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Specialized Marking Systems Increases Capacity with Digital Pro Upgrade
St. Louis, Mo. – Specialized Marking Systems, an Ontario based converter has upgraded its Digital One to the new Mark Andy Digital Pro engine to increase capacity and expand its overall digital label business. Over a year post-installation of the Digital One, the choice to upgrade to the new engine was made with the success of the Digital Pro predecessor in mind.
Speaking to the decision to upgrade their engine to Digital Pro, Imran Fancy, Owner, Specialized Marking System, comments, "The Digital Pro field upgrade could not have come at a better time for our business. Our current Digital One is at full capacity, and we wanted a solution that gave us more capacity along with cost savings. The upgrade completely fit our needs, the 70% increase in speed and 30% lower cost to print gives us even more ability to say YES to our current and new customers' needs."
Digital Pro is the latest hybrid product line from Mark Andy and comes to market with two models, the roll-to-roll Digital Pro 1 and the advanced in-line converting Digital Pro 3 - available with semi-rotary die-cutting. Through a field upgrade program, select Digital Pro machine benefits are available to Digital One customers, enabling Specialized Marking Systems to print at speeds of 77 fpm, increase capacity, and reduce their cost to print.
The decision to upgrade to the Digital Pro engine came after an extremely successful 18 months with the Digital One. Within 6 months of owning the press, Specialized Marking Systems was able to completely fill one shift on the digital hybrid press without making a single sales call.
Specialized Marking System's Owner Imran Fancy (right) with his production team and the company's upgraded Digital One.
Along with winning new business because of the added flexo capabilities, they were able to migrate shorter run work off of their existing flexo presses onto the Digital One. Fancy states, "Adding the Digital One gave us the opportunity to grow the business and better meet our customers' needs. We've been able to say yes to rush orders, enter new markets and better serve our existing customer base."
The hybrid elements of the Digital One have been essential to the company's productivity and profitability. Over 75% of the labels run on the press utilize lamination or some type of flexo embellishment. Cold foil, a decorative embellishment enabled by the flexo station of the hybrid press, is a key component to the company's ability to enter new markets, with new business generated in the competitive wine industry.
To learn more about Specialized Marking Systems, visit their website here.


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Italien ist in 20 Regionen, 14 Metropolitanstädte (), 80 Provinzen, zwei autonome Provinzen, sechs freie Gemeindekonsortien (it. liberi consorzii comunali) und 7903 Gemeinden untergliedert (Stand: Januar 2020). Regionen, Metropolitanstädte, Provinzen, freie Gemeindekonsortien und Gemeinden sind nach Art. 114 der Italienischen Verfassung als Gebietskörperschaften (Ente territoriale) mit politischer Autonomie und Selbstverwaltungsrechten unterschiedlicher Ausprägung ausgestattet.

Regionen

Die zwanzig Regionen Italiens haben jeweils eine eigene Verfassung, die "Statut" genannt wird. Sie verfügen über direkt gewählte Regierungen und Volksvertretungen. Letztere haben in Italien die allgemeine Gesetzgebungsbefugnis, soweit sie in einzelnen, von der italienischen Verfassung genannten Bereichen nicht dem Staat vorbehalten ist. Fünf der 20 Regionen werden als "autonom" bezeichnet und haben mehr Rechte als Regionen mit Normalstatut. Dabei handelt es sich um das Aostatal, Friaul-Julisch Venetien, Sardinien, Sizilien und Trentino-Südtirol. Im Fall der Region Trentino-Südtirol wurden fast alle Befugnisse und Kompetenzen der Region an die beiden autonomen Provinzen Trient und Bozen – Südtirol abgegeben. Die Landtage in Trient und Bozen können zu gemeinsamen Sitzungen zusammenkommen und bilden dann die regionale Volksvertretung. Den Vorsitz in der Region übernehmen die beiden Landeshauptleute abwechselnd.

Die Zentralregierung in Rom und das italienische Parlament können den Regionen zusätzliche Aufgaben übertragen. Soweit italienische Ministerien oder sonstige zentrale Behörden in den Regionen Außenstellen unterhalten, bilden die Regionen auch dezentrale Verwaltungsbezirke des Gesamtstaates.

(Stand: 24. September 2020; Einwohner Stand )

Provinzen

Die Provinzen Italiens bilden die mittlere Verwaltungsebene. Bis 2014 hatten die Provinzen als eigenständige Gebietskörperschaften wie Regionen und Gemeinden eine direkt gewählte Volksvertretung, den Provinzrat (consiglio provinciale), sowie einen direkt gewählten Provinzpräsidenten, der zusammen mit von ihm ernannten Beigeordneten die Verwaltung der Provinz leitete. Wegen der geringen Kompetenzen der Provinzen wurden diese direkt gewählten Organe abgeschafft. Es sind nunmehr die Bürgermeister und die Gemeinderäte, die den Präsidenten der Provinz und die Mitglieder der Provinzräte aus ihrer Mitte wählen. Dies gilt nicht für die oben genannten autonomen Provinzen Bozen-Südtirol und Trient, die einen besonderen Status mit umfangreichen Gesetzgebungskompetenzen haben und de facto den italienischen Regionen gleichgestellt sind. In diesen beiden Fällen werden die Landtage (Provinzräte) direkt gewählt, die dann den jeweiligen Landeshauptmann (Provinzpräsidenten) und damit die Landesregierung wählen.

2015 wurden zunächst neun Provinzen von Großstädten mit besonderem Status (città metropolitane) abgelöst, die alle Funktionen einer bisherigen Provinz und zusätzlich einige Gemeindefunktionen übernehmen. Anders als im Falle der deutschen kreisfreien Städte ist es in Italien nicht vorgesehen, dass Gemeinde und Provinz zu einem gemeinsamen Gebilde zusammengeführt und somit "provinzfrei" werden. Die Gemeinden bleiben in diesem Fall bestehen. Betroffen sind die Städte und Provinzen Turin, Genua, Mailand, Venedig, Bologna, Florenz, Rom, Neapel, Bari und (ab 2016) Reggio Calabria. Auf Sizilien und in Friaul-Julisch Venetien sollen weitere Körperschaften dieser Art entstehen.

Im Zug der oben genannten Reformen wurden die italienischen Provinzen (und die Großstädte mit besonderem Status) im Wesentlichen zu Kommunalverbänden, denen Aufgaben vor allem von Gemeinden, aber auch von Regionen übertragen werden können. Der italienische Gesamtstaat überträgt den genannten Provinzorganen in der Regel keine Aufgaben; er hat in den Provinzen eigene Außenstellen, die zusammen mit den lokalen Selbstverwaltungsorganen der Aufsicht der Präfekten unterstehen.

Bis 1927 untergliederten sich die Provinzen als staatliche Verwaltungsbezirke in circondari (Kreise) und mandamenti (Bezirke). Den circondari und den dort angesiedelten Ämtern stand ein Unterpräfekt vor. Die Auflösung der circondari bildete 1927 den Anlass für die Bildung etlicher neuer Provinzen. In der Republik Italien war ein circondario eine mögliche Unterteilung der Provinz als Selbstverwaltungsorgan. Ein circondario hatte jedoch keine eigenen Organe, sondern nur Außenstellen der Provinzverwaltung.

2012 und 2013 beschlossen die autonomen Regionen Sardinien und Sizilien die Auflösung ihrer Provinzen in der bisherigen Form. Auf Sizilien sind unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen freie Gemeindezusammenschlüsse möglich. In Friaul-Julisch Venetien wurden bis 2018 die Provinzen abgeschafft. In der kleinen Region Aostatal gibt es keine Provinzen. Die entsprechenden Funktionen werden von der Region übernommen. Aus statistischen und verwaltungstechnischen Gründen wird das Aostatal jedoch auch als Provinz betrachtet.

Nachstehende Liste berücksichtigt die genannten Reformen nicht.

Gemeinden

Die Selbstverwaltungsorgane der rund 7900 Gemeinden sind der Gemeinderat, der Gemeindeausschuss als Kommunalregierung mit dem in der Regel direkt vom Volk gewählten Bürgermeister an der Spitze. Rom hat als Hauptstadt Italiens seit 2010 einen herausragenden Status (Roma Capitale). Großstädte (città metropolitane) können einen besonderen Status und damit einen erweiterten Verantwortungsbereich haben.
Größere Städte untergliedern sich in Stadtbezirke, in ländlich geprägten Gemeindegebieten gibt es sogenannte Fraktionen oder Ortsteile. Stadtbezirke und Fraktionen sind keine Gebietskörperschaften.

Gemeinden können sich zur gemeinsamen Erledigung bestimmter Aufgaben zu Gemeindeverbänden zusammenschließen, im Fall der Comunità montana auch über Provinzgrenzen hinweg. In Südtirol gibt es die Bezirksgemeinschaften, im Trentino Talgemeinschaften. Die Gemeindezweckverbände werden oft "Gemeindeunion" genannt.

