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Episode 9: More nuances of Brawn!, IGA Brawn, Rubiplas Brawn and El Greco Brawn |
29 May 2012, 11:56
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1988! Martin Lund Aalborg, Denmark Group: Administrators Posts: 3 645 Joined: 26 February 2006 |
In the past couple of months I have been very fortunate in being able to get some very exotic toys in through the door - litteraly from all over the world (if 3 select countries count as "all over the world"): Mexico, Venezuela and Greece. As such, I saw it fitting to elaborate a bit an old article of mine on the subject of this original minibot here, Brawn.
Like most of the very early series Transformers toy, Brawn here was produced and released in a lot of different countries, with many of the toys displaying slight differences depending on producer. By the late 1980s though, most (if not all) companies able to produce licensed Transformers toys were gone, reverting all production back to Takara and countries like Japan, Macau and China, and these country specific variations became rather limited from then on. But this only makes the early ones that were that more interesting in my mind. IGA Plasticos, the Mexican lincese holder for producing licensed Transformers in the mid-1980s, is a complete chapter (or two) all by itself. Interesing color and mold variations abound, these releases are coveted by a lot of collectors. But usually only the interesting variants - rarely is there any interest in IGA toys that don't sport any sort of irregularity as when compared to the "real deal" (i.e. a Hasbro release). However, looks can be decieving (and yes, I appreciate the irony of that statement when talking about Transformers... ) as I pointed out a couple of weeks back. Another candidate for an easy dismissal as something out of the ordinary is IGA's version of Brawn. Usually collectors are falling head over heels over the IGA repaint of Brawn that they marketed as their version of Outback, but the "regular" Brawn release is quite unique as well. Vehicle mode shows no real difference from the "baseline" release of a Hasbro pre-rub Brawn. Upon closer inspection, though, the color of the green plastic seems just a smidgen darker, almost blue-ish in hue (hard to see in these pictures, I guess). However, the real clincher is robot mode. Like Bumblebee, indistinguishable all by his lonesome self, the hue of his robot mode torso is clearly a more yellow tone as when compared with to a regular US pre-rub Brawn's orange (much more clear in person than on these pictures, for some reason). Unlike most of his IGA brethren he retains a full copyright string with a clear mention of JAPAN, but features a pointy-edged Autobot symbol on his stomach - another sure telltale IGA pointer. IGA toys were very prominent in Europe in the late-1980s, so it should be possible to find a toy like Brawn in the odd auction once in a while. Very hard to spot, when the only sure-fire tell is the pointy Autobot symbol on his chest, unless there is a comparison shot with other orange or yellow toys (well, anyone except IGA Bumblebee really... ). Moving further down into South America, we come to another spanish-speaking country, Venezuela. It was only a few years ago that TF collectors were even made aware that Venezuela had their own Transformers releases, and as such, only a handful are known to exist. This exact specimen shown below here even retains its even rarer original packaging, and was a complete treat to discover for sale on eBay a few months ago. Comparing the IGA and Rubiplas Brawn we find both a few surprising similarities, but also a few important dissimilarities: Rubiplas Brawn features the same yellow torso color as IGA Brawn - perhaps even a tad brighter in hue. Also, the stamping on both toys are exactly alike, with mention of both Hasbro and Takara and Japan. However, Rubiplas Brawn features a different Autobot symbol than IGA Brawn (see images above). Vastly different, actually, where the print seems too big for the paper and the color is more magenta than red. Also, the green plastics are more of a slightly brighter yellow hue, and - probably most visibly telling - the wheel hubs are smooth without the usual hub cap indentation details. My biggest surprise, though, was when I took a closer look at the greek Brawn, produced by El Greco. Carded, it's obvious that the toy looks a bit different, as his head is missing all paint applications. It might appear as though the black on his helmet sides and his faceplate is paint (I assumed so myself untill I got this exact specimen to examine closer), but it is in fact a seperate piece of plastic that is black; looking at a US pre-rub Brawn we can see that this piece is painted silver in all visible areas except for the slit for the eyes. But loose more strange elements start to appear. Most obvious, and for me most surprising, was the rather large mold alteration in his engine block: The large stylized 'M' has been removed! I find this very strange. Why the trouble of remolding a single piece? Looking at the El Greco Huffer, who shares Brawn's origins in the Microman Micro Change line, the tell-tale 'M' (as in Microman/Change) is still present. No remolding here. On the back we find that his copyright stamp has been removed as well. Also strange, but not more than Estrela in Brazil did this for their releases of Brawn as well - but they did however add a mention of Estrela on the inside of the legs of their toys. No such thing on El Greco Brawn, which leaves him rather feature-less in pretty much all respects. Huffer never looked so bad-ass! The redish El Greco Huffer (foreground) and his orange Micro Change predecessor (background). El Greco Huffer has no copyright stamp at all, but El Greco Seaspray has a full stamp with mention of both Hasbro and Takara (although the country of origin is blocked out) - and looking at the El Greco Devastator giftset, there is a clear mention of Takara. On the other hand, the El Greco Devastator has a 'Trasformer' logo on it, which shows some sort of connection with the italian license held by GiG. On the third hand, GiG never produced the minibots, so while that might explain why the minis El Greco released didn't carry any mention of Takara or Trasformers, it doesn't explain why Brawn had to be changed that much. El Greco Brawn is not a tough find, BTW, as a large quantity of MOSC greek minibots was found 5 years ago or so and are still easy to locate. So even though IGA Brawn and Rubiplas Brawn maybe are the tougher pieces to locate, and - although that is a matter of opinion - look rather dashing in their yellow livery, El Greco Brawn is the most curious one and by far held the biggest surprise and mysteries for me. DISCLAIMER: The images if El Greco Devastator are not mine. I found them online a long time ago and sadly I don't remember where. If you are the owner of these pictures, feel free to contact me so I can give you due credit and/or removed them from this page if you so desire.
