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How about a timeline to when the mobile site will have flash videos that are "optimized for mobile."
I have no timeline. I think I said this already but it would happen after we finalize our new iPhone encoding system and re-encode all of the videos for that.
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Though, I'm not really sure if Android is ready for video streaming outside of Adobe Flash. TV.com is the only Android App I see that legally offers tv shows and I'm pretty sure they have to split the videos into multiple parts when they stream it which is not ideal. Not even Netflix, with their millions upon millions of dollars, has created an Android app yet; though they have confirmed that they are working on one some months ago
Bitbop is a fully featured video streaming service with an application. It works extremely well and offers a lot of full content. I dont agree that android isnt ready. Hulu and netflix both are actively developing applications for android. CR should too, rather than a "wait and see" approach.
Bitbop doesn't show up when I search the market on my phone. Upon closer inspection, my phone (HTC EVO) is not listed on the following page:
So I can't really say how it functions but, from reading the article below, it seems like they have the right to offer Direct Downloads for all the shows. This is something that we do not have and is an issue with us creating an app. We could easily create an app and have it play videos through Android's built in media player but, that means that the entire video will be loaded on the device when we do not have the proper rights to allow this. In short, the media player lacks DRM features which is what would make it hard for us to create an app.
Though, our staff is not entirely familiar with the Android SDK and don't have the time at the moment to research it in depth. So we are most likely going to hire someone who is experienced with this to help us out. It's possible that Android is ready for it but I just don't want to make promises and say that all devices with Android 2.2 and higher are going to be supported since there's too many unknown factors. I know that Hulu and Netflix are working on it but at the same time, they haven't produced it yet so it's anyone's guess how far along they are and what versions of Android OS they will support.
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I have Bitbop for my wife's phone (nexus one) and it works as a streaming service or as a direct download (offline) viewing. It's the streaming function that I think is the most promising.
I think the easiest short-term solution that will satisfy android users on 2.2 is to refine the mobile interface, and make the flash player load up in a "mobile" mode where the full screen button/play etc is easier to access. Perhaps even defaulting to the episode that we want to play in full screen mode. Its working fine on my android phone but is a pain in the butt to full screen it or navigate to the show you want to watch.
That way this should also fulfill your protection issue for the most part for now since it will be streaming through the flash player and not downloading any file on the device, and till you got a truly native app going the android side of things to work a lot smoother. At the very least the mobile site just needs some work to make browsing easier, there isn't even a search button.
With a good enough mobile website interface aside from the optimization issue it could be just as good as an experience as on a native app if not better, (going to youtube mobile site on android sometimes is better then the youtube app itself). Eventually In fact you could even borrow a similar functionality, where people can browse the crunchyroll mobile site, and when they click on a crunchyroll video maybe see if you can have an optimized crunchyroll player that will simply stream the video, sort of like the youtube app.
I have a Motorola Droid 1 and I like that some of the keyboard shortcuts work like space (pause/play), left/right (back/forward 10 seconds) and upd/down (volume control). However, other ones don't work like F (full screen) and M (mute/unmute). Are there plans to make all the shortcuts work especially the full screen one or is there something wrong with my Droid and they actually do work for others.
Android is now the number 1 OS on all smart phones in the U.S. so...... when will we be seeing an app?????? I know that I can watch my shows using the SD quality without any issues but it is still VERY slow to load and you can't maximize or minimize the screen very easy an app only makes sense
I have samsung fascinate android.. Pretty pretty please. I want typo watch anime from my phone.
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I have a Motorola Droid 1 and I like that some of the keyboard shortcuts work like space (pause/play), left/right (back/forward 10 seconds) and upd/down (volume control). However, other ones don't work like F (full screen) and M (mute/unmute). Are there plans to make all the shortcuts work especially the full screen one or is there something wrong with my Droid and they actually do work for others.
I'd like to know this as well.
The settings for shortcut keys probably weren't changed from the desktop version to the mobile version. So I'm guessing the key mapping on a mobile device is different than on a standard desktop keyboard so I can have that looked into.
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All I can say is that I haven't heard anything regarding Crunchyroll being offered through Apple TV but we are committed to providing our content through the latest and greatest platforms/devices. So if Apple TV takes off, I'm sure we'll take advantage of the platform.
I'll believe your claim of supporting the best platforms when Android is fully supported with an app.
As I've been saying, we're working on Android as well. Committing to something and providing it right now or on a specific date are 2 different things. We are definitely going to have an Android app in the future but it will take time; I'm just not going to make promises we can't fulfill like other companies do. I could say expect it Q1 2011 but that would just be an arbitrary date that would only serve to keep people quiet until Q1 passes and we don't have it. Then we would say 1H 2011 and so on but, personally, I don't think that helps anyone so I just say that we're committed to providing it in the future.
Hulu and Netflix (I name these 2 since their technical needs and our technical needs are virtually the same) do not have an Android app and they have hundreds of millions of dollars at their disposal to hire more staff members than we have which allows them to devote more time to these things. So I do not see why it is expected of us, a small company, to instantly provide apps for all of these platforms especially when the platform may not meet our needs at this point in time. I'm an Android fanboy and I know very well how fast Android OS is penetrating into the mobile market but the video tools are seriously lacking at this point in time. I can rarely get videos from my harddrive to work on the built in video player and 3rd party video players are lacking as well. The biggest problem is that it doesn't offer DRM tools. For TV.com's app, they split the videos into multiple parts which is not something we would want to do since the experience would not be great for premium members. Bitbop, from what I read, doesn't seem to need to worry about DRM since they have the direct download rights for the videos so they can have the entire loaded on the device; that would be easy for us to do but, unfortunately, we don't have direct download rights so it would be a lot more work for us to make an app that may look similar on the surface but would be very different on the backend. I dislike iOS devices but I will admit that the video player is top-notch and meets our needs which is why we were able to get on there about a year ago. We REALLY want to provide access through Android, but we just do not have the manpower right now especially since most of our current work is going into the online Manga platform we are creating for Bitway. There are hard deadlines that need to be met for the Manga platform so everything else is on the back-burner.
