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Remember that even her teammates were surprised when someone actually managed to score when Kasumi went into that mode. I think it implied that normally, people wouldn't even be able to win their hands because of that hax ability. She might be able to hold of by calling tiles but I don't know whether it could last long or not before she eventually tsumo...
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Um, I'll interrupt this Toki vs Kasumi battle but here's the Biyori chapter I was talking about:
Spoiler for Biyori:
Also, here's a great image BD/DVD comparison. Remember at the end of Saki where they changed Saki's opponent to Jindai + 2 random girls to Kasumi + Toyone + Kyouko? Well, in Achiga they changed some minor but great details. I think you guys know the image on how they changed Hatsumi's clothes from modest to almost falling off from TV to BD/DVD and Kasumi's breast size... here,
The one major question I had is that how are they going to adapt the remaining matches in just 3 episodes? I think the Sergeant Match is at 1.5 eps and most and so is the Lieutenant's match. The Vice-Captain match is 2+ episodes and God knows how long is the Captain's match going to be. I find it pretty impossible for them to adapt it. Unless they rush again. D:
Also, we're nearing the end of December. Achiga ep 13 is in one month's time! Rumours had it that they'll be shown in December 16? I'm not too sure though. Biggest problem is that who's going to sub it. Crunchyroll subbed it when Achiga was airing but is Crunchyroll licensed to sub the remaining episodes? I doubt that other fansub groups have Achiga as a priority....
EDIT: Oh, while I'm here, can I ask on your opinion about these three players: Sumire, Kirame and Mairu. I think asked you guys on your opinion about Mairu being a normal player but if you think about it, Kirame also has an ability but she's considered a normal player. Sumire, I think is also a normal player since her 'Piercing Arrow' style is a play style and not an ability. Sumire purposely adjust her hand by reading her opponent's discard to target the player. Compared to Takami and Seiko, where the tiles would go and be attracted to them. (Takami's is obvious, but Seiko's hand is that if she called thrice, her winning tile will be 'caught' on her hook definitely.) I consider them normal players with gimmick. Like with Nodoka. Nodoka has a Nodocchi mode but that doesn't mean she gains an ability when she becomes Nodocchi.
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I apologize if I seem a bit insistent. As a Saki fan, most of my enjoyment actually comes from these little things in the manga, so I very much enjoy debating on playing styles and the likes.
Kasumi only Tsumos with her ability twice in the manga. The first time, the discards are simply not shown. The second time, she won with a flush on the ninth turn. Since she turtled after that to prevent herself from dealing into a rinshan on an honor tile (this was explicitly stated), her hand pretty much did not progress to winning hands after that; still, given the number of honor tiles she discarded on the second win, I would highly doubt that she has that high of a chance to win on 6 turns or less. 7-8 turns is exactly where Toki is with her ability and luck.
Adding in disruptions and the potential to lock her wins by drawing a honor tile in the middle of a round, and I would say that the two are about equal in pure hand completion speed.
Toki's lessons from that round: Teru is hax enough to override future sight.
Given Toki's records, I don't really think the ridiculous fast hands was the reason that she wasn't able to complete a single hand against the champion (remember that Kirame was also skipping a lot of Teru's turns, so that 7-round hand is actually a lot more in Toki's perspective). Rather, the fact that Teru can out-hax future sight and basically give the finger to Toki's power seeing is a more prominent reason than anything else, I would think.
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I'm currently watching Akagi and in episode 7, they played up the possibility of a Rinshan Kaihou, more specifically the one with the melded kan and "the one responsible pays". Even there it's specifically said how rare that is and how Akagi had to cheat a lot to get it and it made me realize how much of a hax character Saki is.
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Achiga-hen episode 13 airs December 24 at 23:30 on AT-X.
Blu-ray volume 7 will be released on March February 20, 2013, at the same price as previous volumes, so it should contain two episodes.
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Just want to add a bit on Kasumi vs. Toki, isn't Kasumi also has a limited stamina? She needs purification ritual after using her power for a certain amount of time right? With consecutive individual tournament matches, she may not be able to use her powers every match.
So new episode on the Eves huh?
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By the way, on manga related news
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They will released the Blu-ray/DVD at one episode each. At the same price and with no extra items whatsoever (as of yet).
So it's practically daylight robbery on what Studio GOKUMI is doing. Blu-ray costs a fortune and only 1 episode at that? :/
Aside from the pacing issue, money issue will be a problem now. I love Saki but I would never buy it as it costs $80+ only for one episode.
@fukarming: I'm not talking about who would win in a fight~su.
EDIT: Omake
Spoiler for I almost put omake~su:
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That is certainly unexpected... I still prefer other characters for Saki though. And I'm currently shipping ShizuxAko so yeah...
@ Felyndiira
I would also like to apologise for taking a bit long to reply, I had to finish a project that was due tomorrow.
Anyway back to our discussion, it seems that our only remaining point of contention is the speed wherein Kasumi and Toki reach their wins.
The reason why I felt that Toki has normal draws was because she wasn't able to stop Teru who was able to win in about 6-7 turns on average. Kirame's constant calling only hinders Teru and is actually beneficial to Toki at times. And during this match up, there are many times that Toki's hand wasn't even in tenpai when Teru pulls her winning hand.
But, then again looking at the data you have presented, perhaps I was a bit too harsh on Toki. After all, Toki's last match may not be the best indicator of her hand completion rate due to the simple fact that she was facing TERU. It is entirely possible that Toki has a better hand completion speed than was shown in the match
If Toki has a 7-9 turn hand completion rate in average, then I do agree that Toki's hand completion rate = Kasumi's hand completion rate
Regarding Kasumi's purification, I don't think it is a stamina thing. As Proto said it was more of a flexibility thing - Kasumi is stuck on that mode until she does a purification ritual. In this Toki I suppose exceed Kasumi so Toki flexibility > Kasumi's flexibility
So in conclusion what we have right now for Toki vs. Kasumi is this:
Toki's defence >= Kasumi's defence
Toki's speed = Kasumi's speed
Toki's firepower < Kasumi's firepower
Toki's flexibility > Kasumi's flexibility
Toki's stamina <= Kasumi's stamina (team)
Toki's stamina < Kasumi's stamina (individual)
Looks like Toki and Kasumi ended up about even.
Anyway continuing on our line of discussion, a friend of mine asked me about this situation. If Toki calls a tile when Kasumi was about to win will it disrupt her?
On the surface it would appear the answer would be an obvious yes. But, Kasumi has a magnet type ability like Kuro and it seems that no amount of change in the drawing order stops the desired tiles from coming toward their hand. From what I read on the manga, calling hasn't seem to have broken Kasumi's one suit. If you think about it, any call should have shifted the drawing order so that at least one of Kasumi's opponent would get the restricted suit. But looking at the discards yields a different story - Kasumi's one suit ability remained absolute.
Now, for the purpose of this example let's say Kasumi's one suit for this turn is the bamboo. Toki saw Kasumi winning with the nine bamboo next turn. She then calls to shift the drawing order. Kasumi ended up missing her turn.