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A fun fact: I got curious what Brawn's Greek name, Εγκεφαλος (or ΕΓΚΕΦΑΛΟΣ with capital letters as above), means. It turns out it means "Brain", which I think is quite paradoxical considering that brains is usually put in stark contrast to brawn.
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Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1988! Martin Lund Aalborg, Denmark Group: Administrators Posts: 3 645 Joined: 26 February 2006 |
Very interesting! I love the first picture in particular! I don't have any g1 Brawn so I'll have to make do with the ROTF one. Thank you! You should try and seek out a G1 Brawn, and if nothing else, then one of the keychain reissues, 'cause he is actually a pretty neat and fun toy. The keychains aren't really that rare, and actually are closest in look and feel to the original of the 4 reissues (the other 3 keychains are close but all have a few too-obvious shortcomings IMHO). ROTF Brawn is one of the best non-screen toys and most bad-ass looking warriors to appear in a long time, so you have a pretty good substitution there already. QUOTE I also wonder if Cybertron Overhaul was intended as a "Brawn"? Good question, actually. I seem to recall that there was a supposed G1 reference to have been attached to the development of Overhaul, but couldn't remember it, so I went to TFWiki and looked in the "Notes" section and found this: QUOTE * Originally, Overhaul was going to be called Trailbreaker, in reference to the Generation 1 character of the same name, including several proposed designs for the head sculpt that would have featured a structure reminiscent of Trailbreaker's characteristic radio-jamming broadcaster on the top of his head. However, the trademark could not be secured for this, resulting in a name change and an entirely different head sculpt. and QUOTE * Overhaul's color scheme is based on Generation 1 Brawn. Although the two share some character traits, that was not the main reason for the color choice: After the "Trailbreaker" idea fell flat due to trademark reasons, he was originally intended to sport Generation 1 Outback's colors. Ultimately that deco was also abandoned, and the colors of Outback's mold-mate Brawn were chosen instead. So yeah, maybe not originally intended to be an homage to G1 Brawn, but eventually became so after a lot of "detours". QUOTE Anyway, considering some IGA tf's (and perhaps others?) made their way to Europe, what version might we come across over here? Well, I'd wager that at least 80% of all G1 Brawns you'd find on Tradera and places like that are either MB/Hasbro european releases (which are basically the same), and then the last 20% are IGA releases. Just a rough estimate, but I have a feeling that not a lot of IGA minicars were actually sold. Sure, they were on pegs locally around here, but looking at some of the TF lots I've bought in the past 15 years, most of the IGAs that actually did show up were mainly Autobot Cars, Jumpstarters and Constructicons. I know the IGA minis were available in Scandinavia, as I've heard of at least 2 confirmed childhood purchases, and I bought an IGA Outback myself from a swedish seller a few years back. So they are out there, although pretty rare (and hard to spot unless you know what to look for). In general, it is assumed that all IGA releases made their way to Scandinavian stores in the late 80s. Some toys I know I never saw back in the day (as I would surely have bought them) like Megatron, Soundwave and Bumblebee, but store selection probably varied quite a bit considering what I know others have bought around here during that time. |
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2011-10-30 4:20
ive been using the nokia n9 for about 2 weeks and everyting is fine until i decided to have a twitter account and found out the twitter built in app wont work. i keep getting
"unable to load trending topic"
when i use the app and when try to login i get
"Sorry can't connet to twitter"
i got a few personel solution from other Meego forum. However, non worked
i tried changing the time and it did not work.
im not going to master reset my phone because im afraid that all the trouble will not solve it.
The only solution i have was to download twimgo to use twitter on my n9. Any proper solution to fix this problem? =(
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2011-10-31 2:29
kindkong, I have the exact same problem as you. Seriously, is Nokia doing anything about it. I am sure some Nokia employees are in this forum. So, is there any permanent solution to it? If I were to reset the phone, do I select 'Restore Settings' or 'Clear device'?
Apart from not being able to connect to Twitter, I also have the following to ask:
1. Is there a way to log out from the existing Facebook account like in Snaptu? The other day, my friend wanted to use my phone (his phone was low on battery) to access his Facebook account but he could not.
2. Is the Compass working in the 'Open Applications' screen? Mine is not but in the demo video, it did!
Any help at all is much appreciated.
2011-10-31 10:26
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2011-11-01 20:51
OK, if reformatting the device, how can I ensure that I don't trigger the issue again? For me twitter worked OK, but I had to reformat because the Nokia account didn't work - and after reformatting, neither the Nokia account *nor* twitter worked!
2011-11-02 2:01
2011-11-03 4:46
ok, i 'Restore settings' (not 'Clear device') but Twitter is still not working. i think i have to wait for the software upgrade.
2011-11-07 21:03
use this. worked on my unit!
open xterm (do not devel-su into the terminal)
gconftool --recursive-unset /system/http_proxy
gconftool --recursive-unset /system/proxy
gconftool --recursive-unset /system/osso
this will clear all your internet connections and wifi setups. but it will make your twitter able to work.
you can just resellect your wifi accounts and reconnect to them and also your carrier internet connection as well.
