text: L-O-V-E. We will say sporadic, rapid, consuming at times, violent, disruptive, destructive and costly. In the end, unpredictable, uncontrollable and unconditional, for true love is truly unconditional. It comes without warning and is also recognized at a point in life when it is just too late. You can not take it, nor demand it. It only seemingly offers itself to the blind. As we lay in the promise of our ill-willed and illustrious mistakes, we fail to see that that world continues to turn. Hopefully you'll see love as the world sees love: a fool, a conjurer, a thief; all at the same time unbearable and beautiful. How many walls will fall when your deepest love comes to call? When all is said and done, I wonder? What will love take from you and, if you're lucky, what will love give to you? As I explain what love is to the best of my knowledge and experience, the reward versus the risk? All the small splendors and complexities that occur when time meets fate leading way to destiny. Shedding light on what few of us have ever had love. Are our lives becoming that raven? Ever so softly tapping, tapping on that chamber door, calling on your empty spaces and eluding your wishes. Where is your Lenore? When life becomes experience and goodwill the real matter of fact is when love becomes their loss, measuring distances beyond comprehension. Endings justified by new beginnings. With that, let me explain love's reward versus risk.The common necessities of possession, comfort, security, stability, unconditional support and comfortable silence. What happens though when love turns into jealousy, spite, destruction, abuse, chaos and even murder; a justified means that becomes the end? These words that I use are part of a risk that all too often seems to be a necessity of eternal fulfillment, as well as a necessity to life, like the DNA structure of your anatomy. It is see all and know all. Knowing this, we ask why we still gleefully walk towards this same path that has already destroyed us once. "The path of love."Just part of the risk, still we search for the reward. Besides the obvious, there is the occasional exception to the rule. Till death do we part? To not be alone, to have and to hold in sickness and in health. Waking up in the morning to a familiar face bringing sunshine to your opened eyes. To be able to feel something that you never get tired of feeling. In our journeys we misunderstand that to love is to lose. This idea of loss has dreadful circumstances that involve saying goodbye to the significant other, the love of your life, and as selfish as it may seem, we barter with our high-power death first for one. For the pain of walking around blind, deaf and dumb and at the most disconnected to our environment around. Living in misery, coveting her day in and day out, questioning our high-powers. "Just another risk in love."The collisions of time, space, destiny and fate give way to what we know as love. Like a portal door opening to an untamed dimension none of us really know anything about. We've seen it, heard about and read about, but rarely have we possessed it. It is its own complexities and intricacies. To the best of my knowledge, I will tell you it does not know. Not being completely sure. For what attracts and keeps attracting, love. It is the perks and quirks and its splendor inner workings that give complexity and challenge to our lives. The simple jealousy to let you know we care. It is the want of giving to someone who you feel is nothing without you. It is the attributes of such beautiful complexity that turn you from nothing to something. The thrill of the chase and the excitement of the catch are so rewarding. We don't understand why she smacks her lips before she talks or why she hates mayonnaise; why she loves classical show tunes, but really gets down to Dr. Dre; or why her feet are slightly above average. It is her world that if you are lucky you will get to see. We must always remember that it is love's time that we have borrowed. Cause and effect when opportunity meets fate and you're there at the right time. "True love will strike."Are we all just hopeless romantics in the end? If so, I would like to speak as one at this moment. To lose is the only way to truly know what love is, "for to love is to lose." To wake up with nothing, to go to sleep empty, finally understanding loss and missing love of any virtue on any level. You remember the way it was to be loved as a kid from the bosom of your mother's grasp, to be held and rocked and told "Shhh, everything is going to be okay." As we start to breathe the air around us still we clutch our chest with our lethargic hands as if missing a lung and knowing some one or some thing out there possesses exactly what you're missing. We must not partake with the naive and selfish that presumes to and assumes that they fully comprehend what love is. I've counted the days that have consumed my soul with love. They are stifling in numbers that are its own story of passion and destiny. We must keep our eyes open to love for in an instant it vanishes without a trace, just like smoke that was once there; you can no longer see it but it has a distinct lingering odor of self destruction. Leaving to my own wits end with her here knock lightly almost as if without a sound at my chamber door.In conclusion, I want to thank the reader for listening to my hopeless rants and raves of this, indefinitely I feel, hopeless romantic. My goal was to help you, the reader, understand love as much as I understand love; a shattered dream with risk as well as rewards, all of which come at a price. The complexities and splendors of love as people and their lives collide with one another. When destiny and fate decide the time is right and you are there at the right time. You will be given sanctuary to her sacred grounds giving life and energy to love and loves around you. I give hopes and prayers to all high powers that we as people and as a whole find shelter underneath the bridges of love's cool, calm and gentle touch, finally seeing that love is its own perfect storm.John Vaughn is a resident of Sweetwater. Comments about this column may be e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Former Okanogan resident, Lloyd H. Furman, 79, passed away unexpectedly at home Jan. 7, 2013. He was born in Langley, Wash., on July 18, 1933, to Harry and Ruby Furman. Lloyd attended school in Langley, graduating in 1951. Lloyd became the man of the house and the primary provider for his mother, Ruby, and his younger brother, Glenn, when his father passed away when he was 16 years old. After graduating high school, Lloyd attended and completed the U.S. Navy Reserve program in 1951. In June 1955, he married Marilyn Gill, whom he met on a blind date. In 1961, he graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Forestry.
He was immediately hired by Biles-Coleman Lumber Company in Omak, Wash. He worked at the mill in Omak for 20 years while residing in Okanogan with his wife and two boys. In the early 70s, along with others at the mill, he engineered and oversaw the construction of both the powerhouse and the plywood plant at Biles, propelling the mill into the 20th century, which led to tremendous job growth and improved the economy of Okanogan County.
Because of this on-the-job training, he became a manufacturing engineer, receiving his professional engineer in manufacturing designation and stamp in 1979. Lloyd loved his time at the mill and worked with many, many good people.
Lloyd and Marilyn also were members of the Okanogan Presbyterian Church, where they met many lifelong friends. In the early 1970s, Crown Zellarbach, a nation-wide plywood and sawmill company, purchased the Omak mill. In 1979, he and Marilyn transferred to Bogalusa, Louisiana, to help upgrade and build a mill for Crown Z. This started a 12-year journey where they moved, for the company, to Baxley, Georgia; McComb, Mississippi; Red Bluff, California; and finally, Warrenton, Oregon.
He retired in 1992 and moved back to his beloved Whidbey Island. Lloyd couldn't sit still long and eventually got involved in local politics, where he was elected to the Langley City Council by one vote. The family affectionately kidded him, calling 'Landslide Lloyd.' Lloyd ran for Mayor of Langley and was elected in 1996. He served two terms as Mayor of Langley, a feat that has not been replicated since. While Mayor, he donated his salary to the Langley Cemetery fund. He loved being Mayor and serving the residents of Langley. Lloyd loved people and never met a stranger. He enjoyed going to the Holmes Harbor Rod and Gun Club and having Friday night dinner with the gang. He also enjoyed his weekly coffee with friends at Mike's in Langley. He was a wonderful husband, father, friend and mentor to many. He will be missed immensely by all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, in Langley; his son, Terry and wife, Susan, in Seattle; and his son, Scott and wife, Pat, in Okanogan; a sister, Vera, in Edmonds; and a brother, Glenn, in Spokane.
He also is survived by four grandchildren, Derik, Alicia, William and Olivia; as well as three great-grandchildren, Dalton, Paige and Talan.
