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Oral history interview with Mariya Kushnir
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- Interviewee
- Mariya Kushnir
- Date
2010 May 16
- Language
- Extent
1 videocassette (DVCAM) : sound, color ; 1/4 in..
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Mariya Kushnir, born in 1926 in Kantemirovka, Russia, discusses her childhood in Novostsherbinovskaya (possibly Novostepanovskiĭ, Russia); the order by German authorities for the town's Jews to gather at the cinema under the deception that they would be resettled in a homeland; the participation of Russian policeman in the roundup of the Jewish population; the removal of Jewish children who were possibly electrocuted and then thrown into cars; the mass killing of the area's Jewish population and burial in large pits; the looting of Jewish belongings from the cinema by locals; seeing her Jewish girlfriends at the killing site; two men who escaped the killing and joined the partisans; hiding the Goldenberg family in her home; the death of some members of the Goldenberg family when they attempted to return home; burying the Goldenberg family members and showing Mr. Goldenberg the burial site after the war; and her family's awareness of the danger of helping Jews.
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Oral history interview with Elena Matveyeva
Oral History
Elena Matveyeva, born in 1931, in Velizh, Russia, describes her life before the war; living with her aunt and her family; the numerous Jewish residents living in Velizh and having good interactions with them; befriending a Jewish family that lived across the street from her family; how many of the Jews in Velizh left before the Germans arrived; the beginning of the war and her father being taken away; the bombing of Velizh two weeks after the war started; escaping with her family to a small village for a short time and moving back to Velizh; how the Jewish population began wearing the yellow markers and the Germans forced Gentile men and Jews to hard labor; the forced relocation of Jews to a ghetto that was surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by Germans and local police; the post-war trials of the local police who guarded the ghettos; the large fire in the ghetto during the winter and seeing Jews being shot as they tried to escape; hearing that many Jewish families played dead in the snow to avoid execution; a German bringing a young Jewish boy her family the night after the fire; taking care of the boy for a single day before he left to find his own people; many Jews being protected and saved by Russians in Velizh; locals moving into the abandoned Jewish homes and also burning down homes to avoid letting the Germans have any supplies; returning to Velizh from Belarus in 1944 during liberation to see an overgrown foundation of a city; how the Germans kicked all of the residents out of their homes and into jail in Velizh; the residents being taken at night to Belarus over the frozen river by horse; how all the men were gone from the city and only women, children, and teens remained; being happy to be away from the war zone; having to live in the basement while tanks and artillery were being fired upon the house; being warned by Russian soldiers to leave or the Germans would end up killing them and having nowhere to run to; hearing accounts of the atrocities of the Germans towards the remaining locals; how at first the Jews in the ghetto were allowed to leave and return and they were allowed to bury their dead in the graveyard; the death of many Jews from hunger; seeing a large pile of dead bodies after the fire in Velizh when the firefights and artillery battle was ensuing; and seeing a dead child frozen in the river.
Oral history interview with Aleksandr Bordyukov
Oral History
Aleksandr Bordyukov, born in 1928 in Velizh, Russia, discusses the large Jewish population in Velizh before the war; the restrictions on Jews; living in a Jewish-Russian neighborhood; the relations between Jews and non-Jews; the nine synagogues in Velizh; how mixed marriages were normal; how Jews were craftsmen (shoemakers, tailors, watchmakers), musicians, and tradesmen; his Jewish classmates, including Klara Lesina, Isaak Moiseyev, and Vera Sokolova; the bombing at the beginning of the war; the Jewish families who fled or stayed; the suicides of some local Jews; Jews being forced to do labor; the creation of a ghetto on Zhgutovskogo Street; the local police, including Filatov, Kiriyenok, Sychyov; how almost none of his classmates died in the ghetto; the shooting execution of 150 Jewish men from Velizh and Surazh in October 1941 in Kurmeli village and witnessing it from a nearby field; seeing the ghetto being burnt during the night of January 28, 1942 and the killing of 700-800 Jews; leaving town the next day because his street was on fire; returning to Velizh in 1943 after the town was liberated; Russian people settling in Jewish houses; people being hanged for their connections to the partisans; the lack of Jews in Velizh after the war; and helping to raise money in the 1960s for a memorial to the ghetto victims.
