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Extreme Makeover: Clampy Edition, Part 2Posted in Ultimate Adventure: 2005 on December 1, 2005 Comment (0)
For the first time in my Ultimate Adventure experiences, I wimped out and took a trailer to the starting point. I wasn't sure if Clampy would make the more than 24-hour drive needed to get to the start of Ultimate Adventure, and I wasn't about to receive the wrath of Editor Rick Pw for being late. So Feature Editor Jerrod Jones and I hitched up the Ultimate Avalanche and towed my Project Clampy Toyota truck from Los Angeles to Missouri, where we unloaded the little beater and went wheeling for a week. I was a little worried that being on full-width 1-ton axles (Dana 60 and 70) was going to hurt me, but now I won't trade it for the world. I was able to side hill some crazy obstacles, and had to get really stupid to make the truck feel light. The spring-under suspension did get caught on a few boulders, but not enough for me to want to change it. The front springs are very flat now, but I'm just so happy with the low stance that I probably won't change it.
All in all the damage report was pretty minimal. I now have a new alternator, as the old one died during the week, but otherwise everything under the hood worked amazingly well for a 200,000+ miles powerplant. I bent one of the rear springs pretty badly by backing a shackle into a rock, and Tuff Country came through big time to get me another within 24 hours. I should also have replaced the exhaust, as it broke apart twice - even when rewelded - and now hangs from bailing wire and aluminum foil. Though the engine leaks from every gasket, it doesn't seem to use that much oil, and ran so well that I wished I had driven it out there and back. Of course that would have required a set of rear fenders that wouldn't keep falling off during every high-speed rutted dirt road excursion, and I'm already working on them. All in all I am very happy with the results of my one-month buildup of a desolate beater into a total sleeper. I only wish I had another month to spend out wheeling in it.
By this point I was barely started with Clampy, and my month was already half gone. Luckily I convinced the boss that I would be working from home for the next two weeks, and could somehow write last month's stories and build Clampy at the same time. To give my tired four squirrels some needed leverage over the 39-inch BFGoodrich Krawlers, I contacted Advance Adapters about a dual transfer-case adapter. I chose to run stock low gears in both cases rather than swap in lower gears at this point. Rather than go into the step by step of dual cases here, I'll let you in on some upcoming secrets. AA is going to release its own cast Toyota low-range box that will not need machining for the 5:1 gears and will include all new pieces. Plus the company is working on an adapter, which will mate its new box to a Jeep Dana 300 or Atlas, thus allowing true twin-stick ability. And finally, Advance Adapters might be working on an adapter from the early Toyota transmissions to the Atlas in case you don't want to run Toyota gearing at all. Watch for it.
To protect the cases, I bolted up a BudBuilt crossmember to the frame. This 3/8-inch-thick crossmember bolts into the stock crossmember mounts and has a secondary 3/16-inch skidplate that attaches to it giving 9/16-inch of total protection as well as increasing belly clearance by 2 1/2 inches. During our trip I bellyflopped the Clampster hard on Bud's two-piece skidplate more than once, and not only did it barely show a scratch, with it's smooth snag-free surface, I could grind over rocks with nary a concern.
With the rear end in place I measured for my rear driveshaft, and determined what angle to weld on my spring perches. I pointed the pinion a degree below the center of the rear output, and this resulted in vibration-free runs at highway speed. I bolted on the 39-inch Krawlers wrapped around a set of 17-inch Walker Evans bead locks and took Clampy outside. There I lifted the tires with a neighbor's forklift in order to measure for shocks. By measuring the distance from the axle's shock mounts to the frame in each corner at full stuff and full droop I could decide where the top of the shock should go. I had left the front shock hangers from the Total Chaos kit on but needed to determine where to weld on new axle tabs.
In the rear I used a set of Sky's front shock hoops as well as some gussets from Con-Ferr as my upper shock mounts. The Poly Performance BBCS-15 LT shocks offer 15 inches of travel and digressive compression and rebound valving specifically designed for slow-speed rockcrawling. Unfortunately my front suspension would only use about 3 inches of uptravel. However, I did like the built-in bumpstop feature of these shocks, and didn't need any other bump stop for the UA trip.
With the suspension in and driveshafts in the works, I had some time to get the front Dana 60 axle assembled at Drivetrain Direct. Before I headed there I had gotten a set of 7.17 Yukon gears from Randy's Ring & Pinion as well as a set of Randy's chromoly axleshafts. I didn't really need the chromoly inner shafts, but I wanted to try the chromoly 30-spline stub shafts so I could run locking hubs. Randy's claims the strength to be comparable to - if not better than - stock Spicer 35-spline stubs, and after the abuse I put them through I have to agree. I had Drivetrain Direct install my gears and an ARB Air Locker. I had always used Detroit Lockers front and rear in the past, but felt I needed to try something different so I could have the experience. Other than simply forgetting to turn on the front locker once during the trip, I was completely satisfied with these Australian traction aids, and am going to struggle when deciding between ARB and Detroit next time.
Other than some fender trimming for the shocks and the steering improvements, I did very few underhood upgrades, though I did find space in the back corner to install ARB's new mini compressor. Truth be told, I didn't get it installed until the start of UA when I convinced Sam Gillis, Trent McGee, and Keith Bailey to help me mount, plumb, and wire it in the hotel parking lot. If you can imagine four guys with adult beverages installing a mini compressor by the light of a lamppost, then you can imagine just how easily it went in. We plumbed it with some of Russell's stainless steel-coated Teflon hose, and didn't have any issues with it all week. The new mini compressors aren't designed for filling tires, but they do seem to be a little quieter than the larger design and are great where space is a premium.
I had needed steering knuckles and found them at Drivetrain Direct where they had an old Dodge front 60 laying in the corner. The Dodge spring perches are slightly wider than the Chevy, so I used my GM housing with the Dodge knuckles and hubs. Unfortunately, the Dodge hubs use a classic design where the selectable hubs bolt on externally, and no one offers those hubs in 35-spline. In fact, the only hubs I could find were a set of Selectro's currently offered by MileMarker. These hubs worked pretty well, but on one particular obstacle I had the front end bouncing and tires spinning and grenaded the passenger-side unit. Yes, I was pushing a bit more than this classic design was prepared for, and as such I spent the remainder of the our trip running drive flanges which required removal for every road day. It was not the most convenient setup, but it was a good test of the Yukon shafts, which took some serious abuse.
