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Friday, September 2, 2011
Fighting is Magic Livestream in 30 Minutes!
99 comments:
- Killsteal_Wolf said...
Someone set a recording please. Far too late for me to watch it being here in the UK.
- September 2, 2011 at 4:33 PM
- ZAquanimus said...
@Mane6 DevTeam
That's my bad. >.>
I sent him the link and info after all... ^.^; - September 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- danegraphics said...
@Mane6 DevTeam Lol... I don't think so...
Anyway, Imma record it. You guys okay with this? - September 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- Basharoonskis said...
Frick yes! I hope they show more than Twilight this time, I really wanna see how Pinkie or Dash play. Even if it is just Twilight and AJ it's still gonna be amazing!
- September 2, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Sethisto said...
@Mane6 DevTeam
Err, was I not supposed to post this one? I thought you guys sent it a while back! - September 2, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- ShakeBunny said...
I've been patiently waiting for the last two hours. :D
- September 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Mane6 DevTeam said...
We're just kidding. Thanks for the plug :) - September 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Fritz X said...
I'm quite positive he was being sarcastic...
Even if the stream chat is close to a meltdown, indeed. - September 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Tiroth said...
Nearly 1,200 now. And does the music remind anyone else of Radical Dreamers?
- September 2, 2011 at 4:44 PM
- Steve said...
Update: Apparently, over 1300 people in one chat room makes things scroll far too fast.
- September 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- Michael Grover said...
I'm glad Anukan made the chat mods only, it was getting really messy
- September 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- Mr.Anonymous said...
Don't be sorry, Anakun
but you can direct the bronies on a specific subject or ask them questions however you like.
Such as, who's the best pony? - September 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- showmetheblueprints said...
Chat has been disabled. Direct all chat spam to here! /)^ɛ^(\
- September 2, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Nyerpy said...
Well, here's hoping the new footage proves me wrong about this game.
It looks/sounds too BlazBlue-esque for my tastes. - September 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- frith said...
Ponies kicking the crap out of each other? You so silly! 8^D Kick-boxing ponies is not my scene, but I think I'm going to enjoy watching the women-entitlement league piss and moan some more about neckbeard bronys taking over _their_ ponies, getting all the attention and doing _awful_ things to toys that are off-limits for boys.
- September 2, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Zirro said...
I was just about to go to bed. It's 2 AM here, and then this comes up on my last EQD refresh. Oh well, it's going to be a day full of tiredness tomorrow :)
- September 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- Guywithpasta said...
The number of watchers is getting dangerously close to 2000...
- September 2, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- frith said...
2037 viewers! Does that reflect how many people are on EqD at this time of day/night at any give 20 minute period? Cool.
- September 2, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- frith said...
2646 viewers! But I can't bear to watch. 8^( Poor Twilight Sparkle.
- September 2, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- Dusty the Royal Janitor said...
Any idea what the story is in this game? Call me a pansy but there's just something about the ponies beating the living crap out of each other that rubs me the wrong way, unless there's a really good reason for it.
If it's just "a fighting tournament has come to Ponyville" like in that one fanfic or something akin to that then somehow I don't believe I'll partake... - September 2, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- The Uncanny Poster. said...
Man, this stream is totally screwed... I meant to get on two hours ago but fell asleep...
Their server is going to crash.
Someone please tape it so I can watch it later... - September 2, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- OhYouFoal said...
Suddenly rarity.
Suddenly no rarity.
Come on guys, just ONE little bonus? - September 2, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- mycutiemarkisagun said...
This game looks amazing. DAMN this fanbase is something else.
- September 2, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- Crasher said...
Over 3000 viewers. People must feel proud.
On the other hand, the chat bar scrolls a little bit TOO fast. - September 2, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- daddyboom said...
They accidentally showed off a second of Rarity, and it was glorious!
- September 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- 93d00bbe-cb8d-11e0-9537-000f20980440 said...
Uh, question. They've gone over 3000 viewers.
The free limit is 50 viewers.
For $350 a month you get 3000 viewer hours, and additional viewer hours are $0.27 per hour.
Just how much is it gonna cost these guys? - September 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- Dr. Henry Killinger said...
This is a fantastic piece of work, especially noting the limited manpower and 0 budget this team has to work on. And they are releasing this for free?! That's insulting, I simply must pay something for something of this quality, I'd feel like some kind of dirty pirate if I didn't.
Hey game companies, pick these guys up. I can't see how they wouldn't be credits to team whatever studio they end up in. - September 2, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- Atiarotias said...
oh wow almost 2900 now. I can't see! Move over move over!
- September 2, 2011 at 5:42 PM
- sleepingcobrox said...
Someone from Hasbro needs to see this beautiful piece of work!
- September 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Fritz X said...
@Dr. Henry Killinger
Agreed. Maybe people get the chance to donate via paypal to give these guys a little back.
The game already looks incredibly nice, even if it's obviously in a very early stage of development. Oh well... When it's done, once again. - September 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Joe England said...
"Dear Princess Celestia,
Today I learned that part of friendship is kicking ass. Whether it's kicking the asses of your closest friends, or letting them kick your ass, a good ass-kicking can do a pony a world of good! It may sound strange to think that beating the holy crap out of somepony can be an act of friendship, but now I know that in the end it can be the purest expression of friendship there is. Perhaps you could visit Ponyville sometime and I could kick your ass! I'll bet I could take you, you wrinkled old maniac. Ha ha. See what I mean? The point is, if friends are true, then that friendship will remain even after the ass has been kicked.
