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For the second week in a row, the first thing I heard when walking into class was, "Take our your pencils, we're going to be drawing!" The only difference was, this week we were going to be drawing each other's FACES. I took my seat in our new room (we switched classes to the one right next door and I much prefer this one. There are computers AND it's pink!) and pretty much just stared at the person across from me for the next forty-five minutes straight. The end result was much better than expected, unfortunately I don't have a picture to share with you. When we were all done, we laid our drawings on the table and looked at everyone's different styles. It's so amazing to see the way other people draw, it's probably one of my favorite parts of class. Some people take on more of a cartoon quality to their work and some go very intense on the shading but they all never fail to impress.
After drawing for forty-five minutes, we took to the computers and learned some basic Photoshop skills such as what layers are and how to use them, how to put a picture in your document, and how effective subtitles can be. We wrote our names in a font that matched the quality of the drawing we just did, picked a word (or two) that described us and used that as the subtitle. Then we took a picture to place behind it. This was the outcome of mine using the ten minutes we had to create it. (Please don't take it too seriously, I'm a pretty big joker. Foxy Lady is not the word I would normally use to describe myself, I was just feelin' it yesterday.)
At the close of our computer time, we went to projector screen and watched a few different commercials and advertisements for Lego. It was so interesting to see the difference between the girl targeted commercials and the boy targeted ones. We then discussed how ideals are instilled in children from such an early age, and that not all of them are bad, but it is undoubtedly a lot of pressure for any child. Moving away from the more adolescent commercials, we looked through a few Gucci ads and saw that they weren't just selling us sunglasses and clothes, but we were also sold a whole story that is made up in our heads. The class agreed that the models looked like they were on their way to the Meatpacking District about to hit up a few clubs and restaurants before the weekend is officially deemed over.
When advertisements were over, we got back into the swing of drawing again, but this time using different mediums. Instead of drawing on white paper with grey led pencils, we drew on black paper with white colored pencils, which was a totally new experience for me. It was so interesting to see how you can use the other colors to highlight things in your picture so much more easily than if you were using a regular old pencil and eraser.
We actually got a homework assignment! (Is it weird that I'm excited for homework…it probably is.) Our task is to pick a product that we would want to sell, and make up thirty-five thumbnails for each one with alternating between two slogans that we have also made up. I will upload pictures of my thumbnail drawings as soon as I am finished with them
We've typically been having our fifteen minute breaks around noon, and are now talking with each other more (even getting to the stage where you can friend people on Facebook, and you know how big of a step that can be!!!!) Last week everyone was more reserved, but now people are showing their true selves, making jokes, and being more typical teenagers. Our professor (Jada) also seems a little more comfortable with us (and I definitely need to take some style lessons from her ASAP. She wore the coolest most bad a*^ boots with these amazing tights and the most adorable color block dress I've ever seen).
That's about all for now! I wish they had something where classes could mix and talk to each other cause I'd love to meet people from other classes!
If you took the time to read this, thank you very much! And if you'd like, I'd love it if you'd comment bellow and tell me how your second day went!
Until next time,
P.S- I'm going to take more pictures next week to better document my journey with you guys!


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I found it interesting that the gameplan changed significantly when McElroy came into the game, specifically, the winding runs that gained chunks of yardage. I would expect some changes from a QB standpoint, but why the style of rushing attack?
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I found it interesting that the gameplan changed significantly when McElroy came into the game, specifically, the winding runs that gained chunks of yardage. I would expect some changes from a QB standpoint, but why the style of rushing attack?
Something they should have done several games ago to try to gt confidence back to a struggling qb. I also noticed on the TD drive that Greene was on the damn bench were he belonged.
Be more obtuse. Go post in one of the "Down with Mark/Up with Greg" threads.
To be honest, I just think the players gave a better effort for McElroy. We run a lot of counters and pull our Guards a lot (I always complain about Slauson and Ducasse pulling and not blocking anybody, LOL). Greene bounced one outside but that was a "vanilla" running play. I am not sure it was anything more than that. Besides it was only 4 drives, hard to be conclusive with such a small sample size.
Secondly, you ignorant, illiterate, immature tool, you have no idea if GM changed to those plays based on the defensive front or not... I am not claiming it was not different, you just can't say for sure why. I wasn't calling you out in the slightest just adding an opinion and go to insulting someone.... Blow me!
It seems like all of a sudden the coaching got a lot better.
The jets under Ryan have always been better with a simpler approach. THy dumbed it down and just ran the ball. No sg on third and two, a nice bootleg at the goal line. Why didn't they run a slant to Schillens at the goal line?
Further, I assume there is a subset of plays that they know he is comfortable with running given he gets little if any time with the starters and is probably running scout team most of the time. In no way do I think that he is the chosen one. I am just not so sure that they are running better plays because they put a new QB in. Cards suck as stopping the run this year and Sanchez could not hit a bull in the ass with a banjo... GMac comes in and we get a few first downs a penalty and boom we score. We still have a long way to go to finding a QB!!!
There's no denying the entire team seemed to have a bit more in their step when Sanchez went to the bench, but how that translates down the line is to be determined I suppose.
19-24 run pass ratio until Sanchez was benched. 19-9 after
I don't know enough about QBing to be sure but is it possible that McElroy has different ball fakes than Sanchez? I know QBs are taught to "sell" their fakes and to do it certain ways on different plays but maybe the Jets give the QBs some leeway in their style.
If anything I would think that the playbook would be simplified, or in Sparano-speak "vanilla", for McElroy.
Football is an emotional game. I just think we got a spark from McElroy today. We have seen this happen before with Vinny and Penny.
The kid DOESNT PRACTICE with the first team. They HAD A LIMITED PLAYBOOK when we went in. They were trying NOT TO LOSE THE GAME.

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Family ties run deep during the annual PAHS Variety Show
PUNXSUTAWNEY — It's strange, the information that may or may not be revealed within the walls of one's own home.
Weeks ago, after New Year's Day and before Groundhog Day, PAHS senior Dane Baker successfully auditioned to serve as one of the four emcees — along with Micky DeChurch, Ali Mancuso and Keaton Mohney — for the 2012 Variety Show.
"Both of my parents were very excited," Baker said. But he didn't know a very coincidental fact that he shared with his mother, Mary Ann (Pisarcik) Baker.
When she was a PAHS senior, in 1981, she, too served as a Variety Show emcee.
"I didn't even know until a week or so ago," he said.
