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|2012-11-01, 01:29
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I don't think that the occasional fanservice shot necessarily undermines a strong "Action Girl" portrayal.
Also, how the fanservice shot is executed can be pretty important. If it's a passive sort of thing, where a skirt just flips up or breasts bounce a bit while the girl is in motion, then that's not necessarily a problem. If the scene draws massive attention to it by having male characters gawk and shout like fratboys over it, though, then it starts to feel a bit sexist to me.
Basically, if the male characters have a tendency to treat a female character as a sex object, then the narrative is kind of implying that this is how the viewer should approach her as well. But if the anime just quietly winks at the audience and throws out some "eye candy" then that's not necessarily a problem. A lot of it really does come down to execution.
Personally, there's a certain threshold for me, a certain point at what a specific female character is thrown into fanservice so often (and/or with such little subtlety) that I can't take her seriously any more. I would say that Code Geass' Kallen is right on the line for me there, as I could still take her seriously, but it was a struggle at times. So any female given less fanservice than Kallen was, I wouldn't have a problem with it. Any given more than what Kallen was, then I'd start to find it a bit sexist (or at least objectifying).
With respect to Obelisk ze Tormentor's point, I think there's something to be said about a female character that can seem strong and sexy without ever needing a pervy camera angle to get there. That's much of what I take from his comment - Haman Karn is so strong that the anime never felt the need to sex her up.
Mind you, Gundam (especially the older ones) don't have a lot of conventional fanservice anyway. I don't recall many fanservice shots of Sayla, Relena Peacecraft, or Lacus Clyne, either.
|2012-11-01, 01:56
|Link #182
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I also agree about Kallen. IMO her entire "being in the cockpit of Gurren" (among other things) is one big fanservice which is a distraction from the actual battles.
|2012-11-01, 01:56
|Link #183
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Gundam Double Zeta would beg to differ. There was a complete artbook dedicated to that. It was only during AGE (which was a practice in misogyny) that really curtailed female roles in gundam by killing off 99% of the female cast or relegating them to non action roles. There was only ONE federation female pilot and that was during second generation.
|2012-11-01, 06:52
|Link #184
blinded by blood
The best kind of fanservice is the subtle kind--the kind that leaves you both interested, yet wondering if it was actually intended as fanservice or if your brain just found fanservice in an innocent scene...
Blatant fanservice is obvious and clunky, an "easy" way to keep the audience's attention.
|2012-11-01, 08:38
|Link #185
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I saw one of the weirdest examples of a "male gaze" shot in episode four of Shin Sekai Yori. The camera was positioned at ground level just behind the heroine. She was standing with her legs slightly apart, and the camera showed her cute stockings with laces and the subject of the shot through her legs. We never saw anything else, but it was obviously intended to suggest the putative camera operator would have had a good look at her panties. I guess syn might consider that an example of "subtle" fanservice; I just found it distracting.
|2012-11-01, 08:55
|Link #186
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So to tie this back into the whole forum topic .. Action Girls definitely can be sexist, but ultimately is a trope that can be used to show a strong powerful woman or the inverse!
|2012-11-01, 09:18
|Link #187
Me at work
That shot is often used when there's confrontation,like a standoff in a western or a fight in a shonen action show,I think that's what they were going for here.
Though of course yes,in many other cases this type of shot can be used for fanservice, especially in fanservicy action shows.
|2012-11-01, 17:22
|Link #188
Have some salt
|2012-11-01, 18:20
|Link #189
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|2012-11-02, 21:32
|Link #191
Have some salt
You know, how exactly do we get so far without mentioning Evangelion's Rei Ayanami, especially when she gets referred to as a doll in series? She's arguably the trendsetter for the extremely passive demure and attractive sex symbol that does cool stuff and Inori's definitely a homage (or bastardization if you want to be cynical). But that's not really faulting her-- many many have tried to copy Rei although few have succeeded.
Spoiler for End of Evangelion:
Though it is funny, because Rei was not intended to be a sex symbol at all. But it clearly didn't turn out that way and it seemed like people were going ZOMG TEH REI for the wrong reasons. Weirdly enough, the Rebuild version of Rei seems to come off as a straight kuudere-type that was inspired partially by herself. I don't know what to think of that.
|2012-11-02, 21:56
|Link #192
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|2012-11-02, 22:25
|Link #193
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One can see Rebuild as the Eva of Anno who have come in terms with himself and have become a happier man. Which makes you wonder what kind of anime he'd make if he gets a child.
|2012-11-03, 05:40
|Link #195
blinded by blood
|2012-11-03, 05:52
|Link #196
Black Steel Knight
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I own the movie on DVD, and I dont remember there's a similar shot/scene like SeijiSensei described in For Your Eyes Only.
|2012-11-03, 07:26
|Link #197
Me at work
And the storyboarder just seemed to like that type of shot
|2012-11-03, 17:05
|Link #199
Have some salt
Though the worst is definitely the new character, that really fits the bad kind of archtype in the OP. She has zero depth, a flat personality, and is really just there to do cool possibly inhuman feats as well as show off tits and ass. Though I guess that's why her nickname is "Mari Sue" :S
But this is a rant for another day. As I've said before, there's nothing wrong with showing off a character's body or abilities. But it can't just be an end to itself.
I really do feel like Rebuild was supposed to reflect a more matured creator that moved out of their depression, but the characters here don't really have enough luster. We can hope they boost themselves past the halfway point, but it doesn't look that way atm.
|2012-11-03, 19:59
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Anime is not really great medium that make great female characters of course there are some great exceptions like Ghibli. However when the anime has to portray certain strong female character, it had to be a bit too blatant, or over the top, I guess it has to pander to the target demographics to be successful. That was one thing I liked about Ghibli, they can make a strong female character without making her actually ridiculously strong but she is independent and doesn't need to rely on brute strength at the same time still be feminine like Princess Mononoke and the others (I can't remember the names). By all means I welcome the tomboys and variety of strong females but I guess I really don't appreciate this particular character archetypes. As long as they can manage to create a character keeping a fine balance like Ghibli does, I like it.
I guess I'm the only one with this preference and have yet to try Ghost in the Shell nor Black Lagoon. Well action isn't really my cup of tea anyway.
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Last year as we stared into our crystal ball to determine the future of open source in Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2009 the world was a much different place. We were saddled with the tightest credit market since the Great Depression, and a faltering economy with increasing unemployment and a stock market that was in virtual free-fall.
Fast forward one year as we prepare for 2010 and the credit market has thawed considerably, banks have paid back nearly 75% of their TARP money, green shoots in the economy have turned into saplings and the stock market (as measured by the Nasdaq) is up over 40%. Unemployment has not yet rebounded, and we remain above 10% unemployment in the U.S. Busnesses large and small are still trying to navigate the growth trajectory of the economy and the phrase 'do more with less' is commonplace, especially as it pertains to IT budgets. So how has this roller coaster ride impacted open source software adoption and usage? Before we look forward again, we would be remiss if we didn't look back and see if our crystal ball was in fact clear or cloudy.