A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the Langley United Methodist Church at 301 Anthes Ave., Langley, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to the Langley United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 374, Langley, Wash. 98260 or to the Senior Services of Island County, 14594 SR 525, Langley, Wash. 98260.
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Arsenal are prepared to follow a similar pattern to previous summers by allowing right-back Bacary Sagna to leave the club in the transfer window, with the France international set to enter into the final year of his contract.
According to Goal.com, the relationship between Sagna and Arsene Wenger continues to sour with the player unhappy at the unsatisfactory offer of a new deal, at the 30-year-old's attitude has been called into question by his manager.
Wenger is now reportedly ready to sell Sagna when the summer transfer window opens, with Arsenal hoping they can earn £8-10 million for the defender, with Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain his most likely destination,
Sagna, who joined Arsenal from Auxerre in 2007, has told teammates the he expects this to be his last season at the Emirates Stadium, and his seemingly imminent exit will be the latest in an increasingly growing list of high-profile departures from the club in recent years.
Thierry Henry was sold by Arsenal to Barcelona in the summer of 2007 before another club captain, Cesc Fabregas, also transferred to the Camp Nou, albeit four years after the prolific Frenchman.
Samir Nasri was sold to Manchester City shortly after Fabregas left for Barcelona, while 2012 saw the sale of Alex Song to the Catalan giants, and the controversial move of skipper Robin van Persie to Manchester United.
Although Sagna's star may not be comparable to some of aforementioned former Gunners given his recent injury troubles, his departure will be considered a blow to Arsenal, given their lack of experienced players in his position.
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Just wondering if there is an FAQ available before i go and ask some probably obvious questions?
Oh well i might as well do one
How can i shut the touch down at night? (i always unplug it)
There only seems to be sleep which i then unplug from which cant be good for the usb attached media
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FAQ available?
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Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4
Misc use: Radio (with battery)
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It sounds as if you are using the Touch w a USB drive attached directly to it ? If so it will then go through a complete rescan when it is plugged back in. It is not a power hog. If it were me I would just leave it on, although I realize you may not want to.
No FAQ that I am aware of but below are a few links which might help.
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Yes that is correct I am using a flash drive.
Thanks for the links I already have the documentation downloaded.
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Georgia Southern University Museum
Statesboro, GA 30460
The GSU Museum showcases South Georgia's cultural and natural history, and also offers an exciting changing exhibit schedule. The gallery showcases a 26-foot Mosasaur, the "T-Rex of the Sea," as well as Georgiacetus Vogtlensis, a 42-million-year-old whale specimen.
Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and weekends 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Admission rates are $2 per person, with children 3 & under free. Self-guided tours take 1-2 hours. Gift shop on premises.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Sunday: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Admission & Fees
Admission Fee $2.00
Georgia Southern Students $0.00
Facility Amenities
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This Hanukkah, Get Rid of the Tree
Why it's not okay to have both.
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(16) Sharona, December 1, 2013 9:13 AM
our purpose
On the one hand, it's good to be inclusive like with helping people in different ways, for example, helping both needy Jews and Non-Jews. But in regards to religious practice, one should chose one practice. It's like if you're in a relationship with two people and they want you to pick one, but you like both. It doesn't work. So too, G-d says to us, it's either Me or them. Obviously, we should respect everyone. But we should be loyal to our own heritage and just have the menorah. Everyone has a purpose, Ours is to learn about and keep the Torah and Mitzvos that connect us to G-d, while bringing light to the world
(15) Anonymous, December 1, 2013 12:05 AM
Tell it like it is
Interfaith is fraught with contradictions and you can't keep it going through the generations. THe only way to raise religious jewish children is by instilling jewish religious values. We have seen in history time and time again that nothing else works, and you cannot be a contradiction in terms, it will not work. And it's not the jets and the giants, it's the purity and holiness of your religion which cannot be watered down if it is going to be effective and lasting.
(14) Anonymous, November 28, 2013 12:55 PM
This article is offensive. We, as Jews, are taught to be inclusive, to not persecute, to be understanding. Of course u can 'root for the jets and giants even if they do ever play each other' what about those brothers who play football on Teams against each other? What's their mom To do??? This is offensive to any interfaith marriage. Jews are supposed to be open minded and understanding. We raise our children Jewish. They go to Hebrew school. We celebrate Xmas because my husband is Unitarian. Just a pretty tree and decorations with some presents. Incidentally, the ornaments largely consist of strudels and other Jewish symbols. Also, look T history. The 'Xmas tree' was not for Xmas it was a harvest festival, as Americans do thanksgiving. And don't get me started on what 'proud Americans' did to the natives when they got here. Is thanksgiving even fair?????
Penny, November 28, 2013 9:32 PM
Strong reaction for an opinion, why.
To writer Offensive, How can the word offensive be used against such a non harsh non threatening opinion. I suppose because it might be something you don't want to think about. Could it be a little guilt or confusion on the topic. The video did though get you thinking about the topic. If you still decide both is right for you then I hope you will be good with it and enjoy both more because of the contemplation. If we all think before we do we have a better chance to do the best choice. Shalom
Sholom, November 28, 2013 11:22 PM
No love affair for Jews & Xmas
The xmas tree has its origins in pagan traditions. It was a cult that worshipped trees. The Torah is replete with warnings not to engage in idolatry. Additionally, Jews suffered horrible persecutions by fanatical Christians xmas & New Years. I don't know how any Jew in good conscience could embrace a symbol of anti-Semitism. That you made a bad decision in your selection of a non-Jew is painful enough.


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LIKE A CHAMPION sprinter preparing for a marathon, the fastest sailboat in the world has been anchored at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon while it trains for its greatest challenge yet — shattering the Transpacific speed record.
The Hydroptere, a celebrated French hydrofoil that is part boat and part plane, made sailing history in 2009, shattering the official world speed record for 500 meters, skimming over the water at nearly 61 mph (52.58 knots).
Two months later, it cracked the 50-knot barrier for a nautical mile, sailing at an average speed of just under 58 mph (50.17 knots).
Now its skipper and designer, an exuberant Frenchman named Alain Thebault, and his four-man crew are readying their high-tech trimaran for an assault on the Transpac record in the spring, when they hope to ride the Pacific swell from Los Angeles to Honolulu faster than anyone ever has under sail power.
"We know how to fly steady, so I'm confident we can break the record," Thebault said the other day as he and his crew clambered around their celebrity sailboat, making sure everything is ship shape. "But we have to stay humble."
With its distinctive black scales, the Hydroptere has been nicknamed "the flying fish." Thebault calls it his "flying carpet." Its name combines the Greek words "hydros" (water) and "ptère" (wing).
Made of carbon fibre and titanium, the Hydroptere boasts a 79-foot wingspan tipped with hydrofoils. Its aeronautical design allows it to lift out of the water with as little as 12 knots of wind.
When it's sailing at top speed, it rises more than 15 feet in the air, with only a small patch of the boat actually touching the water, eliminating drag and achieving breathtaking speeds.
"It's incredible," said navigator Jeff Mearing, a 31-year-old English sailor who operates a computer system in the boat's narrow cabin, where three crew members can sleep, not very comfortably.
"It's like you're in a plane. Spray is coming off the foils. It's effortless the way this boat blasts along. You're going, 'Whoo-hoo!' It's crazy."
Using the Corinthian as their home base, Thebault and his crew have been staying in Marin homes while they practice for the Transpac in the winter winds of San Francisco Bay, turning heads as their spectacular winged trimaran flies over the water, trailing rooster tails of spray.
