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Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
I think I know a yes but it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
Strawberry Fields forever
The Beatles
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Well, I guess that settles it: you didn't build that after all. Or maybe you did, but not all of it. Or maybe like the convoluted John Lennon above "you think you know a yes, but it's all wrong. That is you think you disagree." Whatever. Rather than an economic mandate, November's election was more of social commentary on the Republicans' habit of living with eyes closed. Their positions on what Conan O'Brien labeled "female body parts" – immigration, gay rights and student loans – proved to be big losers, and they will have to amend rather than defend those views if they expect to compete in 2016. I suspect they will. Political parties are living social organisms that mutate in order to survive. We will see straight talking Chris Christie or Hispanic flavored Marco Rubio leading the Republican charge four years from now vs. a reenergized Hillary Clinton. It should be quite a show with a "No Country for Old (White) Men" caste to it.
But whoever succeeds President Obama, the next four years will likely face structural economic headwinds that will frustrate the American public. "Happy days are here again" was the refrain of FDR in the Depression, but the theme song from 2012 and beyond may more closely resemble Strawberry Fields Forever, as Lennon laments "It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out." Why is it so hard to be someone these days, to pay for college, get a good-paying job and retire comfortably? That really was the economic question of the 2012 election towards which very few specifics were applied from either side. "There's a better life out there for us," Governor Romney bellowed to a crowd of thousands in Des Moines, Iowa just days before the election, but in truth he never told us how we were going to achieve it or, importantly, why we weren't realizing it in the first place. The president's political mantra of "Forward" was even more vague.
Their words were mum if only because the real cause of slower economic growth lies hidden in a number of structural as opposed to cyclical headwinds that may be hard to reverse. While there are growth potions that undoubtedly can reduce the fever, there may be no miracle policy drugs this time around to provide the inevitable cures of prior decades. These structural headwinds cannot just be wished away as we move "forward" whether it be to the right, the left or dead center. Last month in a major policy speech at the New York Economic Club, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke concurred that the U.S. economy's growth potential had been reduced "at least for a time." He in effect confirmed PIMCO's New Normal which has been in place for three years now, laying the blame in part on the financial crisis, diminished productivity gains, and investment uncertainty due to the near-term fiscal cliff. We do not disagree. However, there are numerous other structural headwinds that may reduce real growth even below the New Normal 2% rate that Bernanke has just confirmed, not only in the U.S. but in developed economies everywhere. They are:
1) Debt/Delevering
Developed global economies have too much debt – pure and simple – and as we attempt to resolve the dilemma, the resultant austerity should lower real growth for years to come. There are those that believe in the "Brylcreem" approach to budget balancing – "a little dab'll do ya." Just knock a few percentage points off the deficit/GDP ratio, they claim, and the private sector will miraculously reappear to fill the gap. No such luck after 2–3 years of austerity in Euroland, however. Most of those countries are mired in recession and/or depression. Political leaders there should have studied the historical evidence presented by Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff in a critically important paper titled, "Growth in a Time of Debt." They conclude that for the past 200 years, once a country exceeded a 90% debt/GDP ratio, economic growth slowed by nearly 2% for both developed and developing nations for an average duration of nearly a decade. Their work displayed below in Chart 1 (next page) shows the result in the United States from 1790–2009. The average annual U.S. GDP rate growth, while clearly influenced by the Great Depression, was -1.8% once the 90% barrier was exceeded. The U.S., by the way, is now at a 100% debt/GDP ratio on the basis of the authors' standard measuring yardstick. (Note as well the 5.5% average inflation rate during the same periods.)


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Outbreak Company Discussion
Outbreak Company
*lengthy synopsis in spoiler*
- from MAL
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Having a light novel author father and an eroge illustrator mother, Kanou Shinichi is a thoroughbred otaku. However he does not have any special power except for his broad knowledge, sharp insight, and impeccable instinct about "MOE" and its products, from manga to anime to games to light novel to figures. One day he found himself transported to a fantasy world where elves live and dragons fly. And he is given a task—not to fight monster or embark on a quest, but to enhance cultural exchange by becoming a "moe missionary" in this fantasy world! He meets a palace guard who has a bit of fujoshi taste, a half-elf maid, and the empress who is a little girl. He comes up with the idea of building a school. At first it runs as a comedy but later there are serious matters that Shinichi needs to face: ethnic discrimination, social problems, conflict with neighboring countries, sabotage by opposition elements including Japanese government, etc. Can he overcome the obstacles, successfully bring "moe" culture to the fantasy world, and help the people there as well?
Show Information:
Genre(s) - Fantasy
Status - Not yet aired
Episode Count - 12 (based on ANN)
Airing - October 4, 2013 to ?
Producers - Feel, Pony Canyon
Main Characters/Seiyuus:
Petrarca Ann Erudanto III / Fuchigami Mai (Miho - Girls und Panzer)
Myuseru Foaran / Mimori Suzuko (Himiko - Btooom!)
Shinichi Kanou / Hanae Natsuki (Wien - Tari Tari)
Show Previews:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pwTPxNhhdK4
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRf9ELuccRQ
Based on the previews, the show seems to imply a comedy but with the synopsis of the show above, not every thing will stay as it first appears. Anyway, animation looks nice, character designs are still off to me somehow (very sharp/angular faces I think), seiyuus seem to be of a pretty good variety. The two other characters' seiyuus I didn't list voice the characters Dekomori and Takanashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
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What even
I'm looking forward to it, mainly because that premise is genius. It could be dumb, but it could do great things at the same time. At least it should be enjoyable all the way through.
Hopefully the show won't completely jump off the deep end like HenNeko did >_>
Hmmm. Can't say I've ever heard of a series that tries to tackle bringing moe to a fantasy world, haha. I want to give this one a shot. The character designs are nice and the premise sounds like it'll be a fun series.
Clearly, I don't know what I'm doing.
Sounds somewhat interesting. Definitely will give it 3-episodes before I nuke it.
I am a cage in search of a bird.
The concept sounds interesting but I don't like the artwork to be honest. Haven't read LN either but I'm willing to give it a try. Maybe CR will get this so who knows.
Expectations not too high into this though.
Animanga hunter extraordinaire
Saw the PVs.
Looks cliche and generic to me, i won`t pick this up sorry.
I`m leaving Crunchyroll today.
This was on CR before but here's a pic of the voice cast again
And another image of the show posted a while back
Relationship chart apparently...in Japanese of course.