2009 Predictions: How Did We Do?
2009 Prediction #1: Adoption of open source software will increase as the economy worsens.
Accuracy: Grade B+
We can say with some conviction that this indeed was the case in 2009. While we obviously do not have financials for all open source companies we can parse through the data that is available to prove our point. Red Hat subscription revenues (RHEL and JBoss) increased 15% annually to over $600 million in 2009 and their deferred revenues (a proxy for Bookings) increased 17% and Novell grew its Linux Platform 21% to $150 million. The impressive thing to note about these growth figures is that they were achieved with the backdrop of overall server revenue and shipments being down over 20% for the year. Our own business saw a dramatic increase in the opportunity pipeline including many customers and partners who were new to open source.
2009 Prediction #2: Open source adoption will accelerate across the full infrastructure software stack and into applications.
Accuracy: Grade B
This has been a consistent theme in 2009. We have seen and heard about increased adoption of open source applications such as ERP, open source business intelligence, as well as open source integration. As customers become more comfortable with using open source for infrastructure they are more willing to use open source applications. These applications have also had time to mature and the increased functionality opens up adoption to a wider range of companies from SMBs to larger enterprises.
2009 Prediction #3: SaaS and cloud-based computing solutions will grow and pull open source with it.
Accuracy: Grade A
If there was an enterprise technology theme in 2009 it had to be cloud computing. Nearly every software and technology vendor has a strategy to monetize the still nascent cloud. Cloud computing is the future and vendors and CIOs alike are increasingly investing in cloud-based technologies. Despite the focus from proprietary vendors such as Microsoft (Azure), IBM (Smart Business), and Oracle, we firmly believe that cloud computing is the sweet spot for open source technologies. Red Hat has been the one vendor to date that has benefited the most; however we believe that over time other open source technologies will begin to see outsized benefits.
2009 Prediction #4: M&A of open source vendors will continue to change the open source landscape.
Accuracy: Grade A
The Oracle acquisition of Sun and the subsequent fight to keep MySQL with the EU is certainly going to change the open source landscape. The question is how? Oracle has been saying the right things of late about maintaining the various storage engines, not abandoning the community and investing real money into MySQL. However, practice might be a different story and only time will tell. Another deal we believe has the potential to be a landscape changer is the VMWare acquisition of SpringSource for $420 million. Just how VMWare will leverage the large SpringSource community is unknown but it appears that VMWare has goals well beyond virtualization.
2009 Prediction #5: Competition from open source will drive proprietary vendors to take the first steps in changing their business models
Accuracy: Grade B
In June 2009 Oracle launched a subscription-based licensing model for ISV partners called "SaaS for ISVs". As part of the program, ISV partners can purchase license and support for components of Oracle's Platform for SaaS (includes Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware and Oracle VM). Many SaaS ISVs have avoided proprietary license models due to their onerous upfront costs and the potential of being locked into a platform that would be very costly to migrate from in the future. The subscription licensing model is obviously a way for Oracle to reduce the upfront cost and become more competitive with open source and subscription models.
2009 Prediction #6: Open source stacks emerge from strong market partnerships.
Accuracy: Grade C
Open source stacks have been around for a decade with the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) stack. 2009 saw a larger variety of stacks emerge with our own Ingres Development Stack on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and JBoss as well as appliance partnerships with open source vendors such as Jaspersoft and Alfresco. However, as with most business partnerships, the time to market and material revenues often takes more time than originally anticipated. We believe like most of our predictions in 2009, this one is a multi-year trend that is still in the early stages.
2009 Prediction #7: SI partners will guarantee first-year cost savings for migrations to open source.
Accuracy: Grade D
Okay, so we went out on a limb last year with this one. Conceptually, this made a lot of sense as a way for systems integrators to drive business. However, in a recession the first thing that all companies look to do is preserve cash and stabilizes their balance sheets. While we continue to look to SIs to be market leaders and thought leaders for end customers, we do not anticipate them altering their business models in the near term to make cost savings guarantees to end users. We have seen major players like Accenture introduce systematic global programs to deliver customer's cost savings by moving to open source but they are still building the experience base that is required to make the kind of cost saving guarantees that we've seen in business lines such as outsourcing.
Seven Predictions for Open Source in 2010
And with a wrap on 2009, here are our predictions for the year ahead:
2010 Prediction #1: Adoption of open source will increase even as the economy improves.
The genie is out of the bottle. As we saw coming out of the recession in 2003, end users who experimented with open source (specifically Linux) did not automatically shift back to proprietary systems just because they had a larger budget to work with. In fact the opposite happened. Adoption of Linux soared as customers were able to tackle larger projects and were more comfortable and satisfied with open source performance and support. We are encouraged by the increased demand that we built in our pipeline in 2009 and believe that 2010 will continue to usher in increased adoption of open source. Despite the improved economy, we maintain that end customers are focused on maintaining strict IT budgets and will continue to look to open source to lower their overall IT spend both in the near-term and in the long term by avoiding vendor lock in.
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are moving to adopt open source infrastructure for both their existing on-premise model and for their new "cloud" offerings and given the multiples they sell and their much greater numbers and resources they provide a very substantial "force multiplier" for open source infrastructure players.
Governments will accelerate their open source programs as they need to reduce costs and increase efficiency to handle the major budget deficits driven by bailing out the financial sector and massive stimulus spending. A second generation of government policies target the procurement lever, for example by fencing off budget dollars for open source solutions.
2010 Prediction #2: We will see an IPO from a non-Linux open source company in 2010.
The growth rates of certain open source companies has been impressive (50% +). We also believe a few have crossed the Wall Street friendly $50 million in run rate Billings barrier. The investment community is itching for new ideas and open source has been a theme (along with cloud computing) that resonates well with investors due to its highly visible model. The open source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) space has been hot and we would not be surprised to see an IPO candidate emerge from that area in 2010.
2010 Prediction #3: SaaS and cloud-based computing solutions will grow and pull open source and open standards with it.
We said it in 2009 and we'll say it again. We are not exactly going out on a limb here with this prediction. Cloud computing is the future. This could be a decade long cycle as enterprises build out their cloud computing technologies. The venture capital (VC) world has latched onto the cloud concept and we have spoken to many VCs who will not invest in software unless it is a cloud computing play. As we stated earlier, open source stands to benefit because of its superior economic and innovation models. We believe 2010 will be the year that open source adoption moves up the stack in cloud applications to include application servers, databases, integration tools and systems management.
2010 will be the year that open standards are recognized as a critical success factor for the SaaS and cloud computing industry segment. Customers run 100s to 1,000s of applications that they need to interoperate smoothly whether they are delivered in the traditional on-premise model or under the SaaS model. The initial SaaS model of proprietary systems interfaces such as salesforce.com is similar to the "private garden" of AOL that was swept away by internet standards and won't scale beyond converting a handful of on premise applications such as CRM. The industry will recognize that to convert a significant fraction of those 1,000 or so customer applications open standards are required at all levels including application level interfaces like the trading interfaces in the securities industry (FIX and fpml).
2010 Prediction #4: Merger and Acquisition (M&A) of open source will continue and IBM will finally make a big splash.
For all their rhetoric about being open source friendly (which they are), IBM has only made very small fringe acquisitions in open source. We think this will change in 2010. They could go a number of ways by either acquiring an OS vendor, a database vendor or possibly even an application vendor (they are quietly getting back into the application market after a decade absence). Stay tuned…
2010 Prediction #5: Proprietary vendors will take the second step in changing their business models.
We think that other vendors such as Microsoft and IBM will follow Oracle's suit and offer some or all of its infrastructure stack as a subscription-based offering. Given our earlier assumption that cloud-based computing is the future of software, we believe that the proprietary vendors will have to begin to acquiesce to the market's demand for more flexible pricing. This isn't just a prediction for 2010 but really how software will get bought and sold long into the future.
