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I was once subbing and searching for a reference made in a Gaki episode, which sent me down a rabbit hole into some academic papers about manzai that mention Downtown. They are fairly easy to find by Googling, but here is a link to them. For those interested, they're not hard to read but familiarity with Japanese culture helps. Unfortunately, none of them delve really deep into the humor of Downtown, but 2 out of 3 of the papers use Downtown to illustrate some characteristics of Japanese manzai especially as a contrast to American stand-up. All the examples used from Downtown are from Gaki (specifically their "free talk" segments).


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"I was actually seriously depressed for about three to four months after Braid came out," says Jonathan Blow, the best-selling game's creator in Indie Game: The Movie. This 2011 documentary (which you can watch here) follows the progress of four independent game designers as they go through the stressful process of preparing their games for the Xbox Indie Games launch.
It wasn't even negativity about his game that got Blow feeling down. "Some of the most demoralizing things were actually positive reviews. And in many cases it would be just a very surface understanding of the game that didn't even see what I thought was most special about it. And that was a little bit heartbreaking." Blow saw his game as a way to communicate his vision, the same way an artist hopes to communicate through their work.
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2. What factors do you think are most important for an indie or mainstream video game to be successful?
3. If you've played all three of the games profiled, which was your favorite and why?
4. Was all of the stress the developers experienced justified?
5. I was convinced we would witness a complete breakdown from either Tommy or Phil. Was there anyone you thought might totally fall apart from the pressure?
6. Although it happened after the release of the documentary, Phil Fish announced that he wouldn't be making Fez II because of his frustration with the industry. Do you think he's overreacting to the hardships he faces as an indie developer? Or do you think the gaming community is as hostile as he makes it out to be?
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WELCOME TO this week's Big Fish Blog, coming to you here every Thursday. This time it's by the Pike Anglers Club.
We take predator fishing seriously at the Mail, so are delighted our pals at the PAC are on board. This instalment comes from PAC webmaster Dave Mutton.
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WELL the pike season 'proper' is now underway, so how has yours started? I hope it has gone well so far.
My first session resulted in a blank on a very high and coloured Warwickshire Avon, probably not the best venue with all the rain we have had recently, but I just love fishing the Avon so gave it a bash anyway.
This month has been another busy month for the PAC with the establishment of yet another 3 new regions! The new regions are:
- Bedford RA106
- Lincolnshire Fens RA107
- Scunthorpe and Humberside RA56
Bedford regional organiser Andy Syddell said: "It is early days for Bedford PAC, but despite being busy fishing at the start of a new pike season, we are planning some great activities for our members. And of course we welcome not only PAC members but anyone with a passion for old Esox!
'These activities will range from monthly social meetings during the season featuring some great guest speakers, teach-in sessions for juniors (or anyone else), organised fish-ins and so on. We will be announcing dates, details and such as they are organised, so please check the website and Facebook page regularly, and above all be patient!
"The region is only as strong as its members, so let's make the most of it. And remember, it's all about Esox!"
Three new regions starting up in a single month just goes to show the growing popularity of pike fishing and the fact that anglers recognise that the best way to ensure that you are fishing safely, both for the pike and yourself, is to join the PAC. The PAC is a national organisation, but it is also a local organisation that is relevant to you and your local area. Please get involved.
For contact details for the new regions, and for all existing regions, full details can be found here.
What happens at pike teach-ins? An account by one angler who went along…
Local events that the PAC is involved in include teach-ins, and one such gathering was arranged with Newton Le Willows AA. New PAC member and Newton bailiff Mark Ryding wrote us this fine report to explain what happened….
"The Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain were invited by Newton Le Willows AA to provide instruction for the members and bailiffs, in the specialized angling field of pike fishing.
The event was held at Newton AA's Lower Pound. This is a part of the old Sankey Canal saved from development in the 1970's by Newton AA, and the first water in their portfolio. It runs to approximately 600 meters in length.
Both the Upper and Lower Pounds now form part of a linear park, serving not only Newton AA anglers but the local community as a green space.
PAC supplied some six coaches to run the event, several Newton bailiffs attended and the weather was kind with sunshine all day.
Having had the introductions and usual health and safety input, the PAC UK development officer Eric Edwards, divided the students into groups to attend the three workshops set up on the banks of the canal.
The first session I attended was float ledgered deadbaiting. This was led by local RO Jon Neafcy and his lovely assistant Neil Stubbs.
Jon and Neil ran through the rods, reels, braid and end tackle that was to be employed for this method of fishing. This included two different rigs, a paternoster boom rig, with weak lead link, and an anti snag bottom. Students were then shown the correct hooking method for barbed and semi barbed trebles, how the float and beads work, along with a sliding stop knot.
Throughout this instruction both Jon and Neil came across as very knowledgeable and passionate about pike angling, answering any questions comprehensively.
The rods were then cast out, placed on pods with front alarms. Rear drop offs were also used as an extra aid to bit indication, essential as this method employs fishing with an open bail arm.
The first session complete it was time for session two. This was lure fishing conducted by Eric Edwards himself.
He discussed the use of a six foot jerk bait rod, multiplier and braid. He also discussed the difference between differing lures, floating and sinking, along with size and individual use.
Students were then asked to observe Eric casting a floating lure and the action of it on the retrieve, the "walking the dog". He pointed out this was the action required. He cast again and asked to observe his body movements. It was noted the only movement was from the wrist.
The group was then given the opportunity to try this method. I found it quite difficult at first, using a multiplier without getting the inevitable birds nest, and then get the correct action for the retrieve. Eric was most helpful, giving pointers and tips. Several attempts later I did manage to get to grips with the technique.
Young James Nash on the other hand was a natural. He had it sorted in three or four casts (Must be Eric's excellent tuition)!
Whilst Eric was in full flow there was a shout from down the bank. Jon and Neil had hooked a pike on the dead bait set up. We all trundled down to them to observe the safe handling and unhooking of this top predator, yet fragile fish.
Neil explained how to hold the pike and "chinning" as Jon was slightly incapacitated. Neil then showed how to kneel across the fish, essential for larger specimens, to enable the opening of the mouth, gaining access to the trebles, safely removing them with long nose pliers.
The pike, about 2lb was returned to the water unharmed ready to fight another day. I was actually surprised at the size and mesh type of the landing net. However having seen the trace unclipped so you do not have to carry the fish and rod, and the way the trebles could get snagged in a smaller mesh, it all became clear.
The final session I undertook was run by Keith Dutton, he demonstrated the tying of traces in an exemplary fashion. This was a wire trace, two trebles and swivel. The students were then given the opportunity of making their own, in fact two each! And we were allowed to keep these as the first bit of pike tackle. I like free stuff……but then everyone does!
It was now 1pm and time for some sandwiches, coffee and general chat about what had been achieved and the new methods we had been shown.
Following this I went back to Eric for some more jerk bait fishing, no fish but my technique improved dramatically.
Wandering about the Pound, Eric, one of his colleagues and I carried on jerk baiting. I witnessed Eric catch a small jack. At this juncture I shall not go into the hooking of the fish or take the mick, I have no doubt his colleagues will!
In all I can honestly say I am glad I organised this event, that the club allowed it and that the coaches that gave the inputs were very professional and knowledgeable. The way they conducted themselves and the instruction was impeccable.
I have learned a great deal, and now feel more confident in tackling pike fishing. If you ever get the opportunity to attend one of these events do not miss it, what has been imparted in the way of technique and methods are worth their weight in gold.
Thanks to the PAC coaches, I now know the basics and have a good grounding. At least if I come across another member struggling with a pike I am able to render help with a modicum of confidence, and if I hook one inadvertently I know what to do.
Will I target pike now? After that teach in I defy anyone not to want too, I certainly will.
So a big thanks you to Eric and the team and the PAC for allowing it for free! In all a fantastic day that I would not have missed for the world.
So get on the internet and seek out www.pacgb.com, membership is only £22.50 for adults and a junior is great value at only £7.50. They get the same benefits as an adult member along with four issues of Pikelines a year.
Tight lines all, Mark Ryding."
That definitely sounds like it was a very well ran and enjoyable event and has certainly increased the interest in pike fishing of the Newton members. So, on behalf of the PAC, I would like to thank all of our members that attended, Mark Ryding for organising the event (and for the fantastic report) and Newton Le Willows AA for staging it. If you are interested in joining Newton AA visit their website.
Getting extra pike fishing info
I hope that all of this has whetted your appetite to try a bit of pike fishing this winter.
If you are not to sure of how to go about it then get along to your local PAC regional meeting where you will get a warm welcome and loads of advice from experienced pikers.
There are also lots of local fish-ins organised for PAC members.
Another excellent source of information is the PAC website. We have a section on the site which details all about the correct gear and rigs to use and how to handle and unhook pike properly.
This info can be found here. The information is also available as downloadable PDF's in our resource section.
And of course Angler's Mail magazine is now getting into full flow with great pike fishing coverage every week.
And finally…
On a final note, please remember that, although the pike is a predator with a mouth full of sharp teeth. They will not intentionally bite you and so should be handled with confidence and a firm grip.
When returning pike to the water, always ensure that the pike is upright and fully recovered before you release it.
Whilst the pike may look like a tough old bruiser, it is actually a very delicate creature and should be treated with the same level of respect as any other fish you target.
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Labor still hopes its asylum seeker people-swap deal with Malaysia will succeed, with Immigration Minister Chris Bowen confirming the government would continue to ''vigorously prosecute'' the arrangement.
As the government prepares to send the first handful of asylum seekers to Nauru, and boats continue to pour into Australian waters at record levels, Mr Bowen said the Malaysia deal was still part of his calculations.
"We have been in contact with our Malaysia counterparts at various levels," he said.
The final legislation designating Nauru as an offshore processing location was introduced yesterday as another five boats carrying a combined 330 people were intercepted.
This made nine boats since Friday and 2215 asylum seekers on 37 boats arriving in Australia since August 13.
On that day the government announced it would reopen Nauru and Manus Island and warned anyone intercepted after that day risked being taken offshore.
Nauru will have a final capacity for 1500 people, including 500 by the end of this month, and Manus Island is being set up to accommodate 600, for a total offshore capacity of 2100 when both camps are set up.
It will be impossible to send to the camps all that have arrived since August 13, meaning people will be selected from among those who have already arrived. The government hopes it will deter others. The opposition called this a lottery, and said the government must undertake that everyone who arrives from now be sent to Nauru.
''If the government says they are now in a position to send people there for processing then send people there they must,'' the opposition immigration spokesman, Scott Morrison, said.
"Any exceptions on those the government sends to Nauru will only dilute what is already a half-hearted message that this government is sending out to people smugglers.''
The Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, announced a military team was en route to Papua New Guinea to begin setting up the Manus Island camp. He said there were enough temporary facilities on Nauru to send people there by the end of the week.
They will be flown there and they will have no idea how long they will stay. The government has yet to finalise the ''no advantage'' period, which will require asylum seekers, even those who are found to be refugees, to spend as long on Nauru and Manus Island as they would if they had stayed in a refugee camp. This period will be several years.
The legislative instrument tabled by Mr Bowen says it is estimated 704 asylum seekers have died at sea since October 2009, and the cost to the budget over the next four years due to the surge in arrivals is not more than $5 billion.
The imminent transfer of asylum seekers offshore is also not deterring asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Pakistan arriving in Indonesia en route to Australia.
An Afghan refugee in Cisarua, south of Jakarta, told the Herald that only days ago a new group of refugees arrived after flying from Quetta, Pakistan.
"They are coming little by little. Four days ago, 20 people came to Jakarta Airport," said refugee Alemzadeh, who is in Cisarua waiting for a boat to Christmas Island. "They know [about the new policy], but they don't stop. They say it's too dangerous to stay in Pakistan."
Alemzadeh said that for perhaps 15 days after the government's policy was announced, the influx from the war-torn regions had stopped, but it had now resumed. The recent drowning of more than 100 Hazara asylum seekers had also not deterred them.
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More follow-through selling came in after the long weekend, keeping grains on their lows. July corn finished the day down 5 cents at $3.54. Even though the outside markets came well off their overnight lows, by the grain close there looked to be some more long liquidation, especially in the wheat. We are right back down to the low end of the range for corn. The weather still looks favorable for most areas. We should continue to see progress with already planted crops and also areas that need to catch up. If the weather stays good through pollination, we will likely see December futures trade under $3.50 and head even lower toward harvest. If the weather turns for the worst here in the U.S. and/or in China this growing season, we should see corn prices find a bottom in the coming months. Export inspections came in better than expected this morning at 47,412,000 bu. (estimated at 34-40). Crop progress shows corn at 97% planted compared to a five-year average of 93%. Crop conditions are at 76% in the good to excellent ratings. This is seen as bearish as it outpaced estimates of 70%-72% and the five-year average is at 70%. We are hearing reports out of the West of farmers selling corn to make room for the upcoming wheat harvest. This could continue to put pressure on the corn market as we go forward. I still think we are positioned well at this time. For those producers who still need to get caught up on the hedge recommendations that we have issued, please call your broker and discuss the available plan for your operation.
Soybeans closed towards the lows of the day, with November beans having the lowest close since October 2009 at 902¾. Inspections were at 5,718,000 bu. for beans this morning (estimated at 5-9 million). Crop progress today shows beans at 74% planted compared to a five-year average of 68%. Based on the fundamentals that we have right now, we feel that the bean market may be susceptible to a further break from these levels if the weather continues to hold. The record South American crop continues to come online and global stocks this fall will be 45% larger than last year. We will still have to grow a crop here in the U.S., obviously, but if we do have trendline yields, we could see much lower prices this fall. A lot can change (and usually does!), but if you are not caught up on sales, I would look for a rally back toward $9.30-$9.50 in November soybeans to do so. For those producers who have their hedges in place, we would continue to stay hedged.
The wheat market sold off in the last 10 minutes of the session, finishing down 7 cents in the July Chicago contract. Wheat continues to struggle based on the fundamentals that are in place as well as outside markets. As previously mentioned, we have been hearing that farmers out west are beginning to ramp up corn sales to make room for the upcoming wheat harvest. If you are a wheat producer who has the ability to store your wheat, we have been discussing strategies to sell deferred futures and store the wheat in order to take advantage of the carry that is in the market. Please call your broker to see if this is a strategy that can benefit your operation.