Oral history interview with Yevgeniya Yershova
Oral History
Yevgeniya Yershova, born in 1931, in Usvyaty (Usviat'), Usvyatsky District, Russia, describes her life before the war; the relatively large Jewish population in her town; her father's Jewish friends; how the Jewish children tended not to play with Gentile children; the beginning of the war and how the Jews remained in their homes; the relocation of the Jews into a ghetto; Jews having to wear yellow markers; hearing about the round up the Jewish residents by the Germans; the shooting of Jews who tried to escape the ghetto; how her father was told to bury all of the Jews that had been executed within the ghetto; being told by her father that not everyone who was buried was dead; the indiscriminate shooting of people; how her father knew many of the victims; never going to see the murder site; how the Russians returned to their homes, which were taken for the ghetto, after the mass murder of the Jewish residents; seeing a Jewish man hanging near her sister's house; how there was no real violence towards the local Gentile population; and the return of some Jews to Usvyaty.
Oral history interview with Zoya Semionova
Oral History
Zoya Semionova, born in 1932 in Dvorets, Russia, discusses growing up in Usvyaty (Usviat'), Russia; the Jewish students in her classroom before the war; the Jewish community; the good relations between the Jews and non-Jews; the arrival of the Germans; local men hiding grain; her father's execution after being accused of hiding grain; the creation of a ghetto in Usvyaty and the relocation of Jews and non-Jews; the hiding of Jews by local families; seeing the execution of Jews briefly; returning to the execution site after the shooting was over and seeing people who were half-alive in a pit; seeing two hanged people, a Jew and a partisan; the execution of a local photographer, Khrapkov, because he was Jewish; leaving Usvyaty with her family when the bombings and battles began; returning in 1944; police officer who was tried for crimes after the war; and the return of some Jews to Usvyaty after the war.
Oral history interview with Zinaida Malashonor
Oral History
Oral history interview with Polina Sinitsina
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Here's a fascinating Twitter account: @AforeignBride. "Sending tweets out for men who are looking for a foreign bride…" It just features links to profiles of women from all over the world who have signed up for mail-order bride sites like Loveme.com (specializing in the Phillipines) and Elena's Models (specializing in Russia and Eastern Europe).
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Study: Indiana Manufacturing on Record Pace
June 10, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Study: Indiana Manufacturing on Record Pace
Conexus Indiana and the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research today (June 10) released the 2011 Indiana Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card, an annual grading of the strengths, challenges and opportunities impacting the two industries that collectively employ nearly one of every four Hoosiers.
According to a press release, this year's Report Card confirms that Indiana's strengths in making and moving products have buoyed the state's economic recovery. Indiana continues to rank among the top tier of states in manufacturing and logistics employment, and Ball State economists predict that the next 12 months will be a record year for manufacturing in the state. Indiana's manufacturing employment has risen by 4.6% since the end of the recession.
The study gives Indiana overall "A" grades in manufacturing industry (ranking first among states in share of the economy focused on manufacturing), logistics industry, global position (measuring manufacturing exports and foreign investment) and tax climate. The educational attainment of the Hoosier workforce, however, continues to be a long-term concern.
The state's "C" grade in Human Capital is a step forward from last year's C-, based on strong enrollment in community college programs and improved high school graduation rates. But Indiana's adult population continues to rank among the least-educated in the nation, leaving Hoosier manufacturing and logistics firms struggling to find qualified applicants for jobs that demand increasingly advanced skills.
This year's study reiterates that Indiana must do a better preparing the next generation of manufacturing and logistics workers, said Steve Dwyer, Conexus Indiana's president and CEO, noting "today's jobs aren't about standing at assembly lines, they're about running computerized equipment and robotic systems, about teamwork and problem-solving."
He added, "We have to give introduce young Hoosiers to these careers early on, and give them opportunities to acquire the skills they need at all levels to create the pipeline of talent that manufacturing and logistics employers need to grow."
Other key findings from the 2011 Indiana Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card:
• Indiana ranks second among states in per capita manufacturing employment and ninth in logistics employment.
• Indiana ranks first in per capita income derived from foreign-owned manufacturing operations, ninth in manufacturing exports per capita and 13th in export growth.
• Indiana scored a "C" in benefit costs, based on poor rankings in healthcare and fringe benefit costs.
