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John McDonnell has graciously shared with readers of the Victorian Web his website with the electronic text, including scanned images, of the anonymous London Characters and the Humourous Side of London Life. With Upwards of 70 Illustrations apparently by a "Mr. Jones," which the London firm Stanley Rivers & Co. published in 1871. Brackets indicate explanatory material, such as interpretations of contemporary slang, by Mr. McDonnell. [Decorated initial "A" by Thackeray from Vanity Fair — George P. Landow.]
nd yet he semed besier than he was," wrote Dan Chaucer five centuries ago when describing the Man of Laws in the "Canterbury Tales;" and such was the reflection which crossed my mind as I saw P-------, of whom we know somewhat already, rush in great haste from his lodgings in the High Street to the court-house at Brisk, one fine summer morning, a few circuits back. He was armed for the fight---a fight more in the fashion of Ulysses than of Ajax---and bore, besides the brief with which he had been trusted, two massy books of authority to back up his intended statements. He passed on, and I finished my pipe; for, though the advice of the great Q. C. who had instructed me many times in the way wherein I should walk, had been that, business or no business, it behoved me to show in Court regularly at nine o'clock every morning, when the Court sat---and this advice was, beyond question, wholesome---yet had I found it to be, like many other wholesome things, very unpalatable. I gave the "no business" side of the advice a fair trial, and small was the apparent advantage derived from it; the "business" side would have met with equal justice, had it thought fit ever to present itself. Six circuits were enough for the proof of half the advice; and as, at the tail of the seventh, "business" did not surrender to take its trial, I thought it small harm to do as I liked in the matter; hence it was that, on this particular morning, I stayed to finish my pipe instead of rushing eagerly, as P------- was doing, to the dispensary for justice. I took my own time about bringing into subjection to the brush the hair which stood out after my morning's dip in the river "like quills upon the fretful porcupine;" I donned my robes and wig at my own pace; and, as I thought of P------- with his brief, and his books, and his haste (on my honour there was no hint of envy, though P------- was but on his second circuit), the words of old Chaucer occurred to me as apposite [well put], and---for I liked P------- greatly---by the time my toilette [process of dressing] was over, I had got as far as heartily to wish that Chaucer's preceding line might be equally applicable, "No wher so besy a man as he there n'as." And then I, too, walked over to the court-house, down the narrow street and down the hill.
A heap of folk were about the doorway---attorneys' clerks, barristers' clerks, witnesses, and lookers-on. I passed through; and, all the world being my way, it made no difference whether I went into the Crown Court or the Civil Court, so I turned into the former, and made my way to a place.
The dock was rather thickly tenanted; and, as I entered the court, a miserable-looking lad was standing in front of this pen, awaiting the beginning of the prosecution, which charged him with "feloniously and unlawfully stealing," &c. He had, in truth, been guilty of neglect rather than crime; but had, unfortunately, been brought before some stern moralists of magistrates, who took the uglier view of his case and sent him for trial; he was undefended by counsel, and was called upon to say if he was guilty or not guilty to the charges made against him.
"Not guilty!" said the boy in a low voice; and the counsel for the prosecution began.
In cases where the prisoner is undefended, it is not usual for the prosecution to make any speech, properly so called. The case is stated to the jury; the witnesses are called and examined from the depositions; and then the whole is summed up and laid before the jury, the prisoner being allowed to make his own defence after the case for the prosecution is closed. But on this occassion the counsel for the prosecution was about as new to his work as the prisoner was to crime; and, without intending to injure the poor lad against whom he appeared, but in pure ignorance of what was right, he commenced an oration which was evidently not the inspiration of the moment, but a studied speech, which had had more than one rehearsal.
"The magnitude of the crime with which the prisoner stands charged is such as to demand the promptest attention, and the most summary repression. Our homes, our property---I might add, our lives---are---"
"Really, sir, this course is very unusual," said the judge, interrupting the flow of the advocate's words.
The prosecutor did not see in what way the course was unusual, and, in complete innocence, harked back upon the initial words of the speech---"The magnitude of the crime---"
"Really, sir, I must interrupt you," said his lordship; "you would do better to proceed with a simple statement of facts." And, with much show of unwillingness---for the learned counsel, who was from "the green isle," was, like most of his countrymen, a really "good fist" at a speech, and disliked missing an opportunity of making one---the prosecutor continued on his way, stating the facts simply and calling the witness.
The first witness was a labourer, who had seen the prisoner with the "feloniously stolen" article in his possession (the lad had been told to take a spade to A-------, but had carried it only to his father's house, where he had mislaid and forgotten it).
"Were you on the road leading to A------- on the morning of the 3rd July?"
"Did you meet anyone?"
"Yes; the prisoner."
"Had he anything with him?"
"A spade."
"Was it this spade?" (producing one).
"It was?"
"Did you know whose spade it was?"
"I knew it belonged to Master Turner, up to Wurnley?"
"Did you say anything to the prisoner about the spade?"
"I said, 'You young rascal, you've stolen that spade!'"
"What made you sat that?"
"I knew he must ha' stolen it,"
"No other reason?"
"Then if you knew he must ha' stolen it, why did you not tell a policeman?"
"Don't know."
"Did you not see any policeman?"
"Why did you not tell him?"
"Don't know."
But the counsel pressed the witness on this point, and at length succeeded in getting an answer.
"Why did you not tell him, sir? Answer the question."
"Well," said the man, "I certainly did see a policeman, but he was only a b------- big fool of an Irishman, and I knew it was no use to tell him."
Poor J------- looked a little discomfited at this reply; and in answer to his lordship's inquiry, said he had no further questions to put to the witness, who was ordered to stand down, and the case went on to an acquittal of the prisoner.
Then came the trial of a man for forgery, a conviction, and the sentence. The man was an old offender in the same direction; and his lordship thought fit to pass upon him "a substantial sentence," as he called it, out of regard to the peculiar hatefulness of the crime, and to the fact that the prisoner had been tried before. I mention this case not merely because it followed that of which I have just written, but because of the peculiarly sad effect which the sentence had upon one quite other than the prisoner.
A nervous movement of the hands and a slight twitching of the mouth, alone had betrayed the keen interest the prisoner took in the proceedings which so intimately concerned him. When the clerk of arraigns asked the jury if they were agreed upon the verdict, a wistful look, which seemed to indicate a desire to anticipate the sentence, was turned upon them; and when the clerk further asked them if they found the prisoner "guilty" or "not guilty," a painful anxiety showed in the forger's face, and communicated itself to the bystanders: and when the word "Guilty" dropped from the foreman's lips, a sense of relief came upon all who heard it.
His lordship---than whom was no judge more ready to make allowance for the infirmities of poor human nature---considered of the sentence he should pronounce, and felt it his duty to give, as he said, a substantial one. Addressing a few remarks to the better feelings of the prisoner, he told him how grieved he was to see him continue in his former evil way; that as he had, however, chosen to do so, it behoveth the law to protect people from his knavery; and the sentence of the Court was that he be kept in penal servitude for four years.
As soon as the words "penal servitude for four years" closed the sentence which the judge pronounced, a shriek was uttered in the far-end of the court, which pierced the ears of everyone. A woman had fainted; some poor creature to whom even the wretched man in the dock was dear, and upon whom the sentence, double-edged, fell with the sharper side upon her. The man was removed by the "dungeon villains" (two eminently mild and kindly-looking men, by the way), and the friends of the poor soul, whose sobs seemed to strain her very heart-strings, gathered her up and bore her out.