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Michael finds Ellie by the side of the road and calls for help. Her pulse is weak but Starr gets her to open her eyes. Connie and Johnny bicker until Kristina calls for help after Trey collapses. Johnny tries to get a pulse. He can't get cell service and leaves to flag down a car. Connie stops him and he accuses her of not caring if her own son dies.
Connie Happened.
The victims get to General Hospital, Starr confronts Johnny, and Todd and Carly are going steady.
Steve and Olivia bask in the afterglow at his place. Before they go another round he pulls a ring out of the end table and asks her to marry him. She made him realize he wanted things he never thought he would and he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Through tears, she says yes. Later, she is admiring her ring when Steve gets a call about the accident. She did not see this coming. Weird since she sees everything else.
Dante and Lulu bask in the afterglow in their bed, eating ice cream. She feels guilty that they can do what they want while Maxie is acting like a nun. He encourages her to relax. They are interrupted by a call from Michael who tells them about the accident. Later, Olivia comes by to tell them about the engagement and shows off her ring to Lulu. They get giddy about it.
Michael returns to the crash site and tells them an ambulance is on the way. Starr joins Johnny and asks if he was lying when he admitted to shooting out the tires. He wishes he was. She is sick with grief. She tells Connie and Johnny they absolutely deserve each other as she runs off to meet the paramedics. Meanwhile, Connie tries to sneak off but Dante stops her. He knows all about her knocking out Starr and kidnapping Johnny. She tells him Johnny confessed to shooting out Anthony's tires. He has her cuffed to the car but when the cops return she has picked the cuffs and is gone.
At the hospital Sabrina tells Liz about her night with Emma, Patrick's near kiss and Britt's naked arrival. They gossip until they get notice of the accident coming in. Kristina will not leave Trey's side as Steve orders lab work. Liz takes Johnny to get stitches and when they are alone Starr collapses on Michael. He assures her they are okay and leaves to call their parents. Ellie is taken to a separate room. Sabrina gets her phone and leaves a message for Spin about the accident. Later, the doctor suspects there is a spinal injury.
Maxie and Spin have sex in her apartment. Afterwards, Spin is concerned they made a terrible mistake. He blames himself and the demon alcohol. He is concerned they hurt the baby but before she tells him the truth a call comes through from Ellie. He does not listen to the message and encourages Maxie to continue but when she tells him he is already passed out.
Todd and Carly bask in the afterglow in his bed. She wants to know what it means for them now. She asks if they are together. He has a hard time believing she would want a relationship with him considering his track record. They admit neither of them is perfect. He wants to move forward with her, and she is scared but happy. They celebrate going steady until Michael calls to tell them about the accident. "Connie happened," he says.
Back at the hospital Michael overhears Starr and Johnny talking about Cole and Hope and realizes what happened. Johnny insists he always cared about Starr. She screams and pounds on his chest. She hates him! Dante arrives and Johnny turns himself in. Todd and Carly show up and Starr tells them what Johnny did. He admits it is true but Carly can't believe it is possible. She hopes he rots in hell. She holds onto Todd who locks eyes with Johnny. Later, Johnny asks Todd if he is going to bare his soul to Carly or should he do it for him. Meanwhile Connie sneaks in to see Trey.
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Todays workout was a speed workout at the track. I waited until 12 so I could bring Tyler to his guitar lesson and then run, as his lesson is only a few blocks from the track.
This meant that I had to run in 85 degree weather, a thunderstorm on the way and a nice high dew point.
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800: 3:49
Cool Down: 1 mile..8:30
The plan was to run each 800 in 3:45-3:50 as I want to run a 3:50 marathon. I ran each 800 better than I planned. Just as I was finishing the cool down mile the sky opened up and down came the rain.
Next week I'll try 8 of the 800's.