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle" - September 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Katherine Sularz said...
I was showing my husband a Twilight vs Twilight match, and he coined the phrase "horndouken". :D
- September 2, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- James Corck said...
Well, that was a lot of fun.
Rarity sneaking in proves she's the Spy of the group XD That was a very fun demo. I can't wait to see how the rest of the cast performs. - September 2, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Ardashir said...
I'm guessing that the final boss battle will be against one of the following:
1) Trollestia
2) Lauren Faust turned to evil and/or possessed by the evil of Nightmare Moon
3) A Hasbro executive who wants to cancel the show - September 2, 2011 at 6:03 PM
- showmetheblueprints said...
@Dr. Henry Killinger
I believe it would be illegal for them to accept money for the game, for the same reason the makers of mods in video games can't accept money. - September 2, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Laurence Brown said...
Pure awesome. Any lingering doubts I may have had about this game reaching completion just got sent to the moon via Celestia's giant cannon.
And 3k+ viewers? WOW! Good to know there will be a large player base out there when the game finally goeslive =) - September 2, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- Alfy said...
Wow... those numbers fell like pies! From 3000 to 800 and counting down... Good game though! Keep up the good work!
- September 2, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- Fire Brony said...
That book lazer was beautiful, and the way Twi covers her eyes right before the lazer fires? So adorable!
- September 2, 2011 at 6:07 PM
- HeroInferno said...
My favorite thing about this game so far is that Twilight reads her book when she crouches.
- September 2, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- WhiteDiamonds said...
While the few short seconds of the inadvertent Rarity leakage was especially divine, all-in-all that was a highly gratifying stream. I am just so impressed with the character animations in particular, and I know it's going to get even better as the team refines things more. So exciting! Even if I'm left feeling like like a child who thinks Christmas can't possibly get here soon enough... ;P
- September 2, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- Amity Panic said...
What the hell are you on about? Where have you seen "the women-entitlement league" piss and moan about neckbeard bronys? - September 2, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- frith said...
@Amity Panic
Hold on, I'll go find it. It's a laugh riot if you don't let it get under your skin. 8^) - September 2, 2011 at 6:58 PM
- DJLowrider said...
The question begs to be asked now: How long before someone crosses over MLP:FiM with Fight Club? D:
- September 2, 2011 at 6:59 PM
- Doc Steedly said...
I absolutely AGREE! THe game is not even polished yet, they kept saying they had no special effects working and it still looked epic.
I really love how Twi handled. She may be my fighter LOL I like the distancing aspect she has. Really fun way to fight if you can understand the move-set. I actually did not expect too much, but I was BLOWN AWAY! I sat there the whole time with a Pinkie Pie smile on my face. I was laughing and booing the whole time! Tho the boos were only when Twi lost LMPAO. I was just amazed at how far this is coming. And the slip with Rarity was sweet. LOL Yeah we all know he did that on purpose *wink wink, nudge nudge*
Over all I was going to explode into confetti. My dad was like WTF are smiling about. I showed him and he was like, uhh OK Fighting ponies... I said yeah Its from the My Little Pony Universe too. He was like that little girly show that used to come on around when you were first born... I was like Pretty much. He grimaced, when did you start watching that show. I showed him the clip (angry ponies). He actually laughed. I said Aint so girly now huh. He was like whatever LOL.
CANT WAIT FOR GAME!!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT MANE6! The best of the best of the fandom... right there!
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- frith said...
@Amity Panic
OK, here's the source. http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3275916.html (use script blockers or turn off javascript, LiveJournal is lousy with adverts).
Short summary: guy with opinions tries to prompt discussion in a MLP community on Livejournal. In his latest attempt he rambles on about fanfiction and says something to the effect that he doesn't like lesbian relationships, or reading lesbian fanfiction. I could care less so I didn't pay attention but it pushed somepeople's buttons, so *shitstorm*. Guy deletes his post in a panic and writes a "sorry about that, my bad" post which had interesting levels of venom in the replys. In the replys is the link to Drama Central (above), and general pissing and moaning about entitlement, bronies, neckbeards and furries.
It's not the first time I see people claiming that a show about girl's toys belongs to girls/women and that men should either butt out or let the women run the fandom, and how unfair it is that bronys, AKA guys, are getting so much attention. That is just silly. The storylines in MLP:FIM are pretty much gender neutral, just like I wish the real world would be. Women who would keep men from admiring and celebrating fictional fillies/mares are not helping. - September 2, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- metaXzero said...
Can't wait till the next vid. Hope some stages come too.
- September 2, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- Greenf0x said...
I lost it with how freaked out they got about the rarity slip ahahha.
- September 2, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- private-enemy said...
My comment I made on there this morning. I tried to be a "positive spokesman", so to speak, for male fans. ...as you can see it didn't go over very well. :/ To keep things short and to avoid flaring up any more drama, I'll just say that I wish I'd never opened my mouth. Granted, things could have gone a lot worse, but still.
I really don't wanna spark anything else up in case someone from there is reading these comments, so I'll just let my comment over there speak for itself. - September 2, 2011 at 7:51 PM
- frith said...
"Male privilege". 9_9 Male privilege does not extend to enjoying girls toys. Girls who play with Transformers, GI Joes and Cars merchandise are "tomboys". Boys who play with dolls and My Little Ponies are rejects. This entitlement game only goes toward reinforcing the status quo where girls watch MLP:FIM and boys beat each other over the heads with clubs. You have no hope in swaying the people in that Drama community. They're merely looking for a scapegoat in the inequality of opportunity between the sexes situation and unfortunately they think they've found it in bronys. It's territorial pissing for the sake of territorial pissing. They totally fail to see the MLP:FIM is the antithesis of gender identity determinism. - September 2, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- John said...
