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Bottlenecks are anything that limit a student's ability to make progress toward a degree and graduate in a timely manner. To begin to solve these problems, the CSU create eAcademies for CSU faculty who have successfully redesigned their courses to improve student success and to share and mentor their course redesign strategies with other CSU faculty. Nearly 150 faculty have participated. In addition, 77 awards were made to 19 campuses for redesigning bottleneck courses and improving student success and access. Of the 77 funded proposals, 19 will result in completely redesigned fully online courses. All 23 universities will participate in eAdvising for undergraduate students. And planning is underway to build a collection of virtual STEM labs for faculty to adopt for their hybrid lab classes. The CSU also made available 33 fully online courses for CSU students across the system in its new Online Concurrent Enrollment program. See the article in this newsletter for more on it. more >>
With the governor signing AB 386 into law, the CSU will be developing more online courses for students throughout the system. The measure allows CSU students to take online courses offered at other CSUs, which is an extension of the Online Concurrent Enrollment program already begun by the system in fall 2013. The Chancellor's Office will create an accessible online database with a streamlined process for enrollment. The new AB 386 cross-enrollment program will be up and running beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year.
There is reason to be optimistic as this new academic year is underway. As you already know, the CSU received increased funding in its General Fund budget and will not have to raise tuition for the first time in many years. While the budget is far below our actual needs, it does reflect an investment in CSU students, faculty and staff by Governor Brown. Some of the funding increases are targeted to innovative uses of technology for student success initiatives such as the article above on bottlenecks and concurrent enrollment below. Chancellor White has allocated $7.2 million to augment these student success efforts.
There also are many new academic faces and changes at our institutions. Former Fresno Provost Bill Covino is now the new president at Cal State L.A.; former Sacramento Provost Joe Sheley is now the permanent president at CSU Stanislaus, after having served a year as the interim president; and Willie Hagan is now the permanent president at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Former Sonoma Provost and U.S. Department of Education official Eduardo Ochoa is now the permanent president of Monterey Bay, and Long Beach Provost Don Para is the university's interim president. Julio Blanco is the new provost at Monterey Bay, Gayle Hutchinson is the new provost at Channel Islands and José Cruz is the new provost at Fullerton. Andrew Hoff is the interim provost at Fresno; Gary Reichard is the interim provost at Dominguez Hills; and David Dowell is the interim provost at Long Beach. Welcome everyone.
Moving quickly during the summer months, the CSU is now providing access to 33 fully online courses to give place-bound students options to take courses at other CSU institutions and assist them in making timely progress toward graduation. These online courses, a part of the new Online Concurrent Enrollment program, were selected because of their demonstrated student success. A new website was created for students to sign up for the classes. Nearly 200 students have signed up, and many new courses will be available in the spring and winter 2014.
What do Paul Anka and Merle Haggard have in common besides great singing voices? They each received an honorary degree from a CSU institution this year. Anka received his Doctor of Fine Arts from Cal Poly Pomona and Haggard received his Doctor of Fine Arts from CSU Bakersfield. They joined 455 other individuals who have received honorary degrees from the CSU since the first honorary degree was awarded in 1963 to President John Kennedy. website >>
Through a partnership with Toyota of San Bernardino, CSU San Bernardino Communication Studies students were offered the chance to compete as marketing teams to create a 30-second commercial, with monetary prizes being awarded and the opportunity for the winning commercial to be aired on television and radio. The dealership worked with the communications department to have students take a more interactive approach. Students were required to write a script, create storyboards and film the commercial, while also utilizing public relations and marketing to pitch their final product. The CSUSB students' work was so outstanding that the dealership plans to make the contest an annual event. The winning commercial can be seen at "Toyota Combined" along with a 30-second video of behind-the-scenes footage.
CSU Northridge has launched the myCSUNtablet initiative. Participating students can purchase or use their own iPads in designated course sections. The initiative will give students an enhanced learning experience where they will have immediate access to e-texts, apps and other e-learning materials at a lower cost than traditional textbooks and material used in courses. The program also will be evaluated regularly to monitor the impact of the implementation of tablets on student learning, while also encouraging faculty to meet for period discussions about their successes and challenges.
CSU Summer Arts celebrated another memorable summer on the CSU Monterey Bay campus, with more than 350 attendees choosing from 17 courses offered. To culminate the two-week long experience, all courses had a final public showing for faculty, staff and community members. To learn more about this year's impactful summer, visit public affairs or facebook for more amazing photography from the summer experience.
San Diego State's astronomy department will be making history in the CSU system with plans to build a $1.5 million 50-inch telescope, to be named the Phillips Claud Telescope, after the SDSU alumnus and amateur astronomer who left $670,000 from his estate. With strong support from additional investors such as The Brenda and Dave Rickey Foundation that provided $100,000 to acquire the raw glass that forms the telescope's mirrors, the Phillips Claud Telescope will reside at the Mount Laguna Observatory and give faculty and students the opportunity to use new technology to expand research projects. The SDSU astronomy department is the only department of its kind in the California State University system. full story >>
The METRANS Transportation Center, a joint partnership of Cal State Long Beach and the University of Southern California, will establish an international Center of Excellence in urban freight research. Through a $3.7 million grant from the Volvo Research and Educational Foundation, the new center will be called "Metrofreight" and will study ways to make the transportation, handling and storage of goods in city centers more efficient, while also focusing on research priorities including traffic congestion, air quality and emissions in areas close to major ports. more >>
The Student Achievement Measure (SAM) is a joint effort of six higher education associations to enhance transparency and provide the public with a comprehensive measure of college student progress and completion. Most CSU campuses are participating. It allows universities to deliver a more complete picture of student progress along the path to earning a college degree. website >>


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Sex Segregated 'Zoo Crew' Entertainment Troupe at Issue in Litigation by Federal Agency
PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of a sex bias lawsuit against the Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership and Sports Magic Team, Inc. (SMT), an Orlando, Florida.-based sports entertainment firm, for over $100,000 and other relief on behalf of a former female employee, Kathryn Tomlinson, and other women who were discriminated against on the basis of gender when they were deprived of the opportunity to compete for positions with the Phoenix Suns' "Zoo Crew" entertainment troupe. The agreements are memorialized in two separate Consent Decrees, one for each Defendant, submitted to the United States District Court for Arizona for its approval.