But, then what happens to the nine of bamboo that Kasumi was suppose to win with? it can't go to the other player due to Kasumi's ability. So where is it?
Will it merely be pushed back allowing Kasumi to still draw it in her next turn and thus win?
Or will Kasumi get a different tile and thus the disruption be successful?
|2012-11-25, 14:55
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With that considered, for the team tournaments:
Toki's defence >= Kasumi's defence
Toki's stamina <= Kasumi's stamina (team)
Toki's speed = Kasumi's speed
Toki's firepower < Kasumi's firepower
Toki's flexibility > Kasumi's flexibility
Toki's table control > Kasumi's table control
Table control is different from flexibility; flexibility is the ability to use one's abilities to apply to multiple different situations (and the ability to adapt), while table control is blatantly controlling the entire table to fit your needs.
Overall, I think the main thing that restricts Kasumi is her lack of control over her power. If she could turn her suit magnet on and off whenever she needs to, Kasumi's ability would be amazing (especially in tandem with her way above average skill in mahjong/defensive play). However, the lack of flexibility in her powers really hampers her play and opens her up to either getting countered or sealed.
It's kinda like the situation with Kana vs. Koromo/Saki. Kana has the luck and ability to form huge hands very quickly (I think she counted at least two yakumans in the match against Koromo), but she was shut down by Koromo and Saki's manipulation of the table even when she regained control of her hands. As great as Kasumi's firepower is, I'm not certain how many hands she'll actually be able to complete if she actually is playing at the same table as someone with any form of table control - e.g. Toki.
I think it would end up as "whoever has the 'stronger' ability trumps whoever has the 'weaker'." In short, time paradox, anything can happen; I guess in that context, maybe Toki would be equal to Kasumi since if they ever used their abilities against each other in a match, the universe would just spontaneously end from the time paradox.
For that matter, unless if Teru can negate abilities, someone could actually stop Teru altogether by having an ability that actually helps enemy players (for example, a reverse Kasumi ability where you can designate any player to receive one suit only). If all of Teru's hands automatically began with flushes, it would prevent her from ever getting the <2000 point hand to start her rampage.
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Also, this might be an old topic, but I just noticed this little detail today after my fifth readthrouth of this chapter. Remember when Saki said she 'had to resort to +/- 0' and was afraid of Kyouko?
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|2012-11-25, 18:05
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Sorry to interrupt the Kasumi/Toki debate. I just wanted to say, I've been following the thread for a while and I just wanted to post my own theories and debate with everyone.
I noticed something when re-watching/reading Saki,during the Nagno finals, Saki played like Teru with starting with small hands then making progressively bigger ones. I just found it interesting because the series has shown that relatives have similar abilities as shown with Yuu and Kuro's magnet abilities, Koromo and Touka being able to control the flow of the game, and Jindai and Kasumi's goddess possession.
On a different note I was wondering if anyone can come up with away for Kuro to improve her ability. I did think that if the aka dora were removed this would allow for Kuro to call Kans with the for dora she's gathered and would allow her to aim for Four Kans, just an ideas. Plus I just wanted to know if your only allowed to have a certain number of dora in your hand, of course I only want to know this because of would I just said about Kuro and her ability.
This has also brought to believe that in the finals Kuro may pull of a Four Kan yakuman tsumo, filled with dora in the finals making the scores become less ridicules were its Shiriatodai dominating.
P.S Its nice to be at forum where there isn't constant pointless whining about Achiga, especially someone who likes them.
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Yep, that's what I thought, too.
To me it seems there are two kinds of competition:
competition of products and competition of formats/standards.
The first is obviously good as we can see by the IE example.
If somebody creates a competing product, say, a nicer web browser or DVD player, etc, I cannot see the harm.
It is only when different companies try to dominate the market by pushing their own, incompatible and often closed "standards" that competition becomes harmful.
This is what has happened with IE-only sites or Documents in some closed formats:
You are locked into using one application because the data is not stored in an open format or (in the case of IE-only sites) uses behavior of IE that is not part of an open standard. Another example are DVD or video formats.
I think a good comparison (don't be afraid, no cars ahead ;-)) are railways:
You can have competing companies, using different kinds of trains and having different schedules and prices but the basic, underlying infrastructure has to be standardized. It does not make sense for every company to use a different, incompatible railway type.
Formats/standards/infrastructure is, imo, one of the few areas where competition and free market lead to suboptimal results.
The reason is that competition works best on a level playing field. By allowing competition on data formats and standards you basically allow the players to change the playing field and the outcome will very likely be tilted in favor of whoever puts most money in pushing his own "standard".


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A former Minnesota House member who headed the public works committee is taking the state to court seeking to prevent construction of a new Senate office building.
Former Rep. Jim Knoblach, R-St. Cloud, announced today that he is filing the suit because the measure lawmakers passed in May funding the building violated a constitutional provision requiring each bill to contain only one subject.
The $90 million for the office building and Capitol-area parking facilities was contained in a tax bill that included more than $2 billion in tax increases. Knoblach said there is no better example of a single-subject violation than combining construction spending and tax revenues.
"It was buried deep in the tax bill and passed on the chaotic last day of session," Knoblach said.
Knoblach's attorney, Erick Kaardal of Minneapolis, pointed to a couple of recent court decisions that overturned provisions judges thought violated the single-subject requirement. However, court insiders say the trend of Minnesota judges has been to let the Legislature define the single-subject issue.
Kaardal said he thinks the case could be decided in district court within half a year, which Knoblach said would allow legislators to pass a new tax bill that does not violate the state Constitution in their session next year.
While Knoblach said he is not asking the courts to overturn other parts of the tax bill, he said judges could do that. If that happens, tax increases and a major Mayo Medical Center project in Rochester could be stopped.
The office building still is in the planning stage, and is set to be completed in 2015. It would house some Senate offices, while others would remain in the Capitol building. Now, the majority party (currently Democrats) has Capitol offices, while the minority party is housed in the State Office Building across the street.
The new building is to be built across University Avenue to the north of the Capitol, closer than the State Office Building.
It is to include an inside parking ramp and meeting rooms, as well as offices.
Timing for building the facility is tied to a $270 million Capitol renovation project. Planners hope the building can be occupied in 2015, so senators and staffers can move out of the Capitol, making way for work on their areas.
Many lawmakers were surprised to learn about the Senate building plans, which surfaced near the end of the legislative session in May. The building had received little discussion.


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Big Spring Independent School District trustees will discuss the possibility of adding a fourth new elementary campus to the district's construction to-do list when they meet at 5:15 p.m. Thursday in the high school board room.
When voters approved $60 million in construction bonds in May, original plans called for the the building of three new elementary campuses and extensive renovation of Moss Elementary, among other projects.
However, the cost of renovating Moss vs. replacing the building has narrowed to the point that the district may be able to build four new campuses and still stay within the financial guidelines approved by voters.
Earlier this month, BSISD Superintendent Steven Saldivar said renovating Moss will cost between $9.7 million and $10 million, which erecting a new campus will cost around $11 million.
