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Millions of girls are in love with the guys in One Direction, the Wanted, Big Time Rush and Mindless Behavior. Girls take their last names on their profiles on Twitter and Facebook, hold up signs at concerts asking for their hands in marriage and scream their heads off at the mere sight of them.
Think for a moment how it would feel to actually be one of their girlfriends. Instead of blissful, might it actually be full of annoyances and Twitter-based death threats? For the girlfriends of boy band members who do talk about their romances online, it hasn't been an easy ride.
A few of the One Direction boys have "regular person" girlfriends. Louis Tomlinson dates student/part time model Eleanor Calder and Liam Payne is with dancer Danielle Peazer. Both couples communicate publicly on Twitter and lots of 1D fans follow the girlfriends. Zayn Malik may or may not be involved with Perrie Edwards, but the two are keeping their lips tightly sealed on the matter especially after the abuse she seems to have suffered, including death threats, from 1D fans on Twitter.
Just seen that there's a million of you following me…crazy! Just shows how successful Louis and the rest of the boys are 🙂 thankyou xx
— Eleanor Calder (@EleanorJCalder) July 26, 2012
A very happy birthday to my lovely girlfriend
@eleanorjcalder . Love you lots and lots #happybirthdayeleanor
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) July 15, 2012
From the Wanted, Siva Kaneswaran has a long time girlfriend named Nareesha McCaffrey while Tom Parker lives with girlfriend Kelsey Hardwick. The former has only recently been directly talking about or posting photos of his girlfriend on Twitter, while the latter seem to use Twitter to communicate often.
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@nare_esha My jumper @sivathewanted got for me 😀 #ImWithTheBoyband instagr.am/p/OJ-qc3DYa5/
— Siva Kaneswaran (@SivaTheWanted) August 10, 2012
So proud of you
@kelseybelle90 Go show everyone what your made of 🙂 x
— Thomas Parker (@TomTheWanted) August 8, 2012
UK singer Olly Murs went on a tour around the U.S. with One Direction this summer. When he spoke to CBS Local he gave his take on how girlfriends of boy banders should handle the online drama.
"That's the problem with social networking," Murs said. "If you have a girlfriend and you're famous and you have a high profile relationship, unfortunately they are going to get abused for it. Because their fans, Justin Bieber's, One Direction's, the Wanted — they're all going to have girlfriends at some point. It's a fact of life. We all get partnered up and we all meet someone that we love. Of course that's going to happen. I think that the best thing or the only advice I would say is just don't go on it. I know it's a shame but for your relationship and being with that person, why bother being on Twitter if you're going to get abuse for it? You have to just come off it."
The boys themselves can't do much to stop it either, other than send angry or discouraging Tweets. Murs acknowledged that, saying, "Obviously not for Justin Bieber and the boys in One Direction or the Wanted because obviously that's where their fans are. But if the girl I was dating was on Twitter and she wasn't famous but she was getting abused I would say, 'Look, do you know what? Just come off it.' That's if it's causing you upset and you're not liking what you're hearing, just come off it. I mean, I get it everyday."
The phenomenon isn't new, boy bands and their girlfriends have had to endure it for decades, but on the Internet it is enhanced due to the direct access fans have to their idols and potentially their love interests.
These days the behavior is called cyberbullying. Fans are treading on the line of illegal behavior in many states and certainly risk being blocked by the boy band members they profess to love.
-Courtney E. Smith, CBS Local


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I just updated an old Wordpress site to the new Wordpress. Before I did that the systems guys had to upgrade PHP to 5.3.21. There's a custom plugin on the site which does an ajax call to a php module which spits out JSON. I didn't touch the plugin.
That plugin works on my machine - no problem - which is running php 5.3.19. It also works on my hosting service which is running php 5.2.something.
I looked in Firebug and saw that I was getting a 404 not found on the php module which is called through Ajax. The module is there. I get a "File not found" if I let the module spit out a header with a content type of "text/x-json" and run it directly. If I comment that out the module does spit out json code. It's very odd.
I've tried changing the content type to "application/json" , but that doesn't work either.
Is there anything on the server side that can be done to get this module recognized?

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No Andrew Bogut, no David Lee, no problem. Well, it wasn't exactly as easy as that sounds, but the Warriors nonetheless gutted out a 93-86 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night at Oracle Arena, and the two guys who replaced the injured Bogut and the ill Lee led the way, with the aid of a late banked 3-pointer by Stephen Curry that finally put it away. Jermaine O'Neal, a hero in the win over Houston on Thursday with a late blocked shot, came up huge again with a 23-point, 13-rebound night, while Draymond Green, starting in place of Lee, had a career-high 18 points plus 10 rebounds as Golden State won its third straight game since the All-Star break. For all of their heroics, though, it took another clutch Curry shot -- albeit a bit lucky -- from the left wing with 37.2 seconds left to shake off the pesky Nets. Curry wouldn't admit whether he called "glass" or not but maintained it wasn't a fluke that it went in. "It was a good shot," he said. "I held my follow-through. That's what I tell everybody about tips for shooting, hold your follow-through. You never know what's going to happen." What happened was it salvaged a crucial game for the Warriors as they head out on a six-game trip, and it rewarded the performances of O'Neal and Green, who were nothing short of sensational. It was expected that Bogut would miss his seventh straight game with a left-shoulder problem, but the stunner came before the game when coach Mark Jackson announced that Lee would miss the game with a bad case of the stomach flu. The Warriors not only didn't suffer on their front line but also thrived. O'Neal, belying his age of 35 and his 18 years in the league, hit 10 of 13 shots to lead the Warriors. Jackson was bubbling over with praise for his backup big man. "He's a big-time warrior, no pun intended," Jackson said. "For a guy at this stage of his career, to miss this much of the season, to be ready to respond when called upon, is a true testament to who he is as a basketball player. Just a big-time game for him." "I haven't seen J.O. play like that since Indiana," said the Nets' Kevin Garnett. "I'm glad he found the fountain of youth." O'Neal didn't anticipate playing this much since returning from a wrist injury, but he's looking at it pragmatically -- it's getting him in shape. As for the other part -- producing -- he isn't as surprised. "It's just about doing your job," he said. "When your number's called, you try to do it to the best of your ability. I've seen this show before in my career, I've been able to carry some load on the offensive end, so I'm familiar with it." But at 35? He wasn't looking it on this night, throwing down dunks and finishing at the rim virtually every time he got the ball. He got the ball a lot, too, on passes from Curry, Steve Blake and Andre Iguodala. "For me, it was about setting great screens and then getting to the open spot," he said. "Tonight, it was working for us." As for Green, he nearly wound up on the front line casualty list before even getting to the arena. He was involved in a car accident en route -- more severe than just a fender-bender, he noted -- but nonetheless logged 38 minutes and put up his second NBA double-double to fill Lee's void. He played tremendous defense, logged three steals and made six big free throws without a miss in the final four minutes. "He's a gamer," said Curry. "He's got a high motor, so regardless of how he shoots the ball, he's going to make plays to help win the game." Curry was actually the Warriors' third leading scorer on this night with 17 points but added eight assists and for the third straight game and had a low turnover count -- just two.
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Štefan Füle
European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
Speech: Remarks following the meeting with Habib Ben Yahia, Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union
European Commission / Brussels
18 January 2013
I am glad that President Barroso and I could welcome Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union Habib Ben Yahia here in Brussels - only few weeks after the Commission adopted the Joint Communication on Supporting Closer Cooperation and Regional Integration in the Maghreb.
Just to remind you, this Communication is part of the EU's wider response to developments in the Southern Mediterranean and reflects our willingness and determination for a deeper engagement there
The Maghreb is a region rich in potential. But it remains one of the least integrated regions in the world. I hope that the Communication will allow the EU to take a more proactive stance in support of the integration of the Maghreb.
This is of course put forward in a spirit of partnership with practical suggestions for ways in which the EU could accompany initiatives for closer cooperation between the Maghreb countries.
We, in the EU, have considerable experience with integration and would benefit too from improved economic integration in the Maghreb and joint efforts to combat regional challenges, like terrorism or climate change.
Clearly, events in Mali make cooperation with individual Maghreb countries and the Maghreb region as a whole even more relevant.
Today with Mr Ben Yahia we have already discussed how we can act to implement at least a part of our proposals, how can we launch concrete initiatives in areas like energy, private sector development, transport, rural development, agriculture and what is also very important - developing stronger links with the civil society.
But this is just a start and I look forward to continuing our discussion and what is more important – practical actions to advance the integration in the region and the cooperation between the EU and Arab Maghreb Union.
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WASHINGTON — The earth shook under the nation's church, snapping some of the 53 carillon bells' cables and causing them to ring in forbidding disharmony.
Outside, cracks appeared on some of the wing-like flying buttresses supporting the 100-foot walls and intricate stone arches that mark the Washington National Cathedral as one of the world's greatest Gothic churches.
Still the ground shuddered, coursing energy upward to the grimacing or mirthful gargoyles and the 152 pinnacles that rise like twirled candy above the sheet lead roof. The force, a raging river pressed into a narrow gully, became ever more concentrated as it flowed into the twin 234-foot west towers and the 301-foot central tower.
The tops of 50-ton pinnacles started swaying from north to south, then dancing like raindrops upon their pedestals. Crockets, finials and other ornaments, hand-chiseled by generations of mostly Italian carvers, started falling with booms that master stonemason Joe Alonso, outside on the grounds in his truck, thought were explosions.


