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|View Poll Results: Madoka Magica - Favourite Character(s) Poll
|Kaname Madoka
|Akemi Homura
|Miki Sayaka
|Tomoe Mami
|Sakura Kyoko
|Shizuki Hitomi
|Kamijou Kyousuke
|Kaname Junko
|Kaname Tomohisa
|Kaname Tatsuya
|Saotome Kazuko
|Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 313. You may not vote on this poll
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|2011-05-17, 05:36
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My votes went to:
Homura Akemi
Do I need a reason? A strong willed fighter determined to save her best friend from a tragic fate! That reminds me of another certain anime girl... With that aside, there's no way Homerun wouldn't get my vote!
Sayaki Miki
Why does she have so little votes for one of the main characters? She's not that popular, huh... Ironic that she's my favorite character, too. She's free spirited and fun, but also has a heart of a young girl in love. If only this anime was a bit longer, we could have seen a bit more to Sayaka's character than a girl in love with Kyosuke, and well, what happened afterwards too, of course... Her downfall was heartbreaking! I love Sayaka!
Kyoko Sakura
Scratch that. Kyoko and Sayaka are equally awesome in my perspective. I love how hot blooded she is, and her love of food. o u o;
If you do consider him a villain, he's one of the best villains known to anime. Ever. Cute and creepy!
Kyosuke Kamijo
Why did I vote for him again? He was a jerk to Sayaka... But, I suppose his previous and seemingly kind attitude he had in the first couple episodes just stuck with me til the end. I actually think he's adorable.
Tatsuya Kaname
Well, background characters need votes too. Plus, just look at him! Adorable! Adorable!
I should have voted for Mami, but I thought that it'd seem odd to vote for all of the Puella Magi except the main character, right? Madoka... didn't interest me.
|2011-05-17, 06:12
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Two votes for Kamijou already... Let Sayaka's smile from above be your reward, guys.
In Madoka's case, we may debate about her kind-heartedness and will to help others, and complain about the lack of motivation for that as long as we wish. But her self-sacrificing traits don't seem innate, if you come to think of it. They are partly based upon her original personality (which becomes part of motivation itself here) plus the events she undergoes - the acquisition of magical powers , feeling like a hero that IS useful to the world, losing her friends in battle, finding out the truth behind the system... In timeline 5, Madoka clearly wasn't self-sacrificiing from the start, and that's presumably why she apologises tearfully to Mami in episode 4 (she's too shocked and scared to become a magical girl, even knowing that her wish might be able to bring Mami back). Then, as her best friend becomes involved and squashed under the pressure of the system, she becomes desperate to help her. And by the episode 12, having learnt enough the HARD way and realising that people around her are in danger and the girl who have been trying to protect her is going to perish inevitably... That pretty much does it. There were many talks about the reasons behind Madoka's self-denial, but it seems to me it's not in her character - that's in the CHANGE she undergoes due to the events of the show.
And original personalities... good luck guessing the motivation behind them. Why is Madoka so sweet? Why is Sayaka so energetic yet shy around the guy she likes (such combo is common, but NOT obligatory)? Why is Kamijou so oblivious? And so on and so forth.
|2011-05-17, 10:41
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So, as you see, you can only understand the change/action of a character, if you understand the character before that change, and for that, you need to know what makes the character tick.
I understand Homura (because of her illness) and I understand Kyoko (being the kid of a priest) but there's no way I can understand Sayaka (why so self-righteous?) or even less Madoka (why did she want to help people to that extant, way beyond a normal desire to be helpful??)
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|2011-05-17, 11:52
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Likewise, some people want to help others just for the sake of helping others. There's nothing in particular that they hope to gain from that, other than, perhaps, the satisfaction of knowing that they helped other people. Madoka is such a person, I think.
But if you really need a reason for why Madoka wants to help others, I would say it's partly because she feels uniquely fortunate to have the family and friends and life that she has, and hence feels that to be deserving of such a charmed existence she needs to give back to the world around her. The irony here is that by acting on this motivation, the nature of Madoka's own existence is changed irrevocably.
Sayaka, I think, was motivated in a similar way (Sayaka implied that herself with her own words), except that romantic longing caused her feelings to focus much more on one particular person: Kamijou.
Sayaka is actually pretty normal, in my view. Especially for a teenage girl. She has a fairly typical streak of youthful idealism, hardly anything out of the ordinary.
I think where some viewers misjudge Sayaka is in evaluating her actions through the prism of our 3rd person omniscient perspective, along with us being fairly genre savvy and knowing who the writer of Madoka Magica is.
But Sayaka has none of that of course. To properly evaluate Sayaka and her actions, you have to keep in mind how other characters and plot events come across to her, and of the limitations in knowledge that she has to work with.
So when a new transfer student shows up at Madoka's school, puts up an impeccable cold front, and asks Madoka some rather "out there" questions about whether or not Madoka loves the people she cares about, Sayaka naturally is quite disturbed by this when she sees it and/or hears about it.
Wouldn't you be disturbed and weirded out if your best friend was approached by a complete stranger asking her if she cares about her loved ones or not?
While Homura's actions are quite understandable given her situation, it's also quite understandable how and why Sayaka could develop a generally negative view of Homura.
Then, later on, Homura tries to kill a strange and seemingly defenseless/harmless creature (Kyubey). Homura then later refuses Mami's olive branch offering of a grief seed gift, free of charge. In both of these cases, I can see why Homura made the decisions that she did, but that doesn't impact on how Sayaka views it.
Sayaka naturally comes to view Homura as a weird, powerful, and dangerous delinquent. Sayaka is incorrect in that assessment, of course, but can you really blame her for thinking that? I certainly can't.
On the other end of things, Sayaka and Madoka are rescued by the gallant, stylish, and charming Mami. Oh, and the cool, calm, and collected Mami too (going by outward appearances). Why wouldn't Sayaka take a strong liking towards Mami? Why wouldn't Madoka, for that matter?
Then Sayaka and Madoka find out that these bizarre super-powered beings called "witches" are causing serious problems, up to and including causing people to attempt suicide. Well, I can certainly understand a person wanting to shy away from these dangerous opponents, but at the same time it's not hard to see why somebody would want to put a stop to them either. If nothing else, Sayaka and Madoka would understandably want to ensure that their families and friends can't be victimized by these witches.
Through all of this, Mami seems trustworthy enough, and Kyubey isn't doing or saying much to give away his true motivations. Oh, sure, we viewers have reason to suspect Kyubey because we know this is a Gen Urobuchi-wrote story, but Sayaka and Madoka don't know that. Putting aside cynicism (which, it's important to remember, tends to come with age), there's not much reason for Sayaka or Madoka to think that Mami and Kyubey are anything but on "the up and up". And heck, they were right about Mami at least.
Later on Sayaka runs into Kyouko, and Kyouko rather forcefully states that familiars should be allowed to roam free to become witches. Well, such an approach will lead to more innocent people being victimized, at least in the short term. Sayaka is quite correct in bringing that up.
Is it really that hard to see why Sayaka wouldn't want to let innocent people be victimized when a few sword slashes on her part can prevent it? I don't think you need to be "self-righteous" to feel that way, or to take exception to a person arguing that it's Ok to just throw innocent lives away for pragmatic purposes. I mean, weren't most people here arguing against such "ends justify the means" logic when arguing at length against Kyubey, even before the "magical girls become witches" reveal was made?