"Every day there is 20 knots of wind between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz," Thebault said in his heavily accented English. "The Golden Gate is a mythical bridge for us. I'm so happy to fly under it."
Sailing buffs have been flocking to the Corinthian to take a look at a sailboat that accelerates faster than a 250 horsepower speedboat. A video of Hydroptere in action runs on a TV set in the yacht club's bar.
Thebault, who grew up in an orphanage and dreamed of sailing a flying boat since he was a young boy, had hoped to break the Transpac record of four days, 19 hours last summer, but the Hydroptere had to be sent on a cargo ship and by the time it arrived and went through customs, the optimum weather window had closed.
Undeterred, he and his crew sailed up the coast to San Francisco Bay and immediately felt right at home at the Corinthian as they prepare for their record attempt in May or June, just before the America's Cup.
"We arrived here to stay for one week, and we've been here two months," Thebault laughed. "We would love to live here."
Thebault has crashed the Hydroptere four times, rebuilding it and making modifications, such as shock absorbers on the hydrofoils, after each mishap. He had to scuttle a run at the Trans-Atlantic speed record when the boat hit a turtle the size of a Volkswagen. But he feels the Transpac record is within his reach. All he needs to realize his dream is the money to pay for it.
To finance next year's record attempt, he needs to raise between $3 and $3.6 million and has been looking to Silicon Valley for sponsors. He took Google co-founder Larry Page for a sail and he's been courting other computer tycoons, and figures that it's only a matter of time before he infects them with his irrepressible enthusiasm.
"I love the pioneering spirit here," he said. "France is a little bit narrow minded, but here is more open minded. Here anything is possible."
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Nissan - basic info and current lineup
Nissan is a mutlinational corporation whose headquarters are in Japan. Until early 1980s, Nissan cars were sold outside Japan under the Datsun brand.
Nissan runs a luxury vehicles line called Infinity.
Current Nissan Lineup:
Main changes are engine related - it has 20bhp more than before, totalling a stunning 550bhp and 632Nm torque. Despite its tremendous power, fuel economy is improved to 19,93mpg. New GT-R also comes with more gadgets - for example, rear drive camera is a standard equipment.
2011 version of Nissan's legend, GT-R is not just a repacked déjà vu. Nissan has managed to pump in extra 40bhp, totaling 530bhp. Aerodynamics has been improved from 0,29 to 0,27. 2011 Nissan GT-R has daily LED lights, too.


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(32) Eric, January 18, 2009 2:57 PM
What wisdom!
I've kept living in the past. I'm still guilty of this to this day in fact. The past is full of regrets - would of, could of, should of, oy vey! This isn't healthy as being hard on oneself isn't a good way to move forward. Living in the present, or the now by some philosophers, is good if one stays there. I sometimes live in the moment if it's a fun moment. Living in the future while in the present is what I do a lot of. I think of future successes such as finding a stable job and my soulmate (bashert). Thinking of the future would mean having children, raising a family, living in a nice home with a garden that I would take care of, seeing the world with a loved one, making a time capsule of memories for future generations, leaving a legacy, a mark on the Earth in many ways (such as leaving a permanent personal website), and wondering about the afterlife. I'd say that we live simultaneously in the past, present, and future.
(31) Devora, February 13, 2008 10:15 PM
I love Lori almost Live- just one correction to make
(30) Anonymous, February 12, 2008 4:14 PM
I always come away with a new perspective
I enjoy Lori's blog very much. I have found it to be very thought provoking and I come away with a new perspective on things in each article. I am not Jewish, but I do find that fact doesn't seem to matter much to G_d, he sees us all as the same children. I look forward to the next topic she discusses.
(29) miriam, February 9, 2008 8:45 PM
helps me refocus & stay connected. Kudos to you
(28) raye, February 8, 2008 1:35 AM
"How Important Is It " From 1-10
Lori Palatnik has a very satisfying unique way of presenting simple truths. Yes, Guilt plays a large part in dragging us back to the Past. And Worry keeps glued to the unknown Future. Do these two negative emotions influence an empty Present. If one uses a scale from 1 to 10 to evaluate "how important are the Guilt and the Worry, in the Now," they can discard them or use them for more constructive purposes.


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|2004-05-18, 10:34
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Excessive Fanservice = Soft Porn?
I very rarely post new threads, but this came up last night in a discussion with my sister, and I am interested in hearing your opinions.
First, backstory. I just got the DVDs for Mahoromatic, and was watching it last night in the living room. My 19-year-old sister was on her laptop in the same room, so she was casually watching it with me (I even put it on dub so she could follow along). She has watched other typically-considered "guy-oriented" romantic comedies with me before and enjoyed them (like Chobits and Steel Angel Kurumi, for example). Anyway, needless to say to those of you have the seen the show, the fanservice and suggestive scenes in Mahoromatic are sometimes a bit much, especially those involving the teacher. Even I was rolling my eyes at those scenes, even though I really am liking the rest of the show. After two episodes, she asked if we could watch something else.
We proceeded to have a discussion about fanservice, which is when she made the statement that I am referring to in the thread title: "Excessive fanservice is basically like soft porn". I had never really thought about it that way before, and I'm not really sure if I agree or not. To me, at least, I don't take fanservice in anime that seriously; it's meant as a comedy, and it really doesn't phase me much. Maybe I'm just desensitized to it - as I said, sometimes even I just roll my eyes when it gets excessive. The thing is, though, I actually would consider some of the suggestive stuff we see in today's popular music videos on MTV to be more akin to soft porn; even though there's less "skin" showing, it is a whole lot more suggestive and provocative in intent.
So, anyway, her assertion was that, in her mind at least, all of these shows could do without the fanservice, since it is entirely unnecessary and gets in the way of the story. Of course, she is a girl, so that doesn't totally surprise me. In a show like Mahoromatic, I even think I would agree with her, at least to a point. It is a bit much. However, we also agreed that part of the problem is likely cultural - in North America in particular, we have a really huge hangup regarding breasts - they are seen and portrayed almost exclusively as objects of sexual attraction, to (in my opinion) the point of excess. My assumption, at least, is that they must not be so uptight about it in Japan - even children's cartoons contain exposed breasts, and I assume that a show like Mahoromatic probably would have been aimed at teenagers. My sister's assertion is that, at least in our culture, any time you see someone naked, even from the waist up, that's essentially soft porn.
In any case, here are my questions to you all. How do you respond to the thread title? Is fanservice essentially soft porn? Where do you draw the line, i.e. when does it become porn? Does fanservice in anime really phase you that much? Are we just desensitized to it, and is that a bad thing? How does fanservice in anime compare, in your mind, to some of the sexually suggestive material we find elsewhere in the entertainment industry?
P.S. We ended up switching to I My Me Strawberry Eggs, which we both found weird but very funny and well done.
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Personally, some of the excessive fanservice really does get in the way of a decent show at times, and that's why I wish they could remove ep 2 from Mahoromatic or something -.-;;
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I think excessive fanservice is like soft porn. Many fanservice anime goes so far as to have sex scenes. Porn, fanservice. Its all entertainment.
I've become immune to it after so long, but I still find it annoying. Excessive fanservice is a sign of weak storytelling and a poor attempt at humour. If the best they can do is show the male lead accidentally falling into a pair of bouncing breasts, they need to go back to scripting and storyboarding because that is lame. Sure, it was funny maybe the first few times I saw it in Ranma, but come up with your own gags now.
Americans do have a hang-up about female nudity. Probably a renmant of evangelical Christians. I'm a girl, but I don't think my gender matters on my opinion of excessive fanservice.