One of the options officials are looking at to eliminate that gap is to have BSISD personnel perform some of the construction work, which would allow the district to add another campus while staying within the financial boundaries set by voters in May.
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I have an html page that displays constantly on a monitor up on a wall. The computer that runs the
browser is in a closet, unattended. Think of it as being like an arrival/departure monitor at the airport.
It has the following metatag:
<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='600;url=http://somedomain.com/somepage.htm'>
which causes the page to reload once every 600 seconds. The html file itself is periodically updated on the server with data changes, by another process which recreates the file and puts it out there in the
same place with the same name. Works great. Data up on the wall, freshened every 600 seconds.
The problem is that anything interferes with being able to get the page, which happens very rarely, I
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What I need to do is somehow check to see if the page is available before I attempt to reload it.
Perfect would be if the reload would check for availability first, then reload the page if it was
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Any ideas for me?
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There have been rumors that Florida's Patric Young may be interested in trying a career in football since his stock for the NBA is not really high.
Young, if you are not familiar with college basketball, is an athletic FREAK. The guys arms are probably as big as Russell Wilson. He's 6-9, which would be incredibly tall for a TE .. but considering this team doesn't have many flaws .. I would be interested in giving this kid a tryout... and if he shows any promise at becoming a TE.. maybe stash him on the PS with a little extra incentive to stay there a la BJ Daniels, Shead, etc. Who knows, maybe this is the next Antonio Gates/Jimmy Graham in the wings?
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Live stimulating mix of news, interviews, reports and discussion.
In studio with Marian today is Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Committee, who has been hailed as the country's best negotiator and a industrial relations trouble shooter.
We hear from Sweden where there have been riots for the past week; from Christopher White, a Bronze Medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show; Prof Aidan Moran gives his tips for study and preparation as we come up to exam time; Joan Scales briefs us on where to go to catch the sun this summer and the musical world hails Wagner's 200th birthday.
In studio with Marian today is Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Committee, who has been hailed as the country's best negotiator and an industrial relations trouble shooter. He has been to the forefront of talks between the public sector unions and the Government to negotiate cutting €300m from the public sector pay bill.
Philip O'Connor, an Irish journalist based in Sweden, spent the last week in the middle of the riots in Husby, a suburb of Stockholm. There have been fires at his children's school and his local football pitch. He has been chased by both rioters and police during the worst of the violence.
It's that time of year where there may be one or two members of your household prepping for exams – it can be a stressful time for all involved. Prof Aidan Moran talks about how to reduce exam stress and also how to improve concentration (and these tips are useful in everyday life for everyone)
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Hotels.com has a flash sale this weekend the code is FLASH1020 and there are discounted hotel rooms until December 31.
In Spain, our favourite destination, flights on the principle routes of Malaga, Alicante and Murcia are more expensive than ever. Prices are returning to pre-2007 rates.
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Think outside the Euro zone places like Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Bulgaria and Turkey where you get better value for Euros.
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The best value to the United States this year will be after September, most holidays for the summer are booked and though we have a lot of additional US flights this summer, the prices have not come down. Travelling with a specialist tour operator such as touramerica.ie, flydriveusa.ie and americanholdiays.ie will provide better value.
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Though the Upstate Eight Conference did not officially term Fridays matchup between River Division winner Larkin and Valley Division winner Neuqua Valley a true championship game, the players knew better.
It definitely felt like that, Wildcats senior guard Jabari Sandifer said.
And Neuqua Valley definitely played like that.
The Wildcats left no doubt as to which boys basketball team was tops in the UEC during the regular season. They opened the third quarter on a 20-4 run and turned a 5-point halftime lead into a 71-52 blowout.
Sandifer and 6-foot-4 senior Pat Kenny each contributed 6 points during the decisive third-quarter push. Kenny, who led all scorers with 21 points, finished with 6 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Sandifer scored 20 points to go with 4 blocks, 3 steals and 3 assists.
We know theyre a really good team and they won their side of the conference, so we wanted to make sure we were the legit winner of the conference, not just our side, Kenny said. I think we showed that.
It was the second time in a week Neuqua Valley (25-2) used a decisive, second-half run to separate itself from Larkin (21-5). A 15-0 fourth-quarter run lifted Neuqua past the Royals 63-53 in a regularly scheduled game in Elgin last Friday.
Larkin heads to the playoffs humbled after losing consecutive games for the first time this season. Coach Deryn Carter had no trouble pinpointing why Neuqua prevailed.
They play harder than we do, Carter said. At least tonight they did. It wasnt even close. I think the only thing I could tell them that is positive and I think (Neuqua Valley) had a lot to do with it is that was as bad as we can play. Maybe we got it out of our system before next week.
They were beating us to loose balls, they were beating us to get offensive rebounds (heck), they beat us in transition and were supposed to be the team thats good in transition. They taught us some lessons tonight and it was pretty embarrassing.
Kenny and the Wildcats gained an edge in the post when 6-foot-6 Larkin starting forward Drew Jones left the game early in the first quarter with a knee injury of undetermined severity. He did not return.
Each team enjoyed first-half momentum swings. After Neuqua took a 12-5 lead on 4 Kenny baskets, Larkin scored 8 straight points to take the lead, powered by 6 of senior guard Quentin Ruffs 12 points.
Neuqua Valley answered with a 12-0 run to take a 24-13 advantage, highlighted by consecutive 3-pointers from Sandifer, who was honored at halftime as the UEC Valley Player of the Year.
Back came the Royals with an 8-2 push, capped by a 3-pointer from Ruff. Neuqua settled for a 35-30 halftime lead.
The third quarter was all Wildcats. Their 20-4 run culminated in a standout play by Sandifer. He blocked a Larkin shot at one end, hustled upcourt and scored in transition at the other end, courtesy of an Elijah Robertson feed, staking Neuqua to a 55-34 lead.
Larkin answered with an 11-0 run, fueled by three 3-pointers, but the Royals never drew closer than 10 points.
They came out playing harder than we did, said Larkin guard Kendale McCullum, who led his team with 15 points. We didnt come out playing hard like we usually do. We didnt have the effort and enthusiasm, thats why we went down like that.
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The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office made another large narcotics seizure Friday March 8, this time using one of Beaumont's hard-working K-9 officers.
The seizure began with a routine traffic stop about 4:30 a.m. near mile marker 845 on I-10. The man — who police later identified as Brian Anthony Lewis, 30, of Louisiana — was acting nervous according to a press release.
Deputy Rod Carroll said the six-foot-seven, 350-pound Lewis became hostile to the Sheriff's Deputy conducting the search.
"He acted in a very aggressive manner with the deputy," Carroll said.
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Four children were taken to hospital after strong winds picked up a bouncy castle at a Christmas party and blew it away.
Meanwhile in Eketahuna, Fergie spent four days trapped on a sheer cliff face and probably owes his life to Izzy.
At the Tauranga Community Foodbank Mike Baker gave mum and dad a bag of potatoes, and their child said "what's that, potatoes don't look like that, they come in long thin fries."
