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Every year, in oceans around the world, tens of millions of sharks are hunted to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Sharks' fins are often removed when the animals are still alive; the sharks are then thrown back into the water to endure a painful death from suffocation, blood loss, or predation by other species.
Sharks are apex predators who play an essential role in marine ecosystems. The cruel and ecologically devastating practice of shark finning endangers their survival—and that of the species that rely on them.
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1. Never consume or serve any products containing shark fin.
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4. If you see shark fin on a restaurant menu, ask the management to stop serving it. Click on the links below for Consumer Cards to print out and hand to restaurant managers [PDF]:
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5. Send us the contact information of any business offering or promoting shark fin.
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7. Be aware that consuming shark fin may raise health concerns, especially for children and pregnant women.
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9. If there is a Chinese New Year celebration in your city, contact HSI for more information on how you can help.
10. View Sherman's Lagoon cartoons focused on shark finning and answer artist Jim Toomey's call to mail your shark drawing to the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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gearshift needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 13 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
Gearshift, GearshiftHD, GearshiftTV, GearshiftPHOTOGRAPHY, GearshiftVIDEO, GearshiftBLOG
My name is Jim Folliard and I started Gearshift Productions in 2002. I shoot video and photography. My portfolio is one of the best in the DC area and my reputation is well established. Check it out at http://www.gearshift.tv.
My target audience is diverse. I shoot events, parties, nightclubs, concerts, golf tournaments, car shows, models, seminars, commercials, sports, products and family. I shoot both video and photography.
I'm looking for an elegant, strong, emblem to represent Gearshift. Similar to a car emblem. Thick, chrome, 3d, brilliant and shiny come to mind. I also want to incorporate a gearshift or shifting gears and/or the letter "G" in to the design. I want the text to be strong yet elegant as well, it could be script but it should be thick... I want to be able to attach words after Gearshift like this, gearshiftVIDEO or gearshiftPHOTOGRAPHY. I may have several websites and want to keep consistent branding. Gearshift can be upper case or lower case or both.
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I guess one thing that is important to see is that the theists almost always have a 'light' inside that is part of the faith-thing and its put there by parents at young age,cozy with mum and dad and JESUS! Its a terrible thing, 'be a god boy/girl or...'. But comforted at the same time thru genuin love by the same parents -you know "there wont be no santa if you dont..." But on existensiell level (why are we lying the santa thing by the way?-lie to kidz?)...Its a diffucult (cult hi hi) stone to move cause
its is emotionel deep and COULD be important for the person to keep it all together. Therefore the anger when touched....The concept 'barnatro' -child-faith - is known here in Scandinavia.
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I think one positive way to do this is to pick apart at the little things that will be seen as challenges to their understanding of their faith rather than an attack on the faith itself.
For example, it is very possible to remain a Christian while dropping belief in an inerrant Scripture that has no contradictions. Make the case that a Bible with errors and contradictions reveals the flaws in man. Concede that it proves nothing about flaws in God. It just means man, in recording "the Word of God," did an imperfect job. Even the most ardent Christian has to admit the possibility. Then show him things that simply can't be explained away no matter how hard you try: The census at the beginning of Luke did not take place during the reign of Herod, for example. That's an indisputable fact that is impossible to reconcile with Scripture. It would be like me saying I was born during the Eisenhower Administration but before the end of World War II. Something MUST have gone wrong when the Bible was being written for that kind of dunderheaded mistake to have been made. It's not God's fault. It's the fault of the men who transcribed it.
Give that time to sink in. As much time as it needs. It will be argued with. It will be resisted. But in the end, it can't be disputed.
And once you have a Bible that CAN have errors and contradictions, then it becomes the responsibility of the reader to examine it a little more critically.
What happened to me was, I turned my attention to the book of Job, and I tried to see it from the perspective of everyone in the story BUT Job. You know, like his kids, who got KILLED because God wanted to win a bet with Satan. Holy Crap! How was that just? And then, in the end, to make it up to Job, got gets him new kids. WHAT?!?!?! That doesn't even work with kids and puppies! But God wants you to think that makes it all better? Only in a fairy tale is such an outcome even remotely "happily ever after." A reasonable person, upon realizing this, will recognize Job as a story, not a history. The implications of Job being an actual history would be distasteful when presented as a real thing that happened to a real human being. At some point, to protect the integrity of God, they HAVE to concede this story cannot be literal history and still be proclaiming a just God.
Now you have an errant, contradictory Bible that has fables in it.
Those two steps alone can take days, weeks or even a couple of years. But if they're being honest with themselves, they are inevitable.
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Here's one of our favorite make ahead, easy recipes from a friend that will last for quite a while in your fridge. We've had several people try this one who don't like beets and it was a hit.
Beets with Balsamic Vinegar & Spices
- 1 or 2 bunches of beets depending on how many you need (1 bunch is enough for 2 people for about a week)
- Balsamic Vinegar (any good, cheap kind that you like)
- Spice mix with garlic powder, onion powder or a little of both of those to sprinkle on
- Cut beet greens from tops of beats just leaving the red part of the vegetable.
*If you make salads & they are fresh enough, you can chop up the beet greens and eat them in a salad or you can cook them up like swiss chard.
- Scrub the beets just enough to get the dirt off of them.
- Put the beets in a small pan and cover with water. (Make sure the pan is a little larger than the beets & the water or you risk boiling over with red juice everywhere.)
- Bring the water to boil on the stove and turn down a bit and cook for about 20-30 minutes until the beets are soft.
- When done, drain off the water and pour some balsamic vinegar over the beets. Use just enough to coat and and a little more (not a lot of vinegar).
- Sprinkle onion powder, garlic powder or your own spice mix on the beats.
