damage = ((((1285 + (2000 * 1.2)) * 1.1)*1.0712)*(1-0.68))+((((1285 + (2000 * 1.2)) * 1.1)*1.0712)*2.09 * 0.68) = 7560.48 damage
Buffed period cast time = 6 * 2.2735 = 13.641 seconds
Buffed period damage = 6 * 7560.48= 45362.88
3. The combination of the Precasting period and the Buffed period are what I call the Eclipse Rotation. So lets combine the values from the previous two steps.
Eclipse Rotation cast time = 6.8181 + 13.641 = 20.4591 seconds4. Now that we have the DPS of the Eclipse rotation we need to compare it to what we would be casting otherwise. Once again I am ignoring DoTs and assuming that they don't need to be refreshed. Therefore, the only other DPS options are Wrath Spam or Starfire Spam.
Eclipse Rotation damage = 18603.85 + 45362.88 = 63966.73 damage
Eclipse Rotation DPS = 63966.73 / 20.4591 = 3126.57 DPS
The average DPS of Wrath Spam can determined using information from step 1 above and the average normal Starfire DPS is also listed above.
Avg Normal Wrath DPS = 18603.85 / 6.8181 = 2728.60 DPSTherefore, the Eclipse rotation increases DPS by:
Avg Normal SF DPS = 2556.78 DPS
Value of Eclipse Rotation (Comp w/ Wrath) = (3126.57 - 2728.60 ) / 2728.60 = 14.59% DPS increase5. The above numbers ignore the cooldown, so we need to determine what portion of our total casting rotation is taken up by the Eclipse rotation. We already know that the Eclipse rotation will last 20.4591 seconds on average. The total casting rotation is the sum of the precasting period minus the buffer cast, plus the 30 second cooldown.
Value of Eclipse Rotation (Comp w/ SF) = (3126.57 - 2556.78 ) / 2556.78 = 22.29% DPS increase
Total Casting Rotation Duration = 30 + (4.7619 * 1.1833) = 35.6348 secondsSo,
Eclipse Rotation "Up Time" = 20.4591 / 35.6348 = 57.41%
Value of Eclipse (Comp w/ Wrath) = 14.59% * 0.5741 = 8.38% DPS increaseAs I said before these numbers are a best case scenario. In actuality the will be significantly smaller. This is because you will have to refresh dots and you will miss some of the buffs due to movement and such. However, even if the benefit is cut in half you're still talking about a 4% to 5% increase in DPS from 3 points in Eclipse.
Value of Eclipse (Comp w/ SF) = 22.29% * 0.5741 = 12.79% DPS increase
Edit: Down Ranking Eclipse A couple of people have asked in the comments that I value Eclipse point for point. I won't detail the math because it is really just repeat of the math above with a change in a variable. However, please know that I have used the same approach to come up with these numbers.
In the math above I showed that an Eclipse rotation is a 12.75% DPS increase over a normal Starfire rotation and a 8.45% increase over a normal Wrath rotation if you put a full three points into Eclipse. Please remember that these numbers were calculated under ideal circumstances.
If you put just one point in Eclipse it will increase your DPS by 11.27% over Starfire and 6.42% over Wrath. With two points in Eclipse it will increase your DPS by 12.31% over Starfire and 7.83% over Wrath.
This means that mathimatically you can receive 75% to 90% of the benefit of Eclipse from just 1 point. This is because of the 30 second cooldown. It has a greater impact on determining when Eclipse procs then your Crit chance.
Personally, I will proably still put 3 points into Eclipse, eventhough those last couple of points will have a much smaller impact then the first point. I will do this for two reasons. First, there isn't a great talent to put the points into. I would love to pick up Gale Winds but It is hardly necessary. Second, I want to cut down on the randomness. Eclipse is already very dependent on the RNG and I want to reduce some of that impact.
TL:DR Version
The Eclipse buff is very powerful buff. In an ideal situation it can improve your DPS by up to 12%. However the ideal situation is near impossible to achieve, but even if you miss half the buff your still increasing your DPS by close to 6% for a 3 point investment.