Siehe auch
 NUTS-Regionen in Italien
 Ministerium (Italien)

Weblinks
 Italienische Verfassung (deutsch/italienisch), 5. Abschnitt (Art. 114ff): Regionen, Provinzen und Gemeinden (pdf; 439 kB)

Einzelnachweise

Italien
Recht (Italien)
Politik (Italien)
Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts

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Cersei Kavanagh
Captain's Lass
Human (Vertan)
Cersei Kavanagh / Vertan / Sailor
Name: Cersei Kavanagh
Birth Date: 3rd day of the Frozen Rivers 1642 A.S
Race: Human (Vertan)
Location: Voldar
Occupation: Sailor
Title: Captain's Lass
The Captain's Lass is a physical rendition of the notion that one should never have faith in stereotypes. Cersei is emotionally strong where she is physically weak, precocious where her silence may suggest the alternative, and dedicated where she may seem unfocused. This level-headed sailor is no stranger to hard work and, whilst her physical appearance gives some reasons to doubt her resolve, the girl is an esteemed member of a respected society with a knack for rising above the expected.
Personality.
Dominant Hand: Right
Cersei appears the essence of self assurance and security, whose voice carries a softer timbre, unknowing of the rigours of yelling or raising her tone. In possession of a calm and logical mind, she is one not known to vocalise her anger or grief. Known for being a collected, serious individual, Cersei will speak the honest truth, and will be direct in doing so. Sarcasm will take the form of the faintest smirk upon the leftmost corner of her mouth, and rage will portray an evident thinness of her lips. Ever the diplomat, Cersei will take the road to finding a solution as opposed to making a scene, in dire situations, contrasting heavily with her Vertanese roots, whose culture is heavily supportive of acting without thought for consequence. (She does, however, share their tendency for impulsiveness, though to a lesser degree.) This rational line of thinking probably stems from her (adoptive) Centoraurian parents, whose moral views and free-thinking nature would surely have made an impression.
As a sailor, Cersei puts her problem-solving skills to frequent use. In the presence of older, more able-bodied men, she is the recipient of much good-natured ridicule, and others less civil (for the sake of superstition) in their meaning. Having learned the art of the 'smile and wave', she has something of a sense of humour and a knack for retorts in equal measure. Her heritage owes much to the fact that Cersei is self sufficient, in that the Vertanese are a people who will do what they must in order to survive, with minimal resources. Cersei's Centoraurian influence allows for the projection of a charismatic, even if quiet, individual, unafraid to hold her opinion in the face of ridicule or doubt.
Despite Cersei's projection of a clever, logical, yet slightly impulsive individual, most of her confidence and equally opinionated characteristics are kept, loosely, to herself. Typically an introvert, any spontaneity shown is usually due to comfort in a situation or trust in those surrounding her. When outside the company of her fellow seamen, Cersei is almost an entirely different person. Trust is a value she holds quite dear, and which is not easily procured by strangers. Honesty, too, follows that same line, and those with deep knowledge of her personality will agree that to lie to the girl is to ostracise oneself from her completely.
That said, Cersei's serene nature makes her a studious individual. It is not uncommon to find Cersei alone, studying a room full of people, or with her head in the pages of a book. From interest stems dedication and, with that, it is easily said that Cersei will not abandon a task without seeing through its completion. However this trait is one not easily praised, as the demand for completion often leaves the girl unsettled in everyday life. It shortens her view of timing and perspective, leaving her as equally impatient as she is driven. Relationships with people are hard to obtain, as a result of both this and a slight obnoxiousness to her nature, which is mainly due to public opinion instead of behavioural tendencies.
Given that she may be of childbearing age and, if she had remained in Vertico, would have certainly been married off by this stage, Cersei remains somewhat comfortably alone. Her sailor companions had provided her with the ability to flirt harmlessly, as they do back and forth from time to time, though men are something Cersei cannot fathom, let alone the idea of being joined to one by marriage, leaving her quite awkward in suggestive situations. Overall, the girl is a strange kind. Her gentle temperament might be easily disrupted, though with the aid of a clear mind and a dedication for success, there is little that the quiet Cersei Kavanagh will not do.
Appearance.
Height: Approximately 1 Ped and 1 Fore (Average for a female)
Weight: 6 Hebs (Allowing for the natural emaciated look of her kinfolk.)
Eye Colour: Cerubell, though the colour is unnaturally light.
Hair Colour: Cyhalloian Snow, tainted with the faintest shade of Cerubell.
Skin Colour: Pale.
At twenty two, the sailor is still a lass. Standing at a teeny 1 Ped and 1 Fore, Cersei is commonly mistaken for a child, or as a skinny hobbit. Skinny, however, is quite the understatement. Cersei's smaller frame is held with pride and self assurance, which is a wonder amongst her, considerably taller, Centoraurian neighbours. Her eyes are cerubell in colour, yet the colour is indefinitely pale. Carrying some shy intrigue, they are the telltale signs of an introvert at heart, despite the seemingly courageous nature which is portrayed. Soft, rose coloured lips are typically curved into a lopsided smile or a natural pout which many find alluring, though not obtrusive. It might be more easily said that Cersei carries a natural grace, without need for cosmetics or youth-retaining concoctions.
Still young, porcelain hued skin ordains this gaunt physique, with a gesture toward a doll-like quality. Most will look upon the lass with grief, noting the sharpness of her facial and bodily features with a growing need to feed her a pastry or six despite ardent protest from the Vertan girl. The curvature of her face, hips and chest, act to smooth this bony form in an almost enticing way in which only early womanhood might be able, without appearing disproportionate. Thick tresses of pale waves frame Cersei's face, swaying gently down her back to hover only barely above her hips. Though usually restrained by a braid, her hair looks clean and exceptionally soft, with its extremely light hue catching even a hint of light to add to the unusual ethereality of the visage.
One might suggest that the only faults of Cersei's appearance, without stating the obvious, are her hands. Though small, they are weathered and often bruised from constant work aboard her father's ship. Whilst Vertanese hands are characterised by their more robust appearance and strong nails, Cersei's hands are slightly thin, her nail beds often bloodstained as a result of catching and pulling the nail during work. To avoid this, they are kept trimmed and clean, though their length cannot be maintained for long. Her feet, though less abused, are similar in that they, too, share the same rapidly-growing nails. With a natural affinity towards harsh conditions, Cersei's appearance says nothing for her tendencies. The contrast between the sharpness of protruding bones and a womanly curve in the desired places maintain Cersei's only relationship with those of her kinfolk; the blue strangers from the north.
Clothing and Belongings.
As far as clothing is concerned, Cersei's choices are minimal. Her profession denies the wearing of a dress, and whilst the lass remains as shy as she is, that is a desirable fact.
A nor'sidian tunic clings to Cersei's torso, accentuating the surprising curvature of her breasts and hips which grace her scarily thin frame. Beneath this is a long-sleeved cotton shirt, usually in the colour of lyth'be pollen, or yealm. It is through the v-shaped neckline which her protruding collarbone is visible, though there is no effort made to hide it by the sailor, who is convinced that she is of good health. The sleeves of this shirt are fastened around her small wrists by buttons so as not to have them flying about during work, and the hem is tucked into a pair of form-fitting trousers. To match the tunic, these jodhpur-like bottoms are coloured black, and cling almost desperately to the woman's legs. Cersei's feet are typically clad in dark leather boots, which reach above the trousers to settle just below her knee. Laced from top to bottom and featuring a small heel, the final visage of Cersei is quite picturesque in that, should she don a feathered hat, she might just be able to go into piracy.
A formally dressed Cersei is a rare sight, indeed. It is through simple, yet form fitting dresses that Cersei's beauty is truly recognised, regardless of her seemingly gaunt appearance. In these occasions, Cersei chooses a floor-length dress, injohue in colour. The skirt flows prettily from a tight, corseted bodice, which is cut horizontally along her chest. The sleeves are minimal, loosely hugging the sides of her shoulders. Paired with a long, leather cape, usually dark in colour, the outfit is complete. No embroidery or accessories garnish the outfit, to match the girl's more conservative tastes, though she does don a pair of short, black leather boots to wear beneath the gown.
Cersei rarely ventures out of Vardynn unless upon her father's vessel. The contents of her backpack are minimal, but substantial:
- 3 sets of clothing (Two sets of work clothes, and one formal set.)
- A small wallet, with some coinage
- A line of fishing wire, with a small saiph-stone beaded onto it
- 3 sets of undergarments
- A serrated fishing knife
- A leather cape (for cooler climates)
- A pair of bifocal lenses (for use in reading and writing)
Bifocal Lenses: A symptom of albinism is often sight impediment. Whilst Cersei's melanin deficiency may not be recognised as albinism by physicians, it is noted that the condition has affected her sight, though to a small degree. A pair of bifocal lenses (glasses) was prescribed for times when the girl would read and write; acting as magnifying lenses to ease the ache from constant squinting and blurriness.
Weapons.
Blood Thirst Dagger:
Being a sailor has its graces. (Meaning that the burlier, braver men can bring back the strangest things from a port used to trade in.) As the story was told to Cersei, this knife was considered plagiarised, due to the relative size in proportion to the larger blades fashioned by the Kasumarii. It was too small, and the handle poorly fashioned, thus leaving the blade worthless to the trained assassins of Cyhalloi, who insist on perfection to induce precision. The knife is a menacing thing, in its own right. Both edges are serrated in a deathly manner, with the tip sharpened to a tapered point from the line of the silvery metal. The handle proved to be quite adequate for Cersei's smaller hands, with the bend of the grip just close enough to the curve of her palm. Given that the size of the blade is approximately two palmspans instead of the typical two and a half, with the handle maintaining its proper length at one palmspan, the blade is somewhat unbalanced, with a slightly heavy feel to it when held stationary.
The blade is kept inside a worn leather sheath, gained from a trade with Kyranian merchants in Redmond's (Cersei's adoptive father) youth. Of course, he hadn't immediately favoured the possession of the blade by his daughter, though she was deemed trustworthy after much begging on Cersei's part, and a recommendation by members of the crew. Without use for the sheath, he passed it on to his daughter, and turned a blind eye to the fact that she'd given it a home in her boot.
Strengths.
Literacy: Adopted into a fairly well respected family, Cersei had no trouble procuring a basic education. Having seen no worth in extending her education towards scientific or historical reaches whilst in her youth, Cersei, of an able and willing mind, grasped the skills of reading and writing with ease. However, her aspiration to one day find herself as a navigator calls for some mathematical and scientific training, though this is a fact she cheerfully ignores until it becomes an imperative matter.
Dagger: The famous Kasumarii blade. There is some speculation as to whether this deathly weapon is a copy of the real thing, made by sly traders trying to make some coin, or whether it is another skilfully fashioned blade, which just happens to be a touch too short. Either way, the blade is a valuable asset to the Vertan sailor, who owns no other formidable weapon to speak of.
Agile: Cersei is quite agile, despite her appearance. Her small frame, accompanied by her light weight, allows the lass to be quite quick on her feet. With the ability to remain composed and alert in times of need, Cersei finds herself easy to adapt to situations which require a little bit of extra thinking. Upon a ship, this aspect of Cersei's tiny frame is one of few graces needed to make her an able sailor; should one have to suddenly climb a mast or repair a sail in times of peril.