Steering the big tires was going to be an issue so I decided on a ram-assist system. I was at Off Road Unlimited and got its setup with the ram and hoses. Though ORU usually only does fullsize trucks, I twisted some arms to get them to port my Toyota steering box. In addition I had a spare reservoir from AGR that I used to help carry the larger capacity of steering fluid needed with the ram. Since I didn't have the funds or time to get a true steering cooler, I made one out of steel fuel line that I ran in front of the radiator. Finally I drilled the power-steering pump restrictor plate out to 13/64, which increases the volume, and helps turn the big tires.
In order to mount the ram in a safe place, I welded the axle side tabs to my Blue Torch Fabworks fabricated front diff cover, and then built a tie-rod clamp bracket for the other end. Everything was a very tight fit, but I had absolutely no problems with the steering all week, and though I used a hodge-podge of parts on mine, I would recommend using the ORU kit.
I also used the crossover steering kit from Sky Manufacturing. The billet upper passenger-side arm is as massive as Popeye's and uses a big 1-ton tie-rod end on the drag link. On the steering-box side, I pivoted the box around the upper rear bolt hole and installed Sky's flat pitman arm. I then drilled and sleeved the frame and used a Land Cruiser FJ-80 upper tie-rod end on the drag link.
With bigger axles and bigger tires, I need a bigger master cylinder to stop my new Super Clampy. Again Sky Manufacturing came to the rescue with the inside secret that a Toyota Land Cruiser from 1994 will bolt right up to the mini-truck's brake booster, but with a larger 1-inch bore to greatly improve braking ability. Eventually I ran nearly all-new brake lines and, though I had to do some custom metric-to-standard hard lines, the truck would stop just fine. I never had a very hard pedal, but I felt completely in control. I still need to install the Russell brake proportioning valve, which may help the soft pedal a bit. Another option is Sky's new adapter to put a Chevy master cylinder on the Toyota brake booster.
Finally the driveshafts arrived from Driveline Tech in Portland, Oregon. I was getting close to the deadline, and had never used anything from this fairly young company before, but I now consider them top-notch. Owner Brian Stanton sent me two very heavy and very burly driveshafts, both with genuine Toyota CV's at the transfer-case end, and both running 1/4-inch-wall tubes. The front long-slip unit uses a pinion flange at the 60 from High Angle Driveline, where the rear uses the stock 1410 U-joint. It was very cool to not be worried about dinging driveshafts while on the trail. During one obstacle I had the truck resting on the front shaft and pinion flange, and as it turned the truck actually moved sideways over the rock. Onlookers started giving me alarmed looks, but my Driveline Tech shafts just shrugged it off. As for running 1/4-inch-wall shafts at highway speeds, the front gave a little vibration when running the drive flanges, but the angles are far from perfect for it. The rear - on the other hand - wasn't noticed at all, and even with a bit of rock rash it still spun true and was vibration free. Also note the Big Stevie cast-iron diff cover from Off Road Unlimited on the rear Dana 70.
I'm quickly running out of space for all the little things I did like building the front Warn 9.5 XP winch mount seen in last edition's lead photo, mounting the Hi-Lift Jack so it would also act as a spare-tire hold-down, and adding the various rollbar supports running to the All-Pro Off Road internal cage. But I will mention the fuel tank and cooler mount. By moving the stock fuel tank up and perpendicular to the framerails, I was able to keep all the original fuel lines (some tweaking of hard lines and lengthening of soft vent lines is required), as well as the in-tank fuel pump/sender unit. Then to protect the tank, I quickly fabbed this little cage/cooler rack for my ARB cooler. Having ice-cold beverages within reach was a godsend during the swelteringly humid days of UA, even if the rack looks similar to lawn furniture with the perforated metal sides.
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In Hasbro's Voting Chamber (not the bracket tournament) you can vote on your favorite packaging (card backs). VINTAGE's full pictures are up there vs. POTF2, E1, POTJ, etc.
Looks like they're going to see if we want vintage style packaging back again.
They show Obi-Wan Kenobi on:
1) 12-back, ANH
2) Return of the Jedi (still vintage - full size pic, but splits vintage votes)
3) POTF2 (green card Holosticker)
4) POTJ (Millennium Falcon, Jedi Training)
5) E1 (Jedi Apprentice, soft goods)
Currently, Power of the Jedi (??? !#$@!!!) is winning because Hasbro must want to self-aggrandize itself, as POTJ is better than any modern card - however, with VINTAGE split between ANH and ROTJ, each old-school style gets only half the votes, and POTJ takes the lead).
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(if you all absolutely agree it should be the ANH card, then make it that one. But don't let them split the VINTAGE vote! ROTJ actually says the movie name, though. Not just "Star Wars." In that case, new figure packages could say "Attack of the Clones" not just Star Wars.)
So I thought I'd make that distinction about the two choices of VINTAGE card backs.
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|Habitat: Thrives just about everywhere.
Annoying habits: Gnaws through drywall, nibbles on wiring, and pops out of mouse holes, alarming fauna of the Homo sapiens kind.
What you need to know: Can climb, jump, swim, squeeze through dime-size openings, and live on crumbs. Mainly nocturnal. Scoots around the edges of a room, using its whiskers to steer. Sexually matures at 6 to 10 weeks, bearing a litter about 20 days after mating. You do the math.
|What you need to do: Sprinkle baby powder on the floor to track your prey. Plug any hole bigger than a quarter of an inch with steel wool or hardware cloth (available at hardware stores). Make sure there's no space under doors. Buy a cat.
If that doesn't work: Set snap traps with a smear of peanut butter or Nutella. Terminix, the pest-control company, recommends traps with extra-wide triggers (available at hardware stores). Place traps two at a time?pairs work better than singles?perpendicular to a wall, with the trigger edge closest to the wall. (Glue boards will do, but who wants to come home to a squeaking Mickey?)
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|Habitat: Common throughout most of the United States. Prefers wooded and waterfront property and access to prepared foods.
