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Low latency howto
Low latency audio with Linux 2.6
Real-time audio work is of course a relative idea, latency is inherent when processing audio in the digital domain, however it is certainly possible to obtain latencies far below perceptible levels. The steps needed to get such results is exactly what this article will address.
The Kernel
As you most likely already know, much of the configuration needed to be able to reach low latency scheduling is done within the Linux kernel. For the sake of being recent and for ease of use, this article will use the latest 2.6 kernel source. If you are new to building custom kernels it would be wise to go read up on the steps needed to build a kernel that will boot on your system with necessary drivers. Debian Kernel Handbook
Get, Extract, Patch
Obviously the first step in building a new kernel is to get the source to it. This can be had from Kernel.org (at the time of writing the latest stable version is 2.6.22). Next you will need to obtain the latest real-time kernel patch by Ingo Molnar, which is available from his website. You will want to download the latest version for your choice of kernel version. I.E: patch-2.6.22-rt9 for kernel version 2.6.22. Next un-gzip the patch in the directory of the kernel source and apply it. This is usually done with "patch -p1 -i patch-2.6.xx.x-rtx". If all goes well you will be ready to configure your kernel.
Config, Build, Boot
The next step is to configure the newly patched kernel. This is easily done with the "make menuconfig" command. Users can also use "make xconfig" for an x11 interface to the configuration. You will want to first make sure that all necessary drivers to boot your computer are built in, usually this is an ide driver and ext3 file system support. Also you will want to go ahead and configure other drivers such as network and video as well as usb/firewire/parallel drivers. I prefer leaving the ALSA drivers for my sound card out of the initial kernel configuration, as I like to download the latest version from the ALSA website and build them later, this is just a personal preference. You will still want to enable sound card support within "Device Drivers". Building and installing the ALSA drivers will be covered later.
Now for the good stuff. Navigate to the "Processor type and features" category. There will be an option titled "Preemption mode". Set this to "Complete Preemption (Real Time)". It is also commonly recommended to enable the high resolution timer option. There are also some additional tweaks which are commonly recommended by the Linux Audio Users community. These include selecting deadline as the default IO scheduler (Block Layer -> IO Schedulers), enabling HPET timer support (Processor type and features), turning on enhanced real time clock support (Device Drivers -> Character Devices), turning off priority inheritance debugging (Device Drivers -> Character Devices), and enabling the high precision event timer (Device Drivers -> Character Devices). Once you have your options and drivers configured you can safely exit and save the configuration. Next you will want to compile or build the kernel image. Your reading on kernel compiling and instillation should have made you familiar with this, however a quick make-kpkg kernel_image in Debian or Ubuntu will start the process. After your kernel is built and installed it's time to reboot into the new kernel. If everything boots properly then welcome to your new real-time capable system.
System Tuneage
Even though your kernel may be real-time capable, you will most likely still not be able to run jackd with a frame size of 16 (.667 ms latency with 2 periods/buffers). This is where a little software tweaking is needed.
Building ALSA
First you will want to build the ALSA sound drivers (and libraries if necessary) for your new kernel. The latest version can be had from the ALSA project website. Note: If you are installing ALSA for the first time you will also want to install the libraries and utilities from the ALSA website as well. After extracting the dirvers package navigate into the new directory (alsa-driver-1.0.14 at the time of writing) and issue the following command:
./configure –-with-sequencer=yes –-with-oss=yes –-with-cards=<drivers> --with-card-options=seq-rtctimer-default
you will want to replace <drivers> in the above command to include a comma separated list of the drivers for the sound card(s) on your system. ./configure –-help will give you a full list of drivers and options, you can also find out which driver you need through the sound card matrix Matrix:Main.
Once the ALSA system is configured simply issue the "make" command and watch as your new driver system is built before your eyes. After it's built, as root issue "make install" to install the modules into the /lib/modules/<kernel version> directory. After this you can install the libraries and utilities if necessary with simple "./configure" and "make&&make install" commands. When all this is done you should be able to adjust settings and volumes with the alsamixer utility. A few modprobes may be necessary to get all the drivers loaded properly but they are usually loaded automatically.
After ALSA is installed we will need to modify the PAM security system to allow regular users to operate software at a high priority (real time) level. The file that will allow this is "/etc/security/limits.conf" (in Debian based systems). You will need to add the following lines as root to limits.conf.
@audio - rtprio 95
@audio - memlock 512000
@audio - nice -19
This example is from Florian Schmidt's website and is a recommended default only, though it should work nicely for any system. The "rtprio" setting is the maximum priority a user of the "audio" group can run a task. The "memlock" setting is the maximum amount of memory that a member of the "audio" group can lock with a realtime task. This should be less than your maximum physical amount of memory, some recommend it to be half. "nice" is the minimum "nice level" a task can be run as (the willingness of a task to give up it's cpu time). These settings will get jackd, ardour and other RT capable programs runing at higher priorities, but there is still a bit more to do.
Thread Priorities
The next and final step is to set a few thread priorities. The real time patch should have created several IRQ threads as well as added a "hrtimer" thread. These can be viewed with a quick ps -e. You will need the chrt command to set thread priorities (in Debian this is part of the schedutils package). It doesn't really matter which order you set the priorities just that it is done properly. Scan the output of the ps -e command looking for threads like "softirq-timer" and "softirq-hrtimer", making note of the pid of each one (on my dual core system there are two of each, one for each cpu). Also you will want to find the pid of the IRQ thread that your sound card resides on. Looking at the output of cat /proc/interrupts should reveal this. Then all you have to do is issue a few commands and you're done. The basic format for these are: chrt -f -p 99 <pid> So your commands might be as follows.
chrt -f -p 99 6
chrt -f -p 99 12
chrt -f -p 99 818
These will set the threads identified (6, 12, and 818) to a real-time priority level (99), of course that high of a priority may not be necessary and a bit insecure, feel free to tweak as you see fit. These commands are the last settings that need to be changed and allow the kernel timers to operate on a much higher priority, thus insuring more satisfactory scheduling latencies. The priorities of these processes will need to be reset after each reboot, so a simple init script would suffice for doing this as the pids shouldn't change.
Start recording
The only thing left to do of course is to start recording and making music. You should be able to run jackd with much lower frame sizes than before and much fewer xruns. Enjoy!
Notes on APIC
It is a common problem to experience problems of many types when dealing with APIC enabled kernels and motherboards. These can range from dificulties in setting IRQs to full system lockups when using certain IRQs. If you experience any new problems after booting a real-time patched kernel you might try adding the noapic boot option to grub and see if that solves the problem, also, if you are running a single core processor, or for some reason don't want a kernel optimized for dual core processors then you can try disabling IO-APIC in the kernel config.