2011-11-08 5:53
hi ceroberts75,
i hv enabled developer mode but just how do i open xterm?
is it possible that u show me a step by step tutorial to have the following done:
open xterm (do not devel-su into the terminal)
gconftool --recursive-unset /system/http_proxy
gconftool --recursive-unset /system/proxy
gconftool --recursive-unset /system/osso
2011-11-08 6:57
2011-11-08 8:32
wow! thanks a million ceroberts75
now my twitter works!
but i have 2 more questions if u know the answers to:
1) tweets r not appearing in Feed
2) can i disable developer mode now? by disabling it, will it affect twitter again?
2011-11-08 16:56
2011-11-09 1:22
thanks for the pointers ceroberts75
actually, everything was set correctly. It was the internet connection that was missing after i did what u suggested in developer mode in order to make Twitter works
so what i did was shut down the phone and turn it on again and feeds are pouring in
thanks again and have a nice day!
2011-11-23 14:59
You don't need to clear all your internet connections and wifi setups to get rid of those misused proxy configurations.
That can be achieved easily from the UI by editing your network access point(s), going to advanced settings, setting proxy type to MANUAL and emptying the proxy host and port fields there.
If you are already connected, then you need to reconnect to get the new settings applied.
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NHL team w/ like 5 championships, but none sine the '60s; throught the '90s, only had 3 playoff berths, despite spending a lot of money; The Blackhawks lost in the 1st round in '02.
1. | Chicago Blackhawks | ||
Easily the best team in the NHL right now. Playing with an excellent mix of youth and veteran talent, and quite possibly 7 Olympians. Led by Jonathon Toews, Patrick Sharp, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, and Cristobal Huet. Both Huet and our backup goalie, Niemi, are amazing and have over 4 shut outs each. The Hawks are the pest points per game team right now, and would be atop the NHL standings if they had played as many games as the current leaders, the San Jose Sharks and New Jersey Devils. However, the Hawks have already beaten the Sharks this year, and are currently denominating the Devils. The Hawks fell last year in the Western Conference Finals to that scumbag, piece of shit team from Detroit, enacting revenge this year by shutting out the Wings twice and completely denominating them. The Chicago Blackhawks are the best team in the NHL.
You: "Dude, did you watch the Hawks denominate the Red Wings last night?" Dude: "Yeah, the Wings suck dick broseff". You: "Word to big bird". |
2. | Chicago Blackhawks | ||
Used to be the worst NHL franchise, but is now one of the best. Led by Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. The Chicago Blackhawks are the 2010 Stanley Cup Champs!
3. | Chicago Blackhawks | ||
One of the original six hockey teams and the team who got the short end of the stick during that period. For almost 50 years they haven't won a cup. In 2009-2010 season however they did. Now they are a good, honest team (unlike the Red Wings) with some youth like Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews leading the way. Unfortunately the Blackhawks will not be winning another cup anytime soon. The Chicago Bears suck by the way. Hockey fan: The Chicago Blackhawks finally got another, good for them! To bad the Bears are shitty.
5. | chicago blackhawks | ||
team w/ perhaps the worst ownership in pro sports, even worse than that other crappy chicago team (wait, that's all of them!); 1 playoff berth last 7 years Blackhawk down...in the standings!
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Technically an NHL hockey team. Also part of the original six. Actually the Blackhawks play some of the worst hockey in the league. They have only clinched a playoff spot once in the last eight years. Honestly, they're so embarassing that half of Chicago prefers to pretend the team does not exist. Their last Stanley Cup goes back to 1961. It's hard to imagine this team getting good again. What makes a lot of people feel sad for this team is obviously the fact that they're part of the original six. The Chicago Blackhawks have the worst power play in the NHL. A season of 25 wins qualifies as a decent season for them. The Detroit Red Wings really like playing against the Hawks. Free points are always nice.


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Someone who lives in the UP of Michigan I'm a Yooper and it sucks living here.
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Yooper is a common term for residents of the Upper Penisula of Michigan. It is derived from the initials U.P. which is pronounced you-pee. U.P. stands for Upper Peninsula, as opposed to the lower peninsula of Michigan.
It is not a derogortory term. It is used mainly by residents of lower Michigan and Wisconsin. That person is a yooper from Escanaba, Michigan.
Yoopers make fun of Trolls. Trolls are from 'down below', referring to lower Michigan. Yoopers come from above the bridge, referring to the Mackinac Bridge, which separates upper Michigan from lower Michigan. Yoopers have a habit of saying 'youse guy's' or often putting 'eh' after a statement. ie; Hey,youse guys, we're proud to be yoopers, eh?. |
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Someone who lives, OR WAS BORN, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I am a Yooper. originally from Escanaba,MI, who lives in the Chicago area
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A native or inhabitant of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Yoopers are known to be extremely friendly and welcoming people and make anyone feel at ease. Most tourists leave the UP with a feeling that they can't wait to return.
Like other areas of the US, there is a regional dialect. The dialect most associated with the Upper Peninsula is one with a strong Finnish influence. The reason the Finnish language seems to have had the most lasting impression on the dialect of the Upper Peninsula goes back to the mining boom. When Finnish immigrants first came to the Upper Peninsula. "It is one of the prettiest places in the world". ---Henry Ford, 1920's--- I'm a Yooper and proud of it! :)
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found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Usually get stereotyped as having an accent when in all actuality many don't. A common misconception, many get the accent confused with that of Minnesotans. Those Yoopers who do carry the "accent" are usually transplants from other states and start speaking this way because they think they should. They are also the most generous and nicest people you will ever meet. Out of Stater: So you're a yooper, eh?