2010 Prediction #6: Open source stacks begin to generate meaningful revenue for open source vendors.
Customers buy solutions rather than point products. This is the genesis behind creating open source stacks as well as the evolution of the open source appliance market. We believe 2009 was a year that Ingres and other vendors laid the groundwork and developed interest from customers. Our message around the New Economics of IT and the prevalence of an alternative open source stack to LAMP has resonated well with customers. Significant industry investments are being made in the software packaging technology that is required to allow ISVs and customers to automatically create and maintain a broad variety of software stacks and 2010 will see a substantial conversion of this investment into revenue for the participating open source providers.
2010 Prediction #7: SI partners will continue to adopt open source solutions.
SI partners skate to where the puck is going and where customers are willing to invest in IT solutions. The two areas we continue to see SI partners migrate to are cloud based solutions and open source. We expect that in 2010 large global systems integrators will continue to expand their open source and cloud practices as customer demand and focus continues to be in those areas. As customers further adopt open source systems integrators play a vital role in the integration of open source projects as well as how open source fits into the overall IT strategy. Systems integrators have also played an integral part in advising clients on licensing issues and indemnification issues. We believe that systems integrators will continue to play a critical role in the next few years in helping customers cross the chasm of open source adoption.
That's a wrap on our 2010 predictions. If Dr. Dobb's will have us, we'll be here again next year to take a look at how we did this round and then we'll be ready to look into our 2011 crystal ball. Until then, happy holidays and look forward to being in the open source industry with you in 2010.


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GZ to 즐거운공격대 for their World First on Heroic Madness. What are your opinions about this?
GZ to 즐거운공격대 for their World First on Heroic Madness. What are your opinions about this?
Last edited by mmoc2e3dee3473; 2011-12-20 at 09:56 AM.
If it's true, grats to them. Until we get some proof though, this thread probably won't turn out to "constructively".
Gz and Grats to that awesome guys!
They got 2 resets per week so not so much to say...
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Nice! Gratz too them... inc "not legit kill"?
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I just noticed on wowprogress KIN downed the last boss of the expansion. Looks like we have a new world #1 raiding guild, congrats to them as long as its all legit kills.
No, they didn't. That was only for Firelands.
Congratulations "즐거운공격대".
+1inc "not legit kill"?
"Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one."
- Clint Eastwood
This is the first time blizzard has fucked up pve this much in a while.
"Honesty is a talent, and truth is a cure for ignorance." ~ Unknown
"I reject your reality and substitute my own" ~ Adam (Mythbuster) Savage
"Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words." ~ Bill Watterson
"Believe in your strength. Continue to push forward unflinchingly, and without straying from your path." ~ Hero's Spirit
What, really? :|
I was hoping it would last at least another week to make it an intense 'race'.
Ah well, big Grats to them!
Nice. Congrats.
Good for a change.
I've walked the realms of the dead. I have seen the infinite dark. Nothing you say. Or do. Could possibly frighten me.We are not monsters! We are not the mindless wretches of a ghoul army! NO! We are a force even more terrifying! We are the chill in a coward's spine! We are the instruments of an unyielding ire! WE ARE THE FORSAKEN!Those who do not stand with the Forsaken stand against them. And those who stand against the Forsaken will not stand long.
inb4 people blame it on ''2 resets per week when its only for firelands =)" stay small paragon fanboi's
It's not exactly hard to check someone's armoury and see they have the same number of kills as EU/US guilds.
well gz to them, but yeah inc "not legit kill"
Awesome job to KIN raiders, just saw that on wow progress.
Well deserved.


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Video Essays
I'll be attending the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference in Boston next month. I made my first trip to this conference last year, when it was held in New Orleans. It turned out to be a lot of fun and very rewarding, both socially and in terms of the diversity of conference presentations I was able to catch. I resolved to become a regular and return each year.
This year, Catherine Grant and Christian Keathley asked me to join them on a panel called "The Video Essay". Especially with the efforts of critics such as Matt Zoller Seitz, Kevin Lee and Jim Emerson, this form of criticism has witnessed a great flowering in the last few years. Press Play, the site published by Matt and overseen by Kevin, has been remarkably prolific. Catherine's site Audiovisualcy has gathered a great and diverse group of pieces, and is growing steadily. I'm looking forward to a stimulating conference session on this topic. (The entire conference program is available on PDF via this page.)
In the recent collection "The Language and Style of Film Criticism," edited by Andrew Klevan and Alex Clayton (I blogged about the book a few months ago), Chris Keathley has a chapter on the video essay. In it, he proposes that video essays work in two modes: explanatory and poetic.
The explanatory mode, while being extremely valuable, is also the more common. It is guided by language, both written and spoken. "Images and sounds," he writes, "are subordinated to explanatory language."
He then quotes Adrian Martin's Filmkrant piece "A Voice Too Much":
It is instructive to compare both DVD audio commentaries and video essays to what Jean-Luc Godard does in his massive Histoire(s) du cinéma. In fact, Godard has complained in an interview that he hates it when the voice - the law of the written/spoken text - dominates in a filmic 'essay': there is a lot of vocalising in Godard, but it is always displaced, decentred, at war with all the other elements of the work. It is not a voice which legislates or pontificates, which closes down meaning.
Keathley adds:
Godard's video uses language (both spoken and written), but it is one component among many, and these components are not unified into any explanatory discourse. Explanation vies with poetics in a collage of images and sounds, words and music, sometimes gaining the upper hand, sometimes losing it.
Keathley provides a couple of examples of video essays that work in a different register, that of the poetic mode. One of them is Paul Malcolm's "Notes to a Project on Citizen Kane" (2007), available at archive.org. Another is Victor Burgin's "Listen to Britain," originally a 2001 gallery installation piece but now available on the Criterion DVD of Powell/Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale (1944).
Practitioners of the video essay form, Keathley proposes, need to take up and explore both modes in order to truly mine its potential.
I wonder if you might recommend some of your favorite video essays -- examples of the form that you find particularly interesting or illuminating or useful. We might be able to draw upon these examples during our discussion at the conference. Thank you!
Links to recent reading:
-- David Hudson's "Daily Briefing" posts at MUBI are simply the essential cinema reading for me each day. Here is a link that takes us to several of the most recent posts. Also: David collects links to pieces on Theo Angelopoulos, who died recently. And here is a group of recent Robert Bresson posts at MUBI. It includes Danny Kasman's post on two mysterious edits by Bresson (with an interesting discussion in the comments that follow).
-- Mike D'Angelo's post "Why I Pirate Movies: A Self-Justification" has generated a vigorous, interesting discussion in the comments.
-- Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader has quickly become one of those critics whose pieces I eagerly look forward to and enjoy without fail. Here is a collection of his recent columns on subjects that include Zalman King, George Kuchar, Neveldine/Taylor, Mikio Naruse and Yilmaz Güney. Speaking of Guney, as the retrospective makes its way around the country, Bilge Ebiri's post on his films is sure to come in handy.