And how about those photos from his mom's stint as an emcee, along with Marcia (Hudzick) Blose?
"She looked pretty outrageous," he said.
Kim (Rubin) DeChurch — today, a co-advisor of the show and an emcee in 1972 — said many of the students debuting at the Variety Show tonight have had family members take part in the annual event in one way or another: In a sketch, behind the scenes or as an emcee.
However, she noted, when she posed that question to this year's seniors, many said they weren't sure if that was true, or simply replied, "I don't know."
Shy, perhaps? DeChurch's son, Micky isn't, and his sister, Nelae, also served as a director a few years ago.
"It's awesome to carry on a tradition like this, because I think the parents are so proud," Kim DeChurch said. "And Micky, I'm happy for him; he's followed in my footsteps. He likes to entertain."
She noted that despite serving as a Variety Show advisor, she didn't serve among those who selected this year's four emcees — but she did see his audition.
Mary Ann Baker said she just wanted to be a part of the show.
"At the time, I just wanted to be in the Variety Show, a part of the whole senior class," said Baker, who, today, teaches in the DuBois Area School District in Sykesville. "I was excited to be anything. I don't recall how we (with Blose) got together to audition for emcees."
Baker's son, Dane, said he's watched past Variety Shows from the audience for years, waiting for his chance as a senior and a performer, which he will also be — on piano — in addition to serving as an emcee.
"I've been playing since I was little, and I always kind of thought, 'I can do that in the Variety Show," he said. "Every year, I was always, 'I can't wait to be in the Variety Show.' It's more like kind of showing what our class can do."
Baker's not the only one. Director Janie Depp-Hutchinson was a sophomore watching her older brother, Michael — dropping his pants and everything — as an emcee in 2010.
While some of her classmates sought the onstage spotlight in the 2012 Variety Show, Depp-Hutchinson said she wanted to serve as a director — which she does, along with Erika Bizousky, Kendall Neal and Quinton Weber — because she "wanted to work behind the scenes and tell people what to do."
And as if the family connections don't already run deep, there's the case of senior Elana Curry, whose older brother — and her English teacher, whom she must refer to as "Mister" — is co-advisor Matt Curry.
What does she recall about her brother — 12 years her senior — serving as an emcee during his class' Variety Show in 1999, when she was age six?
"That he was wearing one of my mother's dresses," said Elena, who will sing in the sketches "Angry Birds" and "Toddlers & Tiaras."
"And he was wearing boxers," she added.
Matt recalls seeing the video of the 1999 performance, "and I could hear her yelling in the show.
"It makes me feel nostalgic; so many great memories about our show," he said. "And now she will have hers with her class."
Their middle sibling, Adam, also took part in his class' Variety Show in 2001.
"It's an honor, and just a wonderful thing to go through, and I knew it would be a lot of work," Mary Ann Baker said about her Variety Show experience. And as for her son's participation, she said, "I knew I would be providing lots of odds and ends.
"I suppose that's why my lamp shade is missing today," she added.
"It's the best time of their lives, and it goes quick," Mary Ann Baker said. "They work so hard, and at the end of it, they're so proud. It's a nice experience to go through. And believe me, it goes fast."
How does one explain sketches about Steve Jobs; the cafeteria; part-time jobs; the Spice Girls; Angry Birds; a "Cartoon Catastrophe;" and Bruno Mars — all in three nights?
Find out for yourself, as the Class of 2012 presents its Variety Show, "Hold on to the Memories," starting at 7 p.m. tonight, and continuing Friday and Saturday, in the PAHS auditorium.
Tickets are available at the door. Proceeds will benefit the Margaret C. Boles Foundation and the seniors' annual all-night party after graduation.


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How to Internationalize a High School? Perspectives from Principals in Taiwan
Facing global competition of human capital, governments around the world has endeavored to internationalize their school education. In the context of fixed school budget, it is important for school principals to decide which factor of internationalization has higher priority in the process of internationalizing their schools. This research thus aimed to figure out the relative importance and weight of different purposes of internationalization of high schools.
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Aurora massacre informs us that a diet of violence kills
As a child my mother forbade us to play with toy guns. Even water guns were prohibited in our home. This was not because my mother was a pacifist — she most certainly is not. In fact, politically she is somewhat conservative. However, she felt that a gun's entire purpose is to kill and that was not something she wanted her kids to see as a toy.
I admit that my mother's approach is somewhat extreme and my wife and I allow our kids to play with water guns. Yet the point that violence is never a solution to solve my personal problems has been deeply ingrained. My own kids know that I never tolerate violence or physical fighting as a solution to their sibling squabbles. My attitude is that the child who raises his hand first is always in the wrong.


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The interview schedule is getting a little busy in San Diego.
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Former Bears coach Lovie Smith was en route in the morning for a Friday interview. Now former Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt is scheduled for a Saturday session, sources told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
Whisenhunt won a Super Bowl as Steelers offensive coordinator, but had issues with his first head coaching job once quarterback Kurt Warner retired. The Cardinals went to the playoffs twice with Warner, but are 18-30 since he retired.
The Chargers are also expected to interview Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians.
UPDATE: Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley interviewed for the Chargers head coaching job Thursday night, a Seahawks source told NFL.com's Albert Breer.
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I have discovered a relatively new little business in the town adjacent to us that offers walk-through painting classes. It's not quite paint-by-number, but there's a leader who literally tells you what to mix and where to put it on your canvas. And you can bring your own goodies, snacks, beverages, alcohol, etc. Good times.
This is the one I did last Saturday. I painted with a lady who works with me and we ended up seeing another person from our work, too. Super fun.
It looks very okay. Still not really happy with it. I think the big shadow looks like a bad GI bleed.
But it was fun and that's what matters.
Last night Mom and I went to do the boots! We had a fabulous time. Don't they look great?
Baby, not to be outdone, colored/markered/stickered a picture for my cousin who is currently in day three of college football "two-a-days". The inside joke is that he was a 4-H chicken judger in high school. Anyway, he's a good kid and needs good vibes, so if you have it in you send some Andy's way. He's still got more than a week of these practices.
Tomorrow, more artful adventures on the docket. We're going back to the art/play place.
We're enjoying The Dorks' visit. I think they're having a pretty good time, too.