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The guys in One Direction have been working hard on their second album since ending their Up All Night tour. Their first album reached #1 in 17 countries, so the pressure is on to make their second album more successful than the first. The guys are still riding high off the success of their first two singles, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing."
Just a week ago, the band took to YouTube to announce "big 1D news," which was the title of the first track from their second album. Soon after, the band took to Twitter to ask fans what "Live While We're Young," the new song's title, means to them.
What does the new single
#LiveWhileWereYoung mean to you??
— One Direction (@onedirection) August 23, 2012
Naturally, after announcing the title of the new single, the guys were keen to announce the new album title.
Louis Tomlinson spilled the beans on Twitter by tweeting the name of the title in a hash tag.
So pleased to tell you that our new album is called "take me home" can't wait for you to hear it! More news soooon!
— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) August 29, 2012
The anticipation is building for the new album and the demand is high, as their first headlining tour in the U.S. sold out, and their album has been certified platinum in 8 countries.
-CJ Robinson, MIX 105.1/Orlando


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- Jason Schmidt: 5.0 IP, 1 ER. Decent but not spectacular. Our starting pitchers need to last longer or the middle relievers are going to get battered like tempura.
- Juan Pierre: 2 for 4. Luis Gonzalez: 2 for 3. But how many runs will their arms let in?
- Matt Kemp: His first hit and RBI. He's been tagging the ball but hitting it right at guys. This will change.
- Olmedo Saenz: Truly a "professional hitter" if there ever was one.
- Joe Beimel, Jonathan Broxton: Great stuff. Let's not overwork these guys.
- Rudy Seanez: Ugh. Not that keeping Elmer Dessens would have been any better, obviously.
- Takashi Saito: With tomorrow off, Grady Little felt comfortable working him two innings. Unfortunately, Saito inherited a bases-loaded situation. Is this any way to treat your closer?
From Tony Jackson at the Daily News:
...the trio of Russell Martin, Nomar and Jeff Kent just went down on three pitches in the top of the fifth. THREE PITCHES. And they wonder why they have only scored six runs in their first 23 innings this season. Nice approach to hitting.


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2002-03 Men's Basketball
weekly recap
Bluffton wins two of three last week, preps for HCAC opponentsBy Tim Stried
December 2, 2002
|Special to: The Bluffton News (Dec. 5), The Witmarsum (Dec. 6), Alumni e-newsletter (Dec. 3), but you read it here first.
The Bluffton College men's basketball team won two of three games last week and now has their sights set on three straight Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opponents over the next two weeks.
The Beavers are now 2-3 overall after wins over Earlham and Marygrove last week and a loss to Heidelberg in the championship game of the Taco Bell/Comfort Inn Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament in Founders Hall Nov. 29 and 30.
Upcoming games include Manchester at home on Dec. 4, at Hanover on Dec. 7 (WDOH 107.1 FM), home vs. Mt. St. Joseph on Dec. 14 and home vs. Denison on Dec. 21.
Bluffton 81, Heidelberg 84
In a game that went down to the final shot, Bluffton fell to Heidelberg 84-81 Saturday afternoon in Founders Hall in the championship game of the Taco Bell/Comfort Inn Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament.
Last season Bluffton won the tournament championship on Heidelberg's home court with an 85-83 win, but this year Heidelberg returned the favor with a three-point win on the Beavers' home court.
Bluffton shot an impressive 10-for-18 from 3-point range, but Heidelberg's 40-26 scoring edge in the paint and 34-29 rebounding edge made the difference as the Student Princes improved to 3-2 on the season.
Bluffton led 39-38 with 1:22 left before halftime, but Heidelberg took a 42-39 lead at halftime and did not trail at any point in the second half. Bluffton never trailed by more than eight points in the game and Leimeister's 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in the game brought BC within three points at 84-81. A 3-point attempt from senior Derek DeNero from the right wing as the final horn sounded would have tied the score, but the shot did not fall.
DeNero was 4-for-6 from 3-point range, finishing with 17 points, and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds to land a spot on the All-Tournament Team. His four 3-pointers were a career high and he added three assists and two steals and ended the tournament with 28 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists.
Leimeister also scored 17 points against Heidelberg, while junior Brad Boyles chipped in 10. Freshman Scott Bergman hit three 3-pointers to end the game with nine points, while senior Marcus Bixler added eight points and collected a game-high seven assists.
Bluffton 94, Marygrove 70
Bluffton rolled over Marygrove Friday night 94-70 in the opening night of the Taco Bell/Comfort Inn Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament.
Four BC players scored in double-figures, led by Boyles who scored a career-high 20 points. Leimeister scored 18 points, with 16 of those coming in the first half. DeNero added 11 points and freshman Bryan Yelley chipped in 10.
A 9-0 run by Marygrove gave the visitors from Detroit a 17-11 lead with 14:33 left in the first half, but after a timeout Bluffton went on an 11-0 run to regain the lead and a 19-3 run later in the first half put the Beavers up 49-31 with two minutes before halftime. BC led 55-35 at the intermission.
Bluffton (2-2) shot nearly 62% from the floor in the second half to keep Marygrove (3-5) from getting back into the game as all but one of Bluffton's 15 players in uniform scored. The BC bench scored 31 points in the game.
Bixler scored six points and dished out seven assists, while Beilharz was 4-for-5 from the floor for eight points.
Bluffton 72, Earlham 68
Bluffton pulled away from host Earlham last Tuesday night to take a 72-68 win on the road over the previously unbeaten Quakers.
With the game tied at 59-59 with 2:20 left to play, Bluffton scored the game's next seven points to take a 66-59 lead and force Earlham to play catch-up. The Quakers got within three points with 14 seconds left but the Beavers held on for their first win of the season.
Leimeister scored 19 second half points and finished with a game-high 26 points as Bluffton shot 56% from the field in the second half and converted 15-of-21 free throw attempts. For the game, Bluffton (1-2) out-shot Earlham (2-1) 50.0% to 42.1% and out-rebounded the Quakers by two (33-31).
Beilharz scored a career-high 11 points to be the other Beaver in double-figures, while Bixler scored eight points and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. DeNero chipped in nine points.
Bluffton trailed by as many as six points in the first half before coming back to tie the score at 27-27 at halftime. The Beavers began the second half with a 13-4 run to take a seven-point lead but Earlham would regain the lead and go up by five points with under five minutes to go. Eight straight points from Leimeister, however, gave the lead back to Bluffton and BC would not trail the rest of the way.


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People who need help paying heating bills this winter may be eligible for assistance through the North Dakota Department of Human Services.
Barnes County Social Services began accepting applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) on Oct. 1. LIHEAP is a federally funded program administered through the state.
On Tuesday, Mari Quittschreiber at Social Services said so far about 100 people have signed up for the program.
"We've probably had less people applying now than last year at this time," Quittschreiber said.
"A lot of times it just depends on the weather. Last year was kind of a mild winter so less people applied."
Quitschreiber said the income levels to be eligible for this year's LIHEAP were increased from last year compensate for a rise in the cost of living. This year's program ranges from one person making $24,428 or less annually to six people making $62,010 or less annually. The total number of assets in the residence cannot exceed $10,000 for people 59 or younger or $15,000 for people 60 and older. There are also deductions for expenses such as child care, child support and medical costs.
Applications are available at the Barnes County Social Services office in the Barnes County Courthouse and will be accepted until May 31.
Applicants will be notified within 45 days if they are eligible for benefits.


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For Sale -
Camelback Blowfish - This day pack is about 10 years old, but has been lightly used. No tears/holes in fabric or mesh, no broken zippers. Expandable. Holds a 70 oz. hydration bladder....but bladder not included. The original bladder got old & yucky awhile ago. $35
Camelback Unbottle 70 oz. - this is about 8 years old, good condition. Lightly used. $20
Will sell both together for $50.
Lowepro TLZ Mini camera case - holds a small/medium SLR/DSLR. Good condition. Can't find the shoulder strap at the moment (got co-opted for another use?), but I'll keep looking. $15
All prices are shipped CONUS, Paypal only. Remember to post an "I'll take it" in the thread. Thanks for looking.