- Serve the beets warm by themselves or refrigerate and chop them up in large chunks and add to your favorite salad (we add them to fresh spinach with a little goat cheese & a few nuts).
- These will keep in your refrigerator for a week or two.
Sounds yummy! I'm a lover of the beetroot --this christmas I gave jars of pickled beets (from my garden) as gifts to family and friends, and I still have several jars of little baby pickled beets which make great bento colour/filler. And I love them in the same sort of salad you mentioned with spinach, nuts, goat cheese, etc. Mmm!
What a great serving idea! I love root vegetables.
Have you ever tried this with golden beets? I suspect the taste wouldn't change much, but I'm wondering whether the balsamic would nicely color the beets or make them look dingy.
This fascinates me. As silly as it sounds, I have always been *afraid* of beets. As a young child, we were forced to eat the nasty ones at school and I remember them being cold, slippery and a bizarre color. Yet since moving to the UK, I have heard so many people rave about them that I should probably give them another chance. This sounds pretty good so perhaps if I run into some on offer I may try it. :)
A reply to a couple of comments -- We haven't tried this recipe with golden beets but we have used a few different kinds of red beets (some with stripes on the inside). I do think the balsamic might make the color look dingy but if you don't mind that, I'm sure the taste will be amazing.
And yes, these are a bright, cheery taste (even my friends kids love them)!! And no slimy yuck involved. Hope you try & enjoy!
A nice option for golden beets, or those stripey chioggia beets (mmm) would be to use another non-dark vinegar. I made some chive blossom vinegar which is a pale pretty pink and has a lovely onion-y bite to it and I bet that would work nicely. Or you could try white wine vinegar or tarragon vinegar, or any pale vinegar!
I'm completely stuffed from dinner, but "chive blossom vinegar" just made my mouth water.
If I can ever manage to swing another road-trip out west (I've been dreaming about this lately, hearing all the Daiso store stories) I'll bring ya out a bottle ;-)
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country is bracing for winter, the southwest states are anticipating the newfound freedom that cooler weather brings to the desert. October and Off-Road Expo are two signals that desert season's arrived.
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First floor, no street frontage, dodgy access and a tiny kitchen - fundamentally wrong in so many ways, but it worked. This was the birthplace of HELL and we operated out of Kelburn for eight years, before moving the kitchen to the top of Cuba St in 2004.
Customers often recall their first experience being in the original Kelburn store.
HELL we even called it the centre of the world after so many people all over the planet, telling us it was their virgin HELL meal! Walking up the back stairs through the kitchen, avoiding banging their head on the shelf (look out fool), and some even remember when we had a dine in section with views over Wellington (or, if you worked for HELL, the place where we got trashed and launched firecrackers out the window). Good times.
In the early days we tried everything: rice tandoori pizza, delivery milkshakes, curries, mud cake, flame bread - all in search of the wicked menu that is HELL today. In 2000, Callum partnered with his mate Stu and together they opened the Hataitai store. We loved this earthquake hazard of a building, from the collapsing floor, home made counters and menu boards, and excellent staff and customers that made it an institution in Hataitai. HELL had started to grow.
We opened another store in Northland the following year and set up a prep kitchen that serviced our three stores. Delivering around Wellington in the Escargo with occasional brakes and handling like a 4-wheeled sailing ship in the wind, we started honing our systems and products. We then opened in Petone - our first 'quality' fit out.
In 2003 Warren partnered with the guys and helped grow the business with his franchise knowledge. Our 4 plus 10 franchised stores in the first year, 16 in the second, 21 in the third year and 15 in 2006. We finished 06 with 66 stores, wicked franchisees and happy customers. The time was right to move onwards and upwards, so we sold the NZ business, and went in search of new countries for HELL. First, we went to London, then Brisbane, Seoul, India and Vancouver.
The early days of HELL was about living our business every day, working damned hard and making tasty pizzas. These were some of the best times of our lives and helped shape the business into what it is now.
In 2009, we bought our New Zealand business back. The old owners didn't get it. In May 09, we started the resurrection of HELL. We took out the trash, had fun with our marketing, improved ingredients and launched some new tasty products. In 2011 Warren left the company to explore overseas opportunities.
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AODA - Integrated Standards for Accessibility Policy
The Integrated Accessibility Standards apply to CI Financial Corp. ("CI Financial") and its affiliates including CI Investments Inc., Assante Wealth Management Inc. and First Asset Investment Management Inc. ( collectively CI) and their respective employees, advisors and contractors with respect to accessible methods for colleagues, clients and the general public.
Statement of Organizational Commitment
CI is committed to providing an accommodating environment to all individuals (employees and customers), whatever their ability, and ensuring all services are received in an accessible and timely manner.
CI is committed to maintaining current and effective processes by consulting with key stakeholders who will aide in the overall ability to enhance the accessibility to persons with disabilities.
CI will incorporate training at all staff levels and within new employee orientation materials to ensure all employees are aware of the possible needs both with colleagues and the public they may be serving.
Accessibility Policy
Creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all employees, contractors and the general public is a priority for CI to ensure all individuals feel comfortable and secure while working in, or as patrons of, our business.
CI continues to actively learn about and create accessible methods for which to navigate and/or access services that are beneficial to everyone.
Accessibility Plan
CI's goal is to enhance its working environment and customer service areas to be accessible and welcoming. Allowing employees to function effectively according to their needs and customers to receive services efficiently in a manner they can use and understand will contribute to CI being an attractive place of employment and service provider for exceptional employees and the general public, respectively.
CI will strive to achieve the goal of becoming an accessible business with continuous short and long term initiatives focusing on the needs of persons with disabilities.