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Walk-Out At TNT
Construction Is Curtailed
Estimates Differ As To How Many Are Out; Dispute Is Over Wage Scale Set Here
August 3, 1942
Walk-Out At TNT
Construction Is Curtailed
Estimates Differ As To How Many Are Out; Dispute Is Over Wage Scale Set Here
Construction workers of the West Virginia Ordnance Works, in considerable force, staged a walk-out here this morning.
Both company officials and the strikers said that the dispute responsible is over the local wage scale. Workers are demanding a scale equal to that of defense plants in other areas. If the scale asked for should be granted it would be on a par with Charleston scales.
However, at present granting of the demands looks doubtful.
The Public Relations Dept. of the U. S. Army at the local plant this morning called attention to an agreement between the Labor Dept. and the Army in which a pre-determined scale was set for this particular plant. It is the opinion of Army officials that the agreement will stand.
The Public Relations Dept. also said that strikers estimate that 4,000 men had walked out were highly exaggerated, and that work was going ahead despite the curtailment. The department also stated that up to noon today no one had been found who would assume responsibility for the walk-out.
No pickets are in evidence, but men on the streets today said that they were turned back at the entrances this morning.
Rumors are current that workers at the Marietta Mfg. Co. and at the Navy shipyards will join the strike tomorrow - but no foundation whatever could be found to substantiate them.
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Below are all core requirements needed to earn the Venturing Quest Award.
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- Requirement 3 No.7: Biomechanical Principles and Applications (68K PDF) Biomechanical Principles and Applications. Provides seven principles and three laws of Newton's "model universe".)
- Requirement 4Fitness Testing Yuhasz Equation for calculating percentage of bodyfat, on the TopEndSports.com web site.
- Requirement 4: FITNESSGRAM Scorecard (68K PDF) Sample scorecard used for weight health, aerobic fitness, and muscular strength, endurance and flexibility. (Rev. 1, 11/08)
- Requirement 5, 7: Exercise Safety Excellent resource for exercise aerobic and muscular development procedures, equipment and biomechanical principles, on the ExRx.net web site.
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- Venturing Bronze Award on the BSA scouting.org site.
- Venturing Quest Award on the BSA scouting.org site.


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Confectioners Choccywoccydoodah made this cake commemorating the brutal wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey for a Game of Thrones Season 3 DVD release party. I could see the Lannisters serving up a cake like this as a sort of grim joke—although such an act would be tempting the gods.
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October 25, 2010
To help doctors give their patients the best possible care, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) developed evidence-based recommendations about the use of epoetin (Epogen, Procrit) or darbepoetin (Aranesp) for chemotherapy-related anemia. In 2010, this guideline was updated to reflect results of recent clinical studies and a new analysis of combined data on the use of these drugs. It also summarizes the changes to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) approved prescribing recommendations. This guide for patients is based on the most recent ASCO and ASH recommendations.
Key Messages:
- Epoetin and darbepoetin are drugs that may help treat anemia caused by chemotherapy, lowering the chances of needing a blood transfusion.
- These drugs have serious risks, including blood clots and an increased risk of death.
- It's important that both you and your doctor carefully consider the possible benefits and the risks before using epoetin or darbepoetin to treat chemotherapy-related anemia.
Anemia is a low level of red blood cells (also called low hematocrit), or of hemoglobin, which is the oxygen-carrying part of the red blood cell. When the levels of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin decrease, the body has to work harder to carry oxygen to the cells, which can cause fatigue, muscle weakness, and difficulty breathing. People are diagnosed with anemia using a simple blood test that shows decreased amounts of hemoglobin in the blood. Normal levels of hemoglobin are 12 to 18 grams per deciliter (g/dL), with men naturally having slightly higher levels than women.
Depending on the reason for the anemia, it may be treated in a variety of ways. Doctors generally try to find the cause of anemia and reverse it, such as stopping internal bleeding, if it is the cause. Other specific treatments, such as iron, folate, or vitamin B6 or B12 supplements, can reverse anemia caused by nutritional deficiencies. Sometimes, while trying to find the cause, a red blood cell transfusion is used to replace blood for people who have symptoms or are very ill. Other times, epoetin or darbepoetin are used to increase blood cell production by the body.
Epoetin and darbepoetin are drugs that may help treat anemia caused by chemotherapy. They are similar to the hormone erythropoietin. Erythropoietin is made in the body naturally by the kidneys, and it helps the bone marrow produce more red blood cells in a process called erythropoiesis. For this reason, epoetin and darbepoetin are also called erythropoiesis-stimulating agents or ESAs. Epoetin and darbepoetin are given as a series of injections (shots) and can reduce the need for red blood cell transfusions and increase hemoglobin levels. However, these drugs also have risks, including the risk of serious or life-threatening blood clots. They have also increased the percentage of patients who died in some clinical studies. Furthermore, these drugs may increase tumor growth for some patients with cancer. In 2008, the FDA revised the drugs' labels to restrict the use of epoetin and darbepoetin to only those patients whose treatment is palliative (reducing the severity of symptoms to relieve a person's suffering); they should not be used for patients who are being treated in the hope of curing the cancer.
The ASCO/ASH recommendations for epoetin and darbepoetin treatment are as follows:
- Epoetin and darbepoetin are equally effective for treating anemia from chemotherapy and have similar risks. These drugs should not be used if you are not receiving chemotherapy or if you are receiving chemotherapy to cure the cancer rather than as a palliative treatment. However, they may be considered if you have low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a disorder of the bone marrow that also may cause anemia, even when chemotherapy is not being given.
- If ESAs are being considered, your doctor should talk with you about the possible risks and benefits of their use. They should be used only if you are receiving chemotherapy and have a hemoglobin level less than 10 g/dL. In addition, the risks and benefits should be compared with the risks and benefits of a red blood cell transfusion. ESAs should not be used unless your hemoglobin level falls below 10 g/dL.
- If used, ESAs should be given at the lowest dose needed to raise your hemoglobin levels just enough for you to avoid a blood transfusion, which may be different depending on your circumstances. The dose may be decreased when that level is reached, or if your hemoglobin level increases more than 1 g/dL within two weeks. If your hemoglobin levels aren't rising after six to eight weeks, ESA treatment is not working and your doctor should stop ESA treatment.
- You and your doctor should be cautious about using these drugs if you have a high risk of developing blood clots. Risk factors include a previous blood clot, recent major surgery, long periods of bed rest or limited activity (such as being in the hospital), and certain types of chemotherapy and hormone therapy. Some types of treatment for multiple myeloma (especially thalidomide [Thalomid] or similar drugs) may also increase your risk of developing a blood clot. Learn more about preventing and treating blood clots.
- What is the cause of my anemia?
- How severe is my anemia?
- Am I receiving chemotherapy? What is the goal of my chemotherapy?
- Do I have a high risk of blood clots?