• Indiana generally ranks in the top tier of states in terms of tax rates and the recently-enacted corporate income tax cut should bolster the state's current ranking of 21st in corporate taxes.
• The state's "C" grade in productivity and innovation represents a mixed-bag of indicators, with strong rankings in manufacturing productivity (ninth) and R&D investment (15th) offset by poor performance in patents-per-capita (32nd);
• With rankings of 31st in percentage of the workforce with a high school diploma or greater, 42nd in college-educated workers, and 26th in younger workers with a two-year degree, human capital remains Indiana's biggest long-term hurdle to future manufacturing and logistics growth.


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More Details Emerge On Questionable UK Seizure Of Music Blog
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SOCA is also making the absolutely laughable statement that this one blog was costing the labels "approximately £15 m per year." Perhaps in some fantasy land where the IFPI/RIAA is in charge of "new math," but not anywhere in reality. Now, certainly some of these leaks may have broken the law, but at best they should be civil issues and actual harm should be proved, rather than fantasy harm. While RnBXclusive was a decently widely read blog among music blogs, Dajaz1 (who, again, knows in great detail how all this insanity works) is pointing out that if the £15m claim is accurate, then you could easily sum up all the music blogs around, and they would account for more losses than "what the recorded music industry has made total since the very first record deal was signed. Per year."
Isn't it time that law enforcement stopped relying on fantasy numbers and started living in reality? Especially when it comes to censoring blogs?


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WaveLab 7 and WaveLab Elements 7
Wavelab 7 and Wavelab 7 Elements
Introducing Wavelab to Mac users...
We are finally able to announce Steinberg's latest version of their audio editing and mastering suite - Wavelab 7.
What is Wavelab?
Wavelab is the industry-standard production environment for mastering, audio editing and restoration, perfectly tailored to meet the demands of today's professionals.
Introduced from Steinberg for the first time in 1995, WaveLab belongs to the first mastering software applications available on the market.
Already being used as the number one application in mastering facilities, music studios, broadcast stations, among freelance editors, podcasters and those restoring old records in a home studio environment, WaveLab is also found where the next generations of sound and mastering learn the trade.
WaveLab 7
Taking audio mastering & editing to the next level...
With a wealth of new features, WaveLab 7 has for the first time been made available to Mac users. Through its perfectly tailored tools, WaveLab 7 is being able to raise the quality of any audio material dramatically by pro
Providing a revolutionary new workflow experience, WaveLab 7 not only includes an effective window concept incorporating powerful workspace management, but a wealth of high-end VST3 plug-ins such as the Roomworks reverb and the highly flexible Post Filter, taking audio mastering and editing to the next level.
Alongside the ultra-precise Spectrum Editor plus exceptional Global and 3-D frequency analysis tools, WaveLab 7 also comes with a high-class VST3 restoration plug-in suite by the Sonnox specialists, consisting of DeNoiser, DeBuzzer and DeClicker.
The Sonnox DeNoiser delivers high performance noise removal and is best suited to eliminate constant background noises of different colours. The DeNoiser offers Input and Output metering, Sensitivity and attenuation faders to determine the intensity of de-noising as well as two different tracking methods. DeNoiser also features a High-Frequency knob for adjusting the frequency range as well as a graphical representation of the processing intensity and frequency range.
DeClicker is a true all-rounder. The plug-in contains three sections with individual thresholds and controls: DePop, DeClick and DeCrackle. Whether it is a pop-sound in a voice recording, a click sound or unsightly crackles - DeClicker has the right answer to deliminate such disturbing sounds.
Beat buzzes with the highly effective DeBuzzer tool. DeBuzzer removes humming noises like the mains hum with ease - and without affecting the original material too much. Adjustments down to a hundredth hertz can be done by pushing the Fine Adjust button. It's also possible to adjust the sensitivity and the attenuation as well as reduction mode depending on the respective type of noise.
Together with its completely new burning engine and support for the universally accepted DDP format, WaveLab 7 marks the cutting edge of today's mastering, editing and restoration technology.
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Collective Bargaining Principles
The University's principles and goals for collective bargaining will support our mission as a comprehensive higher education system serving Alaska through instruction, research, and public service. In all our collective bargaining relationships, we will focus on achieving our mission by emphasizing the importance of quality, individual and institutional accountability, efficiency, flexibility, unity and diversity, and our work environments. We recognize that all our collective bargaining activities must occur within the constraints of our fiscal resources.