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What even
What even
Been waiting for this! So glad CR got it! Gonna be good!
Looks interesting.
Based on the synopsis, I have a feeling this show is gonna get sad in a hurry. Not depressing, just kind of sad like The Eccentric Family was. It wasn't sad, but it had overtones of hopelessness running throughout the show. Of course it might turn into the next Dog Days, who knows. I'm hoping for option A myself, but I honestly wouldn't turn down a lighthearted romp if presented right.
I am shocked no one has mentioned on who wrote the light novels the anime is based off of. I mean if you all dont remember scrapped princess your not true anime fans both are done by the same light novelist author. I enjoyed scrapped princess its just sad its so underrated the way it is.
Episode 1(contains spoilers from episode 1):
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Wow, that was a bit blend. The main guy barely has any personality and I can sense that he's only interested in games, anime, manga, and girls. Luckily, he's got this cute maid by his side though. Eh, the episode seemed more like a setup but did introduce another character at the end there.
Not sure how this will go but I'm not impressed.
Animanga hunter extraordinaire
ggthxbye wrote:
I am shocked no one has mentioned on who wrote the light novels the anime is based off of. I mean if you all dont remember scrapped princess your not true anime fans both are done by the same light novelist author. I enjoyed scrapped princess its just sad its so underrated the way it is.
pretty much the reason why I'm giving this one a try. I thought the synopsis was kinda iffy, but the art's cute.
the first episode was decent enough. a pretty standard setup episode. hoping to get more into the meat of the story soon enough.
glass, once broken, can never be restored perfectly
Episode 1
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"I can't go out with you,cause you're an otaku."
Really liked the OP,it was surprisingly good.Same for the ED and the BGM too.
Character designs aren't as hideous as they looked in the visuals.
Miusel is so moe :3.Love me some maids<3.
The story is actually pretty interesting too,looks like I won't be dropping this like I expected.
Little girl heiress isn't annoying,based on her looks I expected her to be really annoying.
"Holy cow,a little girl!" And ofc MC had to be a lolicons XD.
Surprisingly better than expected,will continue watching.
Currently watching...


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My friend Tonen O'Connor of the Milwaukee Zen Center took umbrage at some of my comments about the Soto school of Zen in my previous post. So I thought I'd clarify a bit. I love the Soto school! Some of my best friends are part of the Soto school!
But as a comedian in all seriousness, I really don't have any big problems with the whole of the Soto school. Both of my teachers were (and are) Soto guys. Tonen is part of Soto. Most of the places I go speak are affiliated somehow with Soto. If you're looking to study Buddhism I still think your best bet is to hook up with a teacher from the Soto lineage (though I should also mention Still Point in Detroit, part of a Korean lineage and a really terrific place).
That being said, there is also a gigantic corporation in Japan called the Soto-shu. As you can see on the Wikipedia entry I referenced above, there are 14,700 Soto temples with 7 million adherents. It's a pretty big machine. I have very little to do with that machine, although I am a card carrying member. My first teacher's teacher Kobun Chino resigned from it, I think, though his own brother was the head of the organization for a while (I'm not 100% certain about Kobun's resignation, if anyone out there knows for sure, please let me know). My teacher, Gudo Nishijima was ordained by the then current head of Soto-shu (not Kobun's brother, though) but still tends to avoid any involvement with the organization as a whole. Big organizations are all pretty much the same. Obviously some are more evil than others and the Soto-shu does a lot more good stuff than bad. But, like all big organizations, they tend to function like a gigantic machine. I'm not really into bureaucracy.
I don't really follow the ins and outs of who's who and what's what in the Soto organization. So most of my info comes from the same Internet sources everyone else has access to. As I've said before, most of the Zen I've run across on the World Wide Web is — I was gonna say "crap," but I stopped myself, see how mature I am! — let's just say I'm not interested in it. It's mainly a lot of noise and distortion with very little real substance. But I think that's because most of the good teachers are not really writers. Why would they be? They have a lot more important work to do than typing stuff onto their laptops and shooting it off into cyberspace.
ANYWAY, I just wanted to make sure nobody thought I hated all the Soto teachers in the world. Though sometimes I wonder why anyone cares what I think. That's a photo of me at a Suicide Girls party last night. Do you really care what a guy like that has to say about what Buddhist temple you ought to go to? It's really up to you. Go out, listen to the teachers in your local area and judge for yourself.


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Hey Dollies
Love love love this outfit. The reason why I love this outfit is the combination of the sweater with the leather and the dark lips. Definitely an outfit I will be wearing through this season. Another thing that I have been loving is my over-the-knee boots, they make any outfit that much sexier. The leather on leather gives the illusion of longer legs. This is applies to when wearing nude heels. What is your favorite seasonal outfit thus far?
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The Basques were a goal behind at half time but fought back in style to claim a convincing victory at San Mames on Monday night
Athletic Bilbao moved back into the top four of La Liga with an entertaining 4-2 win over Real Valladolid.
The hosts' unbeaten home record at San Mames appeared to be under threat when relegation-threatened Valladolid took the lead through winger Oscar's 15th-minute effort.
However, Ernesto Valverde's men quickly turned things around after half-time with four second-half goals that sealed a 12th win of the season for Bilbao.
Ibai levelled matters for Bilbao on 65 minutes, before substitute Oscar de Marcos put them in front 10 minutes later.
And the points were all but secured eight minutes from time, with Ibai finding the net for a second time as the forward took his tally for the season to six goals.
Ander Herrera added a fourth to compound Valladolid's misery on 86 minutes, although Valdet Rama did net a late consolation for the strugglers one minute into added time.
The result leave fourth-placed Bilbao two points ahead of Villarreal in the race for Spain's final Champions League spot, while Valladolid remain three points adrift of safety.


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The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox all lead with the health care debate, as Democratic leaders push to make progress on legislation before lawmakers leave Washington for the August recess. The NYT takes a look at the health insurance mandate and whether the subsidies currently in discussion would really be enough to help families with modest incomes obtain coverage. Those who could show financial hardship would be exempted from the requirement to carry insurance, but that could translate into a substantial number of people remaining uninsured. The WP highlights House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's optimism that, despite the intraparty squabbling, the House will approve health care legislation, though she refused to commit to a timetable. The WSJ takes a look at the so-called Blue Dog Democrats, who continue to raise objections to the health legislation, as one of its leaders said he doesn't expect the House will vote on a bill before Labor Day.
