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Well we have two bits of news. One, while the English cast dub is being announced (erm, Viz is announcing just a few voices every few days) the DVDs/BRs will not be out until early 2013. Despite that the film will premier in the UK in September and will have a dub and a sub, no idea if it's the US dub or not.
|2012-11-15, 05:42
|Link #1824
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Why did you watch Tiger and Bunny?
If Tiger and Bunny had its own subforum, I'd put this poll up there. Since it doesn't, though, the General Anime subforum strikes me as the best place for this.
Recently, there's been a lot of talk about Tiger and Bunny being a "Fujoshi title", and it's been implied by some people that the only reason people watched the show is because of how FABulous the titular leads are.
Well, this poll is meant to put these arguments to the test.
I know many people here watched Tiger and Bunny, and I'd love to know your main reason for choosing to watch it. Keep that main reason in mind, when making your poll selection.
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|2012-11-15, 05:59
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Location: Indonesia
I was first hooked by the premise of having a single-parent superhero as an MC. That itself worth some praise of being unique.
The overall story itself really didn't disappoint for an action-superhero series, even though it's the age-old formula of "brash dude + cool dude" pairing. The character designs are really cool too. The action is great. The unusual romance between the said single-parent MC with the young heroine is pretty sweet too .
|2012-11-15, 06:02
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And yeah, I have to admit I did like the single-parent MC/young heroine romance of sorts. It was really cute at times!
|2012-11-15, 06:32
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I picked the third option. For the longest time I wasn't interested because if the super hero angle because I am tired of it in the US in general (although there are still some films I enjoy in this genre) and I expected the series to be more like those Madhouse/Marvel collaborations.
But I kept hearing good things about the series so I gave in and watched. What I wish someone had told me earlier was it was not just a super hero series but also a buddy cop show as I am a big sucker for those. I also love friendship stories. So yeah Kotetsu & Barnaby's relationship is probably my main reason for loving the series.
But don't get me wrong I did end up enjoying the super hero aspect and the other characters as well.
I also really loved that the characters were adults and Kotetsu was a single father.
|2012-11-15, 06:45
|Link #1828
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Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Fabulous. You asked for it.
This thread should be merged with the T&B thread anyway. It's not such a big deal or a truly separate topic.
But before that, don't you think you're kind of missing a certain key point here? Why do you think fujoshi equals bishies alone? Can't fujoshi like a show because it's a great show, and like it better because it has lovely, lovely bishies that are super slashable? It's the same as the perverted lolicons around here who like shows because they're great, and they're even greater with lolis!
The kind of empty fanservice that only has bishies or lolis going for them don't tend to last all that long in the public consciousness, while Newtype readers clearly dig T&B a lot more than Sunrise even thought possible.
So if there are a bunch of bishies to vote for in a character poll, a bishie in a good and popular show, like T&B is, is going to have far more pull than a bishie in a less good show. Doesn't mean fujoshis only like a show because bishies.
Allow me to demonstrate in pseudo don't-try-this-at-home python:
def charpoint(show, char): ''' show and char are custom class objects ''' charpoints = 0 charpoints += show.calculatebasegood() if charpoints >= 5: # base level for all chars in a good show if char is loli: charpoints += 3 print ('Go turn yourself to the FBI nao.') if char is tsundere: charpoints += 2 print ('I- its not like I like this show or anything!') if char is bishie: charpoints += 4 print ('FABulousdesu') if char is wincest: charpoints += 1 # too many neglected little sisters print ('Siscons of the world, unite') if show.mainloveint() == char: # now that's the real deal! charpoints += 6 if char is yandere: print ('OH SH-') raise NiceBoatError else: print ('Your taste is bad and you should feel bad.') return ('This character's rating is: ' + str(charpoints))
|2012-11-15, 06:49
|Link #1829
I enjoyed it because of the narrative and comedy. It also was kinda far reaching with its storyline.
Yes, there is no doubt that the males were designed to appeal to fujoshi (hey Barnaby looks like Char, and thus sexy) though if one said that being fabulous was the sole appeal of the show, they might just be talking out of their ass. That's not very fabulous max at all.
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Hi, I'm Father Giacomo Capoverdi. I'm a priest with the group Priests for Life. And of course I find this conversation very fascinating considering the fact that Priests for Life and the director of Priests for Life, Father Frank Pavone, played such a vital role in the whole situation that happened with Terri Schiavo. I think the problem that we're coming upon here, and the difficulty we're having, is distinguishing and determining if our laws should support the taking of innocent life. And that is really, I think, where this debate can lead us to.
And as far as the Catholic Church is concerned, and as far as the moral code of what we believe and what Christianity teaches, it's always wrong to take an innocent life. In the Old Testament God tells Moses that "Thou shalt not kill" is one of the commandments, yet you see in the Old Testament the Jews would kill their opponents in battle. So certainly God didn't mean "thou shalt not kill under any circumstances," but what he meant specifically and what our culture has come to embrace very rightly is "thou shalt not take innocent life."
So that is why when we broaden the parameters of whose life isn't worthy, or whose life legally can be taken, we find ourselves in very dangerous territory, which is what Edward was describing. And this issue then determines a whole broad range of other issues like the abortion issue. Can an innocent life be taken if it's in the womb, if it has a heartbeat, if it can feel pain and brainwaves, if it has fingerprints? This is an innocent life, and yet the laws right now determine that it can be taken.
And so if someone is vulnerable in a situation, like they're dying, can that life be taken away from them? And we need to realize that in all cases it's wrong to take an innocent life, and certainly that includes the life of someone who is dying. You know, we make the distinction between whether or not morally you stop something, you stop treatment or you aggressively do something that is going to cause that person to die. Like in Terri Schiavo's case, she was in a hospice and she wasn't dying. There was no reason for her to be in a hospice. Her husband decided to put her there, but she wasn't dying. Father Pavone testifies that when he went to see her and spoke to her, she looked at him very intently. When he prayed she closed her yes. She followed him as he walked around the room. And yet sustenance was called a medical treatment, and it was removed from her, considering it was a medical treatment. But you and I, we just had lunch and we wouldn't consider this a medical treatment. We would consider this just sustenance that we received to keep us alive.
And so I think she is a good example of how, with a loss such as this, that could pass as assisted suicide - it already is leading to blurring that line about who is worthy to live and who should be killed because maybe they are unproductive in society or because maybe they are considered to be in a quote, unquote, "vegetative state."