Annoying habits: Empties the garbage and plays kick the can. Enjoys taking a dip and snacking on fish. Stages nocturnal raids, using its dexterous paws to rip into bags of Fritos.
What you need to know: Likes to nest in chimneys and attics. Strong, smart, and omnivorous. Can be a carrier of rabies.
|What you need to do: Call a contractor to install a mesh chimney cap (look under Chimney Builders and Repairs in the Yellow Pages). Trim tree limbs near the house. Keep pet food indoors. Put some ammonia-soaked newspapers at the bottoms of garbage cans and cayenne on top of the garbage. Tie down lids with rope.
If that doesn't work: Trap and deport the invaders. Consult your state's Department of Natural Resources for rules on releasing raccoons. For the names of wildlife-control operators who can get rid of the animal for you, look up Animal Removal Services in the Yellow Pages or go to icwdm.org.
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|Habitat: Most of the United States, from woodlands to suburbia (sometimes even downtown).
Annoying habits: Devours tulip buds just as they're ready to bloom. Chews hedges to a nub. Rubs the bark off some trees. Tramples flower beds. Plays chicken on roads and highways.
What you need to know: Can be a host of the tick that carries Lyme disease. May be able to leap over eight-foot fences. Usually dines at nightfall or just before dawn, treating your yard as a salad bar.
|What you need to do: Plant things that deer don't like. Find examples at highcountrygardens.com, or contact your local Cooperative Extension office to check the palates of your local herd. Safe repellents (available at garden centers) include Deer Stopper and Bobbex. Or try scarecrow sprinklers with motion detectors that trigger alarming bursts of water.
If that doesn't work: The best offense is a good fence. Count on erecting one that's more than eight feet high. Or install two five-footers about four feet apart from each other.
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|Habitat: Got trees? Actually, any pasture, park, or yard will do.
Annoying habits: Embarks on unnecessarily raucous tree chases during mating season. May see your garden as a good place to dig and your house as a superdeluxe tree with nesting possibilities. Astute at finding holes and cracks in roofing and eaves.
What you need to know: Creative thinkers; attic lovers. Highly territorial; potentially destructive.
|What you need to do: Trim tree limbs growing close to the house, secure loose shingles, and seal holes with heavy wire mesh. Have a contractor install a mesh chimney cap (look up Chimney Builders and Repairs in the Yellow Pages). Deploy dogs as patrolling agents.
If that doesn't work: If they're nesting in your attic, turn up the volume on an obnoxious radio or TV talk show?squirrels hate shouting matches. Scrub down surfaces with ammonia and scatter mothballs. Seal all holes. Hire a contractor to install metal flashing around eaves. For pros who capture culprits and keep them out, go to icwdm.org.
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|Habitat: Trees and buildings throughout much of the United States.
Annoying habits: Flies through open windows, touching off panic and coiffure-related concerns.
What you need to know: Flies by night in search of water (ponds, swimming pools) and insect congregations (around porch lights). Can carry rabies. For bug control, however, bats are a godsend, devouring mosquitoes and other insects by the bucketful.
|What you need to do: Make sure all windows, including little ones in the attic, have screens. Seal holes and crevices larger than a silver dollar everywhere around the roof.
If that doesn't work: Confine an errant bat by closing all doors and opening a window to let it escape. Or sneak up on it with an empty coffee can or bucket, clap the can over the bat, slide the can onto a piece of cardboard, and let the bat loose outdoors. For names of professionals who can remove bats, go to icwdm.org.
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|Habitat: Woody, brushy areas.
Annoying habits: Dismantles potted plants and damages bushes by burrowing under roots. Helps itself to flower bulbs and seedlings.
What you need to know: Constructs tunnels up to 30 feet long. Goes underground in winter, living off cached food. Busy, busy, busy in early morning and late afternoon, scouring for snacks and unearthing rock gardens and geraniums.
|What you need to do: Keep pet food indoors. Stuff hardware cloth into gaps in the foundation of the house. Trim ground-cover plants so that the offenders have fewer places to hide. Experiment with chipmunk repellents, such as those made by Deer Stopper.
If that doesn't work: Bait live-catch traps with peanut butter, raisins, or granola. Brands of traps include Tomahawk (livetrap.com) and Havahart (havahart.com). For pros who can capture and relocate creatures, go to icwdm.org.
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Kansas City, Mo. – When Jessie Kirksey started teaching first grade at Longfellow Elementary School in 1966, she couldn't imagine she would spend the rest of her career in education, and she was bowled over by those who spent more than 10 years teaching.
Now in her forty-eighth year as an educator, Dr. Kirksey is a principal at John T. Hartman Elementary School and has never left the Kansas City Missouri School District. In fact, Dr. Kirksey is likely the district's longest serving current staff member.
In nearly half of a century, she has learned more than a thing or two about urban education, although she insists that she doesn't have all the answers and is "still in the process of becoming."
This attitude embodies Dr. Kirksey's approach to education, where students, teachers, parents and community members are all accepted and empowered as learners.
"No one rises to low expectations," Kirksey said.
UMKC's new Urban Education Research Center, which celebrated it's official launch Oct. 29, 2013, hopes to work with local educators like Kirksey, who have found success in the often challenging environment of urban schools.


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Sonia Sanchez featured in 'Poetry Slam,' Nov. 23
Posted November 19, 2002; 06:52 p.m.
Poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez will be the featured reader in "Sex, Words and Rhythm," the Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) Office's annual "Fall Poetry Slam," Saturday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. at Caf Vivian in the Frist Campus Center.
Sanchez is the author of more than 16 books, including "Homegirls and Handgrenades," "Does Your House Have Lions?" and "Shake Loose My Skin." Her work covers topics of gender, race, sexuality and relationships. Sanchez was the Laura Carnell Chair in English at Temple University until her retirement in 1999.
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Bring on the pandas. In late September, Activision Blizzard plans to release the latest extension of its wildly popular World of Warcraft, a multiplayer online game set in a fantasy universe. Mists of Pandaria will include a new race of people, with a new language and unusual traits, as well as a new adventurer class outfitted with special weapons and armor and skills and powers.