Expand the University's expertise in a broad range of academic disciplines, while concentrating on research and public service in academic areas related to our geographic location, demographic and cultural characteristics, and major economic sectors.
Enhance the University's ability to recruit and retain the highest quality faculty and staff by providing competitive compensation packages that provide for merit and that reflect appropriate labor markets for different faculty and staff groups.
Ensure that appropriate standards and measures are used to continuously improve all educational activities, including instruction, research, and public service.
Expect all faculty and staff groups to work together toward achieving the University's goals and insuring the long term success of our community within our fiscal constraints.
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Enhance the University's special mission in community and vocational education.
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Photos: Chris Brown & Quincy Host Celebrity Kickball Game
Chris Brown teamed up with Puff Daddy's son Quincy to host a celebrity kickball game in Los Angeles yesterday (July 19). Going head-to-head as "Team Quincy" and "Team Black Pyramid," Breezy's team featured Omarion, Kendall Jenner, DJ Khaled, Paris Hilton, Jamie Foxx and Kevin McCall. Quincy hit the field with Amber Rose, Kylie Jenner, The Game, Keke Palmer and Ne-Yo.
Having fun in the name of charity at the Glendale Sports Complex, all proceeds from the game went to Best Buddies and Brown's Symphonic Love. Chris Brown also performed "Loyal" for the crowd.
Flip through pics from Chris Brown and Quincy's celebrity kickball match, and watch Brown perform "Loyal" below.


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Have you ever spilled a drink on your papers, computer keyboard or desk? Or does the wet patch from a chilled drink dripping on your desk annoy you?
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On season premiere Monday (8-11 p.m.), ABC (12.7 million) finished as the second-most-watched TV network, leading CBS by 4.4 million viewers (8.3 million) and Fox by 5.1 million viewers (7.6 million).
Growing year-to-year for the second week in a row, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" (8-10 p.m.) was up over its second telecast last fall (10/1/12) by 1 million viewers (13.4 million vs. 12.4 million) and by 10 percent in Adults 18-49 (2.3/6 vs. 2.1/5). Former NFL player Keyshawn Johnson was the first celebrity dancer to be eliminated from the competition this season.
During the 10 p.m. hour, ABC's season premiere of "Castle" beat CBS' debut of "Hostages" by 4 million viewers (11.5 million vs. 7.5 million), by 22 percent in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 vs. 1.8/5), and by 16 percent in Adults 25-54 (2.9/7 vs. 2.5/6). "Castle" grew over its year-ago season premiere by 10 percent in Total Viewers and by 5 percent in Adults 18-49 (10.5 million and 2.1/6 on 9/24/12). In addition, the show was up over last season's finale (11.2 million and 2.1/6) in viewers (3 percent) and young adults (5 percent) to deliver its best numbers since April 22. A big gainer via TV playback, "Castle's" numbers shot up last season by 3.6 million viewers and by 50 percent in Adults 18-49 from Live + Same Day to Live + 7 Day.
"Castle" was the No. 1 most-tweeted series at 10 p.m. (60,122 tweets), beating the debuts of NBC's "The Blacklist" (31,086 tweets) and CBS' "Hostages" (10,879 tweets) head-to-head in the hour. This year's premiere of "Castle," which had the cast live tweeting during the episode, was up 104 percent over last season's premiere (29,475 tweets).
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 48 percent currently, from 45 percent at the same point in 2012. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
Source: The Nielsen Company, Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings, 9/23/13.


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The Danelectro '59 is Back!
Arguably the most famous Danelectro guitar, thanks to high profile usage by the likes of Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, the delicious double cutaway '59 Dano is back and cooler than ever, thanks to a 'pre-aged' makeover and up-specced components and hardware.
Glossless finish paintwork, matt finish hardware and tinted shellac lacquer applied over the cream-coloured parts really underlines the vintage retro appeal of these excellent guitars.
The semi-hollow Masonite body with adhesive tape edging (though there's no body 'seam' to hide under the tape nowadays), the giant 'seal' scratchplate, the cool revised styling of the famous 'coke bottle' headstock shape - arguably one of the best headstock shapes ever - plus the twin wide-spaced body horns, chunky radio style vertical-ridge control knobs, the aluminium nut... all the trademark Dano features!