We are going to be exploring these platforms when we have the time to devote. This is not just some random claim that I am making; it really wouldn't make any sense for us to not provide access through these platforms since it exposes our service to many more people which in turn means more money for our partners and for us. If you don't believe me, you can hear it straight from our CEO:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2010-08-13 - (68 minutes in)
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The mobile version of the site works well for me, though I miss a description for the series.
Nothing in particular!
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The mobile version of the site works well for me, though I miss a description for the series.
How long did it take for you to load videos in this case? I tried earlier out of curiosity, but I didn't have enough time to wait longer than a couple minutes on my WiFi to see.
Almost straight away.
One thing. If at all possible, can the app be 2.1 compatible? Some of us won't be getting 2.2...
on to the next...
Gingerbread is right around the corner and is going to introduce the ability for secure media delivery with DRM. Netflix has already said that they have not made an Android app because of the lack of DRM support and that they are waiting for Ginderbread to be released before creating an App. Windows Phone 7 and iOS already have DRM protection built straight into the operating system.
I am sure that Crunchyroll has to follow similar rules outlined by the studios that allow Crunchyroll to stream their shows. As many people have experienced, the studios are already picky when it comes to what regions are available to watch certain shows. Although, I do not even know if Crunchyroll uses DRM in the iOS app or not, this is just me speculating.
Development on an Android app started a couple weeks ago. Initial release will be for Premium Members only since there will be no advertisement support built in. Also, it will support Android 2.1 and higher. So you're in luck dhaikage.
We had to lower our expectations though since the video player on Android 2.2 and lower is not as refined as the video player for iOS. Android 3.0 is supposed to have better video tools as -Chris311- pointed out which would probably meet our expectations but 3.0 will not be supported by many of the current Android phones and hasn't been released yet which is why we just lowered the expectations a little to be able to have the app available sooner and for more people.
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Glad to see there has been some talk about this. I've had a Ipad for some time and love having crunchyroll on it. I got to admit I was surprised then they sent out a update saying this is the last update for this app please download the new "Universal" Crunchyroll App. I had thought this was basically a new app that was going to share a ton of code with a android app. So when I just got my android phone and found out there was no crunchyroll app I was a little shocked.


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 13 May 2010
People love to sit around a table and share - whether it's a meal, a conversation over coffee, a bunch of papers to discuss, maps to pore over, photos to compare - we do this around a table. Why not at a museum too?
Humans are curious creatures and social beings. We love to share, and sharing aorund a table is one major way we do this. Nowadays, technology is making the sharing of museum content and experiences easier via the use of interactive tabletops.
We are working with Sydney University School of Information Technologies, computer human adapted interaction group, on prototyping some of this technology with our visitors. This project is part of the Smart Services CRC-funded research project, Identity-based personalised mobile content. Here's some links I promised to send the group after our meeting today.
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Winnebago Industries was one of six manufacturers to achieve the Gold award level from Detroit Chassis. To qualify, the body-builder needed to achieve a recycling return rate of 80% to 100%. Through the recycling program, Detroit Chassis was able to reuse a total of 39.1 tons of steel and 26.7 tons of PVC.
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One of the stories everyone will follow in 2010 is whether running back Ricky Williams will retire after the season (as he has said he might) or will continue playing beyond this season (as he has said he might).
Well, in correcting a news story on Thursday, Williams may have given a glimpse of which way he's leaning long-term.
SportsBusinessDaily.com reported Williams is in preliminary talks to host a "reality" show for 2011. Turns out the report and the ensuing ones that simply parroted the information were wrong, according to Williams.
"I am NOT doing a reality TV show," Williams said on his twitter feed. "I am beginning discussions [for] a potential travel show."
So what does this have to do with the decision to play beyond 2010 or not?
As Williams added with another tweet, the travel show work would begin in February of 2011 after the NFL season is over.
And that means if the show gets off the ground and is a success, Williams would find himself doing something he once decided he loved more than football. Williams would essentially be doing what he did in the fall of 2004 when he retired from football and traveled around the world.
Except this time Williams would be getting paid.
The gig wouldn't preclude him from returning to his NFL work in 2011 if he wanted, but it is possible it would be another reason tugging at Williams to stay away. He would no doubt be making good money, exploring the world, and not getting trucked by 300-pound defensive linemen.
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'My New Weigh of Life:' Class focuses on healthy eating to lose weight
BROOKVILLE — Need to shed those winter pounds? My New Weigh of Life, a weight loss and healthy eating class set to begin March 9 at the Brookville YMCA, might be just what the doctor ordered.
My New Weigh of Life is a 12-week weight loss program.
It's central goal is to get participants to change the way they eat so that they continue with what they've learned after the class is over and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
"It's basically just about changing your eating behaviors and your habits," said Sally Hall, the instructor for the class.
Hall is a registered dietician and a certified diabetes educator.
She originally began teaching the class, which was developed by Penn State University, in 2000 and taught it for four years until Penn State made the decision to revise it. Hall has been teaching the revised version for three years now.
"I found this program to be the best one to teach because it's really up to date," Hall said.
And while she has offered the class before in Brookville and in the surrounding area, this year marks the first time that the Brookville YMCA will play host, after Hall reached out to the staff there and asked if they would like to hold the program.
The class meets once a week, and the session will take place from 8:30 to 10 a.m. While March 9 is a Saturday, Hall said the times and days of the week that the class meets may fluctuate afterward.
A typical class session finds participants going over and learning from standard materials provided by Penn State.
There are also some activities to help put healthy eating in perspective.
For example, participants might pour cereal in a bowl in the same amount that they would normally eat and then guess at the number of calories the serving actually contains.
"They're really surprised by the amount of calories that are in different things," Hall said.
Participants might also use food models to learn about portions and discuss what to do when eating out. They use ChooseMyPlate.gov to learn more about portion sizes.
Classes also delve into behavior modification and cover a variety of topics, including how to change habits and how to figure out what your high-risk foods are.
It also covers what to do if you're the sort of person who eats even though you're not particularly hungry — find a healthy food to take the place of whatever you would normally eat, or perhaps look for an alternative activity that will take the place of eating.
The class has a physical activity component as well. However, it is not vigorous and does not require that participants be "pumping iron."
It focuses on basic activities.
Hall said she shows participants some simple things they can do at home to stay active and help keep the weight off.
The class includes charts that people can use to track their activity levels, in addition to other things, such as matching up their eating habits with their moods.