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I grew so tolerant about fanservice after seeing too many anime, it's just unavoidable, anime shows these days always has fanservice or a hot spring episode.
One thing that really bothers me is one those out of place panty shots. I think it's tasteless and a waste of good frames.
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I must agree.
Excessive fanservice is no better than soft porn. It's unfortunate but many newer series are starting to depend on it and even abuse it. While Mahoromatic was a good series, it could have been a hundred times better with only half the fanservice content that was in it and there was no need to show the teacher's more graphic fantasies.
Personally, I tend to watch a series for it's story and plot not to be assulted visually by half naked women who have nothing better to do than run around or flaunt their bodies.
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I'm still very interested if anyone will choose to tackle the question about how fanservice in anime compares to the sexually suggestive stuff we find in other "mainstream" entertainment media. And also, I've gotta wonder, as I mentioned earlier... does fanservice actually truly help sales? I suppose it must, otherwise why would we be seeing more and more of it?
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I refer you now to a series that had a story that seemed good Daphne in the brilliant blue. I stopped watching 4 episodes in, the use of fanservice was puching the edge of rediculous, all i could think of whilst watching was what were these people thinking when making this? Thus it threw me off from enjoying the story. If there is one thing that pisses me off in this world its these marketing techniques ie; beer advertisements and the fact that people are led to them like dogs
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I wouldn't really call a show with excessive fan service softcore porn. Both "excessive" and "softcore" are just too broad to be able to really fit anything in. For instance, Mahoromatic and Usagi-chan de Cue!! have abnormally high amounts of fan service, but does that make them softcore porn? Ranma 1/2 has complete nudity with the exception of adult genitals, as well as Happosai in a bathing suit. Is Ranma 1/2 softcore porn? Definitely not.
However, "excessive" is just too broad a term. Does something need to have nudity, or at least revealed breasts, to be included in "excessive"? Does that mean that Eiken isn't excessive? Even if it isn't excessive, it's one of the few anime series that I would classify as softcore porn. The reason I count it as softcore porn is because Eiken completely revolves around fan service. There are no parts to the story that aren't affected by it.
So in the end, how do we judge whether or not a show has an excessive amount of fan service? If you've read any of the threads about Midori no Hibi, for instance, people complain about the high levels of fan service simply because it shows nipples. However, to me that's not really fan service at all (I'll explain why later). To me, it's the anime that relies on keeping everything exposed that is more heavy on the fan service. Having a nipple exposed in, say, a bath scene, is more realistic than having it completely obscured by regular bath water. Yes, showing the entire torso is sometimes completely unnecessary, and when it is unnecessary is when it becomes fan service.
Then again, there are shows that rely on upper torso nudity that I wouldn't classify as fan service. Hanaukyo Maid Tai, for example, has three maid characters that run around Taro all the time while undressed. However, there isn't any sort of jiggling all over the place. For that same reason, I don't think Midori no Hibi has much fan service at all. Yes, it shows exposed breasts, but really, what's the big deal? Ranma 1/2 has much more nudity than Midori no Hibi, and I definitely wouldn't call that fan service (with the exception of the second movie, of course). In other words, shows that show nipples simply because nipples are a part of the human anatomy are NOT examples of fan service, no matter how much people want to make them out to be.
For me, there are really only three levels of fan service. The first level is a rare one. It looks like a perfectly normal series with only an occasional moment of fan service, but those moments of fan service are huge. Series such as El Hazard: The Alternative World that are normal throughout the series then have a giant mass of fan service in the end that would fall into this level. The second level includes anime series such as Divergence EVE, Popotan, and Mahoromatic. These are two series that feature nudity and partial nudity simply as a filler for the actual story. The third level is, in my opinion, what I would classify as softcore porn. Series like Eiken, Mouse, and Golden Boy are what I would put in here. They are series that cannot survive without fan service, have no story other than things that revolve around fan service, and require no brain power to watch. They're series that exist only to stimulate men in an erotic way (with an almost possible exception to Golden Boy).
In summary, "excessive" is just too broad a term to use in this argument. You need to draw the line somewhere.
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Your three categories of fanservice in anime look about right to me: shows that have moments of fanservice, shows that have fanservice "filler", and shows that are built around fanservice. And, as you said, I consider it different depending on the intent behind it - is it supposed to simply catch your attention (like the panty shots that Secca hates), is it supposed to make you laugh (like most of the stuff in Mahoromatic), or is it supposed to make you arroused (like every single ero anime, obviously). I would agree with Griffith - I personally don't consider fanservice that is meant to make you laugh to be porn, but that may just be a label of convenience that I chose to apply.
Ultimately, the labels are not what is important here, though. I suppose it really comes down to a sort of moral judgement that each person has to make. As jennwenn said "Porn, fanservice. Its all entertainment." So, I guess each person has to decide for themselves whether they have any moral issues with the stuff they watch. I suppose it is unspoken, but as jennwenn mentioned, coming from an evangelical Christian cultural background, there is a lot of uptightness about sex and porn. I suppose that if some I know saw that episode of Mahoromatic, they'd probably send me for counselling for a porn addiction. It makes me question my morals a bit, because either I'm desensitized to it, or it's really not that bad.
I suppose that fanservice is one of the things that will probably keep anime from reaching mainstream acceptance, for better or worse. Plus, the fact that it is often heavily advertised in the promos doesn't help dissuade the "anime=porn" idea. If my sister's notion that all frontal nudity in anime is pornographic regardless of context reflects the opinions of many, then it'll definitely be an uphill struggle for the anime licensors to expand the market.
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It really depends on how the fanservice is used. Even when excessive, it can build on as character development. Thus giving you an idea on what the character could do next, yet building to the story and plot. One would likely call it soft porn,.. but a true soft porn IMO usually doesn't build much to the story & plots, and usually involves character extras and not those that would be considered as the main characters.
But if the main/only characters don't build a partial story, than that would be best call soft porn.
Yet fanservice can be a broad definition, from a very small amount of skin, to completely in the buff. Most wouldn't consider just a small amount of skin, such as a leg, as soft porn.
Thus I use three definitions to classify fanservice:
Ero: Beyond 55% heavy skin, to hard core acts for the series or episode.
Hentai: 20% - 55% heavy skin amounts for the series or episode. Hard core acts must be below 20% for the series or episode.
Ecchi: Light amount of skin, to about 20% heavy skin amounts for the series or episode.
Soft porn however, can fall within either of the three categories. But that is left to the eye of the beholder.
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If there's one thing I've learned in TOK, it is that there is no definition for pornography. What is pornography? Our TOK class wrote an essay on that. We all got it wrong. We all missed the point. It is pointless and futile to define it, for everyone has a different definition of what it is. Now here are some tougher questions: What is pornography, and what is (erotic) art? Is pornography a subset of art? Or (erotic) art a subset of pornography? Or is some materials both pornographic and artistic? Or is some materials solely pornographic or solely artistic? How do you distinguish between the two? Does pornographic materials have an intent to arouse? (it's what I wrote in my essay). These questions will help you draw the line of what is pornography and what isn't. Remember, you can only define your own definition of what pornography is, not the definition, because there isn't one. It's like that cliché Green² said: "(Something...whatever...etc...) is in the eye of the beholder".
EDIT: It is why some people see a painting of a naked female as pornography, and some see it as art, because of the different definitions that people see through. Definition also changes in a person as he/she changes/matures. The same person who sees that same painting as pornographic when he/she was 20, could see it as art when he/she is 65.