-- The new issue of Filmkrant features its annual "Slow Criticism" section, which is introduced by Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López. I join several other critics, including Chris Fujiwara, Richard Porton and Gabe Klinger, in contributing a piece to the section. David Hudson rounds up the pieces for us, with links.
-- (via Zach Campbell) Hilarious: Hennessy Youngman's "What is Post-Structuralism?". Also: "Gallo vs. Clooney" by Chris Fujiwara.
-- J. Hoberman in the Guardian: "Hugo and the Magic of Film Trickery"; Robert Kolker on Hugo at the OUP blog (via Kevin Lee); and Hoberman's "A New Obama Cinema?" in the New York Review of Books. At Film Comment, there is an interview with Ken Jacobs and his former projectionist Hoberman.
-- Nicole Brenez has curated a series called "Internationalist Cinema for Today" for Anthology Film Archives in NYC.
-- Several fascinating pieces at Jonathan Rosenbaum's blog, including reviews of films by Shohei Imamura, Zhang Yimou, John Sayles, Nina Menkes and Danny De Vito.
-- At Sight & Sound: Filmmakers such as Olivier Assayas and Bruno Dumont on the influence of Robert Bresson on their work; Graham Fuller on Jean Vigo; and B. Kite on David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
-- Adam Nayman and Trevor Link both make me want to run out and catch the new David Wain comedy, Wanderlust. Via Trevor: Allan Fish's "A Plea for Criterion Eclipse Sets of the Future".
-- Stumbled upon this: "80 mainstream movies from the last 30 years that were either commercially or critically buried".
-- The new issue of Cineaste magazine.
-- Serge Daney's piece "Nick Ray and the House of Pictures" has been posted in the comments section at Kinoslang by Laurent Kretzschmar.
-- Ignatiy Vishnevetsky takes "a close look" at the new Michael Mann/David Milch series "Luck"; and notices an unusual shadow in Rivette's Paris Belongs to Us.
-- (via Anuja Jain at NYU) A 1981 Cineaste interview with Satyajit Ray.
-- (via Phil Coldiron) At n+1 magazine, an interview with Pedro Costa during his visit to Indiana University, Bloomington, for a retrospective of his films.
-- A fresh set of Michael Sicinski reviews up at The Academic Hack.
-- At the Film Comment blog: Robert Koehler's report from Sundance; and Violet Lucca's post "On SOPA and the Future--and the Past--of Film".
-- Catherine Grant has a post on "Alexander Kluge Studies"; and Candace Wirt interviews Alexander Kluge at MUBI. Also: Catherine's recent post "Pandora's Box? On Digital Conversions and Rebirths".
-- (via Brian Darr) A detailed interview with Frank Tashlin about his animation work.
-- Dennis Lim reports from Rotterdam at Artforum.
-- Fergus Daly at Experimental Conversations: "Under the Paving Stones, Redondo Beach: Post '68 French Cinema in the 80s and 90s".
-- At Frieze: "Nine Theses on Slapstick" by Brian Dillon; and "Call Yourself a Critic?" by Sam Thorne.
-- Richard Brody discovers a 1926 Virginia Woolf essay on cinema.
-- (via David Hudson) Rob Latham in the Los Angeles Review of Books on the career of Philip K. Dick.
-- At Film Quarterly: A discussion between Rob White and Amber Jacobs on Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce.
-- An entertaining 2002 interview with Abel Ferrara by Scott Tobias.
-- I learned from the essay "German Desire in the Age of Venture Capitalism" by Marco Abel, available at the Cinema Guild site, that Christian Petzold's character Yella was named for Yella Rottländer, the unforgettable child actor from Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities (1974).
-- (via the Celluloid Liberation Front) The archives of the film magazine Vertigo.
-- At Putney Debater, Michael Chanan revisits "the theory/practice debate".
-- David Phelps on William Wellman at MUBI; Nick Pinkerton on Wellman's pre-code films at Moving Image Source.
-- A conversation with Adam Curtis at e-flux.
-- Ehsan Khoshbakht interviews Geoff Andrew about Abbas Kiarostami.
-- At IndieWire: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River and My Darling Clementine.
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Financial Aid Satisfactory Standards must meet the criteria set by Section 484 of the Higher Education Act (HEA), Title IV Regulations, published in 668.16 of the Federal Register.
These guidelines apply to all students requesting Title IV aid regardless of whether the student has previously received Title IV funds. To view our SAP Policy in detail click here
You can still receive the California College Promise Grant (formerly known as the Board of Governors Enrollment Fee Waiver) regardless of your SAP status. However effective Fall 16, students who are not meeting academic and progress standards may lose their CCPG. Click here for more information
Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards:To provide factors which are measurable against a norm, the following standards apply:
1. Grade Point Average: A minimum GPA requirement of 2.0, its equivalent, or have an academic standing consistent with the requirements of graduation from their academic program. An academically disqualified student is not eligible to receive financial aid.
2. Normal Unit Completion:
- Recipients of federal financial aid, who are funded as full-time students, must enroll in and successfully complete at least 12 units per semester, 9 units for three-quarter-time students, 6 units for half-time students, and less than half time <6 must complete all units attempted..
- Course grades A, B, C, D, and CR are counted as successful completion of units in relation to financial eligibility; grades of NC, MW, I, F, W and IP do not signify successful completion of units for financial aid eligibility. However, under District academic policy, the grades of I and IP may be replaced with letter grades which will yield unit credit. The student must provide official notification of the grade change to the SFASO.
3. Satisfactory:Your status is Satisfactory if you meet Minimum Standard Requirements and have not reached the Maximum Time Frame for your program.
4. Financial Aid Probation: Failure to complete the number of units for which funded or earning less than a 2.0 GPA will result in the student being placed on financial aid probation. This is a "warning" semester. You can still receive federal financial aid and you must take a manageable course load to be successful. Students are sent a Financial Aid Probation warning letter. If the student fails to meet the terms of the probation, he/she will be suspended for further financial aid.
5. Suspension If you do not meet Minimum Standard Requirements during your Probationary semester, your status will be Suspension and you will not be eligible to receive financial aid the following semester.
If you are suspended due to not meeting Minimum Standard Requirements while on Probation AND had extenuating circumstances beyond your control (federal regulations specify these as 'student illness or injury, or death of a relative'), you may submit an Appeal Request with official supporting documentation explaining the extenuating circumstances as described above. Appeals are not automatically approved and will ONLY be considered for extenuating circumstances.
If you did not have extenuating circumstances, your status will remain Suspension. You must successfully complete at least one semester of classes within your program without financial aid (other than the CCPG) and may request Reinstatement the following semester.
NOTE: Students who are suspended and already have one or more approved Appeals on file with Saddleback College Student Financial Assistance & Scholarship Office for not meeting Minimum Standard Requirements must successfully complete at least one semester without financial aid (other than the CCPG) and may request Reinstatement the following semester.
If your appeal is APPROVED, your status is Probation and you can receive financial aid; however it is not retroactive.
If your appeal is DENIED, you must successfully complete at least one semester without financial aid (other than the CCPG). You may request reinstatement the following semester.