It's fine to go trout fishing at Lake Tutira as long as you don't make contact with the water. Meanwhile divers have removed a truck load of rubbish from the Blue Lake in Rotorua including truck tyres and cell phones.
Wet and windy weather failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the thousands who flocked to Omokoroa No 1 School's ninth annual Ride-on Mower Day fundraiser.
The flight path taken by Rotorua's Jean Batten, the first person to fly from England to New Zealand, is being retraced.
The Rotorua Musical Theatre is concerned about their up-coming show Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, which is struggling to sell tickets.
The torrential rain that hit Kerikeri's annual half-marathon street party on Saturday didn't keep everyone away.
There was no evidence to suggest the death of a Whangarei man who was struck and killed by a taxi while crossing the road was self-inflicted.
Napier's Friends of Marineland group has acquired 1550 new supporters from a small town in the US who took on their "town board" over an environmental issue and won.
Two Northland-built voyaging waka on their way to Easter Island are now passing the most remote inhabited island in the Pacific.
People continue to get sucked in by Upfront Payment scams.
For some, Christmas is a time of fun and laughter and for others it can be a time of stress, anxiety, sadness, isolation and a time of self-evaluation.
In an apparently blatantly political play for more control, Waikato Regional Council, and its obedient Peter Buckley-led majority faction, has apparently made a dog's breakfast of its own official rulebook.
Apparently we are about 30,000 pigs short this year so may pay to order your Christmas ham early.
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Fletcher Oxford has made it to the grand final of New Zealand's Got Talent.
Hayley Goodall would have celebrated her 21st birthday this week.
Here's the Topp Twins talking about meeting royalty.
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Strange things have been going on around the documentary How Far is Heaven.
Eleven year old Brendon Thompson-Garland has lost his five-year battle with a brain tumour.
The howling southerly and rain tended to slow people down quite a bit at Toast Martinborough wine festival.
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A snow-blind 27-year-old Canadian man was rescued from Mt Aspiring yesterday, after his father in Australia alerted Wanaka police that his son seemed to be in trouble.
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K2 turned "a really good worker" into a "zombie." Meanwhile four bongs used to smoke marijuana have been found at Highcliff Rd war memorial on the Otago Peninsula.
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Over in Oamaru the Wizard worked his magic and the sun shone.
A fairytale castle in Bavaria was the inspiration for Oamaru's Pen-y-Bryn Lodge owners to craft their annual Christmas gingerbread creation.
The engineering company behind the reportedly earthquake-risk Mawhera House in central Greymouth, also designed the Christchurch CTV building.
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The $25.8 million community theatre at the Bendigo Gaol site will move to the next stage after no Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal hearings were requested.
The Bendigo Advertiser reported in August that former City of Greater Bendigo mayor Daryl McClure, his wife, Elaine Chang and Ted Coleman had formally objected to a planning permit in August, but current Bendigo mayor Alec Sandner said any objections had been dealt with.
"While the project had received some objections these have been dealt with in the planning permit conditions," he said.
"We have received notification from the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) that no requests for a hearing on the project were made in relation to the project, which is great news.
"The next stage is the completion of the detailed designs and contract documentation to enable the Victorian Education Department, in association with the City of Greater Bendigo, to put the project out to tender and this is expected to happen before the end of the year."
The theatre design received approval, with only minor changes, from Heritage Victoria in early August. Cr Sandner said he expected construction would begin in early 2013 for completion in 2014.
"This is an extremely important and exciting project for Greater Bendigo and I am pleased that the issuing of the planning permit now provides a green light for the project to move to its next stage."
The project has attracted $12.3 million in federal government funds, $11 million from the state government and $3 million from the council.
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Seconds after his boys basketball squad lost on yet another buzzer-beater, Grayslake North coach Todd Grunloh ran to console a member of Team Grunloh.
Kennedy Grunloh was crying loudly, and not because Lionel Jr. Ortiz gave visiting Woodstock North a thrilling, 62-60 win in a Fox Valley Fox Division opener by sinking his winning shot over Kennedys favorite player, A.J. Fish.
She fell, Grunloh said of his 3½-year-old daughter. She must have been on the edge of her seat.
Who wasnt?
Grayslake North (9-5) overcame a 24-point opening quarter by Woodstock North (7-8) to take a three-point lead in the final minute. But the Knights lost at the buzzer for the second time in four games when the 5-foot-8 Ortiz dribbled toward the baseline and flipped up a running 10-footer over the athletic Fish, whos about 6 inches taller.
Thats how we planned it, said Ortiz, smiling. No, Im just kidding.
Ive been trying to knock down end-of-the-quarter shots, and they havent fell for me until tonight. When (Coach) called timeout, we were sitting down and I was thinking in my head, If I get the ball, Im going to make this.
Ortizs heroics spoiled the performance of Grayslake Norths Danny Mateling, who was making all of his shots. The Knights had taken a 60-57 lead on Matelings 2 free throws with 47.8 seconds left.
Mateling, a senior and three-year varsity guard, finished with a game- and career-high 25 points.
But Woodstock North guard Steven Whiting (team-high 15 points) hit an around-and-in 3-pointer with Mateling closing quickly, tying the score with 30 seconds left.
That was a good shot, Mateling said. Whiting, hes good.
Woodstock North got the chance to win the game after Grayslake North turned the ball over with nine seconds left. After a timeout, the visitors raced the ball into frontcourt.
We told the kids to get the ball inbounds. That was our No. 1 goal, Thunder coach Steve Ryan said. The second thing was, we wanted the last shot. We spread it out and we were just running our motion offense. We set the screen at the top (by Nick Herscha). You never know what can happen when you get a shot up.
Ortiz, whose shooting earlier in the game set the tone, found the ball in his hands as the final seconds ticked off. As he was all night, he was aggressive and confident.
His 8 points, which included a pair of 3-pointers, had helped stake Woodstock North to a 24-14 lead (10-of-13 shooting) after one quarter.
The Thunder sank 5 of 9 shots in the fourth and finished 24 of 44 (55 percent) for the game. Besides Whiting, Woodstock North also got double-digit points from Ortiz (14 points, three 3s, 4 assists), sophomore guard Josh Jandron (12 points) and guard Shane Zieman (11 points, three 3-pointers).
They shot it well for four quarters, Grunloh said. I didnt think we did great defensively, but at the same time, they deserve all the credit. They made some open shots, and they made some contested shots.
Woodstock North led by 12 early in the second quarter, but Fish scored 11 of his 18 points to help bring Grayslake North within 33-29 by halftime. The hosts pulled even in third, only to see the Thunder go back up by 10, before Mateling closed the quarter with back-to-back 3s to cut the Knights deficit to 48-46.
Mateling shot 9 of 14 from the floor, sinking four 3-pointers, and 3 of 4 from the line.
Grayslake North, which also got 8 points from Nick Carmody, had lost to McHenry in Grants tournament on a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Its rough, said Mateling, whose previous career best of 23 points came against Crystal Lake Central last season. I liked that we played hard to get back in the game, but the first quarter definitely (hurt) our game. Our defense wasnt running too hot.