Quick thinker: Some people are quick on their feet, others quick on the draw. Somewhere in the middle, Cersei is a fast, analytical thinker in dire situations; being able to weigh pros and cons with relative ease. Whilst her conclusions are not always entirely logical, Cersei tends to take the most direct route to diplomacy – at any cost. (That is, as long as those 'costs' do not extend to violence). 'There are two roads to an outcome,' she often says, 'the easy way or the hard way.' This ambiguous belief leaves Cersei comfortable in pressured situations, with the ability to use a sound mind and clear conscience to make decisions based on finding only the 'next step'.
Self sufficient: This is not to say that Cersei can do everything herself, but instead to note that if ever she is on her own, she does have enough basic knowledge to keep out of strife. This knowledge typically pertains to basic camping skills, such as creating a controlled fire, or to some small-scale fishing using a net or handline. She might be able to fashion a primitive arrow or spear from a thick enough stick, if given the appropriate resources and time, although this is not normally necessary in Cersei's lifestyle (for what are strong and burly seamen for?). Furthermore, any weapons she might require are usually found upon the Seyella – or else the needs are handled by someone else. Cersei's independence is matched only to what she needs, or what needs to be catered for; from cooking simple meals to mending a net, Cersei's training upon a trading vessel has secured her ability to perform a range of tasks relevant to her profession.
Comfortable wealth: The lass earns a modest sailor's wage in working aboard her father's ship, the Seyella. Matched with Redmond Kavanagh's success in trade and young Cersei has little to desire from a comfortable lifestyle. Protective over her earnings, these wages are locked in a vault within her family home. In a small wallet, Cersei keeps only a substantial amount of coin; that is, enough to purchase food and lodgings in any tavern in Vardynn. (This is because the only travel Cersei does is upon the Seyella, and does not tend to linger in any other place than home without reason.)
Able to swim: What is a sailor who cannot swim if thrown overboard? Cersei's love for the sea developed from early childhood, and swimming was never an uncommon occurrence. A strong swimmer, she has the ability to make her way out of a rip or a forceful current if ever it happens that she finds herself in the clutches of the sea.
Horse-riding: Having been raised into a family of Centoraurians, it is almost customary to expect that one spends a lot of time around horses. Though Cersei has no horse of her own (as yet) due to the amount of time spent abroad, her parents had ensured that she learned to ride from a young age, however Cersei did not form the immediate bond shared by all Centoraurians and their horses.
Weaknesses.
Albinism: Light coloured skin, with hair and eyes to match, as well as slight impairment of vision; these are the symptoms of a rare disorder suffered by Cersei, who has proven that, despite the 'normal' colouring of her parents, it is possible to produce an albino child from two unaffected parents. The sailor's unusual colouring earned her immediate disregard by her birth parents, whose blue-hued skin and hair proved quite a contrast from that of their snow-coloured daughter. Whilst it does not bother Cersei's Centoraurian family, it leaves the girl rife with insecurities when placed under scrutiny. The lack of pigment has also led her to be more sensitive to light; gaining sunburn more easily than the normal person.
Impaired Eyesight: While not the most noticeable symptom of Cersei's disorder, it does take the most effect. Though Cersei's condition is hardly close to blindness, without her spectacles, she is prone to short-sighted vision with further troubles in focusing in poorly lit areas. Reading books, tying knots and often catching things thrown from a distance are only a few of the activities made easier with Cersei's use of the lenses for, without them, her position on the Seyella is limited to more simple, menial tasks.
Introversion: Despite her confident exterior, Cersei is not as spritely as it may seem. When in unfamiliar company, she appears withheld and often snobbish, in that there is little conversation made on her part. It could be a fear of people, or a fear of rejection, but Cersei's serene and often antisocial nature isn't a redeeming quality.
Short stature: The brunt of many jokes, Cersei's height is to blame for the her mistaken for a child or something similar. Living amongst a race of people considerably taller proves to be somewhat difficult and is oftentimes demeaning, in that the same tasks that might prove menial for others, like reaching a top shelf, might be an adventure in itself for the teeny lass, who stands a little over 1 ped. However, this was not to deter her from her profession, as the challenges to be faced on board a trading vessel give rise to the chance to prove that one's size is not a measure of their courage.
Obsessive Compulsive: To say that Cersei strives for perfection is a slight understatement. Cersei's obsession with the need to fulfil tasks to their completion is both commendable and a cause for one to pull their hair out. So stubborn does the sailor become that, if prematurely removed from a task, she is known to release a form of anger. Typically, these situations end violently, in that Cersei will attempt to regain her task by somehow eliminating her obstruction (usually by tackles, blows or strings of strangely, calmly ordered profanities). Note that only during these times will the girl ever show so much aggression, and those close enough to her have learned never to venture towards the path of separating Cersei Kavanagh and whatever project she is working on.
Severely underweight: Cersei's body is considered to be maliciously thin by most, though she is convinced that she is in good health, and good form. By Vertan standards, the girl is of average build, if even a little tall for her gender. However, in the eyes of her Centoraurian family, the girl needs to gain a few hebs. Realistically, Cersei's weight is an obstacle for her general lifestyle, in that it hinders endurance and sustainability whilst on board her father's trading vessel. Though she is a worthy sailor, it is not uncommon for her to request help in lifting or moving things, or to gain small injuries from over exerting herself. Also, it is quite the hindrance, in that Cersei is left vulnerable in times of peril, for not every attacker comes in the form of a pint-sized human or an angry dwarf. Her physical strength is lacking as compared to most other human races and hence, the girl's overall stature is her greatest weakness.
1642 A.S: An unlikely trade.
On the third day of Frozen Rivers, 1642, a strange and unusually pale child was born in the heart of Vertico. With skin the shade of the ice shelf surrounding the city, and a small head of hair to match, the child was viewed with much confusion and distaste by her parents, with whom her colouring was such a drastic contrast. Even as the infant lay on her mother's breast, they considered her weak; useless, that her role would never be fulfilled with the chance of producing more unsettling offspring – if reproducing was at all possible. Without bestowing a name upon the baby girl, Kressnech (the mother's first husband and, thus, the infant's father), quite unceremoniously, placed her in the arms of his youngest son, Sethven, a boy of six, with the instruction that she was to be tossed into the sea.
As the boy stepped into the cavern, the child wrapped in a thin blanket in his arms, he was greeted by none, though watched by all he passed. The news of a child as 'pale as snow' had reverberated through the underground city, with rumour naming the child cursed, and its mother the same, but the boy was unperturbed. He, like his father before him, had begun to accept the very sexist nature of their tribe and although, if even for a short while, this infant was his sibling this unnatural occurence would not last long. With determination, Sethven ventured upward and onto the ice. Harsh winds whipped his face and knotted his hair, but not once did he contemplate retreat.
On the same day, a large trading vessel from the south had made port in Vertico. The 'Seyella', a Centoraurian vessel, was in the midst of unloading a cargo of weapons and materials, when the Vertanese boy approached the dock with a newborn child in his arms. The sailors craned their necks downward to see the tiny blue human, frowning, with many a backward glance as they went about their duties. Sethven remained in silence, his youthful curiosity overshadowing the growing discomfort he'd felt upon seeing these taller, foreign men.
What had made Sethven turn his back on the sea would forever taunt the boy, for it was a question he could never answer. Perhaps it was guilt, or a fear of being seen throwing a child into the unforgiving coast, but Sethven turned away from the sight of the Seyella and her strange crew, and hugged his unlikely burden close to his chest. A pair of dark boots on the ground before him, then caught his eye.
"What are you doing?" Kylar's eyes were wide as he looked at the infant in the strange, blue boy's arms. Sethven turned his head slowly upward, silently holding his arms out to the captain's mate. For mere moments, the pair stood quietly amongst the fray until, finally, the Centoraurian boy took the tiny, pale bundle. "Whanno," Sethven murmured, pointing to the sea. He pushed the babe into Kylar's chest and pointed again, repeating the word before he sprinted from the dock as if his feet had suddenly sprouted wings.
At that time, Kylar hadn't known that 'whanno' had meant 'water', as he had also been unaware that Sethven had placed the task of disposing of the child in his hands. Bewildered, the captain's boy returned to the ship to place the babe in the care of the cook's hand, Saoirse, until the captain would return.
Redmond Kavanagh held one arm against the doorframe, unable to believe his eyes. "Saoirse," he quietly said, "this does not help you hold true to our agreement."
Saoirse shook her head violently, doing her best not to disturb the child on her breast. "She's not mine, captain." The kitchen hand used her head to gesture to the boy, to Kylar, who had perched himself on a stool across the room. "He found her." Redmond looked to Kylar with a slightly forlorn expression, and gave an audible sigh. "I told you not to leave the ship." The words were bitter, and they struck the boy like any hard blow to the stomach.
"Captain," Kylar whispered, "what does 'whanno' mean?"
Redmond Kavanagh was not an uncompassionate man. He took in the infant, regardless of its condition, and placed it in the Saoirse's care for the trip back to Vardynn. His wife, Roisin, had been unsuccessful in maintaining a pregnancy to full term, and it was then decided that he would adopt the infant upon landing in Vardynn, before he bestowed upon her the name Cersei Kavanagh.
1649 A.S: Boys will be boys... and so will girls.
At seven years old, Cersei had lived a truly remarkable life, for a child. She had been welcomed into a privileged life, her father's slight wealth easing the girl into a simple education and a comfortable lifestyle in Voldar, Southern Sarvonia, without disclosing the details of her origin. The girl was led to believe that, whilst she was physically different, she was the product of a loving marriage, and no amount of difference would alter her acceptance into their lives. By this stage, the girl's slightly recessive nature had made Kylar, now seventeen, her dearest friend and role model, inspiring Cersei to follow in his stride, and dream of life at sea.
Kylar smiled, placing both hands on Cersei's shoulders as he desperately tried not to look over the top of her head. Saoirse was leaning against the post at the end of the dock, her arms across her chest and a knowing smile on her face. The child bore a tearful expression. "But you promised you'd show me Papa's wheel!" she pleaded, gripping the front of his jacket with such strength, that her nails embedded themselves in her palms through the material. Kylar, now over twice her height, had to drop to his knees to look the child in the eye. "I know what I promised," he said, tapping her lightly on the nose, "but I am going to be stuck with you on this boat for the next two weeks, while Saoirse stays here." The newly promoted Leftenant got to his feet and Kissed the tiny Cersei's forehead, before he strode along the wharf. "Besides," he called from Saoirse's side, "your father wants to see you!"
"Papa?" Cersei clung to the doorframe of Redmond's office. He was sitting by a spherical window, a book in his hands. "I was wondering when you were going to show up," he grinned, crossing the small space to crouch beside his daughter. "I have a question for you." The child nodded, widening her pale eyes. Redmond looked away to hide a chuckle, and rested his arm over one knee. "As you insist so heavily against pleasing your mother and being at least a semblance of a lady," he gestured to the old sailor's shirt draped around Cersei's tiny frame with a laugh, "and you refuse to leave young Kylar's side... how about we make a sailor out of you?"
Cersei could only grin.
Training the child was easy. The days flowed into weeks, and into months, and Cersei's presence on her father's trading vessel had become more than a childlike adventure. The men had accepted Cersei as their own, having remained loyal to Redmond Kavanagh through the years, and before long the girl could recite the alphabet and count to ten in two languages (Tharian and Remusian; due to her father's understanding of the Ice Tribe's dialect)... and also recite various curse words, though the latter was kept strictly beyond the ears of the captain.