"We just really encourage people, with their doctor's advice, to increase their activity slowly," Hall said.
Outside of class sessions, participants work independently.
Hall said that they will be encouraged to measure themselves to keep themselves on course, as the class focuses on both losing weight and decreasing waistlines.
"Sometimes, you find that you lose inches before you actually lose pounds," Hall said.
Participants will also weigh in periodically to track progress.
They are also provided, at the beginning of the class, with Hall's contact information so that they can ask questions as they arise throughout the week.
All of these things combined help keep participants accountable and focused.
The end goal of the class is that participants will lose half of a pound to two pounds each week, or, if they're not overweight, will be able to demonstrate that they are eating healthier.
Hall said that, according to evaluation forms from Penn State that are completed at the end, participants often meet those goals.
"I've been very pleased over the years that people do very well," she said.
Participants in the class should come prepared to do some basic stretching exercises and to listen well and participate.
The class is participatory, and dialogue is expected between the instructor and the students, as well as between the students themselves. Hall said it often takes on a social dimension.
"I've had lots of people over the years who have really enjoyed it, and they enjoyed talking to everybody in the class," she said. "It's sort of a community, social-type thing."
In the past, participants sometimes helped one another by bringing in healthy recipes and food to share. Hall said she also sometimes recommends that participants start a support group to work as a team outside of class by walking together or engaging in some other type of exercise.
After the class is over, there's usually a followup three months later to see how participants are doing.
Sometimes, it takes the form of a class reunion, if the participants are interested in having one; otherwise, the followup occurs over the phone.
Hall said the results of past classes have been encouraging and positive.
"It's why I keep teaching it," she said. "It's been very positive.People have lost weight on the program. They've also improved their blood cholesterol levels on the program. The people who haven't lost weight have been happy because they've just improved their way of eating and activity level, and they just feel better."
She added, "I just think it's a sensible program that teaches people how to increase their activity and improve their eating habits. So, I think it's just a benefit to everybody, especially since there are a lot of people who are at a good weight, but maybe they just don't know how to maintain that; maybe they ping-pong back and forth. This will give them some good guidelines on how to maintain the weight that they have or lose weight."
Hall said she plans to teach the class more frequently in the future, in different places across the local area.
She said that, in a single location, the class would likely be conducted a few times each year. Participants are permitted to take the class again in another session, and they have done so in the past. At the moment, Hall doesn't know when the next one will be.
"It depends on what response we get to this particular class," she said.
To register for My New Weigh of Life, call the Jefferson County Penn State Extension Office at (814) 849-7361. There is a $95 fee, which pays for all 12 weeks of the class and goes back to Penn State to cover the costs of the class and the materials it uses, as well as the advertising for it.
Hall said the capacity is around 15 people and that she usually has about eight to 12.
Registration officially ends on today, but Hall said she will probably take new participants through the day before, which is Friday.


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There's not a single passage in the Sutta that would define 'sati' differently.Dukkhanirodha wrote:Do you mean to say you consider that the word sati can have only one meaning? If you do, I am curious to know on which ground.
Even later Pali texts, including the Visuddhimagga, define sati through memory and related factors.
The definition of four satipatthana includes sampajanna, atapi and anupasanna, but that doesn't change the definition of sati itself.
Thank you, I have understood your position.My position is actually the following:
I'm not an Abhidhamma fan. I just use the most reliable sources available. Without the early exegetical texts (including Vibhanga), and Commentaries, we are often left with modern arbitrary guesswork. Unfortunately, the Suttas are sometimes cryptic, and it's better to use early Pali texts for their clarification, than to make guesses.I hope you won't get angry at speaking so plainly, but it seems the problem is that you take the abhidhamma as word of the bible and you neglect common sense understanding.


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The Kiamichi Economic Development District of Oklahoma Area Agency on Aging is accepting Requests for Proposals from interested vendors to provide respite and health promotion services to persons age 60 and older in Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties. The following services will be considered for funding: The National Family Caregivers Supportive Services on Respite Care for Caregivers and Respite Care for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Also being funded are disease prevention and health promotion services for evidence-based programs.RFP may be obtained at KEDDO, 1002 Highway 2 North, Wilburton, OK 74578, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A proposers conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. March 14 at the same office. Interested vendors must be present to be considered for funding. Completed RFPs must be submitted by 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 5. Proposals must contain all service components relating to the proposals. To obtain a copy of the RFP, please contact Kim Rose, KEDDO AAA director at (918) 465-2367 or toll-free at 1-800-722-8180.


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This meeting provides detailed information about the program. It allows the potential participants to meet the program leader, to see the other people who are going to participate and to have all of their questions answered. The meeting allows the program leader to make a strong impact on the attendees, creating enthusiasm for being a part of the program and impressing upon them the outcomes that they can expect. The presentation is professional and very thorough. At the end of the presentation, the leader asks the attendees to commit by completing any waivers, contracts and health history forms. Payment for the program is collected at this time.
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Providing a structured tool that serves as a "road map" is key to the success of the participant. The tool provided is specific to the type of program. Look in bookstores and on the Internet to see what is available. Examples of nutrition-based tools are structured eating plans like The Think Light Lowfat Living Plan, Nutrex, Biometrix, and N3. Programs like DietLog and ExerLog can be downloaded to hand-held organizers (Palm Pilot) and used in your program. Diet and exercise books are available that are wonderful to base your program on. Nutritional systems like Apex are also useful.
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I know, I know. But I couldn't resist putting a shout-out of another horrible series out there.
Shhh, you're not meant to say that, we're trying to ruin this guy's life forever.
Let's ruin it more with Eiken.
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1% evil. 99% fangirl.
Pretentious anime about mundane/unoffensive subjects.
jo momma
Free your mind!
Madoka Magika, Monogatari series (actually, there is some fanservice in there, but...), Angel Beats (Yes, it is light and humorous, but it really does make you think seriously), Astaroth's Toy......okay, forget that. Forget I even mentioned that one- fanservice, humour, everything but sophistication.
Not much comes to mind...
Cute is JUSTICE, Flat is STATUS, Loli is SOUL.