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someone who makes fun of trolls for their reaction to three feet of snow troll: man, we got a lot of snow
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One who lives in the U.P. (Upper Peninsula of Michigan, above the bridge):
they shovel snow year-round go skiing in -60*F weather without blinking an eye recieve more than a foot of snow in order to get a snow day incoorperate winter activities like snowmobiling and ice fishing into their everyday lives say eh, you'se, and ya alot generally don't care what others think mining and logging were the first things that attracted people to the U.P., and they continue to do so today wear plaid and orange...especially during hunting season don't wear winter jackets until it gets under 0*F sweat and freeze all in one day go camping in igloos in the middle of winter have only 3% of the population of Michigan but 1/3 the land mass almost everyone is of scandinavian decent...like Finnish or Swedish think that the opening day of deer season (Nov. 15) is a 'national' holiday and school is off for at least 3 days worship the Packers (NFL) from Green Bay ((our own state team, the Lions, we don't even like)) feel closer to Canada than to southern "Trolls" (people who live below the bridge) ((want to make a new state)) laugh at people who live less than 50 miles away than the bridge in "Troll-land" (down state) who have never been here (the U.P.)...or freak out when they come here live in God's Country...and sorry, but if you've only driven through the souther part of the U.P., you haven't seen it here. the biggest city is Marquette: population 22,000 people are at... |
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anyone born and raised in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Loves ice fishing, drinking beer and eating pasties. It is normal say funny words like "aboot" "yah" and "eh"
Pasties Yoopers are SOOO sweet I want to crap my pants. "Say yah to da U.P. eh!"


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so this sudanese guy killed a woman then raped her then try to kill the rest of her family and he robbed money from the house which he jumped into it.
What state did to him?
cut off his head in public then they hung him up.
as you can watch the video a lot of immigrants especially Pakistanis are there, i do not know why they chose this place, is there another place to do it in? i do not know.
but i know this , this behavior of the State, does not belong to the age of modernity and rationality and human rights and if they insisted on death sentence, there are better ways than this.
Like I said, a very very few would never ever be allowed to rejoin the public. That has nothing to do with the conversation of capital punishment.
The topic is capital punishment, not rehabilitation, not severity of the crime, not mental sickness, not anything else that has been thrown in.
I think the conversation is whether capital punishment is a moral and just action, my answer is a resounding no. I've read no argument here that has changed my mind.
Breivek is no doubt crazy and most probably a lost cause. But you still don't kill people like that. You study them, not to fix them obviously but to understand how these aberrations come about.
Killing him would free him, and it would be a wasted opportunity to learn. How often can you get brains like his (live) under the scrutiny of science? Even if it was only to detect the next crackpot before he had a chance to show us how defective he is.
I am making extreme arguments because people are making the case for extreme punishment.
I'm not comparing apples and oranges, I am well informed on the penal institution, probably more so than even Keely.
I will not play nice with the lame idea that death is the only answer.
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For some reason..o.O I can't reply to your comments (hmmm)
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It's because Neal has reached the maximum number of reply indentations, eight. You can now only reply to #7, or start from the top.
I was saying we had gotten off topic, nothing else. I did the deed, (off topic), definitely. Was trying to convey some of the reasons why I thought it ludicrous to defend a punishment that I find immoral, crude and inhuman.
So f it's back on topic, what is your answer to capital punishment. I don't need an apologist, just your answer to the thought.
I think you already stated you were against, so we agree. =)
Neal - I will not play nice with the lame idea that death is the only answer.
How about the best answer?
Things live. Things die. We're human. We've decided we shouldn't kill each other. But why shouldn't breaking the rule result in the same loss of life the murderer caused? Then it'll be, "Oooh. Penal system. Come to rehabilitate me." Not. "I'd better not kill that guy because I'll be next."
I'm not saying to make the guy suffer. I'm saying remove him. As long as he can manipulate matter in this universe he is dangerous. Besides, if you are willing to end somebody's ability to experience the universe, you do not deserve to experience it yourself. And as atheists we should look at this crime more harshly than Christians. We understand than more than likely there is nothing afterward and that makes it a worse crime than if you think there's some mystical happy land waiting. Right?
@Daryl - I understand what you are saying, but there are inconsistencies in your argument.
Does capital punishment stop crime? No. The south accounts for 80% of the executions in the U.S., yet at the same time has the highest regional murder rate.
Capital punishment has never been proven to stop crime. In fact, when Canada dropped the death penalty, murder rates dropped by 27%.
"Oooh. Penal system. Come to rehabilitate me." Not. "I'd better not kill that guy because I'll be next."
People who commit murder do not care about the consequences, simple as that. Think about it. We've stated that some people are psychopaths and a danger to the public. Do you really think these people are sane enough to care about any penalty for the crime?
I will stop with the hyperbole and stick with facts. So far, those in favor of the death penalty have not come up with any credible data supporting that cause.
I'm all ears.
I'd like to retract the last paragraph of my original post. I misspoke. I was trying to say that the country decides how it deals with its criminals. I'd don't think the victims themselves should decide a punishment because of the emotion involved. It should be more the neighborhood of people who logically don't want this kind of person living with them.
the country decides how it deals with its criminals.
This is where we're at now. Countries decide what are crimes and how to deal with their problems. A situation which allows for all the possible injustices you can think of.
I think that as the world gets smaller and countries keep on exchanging more and more with one another, this modus operandi will stop working. Local laws will eventually have to somehow unify.
You'll have to force them to unify. And you what happens when you force a group to do something they don't want to do? They rebel and their new system will be even farther away from yours, if they win. If they don't then you are the mighty oppressor.