The '59 Pro also features twin alnico-powered Lipstick® case pickups with warmer spec windings for a sweeter tone and slightly hotter output. Plus there's a fully adjustable and intonatable chrome plated raised-tail bridge, and six adjustable, enclosed gear machines.
Three great retro finishes - including Black, the one we all want!
This is a great option for those who want a great single-coil guitar that looks cool and is more distinctive alternative to the usual Stratocaster-style...
And just how little money does cost for that ice cool Dano vibe...?
- Body: Masonite, wood frame
- Neck: Maple, bolt on
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Scale: 25" / 635mm
- Frets: 21
- Tuners: Enclosed, adjustable
- Bridge: Chrome die-cast, six saddles, adjustable
- Pickups: 2 x Lipsticks®, alnico magnets, 3-way selector
Jimmy Page performing "White Summer" with his black Danelectro
Pink Floyd w/ Syd Barrett, performing "Interestellar Overdrive". Syd uses a DC 59


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Grant's Whimsical Woodland Room
Name: Grant (1)
Location: Marquette, MI
Color Inspiration: I discussed nursery ideas with some friends one evening, and I got the turquoise and white idea from them. I also wanted some sort of woodland theme; we live in Michigan and I hoped to reflect that somehow. Instead of using typical "foresty" colors, however, I just went for it. I was hooked as soon as I put the first stroke of the teal paint sample on the wall!
Rate this room's color below - voting is only activated for 48 Hours -- so don't delay!
Tip for Using Color: Have fun with it! There's no requirement that nurseries have to be pastel. Also, make sure that the color you choose won't clash with the things that you DON'T want to change. For example, I didn't want to paint our wood trim, and we have beautiful hardwood floors that I didn't want to carpet over. Certain colors would have clashed, so I needed a bold color that would contrast nicely with what was already there.
Colors Used: Benjamin Moore "Surf Blue" (walls) and Benjamin Moore "Seaside Blue" (ceiling)
Thanks for your colorful entry Shanon and good luck!
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
DreamWorks: The Men Who Would Be King
What's clear from the book is that the company and partnership were always tenuously held together. The partners each had very different personalities and more important than that, very different goals. It's this area where the structural flaws in the company eventually caused problems.
Most companies start small and if they're lucky and well-managed, grow larger. The two words that best define DreamWorks are grandiose and hubris. DreamWorks started out large with large expectations and then systematically shrank over time. The expectations of the partners, the investment community and the public were too large and the partners, for all their money and skills, failed to live up to them.
Those interested in the animation side of DreamWorks will learn relatively little. Shrek and Sinbad, the most and least successful of the animated features, are the only ones covered in much detail. Anyone who has followed Katzenberg's career since his Disney days will have a sense of his micromanagement style and his taste in content. What surprised me is that in this book, Katzenberg comes off the best of the three partners.
David Geffen used his wealth as a weapon to intimidate others with and seemed to have a pathological need for an enemy to conspire against, whether it was Michael Ovitz, Michael Eisner, Sumner Redstone or Brad Grey.
Steven Spielberg comes off as consistently selfish, always making sure that he came out of any arrangement with what he wanted, regardless of whether it was good for DreamWorks or not. For example, on Minority Report, Spielberg made $70 million while DreamWorks only made $20 million. Spielberg was upset with Geffen for selling DreamWorks to Paramount, but had Spielberg directed more films for DreamWorks (he directed several films for other companies while a DreamWorks partner) or worried more about the company's bottom line, the sale would not have been necessary at all.
Each of the three partners also brought their own people into the company, and those people were often at odds, more concerned with protecting their relationships with their patrons than the good of the company as a whole.
In DreamWorks' defense, the media business underwent massive changes during the life of the company. In particular, Disney's purchase of ABC was the death knell for the TV division, both live and animated. However, the three large egos at the head of the company never came together on the specifics and their different agendas made it almost inevitable that the company would fracture as it did.
While this book may frustrate those only interested in the animation side of DreamWorks, The Men Who Would Be King is an excellent primer as to how politics within and between companies determine what ends up on movie screens. Unfortunately, Hollywood is a cross between high school and The Godfather, and while it can be fun to observe from a distance, I find the incessant maneuvering for status and money exhausting.
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- Pete Emslie said...