Usagi Drop... but you'd actually have to read the full manga to get what I'm getting at. Hmm thinking hard about any others since you didn't ask for serious or thought provoking shows in general but rather about ones focused on a controversial topic. Oh yeah Time of Eve could work. Kids on the Slope has its moments. School Days might fit. Umineko No Naku Koro Ni has several controversial subjects, although Im not sure how much is covered in the anime. Wandering Son is all about kids with gender identity issues. That's what I have got off of the top of my head.
I'd love to plug Puella Magi Madoka Magica as others have done, however it doesn't have any real controversial topics covered, although it is very adult oriented, dark and thought provoking.
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The story is a nod to Faust disguised as a magical girl show. It definitely takes a deep look at what price one would pay for a wish. It's extremely dark however there really isn't any controversial subject matter.
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*Though the love part, is how that's supposed to read. Darn typos. >.>
You can actually go back to your own posts and edit them directly.
When I saw this thread, I immediately thought Koi Kaze. XD After watching it, I also wanted more well done controversial/taboo anime, but haven't found anything I haven't watched that really seemed to be what I was looking for. (maybe I'll see something pop up in this tread sometime. )
As for my suggestions, If you don't mind yuri/shoujo-ai, then Aoi Hana takes the topic of falling in love with another girl much more seriously then others in the genre. (it's also made by the same person who did Wandering Son/Hourou Musuko, which others have mentioned in this thread. I've only read the manga of that one, so I can't comment on the anime, but the manga is really doing a great job with handling the topics of transgendered children and the struggles they have to go through. )
I also second Now and Then, Here and There. It's a highly engrossing story that deals with using children as militia.
Wolf's Rain is the first to come to my mind, so far as sophisticated and somewhat controversial subjects. Now and Then, Here and There could probably count as well. There's plenty of animes that discuss controversial subjects, but I most certainly wouldn't consider them sophisticated or even thought provoking in many cases.
Also, I guess I should be the next person to recommend Hourou Musuko/Wandering Son just because I think it deserves more love for it's controversial subject of trans kids. I don't consider it sophisticated, just interesting.
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It's been a long time since I watched anime last. I just haven't found it interesting lately.
That was, until I found out about Koi Kaze, and anime that tackles the subject of a brother and a sister falling in love.
Now, the brother/sister attraction thing is nothing new in anime. Lots of pandering, low-brow anime use it as a topic, but what was different with Koi Kaze is that it did it entirely without pandering. No fanservice what so ever, and no attempts at sexualizing it in any way. Just to explore the situation of a brother and a sister falling in love, and the troubles it causes.
Straight-faced, serious and mature.
And I'm really fascinated by that, and I wonder if there are more anime that does this. That is, tackling controversial and/or taboo subjects without being juvenile, pandering, sexualizing or glorifying the subject matter. Anime that takes themselves and their subject matter seriously.
Does anyone know of any such anime?
Yeah and it's an anime that not many know of.... "Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning" is right up your alley!! Reminds me a little of "Detective Conan", but Spiral has no fanservice, no ecchi, heck not even romance but its serious and the most mysterious anime I can name. It's so mysterious it leaves you hanging by the end but that's why it's so good. After watching the anime, you should read the manga, it will explain the plot holes left from the anime!
I'm gonna echo the kudos for Koi Kaze. It's done in a very mature way, good stuff.
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Rumbling Hearts) The main theme is basically about cheating and what it does to relationships and the people involved. 2 things though, 1. The first episode is very bland and starts off like every other romance anime, but continue and it takes a huge turn in episode 2. Second; This anime made me feel horrible for days after watching it because in a way, it was just to real to me.
I thought Ghost in the Shell and Gundam Wing had pretty serious tones.
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Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (Rumbling Hearts) The main theme is basically about cheating and what it does to relationships and the people involved. 2 things though, 1. The first episode is very bland and starts off like every other romance anime, but continue and it takes a huge turn in episode 2. Second; This anime made me feel horrible for days after watching it because in a way, it was just to real to me.
That's certainly one take on it. I'll leave this response as spoiler free as possible.
I actually felt that it was a story about PTSD, internal guilt, external guilt, and how a refusal to communicate crucial information (or just simply ask the right questions - hell, ANY questions) just adds more unnecessary problems into already tense situations. Case in point regarding information and lack of communication: The sister. A few simple sentences to her, or a few pointed questions from her, could have avoided whole episodes worth of drama.
But no, we can't have that. Which brings me to my other gripe with this story.
What felt wholly unreal to me about it was the way the external guilt was handled, further breaking the already emotionally broken characters. It just felt like it was heavy handed writing, and it made me hate all but a few of the characters, because of it. I couldn't find myself sympathizing with them, and I usually find that easy enough. So few characters are actually honest with themselves, much less each other, and it made me like the characters even less.
I suppose it got an emotional response from me, but it's not the one the creators intended.
I just started watching Wandering Son yesterday because of this thread, it is very very good. Doesn't dilute the subject matter and is very serious while still remaining enjoyable to watch. Definitely need more anime like it.


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For months we have been reporting on the Motorola Sholes and this week people started calling it the Motorola Tao. I was unable to confirm the Tao name with my inside sources, but I've seen enough sites reporting on the name that we are going to stick with it.
This week we received a mysterious letter from our new tip line. The document describes an upcoming phone headed for Verizon Wireless and all the specs match up with the Sholes specs we leaked back in August. The name of the phone is conveniently missing and has been replaced by the letters "XXX". Could this represent the the three letters of Tao or just be a place holder for another name?
Call it whatever you like, but this is the "other" Motorola phone that everyone has been waiting for. The letter confirms several of the features we have been talking about, but there are several new additions not seen anywhere else.
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I am right now up to chapter XXXVIII of LLPSI II but Ι've written down something yesterday from ch. XXXVII about which I am not very sure. I mean, I know what is intended to say but I'd like any more qualified opinion to contrast what I think of it.
"Fauno mortuo, Latinus, filius eius, regnum accepit. Huius filius in primâ iuventute periit; sola in regiâ erat filia, nomine Lavinia, iam matura virô." (lines 15-17)
(Excuse if my English translation is not accurate enough. I write also my Spanish rendering, if it helps.)
"After Faunus' decease [lit. & roughly, Having died Faunus], his son Latinus acquired the royal power. His son died in his first youth and there was only a daughter in his Kingdom [regia: I understand it as the Palace where kings do live and the royal power itself], whose name was Lavinia and she was mature to marry a man."