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When I saw "Twilight" on opening night, there were tons of teens that screamed when the "turn off your cell phone" warning came up, when the studio logo showed, when the title showed, and when Edward or Jacob first appeared on screen. It was annoying, but I didn't feel like I could really complain since it was opening night and I knew the age group it was aimed towards.
people not reading their tickets correctly and just assuming that *my* seat is *their* seat and starting a "show me your ticket - no, you show me your ticket" war... not worth it to me.
I've long since given up attending the movies on a regular basis, purely because of the unacceptable behaviour of some of the other patrons. I was so 'shell shocked' after a visit on 3 January 2005 that it was 4 1/2 years till I returned. Today though I gave in and took the boys and some of their friends to see "Karate Kid".We were seated in the back row on the far side of the theatre. However, we were still able to hear the ringing of a mobile phone of a couple on the opposite side of the room, not once, not twice, but three times! Each time the girl answered it and had a conversation. (This was on top of the other non-phone conversations this couple was having). By the third call I complained to an usher (why I didn't complain after the first, and definitely the second I'll never know). She handled it very well, by evicting the troublemakers. The troublemakers didn't leave quietly though (surprise surprise ). They thought it was a good idea to bash each other with their plastic shopping bags as they were arguing over whose fault it was that they'd been evicted (well, duh you're both to blame). The girl troublemaker then went and complained to someone else seated in the middle of the room and sounded completely amazed that she wasn't allowed to use her phone in the middle of a movie. One they'd gone that just left the 'standard' stupid, rude, ignorant people (adults) who thought it was okay to talk during the movie, the older kids (ages 8-10) from various groups who thought it was okay to stand up at random times, the rustling of the food wrappers...The manager did give us free passes for our inconvenience/annoyance. Not sure if I'll ever venture back in order to use them though.
Quote from: cicero on July 25, 2010, 03:28:07 AMpeople not reading their tickets correctly and just assuming that *my* seat is *their* seat and starting a "show me your ticket - no, you show me your ticket" war... not worth it to me. Where do you live, Cicero? I'm asking because I've never gone to a movie theater in the US that had reserved tickets. You pay your money, go to an empty seat, and sit down.
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Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix is wrapping up development. The game is 80-90% complete, according to co-director Tai Yasue.
Now finish it, localize it, and start working on Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix
So Kingdom Hearts HD remix gets announced at TGS 2012, now almost complete.
Final Fantasy X HD Remix gets announced at TGS 2011, not a single word about it since.
Oh Square
it would be really nice to hear about FFX HD collection...
and hopefully this gets localized.
If SE dosent localize this I am convinced they have no idea how to make money.


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Philandering Patraeus unpunished; Prosecutions for attempted suicides in military
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
There is an epidemic of suicides in the military. According to an Army Times article summarizing several reports:
a veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes. More than 6,500 suicides have occurred since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began. For every service member who dies in battle, 25 veterans die by their own hands. According to a Pentagon report, more American active service members have killed themselves in the first six months of 2012 than in the first six months of any of the previous 11 years, The Associated Press reported. The report reveals 154 service members killed themselves in the first 155 days of 2012 alone. The number of deaths by suicide is 50 percent higher than combat deaths in Afghanistan during the same period and an 18 percent increase over active service member suicides in the first six months of 2011. And, while only 1 percent of Americans have served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, veterans of these conflicts represent 20 percent of all suicides in the United States, the VA reported.
According to a U.S. Army report, more soldiers are dying by suicide than in combat.
If an active duty member of the military commits suicide, he or she is posthumously honorably discharged and counted as a war casualty. Tragically, if that suicide attempt fails, he or she is considered to have violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice because that conduct causes "prejudice to good order and discipline" or has a "tendency to bring the service into disrepute." The person can face court martial proceedings for surviving a suicide attempt. Outrageous!
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From the Wires
Inmet Shareholder Rights Plan Hearing Date Set for February 25, 2013
By: Marketwired .
Feb. 13, 2013 07:46 PM
TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/14/13 -- Inmet Mining Corporation ("Inmet") (TSX:IMN) today reports that a hearing date has been set by the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") regarding the Inmet shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan") on February 25, 2013. This hearing will address the application by First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum") to the OSC to cease trade the Rights Plan.
The expiry date of the First Quantum offer to acquire Inmet (the "First Quantum Offer") is February 27, 2013. The ability to take up shares under the First Quantum Offer is subject, among other things, to First Quantum succeeding with its cease trade application.
The Rights Plan is intended to ensure that, in the context of the First Quantum Offer, the Inmet Board has sufficient time to evaluate a range of additional strategic alternatives aimed at enhancing shareholder value. The Rights Plan also seeks to ensure the fair treatment of shareholders and to provide them with adequate time to properly assess any potential takeover bid without undue pressure.
Forward-looking information
Securities regulators encourage companies to disclose forward-looking information to help investors understand a company's future prospects. This press release contains forward-looking information. These are "forward-looking" because we have used what we know and expect today to make a statement about the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including those associated with current global economic and financial conditions, metal prices, Inmet's share price, the cost and availability of key development and production inputs, labour shortages or disruptions, environmental and health and safety risks, reserve and production estimates, exploration and development of new and existing mines, political and country risks, additional funding requirements, financial leverage, the outcome of the First Quantum Offer and the strategic alternatives process that Inmet is currently undertaking, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Inmet to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements usually include words such as may, expect, anticipate, and believe or other similar words. However, actual events and results could be substantially different because of the risks and uncertainties associated with our respective business or events that happen after the date of this press release. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
About Inmet
Inmet is a Canadian-based global mining company that produces copper and zinc. We have three wholly-owned mining operations: Cayeli (Turkey), Las Cruces (Spain) and Pyhasalmi (Finland). We have an 80 percent interest in Cobre Panama, a development property in Panama, currently in construction.
This press release is also available at www.inmetmining.com.
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WTF is slam death.
Slam death bands are usually a bunch of guys looking like rappers and the music is something that resembles Suffocation or Pyrexia with a bit of grindcore thrown in but a really lame, incoherent and super-downtuned, pitch-shifted-growl variant of that.
Groove-based death metal, with lots of crunchy riffs and pinch harmonics. See: Dying Fetus, recent Cock and Ball Torture.Very shitty music.
I'm becoming somewhat curious about slam death metal. Is this genre even worth looking into? If so, what are some quality bands?


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Job:CEO of Plug-In Vehicle Solutions in Glendale Heights
Vitals:I graduated with a B.S. in Vocational Education and a M.S. in Industrial Technology, both from Illinois State University. I've held various positions from vocational educator, technical sales manager, director of process management, COO, owner and consultant. I'm currently working in the alternative energy and electric vehicle industry, where I've been for the last seven years.
Accolades:I was awarded Technical Sales Representative of the Year and Technical Sales Manager of the Year by Enco Printing Products. I've also received the Graphic Communication Association's Norm Scharp Idea Award, and was inducted into the Ben Franklin Society.
What would you describe as your strong suit?Never giving up.
What have been some obstacles you've had to overcome in pursuit of your educational and career goals?Obstacles I've faced, like so many others, have been money and time.
What has served as a source of inspiration both in your career and in your life?Besides my father, who made sure we were always provided for no matter what, I had a family friend – an uncle-type – who taught me the world of business. And then I also had a godfather who taught me to work with my hands, and Ben Franklin is an inspiration to me because of his connection to printing, business, politics and inventions.
How has Triton College impacted your life?High school never really interested me much. It wasn't until I went to Triton did I excel in school. It gave me a purpose and direction, which put me on the president's list my first year there. During my tenure in the printing and publishing industry, I continued to support my old program by teaching there part-time for a while and donating materials and equipment to the program.
What advice would you give to someone who would like to pursue a career in your field?In my current position as CEO of Plug-In Vehicle Solutions, the person should learn about transportation deployment, electrical basics, business and sales methodologies and the basics of Electric Vehicle components. They can read a white paper at www.getplugging.com as a starting point. Last but not least, they should read a book called "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (by Robert T. Kiyosaki) to help give them the fundamentals of managing their money.
What do you like to do in your spare time?I run a new not-for-profit called Electric Vehicle Deployment Alliance. I also co-chair a printing industry educational group called BRIDG's and I'm a real estate investor. I also do historical re-enacting with my wife and children. Then, there is no free time left.
What are your plans for the future?To be a guiding force in deployment of electric vehicles on a nationwide basis, get all my children through college and enjoy my wife's company.
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KEY LARGO, Fla. -- Barry University's rowing crew volunteered in a Breakaway to Key Largo bike ride to support Multiple Sclerosis Saturday.
The 100-mile bike ride covered a route from Florida International University Modesto Maidique campus to Key Largo.
The Buccaneers volunteered to support the cause and raise funds to battle Multiple Sclerosis. The mother of Barry rower Samantha McKenzie, Kelly McKenzie, was diagnosed with agressive Multiple Sclerosis in August 2012.
"The bike MS breakaway to Key Largo was a special event for me," Samantha McKenzie said. "She has run through medicine after medicine with no good results yielded so far. Being able to volunteer with my teammates and coaches, while having a friend ride to fundraise for research meant a lot to me. It proved that I have a great support group, and that the best way to fight something is to do it together.
"At the finish line of the event, when I saw so many people rallied together for the same cause and finishing the 100-mile bike ride was inspiring. People were sharing personal experiences and bonding over such an athletic accomplishment. I can't thank everyone enough for the effort they put into the event and share with them how grateful I am for their support."