(This will be long, but I have been drinking. tl;dr gendered social structure justifies stern responses to "polite/well-meaning" brony comments")
You're right that boys' shows socialize boys, and tell them how they "should" grow up and be men, just as much as girls' shows socialize girls. And I think you're absolutely right to point out that this is a big problem.
I also love MLP:FiM to death, and think that it reveals some enormous potential in men - that we don't all want to grow up to be furious and competitive and violent, and that there's room for change in what men are today. (What else accounts for how well Bronies seem to propagate? I guess quality of writing/art/animation, as well as the community, but I do think that many bronies are rebelling against notions of gender they've been brought up with). So I think there's definitely positive contributions that bronies, as an idea, make to reducing gendered inequality - since I think conceptions of masculinity badly need to be changed for men to stop propagating violence against women.
However, I think when feminist community responses to "reasonable" comments, like private-enemy's, seem belligerent, I think it's because of the other side of "bronydom" that men don't really see because of our position in the gendered social structure. As Lauren Faust has noted, MLP:FiM does something super feminist: it presents multiple compelling ways to be a girl, ones that aren't limited to "being pretty" or "loving everyone" or "being the best friend." In this way, MLP:FiM gives young girls something they badly need, and have nowhere else in cartoons. So it's making a huge contribution to women as well - and that, arguably, was its intention. - September 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM
- John said...
Of course, very few media outlets cover this side of the story - it's all bronies, all the time. The feminist potential/benefit to girls gets completely left out of Wired articles, Salon.com, Jezebel, whatever, and the sense (I imagine) that many women fans of MLP is that the one time a show finally supports diversity of women's identity, potential for empowerment, and freedom of self-definition, it gets turned into something that's about men.
So why can't we all just get along? Why can't bronies admit that MLP:FiM fills a need for girls that's nearly impossible to find elsewhere on network TV? Why can't female fans of FiM admit that bronies may be responding not out of a masculine need to command, control, and dominate all the media they consume, but rather that they reflect a conscious/unconscious need for change in the ideology of masculinity?
I think gendered social structure provides us with the answer. Men's dominance in media - to say nothing of work, government, higher education, religion - means that nearly every portrayal of men in television is as figures of power, whereas every portrayal of women is figures of weakness (often sexualized weakness at that). Men therefore have less at stake when they confront stereotypes of gender - if they leave gender intact, men will remain conceived of as powerful/dominant/strong/logical, which is fine for them, while women will remain powerless/submissive/weak/irrational, which continues to position them as subordinate in most important ways in our society. So women have more at stake in changing gender.
Secondly, I think that male dominance of "internet culture" has lead to very few safe spaces for women - nearly every game chat, news site, "internet content hub" (ie 4chan or reddit) is rife with misogynist language, rape jokes, and other things that make women feel unsafe and men feel dominant. So the penetration of male fans - even well-meaning ones - into a previously female space (that now has been redefined to be empowering) - looks and feels like an attack, because there are so few safe spaces for women online. (EqD, for example, is a very safe space for most straight men, although gay men, lesbians, trans individuals and others who identify as queer may not feel the same way.)
This is getting way too long. But a quick tl;dr would be: women have more at stake in maintaining safe/empowering spaces, which they have few of on the internet in the first place. MLP:FiM represents both. - September 2, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- IkusaGT said...
@frith ITT situation blown out of proportion and generalizations abound.
- September 2, 2011 at 8:50 PM
- Filiecs said...
Oh wow...
I personally hate any sort of drama like that.
In my opinion, if your natural rights are not being infringed upon and you are a minority but you disagree with something then just DEAL WITH IT.
This is the internet and nopony own the entire fandom so that makes it, automatically, in favor of the majority.
If something appears in the fandom that I don't like do I whine and say that you are oppressing me? No. I respect the majority and realize that if I want things my way then I need to do it myself and if someone does do something for me because I ask then it is because they are a nice person.
This goes for everypony.
Some people just have entitlement issues I guess... - September 2, 2011 at 8:59 PM
- private-enemy said...
Thanks everypony for the comments, even if they're not directed at me. John's in particular really made me pause for thought. I honestly figured when I made my original comment on there, it would probably be responded to the way that it did, I just hoped that it wouldn't. I at least feel a little better about it now though.
- September 2, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- nigel thornberry said...
is there anyway to watch it again my mate missed it and wants to see it
- September 2, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- Amity Panic said...
If that dude was trying to prompt discussion, he did an extremely poor job of it. What were they supposed to discuss? That he likes some fanfics but not all of them, that he isn't a fan of Pinkie Pie, or that he's disgusted by lesbian shipping? His post belonged on his personal journal and not posted to a shared community space.
Who was saying that men shouldn't be a part of the fandom or that women should be in charge of it? If anybody actually said that I must have missed it.
I did see people talking about how unfair it is that the media coverage of MLP:FiM focuses on "Oh look, men like My Little Pony!" instead of the fact that it shows young girls that there multiple ways to be a woman and that's a good thing, something other shows for young girls don't do.
It's a perfectly valid complaint. - September 2, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- DPV111 said...
The show is a good thing. We can all agree on that right? Whether it is empowering young females with a healthy message of diversity or liberating adult males to embrace their softer side.
- September 2, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- Flutterguy said...