MR. RABEN: I don't get paid enough to take that on. (Laughter.) Thank you very much. I both respect everything you have said and I hear it a lot. I'll say a couple of things in response. I not only deeply respect your view and your education about what you would do and what you counsel people to do. I fully support and will work seven days a week - which I already do at my firm - I will fully support your right to implement your views and to define your life and the lives of those who agree with you in the way you see fit. And so there is nothing about anything I'm doing or advocating that has anything to do with how you implement your choices about how you live your life and how you die. Nothing.
I guess the fundamental question I would ask is how your deeply held views about life translate into the standing of the government to make the same decisions for other adults who are competent to so make them. And that is where I think we're going to not only disagree, but disagree for several generations. I love the Lord. I pray every day. I'm a member of synagogues. I try to abide by the law. I have very strong personal views that are infused with my relationship with God about how to die and how to live my life.
Those views don't inform anything about you and what decision you should make when you're in the hospital room with your mom. Nothing. I have no standing through my government to exhort you that this is innocent, this isn't innocent, this is a course of treatment that is appropriate, this isn't appropriate. And I would ask the same of you.
I have got a lot of other thoughts about innocent life. And one of the things I love about the Catholic Church and really appreciate is that their defense of life is significantly broader than what you just said. They don't limit it to innocent life. The Catholic Church is opposed to the death penalty.
FR. CAPOVERDI: But it's not an intrinsic evil.
MR. RABEN: The Catholic Church is opposed to the death penalty.
MR. WHELAN: Father is pointing out - and I think we need to make sure that the Catholic teaching is not misrepresented - that there is a fundamental distinction between Catholic teaching on things like abortion and euthanasia, and the Catholic teaching, which is essentially prudential, on the status of capital punishment.
FR. CAPOVERDI: You can be an orthodox Catholic and raised in the church's teaching and believe in the death penalty, but you can't be an orthodox Catholic embracing the church's teaching and believe in abortion or assisted suicide because one is an intrinsic evil, and the other is wrong, but not always wrong.
MR. RABEN: I withdraw a proposition I didn't even make, which is that I have any standing to explain Catholic doctrine. Okay, I don't know where that came from, but believe me, believe me, I have zero ability to explain or defend, but -
MR. WHELAN: Robert, can I jump in to offer my answer to the question you posed? The question as I understand it is, What standing do you have to try to impose through the democratic process your views on this? It's a very important and interesting question. I think the answer at bottom lies in a distinction between what we Catholics would call natural law, on the one hand - reasoning that is not at its core sectarian but attempts to appeal to the human mind (which isn't to say that some won't reject it) - and sectarian teaching on the other. And I supposed the very belief in this distinction may turn on the broader distinction between good and evil that I was maintaining before and that I think you, whether it's semantics or not, were rejecting.


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It used to be that if you wanted to experience DirectX 10, but were still sporting an AGP video card, you were forced to upgrade, not only the video card, but your motherboard as well, to support a PCI-Express card. Well not anymore! As "yesterday's" technology can still keep up with most of today's software, many people have not made the jump to PCI-Express, and now thanks to ATI, you don't have to. AGP gamers and HTPC users have been hit hardest with being left behind with DX10, new shaders, and HD output. ATI's 2x00 series looks to capitalize on this market.
Sapphire's ATI Radeon HD 2600PRO AGP bridges the gap between yesterday's hardware and today's software. So for those of us still holding AGP close to our hearts, let's see if it's really worth holding on to.
"For over ten years Sapphire has held true to its unwavering commitment, the commitment to deliver the most feature rich and soundly engineered products. Captured within the circuitry of each of SAPPHIRE's graphic cards and mainboards can be found the collective feedback from generations of enthusiasts in every market niche. Brought to life through performance oriented innovation and an emphasis on quality control, SAPPHIRE designs, manufactures and distributes the most complete range of ATI video boards and mainboards--from the mainstream products that afford the casual user the opportunity to enjoy enriched graphics and affordable platform solutions to the state-of-the-art technological marvels that drive fantasies to before unattainable thresholds of realism."
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Getting to the inside packaging shows the accessories packed in the bottom of the box, and the video card tucked securely in the flaps above. Opening the flaps reveals the thick anti-static bag that protects the card from damage in transit.
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One of the two kites that I brought (WW Rage II 12m) and some elses Board (Gregs, Slingshot I think) were taken off the bus and left on the grass.
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This week we'll take a look at Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, a movie which hits theaters on Thursday, May 19th, and will have many theaters featuring a 12:01am showing to accommodate eager fans. Revenge of the Sith is the third and final installment of the Star Wars prequels and will bridge the gap between the Star Wars movies of the past 6 years and the original Star Wars, which was released in 1977. All 6 films in the Star Wars series have been produced by George Lucas. Lucas also has writing credits on all 6, and he directed Episodes, I, II, and III.
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Earlier today we got a look at Saitek's new PC game controllers, and figured we would bring you the goods. First up is the P990 Dual Analog. Let me preface this by letting you know that Saitek has decided to switch their hardware focus to cater to the first person shooter category. That being said, all of their new controllers reflect that mentality. We weren't able to get our hands on any of them, so our impressions are purely visual.
So, here we have the P990 Dual Analog which features backlit buttons and increased grip. I must say, the backlit button do look smooth - but control is more than just looks. There is an FPS button which automatically configures the controller for FPS games so that you no longer need to rely on the mouse, which the right analog stick taking its place. Saitek's Smart Technology software allows for advanced controller programming by identifying your specific control setup for each game you own. One thing I don't know about is the D-Pad. It's a personal thing, but I just don't like when they are shaped like that. Oh, you can't see them in the image, but there are 4 shoulder trigger on this one as well. It will be available in July for a price of $20 USD.
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An impressive piece of work, the Motorola Razr V3 is finally being challenged after being on the market for more than 8 months. While lacking more advanced features like a 1+ megapixel camera, which Samsung's phone will feature, the Razr's slim design has attracted much attention. Keeping the same thickness of the Razr when closed (14.5mm) and only weighing 3 grams more, the Samsung SCH-V740 is set to have Bluetooth, MP3 playback capabilities, and a file viewer - features not available on the current Razr.
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PalmOne has finally made the official announcement of their LifeDrive multimedia PDA. If you are a Palm user, this is the one to look for in the next week or two, which is when they are expected to hit retail. This thing has a 4GB mini hard drive with 16 MB of built-in ROM and a 416MHz XScale processor. Keeping with the times, the LifeDrive also supports 802.11b WiFi and BlueTooth on the Palm OS 5.4 (Garnet) software. A 320 x 480 pixel 65,000 color touch screen round thing thing out. You can expect to drop $500 on this bad boy, but from what reviewers are saying, it may be well worth the price of admission.