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The Board of Directors just wrapped up a three-hour meeting tonight at the school.
They decided to change the lottery process, when it comes to enrollment, which angered several parents.
Kids currently enrolled in the preschool...will be assured nineteen slots next year for kindergarten.
In the future, they will be guaranteed twenty spots.
Five open spaces will be left for parents, who have siblings in the school, but whose children aren't enrolled in the pre-school.
Those parents will compete in a lottery, with other parents, who want their kids to start kindergarten next year at Montessori.
Here's where it gets interesting...
Tonight's decision contradicts the 2001 "No Child Left Behind Act."
That federal law prohibits private pre-schools...from giving preferential treatment to students, when it comes to enrollment.
But...the Montessori school stands, by the fact, when it got its charter four years ago...it wasn't classified as a private pre-school.
Reaction from parents tonight was mixed.
The board will hold another meeting in about a month.
It will decide if the parents, who have siblings in the school, will be given first crack at those open spaces.
Again, otherwise, the lottery would be open to the *all parents who want their kids to start kindergarten there.
There *is a possibility that tonight's decision...violates charter school guidelines.
A Washoe County district employee was at tonight's meeting...but wouldn't comment on the vote, until she further reviews all the policies and procedures regarding charter schools.
Lottery Enrollment
The Board of Directors just wrapped up a three-hour meeting tonight at the school.


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Anyone know if Taito will ever update for iPhone 5 owners?
Ok, so I'm holding on to a game that's incredibly old for iOS, but I still enjoy Space Invaders Infinity Gene. It's really annoying to me that they've had one or two updates without including support for the iPhone 5. Just wondering of I should give up hope of that ever happening.


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Difference between revisions of "Talk:Advertising policy"
Revision as of 10:30, 15 July 2011
New Monetization Effort II
I'd like to open this discussion back up. We have an opportunity to bring significant development resources online here at Wikitravel. Our lead tech IB-Dick and I have already written over in the Pub about timeouts and the need for some site downtime to relieve some caching issues, as well as providing the infrastructure for a Wiki software update down the road. Revisiting the booking tool is something these dev resources will be dedicated to as well, and I want to bring them up to speed on what we have discussed with the community so far.--IBobi 19:48, 6 June 2011 (EDT)
I certainly hope there is no intent to add the booking tool to the main section of the article. By community consensus, all ads, all non-user-generated content, are restricted to the right sidebar.
To be brief and direct: going ahead with putting said tool in the main article space would very likely kill several other language versions (whose contributors have a hard time following these English-language discussions), and potentially cause a fork of the English version that would remove virtually all contributors here and kill the site. --Peter Talk 03:45, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
Wow, it's difficult to wade into the middle of this! I have to ask your patience as I orient myself. This has been a contentious situation and there's a lot of passion surrounding these issues, and I'm trying hard to focus on actual facts and what can be done going forward, rather than innuendo and fear and what has come before.
Lt., the last mockup posted is still the only one I have seen yet, so I assume it will be similar to that (a bit slicker in its final version, and with some branding attached, but still) http://wikitravel.org/images/top-hovers.jpg
As far as retaining the best contributors and attracting more, I agree, upgrading the site and facilitating moderation are key; that's a big part of what I want to discuss. I want to be able to prioritize limited resources where they can do the most good for WT and its contributors. My presence here means that, to a certain extent, all WT's contributors need do is give voice to what needs to be added and fixed, and I can bring those suggestions to our developers. We are already discussing upgrading the site software to the newest mediawiki version. What else? Even if we can't upgrade the site before the booking tool is added, we can still do it. I am now watching Top Bugs and Road Map for this reason.
Denis, your 2 cents and contributions to the site are as valuable as anyone's, and we would be very sorry to see you or anyone else decide to leave based on the addition of a travel booking tool to a travel site. I encourage you to take a "wait and see" approach. A similar, even more dire sentiment was expressed at the idea of having any advertising anywhere on WT after the sale, and as we can see it hardly destroyed the site. The booking tool is more integrated in concept, better for users, and more aesthetically matched to WT than AdSense and banner ads. Give it a chance.
There always will be a gap between those who wanted WT to be totally ad-free and those who can accept the fact that it is owned by a company that is currently monetizing it, after being sold by a former owner who monetized it at the end of his tenure by virtue of the sale itself. It is what it is. Under the former owner, nobody here made money off their contributions. Under IB, it's exactly the same; nobody ever contributed to WT in order to make money (if they did, they were in the wrong place). The questions over compensation or commercialization never made sense to me, because for all practical purposes, those things did not change between day one of WT and today; only the name on the title to the site did.
I don't know the metrics on the WT foreign-language versions and how they've done relative to any forked sites; do you? I truly would love to see that data. I do know that whenever someone has quoted WT statistics at me that I am able to check, they have been far, far off the mark (I can tell you, for instance, that this site is *anything but* stagnant). I have such a hard time hearing how the Spanish site has "died" when I can go to the home page and, there it is; ditto, German and Italian. I know your understanding of these issues runs far deeper than mine. I can only understand what I can quantify, and if you can help with that I'd be grateful.
I agree, the issue of community consensus is hard; for every 100 contributors, there are 100 different ideas of where the Project should go. Whether it is in the end guided by a single man with a vision, or a company of hundreds of employees, things must go forward and decisions must be made expediently. The idea that the community had what you call "real control" over WT at any point in the past is debatable; but I don't see WT as being about control, or even ownership (at least as a whole). To me, the primary idea behind Wikitravel is *contribution*. Contributing one's time and expertise -- whether that is travel knowledge or the subtle art of knowing how to curate a ginormous world-leading web project -- to one sole, shared end: to help fellow travelers find their way in the world. Which brings us neatly back to why a booking tool belongs here.--IBobi 21:11, 22 June 2011 (EDT)
(unindent) IBobi:
The only helpful, relevant and unitrusive (for an average reader) booking thing that I can think of (if that is what you seriously looking for) is a "Book" button showing next to hotel listing, just after the end of description text, in the end of paragraph. I can easily think of a user looking for a place to stay and for that reason coming to Wikitravel for a recommended place--it would be relevant and helpful to help him proceed immediately to booking if he likes what Wikitravel says.
However, adding such a button boosts reasons for self-adding by hotel marketers, which is what already a problem the community of WT editors can't decide what to do with. When such a button will be added, much more efforts will be needed for patrolling content, de-touting and dealing with numerous marketers objections. And as long as all these efforts will be direct outcome of IB decision to monetize more efficiently, I can hardly think of any regular patroller who will be willing to devote their time and energy for free into directly helping IB with that monetization.
I can't think of a reasonable scenario why user comes to read destination guide article AND even before reading it decide to book a flight / car rental / any hotel (which is what current design you suggested implies).
And I can not think of any other non-intrusive, relevant and useful way to add any booking function into existing framework of Wikitravel content--maybe others can? And if IB is serious about the idea to bring a booking engine to WT, I would suggest to research first what are the typical scenarios of site usage and how booking engine (or anything else) can help a reader, as The Traveler comes first here.
Otherwise, if it's not helpful, relevant and unintrusive that you and IB is looking for, anything that does not have that characteristics is seriously becoming a made-for-advertising thing which I will never want to contribute to, and therefore will leave very soon (and I believe many regular editors will make a similar decision). --DenisYurkin 23:27, 23 June 2011 (EDT)
One of the biggest points that has come out of this discussion so far is the number of times spam has been mentioned. I'd like to dedicate some time and space to discussing spam-prevention methods, and exactly what can and should be done to reduce spam on WT, including tools that can be made available to WT admins. I think *defining* what spam is and isn't would also be worthwhile. However, the notion that WT is becoming (or would, by virtue of adding a booking tool, become) a "made for advertising" site is, with all due respect, a trifle over the top. Content – travel content – is and always will be king at WT. The content determines the advertising (such as it is), not the other way around.
With regard to Yandex, I spoke with tech, and though I don't have an answer yet, there's a possibility we may be able to allow them to index the Russian site again on a limited, provisional basis; the problem is that they do not index like other engines, and their methods are detrimental to site performance.
I am well aware that there is residual ill will toward IB on WT. That situation has existed since before IB actually did anything with the site, and there's really nothing I can do about it at this point except to address the current concerns here, and try to build some amity.
I could not agree more with the statement that WT has not realized anything like its potential. I want WT to move forward toward that, starting immediately. But I have to point out that I do *not* believe that WT is "about contributions and not management of the content" -- and said the opposite of that in my earlier post ("Contributing one's time and expertise -- whether that is travel knowledge or the subtle art of knowing how to curate a ginormous world-leading web project -- to one sole, shared end: to help fellow travelers find their way in the world."). If WT is to begin to plumb the depths of its potential (which is, simply, to be the best travel guide anywhere, online or off), it needs top-notch writing AND curation, and anything I can do to facilitate both of those, I will.
I am meeting with my management and development team this week to determine what to address with regard to bugs, feature requests and upgrades in the weeks and months to come. Your feedback is not only desired, it is required if we are to succeed. Please address your comments here, and at Top Bugs and Road Map.--IBobi 20:51, 27 June 2011 (EDT)
I'm probably in the minority, but I'm not opposed to a "booking bar" on articles and understand that Wikitravel needs to produce revenue for IB. However, I agree with many of the reasons why there is so much opposition to this proposal:
In the spirit of providing constructive criticism, here are a few things that I think could be done to help improve the situation:
It sounds like IB is going forward with this booking bar no matter what, and I'm sure some people will leave the site as a result, but if IB also devotes some time to fixing the site and working with the community it might not be quite as traumatic as some have suggested. -- Ryan 14:37, 29 June 2011 (EDT)
To your specific points
Whether WT is "stagnant" or thriving depends of course on which metrics you're looking at. In terms of new languages added, this may be a reasonable assessment (I have no historical statistics on that); in terms of the number of site visitors, though, it's quite the opposite. In terms of the number of contributors, both writers and curators, I am sure that the bugs and slowness issues have driven off some existing and potential WTers (many would leave anyway over time; eight years is a long while!). That's why we are going to make the improvements necessary to making spam prevention, content additions and overall site maintenance easier and more reliable, and make the site faster overall, upgrading the Mediawiki and laying the groundwork for future feature updates.
As to what languages the booking tool will be added to… that's a good question. I'll get back to you on that.
Adsense will remain in place.
I and our tech resources will be here to provide support; I'm already learning how best to liaise between yourselves and the people here who can make changes to the site's infrastructure. We have a little ways to go on this yet. Emailing would work well for me as issues arise, but a central repository of bugs/improvements can work too.
Globe-trotter's "book button": I like this idea and thought about it before; it's not technically feasible at this time, however. I think in some ways it could serve users better than our booking tool (though it would not have transportation booking capability, which we need); on the other hand, the notion that our booking tool might not serve the average user of WT really depends on who you're talking about. Remember that the "average user" is a person who comes to the site to find travel info, and never considers contributing themselves. That person is *going* to use a booking tool somewhere. Might as well be here.
Texugo mentioned that monetizing a site makes it appear more biased. I have to disagree. This is 2011, not 1996 – people who use the Internet know what ads are. Nobody who watches Mad Men thinks John Hamm must drink Coke just because Coke sponsors the show. Likewise, I don't think there's any link at all in people's minds between the content of a WT article and a Google ad or booking tool that happens to appear on the same page with the word "Advertisement" on it.
To address Riggwelter's well-stated concerns about policy, I'd suggest that the print version is not necessarily the *primary* goal of WT; many more people come to WT either from their computers (before, during or after traveling) and Smartphones, so the electronic version is much more important; furthermore, advertising does not interfere with the print version, as it can be turned off. I believe the primary reason for a print-version policy is to prevent the site from being a series of links to other pages, which are not helpful to print users -- not to prevent ads from appearing on the page.
As to the desire to generate something like a consensus before making changes… I get that. The trouble is, there are a lot of people who refuse to consider any kind of advertising and who will therefore never be part of a change such as adding a booking tool. They want to site to stay the same, just adding content. This will not work. The site is evolving and it's simply not feasible to get a real consensus from everyone on issues like if and how we advertise on the site. If there is a policy that needs changing, let's start changing it. Moving forward, when we discuss things like which features should be added, page layout, etc., the ideas of site policy and true consensus become more important. For me, by far the most important policy of Wikitravel is "the traveler comes first." All other policies must be measured by their effect on this. A booking tool is great for the traveler.
As to addressing the bugs and road map, as I've said, this is already in the works. We're listening and in fact planning based on the suggestions made by WT's active editors. We are well aware that, as you bluntly put it, "without contributors, you have no WT at all to monetize from," and we want to make your jobs as elegantly efficient as possible so that you can spend time *contributing* instead of merely moderating.
And as I'm sure you must all be aware, discussing buying/selling, or who should "really" own the site is something of a purely theoretical (and unhelpful) nature. It's not really worth addressing, but I'm trying not to simply ignore anything that's said here; it helps if the suggestions are actually within the realm of reasonability. We are where we are. Let's move forward and discuss what we can do to make the site as good as it can be.
Something I want to keep mindful of is the spirit of Wikitravel. There is a great deal of discussion as to guidelines and motivations and policies, but less discussion about who the site is meant to be used by and what they should be able to expect of it. Certainly the ability of IB to better monetize the site directly affects our ability to improve the site's infrastructure. But when considering that this site is designed by travelers for travelers, I don't see that IB has done anything to infringe upon the Project's stated goal to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. Far from it, in fact; under IB's ownership, Wikitravel.org has seen its readership – its very usefulness – grow many fold. As we upgrade the site, add features, fix bugs and continue to facilitate adding amazing content from our big, talented, active user base, it will only continue to grow. I believe WT can be the best travel site available to anyone, anywhere.
What we are seeing is a site that is growing in viewership, and fast. Worldwide, somewhere in the range of *eight times* as many travelers will visit Wikitravel today as did so the day IB got here. That means the contributions and efforts of WT's writers and curators have eight times the weight that they used to have. Eight times the worldwide exposure. If you're not excited by that, I don't know what to tell you!--220.127.116.11 21:23, 14 July 2011 (EDT)