Investors are hoping the Asian-themed game will breathe new life into one of the videogame maker's top franchises, and give Activision Blizzard's shares a much-needed lift. The stock (ticker: ATVI) has been in the doldrums for much of the past few years, the result of a down cycle for packaged videogames for consoles ike Playstation3 and Xbox and intense pressure from cheaper games played on smartphones and tablets such as the iPad.
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The launch of Mists of Pandaria is one of a few events in the coming year that should benefit Activision Blizzard's stock price. A number of its new releases are topping the charts in the U.S. and European markets, and it recently formed a promising partnership with Tencent Holdings (TCEHY), China's largest Internet provider, to grab a bigger piece of that country's booming games market by making its popular Call of Duty available online.
All of this could help Activision shares, which have fallen about 10% this year, versus a gain of nearly 11% for the broad market. At a recent $11.25, the stock was trading at just 11 times next year's estimated earnings per share, or eight times, excluding cash on the balance sheet. Success with the new initiatives and some resulting margin expansion could lift those multiples smartly; the shares could rise as much as 50%.
Complicating the Activision Blizzard story somewhat is the news that its controlling shareholder, the French telecommunications and media conglomerate Vivendi viv.fr 0.9775171065493646% Vivendi S.A. ADR U.S.: OTC USD20.66 0.2 0.9775171065493646% /Date(1493245201000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 45484 P/E Ratio 20.10509926041261 Market Cap 26259607614.9756 Dividend Yield 2.0909970958373667% Rev. per Employee 588260 More quote details and news » (VIV.France), is interested in selling the 61.5% stake it obtained through the $19 billion merger of Activision with Blizzard Entertainment in 2008. But it's not clear when or if a deal will go through, or what it might look like. Under at least one scenario, Activision's shareholders could come out ahead.
THERE'S NO QUESTION that teaming Activision with Tencent could pay off nicely. Call of Duty will be free to play but will include an in-game store, at which players can buy gear and accessories. Terms weren't disclosed, but Wall Street expects the deal, which could launch in mid-2013, to add meaningfully to Activision Blizzard's annual earnings per share, with one analyst putting the eventual potential as high as 17 cents a year. The consensus estimate for total earnings in 2013 is $1.08, up from 98 cents this year.
The Chinese online gaming market, estimated at nearly $7 billion in 2011 with 160 million online gamers, is expected to increase by 20% this year and reach more than $9 billion by 2014. Tencent, which offers China's No. 1 game, CrossFire, a free-to-play multiplayer game comparable to Call of Duty, is the top game operator in China with $2.5 billion in revenue in 2011. NetEase ntes -4.518635774931645% Netease Inc. ADR U.S.: Nasdaq USD265.4 -12.56 -4.518635774931645% /Date(1493240400544-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1663751 AFTER HOURS USD264.4 -1 -0.37678975131876413% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 20.251348690987616 Market Cap 36484803953.4309 Dividend Yield 1.522230595327807% Rev. per Employee 359620 More quote details and news » (NTES), with which Activision has partnered to offer World of Warcraft in China, is No. 2, with $1 billion in revenue.
Another plus for Santa Monica, Calif.-based Activision Blizzard is the strong reception given to its Diablo III, launched in May; more than six million units were sold in the first week. By some estimates, Diablo could contribute more than five cents a share to earnings this year, not including the profits from an auction house that lets players buy and sell gear for their characters. In this year's first six months, Skylanders, a family-friendly game played with toys, was the best-selling videogame in North America and Europe and best-selling line of action figures.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PS3 are both getting upgrades, a boon to Activision.
In addition, the game-development team Bungie, creator of the popular Halo game, among others, and a long-term partner of Activision since 2010, plans next year to release a four-game massive multiplayer online science-fantasy game code-named Destiny. Also, widely expected to launch in 2013: the next generation of game consoles from Sony (SNE) and Microsoft msft -0.13250883392226148% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD67.83 -0.09 -0.13250883392226148% /Date(1493240400506-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24960230 AFTER HOURS USD68.07 0.239999999999995 0.35382574082264484% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 31.995283018867923 Market Cap 524853808858.283 Dividend Yield 2.2998673153471914% Rev. per Employee 747982 More quote details and news » (MSFT)—and possibly Apple aapl -0.5881131944924929% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD143.68 -0.85 -0.5881131944924929% /Date(1493240400548-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19577352 AFTER HOURS USD143.8 0.120000000000005 0.08351893095768374% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 17.207185628742515 Market Cap 758282425441.235 Dividend Yield 1.586859688195991% Rev. per Employee 1874840 More quote details and news » (AAPL). Those products should lead to a new sales cycle for game companies, including Activision Blizzard.
"The dynamics of the next console cycle—which we expect to be driven by the ability to drive all digital-content distribution in the living room through a single device–will be much more positive for videogame publishers that own and create high-quality content than the last console cycle," says Cowen analyst Doug Creutz. "That can only be good for Activision. I'm very bullish on Activision. They are the best videogame company out there, in terms of intellectual property and talent."
Despite the slide of Activision's stock, it has held up far better than its gaming counterparts, Electronic Arts ea 0.5484460694698354% Electronic Arts Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD93.5 0.51 0.5484460694698354% /Date(1493240400287-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1527096 AFTER HOURS USD93.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 23.04829048241181 Market Cap 28665563053.6331 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 542118 More quote details and news » (EA), down 42% year to date; T ake-Two Interactive Software ttwo 0.23950183618074405% Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD62.78 0.15 0.23950183618074405% /Date(1493240400482-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 719335 AFTER HOURS USD62.78 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 784.75 Market Cap 6351308637.67548 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 540538 More quote details and news » (TTWO), off 40%; and Nintendo (NTDOY), down 21%. That's a testament to the company's lineup of top titles and its pipeline of new games, as well as the savvy cost management of Chief Executive Bobby Kotick and Chief Operating Officer Thomas Tippl.
Activision is debt-free and has taken advantage of its depressed share price by repurchasing shares. It bought back 26.4 million in the first half of this year for about $315 million.
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Last week, the game maker reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings of 20 cents a share, compared with the consensus estimate of 12 cents. The company raised its outlook for the full year to 99 cents a share, on an adjusted basis, on $4.63 billion in revenue, from a prior 95 cents and $4.53 billion.