"Tras la muerte de Fauno, Latino, hijo suyo [lit. de él], tomó el poder del reinado. Su hijo murió en la primera juventud [sc. antes de los treinta, pues la juventud es hasta tal edad]; en su Reino tenÃa una sola hija, por nombre Lavinia [o Laviña], ya madura para ser casada con un hombre."
The trouble which I came across was "iam matura virô". I suppose that virô (from vir, man in dative singular) is used here (maybe with ellipsis of the verb) to make us know that she was destined to marry a man (Turnus, I guess) because she was a middle-aged woman or at least not very young but there´s not any verb which suggests it (nubere, nupsisse, for instance). I think that I understand it but I'm not sure and I would appreciate any thought.


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Andrew Ferry's "yup, yup," and his whistle, his occassional "SSssssss," and his shout of "C'mon girls," brings them in from the field, swollen udders wobbling ponderously between their legs, long, lolling tongues stained from the bright green grass of spring. Ears flopping. Flanks fat and sleek. A healthy herd of cows, full of good living and sweet milk.
Andrew Ferry's "yup, yup," and his whistle, his occassional "SSssssss," and his shout of "C'mon girls," brings them in from the field, swollen udders wobbling ponderously between their legs, long, lolling tongues stained from the bright green grass of spring. Ears flopping. Flanks fat and sleek. A healthy herd of cows, full of good living and sweet milk.
A bad dairyman thinks of his cows as milk dispensing machines and a good one walks among them like he's in a crowd of people he knows.
Andrew Ferry, in the classic farmer's uniform of blue jeans, plain white T-shirt, black and green John Deere cap and brown lace up boots, is doing a job so old, it was first performed by people wearing animal skins.
Bringing the cows in to milk.
Thirty-two of them, Holstein and Jerseys and crossbreds and Brown Swiss. Wet snouts. Coarse coats in gentle brown and black and black and white. Heavy hooves.
"They are lovely," Ferry says of his Brown Swiss cows, "lovely" being a word perhaps only a dairying man would apply to cows. City people invariably say, "cute," if they say anything at all.
Every cow has a plastic ear tag with a number, but Ferry knows them differently.
"Mamba. Nadia. Tiff. Brittany, Tiptoe. Shortcake," he says, ticking off their names.
His farm sits on 70 acres off Pine Hill Road in Westport. He rents the land from his dad, Mike, who farms over on Gifford Road.
There's four generations of farming on that side of the family, four more on his mother's side, the Martins.
In the pasture behind the house where Ferry lives, the cows are bunched up, the ones furthest back in the pasture joining the crowd, then the whole bunch stringing out in a line, Ferry behind them, walking slow.
"Yup. "yup." Ferry says, not loudly enough to spook the cattle, but loud enough to get them moving for the milking parlor where they will be relieved of their liquid burden.
The ground is broken, a little rocky, small hillocks and the long tufts of kelly green grass are everywhere, fed by the cows' droppings in a cycle older than anything we've built on the land.
"Yup. Yup," Ferry yells, then whistling a long, sharp chord.
Mamba, named for her black coat, gets a little out of line, and Ferry ambles to the side of her, walking her back into the herd.
"There was a time when there were 50 dairy farms in Westport," Ferry said, figuring there's maybe a half dozen now.
"The reason why farms are going away is the younger generations are not stepping up," Ferry says as his girls rub flanks, the bunch narrowing down as they make their way into the barn, a feeder building for the milking parlor.
While cows are not what we call "companion animals," they are quite companionable, nibbling on my notebook, rubbing against each other in the warm, drowsy smell of the barn; large, liquid eyes lazy, warm and bottomless with long eyelashes.
Twelve at a time in the milking parlor, six on a side, Ferry in a sort of concrete ditch between the two rows of cows.
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It is so easy to forget now. A decade ago, iPods were rare, Twitter had not been conceived and photographs were taken with cameras. We don't remember such a world, so we surely do not remember when the United States was being pounded in important basketball competitions by Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia.
That's right: a country that's not a country, and a country that no longer exists. They kicked American tail at the game this nation invented, perfected and ruled for 70 years.
Mike Krzyzewski changed all that. Well, he and Jerry Colangelo. After the Americans had been embarrassed on their home soil in the 2002 FIBA World Championships (finishing sixth) and then embarrassed themselves with a disjointed, dysfunctional bronze-medal effort at the 2004 Olympic Games, Colangelo and Krzyzewski were appointed to change the culture of USA Basketball.
To say they succeeded is to say "The Godfather" is a good movie.
Since they teamed up and began approaching the best American players about investing in the cause, the U.S. has won 62 of 63 games against international competition. There has not been a defeat in seven years, since a second-half collapse against Greece in the semifinals of the 2006 Worlds. With Krzyzewski on the bench, the U.S. earned the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, the 2010 Worlds and the 2012 Olympics.
It seemed after the latter triumph that Krzyzewski, 66, would be finished with the program. He still had a full-time job at Duke, and he'd done what he set out to do. He said before the Olympics in London that he wouldn't return, and he reiterated that in February in an interview with ESPN radio:
"My stance hasn't changed," Krzyzewski said. "I've loved, loved, loved and it's been an honor being with the USA Basketball team, to coach the team and work with Jerry. These seven years have been marvelous. We're in a good spot. We need to keep building."
But after some reconsideration, he has decided to return, and this should be greeted as exciting news by fans of American basketball, not with more petty jealousy among fans of Duke's rival schools.
He has had a phenomenal impact on America's international basketball pursuits. The two Olympic golds Krzyzewski's teams won were claimed with a roster fronted by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Krzyzewski took a younger team led by Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose to the Worlds and won there, too.
The effect on the entire USA Basketball culture has been to convince younger talents of the importance of competing on national teams, something that long has been important in other nations but had fallen out of favor here. The U.S. stormed to the first two FIBA U17 World Championships, with such gifted young players as Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bradley Beal, Jabari Parker and Tyus Jones among those competing. The U.S. won at the 2009 FIBA U19 Worlds, as well.
What Krzyzewski and Colangelo accomplished wasn't easy, and wasn't unimportant. And it should not be regarded simply as some sort of ploy by Krzyzewski to pursue a recruiting advantage on behalf of the Duke Blue Devils.
