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Game Notes vs. WPI | Program vs. WPI
Setting the Scene… USMMA returns home for a Saturday afternoon match-up with WPI. The Mariners have suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in 2012 and will look to bounce back against the Engineers. WPI is coming off of a bye week while Merchant Marine fell to Springfield on the road, 66-13. However, the Engineers have struggled throughout the season and are currently riding a five game losing streak. The Mariners will be playing their last contest of October as they head into a bye week after Saturday's meeting with WPI.
Series History... Merchant Marine leads the all-time series against the Engineers, 14-6. USMMA defeated WPI, 34-27, last season in Worcester, MA. In that game, Alex Coviello (Cape Coral, FL) and John-Leon Gosselin (Nashua, NH) both rushed for over 100 yards. Last year's contest was a wild affair that featured six lead changes, including three in the final two minutes. WPI's last victory in the series came in 2008, a 23-10 decision.
Home Sweet Home… The Mariners have fared much better at home in 2012, posting a 2-1 record at Brooks Stadium. The USMMA offense is averaging 87 more rushing yards per game and four extra first downs per game when playing at home. The defense has also fared better at Tomb Field, surrendering 15 less points per game while on their home turf. A triumph over WPI would secure a winning home record for USMMA in 2012.
Avoid a Streak; Avoid a Loss?… In all four of Merchant Marine's losses this season their opponent has rattled off 20 unanswered points at some point in the game. In the Mariners three victories in 2012 an opponent has scored back-to-back touchdowns on just one occasion.
Scouting the Engineers... WPI is averaging just 12.0 points per game in 2012, which ranks last in the Liberty League. Running back Chris Turner leads the Engineers offense with 303 yards while averaging 5.7 yards per carry. Zach Grasis is the Engineer with the most trips to the end zone with four in 2012. WPI passers have combined for 11 interceptions and only two touchdowns this season. The Engineers boast the top tackler in the Liberty League in Shaine Grogan. Grogan has totaled 61 stops this season, including 42 solo tackles and 5.0 for a loss. Grogan's 10.2 tackles per game currently ranks him in the top-50 in NCAA Division III. The WPI defense ranks sixth in the conference, surrendering an average of 379.7 yards per game.
Around the Liberty League... There were just two games contested among Liberty League opponents last week with Springfield winning at home and RPI notching a road victory. Hobart and Union, both coming off of a bye, are the two remaining unbeaten teams atop the league standings. WPI and St. Lawrence currently occupy the cellar and are still looking to crack the win column in conference play. The conferences' top teams will face stiff tests in week seven as Hobart takes on RPI and Union plays hosts to Rochester (NY). The Statesmen have represented the Liberty League throughout the season in the top-ten in the nation as chosen by the weekly AFCA Division III poll.
Get the Tape Measure… Quarterback Alex Coviello (Cape Coral, FL) completed the longest pass of the 2012 season in the closing moments of the first quarter against Springfield. Westin Haddock (Merritt Island, FL) hauled in the 62 yard touchdown reception after beating the Pride defense down the center of the field. The score was USMMA's first of the game, at the time making it a 14-7 affair.
Success Through The Air… The Mariners faced an early deficit last week against Springfield, forcing USMMA to rely on the passing game more than usual. Coviello and Luke Stidham (Baltimore, MD) combined for 9-of-15 and one touchdown without an interception versus the Pride. The duo's 183 passing yards set a 2012 team high for USMMA.
Washington Stands Tall … Junior Tyler Washington (Chatham, NY) leads the Merchant Marine defense with 56 total tackles in 2012, including 45 solo stops. He also has one interception and 1. 5 tackles for a loss on his season stat line. Washington was the team's leading tackler last week against Springfield, recording ten total stops.
Thriving Under Pressure… USMMA's three victories have all come in one possession games. The Mariners knocked off Coast Guard by six points, Maritime (NY) by five points, and RPI in a three point affair. All three of Merchant Marine's losses in 2012 have been by a double digit margin.
Up Next... The Mariners will get to rest during a bye week after their tilt with the Engineers. In two weeks, USMMA will travel to Schenectady, NY to square-off with Union (NY).

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Buckle up and get ready for BlackBerry® DEVCON 2010 – it's just around the corner! If you're an enterprise developer, look no further – we have a number of exciting enterprise sessions to offer you. I would first encourage you to review the Session Catalog, but below you will find my picks for the three top sessions covering commercial enterprise development.
DEV50: Mobilizing Web Services Using BlackBerry Widgets and the BlackBerry Browser
If you are looking for a one-stop shop to learn how to quickly and easily mobilize web services, I would recommend you attend this session. You will learn the details of how to leverage the BlackBerry® Widgets and BlackBerry® Browser technology to bring your application to market more quickly than ever before.
COM32: Create Powerful Enterprise-ready BlackBerry Widgets
Do you want to learn how to develop an enterprise-ready application from start to finish? This session really caught my eye, since the speaker will be sharing his experiences in how easy it can be to develop and deploy an application in an enterprise within a matter of days. Attend this session and don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn how to transform your enterprise application into a Super App!
DEV39: Deploying Consumer and Enterprise applications – Overview
Once you have developed your application, now what? This question will be answered in this practical session, which is one of my favorites as it speaks to all the different ways you can deploy your application to your end users. Whether you are an Administrator or an enterprise developer, you will learn all the mechanics involved in pushing your application over the air by using the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and by downloading from the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. Don't miss this one!
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The Brooklyn Nets gave P.J. Carlesimo a victory in his debut and the Charlotte Bobcats a 17th straight loss, getting 26 points and 11 rebounds from Brook Lopez in a 97-81 rout Friday night.
A day after firing Avery Johnson, the Nets played as they did last month, when they were 11-4 and Johnson was Eastern Conference coach of the month. They are just 4-10 in December, a slump that cost Johnson his job, but got back over .500 with ease.
Deron Williams added 17 of his 19 points in the first half and Joe Johnson had 16 for the Nets, who led by 29 points and won for just the second time in seven games.
Hakim Warrick scored 13 points and Ramon Sessions had 12 for the Bobcats (7-22), who shot 38 percent and haven't won since tying last season's total with their seventh victory.
Of course, nobody is expecting the Bobcats to be any good. Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov believes his team is, and he acted quickly when he didn't like the team's spirit.
He revealed at halftime he had decided to fire Johnson last week, even before the lackluster performance on national TV against Boston on Christmas that preceded a dismal showing Wednesday in Milwaukee. The Nets fired Johnson on Thursday and promoted Carlesimo, his assistant, to interim coach.
Though names such as Phil Jackson and other top coaches have already been mentioned as replacements, Prokhorov said he wants Carlesimo to be the coach and the Nets to support him.
Carlesimo last coached his own team when he was fired by the Oklahoma City Thunder after a 1-12 start to the 2008-09 season. He previously had stints in Portland and Golden State, but said before the game he was a little more apprehensive than normal for his return to running his own club.