Still, the shares lost some ground because investors were surprised by a bigger-than-expected losses of subscribers to its blockbuster World of Warcraft. Part of the problem was that the launch of Diablo III siphoned off subscribers.
But the longer-term outlook for the company is still strong. "Activision has performed fairly well through these difficult times," observes Ed Williams, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets. "New-product releases will be a catalyst for Activision. I think it's a compelling stock, relative to the market and to its peer group." He sees the shares hitting $17.
IT'S HARD TO SAY how the Vivendi developments will play out. After four years of a successful and mutually supportive relationship, new management at Vivendi is refocusing on its core French telecommunications and cable businesses and shedding assets considered to be nonstrategic, such as the Activision Blizzard stake.
But it won't be easy to find a buyer for Vivendi's shares that would also be the right partner for Activision. For one thing, there's a limited pool of buyers that would be interested in ponying up $7 billion to $8 billion, the possible range based on Activision's current share price. Mentioned as the most likely candidates to have both strategic interest and wherewithal are Microsoft, Tencent, and even Time Warner Cable (TWC).
Vivendi is said to be seeking a premium, but many suggest it will be forced to accept a discount if it wants cash and a speedy sale. And Activision will most likely be seeking the same hands-off arrangement with any new buyer that it has had with Vivendi., which could limit buyer interest.
The best outcome for Activision would be for the company to buy back shares from Vivendi, offer some to the public and bring in a strategic buyer as a minority shareholder. This would also provide broader support for the company's stock. Activision currently doesn't qualify for inclusion in the S&P 500 because another company holds a controlling stake.
The Bottom Line
Activision's shares may be headed to $17, thanks to new products and savvy cost control. The news that Vivendi is looking to unload its majority stake has had little effect on the shares.
Late last week, the Financial Times reported that Vivendi was putting a sale of its Activision stake on the back burner because there were no satisfactory offers. The pressure looks to be off for any quick sale because Vivendi's stock has risen more than 10% since former CEO Jean-Bernard Levy left the company in June over a strategy dispute.
So far, Activision's stock has responded in muted fashion to the various reports about Vivendi. More important for investors are the developments under way at Activision itself, and they look promising. Game on.
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"Microdermabrasion with Chemical Peel" Aesthetic Surgery Journal, March/April 2001
"Treatment of Osteoradionecrosis by Transoral Hemimandibulectomy: Report of Case." Journal of Oral Surgery, 37:504-8, 1979. Friedlander, A.H., Mazzarella, L., and Kisner, A.M..
"Radiographic Marker as an Aid in Evaluation of Neck Masses." Journal of Oral Surgery, 37:440, 1979. Friedlander, A.H., Schwartz, S., Mazzarella, L., and Kisner, A.M..
"Surgical Strategies and Endoscopic Assisted Forehead and Mid-Face Lifts." Aesthetic Surgery Quarterly, Spring 1995.
"Hot Topics Microdermabrasion and Chemical Peel.." Aesthetic Surgery Journal, March/April 2001
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Endoscopic Facial Surgery. ASPRN Conference in Staten Island, New York April 1995
Endoscopic Facial Surgery. North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York. May 1995
Endoscopic Facial Surgery. University as Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York. June 1995
Endoscopic Facial Aesthetic Surgery. International Plastic Surgery Conference; Johannesburg, South Africa. August 1996
Laser Resurfacing. International Plastic Surgery Conference; Johannesburg, South Africa. August 1996
Microdermabrasion and Chemical Peels. National Aesthetic Society Meeting: Los Angeles 2000
Microdermabrasion and Chemical Peels. American Aesthetic Society Meeting: New York 2001
Tissue Glues and Sealants in Facelifts. American Aesthetic Society Meeting: New York 2001
Discussion of Restylane as Soft Tissue Filler. American Aesthetic Society Meeting: New York 2001
Sealant Update. American Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting: Orlando, November 2001
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Huntington Hospital (Chief of Plastic Surgery)
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Stony Brook University Hospital
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Member American Medical Association
Member New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Member Nassau County Medical Society
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Member American Cleft Lip and Palate Society
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Professor Chan, Assistant Dean at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital (CUHK-PWH), joins us in this quarter's IDF Newsletter to share more information on one of the newest Centres of Education to join IDF's growing network.
1. Tell us about your institution? Why did you decide to join IDF's Centres of Education Network (IDFCE)?
The CUHK-PWH Diabetes and Endocrine Centre was established in 1985 as a service and teaching unit at PWH, the teaching hospital of CUHK. Since then, it has expanded to include six functional units operated by over 100 staff members engaged in a series of interlinked research, care and education activities. Our strategy is to use evidence to change practice and influence policy. By joining the IDFCE Network, we hope to share our experiences and learn from other Centres in pursuit of our vision to prevent and control diabetes through innovation, teamwork and development of human resources.
2. What was the process to becoming an officially recognised Centre of Education?
We had to submit a detailed proposal articulating the vision, mission, activities, accomplishments and governance of our centre. We also had to include a strategy and plan of actions to achieve our goals. We were then visited by senior executives from IDF for two days when team leaders presented the structure, function and deliverables of each of the six units. They visited the different units and went through documents such as course materials, students' feedback, meeting minutes, standards of operations, research plans and publications. They also observed the way how we used trained nurses and health care assistants to implement a structured care programme starting with a risk stratification programme to establish an on-going diabetes registry using standard protocols followed by empowerment and triage of patients into different care models. They were particularly interested in learning how this programme has evolved to become an internet-based disease management programme, the Joint Asia Diabetes Evaluation (JADE) programme. JADE is now being implemented in Asia to enable doctors to establish a diabetes registry for quality assurance and improvement purpose. They also interviewed two graduates of our Masters course, a pharmacist and a family doctor, to learn how the course has helped their professional development and patient management. They ended the visit by interviewing the programme directors and gave us their feedback and impression about the strategy and operation of the centre.
3. What has becoming a Centre of Education brought to your institution? And what are the benefits of being part of this network so far?
After the formal announcement in the Dubai meeting, we had our first meeting with leaders from the other 7 IDFCE in South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. All of us were impressed about the remarkable similarities in terms of challenges that we face and strategies that we develop to improve diabetes care through professional, patient and public education. The endorsement by an independent and prestigious organisation such as IDF has enhanced our efforts to set up dialogues with relevant stakeholders to extend our multipronged strategies to other sectors through collaborations and networking both within and outside Hong Kong.