The Zoo Crew provides entertainment during Phoenix Suns basketball games, including shooting T-shirts into the crowd with a giant toy bazooka, assisting with half-time promotions, and performing trampoline dunks with the Phoenix Suns gorilla, the team mascot. The troupe also participates in community events designed to promote the Suns.
According the EEOC, Charging Party Tomlinson performed well during her employment as a Zoo Crew member during the 1998-1999 season. The EEOC's suit, alleged that in 1999-2000, the Phoenix Suns and SMT adopted new sex-restrictive hiring policies for the Zoo Crew, limiting positions to "males with athletic ability and talent." This hiring policy was disseminated in the form job announcements posted around the Phoenix Metropolitan area and in a newspaper advertisement in several newspapers, including The Arizona Republic, Mesa Tribune, and The New Times.
Kathryn Tomlinson said, "I am disappointed that a well-known employer would engage in blatant discrimination. I know that standing up for myself and other women will make me a better person. I'd like to thank the EEOC."
EEOC Trial Attorney P. David Lopez stated that "under the terms of the Consent Decrees between the EEOC and the Suns and SMT, the Phoenix Suns will pay $82,500 to resolve claims brought on behalf of Kathryn Tomlinson and two other women and SMT will pay $22,000 to Kathryn Tomlinson and two other class members." He also said, "The Phoenix Suns also agreed to strengthen its policies prohibiting sex discrimination, to provide training to employees, supervisors, and management, to establish safeguards to ensure sex-restrictive advertisements are not disseminated in the future, and to send a letter of apology to Kathryn Tomlinson. The term of the Consent Decree with the Phoenix Suns is for three years."
"By entering into Consent Decrees, the Phoenix Suns and SMT have committed to equal employment opportunity. The Decrees should ensure that the Phoenix Suns will not disseminate gender-based advertisements which, on their face, deprive women of equal employment opportunity," said Charles Burtner, District Director of the Phoenix EEOC office.
Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill remarked that, "The Commission is very pleased with the resolution of this case. Title VII prohibits sex-based recruitment and hiring practices unless the employer can demonstrate the sex restriction is a bona fide occupational qualification. The Commission will continue to combat antiquated sex restrictive policies that do not meet this requirement."
Gender-based job discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation. In addition to enforcing Title VII, the EEOC enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which protects workers age 40 and older from discrimination based on age; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the federal sector; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's Web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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This course will provide the student with a survey of equine behavior and training techniques through videos, online research and required readings. The physical and mental processes that contribute to equine behavior will be covered in this course. The principles of the initial schooling of the horse up through early mounted work will be covered. A variety of methods of working with the foal, haltering, leading, early handling procedures, longeing, long lining, bitting and backing the colt will be covered. All written work for this course will be submitted online.
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text: GETHOSTBYNAME(3) Linux Programmer's Manual GETHOSTBYNAME(3) NAME gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, sethostent, endhostent, her- ror, hstrerror - get network host entry SYNOPSIS #include <netdb.h> extern int h_errno; struct hostent *gethostbyname(const char *name); #include <sys/socket.h> /* for AF_INET */ struct hostent *gethostbyaddr(const char *addr, int len, int type); void sethostent(int stayopen); void endhostent(void); void herror(const char *s); const char * hstrerror(int err); DESCRIPTION The gethostbyname() function returns a structure of type hostent for the given host name. Here name is either a host name, or an IPv4 address in standard dot notation, or an IPv6 address in colon (and possibly dot) notation. (See RFC 1884 for the description of IPv6 addresses.) If name is an IPv4 or IPv6 address, no lookup is performed and gethostbyname() simply copies name into the h_name field and its struct in_addr equivalent into the h_addr_list[0] field of the returned hostent structure. If name doesn't end in a dot and the environment variable HOSTALIASES is set, the alias file pointed to by HOSTALIASES will first be searched for name. (See hostname(7) for the file for- mat.) The current domain and its parents are searched unless name ends in a dot. The gethostbyaddr() function returns a structure of type hostent for the given host address addr of length len and address type type. The only valid address type is cur- rently AF_INET. The sethostent() function specifies, if stayopen is true (1), that a connected TCP socket should be used for the name server queries and that the connection should remain open during successive queries. Otherwise, name server queries will use UDP datagrams. The endhostent() function ends the use of a TCP connection for name server queries. The (obsolete) herror() function prints the error message associated with the current value of h_errno on stderr. The (obsolete) hstrerror() function takes an error number (typically h_errno) and returns the corresponding message string. The domain name queries carried out by gethostbyname() and gethostbyaddr() use a combination of any or all of the name server named(8), a broken out line from /etc/hosts, and the Network Information Service (NIS or YP), depending upon the contents of the order line in /etc/host.conf. (See resolv+(8)). The default action is to query named(8), followed by /etc/hosts. The hostent structure is defined in <netdb.h> as follows: struct hostent { char *h_name; /* official name of host */ char **h_aliases; /* alias list */ int h_addrtype; /* host address type */ int h_length; /* length of address */ char **h_addr_list; /* list of addresses */ } #define h_addr h_addr_list[0] /* for backward compatibility */ The members of the hostent structure are: h_name The official name of the host. h_aliases A zero-terminated array of alternative names for the host. h_addrtype The type of address; always AF_INET at present. h_length The length of the address in bytes. h_addr_list A zero-terminated array of network addresses for the host in network byte order. h_addr The first address in h_addr_list for backward com- patibility. RETURN VALUE The gethostbyname() and gethostbyaddr() functions return the hostent structure or a NULL pointer if an error occurs. On error, the h_errno variable holds an error number. ERRORS The variable h_errno can have the following values: HOST_NOT_FOUND The specified host is unknown. NO_ADDRESS or NO_DATA The requested name is valid but does not have an IP address. NO_RECOVERY A non-recoverable name server error occurred. TRY_AGAIN A temporary error occurred on an authoritative name server. Try again later. FILES /etc/host.conf resolver configuration file /etc/hosts host database file CONFORMING TO BSD 4.3 SEE ALSO resolver(3), hosts(5), hostname(7), resolv+(8), named(8) BSD April 19, 1993 1


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FRANKLIN - Employees at a local business had something at stake Tuesday when the U.S.�played Belgium in the World Cup: chocolate.