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Dr. Burton W. Folsom
Senior Fellow in Economic Education
Dr. Burton Folsom Jr. retired from Hillsdale College after teaching there since 2002. He also previously served as a senior fellow in economic education for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
For the Mackinac Center, Folsom has authored dozens of widely reprinted articles about Michigan's rich and varied past as well as a 1997 book, Empire Builders: How Michigan Entrepreneurs Helped Make America Great. His other books include Urban Capitalists: Entrepreneurs and City Growth in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna and Lehigh Regions, 1800-1920 (1981); The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America (1991), now in its sixth edition; New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America (2008); and FDR Goes to War (2011), which he co-authored with Anita Folsom. He also has edited two volumes, The Spirit of Freedom: Essays in American History and The Industrial Revolution and Free Trade. His work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines including The Detroit News, The American Spectator, and The Wall Street Journal. He blogs at BurtFolsom.com.
Folsom received his Ph.D. in American history from the University of Pittsburgh.
From Dr. Burton W. Folsom
How Reliable Are Michigan High School Economics Textbooks?
This review of 16 of the most commonly used economics textbooks in Michigan high schools uses 12 criteria-including issues of trade, taxation, and the role of government-to evaluate which texts are and are not effective at presenting students with a balanced and accurate perspective on the modern market economy. Each text is graded, from A to F, on its ability to clearly instruct students in the "economic way of thinking."
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African-Americans fought for years to enter professions that were dominated by white people, like medicine, business and law. Now, experts say some of those gains have leveled off since the recession. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with The New York Times' Nelson Schwartz, and lawyer Lisa Tatum, about why minorities struggle to gain ground in elite professions.
Diversity Sounds Nice, But Limitations Exist In Elite Jobs
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My find of the day. 1954 Chevrolet promotional. Not in the best of shape but for a junk shop find I am tickled with it. Small crack in the roof and the chassis is cracked from downforce (kids) which isn't unusual.
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Sharp has taken the wraps off its latest range of Aquos tellies, which, it claims, are the world's first LCD TVs to feature integrated Blu-ray Disc recorders.
Sharp's Blu-ray recorder TVs will ship next month
Each of the 16 new models work with BD-RE 2.1 single- and dual-layer discs, in addition to BD-R 1.1 single- and dual-layer recordable discs. The recorder is wedged into a vertically slot behind the screen.
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The 120Hz screens range in size from 52in to 26in, but while all of the big screens - 37in or bigger - provide a 1920 x 1080 resolution, the smaller sets have a 1366 x 768 resolution.
Models also come with two HDMI ports and will be available in a range of colours, including black, white and red.
Sharp will launch its Blu-ray Disc recorder Aquos sets into Japan next month and it's thought the screens will be launched in the US before Christmas. A UK release date or priced hasn't been recorded yet.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California Gov. Jerry Brown won't be deploying National Guard troops to the Mexican border like Texas is doing in response to an influx of immigrants, a state military official said Monday.
Capt. Will Martin of the California Military Department said the Democratic governor has no plans to send the California National Guard to the southern border.
"The border shared by Texas and Mexico presents a significantly different set of considerations than those presented by the border shared by California and Mexico," Martin said in a statement.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been a vocal critic of the White House's response to the border crisis as he considers a second presidential run. He is deploying up to 1,000 troops over the next month at an estimated cost of $12 million per month.
Perry has said for years that the federal government has failed to secure the border and suggested Monday that criminals were exploiting a surge of children pouring into the U.S. illegally.
Since October, more than 57,000 unaccompanied children and teenagers have entered the U.S. illegally, most of them from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, where rampant gang violence and intense poverty have driven tens of thousands of people outside their borders.
An official said troops in Texas will be "referring and deterring" immigrants and not detaining people.
Brown has set a different tone in California. He plans to meet Mexico's secretary of foreign affairs on Wednesday, days ahead of his trade mission to the bordering nation next week.
Brown also signed legislation Monday reducing the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor by one day to 364 days, a change that is expected to significantly reduce the number of immigrants in the country legally who can be deported for lesser crimes. Federal law allows legal immigrants to be deported if they are given a sentence of one year or more.
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Maya Silver was 15 years old when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her mother was treated and the cancer hasn't returned. But the experience stuck with Maya, now 27 and director of a nonprofit. A few years ago, her father, Marc, an editor at National Geographic who had written about being the husband of a cancer patient, approached her with the idea of collaborating on a book about teens whose parents have cancer. The resulting "My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks" was published last month.
Q. What motivated you to write this book?
Maya: At first I wasn't as keen as my dad about working on this book. The idea of spending at least a year of my life thinking about cancer and writing about cancer was a little unappealing. But I knew it would be an important resource, because I had nothing to turn to at the time [of my mother's diagnosis].
Marc: When I wrote the husband's book, the guys I interviewed knew what I had gone through more than some of my friends did. Unless you've lived it, you can't really understand. By bringing in so many voices from teens and experts, [I hope we] let people know it's OK to be scared, to be angry, to be in denial sometimes.
Q. What is distinct about the teenage experience of going through a parent's cancer that's different from the experience of a younger or older child?
Marc: Developmentally, teens are in the process of separating from their family and forming their own identities. When a parent gets cancer, it yanks them back into the fold. It can trigger a lot of emotions.
Maya: It introduces a lot more complexity. It's not just sadness and grief, it's guilt and resentment. It's like this thing you don't want in your life and you don't want to spend all this time with your family.
Q. Did you learn something about your own journey with cancer while talking to teens for this book?
Maya: [When I was a teenager] I tried to avoid dealing with cancer as much as possible. Once my mom was better, I pushed it out of my life. But [in working on the book] I'd be sitting down with a teen or a group of teens and they'd say, "I felt this or I felt that," and I said "Yes, I did, too!" Finally having someone to commiserate with, it was a really cool experience.
Q. Did you find some common threads among teens whose parents have cancer?
Marc: A lot of kids didn't want to be singled out as being the kid whose parent has cancer. They didn't want kids to give them constant sympathy. A lot of friends would say things that were well intentioned, but would end up ticking off the kid, like "Oh, I know how you feel because my dog had cancer, or my gecko died," and it was like, no, it's really not the same.
Maya: It was hard for teens to find friends who really understood what the teen was going through. Because of the limited experience teens have with these kinds of serious issues, they don't really know how to talk to their friends about it.
Q. Do you have any advice for parents on how to help their teenagers cope?
Marc: It's really important to talk to your kids, even if your kids don't seem to want to know about the cancer. One teenager told me he felt like it was a guessing game. He could tell by the looks on his parents' face when his father wasn't doing well, but they wouldn't tell him. The other thing is, you can't check out of parenting. It's really important to keep an eye on your teens. If you see things that would cause you concern under any circumstances, that should be cause for concern now.