- Is epoetin or darbepoetin appropriate for my type of cancer?
- What are the possible risks of this treatment?
- How could these drugs affect my cancer?
- How will my treatment with epoetin or darbepoetin be monitored?
- How soon might I feel better if I am treated with epoetin or darbepoetin?
- Are there other ways to treat my anemia? What are my options?
- Will I need a blood transfusion if I don't get epoetin or darbepoetin?
- What are the possible risks of a blood transfusion?
- What is the chance that I may need a blood transfusion even if I am treated with epoetin or darbepoetin?
- What clinical trials are open to me?
- Where can I find more information?
Read the entire clinical practice guideline at www.asco.org/guidelines/esa.
American Society of Hematology
About ASCO's Guidelines
To help doctors give their patients the best possible care, ASCO asks its medical experts to develop evidence-based recommendations for specific areas of cancer care, called clinical practice guidelines. Due to the rapid flow of scientific information in oncology, new evidence may have emerged since the time a guideline or assessment was submitted for publication. As a result, guidelines and guideline summaries, like this one, may not reflect the most recent evidence. Because the treatment options for every patient are different, guidelines are voluntary and are not meant to replace your physician's independent judgment. The decisions you and your doctor make will be based on your individual circumstances. These recommendations may not apply in the context of clinical trials.
The information in this patient guide is not intended as medical or legal advice, or as a substitute for consultation with a physician or other licensed health care provider. Patients with health care-related questions should call or see their physician or other health care provider promptly and should not disregard professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of information encountered in this guide. The mention of any product, service, or treatment in this guide should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. ASCO is not responsible for any injury or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of this patient guide, or to any errors or omissions.
The best cancer care starts with the best cancer information. Well-informed patients are their own best advocates, and invaluable partners for physicians. Cancer.Net (www.cancer.net) brings the expertise and resources of ASCO, the voice of the world's cancer physicians, to people living with cancer and those who care for and care about them. ASCO is composed of more than 28,000 oncologists globally who are the leaders in advancing cancer care. The information on Cancer.Net was developed and approved by the cancer doctors who are members of ASCO, making Cancer.Net an up-to-date and trusted resource for cancer information on the Internet. Visit Cancer.Net to find guides on more than 120 types of cancer and cancer-related syndromes, clinical trials information, coping resources, information on managing side effects, medical illustrations, cancer information in Spanish, videos, podcasts, the latest cancer news, and much more. For more information about ASCO's patient information resources, call toll free 888-651-3038.
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Choosing between four different characters, each with their own story line and unique abilities, players are challenged to improve their skills and become World Champion by competing in a host of progressively difficult tournaments on the World Tour.
Let's Fish! Hooked On features beautifully illustrated anime style artwork - designed by well-known Japanese artist Poyoyon Rock (whose most recent character design artwork was used for the manga series The World God Only Knows).
The game is split into four different game modes, World Tour – with its character driven story line, Challenge - quick short-bursts of fishing action and online ranking, Training – to help develop your skills, and Underwater Mode, which lets you view your prized catches, all of which are designed to make use of the PlayStation Vita's impressive features.
The intertwining, and often humorous relationship between the games characters, drives the story as you see just how much fun fishing can be using the PlayStation Vita's touchscreen and rear touch pad.
For more hardcore fishing fans there are nine different kinds of fish to catch – including four different kinds of Bass, Trout and Salmon - and 240 lures to earn across 11 themed outdoor stages, furthermore, the game's intuitive controls mean it's fast and fun to play and has more than enough to keep you entertained, whether you know your Rainbow Trout from your King Salmon, or not.
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Behind KDE: David Faure
This week the Behind KDE interview is with a well known old-timer. He is the guru of kdelibs, but do you know what he does for KDE Sysadmin? Or should I say 'did'? Leave a comment if you get his old timer joke. Meet the one who moved files manually in the CVS era. Meet the guy who developed for KDE before some of you were even born. See how Charm and jazz play an important role in his life. Meet David Faure!
Cool guy
Nice to read an interview with David. I have read many mails and commit messages by him and he seems to be one of the hearts and minds at the core of KDE. Great that there are people like him.
By Mutlu Inek at Sat, 2010/09/25 - 12:10pm
One missing question
How do you achieve this amazing productivity?
I always wondered how one man can be that productive. And that in just 20 hours a week. David must have found the holy grail of software development.
By slangkamp at Sun, 2010/09/26 - 12:09pm
My educated guess would be:
My educated guess would be: focus.
Do one thing, do it well. No email checking every 15 minutes (or push email notifications), random phone calls, or twitter updates. That, combined with skill: so you don't need much time searching documentation. Just have one hour of focused work, rinse, repeat.
By vdboor at Sun, 2010/09/26 - 5:29pm
That productivity is just a myth :)
Search also techbase for "productivity", I made a wiki page with some tips on saving time doing some repetitive tasks (mostly about how to set things up for KDE development).
Anyway, the best asset for productivity is definitely knowledge/experience, indeed; if you know how to do something, you don't need to spend time searching how to do it. Or if how to debug something efficiently, you don't pick the slow way of doing it...
By David Faure at Fri, 2010/10/15 - 12:44pm
Charm time tracker
How does charm compare to Ktimetracker?
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|2012-02-28, 04:30
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The True Culprit
Except there's really no clues about this, and given that, despite it's symbolism, Umineko doesn't actually have a Christian aesop, I don't think it's a very strong argument.
Also, it makes Ryukishi even MORE dishonest.
|2012-02-28, 04:51
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I'm not sure if "honest" or "dishonest" is the right word to use at all here. In EP 5, Virgilia and Ronove explicitly tell us that Beatrice has a very different idea of what constitutes a "fair mystery", and specifically say that the answer might be lost in translation. Remember the riddle about dragons who "fight knights?"
Besides, the idea of using the old meaning of mystery - "a (staged) miracle" - is not so much "hinted at" as "hammered in from the start." Kinzo won't shut up about trying to stage a miracle for the first four episodes.
|2012-02-28, 04:54
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Thanks for the responses!
Firstly I want to get my theory to the very nature of Umineko sorted out first. This is really important and I can't believe I missed it out initially.
I believe that fantasy does in fact exist outside the Game Board. I believe that Witches and the fantasy World does indeed exist, because as long as you believe it, it exists. I believe that the limitations of magic only exists within the Game Board. In the Game Board, "magic" doesn't really exist - it is just Anti-Mystery. Outside the Game Board, one cannot deny the supreme power of magic. The very fact that a Game Board can be established is magic. The final scenes in episode 8 is all magic.