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Just because you couldn't attend the all exclusive press events from the top three names in the industry doesn't mean you can't enjoy them from the comfort of your own home. Big thanks go to E3Insider and Spike TV for providing the unfortunate public a look at the events. The videos are of the highlights instead of boring you with every single second of the event. These videos are great, because they focus on the most interesting parts of the events and provide a nice look on the inside to the general public. Wouldn't it be nice if they could provide some goodies to really show the E3 experience? Check out the videos and tell us what you think. We will have our initial impressions of the big three soon.
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SHELTON – Omak High School's Xtreme Powerlifting Club returned with five state champions and set a ton of state records at the Washington State High School Powerlifting State Meet on May 4.
State champions include Beckah Thomason, Shawnee Covington, Jacob Cutrell, Brandon Zaragoza and Matt Thornton.
This is by far the most champions for the three-year-old club, which competes with all other state schools on an even level, coach Jordan Lesamiz said.
The boys team, which was two lifters short of a full team, finished third. The club sent five girls to state, too few for a team score.
Dylan Green was the only previous champion for the club, winning two titles before graduating last year.
Lifters compete February through May, but train year-round after school with weights while also learning about nutrition to produce muscle, Lesamiz said.
Thornton, a 280-pound senior competing in the unlimited class, is the state's strongest pound-for-pound high school lifter after setting several records.
He finished with a total of 1,670 pounds compiled in squat, bench and dead lift.
The total shattered the previous state record for a heavyweight of 1,600 pounds and the state record for any weight was 1,625.
"So Matt is the strongest kid to have ever lifted in the state of Washington at any weight class," Lesamiz said.
He tied Cutrell for a state record squat of 585 pounds and shattered the state record for the bench press by 55 pounds at 465. The previous best bench was 410.
"He had some huge lifts," Lesamiz said, who said a ratio of weight to total lift is used to determine the strongest wrestler of a meet.
"He broke the state bench press record his first attempt," the coach said. "He broke his own record two more times."
Lifters get three attempts in each event.
Thornton with Lesamiz plans to compete in national events later this summer.
The coach chuckled telling how Thornton and Green used to train together, with Thornton now owning the record total between them.
"For bragging rights, he wanted to beat Dylan," Lesamiz said.
"We have a lot coming back next year," the coach said. "We are going to be considerably better next year. We will have more strong kids. But there will only be one Matt Thornton."
Covington, a junior at 148 pounds, finished with 790 pounds.
She set a state record of 210 in the bench press, breaking the old weight record of 185 pounds.
"Only one other girl in the history of state power lifting did more than she did on Saturday," Lesamiz said.
The Top 10 boys and Top 8 girls in the final rankings were invited to state.
"We did remarkably well," Lesamiz said.
Thomason, a senior and one of the original lifters to start the club, finished with a total of 680 pounds in the 123-pound class.
Cutrell, a junior at 198 pounds, finished with 1,360 pounds.
He was awarded the biggest squat due to weight less than Thornton after they both did 585 pounds.
Zaragoza, a junior at 242 pounds, finished with 1,280 pounds.
"The numbers for Jacob and Brandon don't tell the whole story," Lesamiz said. "They both will be 1,600-pound lifters next year."
Other lifters:
Russell Daffern, sophomore, fourth at 165 in his first year lifting.
Dustin Thorp, freshman, sixth at 165, considered the toughest weight at state.
"For a freshman to place that high is great," the coach said. "He will eventually be a state champion."
Sumo Sandoval, senior, seventh at heavyweight.
"He plans to come back and help me coach," Lesamiz said.
Kellie Foth, sophomore, tied for third at 132 in her first year lifting.
Chase Miranda, freshman, fourth at 114 despite weighing only 88 pounds.
"When he is a senior he could still be in that 114 class," Lesamiz said.
Yurian Gaytan, junior, was on track for a Top 5 finish at 198 pounds when he scratched on the bench press.
Shyanne Hoffman, junior, third at 97 pounds in her first year.
Brooklyn Velasco, senior, sixth at 148 pounds.
She was one of the team's leaders and helped start the program, the coach said.
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OK, the big news out of Piers Morgan's "My Life and Other Celebrities" column for the Daily Mail is that Sean Penn and Charlize Theron really are dating — a detail Penn confirmed to the CNN host at his Haiti fundraiser, held the night before the Golden Globes.
As the event wrapped up in the wee hours of the morning, Piers revealed in the column, he'd wished Penn, "Congrats on a great night. And congrats on Charlize too."
Penn, 53, laughed, Morgan said, then told him: "She's a keeper, that's for sure. … Well, I'll do my best to keep her anyway!"
So let's call that the final confirmation that they're a couple, after People reported they had their hands "all over each other" at the event, and that they rang in the new year together at Penn's place in Oahu, taking the same flight home and the next day reportedly leaving the 38-year-old actress' home in separate cars.
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Ted Nugent would not approve.
The high bidder for the post-2nd Amendment work of art, which Penn introduced by saying he'd been influenced to purge his stockpile by Theron and Morgan? It was CNN's silver fox Anderson Cooper, who at $1.4 million outbid Morgan while being egged on by Gwyneth Paltrow, Morgan said.
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AAA predicts the national average price of gas will slowly drop through the end of the year and will average between $3.20 and $3.40 a gallon by New Year's Day. The Oklahoma average will also fall, AAA predicts, to between $2.95 and $3.15 by the end of the year. To date, the lowest daily Oklahoma average of the year occurred during the first few days of the year when the price hovered at about $3.06.
The national low for the year so far also took place then, $3.28 a gallon on Jan. 1.
It appears the average price of gas for all of 2012 will be the most expensive of any year on record.The annual average to date is $3.63 a gallon, 12 cents more than the record set in 2011. Gas prices nationally would need to average about $2.05 a gallon through the end of this year to not break the record.
The largest one-week decline in national pump price averages this year was at the end of October, when it dropped 14 cents.The largest increase during a similar seven-day period was 15 cents per gallon as prices surged higher to end February.


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BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is again defending sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency. During a news conference in Germany today with Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) Obama said at least 50 threats have been averted in the U.S. and other countries. He insists both programs have strict court oversight.