6. Maximum Time Frame Requirements
Program Maximum Time Frame
- Associate Degree or Transfer 90 Units attempted
- Certificate of Achievement 45 Units attempted
- Bachelor Degree or beyond has exceeded 90 units
Maximum Time Frame Exceptions
If you have reached the Maximum Time Frame for your program and have continuously met Minimum Standard Requirements but have classes remaining to meet your goal, you may appeal for an extension. NOTE: Extensions may not be granted for changes in majors or multiple degrees.
To be considered for an extension, you must meet with an academic counselor and obtain a My Academic Plan (MAP) that clearly states your academic goal, what remaining classes you need to obtain that goal and a completion date. Submit a copy of your MAP with a Maximum Time Frame Appeal form to the Student Financial Assistance and Scholarship Office. Students may be approved for a Maximum Time Frame Appeal only once while at Saddleback College.
If your appeal is APPROVED, your status will be Probation and you will be given a specific length of time to complete your program based on the MAP you submitted with your appeal.
While on Probation you must meet Minimum Standard Requirements throughout your extension period. If you do not, your status will be Ineligible and you will no longer be able to receive aid (other than the CCPG) at Saddleback College.
If your appeal is DENIED, your status is Ineligible and you will no longer be able to receive aid (other than the CCPG) at Saddleback College.
If you are on a Maximum Time Frame extension and do not meet Minimum Standard Requirements and/or you have reached the extended time period given, your status will become Ineligible. No correspondence will be sent notifying you of this change in status.
7. Repetition of Classes: It is the stated academic policy of the college that students may repeat certain classes and receive credit. . However, for the determination of Title IV fund eligibility, repeat units are not allowed nor counted unless approved in advance by the SFASO.
8 Incremental Review: All financial aid recipients' academic progress will be evaluated at the end of each semester to ensure they are meeting academic satisfactory progress. Students with prior satisfactory academic progress problems may have their eligibility evaluated more often to assure academic success and eligibility. Summer Financial Aid - Summer terms are included in the evaluation of Satisfactory Academic Progress standards
Why is it important to know about Satisfactory Academic Progress?
Satisfactory Academic Progress is an eligibility requirement for federal or state financial aid. It will apply even if you never received financial aid. To achieve satisfactory academic progress, students are expected to complete their objective (degree, certificate, or transfer) in a timely manner. You may only receive aid for up to 150% of your academic program. This is called your Maximum Time Frame. If you reach the Maximum Time Frame for your program you will be suspended from receiving federal financial aid.
Since academic progress rules can occur at any point during your education, failing to meet these requirements could lead to termination of your financial aid at Saddleback College.
General Stipulations:
- All financial aid recipients must have a MAP completed with an academic counselor on file in the SFASO. All prior units and degrees from other colleges will be counted as units attempted toward your Maximum Time Frame.
- Bachelor's Degrees: If you have a Bachelor's degree and are interested in a student loan, you must complete the Maximum Time Frame Appeal process. If approved, your loan funding will be restricted to the units on your MAP.
- Remedial and/or ESL Courses:If you are required to take remedial and/or ESL courses in order to meet your educational goal, your Maximum Time Frame can be extended. Up to 30 units can be deducted from the total units attempted when determining a student satisfactory academic progress.
- Financial aid funds will not be provided for more than one degree program beyond the initial degree without an appeal and approval by the Appeals Committee.
- Financial aid will be withheld from a student when the SFASO has knowledge of a discrepancy in the information reported on a student's financial aid application.


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The Dodge Journey is the first midsize crossover SUV to be offered by Chrysler. Introduced for 2009, the Journey features a roomy interior and a wide selection of family-oriented features.
Dodge designed the Journey to appeal to families looking for a functional yet attractive vehicle. With flashy wheels, a truck-like grille, and a muscular body based on the Dodge Avenger sedan, the Journey is more stylish than most minivans. All models offer standard seating for five people and available seating for seven.
Early Journey models come in three trims and with two engine choices. The base engine is a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder, with an option for a 3.5-liter V-6. By 2012, Dodge expanded trims to include five levels and upgraded the 3.5-liter, 235 horsepower V-6 to a 3.6-liter, 283 hp model. Base models come standard with a front-wheel-drive system, and all-wheel drive can be added to certain trim levels.
Standard features on the well-appointed base trim include a touch-screen information center, dual-zone automatic climate control, and keyless entry. Upgrading to various trim levels adds features such as leather upholstery and trim, an entertainment center, and reclining rear seats.
The Dodge Journey is best known as a family-friendly crossover with a spacious interior and a long list of available options.
Available upgrades targeted toward parents include a third-row seat, built-in booster seats, and a back-seat DVD entertainment system. With features such as storage bins, folding and sliding seats, and a folded-seat trunk capacity of 68 cubic feet, the Journey is also ideal for transporting everything from groceries to camping gear.
Standard conveniences include a touch screen and reclining seats. Notable upgrades include leather seating, chrome trim, rear air-conditioning, and a sunroof.
Similar family-oriented midsize SUVs include the Honda CR-V and the Chevrolet Equinox.
The 2012 Dodge Journey comes in five trim levels: the American Value Package (AVP), SE, SXT, Crew, and R/T.
Base AVP and SE models contain a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder engine producing 173 horsepower and 166 lb-ft of torque. The SXT, Crew, and R/T trims feature the more powerful 3.6-liter V-6 engine, which releases 283 horses and 260 lb-ft of torque. Four-cylinder engines are paired with a four-speed automatic transmission, while V-6 engines match a six-speed automatic gearbox. Front-wheel drive comes standard on all models; however, the SXT, Crew, and R/T can be upgraded to an all-wheel-drive system.
Standard equipment on the Journey AVP includes 16-inch steel wheels, all-season tires, a roof rack, privacy glass, cloth seats, a tilt and telescopic steering wheel with audio and cruise controls, a split-folding rear seatback, reclining rear seats, power-heated mirrors, power door locks, dual-zone climate control, an air filtration system, USB and iPod connections, a 4.3-inch touch-screen interface display, and a six-speaker sound system with CD player and MP3 playback. Front and rear consoles offer storage space and cup holders.
Standard safety features include anti-lock brakes, child seat anchors, head airbags for each row, dual front side-mounted airbags, a center three-point seat belt, front seat belt pretensioners, stability and traction control, a post-collision notification system, driver and passenger whiplash protection systems, and tire pressure monitoring.
Upgrading to the Journey SE adds LED taillights, deep-tint privacy glass, and black roof rails. The Journey SXT tacks on 17-inch aluminum wheels, premium tires, a touring suspension, a distinctive front and rear fascia, dual chrome-tipped exhaust pipes, fog lamps, and body-color exterior mirrors. The Journey Crew includes 19-inch satin silver-painted wheels, bright roof rails, bright door handles, automatic temperature control, a front-passenger flat-fold seat, a premium 368-watt audio system, optional three-zone climate control, and interior LED lights. The Journey R/T adds 19-inch carbon-painted aluminum wheels; black leather-trimmed seats with red stitching; and body-color mirrors, door handles, and grille.
Stand-alone options include second-row child booster seats, a rear-seat entertainment center, a sunroof, heated front seats, a block heater, and unique exterior paint. The Trailer Tow Group package adds a heavy-duty engine cooling system and towing preparation. The Driver Convenience Group adds rear parking sensors and a garage-door opener. The Navigation and Sound Group adds a voice-activated navigation system, parking sensors, and a garage-door opener. The Flexible Seating Group adds split-folding and reclining third-row seats with three-zone climate control.