This is how things should be run.
1. There should be a working UN that can actually enforce world rules through a super-massive defensive pact. Mainly, no wars. The modern UN is a joke because dictators can play the 'We're United Game' and turn around, massacre innocents, and blow up every inferior nation in their path.
2. It should leave governments alone though. If everybody had the same government we obviously couldn't learn from each other. Have you ever thought of something and went, "That sounds great," and then you tried it and it didn't work due to a factor you never would've thought of in a million years unless you actually did it for yourself? Now let's say everyone in the world had to do that the exact same way until a single one world government, that isn't doing this for themselves, got around to changing the process to something else. Isn't it going to take a while before you can make your cool thing work? It will especially if you have more than one thing you're doing the exact same way until they change it. What if we just let everyone experiment in their own backyards with the proper process and then learn from each other's mistakes? Otherwise you may never have a working process. Because honestly, I don't think that random guy thousands of miles away who's in control of your life really gives a crap.
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Yes, I don't blame them at all. They were men of their times. What I am suggesting is that the libertarianism they believed in is also out of touch in these times.
People cared for their neighbors back then. There was no need for government to do it. That is no longer true. Some have said it was automatic garage door openers and backyard patios that changed us all. People used to sit on front porches and stroll on sidewalks, stopped to chat and got to know one another. Now we drive into our garages, click the door shut and go into the house, never seeing the neighbors or knowing who is in need of help. Health insurance was unheard of and unnecessary. Try paying a doctor with a carton of eggs today.
Now government must be used to bridge that gap.
<Are you saying that if you have a higher risk of making a claim that you should not have to pay more?>
I won't speak for him but , no, you shouldn't have to. The theoretical point of insurance is that all will pay in equally, some will need to use it some will not. With few exceptions, I'm sure it's safe to assume that no one intentionally sets out to put themselves in a predicament requiring medical attention. No doubt some live lifestyles or indulge in practices that contribute to poor health, broken limbs and etc. And no doubt it's easier to blame them for their own demise than to consider all the contributing factors. Self-righteousness has been around equally as long as ignorance, I suppose.
It's easy to say one should know better...it's more purposeful to understand why they don't. If we had a County with a health care system that truly cared about the health of its citizens first and foremost it could never be a for profit enterprise. It would not back down to tobacco manufacturers or advocates who claim freedom means not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle and on and on the specific examples could go.
It's easy to declare "the information is available" but ignore the actualities of why it isn't found or processed correctly. If you haven't noticed, there is an overload of misinformation, half truths and outright intentional lying that goes on in America (not to suggest it stands alone in this respect). In almost each and every instance the motivation is to profit. I'll propose that many have and do profit because of their ability to disseminate misinformation and / or elicit emotional responses from massive numbers of a mostly unsuspecting and inadequately educated consumers.
you know.. i never thought of that.. good one Scarolina.. but you are 100% true there. we dont knwo our the poeple next store. we do work then come home and watch the bo.ob tube. just for that comment alone i am going to go out and talk to my next store just even to say "hi"
Maybe that is the problem . we call each other names. Yet dont get to know each other .you see we can discuss and debate things here.. without calling somebody a dumb a $$.. or asking are you realy an american. I want to see documents.. sorry but i always thought was a dumb question to ask of a canditate.. Would it not be better to ask. what do you believe or think...
A couple or year ago..up here in the great white north.. We had a bad politcian.. and I mean this guy was about a sharp a a bat.. But he was a business man.. and at that time.. We ( canada) was realy having a rough time. We listened to him and we voted him him , and we got what he said.. nobody realy liked it. something called a GST. ask around and you find not one person liked it 8% taxes on good sold went to the Goverment. but with that money, we started to pay down our debt. we did not ask to see his birth cert. or if in fact he was born ..i wonder if..could you listen to Obama and Romney. and find out WHAT THEY BELIEVE IT. not what they are going to do.. we all know what they are going to say anyway.. They want you to vote for them. so They will say anything. You like apple pie.. well so do they.. you like cr @p and a shingle.. so do they..
Ask what they believe in.. does Romney realy thing this health care is bad? if so.. Why in his own state?
Are you all trying to get what i am getting at?
btw the guys name, i realy liked up here was Jean Cretian.. look him up.. bad prime minster. great guy to have if you needed a country fixed
I do not often chime in but here goes. You and I have very similiar views and you will have to take my word for it as I have read your political posts and only posted a few times my self in political threads. You said for diabetics that it should not be covered based on there lifestyles.
I have a problem with that line of thinking because you could expand that to many things. If a person lays out in the sun/tanning bed and gets skin cancer should we deny treatment? Should we deny liver transplants to those who drink? Should we deny a smoker treatment for lung cancer? Should we deny the obese all sorts of treatment for eating fast food daily and not excersizing.That simply does not work many times because genetics plays a part in many diseases and all poor lifestyle does is generally speed up a disease for many who would have gotten it anyway or eventually gotten sick from something else as they age. Everyone gets sick and dies and those cost will come up somehere eventually. People with vices such as drug use,drinking alcohol,smoking and poor diet die an average of 5-8 years early depending on race and country. The people that live the longest actually tax the system the most because once beyond 70ish they are on a ton of medications just to keep them alive as it is a long drawn out process for years if no life threating disease is present.
I have seen enough in my time to know genetics plays a big roll in disease. I know people pushing 70 who have taken part in alot of poor lifestyle decisions yet they all have only minor problems. If we ever start discriminating against people medically because we think something might have caused this or that and maybe they could have prevented it then we are in real trouble. Every person on this board has done unhealthy things and many always will. I think regardless human compation should prevail over all else. People have died because insurance companies deny them an expensive operation based on pre existing garbage or they simpl can not afford it.