USA Todayleads with news that the U.S. Agency for International Development has suspended a program to provide jobs to Iraqis due to evidence of fraud. The $644 million Community Stabilization Program has received much praise since it was launched in 2006, but there are claims that millions of dollars might have gone to insurgents and corrupt leaders as well as nonexistent projects. The Los Angeles Timesleads locally but goes high with Sarah Palin officially stepping down as Alaska governor yesterday and handing power over to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. Standing with her husband and two of their daughters, Palin criticized those who questioned her decision to step down 18 months before the end of her term. "It should be so obvious to you," she said. "It is because I love Alaska this much, sir, that I feel that it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical politics-as-usual lame-duck session in one's last year in office."
Some analysts say the subsidies included in the bills that are making their way through Congress are nowhere near enough to help families of modest means obtain even the cheapest health insurance. But as lawmakers struggle to keep down the costs, they are unlikely to want to make the subsidies more generous. In the bills currently being discussed, a family could be required to pay as much as 12.5 percent of its income on health insurance. On top of that, families might have to spend thousands more in out-of-pocket costs.
Pelosi is planning to restart discussions with Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where health legislation stalled last week. But the Post says some of the recently elected lawmakers "are suffering from political fatigue," particularly after the fight over the cap-and-trade system. When the climate-change bill passed it was seen as a huge victory for Pelosi, but now some worry that the controversial vote may have put health care legislation in danger since moderate Democrats are reluctant to go out on a limb again before the recess.
The WSJ points out that Blue Dog Democrats "have emerged as pivotal players in the national health-care debate" and that the White House has been working particularly hard to get these fiscally conservative lawmakers onboard. Their power became evident last week when "they humiliated California Rep. Henry Waxman," notes the paper. Many Democrats have expressed frustration with the Blue Dogs but know they can't afford to lose a group that accounts for about one-fifth of House Democrats. The WSJ also mentions that as lawmakers continue to look for ways to pay for the health care overhaul, the idea of taxing insurance firms on their most expensive policies "appears to be gaining momentum."
The NYT's Paul Krugman writes that even if Obama wanted to give the conservative Democrats everything they want, he can't, "because the Blue Dogs aren't making sense." The Blue Dogs are constantly complaining about how much the legislation would cost while also "making demands that would greatly increase that cost."
As Palin stepped down from the governor's office, she found time to criticize the media one last time and asked them to "quit making things up." She didn't say what her next step would be, beyond stating that not being in office would allow her to "fight even harder for you, for what is right." The WP wonders whether she has "a second act in her repertoire" and notes that those "who have some insight into her frame of mind" say she doesn't really have a plan for what to do over the next few months, let alone a grand plan for raising her political profile within the GOP.
The LAT fronts word that Pakistan and the United States are sharing intelligence and cooperating in military operations to a degree not seen in years. Pakistani officials are increasingly informing Afghanistan and the United States about operations along the border to get help in trapping militants. Pakistan is also apparently providing intelligence help to the United States as the search for Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured June 30, continues, although American officials disagree on the value of the information.
The LAT says that part of the reason Pakistan is more willing to cooperate with the United States is the "military's recent success" in the Swat Valley. But the success may have been short-lived. The WSJ reports that Taliban militants have re-emerged in the area as refugees start going back. The paper cautions that this uptick in violence could be "the last gasp of a dying insurgency" but it still shows how the Swat Valley offensive "remains far from complete," despite the fact that the military said the valley was secure two weeks ago.
The WSJ fronts a look at how the number of loans are on the decline as both "bankers and borrowers refrain from taking risks." An analysis of 15 large U.S. banks reveals that their total number of loans declined by 2.8 percent in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the majority of the loans in April and May "came from refinancing mortgages and renewing credit to businesses, not new loans." The numbers illustrate how financial institutions want to conserve capital while businesses are delaying expansion plans, a combination that will ultimately make it "harder for the U.S. economy to rebound."
Speaking at a public forum that will air this week on PBS, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that while he was "disgusted" by the circumstances that led him to push for a rescue of companies that acted recklessly, he had no choice. "I was not going to be the Federal Reserve chairman who presided over the second Great Depression," he said. Although Bernanke really didn't give any new information, answering questions directly from the public was "the latest unusual forum where the Fed chairman has explained his actions in recent months," as the WSJ puts it. His predecessors have usually been much more reluctant to talk in public, but Bernanke wants to send the message that the "central bank is here to help, and it is not as mysterious or menacing as people might think," declares the NYTin a front-page piece. Coincidentally, Bernanke's term expires in January, and it is still not clear whether Obama will reappoint him to serve another four years.
The WP's E.J. Dionne Jr. writes that "senators who regularly express their undying loyalty to the National Rifle Association … should practice what they preach." If they really do believe that the best way to protect Americans against crime is to make sure citizens can carry concealed weapons, then they should take down the metal detectors at the Capitol. "If the NRA's servants in Congress don't take their arguments seriously enough to apply them to their own lives, maybe the rest of us should do more to stop them from imposing their nonsense on our country."
USAT takes a look at how the United States "is becoming a nation of track-a-holics" as more companies allow customers to track the whereabouts of flights, buses, packages, and even pizzas, to name a few. And it's not just products. Parents can use a Web site to keep track of their infant's habits to detect patterns. This obsession may ultimately have to do with people's desire to feel like they have some sense of control. "I'd much rather know if I'm secure in my job," a sociologist tells the paper. "But if I can't know that, at least I can know the status of my pizza."


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Poteau wrestler wins title at Weatherford Tournament; Pirates finish seventh in team standings
WEATHERFORD — Poteau's Tyler Tustin won the 132-pound title at last weekend's Weatherford Tournament.As a team, the Pirates were seventh.Besides Tustin, five other Pirates placed in the two-day event. Devin Anderson was third at 113 pounds, Tanner Sanders (145 pounds) and Derek Francis (170) were fourth, Kyle Kingery was fifth at 160 pounds and Chevy Galetka was sixth at 182 pounds."We didn't wrestle too bad," Poteau Coach Chris Barbee said. "I think the big trip out west took its toll on us about halfway through Saturday. We should have had three more wrestlers place, but they didn't win their matches in the medal round. There's just some techniques we have to work on so that we can win those matches in future tournaments. That was one of the reasons we took this trip. The guys responded well to begin the trip with (dual) wins over Blanchard and Newcastle, and we competed well throughout the trip."The Pirates will not return to action until 5 p.m. Jan. 3, 2012, when they will be in a triangular with Sequoyah-Tahlequah at Vian.