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ABS light stays on
Posted 10 February 2006 - 03:46 PM
Any idea what could trigger the ABS light to stay on?
I've done a number of searches but couldn't find anything similar...
Posted 10 February 2006 - 05:29 PM
Posted 10 February 2006 - 05:39 PM
The 2nd one is the Diagnostic Trouble codes.
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Posted 11 February 2006 - 12:00 AM
if there is a problem with the abs it will turn on after the car has been driven
not as soon as you start it.
Posted 11 February 2006 - 06:38 AM
Read out the code instead of guessing.
Posted 11 February 2006 - 11:05 AM
Thanks for the PDFs, Ferret, and I agree that reading the code(s) is the first step.
Posted 11 February 2006 - 11:11 AM
For a few days now, the ABS light comes on when the car is started and doesn't go off...no recent work done on the car...front pads and rotors where replaced in October (fluid lines weren't open) and had been working well ever since. Also noticed since the light came on that the brakes appear softer than they were. Car is a Legacy Wagon '01.
Any idea what could trigger the ABS light to stay on?
I've done a number of searches but couldn't find anything similar...
Have you had your alternator/battery/charging system checked?
One symptom is the lower voltage drop causing the brake/ABS indicators to light. Happened on my 96 OBW - (weak altenator which I replaced).
Had a ABS indicator light on the 05 OBW, turned out to be mud/dirt on the sensor (from driving back roads in northern Minnesota last summer)
Just a thought.
Posted 31 July 2006 - 04:10 PM
Can you please send me the 2 attachments you listed below? I am trying to figure out why my abs light will not go out on my 98 Forester. I need to check the sensor adjustment on the rear brakes since I did the service and caused the light to come on. I hope the sensor just needs to be adjusted and then I can reset the system.
Thanks for your help in advance!!!
2 Attachments below. Page 5 of the 1st tells you how to readout the ABS codes by attaching a terminal to the test connector. Then how to clear the ABS memory.
The 2nd one is the Diagnostic Trouble codes.
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I hope you're planting a garden, since it's May 14 and prime planting season! I am enjoying the sunshine and getting my hands in the dirt (that's "grounding" that gives you lots of antioxidants, by the way). This is my first year doing it solo, though, so it's lots more work, turning all the soil by hand and stringing the 275 square feet of my rather ambitious garden . . . and then the planting, weeding, and tending itself.
That's okay. It'll give me more of a sense of accomplishment.
Tonight we had a salad from the lettuce I planted in the middle of the winter, now mature. Read Ch. 5 of 12 Steps to Whole Foods for pretty much everything I know about gardening, plus my two favorite books on the subject, summarized.
I'm doing a few things I haven't planted before: fennel (LOVE fennel bulb sliced in salads), cilantro, and collards.
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#1 Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America.? Fair enough.10-20-2008, 12:03 PM
Got this in an Email this morning. I don't know if it's actually by Buchanan, but very true nonetheless.
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Barack says we need to have a conversation about race in America.?
Fair enough.
But this time, it has to be a 2-way conversation..
White America needs to be heard from, not just lectured to.
This time, the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions,
grievances and demands heard.
And among them are these:
First, America has been the best country on earth for black
folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from
Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million,
were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the
greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.
Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he
is an American.
Second, no people anywhere has done more to lift up
blacks than white Americans.
Untold trillions have been spent since the '60's on welfare,
food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants,
student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax
Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the
African-American community into the mainstream.
Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged
in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action,
contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants
over white applicants.
Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals
all over America have donated time and money to support
soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and
nursing homes for blacks.
We hear the grievances.
Where is the gratitude??
Barack talks about new 'ladders of opportunity' for blacks.
Let him go to Altoona and Johnstown , and ask the white kids
in Catholic schools how many were visited lately by Ivy League
recruiters handing out scholarships for 'deserving' white kids?
Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime
and incarceration rates for African-Americans are 7 times
those of white America ? Is it really white America 's fault that
illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70%
and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities
has reached 50%?
Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a
failure of the black community itself?
As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial
crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence.
Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals
choose black victims 3% of the time, black criminals
choose white victims 45% of the time?
Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times
more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies
were 139 times as common in the first 3 years of this decade.
We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about
Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena
And all turned out to be hoaxes.
But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites
that are real, we hear nothing.
Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before,
about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
Why are conservatives so obsessed about race? Everything is race this, race that. Powell only supported Obama because he's black!
Sorry, but this isn't a "race" election, since there are plenty of white people (like myself) who will be voting for Obama.
So once again, YAWN
10-20-2008, 12:17 PMAt Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
Second of all, the point of the OP is that conservatives are tired of having race thrown up in our faces every time we don't agree with a black liberal point of view. We 're tired of being lectured about racism in America as if it's a one way street. Yes, there are some racist ass people in this country, but the people who don't tiptoe around race don't deserve to be lumped into that category.I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
It's the black people who seem to be obsessed with their own skin color.
Powell only supported Obama because he's black!
Powell RACE is the major factor for support of Obama.
On Meet the Press Sunday, Powells explanation for his backing of Obama made clear that he thought Obamas race was a major factor for his support, but not the only one.
Obama rewards Powell with an advisor position on his staff Politics as usual.If leftists didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
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The Nikiski volleyball team came up short in a close matchup against Grace Christian on Friday night at Nikiski, losing 3-1.
Grace took the first two games with scores of 25-16 and 26-24, and Nikiski came back strong in the third game with a 25-19 score, but to no avail as Grace edged the Bulldogs 25-22 in the final.
Heather Green topped Grace with 11 kills, 16 digs and three aces. Nicole Weisenfelder had six kills, 20 assists and three aces, Meghan Thacker compiled seven blocks, and Felicity Roe put up four aces.
"I tell them that they needed to play it point by point, and focus on what they can do well on our side of the court, rather than what's going on over there," Grace coach Valerie Steele said. "If we're playing error-free, then we'll be in good shape."
Taylor Calderwood led Nikiski's effort with 22 digs, 10 kills and four aces. Teammates Rachel Thompson had 18 digs and 23 assists, Sienna Wallis had eight kills and two blocks, and Rebekah Krogseng notched four aces.
Nikiski coach Stacey Segura said that while Nikiski is always looking for wins, an occasional loss can be a good thing.
"I thought there were great moments, and in those moments the girls were gaining points, and whenever they were off, Grace was taking advantage of it," Segura said. "Grace is a really good team and our girls know that. I don't think losing tonight was such a bad thing. I think it was actually a good thing. The girls were on a high after beating Skyview, and this kind of brought them down to ground level."
Also, Paris Davis put up 18 digs for Nikiski, Katie Costello had 17 digs, Jodi Cook recorded four aces, and Bailey Buchholz had four aces and three blocks.
The Grizzlies found their strength by putting together strings of points and controlling the pace of the game.
"We changed our lineup all four games," Steele said. "We had a different lineup every game, and they responded very well to it, they are very versatile girls. The postseason will be awesome. Some of the teams we'll see at state, we don't play until state, so we'll be able to adjust at the last second if they're hurting us in certain areas."
Grace was able to close the first two contests out with force, boosted by runs of six, eight and six points in the first two games. A late serving error from Grace tied the second game up 24-all, but Nikiski was unable to save the ball on a kill from Grace's Heather Green, which gave the Grizzlie's the advantage.
In the third game, it was Nikiski that sealed the win with a 6-2 run, but that would be the high point for the Bulldogs. Grace charged out to a 12-6 lead on Nikiski in the fourth game, which supported them when Nikiski closed the gap with four straight points of their own, including when they took a brief 20-19 lead.
"I think that every time we get out there and play a team, we learn a new lesson, and that's getting us to where we need to go," Segura said. "This team needs to take steps to get there, because they're not just great when they walk on the floor. They need to have a couple games where they are mentally down or not passing great.
"They need to win a few to get their confidence up but lose a few to keep them down."