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I ran a couple sessions in this event Friday afternoon. It was fun to get out and play a little in the car.
Vega, Monza, Sunbird, Astre, Starfire, Skyhawk
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bugdewde wrote:Rick,
Looks like the steering issue is fixed. Looks awesome!!!! I wanna do one of those events.
Other than that spin at 4:20, things looked and sounded pretty good.
What's next for the ol' blue flame (my nickname for it since it burned my ankle on the sidepipe).
Gotta come up here and rallycross my Miata .... got one Saturday... come on up.
BadBowtie wrote:Looks like a lot of fun, I'm extremely jealous! Car seems well sorted out and very healthy, posi works good too from the looks of it. Snow is only starting to melt where im at now but this is the right amout of vega-citement I needed to have that last push until the car comes out.
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Are you coming down for Summit Motorama? Adam and I already have our tickets. April 22-23
I would love to do a rally even in a Miata haha I have long said only way to look like a man in a Miata is to be racing it!
bugdewde wrote:avewhtboy wrote:
Are you coming down for Summit Motorama? Adam and I already have our tickets. April 22-23
I would love to do a rally even in a Miata haha I have long said only way to look like a man in a Miata is to be racing it!
Well, I tried to register tonight, but seems I don't have the right link or something...... says $50 a person and then preferred seating. Uh..... I'm racing, not spectating. Can't seem to find the right place to register. "Summit Motorama registration" google search looks right but can't seem to find the autocross registration?
Seriously, come up and race my Miata this Saturday. Probably have to stay at our house Friday night, as we usually leave out about 7 am..... track is about an hour and a half away. I tow with the Suburban.
Here's a crappy vid of someone driving my car at the last event there.... it's like the town bicycle, EVERYBODY drives it..... Seriously, it's AWESOME, everyone loves it (completely stock, but the timing is advanced from 10 degrees up to 15-16 degrees) :
I'm uploading an in-car (hand-held) camera view, right now from my phone ..... I'll show it later (slow internet connection at house)
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We recently discovered—but then forget—the incredible phenomenon of NASCAR-themed romance fiction, stories filled with passion and grease and beautiful people being driven swiftly to ecstasy and Victory Lane alike. What follows is a brief selection from one such tale.
From Shades of Love, by Dorien Kelly & Barbara Dunlop:
When was the last time she had kissed a man with more than just a quick, casual brush of the lips? Claire knew the answer to that question the instant Derek's mouth settled against hers: it had been far too long. She had nearly forgotten the pleasure of having someone so close, of learning someone new.
She had kept her passion banked because she was a particular woman. No man until Derek had tempted her. And, oh, how he tempted her.
The man knew how to kiss; he was a veritable prodigy, and she was glad to savor his skills. In some abstract way, she knew this was evidence he had kissed many women, but right now she didn't care. Claire invited him in deeper, hotter and was glad that she did.
She let her fingers drift to his short-cropped hair, its wiry texture so different than her own loose waves. Her heart pounded as she imagined the golden color of her skin against his burnished shade of cocoa. It would be beautiful...unforgettable.
Claire felt the warm and slightly rough texture of his palm against the bare skin of her back. She had no idea how or just when he'd worked his hand beneath her T-shirt, but she welcomed his touch and wished for more.
Still kissing her, Derek urged her back against the closed door and let the hard planes of his body press into her. She was a practical woman, an orderly woman...one whose siblings chided her for putting her imagination under wraps. But she had imagination enough to be picturing what it would be like to make love with Derek. Her mind was well down that lush and heated trail when it was drawn back by the hip-hop song of a cell phone. And that song seemed to be coming from somewhere in the tight space between her body and Derek's. She drew away from his kiss.
"Your phone, it's ringing."
"It will stop," he said.
He had a point, but her mind was clearing now. She wasn't with some man on a date. She was with the head of a youth program, in his office. The phone was still ringing, and for all that she knew, it would be followed by a knock on the door. And she'd lay odds that Shanisse was still out there, just waiting to give her a "so teacher got held after class?" interrogation.
Derek's mouth traveled close...too close...to her personal weak spot where her neck curved down to her collarbone. If she didn't stop him now, she guaranteed she'd be the one urging them on, Shanisse or no Shanisse.
Be sure to tune in for the next moment of steamy Auto-Erotica—your smutty NASCAR romance story hour.