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|2007-02-14, 16:27
|Link #62
Maybe you know Kyoto Animation isn't big on maintaining the original look and feel of their adapations as people seem to think. It seems to me they do whatever they think will make the series popular, such as replacing the audio drama cast with whoever is popular right now. When I saw the drama list didn't include any of Kyoto Animation's darlings and actually had people I like in it, I wondered how long it would take for them to replace every good voice actor with the trendiest people out there as I can see right through Kyoto Animations glossiness to the lack of any creative substance underneath.
This, lends credence to my theory that studios are going to be horribly abusing Aya Hirano's popularity in years to come (I mean its no wonder she's getting ill, I'd hate to be in her position). Not impressed with this company, they are honestly killing the medium for me. In fact I've hated them for the longest time for their blatant over-pandering to the desires of fans (I'm actually red with fury just thinking about how much I hate what Kyoto Animation is doing). Overeaching to fans kills creativity just as much as not caring about the fans does. I'm glad people here are starting to question things that studios do a bit more though, rather than automatically accept cast replacement simply based on the fact that the replacements are currently very popular, we have a healthy dose of skepticism from people (why people are surprised I'm not sure as Kyoto Animation is the ultimate do whatever is popular company in the industry, only topped by Capcom's habits in the video game realm). Well I hope people judge the series on its true merits (as it does look incredibly right down my alley, loli's and video games and whatnot), rather than by the fact that Kyoto Animation is doing it and Aya Hirano is in it (Two things likely to be mentioned at least 10000 times once its aired, one of the other main reasons I tend to dislike the presence of either of the two in a production as suddenly the thread no longer becomes Lucky Star, but Kyoto Animation produced show with Aya Hirano...Discuss. I think people know what I mean). I also have to wonder why Aya Hirano hasn't realized what a tool she's become for the industry (again I really pity her for being so overworked, she didn't ask for this).
And To Kyoto Animation wherever you may be, if you want my respect you have to earn it through creativity. I've seen creativity in the form of Sunrise and Bones and Kyoto Animation, you sir are no Studio Bones.
Last edited by Kaioshin Sama; 2007-02-14 at 17:03.
|2007-02-14, 17:14
|Link #64
I also resent the fact that Kyoto Animation seems to think that the series, as a look at the otaku industry of Japan, can't hold its own weight unless it has the latest and hippest voice actors playing the parts, so they have to fit them in to the cast. That's all I can pull out of this voice actor switch. Makes me, wonder how long its going to take for them to work Goto Yuko into the cast as well.
All in all it's a fairly insulting slap in the face to both me and the orchestrators of the base franchise.
|2007-02-14, 17:34
|Link #65
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
If one has read the manga Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star - there are a lot of similarities in the format (witty dialog between high school girls of a variety of personalities in different situations). So... yeah.
I'm a little concerned about the VA switch. I always like to hear new voices (rather than the same 4 or 5 voices repeatedly until I can't watch a series without advanced cross-contamination thoughts from other series). As much as I like Hirano or Gotou, for example, I don't want to hear them doing *every* single character in *every* series whether or not their voices fit the role. OTOH, I don't have any really preconceived notions about what these characters should sound like.... so the major problem will be if I hear character X and keep thinking "character from series Y".
American examples: "john wayne" and "clint eastwood" movies are great to watch... but the story is almost irrelevant to watching these guys perform their iconic/archetypal selves. I think that's a shame to some extent - I don't mind it on occasion but when it interferes with the story itself (recalls Leonard Nimoy doing a Sherlock Holmes play right after he had finished Original Star Trek .... lets just say the audience was full of Trekkies rather than fans of Sherlock Holmes who would have applauded even if Nimoy had bumbled all his lines).
KyoAni has great production values, but it does not mean they are incapable of screwing up.... <shrug> I don't see too much point in getting overwrought until we see the series in action. If it makes me laugh, it wins for me -- if I start making the faces 0.O o.O then the points will slide off.
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|2007-02-14, 19:49
|Link #67
I would like to make a gentleman's bet with the people on this topic should they agree. I will bet that Aya Hirano does the opening to this show as a way to lure in extra viewers. If I am right, others must admit that Kyoto Animation is using her as a hook to draw extra viewers to this series. If I am wrong, I will not be allowed to say anything negative about this series during its run. Either way nobody wins or loses anything really, only the truth wins. So, how about it?
Last edited by Kaioshin Sama; 2007-02-14 at 20:26. Reason: Changed the terms of the bet from "shameless pandering" to a hook. Nobody likes exagerration.
|2007-02-14, 19:56
|Link #68
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
I'm sorry, but my "Ignore" list in animesuki forums is filled with people who made it their life's goal to troll an anime forum complaining about a series they really should have stopped watching eight episodes ago. If you are going to be like that, please inform me ahead of time so you can join that list.
|2007-02-14, 20:10
|Link #69
I assume your not in the bet than. I hope somebody takes me up.
You also don't seem to remember me. It's me the guy from the Haruhi forums who was initially extremely skeptical of the overwhelming popularity of the series. Intially I was unimpressed with it since it was nowhere near as good as others were claiming day in and day out, but I ended it up liking it very much in the end, though not to the degree others did. I now periodically check up on the translations of the novels and read a chapter when I have time.
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|2007-02-14, 20:11
|Link #70
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Hopefully that list doesn't include people who like a show but are able to see its shortcomings or are unhappy with certain aspects. I'd hate to read a forum where everyone just gushes about how wonderful it all is I know I've read some pretty amazing rants from Vallen over the last few years (here and on MT forums )
Kaioshin didn't say he hated the series, he hasn't formed an opinion, it hasn't aired yet. He is unhappy with the tendency lately to cast the *same* VAs over and over and over --- whether or not they may be the best choice for the role. That is an argument about the production team tension between art and profit -- and one I can say is quite suitable for discussion.
note: I don't know about "shameless pandering" , if she does the OP tune - its just another hook to draw in viewers and new potential fans. For me, potential problems arise when a series becomes more about a VA or a particular director than about the story itself.
|2007-02-14, 20:28
|Link #71
~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
In some ways, I can see what the whole issue is about. It's much like Sunrise really. Some people are watching Sunrise animes waiting for it to turn into a trainwreck and laugh at it, ignoring the fact that Sunrise produced 2 good anime series alongside that one below-average Sunrise anime. And Kyoto Animation's rise to fame due to their apparent "faithfulness" and high production values due to low-episode count and one-anime-at-a-time-production has clearly appealed to those who wants eyecandy. It's not that they're a bad studio, it's just that they aren't GOD Animation either. They've been around for quite a while, but their track-record isn't long. I'm still waiting for an original studio animation by Kyoto Animation that should occur sometime in the future.