Workers at AR Metallizing had a wager against the company's Belgian branch over the result of the match. The business, based in Franklin's Forge Park, makes metalized and holographic paper for consumer packaging, ranging from Coors Light labels to Rolling Stones covers.
"We have three plants: one in Franklin, one in Italy and one in Belgium," said AR Metallizing employee Kizzie Suriel. "Italy got knocked out (of the World Cup), but the plant in Belgium is always teasing us about our chocolate."
Suriel said the prospect of the two countries competing in the tournament was raised when it first began.
"We said, 'Oh, it'd be funny if we got to play each other,' and it ended up that we were," she said.
It was Joseph Formosa, the company's vice president of technology, who first had the idea for the bet.
"Belgians believe they make the best chocolate, but I happen to live in Hopedale, the home of Green Mountain Chocolate," he said. "The wager was chocolate from the U.S. versus Belgian chocolate - whoever lost provides chocolate for the other."
Formosa compared it to the bets made by mayors before Super Bowls or the World Series.
"We were just acquired 22 months ago, so there's been a lot of integration being done," he said. "You typically wouldn't want competition but, in this case, we thought we'd have fun."
Jacky Vanden Ecker, the vice president of operations from the Belgian side of the company, was on hand for the game and bedecked in his country's colors. He said he was excited, but a bit scared, to watch the game.
"The nice thing is at least one of the two teams will survive," he said.
Belgium was the survivor, earning a 2-1 victory in Salvador, Brazil.
Vanden Ecker said, though it was not typical of Belgium to get out of the group stage, it had happened before.
"We do have a better record than the U.S. team," he said. "This is the best team we've ever had."
Employees cheered on the U.S. - and ate red, white and blue cupcakes - from their break room.
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FRANKLIN - Employees at a local business had something at stake Tuesday when the U.S.�played Belgium in the World Cup: chocolate.


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Spectacular song-and-dance numbers backed by soaring musical scores. Elaborate, encore-worthy set designs. Floors that shift, open and drop. Hundreds of costumes flouncing, floating, shimmering, shaking. Larger than life. Bigger than Broadway. If you're looking for showy, splashy theatre that rivals that of the Great White Way, cast your eyes to the horizon and be prepared to be mesmerized by theatre at sea.
Hands _ er paws _ down, Disney Cruise Line sets the bar for Broadway flash and dash on the world's waterways. Evil albeit comical villains. Beautiful princesses in sparkly gowns. Appearances by The Mouse who needs no introduction. Some sleight-of-hand set maneuverings, showplace staging, perhaps a little pixie dust _ Disney's shipboard productions are pure, jaw-dropping magic.
"Disney has the highest production values and entertainment values at sea," said Gary E. Smith, owner of CruiseOne in Eugene, Ore. Smith grew up in New York City and readily admits that a love of Broadway and good theatre was instilled in him at a young age. "I make it a point to never miss a show on a cruise and I'm a bit more critical than others when it comes to the theater.
"With Disney, I have been truly impressed and have thoroughly enjoyed each and every production I attended."
In fact, in the recently released CruiseCritic Cruisers' Choice Awards, naming the best ships at sea in a variety of categories _ and based on the thousands of consumer reviews received by CruiseCritic.com over the past year _ Disney's Fantasy and Dream claimed the first and third spots on the list.
"Twice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story" is Disney's largest theatrical production ever aboard _ and that's saying something for a cruise line famous for lavish shows _ and includes a cast of no less than 21 high stepping performers. "Villains Tonight!" stars those ne'er do-wells everyone loves to hate: Ursula ("The Little Mermaid"), the Evil Queen ("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"), Captain Hook ("Peter Pan") and Scar ("The Lion King"). "Disney's Believe" puts more beloved Disney characters on stage than you can shake an enchanted sword at, including Merlin, Mary Poppins and Mickey Mouse, and also captivates with the work of a master illusionist.
The shows are breathtaking; the special effects astounding. And audience members get swept up into the magic faster than they can say "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo."
"I've worked for many different cruise lines and Disney is always consistently at the top of the list," said Wayne Hoffman, a professional mentalist and illusionist who performs his own show called "Mind Candy," an interactive gig that combines magic and mindreading. Hoffman has been working the cruise ship circuit since 2006 and has performed not only on Disney, but on Princess, Holland America and Royal Caribbean cruises. Last year, he was nominated by Princess Cruises for "Entertainer of the Year."
Smith also gives high marks to the shows staged on Royal Caribbean International's Oasis class ships.
"Each of these ships _ Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas _ runs a slightly scaled down version of an actual Broadway show," said Smith. "They are 'Hairspray' and 'Chicago' respectively, and they are wonderful."
But that's not all. Aboard the Liberty of the Seas, the smash musical, "Saturday Night Fever," boogies across the stage, replete with Bee Gees' music, groovy disco moves and questionable '70s attire.
Passengers who participated in CruiseCritic's 2013 Cruisers' Choice Awards agree. They voted Allure of the Seas into the No. 2 slot for best entertainment, specifically giving its Broadway production of "Chicago" a shout-out.
Besides Broadway shows, Royal Caribbean has an entertainment lineup that includes original productions and ice shows, like DreamWorks' "How To Train Your Dragon," and parades led by everybody's favorite ogre, Shrek, and his merry gang of followers from Far, Far Away.
When it makes its May debut from its homeport in New York City, Norwegian Cruise Lines' 4,028-passenger ship, Breakaway, will be raising the curtain on the musical, "Rock of Ages." Kevin Sheehan, the cruise line's chief executive officer and a lifelong New Yorker, wants guests to feel a solid connection to Breakaway as New York's true flagship. The way to accomplish this lofty goal? Bring elements of the Big Apple aboard.
"With 'Rock of Ages' and all the other entertainment offerings, we are truly bringing Broadway to the high seas and delivering the high caliber entertainment New Yorkers have come to expect," he said.
"Rock of Ages" is one of the longest running shows in Broadway history, a rousing five-time Tony Award-nominated musical that brings back the days of the big bands ¿¿¿ and equally big hair. Just about everybody will recognize (and most will know the words to) the feel-good songs in this classic rock love story: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," "I Wanna Know What Love Is," "Here I Go Again" and "Don't Stop Believin'."
Ever dream of developing your acting chops a la Vivien Leigh, Anthony Hopkins or Ralph Fiennes? Your ship has come in.