Now, it may be womanish, but bother me if "a scene in court" like this is at all to my liking. I hate to be agitated whether I like it or not; to find the apple in my throat swell and get inconvenient, as though it were the "prime" apple which caused our first mother to err; to feel warm and glowing about the eyes, and, will I nill I, to be obliged to smother my emotion by blowing tunefully on my nose. And these things had to be endured on this occasion, in spite of the philosophy of a youthful attorney who stood by, and said, with a desire to be overheard, "that such things must happen, and the police ought to see that these women were kept out of court." To be sure I knew nothing of the people; and, for aught I did know, they might be the wickedest and least deserving of sympathy in the whole world. So far as the trial itself went, there was nothing particular to set the feelings in play: had the mere facts of the crime been proved as stated, the prisoner found guilty, and sentenced in the ordinary way, I do not suppose for an instant that anyone would have been unusually struck by the sentence. But the little something not usual---the extraordinary addition of a woman's cry of sorrow; that woman having nothing visibly to connect her with the case before the Court; and the sign which that cry gave of links and sympathies outraged, of which the Court could take no cognizance---these were the springs of an emotion which none but the assize-hardened do not feel---"the one touch of nature which makes the whole world kin." [note: assize are periodical county sessions held by judges on circuit for administration of civil and criminal justice]
Professing the stoic philosophy, I dislike occasions which make me show my feelings as a man. The "one touch of nature" I admire in the abstract, and in Shakespeare, from whom the expression is stolen, but do not desire to be subject of it in my own person. Lest nature should touch me again, I left the Crown Court, and walked over to the Civil side, where Justice ------- was trying the special jury cases, and where, amidst the lookers-on, I saw my landlord, with eyes in which pity mingled with contempt as he looked on me, robed, but sans [without] brief. A moment's reflection told me that he would charge me no less for the numerous "extras" which were certain to appear in my bill, pitiful though the glance might now be; so I placed my eye-glass (not that I am short-sighted, you know, reader) firmly into my eye-socket, assumed a haughty air, which was intended to hurl back the landlord's pity with scorn, and addressed myself to attending to the speeches that were being made.
It was evident from the experience just narrated, that, though I might have the bad digestion, I did not possess "the hard heart" which is said to be as necessary for a good lawyer, as a gold latch-key has been held to be to an officer in the Horse Guards. I may improve, however, as time goes on.
P-------, of whom mention was made just now, was about to open the pleadings in a case that had been called on, when O-------, breathless and anxious, rushed in from the Crown Court, where he was engaged in a case requiring full attention, having heard that this cause, in which he was also retained for the defendant, had been called. His object was to get the case postponed till he could attend to it; and had he been other than he was, or had he not placed temptation right in his lordship's way, he might have got what he wanted. But he was a great drawer of the longbow; one who was known to all the profession for the entirety in which he adopted M. Talleyrand's saying, that speech was given to man to conceal his thoughts: he was this; and, being this, he tempted the Court beyond its power to bear.
Hurrying up to the counsel's table, he motioned to P------- to refrain from opening, and begged his lordship to put off the case, "for," said he, "I am at this moment speaking in the Crown Court."
His lordship's eye twinkled; the bar noticed the mess poor O------- was in; and O------- himself was aware of his mistake as soon as he had made it. Time was not given him to amend, for his lordship repeating the words, "this moment speaking in the Crown Court," added with an arch smile, which was well understood by all who saw it, "No, no, Mr. O-------, I can't believe that."
O------- knew what fame was his, and the bar knew, and the judge knew; and if the public who looked on knew not, I take this opportunity of hinting at it, for the express purpose of showing them that if their vulgar and calumnious riddle about lawyers being such restless people, because they first lie on this side and then on that, and lie even in their graves---a riddle feloniously stolen, by the way, from a bon mot [witty saying] of Sir Christopher Hatton's, when he was Lord Chancellor---be founded on fact, the professional brethren of these restless men take good care they shall not forget their characteristics. For the riddle I ever thought the properest answer was, that lawyers are restless because they never lie at all; but even if I could make my meaning clear upon this head, as an able writer in a magazine some time ago did his, in an article called "The Morality of Advocacy," there would be no end of people to join issue with me; so I give up the attempt to alter the riddle and its answer, deeming the game not worth the candle.
O-------'s application was granted, as P------- and his learned friends did not object, and O------- went back in peace to his defence of "bigamus." The next cause was called, and at the name of it, a young man of temperament the most nervous in the world, a quality which made the bar an almost insuperable bar to him, rose to his feet, and announced that he appeared for the defendant. Counsel for the plaintiff opened, called his witnesses, and closed his case, which seemed to be a winning one. Counsel for the defendant rose, blushed to the very roots---I had almost written tops---of his wig, looked like the incarnation of confusion, and thus delivered:---
"My lord, and gentlemen of the jury; my client in this case---my client, gentlemen---my client, my lord---my client;" and at this stage the poor man seemed perfectly overcome by the natural enemy with which he was combating. His mouth was as if paralysis had stricken it; his lips were parched, his glance wandered about the court, his tongue stammered, and then wagged no more. The Court waited; some men pitied the poor creature stuck in the slough of words, unable to get free; others enjoyed the joke and grinned unkindly grins. The occasion was too much also for his lordship, who leaned forward a little, and said, in a tone of voice which with other words might have been taken for encouraging, "Pray, sir, proceed; thus far the Court is with you."
The nervous man was stung to the quick, and like a stag pursued to a corner, turned round and stood fiercely at bay. He floundered on in spite of himself, and was getting fairly under way, to the relief of everyone who heard him, when in an unfortunate moment he allowed his eloquence to hurry him into a false quantitiy, and then he was in the toils again. There is a writ called of "quare impedit" the e whereof in "impedit," is short. By pure misfortune---for the nervous man "was a scholar, and a ripe and good one"---by pure misfortune, and the hurry he was in, he gave this word as though the e were long, and called the writ one of "quare impedit [im-paid'-it]."
The sharp ear of the judge detected the false concord, and before the speaker could correct for himself, was down upon him like a Nasmyth's hammer. "Pray shorten your speech, sir. Remember we have a good deal to get through." The blow was a fair one, though it fell heavily upon Mr. T-------, who continued to speak like one grown desperate, reminding one of the bull in a Spanish arena when the red flags and the darts have been plied some time. He plunged on here and there through the case, butting, but not bellowing at his antagonist, who did for him the service of a matador, and gave him the coup de grace, to the poor fellow's utter discomfiture.
The said antagonist rose to reply, and as a boa constrictor licks and fondles his prey before he devours it, so the antagonist bespattered Mr. T------- with praise, and complimented him upon "his thrilling and powerful appeal." "The Lord hath delivered him into my hands," was the profane aside, however, with which the advocate forecast, to those nearest him, the issue of the fight. The speaker went on and proceeded to dissect the speech of his opponent, and, metaphorically speaking, the speech-maker himself. He exposed the fallacies, turned the facts so as to show the reverse side of them, and drew a deduction from his learned friend's own premises, so diametrically opposite to that which had been drawn by him, that Mr. T-------, though he did not interrupt by speaking, could not refrain from showing his dissent by violent shaking of the head.
"My learned friend on the other side shakes his head," said the speaker, raising his voice, and emphasizing the word "head." "I don't know that there's much in that;" and at this neither pity nor decorum could keep the bystanders within bounds; a laugh, general and hearty, was raised at the expense of poor Mr. T-------, who, painfully alive to the wound which had been inflicted, gesticulated in vain endeavor to get a hearing for something which might have hurled his enemy to the ground; but the possibility got thrown away; Mr. T------- remained crushed, though exceedingly angry.
Now it happens that the court-house at the assize town of Brisk is inconveniently near to the market, which is the resort of farmers for miles round. Thither come cattle, sheep, and beasts of burden; and thither are taken grain, and hay, and all kinds of agricultural produce. The place is so near to the courts of law, that the sounds of marketing, the grunts of pigs, and the noise of blatant beasts, have many times been known to pierce the sanctum of justice, and to interfere with the delivery of grave human utterances. On this occasion, when Mr. T------- came so grievously to grief, high market was going on in the street and place outside. Animals of various kinds had given audible proof of their presence, and just as the vanquisher of Mr. T------- resumed his speech, a jackass, desirous of showing his sense of the learned gentleman's sharp wit, set up a bray sufficiently loud to be heard right through the court.
It was his lordship's turn now, and he, thinking perhaps that so keen a tonguesman as he who was speaking could look well enough to himself, to be able to bear a rub down, said, with a good-humoured smile, which was the salve to his blow, "One at a time, brother; one at a time."
The serjeant reddened slightly, and merely nodded assent to his lordship's proposition. The laugh was against the serjeant, but "nothing he reck'd," or seemed to do, and went on to the close of his speech.