Things went very well for us all night long, Ryan said. Its nice to see the kids get this.


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New to Subaru, just bought a 90 legacy
Posted 10 November 2012 - 11:16 AM
1: I noticed that when I turn sharp that the car slows down to a stop really quick like the front wheels are stopping it almost. Or when driving and turning sharp it's like the front wheels are skipping. Is the Subaru front wheel dominant or rear wheel dominat for the 4WD? Or is it a 50-50 distribution of power? So I was just wondering if this is normal?
2: How wide of a tire can I run under it? I've found some 205/70r14 snow tires for a fair price but don't want to get them if they are too wide for the car.
Posted 10 November 2012 - 11:37 AM
1: no that's not normal. It sounds like the vehicle has torque bind. First, do the tires all match model and nominal size and treadwear? That is the first question.
Is it automatic or is it a manual transmission? It's really all wheel drive, it's not really a conventional 4WD setup with a transfer case.
Usually for snow tires you don't really want a super wide tire. You want it to be relatively narrower usually.
Posted 10 November 2012 - 11:56 AM
The car is a "full time 4WD" is what it says on the dash and the rear of the car.
I'm not familiar with Subaru's or newer cars in general as my real passion is air cooled VW's.
Thanks for the help so far
Posted 10 November 2012 - 12:06 PM
Hm ok I haven't ever seen a 1990 in person, on Joe's site it says 'full time AWD' http://www.cars101.c...cy_archive.html
Posted 10 November 2012 - 01:57 PM
Torque bind would be a bad VC. You can change them without pulling the tranny out of the car. Just drop the back down and pull off the extension housing and transfer case. The VC and center diff will slide out and can be replaced.
Posted 05 March 2014 - 09:22 AM
Where do you find these things? I'm searching and can't find them listed anywhere. This is not looking good....
What years are compatible with my 1990 legacy? I'm going to search some more for this part.
Edited by Asesapie, 05 March 2014 - 09:59 AM.
Posted 06 March 2014 - 09:48 AM
So I am needing some suggestions on where to find a good used VC as I don't have that much cash to fix the car. I am unable to locate any on the internet. Where did all of you that fixed your VC get yours?
What years are compatible with my 1990 Legacy.
If I can't get this fixed soon the car is going to have to go. I need your help.
Posted 07 March 2014 - 10:14 PM
90 to 94 should be compatible.
Sorry I cant be much more help than that - my 90 was an automatic so I know little about the manual version.
Posted 07 March 2014 - 11:10 PM
90-98 any legacy/impreza/forester center diff will work. It can easily be done with the trans still in the car.
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I'm having a problem with my SalesTax program. The problem is my array of doubles won't show up in the frame "amount". The doubles show up in the console view in eclipse but i'm trying to get the doubles such as (Enter Item, Next Item) to show up in the frame "amount". In the constructor for "amount" i haven't instantiated the doubles because so far i have only learned to instantiate things like textfields, textareas, labels, & buttons.
I would like to for these doubles to display in the amount frame similar to the console view in eclipse.
Thanks in advance
import static java.lang.Math.*; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.util.Scanner; import javax.swing.JFrame; import java.awt.*; public class SalesTax extends JFrame { public SalesTax(){ super("Amount"); setSize(300,300); setLocation(100,400); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setBackground(java.awt.Color.lightGray); setLayout(new GridLayout(12,12)); setVisible(true); //Create a Scanner Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); // Enter Your Item Value System.out.print("Enter Item: "); double retail = input.nextDouble(); //Enter 2nd Item Value System.out.print("Next Item:"); double retail2 = input.nextDouble(); //Add both items double total = (retail + retail2); // Calculate Tax on Both Items double tax = (total) * .0725; //Total Amount Due double amount = (total + tax); // Display result System.out.printf("Your total is $%.2f", total, Math.ceil(total)); System.out.println(); System.out.printf("Your tax is $%.2f", tax, Math.ceil(tax)); System.out.println(); System.out.printf("Total due is $%.2f", amount, Math.ceil(amount)); setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { SalesTax test = new SalesTax(); } }
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|2009-12-13, 20:32
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Location: Massachusetts, USA
Age: 30
The only issue is that Amazon gives you free shipping for orders of $25 or more, but with Rightstuf you need an order of ~$49 or more to get free shipping. But if you're getting a good number of items, it's usually much cheaper and more efficient.
And Rightstuf is about as legitimate as you can get since the company also licenses anime (as Nozomi Entertainment, producers of Marimite, Victorian Romance Emma, etc in R1 land).
|2010-01-08, 19:25
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: England
Age: 23
Where can i buy anime for the U,K?
I could not find a post about this... please show me the correct one if there is one,
I love anime but i can never buy any because the majority is made in japan - shipped to the u.s and then maybe moved to the u.k. I've searched countless times to buy region two anime with english subtitles (and dubs if available but thats optional). for example, some of my fave animes are mahoromatic and shakugan no shana, seems they shipped both titles to america and then only shipped the first series to england.
another anime i like called seto no hanayome has been recently liscenced and shipped to america... and thats it. it just damn annoyes the hell outta me. I want to buy animes but they aint sold here. as far as i know, if i search for anime it comes up with american sites, if i search region two it comes up with japanese sites... i'm just wondering if there are any special otaku shops you can go to or something to buy anime. I'm also interested in any other people with this problem.
thanks guys.
EDIT: Do'h, just spotted a section like this on the stickys, gnna read through that now. ^^ baka.
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|2010-01-09, 10:24
|Link #444
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Age: 30
2. Therefore, America gets more anime DVD releases.
It's inescapable economics.
The UK does get anime on DVD, just not as much as the US. I don't know much about R2 UK licenses, but there are a bunch of people on the AnimeOnDVD R2 board who do. If you need help or have a question, that might be a good place to ask:
For example, one useful thing they maintain is this master list of "Upcoming R2 UK Release Dates":
|2010-01-10, 01:54
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Location: England
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|2010-01-10, 02:02
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: England
Age: 23
just checked the link, the only things that interest me are mahoromatic:something more beautiful and the ichigo 100% manga. I really need to get "The familiar of zero" "Shakugan no Shana series 2" "mahoromatic:something more beautiful" and "Chibi vampire Karin" imports
|2010-01-13, 22:47
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Join Date: Nov 2003
http://www.erogeshop.com/index.php Mostly Japanese
A few sites here and there sell English eroge, but not many of them have been localized.
|2010-01-13, 23:29
|Link #450
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Age: 30
There are really only two active companies that localize eroge into English: JastUSA (http://www.jastusa.com. J-List is a sister company that also sells their games, but if you want to look at just eroge, I'd look there) and MangaGamer (listed above). It's a very small market, but it plugs along.
You can also buy a few eroge in English on DLsite. Some, like "Violent Semen Inferno" (http://eng.dlsite.com/work/=/product_id/RE018397.html) are available as a payed download that comes in English. You can also buy many others on DLsite and play them with English translation patches from http://www.darktranslations.com (just follow the "Buy" link for each game to go to it's DLsite page.).