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KLOVE Christmas - Virginia Beach, VA
25 Entertainment
Thursday, December 5, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
All You Need To Know… KLOVE Christmas Tour
Q: What time should I arrive?
A: VIP Doors open at 5:30PM / General Admission Doors open at 6PM. All seating is first come, first served in the respective sections so make sure to arrive early.
Q: What does "General Admission" mean?
A: General Admission means that seating is first come, first served. We can guarantee a seat will be available for you, but we cannot guarantee where that seat will be or that you will be able to sit with others in your group. Please make sure to arrive early for best seating!
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A: VIP Tickets include early entry into the venue (5:30PM), Meet & Greet with Tour Artists (Subject to availability – not all artists may be available for every M&G), Tour T Shirt, Tour VIP Poster and Gold Circle Premium Seating.
Q: What is Gold Circle Premium Seating?
A: Gold Circle Seating is an exclusive section closest to the stage with the best views of the show. You must have a Gold Circle or VIP ticket to be admitted into this section.
Q: What about kids? Are they free?
A: Children 3 and under, not occupying a seat, are admitted free of charge. All other children must have a ticket for admission.
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A: Nope! All artists will perform seasonal favorites along with a mixture of their top hits!
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A: We have an awesome line up! Big Daddy Weave, for KING & COUNTRY, and Meredith Andrews will be performing on the KLOVE Christmas Tour
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Three weeks ago workers at Johnson Truck Bodies in Rice Lake went on strike claiming unfair labor practices.
The company has been without 250 workers, but today was able to demonstrate that limited production could still continue with management workers filling in.
The company rolled 13 out trucks for delivery this morning.
The company acknowledges the trucks were originally started by the workers who are now on strike, but remaining members of management finished the trucks.
Those involved in finishing the trucks were celebrating their accomplishment, but understand a labor deal with the striking workers is still far from done.
"We haven't lost any orders yet, our customers are standing behind us and we would really like to see the employees come back to work," says Johnson GM/VP Ron Ricci.
There have been no negotiations since the strike began.. and Johnson Truck Bodies may soon hire temporary replacements if an agreement is not reached soon because no new production is scheduled.
Union negotiator Dave Reardon says the strikers remain united but both he and company officials say they're waiting for the other side to propose new negotiations.
Johnson tries to roll on
Three weeks ago workers at Johnson Truck Bodies in Rice Lake went on strike claiming unfair labor practices.