Now that's not to say that Kyouko's cynicism wasn't understandable given what we later find out about her background, but nor is Sayaka's idealism something that should be hard to understand and find reasonable given the circumstances.
Not in every conflict is one person "right" and the other person "wrong". In many conflicts, both sides have understandable reasons for taking the position that they're taking, and it's simply a matter of different backgrounds and/or different degrees of knowledge helping to shape different perspectives.
In fact, one of the understated strengths of Madoka Magica is how raw, real, and ambiguous many of its moral and philosophical conflicts are. The disagreements between Sayaka and Homura, Sayaka and Kyouko, and Sayaka and Madoka, all seem reasonable and even realistic to me. In all cases, I see where both sides are coming from, and I see where both sides have good arguments that can be made.
Sayaka is simply a pretty normal girl with fairly conventional moral values (thrown into a world that's anything but conventional, unfortunately for her ).
Did she make many mistakes? Sure, but a lot of that has to do with Sayaka not having all the facts to work with, or even knowing where to go to find those facts.
|2011-05-17, 12:52
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For instance, the most interesting American superheroes have clear and proper motivations: Spider-man has his guilt over the death of his uncle, Batman the death of his father, etc. The superheroes without proper motivations come from weaker narratives, and even then, new movies or tv series will come out to give those characters more depth (aka, better and more clear motivations behind their actions), the Smallville series comes to mind.
So what about Sayaka. Do we even know her parents? No. And her friends are just normal school friends, nothing more. So, why are her ideals as strong, if not stronger than Kyoko's?
We don't know, and since we don't know, we have to think, we have to assume, and that defeats the purpose. Analyzing actions and ideals of a character to discern the motivations behind those actions is an oxymoron, since the motivations are supposed to be there to explain those actions and ideals in the first place.
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|2011-05-17, 12:55
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The whole problem with Sayaka is that pride was bitting her in the ass. If she were to accept the soul gem from Kyouko and Homura, she would still live.
She had dug her own grave with her own foolishness and pridefulness.
Even though her crazy moments were cool, I can't really sympafize with her.
|2011-05-17, 15:26
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I think that Homura threatens to kill Sayaka in order to confront precisely this suicidal drive. Homura is basically forcing Sayaka to ask herself "Do I really want to die?"
Sayaka's rapidly worsening situation (and Hitomi's discussion with her about Kamijou in particular) basically drove her to a point where she wanted to die.
|2011-05-17, 16:47
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the other instances of helping others, don't involve the cost of madoka's (normal human) life at all. then, when she did become a pm (and in the capacity of being a pm helping others) in all timelines except the last one, those just involve taking risks.
taking risks is different from doing things at the cost of one's life. there are high and low risks. and at worst, high risks involve the possibility of death too. in any case, by risking alone, one can still go unscatched, if you do better and be careful. safe. but at "the cost of one's life" it is terminal. you are exchanging something wholly and completely for something else in a single proceeding. and there is only one end here, and that is death, no more exit.
i'm saying this because the situation when madoka became a pm in ep 12 is entirely different from the rest when she became a pm or at least, she attempted to. in ep 12, madoka knew the 'full rewards/consequences' of her action. and she bet her life on it. she exchanged her life for a single wish.
her other attempts of becoming a pm, don't involve at the cost of her life, at least she's not aware of it. there are risks. true. it will be dangerous, not going to be easy, and no time for parties and boyfriends.
now, you might ask then, why is she willing to take some risks to help others (by becoming a magical girl).
look closely at madoka's face before she's about to make the contracts saving saya twice. look at her facial expressions. true, she is being helpful, but look also at the situation she/they is/are in. saya is fighting for her dear life in a losing battle with kyouko. during this time they are still unaware that body damages are repairable as long as the sg is intact. qb offers a chance to save her closest friend. no other explanation. only a fellow pm can intervene.
how about the second one. saya is emotionally breaking apart. saya considers herself a zombie. saya is saying mean things to her best friend. saya tells madoka to become a pm since she wants to help. saya is fighting without regard to her (sg) health. qb offers a solution - through a contract, magic.
now with these two instances, we could see clearly that madoka is deeply in trouble or troubled. maybe not really personally. but chaos and hardship/suffering before her can be stopped. no other available means are presented to solve the problems but only through a contract. through magical means. something beyond normal human intervention.
look again at her face. is she that all too willingly? with all the 'unrealistic strong desire' to help others? is that the resolute and smiling face she made in ep 12? uhmmm, one wonders. but it is more like there is no other way. it is more like she's compelled to force a decision and you could see she's in the verge of tears. she's helpful true, but that can be easily superseded by the fact of fear that her best friend is about to be impaled with a spear before her very eyes or whatever gruesome thing might happen.
how about the drama cd. the situation here is much weaker than saving saya. madoka did become a pm. but we are only told of this through her narrative. when she saved the cat, was she aware that becoming a pm and fighting witches involve death and you will turn into one yourself in time? knowing qb, probably he did not explain. so we can only speculate that she's even willing to take risks here.
how about her ominous warning to homu-chan that something might happen to her? we don't know when she learned the fact that a pm could die in battle. before or after saving amy? before or after meeting mami? we could only speculate. i doubt she even saw a dead or dying pm before.
by knowing tidbits of truth, madoka reconsiders making a contract, hence the delay. they greatly affect her. she will only make one if there is nothing else left to do. this is not only about being kind but the situation she's engage in.
you mentioned sacrifice. she sacrificed her life here by becoming a pm. her will to make a sacrifice is exclusively for this instant, not always. the others just involve risks. she did not trade anything anywhere as much as her own life just like in ep 12.
Spoiler for slightly OT:
inferiority complex is a strong, specific, and technical term. there are books in psychology and in behavioral sciences about it. * a quick check @ wikipedia * since you use it, i guess you know more than i do or what a brief online definition could offer.
so how exactly is inferiority complex different from normal feeling of inferiority?
when one whines a lot about being unhelpful, compares oneself to the ability of others, being troublesome to others, when one questions oneself, when one desires to do more than one is originally capable of doing, when one attends classes and yet still having difficulties, does that make one automatically suffer inferiority complex?
madoka is a teenage girl. she is in the process of discovering herself, her strengths, her weaknesses. there are also bodily/physical/hormonal changes that make this 'awakening' possible. it's normal to see someone greater than you or compare yourself with others at this stage. so a feeling of simple guilt or insecurity translates to inferiority complex?
you might say that madoka said 'i felt that way too for the longest time' - referring to homu-chan's line of being useless and just there to exist. but how much madoka really know about homu at that time? they just met. it's more like madoka's trying to sympathize and cheer up homu. of course, madoka may also not be lying, but is the degree/extent of homu's difficulties equal to that of madoka's? madoka might be acting in good will and faith, but they are not exactly in the same footing.
so as far as jumping to conclusion is concerned, madoka suffering/displaying signs of inferiority complex is a mere speculation. of course, i might be wrong. but as long as using the 12-ep tv series and the 30-min drama cd as evidence, nothing of them supports that madoka is suffering/displaying signs of inferiority complex indeed.
i refuse to believe madoka has inferiority complex (for the lack of evidence) just like how some in this forum strongly refuses to acknowledge madoka attained/achieved goddesshood. however, the latter one is for another discussion.
|2011-05-17, 17:35
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For the rest of your post, let's just agree to disagree. I can't help being a bit overly-critical (maybe a bit too much!!), I can't just switch off what I know. And I do understand some things that really concerns me about the series are probably just fine to most viewers, and that's totally ok.