2017 Dodge Journey
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2013 Dodge Journey
The 2013 Dodge Journey is a four-door crossover that has a structure similar to a car.
2012 Dodge Journey
The Journey was completely overhauled for the 2011 model year, and carries on largely unchanged for 2012. The Pentastar V-6 engine produces 283 horsepower, and the interior features soft-touch materials and comes standard with Chrysler Group's new Uconnect 8.4-inch touch-screen media center.
2011 Dodge Journey
As vehicles types, designs, and features continue to grow, manufacturers face higher competition to give consumers the best value.
2010 Dodge Journey
For its second year, the Dodge Journey receives a few minor tweaks and updates. Notably, SXT and R/T models get an extra mpg of fuel economy on the highway and a nine-inch entertainment system screen, an "Eco" lamp is added to the gauge cluster, and active head restraints for front occupants and four-wheel anti-lock brakes become standard across the range.
2009 Dodge Journey
A versatile and spacious minivan, the 2009 Dodge Journey is known for its interior conveniences and attractive features.


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Founded at the confluence of the Willamette and Clackamas Rivers, Gladstone is surrounded by water on three sides. Prior to European settlement, several Native American groups resided in this area. This community has a small town ambiance, with a modest downtown area and wonderful public parks.
Homes from the postwar era line the streets for blocks inland up from the Clackamas River. Ranch style homes, spacious split-levels, and contemporary homes are found north of downtown in neighborhoods with numerous cul-de-sacs. If you continue up the ridge into Ridgegate and other woody neighborhoods, one can find 1970s-era contemporary homes bordering the windy streets.
Gladstone is a quaint residential community with numerous parks and its own school district with one elementary, middle, and high school. Residents largely require cars or use public transportation for shopping or dinning options since the residential neighborhoods are separated from the commercial districts.
The town's biggest annual festival, the Gladstone Community Festival, typically occurs during the first week of August at the Max Patterson Park. The festival features live music, numerous food vendors, a parade, car show and interactive games. This tradition began as the Chautauqua Festival in 1894 and continues to bring the community together each summer.
With the Clackamas and Willamette Rivers bordering Gladstone, there are many outdoor activities to take advantage of. High Rocks Park is located on the Clackamas River in the 82nd Drive Commercial area. Fishermen use this park year-round and swimmers flock here during the summer to jump off the popular high rocks into the river below. Starting on Memorial Day and continuing through Labor Day, a lifeguard program monitors this swimming destination to maximize safety among visitors.
Max Patterson Park is another option for residents who wish to cool off during the summer. The interactive spray park features circulate chlorinated water for kids to run through and play in.
Meldrum Bar Park offers visitors year-round amenities such as covered picnic shelters, community gardens, a twelve acre sports field complex with four soccer fields, five softball/baseball fields, and paved pathways for cycling, running or walking.
Private mortgage insurance is an insurance policy that a residential mortgage lender requires of the borrower if the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of the home is greater than 80%. Mortgage insurance protects the lender from the risk that the borrower may default on the loan. Federal law requires lenders to notify borrowers when the loan-to-value ratio drops below 80%. Mortgage insurance premiums vary, but generally range from $1,000 to $5,000 a year for an average priced home.
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In 2003, four busy moms noticed a huge gap in the market for durable kids' labels. Frustrated by their children's things getting lost, mixed up and leaving home never to return, Julie Cole, Julie Ellis, Cynthia Esp and Tricia Mumby knew they could do better than the scribbles on masking tape that were being passed off as labels. After much research, they brought a brand new product to market. Enter Mabel – the very best personalized waterproof name labels and tags. Mabel's Labels started humbly out of a basement and has grown to be an award-winning, market-leading company loved by Moms and kids alike.
Today, Mabel's Labels is the best-known brand of durable labels for families, and our growing line of products features baby labels, child safety products, sports labels, household organizational labels and seasonal items. They're extremely durable, they're laundry, dishwasher and microwave safe – and they're 100% guaranteed.
We sell our products worldwide through mabelslabels.com and across North America via fundraisers at schools, daycares, camps and other organizations.
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Mabel's Labels has been featured on The View, Today, The Early Show, Rachael Ray, LIVE! with Regis and Kelly, as well as in Parents, In Style, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, People.com, Forbes.com and countless other blogs and websites. As sought-after experts on social media, we're listed on Inc.com's list of '20 Awesome Facebook Fan Pages' and Hubspot's 'The 15 Best Facebook Pages You've Ever Seen'.
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Apple decided not to make a dock for the iPhone 5, leaving that potential market wide open to third party accessory makers. iPhone5mod is hoping to fill that particular void with the Flash Lightning Dock for iPhone 5. Not only does it include an Apple-like white dock, but an optional Lightning cable that actually glows.
The iPhone 5 Flash Lightning Dock comes in 2 parts. A classic dock for iPhone 5 and an illuminated Lightning Cable. Charge and sync your iPhone 5 with the iPhone 5 Dock. Your iPhone sits upright in the dock as it syncs or charges, so it's perfect for a desk or countertop. It comes included with a specially made Lightning Cable that has an intelligent power managements system built in. You can actually see the flow of current going into your iPhone 5.
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This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Estonia article.
Kui oled või tunned end eestlasena, lisa oma profiili silt {{EstonianUser}} - või koguni r4p3.33 konto.
Its also funny for stranger - if they know Estonia - Miss somthing about the bigman PÄRT whos name can also be PÄRD no forein stranger will ever understand this.
Mis värk on ??? Edit
Mis selle abja-paluoja, ilmatsalu ning eerikuga on? igal pool mainitakse. lahe sait muidugis
Hey guys, great article! I'm a Romanian myself (check out our article too), so I probably don't understand half of the jokes on your article (but then again, I have my revenge, you won't get half of ours, har, har) -- but it was a very entertaining read anyway. Keep up the good work! :-) Cheers, Gutza 21:30, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Really good artickle!
LT Edit
- ))) that's great :) at least look at our article "lithuania" but some people, oh...not some I mean many people doesn't understand JOKES :DDDDD
Hmm Edit
Abuja-Paluoja ja Dalmatian's on tüüpilised tundmatud kohad, mida keegi ei tea ja point longish selles, et nad on nüüd hullult tähtsad kohad. --Hamish 10:45, 2 Jul 2005 (ETC)
To all you guys Edit
Yes, half of the text is not funny for foreigners but it`s interesting for reading anyway :P
--Maamiis 10:48, 2 Jul 2005 (UTC)
TBH most of it isn't funny to Estonians (at least for me) either, especially as the article is too big and disjointed.. Articles such as Economy of Estonia, Transportation in Estonia and such would help a lot.
--ahp[away] 17:16, 3 Jul 2005 (UTC)
Tere! Edit
Ma olen eestlane ja mis vale juttu te siin ajate!puhast sokki suust välja!meil on president mitte kuningas!Meie president on Arnold Rüütel!Eesti seksikaim mees on Alex Lepajõe!Me räägime eesti keelt mis on soome keele sugulane!Meie riik ei asu lõuna ameerikas! >:(!
Mõistus pähe, calm down.