"Your head's spinning a little bit, you're trying to think of all the things that were second nature," Carlesimo said. "Hopefully I haven't forgotten. I'm old, but hopefully I haven't forgotten."
It was quickly obvious he had nothing to worry about.
The Bobcats missed 13 of their first 16 shots, making it easy for the Nets. Brooklyn scored nine straight in the middle of the first quarter to open a 12-point lead, extended it to 18 later in the period, and were ahead 33-15 headed to the second.
Williams, who missed Wednesday's game with a bruised right wrist and came into the game shooting under 40 percent for the season, was 7 of 14 from the field. Lopez, the starting center whose seven-game absence with a foot injury started the Nets' downward spiral, was 9 of 12 and made all eight free throws.


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smackLAN needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 12 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
This is a contest for Transverse Styles, a leading vBulletin and Invision Power Board forum software skin reseller.
Transverse Styles
I have gone through a couple of designs and have not found what I feels best conveys what we do, and that we are the best at it. I'm looking for something clean, yet colorful. Easy navigation and an area to showcase current offerings, news, specials, etc. I would prefer something that can be coded fluid. I like rounded corners and subtle shading. Most of all, this design needs to present us as a professional business but on the cutting edge of design. You can view our current design at http://www.transversestyles.com to get an idea of some design techniques we like.
For those of you having problems reaching the site, here is another URL where you can view a screenshot of the current design:
- Top navigation for multiple pages with rollover effects
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Rhonda Blanford-Green is a former track star who has been displaying her speed in her new job as Colorado High School Activities Association commissioner.
Blanford-Green was hired in March and his …
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Blanford-Green was hired in March and his been proactive in addressing issues and initiating new concepts that could foil unanticipated issues.
Sometimes the old-school ways have to be tweaked, and Blanford-Green banks on her experience.
"What I bring to the table is a different perspective and I've seen it differently," she said.
Blanford-Green, a 1981 Aurora Central graduate, set several Colorado track and field records that stood for years. She won 18 conference championships as a collegiate standout at Nebraska, where she was an 11-time track All-American and competed in several international events.
She worked 16 years for the CHSAA as an assistant/associate commissioner, was the executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association for three seasons and was an assistant executive director the Louisiana High School Athletic Association from 2015 until returning to Colorado.
The CHSAA held a media day Aug. 30 with a round-table discussion, and a much-needed format for interviews after state championship games was revealed.
"Our vision and mission was building relationships with our media," said Blanford-Green. "We wanted a round-table discussion in an informal matter and not at a state championship, where sometimes those conversations don't go very well. In a non-competitive atmosphere we can really start to build those relationships, having an open dialogue with our media partners."
The CSHAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, a group consisting of doctors, school personnel and athletic trainers, met earlier in the day, and the launching of a Head, Heart and Heat Program was announced, which focuses on three major areas of concern for student safety.
Blanford-Green revealed that all art departments in CHSAA member schools have been advised that one student will create the logo for the Head, Heart and Heat Program. The student who designs the winning logo will be paid for the copyright for that logo.
"This isn't reactionary," said Blanford-Green. "This is proactivity that we understand where we need to be going, and this is kind of like when you see the CHSAA logo, it might be a more modern look, you know this is from CHSAA and it has to do with safety and right now there is nothing that does that for us."
Fast start
Chaparral senior Adrienne Visintine started the softball season with a bang and was named the MaxPreps/NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) National High School Player of the Week for games played Aug. 21-27.
Visintine, an outfielder who has committed to play at Coastal Carolina, had a slugging percentage of 3.000 with three home runs and a double in five at-bats and started the season with a 1.000 batting average. She drove in seven runs, scored nine times and reached base safely in 11 plate appearances.
She was 3-for-3 with a homer and double, had three runs batted in and scored three runs in a 12-4 win over Wheat Ridge. She walked four times in a 9-5 loss to Ralston Valley but scored three of the Wolverines' five runs. In a 20-0 victory over Overland, Visintine belted two homers, had four RBI, scored twice and drew a walk.
"The first week of high school softball has been very exciting and I'm grateful that my hard work is paying off," Visintine said. "I look forward to all the challenges that lie ahead both on and off the field!"
Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at email@example.com or at 303-566-4083.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Whiskey Wednesday: Bourbon Law for Whiskey Geeks
The Basics
Nowadays, most everyone who is a whiskey lover seems to know the basics: Bourbon is required to be made from a mash of at least 51% corn, must be made in the United States (not just Kentucky) and must be stored in new, charred oak. 27 CFR § 5.22(b)(1)(i).
Bourbon has no Age Requirement
It seems to be a common misconception that bourbon has to be aged for two years. That is not the case unless it is labeled "straight bourbon." There is no ageing requirement for bourbon, only the requirement, mentioned above, that it be "stored" in charred new oak containers. If you store it for ten minutes, it is bourbon. Straight bourbon, on the other hand, must be aged for two years. 27 CFR § 5.22(b)(1)(iii). Bourbon that is bottled in bond (BIB) must be at least four years old. 27 CFR § 5.42(b)(3)(iii). If any bourbon is less than four years old, it must state the age on the label. 27 CFR § 5.40.
People seem to have trouble absorbing the fact that bourbon does not need to be aged for any distinct period of time. There are likely two reasons for this common misconception. First, in many whiskey producing nations, including Scotland and Canada, there is a mandatory ageing period of three years. Second, up until the craft distillery revolution of the last four or five years, nearly all bourbon available for sale in the US was straight bourbon and, therefore, required to be aged for at least two years. The concept of bourbon that wasn't straight was mostly theoretical. Now, with the onset of the craft distilleries, there are many bourbons on the market that have been aged for much less than two years.
Some Whiskey May Contain Coloring
This is really the same issue as with ageing. Straight whiskey may not contain any coloring or flavoring, but no such restriction is imposed on whiskey that does not carry the "straight" designation, 27 CFR § 5.23(a)(3), and added caramel coloring does not need to be disclosed on the label of non-straight whiskey. 27 CFR § 5.39(b)(3). However, the TTB's Beverage Alcohol Manual states that bourbon of any kind (not just straight) cannot contain coloring or flavoring. The Manual is not an official regulation, but it is a guideline as to how the TTB interprets the regulation, so for now, the TTB is apparently interpreting it in a way that prohibits coloring and flavoring in any bourbon, though they do allow coloring in non-straight rye, wheat and corn whiskeys.
Can Bourbon be Finished in Wine Casks?
Once bourbon has been stored in its legally required new charred oak, can it be transferred to wine or other casks and still be labeled bourbon or straight bourbon? Following the lead of Scotch, where finishing has been quite popular for about a decade, several distilleries have transferred bourbon to used wine casks to benefit from the flavoring of those wines.