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For anyone with a passing interest in radio astronomy this book is a revelation. Amateur Radio Astronomy shows how much radio amateurs have contributed to the science of radio astronomy and how the average amateur can make and set up equipment to study the signals coming from space.
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This book has no equivalent published elsewhere and the author has achieved a great balance between historical narrative and technical information. Amateur Radio Astronomy is not only 'a great read' but a practical reference for this fascinating topic.
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Just to make it clear, in I have nothing against rich people and I don't feel particularly sorry for poor ones. In normal circumstances, at least.
What I'm against is strong governments of any kind, because they always end up serving themselves, not the people. A tyranny or communism by definition have a strong government (otherwise they wouldn't be able to force people to stay), but democracy may end up with one too. Just spoil people with printed/borrowed money and they will unanimously vote for more government.
What comes next is an explosion of various laws and regulations (IP laws, import restriction, employment and immigration restriction, safety regulations, surveillance and censorship, ...). It doesn't matter what they do, as long as they place power in government's hands and make people more dependent. Stupid laws, which fight laws of economics or physics, are in fact preferable - they make it damn sure that no one else will even accidentally benefit from them.
Over time, the restrictions can become pretty severe (it's a long way down) but, as strange as it may seem, few people will notice that. Most will simply take them as a fact of life and will even argue for more of it.


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For most companies — even small and middle market ones — the business insurance portfolio represents a significant cost. Especially for companies with substantial manufacturing equipment, the "all in" cost of the enterprise's commercial insurance will normally be five to 10 times the cost of all outside accounting and finance services, and often will exceed all legal expenses. But in the deal process, the quality and cost of the acquired company's business insurance rarely receives a disciplined and independent assessment. Even sophisticated buyers normally perform only a rough-and-ready assessment of a targeted company's commercial insurance arrangements in the diligence process leading up to closing. Most of the time, they are missing a chance to reduce operating costs on day one of their new ownership, and the cost reductions could be material. Dealmakers and their counsel would serve their clients well by making sure that a studied analysis is conducted and discussed in detail before closing with capable brokers and product specialists, including the target's incumbent broker and an independent adviser. By rightsizing the insurance in place to meet the risk appetite of the new owner, and by taking a fresh look at the appropriateness of data driving premiums, savings generally will be in six figures for smaller companies, and often will reach seven figures for larger targets. Here's why and how: What usually happens in due diligence The usual approach to insurance diligence is the compilation of a list of the various policies in place, accompanied by a summary of the most essential information from the policy declarations. This is normally prepared by the seller's broker or the buyer's broker (who may be the same), and is then reviewed by buyer's counsel. The going-in assumption is that "insurance pretty much takes care of itself." Nothing approaching the buyer's financial analysis to scrub the quality of revenues or earnings is conducted. Questions central to the appropriateness of the target's insurance — and its cost — are usually not asked. And if they are, the answers are rarely independently tested. Two examples of frequently overlooked opportunities What, specifically, will a fresh look at the target's insurance purchases produce? The likely opportunities for cost reduction and coverage improvement are numerous, but here are two areas that in our work almost always result in revised approaches at materially less expense. 1) Estimates of business interruption loss by location are too high, resulting in higher property insurance premiums. For most companies, the property insurance program will be the most costly, usually accounting for at least half of consolidated insurance premiums. The premium charged for this coverage is computed from a base comprised of two sets of estimated values submitted by the target company. One set is the estimated cost to replace buildings, plant and equipment at each of the company's sites. The second set, known as the "business interruption" or "time element loss," is the estimate of lost gross profits for each site, assuming a hypothetical disablement of that site for a stipulated twelve-month period. The sum of these two sets of values constitutes the "total insured value" against which the premium is computed. An example: If the estimated cost of replacing all of the company's property and equipment is $500 million, and the total of all estimated business interruption loss is $500 million, the total insured value is $1 billion. If the insurance company has quoted a rate of 12 cents per dollar of insured estimated values, the annual premium will be $1.2 million. We consistently find that companies, large and small, tend to overestimate the amount of business interruption loss that will occur at many of their sites. It is not uncommon to find an estimate for a small manufacturing location equal to many times the historical annual EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for that site, or for a sales office to be listed with significant estimated profit loss. When this happens, premium is being paid for loss that can never be payable under the policy. In the example above, if the combined business interruption loss has been overestimated by $200 million, the target is paying $240,000 more in premium than it should be, assuming the quoted rate is appropriate. 2) Liability insurance disconnects with target's loss history and the nature of its business. The selection of liability insurance is normally driven by the risk appetite of the company purchasing it and the broker's success in recommending specialty policies. More attention should be paid to the actual paid loss history of the target under the coverage in place. Nothing else is as telling as to the appropriateness of the liability policies. One good example is coverage known as "employment practices liability" (EPL) insurance. Many companies, perhaps even your target, have purchased it, especially in recent years. This coverage can add value to companies with large employment forces but very small legal departments. The policy acts more like a claims handling mechanism than as true risk transfer insurance. In our reviews for companies, we usually find that these policies rarely produce a paid claim, because the self-insured retention (including for legal fees) is normally much higher than any historical paid claim, and the claims that present high cost exposures (such as claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act) are expressly excluded altogether. If paid claims over the past five years reflect less than 125% of the aggregate premium over that period (and you will find they often reflect 0 to 10%), you are looking at the opportunity to send real money directly to the bottom line.
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Proposed Action -- Approval -- Motion and second required.
Chair Thompson will address those in attendance and offer opportunity for comments on items on this agenda.
Chair Thompson will address the Board and present the Chair's report.
President Delaney will address the Board and present the President's report.
At their May 27, 2004 meeting, the Finance and Audit Committee meeting recommended changes to the University's naming policy to include guidelines for naming buildings after individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of the University. At the October 14, 2004 BOT meeting, trustees asked to review the policy at their next workshop and have it vetted through the University constituent groups again. The attached policy incorporates the recommended changes for approval by the Board of Trustees. The policy has been reviewed by legal counsel, administration, and the University's constituent groups.
Vice President Owen will address the Board and present an update from Tallahassee.
Proposed Action -- Report -- No motion required.
Chair Thompson will adjourn the meeting.
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Review: Amrut Fusion Single Malt Whisky
Posted by Arctic Wolf on April 1, 2014
The Amrut Distillery is situated in Bangalore 'the garden city' of India. The distillery sits in a tropical locale 3000 ft above sea level with its water source being the Himalayan Mountains.
