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(A) Direct and Indirect Speech
Meaning of direct and indirect speech: Direct speech refers to the exact, original words of a speaker. The words are those actually used by the speaker, which have not been changed. Example: Bukola Said, "I am very happy about your success".
Indirect Speech: When someone reports direct speech, he tells another person what someone else said or what he, himself said. In this case, all the actual words of the direct speech are not used. Some modifications occur. It is called indirect speech or reported speech.
Example: Bukola said that she was very happy about my success.
Main points to remember.
1. Direct speech should be placed between the inverted commas and begins with a capital letter.
Example: Amaka said, " I want to study medicine"
2. No inverted commas and comma are used in indirect speech. Example Amaka said that she wanted to study medicine.
3. The tense of the reporting is not changed
4. A conjunction is used after the reporting verb in indirect speech. Example she told me that she would assist me.
5. Tense/pronouns/words indicating nearness of time and position are changed. Example Bukola said to me, "I waited for you here today"
Bukola told me that she waited for me there that day.
Reported speech must be in line with the modified time and place as thus:
Direct speech indirect speech
This That
These those
Now then
Ago before
Last night the previous night
The night before
Next day the following day
The day after
Today that day
Tonight that night
Yesterday the previous day
The day before
Tomorrow the next day
The following day
The day after
The day after tomorrow the day after the next day
or in two days
Next week the following week
Just then
Here there
Thus so
1. Pronouns of the first person are changed into the pronouns of the subject of the reported speech.
2. Pronouns of the second person are changed into the pronouns of the object of the reporting verb
3. Pronouns of third person remain unchanged.
Direct speech
Indirect speech
Ambiguity is anything that can be understood in more than one way. Something that has double, multiple or dubious significance. It is something that is vague. As a linguistic concept, ambiguity refers to a lexical item or grammatical unit with more than one possible meaning or interpretation. It can also be referred to the state of a word or an expression being difficult to understand, owing to many sense to it.
Ambiguity in language and communication result in a word or an expression having more than one possible meaning, interpretation or explanation. Sometimes a language user fails to communicate his/her meaning effectively because of ambiguity.
There are five kinds of ambiguity; namely phonological, morphological, structural, lexical and semantic ambiguity.
1. Phonological Ambiguity: Some words in English have the same sounds or pronunciation as others, but different meanings. Those words are technically called homophones. In speech, they present problems of aural-oral discrimination because what the listener hears may not be what the speaker means. Exdependant and dependent have exactly the same sound and even the same stress pattern.
2. Morphological Ambiguity: In the formation of words affixes are attached to roof words. Affixes can be in the form of prefixes and suffixes. These grammatical forms can give rise to ambiguity, when for instance, a prefix that has the same spelling and sound can mean differently when affixed to different words. A typical example is the prefix un-which can function as a negative and reversative prefix respectively.
In words such as unripe, unexpected, undecided, unattractive etc. The prefix Un = is negative – meaning the opposite or not"
Unripe mean not ripe
Unexpected means not expected
Unattractive means not attractive
The same prefix un-in words such as undress, unzip, unwrap, unwind are reservative, meaning to reverse or undo the action described by the verb.
3. Structural Ambiguity: This kind of ambiguity concerns some phrases constructed or structured in a way that more than one meaning can result from them. Consider the following sentences.
(a) The kite is set to fly
This may be interpretated as:
(i) the kite will fly on its own soon
(ii) somebody will fly the kite
(b) researching students can be interesting
This may be interpreted thus:
(i) Students who are engaged in research can be interesting
(ii) To do research on students can be interesting
Lexical Ambiguity: When a single word has more than one meaning or sense, the result is that confusion arises if the word is not used in a specific context. This is because, used in isolation such a word can be interpretated in more than one way. Two lexical items that can be sources of lexical ambiguity include:
(a) Homograph: a word that is spelt the same as another word, but has a different meaning and pronunciation Bow-to bend the head or body as sing of respect. Bow- a weapon for short arrows.
(b) Homonym: a word that has the same spelling and same pronunciation as another word but has a different meaning from it. Many verbs and nouns in English are homonyms as some have several meanings. Example
Row (verb) to propel a boat, using oars.
Row (noun) – a number of people or things arranged in a line, e.g a row of seats.
5. Semantic Ambiguity: There is a sense in which all kinds of ambiguity are semantic. The essence of discussing semantic ambiguity as a separate kind, therefore, is to examine a situation where a single complete sentence can convey two or more possible meanings leading to ambiguity. This could arise when there is a misplaced determiner in a sentence, as in other situations.
Consider the following sentences:
(a) I have not heard from him
This could be interpretated as:
(i) he has not spoken to me
(ii) he has not written to me
(iii) he has not replied to my message
(b) Mr. Okpara is not on seat
Could be interpretated thus;
(i) Mr. Okpara is not in the office
(ii) He has not come to work
(iii) He has left his seat
(iv) He is not prepared to attend to visitors
(a) Colloquial Expression: The term colloquialism refers to an informal word or expression that is used mainly in conversation. Such a word or an expression is not considered good for formal speech or writing. Therefore any word or expression that does not conform to the contemporary formal English usage is a colloquialism.