So let's leave it at that. Besides, I really did like the show... or maybe I just liked Homura a lot . I don't know, but anyway....
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|2011-05-17, 18:17
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mado wants to connect to homu. they have common grounds already like amy for example. but she wants to take steps even closer. and mami even approves and advises not to use magic about it.
again, they just met. how much information does mado really knew about homu? her difficulties? her reasons to be hospitalized?
did mado completely understand the whole being/personality/history of homu on the single event they walk and chat together after school. she's speaking with the intent to cheer and to connect. mado is not speaking with full understanding of homu's case. there might be similarities of course, but they are not the same.
and this is the catch, does mado even considers homu to have inferiority complex? and with full awareness of what it truly means, she tags herself too?
inferiority complex here is mere pure speculation.
|2011-05-17, 18:28
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We discussed a lot about this with Triple_R and others before, speculating about all the possible reasons Madoka felt so inadequate about herself even though she was a healthy, normal kid. At that time it was cool speculating about it, because the series was still running, and so the explanation was surely going to come..... except it didn't. And so we are still speculating, and we shouldn't need to!!
|2011-05-17, 21:19
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And even so suicides were never approved by me so her actions are still wrong.
|2011-05-17, 21:34
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I can't tell if this is going off-topic or not anyway to the top 3 for me
1: Homura: Cold and Heartless but with a deep passion to save Madoka from her fate scored first.
2: Madoka: Going along with others that she was sorta useless at the beginning, but also thought she would make a comeback eventually (previously thought it was going to be in episode 8) but yeah Madoka!
3: Kyoko: She really struck me when she risked her life to save Sayaka.
|2011-05-17, 21:52
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Jokes aside (but only sort of), seriously, I'm starting to lose sight of why people have so little love for Sayaka. Really, why? Maybe I just look at her differently than you do, but I can't think of a single thing to truly condemn her for. As far as I can tell she's nothing more than a perfectly fine character that got hit psychologically one too many times; that's not really her fault, though, so I fail to see how that might affect somebody's perception of her.
And on your previous point of her surviving had she accepted Homura's Grief Seed, I doubt it. Episode 11 showed just how easily the Soul Gem can become tainted by grief; with Sayaka in the state she was in, her Soul Gem would probably be just as dark again in a day or two. Grief Seed or no, she was on a downward spiral that wasn't likely to change.
|2011-05-18, 07:40
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Eh?! Useless Madoka won? Why everyone are so easily bought by cutely looks in Japan T_T
I also think that Homura should have been somewhere there, beside she also looked cute in original life time.
I don't really hate her, she has her pluses but over all she seriously failed!
Even if it was just for 2 days, that's still some time that could have been used somehow, could give time to her friends to figure something out.
And she instantly gave up on her love just because Hitomi said she will confess... and Hitomi was kind enough to warn her and give time for Sayaka to confess first! Did she make use out of it? NO!
She instantly decided that she lost so it is good to go insane and die.
I'm sure that if she was of legal age or something, she would also get drunk first -_-
That's simply lame.
I also might not attemp some things but I'm not going insane because of that later.
|2011-05-18, 07:58
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Now, wanting to be helpful is one thing, but if you're an average girl with no special talents, not enrolling into any clubs (and having Hitomi's image to remind you that you ought to - after all, it's another thing that Japanese schools try to advertise among students) and the most you can do around is take people to the nurse's office... Might make you wonder if the desire to be helpful really matches your potential at all. While I can't say Madoka is desperately looking for a purpose in life (neither was Nanoha, at least before the movie manga retconned her character, and certainly niether was Sakura who seemed to have quite a satisfying life of a teenage girl), but she does express some melancholy about whether she might just live her life away and die. Her self-esteem is not too low, but it's something many people her age come to wonder, if occasionally (and Madoka doesn't seem to be bothered by it ALL THE TIME).
Then, an opportunity rises. There are actually horrible creatures around, threatening people (and there's no guarantee that one of your friends/relatives won't get hit someday - which is proven quite bluntly in episode 4 with Hitomi). Heck, Madoka herself could fall prey to a witch, along with her friend, if not for... MAMI-SAN! There are girls who fight witches and thereby REDEFINE helpful in Madoka's eyes. They do it elegantly and magnificently (check out Madoka's expression when she watches Mami fighting). And here's the juicy part: you, an average girl brought up well and wanting to be helpful to people around but not seeing any prospects in that field, suddenly learn that you can become a Puella Magi! As cool and helpful as Mami-san and presumably just as strong at the very least, if Kyuubey's estimation is true. The ending of episode 2 pretty much nails it down: an innocent, apparently nice office lady (who most likely has someone to grieve over her death) nearly commits suicide she had never even cosidered before, and then she's saved by magic, and here she is, sobbing into Mami's shoulder... You can do the same to people, save their lives - all for free and with a thrown-in bonus of a wish granted magically to you. Who wouldn't AT LEAST CONSIDER this prospect, regardless of upbringing and personality? And for Madoka, it sure looks like a win-win situation. If she wasn't at a loss about a wish, she'd probably become a Puella Magi right way - as she did in previous timelines. Save the poor cute cat whom nothing else will save anyway and proceed to save people whom, likewise, nobody but the likes of you would sufficiently protect from witches - sure, why not? And in TL4, preventing destruction, grief and your classmate getting killed before your eyes, when nothing else is stated to do that and you can do it? COUNT ME IN ALREADY!
So, to summarize.
- initially Madoka is what Junko describes her as - a good and kind girl. Her wish to be helpful is moderate, partly restrained by her lack of belief in her abilities (otherwise, she'd have been a triple scout already ) and not too uncommon for a person who apparently was brought up with such an wish to keep in mind.
- her wish to be a hero directly derives from the seeming opportunity to become one with a flash spark. The wish to help people suddenly gets a definite prospect sketched out - and it's more than Madoka has EVER hoped to be able to do. You won't be able to explain her eagerness to fight witches unless you consider HOW she views the system at the time (and in timeline 1 she herself becomes a poster child for it together with Mami, in Homura's eyes).
- her self-denial and self-sacrificing, while they MAY be based on her personality and the first two points above, do NOT look like her innate traits to me. If anything, Madoka knows well what Junko voiced in ep 11: her life does not belong to her alone, and her family will be in great pain. That's partly why she turns down Kyuubey's offer in ep 4 after witnessing and painfully realizing the old "Anyone Can Die" trope. Up to this point, there is no self-denying Madoka. However, if this girl has a heart big enough to sympathize with other people and want to help them, what to expect when people dear to her start getting involved deeply? When Hitomi's endangered, she does her best to save her. When Sayaka contracts, she insists on tagging along because she can't leave her friend alone in situations she has seen to end tragically. And tagging along as a helpless spectator makes her consider contracting again, more and more. She's hit again with the episode 6 revelation, but then it's seeing Sayaka suffering that makes her as desperate as to put her own soul on the line - because Sayaka is not even some abstract "people to help", she's her dear friend whose life is being ruined rapidly... and Kyuubey keeps hinting Madoka could change it. As I see it, THIS is where the Madoka we've seen at the beginning of episode 12 comes from. Her self-denial and sacrifice does not lie in her character that needs backstory motivation - it's her character development that starts from ability to sympathize with others and a simple wish to be helpful (not necessarily to a Spiderman extent and not necessarily bordering on inferiority complex), then goes along the line of the events Madoka experiences.