I am not saying Obama care is the answer because actually I do not care for it at all. This whole thing is a mess but I am dam,n tired of ordinary citizens fighting each other over these issues while our govt spends billions on war and other stupid shi.t. If our govt was not corrupt and wasteful we would not have these issues. I remember a time before corporate greed and the nanny state when ordinary people just wanted a decent life meaning a job,family etc..and they minded their own business. Now the middle class has desolved and people are at each others throats and so afraid someone else is going to get a better life than they have. We have gone from a thriving country to near 3rd world in just a couple decades. I am done ranting.lol
It looks like you made three posts while you were here:
Two in this political thread...and then you started a thread, railing on the political threads.
It appears you weren't here to talk baseball, either!
There was nothing condescending or disparaging. I simply pointed out what that you do not seem to have certain experiences or you probably would not make certain assumptions.
And, having children is what humans do. But, when unexpected life events occur or when the economy tanks people with less means are much more effected than those more.
BTW: libertarianism was only held by a few of the founding fathers.
A little testy this morning, eh, LA. You wanna talk Tiger baseball? What's there left to talk about that hasn't been discussed to death? Wanna talk "Leyland must go"? How about we discuss the ineptitude of Raburn? Have you heard, Boesch really stinks this year. Rumor has it the Tigers really need a second baseman...it's not a rumor, they really do! They could use a DH as well - a DH, that is that's not already playing at 1st or 3rd base. Defensively the team may be the worst in baseball.
Moving on to Tiger pitching...shaky and inconsistent comes to mind...let's get Garza and Greinke for Raburn, Boesch and Inge - oh wait, Inge is already gone. Well, we can't part with Castellanos or Turner so I guess we're stuck with how it is.
In general the Tigers need to score more runs on a more consistent basis. A few more 3 run bombs from the 20 mil plus a year guys and a semblance of life from the 5th and 6th spot would be helpful in this regard. Our pitchers giving up a few less big bombs would also be helpful.
The White Sox are a better club than most gave them credit as being and they will not concede the division to the Tigers. It's no longer "early" in the season and no one can tread water forever - sink or swim is getting nearer every game.
Anything left? Oh yeah, MLB players have a Union, phenomenal Health Care insurance and people who are very motivated to keep them healthy.
Scarolina is partially correct when she states ( generally speaking ) that Americans today may be more isolated than in times past. More selfish? Perhaps. More greedy? Perhaps. However, what she is essentially claiming is that the main problems that plague this nation are rooted in selfish human behavior.
Blaming one political party, activist or religious organization( those OTHER guys ) for it's assumed role in the degradation of society is easy.
Maybe if Dad's all across this once great nation took responsibility for their families the Government wouldn't have to step in and take over. And maybe if the Government didn't make it so easy for "Dad's " to continue to live out their dream to have <sex with as many different women as they can (and have illegitimate babies) before they die and live off their current <sex partner until they find another lady men might start taking their responsibilities more seriously. What if women started telling these men with voracious <sexual appetites " NO"?
What am I doing to be a part of the solution?
What are you doing?
<<<Excluding the fact that declaring it a "tax" doesn't necessarily make it one.>>>
i am not one that's declaring it tax. the supremes did that. it is constitutional only if this is ruled a tax, which it was.
you are making the classic liberal mistake in argument. you are arguing against anarcy. here's a question: should we raise taxes? note that the question isn't should we raise income taxes or sales taxes or any specific tax, just taxes.
if you say no, then that proves that you do not want to feed starving children, or take care of your brother because there will always be need.
and now with the passage of obamacare and the upcoming expiration of the bush tax cuts, should we continue to raise taxes? in other words, do you get to a point where even you say that we should not increase taxes? and why would you ever come to that conclusion?
dave, your at level that's too deep.
yes there are many folks who to not connect, or care to connect, the free stuff that they're getting to the actual cost that they have to pay. those are called obama voters.
then there is another segment who do not connect the fact that because of political games man ship, they have been exempted from a national insurance tax. those too are called obama voters.
it's like the governmental workers who voted for two penny jenny, a former resident of the state of michigan who fled to california the day her term expired. a huge tax passed on business, buniesses closed or moved out of state, hundreds of thousand lost their jobs, and then . . . . . . ta da!!!! tax revenues plunged. leaving those same government workers to now have to take the horns, just like conservatives predicted.
<<<Of course I am rejoicing as I do at anything that benefits the people who are suffering.>>>
ahhhhhh??? but this tax will hurt people who are suffering. think of a family of four who works independently, making $50,000 per year who buy their own insurance. they are going to get hit. the penalty (tax) is going to be assessed on those who can not pay for the insurance policy that is mandated by the obamatax. it is the middle class that is going to get killed by this, not "the 1%" as pelosi was spewing forth over the weekend.
<<<Taxed for sleeping, people marrying animals, your guns taken away? You do come up with some outrageous scenarios.>>>
you issed the point of my post. there isn't anything now that the government can not tax, any activity or even any inactivity. do you understand that. there was a cartoon in the detroit news showing obama and roberts declaring that now all americans must buy a volt of pay a $2,000 tax. that can happen now.