His lordship began to sum up the case to the jury, sifting the facts, and laying down the law. He had not proceeded very far, when the animal aforesaid, instigated, no doubt, by a feeling of kindness for the serjeant, took advantage of a slight pause in the summing up, to testify once more to its appreciation of English jurisprudence. The loud hee-haw! resounded through the court, attracting the attention, if not the fears, of the judge. Respect for the bench precluded any such notice by the bar, as the bench had taken of the former bray; but his lordship had flung down his glove to the serjeant, and the serjeant was not the man to refuse the gage [challenge]. He followed his own plan in taking it up. When the judge continued his address to the jury, the impression created by the jackass being yet fresh upon the audience, Serjeant ------- turned him around to the leader who sat next to him, and said in a stage whisper, heard distinctly by every one, "I never noticed till now the remarkable echo in this court."
"Not even with your long ears," said a junior in a whisper as audible as the last remark, whereby the laugh which began to rise at his lordship's expense was shifted back again to the serjeant, who strove between his dignity---which would not let him notice the junior so immeasurably beneath him---and his anger, which made his fingers itch to punch the junior's head. The serjeant was a wrathful man, and had the reputation of even "swearing his prayers." Forth from his mouth flowed a string of muttered curses, like lava from a volcano that cannot burst in open fury; and to judge from appearances a breach of the peace seemed not unlikely to occur at a later hour of the day; though, as far as I know, none actually took place, the serjeant, a thoroughly good fellow, having been observed to select his youthful adversary for special attention at the mess on that very same day; and even after speaking highly of him as a foeman worthy of his own steel. He recognised an equal, as Lord Thurlow did when the usher of the court gave back his lordship's "--- damn you," after enduring meekly and in patience for the space of five minutes a long string of invectives, hurled at him because the Lord Chancellor's inkstand was not filled.
P-------'s case came on in due course, and P------- fleshed his maiden sword right valiantly. He bore up against the excessive respect of his own witness, who insisted on calling him "my lord," drawing upon him a flood of congratulations from his brethren, and a remark from his lordship that "the witness was only anticipating." O------- strove and did mightily; and the jury gave right between them---at least I trust so, for I cannot speak out of my own knowledge. The heat of the weather and the stuffiness of the court combined, with the want of special interest in any one of the causes, to make the assize court of Brisk, in the county of -------, intolerable by four o'clock in the afternoon. The only piece of paper I had touched for the day in the way of business, was the messman's dinner-list, whereon I had inscribed my name. It was useless to wait, I thought, so nudging R-------, my fellow in lodgings, and mine own peculiar friend, I left the court for more refreshing haunts. I strode away, and in company with R-------, who "rowed in the same boat" with myself, sought upon the waters of the Cray an appetite for the dinner we were to eat at half-past six.
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Holy Success! New Demands for Make-A-Wish
Foundation Looks for a Sequel After Batman-Themed Event for a Boy Battling Leukemia Becomes International Sensation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is accustomed to attracting publicity for wishes it grants to children with life-threatening illnesses.
But it wasn't prepared for one to go viral, raising the 33-year-old charity's public profile but also creating new funding challenges as it tries to keep up with a flood of new wish requests.
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Kay+Stemmer branched into designing for the retail market in 2006, their first collaboration being with Heal's and soon to be followed by SCP, Mark Product amongst others.


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absolutelyvlc wrote:So, when are we starting this Challenge? (yeah, I suck and did no workouts this weekend)
I was hoping to start today but have no MOD powers to create a thread... can someone do this??
Thread name: As if you could outrun me
1- Goal to be active at least 5 days a week for at last 1/2 hr a day
2 - At least 3 days have to be cardio active days (walk/run/bike/swim/etc), other days can be strength / flexibility/ other type of exercise.
3- Each week you need to stop by the board at least ONCE and report on how you did the week before.
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T. Rowe Price Opposes Dell Buyout
Michael Dell's plan to take Dell Inc. private is hitting more snags.
On Tuesday, Dell's second-largest outside investor said it opposed the proposed $24.4 billion buyout. The investor, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., which owned 4.4% of Dell shares as of September, said the proposal undervalues Dell.
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Tilda Swinton: I don't know how to feel like an actress
- Bang Showbiz
- 16 April 2014
Academy Award-winning Tilda Swinton doesn't "know what it would take" for her to feel like an actress and doesn't think she can discuss her craft like other stars
Tilda Swinton doesn't "feel like" an actress.
The 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' star - who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of ruthless lawyer Karen Crowder in 'Michael Clayton' in 2007 - can't relate to other actors when they discuss their craft.
She told variety.com: "I don't know what it would take for me to feel like one [actress]. I understand it's a strange thing to say because I do keep saying, 'Yes, I'll dress up and be in your film.' But when I hear proper actors talking about their lives and how they approach their work, I feel like I'm up another tree."
Swinton - who spends a lot of time in the Highlands of Scotland - isn't able to answer how she prepares for roles after she's been cast in a film.
She explained: "When people ask about how I approach a character - well, I wouldn't know how to approach a character if I tried.
"People will ask about choosing a role - I don't choose roles. People will talk to me about preparation. Aside from putting together a disguise, I'm not aware of any preparation at all."


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From Openmoko
This will serve as a bug tracker for Kustomizer for a while..
These issues are for http://kurppa.fi/freerunner/kustomizer. Older versions can be found at http://www.kurppa.fi/freerunner/kustomizer_files/
version 0.3
- KNOWN: Many opkg.org packages fail to install because of bad packaging. They're still in there in case the packages are fixed at some stage.
- KNOWN: Navit speech (spd-say) doesn't work, something to do with speech-dispatcher.. Can be replaced with flite in ~/.navit/navit.xml
- KNOWN: GSM registration takes a long time
- add yours here with your signature!!
version 0.2
- After first restart there's a module unload error message --Rhk 00:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- Xlogical installation segfaults (fixed, new package in opkg.org?)
- Tries to install yaouh 0.3 - not available in the repos any more --Rhk 14:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- meooem server doesn't respond? --Rhk 14:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Several md5sum mismatch messages (broken opkg.org packages)
- It takes a long time to connect to GSM network
- Audio doesn't work, /dev/dsp not found or something? --Rhk 17:24, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
version 0.1
- installation of libglade-2.0 fails
- GSM doesn't work!
- qpe kill error message
- modules error message on first run after installation
- I flashed and then try to boot with usb connected, it freezed. (Aapo)
- 2008.12 or Kustomizer issue -> did you run kustomizer before the freezing? At what state did it freeze? --Rhk 08:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- fr_bind says 'no interface USB0' on ubuntu 8.10. USB_Networking helps (Aapo)
- Yes restarts the usb0 interface twice because the first time sometimes fails. Will check later for better methods --Rhk 08:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
- Removing suspend should be earlier in manual (Aapo)
- Done --Rhk 08:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


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June 30, 2011
Why am I going on the Freedom Flotilla II to Gaza? It seems to me that during this period of eldering it is good to reap the harvest of one's understanding of what is important, and to share this, especially with the young. How are they to learn, otherwise?


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We have been asked to provide more photos of Sarah & Jacob so that people will have a better feel for what they look like. The following are a collection of family photos of Sarah and Jacob. (Click the button below to view the photos)
We need the public's help to identify anything about the following recently discovered photos taken September 8, 2014 just before Sarah and Jacob disappeared (Click READ MORE button below to see photos).Read more ...
To help spread the word to non-English speaking communities we have translated the publicity flyer into several languages. Click the Read More link below to download themRead more ...
Sarah and Jacob Hoggle have been missing since September 8th, 2014.
This site is being run by the Hoggle Family to help co-ordinate efforts to find them and disseminate information about the search and how the public can help.
Friends and neighbors of Troy Turner, father of missing Montgomery County toddlers Sarah(4) and Jacob Hoggle(2), are asking the community to remember the family during this holiday season. Read the full Press Release here or make a donation at the GoFundMe Page
One of the keys to finding Sarah & Jacob is to let people around the country know that they are missing. How many times have we heard about missing children who have been taken from their families and were taken to a different part of the country where they lived in plain site of their new communities. We need your help !! Many of us travel to different parts of the country during the holidays. Before you travel print-out some copies of the flyer and post them in public places around the country. Among the good places to post them are: highway reststops, sports arenas, religous buildings (especially during the holidays), school buildings, etc.