Q. How has your close-up with cancer influenced your life as an adult?
Marc: Both our daughters have said to us that [they think they will] get breast cancer at some point. That makes me feel so sad. I hope and pray you don't and I hope they have amazing treatments if that ever were to happen.
Maya: I felt that way for a few years . . . but I think [my sister, Daniela, and I] kind of backed off of that. We both value healthy lifestyles — at least try to increase our chances of not getting cancer.Interview was edited and condensed. Karen Weintraub can be reached at


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Storage and security groups working together
Get ready to meet your new partner. Over the next few years, storage and security groups will be working more closely together.
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world of Fibre Channel (FC), SCSI and host bus adapters (HBAs). To protect and move critical corporate data, storage gurus had to interface with networking and telecom departments and devise a plan for transporting information across LAN and WAN pipes. As the storage infrastructure became increasingly complex to manage, the storage staff had to coordinate the use of storage area network (SAN) management tools and processes with network operations.
It's dÉjÀ vu all over again--but this time the cooperative union is with security. In the next few years, security requirements will be coming down the proverbial IT tracks and the storage team needs to jump on the train--quickly.
What's driving this new partnership between the storage and security groups? Read the news any day: Internet connectivity, broadband in the home, e-business applications, Web services, wireless connectivity, global terrorism--you name the technology or geopolitical trend and there's a security risk with it. These vulnerabilities are getting an increasing amount of attention in the boardroom and IT budget. According to IDC, Framingham, MA, corporate security spending will explode from $17 billion in 2001 to a whopping $45 billion in 2006.
Here's an overlap between storage and security. Security professionals often use the acronym CIA (confidentiality, integrity and availability) to describe their focus. Storage management and operations center on data integrity and availability (e.g., RAID devices, backup/restore and remote mirroring).
Furthermore, storage and security professionals have leading roles in the planning of disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) and this relationship is likely to strengthen in the future. Why? CSOs tend to own DR and BC planning, but according to leading IT placement service provider, Robert Half, only 15% to 20% of enterprise companies have CSOs today. As more large firms hire CSOs, the storage staff will be integrated into security.
Finally, storage and security have intertwined due to the notorious insecurity of today's SAN technologies. Based on just a cursory look, any security expert will point out that SANs weren't developed with security in mind. Zoning, LUN masking and world-wide names provide a few rudimentary protection mechanisms, but today's SANs offer little in the way of authentication and data encryption. SAN management tools lack basic SSL/SSH protection, strong password management or secure versions of SNMP. New tools from Decru, Kasten Chase, Neoscale and Vormetric are available to fill these security voids while the industry consortium, the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA), is working on a secure version of FC, called FC-SP. At the very least, storage professionals must pay attention to these storage security vulnerabilities and trends.
As security gets more executive attention and dollars, the storage team must be part of the solution, not the problem. Storage executives should police all functional storage activities immediately. Begin this exercise with a security audit, encompassing storage equipment, physical security, policies and procedures and staff skills.
Auditing storage equipment
IT equipment is often implemented with a minimal security concern, resulting in security holes you could drive a truck through. While it's beyond the scope of this article to outline all of the necessary remediation steps, some common things to look for include:
- Misconfigured switches: Mistakes with switch configuration and ACLs give hackers access to the entire SAN fabric. As you're searching for these types of errors, you may also discover LUNs and zones you weren't even aware of. Correct this vulnerability with vendor-approved configurations that meet your requirements. All configuration changes must be documented through a formal change management process. This helps reduce the risk of unknown LUNs and zones in the future.
- Default server configurations: In their haste to get systems up and running, system admins often keep default configurations intact, leaving the system open to anyone with basic Unix or Windows skills. If these systems are connected to the network, hackers can access them through Telnet or by perusing FTP directory structures. Visit every backup and storage management server to see if your IT shop has this problem.
- Software patches: When your focus is on storage infrastructure and operations, it's easy to forget about patching servers. It's important to scan systems on a periodic basis to get a full picture of vulnerabilities. Many security service providers will gladly lend you a hand. Be sure to add security requirements to vendors and equipment evaluation criteria moving forward.
Many shops with an abundance of firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS) systems and virus protection software fail the physical security test. When it comes to physical security and storage, be sure to:
- Place storage equipment in locked cages in the data center. During the client/server days, the general philosophy was to collocate systems with the users they supported. This was done for technical reasons (slow LAN speeds) and political reasons (distributed IT budgets). Those days are gone.
- Adhere to a strict tape management policy. Security books are full of stories where rogue IT workers steal backup tapes to extort money from their employers. This opportunity is created through poor tape management practices. Take the necessary steps to avoid this problem through appropriate tape labeling, off-site rotation, backup encryption and secure tape storage procedures.
Policies and procedures
Although the storage group won't be called on to develop security policies, compliance is mandatory. Particular attention should be paid to:
- Change and configuration management: Sloppiness here inevitably leads to security vulnerabilities and downtime. Work with the entire IT staff to develop change management policies, procedures and documentation standards.
- Data classification: Information value, age, useful life and personal association is often used to classify data into private sector categories such as public, sensitive, private and confidential. Once data is classified, the storage group is instrumental in the implementation process. Data classification is difficult, but it leads to improved security, lower costs and easier compliance with regulations.
- BC/DR: The storage team plays a starring role in backup/restore procedures through BC and DR planning. Storage and security should work together on this.
The storage staff must be prepared to participate in the enterprise security effort. This will require:
- Background checks: Experience with EMC, Brocade and Veritas can't forgive a rap sheet of felonious activities. All personnel must be screened appropriately.
- Training: To add security skills to the mix, the storage team should receive specific security training on storage vulnerabilities, fixes and general security prevention, detection and reaction techniques. It's worthwhile to encourage the storage staff to take the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam to broaden their knowledge base.
There's an old security saying that states the enterprise security chain is only as strong as the weakest link. The storage team should do what it must to ensure that it avoids this weakest-link distinction. The team should take proactive steps to fix existing people, process and technology security holes while preparing for future challenges.


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On April 8 or 9, on public television, NOVA had a 1-hour documentary about two little girls, Siamese twins, born in Bangladesh, conjoined at the top of their heads. They were abandoned at birth and eventually adopted by an Australian woman.