My definition of pornography is what I wrote in my essay: Materials that has the intent to arouse someone. Let's define it even more. I'll define softcore porn as materials that has the intent to arouse someone, but does it in an indirect (implied) way (eg. A girl eating a banana in a paculiar way, naked. Just being naked, to me, isn't softcore porn, because the intent has to be there). Hardcore porn would be materials blatantly intending to arouse someone (eg. Your typical porn videos, gangbangs...etc.).
Erotic art...I don't know how to define it, for I am still inexperienced in erotic art.
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I'm sick of the negative stereotype of people thinking anime is all about sex!
It's the same battle about manga! We got a long road ahead of us to make these doinks think differently. Anime fanservice is fanservice. NOT PORNO! Just seeing two peopple think manga equals porn in all ways saddends me to an unparallel point, and we're the losers with no lives? No, some of us have lives.
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Muir Woods, you make a good point about the definitions - there is no one right definition. It's a matter of personal opinion and feelings, and that's why I think it makes for an interesting topic for discussion, especially given the different cultures represented. Personally, I think I agree with your definition; it at least seems sensible.
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I don't mind if just one panty shot or two, the one I mind is those out of place or excessive amount.
I'm talking about Najica, I consider it soft porn already just because whatever the maker hobby is, he just went overboard in that show.
Spoiler for this is what I call excessive fanservice:
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The deal is reportedly worth $30 million.
Duchene had 17 goals and a team-high 26 assists in 47 games last season. The center finished tied for the Avalanche scoring lead with 43 points.
"Matt already is and will be a big part of our team's nucleus for the long term," said Avalanche executive vice president of hockey operations Joe Sakic. "We all felt that it was important for us to secure his rights for several seasons. With his great skills, speed and character, he represents the identity we want the Avalanche to be."
The Avalanche selected Duchene with the third overall pick of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He has recorded 82 goals and 111 assists in 266 games with the franchise.
Duchene was an All-Rookie selection and a Calder Trophy finalist in 2009-10. He became the youngest player in franchise history to reach 100 career points, doing so at the age of 20 years, 10 days in January of 2011.
"In 2009, I was thrilled to have been selected by the Avalanche, my favorite team," Duchene said. "I have worn this uniform with pride in my first four professional seasons in Denver, and I appreciate the organization believing in me for the long-term future.
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The Federal Government is stepping up public pressure on the states and territories to sign up to the Gonski school funding deal.
So far, only New South Wales has signed up to the changes and the Coalition says it will not back the new system unless all jurisdictions are on board.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australian schools will receive an extra $16.2 billion over six years under the deal.
The Federal Government has now released a state-by-state breakdown of how much, on average, schools would lose if Gonski is not adopted.
Over the next six years the Government says schools in the Northern Territory would lose more than $4 million each.
At the lower end of the scale, Western Australia would lose about $600,000 per school.
"These are average figures but they will serve to give parents and local communities a greater understanding of what is at risk for their school if the nation does not embrace out plan for school improvement," Ms Gillard said.
The Prime Minister says she will spend the weeks ahead highlighting what is at risk if the Gonski model is not supported.
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The cooperation process has hardly been studied in multicultural organisations. Empirical and theoretical studies have identified its functioning process by its nature or by its stimulating factors; however there is a lack of research concerning the interpersonal cooperation process in intercultural organisations. This research paper proposes an interpersonal cooperation model elaborated firstly in a mono-cultural working environment, which is then applied to an intercultural organisation in order to elaborate a cross-cultural model for cooperation. The model suggests that interpersonal cooperation is a dual process and based on a political dimension (a calculation process of individuals which can prevent cooperation) and identification dimension. Based on an empirical research method, the paper presents the application of the model through an inter-site case study including 30 interviews in an international company amongst 10 different nationalities. Moreover, the case study stresses that the political dimension of the model is not relevant in an intercultural context because the identification dimension prevails. The identification process reflects a strong organisational culture of the company Prometheus which has a human resource management focus on a common understanding of others where the national cultural differences become secondary (based on an anthropological conception of human beings). Finally, the theoretical implications of the study argue that interpersonal cooperation process is not the same in mono-cultural and intercultural organisations. It can also be concluded that managers should build a strong organisational culture in intercultural organisations and multiply common interpersonal projects in order to create a strong feeling of belonging to a work group and to a company.
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If you are at work speaking with a client face to face, what's the polite way to handle an incoming phone call? Is it rude to ask the person you're speaking with in person to hold on a moment while you answer the call? My employer wants as few calls as possible going to voicemail, but I think it's inconsiderate to the person standing in front of me.
In my office, if I am with a client face-to-face, all calls go to voice mail. IMHO, I think it is rude to put a "hold" on my meeting to answer a phone call. I do understand that there are exceptions to that rule, but that is what I prefer.
OP here with more information. I work at a vet's office as a receptionist. We used to excuse ourselves from the face-to-face conversation, and ask the person on the phone if it was an emergency or if they could please hold, then go back to the client we were speaking with. Apparently, management doesn't want people calling to think we're busy and to ask them how we can direct their call. If they want to speak with a vet or have a question, I have to take the time to answer the question, find the person they are calling for, or take a message. That takes time away from the person standing in front of me. Worse is if they want to make an appointment, because then I definitely need to either find a receptionist who isn't currently busy (highly unlikely, or they would've picked up the phone themselves) or spend a few minutes making the appointment myself because I'm not supposed to put them on hold to finish up the other conversation.The only way I think it's not completely rude is if the person on the phone actually has an emergency.
That's just bizarre. Can you present those situations to your manager and ask what they would like you to do? Having the person at the desk wait is really unprofessional. I would be irked if I were at the vet or doctor and had to wait for phone calls.
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On Saturday in the Superdome, along with trying to achieve winning the third playoff game in franchise history, the New Orleans Saints will also be attempting to secure their second NFC Championship Game appearance. To get that accomplished they will have to defeat the defending NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals.
Looking ahead to this divisional playoff contest, these two teams appear to be mirror images of each other. New Orleans and Arizona each have potent offenses, with each also having suspect defenses. The Saints finished 25th in the final NFL defensive rankings for 2009 and Cardinals placed 20th.
On heading into the post season on a 3 game losing streak -and with some fans and media questioning their playoff readiness - New Orleans head coach Sean Payton says his team is not lacking confidence or motivation. "I'm pretty confident and I think our players will be. Really everyone starts off 0-0 right here. I think our players will be ready. I think the motivation for this team is a lot deeper and comes from guys wanting to do well after all the hard work in the offseason and having high goals. This isn't the first time; they've been doubted before in a number of big spots this year already. I don't think they pay much attention to that."
Ask Saints signal caller Drew Brees what he expects on Saturday after noon, and #9 will tell you the best "Black & Gold" football of the season.
"I know what we're capable of. I know if you look at our track record and consistently you don't have one of the top three or four offenses... Three of the last four years we've had the number one offense in the league. That's a body of work. That's not just a stretch of games here, a stretch of games there. That's a body of work," Brees told reporters. "We know how to play at a high level offensively. We did some things this year that were unbelievable as far as taking the ball away, making huge plays in critical situations. Those guys are going to be ready, just like we'll be ready offensively and the opportunity to get guys healthy. That was huge, just because we've been banged up the past few seasons. Like I said, it's a confidence thing."
Brees says the Saints have shown rest can reenergize them.
"I can compare it if you want to go back earlier this season when we came out the first two games of the season winning 45-27 and 48-22, hard fought game up in Buffalo, 27-7, not our best performance, hard-fought win against the Jets at home, 24-10, not our best performance, then we go into a bye week. Draw the parallel here with this bye week, come out and play a huge game at the time. We're 4-0, they're 5-0, the Giants and have one of our best performances of the season. We've proven we can do that before."