"On Cunard Line you can take acting classes from members of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art _ the famed arts school in England," noted Erica Kritt, social media coordinator for The Cruise Web.
Arguably the most famous acting school in the English-speaking world, London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), founded in 1904, presents specially-edited versions of renowned plays and adaptations of great literary classics onboard Queen Mary 2 during the entire Transatlantic season.
During each Transatlantic Crossing, guests may take up to three RADA dramatic workshops _ and note: sign-up is on a first-come, first-served basis. RADA also performs abridged plays such as "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Canterbury Tales," hosts a "bedtime" story reading in the Grand Lobby and also offers poetry readings.
_ Cunard Line, http://www.Cunard.com
_ Disney Cruise Line, http://www.DisneyCruise.Disney.go.com
_ Norwegian Cruise Lines, http://www.NCL.com
_ Royal Caribbean International, http://www.RoyalCaribbean.com
Kathy Witt is a Kentucky-based author and travel and lifestyle writer whose columns include Bucket List Adventures, Cruise Trends & Trips and Travel Goods, Gadgets & Gear for McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Manchester City reached a second FA Cup final in three seasons after the 2011 winners ended holders Chelsea's hopes of another Wembley triumph with a 2-1 victory in a pulsating semi-final on Sunday.
City, who will play Premier League strugglers Wigan Athletic in a May 11 final, dominated for most of the game and led through Samir Nasri's 35th minute strike and Sergio Aguero's header two minutes after the break.
Chelsea, in the midst of a fixture pile-up and playing their sixth game in 16 days, fought back after Demba Ba's acrobatic 65th minute volley and pressed strongly in the closing stages as Roberto Mancini's side held on.
"We deserved to win. We had some problems for 10 minutes in the second half. We had everything under control in the first half," City manager Roberto Mancini told a news conference.
"After we scored the second goal we probably played like the game was finished. Instead, the Demba Ba goal changed the game," he said.
With Mancini having written off City's chances of retaining their Premier League title with Manchester United now 15 points clear, his side will start as heavy favorites to at least end their campaign with more silverware after they beat Chelsea in the Community Shield to open the season.
Wigan overcame Championship [second division] Millwall 2-0 at Wembley on Saturday.
"Everyone can think we are favorites for this game, but in 90 minutes anything can happen," Mancini said. "We know that Wigan play good football and if we want to beat them we have to prepare well."
Both sides will get an early dress rehearsal when they meet in the league at the Etihad stadium tomorrow.
Chelsea, FA Cup winners in four of the last six seasons, were aggrieved to not be awarded a late penalty when Fernando Torres went down after wrestling with City captain Vincent Kompany.
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez was adamant a spot-kick should have been given, and was less concerned by Aguero's ugly second-half challenge on David Luiz that appeared to be missed by referee Chris Foy.
Mancini said Aguero was a "good guy" while Benitez said he did not "like to point fingers at any player" after Aguero appeared to stamp on the Brazilian.
"The penalty not being given was a key moment in the game as Vincent Kompany could also have been sent off," Benitez said. "It could have made a big difference. It was a clear penalty."
The Spaniard said tiredness was not a factor in Chelsea's defeat, with the Londoners having only two days full rest after their Europa League trip to Moscow where they sealed a semi-final place on Thursday by overcoming Rubin Kazan 5-4 on aggregate.
"How do you explain how we finished so strongly?" added Benitez, who continued his squad rotation policy by leaving Frank Lampard and John Terry on the bench.
"You have to give credit to Manchester City. They are a very strong team ... physically, technically. We talked at halftime about showing more character in the second half, and we did," he said.
City went ahead when Ivorian Yaya Toure played a precise pass to Aguero's feet and his layoff bobbled off Cesar Azpilicueta and fell for Nasri to lash home.
Mancini's side rammed home their supremacy two minutes after the break when Aguero met Gareth Barry's cross with a looping header that went in off the post.
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Have you ever heard the quote, "You don't know a good thing until it's gone"? This quote has been running through my head for the past couple of days because of an incident occurring right now with a 23-year-old on the autism spectrum named Paul Corby who is being denied a heart transplant—due, in part, to his disability. As I was reading this story I started to reflect on my life in many ways. The biggest reason was because Paul and I are only a year a part in age and have a similar diagnosis of PDD-NOS. It made me think to myself, "Could this situation happen to me?"
As much as I spread the word of community, situations like these make me understand that you should live everyday with purpose. We should be counting our blessings and appreciating what we have because an unfortunate thing I've learned about life is that it's sometimes extremely unfair. No matter if it's disability-related or not, this is why our lives should be focused on pursuing happiness and going after our goals and dreams every single day.
At the same time, situations like Paul's make me understand that we must fight for our community members, whether we've ever met them or not. We must count our blessings and then also count the ways we can possibly make a difference in others' lives. Whether it's through advocacy, awareness, or just being there for those individuals, this is an ability that every person on earth has. It's the ability to be there for one another.
If we do hope to pursue this, though, we must encourage people to live by Temple Grandin's words: "Different but not less." In Paul's situation, we must make people understand that being disabled doesn't make you any less of an individual in this world. Of course, any type of transplant operation does come with a great deal of complications. According to published accounts, however, the explanation for why he was denied—with autism in the reasoning—makes us all feel like we are less, and is plain wrong.
Paul's mother has created a petition on change.org to help persuade treatment facility to reconsider the decision. As I was just telling my friend today, no matter the disability we should always let our abilities shine through. If we do this, we give ourselves the chance to live our lives in the best ways possible. We will never regret doing this.


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well, in that case, why Monday afternoon? when I was in high school, our accounting teacher used to buy Wednesday Philly Inquirer on Aug 18, 11:16
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Well, all the years I've been playing this game, that's new one for me. Shame on all of us. on Aug 18, 18:25
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WASHINGTON -- Afghan contractors responsible for preventing culverts from being used to hide roadside bombs on a major highway have falsely reported completing the work, putting American troops at risk, U.S. investigators revealed Thursday.
It's unclear if any U.S. troops have been killed or wounded because of the potential fraud, and a criminal investigation is underway. The announcement comes as U.S. troops have increasingly been targeted for attack by Afghan security forces.