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Mining Morris
William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary
William Morris and the Art of the Book
The Tamar dividing Devonshire from Cornwall is one of the more delectable of the small rivers of England. There were, above its woods and declivities, mines which yielded lead, silver, copper, and arsenic. The arsenic ovens—for a while the most extensive in the world—did foul damage along the river, about which a Devonshire poet, N. T. Carrington, wrote, in an old-style poem,
And where the blossoming orchards bless'd the view
Tremendous ARSENIC its fatal fumes
Has breath'd and vegetative life has ceas'd
And desolation reigns.
Carrington's poem was published in 1826. Eight years after, in 1834, William Morris was born in far-off Walthamstow, then a village where prosperous businessmen of London lived and bred their young in suave Georgian houses. Morris and arsenic, Morris and copper, had their connection. Cynics—who have never quite ceased to sneer at the politics of William Morris and at most things he did—may enjoy the fact that it was Tremendous Arsenic, poisoning the hortus conclusus of the fruit-growing Tamar valley, which smoothed the progression of William Morris from Walthamstow to medievalism, poetry, design, and a revolutionary communism. When he was a boy his father, an already well-to-do discount broker, acquired by accident more than a quarter of the £1 shares of the richest of the Tamar mines, the Devon Great Consols, of which arsenic was a product. This holding of 272 shares jumped in value, in a few months, to more than £200,000. The income floating the Morris family—at any rate when Morris's father remained alive—must have been of the order of £20,000 a year.
Morris himself became one of the directors of the mining company. When at last he resigned his directorship, he came home from the board meeting in the City and placed his top hat on a chair and sat on it, a gesture in Morris's impulsive physical style.
That was in 1876. By then, at forty-two, Morris had written most of his poems, founded, conducted, and taken over the art firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co., "Fine Art Workmen in Painting, Carving, Furniture and the Metals," made himself expert in pattern designing of the freshest originality, and concluded his journeys to Iceland; he was entering the last twenty years of his life, in which he was to be the avowed communist, on paper and on platforms.
Did Morris ever visit the mine? Ever sniff the fumes of his money? There is no mention of such a visit. But it might be said that in all he did Morris was making restitution for the poisonous source of his livelihood; which has left behind, still visible, and not quite the memorial to associate with Kelmscott Manor or the Kelmscott Chaucer, "a vast broken landscape, extending for 2 miles along and above the Tamar," given to foxes, adders, and buzzards.
The Morris family wealth gave the child Morris, in many things, but not everything, the happiest of humus and circumstance, which may be evidenced in his praise…
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I don't often post speculative threads, but this one has some merit. For football players the famous lisfranc injury is problematic from a recovery standpoint. If his 2nd surgery does linger and prevents him from being healthy for the 2013 season If I'm Idzik I would cut him and gain the 1.25m in cap space this year and sign Edwards and add another WR via the draft this year. I would then use the 3rd or 4th round draft pick to get a WR like USC Woods or Texas A&M's Swope to compliment an Edwards/Hill/Kerley core. I don't think Woods get's out of the 2nd round but there's always hope right?
here is the link:
A few things can be done,but CBA says
Can't cut a guy injured while performing contracted duties without obligation
You can put a player on IR - he gets paid anyway
You can come to an injury settlement - cut and paid less
That's how Conner left for example
Worst case you can cut a player and go through a grievance process after
Pretty sure there is language already in the contract about being cut for injury and it gives Santonio like 250,000 extra. The Jets CAN cut him.
Usually I find GGN articles childish but this was a good one. Holmes has no 2014 value to the Jets, so if his 2013 is done already and its possible to cut him, it's a no brainer. Sure theres dead money, but youd be paying the same to have him sit injured, and cutting him apparently saves 500k cap dollars. No small change since the crypt keeper on ESPN told me the jets have the worst cap situation he's ever seen and the team will probably owe the league 4.5 million in fines after the year for having such a bad cap.
So the three mil is coming from next years guaranteed money if we cut him right? That will save us cap next year, and I'll still be a fan. So being cut now actually saves us 4 mil in cap space, just most of it is next year.
Last edited by patman; 02-26-2013 at 08:04 AM.
I think the point here is that If he's unable to play a significant portion of this year release him and take the full cap hit this year since you have to anyway. I don't think he's in the jets long term plans in 2014 anyway. If there's an injury settlement that would be paid out this year and I don't think it hits the salary cap, I think that's a cash payment.
Cutting him, while expensive, is not a detriment to the team.
"Dead money" has a bad connotation....if you have dead money from a talented, good locker room guy that you were forced to cut due to salary cap problems that would be bad.
But if you realize a big mistake was made with a players contract, IMO, id rather get a clean slate, give his reps to a younger, hungrier, non-malcontent player and save money later.
The thing that has become most prevalent in the NFL the last few years is that there is such a level playing field with the cap and preparedness of players coming into the league, that its honestly better to have younger "less reknowned" players who are giving 110% every week, then seemingly more talented guys like holmes who dont give it all on the field and wreck the locker room.
We have a lot of holes to fill, and adding another one at WR, isnt a great proposition, but holmes is a long shot to contribute anything worthwhile to this organization.
+1 Patman
And to add on to that theme, you have a player in Edwards who always wanted to be here and was willing to take a pay decrease to do so. Edwards with a weak left knee and all when healthy is a solid starting WR especially in the Redzone. You still need to draft a WR because you can't trust Edwards for a full season nor can you trust Hill to develop from last years sub-par performance.
santonio Holmes is a cancer. He is great when everything is great. But the second there is any kind of adversity he is the first rat off the ship. His actions in the Miami game were disgraceful and he is a good example of the cultural problems this team faces.
Cut him and move on. The team is going to bad next season regardless of whether they have him or not.
I'm probably on board with cutting the guy as well. The injury he had could be one that drags into the season. The contract was a mistake from day one. It might be time to take the lumps there. As a bonus if he gets signed by another team his salary is decuctible from this seasons cap hit. That signing will be for vet minimum most likely but its another million added to the pie.
Holmes is easily replaced. Kerley had 827 years last year, holmes had 654, 746 his previous two years. For the number of targets he gets that kind of production is replaced easily.
Holmes is going nowhere. He has three strikes against him: Salary, Character, Injury. And we are not cutting him b.c of the cap and lack of depth @ WR.
2014 is a different story.


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Despite a 2013-14 deer-kill tally that was far below that of the year before, Ohio wildlife officials are proposing hunting policies for 2014 that would reduce the bag limit in 44 counties, increase them in five counties and keep them the same in 39 counties.
Despite a 2013-14 deer-kill tally that was far below that of the year before, Ohio wildlife officials are proposing hunting policies for 2014 that would reduce the bag limit in 44 counties, increase them in five counties and keep them the same in 39 counties.
The increases are in northwestern Ohio counties, where the limits were low, but the decreases would affect some of the counties most popular with hunters and those with the highest deer kills in the state, including Ashtabula, Athens, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Knox, Licking and Muskingum. Other central Ohio counties that would see a decrease are Fairfield, Pickaway and Union.
�Bag limit proposals reflect the reduction in the deer population in many counties as numbers continue to move closer to target levels,�
Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials said in a release. ODNR�s Wildlife Division will take comments on the proposals from now until March 2 online at Wildohio.com, or at public meetings in several cities on March 1.
ODNR announced this week that the total number of deer killed in the 2013-14 season was 191,459, which is 27,451 fewer than the year before.
Hunters generally had killed about a quarter-million deer annually until recent years. The numbers have declined steadily each of the past several years: 218,910 in the 2012-13 season; 219,698 the season before that (2011-12), and 239,379 the year before that (2010-11).
Ohio counties that reported the most deer killed in the 2013-2014 season: Coshocton (6,270), Tuscarawas (5,774), Licking (5,711), Muskingum (5,547), Guernsey (5,307), Ashtabula (4,981), Harrison (4,533), Knox (4,529), Carroll (4,203) and Athens (4,053). Coshocton
County also reported the most deer harvested in 2012-2013 (7,413).
The wildlife division manages the herd as both a biological and economic resource that contributes to a total economic impact of $853?million annually for all hunting and related spending in Ohio, according to the division. It says that Ohio ranks 16th nationally in hunting-related sales and 11th in the number of jobs associated with hunting.
Other proposals by ODNR Wildlife Division biologists for 2014-15 include eliminating the ability to kill antlerless deer in some counties, allowing the use of �pistol-cartridge� rifles for deer hunting, and keeping the hunting season dates consistent with last year � except for the muzzleloader season, which would shift to Friday-Monday rather than Saturday-Tuesday.
Proposed deer hunting for 2014-15 would be on the following date: deer archery, Sept. 27-Feb. 1; antlerless deer muzzleloader: Oct. 11-12; youth deer gun: Nov. 22-23; deer gun: Dec. 1-7; deer muzzleloader, Jan. 2-5.
Bag limits would increase by one to three deer in Erie, Sandusky, Ottawa and Wood counties, and by one to four deer in Montgomery County. The limit will decrease by one deer in each of the following counties: Adams, Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Clinton, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Defiance, Fairfield, Fulton, Geauga, Greene, Guernsey, Hardin, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Knox, Licking, Lorain, Marion, Medina, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Paulding, Pickaway, Pike, Putnam, Richland, Scioto, Seneca, Tuscarawas, Union, Vinton, Wayne, Williams and Wyandot. (The limit would decrease from three deer to two in Auglaize and from four to three in the rest.)
Here are the specific proposed county deer bag limits:
Two deer (no more than one antlerless permit): Auglaize, Darke, Fayette, Hancock and Madison counties.
Three deer (no more than one antlerless permit): Adams, Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Columbiana, Crawford, Erie, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Huron, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Lorain, Marion, Medina, Morgan, Ottawa, Paulding, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Putnam, Ross, Sandusky, Scioto, Seneca, Shelby, Tuscarawas, Union, Vinton, Wayne, Wood and Wyandot counties.
Three deer (antlerless permits are not valid): Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Defiance, Fairfield, Fulton, Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Meigs, Mercer, Miami, Monroe, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Richland, Van Wert, Washington and Williams counties.
Four deer (no more than one antlerless permit): Brown, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Franklin, Hamilton, Lake, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Warren counties.
Open houses to receive public comments about hunting, trapping and fishing regulations and wildlife issues will be held on Saturday, March 1, in six locations. See details at www.wildohio.com or call 800-945-3543. Leave comments online until Sunday, March 2.
A hearing on all of the proposed rules will be held at 9 a.m. on March 6 at the Wildlife District One office at 1500 Dublin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43215.