And I think Homura knew this. But she tried to postpone Sayaka's fall at least, because she desperately needed to do something about the situation before it led to Madoka's contracting.
Personally, I love Sayaka and I felt like my heart was being slowly driven over by a paver while watching her arc. She deserves a better fate - yet the most she can get now is being aware of changing Kyousuke's life for the better and maybe finally hitting it off with Kyouko after she joins her in Madoka's domain. Rest in peace, our genki knight.
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The big cell carriers have had a pretty entrenched way of doing business for a long time. Offer a big phone discount, tie customers in for a two-year contract. T-Mobile made waves this past week by rolling out a no-contract approach to plans. On top of that news, the company announced it was bringing in the iPhone 5.
Suddenly, consumers have the prospect of buying a no-contract iPhone through one of the major carriers. This does come with some caveats. Pricing will be a bit different than we've all come to expect. There will be an up-front fee for the phone and ongoing payments until it's paid off. That means a 16GB iPhone 5 will require a $99 deposit and 24 monthly payments of $20. At $579, that still works out to less than buying an unlocked phone.
This doesn't mean you can sign up for a T-Mobile iPhone, cancel your contract, and run off totally scot-free. The iPhone 5 will be locked to the T-Mobile network until you either pay it off or remain a customer in good standing for at least 60 days. After that, though, you take advantage of the no-contract policy and move along, though you'll still have to pay off the phone.
For some people, the combination of iPhone 5 + no-contract + major carrier will be irresistible. Others may be wary of issues like network coverage, or prefer the old system of having a big up-front phone subsidy. Does a T-Mobile no-contract iPhone tickle your fancy, or are you happy with your current carrier? Vote in our poll and sound off in the comments.


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Can music make you faster? Find out with Nike+ Run Club and Spotify!
- Run to Nike+ Run Club playlists or your own playlists.
- Create a Pace Station that matches your desired pace.
- Control the music within the Nike+ app.
- Search by artists, albums, and playlists.
Tip: Not on Premium? Check out the Nike Running Club playlists on Spotify instead.
Get started
First, connect your Spotify with the Nike+ app:
- Open the Nike+ app.
- Tap the music icon.
- Tap Spotify Premium.
- Tap LOG IN TO SPOTIFY.
Then set up your run:
- In the Nike+ app, tap the music icon.
- Tap Spotify Premium.
- Choose between PACE STATIONS, PLAYLISTS, or Search.
- Back on the run setupscreen, tap START.
What's a Pace Station?
With Spotify, the Nike+ running app can line up a mix of tracks with a beat to match your pace:
- In the Nike+ app, tap the music icon.
- Tap CREATE A PACE STATION.
- Tap the arrows to select a target pace.
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A summer update
We're deep in the throes of summertime picnics, road-trips, time on the water, gardening, canning, and easy days with friends and family! Below are some great events and opportunities on the horizon - join us!
Pike Place Market Artisan Food Festival
10am - 6pm, Saturday, Sept. 25
10am - 5pm, Sunday, Sept. 26
The last quarter of the 20th Century has seen a craft food renaissance world wide. Slow Food, the powerful consumer movement founded in Italy as a counter to fast food, is said to be the biggest consumer based food movement in history. The U.S.-the country that invented the supermarket-now boasts almost 5,000 farmers markets. At the heart of it all is the famous Pike Place Market. On September 25th and 26th, Seattle will celebrate artisan food in the heart of our country's oldest public market and a leading food trendsetter.
Slow Food Seattle will be there with some special guests for Q&A's, book signings, and more! Join the celebration!
The Pike Place Market Artisan Food Festival is produced by The Market Foundation and is a benefit for the Pike Place Market's human service agencies: Pike Market Medical Clinic, Child Care & Preschool, Senior Center and the Downtown Food Bank. More info can be found at www.artisanfoodfestival.org.
Dig In! Slow Food National Volunteer Day
Volunteers needed!
Slow Food Seattle is working with the Slow Food chapters locally and across the nation, to reach out to our communities and get some work done. This year we'll be volunteering as part of the Pike Place Market Artisan Food Festival on September 25th and 26th (see next story for more on the festival). All proceeds from the festival benefit the programs of the Pike Place Market Foundation. Recruit your friends and family and enjoy the day together. Make a difference and have some fun!
Roles include helping with festival load-in, set-up, tear down, staffing the "Zucchini 500" kids activity, and helping vendors as needed.
The first 50 people to register to volunteer will receive one of our spiffy new Slow Food Seattle aprons!
Contact Erika Sweet at the Pike Place Market Foundation to register and be sure to identify yourself as a Slow Food Seattle volunteer (to qualify for an apron)! firstname.lastname@example.com or 206.774.5254.
Seattle Chefs Collaborative
Urban Picnic 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Join Seattle Chefs Collaborative for a Sunday afternoon of fun and fantastic food on the rooftop deck at Rainier Square and help send local rising culinary stars to the Quillisascut Farm school in Rice, WA. Celebrated Seattle chefs will prepare another picnic to remember of culturally important Northwest foods from the Renewing Americas Food Traditions (RAFT) list of endangered foods. As we like to say, ya gotta eat it to save it.
Participating chefs & restaurants include: John Sundstrom of Lark, Jason Franey of Canlis, Maria Hines of Tilth, Seth Caswell of emmer&rye, Ethan Stowell of Anchovies & Olives, Rachel Yang of Joule, Dan Braun of Oliver's Twist, Karen Jurgensen of Quillisascut Farm, Riley Starks of Willows inn, Autumn Martin of Hot Cakes, and Tara Ayers of Ocho, one of the recipients of the 2010 Quillisascut scholarship.
Tickets $60 at Brown Paper Tickets
Children under 10 are free
Urban Picnic is presented in partnership with Slow Food Seattle and Seattle CityClub. More info at Seattle Chefs Collaborative.
An Edible Conversation with Rowan Jacobsen
author of American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters and Fields
September 21, 2010
7pm, The Palace Ballroom
2030 5th Ave. Seattle
Slow Food Seattle supporter discount - $10 off general admission
Promo code: slowterroir
James Beard award winning food writer Rowan Jacobsen discusses the role of the place in the taste of food in his new book American Terroir. He will be joined by Jill Lightner of Edible Seattle, Sharon Campbell of Tieton Cider Works and Harmony Orchard, Jon Rowley of Taylor Shellfish Farms and Greg Atkinson, author of The Northwest Essentials Cookbooks to discuss why delicious food is all about location, location, location. $25 ticket price includes panel discussion, appetizers, Theo chocolate and guided tasting of NW cider, apples and oysters.
Tickets $15/$25 at Brown Paper Tickets. Includes panel discussion, appetizers, Theo chocolate and guided tasting of NW cider, apples and oysters.