@Amity Panic those women were saying men shouldn't even be in the fandom because they take away the media from the girls. I say screw that! MLP is fricken awesome. SEASON 2!!
- September 2, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- Amity Panic said...
Nobody is saying that!
If they are, provide a link to back up your accusations.
All I see are people who are tired of other people making a big deal out of the fact that men like MLP. That's it. That is not saying that men can't be fans. - September 2, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- Cutie Mark Crusaders Glue Huffers! Yay! said...
John, my friend, you are in desperate need of the red pill. I'm going to go ahead and give you a sample pack.
The Facts
Domestic Violence
Descent into Madness
The red pill is bitter, and not everyone can handle it. If the above turned you off, I have one that I think you'll like.
Zeta Masculinity - September 2, 2011 at 11:14 PM
- vampireseal said...
Well, as a egalitarian feminist, I think FIM MLP is one of the best things to have happened to cartoons recently. In a way, though, it is somewhat sad how media commentary on MLP obsesses over the male fans. The very obsession itself shows the societal expectation that males shouldn't watch a "girl's" show. It's a shame. Guys should be able to watch whatever they wish and not be demeaned for it.
And @ CutieMarkCrusadersGlueHuffers--have you actually paid any attention to any recent feminist blogs? Feministing.com and others have been pointing out prejudice and stereotyping against men for years. Feminists know very well that men get raped and want to end it, and fight for men's paternity rights. I'm not sure why so many of these pro-men groups seem to completely ignore that. I'd have a lot more respect for some of these Men's rights groups if so many of their members didn't seem to wish for a regression to Judeo-Christian patriarchal status quo.Why must the quest for human rights for all be treated as a zero-sum game for any gender? Equal rights for all and an abolishment of gender roles would work great for everyone. - September 3, 2011 at 12:24 AM
- Select Few said...
Dang! I was asleep during it.
I hope someone recorded it. - September 3, 2011 at 12:26 AM
- Woof Hooves said...
for those that missed it...like me....
they DID record it and its posted!!!!!...you wont see the chat feed tho....
http://www.livestream.com/mane6/video?clipId=pla_dad34d50-10a7-49cf-ac0a-81abaa7c11ba - September 3, 2011 at 1:14 AM
- TrollLightSparkle said...
The sound for when you get hit sounds so... squishy...
SQUISH - September 3, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- John said...
@Cutie Mark Crusaders Glue Huffers! Yay!
Men's activist groups are right to point out the enormous silence surrounding sexual violence against men. The idea that feminists (who, first of all, are not a monolithic group, and support an enormous diversity of political and social positions) want to willfully create this silence is a strawman. Every feminist I know personally wants to reduce violence against women and men through activism and education. I'm part of a feminist sexual assault prevention group on my campus and all of our programs provide gender-neutral education and advice on intimate partner violence and stalking.
Men's rights activist groups raise important issues that aren't talked about in the mainstream conversations around sexual abuse and violence, but I think they're guilty of presenting some important omissions as a comprehensive feminist political/social conspiracy to destroy and subdue men, which isn't true. (And I have a hard time buying into the "Voice for Men"'s articles when their activist page links to stories about "Child abusing bitches," and that "Zeta Men" article looks like it's just reinscribing hegemonic masculinity through some slightly revamped language.) - September 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- John said...
Agree on all counts. Men's right's groups point to some key issues, but they're almost universally guilty of ignoring what contemporary feminists actually say and think in favor of some inane strawman. And yeah, I think MLP:FiM can change the world too :) - September 3, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Tears of a Valedictorian said...
I come for the pony fighting updates, I stay for the genuinely pretty Interesting feminism discussion.
Too much to say on this to type out on an iPhone, but I can see why some feminists would feel aggrieved at how only the male mlp fandom is being reported on, but that's as much about the media as it is about anything else.
Men liking a show that's seen as the encapsulation of everything that is stereotypically frilly and twee is such a man bites dog story that it's always going to dominate stories about mlp fandom.
Hopefully, if the momentum behind the show continues into season 2, we'll see some more discussion of this stuff on slate and Jezebel. Interesting stuff though, you guys,really enjoyed all your posts on this. - September 3, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- frith said...
@Amity Panic
I waded back in to the Drama post and fished out this thread for you: http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3275916.html?thread=617299596#t617299596 The gist of the arguments is that men are ignoring existing MLP culture venues run by women and are making their own in order to avoid associating with women. So the posters in the thread fragment in the above link are claiming men are taking over a fandom that doesn't belong to them.
That dude should have been ignored and yes, his ramblings should have been limited to his own journal. I ignored him so thoroughly I still can't remember what gibberish he was spouting exactly, and I probably skimmed it at least three times. I'm much more interested in how Women's Lib has devolved into a call to Ghetto-izing women-empowerment. Like that would work.
The media are sensationalist idiots. They want a freak show. They completely miss the point that _everyone_ loves the mane six regardless of gender and that's how the world _should_ work. Friendship is magic for _everyone_. The goal is anyone can be like one of the mane six and be cherished for who they are without gender limitations. It's total integration, equal rights, liberation, the whole shebop we've been fighting for since before I attended Women's Lib meetings with my mother before I could walk. - September 3, 2011 at 7:14 PM


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I have a CreateUserWizard on .aspx page - fairly straight forward.
When I enter values that I know show cause an error message to appear - they do not show. For example, enter a username that you know exists already - CreateUserWizard has built-in code to check for that; the user is obviously not created, but no error message is showing.