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TOMORROW ON "ABC's THE LOOKOUT"
"ABC's The Lookout" is a survival guide to the modern consumer jungle, offering a mix of compelling undercover investigations and lively dispatches about how you spend your money. Featuring smart reporting from ABC's powerhouse team of correspondents, "ABC's The Lookout" covers the trends and products that obsess Americans, offering tips along the way about how to maximize value and avoid costly mistakes. "ABC's The Lookout" airs on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
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· The Preacher's Son: Ephren Taylor used the pulpit of some of the country's biggest mega-churches to quote the bible and allegedly take millions of dollars from parishioners. The feds say he needs to pay up. Taylor has dodged the court and our cameras before. But ABC News Correspondent Steve Osunsami and "ABC's The Lookout" track him down in a small town in Kansas. You will not believe how we located him.
· Irresistible Summer Food Treats: Whether at the boardwalk or the state fair, summer treats are everywhere and hard to resist. ABC News Correspondent Paula Faris, with the help of Dave Zinczenko, ABC News' Nutrition and Wellness Editor and author of the best-selling book, Eat This, Not That, look at which treats are the least fattening. Not all junk food is created equal!
· Germs!: Heading out on vacation and worried about germs? "ABC's The Lookout's" "germ team" joins Correspondent Nick Watt and a germaphobic mom and her family on the great American road trip to investigate where an average family encounters the most germs and what dangers they may pose. Will it be the roller coaster handle? The bathroom? The dirty rag cleaning the restaurant table? The kids' hands? The hotel bed cover or remote control? The kids' fun zone? And was their vacation any germier than their home? (OAD: 6/12/13)
Jeanmarie Condon is executive producer. David Scott is senior broadcast producer.


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|2010-07-12, 10:36
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Ippiki Ookami
Join Date: Jul 2010
Age: 26
|2010-07-12, 11:48
|Link #62
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 31
Picked up the show only because I knew Hanazawa Kana had a major role in this, so I had pretty much no idea what I was getting into. Kana's character is pretty awesome so I got what I came for and some more.
Still, not sure what to think about the rest of the episode. For a moment, I thought it was going to be similar to To Love-ru, with a hot alien girl starting to live with some random bland boy, and Aoi maybe playing a role similar to Yami's... but then, SPIES EVERYWHERE! I have no idea what the hell is going on. Well, it was interesting, I guess. Waiting to see how the story will progress.
|2010-07-12, 14:07
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
|2010-07-12, 15:55
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 37
It's probably a bit of a long shot, but since they are in Okinawa, I hope they might show a bit of the Ryukyuan culture and language, if only to note their presence on the island.
I'm not getting my hopes up, though.
|2010-07-12, 16:14
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Guns Galore!
I found the first episode very good. Straight into the action and story is really great. Love to the point plot.
Of course i'm not sure if i'm the only person slighty put off that everyone the main knows is actually some assassin / (insert word). Thats just way too much coincidence. I'm sure i'll get over it though as the episodes fly but man I would like to see what his reaction would be if his childhood friend is a backstabber, and the girl that likes him is a cold hearted killer.
Wonder if his Ojii-san is also some American spy. All their missing is foreigner interference.
|2010-07-12, 16:23
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I was pleased that the protagonist was not sniveling, abject, and shocked, but seemed to take things in stride after a modicum of reflection.
I'm expecting that the amazing coincidences will be revealed not to be coincidence: he was under observation already, for some reason.
And we already got some Okinawan food, so I expect bits and pieces of other Okinawan culture.
Spoiler for ep1 speculation:
|2010-07-12, 16:44
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
I'm pretty sure that weird cult online group was exactly that. They are depressed that this cat girl is the first alien contact and not something really amazing. Not to mention she speaks "japanese" and her planet was called earth too?!? How could this be a proper alien! At least that's what I got from the meeting and teacher's attitude.
I didn't expect much but the series was decently surprising so I'll probably watch more and see how it goes.
|2010-07-12, 16:46
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Pink bug make Amu angry!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Somewhere between Omaha and Minsk
Nothing exotic in the firearms really, just a bunch of pro-grade weapons drawn pretty well.
Does it blend??
Sometimes mixing a bunch of stuff together is stupid. Sometimes it works oddly well. We'll have to see where this one falls.
Besides, who doesn't like nekomimi paired with big oppai?
And I may be making GIFs once I watch the first ep. Any requests?
|2010-07-12, 16:50
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阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv165
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 31
Pretty much like Kanon, I first expected something akin to To-love-ru.
And boy, color me surprised, in a very good way.
Although I would have been fine without some exaggeration (Kio's inability to handle even sipping mere beer, etc), this series has a lot of potential under its sleeve, depending how they are handling the more "darker stuff".
And considering its presentation, the whole spy stuff is unlikely to be a mere sub-plot or light content.
Although Kio doesn't have much specific trait (generic if you want to call that), Eris was a pleasant surprise: I was really afraid of your typical oppai dojikko being totally oblivious to her situation. Much to my surprise, she is basically very reasonable, sharp regarding her situation and not a airhead (quite friendly, but due to her initial objective, that's natural).
For now, I'm quite curious about Eris and Momiji, and I hope they will keep going like this (so long they don't start recycling tiresome jokes about Eris' chest...), as this is probably the best surprise of the season in my books.
|2010-07-12, 18:42
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Join Date: May 2010
|2010-07-12, 18:52
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Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
Ehh.......yea was def not expecting that, colour me surprised.
The word fate/destiny comes to mind with the people around the lad, I mean really what are the chances
Best friend is some sorta spy, hot teacher is some sorta fanatic terrorist spy and the familar acquaintance is some sorta deadly super spy
I just hope it doesn't come down to the "I'll protect you no matter what" thingy but somehow it seems like it might just crop his chessy head somewhere.
Animation is crisp and seems this and Naru Mago have got some of the best production values I've seen this season so far.
Quite like the ED, very nice conmsidering how parts of the ep went.
Is that Windows 7, I spied there, great way to get people intereted, it has a AI that talks to you
I really wonder how things will go with Aoi-chan, she's shaping up to be a contender for new Most Badass female character
|2010-07-12, 18:59
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worshipping the pantyhose
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines
Well finally this comes around, was waiting for this series. With this, my season is complete. Boobies, pantsu, romance, and action, oh me oh my makes me wonder just what did I miss for the past 2 years (from looking around it seems like I didn't miss much)
When I first read the description, I said "in no way can this be a To-Love Ru clone, don't make me go through that again!" And I like what I saw. Kio's meeting with Eris was thankfully not too much of a cliche, which to me, with this kind of setting for this kind of series their meeting was a pretty good one (a ceremony gathering). Good thing it wasn't one of those "drop in your lap" kind of meetings, although I'm still with a big question mark as to why she ends up in his home after he passed out. It would seem like she's out for something, that maybe he has, as others have mentioned it's pretty obvious he's been under surveillance for some time now, so hopefully they'll cover this because her "apparently" granted sleeping rights at his house is too much of a coincidence (darn I hate that word) Or maybe it's because he is someone around her age who was friendly to her. Sounds about good enough to me (at least it's no random "Marry me!" thing that happened) if they wanted to break protocol she would have stayed at the Uncle's place
Man, I've been looking for something to theorize and speculate about, I haven't worked my brain [during my free time] for a couple weeks now This could be it, since the other series are just about easy going (except HOTD, which is pretty much just zombie gore and boobies )
|2010-07-12, 19:43
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Nani ?
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Emerald Forest ( yes its a real place. )
This was surprisingly not terrible. I DL'ed last night expecting to have some lulz at badness only to find it may be in the top 5 this season, depending on whether or not the 3 episode curse is upon this.
|2010-07-12, 23:58
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
A fascinating mix... Superficially derivative of To Love Ru and Sora no Otoshimono, but stylistically closer to Darker than Black, for me (Momiji very much reminded me of a contractor). I even had flashes of Mahormatic - Kio reminded me of Suguru and Eris of Mahoro.
Way too much revealed for a fist ep, really - what secrets could they have left? But it was interesting and pretty to look at. Very curious to see which of the many personalities of the series emerges as dominant. And it was refreshing that Eris rose above stereotype by actually being pretty smart.
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My you sure are a pretty snake Precious. I hope you have a great day and maybe some snake snacks.
I am a little scared of snakes, just a wee bit, but I feel compelled to post today because you are such a very pretty snake. I am in awe of your colors and overall look. :)