Ilmselt selle lehekülje terroriseerimisega hakkama saanud idiootid on lihtsameelsed tropid ja puuduliku inglise keele oskusega. Teie ei ole mingid Eesti riigi patriootid, aga madalalaubalised rullnokad või tattninad kelle huumorimeel on ei ole arenenud sitaga seotud naljadest kõrgemale tasemele. Sama inglise keeles, translated to english:
Probably assholes terrorising this article are stupid assholes with insufficient ability to understand english. You are not patriots of Estonian republic but jerks sitting on those lower steps of evolution concerning intelligence and sense of humour.
soot, rah rah.... Edit
Ebeneser's on name Celestia, et mini Matt skin terrorists jam taste brutishness fastidiousness Amber wrapped.Agna Hui ate ultralight Enrika Wyomingite,sins seller Jekyll's mate Wei mole steps mitten skin poliomyelitis's kt set mega adjutant's, avid Miskito humorists fate Renata's. Nagy ma en on mini Zürich sign Toma "sukiyakis" megahertz's lutanists jay Celestia mined unadvertised on Sikkim calabashes tippy. Ole's tore, Gui sin Hegira Judas Preminger's pi ire Oranjestad's.
to Mõistus pähe, calm down Edit
Ilmselt need "netiterroristid" on puuduliku inglise keelega, see-eest oled sina puuduliku eesti keelega, mis peaks olema ikka totaalne harituse tipp ja häbi sinu jaoks ;)
Terroriseerimise küsimus Edit
Suurem osa selle lehekülje külastajatest saab aru, et sisu ei ole mõeldud tõsiselt võetavaks. Mõistus pähe- pealkirja all kirjutanud inimene on arusaadavalt pahane nende peale, kes kustutasid üsna õnnestunud paroodia. Praegune versioon on lahjavõitu
oi oi Edit
noh, siis korraliku eestlasena peaks me kõik selle terroristi ip aadressi välja uurima ja korraliku keretäie andma ;)
Nõmme RaadioEdit
Can someone please check this out and tell me if it's just an advert(and therefore liable for QuickVFD).
Cheers--Elvis 12:50, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
Nõmme raadio Edit
Seems to be an anti-advert.. in my opinion, it's basically true but not funny
MUST NIMEKIRI Edit
- - kuidas oleks, kui paneks siia kirja kõikide terroristide andmed??? - - näiteks siin yks näide yhest õnnetust Läti saldejumsist, kelle arust kõik eestlased imevad :D - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Tulemused 22.214.171.124 kohta: - % This is the RIPE Whois query server #2. - % The objects are in RPSL format. - % - % Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server - % is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See - % http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-proposal-20050331.html - % for more details. - % - % Rights restricted by copyright. - % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html - - % Note: This output has been filtered. - % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag - - % Information related to '126.96.36.199 - 22.214.171.124' - - inetnum: 184.108.40.206 - 18.104.22.168 - netname: BKCNET - descr: Telia MultiCom Dati SIA - descr: Klugu 3a, Riga, LV-1084 - country: LV - admin-c: AS1606-RIPE - tech-c: TP422-RIPE - rev-srv: ns1.bkc.lv - rev-srv: ns3.bkc.lv - status: ASSIGNED PA - mnt-by: AS6851-MNT - source: RIPE # Filtered - - person: Andris Savalgins - remarks: Technical Director - address: Telia MultiCom Dati SIA - address: Klugu 3a - address: Riga, LV-1084 - address: Latvia - phone: +371-9259550 - phone: +371-7031033 - fax-no: +371-7031002 - e-mail: email@example.com - nic-hdl: AS1606-RIPE - source: RIPE # Filtered - - person: Toms Pecis - remarks: Data Network Manager - address: Telia MultiCom Dati SIA - address: Klugu 3a - address: Riga, LV-1084 - address: LATVIA - phone: +371-9121747 - phone: +371-7031021 - phone: +371-7088844 - fax-no: +371-7031002 - e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com - nic-hdl: TP422-RIPE - source: RIPE # Filtered
tere, kes sa hea inimene oled, kes selle siia postitasid, äkki võtad ühendust. esimese hooga ehk siiasamasse. oleks väike küsimus ;)
I Luv Ham Edit
Very cool, article, but too much Salutatory. Let's kill Melanesia
To Hmmm Edit
Hmm, sa vist ei ole eestlane :P
Aga jah, kes see tropp ilmatsalust möliseb? Ise olen ka Ilmatsaluga seotud muidu.
rape.ee Edit
As Estonians have grown older, Rape.ee has eventually been taken over by the Russian underground resistance movement orkut.com. Estonia has the highest amount of orkut users in the world pro capital. It is believed that each Estonian has at least 114 profiles including 18% (käibemaks) tax. Most commonly they have a profile for their pet cow and their dead uncle. Orkut has become the Russian minority's main tool for secretly speaking the Russian language among Estonians, after the famous 1989 gag order was introduced – (§2992.1122. act 152. sub §212/19), where all Russian speakers were ordered to wear a hardcore red-ball masochistic strap-on in their mouth. Consequently, many Estonians have also been executed for accidentally uttering Russian expressions such as: Vodka, Putin, Borsch, and Michael Jackson. Some native Estonians were mistakenly jailed and sent to Võru (Estonian Gulag camp), after saying the word interNET, believed by the secret Estonian Kohuke Grupp Boys (formerly KGB ) to be an acronym for KomIntern (International communist movement) and the Russian word NET ("no" or fishing net). The Estonians set so much pride in their Russian-free Orkut zone, that when a Danish billionaire, real-estate oligarch/ male stripper, became the undisputed owner of the Estonian Orkut community (with nearly 6 million legitimate Estonian users), and allowed Russian users of the community to write the words: Vaz, Gaz, and Lada, he was immediately attacked by Estonian nationalist kohukeboys and boycotted. He is now serving time in the Gulag camp in Nizhny-Põltsamaa and forced to listen to Uno Loop, singing Estonian versions of Kirkorov. He is to be set free, if he will agree to ban all Russians from Orkut, and admit, under oath that Tatu is originally an Estonian band from Tartu. Estonians further claim that Pushkin was originally Estonian and his works were translated into Russian by a Finnish mumitroll.
(maybe this should be under language...)
A new name Edit
I just thought that it would be funny if someone added Asstonia as one of the names of Estonia. Sounds nice. No offence. Though I'm not registered.
Eesti blogosfäär Edit
Sepad võiksid kirjutada Artillerist ning Pakistanist. Või suisa teha eraldi artikli eesti blogosfääri kohta. Meil on ju päris vingeid tegijaid.
am sure this talk page would be much funnier Edit
...if i could read whatever European language most of this is written in lo--Dan van 08:34, 5 October 2006 (ETC)
made in estonia. Edit
this article is 100% estonian. why? first, for one small country it's waaay 2 long... second, it's not funny in rood way, there is no umbrageous jokes: there is joke in pic about mountain in hungary. highest mountain in hungary is almost 1000m but highest peak of estonia is only 300m! it's not all... it article about lithuania there is "funny joke" that there is only 12% lithuanians in lithuania, and majority is russians! but here, nooo...
so fuck u! not funny at all, i can see that this is written by some fat estonian who has 2 much free time... and after he did it, he blocked any possibility to change original not-funny text
Nome ! Edit
Trieste's name !