This is not a clear issue under the regulations. They do state that the addition of any "coloring, flavoring or blending material" can change the designation of the spirit. 27 CFR § 5.23(a)(1). However, "harmless coloring, flavoring, or blending materials" can be added under certain circumstances without changing the designation of the spirit. One such allowance is for the addition of wine if it is "customarily employed...in accordance with established trade usage" and if it does not total more than 2.5% of the total finished product. 27 CFR § 5.23(a)(2). However, no such coloring, flavoring or blending materials, including the aforementioned wine, can be added to straight whiskey. 27 CFR § 5.23(a)(3).
The threshold question with regard to cask finishing is whether the use of a wine cask constitutes a "coloring, flavoring or blending material." I would think not, since there is nothing being added. Of course, the entire purpose of using a wine cask is so that the bourbon will absorb some of the wine which is locked in the wood (or in some cases has actually drained into the barrel). In that case it could be considered an additive but that is a fairly hypertechnical reading.
Chuck Cowdery, the bourbon expert and lawyer, takes the position that once something is bourbon (and presumably straight bourbon), it cannot become unbourbon. So, in his view, if you add something else to bourbon, it only need state that on the label. You should be able to bottle, for instance, straight bourbon and cola as long as it's labeled as such. While cola certainly could be considered a flavoring, this position could be seen as consistent with the TTB regulations since it would not be the case of adding cola and continuing to use the designation of Straight Bourbon. Rather, it would be changing the designation to Straight Bourbon & Cola.
With regard to cask finishing, the TTB appears to agree with Cowdery, having allowed a number of finished products to maintain the straight bourbon designation. The Woodford Reserve Sonoma Cutrer Finish was labeled Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in California Chardonnay Barrels. The recently released Angel's Envy was similarly labeled.
And the TTB has gone even further, approving Red Stag, the cherry bourbon liqueur from Jim Beam, which is labeled Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Infused with Natural Flavors. This one is strange in that it clearly includes flavoring agents which would seem to alter the class and type, but as noted above, this isn't being labeled as just straight bourbon. The label clearly designates that it is straight bourbon with added flavoring. Given that one of the primary purposes of these labeling regulations is to protect and inform the consumer, that seems like a reasonable outcome.
Thus, it seems that the Cowdery rule (one of many, which I will have to list at some point) is correct, at least in the eyes of the TTB. Once a spirit meets the standard for bourbon or straight bourbon, it stays that way as long as the label indicates any additions.
The troubling thing is that based on this logic, it seems that a distillery could also add caramel color to straight bourbon and label it straight bourbon with caramel coloring. That would obviously flout the prohibition on coloring in straight bourbon.
Of course, the TTB isn't perfect and sometimes contrary approvals come down. Hopefully, no one will push the boundries and ask to add coloring. All such issues remain theoretical until someone requests the approval of a label.
If you have any bourbon questions (or opinions) let me know. I have a very affordable hourly rate.
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Very interesting. Thank you. I am focusing more on Bourbon and Straight Rye mostly because I find them to be more "basic" and honest than current releases of Scotch Whisky.
- August 11, 2011 at 5:26 AM
Great stuff. thx
- August 13, 2011 at 4:08 PM
- Chuck Cowdery said...
Another Cowdery Rule: The purpose of the TTB rules is not to restrict what producers can make, it is to make sure they are truthful about it.
- August 19, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Chris Wertz said...
I hate to dredge up the past. But I found this post when doing some research. According to this site, the straight bourbons they list contain coloring. Is the TTB just ignored in this matter?
- July 31, 2014 at 6:42 AM
- sku said...
Chris, I don't know anything about that site but I wouldn't necessarily trust it.
That being said, it's a non-American site and the TTB regulations only apply within the United States. TTB has no jurisdiction over exports.
Bourbons that are made for export can include coloring and some do, but it's usually cheap, bulk brands. I'd be highly skeptical that the big American distilleries would add coloring to their regular products for export.
- July 31, 2014 at 9:32 AM


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 47 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Peaches n' Cream Festival
Peaches n' Cream is Australia's longest running music festival, celebrating it's 40th birthday this year. The festival is on Australia's largest inland beach on the Murray River "Thompsons Beach". The festival's name is derived from the major industries of the region being the fruit (peaches) and dairy (cream) industries. We need a world class logo/poster design that can grab attention and point out the great things about the festival and our region; music, family, beaches and great sunny weather
The friday night is targeted at Gen X - baby boomers
Saturday is targeted at all ages in the community from kids to adults
Poster design required as follows:
Cobram Barooga Apex Presents...
Peaches n' Cream Festival – celebrating 40 years - Thompson's Beach Cobram, Victoria
• Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd January
• A weekend of food and fun on stunning Thompson's beach of the Murray River
• BYO food and Alcohol ALL WEEKEND; and
• Drinks at Bar Prices (not rip-off festival prices)
Program & Details needed on poster:
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John Farnham chain reaction Aus Tribute show
Hell Freezes Over the Essential Eagles Experience
Entourage Acoustic
Saturday – Family, Fun & Fireworks gates open at 5 (aimed at
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Fireworks extravaganza
Free kids rides all day long in RACV Resort "kids world"
High Voltage AC/DC tribute
Barnstorming Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel hits
DJ Vitz til late on the beach
Fallen House
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Nicole K needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 68 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Social Light
I am joining the masses of consultants that focus in on social media and marketing, and looking to your creativity to help me stand out. The company is called Social Light - pronounced "socialite" as in someone prominent on the social seen.
I'm toying with a tagline of "guiding your online presence," but I'm not sure I'm happy with that, but that's the idea of the "light".
As far as who I am, I'm total girl who loves shoes, my dog and the ocean. I've very serious when it comes to business, but this is a creative field and I need to have a good time with my work.
I'd love to say that I'm going to for edgy, trendy companies, but the fact is those companies are already doing social media and doing it well. My target audience is more those companies that have "heard of that Twitter thing" or have been told they need a blog, but don't know why or how to go about it.
In essence, they are probably somewhat conservative companies, or small businesses that don't have the time to do it themselves.
My requirements are pretty easy, or hard, which ever way you look at it, because I don't have anything specific in mind, so I'd really like you to allow you to use your imagination.
As mentioned above
- The name is meant to play on both a socialite, and a guiding light, so I encourage the use of either, if possible both, in the design
- The audience will range, so I want something creative, but still clean
Am planning to use the logo both online and in print (business cards, stationary, etc) so would like something that can handle both mediums well.
Please provide both JPEG & EPS formats.
As a side note, I know the payment is on the low side, but I'm all for giving credit where it's due. I'm great on the marketing side, but not graphically inclined, so if we can work well together (i.e. you can give me a great design from the description above) I may be able to put some more work your way, either for myself personally or clients down the road. No guarantees for work, but I'll definitely throw you a bone about your design!
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OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.