"The little lady's a sponge, Captain." Svend 'The Bear' had the girl perched on his knee, and the sheer girth of the muscle made it a comfortable seat for her small frame. The midshipman beamed at the child through his greying beard, and took the length of braided rope from Cersei's hands. "Did this herself, she did."
Redmond flashed a grin and chuckled. "Perhaps her mother finally taught her something after all."
Cersei's clever nature made her a popular character on the Seyella, her respect for the seamen forming a glowing reputation which, in a sense, led Cersei to be not just the daughter of the captain, but of the crew as well. Their contributions to her learning and to her growth, despite her evident physical disadvantages, nurtured the child's ambitions to remain at sea, and to pursue the path of navigation in the coming future. Kylar and Saoirse would marry, much to Cersei's dismay. However as she came to mature, the captain's lass had forged a bond of love with the ocean so strong, that for the coming years the girl would spend very little time with her feet on Sarvonian ground.
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Re: Cersei Kavanagh / Vertan / Sailor
Just in case....
If I'm missing anything aside from the history, feel free to post and lemme know :3
-Is still trying to make sense of the word vomit that is Cersei's history-
Note: Somewhere in the entry on Vertan Men it says that they speak with an ice tribe dialect, so I'll assume that this means they speak Remusian, or something similar. I didn't really expect them to speak Tharian, so I've named the Vertan characters using Remusian nomenclature, and have mentioned a word spoken in this language. If need be, I can change this.
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Ridgen Sú'ufanán
Mindweaver
Random person ^^
Hey there, Cersei! Welcome to Santharia First of all, you've made a great start on your CD - looks like you've already done your homework xD Uhm... At a glance, your CD looks pretty good, although this one thing is bugging me a bit; Glasses, lenses and the like, are relatively rare in Caelereth. I don't really think that it's a good idea to keep them, but I guess you might want to consult Alexandre about that.
Okay then, best of luck with your CD Looking forward to RP'ing with you
"Everything is a game - some people just don't realise that."
- Ridgen Sú'ufanán
Hey, Ridgen, thanks
I was worried that the glasses might be an issue, but I figured since she comes from a well off family, it wouldn't be too hard to buy some (as i'm sure some scholars would have had magnifying lenses to ease reading and whatnot). When I'm finished writing I'll get another opinion, but thanks for pointing that out
Alexandre Scriabin
Music Adept
Human, Erpheronian/ Rhulran
While you're working on your edits, I'd like to say that I really like the format of your CD. It seems sequential, at least as far as my impression of it goes.
The statement below this is false.
The statement above this is true.
Alexandre Scriabin CD
Thankyou Alexandre, I've tried to make it flow. ^^
So... I might just, maybe, quite possibly be done.
Fu Luft
Befuddled Spellblower
Human, Avennorian/ Eyelian
Hi Cersei,
and welcome to Santharia from me, too! Thorough research, an original and colourful character (despite the skin!), and imaginative writing - it was a pleasure to read your CD. If I was a moderator, I'd be approving it straight away.
Just three comments:
1. Overview: It's customary to write a little paragraph providing an overview of your character, placed at the beginning of your CD (after the 'Name, Occupation, Title ...' section). This overview would consist of three to six sentences giving the reader the main features of your character. This will be useful for the people you will roleplay with, if they want to get a quick impression of whom they're dealing with, or even if at some point they want to remind themselves of who you are, without re-reading the whole CD. So I'd recommend you add an overview section.
2. Albinism: The spirit of this fantasy site is to go without modern scientific explanations. Santharians generally believe either in medieval-level science, or in magical or religious explanations. So it's not necessary to define albinism as the absence of melanin pigment. Santharians would probably not know about this.
3. Your history ends with Cersei still happily working on her father's ship. That's perfectly fine. My only consideration is that most stories you might want to join would probably require Cersei to have left that ship (because they are set inland, say, or because your story moderator might not agree to have an entire ship and her crew join the story [though that's not inconceivable, it's not likely, certainly not in your first story]). So upon joining a story, you'd probably have to find an explanation for why Cersei set off on her own. Nothing wrong with that, but I just wanted to check whether this is what you intended.
Anyway - great work, and I look forward to reading you roleplay.
Fu's CD
On reflection:
I think you should probably add 'wealth' as a strength in your list of Strengths and Weaknesses, and could add 'Impaired eyesight' as a weakness (which would also allow you to describe in a bit more detail how well or badly Cersei can actually see without her spectacles).
And about the language Remusian: I understood the Vertan entry thus that the Vertan tribe speak a dialect of the language that is common to several ice tribes, and that this language is called "Remusian" because the Remusians are the largest tribe that speak it, and the most well-known in the south. So in short, I think your CD is correct in this respect.
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Thanks for giving this a look, Fu ^^
Here, have a bunny.
I'll work on those now, I woke up this morning and have Santharia a quick check to see if anyone had stopped by, and was itching to come home from work and take a look all day so thankyou!
Edit: Added in the strength of comfortable wealth and weakness of her eyesight, though I did leave the entry about her having albinism because it provides an overview as to how she does suffer from it, and how these things affect her on a whole. About to add the overview.
However, I'm curious as to whether or not I might be able to leave Cersei's history as is, only because I thought it might be interesting to use it in the roleplay in some way that the mods would agree too. Maybe not from an NPC perspective, but to use as a place for Cersei to disappear to if ever I need to go away for some time, or to incorporate the trade into a story. Since the Seyella is docked close to the peninsula, it gives easy access into Vardynn and, hence, Sarvonia, which is where I've come to see most stories are based. (There's also the fact that Cersei's dad is the captain, and she could easily take leave.) Also, I had contemplated poking my nose into Frozen Darkness (hopefully when it reopens) for a bit of a challenge, and the only way Cersei would get there would have to be by the Seyella as she does trade in the north.
Lemme know what you think and I'll work something out
Edit #2: .....is that overview too vague? o.o
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I like the changes you made, and think this is a great CD overall. As I said above, I think your history is fine - and really well written, too.
I'll let the moderators take over from here. Good luck, Cersei!
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Awesomesauce. Thankyou Fu!
I'm all but ready to give you your first approval, given that your S's and W's balance out very well, that your personality makes enough sense, and that your history is explanatory and acceptable for role-play.
However, your strength titled "self sufficient" is lacking in the scope of it's explanation. If you would explain in your CD what you mean by survival skills, making distinctions between her being something a woodsman (currently a possible interpretation from the way it reads) and her just taking care of herself like an adult of her people, I'll be satisfied with your CD enough to give it it's first approval.
I had another read and elaborated more on the fact that Cersei is no ranger, but she can provide for herself in simple, relatively normal, ways. I hope what I've written is not too confusing or wishy-washy. Thanks Alexandre, for bringing that up.
Edits made and ready for revision
Leif Terskun
Golden Wordsmith
Human, Avennorian
It seems to me - I'm Leif, by the way, a mini moderator here and so not quite as important as our Alexandre, more an aide de camp - that your mental and physical agility ought to compose two quite discrete strengths, as they refer to quite different things.
Obviously if Andre naysays, then ignore me - or if you disagree, say,
Leif.
Words convey knowledge; knowledge is power; thus power lies in words
No, I wouldn't downplay that comment at all, Leif. I've always gravitated towards expanding the S's and W's into more bullets, and giving a practical explanation of each. This psychological "agility" seems ambiguous to me, now that I've reread that strength, and it deserves it's own mention.
Basically, there are a few questions that I like to ask myself and see answered about each strength or weakness in a CD: 1. What is it? 2. How much/special/powerful is it? 3. Where and how often is it helpful? Not all of those have to be explicit in the CD, but if you can answer those three questions for yourself about each strength or weakness, then you have fairly solid standing as a commenter to point out any godmodding worries, and the story mod will have solid standing as to what to expect from the character.
@Cersei: That comment from Leif is a small enough matter, that while we do agree and want to see you work on that (nothing fancy needed, really), I'm ready to give you your first approval.
Go ahead and make those small revisions, if you would, and I'll give my fellow staff members a tap on the shoulder in the meanwhile. Most likely, another member who can approve you, will come along and post some comments on your CD or just give you your final approval.
One thing you may want to know, however, is that the standard wait time on a CD before it is considered appropriate to poke around the sticky thread "character descriptions in waiting", is three days.
I hope to see you posting in the Kann or another active IC thread soon, and am basically finished with my part in this process.
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They Lived Along a Rocky River
Discoveries made while searching family who lived in the southern piedmont of North Carolina
OUR THOMAS -Table of Contents
Early Virginia
Bertie, North Hampton, Edgecombe NC
Joseph Thomas of Wake, Chatham and Moore NC
Benjamin Thomas of Anson NC
Related but Not Connected
Unrelated Thomas Lines
OUR LOVE – Table of Contents
UNC – THE COMPROMISE FOR BEAR CREEK
People place too much emphasis on where they attended school when in reality one's energy should be directed towards what a degree can do for you and how best to put it to work. A simple woodworker by love, it's my belief a diploma is representative of a much more important set of tools. Of course some tool brands are better than others, but where you buy them is of little importance. And, then there's school pride!
I'm a lifelong Wolfpack fan as I received an undergraduate degree from NC State. And yes, as a young college student my woodshop locker sported a bumper sticker that read "UNC Students Are Ugly and Their Mammas Dress Them Funny." I also learned the State fight song which unofficially includes the derogatory exclamation telling Carolina where it can go. With all this being said, I was absolutely bedaffled when I recently learned of a 1799 petition to our state's general assembly in which my earliest known Burris family ancestor, …and his neighbors, expressed a similar dislike for the University of North Carolina. It's safe to say that my 5th great-grandpa Solomon Burris was not a Carolina fan.
Quoted directly from the above mentioned 1799 petition, the University of North Carolina was referred as:
"…an institute, whereof we have a sorry opinion after reading in Abraham Hodges' Journal, the scandalous & shameful behavior of some students, neither can we derive any advantage from it by getting our sons academically educated, as we are doomed to a rural and obscure life, which we would be very well contented, if we only could not get disturbed, even therein."
Note that Abraham Hodge was the first official printer of North Carolina's governmental records. From the town of Warrenton, his publications also included the North Carolina Almanac and State Journal.
What was it about the university that troubled my ancestor and his fellow neighbors who all resided near Bear Creek in present day Stanly County? To really understand you must get to know the lands my ancestor lived upon. You must also understand the scheme used for funding the new University of North Carolina. These are deep issues that need more time than I'm willing to give in this post. For now, let's talk UNC.
On 2 Nov 1789 the General Assembly of North Carolina, then meeting in Fayetteville, met and enacted a law establishing the University of North Carolina. Chapter 20 of that particular session's meeting reads in part:
"WHEREAS in all well-regulated governments it is the indispensable duty of every Legislature to consult the happiness of a rising generation, and endeavor to fit them for an honorable discharge of the social duties of life, by paying the strictest attention to their education: And whereas an university supported by permanent funds, and well endowed, would have the most direct tendency to answer the above purpose…"
Those were tough economic times. Hardships during the Revolutionary War had been replaced by new trade wars with England. The new government of North Carolina was not taking in the amount of revenue needed to properly pay for the creation of a university. Seeking a funding stream that would least upset its citizens, the above act of the General Assembly was followed up with another law "for funds, appropriated for building &c. the university &c." Chapter 21 of the 1789 session reads in part:
" WHEREAS the General Assembly by their act, entitled "An act to establish a university in this state," passed on the eleventh day of December instant, have declared that a university shall be established and erected in this state, which shall be called and known by the name of The University of North Carolina : And whereas adequate funds will be found to be the means which will most effectually ensure to the state the advantages to be hoped and expected from such an institution
I. …That a gift of all monies due and owing to the public of North-Carolina, either for arrearages under the former or present government, up to the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, inclusive, (monies or certificates due for confiscated property purchased excepted) shall be and is hereby declared to be fully and absolutely made, for the purpose of erecting the necessary buildings, employing professors and tutors, and carrying into complete effet the act before recited …
II. And be it enacted, that all the property that has heretofore or shall hereafter escheat to the state; shall be and hereby us vetted in the said Trustees, for the use and benefit of the said university."
It was in the above clause, highlighted in red, that the citizens of old Montgomery County were at odds. Let me explain with a one paragraph crib note version. Here goes >>>
Much of the suggested loyalist's lands to be sold were located in Montgomery, now Stanly County. And, much of the lands in that region were bought by deed as sub-divisions of the Loyalist purchased sub-divisions of Gov. Dobb's 100,000 acre Great Tract # 6 …which was initially purchased for resale by James Huey. Complicating the matter, following the Revolutionary War, residue of the Loyalist owned Great Tracts were escheated to North Carolina for issuance as land grants. Barnaba Dunn and several other land speculators got into the picture and gobbled up six tracts comprised of multiple entries totaling approximately 64,000 acres in now Stanly. They planned to make a profit by their own scheme of subdivision, selling at a higher price than what was paid out in the grant. That's huge, and unbeknownst to Barnaba Dunn, he really didn't get the land owed him as much of it had already been scarfed up in process of sub-division of the Great Tract! So, in short, the common folk of now Stanly County had to deal with a toxic concoction of land acquisition by both state as well as privately sold lands. Complicating the issue, the 1789 act by the State of North Carolina gave right to sell all unclaimed land for the benefit of the new University. Got it? If not, take a look at the following image. Overlaid on C. M. Miller map of Stanly County, it shows the great tracts in white and the large grants issued to speculator Barnaba Dunn and others are outlined in red.
It really is a mess. And it was in that environment where Solomon Burris and others made a go at life in our new country. With that bit of background covered, let's look at the petition, the signers, and let's see how things played out for those living near Bear and Long Creeks of Rocky River:
To the Honourable; The General Assembly of N. Carolina
About three years ago, Adley Osborn, attorney for the Trustees of the University, intimated to us, that our improved Plantations and all vacant land lying in Great Tract No. 6 first granted to Murry and Crimble, and escheated, were given as a Donation to the University & wanted to compromise with us for it. But we been entirely uninformed of any thing, concerning this matter, and thinking ourselves safe enough by our state, grants, refused firmly to enter into any compromise and ever since we geen let alone, till now lately said Attorney Osborn attempted the second claim for our lands by a threatening advertisement to which we are unwilling to agree, and taking the refuge to your kind & deserved protection, he postponed his procedure till after your present session.
The vacant land around us is in the hands of a few speculators and we're bereaved of the chance of entering any parcel of land to meliorate our circumstances have to buy it from the mercies of userers at their own price, Whereby we and our poor families must groan while only a few individuals enrich themselves on the turf of a multitude of honest, poor, and industrious farmers; And to complete our melancholy fate, even our respectable State is claimed for the benefit of the University; An institute, whereas we have a sorry opinion after reading in Abram Hodge's Journal the scandalous & shameful behavior of some students neither can we derive any advantage from it by getting our sons academically educated, as we are doomed to a rural and obscure life, which to lead we would be very well contended, if we only would not get disturbed , even therein.
We therefore beg most humbly, the Honourable The General Assembly may seemingly consider that we, are in the righteousness possession of our lands by state grant have paid regularly our taxes and never deviated from any duty, which could make us unworthy and deprive us of our Property, Liberty, and Independence , and to reinstate us in our former peaceable possessions and rites, and to secure us graciously from the present & all future claims and attempts from the University as well as any other Corporation or any Individual whatsoever; in which expectations and confidence we subscribe ourselves respectfully
The Honourable; The General Assembly
Novbr, 23, 1799
Martin Almond Ambros Honicut
Conard Almond John Sides Augustine Rowland
Adam Smith Elisha Honicut Richard Holland
Henry Oudee Hardy Hatley ……….. Holland
Jacob Oudee James Mainord Hosia Rowland
Droury Honnicut Young Wardrobe [Waltrop] Isac …born
Titus Wittly Uriah Smith Sharwood (x) Smith
Nicholas Rauch Drewry Smith Aaron (x) Green
Dempsey Honnicut Thomas Notley John Manor
George Springer Benjamin Cagle Edward (x) Herrin
Solomon Borras George Carkey Geore (x) Whitly
Richard Almond Sharad Rowland Absolum Harwood
Nathan Almond Robert Rowland Thomas Lowder
Alexander Underwood Bird Pyron Richard Green
Christian Coble John Medlin
Joel Rowland Thomas Almond
Richard Honeycut Howel Harwood
Hardy Honeycut
Mally Rowland
F' Rowland
Thomas Castle
Asa Smith
William Sugg
(written in German)
Gideon Almond
Urias Spaight
Draper Burges
Also acted upon during the same session, being Fall 1799, there was even a petition by one of the speculators who sought compensation for troubles he had encountered. In 1794, Barnaba Dunn received a grant for 12,220 acres made up of lands that had been escheated or returned back to the state as it once belonged to British loyalists James Huey and Murray Krimble. Barnaba complained:
"your petitioner proceeded to have the said land surveyed, but on an actual admeasurement, it appears that 8,641 acres of the land could not be surveyed agreeable to the locations in consequences of entries being made thereon previous to those of your petitioner by James Huey and Murry Crimble. These facts are clearly stated by the certificate and oaths of Surveyors."
See? Didn't I tell you this was messy! The General Assembly agreed with Barnabus Dunn's assessment though he was denied compensation based on the grounds of failing to verify the 8,641 missing acres.
Getting back to the petition of citizens from old Montgomery County, the documents mentions lawyer Adley [Adlai] Osborn and how he
"intimated to us, that our improved Plantations and all vacant land lying in Great Tract No. 6 … were given as a Donation to the University & wanted to compromise with us for it."
Imagine coming in from a hard day's work to be greeted by a high and mighty muckety-muck who wanted to intimate that the land you owned had been given away. What??
I'm not yet sure how far this all ultimately played out along the lands of Bear and Long Creeks. That's because any contest towards Adlai Osborn's actions in Montgomery County were likely lost in the devastating 1838 courthouse fire. Surprisingly though, the Montgomery County petitioners concerns are validated in a surviving deed found in neighboring Cabarrus County. Before looking at the deed it's important to understand that the great tract No. 6, as with others, was initially subdivided into eight large parcels. Each parcel was numbered as seen below.
Now that you've got your bearings let's look at the deed. Dated 10 May 1795, Aldai Osborn, Commissioner and attorney for the Trustees of the University of North Carolina, for 5,000 pounds, sold the following to David Cowan of Rowan (Deed 2-7, Cabarrus NC):
First Tract: "Being in the county of Montgomery in the said state to wit, Tract No. 16 from the Great Tract No. 6 granted to William Houston by George the Second King of Great Britain by patent recorded March 13, 1745 afterwards conveyed to William Tryon containing 12,500 acres beginning at the southeast corner of Tract No. 15 at two post oaks on the east side of Long Creek running east 250 chains, thence north 500 chains, thence west 250 chains, thence south to the beginning."
Second Tract: "Also one other tract No. 17 subdivided from the said Tract No. 6 granted to Henry Slingby by George the Second, King of Great Britain by patent bearing the date March 3, 1745 containing 12,500 acres beginning at the east corner No. 16 running north 500 chains, thence west 250 chains, thence south 500 chains, thence east to the beginning bounded by said Tract No. 16 on the south and tract No. 18 on the west."
Third Tract: "Also one other tract No. 19 subdivided from the said tract No. 6 granted to Houston by George the Second King of Great Britain by patent recorded March 3, 1745 beginning at a gum the northeast corner of Tract No. 12 running south 500 chains to two post oaks and dogwood, thence east 250 chains, thence north 500 chains thence west 250 chains the beginning containing 12,500 acres."
As you can see in comparison to the map above, the third parcel lies on both sides of Bear Creek just north of the lands of Solomon Burris and others. And for my ancestors who lived mostly in southern Stanly County, note that the southern boundary line of great tract 6 can be readily seen on modern day GIS maps. It runs east to west just north of the present day town of Locust. Surviving deeds from the 1800's mention tracts with large acreage and refer to the line as being the "Deberry Line" indicating that family once owned the south end of Great tract 6 in the area of tract 14,15, and 16. And as for tract 13, the southern line of that tract is referred to in early deeds as the "Couins Line" likely meant to be Cowan's who was once owner of that tract.
In closing, I hope you better understand the concerns faced by my early ancestors. Please forgive me for the cheap shot against that fine ole Institute known as the University of North Carolina. It's a good school as are all within the UNC system. It makes me proud to be a North Carolinian! However, and as always, GO PACK!
I'd also like to thank Dr. Bruce Pruitt and Mitch Simpson on their collaborative efforts to reconstruct the early lands of Cabarrus County. You can find their research in Concord as well as at the North Carolina State Library on Jones Street in Raleigh. And also, Stewart Dunaway researched every record imaginable in connection to the land dealings of "Henry McCulloh and son Henry Eustace McColluh," which is the title of his must-read book on the subject. For those interested in learning more, there's no better place to start than with a visit to the library with a few days devoted to reading the works of Pruitt, Simpson, and Dunaway. And lastly, a huge thanks goes out to the Facebook page Stanly and Montgomery County Genealogy. It's there where a member post first led me to the 1799 petition.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2019 by geothos.
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THE FAMILY GARDEN November 24, 2021
LANDS IN BERTIE: FROM SAMUEL BASS TO JOSEPH THOMAS August 17, 2021
A SLICE OF WAKE July 9, 2021
EMPTY SHUCKS June 28, 2021
mistakes and mishaps April 27, 2021
MELINDA PLESS – WITCH AND THE CRUMBS LEFT BEHIND April 27, 2021
FINDING BELIEFS March 28, 2021
AUSTIN ROAD THROUGH STANLY COUNTY March 20, 2021
ESTATE LANDS OF JOHN PERRY March 4, 2021
MARGARET PERRY AND THE TROUBLESOME STORY OF HER HUSBAND JOHN February 17, 2021
HORRIBLE DISCLOSURES IN CABARRUS COUNTY February 5, 2021
ZEROS, GOVERNOR TRYON, THE LAND OF WILLIAM HOUSTON, AND TIMOTHY January 28, 2021
ZEROS AND THE LINES IN GIS January 26, 2021
OUR THOMAS FAMILY: to Bertie County NC
Where Your Ancestors Lived
Land grants and deeds along the Rocky River