4. What are your objectives as a newly selected Centre of Education for the coming year?
Our Government is now fully committed to developing career paths for diabetes nurses, including the appointment of Nurse Consultants, and providing extensive support to the primary care team including NGOs to use similar strategies such as risk stratification, structured care and peer support. This will undoubtedly improve quality of diabetes care in the community. In the coming year, our Centre will focus on three areas of unmet needs.
Firstly, we are developing an outreach, detection and motivational programme targeted at middle-aged subjects. These individuals, if affected, are at very high risk of developing complications due to long disease duration, and yet often neglect their risk profiles due to competing priorities. Secondly, we will use an all-encompassing approach including change of clinic setting to enable the care team to use empowerment, peer support, personalized therapy and group dynamics to manage some difficult-to-treat patients, such as those with multiple comorbidities, obesity and early-onset disease. These patients often have multiple medical and psychological needs which cannot be dealt with adequately in busy clinic settings with 5-10 minute consultations. Thirdly, we will continue to engage key opinion leaders in Asia to champion the JADE programme to systematically evaluate the concept of using a doctor-nurse-clerk team to stratify risk and implement structured care, augmented by an electronic portal with risk engine, care protocols and decision support.
5. How would you like to see the network developing in the future?
In response to the IDF Call to Action on Diabetes, we look forward to working closely with other members of the Network to develop collaborative projects with an ultimate objective of strengthening the health care system to ensure that people with diabetes have access to education, essential care and medications to prevent the onset and progression of complications. To this end, securing a career path for diabetes nurses who provide the liaison between patient and doctors is absolutely essential. By joining forces to collect the facts and figures regarding the cost-effectiveness of using a registry for quality assurance and a doctor-nurse team to deliver holistic and structured care, we hope these practices will become as standard as that of establishing a disease registry in the field of communicable disease and having a midwife in the field of obstetrics.
Prepared by Professor Juliana CN Chan and Dr. CC Chow, Co-directors of CUHK-PWH IDF Centre of Education


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There is one for BOGT but the rockstar logo in the lower left is still there =(
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I read in our paper today that Indiana law allows teachers, administrators or anyone the school authorizes to carry guns on school grounds. It is up to each school district to set their policy. State dept of ed says it is unaware of any school in Indiana where teachers carry guns.
I really doubt our school would ever even consider it. We have a women principle for both the grade school and high school starting this school year. We have already had three school lock downs this year when there were none last year. We have had a school closing for fog which is usually a delay that was burnt off by the sun by 10 am. They seem to be overly cautious almost to the state of paranoia. We are a very rural district but not sure where and how our leaders were raised.


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Video: The 1% tip hoax
posted at 9:50 am on February 28, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The story was too good to be true. A wealthy banker runs up a three-figure bill, only tips 1% (!), and writes a note to the server to "get a real job" as a parting insult. CNN, Huffington Post, and other media outlets ran with the story of the arrogant banker and his miserly recompense to the help. There was only one thing wrong — it really was too good to be true:
According to Huffington Post, CNN and several other news sites, a person claiming to be an employee of the "wealthy" banker took a photo of the receipt and posted it on a blog, "Future Ex-Banker". The blogger paired the photo with their own caption:
"Mention the '99 percent' in my boss' presence and feel his wrath. So proudly does he wear his 1 percent badge of honor that he tips exactly 1 percent every time he feels the server doesn't sufficiently bow down to his Holiness. Oh, and he always makes sure to include a 'tip' of his own." …
The post set off a hailstorm of online comments that touched on the 1% vs. 99% class warfare embodied by the Occupy movement.
HuffPo later posted a statement from the restaurant that said that the photo had been "altered and exaggerated." How exaggerated? Well, according to the local CBS affiliate — who actually asked the restaurant about the bill — the meal was just over $30 instead of $133, the tip was 20% and not 1%, and the customer didn't write any note to the server on the bill. "Exaggerated" in this case serves as a synonym for "flat-out lie."
Then again, without a lot of flat-out lies, where would the Occupy movement be?
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The Geriatric Fellowship Program at the University of North Carolina offers clinical and research training in the care of complicated older patients with an emphasis on evidence based care, a focus on academics, and a foundation in education.
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After Barry Soetoro excercizes EO today with his 18+ gun control actions attacking YOUR 2nd amendment rights.
(you know, the things we warned you about but the leftys all said would NEVER happen???).
Speculation is they will parrot what was done in NY state.
If so..........
He has turned America upside down.
MILLIONS of law abiding citizens will now become criminals.
With pot being legalized and amnesty on the horizen, MILLIONS of criminals will now become law abiding citizens.
Consider America "fundamentally changed!!!"


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Machu Picchu is an Inca site in the Andes Mountains of Peru. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has been called one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
Hiram Bingham is credited with discovering Machu Picchu, but there were people living there at the time of his "discovery".
The better-known photos of Machu Picchu are taken from closer to the Intiwatana with Wayna Picchu in the background. Taken from one of the lower terraces near the entrance area, this panorama shows many details of Machu Picchu as well as the surrounding mountains.
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@JJFrank, Macchu Picchu and Agua Caliente, the town tourists stay at, seemed safe to me. Cuzco should be fine if you stick to the touristy areas. Lima is a big city. Get local advice on what's safe. We weren't there long, but we did walk a mile or two to a local restaurant that our hotel front desk suggested. Other than recommendations to use bottled water, our tour company didn't give us any health cautions. It's hard to say how much it will cost you to visit Machu Picchu. There's tours for every budget. Backpackers go there, and so do those more willing to trade money for comfort. I'm told the bus from Cuzco to Machu Picchu is grueling (but not expensive). We took the train which is a spectacular ride. BTW. there was flooding in the Urubamba river valley last year that affected the roads and train tracks. You'll want to check with someone knowledgeable about the local situation to determine if the trains and buses are working.
Is it safe to go to Peru? How much will it cost to visit Machu Picchu?
I've read in the forum about geocoding. I need to sit down and actually do it.