This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
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The Art by the Sea Gallery is an artist cooperative located in historical Old Town Bandon adjacent to the Wheelhouse Restaurant. The Gallery provides a place for its members to create, exhibit, and sell their art including paintings, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and greeting cards as well as other fine handcrafted items.
Located in the center of Bandon City Park and only two short blocks from one of Oregon's most beautiful beaches, "The Barn" is the perfect place to hold your next business meeting, wedding reception, family reunion, retreat or other social event.
Welcome to the Bandon Public Library on the beautiful Oregon coast. Let us blow you away with all you can see and do.
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Escape into art workshops.
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The Sprague Theater opened in September 2000, and is equipped with a double lobby,
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Art by the Sea is located in the Continuum Building on Second St in Old Town Bandon, Oregon. We are a co-op gallery of local Oregon South Coast artists
The North Coast Symphonic Band formed in 1979 in Astoria and performed its first concert in 1980. Originally funded by Clatsop Community College, since 2003 it has been a separate organization with 501(c)3 status run by a board of directors. There are approximately 45 musicians who participate in weekly rehearsals and perform in 4-5 public concerts per season. Members are volunteers and are not compensated for attending rehearsals or performing in concerts. Funding for the current season comes partially from grants from the City of Astoria Art and Cultural Fund to Promote Tourism and the Fred W. Fields Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation.


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Hello Apostle Bob,Thank you for all your work on this project! You have synthesised the various sources into a thing of beauty. I actually find the joining of different art styles somehow emphasises the sense of layers of mystery and character development. When I read your description I was very curious how you would use intersperse the various clips within the same scenes. I have to say you have done it excellently and although I did find a lot to enjoy in the movies I was saddened at the loss of so many characterful moments that you have bought back with this redux version.At the moment I am part way through film two and especially liked Casca's flashback narrative (and loved the Zod encounter in your first film). I will be watching all four films back-to-back and can already say with confidence that yours is the definative Berserk animation for me and the one I will be returning to in the future.Someone give Bob a consultancy role in the development of future Berserk movies! RegardsErebus
I discovered these recently on Vimeo and I must say...they kick ass.I'm a long-time Berserk fan that just joined up here skullknight.net.That's for the awesome edit!
I really enjoyed this project you did ApostleBob it made the movies seem slightly more bearable and it was the first time I seen the new movies in it's dubbed form. I am glad you chose the english dub for your project rather than the japanese one.You have alot of motivation to go and do something like this I am really impressed with your efforts on threading the two versions together into one in as most seemless and coherent manner the two source materials would allow. I enjoyed watching these very much and I think you did a great job with trying to make the saturation and music match up. Your editing skills are pretty good...what sort of editing software did you use? It also makes me think that the movies should have been four or more to cover the the material. I sort of wish though that you could have been able to squeeze in the scene where Casca, fatigued, drops to her knees, and Guts tough talks her. It is one of my favorite Guts+Casca moments, but I understand to make it flow smoothly you probably had to sacrifice that. Good job.
Thanks. Didn't realize other people had this in mind as well. Feedback is always welcome as I update it, there is some wiggle room for changes.
Some sections were seemless, such as the added scene with (Dilos, I think his name was?) trying to tell Guts, Zodd was destroying his men. Although, it seemed like you got a bit attached to the Zodd fight scene, trying to show too much; there were too many quick jumps between mediums. The anime scene added right before the '3 years later' battle scene in the movie was a great addition and flowed really well.
On another note, I was wondering if anyone had access to the Test Footage of the movies that was shown briefly in their early promos? It included Guts fighting the Holy Iron Chain Nights, Griffith in his new armor, Long haired Casca, and Puck. Even if just a portion of it would be nice. I'd like to add an end of credits teaser at the end of the first movie. HD is preferable.
Just giving my opinion here. I liked watching these a lot until I noticed the soundtrack music skipping during the raid after griffith beat guts. Were there pieces chopped out of the original anime to shorten it?
Just giving my opinion here. I liked watching these a lot until I noticed the soundtrack music skipping during the raid after griffith beat guts. Were there pieces chopped out of the original anime to shorten it? Id rather watch an extra half hour of the movie then have the sound track ruined. Music plays such a crucial role in setting mood and when it skips around it sounds horrible. I am a musician so perhaps I am more sound oriented than most people, but I noticed this right away and it made me cringe. I'd fix that.


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Yesterday, Adle's Armada intel agents received word that a member of a former pirate organisation – believed to have been disbanded – was intending to carry out mass-murder of new pilots in our home system of Eravate, whilst apparently utilising a 'chrono-charidy' device to send funds to the 21st century.
Records revealed that the Cmdr concerned was already wanted across the Federation for a variety of cruelty to animals offences, including:-
• Bear baiting
• Keeping something resembling a wolf without a licence
• Non-fatal wounding of small snakes
• Noise nuisance (whining dogs)
Cmdr S!lk immediately called a meeting of the Vigilante Execution Executive, in the Vigilante Execution Council Chamber, Vigilante Execution Avenue, aboard Cleve Hub Starport, Vigilante Execution Wing. After a wide-ranging consideration of all available responses, it was decided that the most appropriate one would be vigilante execution.
Adle's Armada fighters launched at once and after diplomacy by Cmdr NoobDelux were joined by an unprecedented number of allied forces, including Contrail, 51TH, BBfA, Paladin Consortium, 13th Legion, ToC, EIC and independent Cmdrs keen to defend their Pilots Federation brethren.
The criminal and his furry friend were rapidly apprehended and red slaughter ensued: Adle's Armada & Allies recording a monumental 17 criminal ship destructions to no losses. Some dogs were impounded awaiting adoption but soon released due to their incessant whining.
Furthermore, a hastily arranged reciprocal, righteous chrono-charidy device beamed AA & Allies funds to the 21st century.
Those who wish to learn more of last night's events as they unfolded may wish to consult the Galactic record at …
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Adle's Armada will destroy any Cmdr who invades our home system of Eravate to harm our citizens, our background sim faction or our stations, regardless of whether any offending vessels are fitted with chrono-charidy devices. Our inevitable stance on this matter is similarly inevitably provided for by the following paragraph of FDev's recent reiteration of player harassment rules:
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Re: ViEmu/SQL 2.0.33 ready
I have just uploaded ViEmu for SQL Server Management Studio 2.0.33:
It needs a manual uninstall of previous ViEmu/SQL 2.0.x versions before installing this one.