This indicates that Eclipse is a must have talent for raiders. However, you don't have to invest a full three points into the talent. You can receive a majority of Eclipse's value by spending just one point on the talent. However, Eclipse is already a very random talent, and for that reason I recommend investing 3 points to reduce that randomness.


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When Brenda Allen�s letter (Times-News, Nov. 24) regarding the abrupt demise of Loaves & Fishes is stripped of vapid God-language and excessive empty superlatives; what�s left is less than nothing. Churches, volunteers, businesses, agencies, and donors have invested substantial sweat, prayers, and financial resources into Loaves & Fishes. Our community has been a significant stakeholder in Loaves & Fishes.
Therefore, we deserve two clear and present answers. 1. A full and independent audit of Loaves & Fishes financial records. 2. A thorough examination of the minutes of the board of directors by an appointed special investigator. Any communication less than these two reports on the front page of the Times News are, as scripture defines, a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal.
To be crystal clear, the torch was not passed, it was dropped! It ignited two fires. One burnt the very people Loaves & Fishes set out to serve. The other fire set in motion our community to take swift and compassionate action. Thank God for the United Way, Allied Churches, Salvation Army, many community food pantries, and a cadre of devoted citizens who are feeding the hungry.
Rest assured ministry with the hungry, the homeless, and the vulnerable will not be completed until we have breathed our last breath.
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During the era before the hidden villages, ninja wore armour that was similar to that of samurai. Dating back to at least Indra Ōtsutsuki's era, it boasted a higher defence than the simple stealth-orientated clothing that the shinobi would wear on missions that stressed concealment over combat. Shinobi in Konoha continued to wear the armour until at least the First Shinobi World War, when in the second the transition into flak jackets began.
The Akimichi clan of Konohagakure seems to have persisted in the use of armour, sometimes even combining it with the current flak jackets. Hiruzen Sarutobi had a small custom set of armour that gave him far more flexibility on top of a kabuto helmet over the usual plate armour.


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Renowned animation director Isao Takahata spins this tale about a pitched battle between Japanese folkloric figures and housing developers at the edge of the Tokyo sprawl. The tanuki -- a badger-like creature often portrayed with big round eyes, a large Buddha-like belly, and long pendulous testicles resting by its feet -- is a beloved figure in Japanese myth, viewed both as a fun-loving bringer of fortune and a shape-changing trickster. Pom Poko opens with a group of tanuki fighting amongst each other for the increasingly scarce resources of their forest. Soon the group realizes that the real enemy is not their fellow tanuki, but suburban sprawl. Lead by their tough-talking matriarch, Oroku Baba, they use their lycanthropic abilities in a campaign to thwart the developers. Suddenly tarps fall on windshields and obstacles appear before bulldozers, sending the lot careening off the road and into a gulch. Unfortunately, the tide of progress is not that easily turned. Will the plucky tanuki keep their pastoral idyll? ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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Michigan's 1st gay marriage license issued
Two women were the first gay couple to marry in Michigan on Saturday, one day after the state's nearly 10-year ban on gay marriage was scratched from the state constitution by a federal judge.
Couples wasted no time getting to courthouses in four counties out of concern that the state attorney general's request for a stay could be granted at any time.
Glenna DeJong, 53, and Marsha Caspar, 51, both of Lansing, were married by Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum in Mason just after her office opened at 8 a.m. Saturday. DeJong and Caspar have been together for 27 years.
"I figured in my lifetime it would happen," Caspar said. "But now, when it happens now, it's just overwhelming. I still can't believe it. I don't think it's hit me yet."
DeJong called it a day of "sheer joy," adding that Michigan should not "waste taxpayer dollars and cause more turmoil" by pursuing a stay on the ruling as Attorney General Bill Schuette did immediately after Friday's ruling.
Clerks who handle marriage licenses in Michigan's 83 counties said they would start granting them to gays and lesbians. At least four did so Saturday, and others have said they'll follow suit Monday.