Thanks Bruce. That works for me now. I don't know if you have much experience with geocoding but you could probably improve the placement even more if you have the patience.
Google Earth FOV should now be 221.8, the value the stitcher shows. I had to enter a non-zero elevation in order to get that change accepted.
Thanks! There's lots of comments on the snapshots, but you're the first for the gigapan itself. The most likely problem with Google Earth is that I only got around to putting the position in. I never got into GE to position the image. IIRC, the "real" FOV would have been more than 180 but less than 270. I'll see if I can at least get that corrected when I get home.
A superb gigapan and I am utterly astonished to see that I am the first person to make a comment! I just checked out the view in Google Earth and it doesn't work for me (GE 5.1, Vista64). You are taken to the location but there is no gigapan. I just noticed that the horizontal FoV is over 360º. Can this be remedied or have the devs broken something?


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#amv-review wrote:<~Kionon> You did not have to leave #amv
* Kionon sets mode: +o Melanchthon
<~Kionon> But all discussion will happen in here.
<DrDinosaur> except when Kionon calls you stupid
<DrDinosaur> and rejects your thought
<~Kionon> You're stupid, Todd, and I reject your thoughts.
<~Kionon> Get out.
<@Melanchthon> Hello everyone.
<@Melanchthon> The video we're doing today is Loose Ends, by DuskvsTweak.
<@Melanchthon> http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... p?v=103854
* ~Kionon gets.
<~Kionon> When was this released?
<@Melanchthon> This was released in 2006, which puts it a little outside the scope of #amv-review.
<@Melanchthon> If anyone has any more recent nominations, send 'em in.
<~Kionon> Yes, generally it would. But those rules are more like? guideposts.
<~Kionon> The question is will the editor get anything back from our feedback? That in and of itself is not a reason not to review it, but it is something to think about with older videos.
<@Melanchthon> That is a valid question.
<@Melanchthon> Given the age of the video we might be doing this more for our ourselves, but I didn't have anything more recent.
<~Kionon> Usually this would be a bonus video.
<~Kionon> And I have a bonus video if you don't.
<~Kionon> Do we need to OP?
<~Kionon> Do you know anything about whether the editor is even still active?
<@Melanchthon> I contacted him via his YT account earlier in the week as it had more recent activity compared to the 2011 last login on his org account.
<~Kionon> No response?
<@Melanchthon> He's since logged in to the org, though I haven't heard anything back.
<@Melanchthon> DrD, F_S, xnamkcor, you all there?
<~Kionon> DriftRoot is supposed to come in as well.
<DrDinosaur> indeed
<@Melanchthon> The scheduling is a little off because I wrote EDT instead of EST. Maybe we'll see more people in an hour or so.
<@Melanchthon> If anyone wants to write an op they can, though as with the discussion it'll probably be of more use to us than to him.
<~Kionon> True. I probably will write one if he responds, but I don't think it's necessary unless he does.
<@Melanchthon> Everyone taken a look at the video?
<~Kionon> Multiple times, yes.
<DrDinosaur> negative space
<DrDinosaur> but kionon have you REALLY looked at the video?
<DrDinosaur> You should try looking at the video in such away that you do not use your eyes, your simply percieve the videos
<DrDinosaur> Feel it's existance
<DrDinosaur> I think you would get a greater understanding of the concept behind it if you were to do that
<@Melanchthon> The video has a lot of dark space even in the Trigun footage.
<DrDinosaur> I agree, it's less about what the video shows, and more about what the video does not show.
<DrDinosaur> Meaning through scenes not selectd.
<@Melanchthon> What do you mean?
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<@Melanchthon> Hello.
<~Kionon> To be fair, my biggest complaint is one that goes with the age of the video.
<~Kionon> The visual quality.
<~Kionon> Lots of jaggies.
<DrDinosaur> Code knows all about the unseen
<@Melanchthon> The resolution is pretty typical of an avi of that era, but the deinterlacing artifacts are a little distracting at times.
<@Melanchthon> Especially given the especially visual presentation.
<~Kionon> Yeah, I'm not really talking about the resolution.
<~Kionon> I like the change in color on the beats, so I don't have an issue really with the black and white or grain filter.
<~Kionon> But the jaggies are killing me.
<~Kionon> I like the video, and I'm on the edge of considering it a keeper.
<CodeZTM> I agree. The lines are just always there, posing something else I'm looking at besides the video.
<~Kionon> But the quality was subpar even for 2006.
<@Melanchthon> The editor has mentioned in his profile that he'd like to remake his old videos, but I don't know when that was updated.
<~Kionon> I do think the pairing is good enough. I am no fan of most multi-source drama videos.
<~Kionon> But CB and Trigun are a good mix.
<~Kionon> And always have been, honestly.
<@Melanchthon> I like the symmetry of the final fights.
<@Melanchthon> Both of them show the two characters doing the same actions, and the clips themselves are nicely interleaved.
<~Kionon> I think the rubber band like transitions don't fit the mood though.
<~Kionon> I think a blur or zoom might have been a better choice.
<CodeZTM> It's a good combination, although the scenes were fairly predictable of what to expect from both series.
<~Kionon> It looks very Public Access Television to me.
<~Kionon> And since most of the video doesn't, it makes the contrast that much stronger.
<@Melanchthon> I do think there needs to be _something_ there that does the job the rubber band transitions do.
<@Melanchthon> PTA?
<~Kionon> Syre.
<~Kionon> A pan through would work
<~Kionon> with a blur between scenes.
<~Kionon> I like the song, and I think it fits well.
<@Melanchthon> Certainly something movement-based. The synch here is almost as strict as the switches between colour and B&W.
<DrDinosaur> hey kionon ... what does Zawa (or sawa) mean?
<@Melanchthon> And that's something I find interesting about the video. The footage itself is almost a placeholder, or a platform.
<~Kionon> Todd, I would need the context.
<~Kionon> Mel: how do you mean
<~Kionon> ?
<CodeZTM> Was I the only one offput by the really quick ending straight into the credits?
<DrDinosaur> Kionon, gambling, sound effect, whispered ghost like over and over
<@Melanchthon> The ending is really abrupt.
<~Kionon> Yes, it is abrupt.
<~Kionon> Oh.
<~Kionon> It's rhubarb.