The Amrut Fusion Single Malt Whisky is produced from two geographically disparate grains. The majority of the barley used to produce this whisky was grown and harvested at the foot of the Himalayan Mountains.This Punjabi barley was mashed, distilled and aged in the distillery at Bangalore. The distillery also uses a peated barley sourced in Scotland and this barley is as well brought to the facilities in Bangalore to be separately mashed, distilled and then aged until maturity. When each separately distilled whisky is ready, they are blended and then aged for a second period of time to allow the different whiskies flavours to marry in the barrel prior to bottling.
The Amrut Fusion Whisky is a single malt which represents the fusion of two different whiskies. It is bottled at 50 % alcohol by volume and is sold in various markets across the world including here in Alberta, Canada.
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Review: Amrut Fusion Single Malt Whisky
"… As the glass breathed I received strong notes of Demerara sugar and baking spices which brought impressions of dark rum and cola into the whisky aroma. The oak and the peated aromas carried the other scents and smells forward, and melded into them rather than dominated them. The result is a very complex whisky which brought many interesting nuances in the air …"
Accompanying this review is an excellent recipe suggestion, the Rob Roy Cocktail.
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Human security refers to the security of people and communities, as opposed to the security of states. It recognises that there are many different dimensions to feeling safe, ranging from freedom from fear, freedom from want and freedom to live in dignity. A people-centred approach to security has implications for how we do and understand conflict assessment, programme planning, implementation and evaluation of peacebuilding initiatives. It addresses sustainable peace by recognising the social, economic and political grievances that are often at the root of violent conflict and societal violence. It challenges us to consider participative ways of doing and evaluating our work. The human security approach is not only centred on people as objects of interventions, but also as providers of security in their own right.
As a founding principle for GPPAC's approach, our work on Human Security has served to strengthen our normative framework for policy engagements as well as bringing together the common threads and principles for the 'doing' of conflict prevention and peacebuilding in practice. This has focused on two main pillars:
1) defining and promoting a human security approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding, and
2) demonstrating and developing how such a human security approach can be 'operationalised'. The main principles we promote through human security are context-specificity; local ownership and inclusiveness; and multi-stakeholder engagement.
Projects and Initiatives
Empowerment & Protection - Stories of Human Security
In 2013-14, GPPAC member organisations spanning six regions of the world undertook to explore and document what "people's perspectives on Human Security" might look like in their respective contexts. This project, and the collective reflections of those involved, contributed to sharpening GPPAC's position on human security
Civil Society for a Human Security Strategy in Mali
In a consortium led by WANEP, GPPAC and Human Security Collective have supported the efforts to strengthen Malian local civil society groups to play a role in supporting mediation efforts, fostering resilient societies and countering violent extremism through a human security approach.


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LOST LAKE — There is no such thing as "another day at the office" for Kathryn Rothrock and her crew.
There are trails to be repaired, trash to be picked up, and bridges — literal and figurative — to be built.
It's all in a day's work for the teens from Hood River employed by the U.S. Forest Service Youth Conservation Corps crew, who wind up their eight-week summer next week helping take care of the trails and campgrounds around Mount Hood.
"I would have to say there is nothing I'd rather be doing," said Rothrock, a Hood River resident who is in her second year as Hood River crew leader. "We have the prettiest office and I have some great co-workers this year."
The Barlow District leader is Lisa Rockford of White Salmon.
"I have really good crew leaders this year," said David Gross of Dufur, who has been with YCC since 1974, and served as coordinator since 1987.
Five-member crews from Hood River and the Dufur area are employed each summer under the YCC program, which is mostly funded via private grants.
"What's unique about our program is the environment people are in," Gross said. "There's something about being out in the magnificent forest we have here.
"I don't now what it does, but it somehow makes them want to be here and contribute, and work together. They work a lot as a team, and they know upfront they will work as a team," Gross said.
Last week the Mount Hood crew completed work on a trail bridge in the Lost Lake day use area, one they had built themselves, working from a rough sketch provided by trail specialist Kenny Coles.
"The crew put the bridge in essentially on their own from a scratch drawing on paper," Gross said. "Kenny didn't have time to help them, but he got them going and this crew took that piece of paper and implemented it and did a darn good job."
"We've all learned a lot about building trails and building this bridge," said Jen Mikkelson, a junior at Hood River Valley High School. "I've learned how to put my head down and put our differences aside, and how to work together."
"I've enjoyed making friends," Lucero Gutierrez said of what she got from the experience. "I knew my co-workers at school, and had seen them around but now I've been getting to know them and what they're like. We're learning skills and new friends."
For Jarrett Ball, "this is a valuable work experience. I'd never built a trail or dug rain ditches, and now I know like the right angles and things. It's been a fun and cooperative experience since we're working in a five-man crew." He'll be a senior at HRVHS this summer.
Manuel Garcia, who graduated in 2012, said the biggest lesson he takes from his summer is "having more respect for the Forest Service, how they have to deal with a lot of things, like the trash people leave behind, and they do this year-round; not just eight weeks like we do.
"I've really enjoyed getting outdoors and going on the hikes — a lot of times we have to hike into wherever we're working," he said. "Getting to go on hikes on the job is really fun. I've learned people are extremely messy outdoors."
One of the worst experiences for the crew has been dealing with bags of dog excrement.
"It would have decomposed if they had left it there, but for some reason they pick it up and put it in a bag and toss it into the woods for us to pick up," Mikkelson said.
That is counterbalanced by the times trail users have thanked them for their service.
Gutierrez said, "We've had that quite a bit. One woman told us, 'Thank you for doing your job.'"
Rothrock said, "We passed a jogger after we had done some trail work and he said, 'Hey, are you guys the ones who built the trail back up?' and we said, 'Actually, yeah, we are.' And that's a pretty good feeling."
The two four-member crews are the smallest ones Gross has overseen; down from five in recent years.
"It's all funding-dependent, and the money is hard to come by, and this year it was even harder," Gross said, explaining that most of this year's funding comes again from the Oregon-based private Trust Management Services. "I'm grateful they continue to fund us," he said.
The woman in charge was a crew leader in the first YCC program on Mount Hood National Forest in 1974, back when YCC was a residential program at Camp Cody, located near Tygh Valley. The residential format grew too expensive and was phased out in 1991.
The 2012 funds also come from the state Oregon Youth Conservation Corps program and Hood River County Juvenile Department. Support also comes from the Office of Civil Rights, since the program hires Hispanic youth. But Gross said the inclusion of federal funds is "an anomaly," though YCC started in the 1960s as a federal program.