Likewise, my only interest in this anime so far is seeing how Kyoto Animation will deal with manga-adaptions, much less a 4-koma. I'm always interested in animation studio's virginal quest, even though 4-komas isn't wholely my cup of tea.
|2007-02-14, 20:43
|Link #72
Oh and just try hard to ignore the people who think its clever to expect each Sunrise series to trainwreck because one series failed as a result of everything under the sun going wrong at once and lack of trust in the production staff. The people who expect these trainwrecks, obviously aren't familiar with Sunrises catalogue and history of innovation (As far as I can tell they think Sunrise was founded in 2002 or something) stretching back into the mid 70's at least. When you define a genre time and time again it tends to balance out one failure.
|2007-02-14, 20:47
|Link #73
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
As for that thing with Haruhi? Yes, i remember you. And no, that's not important. People can like or dislike any show they want, and people become Haruhiists only if they truly believe in it. The line I highlighted on your quote in the last reply I made was the only thing I have an issue with. And it was really only because it brought back bad memories. As I said, this isn't anything against you.
Anyway, onto a different line of thought...
Am I the ONLY person who believe Kyoto Animation doesn't need to make an Original Animation?
Why is it so important? The majority of anime on the market had been, is, and likely always will be adaptations. And so many good source material gets butchered by bad adaptions that most of us once believed it was inevitable.
KyoAni had proved us wrong. It IS possible to be faithful to the original while having a good product at the end. And thus far, that has been their strength. Close cooperation with original authors and an eye for detail had served them well thus far, so why risking it all doing something else?
(As a reverse example, Gainax was made famous by their good Original Animations. Their anime adaptations tend to have production difficulties because they don't get along with the original authors. In their case, I prefer if they just make Original Animations only, and preferably be as controversial as possible while they are at it. Each to their own strength, I say.)
|2007-02-14, 20:56
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|2007-02-14, 21:38
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~Night of Gales~
Join Date: Dec 2005
In a way, technically the same argument can probably hold true for Sunrise and Madhouse. Madhouse has proven time and time that their manga adaptions are respectable and worthy adaptions, even to extents of it being better than their source material, due to extra executions made possible by animation while Sunrise too had proven that they're good at light shounen adaptions and rewritings, also made it's point by their overall improvement of Yakitate Japan by improving the pacing, the puns and the writing in the last quarter of the show, Keroro because Sunrise loves Gundam, Gintama by being...Gintama, and recently Kekkaishi by cut-and-pasting/rewriting/repace/reanimate/lenghten episodic chapters so that they flow better than their chapterish episodic manga counterpart. Well, Inuyasha wasn't very good, but I can't blame them. Inuyasha shows few signs of ending, but more recently though. But even so, they have their fair share of original animations and other works too. In a perfect world, Kyoto Animation would be animating every light novel in existence, but we're not in a perfect world and we'd have to settle with what that can be done.
Nobody's asking Kyoto Animation to stop doing what they're excelling at. That's dumb. It's like asking Sunrise to stop making Gundam. It's just that it's interesting to see people try something different.
|2007-02-14, 22:52
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Anime Snark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 36
But KyoAni has been branching out.
The problem here is that they are 'only' producing one anime series at a time. So the speed of them diversifying is rather... glacier. I often compare KyoAni to Blizzard as a metaphor, as both companies share a similar policy of one product at a time, both insist on high-calibre production values, and are both relatively new to their respective worlds.
Just as KyoAni's current claim to fame lies in its' ability to adapt light-novels, Blizzard's claim to fame lies in its' RTS-genre games. Both are trying to branch out in varying degrees. Blizzard had tried to make an Adventure game but that got cancelled in favour of WC3, which subsequently led to their first true genre-deviation in a grand way. A MMORPG, known to many as World of Warcraft(WoW), now currently ranked as the most populated MMORPG ever.
Blizzard is also trying to create a FPS. The infamous Starcraft:Ghost. If it ever gets completed, it will be a nice test of whether Blizzard can compete in even more genres.
So we come back to KyoAni. Let's see...
FMP!Fumoffu!, Air(TV), FMP!TSR, SHnY, and now Kanon(2006), with Lucky Star in the near future. We will ignore their other anime-productions, since those were joint efforts.
Considering that we only have... six anime series to draw conclusions upon, I think it is a little too early to dismiss KyoAni as an one-trick pony. What do you want them to do? A different genre every time? That would be ridiculous.
It would be nice to see an original production from KyoAni in the future of course, but we need to be realistic here as well.
Lance Armstrong is God-like in cycling, but does that mean we need him to be Godly in other sports as well before we start to respect him? It would be a nice bonus and grant him much more kudos, but should we deny him his due respect just because of his speciality?
|2007-02-15, 00:39
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But, My biggest objection to the company is the artificial god status they have attained because of their lucky break with Haruhi. After they did that, Kanon came along, which you know is a good series that can stand alone, but so much of the focus is on the fact that Kyoto Animation happens to be doing the 2006 version. It's always like, "What is Kyoani going to do next, are they going to do Haruhi references with Lucky Star. Oooooh Squeal!" And I feel like saying you know just because Aya Hirano happened to do the voice of Haruhi (The most legendary thing ever to happen in the history of the universe by the way, in case people didn't know) doesn't mean that the character she's is playing Haruhi (I'll tell everybody right now I've read the character data and she's not even remotely like Haruhi).
It's just gotten so irritating lately to see these blind followers of a company, who don't even know why they like the series the company does, but they'll follow them off a cliff if need be (not saying its ever going to happen of course) because they produced the Haruhi anime. I used to think it wasn't the companies fault and it was the fans, but now that they seem to be taking advantage of it, I don't know. The biggest kicker is the VA of Yuki returning, a person who's not even particularly good at her job and is just a random idol who lucked into the spot,replacing the original strikes me as bizzare to say the least.