These include but are not limited to:
CI provides training to corporate employees, people managers, contractors, summer students, co-op students and temporary employees with respect to Ontario's Accessibility Standards as it relates to our business and persons with disabilities, both as colleagues or customers.
CI's corporate training program will be provided upon hiring. CI provided all corporate employees the necessary training to meet the requirements under the Accessibility laws by January 1, 2015.
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Anime Spotlight: Project A-ko
Released by Discotek Media
There are anime fans, then, there are fans of anime. The former are fans to the extent that they identify themselves as such. They get excited, maybe very excited, about the latest hot things. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that. After all, anime's a very pop medium. Then, there are fans of anime, who are genuinely curious about the form.
Many anime fans aren't going to care for Project A-ko, but 25 years after its creation, Project A-ko is a special artifact that's a must own for fans of anime, and, it's a real boon to enthusiasts that, following the closure of Central Park Media, Discotek has picked the feature up for a new release.
With creative freedom and a total absence of pretension, Project A-ko is a shaggy dog action comedy thrown together by geeks, about super powered school girls, mecha, aliens and not being late for school. The factors that make it brilliant and pleasurable also make it paper thin even by the standards of a generally under plotted genre. In other words, in terms of what's being animated, Project A-ko is a glorious mess.
Project A-ko opens with a slow, absolutely gorgeous, immaculately animated space docking sequence from Shouichi Masuo - later animator of the climax to Evangelion's classic synchronized battle. The connection between this beautiful bit of animation and the plot is gossamer thin. Later, there's a fantastic homage roadster to robot transformation sequence, full of bits moving in and out of place. This ends up with a shot of the interior, in which the pilot is entirely discombobulated in a space overcrowded by mech parts and further ornamented by a spinning globe and one of those clanking bamboo deer chasers. The sequence is a metaphor for the feature... a marvel, a pleasure to watch, but not really particularly funny.
Project A-ko's set up was novel to North American audiences when sailor suited school girls were. Not so much now. Athletic to a super powered extent (a gag shows her to be the daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman) A-Ko and her cute, but entirely inept childhood friend C-ko transfer to Graviton High school, where they're confronted by the brainy rich girl B-ko, who falls for C-ko and declares enmity on A-ko. So, every day, B-ko outfits her minions with mecha and lies in wait for A-ko at their school's gate, initiating another in an escalating series of duels. At the same time, a group of aliens begin spying on the girls with designs on invading Earth to capture one.
As a comedy, Project A-ko has all sorts of problems. Extravagant movement, striking juxtaposing and reference gags are employed in ways similar to how they would later be in spastic 90's comedies like the works of Shinichi "Nabeshin" Watanabe. It's what a bunch of geeky animators think is funny, and then it's strung together without much of a plan. It's not particularly unlikely that a modern watcher will get the gag about the schoolgirl who towers, fights and screams like Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro, and that particular image is apt to be mildly amusing regardless. Alternatively, it's a small minority of American anime watchers that are going to get the Harmageddon spoof, and that one is apt to be just bewilderingly absurd without the recognition that the scene is in fact a parody.
More generally, there are animators who have a gift for comedy. These ones largely don't. Premises are stupid. They're haphazardly scripted. The creators didn't even let each other know what gags they were building to. Ultimately, what's impressive about those gags is seldom the jokes themselves.
More significant than the success or lack thereof of the anime's comedy, Project A-ko is the product of a special moment in anime. The micro circumstances had to do with Mamoru Oshii leaving the popular anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's (Inu Yasha, Ranma 1/2) Urusei Yatsura. The Ghost in the Shell movie director is now known for his serious material, often characterized by conversation and stillness, but he found success with a often physical, visual gag based comedy concerning the relationship between a lecherous teen, and a tiger striped bikini wearing alien girl. Along the lines of his basset hound mascot, it's easy to get the notion of a dour, humorless Oshii, not helped by the very particular nature of his relatively recent instances of relatively lighter work, like Fast Food Grifters, but, back in the 80's he helmed a genuinely funny, manic hit comedy.
After 106 episodes, parlaying the Urusei Yatsura TV into a pair of movies, the second of which fused Urusei Yatsura's brand of humor with Oshii's interests in cognition and the nature of reality, Oshii left Urusei Yatsura, after which Kazuo Yamazaki would oversee the series for another 89 episodes.
Thrown by Oshii's departure, Urusei Yatsura staffers like animation directors Yuji Moriyama and Katsuhiko Nishijima began trying to put together a new project that would recapture the dynamic work of Urusei Yatsura.
In terms of macro circumstances, you can argue the artistic standing of anime in the mid 80's, but, factoring the money invested into the industry and freedom that came with that money, the period in which Project A-ko was developed was a high point. After leaving Urusei Yatsura, Oshii was able to make the often abstract, Bible symbolism laden Angel's Egg and a bit later, Patlabor, a mecha anime with more politics and humor than what traditionally drew audiences to mecha anime. Artists who'd later drift off into other fields (manga, video games) were excited by the opportunity. Veterans had no problem finding employment, creating the openings for young, talented creators to prove themselves on a project like A-ko. Plus, there were the resources to really animate the hell out of an A-ko. In this case, artists didn't have to worry about cel counts, allowing them to put together both extravagant action scenes and small, pay-attention-to-catch background gags.
I'm less convinced that Project A-ko flourished because of it, but the production was also influenced by a notable lack of legal impediment. It was able to use the Pokémon seizure effect, but, more to the point, it was able to lift freely and directly with impunity. Mecha and character designs were transposed wholesale. On one half, watching these fit in the hyperkinetic scheme of Project A-ko looks impressive more than ease. On the other, even when the references are recognized, if the animation is anything but lazy, the comedy has a tendency to be.