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Legal High
Date: From 9.00 a.m., Tuesdays, 17 April 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Komikado Kensuke (Sakai Masato) passed the bar exam while studying in the law faculty of a third-rate university and opened a law firm. A person with character defects, he is cranky, caustic, temperamental, cynical, proud and spendthrift; loves money, prestige and women. Because of that, he has the worst reputation within the legal profession. But he has never once lost a case and will do whatever it takes because of his conviction that "winners are right". The people around him are skeptical of his way of doing things. However, Komikado gradually realises that his vision of justice is a pipe dream, and begins to remember the spirit of fighting and not giving up that he had forgotten. Mayuzumi Machiko (Aragaki Yui) is an earnest rookie lawyer who has a strong sense of justice and is passionate about the socially vulnerable but tactless and inflexible. A strange turn of events result in the two of them working together as colleagues, but the two of them fight like like cat and dog, and clash over almost everything.
Sakai Masato as Komikado Kensuke
Aragaki Yui as Mayuzumi Machiko
Namase Katsuhisa as Miki Choichiro
Taguchi Junosuke as Kaga Ranmaru
Yano Masato as Ide Takao
Koike Eiko as Sawaji Kimie
Satomi Kotaro as Hattori
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Sakai Masato & Aragaki Yui to star as lawyers in new drama 'Legal High'
Fuji TV has just announced another new drama for the upcoming spring season titled, 'Legal High'. This new drama will star actor Sakai Masato and actress Aragaki Yui as lawyers who aren't really that fond of each other.
'Legal High' is an original and thrilling comedy written by popular scriptwriter Kosawa Ryota (the "ALWAYS" series). The title "legal high" means "to get high on law", which is a direct hint at the main character, lawyer 'Komikado Kensuke' (Sakai), who cannot get enough from using the law at his advantage in the courtroom. Komikado comes from a 3rd rate university, however, he passes the bar examination and opens up a law office.
Komikado is an absolutely arrogant and eccentric fellow who loves money, fame, and women more than anything else. His wicked tongue is something else, much to the despair of his very serious colleague 'Mayuzumi Machiko' (Aragaki). They fight at every opportunity, but as usual that seems to be the perfect flowerbed for a gradually growing love. Despite Komikado's arrogant nature, he's working under the honorable creed that a lawyer should always work in the best interest of his client. He simply knows how to exhibit his abilities in the courtroom whenever things are looking bad and in his career has won every single lawsuit.
Sakai commented about why he accepted the offer, "The script is just too interesting. Furthermore, it's my first time working with Aragaki. I want to work as hard as I can and hope that will be enough to keep up with her energy."
Also appearing in the drama will be Namase Katsuhisa as the former boss of Komikado who is now the head of a major law office, Koike Eiko as Komikado's secretary, and Satomi Kotaru as the clerk for the odd jobs in Komikado's office. For Satomi this will be his first Fuji TV drama in 15 years.
'Legal High' is going to replace this season's 'Strawberry Night' in the popular 9:00 pm time slot on Tuesday. Its first episode will air in April.
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Suzuki Kyoka to guest star as Sakai Masato's ex-wife in Fuji TV drama 'Legal High'
On May 10th, it was announced that actress Suzuki Kyoka (43) will make a guest appearance on the May 22nd broadcast (6th episode) of Fuji TV's 'Legal High' (Tuesdays, at 9PM). She will play the ex-wife of Sakai Masato (38).
Suzuki will play Keiko, the ex-wife of the protagonist Komikado. Keiko is a lawyer who has never lost a case and previously worked at the same law firm with Komikado. She chose, after enduring months of the failed marriage, to move to the United States to practice international law. The episode will follow the divorce proceedings of a famous couple. Komikado will represent the husband, while Keiko will represent the wife. The fierce courtroom battle between the former couple will unfold in the episode.
Suzuki, who has not costarred with Sakai since the 2004 NHK Taiga drama 'Shinsengumi!', stated with a bitter laugh, "I needed to work at 'full throttle 10 times (more)' than in my normal roles," but commented that "Working with [Sakai] granted me an enjoyable filming experience." Sakai also commented on the excitement of the acting battle with Suzuki. "If I were to speak about unmerited honor, this would be the perfect example."
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Loving Legal High. Sakai Masato and Gakky are so funny together.
Ono Erena To Appear In "Legal High" Finale
It's been announced that former AKB48 member Ono Erena will be appearing in the series finale of Legal High, scheduled to air on Tuesday, June 26. She will be cast as a waitress wearing a light blue outfit for numerous scenes in the episode which will feature the final confrontation between rival lawyers Komikado Kensuke (Sakai Masato) and Miki Chouichirou (Namase Katushisa). In addition, Komikado's assistant throughout the series, Mayuzumi Makiko (Aragaki Yui), has gone independent, and she too is determined to defeat Komikado.
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this is my fav drama this year!!!! XD
komikado FTW
Legal High finishes its run with 13.4%
"Legal High" finished its run on 26 June with a rating of 13.4% in the Kanto region. The drama began its run with 12.2% and soared to its season-high of 14.5% in its 8th episode before ending with an average of 12.5% which places it 5th among the Spring 2012 dramas.
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Legal High is very interesting. The ending of the first episode was a little scary lol. I love main cast they have so much charisma and chemistry.


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TORONTO — Two Internet firms that were threatened with legal action by an Israeli anti-terrorist civil rights group for allegedly hosting Syrian government ministries say they're in full compliance with federal law and that the charges are out of date.
The new Canadian arm of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center sent a letter July 10 to the two web-hosting companies – iWeb Technologies of Montreal and Webforce Hosting in Kelowna, B.C. – warning they may face civil and criminal action if they don't stop hosting the Syrian government sites, because Canada designated Syria as a state sponsor of terror in 2011.
Rackforce and iWeb were both named in a November 2011 report by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School for International Affairs, which said the firms were hosting 17 sites for the Syrian ministries of culture, transport and electricity, as well as the Syrian patent office and others.
Hezbollah sites were also listed in the report, and German and U.S. web-hosting firms were implicated as well.
In a statement to the QMI news agency, iWeb said that it "has no direct involvement with any of the Syrian entities mentioned in the report, and our contract with resellers impose that they comply with Canadian law."
But iWeb admitted that it's investigating two of its clients that resell server space that may have had recent dealings with one of the banned Syrian entities. The firm said it has asked the resellers to stop their dealings with the organizations.
Meanwhile, Rackforce CIO Randall Rabinson told QMI that his company hadn't received business from the organizations cited in the Munk report since September 2011
"To threaten legal action for a matter that was resolved two years ago is damaging to RackForce's good reputation and throws into question the validity of Shurat HaDin's current activities and methods," he told QMI.
The Shurat Hadin letter, signed by its Canadian representative, lawyer Laya Witty, says the Canadian web-hosting firms could get caught up in civil litigation that it intends to commence against Syria, adding that although sovereign states are normally immune from civil liability, outlaw states designated as state sponsors of terror aren't.
"We request that your company cease and desist providing aid and assistance to the government of the Syrian Arab Republic, a regime that has been designated by the government of Canada and other democratic nations as a state sponsor of terrorism," the Shurat HaDin letter said.
"Failing to cease your provision of service to the Syrian government will result in a complaint being filed with the federal authorities in Canada to pursue these charges. You may also be exposed to prosecution and penalties under the Criminal Code of Canada."
The letter added that "by providing aid to the Syrian regime, Rackforce Hosting Inc. and iWeb Technologies Inc. expose themselves and their directors to civil litigation and to asset seizure by creditors holding unenforced judgments against the Syrian Arab Republic."
Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center is an Israeli-based NGO that uses the legal system to help terror victims around the world. Among its clients are current creditors of the Syrian regime.
This is the first action taken by its new Canadian branch.
"We hope to bring the same measure of justice to Canadian terror victims as we have been bringing to other victims throughout the world," said Shurat HaDin director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.
"There is a lot of work to be done in Canada, and we are ready for the challenge – bankrupting terrorism one lawsuit at a time."
The next print edition of The CJN is Aug. 1.