Right now things are quiet calm and reasonable on this thread and its still about Lucky Star the video game parodying 4Koma, but once it airs its likely to become utter chaos. You'll have people coming in out of the blue who don't even know what Lucky Star is, but they'll be hear to check the latest Kyoto Animation series with "Haruhi" in it. It'll be all about how Aya Hirano nailed her latest part and how Izumi is the best character and how deep she is, (never mind that its next to impossible for a character in a 4Koma to be deep, but it will come up at some point) nobody else can compare blablabla, and people will misinterpet the characters and insert Haruhi jokes and it will just be mentally exhausting for me and a few other people I know here. Basically expect the thread to look something like this. I don't know how Skane can even stand posting on this blog. As far as I can tell its the pinnacle of everything I've just discussed up until now. I can't tell if its something like Colbert Nation or if its actually serious.
Anyway, if none of this happens I will personally eat my hat that I'm not wearing, because the joy of being able to discuss the anime properly will numb the horrible indigestion in my stomach. This series looks like so much fun and I already feel like any chance I have of enjoying it on the same level as everybody else (The would have been comedy and video game centric or Content level, intead of the Voice Actor and Studio level) is gone now thanks to these changes and the production studio.
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|2007-02-15, 02:11
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Probably ought to start boiling that hat and add some ginger.... I'd say the odds are 100% at least *someone* will be all about the Hirano rather than "is the adaptation from 4-panel to animation true to the spirit of the comic?"
|2007-02-15, 02:22
|Link #79
The blog post starts of with a harmless, Skane (that's you bro) says Kyoto's next project is.... Discuss, and wow!!!! So then as I'm reading its basically
|2007-02-15, 02:28
|Link #80
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
I love to read it, but I do so just to get a laugh at the jokes Jason makes.
Anyway, I have never cared much about voice actors; I am grateful for their work in anime , but that's as far as my love for them goes. So, I am cool either way the thread goes in the end.
Finally got around to see some bits of the manga and sadly, I didn't find it very funny.
Still willing to give the anime a try though.
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More Than 200,000 Homes Without Power in NJ
More than 200,000 homes and businesses in New Jersey are without electricity as Hurricane Sandy pummels the state with rain and strong winds.
JCP+L is reporting 120,000 customers without service. Most are in Ocean and Monmouth counties.
Atlantic City Electric has 47,000 outages, centered mainly in Atlantic County.
Public Service Electric & Gas has over 60,000 customers are without power on its outage map.
The utilities say it may take until Wednesday before their crews can make a full assessment of the damage.
Earlier, PSE+G, JCP+L and Atlantic City Electric expressed confidence they are ready for the cleanup when Sandy passes. PSE&G says they have secured 653 line workers from other utilities to assist PSE&G's 600 linemen in restoring power along with extra tree contractors to clear damaged trees and limbs from power lines.
Atlantic City Electric reports the activation of all its field personnel including utility crews from states as far away as Alabama and Louisiana to assist with restoring power. JCP+L has 400 linemen and 1,200 additional line personnel from as far away as Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio en route.
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This is not a defense of Jim Lehrer. OK, maybe it is a tiny defense of the PBS veteran, but we'll get to that in a bit.
Wednesday's debate marked the 12th time that Lehrer moderated a presidential or vice presidential debate. But that quarter-century worth of experience behind a debate desk was hardly on display during President Obama and Mitt Romney's back-and-forths (and often just forths) Wednesday night.
The 78-year-old struggled to control the action nearly from the outset, repeatedly allowing both candidates to talk over him as he tried and failed to stick to a planned format that was more or less abandoned by the time both men had finished talking about the Obamas' anniversary.
As Lehrer made clear up front, he was the final arbiter Wednesday night, and so it's fair to blame him for what proved to be a frustratingly disjointed affair.
The Internet responded with a collective head slap as exchanges like this one played out on televisions across the country:
ROMNEY: Jim, let me just come back on that - on that point, which is these . . .
LEHRER: Just for the - just for record . . .
ROMNEY: . . . the small businesses we're talking about...
LEHRER: Excuse me. Excuse me. Just so everybody understands, we're way over our first 15 minutes.
ROMNEY: It's fun, isn't it?
LEHRER: It's OK, it's great. No problem. Well, you all don't have - you don't have a problem, I don't have a problem, because we're still on the economy. We're going to come back to taxes. I want move on to the deficit and a lot of other things, too.
OK, but go ahead, sir.
Before the debate was over, Twitter was littered with retweets of mocking, elipsis-filled comments from a gimmick handle named SilentJimLehrer. A typical tweet went something like this: ". . . er . . . OK so . . . now . . . "
As things wrapped up on stage in Denver, even the real Jim Lehrer appeared to realize he'd delivered a less-than-stellar performance. "I'm not going to grade the two of you and say your answers have been too long or I've done a poor job," he said, not saying what the rest of us were thinking at that moment.
But did Lehrer really do that bad of a job?
OK, it clearly wasn't one for his highlight reel, but we feel compelled nonetheless to offer something of a defense of Lehrer if for no other than reason than we're not sure how anyone without a mute button or buzzer of some kind would have been able to keep the two men within their recommended response times last night.
You can fault the debate's structure for eschewing stricter time limits in the overly optimistic hopes of more detailed debate, and likewise Lehrer for his decision to not thrust himself into the middle of the conversation in an attempt to pull answers out of the mouths of candidates who were largely happy to stick to their talking points. But a closer look at the transcripts reveals that Lehrer wasn't necessarily as quiet as he may have seemed in the moment.
By our very unofficial count, the moderator asked plenty of questions - even if they weren't answered - on topics ranging from the role of the federal government to the the deficit-cutting proposal known as Simpson-Bowles.
A sampling of his broad-brush questions:
On job creation: "What are the major differences between the two of you about how you would go about creating new jobs?"
On the deficit: "What are the differences between the two of you as to how you would go about tackling the deficit problem in this country?"
On financial regulation: "What is your view about the level of federal regulation of the economy right now? Is there too much? And in your case, Mr. President, is there - should there be more?"
On Social Security: "Do you see a major difference between the two of you on Social Security?"
On the role of government: "Do you believe there's a fundamental difference between the two of you as to how you view the mission of the federal government?"
(Clearly, he was making no secret that his primary focus was on the latter half of compare and contrast.)
And while many critics were quick to blast Lehrer for failing to push candidates hard enough for better answers, the transcripts again show multiple attempts by Lehrer to keep the back-and-forth going that were quickly forgotten in the storm of criticism that followed.