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With the summer wood bat league's All-Star games in full swing, a pair of Lipscomb baseball standouts has been named to their league's respective All-Star squads. Rising senior Connor Sinclair has been named to the Coastal Plain League's National Team All-Star squad, while rising junior southpaw Chris Nunn was selected to the Prospect League's West Division All-Star team.
Nunn has been a solid 3-1 in eight starts for the Terre Haute Rex. The Memphis native enters the All-Star break with a 3.41 ERA, while holding his opponents to a .256 batting average at the dish. Sinclair has been busy this summer as well holding CPL batters to a .231 mark at the plate. The Wichita, Kan., native boasts a 2.31 ERA, a mark that is 15th best in the league, with the Outer Banks Daredevils.
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In the midst of a massive budget shortfall, acclaimed Broomfield company Ballet Nouveau Colorado has pulled together dancers from across the country for an event aiming to drum up the $181,000 it now needs to stay alive.
"Moving Together — A Cause for Dance" unites Ballet Nouveau's own 11-member company with dancers from the Oregon Ballet Theatre, the Washington Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Trey McIntyre Project and others. The company plans to announce more organizations as they are confirmed.
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Europe is a colourful wonderland full of travel opportunities to uncover and experiences to enjoy and we have flights to take you there. For a culture-filled getaway, any country calling the European continent home will both surprise and satisfy all types of travel lovers. You haven't seen the world until you've seen Europe.
Discover the old-world charm of Northern Ireland and explore the rich history and the glorious highlands of Scotland or sample pints and mingle with the British in England, see the Running of the Bulls in Spain, or treat yourself to a "movable feast" in France. See the ancient buildings of Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, split your time between the countryside and cities of both Germany and Austria, and be sure to ferry between the exotic Greek Isles.
A trip to Europe requires a large amount of planning and organizing as there is so much to see and do. Visiting just one or two countries in Europe won't cure your travel bug and one week in Europe will not be enough time for exploration and insight.
Art enthusiasts will love a visit to the world-famous Tate Museum of Modern Art in London, England or Germany's most important architectural monuments, known as the Cathedral of Cologne. Avid Mountain Hikers will be baffled by a climb of Mount Pilatus just outside of Lucerne, Switzerland while entertainment seekers will find a trip to the party island of Ibiza, Spain most enchanting.
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OCR on your iPhone
iOS App of the Week I often use the camera on my iPhone to take quick snapshots of telephone numbers and other bits of information that I see when I'm out and about during the day. When I get home, I have to write the info down somewhere, or maybe enter it into my contacts or some other app on the iPhone.
That's a tedious little chore, so I was pleased to come across TextGrabber, a handy little OCR app that has now taken up permanent residence on my iPhone.
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As the saying goes, TextGrabber does just what it says on the tin. You can take a picture from within the app itself, or use any existing photo that's already stored on the iPhone. TextGrabber can then use its optical character-recognition features to read any text within the photo and store it as a text file.
A simple crop tool allows you to select specific areas to scan within the photo, and as long as the photo is in focus, TextGrabber's OCR engine is accurate enough to record most short snippets of information quite effectively.
...select the text you want, and TextGrabber will convert it to plain text...
That said, developer Abbyy says that the camera on the iPad isn't good enough for OCR, which is why the app is currently only listed as compatible with the iPhone.
The resulting text file is stored within the app, so you can easily copy telephone numbers and web addresses into other apps using iOS' cut'n'paste features.
....ready to copy it, or send it elsewhere
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It's very much a one-trick pony, but it's a handy trick that saves me time and earns its keep when I'm rushing around town. ®
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Hello! It's abundantly clear that despite my best intentions my full plate isn't going to allow me to produce new Check In Niagara episodes in the short term. Hopefully we can get up to speed again in 2012.
In the meantime here's where you should visit for thoughtful and insightful local views of life in Niagara. Eating Niagara is a website devoted to local eating and agriculture in Ontario's Niagara Region. It pairs well with Wines In Niagara, which focuses on the wonderful wines and food made in the Niagara Peninsula. You should be following the trials and tribulations of a small Organic Niagara farmer on the Tree and Twig Farm Blog. They're only slightly more timely than I am, but Get Out Niagara remains a great resource for exploring outdoor life in the region, as does Wolfmaan, where you can follow the barefoot adventures of a local outdoor educator and wilderness guide.
If you're looking for more on the history of Niagara there are some fantastic resources coming together for the 1812 bicentennial, specifically the Discover1812 website. For information on local hiking and trails you can't go wrong with the official Bruce Trail website.
So where am I? Of course I remain the managing editor over at Punknews.org, I'm one of the organizers of Social Media Club Niagara and I'm a web developer and social media consultant at JMR Logics.
Of local interest we just launched Some Party: The Punknews.org Ontario Podcast. It's a monthly music show featuring nothing but Ontario bands, including many from the Niagara Region. You can subscribe to the show in iTunes.
Some Party will strive to reflect the province's vibrant independent music community. It will feature a mix of local punk rock and the genre-defying offshoots of that scene, from singer-songwriter to alt-country to folk. In the first episode we feature music from Marine Dreams (ex-Attack In Black), The Demics, Bathurst, Northern Primitive, Mark It Zero, The Decay, The Steve Adamyk Band (ex-Million Dollar Marxists), Single Mothers, Bruce Peninsula, Cuff The Duke, Pkew Pkew Pkew (Gunshots), Elk, One Hundred Dollars and Mongo.