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Masterlock, the world's leading manufacturer of padlocks, is getting some recognition from none other than President Obama. After the company helped bring hundreds of jobs back to the U.S from overseas, Obama cited their insourcing efforts and commended their results in his State of the Union address.
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Starbucks buys Teavana
This can't be a good thing. Thoughts?
Well, there's the last nail in the coffin…
Well, I don't like Starbucks coffee, so might as well not like their tea either. ;)
I posted the same topic earlier. Maybe we can get the two topics merged perhaps?
@Rachel, considering it's Starbucks we're talking about, doesn't it seem more appropriate to have lots of individual stand alone threads scattered around within a page or two of eachother?
I don't like Teavana, and I think it's only appropriate that Starbucks purchase them. They belong with one another.
It's especially interesting because Starbucks is/was set to open a Tazo storefront – http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-20/starbucks-to-open-tazo-tea-store.html – and I think I read an article saying that this Tazo store would allow people to get a cup of tea, but also to blend their own a la Adagio. Interesting.
I'm curious to see how this pans out.
As far as I know the Tazo store open(s) today or tomorrow in Seattle.
Did someone ask if this is a good or bad thing?
"Schultz said Thursday that the Tazo shop will serve as a "learning laboratory" for its development of Teavana stores. He said that the brands give the company a two-tiered approach to the fast-growing tea category, since Teavana is a premium loose leaf tea while Tazo is a bagged tea product sold in supermarkets
Schultz said Teavana will also move into the consumer packaged goods category, meaning it will also be sold in supermarkets."


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What if you're beginning to have ideas for your own have ideas for your own songs, harmonies, or arrangements, but don't know how to get them out of your head and onto a recording?
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The Pocketstudio 5 is a perfect "step up" for musicians who started out playing along with CDs or singing to karaoke machines and are ready to advance to the next level of musical understanding. It lets you be musical in a fun framework that's flexible enough to start writing your own songs. To call it an "entry-level"product doesn't do it justice, because there is a lot of potential built into this little sub £200 device.
From the outside, it looks somewhat like a small 4-track recorder, but it also contains a "band-in-a-box" or auto-accompaniment device. This means that the Pocketstudio has electronic instruments (such as keyboards, bass, and drums) built right in. These internal instruments can be played by the internal MIDI Arranger, giving you backing tracks in a variety of styles without having to know anything about "MIDI" or "sequencers" (but it will expand your knowledge and let you grow in that direction). That gives the Pocketstudio the power of an 8-track recorder, since the rhythm section is handled internally via these MIDI "virtual tracks," leaving the four digital audio tracks open to record live vocals, guitars, or anything you want.
For example, the Pocketstudio lets you select a background style (like "hard rock," "jazz," or "country") that's not a specific song. This accompaniment isn't a recording...it's actually playing the drums, bass, keyboards and other instruments in real time through its internal synthesizer. It's not quite a "sequencer" (where you'd have to program every single drum and every note of every chord), but it's much more than just a sequence playback device.
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Most people get interested in multitrack recording equipment to help them with songwriting and arranging. Songwriters have a lot of things to struggle with, and just having a drum beat to play with can be a big help. Add a bass part and a keyboard part playing open, general arrangements, and it's easier to start improvising a melody to those words you jotted down on a napkin last night. The Pocketstudio 5 even provides a headset mic and can run on batteries so you can work on lyrics and melodies while you're walking down a country road.
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Some players are solely known for it while others develop through their development. Either way, it's usually the last tool to develop fully. I mean, we're still waiting for James Loney to hit 20 home runs in a season.
The Dodgers have some interesting power prospects in the minors. There are some guys who have average to slightly above-average power potential (O'Koyea Dickson, Corey Seager, Blake Smith), but this list is reserved for guys who have at least plus (60 or better) raw power.
Best power prospects
Justin Chigbogu
- Chigbogu, who draws comparisons to Ryan Howard, was the Dodgers' fourth-round draft pick in 2012 out of a small high school in Missouri. He was ranked as Baseball America's 423rd-best player, yet was the 146th player chosen -- and it's because he has plus raw power. I gave him my "Best power prospect" rating in my Top 50. However, it seems someone else on this list should have received that honor.
There's no doubting Chigbogu's power potential, but, like most power hitters, there's a lot of swing and miss that comes along with it. He hit just three home runs in his professional debut (131 plate appearances), but he was just an 18-year-old for the majority of his season. He's a long way from the majors and it will be interesting to see how quickly that power develops.
Joey Curletta
- Curletta was the Dodgers' sixth-round pick in 2012 and is hulking right-handed hitter (6'4, 225 at age 18). Curletta checked in as the Dodgers' No. 30 prospect in Baseball America's Prospect Handbook, which was a bit of a surprise. But, like Chigbogu, it's because of Curletta's raw power potential.
His position is yet to be determined (he'll either be a corner outfielder or first baseman), but the youngster has loads of power potential. He's a guy who could benefit greatly from Mark McGwire's tutelage -- if Big Mac is still around in a few years (which he should be).
Chris Jacobs
- I saw Jacobs in person a couple times last season, including during batting practice. He put on a pretty good show, including hitting a couple balls out of the Banner Island Ballpark to left-center field. The air isn't rarefied in Stockton, Calif., so that was an impressive feat. He also hit a home run when I saw him during a game (ended up being the game-winner), but it was an extreme cheapy down the right field line.
Still, Jacobs managed a .493 slugging percentage with the Quakes in 2012 after an even more impressive showing in the Midwest League the year before (12 home runs, .521 slugging percentage). The power potential is there, but that's pretty all Jacobs has going for him.
Michael Pericht
- Pericht was another player I saw in person and, like Jacobs, he impressed me with his power potential. Pericht cleared the stadium during a game. I was walking down the left field line toward the Quakes' bullpen when I heard the loud crack of the bat. I looked up to see Pericht's ball sailing overhead and clearing the stadium -- not the left field wall -- by about 50 feet. While it's just 300 feet (?!) down the left field line in Banner Island Ballpark, that ball probably traveled a good 420 feet.
Pericht has even more swing and miss than Jacobs, which is alarming. Still, the power potential is there and it's even more at a premium because it comes from behind the plate. He's been a mid-.400 slugging guy for most of his career, but he also hasn't been able to stay completely healthy.
Yasiel Puig
- While Puig has played sparingly since signing his $42 million contract last summer, the hype and physical ability are present. Puig was the talk of Dodger camp on Friday, the first full day of team activities. His batting practice session produced this reaction:
Yasiel Puig wins BP. Crushed the ball and turned some heads. #DodgersJason Parks of Baseball Prospectus gave Puig a "7" in terms of raw power -- and that was from an outside source (not a Dodger source). Ned Colletti said this about Puig in October:
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) February 15, 2013
"'You could be standing with your back to the cage, and when he hits, you'll know he's hitting.'"The praise, hype and potential are all there. It's time for Puig to show off that raw plus-plus power potential He'll have every opportunity to do so in 2013.


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HOUSTON - On the back of rookie Will Bruin's hat trick, the Houston Dynamo took care of D.C. United, 4-1, at home on Friday night to temporarily take the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
Bruin scored twice in the first half and once more in the second to become the first Dynamo rookie to notch a hat trick. Fellow forward Cam Weaver added the Dynamo's fourth, also in the second half.
United's lone goal of the match came off a free kick from defender Marc Burch.
Bruin kicked off his banner night early on in the match. With the clock barely striking the fourth minute of play, the striker capitalized on some great play in the midfield by Geoff Cameron, who dispossessed DC midfielder Clyde Simms and slotted through a nice ball to Bruin. The rookie collected the ball and calmly finished near-post past a closing Bill Hamid.
Over the 20 minutes that followed, both teams got off some nice chances but struggled to take control of the match.
DC finally broke through in the 39th minute, when Burch equalized for the visitors on a well-crafted free kick from 25 yards out. Fred cleared out space in the Dynamo wall and Josh Wolff set up a low, powerfu blast from Burch that beat 'keeper Tally Hall to the near corner.
The tie, though, lasted for just two minutes. After gaining possession in midfield, Cameron sent a through ball to Brad Davis out on the left flank and Davis curled in a cross from the end line. Bruin beat fellow rookie Perry Kitchen to find space in the box and blast a header home for his second on the night.