This confuses my users when nothing happens and no error message.
Any ideas most appreciated!
Mar 01, 2012 07:26 AM|LINK
What I can say now is you need to debug the code behind for checking existed user to see if it works as you wish. Check whether you do the right way to check user, and tell the control to response the result.\
Mar 01, 2012 01:48 PM|LINK
If your CreateUserWizard is inside an UpdatePanel, that is the problem. UpdatePanel eats Exception pages.
I never worked with CreateUserWizard. But it should be possible to catch any Exception in an event handler. In that you can display a message the regular way. For instance by putting some Text on some Label. (inside the same UpdatePanel!)
Mar 01, 2012 06:51 PM|LINK
I think you have it.
I have also learned of the OnCreateError event, where a code is sent by CreateUserWizard that can be captured and a meaningful message sent to user.


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A Ukrainian journalist who had been reported missing and suspected of being kidnapped in Syria, is reported to have contacted her relatives on Sunday, saying that she is doing fine and asking them not to contact her.
Anhar Kochneva had gone missing around 20 km from the city of Homs on October 9. Reports suggest that Kochneva was kidnapped by rebels from the Free Syrian Army as she is seen as a strong supporter of the Assad regime.
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"A journalist, a Ukranian national who worked for Russian television channels, has gone missing in Syria," President Viktor Yanukovych said in a statement. "I have ordered to investigate all the circumstances around this incident and to protect the Ukrainian citizen's rights and interest."
The woman was being kept in "satisfactory" conditions, noted spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign ministry Oleksandr Dykusarov, adding that Ukrainian diplomats "will do their best" to secure her release.
Last week, Kochneva was in the city of Tartus to address residents and was supposed to travel back to Damascus but instead went to Homs to file a report, Mitina said to Russia Today (RT).
Many local and foreign journalists throughout Syria have been targeted during the ongoing Syrian revolution. The death toll of reporters and citizen journalists killed in Syria since the beginning of the regime's campaign to flush out anti-government protests has jumped to 72, according to the Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF).
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@Stacy Reading it again, I take your point in defence of Franzen actions as a means of keeping the actual memory of his friend alive, as opposed to the memory of the public figure. I remember hearing the eulogy of friend where the speaker said "he was kind to all, blah blah blah" and thinking at least that half the people in the room had been royally fucked over by the deceased. So yeah, you've made an excellent arguement here, and I can sort of wrap my brain around Franzen's motivations when I view them through that lens. I still think he misses an opportunity for compassion and undermines some of his friends insights into the condition of depression, but I imagine it's because he's fucking furious, which is a totally natural response to mental illness stealing someone you love. I don't know why Franzen has to make it so public and snide, and so much about him, but he's only human, I suppose, and he doesn't have to be any more selfless because he's well known. Thanks for your thoughtful response.
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@Stacy @Stacy @Choire Sorry, this "half-witted, hero-worshipping jackal" wasn't putting forth the arguement that DFW was a saint. as much as his writing had capacity for deep compassion, it also had the capacity for cruelty ( he admitted as much himself). And because I *didn't* know him, it wouldn't surprise me if he could have been every bit as pretentious as Franzen appears to be here.
What I object to is the systematic delegitimization of mental illness as a real, sometimes, untreatable thing that is so profoundly awful to live alone with (and you live it alone, despite anyone's "investment of love"), so isolating, so crazy-making, that sometimes your brain can convince you that the only relief is death. From what I gather, DFW underwent Electroconvulsive Therapy, Talk Therapy, and courses and courses of anti-d's to try and get out of the place he was in. Those don't strike me as the actions of someone who thinks suicide would be a super awesome way to be remembered as a genius or to "get back" at people for not loving him enough. Those strike me as the actions of a desperate man who would do anything to get better.
Okay, so you're mad your friend killed himself? Yeah, I get that. But he did not do it to hurt *you*, or his wife, or to spite the world, or to create a legacy. He did it because he was ill. And that illness is real, even if *you* haven't had it. I don't "know" Wallace, but his body of work went a long way in extending some compassion to the mentally ill that I had not previously seen. It painted depression for what it is—something that attacks, rather than something people just need to "shake off". Something ugly, rather than romantic. I happen to think he drew the line between compassion and permission far better than anyone who would jingoistically tell a clinically depressed person "it gets better" . Because he was brave enough to not try to explain away or make smaller what is a fucking unimaginably painful condition.
That Franzen takes from that that his friend was "dishonest" tells me he missed a large piece of his humanity entirely, and that he continues to perpetuate the idea that mental illness does not kill makes him far less honest a writer than DFW was even if every word of "A Supposedly Fun Thing..." was a complete and total fabrication.
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@lululemming Sorry, TL;DR. What Tulletilsynet said.
On A Supposedly True Thing Jonathan Franzen Said About David Foster Wallace
"The depressed person then killed himself, in a way calculated to inflict maximum pain on those he loved most, and we who loved him were left feeling angry and betrayed. Betrayed not merely by the failure of our investment of love but by the way in which his suicide took the person away from us and made him into a very public legend."
From Infinite Jest, a work found in the fiction section:
"The so-called 'psychotically depressed' person who tries to kill herself doesn't do so out of quote 'hopelessness' or any abstract conviction that life's assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise. Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows. Their terror of falling from a great height is still just as great as it would be for you or me standing speculatively at the same window just checking out the view; i.e. the fear of falling remains a constant. The variable here is the other terror, the fire's flames: when the flames get close enough, falling to death becomes the slightly less terrible of two terrors. It's not desiring the fall; it's terror of the flames. And yet nobody down on the sidewalk, looking up and yelling 'Don't!' and 'Hang on!', can understand the jump. Not really. You'd have to have personally been trapped and felt flames to really understand a terror way beyond falling."