I'm not sure right now in this thread whether the general conscience is that everything that happened in Umineko is just some stories dreamt up by Battler at the end, or whether magic truly exists and everything in Episodes 1~8 literally happened, and in the end is written down by Tohya and Battler. I believe in the latter. I think there is truly a senate of witches and a magical library which stores a lot of Game Boards, with Umineko no Naku Koro ni being the real, literal story about one of them.
With that in mind, I'll start replying to some comments. Naturally, if you think my very fundamental belief above is wrong, feel free to correct me with evidence. After all I probably missed a lot of details of the game after playing all 8 episodes in a roll.
Well, I'm asking that even though AuraTwilight already gave his response below, but your thoughts are interesting to hear as well.
But the scene at the end of Episode 4 strongly implies that Yasu WANTED Battler to remember. But if Battler remembered...then what did she do all this for? Just for Ange? That's not a strong reason I think.
As said above, I believe that everything that happened in 1~8 literally happened. Magic and witches do exist. That means Yasu did get granted power by Lambdadelta to become a real witch, and thus to run the Game. If George is the culprit, I can understand Eva going to such lengths to hide the truth, but why would Yasu go that far? Why would Yasu try to make herself seem like the culprit all this time, just for the sake of protecting George?
If Battler is the culprit, then yes, I can understand Yasu going that far to protect the man he/she loves. And also that explains why Ange is so shocked at the truth in episode 8 that she wish she never saw it. So I guess I can accept that. Yasu did say in episode 4 that all of this involved Battler's 'sin' from 8 years ago. Virgillia did also confirm that "Ushiromiya Battler didn't kill anyone." but again, Red Truths only represent what happened in the Game, and not reality...
All I'm saying is I can accept your theory of Battler being the culprit, but I'd like you to explain a bit more about why your think George is a likely candidate. Thanks for your theory of Battler being the culprit though. I think I believe that he's the culprit too now that I think about the end of episode 5 and the entirety of episode 6. Yeah, he's more likely to be the culprit than Yasu. Except for that boat scene at the end, which hopefully you'll elaborate upon.
Now if you can just explain the boat scene more carefully, as well as why Yasu seemingly wanted Battler to find the Truth in Episode 4, I'll fully accept the theory that Battler is the culprit.
Last edited by ImperialX; 2012-02-28 at 05:10. Reason: Rethought some things.
|2012-02-28, 05:21
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If we have to get a culprit - and I don't think we actually need one, given the strong possibility that the whole mess was an accident - George makes more sense than very nearly anyone else simply on the basis of:
1) His close access to Shannon and thus, potentially, the bomb.
2) Eva's willingness to hide what happened, even at the cost of casting suspicion on herself.
3) The fact that, in every case where "being willing to kill for love" comes up symbolically in the story, he doesn't hesitate at all.
If George set the bomb to blow, Yasu could have run away at the last minute to rescue Battler, then committed suicide out of remorse, especially if George died during all of this. This neatly explains the boat scene.
I still think the evidence favors an accident that nobody would believe. Ange's reaction to Eva's diary, and the low likelihood that George would want to start his married life under a cloud of suspicion (with Shannon complicit) all point in that direction. I mean, geez. An unlabeled switch with no clear on or off position or indication of its function? That's asking for trouble.
|2012-02-28, 05:26
|Link #27945
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Spoiler for Stuff:
... I mean, ahoy, good to have you aboard! To reply to your points, one by one:
1. I think you're probably right about the number of physically alive people. Honestly, whether or not I think Yasu bothered using Kanon in the real world changes from day to day.
2. I agree with Aura that the scene of Yasu and Battler escaping together was likely a fantasy. Also of bizarre note is Tohya in the EP8 ??? claiming that he entered the tunnels with Eva, split up with her, and wound up in the submarine base while she wound up at the Kuwadorian.
3. I rather disagree and think several unpleasant, nasty things about Ryukishi keeping the box sealed forever, both in principle, and with the reasoning the story offered for doing so. I won't say I didn't enjoy EP8, but I did find it pretty ... morally disagreeable, as a whole.
4. I also disagree that Yasu was the "culprit" in the real world, proper. I don't recall the specific passages, but several lines in EP8 (and not a moment before) finally made me back down from accusing her of mass murder. I still think she's pretty culpable on a "common sense" level, though.
5. I personally haven't thought of a theory of what happened on the island that feels entirely satisfying. It has to be something that Eva would bother hiding, and would make Ange react extremely badly and retreat into her Eva-culprit theory. On a weaker level of certainty are the ideas that George and Hideyoshi were definitely murdered...
All I can really assume from Eva's diary is that Shannon made her challenge as Beatrice, and sooooomebody solved the epitaph. However, if the epitaph was really solved on the first night, there's literally noone on the island that has a motive to commit murder that makes simple sense. And I'm not even talking mass murder, there's not a single person for whom it makes sense to kill even a single other person in such a case, as far as we've been told.
And if you take into account (which maybe one shouldnt) those images from the diary that were removed (but still in the data, or...something?), then yeesh, just YEESH.
Spoiler for Not even sure I really wanna link to a 2.5 hour video...:
|2012-02-28, 05:37
|Link #27946
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
I don't think Yasu did it. Yasu just doesn't seem so heartless, for one. Another is the story she crafted; why kill everyone and send out multiple message bottles telling different stories as to how they died? The message bottles aren't really confessions of murder.
Anyway, my favorite idea is that the explosion was the end result of a "murder mystery game" gone wrong.
The idea of a fake murder game can be taken from various episodes. Episodes 5 and 6 are the most obvious, but even episodes 1, 2, and 4 make more sense if you see a fake murder game orchestrated by Yasu as the motivation for so many characters to lie. For example, in episode 1 Maria comes off as someone who is insane enough to believe the epitaph so literally that she's completely unconcerned with anyone's death, including her own mother's. But what if Maria isn't insane? What if she actually knows the difference between the real world and make believe and is just acting? Rosa's fine and Maria knows it; it's all pretend. And it's really fun for Maria! She's just loving all the attention she's getting playing a central role in the game and tricking all those people who would normally just make fun of her when she talks about magic.
There are numerous variations of the murder game theory. Many have speculated that there was a fake murder game orchestrated by Yasu, but hijacked by someone else in order to commit real murders. There is also the idea that the fake murder game was just Yasu's ruse to trick people into being accomplices for what would ultimately be real murders. But my personal favorite is that Yasu was running an innocent fake murder game that was too realistic for its own good; the unfortunate result being that someone who wasn't in on the game snapped from paranoia and, in mistaken self-defense, killed someone else for real, which snowballed into more people killing each other and ultimately the clock switch being flipped for some reason. In particular I love the idea that it was Battler who snapped, because then all the stuff in episodes 1 and 2 about how "he should just accept the witch" and "he shouldn't suspect any of the 18" carries very interesting moral weight.
Yasu's fake murder game being the cause of everyone's deaths would also explain Yasu's sense of guilt over the incident, and her desire to take responsibility for the "murders".