"Mr. President, please respond directly to what the governor just said about trickle-down - his trick-down approach, as he said yours is," Lehrer said in an inelegantly phrased question to Obama following Romney's suggestion that the president has championed a "trickle-down government."
Lehrer kept at it until the final buzzer, interrupting Romney during his final monologue before the closing remarks, asking the governor "But what would you do as president?" Of course, that interjection managed to draw only a platitude about how both parties "love America." But is that really Lehrer's fault?
Ultimately, as Ted Koppel explained to Politico ahead of the event, at some point the pressing needs to come from the men on stage. "It's up to the candidates to say to one another, 'I heard Jim's question and you're not answering it,' " the longtime journalist said. "This is not about whether we want Jim Lehrer to be president."
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Senior Melanie Baskind recorded four shots but was unable to find the scoresheet as Harvard fell to Boston University 3-0. (Photo courtesy of Gil Talbot)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's soccer season came to an end on Saturday afternoon, as the Crimson fell in the first round of the NCAA tournament to No. 12 Boston University by a score of 3-0. The 2011 Ivy League Champions finished its campaign with 12 wins, which marks the most since the 1999 season.
Boston University continued its strong play early in the second stanza extending their lead to 3-0 in the 61st minute. Harvard fell victim to an own goal as Strom headed a ball into the box and it deflected off a Crimson defender. Harvard regrouped and gained some momentum as the half wore on, recording 10 shots in the second half but was unable to get one past goalkeeper Alice Binns as Harvard fell 3-0.
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I'm currently working to getting all achievements and I have just four left to get. Guildmaster and Masochist seem fairly self explanatory.
However, Theologian is causing me trouble; I have literally gone through the game and done every reward and punishment action for the 8 normal gods but no success.
Also, what is the 35th achievement? It doesn't show up on my Steam account - is it locked or is this a glitch?


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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - As Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week following a 10-day break, many are facing public pressure to take action on gun violence following the deaths of 17 people at a Florida high school on Valentine's Day.
While some have suggested proposals, The Associated Press reports no plan appears ready to take off quite yet.
Here's a look at the latest gun laws and amendments that have been discussed in the past century.
Originally, there were 12 amendments proposed to the Bill of Rights but only 10 were ratified by three -fourths of the state legislatures on Dec. 15, 1791. Those 10 Amendments became our nation's Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights included the Second Amendment authored by James Madison which states; "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
The interpretation of the Second Amendment has been fiercely debated for years. One of the major pieces of legislation that impacted gun control legislation in the last century was the National Firearms Act of 1934. The piece of legislation was later amended several times.
For a look at the most recent modifications to gun laws, check out the list below:
National Firearms Act (1934)
The National Firearms Act was enacted by Congress in 1934. The law "imposed a tax on the making and transfer of firearms defined by the Act, as well as a special (occupational) tax on persons and entities engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, and dealing in NFA firearms," according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The also required the registration of NFA guns with the Secretary of the Treasury. The guns specified in the 1934 version of the Act included shotguns, rifles with a barrel less than 18 inches in length, "any other weapon," machineguns, firearm mufflers and silencers. These types of firearms were found by Congress to be of concern due to their frequent use in crimes.
Here are the current firearms regulations under the NFA:
- "shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length;
- a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length;
- a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length;
- a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length;
- any other weapon, as defined in subsection (e);
- a machinegun;
- any silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code); and
- a destructive device. [26 U.S.C. 5845; 27 CFR 479.11]
Along with the registration of the firearm, a $200 tax was imposed and had to be paid at the initial registration and again if the gun is later sold. This portion of the law has remained unchanged since 1934.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 amended the National Firearms Act of 1934.
The Gun Control Act (1968)
The Gun Control Act was enacted by Congress in 1968. The law regulated the "interstate and foreign commerce in firearms, including importation, "prohibited persons," and licensing provisions," according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Meaning the law imposes stricter licensing and regulation on the firearms industry and also established new categories of firearms offenses. The "prohibited persons" provisions prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition to felons. This law also created the first Federal Jurisdiction over "destructive devices" including bombs, grenades and other explosive devices.
Following the enactment of the Gun Control Act, four additional laws The Brady Law, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, The Patriot Act and NICS Improvement Amendments Act were amended to the 1968 law.
- The Brady Law (1993): In 1993, Congress enacted the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act also known as the Brady law. The Act amended the Gun Control Act of 1968. This law "created a mandatory five-day waiting period for purchasing handguns. The provision allows law enforcement to check the background of each handgun purchaser before delivery of any handguns are made by Federal firearms dealers," according to the Justice Department. Congressman Charles E. Schumer, D- NY, sponsored the bill.
- The Brady Law (1998): A few year later in 1998, the mandatory five-day waiting period for transfer of a gun is "replaced by the mandatory background checks through the National Instant Criminal Check System (NICS) for firearm purchasers," according to the Department of Justice. This change ensured that all the permanent provisions of the law.
- NICS Improvement Amendments Act (2007): The National Instant Criminal Background Check System Improvement Amendments Act was enacted by Congress in 2007 and signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. This law amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: "(1) authorize the Attorney General to obtain electronic versions of information from federal agencies on persons disqualified from receiving firearms; (2) require federal agencies to provide such information to the Attorney General, not less frequently than quarterly; and (3) require federal agencies to update, correct, modify, or remove obsolete records and notify the Attorney General of such actions to keep the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) up to date. Requires the Attorney General to submit annual reports to Congress on the compliance of federal agencies with such reporting requirements," according to House of Representatives.
- Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (2000): The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act was enacted by Congress in 2000. This law reformed "the procedures and burden of proof applicable to civil forfeiture of various kinds of property, including the forfeiture of firearms under the Gun Control Act; permitted the forfeiture of property in criminal proceedings where forfeiture was traditionally limited to civil actions," according to the Department of Justice.
- The Patriot Act (2001): Following Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed The Patriot Act that same year. The law designated two offenses under the Gun Control Act. Those two sections were "under section 922(l) and trafficking under section 924(n)]," according to the Department of Justice.
Between 1993 and 2001 when the Gun Control Act was amended, there were additional laws created pertaining to firearm regulations.