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Hokkaido Nansei-Oki Tsunami, July 12, 1993Entry ID: gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.photos.G01220
An earthquake occurred off the west coast of Hokkaido and the small offshore island of Okushiri in the Sea of Japan. In two to five minutes the tsunami, one of the largest in Japan's history, engulfed the coastline of Okushiri Island and the central west coast of Hokkaido. Almost two hundred fatalities were associated with the event, with more than half attributed to the tsunami. The $600 ... million in property losses were attributed primarily to the tsunami. This tsunami caused spectacular localized damage, especially on the southwestern shores of Hokkaido and on Okushiri Island. This slide set shows damage to ships, dwellings, and businesses, and unique views of clocks stopped in time by the tsunami.On July 12, 1993, at 22:17 local time (13:17 GMT), a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Hokkaido and the small offshore island of Okushiri in the Sea of Japan (42' 47'N, 139' 12'W). In two to five minutes the tsunami engulfed the coastline of Okushiri Island and the central west coast of Hokkaido. Almost two hundred fatalities were associated with the event, with more than half attributed to the tsunami. The death toll on Okushiri Island was 165. The $600 million in property losses were attributed primarily to the tsunami. This 1993 earthquake filled a previously identified seismic gap. This tsunami caused spectacular localized damage, especially on the southwestern shores of Hokkaido and on Okushiri Island.West Coast of Okushiri Island: This area experienced the highest runup measurements. All twelve houses in the village of Monai were destroyed, killing 10 persons. Runup measurements around the village were 20 m and in a small valley north of Monai on the southwest coast the runup was measured at 31 m, the maximum for this event. South of Monai, tsunami runups along the coast ranged from 15 to 20 m. Vegetation was stripped off the hillside, and large boulders up to one-meter in diameter were deposited on the flooded vegetation. These data suggest that the initial wave arrived from west of Okushiri Island. Southern Coast of Okushiri Island: The tsunami was refracted by the shoaling bathymetry at both ends of the island. The town of Aonae (population 1,600) at the southern tip of Okushiri was hardest hit. About four to five minutes after the main earthquake shock, the first tsunami wave arrived, flooding the southern tip of the island and the entire first row of houses nearest the coast. Two fires started on the damaged fishing vessels after this first wave. The tsunami appeared to arrive from the northeast, with flooding of between three and seven meters throughout the town. About seven minutes after the first wave, a second, larger wave hit from the east carrying the burning boats into the main town. The second wave advanced further ashore than the first and completely flooded the first three rows of houses with a runup of between five and ten meters throughout the town.The combination of a strong, northeast wind, the burning boats, and an ample supply of heating propane and kerosene spread the fire quickly and destroyed 340 homes. However, only two of the 114 deaths in Aonae were caused by fire. The houses in the central part of Aonae were flooded by tsunami waves that ran up to a height of five meters. Further from the shore the structures were destroyed by fire. The tsunami destroyed a portion of the sea wall, and fishing boats were left "high and dry" in the inundation zone. Northern and Eastern Coasts of Okushiri: At Inaho, on the northern point of Okushiri Island, 13 people were killed and all houses were destroyed by the 10-m waves. The eastern side of Okushiri Island appeared to be sheltered from the waves, and the measured tsunami runup was between two and five meters. Hokkaido: Severe damage was caused by the earthquake and accompanying fires, landslides, and the tsunami on southwestern Hokkaido-540 houses were destroyed and 1,834 others were damaged. The tsunami also hit the Island of Hokkaido, arriving at Ota Bay within five minutes of the main shock and destroying five homes. Runup in this area was nine meters. Damage also occurred at Setana from the six meter waves. The coastline from Suttsu to south of Ota Bay was hardest hit with runup values of five to nine meters. Outside this area, the tsunami intensity tapered off rapidly, and runup values were below five meters. Other Areas: After 90 minutes, the tsunami struck the coast of the Republic of Korea, where a maximum tsunami runup of two meters was recorded. One person on a fishing boat was killed near Aomori, Honshu. A runup of nearly one meter was recorded there. Three people from the southeast coast of Russia were missing after the tsunami. The tsunami affected much of the southeastern coast of Russia and also caused damage to a factory at Kamenka, Sakhalin Island.The tsunami traveled to Russia within 30 minutes, causing runups of one to four meters. Damage estimates were over $6 million (U.S. Dollars). Approximately 700 fishing boats were damaged or lost off western Japan, southeastern Russia, the Republic of Korea, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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EVENT DATE: Apr 16, 2012
The Nature Conservancy wrote -
Have you always wondered what to do on Earth Day? You want to make a difference but aren't sure how? Well, we finally made it simple.
Join The Nature Conservancy for Picnic for the Planet on April 22, 2012.
Every day the Earth provides nourishment for over 7 billion people. This April, let's give back. All you have to do to join the world's largest and most delicious Earth Day celebration is fundraise or donate to a picnic.
Learn more about how to get involved and find tips to green your picnic by clicking here. Your picnic can even be a part of our world record attempt. Just follow these guidelines.
So, why should you raise money? The Nature Conservancy is the world's largest conservation organization, working in more than 30 countries and all 50 states. We work closely with the people who provide our food - farmers, ranchers and fisherman - and with your support we can continue to protect the most vital habitats on Earth.
How to Join the Team and Start Fundraising:
- Sign in to your CrowdRise account. If you don't have one, you can quickly create one with Facebook or an email address.
- Once you're logged in, just scroll down this page to THE TEAM and click "Join the Team."
- Now use the "Ask for Donations" button to tell yor friends on email, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn how they can help.
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- Everyone that joins the team and raises $100 gets 100% official Picnic for the Planet gear (like a t-shirt, water bottle, or blanket)
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Sorry, but employees of The Nature Conservancy, CrowdRise and their families are not eligible for the gear or iPads. You do have a really cool job though! If you really want to read the Terms you can find them here.
You can also donate by clicking on the GREEN button on the top right of this page. And since you're so popular, why not spread the word on Facebook and Twitter? Just remember to use the hashtag #picnic12.
Celebrate Earth Day, have fun with friends, raise money to help the planet and maybe even get some cool stuff. Sounds like a win/win/win/win.
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December 01, 2010Owner of Local Tire Store Cited for Not Paying Taxes
OSAGE BEACH - An Osage Beach man has been arrested on charges of not paying sales taxes for the business that he owns.
Robert W. A. Hill III is the owner and operator of Lake Area Tire & Service Inc., located at 4587 Highway 54 in Osage Beach. Hill was arrested December 1 by the Osage Beach Police Department.
According to public records filed in Camden County Circuit Court, the business owes an estimated $89,024 in back taxes, penalties and interest. Administrative judgments against the business have been filed in the court and indicate that sales taxes were not paid during five separate periods from Dec. 1, 2007 through April 30, 2010.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, noted that the Department tries to work with delinquent taxpayers before their cases reach the judicial or law enforcement stage.
"Many, many notices are sent to people or businesses who are behind on their taxes," she said. "We also try to work with business owners by offering payment plan options. However, there are other cases where business owners continually flout the law, and it is up to the Department of Revenue to enforce the law. It would be unfair to taxpayers who do abide by the law to ignore cases where the law is violated."
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! To follow the Department on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue.


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After taking a macaron-making class with Amrita of The Sweet Art, I knew that macaron cupcakes were in my future. Amrita and I talked about it and we decided that we would both make macaron cupcakes, post them on the same day, and see what we each came up with (check out her post at The Sweet Art)! I've done this type of thing twice before, once with Rachel from Coconut and Lime (we each made cupcakes with olive oil) and once with Daniel from Waffleizer (we both made waffled cupcakes). As a blogger, my only co-worker is my husband (who takes all of the photos for this blog and acts as my editor), so it's a joy when I get a chance to work on joint projects with other bloggers and let our creativity run wild.
|This photo gives you a sense of the size difference between
mini macarons and standard-sized macarons.
When discussing our plans for the macaron cupcakes, Amrita directed me to a post that she wrote on ice cream with mini macarons. Macarons are cute to begin with, but mini macarons are baby panda cute. (I initially wrote this with the statement that baby pandas are the ultimate level of cute. But, my editor wisely pointed out that while baby pandas themselves are high on the cute scale, baby pandas wearing mini macaron hats would be the pinnacle of cuteness.) I decided that for my interpretation of macaron cupcakes, I would top cupcakes with mini macarons.
But, which cupcake flavor should I make?
I wanted a cupcake that would match the light meringue texture of a macaron – angel food cupcakes were the cupcakes for the job. Whether a taster picked the macarons off of the top of their cupcake and ate them separately or ate the macarons and angel food cupcake in one bite, the flavors and textures worked so well together that macaron neophytes might think that macarons were always served with angel food cake.
How to Make Macaron Cupcakes
To make macaron cupcakes, first you'll need to make mini macarons. I describe the process for macaron making in detail in my post on pumpkin pie spice macarons. Follow those directions, but make the macarons smaller. You can see the size difference in the photos above and below.