There was a recent convention panel on remarkable full motion animation in anime. Late in the talk, it makes the point that the importance of story to anime's appeal should not be underplayed: Project A-ko being the perfect example of a beautifully animated work with little story to speak of... largely animation for the sake of animation. However, that's not to say that there isn't plenty to appreciate about anime that simply looks amazing. A lot of the anime that we see is defined by its limited motion. The majority of anime is produced for television, and from its inception with Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, televised anime is built around small budgets and animating around the consequential limitations. Anime with the attention to animation and the freedom afforded to Project A-ko are rare, so, even if the story is bogus, A-ko presents special landmark in anime.
Anime Spotlight: Durarara!!
Part Three
Released by Aniplex
During a FanimeCon convention panel, Aniplex announced that the Durarara!! anime will be airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block starting in June.
The anime is the second time director Takahiro Omori, writer Noboru Takagi and studio Brains Base tackled a Ryohgo Narita light novel. Like previous adaptation, Baccano!, the Durarara!! opening does an on-screen name splash Guy Ritchie style cast introduction, identifying 15 significant characters. There are more reoccurring ones and later introductions too. This includes runaways, a pharmaceutical executive, an underground surgeon, insanely violent muscle for a debt collector dressed like a formal bartender, otaku with a taste for manga-inspired torture, an information broker, who, according to Wikipedia, is named for the Hebrew profit Isiah, an Afro-Russian sushi chef, and, a headless horeswoman whose horse has become a black motorcycle, clad in black herself, except for a yellow helmet with cutesy ears.
However, set in Tokyo's Ikebukuro entertainment district , dealing with some remarkably empowered otaku and drawing from Haruhi Suzumiya-esque ideas about what constitutes interesting experiences, globally, Durarara!! has a more devoted following among devoted anime fans than the American set Baccano.
While Durarara!! offers plenty to recommend, this final third is problematic. Explaining how is going to require some vague spoilers.
The anime adapts the first three of what's currently nine light novels. So, its terraced mysteries have a top tier which doesn't represent a cap to the whole affair.
Like the other mysteries that set the stage for this anime-finale, the clues are there, especially evident on a subsequent viewing. I've said in previous reviews, that Durarara!! sets itself in bustling city district, defined by its comings and goings, and yet its story is something of a closed system. As before, while others might serve as active agents, the catalysts are those individuals named in the opening. Outsiders are particularly instrumental in this last situations, and as such, the particular is less than ideal, but even then it's still better than bad.
Always mindful of its philosophical underpinnings, the problem is not that this last segment of the anime is thoughtless. Characters have some solid world view conversations. The climax has a nice key into some of the earlier discussions. And, again, especially in retrospect, it's a valid expression of the themes that the Durarara!! developed all along.
It's not even the extent to which it does or doesn't deliver on the promise of a ragnarokalictic battle on the streets of Tokyo that lands Durara!!'s conclusion in trouble.
The problem is that the way that it casts its key characters in a bad light spoils the fun. Like the hit Haruhi Suzumiya, one of its most potent ingredients, especially among its otaku/geek fan base, is the notion of camaraderie with interesting people, doing interesting things. In particular, the axial hero Mikado Ryugamine leaves his rural home prefecture to find a more dynamic life, and along with a pair of other regular-ish teens, he gets to rub shoulders with colorful street legends, like headless horsewoman, an underground surgeon, and yeah, the decidedly otaku, tough. Despite the danger from the environment and from each other, they're in together as their own, weird crowd. And, both the normal and the exotic are bound together in the act of reinventing selves. It's no wonder that Durarara!! is a hit among anime fans. It's not just that there are some fearsome geeks in the mix. As the characters parade into the open to recreate themselves, the city that is so central to the anime almost functions like an anime con.
This last stretch still functions that way. Unfortunately, the principal principals get chumped. Their actions, by commission and omission drop them into the trap set for them. Consequence is fine. Mikado Ryugamine's sharp thinking, especially under pressure looked like his entre to the world of the weird and dangerous, but some difficulty could have served to underscore what was special there. Frustration is fine. Action anime is often a hydraulic exercise. It relies on the pressure. The problem is that the leads fumble into the finish line in a way that doesn't vent that pressure and as such makes the struggle to get there that much unsatisfactory. Neither tragic nor triumphant, the heroes close down what is to date their only anime venture with a C grade. It's not so much redemption that they need as it is getting their acts together. "Needs work" is not for the ideal final comment on the characters who you identifying with in what was an empowering adventure.
Durarara!! is highly affection-inspiring anime. It nails the aim of letting the viewer feel included in the action of a cast of colorful characters. That's why it's a mess that its paramount point of view characters fail to rise to the ultimate occasion. How badly this ending fails to work is a sign of how well the anime does work at its best, and, it's telling that the flub inspired the desire for more material in hopes that it might return to form.
Manga Spotlight: Yakuza Moon: The True Story of a Gangster's Daughter
By Shoko Tendo and Sean Michael Wilson
Illustration by Michiru Morikawa
Released by Kodansha USA
Shoko Tendo's memoir Yakuza Moon recounts her troubled life story, growing up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Starting in her childhood, in which adults took her family connections as a license to dehumanize her, through a home life frequently upended by drunken rage, naked infidelity, incarceration, illness and crushing financial debt, through her self abuse and abuse from the men in her life, and ultimate discovery of the confidence to reinvent herself as the person she wanted to be, it's an often harrowing, never glamorized account.