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haircuthippies
history student, interested in politics, economics, humans
HomeBaltimore
April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 haircuthippies Uncategorizedblack lives matter
I took a news break for a few days. It was sorely needed.
I have been following the Baltimore news the last few days, though. Twitter has been more useful for following protests than official news outlets: it's more chaotic, perhaps, but you get a much broader collection of views than you would get otherwise.
Baltimore sun article: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-5-things-we-still-dont-know-in-the-freddie-gray-case-20150422-story.html
It's a familiar story. A young African-American man, 25, entered police custody. When he arrived at jail, he mysteriously had a broken spine. He was "rushed" to the hospital but succumbed a week later to his injuries.
To this point, Baltimore police officials have not been very forthcoming. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-5-things-we-still-dont-know-in-the-freddie-gray-case-20150422-story.html
Police said Gray, who was dragged by officers to a transport wagon, should have gotten immediate medical attention. Batts said the department is investigating whether Gray's injuries resulted from his arrest or a "rough ride" — in which police vans are driven erratically to harm unbuckled, handcuffed detainees. Batts said Gray could have sustained injuries during arrest and transport.
"We know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. No excuses from me. Period," Batts said. "We know our police employees failed to get him medical attention in a timely manner multiple times."
Except, of course, this isn't the first time this has happened. The Baltimore Sun released an extensive series of articles about ongoing police brutality settlements in the city. Since 2011, the city has averaged about one settlement every other week.
Moreover, economic inequality remains pretty brutal in Maryland. Even though the state borders Washington DC–a metro area offering some of the highest average salaries to be found– black residents are affected disproportionately badly. The NYTimes featured an article about 1.5 million "missing black men" and many of them, oddly, come from this area.
It does not take a great deal of insight to say that there is ongoing violence in Baltimore. But until yesterday, that violence was largely inflicted by society as a whole upon the city's residents. When the less-powerful start fighting back, well, suddenly the violence is worth reporting.
If you're wondering why these protests turned violent, well… how much attention did the broader news media pay to Baltimore before yesterday? Did coverage of Freddie Gray crowd out the White House Correspondents' Dinner? Or did it take a burning CVS store to do that?
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According to abbreviationfinder, Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, on the east of the island of Zealand and Amager, the Øresund; the actual city has (2018) 613 319 residents.
In addition to the city of Copenhagen, the agglomeration (2018: 1.3 million residents) also includes Frederiksberg (which is an enclave in the Copenhagen district) and Gentofte. With the Swedish Malmö and Lund, Copenhagen forms the cross-border metropolitan region of Øresund.
Copenhagen is the center of the administration, intellectual and cultural life and economy of Denmark. It is the royal residence, seat of the Folketing (Parliament) and the government, the Supreme Court, the Maritime and Commercial Court and the National Bank; also the seat of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and an Evangelical Lutheran and Catholic bishop. Copenhagen has numerous leading institutions of education, science and culture: Academy of Sciences, University (founded in 1479), Technical University, Engineering School, IT University, Pedagogical University, Business School, Royal Art Academy, Royal Conservatory, many technical schools; National Library (Danish Royal Library), Royal Theater, Opera, Playhouse, several private theaters, numerous museums (National Museum, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, State Art Museum, Thorvaldsens Museum, etc.). The Tivoli (opened in 1843), one of the oldest amusement parks in Europe, on the old wall is world-famous.
Deindustrialization is making itself felt even more strongly in Copenhagen than in the rest of Denmark. Only the pharmaceutical industry is overrepresented. Two world-famous breweries have merged, but only produce in Jutland. Most of the workforce works in the service sector, particularly in trade and transport, education and health, administration and finance. Tourism also plays an important role.
From the port, the most important in Denmark, there are also ferry connections. to Świnoujście (German Swinemünde) and Oslo. Copenhagen Airport (opened in 1924; 2017: 29.2 million passengers) is located in Kastrup on Amager. In 2000, a fixed connection (bridge, tunnel) for railways and motor vehicles across the Öresund to Malmö (Sweden) was put into operation. Copenhagen has had a metro since 2002, which, together with the S-Bahn, is the main mode of public transport; it has been expanded by a city ring since 2009.
In the old town to the northwest of the castle island, the course of the road from the 12th century has largely been preserved. This is where the originally oldest church in the city is located, the Frauenkirche (Vor Frue Kirke, Dom), which was renovated several times after fires, most recently in 1811–29 as a classicist building by C. F. Hansen.
Next to the church is the university (1831–36), for the vestibule of which C. C. Hansen created frescoes in 1844–53. Trinitatis Kirke (consecrated in 1656) and »Round Tower« (1642, formerly with observatory) form a building complex that symbolically combines religion and exact science. The classicist Domhus (1815, courthouse since 1903) on Nytorv in the center of the old town is the work of C. F. Hansen.
On the Schlossinsel, Christiansborg Palace was built in 1733 ff. On the remains of the medieval castle of Bishop Absalon (burned down several times, most recently renewed in 1907–28), at the same time the seat of government and parliament; it houses the royal audience rooms, as well as the Foreign Ministry and the Supreme Court. On the island are also the castle church (1826), court theater (1766, museum), armory (1598–1604, museum), stock exchange in the Dutch Renaissance style (1619–40) and Thorvaldsen Museum (1839–48, based on plans by G. Bindesbøll) with the entire work of the sculptor.
Opposite the castle island is the Christianshavn district on the northern tip of the island of Amager with the Church of the Redeemer (Vor Frelsers Kirke, 1682–96; tower with outer spiral ramp, 1747–52; high altar by N. Tessin the Younger, inaugurated in 1732). North of the castle island are Holmens Kirke (built in 1619 using a magnificent gable from 1562/63) and the National Bank (1965–78 by A. Jacobsen). The Royal Theater (1872–74), Charlottenborg Palace (1672–83, Art Academy since 1754) and a residence of the court architect C. F. Harsdorff are on Kongens Nytorv(1779/80), who created an exemplary town house in Denmark for a long time. To the north adjoin: the planned districts of New Copenhagen (17th century) with Rosenborg Castle (built 1608–34 as a pleasure palace, now a museum) and Frederiksstad (18th century) with the royal residence Amalienborg (originally 1667–73; new erected 1754 ff. as an octagonal square consisting of four palaces by N. Eigtved), which closes the colonnade (1795) by Harsdorff in the south.
As the western end of the axis through Amalienborgplatz, construction of the marble church (Frederiks Kirke) began in 1749 (only completed in 1894 in the Roman Baroque style). The "Little Mermaid" (1913) by E. Eriksen sits on a rock by the harbor on the "Langelinie" in front of the fortress (Kastellet, 17th century).
In the new center south of the old town, the town hall was built from 1892–1905, which was understood as national architecture against the prevailing German influence; Not far from there are the National Museum (1743–44; 1989–92 modernized and expanded) and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (1892–97, 1901–06 expanded; extension by H. Larsen, 1996); opposite the main station (1904–11) is the SAS building (1956–60) by A. Jacobsen. – In Frederiksberg there is a castle (built 1699–1703 as a summer residence, later expanded) and a castle church (consecrated in 1710).
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Q: trying to run a .bat that runs an .exe from a mapped drive or share and have file not found I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I have a file share called fileser01. I placed my exe which is hp.exe in \\fileser01\\software. I can map a drive whith this command:
net use f: \\fileser01\\software /user:domain\myaccount