<~Kionon> The film term.
<~Kionon> Not the plant.
<CodeZTM> Especially considering that this was a combination of two sources, and there's really not a real closure for either one besides a vauge pose.
<CodeZTM> Which only really would make sense to those who's seen both series.
<@Melanchthon> What I mean by 'placeholder' is that the content of the clip doesn't really matter so long as it doesn't contradict the lyrics.
<~Kionon> Todd, that was directed to you.
<@Melanchthon> It's all about the movement, the pause and then the action part..
<DrDinosaur> Kionon Rhubarb? I ... don't get it
<~Kionon> Rhubarb is the the English word when repeated by extras it sounds like unintelligible but correct English for background noise, like say at a party or something.
<~Kionon> In Japan, they use zawa.
<~Kionon> That way the writers don't need to create acual dialogue for the extras.
<DrDinosaur> ohhh. I thought i was like a heartbeat or something. They also write it out on screen for these crazy dramatic moments
<~Kionon> It's the "sound of people talking."
<~Kionon> Or so says my dictionary.
<DrDinosaur> neat
<~Kionon> Code: I think there was closure for Trigun.
<@Melanchthon> The editing flips back and forth between colour and B&W with almost metronomic regularity, and the footage itself is chosen to do sort of the same thing.
<~Kionon> I don't see much closure for Bebop.
<~Kionon> Usually it changed, at least early in the video, with gunshots or explosions.
<@Melanchthon> I do like the closing shot to the video. But I don't remember what the last Bebop clip was.
<~Kionon> Todd: apparently, gaya is also a possibility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla
<@Melanchthon> Oh, it kind of stops in the middle of the Vicious fight.
<@Melanchthon> The very last 'bang' shot of Spike would have been a nice complement to the last shot of Vash, I think.
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<~Kionon> Agreed.
<~Kionon> I'd say this is better than most action videos I come across.
<@Melanchthon> There are some good sections with internal synch. The slowed-down forward roll looks a touch out of place, but the flick of the throwing knife does look good.
<~Kionon> I like the gun shots and explosions.
<@Melanchthon> That's at about 3.00.
<~Kionon> Okay, it's starting to lose review after about the sixth play.
<@Melanchthon> I think those are a good example of effects synch. It's certainly not a fancy effect being used, but it wouldn't work with just the raw footage.
<CodeZTM> In terms of reviewability, I was glad I watched it, but it just doesn't have that lasting appeal to me. It's a nice dramatic video, but just doesn't stand up thanks to its visual issues, the ending and the typical scene choices.
<~Kionon> Yeah, I think I'm going to fall on the side of not-keeper, but truth be told, I had to really think about it.
<@Melanchthon> It was one of the earlier AMVs I watched for both series. I'd say it would be a good choice to show newbies because of the regimented approach (which is something a little different), but the visual quality kills it a little.
<@Melanchthon> And also because they won't know how commonly those scenes are used.
<@Melanchthon> Anything to add, DrD?
<DrDinosaur> ha ha not really, just wanted to sit in.
<@Melanchthon> I'm going to leave the channel open in the background in case we get anyone turning up at this (half) hour.
<@Melanchthon> Okay, I don't think we're getting anyone else in here.
<~Kionon> Righto.
<CodeZTM> Well, I'm sure this will take off at some point.
<@Melanchthon> We just need to be able to do it consistently.
<~Kionon> Anyone want to volunteer for next week?
<@Melanchthon> I could do it next week.
<@Melanchthon> Alright everyone, thanks for stopping by and talking about the video.
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<@Melanchthon> Hello?
<@Melanchthon> You can still talk about the video.
<bishop> thats what i wanted to know ._.
<bishop> what video??
<@Melanchthon> I put the link in the #AMV-Review thread.
<@Melanchthon> http://www.animemusicvideos.org/video/103854
<bishop> oh
<bishop> thanks
<@Melanchthon> I'll be around for a while.
<@Melanchthon> At the moment we're keeping all review-related posting in that thread.
<bishop> kinda strange music for action video
<@Melanchthon> How so?
<bishop> timing is quite fast
<@Melanchthon> That seems pretty standard for action.
<bishop> thats what i said
<@Melanchthon> Oh, sorry, for some reason I skipped over the word 'music'.
<@Melanchthon> It is a little poppy.
<~Kionon> Plenty of action videos to pop
<@Melanchthon> But the video is full of explosions and fighting, so action it is.
<bishop> its kinda too fast. its not necessary to change on every beat imo
<bishop> especially when using pop
<@Melanchthon> I think the song is fast-paced enough to take the fast cutting.
<@Melanchthon> I also think the speed of the clips was as deliberate a decision as the use of grain and B&W.
<bishop> well there are many ways to increase dynamics without flicking views
<~Kionon> I don't know that I would really call this pop.
<@Melanchthon> Do you think something else would have worked better?
<bishop> truly i dont see an idea behind b&w
<bishop> it changes to color and back pretty randomly
<@Melanchthon> The editor liked the way CB looked in black and white. That might have been the whole reason for it.
<bishop> well i can say i feel the mood and i like it...
<bishop> but that may be the only good points for me
<@Melanchthon> You think the general approach to the video could have been different?
<bishop> for author, i think no. he definitely knew what he was doing)
<@Melanchthon> But you just didn't enjoy the thing he was doing?
<bishop> kinda that. and did he? looks like a searching of something rather then a complete plan
<@Melanchthon> I don't get what you're saying.
<bishop> i mean it seems to me that he hadnt a complete vision of how he was going to do what he wanted
<bishop> and tried, some of that, some of this
<@Melanchthon> It does look a little like he simply ran out of song at the end.
<bishop> yes there are several weak places (short)
<@Melanchthon> The Bebop portion of the video doesn't really conclude.
<bishop> yep, it's not looking solid
<@Melanchthon> Overall I do like the video. It's quite engaging.
<bishop> true, it is has some passion. it is a good point
<@Melanchthon> Okay, anything else to add?
<bishop> nope thank i'm done)
<@Melanchthon> Thanks for coming along.
<@Melanchthon> I'm going to contact the creator and see if he'll give permission for the chat log to be published.
<~Kionon> cool
Feel free to take a look and add your own thoughts on the video.