Voters approved the gay marriage ban in a landslide in 2004. Byrum said it was an honor to marry same-sex couples who have waited too long.
It isn't known when a federal appeals court in Cincinnati will respond to Schuette's request for a stay while an appeal is pursued. Schuette noted Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and suspended a similar decision in January that struck down Utah's gay-marriage ban.
"A stay would serve the public interest by preserving the status quo … while preventing irreparable injury to the state and its citizens," he said.
It isn't clear what would happen if a stay is issued in Michigan.
After the U.S. Supreme Court's intervention in Utah, Gov. Gary Herbert ordered state agencies to hold off on moving forward with any new benefits for the hundreds of same-sex couples who married during the three-week window until the courts resolved the issue. Agencies were told not to revoke anything already issued, such as a driver's license with a new name, but were prohibited from approving any new marriages or benefits.
Utah made clear it was not ordering agencies to void the marriages, but that their validity would be decided by the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia issue licenses for same-sex marriage. Since December, bans on gay marriage also have been overturned in Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia, but appeals have put those cases on hold.
A Unitarian Universalist church in Muskegon in western Michigan had a clerk issuing wedding licenses Saturday morning. They started a couple hours earlier planned out of concern the court would approve Schuette's request.
"We're trying to beat Bill Schuette to the punch," said Harbor Unitarian Universalist Congregation Pastor Bill Freeman, who officiated at least eight or nine weddings. "We want to get these weddings done while they're legal."
Friday's historic decision by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman, who said the ballot box is no defense to a law that tramples the rights of same-sex couples, followed a two-week trial that explored attitudes and research about homosexual marriage and households led by same-sex couples.
The attorney general's office emphasized the 59 percent approval by voters as well as tradition and child-rearing as reasons why the amendment should stand. Friedman, however, wasn't swayed.
He praised April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, two Detroit-area nurses who are raising three children with special needs. They filed a lawsuit in 2012 because they're barred from jointly adopting each other's children. Joint adoption is reserved for married heterosexual couples in Michigan.
"In attempting to define this case as a challenge to 'the will of the people,' state defendants lost sight of what this case is truly about: people," the judge said.
DeBoer and Rowse said Friday that they'll get married when the case ends, a process that could take years with appeals.
"We will be getting married — when we know that our marriage is forever binding," DeBoer said.
The 31-page decision was filed in Detroit's federal court when most county offices were closed and couldn't issue licenses.
Dave Murray, a spokesman for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, said the state has an "obligation" to defend what voters chose a decade ago.
If a "court concludes the provision of the Michigan Constitution cannot be enforced, he'd respect those decisions and follow the rule of law," Murray said of Snyder.
While DeJong and Caspar were the first couple to receive a Michigan license, it was not the first same-sex wedding to occur in the state. Two men married a year ago during a ceremony at a northern Michigan Indian reservation after the tribal chairman approved a measure.


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Jeep's Grand Cherokee has copped a new eight-speed auto box, a futuristic facelift, performance boost and improved fuel consumption. The new model was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show.
The GC was already pretty damn impressive - it won our 4X4 of the Year 2011 title – but a new Star Wars-stylish headlights-and-grille combo, as well as a customisable colour-screen instrument cluster, suede roof lining, advanced infotainment system, and upmarket-slick arm rests, doors and trim, have boosted the GC's appeal.
Engine options – 3.6-litre V6, 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel, or 6.4-litre V8 – remain unchanged.
The eight-speed auto has increased functionality, including a launch-control mode for faster starts, and an eco mode that adjusts throttle and transmission calibrations to reduce fuel use.
The new Summit becomes the range's flagship model.
The range's rebel, the high-performance SRT8, now has "unique styling touches" (Jeep's words, not ours). SRT boss Ralph Gilles reckons the tweaks – which include dumping shiny bling-bling chrome for frosted exterior lights and black-out finishes - were inspired by aftermarket tuners – and Star Wars.
"This is really the Darth Vader of the line up," he says.