This release brings into ViEmu/SQL the new fixes from the latest ViEmu/VS releases:
- Proper keybinding management in German SSMS (if there is such a beast)
- Command line space much larger (it was read & processed, but not properly displayed)
- Yanking of column blocks with empty lines fixed
- Playing a macro from an empty register would crash VS (@a)
- 'A' on a visual block extended to end of line ($) wouldn't work
- dd on a single-line file (or dG from the 1st line in any file) would leave a dangling line, fixed
- Special marks '[, '] (last pasted/changed/yanked/etc... range) and '^ (last insert pos) added
- Added gi command, to go into insert mode at the last insert position
- Ctrl-T/Ctrl-D in "virtual space" work fine (after o/O with autoindent)
- :bd now removes the buffer from the buffer list (it also closes the file if it's the current file, not if it isn't)
- <c-t> now invokes View.PopBrowseContext (poor man's tag stack pop) - this probably doesn't work in SSMS 2005
- :set [no]remap implemented to disable all recursive mapping
- Infinite mapping loops detected & cut (eg, :map n l and :map l n)
- Visual block done by ^Q j $ now extends to the $ of each line
- :noh[lsearch] implemented
- hlsearch setting wasn't honored on startup, even if it was shown fine in Tools|Viemu Settings
- The desired-cursor-col was not reset after moving the cursor by left-clicking
- :set gdefault would not work in .viemurc
- Pasting in some languages would lead the language service into "partial" corrections and lead to syntax errors
- The \| operator in regular expressions didn't work fine (would only match the second branch)
- Keyboard management should now support the Japanese version of SSMS (if it exists)
Let me know if something's not right. I will keep working in the other pending issues.
Thanks for all the feedback!
- Jon


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christw necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
"The Fleet" and/or "The Fleet Club" (Still to be confirmed - based on designs)
"A club for commerce". The Fleet is a branded networking club, offering interesting networking events tailored to our target audience. Talks by high profile speakers from organisations such as HSBC will be interspersed with networking opportunities, without the pressure of the 'hard sell' from sponsors.
Members of the club will enjoy regular meetings in an exclusive environment, with talks from well established successful entrepreneurs who share their experiences on topics of interest. The club provides knowledge to it's members, but also encourages relationship development.
Although any connection will be kept deliberately subtle, the club is a product of an international law firm. The firm is a top 50 full service law firm with clients ranging from international, FTSE and AIM listed businesses, to private companies, governments, not-for-profit organisations and private individuals.
The Fleet's target audience will be high net worth entrepreneurial individuals, with a focus on the technology sector. They will be used to attending networking events but will be drawn to this club by the quality of the other members.
The membership will be invitation only and/or tightly regulated to ensure that the attendee's will only be networking with like-minded individuals that they will genuinely want to meet.
1) Logo suitable for printing as well as online content
2) 5 color pallette to compliment the logo - MUST be suitable to form the colour palette for a website
3) The colours should sit well on a web page as they will form the basis for the web site.
4) Logo must contain the full name of the club (both options), but a supplementary version with just an icon would also be suitable.
5) Print file format - ai (CMYK).
6) Web file format - layered PSD.
Although we welcome creativity, the following suggestions form our initial thoughts on how the brand may be presented. Note: these are in no way restrictive and we would very much welcome new interpretation of our requirements.
• 1920's/30's - Art Deco
• New York/smoking lounge style
• Straight lines
• Grand/Decadent/Elegant
• Dark colours- blacks, deep reds, purples as well as white
• Formal but not necessary classical design – contemporary twists could be incorporated
• Could contain elements of a nautical theme, but the name 'Fleet' is derived from Fleet Street, London rather than the shipping connotation.
• Please do not use any clip art or cartoons in the logo.
• Please feel free to experiment with colours.
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After 3 years of using the Pheonix theme on N.Design Studio, I finally redesigned it with a Koi theme. The new look has improved a lot in terms of design and WordPress implementation. Every section has a unique layout which gives you a refreshing feeling. This post will summarize everything about the new design as well as show you the process images. Also, I will talk about how other sites inspired me.
980px Page Width
The page width is 980px which is optimized for users with 1024px display, but also looks nice for users with high resolution display such as 1680px setting.
The main body font size is 16 point. I purposely set it large so viewers can read the text comfortably even sitting away from the monitor. The three main fonts that I've chosen are: Georgia, Helvetica, and Baskerville. Georgia is used for the main body copy. The purpose of using sans-serif font (Helvetica) is to provide contrast to the body type. Baskerville is an elegant font, so I set it for italic text and image captions.
Multiple Background Images
Each section features a different background image that blends nicely with the header image.
Design Out of The Box
Inspired by an article that I wrote, CSS: Design Out of the Box, I made the background images extend out to create the out-of-the-box effect. Notice the list items are also out of the box.
Homepage Splash
The short line of introduction briefy tells everything about the site and leads to the most important pages: portfolio, blog, about, web and illustration. The Chinese characters "欢迎" mean welcome.
Post Type Icons
Each post has an icon next to it. They help readers quickly identify the category of the post. The icons are from the Rocky Vector Set.
Flexible Post Format
The blog's content area is designed to fit most type of content: whether it is a long or short post, with large or small images, or with videos and galleries.
The menu navigation is origanized in column/lists which provides easy access. When you hover over the links, it will show a tiny icon.
Page Titles
I made the page title super large so readers can quickly locate where they are. To make it look even more interesting, I randomly selected different fonts for each character.
The title's link also serves as breadcrumb navigation.
Animated Comment List
The animated collapsible/expandable comment list is done with jQuery.
In the portfolio, I dropped the sidebar to gain maximum area for displaying large images. I didn't set specific dimension for the image area so they can fit various sizes.
Image Loader
Unlike the usual image slideshow where images are loaded and hidden by CSS, and then swapped by Javascript. In the method I used, the large images will only load when you click on the circle buttons. This can save bandwidth and loading time because only the requested images are loaded. The tiny animated bar (right above the circle button) indicates the image that is loading.
The Art of Recycling
In case you didn't noticed, the main theme is based on the Koi fish illustration that I recently did and the rest are recycled from various illustrations.
The background illustration on the blog page is taken from the Abstract Phoenix.
The lily pads, flying mushrooms, and jellyfishes are taken from the Koi illustration.
The bamboo, Japanese cranes, and cherry blossoms are taken from the old Flash version of N.Design.
Process Images
The main wireframes are done on papers.
During the initial design process, I used outline vector to do test mockups.
Then, I played around with the color.
After I got the sizing and position right, I imported the color vector and brushed them up to match with the overall design.
Very obvious, my homepage's splash is highly inspired by the Huge's homepage where the graphic elements extend out of the box. Read related article: CSS: Design Out of the Box
Trent Walton
Another great example of out-of-the-box design.
Jason Santa Maria
Jason's web site is simply creative and amazing! Go to the site, and check out the posts. Note every post has a different layout and theme — very refreshing!
Although my site is not on a grid, but Khoi Vinh's web site inspired me to use horizontal rules to divide content.
Sushi and Robots
Sushi and Robots is a beautiful site by Jina Bolton. Her site motivated me to use non-web-safe font, Baskerville italic. It is such an elegant font and I believe most of my designer visitors would have the font. Read related article: The Next Serif Trend.