I'm no expert on eroge, but if you need help, I'd suggest asking the people from the JastUSA forums: http://www.jastusa.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=14. It has a rather knowledgeable userbase.
|2010-01-14, 00:11
|Link #451
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Location: Washington, DC, USA
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Palet Web (NSFW) and Erogeshop (NSFW). Palet Web mainly offers used visual novels, but they do carry some new ones. You can also buy them through the use of a deputy or intermediary service and buy them through normal Japanese shops (Softmap, for example). Yahoo Auctions Japan is also a great place to buy used visual novels (but again, you normally need to use a deputy service). If you're in the US and go to cons, Hen-Da-Ne sells some imported visual novels at their table.
|2010-01-17, 18:23
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Auckland, NZ
anyone know how to get Japan-exclusive releases for a non-retardly marked up price eg this?
ebay and playasia are crazy (some prices are increased 100%+ -_-), otacute and nihonju are soso (around 30% markup)- wondering if there are any sites that offer prices as close to retail as possible. I realise that this thread is more for DVDs but the figurine thread just seemed inappropriate.
|2010-01-18, 03:40
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To be frank, 30% markup for a Japan Exclusive item isn't that bad.
|2010-01-30, 22:12
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|2010-02-01, 22:55
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|2010-02-08, 17:05
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: England
Age: 23
Ok guys, I'm screwed, need help.
Right, my prediciment is thus:
1) I live in the united kingdom.
2) I love anime, and I wish to purchase some.
3) Alot of what I watch is not released in the uk.
4) To name a few examples, Mahoromatic series 2, Shana series 2, Zero no tsukaima (all series)
5)I wish for the animes to be region 1/2, preferably 2 but i'm not bothered, I can buy a multi region dvd player.
6)I wish for there to be english subtitles and an english dub option (not necessary if there is none available but I would highly prefer one.)
7) I highly prefer series box-sets and not the volume dvds.
Now the hard part, purchasing.
1) I'm in england so there are extremely few anime shops to purchase from.
2) If we find one they likely wont sell my partcular anime.
3) My dad is very picky about online purchasing.
4) There is little chance he will buy using a paypal card but he might.
5) He will only purchase online If the website is based in the uk and has full contact details - he doesn't trust any website that only leaves email addresses.
Price wise, I would prefer series under 15 episodes to cost around £10-£20 and series of around 20+ episodes around £15-£35.
This is a LOT to ask for so I'm shitting myself. any help or advice please >.>
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I don't spend much time reporting things to management, but this is a case where I would. Store employees should not be spouting racist garbage at customers!
Hey, nice to meet another happily childfree person who can't have kids without fertility treatments or whatever. I am in the same boat.
My flabber is well and truly gasted. I had a strange and bizarre interaction at a local store the other day. The lady who I was dealing with was in her 60's, which is relevant to the story.... BG: I don't have kids, nor do I want them. Occasionally I'm asked in passing if I have kids, I say "no", and if pressed, will simply say that I can't have them, which usually repels rude and nosy questions and is still etiquette friendly. I find that especially with older women like the lady in this story, they'll accept "I can't have children" at face value without question, but get ridiculously offended if I tell them the real reason, which is that I've never wanted kids enough to go down the fertility treatment road. I'm not interested in discussing my reproductive equipment with strangers or casual acquaintances, so this option works fine for me, as most people assume it's a painful subject and are polite enough not to pry.Most of the time, anyway. Until "Store Lady".Me: Enters store, brings purchase to counter.Store Lady: **small talk, weather, blabbetty blah** So, how many kids do you have?Me: No kids. I have 3 nephews though (this usually distracts them)Store Lady: What??? No kids??? Why not??Me: (thinking "oh no, it's the Childbearing Evangelist, better shut this down") I can't have them.Store Lady: Well, you know not enough Orange people are having kids and all the Other Colors are! You'll see when you get older! This is a big problem! You should be doing something or there will be no more Orange people.Me: That's an interesting assumption. Well, I can't have kids, so I'm off the hook.Store Lady: I just don't know what's wrong with all the girls today. There was never any of this infertility when *I* was younger. Why, my mother had 5 kids! Everyone had kids! You should have 3 kids...2 to replace the parents and one for the country. That's the RIGHT thing to do!Me: . Um. Thankyouhaveanicedaybye!!!! (flees store, never to return)I've experienced people who think it's their duty to convince me to have a kid before, and even the nasty "THEY are out-reproducing US" attitude (so weird), but this is the first time I've been told that it's my duty to my country to clone myself!
Yowza! You know, you get used to a certain amount of, "No kids! Oh, my..." and just try to grit your teeth and accept that not everyone thinks the same way, but that is crazy. I did once have a friend insist that i need to reproduce because my above average intelligence needed to be passed on ... that may be where my line of coming from a long line of schizophrenic cross-addicted alcoholics with bad teeth came from Hey, nice to meet another happily childfree person who can't have kids without fertility treatments or whatever. I am in the same boat. I always say it couldn't have happened to a better person.
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Columbus, OH……..Austin Nemire of Sylvania, Ohio wheeled his Hemelgarn Racing Enterprises Beast to a 20-lap USAC HPD Midwest victory Saturday night at Columbus Motor Speedway. He also won Friday's race at Xenia, Ohio. At CMS, he passed Adam Thomason on lap eight and led the final 13 laps to beat Calvin Carroll, Thomason, Jacob Stickle and Nikki Carroll.
HPD USAC MIDWEST PAVEMENT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 3, 2014 – Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Austin Nemire, 91, Nemire-14.508; 2. Adam Thomason, 74, Thomason-14.693; 3. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-14.746; 4. Nikki Carroll, 5, Carroll-15.053; 5. Jacob Stickle, 14, Stickle-15.195; 6. Steve Myers, 88, Myers-17.035.
HEAT RACE: (8 Laps) 1. Nemire, 2. Thomason, 3. C.Carroll, 4. N.Carroll, 5. Stickle, 6. Myers.
FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Austin Nemire, 2. Calvin Carroll, 3. Adam Thomason, 4. Jacob Stickle, 5. Nikki Carroll, 6. Steve Myers. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Thomason, Laps 8-20 Nemire.
NEW HPD MIDWEST PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Nemire-148, 2-C.Carroll-127, 3-Stickle-119, 4-N.Carroll-115, 5-Myers-96, 6-Thomason-66, 7-Tate Martz-63.
NEXT HPD MIDWEST PAVEMENT MIDGET RACE: May 23 – Indianapolis (IN) Speedrome


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HELLO NEW YEAR, GOODBYE MOON - It's New Years Eve! While the Botsfords celebrate with the greatest party ever, Dr. Two Brains is planning to turn the moon into cheese. Will the new year begin with Two Brains acting on his resolution to feast on a cheesy moon, or will WordGirl be able to stop him in time? Vocabulary Words: Massive, Resolution. ART IN THE PARK - Becky agrees to help out Violet with her poetry/painting/music performance. Meanwhile, Mr. Big has turned into a self-help guru, touting a good kind of mind control. Can Becky help out her best friend while finding out the truth behind Mr. Big's big ruse? Vocabulary Words: Performance, Ruse.