<<<However, if you get your way in November, will you fight for my right to smoke everywhere again, and get the government out of my puffs?>>>
puff where ever you want, so long as i do not have to breath it. you are free to inflict damage to yourself, just don't do it where others have to also be inflicted. would you puff around children and have them share in your experience or are you one of those rare smokers who is thoughtful of others?
jerry, you have to be kidding right? show me where Rs are against health insurance. as for tort reform, yep - the Ds didn't touch that, even though every single doctor in america will tell you that preventative practice adds multiples to the price of health care.
so now doctors must be demonized and the jeffery fliggers of the world are the guard dogs?


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Webcraft, I think Newsroom has really very adequately answered your query. However, in the interests of giving you my take on things: I read the article with interest, was disquieted by much of it, have filed some of it away to research more properly and moved on.
We have a very open editorial policy here, and as Lynda says both myself and John Patrick are very much more pro-wind than she is. However, in broad terms we adhere to the idea that everyone has a voice, and a view, if that view is contradictory, if it sits in a grey area of opinion, if it espouses a different view, then that is to be encouraged because it widens the debate and gives the conclusions one draws from it depth and strength. As you have so plainly put into the public view on this thread, I am committed to the community I live in, I chair an organisation which is acquiring a forest, and that organisation is also looking at a windfarm. As for Dunans Castle, you are conflating a social enterprise with a Charitable Trust, and it should be clearly stated here, that it was the charitable trust which benefitted from the funding from the Windfarm Trust, for which the Charitable Trust was very grateful.
So to your last paragraph: there is no hypocrisy at ForArgyll, only openness, both to a multiplicity of views and people, and to the right to express them. I'll turn this around: why is it that you want to accuse us of these things? Why are you going for the messenger? Surely, what we need here is not a picking over of the personal, but the examination of a significant and worrying issue.
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Ah Alexa.com. For any website out of the top 100K you really can't say their listings are statistically accurate as their sample size isn't big enough. Frankly, the plugin is loaded only by the internet geekery, and that description doesn't seem to me to apply to the audience at ForArgyll.For reference, and because it interested me, I did a like-for-like survey on Alexa.com of all the news sites in Argyll and came up with a ranking based on total worldwide internet traffic. This is the broadest brush measure.
You'll see that ForArgyll.com has over twice as much traffic as OT, and the rest are struggling to get an eighth of the traffic:
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CowalCourier.com – 0.000016%I think this says more about our online reach than any other stat from Alexa …
As for the Google Adplanner, it doesn't show the detail you quote, which I therefore assume comes from Alexa.com, and therefore should be treated with some measure of caution. But thanks for that link, very useful too see how our stats are represented to potential advertisers.
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Mr_Rose wrote:While the awkward "bitch/bead-ella" thing is completely adorkable, are P&A ever going to get back to the (to my ear anyway) less forced banter of 840 or thereabouts?
I'm not entirely sure if this is a writing critique or not. If it is, all I can say is that I almost always try to let the dialogue flow as naturally as possible.
If it's not, then my answer is that relationships sometimes zigzag but rarely retrace their steps exactly. Penny and Aggie continue to sass each other as recreation now, like they've more or less done from the start, but a Penny who's admitted she's attracted to Aggie-- and now helps pick out some of her clothes-- is not a Penny who can "dress as Aggie" and call it a "Halloween costume." In some ways it is more awkward between them now, in some ways, less. There's less saying what they really mean but less lying to themselves and each other about what they really feel, less of a messy mix of love and hate but more confusion about what's left. Whatever happens from here, they're likely to change some more.


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19-year-old pleads guilty to role in vicious videotaped assault in Chester
MEDIA COURTHOUSE — The third of six female teens accused of beating a mentally challenged Chester woman in September 2012 pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and conspiracy to recklessly endanger another person.
Takia Nicole Edwards, 19, the only adult in the case, apologized to members of the victim's family who were in court before Judge James Nilon for the plea. Edwards' 1-year-old daughter, mother and grandmother were also present as she was sentenced to nine to 23 months at the county prison in Concord for the felony assault charge and two years of consecutive probation for the misdemeanor endangering charge. She has been in custody since Sept. 28.
According to police, the girls kicked and beat the woman as she sat on the front steps of her apartment on the 1100 block of Morton Avenue at about 9:15 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2012. When she retreated inside, they allegedly followed and continued to beat her. Assistant District Attorney George Dawson noted that the victim said at a preliminary hearing it was "the worst beating that she's ever had in her life."
Video of the incident was captured with a cellphone and posted online, which investigators used to track down the defendants. All of the suspects were in custody within days of the assault and have been charged as adults.
Edwards was sentenced to seven months in prison with the balance of the minimum to be served on electronic home monitoring. She was also ordered to stay away from the victim, provide a DNA sample to state police and attend anger management classes.
Her attorney, Steven Leach, said his client was embarrassed, upset and remorseful about the attack. He added that being removed from her family has been a bad experience for Edwards and he does not expect she will appear before the court again.
"It is just out of character for this young lady," he said. "I don't know what happened that night. It's just completely contrary to everything else in her background."
Two other defendants took similar pleas in January. Rahmiiyah Henderson, 16, and Jasmir Womack, 17, were each sentenced to six to 23 months in prison with two years of probation.
Jamia Davis, 15, Janyea Bell and Anye Dennis, both 16 — the remaining juvenile defendants — are currently being evaluated for decertification, which would put their cases into the juvenile system. All have hearings scheduled for March 11.
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Who's your favorite villain?
...does smoker count?
I need to find the chapters where the amazons attack....
Who's your favorite villain?
...does smoker count?
I need to find the chapters where the amazons attack....
I have gone across a Thousand oceans, and no skies were as Sunny as the ones that lay before me in the Grand Line. Can you believe it?