So the drive shows as f:.
In the .bat file I have start "f:\" hp.exe but it says it can't find the file. What am I doing wrong? I even try to run a vbs and it says it can't find the file
I tried "f:" I tried putting it in another folder in software like media so "f:\media" and still same problem.

A: Your question says your batch files contains this:
start "f:\" hp.exe

No, that will not work.  It needs to be this:
 start "Window Title" "f:\hp.exe"

Or this:
 start f:\hp.exe

The entire file name with no added spaces needs to be contained between the quotation marks.  And in this case you could even omit the quotation marks since the file name and path contain no spaces, in which case you can also omit the window title.

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KBase apps are analysis tools that you can use in KBase. Apps interoperate seamlessly to enable a range of scientific workflows (see figure below). Some of the apps were written by KBase scientists and developers; others are third-party tools that were integrated into KBase with our Software Developer Kit (SDK). The number of apps available in KBase will increase rapidly as members of the community use our SDK to integrate their analysis tools into the KBase platform.
You will need a KBase user account to use our tools.
Above: Outline of the major workflows and datatypes in KBase. The unboxed labels represent datatypes, while each colored box represents a single App. The box colors signify the category of functionality, and the numbers in parentheses indicate the number of alternative apps that implement each function. Apps that require a genome as input are marked with a green "G" icon.
Each app links to a reference page (which includes technical details about the inputs and outputs) called an App Details Page.
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Sandersonia aurantiaca is an erect or suberect, deciduous, summer-growing geophyte reaching up to 1 m high, and the genus contains just one species. The subterranean storage organ or rootstock is a fairly deep-seated, stoloniferous corm consisting of two swollen, jointed lobes. New growth is produced in spring; the new rootstock and slender aerial stems are produced from a bud at the tip of one of the two old, swollen lobes. The lance-shaped leaves are arranged alternately along the stem, and unlike the closely related genera Gloriosa and Littonia, do not usually have tendrils at their tips. The elegant, lantern-like flowers of S. aurantiaca are borne on long stalks produced in the leaf axils; they open from the bottom upwards and occur in shades of pale to deep orange. The fruit is a capsule containing many small, hard brown seeds, without a papery seed coat.
as an aphrodisiac, and the leaves are also used in combination with other plants in bathing infusions as protection against evil. The compound colchicine is present in this species, and all parts of the plant should therefore be regarded as potentially toxic.
They can be successfully grown in deep bulb beds, provided that the dormant rootstocks are kept dry during the winter months. The flowering time of S. aurantiaca in the wild is mid-December to January, but under cultivation in southern Africa it tends to start earlier, from late November onwards.
New Zealand bulb growers have successfully commercialized this plant, and in the mid 1990s it was that country's second-most important export cut flower crop after orchids.
Sandersonia is not especially susceptible to pests, however aphids may attack new foliage in early summer, while snout beetles sometimes damage the flower stems. Slugs and snails are partial to the foliage. Fungal rotting of the rootstock is the most important disease affecting these plants and it can be greatly reduced by growing them in a well-aerated, well-drained, sandy medium, and by ensuring that the rootstocks are kept in dry soil throughout the winter dormant period.