Down by just one goal at the start of the second half, DC took the initiative, challenging the Dynamo with some early chances. United midfielder Chris Pontius almost equalized on a nice shot set up by second half sub Andy Najar, but it was blocked by a sliding Andre Hainault.
Despite losing the possession battle early in the second 45, the Dynamo used their set piece advantage in the 57th minute, when Bruin again rose above a helpless Kitchen to head home his final goal of the evening, this time off a Davis free kick to put the score at 3-1.
Weaver capped the scoring in the 62nd minute, when he took advantage of an embarassing mistake by the DC backline to slam home his team's fourth goal. A long throw in from Hunter Freeman found Weaver in an advanced position. With acres of space in front of him, Weaver controlled the ball and fired a shot into the roof of the net.
In addition to the four goals, the Dynamo had another bit of good news when Brian Ching came on in the 81st minute to replace Bruin. Joining Ching was the Dynamo's newest acquisition, Koke, who made his MLS debut when he came on for Weaver.
Over on the DC side of the pitch, Jed Zayner went off with an apparent left leg injury and was replaced by Home Grown player Ethan White at the hour mark.
The win moved the Dynamo into first place Eastern conference with 12 points ahead of weekend play in MLS. They will host the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night.
D.C. United remain on 7 points and will host the Seattle Sounders, also on Wednesday night.
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Will Bruin 2 (Geoff Cameron 1) 4
DC -- Marc Burch 1 (Dax McCarty 1, Josh Wolff 1) 39
HOU -- Will Bruin 3 (Brad Davis 5, Geoff Cameron 2) 41
HOU -- Will Bruin 4 (Brad Davis 6) 57
HOU -- Cam Weaver 3 (Hunter Freeman 1) 62
Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Dejan Jakovic (caution; Reckless Foul) 66
D.C. United -- Bill Hamid, Jed Zayner (Ethan White 61), Dejan Jakovic, Perry Kitchen, Marc Burch, Fred (Andy Najar 47), Dax McCarty, Clyde Simms, Chris Pontius, Charlie Davies, Josh Wolff (Santino Quaranta 84).
Substitutes Not Used: Blake Brettschneider, Chris Korb, Joseph Ngwenya, Steve Cronin.
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall, Hunter Freeman, Bobby Boswell, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe, Colin Clark (Je-Vaughn Watson 71), Geoff Cameron, Lovel Palmer, Brad Davis, Cam Weaver (Koke 84), Will Bruin (Brian Ching 81).
Substitutes Not Used: Mike Chabala, Eddie Robinson, Kofi Sarkodie, Tyler Deric.
Referee: Jasen Anno
Referee's Assistants: -C.J. Morgante; Brian Poeschel
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Weather: Clear and 78 degrees
Attendance: 20,577


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Calico Launches Nate Berkus Fabric Collection In Stores
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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nate Berkus, product designer and New York Times best selling author, this month launches his own line of fabrics exclusively at America's go-to fabric retailer, Calico. The inaugural collection, manufactured by Swavelle / Mill Creek, consists of 24 styles and 102 SKUs of fabric.
As a decorator himself, Nate designed the line for both the professional and home decorator. "Fabric is often the first thing we reach for in our firm when beginning a project," explained Nate. "It adds depth and texture in a way that no other medium can. It's critical to the way we build a space." The Nate Berkus collection starts at an affordable $14.99 a yard. Calico will carry the Nate Berkus line in all of its 75 stores across the country.
As a designer and an avid traveler, Nate has crossed the world for his work, and his debut line of fabrics reflects the inspirations he collected along the way. The line features fabrics for all purposes. Beautiful constructions with metallic embellishment and rough-hewn linen burlap marry with ethnic inspired jacquards and menswear herringbone for upholstery. "I want people to see how diverse fabric can be," explained Nate. "I've covered walls, created headboards, transformed lampshades...all with fabric. People should feel empowered by the fact that whether it's one yard or ten, they get to decide the impact it will make in their room. That's what makes fabric so great."
With the arrival of his fabrics at Calico stores, Nate finds an even greater opportunity to speak to consumers about their homes. "I believe your home should tell your story. In designing products, I design built entities...which I love....but if it's a tray in the store, it's still a tray when you bring it home. Fabric, though, can become anything. Consumers get to decide how they'll use it...how it will tell their story. I can't wait to see what they make with it. I almost want to demand that whatever it is they create to snap a pic and Facebook it to me," laughed Nate.
According to Calico Vice President of Merchandising Julie Morris, the launch comes at a time when consumers are showing a renewed interest in better quality home design projects. "Younger shoppers are showing more interest in custom product," she said. "Their tastes tend to represent a convergence of classic and modern styling, and Nate is a master at striking that perfect balance."
Morris added, "Calico has a legacy of delivering designer product, positive home decorating experiences and quality to our customers. What is special about this partnership is that Nate's brand philosophy is in perfect harmony with our own overarching brand concept – we empower people to make their homes unique to them with all of their own passions embedded in the details. With Nate's vision and the quality that these fabrics bring to home furnishings we have a winning combination to inspire our Calico customers in 2013."
About Calico: Established in 1948, Calico is America's premier retail destination for decorative and designer fabrics, hand crafted furniture, custom-made window treatments, bedding, reupholstery and slipcovers.Calico offers a premium level of expert decorating advice and free in-home design consultation in more than 75 stores nationwide. Calico is committed to creating a truly unique personalized product and has the experience to help consumers realize their dreams. www.calicocorners.com
About Nate Berkus: In 2002 Nate was invited to make over a small space for "The Oprah Winfrey Show," after which he became a featured design expert for the show and continued to garner national press in publications such as Elle Decor, US Weekly, People, O Magazine, Lucky, InStyle and House Beautiful. Following the debut of his branded line of home products, Nate's first book, Home Rules (Hyperion) was released in 2005 and went on to become a New York Times Bestseller. "The Nate Berkus Show," a daily syndicated first run talk show hosted by Nate, launched in September 2010 and returned for a second season in the fall of 2011 (co-produced by HARPO Productions and Sony Pictures Television [SPT] & distributed by SPT). In 2011, Nate also enjoyed a new role as executive producer on the Disney and DreamWorks film, The Help. Nate's Chicago-based design firm, Nate Berkus Associates, which he founded in 1995, continues to design interiors across the country and around the world. Fall 2012 Nate brought his branded line of home goods and accessories to Target stores nationwide. In addition, he published his 2nd book, The Things That Matter (Spiegel & Grau). To learn more about Nate please visit www.nateberkus.com.
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Set in the present day, the archangel Abaddon faces possessed zealots, demons, and the daunting powers of the personified plagues of Mankind: Pestilence, War, Famine and Death. As Abaddon, the player must find the three "Chosen" and combine their untapped powers in time to save the world from destruction; but that won't be easy -- God's Chosen are mortals, not to mention they're a prostitute, a serial killer and a corrupt politician. Hand-to-hand, sword, and projectile combat combine with fantastic abilities to create a surreal cinematic experience.
The story unfolds via in-game cinematics and "graphic novel" sequences by Simon Bisley -- who is also the title's character designer. These graphic novel images are displayed on-screen complete with animations, voices and sound effects -- bringing Bisley's work to life and immersing the player in the dark underworld of Hell's emissaries.
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This can be a plethora of different emotions or a single one. Name as many as you want but be sure to give reasons why!
To start off the anime I found that provoked different emotions was Kokoro Connect because of its rather deliberately confusing story, with so much going on and different characters all over the place it felt at times it was frustrating, times when it was pleasant and made me feel happy and times when it was genuinely sad (Examples to follow in spoiler below). I find it rare for an anime to make me think so much but this is a welcome change.
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- Happy moments: Inaba being pleasantly girly for once. The friend aspect. Aoki in general...
- Sad moments: Iori's supposedly impending death. The problems of the various characters.
- Frustrating moments: The breakup of the group, Heartseed in general.
- Weird yet hilarious moments: If you watched one episode in particular you know all about Taichi's secret.
Mine wud be friuts basket poor kyo it was all sooo drwmatic
come say hi!