Also, how a murder game fits with the epitaph and another reason I don't think Yasu did it:
|2012-02-28, 06:38
|Link #27947
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 26
Awesome stuff!
Wow, I'm hearing so many good points about the game I never thought about before. I'm growing to love it even more!
Battler or some other paranoid snapping and killing someone for real I can understand though. Provided the "Murder Game" actually started. That makes a lot of sense, and also explains why Battler and Eva were walking together before they got separated, and Battler getting into the Boat with Yasu. This point was brought up by Kealym.
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|2012-02-28, 08:21
|Link #27948
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Another sorta crazy theory~
Pushing further the logic of "the real Kinzo" vs the one in Yasu's story, I've been wondering basically how much of everything is altered. Yasu does that, rewriting things in order to make sense and be part of something larger. Her treatment of Battler shows that pretty well.
So basically, what if this is arc 7? A world rewritten to make sense to Yasu.
No time to get into what this can entail, but the idea is that the more she tried to prevent her "world" from crumbling apart, the more Yasu ended up having to picture negatively everyone in the family. Arc 8 arguably could be the result of actually breaking Yasu's illusion: in it, Battler shows a family where everyone is nice to each other and claims that Ange forgot that this is how things really were.
I guess it's like saying that "fantasy" is an illusion, but so is "mystery" in most aspects. If we compare "reality" to how much Yasu imagined insane things considering Battler, and try to apply that to everyone else, I think a lot of assumptions falls back.
One interesting thing about this is that Kinzo is never shown to be particularity nice to Shannon or push her to solve the epitaph, while he is particularily nice to Kanon and pushes him to solve the epitaph. The former being the truth, the later being how she rewrote it to make sense as part of her story? It sounds likely to me.
So perhaps basically a huge part of the Umineko backstory is only how Yasu rebuilds things. The probably best example I can think of is how everyone dies as a result of Battler's sin. That's certainly not an universal truth, but this is probably how Yasu rewrote things to make sense with her "world". She seems very obcessed with ideas such as fate and various other esoteric ideas that aren't necessarily magic.
When Eva accused her of just taking advantage of George in arc 2 (and that will later dump him or so implied by Eva) was actually pretty much right on the mark, it seems, yet it was presented to us in a way where Shannon agrees with Eva but only because she's a "furniture and servant" (and not because she actually loves someone else).
So ultimately, Umineko would be about breaking off two set of illusions and to redeem everyone in the family.
|2012-02-28, 10:37
|Link #27949
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 26
Here's another question if any of you are interested. It's about the ???? Ending of Episode 8. So...what exactly is your take of what happened at the very end, when Battler was greeted by the little children, and suddenly everyone appears around him, welcoming him into the Golden Land?
My take is that it was indeed supernatural. ANGE is a real witch unlike Yasu, who just getting sponsored by a real witch (Lambdadelta) to host a Game for them, being granted magical powers within the Game Board and the Game Board alone. Battler noted this as well, saying that in the outside World, she will not have "magical butlers" to do her bidding. ANGE has demonstrated true magic outside the Game Board several times such as episode 4.
As I said before, I believe that Magic only doesn't exist within a Game Board. Within a Game Board, Magic is simply a weapon of Anti-Mystery. There is no "real magic". Real Magic does exist outside the Game Board though, and since there is no GM or Reader, anything "magical" IRL must be real magic. Thus ANGE is a real witch. In the final scene, as the Witch of Resurrection, she resurrected everyone for Battler. I know, I know...cheesy ending, what?
Naturally many people will say that it's just illusions going inside Battler's head. I don't deny that possibility, but I'm just saying that ANGE, as the Golden Witch, should have the ability to do something like this. If someone wants to disprove my theory, they'll certainly have to convince me that ANGE is not a real witch, but merely a territorial witch like Beatrice first. Otherwise, there's no reason for her not to do so.
Again, having come into this thread without reading the previous 1300 pages, I suspect that what I said have been covered (and possibly proven wrong) before. If that's the case, it's most appreciated if you can let me in on the loop.
Yes, it's clear that Yasu is delusional, but underneath all his/her imagination, we can still have a general idea of what's going on. It's true that everything here happens within a Game Board in which Featherine/Bernkastel? is the Game Master, but I don't think she is the one who would want to conceal the Truth. After all, in most of episode 8 she wanted to reveal the Truth, and she ran episode 7 to prove her theories.
Everyone can interpret Umineko subjectively, and that's what make it a masterpiece. I personally don't believe episode 7 to be untrustworthy or illusional by all means, because I feel that would undermine staple theories of the series.
|2012-02-28, 10:49
|Link #27950
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Join Date: Nov 2011
When Tohya sees that one room on the Fukuin House (Which Ange made to look like the parlor or something on the Mansion on Rokkenjima) Battler "revives" as a personality and is greeted by Beatrice. Hachijo Ikuko is Beatrice, waiting for Battler to revive, and thus, we get the scene where Beatrice says "I've waited for you, Battler"
That way, Ange's tittle as a Resurrection Witch has some use outside fantasy.
|2012-02-28, 10:56
|Link #27951
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 26
I'm wondering how you arrived at Ikuko=Yasu/Beatrice theory?
|2012-02-28, 10:56
|Link #27952
Join Date: May 2009
Let's say there really is 10t of gold, it's sitting right in front of you, and you want it. Let's accept as true, simply for the sake of argument, that you'd even be willing to kill others to keep it. You've got a gun in your hand, nobody around you suspects your motivation. You have motive and you have means.
But hang on. How are you going to get away with it? The gold is sitting there, being extremely heavy and extremely valuable. Great. So...
Kyrie's behavior in that scene just doesn't match her character at all. She's impulsive, flashy, and stupid. That's an absolute reversal from her usual attitude and the idea that she would believe she'd actually get away with things is ridiculous. Nevermind the problems above with actually keeping the money (if there is any money), how's she going to duck the suspicions that she was involved if her family is "conveniently" the only ones surviving? At least Eva was alone, creating the argument that she wouldn't have abandoned her husband and son which casts doubt on whether she did it.
Now, you can argue "gold makes people behave irrationally," but if we reach that point it becomes impossible to really bother trying to come up with a "reason" why someone would've done it. Irrational behavior by its nature means someone wasn't thinking about it. That basically excuses anything, which means we're right back to square one. What was all the development for then? Surely we're being shown information that suggests some people either are or are not the type to be swayed by this temptation?
This is without taking into consideration several other factors:
That's the thing, here. To justify any one murder, you either have to explain why the other murders would happen, or justify the murderer also having motive to kill everyone else. The only such motive we're presented is Yasu's, and hers is quite absurd and constantly contradicted. Believing in an accident ultimately seems to make the most sense, simply because the very idea that someone would do it intentionally is ludicrous. That doesn't mean it's the case, but the evidence is not strong enough for much else. Unfortunately, evidence has been withheld from us as readers.