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Q: selecting the most recent rows from database with multiple return set Normally I would do
select top (1) * from table where id active = '1' and doc_type_id = '404'

to get the latest row.
However I'm using IN to get results back. Plus a join.
select t1.*
  from table1 t1 left join table2 t2 on (t1.propid = t2.propid)
 where t2.caseid in ('100','101') and t1.active = '1' and b.doc_type_id = '404'

This query here returns the documents. However there are multiple documents of the same type.
And if each one has 10 docs I need only the latest one.
I would want to retrieve only the latest 1 doc for each from the database.
I hope I explained myself :)

A: This is the ideal scenario for window functions. They are exactly what you need. Take a look at over keyword.

A: Without seeing the return types you are going for, it sounds like you need to use a GROUP BY and/or a MAX. If that does not help solve your problem, could you please post a sample data set and what you expect?
You might even be able to use partitioning and/or ROW_NUMBER()
UPDATE BASED ON COMMENTS
WITH myCTE
AS
(
    SELECT t1.*,
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY t2.caseid ORDER BY LastSavedDate DESC) AS RowNumber
    FROM table1 t1
        LEFT JOIN table2 t2
            ON t1.propid = t2.propid
    WHERE t2.caseid in ('100','101')
        AND t1.active = '1' AND b.doc_type_id = '404'
)
SELECT *
FROM myCTE
WHERE RowNumber = 1;

This MIGHT work for you based on your comments


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Any thoughts to these upcoming animated movies?
I would love to see more Ralph Bakshi movies. Glad to see he hasn't completely given up.
Jon Waterhouse wrote: Forget The Simpsons, Family Guy and all of the edgy stuff on Adult Swim. Without groundbreaking animation director Ralph Bakshi, the world of adult animation may not be what it is today.
Bakshi, who appeared at DragonCon in Atlanta this weekend, changed the landscape of feature animation with the release of Fritz the Cat in 1972. A trail of nine other animated films followed including "Lord of the Rings" and "Wizards." His collaborations proved to be as colorful as his animation cells. Bakshi has had the opportunity to work with other fellow legends including Dr. Seuss, Frank Frazetta, Stan Lee and the Rolling Stones. And according to Bakshi, it seems as if more may be on the way.
He recently put down the pen to talk about his legendary career and its future.
MTV Geek: When you made Fritz the Cat in 1972, what made you think the world was ready for an adult-themed animated film?
Ralph Bakshi: There's a lot of talk today about was the world ready? What's the hottest property? What do I do to make a million? That wasn't my concern. We grew up in the '50s, a lot of us artists. And the artists who grew up in the '50s were much more concerned with what turned them on. I mean, money wasn't an issue, not there's anything wrong with money...Money wasn't the reason guys were doing comic books, because it was the worst paying job in the world. Money wasn't the reason I was animating, I just loved to animate. So when I read the Fritz the Cat book and lots of underground stuff, I loved it and I wanted to do it. There wasn't any consideration if the word was ready for it. Who cared? That's an issue now, and it's still my position. If you run around wondering what the world cares about, there are very little breakthroughs that are going to happen. The world was not ready for Fritz the Cat. I got the hell beat out of me, including [Fritz the Cat comic book creator] Robert Crumb, who beat the hell out of me. I took a lot of heat. It has since made a hundred million, billion dollars...What I'm saying is, if you're an artist and you're going to wonder what the world cares about, you're going to have to do something you don't care about.
MTV Geek: You basically created adult-oriented animation. What do you think about being regarded as an icon in that way?
Ralph Bakshi: First of all, I wasn't trying to break ground. The fact that my pictures are playing to new generations of kids has stunned me...All of these kids continue to watch my movies and find them. I keep getting emails from kids who are 20, 21. I can't believe I did this. Everything is brand new to them. I'm very, very appreciative of the whole thing. It made me feel like I had done something. I went back to try and sell a movie to Hollywood. Recently I felt like doing an animated movie. I had been painting and drawing, but I felt like doing a movie. I got very nostalgic. So I went to Hollywood to sell a movie. It's called New American Blues, which discusses who we are today. I went to two companies and they both threw me out. They both said they didn't want the movie, it's too adult, nobody would like it, and there's no merchandising. My mouth dropped open. These are major animation companies making major films today. I was kind of stunned. Then I went to one company that does children's films; big company, I'm not going to mention the name. I told them I wanted to do Wizards 2 and Wizards 3, because it was always was done as a trilogy. They got excited, because they had heard about Wizards and all the animators love that movie...They go in and screen the movie. They tell me it's too dark. I said, "What are you talking about too dark? I got lots of laughs in that film. Of course it's dark. It's about where our world is today." Our glaciers are receding, the oceans are screwed up, there are terrorists everywhere, which is what Wizards was all about. I thought I nailed it. I said, "You're telling me it's too dark, but the world is that way today." They said people don't want to see that. So I left with my hat in my hands. This is the icon and idol going back. You'd think I would walk in and they'd jump all over me. They didn't even buy me lunch...So I am now raising money with my son for New American Blues. And I have spoken, believe it or not, to Peter Jackson, who did the live action Lord of the Rings, about doing Wizards as an animated feature. ...To answer your question, I don't feel much like an icon [Laughs].
MTV Geek: Long before Peter Jackson, you were the first to tackle Lord of the Rings. How challenging was it taking on something as beloved as Lord of the Rings?
Ralph Bakshi: I did it for two reasons. First of all, I personally love Tolkien. He's the greatest fantasy writer who ever lived. I wanted to do something that would stop the controversy. In other words, I was very tired, very beat up. It was very hard trying to keep the studio afloat. Paying the animators was hard. All of this was on my back. I owned my own company. So I wanted to do something that would allow me to take what I believed would be a rest. It was someone else's work: Tolkien. Plus I loved Tolkien, so I wouldn't have been selling out. And everyone said it would be impossible to make. But I had this idea of rotoscope --this is before computers-- that would give me the chance to make it...It turned out to be an extraordinarily hard film to make physically, probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. It's probably the reason I'm not animating today. I had to go to Spain and shoot an entire live action movie, which was my idea. The actors were all in costume. And that was as difficult as shooting any movie. Then I was sending stuff back to Hollywood to be animated and rotoscoped. I went to England to record the voices...So the physicality was enormous. Then there was the deadline, which was too tight. They forced me to make the deadline, which I think hurt the edit. The whole thing was physically exhausting. Shooting in Spain, recording in England and animating in L.A. It was the straw that broke the camel's back with me.
To learn more about Ralph Bakshi, go to www.ralphbakshi.com.
Badass Interview: WIZARDS' Ralph Bakshi - Robert Saucedo interviewed the famously candid Bakshi in advance of the 35th anniversary of WIZARDS.
Andy Khouri wrote: The late painter Thomas Kinkade, who died suddenly a few days ago of as yet undetermined causes, was a polarizing figure in the art world. Both celebrated and loathed for his ubiquitous paintings of idyllic landscapes and scenes from the Bible, which he successfully mass-marketed in shopping malls, television commercials and licensed products, Kinkade claimed to be America's most collected artist and called himself a "painter of light" whose art agent was God himself.
But the memory of Kinkade has found itself an unexpected defender: animator Ralph Bakshi, the author of subversive films including Fritz the Cat and Cool World, who mentored Kinkade when the painter worked as a background artist on Fire and Ice, the fantasy film Bakshi created with comic book and illustration legend Frank Frazetta. In a statement released over the weekend, Bakshi said that critics missed "the true brilliance that is Kinkade," whom the animator suggested was undermining the Tea Party and the religious right by selling their distorted visions of nostalgia back to them.
Lavalle Lee wrote: Thirty years ago today the classically animated game "Dragon's Lair" came out in arcades. People everywhere were swarming to the arcades to play this revolutionary game. Dragon's Lair to this day is still being played worldwide on every console, computer, phone, tablet out there, you name it. We got the chance to get an interview with the director of Dragon's Lair, Don Bluth. Don has had a huge career in traditional animation from working on feature films for Disney to directing his own feature films and designing games. In this interview you will find out more about Don's journey that lead to the creation of Dragon's Lair.
Question: A lot of fans would love to see a Dragons Lair Movie, we need to see some traditional animation back in theaters, what are your thoughts?
Don's Answer: I would love to see a Dragon's Lair movie! I think, like you've indicated in some other questions, it all comes down to the funding. Right now, unfortunately I think what's happening is that the big studios have a monopoly on distribution. The studios don't believe that traditional animation will get an audience to the theater, and because of that they've gone in the direction of the CGI. With CGI, they believe that the young generation will go see it and so they've stayed with that medium because they feel that's a safe investment.
Now I don't know why, I only have a theory, but young boys feel that they can't look at traditional animation. I think it has something to do with the teen years, growing up, coming of age, and not wanting to be classified as being a child anymore. Maybe Disney is responsible for this because for so long Disney has made traditional animation for the teenagers and little children. So what happens is the kids know these movies are for kids and when they start growing up they don't want to go where the kids go; they want to go where the grownups go. They have to have something more sophisticated, and I think that's why they actually pushed away from traditional animation.
Question: Financing is always a major roadblock, what do you think about Kickstarter? A lot of productions are being funded this way.
You know it's funny you should say that because I had a phone conversation with Gary Goldman about 3 days ago and that's exactly what he is working on. He's trying to get us a Kickstarter page up and running to try and raise some money to fund a project. I'm even making a video to put up on the Kickstarter page.