"Funding is always an issue and this year it was an even bigger issue," he said. He works year-round to access grants, since the ones he pursues are on different timelines.
For 2013, Gross said, "I would say the chances are at least we will have a similar size program, if not back to a five-person crew. Chances are I won't have money to do two crews, and I might have to pick one side of the district or the other.
"Some funds are more focused on one ranger district, on one county, than the other," he said. "The funds are kind of pooled together, but I do have to be cognizant of where the funds come from."
Gross starts his day in Dufur, where he sees the crew every morning, gets them "lined out," usually speaks with Rothrock on the phone, and then heads to the Parkdale area to make contact with the crew.
In the past 15 years, Gross has taken on extensive outreach and education work with volunteer groups, students, community service work crews and others, including recruiting at college campuses for Forest Service employment.
"I get a huge amount of satisfaction out of helping people grow into their potential — whether it's YCC or crew leaders or a high school kid who comes out for a job shadow or a community service crew who comes out, or university students I talk to — I'm helping them develop. One reason why at the age of 68 I'm still doing what I do; it is so satisfying."
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In the day and age of the spread offense, there's still a lot to be said for old-school, smash-mouth football. Run the ball, play defense, advance in the playoffs. That has been the mantra for every team in our coverage area that qualified for the post-season – Navarro in Class-3A, Division-II, Marion in Class-2A, Division-I, and even Lifegate in TAPPS Six-Man, Division-II.
With teams built around a strong running game and dominant defense, each program finds itself three rounds deep into the playoffs for the first time in the history of their respective schools.
Navarro, as you've no doubt heard by now, put on a blocking and tackling CLINIC in its 31-0 shutout of San Antonio-Sam Houston at Lenhoff Stadium in Friday's area round game. The Hurricanes, coached by former Baylor All-American and NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Gary Green, were supposed to be an unstoppable combination of mamoth size and blinding speed, but they looked utterly and completely lost against a tougher, more physical Panther team that out-executed them in every facet of the game.
Sam Houston's defensive line outweighed Navarro's offensive line by an average of something close to 60 lbs per man, but it was the smaller Panthers who consistently won the battle up front, generated a big push off the ball, and as a result, churned out 414 rushing yards. The statistical beneficiaries were backs Eric Schleier (207 yards, 3 TD), and Kirk Chalmers (161 yards), but let's give big props to Zane Zimmerman, Ronnie Carter, Justin Velasquez, T.J. Shannon, Ruben Hernandez, tight-end Cody Jandt, and the rest of the o-line rotation for physically WHIPPING the bigger, allegedly more athletic Sam Houston defenders lined up on the other side.
The Hurricanes boasted the same imposing size on their offensive line, and Navarro's smaller defense held them to 14 total yards. Digest that for a minute….FOURTEEN total yards. That's as dominant a defensive performance as you'll ever see. Zane Conline, Tate Johnson, Roman Esparza, and Travis Delany absolutely manhandled the collection of Sam Houston behemoths on the other side, and that allowed linebackers Chris Sestak, Schleier, Jordan Poole (who returned a pick 31 yards for Navarro's first touchdown), and Sean Hancock, as well as d-backs John Bormann, Gage Bowles (also had an INT), and Bryan Aguilar to completely bottle up the Hurricanes explosive skill-position players like Javoi Lawson and JeQuan McBride.
Again…it comes back to blocking and tackling. You're not going to see a team in the Texas high school football playoffs, at any level, who does those two things better than the Navarro Panthers. Might see a bigger team. Might see a faster team. Might see a team with more talent and more future college players. But you will not, will not, and I mean WILL NOT see a team that executes better or gets any more out of the talent it does have than Navarro.
Go check the Panthers out against Mathis (another Slot-T team) in the 3A-Division-II Region 4 semifinals this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Rutledge Stadium in Converse. If you can't attend, listen to the broadcast on 1580-AM, KWED, or at www.seguintoday.com.
Marion has also won its first two playoff games by running the ball and playing defense, but the Bulldogs are as versatile on offense as any 2A team you'll find. They'll line up in the I-formation on one play with a fullback and tight end, and without changing their personnel grouping, they'll line up in a five-wide spread with an empty backfield on the next snap.
Sean Hesler has been spectacular in two post-season games, delivering Youtube worthy (heck…SportsCenter worthy) highlight-reel quality touchdown runs against both Hempstead and George West. His summersault in the air over two defenders and into the end zone against the Longhorns last Thursday (33-7 Marion win) was breathtaking to watch. Tailback Doug Giles has been the meat-and-potatoes man, gashing defenses between the tackles. Fullback Sean Wolff might lead block out of the I on one play, carry for 12 yards on the next, and catch a 30-yard pass on a skinny post out of the slot on the next. Tight-end Austin Langemeier can flex out as a wide receiver at any time, and wideout Nathan DeHoyos is a lock for First Team All-District 13-2A, D-I at his position after leading the district in catches and receiving yards during the regular season. Versatility is the name of the game for these guys, but it's still the power running game that allows everything to fall into place.
As for Marions' defense? How about an average of seven points and 135 total yards per game allowed through two playoff games. How about 60 total yards for three-plus quarters for George West after its initial 80-yard TD drive in the Bulldogs 33-7 win Thursday night. Defensive ends Derek Pierce and Langemeier are emerging as a nightmarish tandem for opposing O-lines to deal with, middle linebacker Victor Garza is as sure a tackler as you'll see, and Hesler and DeHoyos are so good in the secondary that Marion has the luxury of loading extra guys in the box to defend the run. This isn't to leave anybody else out, but those are the guys who really stood out against George West.
Again…run the ball, play defense, advance.
Marion meets Lago Vista – a team that defeated the Bulldogs 46-20 on October 22 en route to the District 13-2A, D-I championship – in the third round of the playoffs at Burger Stadium in Austin on Saturday at 7 p.m. Of course, we'll have the broadcast live on 1580-AM, KWED, and at www.seguintoday.com, with pre-game coverage at 6 p.m.
Lifegate follows this formula as well, though most wouldn't associate those principles with six-man football. When you think six-man football, you think wide open. You think choose up sides in the back yard – one mississippi, two mississippi, three mississippi, five guys running deep, throw it deep. Lifegate can certainly play that way if needs or wants to, but the Falcons' bread and butter has been keeping the ball on the ground with Matt Akin and Caleb Tate, a duo that has been virtually unstoppable this season.