What surprised me is that in this book, Katzenberg comes off the best of the three partners.
Mark, I'm not surprised to read that assessment regarding Katzenberg at Dreamworks, as I came away with the same impression after reading of the similar battle of egos at Disney in the book, Disney War. While Jeffrey may be equally as ruthless an exec as all the others in today's Hollywood, I was at least impressed with the fact that at Disney, he had the courage of his convictions and was also man enough to admit to mistakes made. Contrast this with Michael Eisner, who would never admit to any shortcomings in his leadership and always blamed somebody else (usually Katzenberg) for a film's failure, even though that failure was often due to his own poor decisions.
Personally, I've never been much of a Spielberg fan, either, as I well recall what he and his Amblin Co. were like to work with back when I was still at Disney and Who Framed Roger Rabbit was being released. Because of that dubious alliance, he had Disney personnel jumping through hoops to get anything approved in the way of Consumer Products. I don't believe that he should have had any say whatsoever on character illustration and usage. By the way, this is the prime reason that I am against "Open Innovation", if it means having companies like Disney forming dubious partnerships with outsiders in order to produce new films, theme park attractions, etc. I'll take the 20th Century model, where creative companies are solely responsible for their intellectual properties, thanks just the same.
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You need to be choosen by the grail to be a participant and you need a magic circle that works for the invocation magic and that's it. You don't need anything else to summon a servant.
The magic circle was already on the floor of the shaft where he trained everyday.
The extra in the case of shirou was that he had inside his body the scabbard (avalon) inside his body so that worked as a relic and thats why the grail summoned saber.
The world changes completely as the darkness is destroyed by a golden light
Fate complete material vol 3 states that avalon is the ultimate magical item that transcends even magecraft (this means is even more powerful that the great grail itself in terms of magical mysteries) avalon creates a boundary field (similar to a reality marble just bigger) so powerful that its impossible for any kind of magic or physical force to overcome the effect of the field. The field connects the current reality where it was summoned with the land of the fairies and at that moment any magical or physical energy will cease to exist since that is not allowed in the domain of the fairies.
So in short, angra manyu's energy was purified after shirou is eaten by the dark matter. Lets remember that the dark matter its actually energy from the origin itself but corrupted by angra manyu. At the end the games says something around:
The black mud disappears and just the path remains, the holy grail.
And of course saber goes excalibur on the opened portal so this time she really gets it.
And in UBW its easier. In that reality the manifestation of the grail is not even complete (the event horizon is really weak) and there was no proper core to begin with reason why they used shinji. When tohsaka rescued shinji something similar to what happened in the very first summoning of the grail (1st grail war) happens and the grail becomes unstable because of the lack of a proper core. The difference between what happened then and in UBW is that the energy from the event horizon in the first place was very little so when archer attacks its hitting the part of the system that controls the link between the core and the energy flowing underground that's why the grail system goes for gilgamesh in the end, its trying to get the missing energy to complete itself but the portal closes after gilgamesh is devoured.
In short, archer messes up the grail system although not so badly as in the HF route.
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|2011-10-12, 01:39
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who destros the holy grail,which is only the key to opening the great grail, now the great grail where angra manyu really is, its destroyed or sealed by a member of the clock tower in the fate and ubw routes..
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About avalon well I'm afraid is what the game says.
We can have our own likes or dislikes about it but avalon purified the dark matter which we know already what it is from where it comes and what means to be devoured for it so in my opinion the game its clear in this matter.
And of course as we know already Saber destroys the portal. Here is important to understand that the grail system is formed from several pieces that sadly share the same name "grail" but actually all of them are interdependent from each other, Ill explain more about it later.
Spoiler for scene:
In the UBW as I said the grail becomes unstable because of the lack of a proper core and archer damages the part of the system that links the energy running underground to the core while saber destroys what is left of the embryo the system was building.
Spoiler for scenes:
In this reality, Saber didn't attack the portal like in the fate route, in UBW since the main source of energy is destroyed by archer and saber the system goes for gilgamesh to try to keep himself working but its not possible as Gilgamesh says so himself.
Talking about the future in the fate route and UBW its hard because we need to speculate but lets give it a try.
Event horizon: the moment at which the underground system gathers enough natural energy from the region to start the selection of masters also opens a connection with the swirl of root in order to access to the information about the heroes making possible the selection of servants.