1) What if it's the opposite? That is, Kinzo knew who Yasu was (or suspected) and pushed her to solve the epitaph because he wanted her to do it and he was a nice guy? But, believing herself not to be important or worthy of the consideration (she has self-esteem issues, after all), she invented this idea that Shannon was somehow treated more distantly.
2) There's a number of memories Kanon has in ep6 that don't seem to make any particular sense. He remembers hanging out with Kinzo on friendly terms, for example. These don't appear to be Yasu's memories, but how do we know they're not, and if they aren't, what the hell is Kanon doing remembering things that never actually happened to him? What's the point of showing us that?
|2012-02-28, 10:56
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^However, Pieces can only be moved in patterns that follows their personality, right? To put it in another way, they couldn't make Natsuhi's piece rape Battler, or to quote someone else demonstrating this, make Nanjo build a nuclear reactor.
So it clearly shows that Kyrie and Rudolf are willing to kill everyone on the island. Or am I mistaken?
|2012-02-28, 11:08
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|2012-02-28, 11:20
|Link #27955
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Now I agree that people are probably not going to kill each other, much less family, for just money. As you said, the adults are constantly shown in a positive light (by the Game Masters), but what if you throw in the fact that someone just died in front of you, and there are bombs planted underneath your feet ready to go off? Can you still think rationally? Can you?
I'm not disapproving your theory because I can't. As you said, there isn't enough evidence, but it's just a thought. Thanks for your insight though, it was very interesting. And I still think the spray-painted Fe is going a bit too far. The entire family fortune started by lending out one single ingot for the businessman to inspect. That was legit gold, right?
|2012-02-28, 11:34
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I'm not saying I believe in an accident, I'm saying the only conclusion I can reach from the evidence I've been given is an accident, unless Ryukishi reveals some of the evidence he's intentionally hiding from his readers.
Also, "it was an accident" does not entail that any murders happened, nor does it require a murder game happened. It's not unfathomable that there was just a chance detonation during the storm, entirely without human intervention. Is it implausible? Yes, but so is having dozens of WW2 torpedoes rigged to explode 40 years after the fact. Why would we believe one and not the other?
As far as the gold's veracity: First of all, we don't know there was ever any gold, and we don't know that Kinzo got it from an Italian submarine. What we do know is that Kinzo presented at least one gold bar to a business associate, and this person supposedly confirmed its existence to the satisfaction of people who gave Kinzo loans. Now, if you ask me, which is more plausible and more in character with Kinzo's personality: That he really did happen to have 10t of WW2 gold, or that he scraped together the illusion that he did with a bit of manipulation?
Having said that, it isn't especially relevant whether it's real or not, as I think it's merely a distraction from the real issue. For example, if Yasu was really the killer, money didn't matter to her at all. She had the 10t of gold, and she didn't care. So right away that makes the motive of the presented culprit figure non-financial in nature. And indeed, every other motive we have is related to love, or jealousy, or some associated thing thereof. Hell, George is suspicious as all get-out, and even he says he'd rather make his own fortune his own way!
I'm also not sure I'd buy Ange's reaction being what it was in ep8 if what she read was "Somebody killed everybody else for money." That's exactly the sort of answer she was afraid she might see. That's the sort of answer that she'd been teased about. The implication seems to be that what she saw was both surprising and underwhelming. Given the psychological impact some theories seemed to have on her, whatever she saw apparently wasn't that traumatic.
EDIT: Regarding Yasu's "sins," consider that the message bottles created the rampant murder speculation. Could that, rather than any actual physical wrong, have been her sin?
|2012-02-28, 12:26
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|2012-02-28, 12:59
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The only 2 coherent arguments about this are:
1-There were no hospitals wherever Battler landed.
2-Ikuko didn't take him to a hospital because she just didn't feel like it. Perhaps because she is an "hermit" and didn't want to be somewhere public (And if this were the case, why would she be driving on a car in the middle of a stormy night?)
Another thing is that, Ikuko is pretty much living Beatrice's ideal life.
You know, living with Battler (Well, not exactly him), writing mysteries together and having a ton of cash avaliable so they don't have to work.
Besides, the background behind Ikuko is kind of suspicious.
She is a super wealthy hermit that writes mystery as a hobby (Kind of like Yasu) and gets money for not showing up with her family because she is kind of a weirdo and gives them a bad image. This gives Ikuko/Yasu a good alibi for not showing any of her unexisting family.
Not only that, we get an early description from Battler where he says that Ikuko is kind of old, but not TOO old.
Then, at the end of EP8, Ange meets Ikuko+Tohya and describes Ikuko as "Someone who should be a lot older than Battler and still looks too young" or something like that.
Maybe, when Ikuko/Yasu rescued Battler/Tohya, she used makeup to look older and with the pass of the years, she just stoped using that. This isn't a groundbreaking idea, after all, Yasu was introduced as a servant to the Ushiromiya House as 2 or 3 years younger than what he/she actually was.
Besides all of this, there are 2 things that make me believe that Yasu survived the explosion and is living somewhere.
First of all is the bank account introduced in EP4.
As far as we know, Beato sent 3 cards + pins + keys to access to part of the money stored into the bank account.
We know from both Nanjo's son and Kumasawa's son that there were around 20 rooms with cash for this account. Each of them had access to ONLY one room. When they opened those rooms with their keys, each of them found around 100.000.000 yens. That (possibly) leaves 18.000.000.000 yens untouched.
Why would Yasu store SO MUCH FREAKING MONEY if she was going to die anyway?
We could argue that Yasu sent a credit card + key to everyone in the island (That makes around 18 pepole) BUT, she didn't send a credit card+key to either Rudolf or Kyrie.
Ange got a letter, however, her parents didn't.
Another reason that makes me think that Yasu is alive is this:
EP 1 and 2 were both wrote by Beatrice.
We are led to believe that they were wrote before October 4th of 1986.
However, that is impossible. Why?
Because Ange DOESN'T appear as a character in those 2 tales.
Beatrice had no way of knowing that Ange would be abscent that day. After all, she had stomach ache. How would Beato know that someone would have stomach ache that day?
Not only that.
Battler has been abscent for 6 years in a row, and yet, Beatrice knew that he would come that day.
Isn't that too much of a casuality or a big logic hole by Ryukishi?
Isn't it easier to assume that Yasu survived the explosion and wrote the games afterwards?