Colloquialism can be taken as informal language, where informal refers to a spoken form or style of language that has a simpler grammatical structure and simpler vocabulary that is colloquial in nature or even slang. English is conversational, informal and interpersonal. So to attain mutual intelligibility, formal patterns most often is abandon in preference for informal speech, which a times make them more intelligible. The result is that everyday conversations are held, using jargon, slang, cliché, acronyms, vulgar language, abbreviations, contractions among other informal speech pattern .
Jargon: these are words or expressions used by a particular profession or group of people and which are difficult for others to understand. Most jargon has Latin, Greek or French origin, a factor that partly sets them from formal, conventional English words and expressions.
Slang: Slang is very informal words and expression common in spoken language, especially used by a particular group of people eg. Children, criminals, soldiers etc. Slang is difficult to understand by people outside the user-group. Sometimes, slang may be a word or an expression that actually exists in English language but into which meaning has been forced by the group. Examples: sorting (lecturer) Egunje, bush meat, colonize a babe, shack etc.
Vulgar language: vulgar language originally referred to rude, impolite language, likely to offend the person to whom it is directed. Currently it refers to popular street language, language of motor park- of touts and of desperate passengers, language of the market place etc, all of which may be impolite, abusive and so on. The following sentences contain vulgar language.
1. You monkey!
2. You are a nonentity
3. Fuck up! You hopeless vagabond
4. Get out here! Idiot of no use
5. Vamoose, you bloody fool
Contractions: Contractions as a linguistic term refers to short forms of words. Those forms are found in informal speech. The under listed sentences contain contractions and are informal:
1. I'll leave for Lagos tomorrow
2. We've waited for ages for our stipends
3. she won't listen to you if you're not a born-again
Whereas an abbreviation is a short form of a word or word groups, an acronym is a word formed from the first letters of the words that make up the name of something.
Examples of abbreviation are thus:
i.e - that is
e.g - for examples
viz - namely
etc - and other things
etal - and others
a.m - before noon
p.m - after noon
NB - note well
Prox - next month
Examples of acronyms
UNO - United Nations Organization
NGOs - Non- Governmental Organizations
E-mail - electronic mail
Formal speech pattern is the official, non-personal mode of communication in contra-distinction to the informal pattern which is personal and unofficial. Unlike the informal pattern, the formal pattern has no room for the emotional or sentimental expression that depicts the intimacy between interlocutors. The formal speech pattern is straight forward, very grammatical and rule conscious. It has no respect for waste of space and time due to ornamentation, wordiness or superfluity that characterize informal speech pattern.
Formality or informality of speech is determined by there essential factors; namely the decoder (audience) subject matter (topic of discuses) and environment (setting)
Audience: The audiences are the people who listen to speech. If the gathering is formal, as in a courtroom, a board meeting, in a conference etc, the audience calls for formal speech. But if it is a gathering of a family a group of people in a market place etc the choice of speech is informal. Therefore audience influence choice of speech medium and words too.
Subject Matter: The subject matter, topic or area of discourse influences the choice of words and the speech pattern. At a seminar, a lecture, workshop, a symposium, a conference, formal meeting etc. speakers choose formal words and expressions appropriate to their topics, as in informal discuses such as midnight tales, where a mother and her children sit round the fire to listen to folktales, among other traditional oral forms.
Environment: The environment or setting also influences choice of speech mode. In a formal environment such as lecture theatres, courtrooms, legislative chambers, conference halls, press centre or campaign grounds, speakers resort to very formal speech patterns, using appropriate diction to persuade the audience. In an informal environment such as motor parks, bus stops, market places etc, the speaker is likely to use informal speech patterns.
The important thing is that words chosen should be relevant to the audience's taste, appropriate to the subject mater of discourse and mindful of the setting whether it is physical or spatiotemporal.
Meaning of Register
Registers refer to words or vocabulary associated with certain field of human endeavour. The language registers of particular field or disciplines are their trade mark, they are the specialized words or expression used in discuses in those fields or profession. For instance a member of the discipline of law is expected not only to be well acquainted with the language of law and justice, but also to use, those specialized words aptly in communication, especially with his colleagues in the law profession.
As language register words that literally mean other things in general English have different meanings. They acquire technical sense or meanings. Therefore the need for knowledge of language registers is very important.
This is a technique of reading in which the reader becomes fully involved in the text. He is not only looking for information or trying to grasp the main ideas of the text for simplification for less informed readers or audience, but also penetrating the intentions, the heart-beat of its creator making a constructive assessment of the material.
According to Chukwuma and Otagburuagu, "Critical reading is concerned with weighing up the writer's total argument, assessing it for its strengths and weaknesses and making connections between it and related ideas.
The critical reader is faced with the task of totally unraveling the meaning believed the writer's ideas, even discovering the intentions underlying certain linguistic and literary technique applied by the writer or the character or appraising the situations and episode.