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LAKE IN THE HILLS – A Lake in the Hills teen whose life was cut short Monday will be remembered as a do-gooder who always had a smile on her face, her family said.
Emily Weyers, 18, was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle Monday night on Algonquin Road west of Oakleaf Road in Lake in the Hills, police said. She was taken by ambulance to Sherman Hospital in Elgin, where she was pronounced dead. The teen was walking home from Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market on Randall Road in Algonquin, where she worked in the deli, said her brother, Joe Weyers.
"With the injuries she sustained, the doctors said there was nothing they could do," said Weyers, 29. "I got the phone call saying she was in a car accident around 10 p.m., and by 10:30 p.m. the doctor came in and told us she was dead. Our lives forever changed from that moment on in a drastic way."
Emily Weyers graduated this spring from Dundee–Crown High School, where she was involved in student theater productions, band and the color guard, said Chris Columbaro, associate principal at the high school. She also was a founding member of the LGBT Club and was actively involved in the Anime Club.
"Emily really soaked up the high school experience and developed great relationships with not only the students, but teachers and staff as well," Columbaro said. "Everyone knew of Emily and her work for the good. She always had a big smile on her face."
Emily Weyers was enrolled at DePaul University and would have been a freshman this fall. She planned to major in political science and minor in LGBTQ Studies. She also had a black belt in taekwondo.
"Emily was a free spirit and didn't want to conform," Joe Weyers said. "She wanted to make her own mistakes and learn from them. She wanted to be given opportunities and would never take them for granted."
The youngest of five children, Emily Weyers was known as "pipsqueak" to her brothers, Matthew Weyers, 22, and Joe Weyers, 29, and sisters, Colleen Ingram, 27, and Anna Jones, 25. She was the daughter of Michelle and Tom Weyers.
"Growing up she was with us all the time," Joe Weyers said. "She was everyone's pseudo little sister and came to everything with us. She always wanted to be a part of the older siblings' crowd."
Christian Nunez, an 18-year-old Carpentersville man, was the driver of the vehicle and was not seriously injured, according to authorities. He was the sole occupant of the car.
Lake in the Hills police did not release any information Tuesday about possible charges or citations being filed. The investigation is ongoing.
Counselors have been made available at Dundee-Crown to help students deal with the loss.
The funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road in Huntley. The burial will be in the Algonquin Cemetery.
The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Wait Ross Allanson Funeral & Cremation Services Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Algonquin, and on Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church from noon until the time of Mass.
In lieu of flowers, the family requested that people donate to The Trevor Project, Friends of DCI and Fox Valley Helping Paws, three organizations that support Emily Weyers' passions.


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Mets recognized for Sandy relief efforts
NEW YORK -- Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson presented the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience to the Mets on Thursday, recognizing their contributions to the community in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath.
"Resilience is part of the fabric of our nation," said Johnson, who also presented awards to Walgreens stores and Monsignor John Brown of St. Francis de Sales for their Sandy relief work. "One of the most enduring examples of resilience is New York City."
In the months after Sandy hit the New York metropolitan area, the Mets worked with the city's Office of Emergency Management to receive, stage and distribute resources at Citi Field. The team also supported first responders' efforts by providing housing for up to 600 workers a night, and distributed over 1,500 meals per day during the peak recovery period following the storm.
"It was quite the scene to see everything that was going on in our parking lot -- how much we had here, the help we had from OEM, from the police department, the fire department, and certainly all the staff that worked on this," said chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, who accepted the award on behalf of the Mets. "It was a big effort."


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KU School of Medicine Academic Societies
School of Medicine > OSA > Academic Societies > Legacy Curriculum Advising
Advising Overview
The KU Medical Alumni Academic Societies provide the foundation for academic advising throughout a student's four years in medical school. Student and faculty members of the Societies are paired to establish advising relationships to help guide students through the rigors of Phase I, the transition to clinical medicine, selection of a specialty, and challenges of the interview and match process.
Advisor Assignments
Admitted students are asked to complete a basic survey of their medical interests and are assigned to a society. The society faculty director uses the survey information as much as possible to match the student to a society faculty member with similar interests who will serve as the student's advisor. Students and advisors are informed of their assignments in the beginning of the academic year.
Finding a Mentor
If a student develops a mentoring relationship with a faculty member other than their signed advisor, the student may indicate this to the Office of Student Affairs and designate this new mentor (as opposed to advisor) as their primary faculty contact. This mentoring relationship replaces the assigned advising relationship. Students are still expected to meet with their mentor within the given time frames and to report/verify their meetings in the same fashion as well.
Required Meetings
In years 1-3 students are required to meet with their advisor or mentor twice per year; once in each semester. Students should initiate contact with the faculty member (advisor name and contact information is available on the specific Society "students" and "faculty" pages). In year 4, students have no required meetings, but are encouraged to seek out their advisors for assistance in the interview and match process.
Students who have found faculty mentors should meet with their mentor instead of their advisor. They should advise the Office of Student Affairs of their mentor and verify occurrence of the required meetings through the same process.
The successful completion of required meetings must be verified through a process similar to that used for precepting: students will secure the adviser's signature (electronically or otherwise) and upload the signature to JayDocs. The Office of Student Affairs will monitor uploads to ensure all meetings are completed.


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Canada starts Olympic process with plan for big iceby Dan Rosen
CALGARY -- This week's Canada Olympic orientation camp and the next four months of evaluations, discussions and debates for Steve Yzerman, Mike Babcock and their chief lieutenants will be geared toward one major theme: Don't make the same mistake twice.
Canada's goal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics is to bring home another gold medal, but that was exactly the goal it had in 2006 when the Canadians arrived in Turin, Italy. That team finished seventh in a 12-team tournament because it was partially catered toward the loyalty the management and coaching staff had to the 2002 gold-medal team and wasn't built to succeed on the bigger, international ice surface.
To repeat as Olympic champion in February, the group selecting the 2014 Canadian team and the one coaching it understands history and loyalty have to take a backseat to fit and style befitting the larger ice surface it will be playing on.
"We've got to pick the best group to play," Babcock said Sunday from the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park, where the three-day, off-ice orientation camp is taking place, "and I don't think it has anything to do with 2010."
What happened on home ice in Vancouver is to forever be cherished, but the Canadians won that gold medal playing on a familiar 200-foot by 85-foot sheet of ice. The ice will be 15 feet wider and the markings different in Sochi, so they can't expect to win being as physical or aggressive as they were in 2010.
Canada's recent track record for changing its style to compete on the bigger ice leaves much to be desired. It hasn't won gold at the World Championship since 2007 and hasn't medaled since taking home the silver in 2009.
The Canadians won gold on the Olympic-sized ice sheet in Salt Lake City in 2002, but Ken Hitchcock, an associate coach for the Olympic team since 2002, said Sunday it wasn't a 200 x 100 sheet as advertised.
"Everybody talks about Salt Lake being a big-ice game but it wasn't," Hitchcock said. "It was a smaller surface. It wasn't near 100 by 200 that it was advertised. So, really, the only time was in Torino."
That team couldn't handle the pace. It's an experience that will guide this year's selection process.
"The biggest lesson is foot speed, for all players," said Edmonton Oilers president Kevin Lowe, who has been part of Canada's Olympic management team since 2002. "You have to be able to skate and you have to be able to move the puck. We've seen that time and time again, in '06 and [at the] World Championship the last couple of years. It's quite evident. The team will be made up of players who can skate, think and move the puck.
"There could be a number of changes from the gold-medal team in Vancouver."
The process started in earnest Sunday when Hockey Canada gathered its executive team, coaching staff and 46 players (Claude Giroux was invited but couldn't make it because he is rehabbing from surgery on his finger) for an orientation camp geared toward educating the players on everything they'll need to know should they be among the 25 selected for the Olympic team sometime in late December.
Because the cost of insuring the players' NHL contracts (estimated at $1 million by Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson) was deemed prohibitive, the players will not skate but instead watch video and participate in walk-throughs to learn the systems and terminology Babcock and his assistants (Claude Julien, Lindy Ruff and Hitchcock) will use in Sochi.
They will be together for the full three days before departing Wednesday morning, so the hope is for them to form a bond, a chemistry that can easily be recaptured when they leave their respective NHL teams and get to Sochi, where they will have maybe three practices before opening the Olympics against Norway on Feb. 13.
"You have to be able to skate and you have to be able to move the puck. We've seen that time and time again, in '06 and [at the] World Championship the last couple of years. It's quite evident. The team will be made up of players who can skate, think and move the puck. There could be a number of changes from the gold-medal team in Vancouver."
-- Oilers president Kevin Lowe, part of Canada's Olympic management team since 2002
"Being an Olympian to me is much bigger than just being part of a regular hockey team," Babcock said. "You're part of a bigger team: the Canadian team. That's not just the Canadian hockey team, that's the Canadian Olympic team. I think it's a special, special thing. When you get special opportunities, your preparation should be the same. Our preparation this week has to be gold-medal preparation."
From there it will be all about waiting and watching to see who stands out in the first three months of the NHL season. Babcock made it clear that nobody from the 2010 team will be given an advantage.
"That's over with," he said. "This is a new opportunity, and so some guys who played on that team are still on the top of their game. They're going to be on the next team. Some guys that were on that team didn't get invited to the camp and their career is not at that point. So once again, it's the best guys that are going to play on the team."
Fifteen players of the 46 players here played on the 2010 team, and some -- Sidney Crosby, Patrice Bergeron, Jonathan Toews, Shea Weber, Drew Doughty and Duncan Keith -- are considered by many to be locks for the 2014 team. Nicholson told Sportsnet last week that as many as 11 players could have that status.
However, the expected turnover from 2010 to 2014 is evident by some of the younger players in camp, including Steven Stamkos, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, John Tavares and Matt Duchene. They all have significant skating speed.
Half of the 32 new gold-medal hopefuls invited to camp (Giroux included) are 25 or younger; 27 are under 30.
"We'll be a younger group," Babcock said.
And presumably a faster team than it was in 2010. At least they had better be if they want to avoid making the same mistake twice.
"Speed, agility, and if you don't have those, smarts are at a premium," Hitchcock said. "Those things are going to be critical. If you're not quick and agile, you're going to have to be a brilliant player to play this type of game."