I'd argue that the more mercenary deceit here is Franzen misrepresenting his spiritual proximity to "Dave Wallace" when he was alive, as anyone who has undertaken a close reading of DFWs work couldn't possibly think that his suicide was a gesture of self-aggrandizement, or worse yet, something that was about *them*.
Wallace did not court depression or pursue it as wind, nor was he content to let suicidal ideation serve as a stand-in for nobility or genius or legend status. My reading of his writing about "the depressed person" is that is was a battle cry against succumbing to the romance of one's own mental illness.
And maybe I'm a fool, but I never read the cruise ship or state fair pieces thinking that the quotes of experiences were verbatim, I fully expected that some of it was invented to magnify the truth of a thing in order to expose the essentiality of the experience more accurately. Or just to underscore the fucking absurdity of it all.
In any event, if Franzen wants to deride the work of his dead 'friend' out of anger, or jealousy, or attention-seeking petulance, let him have it. He's winning his argument on a technicality. And that shit is for the birds.
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When reviewing the history of Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, it is necessary to look to the individuals responsible for creating the company.
In 1887, at the age of 15, Howard W. Goodall quit school to work at a Philadelphia rubber distributor, Latta & Mulconroy Company, as a general clerk and errand boy. An inherent tinkerer, Goodall became interested in designing hose couplings and clamps which could obviously be sold as an accessory to their hose line. Mr. Mulconroy suggested that Goodall call on some accounts himself in order to promote the hose coupling project. This resulted in a successful and profitable new business for Latta & Mulconroy Company.
Several years later, Goodall asked permission from Mr. Mulconroy to travel to Wilmington , Delaware to call on the leather tanning industry there. Mr. Latta, Mulconroy's partner, objected. He didn't believe the young Goodall had any business calling on clients in Wilmington. Ultimately, this lead to a feud between the two partners resulting in Goodall's dismissal.
Later, with Mr. Mulconroy's blessing, H.W. Goodall founded the Goodall Rubber Company. He also started Knox Manufacturing Company in order to manufacture couplings and clamps, which were sold to rubber manufacturers and distributors. Knox Manufacturing was sold to Mr. Robert Stovell several years later.
In order to further the design and manufacture of couplings for the country's thriving growth in mining, oil drilling, construction and railroads, H.W. Goodall started the Dixon Valve & Coupling Company on March 21st, 1916. Dixon was originally located at 11th and Race Streets in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Goodall Rubber Company continued to grow. Much of its success can be attributed to Howard Goodall's willingness to travel to every major construction site he could locate, identify their hose and coupling requirements and then provide the necessary products. This gave H.W. Goodall considerable knowledge of coupling requirements on construction sites - information he later used to develop additional products for the Dixon line. [The top left photo shows Mr. Goodall inspecting couplings at Hoover Dam in 1932.]
In 1924, H.W. Goodall was advised to slow down for health reasons. He sold out his interest in Goodall Rubber Company and continued to operate the Dixon Valve & Coupling Company. Mr. Goodall traveled extensively promoting the Dixon products, crisscrossing the country several times a year.
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In 1929, and for the next fifteen years, the largest selling item in the Dixon line was rotary hose couplings. These were extremely high pressure couplings used for the drilling of oil wells. These items represented approximately 35% of the total business.
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In 1940, Dixon purchased the Mulconroy Company, formerly the Latta & Mulconroy Company. Eventually the Mulconroy line was incorporated into the Dixon line and today are referred to as Holedall couplings.
The Second World War had a large impact on Dixon. Much to the company's surprise, a large amount of its products fell under the Federal government priority system and were used by industry and the military in the war efforts. The company was forced to follow the ratings, which resulted in its inability to supply its standard product to the commercial distributor base. Al Dewees, who had also been the sales manager for Dixon, joined with Harry Shaw to start the Hose Accessories Company, later known as Le-Hi Valve & Coupling Company. With Dixon's production going almost 100% to the military, Dewees and Shaw were able to make large inroads into Dixon's distributor business. Dixon's manufacturing facilities were used for several military contracts. The largest was to produce 380,000 fuse plugs for anti-aircraft ammunition shells which were run on a brand new six-spindle automatic screw machine (right), the only one in the Philadelphia area at the time.
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I enjoy browsing through the books you have on sale in the Copy Service room, but I wish you could figure out another way of marking them. Stamping "Book Sale" on the bottom, along with the colorful Magic Marker slash, mutilates the book unnecessarily and has to be upsetting to those bibliophiles that I imagine you are trying to attract. Thanks.
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It's down to the wire now for the five contenders who have been shortlisted for the ultimate individual accolade in northern hemisphere rugby, ERC European Player of the Year 2013.
'Apart from remaining in the Elite group, winning the Parker Pen Challenge Cup is now our primary objective because if we win the match, it will enable us to save our season by going through to next year's Heineken Cup,' the French international said.
'It won't be easy because Harlequins are a good team and they are playing close to home so they will have a lot of support.
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'The matches are more disciplined, the referees act with more rigour - everything is put in place for the games to produce as much entertaining rugby as possible.
'It's true that so far, we have always had a return leg on our home soil which has helped over the two legs and this time it is just one knock-out match. That means it will be a tough challenge but we are ready for it.