Claanad (however the hell you spell it) and the sequel. Probably the sequel more now that I think about it. The Kyou and Tomoyo plot arc episodes were amazing.
Finally got off my lazy ass and picked up the weights again.
fruit basket,elfen lied (manga),girls im your father thats about it
I need friends omg
I did have a list in my head of animes but now it's gone but a lot of manga has provoked lots of different emotions
Naruto anime it started off all happy but you felt sad for Naruto and as the story progressed it seriously went depressive as hell
Big time spoilers of important plot moments!!!! Don't read unless you have watched it.
Ef - Tale of memories
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Ef - Tale of memories I just marathoned and almost had a panic attack as Renji was reading the ending of Chihiro's novel. I thought she was going to jump off the roof. It was bad enough that she tore Renji out of her memory diary. And the scene where Miyako has been stood up by Hiro and she leaves a zillion phone messages... Then when she runs away at the end and she is on the phone with Hiro and her phonecard is running out, counting down... Oh such an emotional series.
Kokoro Connect, Tari Tari and Dusk Maiden of Amnesia too recently.
Mysterious Girlfriend X more in the manga. Just started the Kokoro Connect light novels.
First that comes to mind: I cried many times during Gurren Laggann.
Never give up! Never surrender!
I feel like a broken record but Clannad.
Re-watching Kenshin has been really emotional as well for some reason but I mean ... the highest highs and the lowest lows have to go to Clannad for me.
As for recent examples (not in order)
Tari Tari
Kokoro Connect.
crunchyroll finally did an award
Clannad After Story left me depressed for a month
Saint Knight Tale gives me an up beat feeling
Hyouka/Gostick/God's Notebook makes me think
The Manga Silver Spoon for some reason relaxes me
More major plot spoilers, continued from my previous reply above...
Do not read if you have not seen Kokoro Connect :
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Obviously super emotional when Heartseed took over Iori, pitched her into the river, told them one of their personalities would die but let them choose and say goodbye to their friends, at first she as strong but then she broke down while inside Inaba's body. Incredible stuff. I yelled no...
Inaba pretending to be Iori to check if Taichi was right that he would always know her personality. She feared losing herself because she molded her personality as she thought was expected of her.
Heartseed telling Inaba that Taichi had fallen, presumably off a cliff to his death when it was just off a branch. Her professing her love to him, even though he loves Iori.
Mainly the long running ones.
I feel like I get to know and care about the characters more. I always feel emotional.
Not ashamed to say i cried at these points.
Ace's Death
Obito's Death
Naruto seeing his mother for the first time
and a long time ago when butter-free left ash. Don't ask I still don't think I'm over it.
Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. I think they were the most emotional animes I've watched. I've cried so many times watching them.
I'm not crazy! My reality is just different than yours!
"Now and Then, Here and There" was an exceedingly rough ride. I also had a rough time with Narutaru. I must have grown a thicker hide in the last ten years, because nothing newer than that has hit me as hard as either of those.
Koko... Doko?
angle beats. i lauphed, i cried, i went 'wtf?'
really loved this anime!
i also almost cried watching dusk maiden of amnesia
sipping at my sanity, drowning in monotony
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Angel Beats
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Guilty Crown
Last episode of the anime.
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Oncorhynchus mykiss: Assessment of Washington State's Steelhead Populations and Programs
Fish/Shellfish Research and Management - Management and Conservation
Date Published: February 01, 2008
Number of Pages: 424
Author(s): Edited by James B. Scott, Jr., William T. Gill
DESCRIPTION:This version of the steelhead science report was provided on February 2, 2008 to the Fish and Wildlife Commissioners concurrent with the staff presentation on the Statewide Steelhead Management Plan (the Plan). Since that presentation, the agency has received numerous oral and written comments on the Plan and on the steelhead science report. Our intent is to assure that the steelhead science report addresses the key scientific questions underlying steelhead management. We are reviewing the public comments prior to finalization of the report. In the interim, we are providing access to this version of the report, including a new habitat chapter.
From cold mountain streams to the Pacific Ocean, the waters that shape the landscape of the Pacific Northwest also define the lifecycle of native steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fast and sleek, steelhead cover thousands of miles from the time they leave their natal streams for the open ocean, then return again - often more than once - to spawn. Known for their explosive power and their preference for fast-flowing rivers, these fish have long held a special place in the lore of Northwest anglers. Traditional Native American culture in the Pacific Northwest is also inextricably tied to steelhead and other anadromous salmonids. For many Northwest Indian peoples, these fish have always provided an essential source of food, a focal point of religious life and a central commodity for trade and commerce. A Northwest icon, steelhead were designated by the legislature as the Washington State fish in 1969.
Steelhead have also been the focus of significant controversy. Construction and operation of dams, habitat degradation, hatchery programs, and fishing have all sparked long and continuing debates, blue-ribbon panel reviews, and research papers. Two reviews of particular note -- "Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest", by the National Research Council, and the Royal report, commissioned by the Washington Department of Game in 1973, have had a substantial impact on fishery management in the Pacific Northwest.
Why, in the face of the already extensive literature, have we invested substantial time and energy in the development of yet another report? This report is not simply an assessment of Washington's steelhead populations or a critique of current management practices. Rather, the intent is to lay a scientific foundation for the development of a Statewide Steelhead Management Plan that assures the productivity of Washington's steelhead for future generations. To achieve this goal, we established four primary objectives for this report:
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Sheriff takes down Hagen
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Sheriff takes down Rep. Edward Hagen
Is this just the tip of the iceberg?
It seems the long-standing rumors of high-stakes poker games held at The Rebel Yell for the elite who can afford it are true. The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department arrested Big Jack Rowan and Congressman Edward Hagen Sunday, Big Jack for hosting the games and Hagen for playing in them. Sources who were there tell us that Sheriff Taylor Sheldon himself was there to slap the cuffs on Hagen personally.
Sheriff's spokesperson Elizabeth Jones said the evidence against Hagen and Big Jack was found during an unrelated investigation. She wouldn't say what that investigation is, but we've been told it's the Monica Drum murder investigation. What did Monica Drum have to do with illegal poker games in the back rooms of a seedy bar? We'd all like to know, but for now, no one's talking.
The Rebel Yell is notorious throughout Yoknapatawpha County as a place where folks can go to sin as little or as much as they want to. The YCSD has raided the business numerous times over the last 10 years, but have never been able to make any significant charges stick.
These arrests raise a lot of questions like what was Edward Hagen thinking? As a former county prosecutor and district attorney in north Mississippi, he can't credibly claim ignorance of the law as a defense. Will the voters forgive him this "indiscretion" or is his political career over?
But maybe the biggest question of all is whether Hagen or Rowan or both were involved in Monica Drum's murder, and if so, how? And why?
It's obvious the sheriff's department knows more than they're telling right now, but once they do, this whole situation could get a lot uglier.
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On the campaign trail, Francois Hollande pleased working-class voters with promises of a super-tax on millionaires and sought to reassure foreign investors with commitments to restore public finances and revive French industry.
But now as he starts 2013 and his eighth month as president, the Socialist's clumsy handling of those promises has turned the public mood against him, created the impression among many entrepreneurs that he is anti-business and prompted smirking foreign leaders to offer refuge to French tax exiles.
Although Hollande and his parliamentary allies can look forward to a four-year run before facing re-election, those policy and PR gaffes risk hobbling him just as he embarks on what could be the decisive phase of his five-year mandate, with plans to set in motion long-talked-about labor, welfare and pension reforms in the euro zone's second-largest economy.
Mass protests in the streets have thwarted French presidents before, as have economic pressure and lobbying by business.
"He is struggling to explain the general sense of what he is doing. He needs to find a central message that is simple, credible and sounds like it will bring people benefits," said veteran political communications consultant Denis Pingaud.
From the very beginning of his mandate, Hollande has had to walk a narrow political tightrope. Investors had long viewed him warily, especially since he declared a year ago that the "world of finance" was his enemy; meanwhile ordinary voters are impatient to see promised improvements in living standards.
His image among business leaders was tarnished after his election by a leftist minister who threatened to expropriate a steel plant in the northern town of Florange and tell its Indian owner, Lakshmi Mittal, that he was persona non grata in France.