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Aside from being a successful solo artist, Sammy Hagar, aka the Red Rocker, has surrounded himself with some of the world's best guitar players as a member of Montrose, Van Halen, and Chickenfoot. But Hagar himself is no slouch when it comes to playing killer riffs and soloing. Sammy says that he is self-taught, and that he's picked up quite a few tips and tricks along the way from guys like Ronnie Montrose, and Eddie Van Halen. Gibson guitars have always been a part of Hagar's guitar collection, and he is often seen playing Les Pauls and Explorers on stage. Hagar even has his own signature Explorer, and a signature Les Paul - the Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul . Here's a few quotes from Sammy on what he likes about Gibson guitars, his influences, his guitar playing style, and some advice for wannabe guitar players.
In a video interview with Gibson, Sammy talked about what he likes about the Les Paul:
"I've always been a Les Paul, Gibson player. For some reason, the necks, the way they sound, the weight of a Les Paul is important when you're throwing that big rock pose, and the guitar is hanging down hard. You got a light guitar and you throw the pose you feel the guitar bouncing around, Les Paul's like - bam! So it's got a really macho thing. It makes you just feel rough and tough playing. It's like driving a muscle car for me. The Les Paul's like a muscle car."
In that same interview, Sammy spoke about using a Gibson Explorer on his early albums:
"I love an Explorer because on my 1979 Danger Zone front album cover, I had this Explorer on the cover. I played an Explorer half my pre-Van Halen years - I was an Explorer player. I had this wonderful Explorer. It was one of the first remakes I think - it was the first remake of the Explorer. I still have that guitar, and I used it on all those albums, on Danger Zone, 'Love or Money' - the song 'Trans Am' [which is actually from the album Street Machine.] That album was done with that Explorer."
Hagar also imparted some advice to up-and-coming guitarists:
"Because I sing and play guitar, I never, except in the early days, did what you're suppose to do to become the hottest guitar slinger. Like with Joe Satriani, Eddie Van Halen - those guys sat in a room and practiced scales all day. [...] If you wanna be a slinger, you got to go in and put in the time. There's no other gateway to get around it, you cannot cheat."
In another video interview, Hagar talked to Gibson about all the songs he's written on Gibson guitars:
"I've written, like I said, probably 90 percent of the songs, other than acoustic songs [on Gibson guitars]. My electric [songs], you know "One Way To Rock," "I Can't Drive 55," "Heavy Metal" - they were all written on Les Pauls, or an Explorer. I have a few Explorers. It's the idea when you strap on a big, heavy, fat neck Gibson, and you crank in to a big loud cranked-up amp. It inspires you to write a certain way."
Hagar also discussed his Gibson collection:
"Now I've got about 25 Les Pauls probably. I got three Explorers, I think. I have a couple Gibson acoustics, old Hummingbirds, things like that. [...] I have my gorgeous, 1953 I think it is, lap slide. It's not a steel guitar with the pedals, it's a lap slide. This baby is made one-dimensional - to make a racket, and I love that. I like my Gibson collection."
In a video interview with Guitar.com that came out around the time of his Ten 13 album in 2000, Sammy Hagar talked about the first guitar player to influence him:
"I'm a self-taught kind of guy. I never took any lessons, except you know, other guitar players would teach me a lick here, a lick there. My first real influence on guitar was Eric Clapton. There's no question about it, he was the guy that made me wanna play guitar. In John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, and Cream, Eric Clapton was the king to me. He still is one of the greatest players of all time. I play from that style of a root. I didn't come from an Eddie Van Halen school, I'm a little older than that."
In that same interview, Hagar also talked about his self-developed, pull-off guitar playing style:
"I use to play off the Albert King position. Everything's kind of based on that. Billy Gibbons use this position. I was always so frustrated that those old blues guys, that slow style which I love, but I'd get in front of 10,000 people, and I'd say 'man I can't be up here that relaxed.' So I started playing by always using pull-offs. I really developed a pull-off style playing guitar. I always do a little pull-off thing, and it sounds like I'm playing faster sometimes than I really am."
Earlier this year Vegas Rocks! Magazine asked Sammy what he'd say to Eddie Van Halen if he bumped in to him:
"Here's my phone number, call me up if you wanna hang and just have some fun and goof off. Whatever that led to. I wouldn't say 'Hey, let's get together and do it again!' Because you would have to do that slow because I would never do it again under the last circumstances. But I would do it again under different circumstances. So it'd be like that. Then I would also say 'and also, here's Mikey's [Michael Anthony, original Van Halen bassist] phone number with mine."
Sammy told Gibson.com what he likes about the Gibson Les Paul Studio:
"I think the Les Paul Studio guitar is the most versatile, all-round, out-of-sight guitar there is. First of all, I don't use any effects – no pedals, nothing. I plug that guitar directly into the amp. When you hit a big power chord on that guitar -- through, say, a Marshall that's really cranked up -- the Les Paul has a grunt and a growl that's unbeatable. And when you turn the volume back, on the amp, and play with a clean sound, it's got a nice rock and roll punch. If I were allowed to have just one guitar, it would be the Les Paul."
It's not all about Les Pauls and Explorers with Hagar. He once told Gibson.com about one of his favorite rhythm sounds:
"I also had an ES-335. I played the 335 with the toggle switch in the middle position, using both pickups, with a semi-clean – but not totally clean – amp sound. That's one of the best rhythm sounds you'll find anywhere on the planet."
We'll end with one of Sammy's quotes from the first video interview, that sums it all up pretty well:
"I love Gibson guitars. I do not do this for money folks! I have a job that pays well. I do it cause I love it."
Check out the Red Rocker jamming on his Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul :


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Hawks flash potential in D-I opener
Fifty-eight points does not constitute an offensive explosion, but the Bishop Hendricken basketball team needed only to look back at its last meeting with Mt. Pleasant to see that it was a step in the right direction.
The Hawks gave up 44 points to the Kilties in Friday's season opener, exactly the same number they allowed to Mt. Pleasant in a January meeting last season. They lost that game 44-36. On Friday, they won 58-44. It's early, but it was an indication that the Hawks have turned last season's Achilles heel into much less of a weakness – and maybe the beginning of a strength.
"Our teams the last few years have been grind-it-out, defensive teams because we couldn't score in bunches," said head coach Jamal Gomes. "We can do that this year. Last year, we averaged 49 a game. This year, in our two games, we're up around 58, 59. That was with 13 missed free throws tonight. You make some of those, now we're up in the 60's. If we can get up to that point consistently, we're going to be in great shape."
Junior Matt Duffie and freshman Justin Mazzulla led the Hawks with 12 points each. The Hawks never suffered through the kind of long drought that was common last season, with persistence in getting to the basket creating consistent opportunities. On the downside, they committed 23 turnovers, but that didn't override the general feeling of improvement.