A team of specialists and neurosurgeons became involved in assessing the possibility of separating the girls, determining the chances of their survival. The optimum time for the operation would be at 3 years of age and no later.
So, the team of doctors, around seven or eight in number, invested 3 years of their lives caring for these twins and planning their strategies. There had to be enormous expense involved. They were also fully invested emotionally and physically.
The operations were a complete success, and a year later, the little girls were blossoming into beautiful and happy children. To see the tears of joy on the faces of the doctors and the adoptive mother was something I'll never forget.
I have a comment and a question. There can be a debate about abortions as a result of incest or rape. My question is this: When and why did Americans, collectively, put their consciences through a shredder and decide that the lives of fetuses could be deemed an inconvenience and end those lives in a truly horrific way? That is my question. What happened to us that so warped our senses?
Maybe we need to change the last line of our Pledge of Allegiance. It could then read, "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all … that is, for all who are outside the womb."


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PennDOT Prepares To Study Higher Speed Limits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Highway officials are preparing to spend up to six months reviewing Pennsylvania's interstate system as they decide which areas are suitable for higher speeds.
Part of the major transportation funding measure that Gov. Tom Corbett plans to sign Monday allows the state's transportation secretary to increase speed limits from 65 mph to 70 mph on certain highways.
PennDOT spokesman Richard Kirkpatrick tells the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown that Pennsylvania has 700 signs posting the 65-mph limit. It costs $245 to replace each one.
The Pennsylvania AAA Federation doesn't oppose the move to 70 mph, as long as PennDOT adequately studies the safety impact. The Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania also doesn't oppose it.
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Steve Cotterill slammed a section of Derby fans who sung distasteful songs about former Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty during the east midlands derby at Pride Park.
Derby claimed a dramatic 1-0 victory but the post-match talk was dominated by shocking chants about Doughty, who was found dead at his home at the age of 54 last month. The Rams will issue a formal apology to their nearest rivals after chants of "where's your chairman gone?" and "you're going down with your chairman" from a small section of the home support.
Cotterill paid tribute to Doughty, and said: "(Derby boss) Nigel (Clough) will probably be embarrassed by that, I would imagine. Nigel is a good man, I get on very well with Nigel. I'm sure he would be very disappointed with that. And most people who have chanted that, they need to be ashamed of themselves."
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Former Tongan rugby star Finau Maka was today given a hefty fine in France for under-paying an illegal Tunisian immigrant for years of housework and for confiscating his passport.
An appeals court in Toulouse overturned an earlier judgement that had acquitted Maka and handed him a $3,178 fine and $7,946 in damages for taking advantage of Moncef Derbali and illegally employing him, according to South African website sport24.co.za.
Maka, who starred for Tonga at the 2007 and 2011 World Cup, was accused by Derbali of making him work 'under the table' for four years in his villa near Toulouse and to have paid him just $2003.
Maka sent the money to Derbali's mother in Tunisia. Derbali claimed that Maka made him live in insalubrious housing and confiscated his passport.
The state prosecutor in his summing up said Derbali was reduced to a submissive state because of his "vulnerability and his dependency" (on Maka), and lived in a "lodging not compatible with human dignity."
Derbali, who now has valid working papers for France, said he was "satisfied" with the verdict. His lawyer said he would now take the case to an industrial tribunal to force Maka to pay his client a decent salary for the years he worked for him.


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Metal Frame above ground pool, free standing BBQ, wicker and stone dining table with a metal frame sitting section all on colored concrete patio. I wanted to create a relaxing backyard with tropical hints. Any suggestions to improve are welcomed.
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Looks like an outdoor family room. Love the furniture. Do you have to take the cushions in when not in use? The lamp post adds a nice touch also. Good job
No I do not take the cushions in during the summer. The dust rinses right off. During the winter, I put the cushions on top of the table and I have a cover for the table and chairs (when they are pushed under the table).
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Comparative Analysis of Business Performance of Cross Border Acquisitions in Serbia
This paper investigates performance of cross-border acquisitions in Serbia. The paper includes two parts. The first part considers the results of the hitherto done research into cross-border acquisitions as a value creation strategy. The success rate cross-border acquisitions have had and the factors behind post-acquisition business performance of target firms are presented. The second part of this paper gives the analysis of the performance of cross-border acquisitions in Serbia based on the sample drawn from 78 target firms. The analysis comprises three business performance ratios whose values before and after acquisition were compared. The average of performance ratios of the most profitable companies in Serbia is used as a benchmark against which the performance of cross-border acquisitions is then compared. The analysis shows that, in spite of the global economic crisis, foreign investors in Serbia enhanced business performance of a significant number of target firms. Additionally, the analysis shows that cross-border acquisitions in Serbia failed to meet the business performance benchmark due to post-acquisition duties that were to be met under the economic crisis.
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Mobile games set for simultaneous launch
End of operator exclusivity
Posted in Networks, 30th May 2007 06:02 GMT
Four of the largest mobile games publishers (EA, Glu, Gameloft and I-play) have agreed to launch games simultaneously on all the UK networks, removing one more avenue for network differentiation and, hopefully, reducing customer confusion.
Network operators have traditionally looked to exclusive content to differentiate themselves - anything to avoid competing directly on price. But it's become clear the mobile games market is still too small. The five per cent of customers who download games aren't prepared to switch networks to get the latest title.
With a simultaneous launch, publishers can go to the operators, say when a game will be coming out and how much they'll be spending to promote it, then leave it up to the operator to decide when, or if, to make it available. This should also make it easier for publishers to promote games - knowing that everyone will get access to the title at the same time.
If mobile gaming takes off, as repeatedly predicted by the industry, the proliferation of third-party suppliers, currently making up less than three per cent of the market, should become more important and may one day be interested in exclusive access to content themselves. But that's not going to happen any time soon. ®


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The film, which is slated to hit theaters next week, was originally planned for release in more than 1500 theaters across the United States. Owing to the flick's controversial and politically charged content—which features spoofs of 9/11 and Jewish culture, among other jokes—many distributors are refusing to carry the film.
In response to the limited release, director Uwe Boll (pictured above-left) issued the following colorful statement on the movie's official site:
To all of you writing now about me and the fact that POSTAL is not getting screens. its okay ..its fun kicking a guy nonstop who is on the ground
you are all not getting it that i'm the guy who made it against the big hollywood system and you are all only busy to destroy me and finish me up and then you YOU WON WHAT ? the attention of the studios, michael bay .. ????? if you damage me you feel closer to Hollywood ? what is your game plan?