If he needs a recruiting advantage, he already can tell prospects he coached the core of the Miami Heat's championship team, and that's if he needs to do more than simply point to the four NCAA championship banners at Cameron Indoor Stadium and the manicured campus of the elite university he represents.
By agreeing to coach the U.S. senior national team, Krzyzewski chose to invest a great deal his personal time and energy into elevating the American game. That he is ready to do it for another several years is a victory for every U.S. basketball fan, even those who prefer a different shade of blue to go with their red and white.


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Levi's Boyish Mix
Name: Levi (3)
Location: Portland, Oregon
It has been such a joy to put together a little space for my son. This space is really a collection of all things "boy" that I found and loved. I tried to stick to a theme at times, but ended up with an eclectic mix of woodsy, nautical, aviation, farm, and science (among others!) items.
Nevertheless, I like the warm, masculine feel of the room and think it worked out just fine. Most items are vintage, reused, passed down, or on sale.
Source List:
- Rug: Target ($30 on clearance!)
- Mobile: handmade
- Cubby shelf & wall shelves: IKEA
- Popular Science art was my husbands as a child
- Raccoon print is by a local artist named Ryan Berkley
- The crewel ship, owl prints, chair, throw blanket, race track, and most of the shelf decor were all thrifted or purchased on Craigslist
Well done - thanks, Laura! Readers, you can visit Laura at Consider Lilies.
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Artist Rei Nadal offers a unique take on 'Fashion Fetish' by curating the SHOWstudio Tumblr for a one-week period from 2-8 April 2012 inclusive. Her work juxtaposes found imagery with phrases and self-portraits - postmodern poetry for the digital age - fuelled in this instance by a selection of objects, cosmetics and fashion items delivered daily to her home, and documented here.
Day Five: PM
View the items delivered to Rei Nadal on the afternoon of Friday 6 April 2012 as part of her Tumblr curation project for SHOWstudio's Fashion Fetish season. Delivered anonymously and available for just twenty-four hours, Nadal chooses to incorporate the items (or not) into the self-portraits dotted throughout her Tumblr imagery.
Tortoiseshell-print PVC coat (production time 21 hours), gold mask and 'Party Tabi' boots in leather covered with caps and wire from Champagne bottles, all by Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal Spring/Summer 2012
Nude lace and tulle lingerie by Eres
White nail polish, chosen by Marian Newman
Petite Mort by Marc Atlan, Edition 3 of 100 - Inspired directly by the only bodily fluid secreted solely through desire and brain chemistry, Petite Mort (Parfum d'une Femme) embodies the elusive substance that is created by a woman when she is about to climax. Petite mort, little death, total release; beyond a scent, more like a convulsion of the senses, like a hot, gasping breath that penetrates your memories and alters your subconscious. An insidiously attractive, sharp redolence, on the fine line between repulsion and addiction, Petite Mort insinuates itself into your veins and your mind. This fragrance is not really a classic scent. It is more the representation of a spiritual state, based on the paradox of an impossible ephemerality. It is perfume as art, the olfactory preservation of a moment, so that it may live forever.


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Our first release of 2013 comes from the leading festival in Central America 'The BPM Festival'. This year's edition has held Stereo!OnTour first event and it's no wonder that was an incredible event! Lovely crowd and massive party with music by our talents Chus+Ceballos, Mindcontrol (Richie Santana and Peter Bailey), Marciano and Patrick M! This… read more


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* Striped *
Added Jul 16, 2013
by liliv-1
Athens, Greece
Hi! For the top I used the tunic pattern 113 from burda issue 6/2009 (without the drapped pieces). I finished the upper edge of the top with a doubled band. I also added wide straps and pleated them at the joining points. I love the cap sleeves effect that these straps create:) I also cut narrow and long pieces with various colors of the fabric to make something like fridge. For the skirt I used a simple pencil skirt pattern, eliminated the darts and just made a tunel with elastic at the waist. I finished the hem with a small pink doubled band (for this band I cut pink stripe of the same fabric). When I had finished the outfit I noticed that I had put the stripes mirrored at the skirt…grrrr….I'm never too experienced to make silly mistakes:(
Thanks for looking!
Material Notes
medium weight jersey
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Jul 17, 2013, 03.20 PMby nkaiy
This is lovely
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Jul 17, 2013, 03.52 PMby liliv-1
Thank you!
Jul 17, 2013, 02.28 PMby Angie H
Striped is creative, interesting, and well executed. love the way you played with the direction of the stripes… The wide straps have a diagonal look and the horizontal stripes break up the vertical stripes nicely. I love also the banding around the top of the blouse and the bottom of the skirt.
forgot to say that I love your pics … you look like you are really having fun. The circle multi necklace is genius.**It stands up to your outfit nicely!
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Jul 17, 2013, 03.01 PMby liliv-1
Thank you for your kind and lovely comments! The necklace has exactly the same colors with the fabric, they are made for each other:))
Jul 17, 2013, 08.42 AMby fashionfreek
Another lovely outfit liliv-1:-D.x
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Jul 17, 2013, 10.29 AMby liliv-1
thanks! xx
Jul 17, 2013, 07.07 AMby Zsuzso
What a fun, summer outfit. Love the details on your top.
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Jul 17, 2013, 10.28 AMby liliv-1
Thank you Zsuzso:)
Jul 17, 2013, 06.50 AMby Oksana Starzhynska
To tell the true, I haven't noticed your mirroring the stripes until I read about that. I don't think it's a great sin:)) If you hadn't done that your outfit just would look like a dress. I like the brightness of your outfit, the sleeves are unexpected so look original and nice, the fringe gives some playful note and I like the way the bottom of skirt is processed. I would probably do the same for the neckline but it's because I'm not so brave :)
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Jul 17, 2013, 10.28 AMby liliv-1
I wanted to make the same for the neckline, I would like it more with a monochromatic band, but I had cut the bust and it was short at the top so I needed a wider band. Thank you very much for your kind comments:)
Jul 17, 2013, 06.28 AMby Verdy
This is strikingly good like everything you make!
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Jul 17, 2013, 10.17 AMby liliv-1
Thank you Verdy!