This time frame was exactly every certain years I don't remember exactly how much but it was exactly the same time every time but Kiritsugu Emiya actions inside the underground system will change that time frame.
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Destroying the mud doesn't mean it is purified one bit.
Purify would actually mean that Avalon removed the filfth and darkness of Angra Mainyu, which didn't happen. It "simply" obliterated the mud, nothing more nothing less.
|2011-10-12, 06:23
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And in my defense Ill add just for the LOL EFFECT a little thing that is not SOLID EVIDENCE but I think it serves a little to support my idea and its the fact that the classic red color used to represent the corruption is absent in the final scenes after the dark matter is dispersed.
|2011-10-12, 09:34
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|2011-10-12, 11:48
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I think 200 is just a round up number.
|2011-10-12, 11:56
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|2011-10-12, 13:52
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|2011-10-12, 13:54
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|2011-10-12, 15:46
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I still can't rationalize why the fifth war happens after a 10 year interval instead of 60 years.
I get that no one obtained the holy grail in the fourth war, but its energy was unleashed either way. And in the first three wars, no one obtained the grail either, right?
|2011-10-12, 15:55
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It would be greatly appreciated.
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|2011-10-12, 16:29
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Spoiler for FSN:
Spoiler for FZ:
|2011-10-12, 20:06
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What they had there was the lesser Grail. The Great Grail is underground, with no direct connection to the lesser Grail.
|2011-10-12, 23:05
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I love your posts guys I just sign up to ask alumnox if it's ok to copy them for my blog Ill send you the address in private message and please could you explain more about the grail thingy. I found information about it but Im confused about the terminology.
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Collingwood's Marley Williams found guilty of grievous bodily harm over one-punch Albury attack
Collingwood footballer Marley Williams has been warned he could face prison time after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm in a Western Australian court.
Williams was convicted of breaking then 29-year-old Matthew Robertson's jaw outside the Studio 146 nightclub in his home town of Albany on December 27, 2012, in what the prosecution framed as a 'revenge attack'.
Prosecutor Tony Loudon indicated he would seek an immediate jail term for the 20-year-old defender, after his conviction in the Albany District Court on WA's South Coast.
The maximum penalty for the offence is 10 years.
Williams maintained the punch was thrown in self-defence, saying he had been set upon by Mr Robertson and another man.
The jury deliberated for around two and a half hours before finding the Magpies player guilty, a verdict which was delivered after 7:00pm (AWST) on Thursday night.
Club officials, Williams and his legal counsel Tom Percy, left the court afterwards without commenting.
Williams will be sentenced on April 22, just three days before Collingwood's traditional ANZAC Day match-up against Essendon.
Mr Loudon said a case of that nature would ordinarily involve a term of imprisonment as a starting point.
"There's been a trial, he's not shown any remorse and it's a serious offence," Mr Loudon said in court after the verdict.
Mr Loudon had also opposed bail ahead of that sentencing, but Judge Julie Wager granted his release on a $10,000 surety and a $10,000 personal undertaking.
Williams, who has played 22 games over two seasons since being picked up in the 2011 Rookie Draft, will also have to report to police weekly.
Judge Wager also noted the possibility that Williams would face an immediate jail term but Mr Percy said there were 'a range of options' in sentencing.
Earlier, Mr Percy said in his closing submissions that Williams was left with 'no choice' but to throw a punch after Mr Robertson and a companion, Ian Parry "set upon" his client outside the club.
"What's real is that he was about to get his head knocked off, he had to throw a punch," Mr Percy said.
"Parry and his companion were about to attack, the response was understandable and entirely reasonable."
The trial heard Mr Robertson, Mr Parry and another man, Casey Smith, had earlier "mobbed" Williams in the nightclub's toilet and repeatedly hit him.
Prosecutor Tony Loudon described the self-defence argument as a "fantasy" and said there was no evidence the small defender was in any fear.
"It was straight out malicious, vindictive vengeance," he said.
"It was a very significant punch, intended to do significant injury, to a man with his arms folded."
After the incident, the Magpies ordered Williams to work with the Salvation Army for 10 weeks "to atone for putting himself into the position to be drawn into a regrettable incident".
Williams enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2013, establishing himself as a regular small defender - playing in 16 games.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, albany-6330, wa, collingwood-3066, vic, australia
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