"I understand it's early and we've got a lot of things to work on, especially handling pressure," Gomes said. "This year, we've got guys who are getting to the basket. We haven't had that in a couple of years. When you have that, it opens up a world of things."
While the Hawks made just one of their first nine field goal attempts, they got to the basket and forced the issue, getting themselves to the free-throw line five times in the game's first six minutes.
In the meantime, the defense didn't miss a beat in its quest to match last year's squad. Playing a 2-3 zone, the Hawks held the Kilties scoreless for the first 5:25 of the game.
"I wasn't expecting us to play perfect," Gomes said. "I told them prior to the game, I expect three things – effort, energy and enthusiasm. I thought all were very good."
Hendricken led 7-0 but saw the deficit cut to one at 9-8 when the Kilties finally settled in. The Hawks responded, though, going on an 8-0 run to regain control. Six of the points came on fast breaks.
The Hawks led by as many as 12 before the Kilties scored the final seven points of the half. Hendricken led 26-21 at the break.
At the start of the second half, the Kilties made their run. Three Hendricken turnovers set the stage for a 9-0 burst that gave Mt. Pleasant its first lead of the game.
The danger for the young Hawks was panic, but they never let it set in. Ira Lough hit a jumper from the elbow to tie the game. After the Kilties went in front again, Lough scored inside to make it 32-32. Garfield Coustard then scored on the break, stole the ball and passed it ahead to Mazzulla for another bucket. Chris O'Brien then buried a three, and just like that the Hawks were back up by seven. The run came in 1:16.
They never trailed again.
"We showed some character because we didn't get off to a good start in the second half," Gomes said. "We battled back and we scored in bunches in the second half. We haven't done that in a couple of years."
The Kilties got as close as three before the Hawks pulled away again thanks to a 7-0 run. A dunk by Will Parmlee with 3:18 left put Hendricken up by 10 and the lead never dipped below double digits.
"I think we're back to playing Hendricken basketball – tough defense with solid offense," Gomes said.
Parmlee tallied nine points to go with the 12 points from Duffie and Mazzulla. Kyle Henseler chipped in eight.
All in all, it was a solid first step.
"I really like the potential of this group," Gomes said. "I've been telling them that since the beginning of the season. But I've also been telling them potential and a bag of chips equals a bag of chips. Potential is only good if you reach it."
The Hawks will have an opportunity for more growth this week. They'll travel to Boston for the BABC Holiday Classic, with a game against Dorchester (Mass.) High School on Friday and a matchup with perennial Connecticut powerhouse Windsor on Saturday.
"They'll be good, quality games for us," Gomes said. "Then it's back to league play."
The D-I slate resumes Dec. 30 with a 7 p.m. home game against Smithfield.


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Fate of the World is a strategy game that simulates the real social and environmental impact of global climate change over the next 200 years. The science, the politics, the destruction - it's all real, and it's scary. Your mission: Solve the crisis. But, like life, it won't be easy. You'll have to work through natural disasters, foreign diplomacy, clandestine operations, technological breakthroughs, and somehow satisfy the food and energy needs of a growing world population. Will you help the planet or become an agent of destruction? IndieGames.com says: "A superbly addictive management game about the future of the Earth, in which no-one is ever damn happy."
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This deadly poison could save your life
Exclusive: Creek Stewart explains chemistry of cleaning water in an emergency
Some people believe our next great war will not be over oil or debt or religion, but fresh drinking water. Did you know that only 2.5 percent of all water on earth is considered drinkable? Almost 70 percent of that 2.5 percent rests in glaciers and ice caps. The rest is groundwater or in freshwater lakes and rivers like Lake Michigan and the Colorado River. All of mankind depends on these fresh water sources.
The earth is like a bubble. In general, nothing gets in or out of the earth's atmosphere (except for an occasional astronaut or meteor). This means that all of the water we have is all we're going to get. You're more than likely drinking water that's been recycled over and over by Mother Nature for centuries.
Water is a critical resource to a survivor. Whether stranded on a deserted island or lost at sea on a cruise ship, water will always be at the top of our list of survival priorities. Every piece of information you can learn about how to store, process, access, source, collect and purify fresh drinking water should be considered a valuable life skill. Humans can only survive 3 days without water. Lack of fresh drinking water is the cause of hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide. In this article I want to give you just one tool in your survival water arsenal.
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Emergency disinfection of drinking water with regular household bleach
Clearly, not all water is drinkable. Most open water sources in lakes and rivers contain biological parasites that can cause severe stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and even death. In large scale disasters, even fresh drinking water can be infected with open water sources or even sewage. You never know when you might need to disinfect water to drink in an emergency.
As everyone knows, many municipal water systems use chlorine to disinfect water. Often, the use of chlorine is combined with other purification systems such as filtration and ultra violet treatments. All you have to do is sniff your tap water – it's no secret. Why chlorine? Simple – it works.
It just so happens that Sodium Hypochlorite is the active ingredient in common household bleach. Sodium Hypochlorite is the source of chlorine in bleach. Most "off-the-shelf" bleach products will contain between 4- and 6-percent available chlorine. It is in this range that all of the below information and ratios are based. You will want to read the label and verify this first – otherwise you are just guessing.
It's important that you only use regular bleach – nothing fancy with flowers, fresh mountains and little teddy bears on the label. No frills, just standard unscented bleach. The label should look like below:
When it comes to disinfecting water, it seems there is a different ratio and percentage for all kinds of different purifying agents, and it can get really confusing. It can be hard to keep these ratios and solutions straight, but it is very important that we do. All of the liters, quarts, drops, gallons, mL, cups and percentages are very easy to lose track of. I have a very simple memory phrase when it comes to disinfecting water with bleach. Once you read this phrase, you will never forget how to disinfect water with bleach again.
The phrase is: "You must be 21 to drink."
How simple is that? It is a simple reminder that you need 2 drops of bleach per 1 liter or quart of water – hence 21. And, that just happens to be the legal drinking age in the U.S. so it's easy to remember. Now, you will never forget it.
You do need to wait a while before drinking, though. The wait time for disinfecting with bleach is 30 minutes. I remember this with: 2 + 1 = 3.
The last important detail to remember is that the water should be clear. Cloudy or turbid water drastically affects the ability for almost all chemical purifiers to do their job properly. You may have to pre-filter the water first to make it clear.
Chlorine bleach is a common item in our society. It's good to know how we can use it to disinfect water if needed to one day. As I always say, it's better to know it and never use it than to not know and need it.
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"When you create a strong brand, creating a memorable story is easy. Opportunities to tell your story begin with your employees and radiate outward. Your story goes viral effortlessly."
So says author Gail Kent and she's right. Whether you have employees or not, her advice for creating your unique brand story is useable for any size business. It has to do with values, passion, standing out.
Gail uses the company Zappos as an example to illustrate her points. And there's a great video to watch where Zappos shares its story.
Read the author's tips and start creating your unique story. Enjoy!