"We've heard this tune again and again for the last 10 years," said Peter Singer, director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution. "Another sad illustration of how corruption in the realm of contracting not only led to lost taxpayer money but also potential lost lives."
A Navy contract officer first reported potential fraud involving work on the culverts, the U.S. command in Kabul said in a statement. The contractors were paid $361,680 to place 125 metal grates over culverts to prevent insurgents from packing them with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the top cause of American casualties in Afghanistan.
"Given the increased risk of IED attack against U.S. forces resulting from the missing or defective culvert denial systems, we are providing this information to you for immediate action and dissemination to all relevant personnel," John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, wrote in a letter to Marine Gen. James Mattis, the head of U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. troops in the country.
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COLLEGEVILLE, PA - Johns Hopkins senior running back Jonathan Rigaudrushed for a career-high 238 yards and tied a school record for the second time in three weeks with four rushing touchdowns as the 10th-ranked Blue Jays clinched a share of their fourth consecutive Centennial Conference title with a 35-17 victory at Saturday afternoon. Rigaud's 238 yards are the fourth-highest single-game total in school history and he is the first running back in school history with back-to-back 200-yard games.
Johns Hopkins' win, coupled with Franklin & Marshall's 24-17 loss at Susquehanna, gives the Blue Jays at least a share of the Centennial Conference title. The Blue Jays can secure the league's automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA Playoffs with a win in either of their last two games against F&M and McDaniel.
In addition, the Blue Jays (8-0, 7-0) ran their regular season winning streak to 22 games, their Centennial Conference winning streak to 20 games and their road winning streak to 11 games.
The Bears (5-3, 4-3 CC) entered the game among the national leaders in turnover margin, but the Blue Jays forced a pair of fumbles in the first 19 minutes of the game that they turned into Rigaud touchdowns.
After freshman Joe Trumbettirecovered a Bryan Ellis fumble on the Bears' first possession, the Blue Jays needed just seven plays to go 42 yards and grabbed a 7-0 lead on a five-yard Rigaud scoring run on a sweep to the left.
The Bears trimmed the deficit to 7-3 late in the first quarter and were on the verge of taking a 10-7 lead early in the second when quarterback Chris Curran fumbled on a quarterback keeper at the goal line and the Blue Jays took over at their own 20. Three plays later Rigaud swept right again and streaked down the sideline for a career-long 70-yard touchdown run to extend the lead to 14-3. The run is the longest by a Johns Hopkins player since Hari Lymon had a 79-yard run against then Western Maryland on November 14, 1992.
The 11-point lead held for the Blue Jays until midway through the third quarter, when Rigaud got loose again - this time from 29 yards out - to give the Blue Jays the first of three 18-point leads, 21-3.
Ursinus stuck with its game plan and wrapped a three-yard touchdown run by Teddy Conrad and a 38-yard touchdown pass from Curran to Jerry Rahill around a 25-yard scoring run by JHU's Scott Barlettato make it 28-17 with more than 13 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but Rigaud, as he did throughout the game, found the outside midway through the period and raced 18 yards into the end zone to close out the scoring.
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It's that time again, where we start revealing just what's coming your way this upcoming season! To kick things off, Crunchyroll will be streaming comedic short, Boku-no-imoutowa"Osaka-okan", which translates to "My Little Sister is an Osaka Mamma" in English. So just when is it starting? TONIGHT! That's right, the first episode of Boku-no-imoutowa-"Osaka-okan" will be available to Premium users tonight, December 21, 2012, at 8:00pm PST. Free users will be able to catch episode 1 next week at the same time. (*Please note that episode 2 will be available 2 weeks after initial broadcast, due to Japanese broadcast times)
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Boku-no-imoutowa"Osaka-okan", tells the story of Kyosuke, a boy who has been reunited with his sister after 10 years of living apart. However, his little sister Namika is nothing like he remembers.
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As for another continuing title, GIRLS und PANZER has unfortunately been delayed in Japan, and so Crunchyroll will resume streaming the series once it starts back up in Japan. However, there's still episode 10.5 to look forward to next week and tide you over until the girls of Ooarai Academy return!
Finally, with the holidays coming up, both here and in Japan, there will be some schedule changes to continuing simulcasts. Below are the list of titles whose times have been changed in accordance with their Japanese schedules:
Boku-no-imoutowa"Osaka-okan": resumes on January 4, 2013
Fairy Tail: resumes on January 4, 2013
Folktales from Japan: resumes on January 5, 2013
Gintama: resumes on January 10, 2013
Ixion Saga DT: resumes on January 6, 2013
Naruto Shippuden: resumes on January 10, 2013
Polar Bear's Cafe: resumes on January 10, 2013
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals: resumes on January 8, 2013
As always, keep your eyes glued to Crunchyroll in the following weeks as we start rolling out the new season!
Thanks for the update. I thought we wouldn't be seeing the thirteen episode. I was hoping that Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo will be going into the Winter Simulcast
Gintama: resumes on January 10, 2013
Looking forward to it, hopefully it will be the new arc. If not, then seeing some classics will be awesome but it would be a weird move airing an episode that talks about Sakata Gintoki's past?, show the new teaser for the new arc and go back to classics, but if they trying to finish the movie still then so be it.
As always, keep your eyes glued to Crunchyroll in the following weeks as we start rolling out the new season!
Speaking of the new lineup, can you see if you can get the streaming rights to Oreimo 2 for the Spring 2013 Simulcast providing that there are any. Please forward this to the team if they haven't already jumped on it
It's that time of year again already.... So much for lowering the backlog!
My backlog...
And it begins once again, excitement and anticipation levels rising, hype meter left unchecked
What even
Fall 2012 was a good season. I hope the same for the long winter ahead
Fun things are fun.
Thank you for the new series. And also thanks for the extra episodes of Saki Episode of Side A. I'm looking forward to the next announcements.
Glad to see some of the things that are being continued :D.
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interesting shows. peace out.
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Thanks for the update. I thought we wouldn't be seeing the thirteen episode. I was hoping that Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo will be going into the Winter Simulcast
Check and you can see that Sakurasou, Shinsekai Yori, Zetsuen no Tempest, Magi, Ixion, etc. are all continuing simulcasts from fall:
I am glad to hear we will get Girls Und Panzer 11-12 when they are done.
Thanks Crunchyroll!!!
the rest of Saki side A? good!
does this mean your gonna get this rest of Kokoro Connect too?!