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The Science of Southeast Alaska's Sea Otters
A Symposium to Share the Latest Scientific Data
UAS and UAF co-hosted a scientific symposium on sea otter biology at the UAS Egan Library the evening on February 21, 2013. Top sea otter experts presented their latest research and findings to faculty, staff, students, and members of the community. A series of lectures was followed by a question and answer session. Questions were submitted from members of the Alaskan public during the Symposium and in the days leading up to the Symposium.
The Symposium program and presenter biographies may be found here.
Several presentations are available on-line. Click on the links below to view a pdf.
- James Bodkin: History and Biology of Sea Otters
- James Estes: Ecological Influences of Sea Otters
- Ginny Eckert: Recovery of the Sea Otter Population and Conflicts with Shellfish Users in Southeast Alaska
- Verena Gill: Sea Otters in Southeast Alaska; Their Current Population Status & Causes of Mortality
Ginny Eckert, James Estes, and Verena Gill presented a summary of their research to the House Fisheries Committee on 2/21/13. A video recording of this hearing may be found here. To view their presentation, click here and then click on the top link in the table.
They were also interviewed on KTOO's A Juneau Afternoon. Click to listen to an audio recording from 2/20/13.
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Katie Homes confessed that she doesn't dress herself.
The brunette beauty said the sheer black ensemble she sported on the red carpet at Elle magazine's Women in Hollywood Tribute last night was selected by her 3-year-old daughter, Suri, according to Usmagazine.com.
"She did!" Holmes told Us when asked whether her daughter selected the designer duds. "She gave me a big thumbs up."
U.S. & World
"She loves clothes and picks out her own. She loves running and she loves dancing," Holmes gushed while sporting a Hermes bag and Givency shoes.
The cutie daughter of Holmes and Tom Cruise was spotted with her parents in Boston last weekend munching on cupcakes and jogging around a track alongside her mom.
The toddler, already developing a discerning eye for fashion, sported baby blue high heels and a pink sun dress when she went on a stroll with her mom.
A pal told Us that both Tom and Katie are beyond smitten with their little one.
"Suri makes the rules and Tom and Katie go along with it," the insider said.