My portfolio layout was inspired by Jesse's portfolio where he uses large image to showcase his works in full page screenshot. No description or marketing text, the images speak for his work.
Your Thoughts?
I'm very happy with the final result. It totally worth the time I spent on it — from wireframe planning to PSD designing to WordPress setup. Please let me know your thoughts on the redesign. Perhaps tell me the things that you don't like about it.


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John ben needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 112 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
BetterLiving411.com will host one of the world's largest health-and-wellness portals. Any person who visits and registers will receive a Free Pharmacy Discount card that can save up to 40% on any prescription purchased at nearly any pharmacy in the US!
The BetterLiving411.com portal will contain more than 15,000 articles on various health-related topics, including healthy eating, physical fitness, stress management, emotional intelligence, and relationship health, as well as a huge library of the latest mental health information. People can use the easy keyword search to locate articles that interest them.
The portal also includes 27 self-assessments -- such as "Assess Your Relationships," "Are You Depressed?" and "Stress Resilience" -- which cover key aspects of health and wellness. In addition, 18 biomarker scorecards will enable people to record the results of physical tests like their current cholesterol ratios. The 44-self assessments and scorecards combine to form , a tool that helps people to manage their own health care and provide them with feedback on how to improve their overall level of wellness.
Women 25-54, Caregivers, Heads of families, heads of household, Seniors.
People who care and are aware of the importance of their health and well being as well as the importance of it to the people they care about and love.
We need a logo that establishes our identity:
We are open to your ideas (colors, shapes, icons, fonts etc) as long as the take away is : trustworthy, valuable, helpful, top end, and credible
Because of the various applications (on our discount card, web page headers, etc), it probably should be more horizontal then vertical.
We are open to any colors (although they should be appropriate to the industry.. medical, wellness, advice).
We LIKE iconography used appropriately to support positioning (subtle, or not so subtle is OK, over the top is not).... we don't have to be corporate, but we do have to be professional.
We know our name is a long name! (ugh)... the .com can be separated, but BetterLiving411 can not.
We have a tag line that we might use " To Live Life Well " we may not use it, and we definitely need a logo WITHOUT IT , but if you want to take a stab at incorporating it, it would be appreciated.... THE TAGLINE IS NOT MANDATORY FOR THIS DESIGN CONTEST
The attached screen capture should give you a good idea regarding our look & feel... we like our site's color palette, but we are not necessarily stuck with it
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Taric (League of Legends) – Cosplay of the Day
Time for another great genderbending League of Legends cosplay! Let's take a look at the blinged out Gem Knight, Taric.
Taric is a Gem Knight that draws power from crystals and gems. He was trained to be a healer, but he used his affinity with crystals to become a protector instead, shielding others from harm. Taric has gathered many fans thanks to his clean-cut look and the exotic appearance of his gem armor, making him a fantastic addition to our Cosplay of the Day set.
Here is Danielle Beaulieu and her excellent Taric cosplay from Otakon 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. This shiny Gem Knight looks fantastic in her customized gem armor. Though her shield and overall outfit is smaller than Taric's, it looks exactly like what we'd imagine a female version of the character would look like.
See more of her jaw-dropping League of Legends cosplay on her Facebook profile and let us know what you think of her work.
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Scouting was created in the United States in 1910 by William Boyce, a publisher in Chicago, around two years after its creation in England by Gen. Robert Baden-Powell. It quickly caught on and the national organization brought together all the existing scout-like troops by 1912. The organization began a number of publications. What is now known as the "Boy Scout Handbook" was its basic text, begun as "A Handbook for Woodcraft, Scouting, and Life-craft," and later "The Official Handbook for Boys." "The Boy Scouts Year Book" was one of a number of other publications that included the "Local Boy Scout Yearbook," the "Boy Scout Diary," and the organization's official magazine, "Boys' Life." First published in 1915, "The Boy Scouts Year Book," which featured a number of poular writers and illustrators, was a compilation of stories and amusements for boys.
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Former UCSB player Matt Stock is in his 13th season as an assistant coach in the program. He spent the seven years before that (1997-2004) as the Gauchos' Director of Basketball Operations.
Stock's has seen his responsibilities expand greatly in his years as a Gaucho coach. They now include recruiting, on-court coaching, in-season film breakdown and development of UCSB players, scouting of opponents, game and practice scheduling, summer, fall, and spring basketball camps and clinics.
A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Stock played at UCSB from 1996-98. While he played both guard positions, he earned a reputation as an outstanding three-point shooter, and the 43.3% he shot from beyond the three-point stripe in 1996-97 is still among the best marks in school history. Including his year as a redshirt player at UCSB, 1995-96, he has been a part of the program longer than any other staff member, 13 years going on 14.
Stock transferred to Santa Barbara from Fresno State, where he played one season for Gary Colson, a former Associate Athletics Director at UCSB. In addition, he played a year at Ricks Junior College. He earned his bachelor's in law and society from UCSB, with a minor in athletic coaching, and he completed his master's degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific.
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OilCityGroup necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 165 diseños de 65 diseñadores freelance.
Seeking talented designer to create a logo for hot new resto- pub concept. We are looking for for a fresh & modern logo to appeal to the young adult business district and scene downtown. Nothing too fancy, busy or complicated. Clean, crisp, classic and mature.
We are quite interested to see a lot of ideas and interpretations as to our description below.
The Hat
The restaurant was built in 1912 and is a big part of the city's history and roots. We will be renovating it and modernising it to become the our hip contemporay resto- pub concept for downtown, without loosing the historic and comfort element of the room. It will have a up and coming look & menu with a classic yet modern sophisticated palet of spirits, beers, wine & food choices. Modern hip diner if you will.
- the name must be present
- resto- pub as a tagline.
- Caligraphy or old school script maybe? Maybe not?
- black and white
- Logo might be transfered to ironworks and/ or metal design.
Top Hats or funny looking hats or cat in the hats!
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Whether you travel frequently or trade multiple currencies on a daily basis, a currency converter will always come handy. There's a handful of them on the App Store, but I've realized many aren't intuitive enough when you need them the most. Indeed, when you're trying to bargain a price in a local flea market and have to fight with your handheld device to get the conversion rate, you're not at an advantage. The same applies when converting large amounts you're trading, especially when you need to do it fast. Thankfully, Smart Coin solves the problem as it's a gorgeous and intuitive app that takes a one-screen approach, so you get all the information you need at a glance.


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Tim Ferriss — "A muse as defined in '4-Hour Workweek', and as I use it in a business context, is any business that provides an automated source of income or cash-flow. I think it's important for people to satisfy their financial needs before striving to address all these other needs because it really is a valuable, flexible currency, and ultimately the end goal is to spec out what you want to do, what you want to be, and what you want to have; work backwards from a target monthly income number; design a business to support that and provide that; minimize the number of moving pieces, automate it; and then you have, I suppose, what most people would consider complete freedom, in the form of options left, right and centre.