Breaking down the quarterback match-up between Drew Brees and Arizona QB Kurt Warner, Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt says both share a lot of the same qualities. "They're both very intelligent quarterbacks and it's very hard to fool them. They see the field extremely well. They do a great job of getting the ball out, knowing where to go with it. Those are things these guys are probably as good as anybody I've ever seen in doing those things."
Cardinal quarterback Kurt Warner knows what his job will be at the dome and that is to make plays against the Saints defense. "I see a Gregg Williams defense. I see a defense that gives a lot of different looks that tries to keep you off balance. You don't just line up and get what you're going to get. He's going to change it up and I see some good veteran guys, some good athletes, guys that understand how to play the game and I think that's what has always made coach Williams' defenses so good over when they have been good, it's because he has those right pieces of smart players that understand what he's trying to do, that understand the weaknesses of things when they do certain things and that's what I see from this defense. I see a smart group of guys, playmakers that fly around, are able to change things up, to game plan differently and execute those game plans really, really well. I think that's why, feeding off of that offense, why they've had so much success this year."
What will it take for the Saints to knock down the door that they beat on in Chicago in their first conference championship contest appearance?
Payton says take care of the little things. "So I think it comes down the details and the execution. It comes down to not turning the football over and winning that battle. That was another statistic this weekend that was glaring. In each of the games, the winner was the one that protected the ball better and won that battle."
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If we take care of the little things and GW can squeeze out one turnover then we should be able to win this game. Let's just hope a turnover comes early in the game so the Offense can get their rhythm early. GW should feel good about being able to open his playbook against Kurt Warner.
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Senior forward Chris Devine scored a career-high 29 points, grabbed five rebounds, and passed off for a season-high four assists, as the Gauchos overcame a 10-point deficit to edge Cal Poly on Feb. 14, 68-66. Devine scored 12 of UCSB's final 16 points, including two free throws with 7.3 seconds left to seal the win.
In addition, with his five rebounds, the Eagle River, Alaska native has moved into UCSB's top-five all-time in rebounding. Already the fourth leading scorer in school history, Devine is one of just two players in school history to rank among the top-five in both categories.
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we use 8 inch tall supply duct. my boss tells me the
rule of thumb for calculating the number of round 6 inch
takeoffs for that width duct is to double the number of
takeoffs and add 2. e.g. for 5 takeoffs, twice 5 is ten,
add 2 which yields 12, so 12 by 8 duct is ok. Any more
takeoffs than 5 would yield a result of 12 by 8 duct being undersized.
What should the minimum distance be between the last takeoff and the duct endcap?
Rules of thumb seem weak to me, I know there is more to it than that,
from a little independent study. suggestions on a real good source to learn more? duct sizing, velocity, static pressure, balancing, etc.
(But this leads to another gripe. Implicitly we must be
able to rapidly do a perfect install yet remain more
ignorant than the boss or we apparently want his job.)
Of course for all you owners reading this I know we are
in a cut-throat, dog eat dog world. We aint working on
Taj Mahals but rather variations-on-a-theme tract houses
and I am grateful for the steady work. So he has to be doing
something right, the company owner, that is. And I know the builders
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The volume of groundwater discharge to off-channel water storages provides important information regarding the amount of water available for use from spring-fed dams. Therefore the omission of this information is highly relevant to the users of the National Water Account. However its omission is not expected to have a material impact on the off-channel water store balance.


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PORTLAND, Ore. – A 14-year-old boy accused with three other Oregon teens of shooting a fellow high school student with a BB gun and carving a swastika into his forehead will serve 10 years at the MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility.
The sentence stems from the February assault of 16-year-old Dustyn Murrain.
Murrain said a girl lured him into a shed, where three boys beat him with a crowbar and shot him with the BB gun. One of them carved a swastika into his forehead with a box cutter. Murrain was able to escape and run to a nearby store.
KATU reports it was the 14-year-old who held the gun to Murrain's head during the assault.
The other teens are charged as adults and will go to trial later this month.


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St. Augustine's 450th anniversary commemoration in 2015 will probably draw national and international attention along with significant local spending by thousands of visitors seeking food, gasoline, parking, lodging and souvenirs.
City Manager John Regan, under the watchful eyes of the City Commission, has assembled a team of department heads and employees to present this massive undertaking in two years.
"The 450th is much bigger than the city," Regan said Saturday. "Our first goal is (promoting) awareness of St. Augustine."
But some local residents say that is just the point. They say the 450th has morphed from a celebration of history to anything the city says it is. They believe the city is off-base with its planning and that community ideas have been ignored.
Former St. Augustine Mayor George Gardner, who served from 2002 to 2010, is one of those critics.
Last week Garner suggested that Town Hall meetings - forums where commissioners and staff discuss ideas with the public - might result in greater community participation. He'd like to see popular programs, such as the changing of the guard ceremony, returned.
"The commission is isolated," Gardner said. "There are groups in town which would love to participate."
He is seconded by Tom Rahner, who founded Flagler College's theater department and retired as associate professor emeritus 15 years ago, and who served as former general manager of St. Augustine's 400th celebration in 1965.
Rahner said the current 450th planning process seems to be "missing the spirit of collegiality and community involvement. There doesn't seem to be any signature event we're moving toward. The human condition requires that kind of focus. What is the centerpiece?"
He said legacy projects of the 400th included building St. Augustine Amphitheatre, creation of "Cross and Sword," the official state play, which Rahner directed, the Cathedral Basilica renovation and erection of a 210-foot metal cross at Mission Nombre de Dios on north San Marco Avenue, he said. Also presented were fireworks, concerts, historic restorations, a commemorative stamp from the Post Office and a series of commemorative bronze, silver and gold coins.
"We had a large committee," Rahner said. "There was cooperation and a civic spirit. Everyone had input and all had projects. I don't see that sort of broad-based cooperation in the 450th. I don't sense any real excitement about what's going to happen. I don't sense anticipation, probably because the planning has been insular."
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Dana Ste. Claire, director of St. Augustine 450th Commemoration, said the 450th is not a celebration of a static date.
"It's a three-year commemoration that bundles significant anniversaries of St. Augustine and Florida, including the 500th this year, the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act in 2014 and the 450th in 2015," he said. "Our focus right now is on the Quincentennial, the 500th anniversary of the founding of Florida by Juan Ponce."
Gardner said the city has been billing the Picasso exhibition at the Visitor Information Center and the coming Mumford & Son concert in September as part of the 450th event, though neither has any historical connection to it.
But Regan said the Mumford management team found St. Augustine because of the 450th.
"As a result, we have an event that will have a multi-million dollar impact during the slowest week of the year," he said. "This validates what we believe about ourselves, that we're a special place."
Gardner also wondered if the black community and Native Americans would be included.
The boat
"Why are we putting the cart before the horse?" leather craftsman, pilot and world traveler Dan Holiday asks.
At his Aviles Street leather shop last week, Holiday wondered why the city is putting so much energy, effort and money to commemorate the 450th anniversary of St. Augustine's founding in 1565, but remains relatively quiet about the 500th anniversary of Florida's discovery by Don Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513.
"That's this year!" he said.
But Ste. Claire said 2013 "is packed" with activities, adding that perhaps many people don't know about them.