Right before piping, divide the macaron batter into separate bowls and add gel food coloring (not liquid colors, as they can mess with the recipe's wet/dry balance) to each bowl a little bit at a time until you create your desired colors. As you can see, I baked red and orange macarons, but you can have as many different colors as you'd like.
Bake the mini macarons for the same amount of time that you would bake the normal-sized ones. You'll find that they are extra crispy when they are fresh out of the oven. However, after you add the filling and set them on top of your frosting, they moisten up considerably. If the mini macarons started at the perfect macaron texture, they would be soggy by the time you ate them.
Bake angel food cupcakes according to the directions in my angel food cupcake post.
For my macaron cupcakes, I wanted to use the same fillings that I used in my pumpkin pie spice macarons (caramel and chocolate ganache). I frosted the cupcakes with the caramel and some sprinkled smoked sea salt and filled the macarons with the ganache. Follow my lead, or come up with whatever combination suits your taste!
In Short
I've heard it said that macarons are the new cupcakes. Although I love macarons, to me they will always be a flourish on a cupcake's crown.
Photoshop Challenge
Update: Someone took the challenge! Check it out!
I'd love to see some photos of baby pandas with mini macaron hats posted to the Cupcake Project Facebook page. There's no prize except for the beautiful chorus of over 8,000 community members all collectively gushing, "Aww."


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NEW YORK -- ABC and CBS split Sunday night's primetime, with ABC winning the adults 18-49 demographic while CBS won in viewership with more than a half million viewers to spare."Desperate Housewives" was the night's top show in key demos with 16.9 million viewers and a 6.5 rating/16 share in adults 18-49, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research. It was down slightly from last week (17.2 million, 6.8/17) but was still well ahead of CBS' "Cold Case" (13.6 million, 3.2/8) in the 9 p.m. hour. "Cold Case" was up from last week (12.1 million, 2.7/7).ABC won the 8 p.m. hour with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (11.6 million, 4.3/12), which showed improvement week-to-week (10.7 million, 4.0/12). It came in ahead of "Amazing Race" (10.5 million, 3.3/9) and "Deal or No Deal" (9 million, 2.2/6) plus a new episode of "The Simpsons" (7.7 million, 3.7/10) and a repeat of "The Simpsons" (7.9 million, 3.8/9).Fox had its strongest half hour of the night at 9 p.m. with a new episode of "Family Guy" (7.9 million, 3.8/9) then followed it with "American Dad" (6.5 million, 2.9/7).NBC did better than it has been since "Sunday Night Football" went off the air with the two-hour special "Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation" (7.9 million, 3.6/9) which was NBC's highest adults 18-49 rating in the time period since Jan. 7.
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Leslie W. Chinn talks with Stephen Cary about starting up a biotech company and some of the resources available to fledgling start-ups. (Titled "From Aha! to Entrepreneur" in print version.)
For Stephen Cary, the most important realization of his graduate school career came when it nearly was all over. Late one night, he was working on his dissertation when he had his "aha!" moment.
Cary's graduate work, conducted in Michael Marletta's lab at the University of California, Berkeley, had focused on molecules that modulate nitric oxide signaling. An example is hemoglobin, which binds oxygen and carbon monoxide, as well as NO, through its heme group. Several decades ago, a number of government institutes and companies had attempted to develop hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers, or HBOCs, as substitutes for blood and for other therapeutic purposes. These attempts had failed for a variety of reasons, including toxicities that were likely related to the HBOCs' interference with physiological NO signaling.
But Cary and his lab mates had been working on a novel oxygen-binding protein family— one that did not scavenge nitric oxide. This, Cary realized that night, was a technological breakthrough. "Our new protein family could be the answer for millions of patients that could benefit from novel therapeutic oxygen carriers," Cary recalls.
Cary gathered his thoughts and presented them to Marletta and two postdoctoral fellows in Marletta's lab— Elizabeth Boon and Jonathan Winger. The four ultimately would become the founders of Omniox, a company created to commercialize novel oxygen delivery technology based on their research at Berkeley. "Though we were four co-inventors, I was the lone entrepreneur," says Cary. So, he shifted his focus from science to the intricacies of starting a business.
With the support from UC Berkeley's Office of Technology Licensing and Stanford Research Institute International (whose PharmaSTART program helps academic researchers advance promising compounds past the discovery phase), Cary began to gain an understanding of, as he calls it, the "landscape of drug development." The most important step, he realized, is to define one's intellectual property, or IP. "In biotech, you live and die by the strengths of your IP agreement," said Cary.
Cary selected an attorney to handle the IP aspects of Omniox, and he also chose a corporate attorney to assist with the technical aspects of starting a business. Both attorneys accepted deferred payment, receiving their fees once Omniox had raised enough venture funding. It was important to Cary that both attorneys were the best in their fields, as this gave credibility and a sense of permanence to Cary's fledgling company.
Omniox was now in a transitional phase, during which, in general, the financial support is weakest. Up to that point, their studies had been funded by traditional research grants, but the science was not yet mature enough to convince venture capitalists to provide commercial funding. This tenuous period is often referred to as the "Valley of Death" for young companies.
However, Omniox was fortunate. The company received a two-year Rogers Family Foundation "Bridging the Gap" award for translational research, allowing research to continue during the year in which Cary was meeting with lawyers and recruiting scientists to Omniox's advisory board.
A number of other factors also worked in Omniox's favor. One, ironically, was the economic downturn: biotechnology companies, young and old, were struggling to survive, sometimes without success. Omniox was able to acquire used lab equipment at bargain basement prices— a million dollars' worth purchased for $25,000, Cary estimates. Another helpful factor was Omniox's location in the San Francisco Bay Area, where prominent law firms were more willing to take chances on biotech start-ups. What's more, Omniox was able to take advantage of a new institute at the University of California called QB3.
The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) is a consortium formed by three UC campuses: Berkeley, San Francisco and Santa Cruz. One of its goals is to "speed the movement of innovation from the laboratory into peoples' daily lives," according to the 2001 Governor's Budget Summary, in which the foundation of QB3 was established.
In the institute's early days, Associate Director Douglas Crawford and Director Regis Kelly sifted through case studies of UC faculty members, postdocs and graduate students who were interested in starting businesses. But, "the cost of a start-up is prohibitive," explains Crawford, and all they found was frustration. Crawford and Kelly wondered how they could leverage UC resources to help scientist-entrepreneurs, with the ultimate goal of increasing societal impact. Soon, the QB3 Incubator Network was born.
The Incubator Network rents small office and lab spaces – in some cases, as little as 120 square feet— to young companies, thereby minimizing the cash demands on start-ups. Most of the spaces, called "Garages" in recognition of the innovators such as Bill Hewlett, Dave Packard and Steve Jobs who founded companies out of their own garages, are at the UCSF Mission Bay campus; a smaller amount of space became available at UC Berkeley in May of this year.
QB3 also provides funding for work that is, as Crawford says, "too applied for the National Institutes of Health," but not developed enough for venture capitalists – for example, the validation work that follows up on promising compounds generated by high-throughput screening experiments. "The NIH will fund screening for therapeutic hits," notes Crawford, "but from there to clinical [trials] is a gap of $20-40 million" for further work on chemistry, toxicity and other research that might be considered less scientifically interesting. Through grants such as the Rogers award, QB3 assists companies like Omniox in their early years.