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Check and you can see that Sakurasou, Shinsekai Yori, Zetsuen no Tempest, Magi, Ixion, etc. are all continuing simulcasts from fall
Actually I knew that they had 24 episode listed somewhere. I was just skeptical about it being cut off after twelve episodes and then continue sometime after. None the less, thank you
Definitely looking forward to winter season!
Also happy that 5 shows I love are continuing, but does anyone know what's going on with Space Brothers? Didn't think it was ending soon, but its not on the list unless I missed it.
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Also happy that 5 shows I love are continuing, but does anyone know what's going on with Space Brothers? Didn't think it was ending soon, but its not on the list unless I missed it.
It's there, in the second row under Continuing Simulcast Titles". :]
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Brown said that expectations were now catching up to the price action, which leaves little wiggle room for any disappointing news.
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Midday, the Dow was 65 points from 14,000, or 0.43 percent away, and less than 1.6 percent from its all-time closing high of 14,164.53.
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Forget the president, Congress —and even that can't-quite-work-right web site.
The immediate future of the Affordable Care Act in New Jersey now appears to be in the hands of the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI).
This agency will determine whether it is even possible at this late date to do as President Obama desires and allow policyholders to, in fact, keep their plans if they like them.
Ward Sanders, president of the New Jersey Association of Health Plans, said it won't be so easy logistically for insurers to restore the basic and essential (B&E) coverage that has been cancelled.
"(The insurers) can't issue plans without rates," Sanders said. "They have to develop rates and file them and they have to be vetted by DOBI, and it doesn't happen with the flip of a switch; it takes time."
Because the B&E plans were supposed to disappear on Dec. 31, insurers did not figure out rates for B&E plans — let alone file them with DOBI, Sanders said.
Obama's decision to allow insurance companies to let Americans keep their old health plans for one year applies to both the individual market and to the small group market — for employers with fewer than 50 workers — according to a letter the federal government sent to state insurance commissioners Thursday.
Today insurance brokers said they are waiting to learn whether the state Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) and the state's insurance companies will carry out Obama's request.
But as insurance broker David Oscar of Altigro pointed out, this is voluntary. DOBI "has to talk to the insurance carriers and see if it is possible" to revive the old plans.
Sanders said there are 650,000 people in the New Jersey small group market and 150,000 in the individual market — and about 100,000 members of the individual market have these B&E plans.
Frank Ruggiero, director of broker education at the insurance brokerage Slattery GA, said creating a new policy — or even restoring the old ones — will take time.
"The insurers have retooled and modified their products to meet all the rules and regs (of the ACA)," he said. "And now, 45 days before that, (Obama) is saying you are allowed to keep (the old policies). Will DOBI allow them to maintain those policies?"
At this point, DOBI will only say it is trying to get a grasp on the situation.
"The department is reviewing detailed information regarding ACA implementation received from CMS as outlined by the president," spokesman Marshall McKnight said.
Of course, what it decides for this year is just one part of the problem.
"What bothers me is it's only a transitional relief period (for one year)," Ruggerio said. "So what have they done except create a lot of confusion?"
If New Jersey goes along with Obama's plan, the question remains whether there is enough time for insurers to retool their systems once again so customers can keep the old plans.
"The insurance carriers don't want to have a fiasco similar to healthcare.gov come the first of the year," Ruggiero said.
Insurance broker Eileen Shrem has individual and small group clients, and nearly all are facing higher rates under Obamacare, which mandates more extensive and more costly benefits.
Shrem said her clients will have to decide whether to keep their old, cheaper policies if they get that option.
"But we have to change (the plans) eventually," she said. "Putting it off a year isn't going to do anything."
Obama's change could destabilize insurance industry
Obamacare has employers considering higher deductibles
Study: Affordable Care Act raising health costs for small business


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PRINCETON — Teacher pensions, gun-carrying educators and continued mandates placed upon schools were just three of the topics discussed at a special meeting of the Princeton Elementary Board of Education with State Rep. Don Moffitt and State Sen. Darin LaHood.
Also in attendance at Monday's special meeting were Princeton High School Superintendent Kirk Haring, PHS Board member Colleen Sailer, and several PES teachers and staff.
PES Board member Steve Bouslog started off the special meeting with a question to the legislators on the status of teacher pension reform, when it could happen, and how local school boards would be impacted by any reform legislation.
Moffitt said he expects to see some kind of progress this spring, possibly a multi-tiered piece of legislation which would be a combination of several proposals currently under consideration. Whatever pension reform legislation is presented, legislators need to make sure the legislation complies with the state constitution, Moffitt said.
LaHood agreed, saying any new pension legislation must be carefully worded and in line with the state constitution. Illinois is the last state to consider pension reform. The bottom line is Illinois has kicked the can down the road and down the road again and again until there is no more road left, LaHood said.
PES Superintendent Tim Smith also brought up the issue of funding, or the lack of it, from the state. PES has lost $600,000 per year since the Hold Harmless funding is no more, plus another $150,000 in lost reading grants and general state aid.
There are too many unfunded mandates and programs placed upon the school districts which may not benefit the school district, Smith said. As an example, the recent 5 Essentials survey was developed by the University of Chicago and does not reflect the downstate, rural districts. The district had a five-day monitoring preschool visit which resulted in comments about the bolts on the playground equipment, he said.
Also, the new Common Core Standards is another issue, Smith said. The new PARRC test, which will be done online for the Common Core standards, will be very costly. The district can't afford to provide a computer for every two students, he said.
"It sounds good to say we need to improve schools, but we are starving for money to do what we need to do," Smith said.
Smith also presented Moffitt and LaHood with a list of state contracts and programs which he said adds up to millions of dollars for school districts.
In other discussion, Bouslog asked about pending legislation which would allow teachers to have firearms in school, if the teacher received the necessary training and if the individual school board approves.
LaHood said he has not had anyone from his district tell him that this is the right way to go. At this time, he does not think there is Senate support for such legislation, he said.
Bouslog said he also has concerns about such legislation. In fact, it scares him to death, regardless of how much training a teacher may have, he said.
In his comments on the firearm legislation, Moffitt said what he is hearing most from his constituents is the legislation fails to address the mental health issue, which has to be taken into consideration.