'The team has begun to believe in itself and even though we are now in the play-downs in the championship, we are starting to build on our capabilities and focus on our strengths.
'Along with the fact that a win guarantees a place in the Heineken Cup, we would just love to bring a title back to Clermont Ferrand. It would be a personal satisfaction for me and for the whole team.'
Coach Alain Hyardet added: 'At the moment, we are playing a series of competitive matches in the play-down stage of the French championship which is good preparation for the Parker Pen Challenge Cup final.
'Each time we have crossed the channel so far this season we have played well but Harlequins will be a difficult match. It's sink or swim on one knock-out match this time and we are playing in the opposition's backyard so with the support they will have, it's like one playing against one and a-half!
'Harlequins have an excellent kicker in their No 10 (Paul Burke), a world champion at inside centre (Will Greenwood) and they recently turned the tide against Bath which shows they dig their heels in right up to the final whistle.
'That is what we will have to do if we want to win this match. In our other matches in England this season, we performed well for 60 minutes but this time it has to be 80.
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BRANCHBURG, USA: Barry I. Skoultchi, P.E., has announced the formation of Pro-Tech Energy Solutions LLC, a self-funded turnkey energy services company offering a wide array of energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy offerings to the Mid-Atlantic region's commercial facilities looking to save money on utility costs.
As a complete turnkey company, Pro-Tech customizes the appropriate financing package to optimally balance each customer's resources, expectations and return on investment while maintaining direct control over the entire design and construction process.
This service approach not only assures the client their project will be executed with the highest attention to detail but also an unsurpassed standard of quality in the company's five specialty areas, which include:
* Energy efficiency evaluations and recommendations based on energy monitoring.
* Photovoltaic (PV) system design, engineering, and installation.
* Energy monitoring selection, installation and system commissioning.
* Management and coordination of state and federal grant applications.
* Assistance in the long and short-term management and sale of Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC).
"The upfront costs of installing energy-saving upgrades, such as solar panels and efficient lighting, present a daunting barrier to entry for public and private commercial property owners, especially schools and other municipal–run facilities," said Skoultchi, Pro-Tech's President.
"Recognizing this market inefficiency, Pro-Tech is creating a paradigm shift within the industry by allowing clients to make investments in energy upgrades with no upfront costs. This is possible by creating customized funding plans that maximize available federal, state and local rebates, tax credits and other incentives, augmented by funds secured by Pro-Tech."
The company's five partners, Gary Chernowetz, John Drexinger, John Martin, Paul Shust and Tom Ryan, draw upon decades of experience to provide Pro-Tech customers with true turnkey services in this emerging field.
"As the US undertakes an unprecedented ramp-up of efficiency funding, offering $25 billion in energy efficiency programs through federal stimulus funds, companies nationwide are prospering from increasing energy efficiency and installing renewable energy, even in challenging times," said John Drexinger, Principal, Pro-Tech Energy Solutions.
"But building this new energy economy requires private investment and a new way of doing business. Pro-Tech is leading the way with its self-funded financial model that provides direct access to much-needed capital funds."
Individual client savings vary depending on a number of factors including local energy rates, type of facility, hours of operation and level of business activity. The company's self-funded model allows clients to minimize financial risks by paying a portion of the savings results over the contract term.
"Existing buildings consume more than 70 percent of electricity and produce more than a third of the greenhouse gas pollution in the US," said Drexinger. "We believe our finance model will help streamline the market and enable the rapid adoption of energy efficient upgrades. It is Pro-Tech's mission to help our clients understand that financial resources exist to help make energy upgrades as good for business as they are for the environment."
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WHY IT MATTERS: Auto bailout
Topics: From the Wires, Politics News
The issue:
The government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler is one of the most polarizing issues of the presidential campaign. Many Americans wonder why $62 billion in tax dollars went to keeping the two automakers afloat in 2008 and 2009. There's little doubt the bailout saved the automakers and huge numbers of jobs. But there's also little chance the government will get all its money back.
Taxpayers are out about $1 billion on the Chrysler bailout. GM stock is selling for less than half the price needed for the government to recover all of its nearly $50 billion investment.
Where they stand:
President Barack Obama often boasts about the bailout's success, saying the decision saved about 1 million jobs at automakers, parts companies and other businesses tied to the industry. That estimate is backed by a 2010 study by the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think tank. Obama doesn't want to sell the government's remaining 500 million GM shares at a huge loss, but also says he's not interested in being a long-term investor or running the company.
Republican Mitt Romney has argued that GM and Chrysler should have been sent into bankruptcy protection without government money to keep the companies running. Instead, he said private loans should have paid for the bankruptcies. But because of the financial crisis and because both companies were bleeding cash, there was no private capital available at the time. Romney advocated government-guaranteed private loans for both companies after bankruptcy and also said the government should back their warranties. He would "responsibly sell" the GM shares but has given no time frame.
Why it matters:
GM and Chrysler are major employers, with most of their operations in the Midwest, including Ohio, a pivotal presidential state. Without the bailout, it's likely the companies would have been forced into liquidation. Their factories, office buildings and patents would have been sold at auction and their workers would have lost their jobs.
Now, three years after the bailout, both companies are profitable and selling more cars. GM has made almost $14 billion since leaving bankruptcy protection in July 2009. Chrysler has made $440 million since exiting bankruptcy a month before GM. But the automaker is still a private company, and it did not report numbers for the second half of 2009.