Companies housed in the QB3 Garages also have access to what Crawford calls the "intellectual vitality at the university." There are countless seminars on both science and entrepreneurship, and QB3 provides a valuable shared experience between nascent companies.
As one might expect, there's a huge demand for the resources available through QB3. Crawford estimates he receives between two and four inquiries a week from companies (the majority of which have some UC connection) who want to join the network. Currently, there still is space available in the QB3 Garages, but competition is fierce.
•Small Business Innovation Research Program, National Cancer Institute.
• QB3 Incubator Network
• Omniox Inc.
• Report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: "Accelerating the Commercialization of University Innovation"
• Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology.
Initially, when the UCSF Garage first opened in 2006, QB3 performed rigorous reviews to evaluate the scientific and commercial merits of each start-up. Since then, they've come to the conclusion that there's a better way of doing it. "We really want to have a very wide net on the science," says Crawford. Instead of focusing on a specific scientific area or therapeutic need, they look for people who are passionate and have demonstrated the initiative to guide a start-up through the challenges of the so-called Valley of Death. "Biotechs are where the really innovative stuff happens," Crawford explains. They adapt, depending on how the science goes and what the market wants. The best start-ups aren't sidetracked by failure. Instead, they find success on another path, which is why Crawford thinks passionate people make exceptional entrepreneurs.
This strategy seems to be working: of the six companies first housed in the UCSF Garage, four secured venture funding and a fifth was acquired by Affymetrix. There currently are 25 companies in the Incubator Network, and Crawford expects to expand to 30 in the next year. As the economy recovers, other opportunities for biotech start-ups are bound to increase as well. Crawford's advice for budding entrepreneurs? Just do it. "It will be one of the most stimulating things you'll ever do," he says.
Cary might agree: his company is halfway through a two-year term in the UCSF garage. "QB3 has supported Omniox from its very early stages," he says. His company recently received half a million dollars through a Bridge Award from a Small Business Innovation Research Program financed by the National Cancer Institute. Omniox's funding finally is falling into place; at the same time, its science is moving forward constantly— proof that, as Cary says, "you don't have to be at a university to do good science."
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New network protocol for emergency and rescues
Researchers at the UPM and the Universidad de Loja from Ecuador have developed an optimizing model of routing protocol of mobile ad hoc network in emergencies and rescues.
The proposed solution is based on the improvement of a clustering algorithm and on the creation of a new routing protocol that allows users to easily find an evacuation area in case of emergency. The model was developed by researchers of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the Universidad de Loja. An emergency test simulation was done in this city from Ecuador. The evaluation of its benefits confirms the improvements of the proposed model, both mathematically and on a real basis.
A mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) is a collection of mobile nodes that can dynamically create a network with no need to have a fixed infrastructure or a central administration. The MANET network technology can be integrated into smartphones providing a flexible and dynamic network that can be used in case of emergency. This network would be constituted by linkages formed by mobile terminals that are in the same area.
The dynamic nature and the no need of infrastructures of these networks demand a new set of algorithms and strategies to promote a reliable communication service. In the context of mobile Ad Hoc Network, the routing emerges as one of the most interesting areas to communicate information from a source to a destination with the end-to-end quality of service.
Due to inherent restrictions on mobile networks, the traditional routing models are not applicable to the mobile Ad Hoc Network. However, this research shows a routing solution in mobile networks. This solution is based on a model that involves an optimizing protocol of routing supported by a clustering mechanism.
The improved algorithm, called GMWCA (Group Management Weighted Clustering Algorithm) and based on WCA (Weighted Clustering Algorithm), allows the estimation of the best number and size of clustering in networks. This improvement prevents permanent regroupings and that cluster head node has longer life of intra-cluster and therefore stability in the inter-cluster communication.
The proposed Ad Hoc routing protocol, called QoS Group Cluster Based Routing Protocol (QoSG-CBRP), uses as a strategy the hierarchical clusters supported by the clustering algorithm. Each cluster has a cluster head node that manages the routing information and it is sent to its destination when there is no coverage.
In order to avoid constant clustering and algorithm clustering calls, researchers included a support cluster head node, which has the same responsibilities than a cluster head node but only when this cluster has broken the link with the other common clusters nodes for reason of distance or battery.
From mathematics and algorithms, researchers confirmed the improvements of the proposed model, which consists of the improvement of the clustering algorithm and the routing protocol.
The system was simulated and assessed in the area of Loja (Ecuador). The figure shows the mobility model applied to an emergency situation. The network is automatically reconfigured in a way that the head cluster nodes have the information about the evacuation areas that allows any node (any use) to find an evacuation area, all thanks to the associated head cluster node.
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It started out innocently, really.
We were going to Gourdough's to get some big fat doughnuts. Yay for big fat doughnuts!
But on our way, we were sidetracked by something heaven-sent: Holy Cacao. If you're not familiar with the way the food truck scene is set up in Austin, Texas, let me tell you that it is epic. In my opinion, it's like Portland's food truck scene, but like, times ten. There are food truck "pods" or mini communities, set up in lots all over. Some even have communal seating areas. It makes for a really friendly atmosphere and really promotes trying products from multiple vendors.
And while exploring other vendors on our way to Gourdough's, this was the one that caught this Spy's eye. Specializing in chocolate and cake pops, it was right up my alley. Even more so when I noticed their tag line: Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso." (Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick.) - Spanish proverb. I like that way of thinking.
You should probably get one of everything here. They offer cake balls in all sorts of flavors, shakes (including! A cake shake!), and drinking chocolate. And it's the drinking chocolate that is the base of their Frozen Hot Chocolate.
If you have never heard of frozen hot chocolate, let me educate you. It's an incredibly rich chocolate base that is then mashed with ice cream and ice and blended to smooth, creamy confection perfection. It's not quite a milkshake, but it's more than just chilled hot chocolate. When done poorly, it's like a grainy coolatta. When it's done well, it's magic. It's famous the world at a place called Serendipity 3 in New York City.
At Holy Cacao, they do it right. You start by choosing a hot chocolate flavor - Holy, Cacao, The Mexican, or Peppermint Patty, and then they will blend it with ice and Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate Ice Cream (because in Texas, you're in Blue Bell country), carefully adjusting their blender and mashing down uncrushed ice and blending again to ensure the correct consistency. What you get is, as they aptly declare on their website, "a rich, chilled chocolate experience."
My companion, who grew up in New York City with Serendipity 3 as the guiding light and standard of what a Frozen Hot Chocolate can and ought to be, not only approved, but (watch out) declared it superior. And I can agree that it is very, very, very good.
It doesn't really get so cold in Austin, it more trends toward hot, and this beverage is the perfect way to cool down, deliciously.
And the perfect warm-up to a doughnut.
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Next Episode of Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon is
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On January 2, 1994 the Dutch KRO television started an comic TV-show, based on the American sitcom 'The Honeymooners'. The scripts of these series were translated and edited by Gerard Cox and Sjoerd Pleijsier, two of the main actors. From the start of the fourth season they started to write their own episodes. The series are taking place in the south of Rotterdam, late fifties. The last season of the series took place in 1976.
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