At noon April 2, the exact day Ponce landed in Florida in 1513, Holiday and friends will dedicate a 6-foot 2-inch, 300-pound bronze statue of Don Juan Ponce de Leon on a 13-foot base paid for by St. Augustine resident Candace Carroll.
The cenotaph will be visible from State Road A1A North near Guana's north parking lot and is within 500 meters of latitude 30 degrees, 8 minutes, the exact spot where Ponce's records indicate he came ashore.
Only sand dunes covered with scrub vegetation are there now.
"It's just the way Ponce found it," Holiday said of the view, adding that other coastal Florida places have claimed to be where Ponce landed, but the Herrera account, specifying 30 degrees. 8 minutes, is the only site with supporting historical documents.
This dedication will be a day before the city's costumed landing near the Mission.
The caravel project is one that Holiday and 75 plank owners have worked on for more than a year, and it will be anchored offshore during the statue's dedication.
Named "El Espiritu," the 73-foot former shrimp boat was formerly named Applejack, and was converted at St. Augustine Marine on Riberia Street. Cost: $25,000, all raised privately.
"We've got more enthusiasm now than we've ever had," Holiday said.
Scott Manny, one of the organizers of the caravel project, said the boat was built expressly for the 500th.
"Each of us have our own reasons for working on it, but it was to be a flagship for the 500th. This is the ship that discovered America," Manny said.
Happy 450th
Gardner believes City Hall has "divested" the city of part of its history by eliminating the department of Historic Preservation & Heritage Tourism, turning over 34 historic buildings to the University of Florida, closing the Colonial Spanish Quarter and "essentially sterilizing St. George Street" of performers or street merchants.
However, Boles said Saturday that he was a serving city commissioner when Gardner was mayor and remembers that Gardner initiated a committee to review historic properties "to see if (the properties) could become part of the state university system."
Boles said he didn't agree with that decision initially.
"But George's wisdom at the beginning turned out well," he said. "Now, I couldn't be more pleased. We're moving in some positive directions."
UF continues to repair and maintain those historic buildings, which the city never owned, he said. In addition, the newly open Colonial Quarter, under management of businessman Pat Croce, "is at a level that now interprets and engages the visitor experience."
After he left office, Gardner was hired to report and publish The St. Augustine Report, a city-financed, email newsletter that encapsulizes commission news, events, announcements and essays on St. Augustine history.
After the city eliminated the Report's budget, Gardner privately continued its publication.
While generally even-handed in his city reporting, Gardner does occasionally include an oblique or direct comment relating to the city's 450th plans.
The city needs the expertise of the community, Gardner believes. But the city says it gets that through the 100 "partners" which have enrolled in its alliance program.
"How many people from the 400th have they consulted? None," Gardner said. "Until Mumford, I didn't think they would go so far off base."
At a glance
Events planned in 2013 include:
� Picasso: Art & Arena, through May. This exhibit has attracted 3,000 visitors in the two weeks it has been open.
� Juan Ponce Landing Day, April 3. This will be a centerpiece for the Viva Florida statewide celebration with the U.S. Postal Service issuing a commemorative stamp here, the blessing of Ponce's baptismal font, a commemorative landing and Mass, dignitaries from around the state, nation and world.
� Nao Victoria Galleon, May 20 through May 28 at St. Augustine Marina. Exact replica ship from Spain with computer interactive programs on board for visitors.
� Ancient City Mosaic, June-September. VIC exhibition of 450 artistic works illustrating St. Augustine's history and culture.
� Mumford & Sons Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Tour, Sept. 13-14.
� Second Annual Spanish wine & Food Festival, Columbus Day week, October.
� New World in the Eyes of Explorers, an exhibition of early original images, maps and artifacts of Ponce's day and first America centuries, including many of St. Augustine, October-January.
� Stanley Paris Round-The-World Voyage & Maritime Heritage Festival, Nov. 30, Departs City Marina on a world record attempt sailing the route of early explorers carrying the St. Augustine and 450th flag.
Information from www.staugustine-450.com


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Olympic spirit is in the air. With less than 100 days until the opening ceremonies in London, the international sporting event is a reminder that, despite everything, the world still knows how to throw a party. Even the most cynical of us become true believers in universal good watching the most fit men and women compete. About those women, though. There is still one major exception to the celebration of all athletes. Saudi Arabia now stands alone as the only country competing without female participation.
The kingdom is only sending little princes. Saudi Arabia may be backwards, but it is also very calculating. Under Olympic rules, it is now too late for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban them from the games. Only public humiliation can change Saudi Arabia's stance. This is not about religion or decorum. It is all about Saudi Arabia being slow and stubborn.
For the past few months, the Saudis have broadly hinted that they might reconsider their long-standing policy of excluding women athletes. Qatar and Brunei were the only other holdouts, but folded. Qatar didn't have an existential change of heart. It simply wants to host the 2020 games.
But Saudi Arabia just confirmed that they will not be "endorsing any female Saudi participation." Sports head Prince bin Faisal noted "there are hundreds, if not thousands, of women who practice sports, but in private." (One top Saudi athlete, Dalma Rushdi Malhas, is an equestrian show-jumper who won a bronze medal at the Youth Olympics in Singapore. She will not be in the Saudi delegation to London.)
The IOC's charter bans any "form of discrimination" as being incompatible with the Olympic spirit. For years, neither South Africa nor Afghanistan were permitted to send teams, for obvious reasons. But the IOC has looked the other way when it comes to Saudi Arabia.
There is no valid reason for the IOC's betrayal of its own mandate. Respect for Islam is an inadequate and insulting explanation. Nothing in Islam mandates the Saudi policy. Most Islamic nations address decorum issues by requiring certain uniforms or, at most, keeping women from certain medals such as the barely clothed (by any standards) beach volleyball competitions. The IOC isn't enabling Islam; it is enabling Saudi discrimination.
The IOC may have been gulled by Saudi Arabia's public flirtation with the notion of change; its savvy timing also prevented any outside calls for a boycott from gaining momentum. Now the IOC is stuck. It would require a full meeting of the IOC to boot Saudi Arabia out, and that will occur only after the London games have already begun.
It is unfortunate because sports, and in particular the Olympics, are exactly where the international community can show some backbone and put a little global pressure on the kingdom, without having to raise anything more threatening than a shot put. Isolation from the games would have tremendous impact in a country well aware that public opinion is growing exceptionally suspicious of Arab monarchs. It may have domestic rules against women's rights, but to play in the games it should live up to universal, and IOC, standards.
Even now, Saudi Arabia ought to think about global perception. Allowing women to compete in the games would be an easy concession, much easier than ending their systemic deprivation of women's rights, including a near-universal ban on female drivers.
The IOC could always choose to bypass Saudia Arabia's decision and invite its female athletes to compete under the Olympic flag. But that has only been done when an athlete's nation did not field a team. Stranded athletes from the deteriorating Yugoslavia, for example, competed in Barcelona in 1992 as Olympic athletes. But such a move would put Saudi women in a terrible bind, forced to choose whether to abandon their flag.
Meanwhile, Egypt and Tunisia will be sending teams that represent their new governments. The IOC is working directly with Syrian athletes to bring them to London at international expense and thereby avoid any dealings with President Bashar Assad's regime. But Saudi Arabia will be the same, uniquely resistant to the Olympic spirit.
It may be the Summer Games, but there will be no spring when it comes to Saudi Arabia. All that can be done now is to name and shame the kingdom of princes.Juliette Kayyem can be reached at email@example.com and Twitter @juliettekayyem.


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On GH, A.J. is currently in critical condition after being shot in the chest. Kanan will continue working at GH through March 28, and be seen on the show for few weeks after that.