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Employment may be defined differently by laws regarding taxes, worker compensation, labor, and unemployment. Often, a worker's status as an employee is dependent on how much work is performed and how wages are paid. Some laws use tests involving the amount of control the payer has over how, where, and when the work is done. The IRS has Publication 15A, which outlines the criteria it uses to make the determination of whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.
The term "independent contractor" is used to refer to a business, a business owner with employees, or a selfemployed business owner with no employees. This should not confuse the issue of employer responsibilities. If you have employees, you are responsible for them. If you are unsure of whether someone who performs services for you is an employee or independent contractor, consult each agency listed in this section to be sure of which definitions apply for which purposes.
I-C-1. Unemployment Insurance
Employer Registration
If you are an employer, you must register with DWD during the first quarter you are liable to pay premiums. You can register online using our online Uplink Employer Self Service program, at https://uplink.in.gov/ESS/ESSLogon.htm. The Uplink Employer Self Service System gives you immediate access to services and information online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Uplink Employer Self Service allows you to do the following online:
- Register as a new employer
- Review and maintain unemployment insurance account information
- Submit quarterly unemployment insurance contribution reports
- Make payments by e-check and credit card (certain fees apply)
If you are an employer with an existing SUTA account number be sure to check the 'Yes' option button on the first screen after clicking 'New User' on the Employer Self Service logon screen. To register an existing account, you will need your FEIN number, your SUTA number, and the total gross wages from your last quarter.
You may also register by completing State Form 2837 (Report to Determine Status), which is located at www.in.gov/dwd/2406.htm or call DWD at (800) 437-9136 and request the form be mailed to you. If you choose to complete a paper copy of this form it must be mailed to:
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DWD will give you an individual account number when you register. If correct premiums are not paid on time interest and penalties will be charged.
For detailed information please see our Employer Handbook (www.in.gov/dwd )
I-C-2. Worker's Compensation
All Indiana employers must obtain worker's compensation from a private insurance carrier. If an injury to an employee occurs and results in more than one day away from work, the employer must electronically file an Indiana Worker's Compensation First Report of Employee Injury, Illness.
Certification of Independent Contractor Status and Worker's Compensation Exemption:
Independent contractors in the construction and building trade are required to apply to the Indiana Department of Revenue for certification of independent contractor status. Clearance must first be received from the Department of Revenue before the Worker's Compensation Board may process an application for exemption.
The independent contractor must certify that he or she has worker's compensation coverage for all employees in accordance with IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 and that the independent contractor desires to be exempt from being able to recover under the worker's compensation policy or self-insurance of an individual for whom the independent contractor will perform work only as an independent contractor. There is a seven (7) day waiting period before a certificate can be validated. The fee for each certificate is $20.
Indiana Department of Revenue - Titles & Licensing
Worker's Compensation Board
I-C-3. Labor Laws
Information regarding any Indiana labor laws can be obtained by calling the individual numbers listed with each area, or by contacting:
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I-C-3-a. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Act (IOSHA)
The Indiana Department of Labor, IOSHA Division, is the sole compliance agency for occupational safety and health standards in the State of Indiana. The ultimate goal of IOSHA is the elimination of occupational injury, disease, and illness among Indiana workers. There are general industry standards that apply to any employer.
Some specific industries have their own standards as well. Additionally, employees may not suffer dismissal or discrimination for making known a concern about workplace health or safety. For more information, contact IOSHA at 317-232-2693.
I-C-3-b. Division of INSafe
INSafe's primary function is to aid businesses with voluntary compliance with IOSHA standards and to develop comprehensive safety and health programs through safety education and training. This is most effectively accomplished through on-site consultative visits, which are free and available to any business upon written request. The on-site consultation program assists employers in identifying and correcting safety and health hazards under a protective abatement program. INSafe offers technical assistance, recommendations for reducing or eliminating existing hazards and assessment of employer's safety and health programs. For more information, call 317-232-2688.
I-C-3-c. Child Labor Laws
The Indiana Department of Labor's Bureau of Child Labor enforces the Indiana child labor laws, which apply to minors, ages 14 through 17 years. The Bureau oversees Employment Certificates, processes and acts on complaints of violations including, but not limited to, excessive hours, late hours, or hazardous occupations.
Generally, any minor between ages 14 and 17 years must obtain an Employment Certificate before beginning employment. Employment Certificates are issued by the School Corporation the minor attends. For more information regarding the employment
of a minor,
call 317-232-2655.
I-C-3-d. Age Discrimination
The Indiana Department of Labor's Employment Standards Division administers Indiana's Age Discrimination Act and investigates charges of age discrimination at state-covered businesses (generally, those employing fewer than 20 employees). For more information, call 317-232-2655. Charges of age discrimination against employers of more than 20 must be filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at 800-669-4000.
I-C-3-e. Minimum Wage
The Employment Standards Division also administers the Indiana Minimum Wage Law, which applies to employers not subject to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Indiana's minimum wage was $6.25 per hour as of July 24, 2008. Following that on July 24, 2009 it raised to $7.25 per hour. For more information regarding state and federal minimum wage laws, call: 317-232-2655.
I-C-3-f. Wage Payment
Employees who are not paid all wages earned on the regular payday for the period in which they are earned may file a wage claim with the Employment Standards Division. If a valid complaint cannot be resolved administratively, the file is referred to a private attorney for action, and penalties up to double the amount due, plus attorney's fees and court costs may be assessed against the employer. For additional information call 317-232-2655.
Effective October 1, 1997, under Indiana State Statute IC22.4.1-4-2. and the Federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) all public, private, non-profit, and government employers were required to report all new and rehired employees within 20 days of hire to the Indiana New Hire Reporting Center. Failure to report a new employee could result in a fine of $500. Please see the following website: http://www.in-newhire.com or for questions call 1-866-879-0198 or 317-612-3036.
Many state and federal employment laws have corresponding posting requirements. Please keep in mind that most of the posters have size requirements included in state or federal law, and many of the "combined posters" sold by private companies do not meet these size requirements. At least one copy of each poster is free to any employer, and the contact information is listed below with each one or download posters @ http://www.in.gov/dwd/2455.htm.
I-C-5-a. Minimum Wage
Federal: Your Rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Employee Polygraph Protection Act Posters are needed by businesses including:
- any enterprise with an annual gross income of at least $500,000;
- a hospital, residential institution, or school;
- a public agency;
- anyone engaged in interstate commerce or the production of goods for interstate commerce;
- any employer of domestic service workers earning at least $50 per quarter, or working more than 8 hours per week; or
- others - contact the offices below or the Indiana Department of Labor office listed above to determine which rules cover your business.
- Your Rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act Poster is needed by: employers of 50 or more within 75 miles.
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
State: Indiana Minimum Wage Law Poster needed by anyone not covered by Federal Minimum Wage and having 2 or more employees during any workweek.
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- private employers, state and local governments, and educational institutions;
- anyone holding federal contracts or subcontracts; or
- anyone receiving federal financial assistance.
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State: Equal Opportunity is the Law Poster needed by:
- state, political, or civil subdivisions;
- anyone employing six or more persons;
- labor organizations; or
- employment agencies.
Indiana Civil Rights Commission
I-C-5-c. Occupational Safety and Health
State: Safety and Health Protection on the Job Poster is needed by anyone with employees in Indiana. (NO
Indiana Department of Labor IOSHA Compliance Division
I-C-5-d. Child Labor
State: The Notice of Teen Worker Hour Restrictions poster is required to be posted by all Indiana employers
who employ teens ages 14 through 17 years of age.
(Federal requirements are covered on the Fair Labor Standards Act poster listed under Minimum Wage.)
Indiana Department of Labor, Bureau of Child Labor
I-C-5-e. Unemployment Compensation
State: Indiana Employment and Training Services Act Poster is needed by:
- anyone with one or more employees in 20 different weeks or who paid $1500 or more in one quarter;
- employers of ten or more people in agricultural labor for twenty or more weeks in the year, or who paid $20,000 or more in one quarter;
- employers of domestic labor paid cash wages of $1000 or more in one quarter; or
- state and political subdivisions and private schools.
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
I-C-5-f. Worker's Compensation
State: Worker's Compensation Notice is needed by almost anyone with employees. (This is not a poster provided by the Board, but posting must be similar in form to example given by the Board.)
Worker's Compensation Board
I-C-5-g USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Federal protects the job rights of individuals who voluntarily or involuntarily leave employment positions to undertake military service. Also prohibits employers from discriminating against past and present members
of the uniformed services, and applicants to the uniformed services


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Year 12 WACE Maths Methods Revision
Event box
Year 12 WACE Maths Methods Revision
- Date:
- Wednesday 19 September 2018
- Time:
- 4:45pm - 5:45pm
- Location:
- Rm 6.204 [Kennedy Block]
- Categories:
- Student Revision Programs
Dear Boys,
Every year we offer opportunities for current Year 12 students to work with the OSC in small group tutoring sessions with these sessions running from now until the WACE Mock examinations.
I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity, the feedback from last year was very positive for those who engaged with the programme. The tutors will not do the work for you, but they will provide you with valuable insight in to how you can work efficiently to best prepare for these Mock examinations in each respective course.
The cost of the tuition is covered by the Old Scotch Collegians and therefore no fee will apply.
Kind regards
Mrs Fugill
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Dec 24, 2013
In the final show for 2013 Digga, Laurel, Olive and Huen wrap up the year and give us their final garden updates. They also give advice to callers.
Dec 24, 2013
In this penultimate show for 2013, Digga, Laurel and Olive discuss possible Christmas gifts. They also tell us about their gardens and give advice to callers.
Dec 24, 2013
Its BBQ day and Digga, Laurel and Olive are joined by hundreds of fans at the OB. They are also joined by RRRs own Birdman, Sean Dooley. They discuss a wide range of topics and take questions from the crowd.
Dec 24, 2013
Olive, Laurel and Huen discuss pop up gardens and in particular the pop up vege patch in Federation Square. They also discuss their gardens and give advice to callers.
Dec 21, 2013
A wad of scientists join Dr Shane in the studio for the final
show of 2013. Also joining via phone is Dr Lauren, and Dr Jennifer
Henry from the New York Academy of Sciences.
The scientists bring their best science stories of the year and discuss the huge (or microscopic) news in science from 2013.
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On the anniversary of 9/11, we cover a variety of stories, and get a visit from Henry Schoenberger to talk about the possible impending failure of the investigation / prosecution of the Wall Street debacle.
About our guest:
Henry Schoenberger is a Cleveland entrepreneur, financial specialist, writer and author of How We Got Swindled by Wall Street Godfathers, Greed & Financial Darwinism – The 30-Year War Against The American Dream. The book, an insightful look at the failures of Washington and Wall Street as well as all the contributing factors that led to the current depression-like economy and dysfunctional state of the US, includes a foreword from David Satterfield, a veteran financial journalist who shared in two Pulitzer Prizes while he was the business editor at the Miami Herald.
Schoenberger's 1990 book, Invest for Success, How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off by Real Estate Partnerships, the Stock Market and Diversification became a critical success nationally, and recently B&N decided to carry it again online and in stock. He has authored a number of articles in professional journals and mainstream publications.
Site links:
Five Major Banks consistently hindered Mortgage Investigation
Henry's Guest Essay here at the EWRS: CAPITALISM: ACTING IN GOOD FAITH: CORZINE? LEHMAN AND THE COURT APPOINTED EXAMINER? OK BUNGEE JUMPING WITHOUT CORDS!
Henry's articles on Huffington Post