"Florange was a public relations disaster," said a leading French industrialist who argues Hollande's main problem is persuading people he has a coherent, workable strategy. "Hollande needs to sort this out. As soon as you have a communications problem you have a political problem."
If business feels scorned, voters feel let down, by a failure to tackle a jobs crisis and by the fact that his most emblematic promise, a 75 percent tax rate on income above 1 million euros ($1.3 million), has been ruled unconstitutional.
Long in the doldrums, Hollande's approval rating slid by four more points to 37 percent in an Ifop opinion poll published this week. Another survey found three people in four doubt he can keep a promise to stem rising unemployment by the end of 2013.
Any one of the reforms expected this year could spark the kind of fierce street revolt faced by past governments trying to overhaul France's generous but costly welfare model.
Hollande faces the first mass street protest of his term this coming Sunday when up to half a million people are expected to march against his push to legalize gay marriage, a keynote social reform promise and one long cherished by the French left.
A Failure to Communicate
For now, a lack of low-risk alternatives means investors, especially in Asia, are still snapping up French sovereign debt, allowing Hollande the breathing space of cheap borrowing.
But the furor over his tax policies has turned France into an international laughing stock, with Britain and Belgium both offering refuge to entrepreneurs, as the leaders of Russia and Montenegro jostle to host tax-exile actor Gerard Depardieu.
Investment bank JPMorgan this week ranked concern about "disarray" in Hollande's strategy and loss of control of the domestic agenda second behind Italy's volatile politics in a list of 13 issues to watch for Europe this year.
"The communications failure is a serious one, and it has pretty serious consequences," said JPMorgan economist Alex White. "He needs to somehow get ahead of all this."
Hollande's conciliatory manner, which he used to good effect to lead the fractious Socialist Party for a decade, could well work to his advantage in a government that must tread a path between pleasing left-wingers and financial markets.
Yet his technique of listening carefully to all sides before making a decision, and giving ministers more autonomy than they had under his micromanaging, conservative predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, can also make him appear weak and indecisive.
Aware of the problem, and mindful he may soon have to row back on over-ambitious economic growth and deficit targets for 2013, Hollande started work this week with a newly hired image consultant, a high-profile former television news presenter.
The government has also launched a global public relations drive called "Say Oui to France" that aims to flag reform plans to investors and offset negative talk about business in France.
But it may be no easy task to erase the stains and rebrand Hollande as a market-friendly reformer rather than the dithering Marxist painted by some foreigners: "There have been a lot of own goals," said JPMorgan's White. "The danger is that some of them have been so serious that they kind of set the tone and are difficult to unpick."
Victims of Bashing?
Negative headlines have masked some more popular moves, analysts say. Hollande's plan to slash corporate taxes to spur job creation won plaudits — briefly — before talk of it was largely drowned out by the commotion over the 75 percent tax and protectionist remarks by Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg.
"The way Hollande manages, and the way conflicts are articulated within the government, looks bad. These are surface ripples but they are distracting from policies that are actually quite well-founded," said political economist Stefan Collignon.
Montebourg defended himself this week during a lunch with foreign journalists as the victim of bashing by pro-business media: "People should look at the facts, not the cliches," he said, arguing that France was an attractive place for companies to invest. "I want to fight this distortion."
After the legal setback on the 75 percent tax, which many said they should have foreseen, Hollande's team is redrafting legislation. But days after he ordered his cabinet in a New Year message to speak with one voice, his budget and finance ministers have sown further confusion by giving contradictory statements over whether the new, higher tax would be temporary.
Hollande's next PR challenge may be explaining why he overestimated 2013 economic growth and possibly petitioning euro zone partners for an extra year to cut the deficit to 3 percent of output. His team is due to review by April a 2013 growth goal of 0.8 percent, which most economists see as way too ambitious.
While there are signs Brussels may give France some leeway on the deficit goal if it is making an effort to cut borrowing, Hollande will need to tread carefully in communicating any shift in economic targets and subsequent policy adjustments.
"Investors and business heads need visibility, stability and a clear government voice," said the leading industrialist, who spoke privately. "They don't want to hear Mr. X saying one thing in the morning and Mr. Y saying the opposite in the afternoon."


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Several of the key writers from the recently published binational book, "From the Mouth of the Lower Niagara River: Stories of Four Historic Communities," will be present at the Lewiston Public Library on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., for a special book signing event.
Library spokesperson Michelle Kratts reports that four teams of authors worked on this project for several years hoping to create a work reflective of the unique histories of the four communities that grew alongside the Lower Niagara River: Lewiston, Queenston, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Youngstown.
"Much of this history includes new insight into the War of 1812, the Underground Railroad, the influence of immigration and tourism, as well as social commentaries on everyday life in these communities," she said. "Ultimately, this work serves as a testament to 200 years of peace between two nations: the United States and Canada."
The book -- a collaborative, binational writing effort -- will be available for sale ($19.95) Wednesday through the Historical Association of Lewiston, which helped publish the book. Proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the Historical Association of Lewiston, as well as the Town of Porter Historical Society and the Niagara Museum and Historical Society, Niagara-on-the-Lake.
The book celebrates 200 years of peace enjoyed along the Niagara River corridor between the U.S. and Canada with historical anecdotes and photos from each riverfront community. Funding was provided by the Niagara River Greenway Commission, with additional monies from the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission. It is available for sale at more than 20 local outlets.


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Troy Deeney scored a dramatic 97th minute winner to propel Watford into the Championship play-off final with a 3-2 aggregate win against Leicester at Vicarage Road.
Sixty seconds prior to Deeney's strike, the Hornets' promotion hopes looked as good as over when referee Michael Oliver awarded the Foxes a controversial penalty.
However, Manuel Almunia saved Anthony Knockaert's spot-kick and the resulting rebound, which allowed Watford to break up the other end. After an incisive counter-attack, the ball fell to Deeney in the penalty area and the striker rifled home, sparking mass celebrations between players and fans.
Watford boss Gianfranco Zola surged up the touchline, slipping on his back-side in the process, and the Italian admits he got lost in the moment.
Talking to the Watford Post, Zola said: "I don't feel anything right now but I have probably pulled something and it will no doubt come tomorrow morning.
"I just lost it. I don't even know where I was going. I don't know whether I was chasing Troy or someone else.
"That is the passion. I said to myself that I have to be composed and respectful but when it happens, you can't control it. That is why we love this game."
Yesterday's hysterics follow a near identical set of circumstances in the League One promotion decider a fortnight ago, and Zola believed his side was on to something as Leicester's penalty was denied.
"As we cleared the box, I saw the ball travelling towards our strikers and the film of Brentford's game came to me; when they conceded against Doncaster. I had that movie in my mind and I was spot on," added Zola.
Zola's side will meet either Brighton or Crystal Palace at Wembley, with the two sides meeting in their second leg at the Amex Stadium tonight. The first meeting was a tight affair, with a Selhurst Park stalemate leaving the match in the balance.


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A vehicle carrying two gas canisters, two handguns and one Kalashnikov collided with a police car near the Champs-Elysées in Paris around 3:40 p.m. local time today, and the incident is being investigated as an act of terror, the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to ABC News.
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The 31-year-old driver of the white Renault Mégane set his car on fire before hitting a police vehicle, with the hopes of creating an explosive impact, said French officials.
Police did not fire a single shot at the scene, but officials confirmed that the driver, who had been flagged for extremism, was badly burned and died. No injuries were reported in the incident as the explosion was limited to the inside of the driver's vehicle, police said.
Police quickly declared the situation "under control" and a bomb squad responded to the scene after explosives and a gun were found inside the driver's vehicle.
Andrew Cawley, a witness to the incident, wrote on Facebook that he saw smoke coming from a white car, following a series of loud noises.
"We were sleeping in the park around 20 [meters] away from the incident," Cawley wrote. "There was a very loud bang followed by 3 'popping' sounds (like gun shots) then silence."
Gérard Collomb, France's interior minister, did not hesitate to call the attack an attempt to commit terrorism.
"Once again, French police were targeted with this attempted terror attack on the Champs-Elysées," Collomb said, while adding that the attacker's motives weren't immediately clear.
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