He reports to B&B mid-April, with his return episode scheduled to air June 13.
Kanan tells TV Guide Magazine his exit from GH was by mutual decision.
"I was utterly thrilled to be brought back to GH for the 50th anniversary and really enjoyed working with [executive producer] Frank Valentini, but I was not over the moon about the writing," Kanan said. "Doing stories about panic attacks and relish was not what I thought I'd signed up for. I feel I brought everything I could to the character yet it was obvious they weren't going to give me a great love story, which I found very disappointing."
GH head writer Ron Carlivati responded on Twitter: "His comments are like school in the summertime. No class."
"Deacon is my favorite of all the characters I've played," Kanan added.
Billy Warlock, who played A.J. on GH from 1997-2003 and again in 2005, reacted to the news that Kanan is leaving the role in a series of tweets. He wrote, "I must say if it's true about SK I am truly bummed. Not just for him but for AJ as well. SK was a great AJ! Go B&B. Believe when I say I'm not lobbying. It's just how I feel. That character has never been given a fair shake."
Kanan will be a presenter at the upcoming 5th Annual Indie Series Awards on April 2nd at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.


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Mitt Romney is filthy rich so he can self fund his campaign, has a large and experienced campaign staff, gets tons of media attention, and generally looks like he is going to be going into 2012 with a huge head start for the presidential nomination. However, he has tons of weaknesses that can be exploited. He passed Romney Care in Massachusetts, which is very similar to Obama care. He passed an assault weapons ban in Massachusetts. He has an overall liberal record and positions(until campaigning for president, of course...), but the previously mentioned issues I think would be great to rub in his face as much as possible.
Does everyone here remember how Giuliani had Ron Paul people protesting his events? There were Ron Paul signs and supporters everywhere he went for a while. I even remember a hilarious photo-shopped picture of him surrounded by the signs. I think Romney should get that same treatment. Everywhere he goes we should be there reminding everyone that:
"Mitt care=Obama care, say no to socialism"
"Mitt Romney thinks the 2nd amendment is about hunting"
"Go back to Massachusetts, and keep your socialism there where it belongs"
"The next Arlen Specter?"
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"Light rail is now integral to Tacoma's transportation network, and the Stadium and Hilltop neighborhoods are ideal locations for light-rail expansion," said Sound Transit Board Chair and King County Executive Dow Constantine. "Extending Tacoma Link will better connect these vital neighborhoods and the business district."
The identified alignment would continue north from the existing Theater District Station along Stadium Way to the intersection of North First Street and Division Avenue, then from the intersection of North 1st Street and Division Avenue to Martin Luther King Way and South 19th Street. In this alignment, an expanded Tacoma Link would operate in both directions on Martin Luther King Way.
The selection of the alignment is the result of an alternatives analysis and public outreach process that began in August 2012. During that early scoping phase, public comment was sought on 24 corridor options in eleven distinct corridors. In May 2013, the Sound Transit Board selected the North Downtown Central Corridor (Hilltop via the Stadium District) as the preferred corridor for the potential Tacoma Link expansion. Since May, the agency has worked with city leaders, business owners and residents to define and evaluate alignment options within the selected corridor.
During environmental review, the alignment will undergo conceptual engineering, station locations will identified and site options for an expanded maintenance facility in the vicinity of the existing facility near East 25th and G streets will be studied. The board is scheduled to select the final alignment after the environmental review.
Construction of the project is contingent on securing local and federal funding. Voters approved funding for the Tacoma Link Expansion in the 2008 Sound Transit 2 ballot measure. The project is expected to require $50 million from ST2 tax revenues, $50 million from a local partnership and $50 million from a federal Small Starts grant. Local partnership and federal funding must be secured in order to begin construction on the project.


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It was a party in pink Friday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center as women gathered for one of the largest cancer fundraising galas in the region.
It was a party in pink Friday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center as women gathered for one of the largest cancer fundraising galas in the region.
Terrebonne General Medical Center hosted its seventh annual Ladies Night Out on Friday.
The women in attendance wore pink, drank pink drinks and danced. Attendees wore a boa with a color that indicated their own experience with breast cancer.
Light pink meant the woman had never been diagnosed. Breast-cancer survivors wore white.
While breast cancer is a serious subject that had touched the lives of everyone in the room, women were there to have fun. They were there to celebrate surviving and the friends and family who helped them get through their cancer.
Three local cancer patients, Tay Allgood, Robin Smith and Judith Landry, were made over from head to toe by local boutiques and cosmetologists.
Ladies Night Out started seven years ago with just 100 attendees to raise awareness and money for breast cancer. This year, more than 1,200 women packed the Civic Center, making it the largest cancer fundraising gala in the region, said Phyllis Peoples, TGMC president and CEO.
Proceeds from the gala will be used to help provide care and comfort items for cancer patients. The money helps pay for things for cancer survivors in need, like durable medical equipment, nutritional supplements, wigs, transportation assistance and household bills. The proceeds also provide a comfort care bag with helpful items for every patient undergoing cancer treatment at TGMC.
This year's proceeds will also go to a patient activity room that will be used for relaxing and educational activities for patients undergoing treatment at TGMC.
Last year's Ladies Night Out raised from than $60,000 for cancer patients and programs.
Rosemary Jasper of Houma said that money from the fundraiser helped pay for her husband's cancer treatments.
"I just want to say it from the heart," she said. "Thanks to everyone here and this organization, my husband got the medicine he needs."
In addition, 12-year-old Brooke Haydel presented TGMC officials with a check for $13,730 she raised in a raffle. Haydel has been raising money for TGMC cancer programs for the last three years in memory of her great grandmother, donating more than $32,000 for cancer programs.
Valerie Manns, an English teacher at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, spoke about her diagnoses with breast cancer in May 2011.
When the busy working mother first noticed the lump in her breast, she said she hoped it would go away.
"I didn't have time for cancer," she said. "I was busy balancing my job, friends, my family and my sanity."
In Louisiana, about 118 of every 100,000 women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime.
Mann's diagnosis made her slow down and start to evaluate her life, she said. Her doctor, Dr. Raul Doria, an oncologist and medical director of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC, advised her that cancer doesn't mean you stop living.
She wrote the words "say yes" on a sticky note and stuck it to her desk to remind her of the important things in life.
"I started to say 'yes' to the things that mattered and 'no' to the things that didn't," she said.
That included playing with her son, cuddling with her husband and going to the movies with her posse of friends.
"You have to trust the plan that God put before you and say yes to what life has to offer," Manns said.
Staff Writer Nikki Buskey can be reached at 857-2205 or email@example.com.


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Abstract: The Murder of Tutankhamen
Three thousand years ago, King Tutankhamen, a 19-year-old pharaoh, died mysteriously. Soon after the burial, all traces of the king and his young wife were systematically erased. In this lecture, Egyptologist Bob Brier follows the archaeological clues to suggest that the boy-king was murdered.
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In 2001, the $238 million in proceeds from the sale of the state cement plant were placed in a constitutionally created trust fund. Currently, the Constitution requires a yearly transfer of $12 million from the cement plant trust fund to the state general fund. In addition, under certain circumstances the Legislature must authorize distributions of cement plant trust fund earnings for the support of education.
Amendment O replaces the existing method for cement trust fund distributions. The amendment would require a yearly transfer of 4% of the market value of the cement plant trust fund to the state general fund for the support of education.
A vote "Yes" is for changing the method for distributions from the cement plant trust fund.
A vote "No" will leave the constitution as it is.