Kodansha International released a translation of the original, prose version in North America, and had plans to release Sean Michael Wilson (the manga adaptation of Hagakure: The Code of the Samurai) and International Manga and Anime Festival award winner Michiru Morikawa's graphic novel adaptation. Unfortunately, after almost five decades of offering English language resources about Japanese culture, Kodansha International, publisher of Frederik L. Schodt's seminal manga manga, and more recently The Otaku Encyclopedia, Yokai Attack and Ninja Attack shut down in April. However, the newly launched Kodansha USA label materialized and picked up the release of the worthy Yakuza Moon adaptation.
Shoko Tendo is not badly served by the translation to manga. Morikawa effectively conveys the human element. The emotions and when appropriate, the vulnerability of the subject is always unmistakable in the visual depictions. I imagine that every scene successfully projects the original author's intended sentiments. There are panels and sequences of panels in which the body language is stinted or odd enough to distract, but those are uncommon enough that the instances stand out.
Not a problem so much as a "what if?" I wonder how the narrative would have been served by a more distinctive look. There's a bit of the generic here where the story breathes through the specific. Shoko Tendo is not inclined to spare the details. even, or maybe especially, when they're uncomfortable. And, it's not that Morikawa is lazy by any stretch of the imagination. Her cover effectively recreates the striking original image of Shoko Tendo's tattoo, and if you look through the book, it's evident that it's all thoughtful, with smart attention to matters such as attire. But, if you again look through the book, it's also only as distinctive as the events of the particular page. Along the lines of the weirdly generic appendices about scripting and drawing manga or comics (comments about the difficulty of lettering sit uneasily on the tail end of this story), events that are specific "Yakuza Moon" are surrounded by images that, out of context, just look "manga." It tells the story rather than taking an active part in establishing its reality. Maybe that avoids a conflict between the art and the story, but I couldn't help wanting some more grain on the surface.
Having not read the memoir, I can't comment on how condensed the graphic novel is, but given all the misfortune brought upon by circumstances and her own behavior, it doesn't seem like manga's jagged journey misrepresents her story. It's one knock after the next, with the times in which affairs are righted or kindness is displayed occurring as rare shining moments. So, it's so fraught that if it weren't real, it'd be too much. Because it is true, it is truly effecting.
Yakuza Moon becomes the story of Shoko Tendo reaching the point where she has the strength to free herself from the turbulence of the legacy of her father's yakuza life and her own wild days. Having only read the manga, I'm not sure where some of the hitches in the account of this transition were introduced, and specifically whether it's a function of the manga's condensation of the narrative.
On one hand, eventful elements translate meaningfully. For example, when tattoos take on a personal significance in her life, we see the impetus and read her explain what she discovers and that resonates. On the other hand, the manga offers late introduction of dreams that she had and qualities she's told she possessed. Especially as they relate to her early childhood, it's true that there were more pressing concerns to convey in the pages to work with. However, because we weren't aware of it in the first place, the reaction is more along the lines the "why wasn't this previously shared" than appreciating how she's recaptured a lost quality or affirmed a strength she forgot she had.
It's impossible to have a cold response to Shoko Tendo's story. More than the emotional response of being moved by it, it warrants being engage, with some effort to understand her life. And with that there are some difficulties, partially as a function of the transition to manga, partially as a function of the original material.
Shoko Tendo's motivations and decisions are anything but mysteries. Some of the most common descriptions of her memoire are "blunt" and "matter of fact." The manga inherits that. Nor is any element of her story incredible. It still inspires consideration of why she made the decisions she made. And, "why" still crops up, with gaps seeming to emerge. After a troubled and troubling string of relationships with men, working as a hostess in a club frequented by yakuza, she hooks up with a man ten years her senior. He introduces the notion of marrying her, and then "someone told me the unthinkable - he was married! The news hit me like a ton of bricks." That the man might be married should be entirely unthinkable seems like IT should be unthinkable. She knew that it was a danger of the crowd. She'd been personally burned by that. Again, it's not incredible that she be fooled, but it is curious. Maybe the original prose fleshed out her thinking, maybe it didn't but, inspired to apply some psychological order to the chaos of her life, the episode inspires the wish for more insight available into matters such as how she managed fooled herself.
The complaint stemming from the original material is a complaint about what Yakuza Moon is not, what it never aimed to be, and what it didn't need to be, but which will still matter to many readers. Yakuza Moon is not a general examination of yakuza and their families. The only insider talk is of the life's consequences. It's the story of Shoko Tendo, and that's important and meaningful in its own right. As such, it's concerned with the meaning of events to its subject, with little exploration of the functioning of yakuza life. Even accepting it as a personal account and not a tell all, even having some foundation of knowledge on the subject, the book still feels like it could benefit from more context. While I haven't read exhaustively on this subject, I'm far from ignorant. Still, when talk becomes laden with reference to employment at hostess clubs and aims of working towards being the "number one," the absence of any explanation of the system is felt. I imagine that if Yakuza Moon is a first exposure to the elements of Japanese society without obvious American analogues, though book isn't going to be bewildering, the want of background information is likely to be more pronounced. Since it likely wasn't in the original, the adaptation would have benefited from some expository end notes far better than it does the appendices in which Wilson and Morikawa explain their process for creating comics.
Yakuza Moon is Shoko Tendo's story and not an impersonal look at yakuza life. It's without a doubt a memoir and not an expose. It's constructed to relate a story of specific pain and self discovery. Factor in the matter of fact approach to convey the personal history, and its narrow focus becomes that much sharper. This adaptation takes it one step further. By no means inappropriately unreal, the illustration style of the manga does shade towards the abstract. This look takes away even more of the world such that, even though there are other people who affect Tendo, it's a book that's alone with her, or, more specifically, her circumstances.