The rest of the director's response follows.
you want only movies like JUMPER , SPEED RACER , WHAT HAPPENDS IN VEGAS ...? then keep going and your dreams will be fullfilled. POSTAL makes some very important points ..but you dont wanna see that .... : that Bush used the SEPTEMBER 11 to start a war against a country what had nothing to do with Bin Laden etc.... but this all doesnt matter because you are all busy to THINK that INDIANA JONES or NARNIA are important movies ... but in real they are empty shells of an industry what wants to make money and what wants to keep you looking "escape movies" with nothing in it. in between they are putting some CONTROVERSIAL movies to show that they can do also IMPORTANT movies ...but also this movies are not really critical....they only supporting the system and not showing the big picture. and POSTAL shows the BIG PICTURE ...it nails the absurd situation with all the stupid religions, races and nations we are living in. POSTAL is not accepting bullshit politics. POSTAL has not the opinion that Bush made mistakes - POSTAL has the opinion that it is a scandal that BUSH is not in jail. What happened in America in the last 7 years is the biggest joke since Columbus stepped on that land.
but instead of seeing the courage i had in doing that movie against everybody who tried to stop me - you are sitting on your desks and you are working on stories about me ....and my image as the worst director on earth...and you fullfill what your editor wants from you in regards of uwe boll ...or you fullfill what you think makes you a cooler guy in the internet ...and you are not getting it that you are only interested in movies like IRON MAN or HULK or KUNG FU PANDA or the MUMMY 3 because the studios spending 60 mio. $ in advertising to make you interested in NON INTERESTING movies. how many times you wanna keep going in movies only because the TRAILER was so cool and the CGI was so great ?
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THE sharemarket closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners.
At the close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index had lifted 16.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 5098.7, while the broader All Ordinaries added 14 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 5115.
CMC Markets trader Tim Waterer said although there were no outstanding earnings results there was nothing in the latest batch to discourage investors.
"The result is that ASX 200 forward progression is maintained," he said. "Materials sector weakness was offset by financial sector strength, with the key banking stocks continuing their run of form.
"Overall, stocks continue to saunter higher in the absence of negative headlines."
BHP Billiton fell 35¢ to $38.65 after a 58 per cent fall in first-half profit due to lower commodity prices, a weak US dollar and the sale of some businesses.
Chief executive Marius Kloppers will step down and be replaced on May 10 by Andrew Mackenzie, the 56-year-old Scottish head of BHP's metals business.
Fortescue Metals' first-half profit dropped 40 per cent because of weaker ore prices, and its shares fell 5 per cent to $4.92. Rio Tinto fell $1.12, or 1.6 per cent, to $69.39.
The four big banks all made gains. Commonwealth Bank surged 80¢ to $66.85, ANZ jumped 21¢ to $28.74, National Australia Bank gained 39¢ to $30.56 and Westpac added 5¢ to $30.35.
Wall Street closed firmer overnight on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining nearly 0.4 per cent to 14,035.75, its highest since October 12, 2007.
National turnover was 1.93 billion securities worth $6.17 billion, with 470 stocks up, 531 down and 343 unchanged.
Meanwhile, bonds finished the local session unchanged, regaining from an earlier weakening in response to improved German economic confidence.
The March 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.440 (implying a yield of 3.560 per cent), the same as Tuesday. The three-year contract was steady at 97.090 (2.910 per cent).
UBS interest rate strategist Matthew Johnson said prices moved lower overnight on Tuesday following the release of the German data.
The ZEW Centre for Economic Research report showed German economic sentiment in February at its highest level since April 2010.
"The data was very good and that definitely helped push yields higher (and prices lower)," Mr Johnson said.
Futures prices were likely to continue to weaken over the next few weeks, amid waning expectations the Reserve Bank would cut the cash rate in the next few months, Mr Johnson said.
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President Barack Obama pulled out the punches during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., Saturday, taking jabs at the candidates vying for the Republican nomination.
"It is an honor to be here at my last, and perhaps the last White House Correspondents' Dinner," he said, telling the audience how great they looked before getting right down to business.
Obama told the crowd at the 102nd and final dinner that his approval ratings have been rising, even in his final year in office.
"What has changed?" he asked. "No one can figure it out."
Obama paused, allowing a moment to pass before a split-screen of Sen. Ted Cruz and GOP front-runner Donald Trump popped up on screen.
Obama didn't stop there. He called out top Republicans, who have touted Paul Ryan as a possible nominee, if one can't be chosen before the GOP convention in July.
"Steak or fish?" he told the audience, referring to the choice on the evening's menu. "A whole bunch of you wrote Paul Ryan. You may not like steak or fish, but that's your choice."
Ryan has said he will not seek the nomination.
Obama wasted no time cutting into the three GOP candidates, saying "some candidates aren't polling high enough to qualify for their own joke" over a photo of Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
"And then there's Ted Cruz," he said, calling out the Texas senator for a mistake he made this week in Indiana when he referred to a basketball hoop as a "ring."
"What else is in his lexicon? Baseball sticks? Football hats? But sure, I'm the foreign one," Obama said, before moving on to an absent Trump.
"Is this dinner too tacky for 'The Donald'?"
Trump's absence "hurt" Obama, who said he "had so much fun last time." Obama has singled out the real estate mogul in previous years, making fun of Trump's hair and the businessman's quest to see Obama's birth certificate.
"Is he at home eating a Trump steak?" Obama asked. "What's he doing?"
The president went on, making jabs at Trump's lack of foreign policy and experience, and his real estate prowess.
"There's one area where Donald's experience could be valuable. And that's closing Guantanamo, because Trump knows a thing or two about closing waterfront properties into the ground."


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1. Why is Edward still reluctant to let Bella go by herself and face the Volturi even though she is a vampire?
2. Why is it important that Irina is first seen in the forest? Did you anticipate her appearance in the forest? Why or why not?
3. Renesmee is growing mentally at an alarming rate while her body is gradually slowing. How is this similar or different to Bella when she was human?
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As usual with the new series of Doctor Who, there is a Christmas special. This special feature length episode usual bridges the gap between seasons and is a good way to resolve cliffhangers.
With the Doctor Who franchise encompassing The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood, on top of the main series, there is a lot of Doctor Who available for fans. I believe that the Doctor has never been this popular. A new K-9 show for kids will air on Australian television in July 2008.