Jul 16, 2013, 11.34 PMby ctharp
Your dress is fabulous! I love the fringe and the sleeves too.
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Jul 17, 2013, 12.24 AMby liliv-1
:) Thank you!
Jul 16, 2013, 11.28 PMby BeeZee
Wow how cute is that! Love the cap-sleeve effect too. Don't think the mirrored strip detracts at all though. Great summertime outfit!
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Jul 16, 2013, 11.46 PMby liliv-1
I' m very glad you don't beleive that the mirrored stripes are annoying, they don't annoy me either…it's just a matter of pride:P Thanks a lot for your always kind comments:)
Jul 16, 2013, 09.37 PMby Mary Athey
hi liliv, i just love this two piece outfit. it fits you perfectly and looks so good on you. the fabrics fab, its very bright and reminds me of summer days x
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Jul 16, 2013, 10.00 PMby liliv-1
Thank you so much Mary!
Jul 16, 2013, 07.32 PMby rita61
This is different; but I like it! Nicely done. Looks great!
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Jul 16, 2013, 07.52 PMby liliv-1
Jul 16, 2013, 06.48 PMby frederi
it is adorable! I like that the stripes of top & skirt are mirorred, it gives it a little extra craziness. The outfit reminds me of a candy stick and it makes me smile. Well done!
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Jul 16, 2013, 07.30 PMby liliv-1
Thank you for your wonderful comments!! You made me smile too:) I could have put the stripes mirrored on purpose;)
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It is here.
(I already changed my ringtone to New Year's Day by U2 — the original music video is below of your viewing pleasure.)
We'll find out if the Mayans were right.
We'll find out if God will send His Son Jesus back this year.
We'll find out if the economy will improve, or fall further.
We'll find out who the next president of the United States of America is (unless the Mayans were right or Jesus comes back before November 4th, or both).
There will be a new team that is crowned NFL Super Bowl Champion, a new MLB World Series Champion, NBA Champion (which almost didn't happen), and new Stanley Cup Champion (hopefully it is Boston, again! They're looking good).
We could go on and on…
What will 2012 bring for you?
Whether you are ready or not, it's here… the new year. You could always look at it as just another day in your life. But for many it symbolizes another chapter, stepping stone, or an opportunity to make changes, do something new, or a chance to improve on something already present… turning over a new leaf. How ever you choose to view a new year, let's agree on one thing: Let's make it the best year of our lives!
I am so excited for this new year. It will bring many challenges, many areas of growth, and hopefully many victories. We will be launching our new church, moving across town, making slight changes in our jobs, become a better blogger, read more books in one year than I ever have before, etc… and there will probably be some unexpected/unplanned announcements that will come throughout the year. But, whatever comes our way, we will continue to put our trust in the Lord, seek Him more than ever, and walk in obedience with all that He directs us to do.
I pray that 2012 will be the best year of your life!
Looking ahead with hope and anticipation…
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It was a sensation I'd experienced while touring plantations in South Carolina and walking the Forum in Rome, that feeling that because I was standing in a certain place, I was linked intimately with the span of human history.
I stared at the bronzed images of Grover Cleveland Alexander and Tris Speaker and Mule Suttles and felt I was communing with figures from my past. I pictured Speaker playing center field only a few paces behind the shortstop. I heard the crowd murmur as an aging Alexander befuddled the mighty New York Yankees in the 1926 World Series. I grew angry that segregation kept Suttles from hitting his colossal homers off major league pitching.
In the plaque gallery at the Baseball Hall of Fame, I felt fully absorbed in a game I've loved longer than everything but my family and, perhaps, ice cream. Those 30 minutes highlighted a 30-year-old fan's first trip to Cooperstown.
You see, I began memorizing baseball statistics, collecting cards and gaping at books full of old photos long before I kissed a girl or met my best friends or heard a Beatles song for the first time. But I could never convince my parents that they wanted to drive six hours to a tiny town that wasn't near anything else so I could visit a shrine to a game they never prized.
Once I reached adulthood, I kept meaning to make the pilgrimage but never seemed to find the right weekend.
Given that, I was thrilled when my bosses asked me to drive up for the Hall of Fame Game in May.
My wife and I arrived in Cooperstown two days before we toured the museum.
The town is quite lovely, a burg of hushed streets and amiable people, framed by green foothills and Otsego Lake. You can walk the whole town in 30 minutes, and I'd heartily recommend catching a game at intimate Doubleday Field, where home runs carom off the second floors of neighborhood houses.
But as a crazed consumer of baseball history and lore, I looked forward most to the museum. The experience wasn't as uniformly magical as I anticipated.
Have you ever had the experience of returning to a meaningful place from your childhood and realizing just how small it was? I feel that way about the park behind my family's old house in Otterbein, where a Wiffle ball shot that landed in the alley was a home run. I now realize that those homers traveled about 50 feet.
Great expectations
I had an interesting variation of this experience in Cooperstown. I had built up the Hall so much in my childhood mind that I think I expected it to be some endless cavern of artifacts that would pull me closer and closer to the mystical heart of baseball.
To my adult eyes, however, the Hall amounted to a few rooms full of bats, jerseys and gloves, a museum way too small to present anything more than a cursory journey through the game's history.
I felt the last thing I ever wanted or expected to feel upon arriving in Cooperstown - disappointment.
That was mostly my fault, not the museum's. As one colleague said, "You probably could have found the Taj Mahal up there and still been disappointed."
There are some wonderful things about the Hall aside from the plaque gallery.
It's the best place on Earth to trace the evolution of baseball equipment. I'd read about them, but until I saw the 19th-century gloves - basically thick leather mittens with the fingertips cut off - I could not have imagined how hard fielding must have been in the game's earliest days.
The Hall could add an appealing tactile element by allowing fans to slip on early gloves or swing reproduced bats. It would be cool, for example, to heft Babe Ruth's 42-ouncer and then compare it with the thin-handled, 32-ounce piece of ash used by Barry Bonds.
I was also struck by the diminutive stature of the game's early greats. The simple, leather spikes of the 1920s looked like children's shoes compared with the sleek, black-and-orange boats worn by Willie McCovey in the 1960s.