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|2009-03-17, 09:23
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|2009-03-17, 09:47
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Though it may the the push into the abyss. He's not quite as serious, Yuki's not quite as serious. (They are serious in not 'bothering' each other.) So it could be her turn to 'meddle' less between them and make some sort of move.
The title of the next episode is quite telling. 'waiting is the worst'.
|2009-03-17, 11:16
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Deconstructing Yayoi
I had some down time at work today so i have been re watching the episodes but only the scenes involving Yayoi because her character really bothers me, her motivations her state of mind everything about her. What i tried to do was watch her mannerisms, what she says more than what she actually does and try to pull something from the little we know about her.
When the whole situation with Yayoi and Touya began i think it truly was business after all Yayoi barely new Touya crushing a collage and bullying him would be easy by using a weapon all women are born with their sexuality. However, i feel its changed over time after all spending time with people changes you and even an ice queen might actually has a heart and needs under the frost.
We never see Yayoi with any other people in her private life which is not surprsing since her work is her life. With the exception of reading an occassional book and having coffee (at the same place Touya works Echos) we see nothing else of her. Right now i think Yayoi has discovered a way to relieve her frustrations and loneliness without actually straying from her initial purpose of supporting Yuki. So far the only emotion and it was ever so slight that we have seen has been her interacting with Touya. The one thing i can see in Yayoi's eyes is her lonliness it obvious everytime she is shown. Those eyes devoid of life face like a piece of marble never changing she seems lifeless like a doll. A sever case of loneliness and detachment from emotion or interpersonal relationships would cause these traits. I realized that Yayoi is someone that Rina could become if given enough time say 5 or 6 years down the road.
In her mind what she is doing with Touya is for Yuki's sake but deep down does Yayoi feel she has found a kindred spirit? If she thinks this way in her mind there is no conflict of interest its effectivly killing two birds with one stone. She also knows that her secret is safe because Touya doesnt have the ballz to face Yuki. Silence is golden and information is power and Yayoi has both with Touya.
The change is ever so sudden over time and it might be missed becasue we always focused on other events surrounding the two. I cant say that Yayoi actually likes Touya but he is a way for her momentarily to have comfort and control while still doing her job its a sweet little arrangement. However,i do think on some level Yayoi thinks of Touya as HERS similar to how the band members were teasing Touya about being Rina's pet. Also, i feel her time with Touya is also responsible for part of her stance and very aggressive attitude towards Rina in episode 11. I kept wondering why it felt like Yayoi was protecting her turf and that turf would be Touya since Touya spends majority of his time with Rina now.
Im not sure if my theories are sound but after deconstructing her with the limited information we have this is what iv come up with. She has combined her job with her possible growing attachment to Touya they are one in the same now. I would bet money if Touya broke things off but the situation with him and Yuki stayed stagnant she would still initiate contact with him. That smile and kiss after she licked Touya's tears did not seem like a malicious one but it felt more like a smile of someone who could make her for a time forget the stalker, her loneliness and her past mistakes. Just as much as Touya is using her as a distraction she is using him as well and with his recent break down in the car Yayoi went to solidify his reliance on her by using physical means. She effectively made a move while Touya was at his most vulnerable which will only deepen the feeling he has to see and be near her even if he does not love her. Feelings are very tricky but Yayoi is obviously holding on to Touya tightly and its not just for her job if that was the case she would not keep seeing him since her primary goal has already been accomplished Touya and Yuki are not seeing each other and will not for a good while.
What do you guys think?
|2009-03-17, 12:55
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I think otherwise and the thought of "loving Touya" may not have crossed Yayoi's mind at all. Like you've said "with her eyes devoid of life", emotions should be a term she is less familiar with let alone trying to understand nor to express it (hence the awkward situation we have here with her licking his tears since she simply does not know how to offer comfort to a person who is undergoing a mental breakdown). Certainly it was of nothing malicious but neither was it something done to please herself in such a situation as I still think that she doesn't know what "love" is and if you were to ask her if she loves Touya or not, she will be in a complete blind. "killing two birds with one stone" implies that she knows what she feels but I on the otherhand argue that she doesn't...the only thing she knows is how to use a female body to make the opposite sex listen, but even that I don't see any bad intentions in her since she knows no better ways to do so (being void of emotions as it were).
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No i dont think she loves Touya (I thought i stated that) and i agree she probably could not identify with the emotion even if you asked her. But the fact the she even tried as awkward as it was to do something while Touya was having a break down shows that there is something more than just her job. She probably does not even know what it is but to me she rolled spending her make out sessions with Touya into her job with Yuki. After watching all her scenes again im starting to see somethings that i have missed before but they are very subtle. Yayoi is lonely this much im certain of and even if she does not know how to express it does not mean that something has not changed in her. I dont know i cant quite pin my finger on it but there is something there.
|2009-03-17, 14:11
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Oh I understand that she "feels some unknown" when she was comforting Touya and certainly she has begun to change as a person compared to what she started off from, but at this point in time she just have yet to realise what "this feeling" actually is. She still sees that it is her job to keep Touya away from Yuki and to maintain that she has no choice but to offer herself as Yuki's replacement (which was the exchange term she gave to Touya)...this all still seems pretty normal to her as she has yet to know what she feels subconciously even if those rusty gears have already started turning in her heart. So when the time comes, it will be rather sudden just like how Touya brokedown here.
|2009-03-17, 14:20
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I wonder if Misaki really loves Akira or if she is just using him to forget Touya . I really hope Misaki eventually break up with Akira because he is acting like a bitch. It seemed to me like she is already tired of being with him. It was funny how he used the same libne she used before when she wanted to get some alone time. I have seen this happening a lot, when the guy or girl just want to spend all the time with the person they wanted, and that person really didn't love the other person and eventually they break up.
|2009-03-17, 15:31
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I thought the episode was solid except for the crying scene with Touya. I agree with many of the statements people have made about it, because it was executed poorly. I'm not saying that it did not seem like Touya was going through any sort of "stress" about his situation, but the lead up to his break down was just poor... He really was talking normally beforehand, well actually it was weird that he was even talking in the first place... Normally he kind of sits there silently.
|2009-03-17, 16:48
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He was talking about everything but what really was bothering him. The scene where Akira noticed something wrong but because Akira is in bitch mode he got mad instead showing concern.
|2009-03-17, 18:45
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|2009-03-17, 20:13
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I wonder if it would have been better to marathon this once its completely finished airing. Although there is a lot to take in and you need time to let it sink in.. the wait each week is nerve racking.
|2009-03-17, 23:16
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|2009-03-18, 01:23
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Definitely agree about Akira. He's simply a rebound and I am sure he knows it.