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Linux Appliance Design 53
|Linux Appliance Design
|Bob Smith, John Hardin, Graham Phillips and Bill Pierce
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|A text on developing an application specific device, very informative
The book revolves around Laddie, an example alarm system for a building. The book includes a complete explanation of the system, what design features it uses, and a LiveCD with the final application for your hacking pleasure.
I have to say, Linux Appliance Design is well written and very, very thorough. This is not a beginner text, the authors focus on Linux programmers who understand C and Linux systems and want to take it a step further than conventional software. If you think this is a book for you, you should be a C/Linux guru, or dust off those old textbooks and brush up on your stuff before you pick it up.
When a friend asked me what was in the book I gave him the response, "Everything you need to make a sweet daemon with any interface you want". This is exactly what Linux Appliance Design is, a library in a book. Nostarch.com has a chapter list for the text, so you can see what I mean.
The layout for the text is well organized and starts where every project should, architecture and design. Personally I felt the authors were beating the dead horse after a couple of pages when everything kept coming back to separating interface from implementation, but hey, it's an important point that a lot of people seem to miss.
An interesting chapter is the explanation of the Run-time-access library the authors developed. Modeled from PostgreSQL, the RTA lib is an impressive solution that allows for daemon communication and configuration from any language that can talk to a database. This library is released under the GPL and can be downloaded from the companion site of the book The RTA is also used for the rest of the book, so don't skip it or you'll have no idea what they are talking about.
The text is not only an explanation of the Laddie system using the RTA, it is an all encompassing design text, which I really like. There are chapters dedicated to building different frontend UIs for the system and communication protocol discussion. This is what transforms the text from book into library. Each chapter can almost stand on its own as an application of that language or program. I was quite impressed with the web interface chapter and how the authors compared web servers and designed a system, and also with the framebuffer chapter on how to make a cool graphical interface.
A common theme for all the chapters is the structure. The authors discuss and design each element they use in the system before looking at one program or daemon. For anyone who has written or read development reports the format is very similar; explain what you designed, why you chose those components, why you passed on others, how the systems works and finally what you would do different next time. This format kind of reminded me lab reports in school, cover all question you think your professor audience might ask.
Overall Linux Appliance Design is a well written, detailed and thorough book with a lot of information. I would recommend this title mainly to someone who is interested in daemon development or server design however it can be read by anyone who wants to see a full project develop cycle.
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The Markets Now: Stocks Rebound; Dell Goes Private
Estee Lauder and Zynga are both up today.
Stocks rebounded from yesterday's losses and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) agreed to be bought in a $24.4 billion deal with Silver Lake Partners.
In economic news, the ICSC-Goldman store sales index showed strong consumer spending as the index rose 2.4%.
Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke reassured bankers that the economy would come back strong, saying, "The interest margin pressure banks face today is partly due to low interest rates and partly due to low demand, both of which are consequences of a sluggish economy. As the economic recovery gains momentum, however, both of these conditions should reverse and give bankers the opportunity to deploy the liquidity and capital they have amassed."
In international news, Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) CEO Antony Jenkins pledged to the UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking that he would reform the bank's ethics by eliminating commissions on the sale of financial products and rethinking its standards for handing out bonuses.
European stocks have since rebounded after they were hit hard following the news that the bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BIT:BMPS) lost millions of dollars on three derivative trades.
The Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) rose 0.84% to 13996.95; the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) went up 14 points to 1509.77; and the Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) ascended 0.95% to 3160.78.
BP (NYSE:BP) shares went up 1.31% to $44.18 after posting disappointing fourth-quarter earnings, with a nearly 80% drop in profit. The oil company lost billions of dollars after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to lose more money in the upcoming year.
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|2011-04-16, 05:04
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|2011-04-16, 20:46
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Chidori is another potential issue, while I really like this character, I am sure an agressive tsundere like her will attract a lot more hate than less independent and more submissive eyecandy like Lacus Clyne, CC or Sheryl Nome from rival mecha shows.
Another problem is the mecha itself, the arms slaves are practical real robot designs that serve the plot, where a more iconic or spectacular design could have attracted mecha fans in larger numbers.
Still it is an excellent anime. It must have been bitter for Kyoani to see more formulaic shows like Geass and Frontier rake in the sales.
|2011-04-16, 20:53
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|2011-04-16, 21:25
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While the general demographic has gone towards more lighthearted rom'com's, I disagree that they would be completely off-put by darker series (like TSR). Any avid anime viewer will have a broad spectrum of shows they like.
Personally, I dont mind all the JCStaff RomCom's and etc, that are out. I actually love them in contrast to the darker series that I've viewed (e.g. Monster, Black Lagoon, and TSR to an extent). Having a good balance keeps me sane :P
Bottom line; in terms of sales and competition, I unfortunately agree that FMP would have to sell abit of its "soul" to attract the wider audience (either through MORE extravagant mecha scenes or moe-comedy). But what separates the franchise is that has earned better positive reviews.
|2011-04-16, 21:37
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|2011-04-16, 21:54
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It's just that when talking about sales people like to mention avereage and not total,probably because if we used total 2 cour shows would have an unfair advantage over 1 cour shows,short OVAs and movie.
|2011-04-16, 21:57
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|2011-04-16, 21:59
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Both Geass and Gundam 00 have outsold K-ON! and Haruhi as franchises. And whenever SHAFT get their asses into gear and get to work on the next Monogatari series after the prequel movie that will also easily outsell any KyoAni franchise. Heck I think Bake by itself it has outsold the 2 Haruhi series...
|2011-04-16, 22:26
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Code Geass was prime time television rather than late night if I recall correctly. Can't say about Gundam 00, but with that sort of name behind it I wouldn't put it past being prime time as well.
|2011-04-17, 01:02
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You have to remember though that most prime time anime make money in a different way than late night shows. Prime time shows like Gintama and Gundam can make money off advertising whereas for late night shows they often have to buy that slot in the first place and make money off dvd sales. (If you see a raw of a late night anime you'll see lots of advertising from the companies related to that anime)
First season of Code Geass was a late night show btw, the second was changed too primetime which imo probably had an effect on the show itself.
|2011-04-17, 05:59
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41,038 2006 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
29,149 2007 Lucky Star
24,808 2007 Clannad
23,761 2005 Air
19,884 2008 Clannad ~After Story~
19,052 2009 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009)
18,399 2006 Kanon (2006)
14,641 2009 Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu/Nyoro~n☆Churuya-san
Fumoffu and TSR did not even make it to 10k
Sorry, but that's what the studio can sell and its fanboys want to buy, just go and check the Haruhi and Key threads and see for yourself.
|2011-04-17, 09:14
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1)Code Geass (2 x 2 cour):
50,000 x 9 + 43,000 x 9 = 837,000
2)K-on (1 cour and 2 cour ):
43,000 x 7 S1+ 39,000 x 9 S2 = 652,000
3) Haruhi (2 cour + 1 movie):
41,000 x 8 S1 + 19,000 x 8 S2 + 33,000 BD Box + 132,000 movie = 645,000
4) Macross Frontier (2 cour +1 movie)
46,000 x 9 + 36,000 movie 1 (+ 152,000 game version of the movie) = 441,000/593,000
5) Bakemonogatari (1cour)
78,000 x 6 = 468,000
So Kyoani got the number 2 and 3 spots on the totals list.