Funny thing. The password to the bank account is both Beato's and Battler's birthdays
|2012-02-28, 13:17
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Especially with Ryukishi barking up that tree constantly. He seems to have said it pretty clearly in the work: Beatrice didn't kill anyone, but the message bottles created an environment in which people could believe that she (or someone else) had. So why does he appear to contradict himself in interviews with vague suggestions that she was the killer or somehow responsible for the deaths? Is he trying to be intentionally misleading in his interviews, or what?
|2012-02-28, 13:55
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What really convinced me was when I was trying to make sense of Maria's weird behavior while rewatching the first arc of the Umineko anime . It's really kind of funny and cute how over-the-top she is, actually, when you look at her with the murder game idea in mind. Plus,
Spoiler for Higurashi:
Also, "to put the Witch to sleep for all time", as read in the epitaph, does not require Yasu's literal death, but would probably require Beatrice's "death" as a mode.
I don't have any disagreement with "the meta-world and magic are real" as a valid interpretation, as I believe that was RK07's intent. I see it as a kind of dualism where magic is meant to be both real and not at the same time. It's all a matter of which method of interpretation the storyteller/observer prefer to use.
However, in discussions about "what really happened" I would say that magic doesn't really have a "real" place.
There's also Beatrice's general desire to be acknowledged. Take Yasu's trick to make that one maid's key disappear off of her key ring for example. She did that because the maid didn't take Beatrice seriously.
There's also just the fun of it. Especially for Maria. "HAPPY HALLOWEEN FOR MARIA" .
I'm not saying that's exactly what really happened, but Yasu really does have the resources to get the adults to do what she wants. And it's a lot easier to bribe someone into humoring a fake murder game than it is to bribe them into being accomplices to real mass murder.
I think that Yasu "took responsibility" by making herself an actual culprit in her fictions, because, even though she didn't kill anyone, she still thinks the greatest fault lies with herself.
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The Short Man
Apolo Ohno: Gold-medal-winning Olympic speed skater, Dancing with the Stars champ
165 lbs
"All the suits I buy have to be tailored, no matter what. But it's not just because of my height; it's because I've been skating for so long. My waist is very small, but my legs are just huge. Most really nice suitmakers are Italian, and usually they make suit pants for Italian men. I'm like, Those Italians must have pretty skinny legs."
Don't wear a longer suit jacket. It just makes your legs look shorter.
Don't wear fat ties and wide lapels; keep it slim.
The 5 Tips Every Short Man Should Know
Be honest with yourself. Admit you're short and **buy short-length suits. **
A pant leg with very little break will help you look taller.
Show some cuff to lengthen the look of your arms.
A peak lapel helps elongate your physique.
A lower button stance creates long lines, and that essentially stretches you out.
Suit, $2,120, by Gucci. Shirt, $250, by Ralph Lauren Black Label. Tie, $210, by Dolce & Gabbana. Shoes, $1,100 by Hermés.
The more pared-down you are, the taller you'll appear. So ditch the belt. Going beltless looks cool, and if your suit fits properly, your pants will stay in place.
Pants, $375, by Calvin Klein Collection.
You don't want to look like you've got weights around your ankles. Wear slender shoes.
Shoes, Salvatore Ferragamo, $520
The Tall Man
Raja Bell: Shooting guard, Phoenix Suns
210 lbs
"When I first got into the NBA, I tried to buy a couple of suits off the rack, but they didn't fit. To get the length I needed, I also got boxiness. They would have to taper the jacket, but then I felt like I had wings under the armpits. So I started going to a tailor. And that's the key: Pick out a good tailor and just trust him… You want the suit to fit the way you want it to fit, but let him handle the details. That's what he gets paid to do."
Don't buy suits with oversize, padded shoulders. They swallow you up, making you look frailer, not bigger.
Don't wear extra-slim ties. You need ties with a bit of width so they won't appear to elongate your torso.
The 5 Tips Every Tall Man Should Know
Lighter colors add width to a narrow frame.
A two-button suit works great on a tall man—as long as the suit has relatively high-cut lapels.
Just because you're tall doesn't mean you need an extra-long suit size. **Try on a long first. **
Keep the amount of cuff you show to a minimum.
Ask for a decent amount of break in your trousers, so your long legs don't look too long.
Suit, $1,830, by Prada at Barneys New York. Shirt, $640, by Jil Sander at Barneys New York. Tie, $150, by Gucci. Shoes, $315, by Allen-Edmonds.
Take a pass on those pointy dress shoes—you don't want to make your feet look longer than they are. Opt instead for a slightly rounder toe, to help keep your foot size in check.
Shoes, $495, by Giorgio Armani.
After you knot your tie, never have enough length left to reach the back loop? Don't buy a new, longer tie; just ask your tailor to move up the loop.
Tie, $98, by John Varvatos Star USA.
When you're tall, you want your clothes to play down your height—to keep things in proportion. Accessories that cut across your body, such as belts, quarter-folded pocket squares, and horizontally striped ties, help accomplish this.
Belt, $395, by J.M. Weston. Tie, $95, by Ralph Lauren. Pocket square, $38, by Paul Stuart.
The Large Man
Horatio Sanz: Actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live alum
250 lbs
"One of the problems I have is with shirts: Getting my neck size to match my body size is difficult, and sometimes the collar is too high, too—I end up feeling choked. With pants, I wear mine a little high, and sometimes they ride up too much or feel like they're going to fall off if they're not high enough. Basically, I've spent my life trying to avoid wearing suits on a regular basis. The last suit I bought from a store was for my junior prom. It was kind of silver in color, and my mom adjusted it for me."
Don't wear a roomy suit. It doesn't make you look slimmer—it makes you look sloppy.
Don't go untucked.
The 5 Tips Every Large Man Should Know
Wear a pocket square. It brings the focus to your chest, not your gut.
Keep your jacket buttoned unless you're sitting down.
Wear a simple, elegant shirt. Avoid plaids and checks.
You can wear flat-front pants. They are engineered to be comfortable, even without pleats.
Avoid superskinny ties and lapels. Proportion with your torso is key.
Suit, $2,485, and shirt, $235, by Ermenegildo Zegna. Tie, $170, by Dsquared. Shoes, $795, by Church's. Cuff links and pocket square by Paul Stuart. Watch by Cartier.
Avoid having to choose between strapping your pants above or below your belly: Wear suspenders and float your waist.
Suspenders, $69, by J.Press.
Choose shoes that have a substantial sole. You need something solid to anchor your weight.
Shoes, $950, by Ralph Lauren.
The Athletic Man
Chuck Liddell: Ultimate Fighting champion
205 lbs
"I hear You actually look good in a suit!' a lot. It's kind of a sideways compliment. Like, What, you don't expect me to look good in a suit? But the fact is, it's hard finding something that fits right everywhere. Some of the shirts I get are too short in the torso because of my shoulders. And I have a pretty big neck for my size—between eighteen and a half and nineteen inches. A normal shirt isn't made for that big of a neck. If it is, they think you're three feet wide and weigh 300 pounds."