Who's your Favorite One Piece Character?
Eh, I can't really say. Both Zoro/Zolo and Ussop are really cool characters. I like Zoro because I respect his sense of honor and nobility, and I sympathize with him and his tragic past. I kind of think he uses that extra sword as a memory of Kuina. That way, he can feel as if he's fighting with her in spirit.
I also really like Ussop because I've noted he's the character most like a normal human. He has fears, he's the type to rely on self-preservation, and he has the most normal level of strength, compared to the others, from what I've see so far. He's also a really funny and clever character, and I don't mind him in the Funimation dub at all.(I'm only up to about Episode 74)
What do you think One Piece really is?
One Piece is probably Gol D. Roger's greatest treasure, but a useless trinket in the eyes of other people. Kind of like Luffy's hat. It's probably just a gift he recieved from a loved one a long time ago. He certainly would of hoodwinked everybody if that's the case.
Who's your favorite villian?
Jango, of course. Who wouldn't like a moon-walking, crazy, classy hypnotist?
Pirate profile huh?
Spoiler:- Pirate:
If anyone has any problems thinking up a name for their devil fruit, I'll be glad to help.
Last edited by Jinchuuriki Hunter; 1st April 2010 at 7:34 AM.
Welcome to the club Fossil Man and ^^Yoshinichi^^ .
I like both of your pirate profile Zameric and Jinchuuriki Hunter.
Gonna make mine soon. I've thought of this DF ability since long time ago.
Glad I can share it.
Funny, we actually can make our own crew together.
Mr. Twentypages, that was quite possibly the thing that made my day. We could so cooperate on a ship together.
I've already started to conduct a profile. I have a really good idea, so give me some time with that. Oh, and it is editable, right Kurris?
Do we really even need to have Devil Fruit powers? There are so many cool pirates in One Piece that haven't eaten a Devil Fruit, although I suppose my character will have eaten one just because it'd be fun.
Jinchuuriki Hunter said that he would be able to help out with Japanese names for pirate profiles.
I'd like to note, club members being on the same pirate crew are just fine with me. I might even let you affiliate yourself with a canon crew, depending on the situation.
Yes. Pirate profiles can be editable, as long as you notify me and get my approval first.
Congratulations on becoming a Pirate Emperor, Golde.
No, you don't not need to have a devil fruit power. I fully encourage other types of abilities.
And you are right that there are many great pirates that don't have devil fruit powers.
Btw..Welcome to the One Piece Club, Yoshinichi!
Were you teasing me about my April Fools Day prank when you first posted?
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Hmm...Fossil Man, I like your appearance and attitude, but in all honesty, your attack styles bore me :P And no, not just cause you don't have a Devil Fruit ~
FYI, I have eaten a devil fruit. It's an amazing ability, too. Completely overpowered, just the way it should be
And thank you, Kurris. I will hold this title dear.
My pirate is lame right now, because I haven't given much thought on his Devil Fruit power. I might change his name and power once I get a better idea. If you guys have any idea for any attacks he could use or alternate Devil Fruits, please suggest them. ;D
Spoiler:- Pirate:
Last edited by ^^Yoshinichi^^; 2nd April 2010 at 6:39 AM.
That is a fantastic pirate profile, Fossil Man.
You set out to prove that you don't need devil fruit powers to be a great and interesting pirate, and I think you accomplished your goal.
Don't mind Golde too much, he's a bit of a prude. ;p
Are you a member of the Quicksilver Pirates or just an ally?
Of course, it wouldn't be in your nature if it wasn't overpowered. ;p
You have a fine pirate profile. I like that you included a illustration.
I think might not sound as silly though if you look up the name of the material, instead of just calling it baby diaper fabric.
I think I like Hose Blast as the name better than Soak Wave. But it's your profile.
Well this club sounds awesome. Thousand Sunny is so awesome.
Thanks! I have a knack for being decent at mimicking art styles. ;D Yeah, I looked it up and all I could find was sponge-like cloth fabric. The diaper-shirt so to speak is meant to help soak up fluids that wash onto his clothes, so his chest can soak it up, too.
I really wish I could come up with some other attacks though. I had this one idea where he shoots whatever fluid he has stored out of his nostril to fly around, but I keep on thinking how the Soak-Soak ability seems lame so far.
I might even get around to drawing other peoples pirates. ;D
Yoshinichi: Hm...since your devil fruit causes pores to appear on your body, we can call it the Poru Poru no Mi (which literally means Pore Pore Fruit). You could also go for sound effects, maybe Basha Basha no Mi (high pressure water splash), Gyuchi Gyuchi no Mi (squeezing a sponge...although honestly, I just made that one up) or maybe Suu Suu no Mi (water being drained).
It's an interesting ability...can I call you Spongebob?
All those sound like wonderful ideas. I'm not sure what to choose. XD Please refrain from calling me or my character Spongebob, thankyou. xP I was thinking of trying to daw Billboard or Quicksilver later on. Bathis would probably join up with one of them at one point just because he loves hovering around so much.
Hmm...I rather like that nostril attack, lol.
You could have an attack where you temporarily drain most water from your body, so, you end up minimizing. Tiny...maybe a 360* shot, water bullets from all pores?Water vomit XDDD
This club is happening~
Welcome to the One Piece club, Chimchar15. But please try not to post one liners from now on.
Well I have a sister that has had three kids and sews cloth diaper among other type of clothes in her spare time.
I can ask her if she knows, and I'll PM it to you if I do find out.
I'm sure you can come up with some interesting abilities for it. I'll even try thinking of a few ideas and run them by you later.
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