But with Yayoi.. even though the evidences points to the contrary, I still can't shake that she's doesn't genuinely care for Touya.. That it is just some way to distract Touya from ruining her "client's" career."
Still an ice queen in my book.
|2009-03-18, 01:52
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|2009-03-18, 08:30
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There seems to be a lot of hate for Touya...
...but I'd ask, what exactly do you expect him to do?
People have wants and needs, and they don't disappear merely because they're inconvenient.
Maybe I'm wrong but it just seems like people expect him to endure isolation for an absentee girlfriend. He tried that, and started coming apart. He tried staying busy, and people he cared about ended up becoming collateral damage. He tried talking to anyone that would listen to him, but one is a teenager who thinks he's just fantasizing and another is an ice queen who doesn't know how to be there emotionally for a person. Humans are social animals, and the alienation Touya is being forced through does destroy people.
I hear him being called weak or wishy-washy or a cry baby. He's just human. I think maybe people are letting the extraordinariness of his circumstances distract them from the fact that he's just a guy, and he's desperately lonely.
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|2009-03-18, 12:04
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If you want a matter resolved you need to actually attempt to do it. Touya has not done anything to clear things up with Yuki and make his position clear he lets all the influences in the world dictate his actions. I call him weak because he is weak minded he does not think things threw hes along for the ride and that does not solve problems.
Touya needs to take control of his life and what he wants he needs to get the determination to say I will decide whats best for me if Yuki decides im not good for her career then its over. Yuki has not made that choice and Touya is listening to all the people he shouldn't and not listening to himself.
Yes Touya is very human and makes mistake but what separates him from being a strong lead and weak lead is if he learns from him mistakes and takes the bull by the horns. Nothing will change if he does not try its ok for him to cry sometimes we need to but when its over you get back up and try. Using people are a crutch to forget your problems only leads to a dependency issue which he is already developing.
I will not accept the teenager argument because hes not he is young adult. He does not have family support but sooner or later in life you have to stop using that as an excuse. Honestly Touya has had at least 3 chances to talk to Yuki in the past 3 episodes and it might be more but he has not. I have seen the argument that he and Yuki are broken up so its ok for him to be comforted by Yayoi thats BS im sorry. Does Yuki know or think they are broken up? have they ever had a proper talk about it? If their relationship was over in terms they both agreed on i would have no problem with him getting some nookie from Yayoi as a SINGLE guy but that is not the case and because he cant deal with his problems he distracts himself by working on others problems or by hooking up Yayoi. This appraoch has a bad end there is no way it can end well and he could end up becoming very introverted because of it.
I hear what you are saying and understand but you have to draw a line in the sand at some point with pity being one side and ass kicking on the other and thats what he needs right now a kick in the ass to get him moving and do what he needs to do no more self pity Touya has the potential to be mentally strong he has potential but in the end its his choice to play the victim till the end or become the man he can be.
|2009-03-18, 12:09
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the reason that Yayoi started doing this was because she knew that touya would eventually break up with Yuki and that it would really destroy her career. Yayoi was not really interested in him, but she might be falling in her own trap. I really think that If touya had broken clean with Yuki and gotten involved with Misaki, he woud be in better shape.
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Round about the time of the women's Superpipe finals, many of the industry heads present at the X-Games had discovered something better than hiking up and standing around in the cold watching their teamriders et cetera ride live: chilling on the couch back at the condo watching the whole event on television. It's live TV, afterall, so they're just being smart. Which musta been why I felt a little bit lonely watching the event in person. Just me, a handful of pro bros, and the poor photographers who can't really get away with shooting pictures of their TV screens if they want to get photos into the mags.
Anyhow, just thought I'd mention that. On to the event itself, which was going on simultaneously with prelims for snow-motoX, much to the delight of the spectators—who got to watch both shows at once. Now, the very first person to come down the halfpipe was the young Elena Hight, who was having an awesome run, that is until she tried to spin 900 at the bottom of the pipe, caught her edge, and did a scorpion the likes of which made everyone who saw it hurt inside. She bit her tongue and incurred a black eye for her troubles, but got up and walked it off on her own two feet. She then went on to pull a sick sick backside 720 the next run.
The strange thing about this women's finals is that nearly every rider who came down got a higher score than the last—apparently because they were ordered how they placed in qualifers. It doesn't always work like that, but this time, it did. So it seemed to make perfect sense, then, when Gretchen Bleiler—the last rider of the first run—came down and won it: Crippler off the first hit, frontside five, and a frontside 720 to wind it up.
What was suprising is that Bleiler's score from that very run maintained the high mark for the rest of the evening. All through the second run, the women tried to outdo Bleiler. Kelly Clark spun a huge frontside 900, but sketched at the bottom of her run. Hannah Teter did large airs, a frontside 540 and 900—but didn't get inverted. Torah Bright frontside fived and McTwisted (she's got the best McTwists in the women's biz, for sure), but still not enough.
Even French heavyweight Dorian Vidal couldn't beat that score, although she came damn close: frontside 720 into Cab 360, a Haakon-flip 720, and big airs. When you break it down, actually, it's pretty tough to call which run is gnarlier, Bleiler or Vidal's. But Gretchen had the momentum behind her and rode like a champ. Plus, she's from Aspen, and her whole family was there watchin—along with a million screaming fans (okay, maybe not quite that many … ).
1. Gretchen Bleiler 325 Snowmass Village, Colo. 89.00
2. Doriane Vidal 337 Rivesaltes, France 88.00
3. Hannah Teter 336 Belmont, Vt. 86.66
4. Torah Bright 326 Cooma, Australia 84.00
5. Kelly Clark 328 Mount Snow, Vt. 82.66
6. Manuela Pesko 335 Lenzerheider, Switzerland 77.00
7. Lindsey Jacobellis 330 Stratton, Vt. 75.66
8. Elena Hight 329 South Lake Tahoe, Calif. 73.33
9. Junko Asazuma 323 Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan 72.66
10. Mercedes Nicoll 332 Whistler, BC, Canada 70.33


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