Don't wear peak lapels. Your chest and shoulders are broad enough—no need to accentuate them.
Don't wear a pocket square. It's not necessary to call more attention to your already proud chest.
The 5 Tips Every Athletic Man Should Know
A solid build doesn't mean your suit should be a size too large.
Two-button jackets sync up with the V shape of your torso.
Low-collar shirts work well with a thicker neck.
Your jacket will likely need to be **taken in at the sides. **
Yes, you can wear **narrow-cut trousers. ** It's your chest that needs room, not your ankles.
Suit, $1,995, by Dolce & Gabbana. Shirt, $695, and tie, $135, by Giorgio Armani. Shoes, $575, by Marc Jacobs.
Look for shirts labeled "slim" or "athletic." You don't need excess fabric hanging off that toned midsection of yours.
Shirt, $435, by Dolce & Gabbana.
You don't want anything clunky on your feet, but you also don't want to look like you're wearing ballet flats.
Shoes, $595, by J.M. Weston.


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Venue: Milford High School
Address: 1 Eagles Way, Milford, OH 45150
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- Registration can be done online at a discounted rate prior to the event or as a walk up at the field for $50 more. Online registrations close 3 days prior to the event and this date and time is posted on each event's page at the top.
- If pre-registered, print the Payment Confirmation page and bring it to the field as proof of pre-registration.
- Continue to periodically check this event page for any possible updates. We run our events rain or shine and any weather updates will be posted here as necessary.
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- Participants will meet in center-field of a designated field for a debriefing of the Showcase.
- Participants will break off to their assigned fields by age group after the debriefing.
- Participants will warm up in center field and run the 60 yard dash.
- OF down right field line to play catch, IF down left field line to play catch, Catchers play catch on either side
- Outfielders will go next and will throw 2 balls to 3rd and 3 balls to home.
- Infielders will go next and will field and throw 5 balls to 1st. (All first basemen will field and throw 5 balls to 3rd.)
- Catchers will go next and will get 5 throws to 2nd for their pop times.
- Participants will be put into groups for hitting and bullpen sessions (both catchers and pitchers will be evaluated at this time).
- Hitters 9u – 12u Underhand short screen. Each player 10 swings. 13u & 14u Live BP. Each Player 10 swings.
- Pitchers – 10 pitches off mound ( 5 Fastballs, 4 Off-Speed of pitcher's choice, finish with a Fastball).
- Brief discussion with all participants before the event is concluded.
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- Results will be posted by the Wednesday after the event. These can be accessed from this event page or usssa.com under the All American Program tab – All American 9U-14U Registration.
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- Regional Team Rosters will be released after the conclusion of the last showcase for each region. They will be publicly announce according to the Selection Show schedule found at the bottom of the All American Showcases 9U-14U Regional Map. Players and parents will not be notified prior to this airing. The map can be found at the following link: http://usssaallamerican.com/all-american-showcase-team-tryouts-for-9u-14u/
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Smoothie King Franchises Inc. unveiled its new store design with the opening of two new locations in South Florida. Smoothie King will hold a grand opening with CEO Wan Kim and president Tom O'Keefe at its new location in Dolphin Mall. Smoothie King's newly redesigned store in Fort Lauderdale opened last week at 2202 East Oakland Park Blvd.
"This is an exciting time in Smoothie King's history as we unveil a new look for our reenergized brand. The new store design demonstrates our leading position in the smoothie category and positions us to realize the aggressive growth strategy I've challenged my team to achieve over the next five years," says Smoothie King Global CEO Wan Kim. "We've already received positive feedback from customers at our Oakland Park location since opening earlier this month. I look forward to joining our team on opening day at Dolphin Mall to introduce our brand to the millions of local and international shoppers who pass through the mall each year."
Smoothie King's new store design in Dolphin Mall and Fort Lauderdale reinforces the company's new positioning of offering purpose-based smoothies for every need. Features include the company's recently unveiled new brand logo, visuals reinforcing the brand's purpose-driven positioning, and a comfortable seating area.
"The new store design immerses our guests into Smoothie King's new brand positioning," says Bret Cunningham, vice president of design and construction. "From the comfortable seating atmosphere to the ease of ordering your favorite smoothie, we're excited to unveil these new designs in the South Florida market."
In addition to the new look and feel, the two new locations will offer the company's newest smoothie, Firm and Burn, which combines the shaping up benefits of Gladiator, Smoothie King's proprietary low carb meal replacement, with the weight management benefits of Lean1, Nutrition53's bestselling fat burning meal replacement.
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A proposal to create an independent police monitor in Aurora is an intriguing possibility that merits a close look by elected officials in this growing Colorado city.
And the fact that the idea is not prompted by crisis actually may work in its favor.
You might wonder whether an independent monitor is needed if there aren't immediate problems.
But the notion of creating such a position absent the heightened emotions that often accompany a controversial police action allows for a rational and balanced look at the issues without pressure.
We're glad to see Aurora moving forward on this matter.
The issue is set to be discussed Tuesday at a City Council public safety committee meeting. We hope the councilmembers will explore issues such as who would hire the monitor, what input others, including community members, might have in the decision and what authority the position would have.
The question of authority is an important one. Should the monitor be able to issue subpoenas? Should the monitor be allowed access to crime scenes?
These are matters that should be hashed out not just among councilmembers, but a broader group of interested parties, including the police.
There also is the issue of money. An independent police monitor, of course, would get a salary and benefits. But the position would also require some degree of support staff.
How to pay for such a position is an important question for the City Council to contemplate.
In Denver, the addition of an independent police monitor has been a net positive.
Unfortunately, it came in the wake of controversial police shootings, including the 2003 shooting of mentally disabled teenager Paul Childs by a police officer.
The position was intended to critique police investigations and discipline of police personnel. It was part of a plan to boost citizen confidence in how the department is run by adding independent oversight.
Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan, who is proposing a similar structure, said creating a police monitor position was something he has thought about for years.
It would add an arm's-length review of disciplinary decisions that are handled by internal affairs and the police chief. Aurora also has a civil service commission that provides an appeals process for disciplinary actions against civil service employees.
"An independent monitor could be of value in situations where there are disagreements between the chief, the officer and the city," Hogan said.
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Category : SeaFood
No. of Pages : 101 pages
Seafood refers to any form or type of sea life which is considered as food by humans. Seafood mainly includes varieties of shellfish and fish. Shellfish comprises various echinoderms, crustaceans, and mollusks. Palatable sea plants such as microalgae and seaweeds are also eaten as seafood, mainly in Asian countries. The harvesting of wild seafood is basically called fishing and its farming and cultivation is known as pisciculture or aquaculture. With the number of consumers preferring seafood rising across the globe, the seafood industry is expected to witness a progressive change in the coming years.
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