Estonia v. Georgia Edit
I am sure that the recent case where the fascist Estonia's former SS-officers bombed Georgia should be mentioned:
- On August 7, 2007, a missile fell down in the Georgian-controlled metropolis of Tsitelubani. Georgian officials said that two Russian fighter jets violated its airspace and fired a missile. However, this claim was soon overthrown - obviously, the fascist Estonia was behind this.
- The official version is that two Fascist Estonian Air Force fighter AN-2 fired the missile, which fell on the edge of a village but did not explode. The pilots have been identified as the former SS officers Bill Gates and Vladimir Putin, and they have been identified as members of the Erna Society.
KristjanS 04:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Vesting, Vesting, Vesting, sinner Naipaul's celestial. btw inland rules.
twelve months Edit
Well, to be honest, the words twelve months sound more like "cocks taste good" instead of "cock stays good", could anyone change that...
I wish I could add this Edit
Because Estonians love to travel and mingle with other cultures, Estland is now facing a shortage in births. Attempts have been made to transfer Estonians to research labs around the world and try to breed them in captivity. But since their alphabet lacks the letter F, they have no F-word to start with (see *seks* http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Estonia#Language). Laws are already being adapted to allow human cloning and prevent the number of total Estonians from going under 76. unsigned comment by User:Wasntme.
- Don't be fooled Wasntme, you can add. The "all" users thing is just a little trick on the template. Add away, it's a worthy addition. User:MrMetalFLower/sig
grrr Edit
i already wrote something about this, but i didnt notice any change, so i will write it again. this is very long article, but IM SURE that is't funny for estonians only... i am from slovenia, and there are so many naughy jokes and article (about my country) is too short. but this article is not mean at all (it is if u are not estonian) and for such small and inhabited country, waaaay to long. it would be funny if there is joke about "beautiful" estonian natrue (lots of mountains and beautiful beachs - right!) but nooooo... and demografics... wtf?! in article for lithuania there are only 10% lithuanians (funny, yes)--- but here... u see what am i talking about? it is very unfair to write that every slovenian is gay but nothing about this small, cold country. and u locked this, just like slovenian one.
Viva la democracia (on estonian way)!!!
did u know? Edit
- that estonia is most non-religious country in EU?
- that there is one russian on every 3 estonians?
- that estonia is ugly?
- that it has only 1 300 000 ppl and lose 10 000 every year?
- that highest peak of estonia is 300 m?
- that i can write many more estonia fatcs that aren't very pleasant?
- that im a retard?
- what is unpleasant about being non-religious? most people i know are really proud about it. 2. yes, that makes us also really sad. but luckily russian population is decreasing with rocket-speed whereas birth rate among estonians is positive! 3. ugly? think again. you probably haven't even seen our cities and definitely you know nothing about estonian nature. 4. no, estonian birth rate got positive. one of the few countries in europe to achieve that. the only ex-soviet coutnry with positive birth rate. 5. huh? and still estonia has been one the most desired crown jewels for all the kingdoms and empires around us... 6. if you intend to continue like that, go ahead
=== and that picture should change something? i stil think estonia is ugly. that pic is only some field with wood in behing, and it looks nice because of effect of Sun. if we go that way, any country in world is beautiful. bye
ps. this is beauty. ===
- This section is irrelevant to humor. You aren't clearly used to living in a ugly place, unlike us here, which gives us the upper hand, living in a bog. Also, iron out the grammatical mistakes - whether you speak English as your first language or not.--«Край» Värs 11:31, July 17, 2013 (UTC)
Proposal Edit
May be somebody should put that Wikipedia template or whatever it's called, maybe it would keep it from being vandalized. Martin Raiste is trying to get laid. He has small dick but big heart.
Too long Edit
This article is a jumbled mess - too long and generally unfunny. Also, sections are repetitive and/or contradict each other. I'm Estonian, and although I "get" the jokes, most of them are not very good. I can't even imagine any non-Estonian reading through this article, much less understanding what the fuck it's talking about. A complete rewrite is probably needed, with some internal consistency, better grammar and moar lulz. Elanorea 08:30, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
The Truth About Estonia Edit
Here it is: eSStonia. Yours truly, Dickrumba 03:16, April 15, 2010 (UTC) (eSStonian Minister of Propaganda)
- Bingo! But remember rule number 1945 in Estonia, you can't call former Estonian SS men "SS men" -- that's unfair!
or rather, EASTonia
Mulle meeldib Edit
Taname huvitavat teavet —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs)
- Pole tänu väärt. Mul on hea meel teile meeldis see. MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 15:11, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
Uuendus Edit
Võtaks selles artiklis ühe uuenduskuuri läbi, et mitte eestlased saaksid neist naljadest aru, samal ajal jääks algkuju samaks. --«Край» 11:30, July 17, 2013 (UTC)
Estonian Language Edit
I feel the language section needs to recognise that some foreigners are stupid enough to think that they can learn Estonian; particularly linguists that speak sixteen other languages like a native and don't see how Estonian could be any more difficult than Russian, Georgian, Arabic, Hebrew or Xhosa.
Announcing the commencement of such efforts will be met with a knowing patronising smile, and the listener will say something like "Good luck, it's quite difficult" while thinking something more like "Ha! Idiot! Our fourteen cases and the fact that you have to learn three versions of nouns and two versions of verbs has defeated better people than you. Even if you did learn it, I can still talk so fast you'll never realise that you did actually learn anything."
Estonians are specially trained to recognise foreigners trying to practice their Estonian, and on seeing the warning signs will take prompt avoiding action, including taking particular care to not understand one word of Estonian while speaking the learners native language better than they can. Barrybounce (talk) 23:40, November 21, 2013 (UTC)
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Arts + Crafts: Aliens style ammo counter kit
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If only it could stop the bolt...ReplyDelete
More of a Halo ammo counterReplyDelete
How fast can this little sucker count, cause I've got my stampede SMG modded and volt modded to 18v (Two 9v's In Series) and this would look so legit with the holo scope I want to mount on it.ReplyDelete
Hm. I've had the idea in my brain to rig some sorta muzzle flash thing to my Nerf guns. How'd they do it? I would have an IR light sensor and an IR light opposite from each other on either side of the barrel. Dart blocks the light from the sensor, and it makes a few white LEDs around the muzzle flash.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Ok, isn't it about time that the gov realizes that toys (air soft/bb guns, paintball, "powerfull" nerf blasters) should be treated with a little less retarded legislation? What our government does is essentially saying "FUCK YOU assholes! Your nannystate forbids you inconsequential dicks all sort of fun stuff" whilst laughing until the PM can't hold her balance anymore.ReplyDelete
But hey, you know dear Aussies, someone could pull another Port Arthur... but this time WITH NERF "guns". :roll eyes:
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2012 at 6:59 PM
sry wrong field - can the comment, if approved, be moved to the "grey trigger" thread?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2012 at 7:15 AM
Pardon my ignorance, but could you direct link to the Ammo-Counter kit? I must be blind; I can't find it on the site. Thank you UT!ReplyDelete
This is pretty sweet, but if you're feeling stingy, there's already a few writeups on how to make your own ammo counter on the HvZ forums!ReplyDelete
Where can I get one?ReplyDelete


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