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (1994)
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was passed by Congress in 1994. This law expanded the current laws enforced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The bill also "added a new category of prohibited persons: any person under certain restraining orders; implemented a ban on semi-automatic assault weapons," according to the Justice Department. This banned the manufacturing of 19 "military-style" assault weapons and some 'high-capacity" magazines with more than 10 rounds, according to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
- The Omnibus Appropriations Act (1999): The Omnibus Appropriations Act was passed into law by Congress in 1999. The law adds "nonimmigrant aliens" to categories of persons prohibited from possessing firearms, and required firearms dealers to have available secure gun storage or safety devices," according to the ATF.
Homeland Security Act (2002)
The Homeland Security Act was enacted by Congress in 2002 and created The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF). The "authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of ATF from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice (DOJ), and created within DOJ the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which continues to be referred to as ATF," according to the Department of Justice.
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (2005)
This law was passed by Congress in 2005. The law prohibits qualified civil liability action, or lawsuit, from being filed in any state or federal court against "a manufacturer or seller of a firearm." This also includes manufacturers of ammunition or components of firearms that have "been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, or against a trade association of such manufacturers or sellers, for damages, punitive damages, injunctive or declaratory relief, abatement, restitution, fines, penalties, or other relief resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm. Requires pending actions to be dismissed," according to the Act's filing.
District of Columbia v. Heller (2007 -2008)
At the time of this case, the District of Columbia law prohibiting handguns in the nation's capital was already enacted by the DC city council in 1976. Defendant Dick Anthony Heller worked as an armed security guard and wanted to bring his handgun home at the end of the evening. The District rejected his application to keep the gun in his home. The District Court then appealed to the Supreme Court. In 2008, the Supreme Court found DC's handgun ban to be unconstitutional and struck down the lower court ruling.
Pending legislation...
Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 passed a vote in the House on Dec. 6, 2017. It then was received by the Senate and read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill is still in committee.


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Christmas Memories
Eleanor Lake, Electronic mail message to Michael M. Miller of December, 2001
As a first-time contributor and a long-time lurker, some of the replies sent in to the suggestion of Germans from Russia Christmas Traditions were great.
I still laugh when I read Rod's writeup of his Fresno Christmas
Dorothy's memories about members walking to church (that could) and the dimming of the church lights when the congregation sang "Stille Nacht" on Christmas Eve echo our Christmas Eves. No church bands, though.
Except for Rod's seven mile drive to church (thru the fog) our church had the same Christmas programs with memorized "pieces". Only we walked to church in those days. Like in Dorothy's memories, the majority of our church members lived only a few blocks away. It wasn't until the late 1940s when WWII was over and more cars available for transportation that the city walking lessened, even for a few blocks. There was a surge in Sunday School growth as more children were born. A lot of the old people died and their daughters learned to drive.
Way back, we kids in Sunday School memorized "pieces", a poem or a story, given out a month before, to recite in German or English in front of the always packed church. I don't think our Sunday School started "pageants" with costumes and different age singing groups until the 1950s. At the end of the program a red net stocking with the same contents as Rod described - orange, apple, hard candy - was given to each Sunday School child. Later, one generous member donated a box of chocolates for each member of the senior choir.
Until German was done away with in the church service, the Christmas hymns sung during the program alternated between English and German in my time. Later, when all was in English, I remember the Christmas Eve when a new minister having a flash of inspiration looking at the old people in the congregation announced we'd all sing, "Oh, du Froeliche, Oh du Selige.." (Excuse my garbled German.) There was the usual rustling as the congregation stood up, then, surprising the little kids, tears came to the eyes of the old people as they sang. Handkerchiefs suddenly appeared.
In Oregon you could obtain federal tree cutting permits. Just after WWII, several men in our family would get together on a December weekend and go up to a nearby mountain (federal land), chopping down one tree for each family. The last time they went, their borrowed truck got stuck almost irretrievably in the snow. When they finally were able to get out, there was a unanimous decision that each family could afford the $1 or $2 for a "boughten tree" from a neighborhood lot.
After Christmas Eve church service, we all gathered at a family member's home. Gifts were exchanged. When the family had increased, they changed to drawing names for gifts. A favorite recipe potluck meal was always included.
Christmas Day was another church service, but attended mostly by adults and few children.
Perhaps we city folk changed faster than people raised in the country. My family is widely scattered. The church building was eventually sold to another congregation and a new one for the church members built in the suburbs. We celebrate Christmas quietly many states and years away. Hopefully, churches somewhere still have the old Christmas traditions. But then, I think I'd miss those old people I still remember who started the first traditions in a new church in a country far away from where they were born.


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As you may have read in an earlier entry here, I took up knitting about a year ago. It wasn't pretty at first. I made a hot mess of some ugly, difficult yarn with some tiny needles I happened to have, cussed at my mother and sister-in-law for laughing at me, and quit in a huff.
But then I couldn't stop thinking about it. And then one day in early January as I was running errands, I found myself inexorably drawn to the local yarn shop, where I picked up some beautiful dark chocolate-colored worsted yarn (yes, I am a yarn ho) and some #9 needles, all of which proved easier to manage. I started anew and quickly became addicted to the skill, and over 2010 I have been a crazy knitting fool. Lots of scarves, washcloths, caps, and fingerless gloves for starters. I found myself contributing to the return of leg warmers into fashion. And I upped the skill ante with two sweaters.
I really found my groove, though, with socks. Back in the spring my dear friend Dusty, a lifelong knitter, helped me master a few tricks (picking up stitches, knitting in the round, heel turning), and suddenly I was on a roll. There is something just plain magical about knitting socks. I think it's the heel turn–you do a few funky decreases and slip-slips, and voila! There is a heel. So I started cranking out pairs of socks. (Sock projects are also marvelously portable, so I took them everywhere to work on them.)
This turned out to be a great idea for Christmas gifts. I found the coziest of baby alpaca sock yarn in bright, funky multicolors and went to town. Here (above) are some of the results of my two-month-long sock knitting frenzy.
Once the socks were ready, I turned to the jars of jams and butters that I had produced during this amazingly fruitful year. Dusty (she of the mystical knitting advice) also sent me a link to this marvelous blog for directions on topping and labeling jam jars. I got all crafty with my bad self, and here's what the final product looked like.
Finally, I was especially glad to have found an excellent stash of straw baskets at a yard sale in my neighborhood a few months ago. I cleaned up a couple of the baskets and packed them full of Southern Urban Homestead goodies for my neighbors: fatlighter (seasoned sap-soaked pine my father collected last year), Mr. Pat's sourwood honey, jam, and snuggly knitted objects.
Merry merry!