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Ah, I also hoping it.
More feature also nice. More event (so your shinki also have some event with other shinki in your possession), viewing room (where you see your shinki hanging out and doing some random thing with each other), mission mode (though right now the only mission in my mind is going HoiHoi mode AKA pest control), no hammer space weapon (so you can see your shinki carrying her weapon) and lots more.
But the main point of playing busou shinki is to choose your most beloved shinki, finish story mode with her (then do for the others too), customizing her to your taste and playing style then go showing her off (or kicking other people shinki). In this one, psp have the advantage that you can do that anywhere, anytime, anyhow.
Even till now, I am still playing and customizing my altlene trying different parts, skills and weaponry.
Well, the possibility is not zero since busou shinki seems to be quite famous in japan there. Hopefully, the number of fans and demand is enough for encouraging Konami to make PS3 version.
battle masters psp game.... english?
For help & discussion of Battle Masters.
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If they do make a console verson, it better have implements from BR and BM[such as different rooms for each battle type(BR auto-battle and BM manual-battle)online too]. Also, NOT be Japan only(even though it most likely will be. I lost a lot of faith in KONAMI after they terminated BR.
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Regence BlueShield, one of Washington state's largest health insurers, is proposing an average 14.7 percent hike in premiums for its customers who buy coverage on their own.
Even with that increase, the company says it would also face a loss of $4.5 million from its surplus, which currently exceeds $1 billion.
Here's state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler's statement on the proposal:
"We've just received this request. It will undergo a rigorous review by our actuaries.
"Regence contends that even with this increase, it would lose $4.5 million from the company's surplus. To put that in perspective, that's less than half of 1 percent of the company's $1 billion surplus.
"In fact, Regence could continue to lose $4.5 million annually for the next 220 years and it would still have a surplus.
"A similar request by a sister company, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, sought a 6.4 percent increase, starting August 1, 2012. But after our review and objections, it withdrew the request today. Any future rate request will face the same thorough scrutiny."
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Kreidler statement on Regence's proposed 14.7 percent rate hike
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Purpose and Executive Summary
This Guide seeks to provide educational practitioners with user-friendly tools to distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that are not.
The field of K-12 education contains a vast array of educational interventions - such as reading and math curricula, schoolwide reform programs, after-school programs, and new educational technologies - that claim to be able to improve educational outcomes and, in many cases, to be supported by evidence. This evidence often consists of poorly-designed and/or advocacy-driven studies. State and local education officials and educators must sort through a myriad of such claims to decide which interventions merit consideration for their schools and classrooms. Many of these practitioners have seen interventions, introduced with great fanfare as being able to produce dramatic gains, come and go over the years, yielding little in the way of positive and lasting change - a perception confirmed by the flat achievement results over the past 30 years in the National Assessment of Educational Progress long-term trend.
The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and many federal K-12 grant programs, call on educational practitioners to use "scientifically-based research" to guide their decisions about which interventions to implement. As discussed below, we believe this approach can produce major advances in the effectiveness of American education. Yet many practitioners have not been given the tools to distinguish interventions supported by scientifically-rigorous evidence from those which are not. This Guide is intended to serve as a user-friendly resource that the education practitioner can use to identify and implement evidence-based interventions, so as to improve educational and life outcomes for the children they serve.
If practitioners have the tools to identify evidence-based interventions, they may be able to spark major improvements in their schools and, collectively, in American education.
As illustrative examples of the potential impact of evidence-based interventions on educational outcomes, the following have been found to be effective in randomized controlled trials - research's "gold standard" for establishing what works:
- One-on-one tutoring by qualified tutors for at-risk readers in grades 1-3 (the average tutored student reads more proficiently than approximately 75% of the untutored students in the control group).1
- Life-Skills Training for junior high students (low-cost, replicable program reduces smoking by 20% and serious levels of substance abuse by about 30% by the end of high school, compared to the control group).2
- Reducing class size in grades K-3 (the average student in small classes scores higher on the Stanford Achievement Test in reading/math than about 60% of students in regular-sized classes).3
- Instruction for early readers in phonemic awareness and phonics (the average
student in these interventions reads more proficiently than approximately
70% of students in the control group).4
In addition, preliminary evidence from randomized controlled trials suggests the effectiveness of:
- High-quality, educational child care and preschool for low-income children
(by age 15, reduces special education placements and grade retentions by nearly
50% compared to controls; by age 21, more than doubles the proportion attending
four-year college and reduces the percentage of teenage parents by 44%).5
Further research is needed to translate this finding into broadly-replicable programs shown effective in typical classroom or community settings.
The fields of medicine and welfare policy show that practice guided by rigorous evidence can produce remarkable advances.
Life and health in America has been profoundly improved over the past 50 years by the use of medical practices demonstrated effective in randomized controlled trials. These research-proven practices include: (i) vaccines for polio, measles, and hepatitis B; (ii) interventions for hypertension and high cholesterol, which have helped bring about a decrease in coronary heart disease and stroke by more than 50 percent over the past half-century; and (iii) cancer treatments that have dramatically improved survival rates from leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and many other types of cancer.
Similarly, welfare policy, which since the mid-1990s has been remarkably successful in moving people from welfare into the workforce, has been guided to a large extent by scientifically-valid knowledge about "what works" generated in randomized controlled trials.6
Our hope is that this Guide, by enabling educational practitioners to draw effectively on rigorous evidence, can help spark similar evidence-driven progress in the field of education.
The diagram on the next page summarizes the process we recommend for evaluating whether an educational intervention is supported by rigorous evidence.
In addition, appendix B contains a checklist to use in this process.
How to evaluate whether an educational intervention is supported by rigorous evidence: An overview
Step 1. Is the intervention backed by "strong" evidence of effectiveness?
|Quality of studies needed
to establish "strong" evidence:
|Quantity of evidence needed:
Trials showing effectiveness in
Step 2. If the intervention is not backed by "strong"
evidence, is it backed by
|Types of studies that can comprise
"possible" evidence:
|Types of studies that do not
comprise "possible" evidence:
Step 3. If the answers to both questions above are "no," one may conclude that the intervention is not supported by meaningful evidence.