You evaluate the income you need by taking all these various things that you would defer for retirement and defining them very clearly, whether that's for instance an Aston Martin DB9, a ski chalet in Colorado for a few weeks of the year, etc, etc, Even if that seems utterly unattainable - but all the things you would save for retirement if you could have five hundred million dollars or whatever. Then you look at how much that would actually cost to finance on a monthly basis. That could be through a car loan, through a purchase, or whatever it might be; and then you look at lets say the top two or three things in the 'to-do' and 'to-have' categories and you add them up to arrive at a target monthly income. It can be extremely expensive for the cars the trips and all that, it very seldom cost more than $75000 a year, very seldom. And that is liberating when people realize that. Then the trick is working backwards with that goal in mind, to provide a business that provides that, with the fewest numbers of hours of input as possible.
You can turn many different types of products and services into muses, but some are easier than others. Products tend to be easier than services, because services tend to have more of a manual component at some level, and secondly: customer support issues. In terms of margin, I like people to aim for a retail-like margin which would be a 8-10x mark-up from cost of goods. By cost of good I am really just referring to the physical goods, I mean you can look at fixed and variable costs but theres no need to get too fancy. It's really just my cost of producing 1000 units on a per-unit basis. But I encourage people to sacrifice margin in the beginning during testing. This is very important, but in effect to get a lower per unit cost you don't want to stock up on a thousand units of a product you have never sold before. It's a much better idea to prototype maybe dry-test, then only at that point make a small batch run of the product, even if you are only making 2c per unit as long as you're not losing money. You want to test and not end up with an entire warehouse worth of product you can't move. I think that in the beginning it pays, as long as you're not losing money, even if you're losing a small amount, to test effectively to know that when you when scale that you will have demand and be able to fill that demand effectively.
A muse in experimentation testing, whether that's defining the market; identifying the cost of acquisition for a customer; product design; all that can be done while you have a full-time job, and I discourage people from cutting all ties and losing full-time income to focus on a business. You don't have to make that leap. People tend to think of a)employed person or b)entrepreneur. I think theres a very broad spectrum and you can very slowly and methodically move from one to the other, and it doesn't mean you have to end up at full-time entrepreneur, you can still keep your job and have awesome side-income. I am not going to name names but I am pretty sure you and I both know a guy who (a few years ago) worked at google and was selling millions of dollars through Shopify. And he did both very comfortably, so I don't think you have to choose one or the other.
The internet and technology have made business much easier to start and run and analyze than even when I started doing things in 2001 - so much easier. Now you have everything from Amazon web-services; to Shopify; to real-time inventory management for very low cost, and it just goes on and on. I think there is also a deluge of tools - so that can be confusing to some entrepreneurs. They now have more options to choose from, but at its core I think there has never been a time to create a business that gives you income, time, and location independence. Its very exciting to see. In the last competition, what did we see - 3000 businesses? That would not even have been feasible in 2001, so very exciting.
By freedom of location, and theres an order in which I recommend reaching these different points of currency thresholds: you have income first and then you have location (as an employee) and then time, if you are self employed it would be time and then location. But by location independence it just means you are not tethered to one location. So you can work as easily in San Francisco (where we are now), as you could in Canada; as you could in Buenos Aires; as you could in Tokyo; as you could in Berlin. Which is exactly what I did for a year and a half while traveling around the world. It just so happened at the time the technology kind of sucked for doing it, and I was still able to do it but it was a pain in the ass, whereas it's extremely easy now if you choose your tools correctly.
Muses interest me for a million and one reasons, but predominantly because it's a search for elegance and I like elegant things. Whether that's Toyota's 'Lean Manufacturing' where they completely reinvent the auto industry because they are very meticulous about calculating and then removing unnecessary steps; whether that is the economy of motion; in this case its a business. You can create something that a decade ago would have required a staff of 100 people, yet now it's run by a mother of two who works on it part-time and puts in a few hours a week. It's the most efficient and effective use of resources."


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Oldham County Parks and Recreation is launching a coffeehouse for musicians and music lovers to provide a home for the roots music scene in the area.
Parks and recreation Director Tim Curtis said, "I've been throwing around the idea of having a song-writing competition for a couple of years."
He said it made sense to establish a local music scene before hosting the competition.
After watching the WoodSongs program on television he contacted the organization, based out of Lexington, about bringing the coffeehouse opportunity to Oldham County.
Folksinger Michael Johnathon launched WoodSongs and has devoted his career to spreading folk music through his syndicated radio show, the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour.
Through the WoodSongs Coffeehouse each local chapter provides an independent stage for regional artists and gives audiences a chance to explore the rich world of music that exists in their hometowns.
Roots music can best be described as an acoustic style that can include bluegrass, country, spiritual and singer/songwriter.
The WoodSongs Coffeehouse will be a family friendly venue where new players and seasoned performers will be given the opportunity to teach and learn from each other.
Musicians of all skill levels are encouraged to come prepared to listen closely and play freely.
Artists will be given the opportunity to perform solo or as a group for 15 minutes by signing up with Curtis.
After a few scheduled performances the format will become more free-form with smaller groups breaking off for side sessions.
"I've felt like for a long time, there are a lot of people who play this type of music," Curtis said, "I think it'll be a great fit for Oldham County."
Storefront Congregation, a quartet based out of Louisville, is set to play at the first coffeehouse.
Member Murrell Thixton said, "We're kind of unique because we all do our own thing and all four of us sing."
He said the group uses bluegrass instruments to play a variety of genres including blues, country and swing music. "We're looking forward to coming back to the area," Thixton added.
The first WoodSongs Coffeehouse will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 at the John W. Black Community Center, 1551 N. Ky. 393 in Buckner.
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hey tropical music lovers, how about gospel music? it's an area that has been untapped for so long outside of the community. it's worth the exploration!
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le monde à change: a tribute to mali 1970 - 1991
six tropical music djs from the various cities around the globe brought their favorite malian records and played them in respect for malian culture, hoping for peace there.
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"space soca"
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a portrait of music in cabo verde
this sleeve makes us grin ;)
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nigerian boogie & funk classics revisited
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classic nigerian boogie & funk mixes that uchenna Ikonne aka mr comb & razor made 5 years ago.
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This post is a continuation of yesterday's topic, Force Leave or Forced Leave?, regarding the plea of Global Steel Philippine (SPV-AMC) Inc. Labor Union-AWATU [GLOSPILU-AWATU] stating: We, the GSPI regular workers are on FORCE LEAVE since June 4, 2010 and no regular source of income since then..