*numbers rounded to nearest thousand.
*counted Code Geass as late night due to its roots, Evangelion, Gundam, One Piece and Gintama are excluded
*Macross movie was sold with a PS3 demo through game retail channels as well. Orion excluded it, but I added it to the total.
*Haruhi's average numbers are misleading given both seasons only had a DVD release at first. BD-box sales were exceptional and could be added to volume averages as well but I've only included it once.
*Bakemonogatari's figures are somewhat unique as well as it sold high numbers of both DVD and BD. Only time will tell if a sequel primarily sold on BD will have similar numbers.
*Futher sequels: Macross movie 2 DVD/BD still to be released, K-on movie announced for end of 2011, a Code Geass project in the works.
*all data based on Animation DVD sales in Japan thread Animesuki.
Average numbers are usefull to gauge the relative performance of individual titles but numbers tend to skew towards OVA/movies. Total volumes in regard to franchises work similar but skew towards longer 2 or 4 cour titles.
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|2011-04-18, 11:05
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|2011-04-18, 15:16
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KyoAni produced 33 episodes of Inuyasha. If you want to know which episodes they did, open http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8A%...82.B9.E3.83.88, click 表示, and find 池田晶子.
By the way, I have to say ANN's staff listing policy is sick. Too many words for Painting: Digital Paint, Finish, Finish Animation, Cel Painting, Ink & Paint and Clean-Up Animation. Animation used as Animation Production, Key Animation and Inbetween Animation. KyoAni being Production for Inuyasha TV, special and movies. (I suppose it should be Production Cooperation or Animation Assistant.) I can't help but notice those at a glance.
|2011-04-18, 17:31
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Code Geass fared lot better compared to either Seed or Seed Destiny then you would expect from the averages. It's 18 volumes off set the lower average. Sometimes it pays off to look at the big picture.
50 episodes of
Seed Destiny: 13 x 68729 =893477
Code Geass: 9 x 45367 +9 x 42690 =792513
Seed: 13x 58589 =761657
|2011-04-18, 19:39
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|2011-04-18, 20:34
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Well in order to better prepare myself for conversation in this thread I watched FMP: TSR.
Now I'm not using this as a place for reviewing that series, but I did like how it was done, and it was certainly a style that I have really yet to see in any other KyoAni work to date.
It certainly was very high quality and compares extremely favorably to some of the modern mechas even today (TV series). Though I'm not sure how far I am willing to give them accolades on this front considering that a lot of the mechas that companies like Sunrise make are two cours or more.
Regardless it was certainly darker (Though, not extremely so) than any other work they've done. The fact that it didn't sell all too well, combined with the fact that they have yet to do anything quite like this up to this point ever though, only serves to infuriate me more.
It just proves to me that they're looking for easy success, and seek to please only one type of fanbase.
My original points, save them never going outside their comfort zone, still stand pretty much.
|2011-04-18, 21:26
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Companies survive by making money. Most do so by creating a lot of stuff cheaply to get profits on the returns. KyoAni seems to go for high quality popular and survives on those profits instead of sacrificing quality for quantity. When they did attempt quantity the quality dipped slightly (2009), but not by a lot. Thus showing them and their content providers (one distribute content and provide funding) that KyoAni can expand a little bit on the number of projects done at one time...but not by a lot.
So instead of working on four anime (Clannad: After Story, Munto TV, K-On, Haruhi 2), 2 movies (Munto's film and the Haruhi movie), and two web series (Haruhi-chan, and Nyoro~), They are working on Nichijou, and the K-On movie. It is of course possible there is a second series in the works for Fall that we don't know about yet.
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Southampton, N.Y. - The men's golf team started their 2010-2011 season out with a bang Sunday, cruising to victory over rivals Harvard and Princeton in a one-day, match-play tournament. The Elis took eight of the day's 10 matches -- many of them in rather convincing fashion - en route to the tournament win.
Reigning Ivy League Player of the Year and Yale captain Tom McCarthy picked up right where he left off last spring, handling Princeton's Evan Harmeling 6 and 4 and beating Harvard's Antonio Grillo 4 and 3. Fellow Eli standout, sophomore Bradley Kushner, also kept up last season's strong play, taking convincing 6 and 4 wins over both Princeton's Bernie D'Amato and Harvard's Mark Pollak to earn two points for the Bulldogs.
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TENS of thousands of vulnerable, often elderly, patients could be put at risk if pharmacists suspend a program that helps to ensure their medicines are safe, health groups say.
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has written to the federal government calling for a moratorium on the Home Medicines Review program, which pays pharmacists to check customers' medications will not make them sick.
About 190,000 hospital admissions each year in Australia are thought to be related to medication use, often due to the use of risky drugs or multiple medicines interacting.
The guild claims the program has exploded through improper use, with thousands of reviews each month causing a budget blow-out that could reach $22 million by July.
But the chief executive of the Consumers Health Forum, Carol Bennett, said stopping the program could cost lives.
''These programs offer enormous benefits to the consumers who most need them, and that's older people, people who take high-risk medications or multiple medications,'' she said.
Research indicated 30 per cent of hospitalisations among elderly people were due to medicine reactions, and as many people as possibly should get the reviews.
''We now have a situation where safety could be put at risk, simply because this program is doing exactly what we want it to do,'' she said.
The chief executive of the National Prescribing Service, Lynn Weekes, said if the program was being misused it should be audited, not taken away from people who needed it. ''These reviews are a really good service that helps cut hospitalisations,'' she said.
The union representing employee pharmacists, APESMA, has written to the Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek, saying cuts to the program would put patients and pharmacist jobs at risk.
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