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Blog Train: Scrapping Your Heart Out
Location: Rush Ranch, Eastern Oregon
Wx: Sunny / hot
This morning the view of the valley below is so beautiful. The valley sits in a circle, surrounded by the Blue Mountains. It's 5:30 am, and the sun is just brushing the tops of the mountains across the valley from us – not like the brush of someone brushing their teeth hurriedly in the morning, but as a lover brushes away a curl from your cheek………….It pauses, the sunshine, gently taking a breath before it rushes down the slopes to touch the valley floor below. It's quite beautiful to me.
We are busy this week. We are expanding the area that the horses have to run, by another three acres. This will allow them to visit and nuzzle the horses that live on the farm adjacent to ours. Horses are very sociable, and ours love to visit with the neighboring horses. They are always talking to each other, so we need to put them in a position to visit as often as they wish.
If the horses come to the west side of their pasture, they can align themselves with our sliding glass doors that look right into our kitchen. And, they do. Like clockwork. They come at 8:00 a.m, and at 5:00 p.m., to "remind" my husband that it is time to feed them. Keep in mind that they have a whole pasture to graze on, as well as a barn full of alfalfa – the alfalfa because they are too picky to eat "regular" hay. At mealtime, my husband carries up a bucket of maple-coated oats, and a treat – either a carrot or an apple for each horse. These horses have him very well trained. He secretly loves it. "I've gotta go feed my girls…." he'll say, as he wanders up to commune with them. They gather around him like a bunch of fans at a rock concert. He brushes their coats as they nuzzle him.
The lovely Mennonite family down the road from us is hosting family from all across the US and Canada, for a big wedding event and family reunion. They have asked to borrow our RV so that they can have more room for their guests. In the past, we have been able to offer them the use of our apartment that sits over our garage, but this year my youngest daughter is occupying the space for a time – so the RV is the only alternative. They are such wonderful neighbors, we love them so! It's a pleasure to be able to "do" something for them…..
My youngest child had a birthday this week. My youngest child – I smile at that. She is 42! My baby is 42. That feels so strange to say that. Time passes so fast.
On with the blog train! Over at the "Scrappin' Your Heart Out" a place for designers – The theme is "Watermelon Days"! And I am ever grateful for the summer to be in full swing here in Oregon. One of my favorite things is to have meals outdoors. We have a picnic table on the back deck and a round table on the front deck. Depending upon what time of day it is, we hang out and just marvel at the beauty of the world around us, how lucky, how blessed we are to be able to set our eyes and hearts upon all we see. Sigh.
Below are the links to my kit, and they continue to be commercial use allowed. I have double-checked the links for accuracy, as my last download had a bad link – so sorry about that. (As you can see, I am quite human and make frequent mistakes. I'll try to keep them at a minimum in the future.) Please visit the blogroll links further down this post to gather additional kits from the other amazing designers. They have worked hard to bring you their best. We love you and want you to have lots of stuff in your scrapping stash!


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Investing God's Gift
John Calvin says, "There will be no excuse of the indolence of those who both conceal the gifts of God, and waste their time in idleness." Far too many professing Christians are content to sit around and not use their ...Read More
Fulfilling the Call to Missions
Only a small percentage of Christians are called to full-time service in the church. Yet even those who do not work in the foreign mission field or hold ecclesiastical office are vital to the extension of the Gospel. Besides working ...Read More
The Origin of Simony
In a lesser way, simony is still a problem in the church. All too often those who are elected elders, deacons, or vestrymen in the church are voted in almost entirely because they are successful at business or have important ...Read More
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text: Probably for the same reason carmakers don't make certain other products.... ....MONEY! As interesting as the El Camino concept is, I do find a few shortcomings with the design: 1. Limited interior space, and you can only carry one other passenger with you. To fit a benchseat (there goes your individually adjustable bucket seats) would be problematic, as you would have either move the shifter much further up on the console or resort to (yuk!) a column shifted automatic 2. Limited room behind the rear seat to stow things or adjust the seat for taller drivers. 3. Insurance companies would classify this is as a "specialty two-seater" putting you in the same insurance market as a Chevrolet Corvette, Honda S2000, any BMW with a Z in its name, etc. Ouch!! $$ 4. Only one bed size. You could make other variations of it, but this would drive up the costs. Consumers would likely want other body variations, putting the cost even higher still. 5. Not everyone likes the El Camino bodystyle. You'd have to make enough of them to turn a profit, probably a lot more than would actually buy the thing. An open bed would increase the chance of theft, and creating a lockable, hard tonneau cover would increase costs even more (a cloth or vinyl one would not protect the bed's contents). 6. Many of the body panels are unique, meaning automakers wouldn't be able to share (rear) bodypanels among other models. This would increase repair costs. 7. Not many mounting options for the gazillion airbags safety mavens will want in this type of vehicle. 8. It's considered to be a somewhat top-heavy design (heavier front end, relatively lighter rear with an empty bed). Uneven handling might be an issue, not very well balanced with no roof over the rear of the car. Didn't mean to shoot down the El Camino idea, but these are just some of the issues you'd run into. Pontiac tried the El Camino idea with the G8, but found very limited appeal with consumers. Pontiac cancelled plans to produce it. GM pulling the plug on Pontiac (as well as every other Pontiac product along with it) further sealing its fate.


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Kanye West can't even catch a break in his hometown.
The successful but controversial rapper sat courtside at Thursday night's Bulls/Heat game and was booed when he was introduced to the crowd, the Chicago Tribune's Luis Arroyave reported.
Was it the fact that he got to his seat late, not arriving until the end of the first quarter? Or is the rapper still suffering the effects from his highly-publicized incident with Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards?
Either way, it doesn't bode well for the rapper's reputation that Chicago -- at least the Bulls crowd -- didn't show him any love.
Who could blame 'Ye if he's considering taking his talents to South Beach.
Kanye West Booed at Bulls-Heat Game
Kanye West can't even catch a break in his hometown.


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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on December 4, 2012, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. at the Appling County Courthouse, 38 South Main Street, Baxley, Georgia 31513, Judge Stephen G. Scarlett of the Superior Court of Appling County will hear the case of STATE OF GEORGIA vs. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF APPLING COUNTY and UMA - BUFFELLOW CONSULTANTS, LTD., Civil Action File No. 12-10-610C in the Superior Court of Appling County, the same being a proceeding to confirm and validate a Taxable Revenue Bond (Uma - Buffellow Consultants, Ltd. Project), Series 2012 (the "Bond"), in a maximum principal amount of $6,000,000, to be issued by the Development Authority of Appling County (the "Issuer") pursuant to the terms of a resolution adopted by the Issuer, in order to promote and expand for the public good and welfare, industry, trade, commerce and employment opportunities within Appling County (the "County"). The Bond is to be issued for the purpose of acquiring land located in the County, along with improvements, building fixtures, and building equipment installed and to be installed thereat (collectively, the "Project"), to be leased to Uma - Buffellow Consultants, Ltd., a Georgia corporation (the "Company"), for use by the Company as an office building and economic development project under O.C.G.A. § 36 62 2(6)(N). In such proceeding, the Court will also (a) hear and determine the validity of instruments relating to and providing security for the Bond, and (b) hear and determine such other questions of law and fact pertaining to the right of the Issuer to issue the Bond and to provide the security therefore. The Bond shall be a special and limited obligation of the Issuer, payable from funds provided by the Company or its successors, shall not be payable from taxes or other public funds, and no performance audit or performance review shall be conducted with respect to such bond issue. Any citizen of the State of Georgia residing in the County, or any other person wherever residing who has a right to object, may intervene and become a party to these proceedings.
J. Alexander Johnson
Attorney for Development Authority
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, GA 31513
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Individual adjustment of preload
It is possible, however, to increase or decrease preload by using spacer rings between two bearings arranged back-to-back or face-to-face, when used in sets of two or more bearings. There is no requirement to insert spacers between bearings arranged in tandem.
By grinding the side face of the inner or outer spacer, the preload in the bearing set can be changed.
Table 1 provides information about which of the equal-width spacer ring side faces must be ground and what effect it has. The necessary dimensional deviation for the overall width of the spacer rings is listed in the following tables:
Spacer rings
- preload in the bearing set needs to be adjusted
- moment stiffness and moment load capacity should be increased
- nozzles for oil lubrication must be as close as possible to the bearing raceways
- sufficiently large space is needed for surplus grease, in order to reduce frictional heat in the bearing
- improved heat dissipation via the housing is required at very high operating speeds
To achieve optimum bearing performance, spacer rings must not deform under load, otherwise form deviations can influence the preload in the bearing set. As a result, the guideline values for the shaft and housing tolerances should always be used.
Spacer rings should be made of high-grade steel that can be hardened to between 45 and 60 HRC, depending on the application. Plane parallelism of the face surfaces is particularly important. The permissible deviation must not exceed 1 to 2 μm.
Unless preload is to be adjusted, the overall width of the inner and outer spacer rings should be identical. The most accurate way to do this is to process the width of the concentric inner and outer spacer rings in one operation.