The Compressed Workweek, one of the Flexible Work Arrangements specified in DOLE Advisory No. 2 Series of 2009 [DA 02] is but a revival of another Department Order No. 021-90 [DO 21] entitled Guidelines On The Implementation Of Compressed Workweek issued last 31 August 1990. The rationale then for the implementation of a compressed workweek (CWW) was to avert further damage to the economy brought about by the oil crisis at that time.
Atty. Emerico O. De Guzman (2009), Senior Partner, ACCRALAW, claimed, however, fifteen years after DO 21 and notwithstanding the issuance of DA 02, there are still legal issues surrounding the implementation of a CWW scheme. These are:
1. The constitutional right of employees against involuntary servitude:
Recognizing this basic right of employees, DO 21 provided as a condition for implementation of the CWW scheme that the employees must voluntarily agree to work more than eight hours a day and the total work hours in a week should not exceed their normal weekly hours of work prior to adoption of the compressed workweek arrangement.
Under DA 02, probably realizing the administrative difficulties in securing the individual assent of the employees, Labor Secretary Patricia O. Sto. Tomas decreed that the CWW scheme may be implemented with the express and voluntary agreement of a mere majority of the covered employees or their duly authorized representatives. This agreement may be expressed through collective bargaining or other legitimate workplace mechanisms of participation such as labor-management councils, employee assemblies or referenda.
The requirement of DA 02 mandating majority consent might not altogether foreclose all legal issues arising from the implementation of a compressed workweek arrangement. In any case, since administrative regulations, such as DA02, are presumed to be valid until annulled, employers can continue to rely on the favorable provisions of DA02 until they are set side by competent authority. [Emphasis added.]
2. The right to overtime pay:
One of the conditions under DO 21 for the implementation of the CWW scheme is that If an employee is permitted or required to work in excess of his normal weekly hours of work prior to the adoption of the compressed workweek scheme, all such excess hours shall be considered overtime work and shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code or applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). However, DO 21 also allows employees to waive their overtime premium pay for work performed in excess of the usual eight hours of work a day.
However, in DA 02, it is expressly declared that unless there is a more favorable practice in the firm, work beyond eight (8) hours will not be compensable by overtime premium provided the total number of hours worked per day shall not exceed twelve (12) hours. In effect, DA 02 did away with the waiver requirement under DO 21.
3. CWW effect on what is considered practice under Article 100.
DA 02 provides that unless there is a more favorable practice existing in a firm, work beyond eight (8) hours will not be compensable by overtime premium provided the total number of hours worked per day shall not exceed twelve (12) hours. In any case, any work performed beyond twelve (12) hours a day or forty-eight (48) hours a week shall be subject to overtime premium.
The Supreme Court held in the case of Globe Mackay Cable v. NLRC (G.R. 74156, 29 June 1988) that for the rule against diminution of supplements or benefits to apply, it must be shown that the grant of the benefit has ripened into a practice over a long period of time, that the practice is consistent and deliberate, and that the practice is not due to error in the construction or application of a doubtful or difficult question of law. Thus, where the benefits are not deliberately given but are instead given by force of policy issuances of the DOLE, as in the case of overtime pay under a CWW scheme, then, arguably, the grant of said benefits cannot possibly ripen into a company practice.
In January 2009, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque urged employers to adopt flexible work arrangements to minimize the effects of the global financial crisis on local employment. Roque said, however, that the adoption of flexible arrangements should be voluntary, thus, it must have the consent of both management and employees (Tan, GMANews.TV, 2009). Soriano (2009) notes:
The DOLE recognizes the desirability and practicality of flexible work arrangements that may be considered by employers after consultation with the employees by taking into account the adverse consequences of the situation on the performance and financial condition of the company. [Emphasis added.] (Soriano, 2009).
Global Steel Philippines (SPV-AMC), Inc. [GSPI] started No Scheduled Work [NSW] in November 2008. On 04 December 2008, GSPI's personnel went on Forced Leave, but they could not avail of their respective leave credits. Interestingly, both instances predate the DOLE's most recent call for companies to adopt a flexible work arrangements. Similarly, a total of 320 firms from across all industries, with the manufacturing sector leading, availed of allowable flexible work arrangements covering the period October 2008 — May 2009 (Molina, 2009).
In February 2009, Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Rafael Mariano demanded the rescinding of DoLE Advisory No. 2 because it only legalized the rampant flexible working conditions already taking place in companies.
With the DoLE Advisory No. 2, the government gave companies the blanket authority to further exploit workers and violate their rights and welfare. The only ones who stand to gain with these work arrangements are employers. Workers will be left with lesser take home pay, fewer benefits and even more exploited.
With the financial crunch heavily affecting export companies, employers complain more about the high cost of doing business in the Philippines. Their corporate instincts would then dictate them to further lower production costs and maximize their workforce through flexible labor conditions in order to squeeze out more profits. (Pinoy Press, 2009) [Emphasis added.]
In July 2009, the Institute for Labor Studies issued an rapid appraisal of Flexible Work Arrangements [FWA] which found, among others:
The elements that facilitated the FWA implementation, namely, transparency in the financial condition of the firm, objectivity in selecting the workers to be affected by the FWA scheme, open and continuous dialogue with workers, and the assurance of reverting to ordinary work schedules when business condition normalizes, are revealing guideposts that may be considered in the review of DA 02-09.
Moreover, Representatives Maglunsod and Mariano (2009) filed House Resolution No. 1234 urging the Department of Labor and Employment [DOLE] to immediately lift DOLE Advisory No. 2 [DA 02] as well as strenuously remind DOLE to issue [sic] orders violative of existing laws. Annotations : Maybe the Representatives meant: NOT to issue such orders?
De Guzman, Emerico O. (2009). Legal Issues Arising From Varying Compressed Workweek Arrangements. ACCRALAW, 04 February 2009. back to text.
Department of Labor and Employment [DOLE] (2009). Department Advisory No. 2 Series of 2009. Manila: Department of Labor and Employment [DOLE], 29 January 2009. back to text.
House of Representatives (2009). Congressional Record, Plenary Proceedings of the 14th Congress, Third Regular Session. Vol. 1, No. 2. Manila: House of Representatives, 28 July 2009. p. 8. back to text.
Molina, Ryan Herman H. (2009). A Rapid Appraisal of Flexible Work Arrangements as a Global Financial Crisis Adjustment Measure. ILS inSights Policy Briefing. Issue 9. Manila: Institute for Labor Studies, July 2009. 2pp. back to text.
Pinoy Press (2009). Solon Demands Revocation of DOLE Advisory No. 2. Pinoy Press, 13 February 2009. back to text.
Soriano, Maria Teresa M. (2010). Department of Labor and Employment's Response to the Impact of the Financial Crisis, Asia-Pacific Social Science Review. 9:1 Manila: De La Salle University, 2009. pp. 47-50. back to text.
Tan, Kimberly Jane T. (2009). Employers asked to adopt flexible work arrangements. GMANews.TV, 30 January 2009. back to text.
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