You also associate six-man football with scores that read more like basketball, but Lifegate has kept its opponents in the neighborhood of 14 points per game this season. That's dominant defense in 11-man football, and it's almost unheard of at the six-man level. It's as big a reason that the Falcons are legit state championship contenders as anything they do on offense. The same guys – Akin and Tate – lead the way, and Tyler Swisher and Kolton Coffman have really emerged on that side of the ball as well.
Run the ball, play defense, advance.
After downing Lubbock-Christ the King and Wichita Falls-Notre Dame in the first two rounds of the playoffs, Lifegate earns a rematch with the team that eliminated them in 2009 – Brenham Christian Academy – in Leander this Saturday at 2 p.m. We'll have the broadcast on 1580-AM, KWED, and online at www.seguintoday.com, with pre-game coverage at 1:30.


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An Oklahoma judge has ordered a 17 year old man found guilty of DUI related manslaughter to go to church once a week for ten years. The American Civil Liberties Union has taken exception to it. Per the article:
Initially there was little outcry in Muskogee, Okla., last week when a judge, as a condition of a youth's probation for a driving-related manslaughter conviction, sentenced him to attend church regularly for 10 years....But as word of the ruling spread in state and national legal circles, constitutional experts condemned it as a flagrant violation of the separation of church and state. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union said it would file a complaint against Judge Norman with the Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints, an agency that investigates judicial misconduct, seeking an official reprimand or other sanctions. We see a judge who has shown disregard for the First Amendment of the Constitution in his rulings," said Ryan Kiesel, executive director of the civil liberties union branch in Oklahoma....Randall T. Coyne, a professor of criminal law at the University of Oklahoma, agreed that the judge's church requirement was unconstitutional. But unless the defendant fights the ruling, he said, civil liberties advocates have no way to challenge it in court, leaving the complaint to the judicial review agency as their only option.
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This cannot stand. This is a per se violation of the First Amendment. It would also qualify as cruel and unusual punishment were the victim a non-believer. It violates much of the Bill of Rights and will not stand if pursued to SCOTUS, where not even Scalia would want to touch it.
No matter how ridiculous this is I'll bet the judge has quite a theist following regarding it. I'm glad the ACLU is pursuing it. I would like to see something done about having 'In God We Trust' on our money as well.
The other parts of the judge's "alternative sentence" sound like reasonable restorative justice.
But even if the defendant agreed to the church attendance condition, that part is still unconstitutional:
Mr. Alred told the court that he was happy to agree to church attendance and other mandates — including that he finish high school and train as a welder, and shun alcohol, drugs and tobacco for a year. By doing so, he is avoiding a 10-year prison sentence and has a chance to make a fresh start.
But his acquiescence does not change the law, Mr. Kiesel and others pointed out. "Alternative sentencing is something that should be encouraged, but there are many options that don't violate the Constitution," Mr. Kiesel said. "A choice of going to prison or to church — that is precisely the type of coercion that the First Amendment seeks to prevent."
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I too am glad the ACLU is pursuing it. (And can do without any sort of theism or "ceremonial deism" on our money as well. How about "In Good We Trust"?)
I like 'In Good We Trust'. I think the good without god approach is the way to go.
I completely agree! But man! If the judge's goal was to be punitive, he sure achieved it! I can't think of a worse punishment--I think I'd rather go to jail...but there's so many holy rollers there now (I hear) it's probably just as bad.
Unless the judge is a complete and absolute moron (which, I might add, is a distinct possibility), he knew damned well what he was doing was unconstitutional. However, in Oklahoma, trial judges are elected for 4 year terms. Sounds like pandering to the wingnut religious voting base to me. And, let's say the ACLU is successful in their charge to the State Board or State Supreme Court that hears these judicial complaints. What's the worst that will probably happen? He'll receive a reprimand or sanctions. And then, with all the phony piety he can muster, get on local TV and espouse the bullshit "Christian persecution" meme that we hear everyday. And guess what happens in November when he's on the ballot again? The arm waving tambourine bangers insure he gets to keep the black robe.
Q: What do you call a lawyer with an IQ under 50?
A: "Your honor."
Well put.
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PORTSMOUTH — Efforts to recover a sunken tugboat from the bottom of the Piscataqua River were delayed again Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship's owner continued devising a method to raise the vessel.
Two crew members escaped injury Wednesday when the Benjamin Bailey became pinned against a barge at the Memorial Bridge construction site and capsized.
The 1,200-horsepower tugboat is owned by Riverside and Pickering Marine Contractors in Eliot, Maine. It was being operated under contract with Archer Western Contractors, the company running the bridge project.
Crews have been gearing up to try to raise the ship intermittently since Wednesday afternoon. At one point, the owner of the boat was considering using inflatable air bags to lift the ship back to the surface.
However, it was determined Thursday that recovering the 55-foot-tugboat might ultimately require a large crane, according to New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) spokesman Jim Martin.
"I believe that they have a plan in place," he said. "I think that it involves bringing a barge with a large crane on board up from the Boston area. I think that they are still working out the time frame."
Martin said DES has been on scene since Wednesday to monitor whether any of the diesel fuel inside the ship's fuel tanks has leaked into the Piscataqua River.
A Coast Guard representative told Foster's on Wednesday that oil booms were being deployed in the water because material was seen escaping from the ship, forming a light sheen on the surface of the water.
Martin said it's unknown what material is seeping from the ship, which was also equipped with materials such as hydraulic oil.
"The only information I have is that there has been reported a light sheen in the area of the boat, and that we have collection measures — some absorbent booms and pads — in the area to try to keep that from escaping the area," Martin said.
Martin said divers went underwater Thursday attempting to plug vents on the ship's fuel tank, from which diesel could hypothetically be leaking.
"Any of the diesel that was released may have escaped via these vents," he said.
Martin down played the likelihood that DES would penalize the boat owner for delays in removing the ship from the scene.
"That is always an option that we have available," he said, "but usually, as long as the owner of the vessel is being responsive and doing what he needs to do to get the ship raised, we generally just want to work with the owners to remove the environmental threat, versus unnecessarily imposing a fine."
A spokesman from the Coast Guard did not return a call seeking comment Thursday.
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PORTSMOUTH — Efforts to recover a sunken tugboat from the bottom of the Piscataqua River were delayed again Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship's owner continued devising a method to raise the vessel.


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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – An 8-year-old girl who was struck by an arrow while on a school field trip at the University of California, Berkeley does not appear to have been shot intentionally, campus police said Thursday.