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The final day of the European transfer window has approached all of us, and Arsenal have been linked with a few more players, with Michael Essien the most interesting of them all
ARSENE WENGER will today try to take the Chelsea midfield ace on loan for the season. The Ghana star, 29, has been linked with an £8million switch from Stamford Bridge to Fenerbahce in Turkey.
But Arsenal boss Wenger will make an 11th hour intervention to give Essien the chance to stay in the capital.
Wenger, who had Chelsea's Yossi Benayoun on loan last season, is looking for extra depth in midfield after the loss of Alex Song to Barcelona for £15m.
It is understood, Essien would prefer to stay in London and Chelsea would be willing to let go of their midfielder to Arsenal if the Gunners are willing to pay the player's entire salary for the season, believed to be £100,000 a week (158,000).
Essien has fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge, with Roberto Di Matteo preferring John Obi Mikel and Oriol Romeu to the Ghana international as his defensive midfield option.
Essien, in seven years at Chelsea, has made 163 outings and scored 17 goals. Everton have loan bid for Essien rejected Everton have opened talks over a move for Steven N'Zonzi after failing in an ambitious attempt to land Michael Essien.
David Moyes had hoped to bring Chelsea's out-of-favour midfielder on a season long-loan but could not agree a move for the Ghanaian
The summer transfer window closes at 23:00 BST on Friday.


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Marc Jacobs is one of my favorite designers, mostly because of his eclectic prints, classic accessories and drool-worthy dresses. (He is also a total babe, in my opinion.) While I can't afford to even look at his top-end designer pieces, Jacobs does have a cheaper line — Marc by Marc Jacobs — that I can at least ogle without getting as much sticker shock. (Though let's be honest; I can't afford it, either.)
Marc by Marc Jacobs' Spring 2013 line hit the runway at NYFW yesterday, and it didn't fail to disappoint. Click here to check out some of the outfits and let us know what you think of them!
It may be a touch juvenile, but I love that bright records/skulls print, seen above. And since Jacobs pairs it with more classic swimsuit and dress cuts, it avoids being too immature. Hopefully stores I can afford will make their own "interpretation" of the print soon! Head on over to the source to see plenty more looks. [via Fashionista]
What do you think of this collection? Which pieces are your favorite?


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Prairie Star District
Central MidWest, Heartland and Prairie Star Districts are in a process of change. For several years, we have been providing services by working collaboratively, and on July 1, 2013, we will make that official by combining our talents and resources in programming into one combined administrative and program delivery structure. The staff of all three Districts will then become the MidAmerica staff. Working in new ways, we will still seek to grow Unitarian Universalism in MidAmerica, and to help congregations transform the lives of people inside and outside their congregations. In their District Assemblies in April 2013, the three Districts will bring before the member congregations the question of whether to change the governance structure to create a single regional governing body. If decided in the affirmative, that change will also take place July 1, 2013.
The Prairie Star District serves fifty-nine congregations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, western Wisconsin, and western Missouri.
122 W. Franklin Ave., Suite 303
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 870-4823
(612) 870-4361 (fax)
District Staff
- Nancy Heege, District Executive
- Rev. Phillip Lund, Director of Faith Development and Congregational Growth
- Nancy Combs-Morgan, Coordinator of Emerging Youth and Young Adult Ministries
- Sarah Greene, District Administrator
- Kathy Burek, District President
- Graham Kreicker, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Trustee
For more information contact email@example.com.
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Last updated on Friday, December 14, 2012.
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A US organic waste recycling centre will provide food processors with an alternative to current waste disposal methods by collecting and converting it into renewable gas.
The expansion of Clean World Partners and Atlas Disposal Industries organic waste recycling centre will be completed later this year and will initially convert 25 tonnes of food waste per day into renewable gas.
The recycling centre will convert the waste into renewable energy, fertilizer and soil enhancements and could eventually divert almost 37,000 tons of waste annually from landfill.
Construction on the upgrade has begun and the site is anticipated to start accepting materials in late July or August and generating fuels later in the year.
A US$6m grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to expand the south area transfer station will make it the largest commercial-scale, high solids anaerobic digestion (AD) system in the US.
The food waste will be collected by Atlas Disposal from sources including food processing companies and is expected to start operations this summer.
Current methods
The majority of food considered waste by food processors currently either goes to landfill or back to animal farms for feed.
The facility will be expanded to process 100 tonnes of waste per day by 2013.
Atlas collect pre-consumer food waste including fruits and vegetables and post-consumer waste containing fiber and proteins using carts, front load bins, roll off containers and end dump trailers.
A spokesperson said: "It provides processors with an alternative use for the waste that will generate electricity, compressed natural gas that will fuel collection fleets and perhaps also transportation fleets associated with processors transportation needs.
"Often the waste taken at animal farms is taken at no cost. Landfilling waste in the Sacramento region is still very low cost but when the tip fee and the transportation costs associated with its disposal are considered together, the digestion of the waste is more cost effective."
Benefits include power generation, renewable fuels running cleaner meaning better for air quality and greenhouse gas reduction, they added.
Diesel and electricity savings
It will save one million gallons of diesel per year with renewable natural gas and two million kilowatt hours of electricity per year when completed, the companies claim.
Also being developed is a digestion-based renewable natural gas fueling station which will be used to fuel Atlas' clean-fuel vehicles.
"We are dedicated to providing our customers with sustainability based solutions for their businesses that are cost effective," said Dave Sikich, CEO Atlas Disposal Industries.
"The ability to take what was once considered a waste and to turn it into a resource is another way Atlas sets itself apart from traditional waste management companies."