Most North American readers are likely to come to this with only a vague notion or spotty knowledge of yakuza, and what glamour might be there for that audience is flimsy enough not that it didn't require a razor quite this keen to slice away preconceptions.
There is an extent to which this directness comes at the cost of material that could be used to better understand Tendo, and because the book does capture the power of Tendo's story, it also does prompt a wish to have seen the culture or Shoko Tendo's thinking be a bit more fleshed out.
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WCC's Atelier revitalizes age-old traditions
The 6-week intensive drawing and painting workshop starts May 28Windward Community College
Mktg & Public Rel Dir, Chancellor's Office
Norman Graffam, 808-236-9148
Art Instructor, Humanities
This summer from May 28 to July 5, art students will be immersed in a transformational workshop that resembles instruction from a Master painter. It may be an unlikely place to study Classical Realism, but students who are serious about their art, whether pursuing it for personal or professional gain, come to the Atelier Hawai'i at Windward Community College.
The Atelier offers one of few atelier experiences in the United States. Art students come from across the globe and down the road to study the classical techniques of drawing and painting.
Under the direction of art instructor Norman Graffam, participants are immersed in the practice of working from nature – drawing and painting from life. Graffam and guest artist Jonathan Busse will guide students through the process to develop each student's highest level of observational skills and techniques.
"Atelier" (ah-tell-yay) is a French term for "artist's studio" or "workshop." During the 15th-19th centuries, artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci and Peter Paul Rubens studied their craft in this hands-on working environment where they received training in the fundamentals of Classical Realism.
"The workshop environment is a great place to study," says student Jill Butterbaugh. "I loved every minute! Completing the Atelier was a very rewarding experience. The skills I learned have launched me into a serious career in art, including several commissions from art collectors."
What can a student expect to learn from the atelier?
The Atelier focuses on skills and practical knowledge. Based upon careful observation, students will draw and paint from classical cast sculptures, training the eye to perceive shapes, values and proportion as they move on to study the human figure from live models.
From plaster casts to live models
Plaster casts provide students some of the benefits of live, human models, such as the presence of shadows. Their distinct advantages are that they remain perfectly still and since they're white, the student is able to focus on the grayscale halftones and shadows (grisaille).
In preparation for portraiture and the human figure, students will learn the Sight-Size method of drawing – drawing an object exactly as it appears to the artist on a one-to-one scale. Students will first set a vantage point where the subject and the drawing surface appear to be the same size. Then, using various measuring devices, the student will draw the subject so accurately that the drawing and the subject have exactly the same proportions and values, resulting in extremely accurate and realistic drawings.
Maroger medium
Jaques Maroger, French painter and former conservator at the Louvre, devoted much of his life to teaching and researching the oil-based media of the Old Masters. Maroger's medium allows the student artist to paint with thick and lustrous brushstrokes for more intense lights, as well as thin and transparent glazes for shadows. Students will learn to make the Maroger medium and to prepare their own canvases and grounds.
Portrait and figure painting
Students will work from live models and progress from the underpainting to the traditional full palette incorporating the challenges of color harmony, composition, tonal values, perspective and gesture.
"Atelier students receive personal attention from the two instructors," explains Norman Graffam. "The emphasis is on developing technical skills and nurturing the student to his or her potential."
The Atelier at Windward Community College has 24 spaces and is open to both credit and non-credit students. Those who are interested in pursuing a degree in art can choose the credit option to earn six (6) credits – cost of tuition is $1,488 for residents, $2,100 for non-residents. Contact Norman Graffam at 236-9148 to reserve a space or for more information. For non-credit students, tuition is $1,200. Students can apply through the Office of Career & Community Education by calling 235-7433.
To find out more about the Summer 2013 Atelier, call Norman Graffam at 236-9148 or visit http://windward.hawaii.edu/Atelier.
For more information, visit: http://windward.hawaii.edu/atelier


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The championship after party for the Dallas Mavericks was extended by five months courtesy of the lockout, an extension that the Mavericks would never blame for their struggles last season but one that most honest observers would no doubt finger as a factor in their early season struggles.
The Miami Heat, on the other hand, will experience no such thing. In fact, they'll have what longtime Heat beat writer and observer Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel coined the "shortest offseason in the Heat's 25 seasons of existence." And with that compressed offseason comes a few lingering issues that could impact the reigning champs, in more ways that one.
The first two he mentions are enough to cause a little bit of concern for even the most optimistic of Heat fans:
1. The two remaining roster spots.
The 13 players already under contract for 2012-13 are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Mario Chalmers, Shane Battier, Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller,Norris Cole, Joel Anthony James Jones and Dexter Pittman.
Rounding out the regular-season roster could be as simple as bringing back two of the players who spent time with the team last season and currently are working out with the team, a pool that includes guard Terrel Harris, center Mickell Gladness and forward Juwan Howard.
The Heat also have attracted the interest of free-agent centers Chris Andersen and Darko Milicic, and could provide a landing spot for free-agent Andray Blatche, who is looking to revive his career.
As far as extra bodies for a training camp that apparently will include several rehabilitating players, center Justin Hamilton and forward Drew Viney, two of the team's more productive players in summer league, already has committed to teams in Croatia and Poland, respectively. Former second-round picks Jarvis Varnado and Robert Dozier, a pair of complementary forwards, both had their moments during summer league and should return for camp.
2. The rehabilitation trail.
Among the more encouraging moments of the offseason was the recent Twitter post by Miller, which read, "Gr8week being back in the gym FINALLY Way 2long of a layoff slowlybutsurely feelN better Feels good getting ready 4 another year."
Miller has been monitored this offseason for the need for possible back surgery, a procedure than likely would end his season and possibly his career.