I geeked out for the really old stuff - Honus Wagner's blue-trimmed Pittsburgh Pirates jersey and cap, the sweaters from a 1930s barnstorming tour of Japan, the brightly colored St. Louis Stars jersey worn by Negro leagues speedster Cool Papa Bell.
Speaking of Bell, I understand the Hall has made great strides in bulking up its exhibits on the Negro leagues and integration.
A few misses
But I wanted more. The Negro leagues are such a mystical portion of the game's history, and I'm not sure a young fan would come away from the Hall knowing that Josh Gibson hit balls just as far as Babe Ruth did, or that Connie Mack felt John Henry Lloyd was as great a shortstop as Wagner. They definitely wouldn't gain strong impressions of Oscar Charleston, considered the greatest player of all time by people such as Buck O'Neil and John McGraw.
While I'm complaining, I'll add that the exhibits honoring great players fall into a cap-jersey-spikes-photo sameness. There's not much to tell a young fan that Joe DiMaggio became a 1940s symbol of grace under pressure while Stan Musial summed up all that's great about Midwestern solidity.
The Hall understandably focuses on positives, but it needs a section on cheating. Gambling shaped the game's history, from the corruption of early star Hal Chase to the Black Sox scandal in 1919 to Pete Rose's sordid downfall.
What of the spitball? The pitch was a primary weapon for Hall of Famer Ed Walsh before it was banned in 1920. But if we're to believe the lore, it remained a favorite for later 300-game winners such as Gaylord Perry and Don Sutton.
And I sure didn't see much of Bonds, except in the room where lists of the game's all-time leaders are painted on the walls. There, Bonds is undeniable.
OK, back to the good stuff.
Back in time
I collected thousands of baseball cards growing up, so it was fun to see the Hall's display of famous ones. The T-206 Honus Wagner from 1909 gets the most hype because of its rarity, but I was more eager to see the sepia-toned "Old Judge" cards from the late 1880s. It's amazing how early some forms of fandom took shape.
From the theater of the absurd, my wife and I laughed as we compared notes on the Hall's case of World Series rings.
Though none could be called emblems of restraint, the Florida Marlins' ring from 2003 runs away with the prize for garishness. I think you could anchor a small boat with the thing, which features 229 diamonds and 13 rubies at a cost of $46,000. And they say it's a small-market franchise.
Old ballparks live on in Cooperstown.
There's an exploding pinwheel from atop the scoreboard at Chicago's Comiskey Park, a cornerstone from Ebbets Field and the on-deck circle from Forbes Field. A "No Lights in Wrigley Field" placard reminds fans of the game's resistance to change.
I also really liked the virtual tour of Boston's South End Grounds, which was destroyed by a fire in 1894.
The Hall of Fame's re-creation on a towering, curved screen took me to a time and place I could not have found anywhere else.
And then I entered the plaque room, where I forgot my previous gripes.
The plaques have changed tremendously over time, from dry recitations of statistics to punchy summaries of each player's career.
Consider the first line of Mickey Mantle's inscription: "Hit 536 home runs. Won league homer title and slugging crown four times."
That hardly captures a player who might have been the most physically gifted in baseball history and who became one of the iconic heroes to American boys growing up in the 1950s.
Contrast that with Jim Palmer's plaque from 16 years later: "High-kicking, smooth-throwing symbol of Baltimore's six championship teams of the 1960s, '70s and '80s."
Now that tells me something.
I also found it fascinating that some plaques perfectly captured players' visages while others bore little resemblance to their subjects.
Casey Stengel's suggests offbeat wisdom framed by flapping ears and weathered skin. Rollie Fingers' nails the twirl of his mustache.
On the other hand, Ted Williams' plaque captures neither the leathery texture of his skin nor the wit and intensity of his stare. He looks like just another friendly, moon-faced guy.
That said, I can't think of any place that unifies so much of the game's history in one room. Anyone who loves baseball as much as I do must see it.


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Sylvia Zerbini says she can communicate with her horses with just a look or a nod of her head. If that's not enough, she speaks to them in French.
Sylvia Zerbini says she can communicate with her horses with just a look or a nod of her head. If that's not enough, she speaks to them in French.
"Everything sounds better in French," said Zerbini, who recently announced that her world-renowned equestrian show, Liberte, will move its headquarters to BG Equestrian Resort in Marion County.
Located on the former site of Ocala Foxtrotter Ranch, BG Equestrian Resort is owned by Bobby Genovese, who is the founder of BG Capital Group, a private equity firm based in the Bahamas.
To kick off the new partnership, Zerbini will perform her show Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the resort's covered arena. The show features Zerbini commanding up to a dozen Arabian horses as they prance around the arena and around her without halters or bridles. It a method known as liberty, hence the name of the show.
"I have learned the unspoken language of the horse over the years," said Zerbini, who comes from a nine-generation, circus-performing family.
Her parents, both from France, were performers. Her father worked with large animals and her mother was a trapeze artists.
"I would watch the horses from a very young age. I would see how they interacted with each other and how they communicated," she said.
Zerbini started as a trapeze artist as a girl but quickly moved to horses and has refined her performances to the point where she has performed in front of millions of people across the world.
"You have to keep the horses engaged. They get bored very easily. You will never see the same show twice, because I always change things to keep them interested," Zerbini said.
She was a featured performer for the big-top tent production Cavalia before setting out on her own. She will continue to tour, but when not on the road, will be the resident performer at BG Equestrian Resort. She also plans to offer clinics and seminars at the facility.
"It is a wonderful place and really suits my needs. I am very happy with this new move," Zerbini said.
While watching the show, it is easy to forget that performing horses are usually harnessed in some form or another. Making what Zerbini does even more difficult is that the horses she uses are stallions and gelding. The males are typically more rambunctious, and stallions tend to be aggressive toward geldings.
"It is definitely more difficult, but the males are bigger and more appealing," she said.
Angie Cabret, who works with BG Equestrian Resort, said the resort is thrilled that Zerbini has moved there.
"We're so excited. She is a wonderful performer and puts on a spectacular show. It's really something to see, even if you're not into horses," Cabret said.
"An Enchanted Evening of Liberte By Sylvia Zerbini" will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $30 for upper level seating and $75 for VIP seating with parking. The resort is located at 1800 S. County Road 475, Ocala. For information call 361-0338.
Proceeds from the performances will benefit the Florida Horse Park.


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