Investigators are still trying to reconstruct the arrow's trajectory to pinpoint where it came from and who shot it as the center is located not too far from a residential area, Capt. Steven Roderick said.
"We have no real specific information yet," Roderick said. "But, at this time, it doesn't appear that someone intentionally tried to shoot at the little girl with an arrow."
Nadine Hairston was sliding down a life-sized model of a fin whale outside UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science Tuesday when she felt a sting from a 20-inch crossbow arrow that hit her in the thigh.
"I looked down, because I'm not exactly running, and I see the arrow in my skin," Nadine told KNTV-TV. "I was scared. I was shaking. It was really scary."
As she started crying, Nadine said her teacher rushed to her aid. To stay calm, she said they sang songs by country star Taylor Swift in the ambulance until they arrived at a hospital in nearby Oakland.
There, the third-grader needed surgery to remove the arrow, her relieved mother, Alicia Hairston of San Rafael, told the TV station.
Nadine stayed at the hospital overnight Tuesday, was back at home recuperating on Wednesday and planned to spend a half-day at school on Thursday, her mother said.
"I feel lucky that it hit her where it hit her because it didn't hit any arteries, any bones, any muscles or any veins," Hairston said.
"It could've been so much worse," she said.
Doctors say Nadine is expected to make a full recovery, Hairston said.
Police are focusing on an area just north of the science center, Roderick said. While officers have discovered several other arrows of different sizes in the area, they don't know if it's related to Tuesday's shooting, he added.
"There are a lot of kids up there visiting the center on a daily basis, so we're really lucky that it wasn't a more serious injury," said Roderick, who hopes someone will come forward with information.
Meanwhile, Nadine and her mother asked aloud who would hit her with an arrow.
"Why would you do that?" the girl asked.
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If you were one of the many curious people who sidled up to the gate at inaugural BaconFest Florida at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek a couple of weekends ago, only to find that it was sold out, take heed: The festival folks feel your pork-deprived pain.
Rumor has it that talks took place this week in which the casino said it planned to double the size of the 2014 event, which this year drew nearly 2,500 visitors to feast on 2,000 pounds of bacony goodness put forth by more than 20 vendors. Next year's event will also include more music, food and drink offerings, a source said.
This year's BaconFest, hosted by Chef Todd Fisher from Discovery Channel's "United States of Bacon," included a performance by the Bacon Brothers Band (the six-piece rock ensemble led by actor Kevin and composer brother Michael) and an opening set by the Dan Band.
Organizers would do well to bring both back: the Bacons for their soulful brand of Americana and engaging stage presence (video below), and Dan Finnerty for his reliably profane set of pop favorites, which included iconic tunes from the movies "Old School" ("Total Eclipse of the Heart") and "The Hangover" ("Candy Shop"), as well as insane treatments of "Shoop," "Glamorous Life," "Ring My Bell" and Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie."
While doubling the capacity of the 2014 BaconFest, you have to hope organizers more than double the number of vendors to alleviate lines. One guest (that would be me) waited in line about 20 minutes for the Melting Pot's bacon milkshake only to find that the blender, just purchased for the occasion, had given out. The power of bacon.
Among the big hits at BaconFest, and sure to be invited back next year: Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton, which served a bacon and jalapeno ragoon with chimichurri sauce and shot of strawberry lemonade with bacon salt, winner of the best appetizer award; Gimme A Burger of Deerfield Beach, which won best entrée for its coffee-infused, bacon-wrapped cheese burger with a coffee-brown sugar rub (odd, but you'd line up for seconds, trust me); and Bacon Bites (a national retailer), which won best dessert for its bacon strips coated in peanut butter and chocolate.
Also memorable: the bacon-wrapped chorizo and goat cheese from Dada in Delray Beach; Smokey Bones' bacon-infused cheddar pretzel slider (yeah, I had four, so what?); the chocolate, peanut butter and bacon mousse from La Marquise Desserts in Coral Springs; and the bacon-maple cupcakes (like eating a French toast breakfast in a single bite) from Jodi's Cupcakes in Boca Raton.
Something else to think about for next year: Some of fashion was inspired, with porked-out ensembles ranging from head to toe, sexy to stupid, but all of it thoughtful and fun. Bacon bikini, anyone? Info: SeminoleCoconutCreekCasino.com.
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Hi everybody, I've spent a week in Marsa Alam and I eventually tested my Riot XR2 LW15. I bought it in september but, till last week, I couldn't test it as I desired before reporting to the forum.
The wind in Marsa was quite light for the entire week with the exception of one day (I pumped my 11 that day), so I had 5 sessions with the 15 LW.
The first impression, in comparison with my "old" XR1 17, is that this new kite is designed to have a less "train-like" pull. Power delivery is more gentle and progressive, I never had the sensation to be pulled hardly in gusts. This does not mean the kite is not powerful, I was going upwind full power in 10 knots. It means I didn't have the sensation of being pulled by a truck (that is the reason I switched to the 15!). In 9 to 12 knots I used the 3 mts line extensions and the standard 2nd knot setting (back lines). I also used a big light wind board when it was really light. In "normal" 10 knots, I rode my 134x40 TT.. One day it was blowing 12 to 16 and I decided to rig the kite without the extensions at the first knot on the back lines. What a different riding guys!! With this setting, the 15 is a real freeride machine in the 12-20 knots range!
About speed, the Riot is very impressive: it's fast and responsive, especially without the extensions. With this setting, I could barely notice the difference in comparison with a normal 12.
Final judgement: a perfect freeride kite for the 10-20 knts range. Not a real light wind machine (there are also the 17 and the 19 if you really need power) but a very versatile kite with a big range, capable to transform itself from a light wind weapon to a (quite) fast freeride.
Quality good as usual, QR simple and easy to operate once you get used to the "turn to operate" system.


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It seems there was a good reason for Gretchen Rossi's appearance at the American Music Awards on Sunday night. A new report reveals the Real Housewives of Orange County star is getting ready to launch her music career.
"I'm actually getting involved in the music industry," said Gretchen while walking the AMA red carpet. In fact, Gretchen also brought along music producer Bryan Todd to the awards show.
Todd has produced music for the likes of Jordin Sparks and Ashley Tisdale. "We're going to work together on some music stuff," said Todd.
So does this mean stiff competition for fellow tone-deaf singing housewife Kim Zolciak? "Maybe," she said. "You'll have to wait and see. There may be some competition for Kim."


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