In addition, Wade only now is returning to court work from the July arthroscopic procedure on his left knee and Allen is returning from ankle surgery that came in the wake of the Celtics' Eastern Conference finals demise at the hands of the Heat.
Beyond that, Gladness is working back from a wrist injury sustained during summer league.
Having seen James work in person from The Finals and through the gold medal game at Olympics, it's hard to imagine the Heat doing anything other than finishing the 2012-13 season in the same position they finished last season, and that's with a chance to claim their second straight Larry O'Brien trophy.
LeBron separated himself from the pack in terms of his ability to control the action in any game without having to just score points to do so. Mike Krzyzewski, coach of the U.S. Men's Senior National Team, presented it best when he talked about things going one of two ways after a player has the sort of year that LeBron did … "Now that LeBron has finally won a championship, I wonder if it will quell a fire or start a bon fire for more."
Based on everything we saw out of him in the day and weeks after The Finals, plus what we already know about Wade and Erik Spoelstra and Pat Riley, we're going with the bon fire!


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Hold the presses! There is good news, sort of, to report about the Sweetwater Union High School District: During a raucous, at times bizarre, seven-hour meeting Monday, the Sweetwater board did the right thing. Twice.
First, early in the meeting, the board ended months of unjustifiable refusal to release a taxpayer-funded study of billings to the district by public relations professional Scott Alevy, voting unanimously to finally make the report public immediately.
Not surprisingly, but importantly, the study by former U.S. Attorney Greg Vega confirmed essential details in news reports by the U-T San Diego Watchdog team last April that Alevy's accounts of conversations he supposedly had with people regarding district business did not jibe with the accounts of those people.
More importantly, the Vega report concluded that Alevy "may have violated California elections laws when he billed the district for discussions with potential and actual board candidates during the 2010 election cycle."
It seems, according to the Vega report, that Alevy, who was billing the district $250 an hour, spent some of his time gauging the interest of potential candidates in running for seats on the Sweetwater board.
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We can't help but agree with Alex Anguiano, president of the Sweetwater teachers union, who said he was disappointed that the Vega report did not go further to find out why the Sweetwater human relations department approved the Alevy invoices and why the finance department paid the invoices. Good questions.
The second thing the board did right on Monday came at the tail end of the meeting when it actually did right by doing nothing. No board member even made a motion on an agenda item to pay up to $1.3 million in legal fees for current and former officials now charged by the District Attorney's Office for their role in an allegedly corrupt pay-to-play scandal involving Sweetwater contractors.
Maybe it had something to do with the fact the meeting room was full of 700 mostly angry citizens, some 200 of whom were carrying signs reading, "Recall or Resign." Or maybe it was the teacher who actually served three board members with recall notices. Or maybe it was the lawyer for a citizens group who warned that if they took the matter up and, even if affected board members recused themselves from voting on their own legal fees, it would not cure a conflict of interest for board members who did vote.
Whatever. The item failed for lack of action to move it forward. The good guys – Sweetwater taxpayers – win one.


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Linda gets her money?
Linda Evangelista has reached a settlement with her baby father Francois Henri-Pinault which apparently came as a surprise to the media waiting outside the courthouse today. Right now, as it just happened an hour ago, the terms of the deal have not been disclosed but...
Linda was supposed to testify today. And she was expected to talk about their relationship, about how he wanted her to abort the baby, about how he reacted like a dick when she told him she was pregnant, and other details about his personal life. Word is, Pinault, the billionaire, didn't want his sh-t blown around all over Europe where he does business.
This is embarrassing. I don't understand why he let it get this far to begin with. For many reasons. By his standard of living, private planes, private islands, Parisian real estate, what she was asking for - again BY HIS STANDARDS - is negligible. And hardly worth all this public drama. It's a violation of rich people code. You are a BILLIONAIRE. Keep your sh-t tight. Write the goddamn cheque and move on. Unless of course you want your kid to grow up knowing you nickel and dimed his mother.
By the way, as a reminder, there is a $12 million trust set up for Valentina, Pinault's daughter with Salma Hayek. He spends an average of 175,000 euros a year on holidays, 4,000 euros a month on business meals - that doesn't cover non-business meals - 25,000 euros on accessories, and almost 50,000 euros on clothing per year.
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Most people haven't thought about philosophy since high school. Most people think philosophy is stuffy and too old fashioned to be relevant in today's world. Most people are wrong. Truth is, a major part of philosophy is critical thinking, and critical thinking is one of the most important tools in an entrepreneur's tool box.
Wikipedia says critical thinking reveals goals, examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions, and assesses conclusions. All good things, right? Problem is our sneaky brains have ways to set traps for us, and these nasty traps can impair our ability to think rationally and make good decisions.
Here's a list of 6 things that will challenge your brain into thinking critically:
1. Break the Status QuoWe're creatures of habit and we get comfortable with "the norm" pretty quick. It's human nature to repeat established behaviors, and most people believe it's a result of our constant fear of change. It's important to detach yourself from your current situation, maybe it's a website design, or perhaps a product you're selling, and ask yourself objectively if you're letting your comfort level impact your ability to make a rational decision.
2. Think TwiceEver walked into a store and been tempted by a sale? $15 marked down from $20 - what a deal! Well what if it just said $15, would you still think it's a deal? Would you be equally tempted to buy it? Statistics say absolutely not. Initial impressions instantly create a bias that heavily impacts your decision making process. Marketers are great at planting seeds like these, and it's important to think critically about your first thought (woah, what a deal), get past that, and move on.
3. Don't Protect The PastLast week I was at a restaurant and ordered way too much food. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach. Anyways, I ended up reluctantly eating the last 5 chicken wings simply because I paid for them. I was protecting my initial decision to order too much food. But why did I buy the food to begin with? I got the wings to satisfy my hunger and because they're delicious. The fact that the portion was too large had nothing to do with my initial goal. I shouldn't have eaten the last 5 chicken wings. The money had already been spent, so it shouldn't have found its way into the equation. Keep your mind on the goal and don't do stupid things to protect stupid decisions.
4. See For YourselfToo many people just see what they want to see. Don't hire "yes men" and be skeptical of people who agree with you too much. Surround yourself with people that will challenge you and provide you with the other side - even if they're just good at playing devil's advocate.
5. Who Cares What Everyone Else is DoingCall it peer pressure. Call it the herd instinct. Other people's actions heavily influence our own, and we always have the tendency to conform. Ever read a book from Oprah's book club? I bet there are a million books that would be better for you to read. People like to consume what everyone else is consuming, but you should ignore this trap! Who cares what others are doing! You're better off to focus on yourself. Think critically and do what's best for you - ignore what's popular!
6. Don't Drink Your Own Kool AidThe official term is called illusory superiority, and it's a natural bias that causes people to overestimate their abilities and underestimate their negative qualities. It can also be called the above average effect. I prefer to call it "drinking your own Kool Aid" whereby almost everybody thinks they're above average at just about everything. It's impossible for everyone to be better than average. Chances are you're below average at a whole bunch of things - it's important to think about what those things might be.
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7 comments
December 09 2011, 05:13PM
Nice post Mark!
December 09 2011, 05:24PM
One can not find success unless he leaves critical thoughts.
December 11 2011, 07:42PM
Rachel: Thanks so much! :-)
TAB: Thanks for reading!
December 14 2011, 05:21PM
I must say that it was with great pleasure that I read this valuable post. Most people would do much better in their station in life – if only they applied a bit of philosophy.
I spend a great deal of time mentoring start-up companies and practicial philosophy is at the very core of my day to day teachings.
The toughest part of course is getting it to become a practice in an entrepreneurs mind and heart. Having the knowledge is key, but not executing and practicing fundamental actions on that knowledge – is as good as not having it.
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February 06 2012, 06:32PM
Hi Mark, great post, great timing, needed a little bit of perspective, so easy to get caught up in our own world and lose sight of the bigger picture! Cheers
November 28 2013, 07:02AM
Hi, great points. i think the critical thinking has a major role but i suggest to extend the scope to other corners hasnt mentioned or usually have benn overlooked like the philosophy of risk taking and also networking
November 07 2015, 11:40PM
Mark, my names Mark. Nice to meet you. Marks must think alike. Just right on the ball.


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Photography: Stanley Kubrick – New York in the '40's
Before there was 2001 – A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove or even Killer's Kiss and The Killing, Stanley Kubrick was a staff photographer for Look Magazine from 1945 – 1950. While working for Look, Kubrick would attend screenings of films at The Museum of Modern Art, where he would develop his own style from watching the films of Max Ophuls and Elia Kazan. He would eventually start his film making career with short documentaries and work his way up to his first feature film – Killer's Kiss in 1955. If you're familiar with Kubrick's film you can easily see how his strong photographic background applies to most of his work – beautifully composed shots – i.e. the twin girls in The Shinning (borrowed from Diane Arbus), Alex & his Droogs at the milkbar from A Clockwork Orange, everything in Lolita – and on and on and on. Stanley Kubrick would go on to direct 13 movies and become one of cinemas most influential directors, but this is a great look into where it all started – That's him, by-the-way, looking slightly Mr. Bean-like in picture 5.
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Microsoft's CEO, dancing Steve Ballmer mentioned back in September 2008, that the iPhone would fail in the next 5 years. It is not the only silly thing to come out of his mouth, but certainly one of his best hits. A cursory glance at his reasoning reveals the following issues that the iPhone faces:
- Pricing – it is currently too expensive at 500$ (though I am quite sure you get them for under 300$ and in some cases 200$).
- insupportable in emerging markets – India and China (emerging markets? China makes the market computer for Jobs' sake!). According to Ballmer, the most popular phones in those countries cost 25$ to build. Now wait, are we talking about smartphones here or are we talking about phones now?


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Aros wrote:There's been talk this week from some of us who are afraid of the Cardinals this Sunday. As if the Ghost of Miami will rise inside of Century Link and burst the bubble of Russellmania. No question, the Arizona Cardinals have a fiesty defense who play tough. They've already beaten us once this year. Well, I'm not hearing one lick of it. The Cardinals are on an 8 game losing streak, their coach is about to be fired and players are spitting on one another.
They are imploding.
So if you really think that THAT Arizona team is going to magically waltz into the toughest stadium to play in the NFL and beat one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league and a team that now has tremendous confidence after a thrilling and decisive road victory against the Bears with TANZANIA at our backs...
I want what you're smokin'.
Aros' Fearless Prediction: Seahawks 34 - Cardinals 3
Aros' Fearless Record: 7-5
It has been years since smoking anything, but I am a realistic Seahawk fan. While I understand that on paper the Hawks should destroy AZ, guys line Dockett and their defense tend to be disruptive. I look at the variables, Wilson is now getting a ton of media attention, the Cards are stinking it up and the Hawks need this game badly.
I want to say it is different this time because Wilson is just so solid, but in the back of my mind, I worry that this is the 2004 type game. Where the Hawks find a way to under perform and either leave it close or lose.
I still say the Hawks win, but not by a bunch. More like 17-10. I WANT the big blowout, in fact I want it to be so bad that PC sits Wilson and gives Flynn some reps because the lead is so big.


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