Main points to note in critical analysis and appreciation
i. The writer's choice of words in relation to situations, audience etc.
ii. The kinds and types of sentences used by the writer and their functions and effects on overall meaning in a text.
iii. Levels of language deployment formal or informal and reasons for such.
iv. The reasons for such
v. The background of the writer which may provide a due to the content or form of his writing
vi. The need to sift facts from opinions of either the author or his characters.
vii. Other vital stylistic techniques that help to make the work critical analysis and appreciation.
A narrative writing is one in which the writer tells or relates (narrate) a story or a tale. It may involved giving account of an incident or event in which somebody was involved to an audience that has not experienced it or to people who were not there when it took place.
In narrative writing it is always a good idea to present events or episodes in chronological or sequential order. This will make the writing clear and straight forward, thus preventing mix-up in the story being presented.
An important element in narrative writing is the tense. It is important to decide from the start what type of tense one is going to use. More often that not many people mix up their tenses. The present is usually mixed with the past. This is wrong. Usually the tense of the verbs in narrative writing is simple past tense.
Guidelines on narrative writing in the life of a person
(a) Date and place of birth of the person, parentage and family
(b) The person's early life and education
(c) His or her profession and how he has fared
(d) Service to his community and humanity in general.
(e) His or her notable achievements.
(f) Commendable aspect of his life, worthy of emulation.
(g) His or her death (if dead) and the effect of this.
(h) Conclusion-lessons than be drawn from his or her life
Descriptive Writing: Descriptive writing is a writing that requires the writer to describe things, places and person. The subject of description could be an object, a person, a place an animal, a scene or an incident. The main preoccupation here is to describe.
Points to note when embarking on a descriptive writing.
(a) the writer must be a good observer
(b) he must be quite familiar with what he is describing
(c) the recognition of the audience to whom we are describing the place, scene, person, incident etc.
(d) the purpose of writing is also another factor to note.
Formal letter writing
Formal letter: This is a letter that is written to government offices, or departments, cooperation, business firms, public organizations, institutions of learning and editor of newspapers, journals or magazines. They include applications for jobs, letters of inquiry, request and complaints. Formal letter is also referred to as official or business letter. The relationship between the writer and receiver is strictly official.
Features of formal letters:
1. Two addresses; the address of the writer and the address of the receiver
2. the date is written on the next line below the address of the writer
3. Reference number, in certain cases the letter requires reference number.
4. The salutation, after the receiver's address comes the salutation.
5. the heading or title, formal letter do have title or heading
6. The body of the letter, in formal letter we go straight to the main point of writing.
7. Paragraphing, the normal paragraphing rules have to be strictly observed.
8. Language of the letter; it is important to write as clearly as possible, simple, straight forward and correct sentences.
9. The subscription, here the signature is appended and the full name of the writer will then follow.
Informal letter: This is the type of letter that is written to parents, friends, relatives and acquaintances in their private capacities. In other words, the relationship in this type of letter is an informal one.
1. the address, that is a single address
2. the date
3. the salutation
4. the body of the letter
5. the subscription
Phonetics and phonology of English
The study of speech sounds is divided into two closely related and overlapping sub disciplines-phonetics and phonology.
Phonetics is the study of language sound production, the quality of sound produced in terms of phonetic environment in which they occur and the perception of such sounds. Meanwhile there are three branches.
1. Articulatory phonetics:- This is the study of language sound production (articulation)
2. Auditory phonetics, this branch is concerned with the perception of language sounds.
3. Acoustic phonetics, this deals with the qualities of language sounds acquire in t he process of production.
Phonology on the other hand, is the study of the patterning of language sounds. It is primarily concerned with the acceptable sequence or arrangement of the speech sounds of a particular language.
Classification of English Sounds
There are forty-four sounds units in the English languages these sound units are also called phonemes.
In transcription, letters of the English alphabet and some conventional symbols are used to represent the sound units. These symbols are union as phonetic symbols. The forty-four sounds of English have been classified into vowels and consonants.
Listening is a major language skill. It is a practical exercise involving the intentional hearing and understanding of speech sounds. As one hears speech sounds, one attaches meaning to the sounds in its different forms. Therefore listening also involves discrimination of sounds, especially the sounds of different languages.
Types of Listening
Listening has two broad types; namely extensive and intensive listening:
i. Extensive listening means listening to a wide rang of materials over a period of time. The listener gets information, ideas or main points form the materials he listens to. The piece of information or ideas a listener gets depends on his purpose for listening.
ii. Intensive Listening: This concerns listening for details of specific materials or items. Example, one listening to a particular lecture is doing an intensive listening. The same applies to one who listens to news broadcast, an announcement etc.
Listening Defect
Listening is defective when the listener fails to achieve the purpose for listening i.e. when he fails to understand the ideas or information given in the materials he listens to. So the causes of this failure are referred to as listening defects. Some of the causes of this failure are briefly discussed below;
(a) Lack of listening Readiness: some listeners may be physically and intellectually ready to listen, but emotionally ill-prepared to benefit from the materials they listen to. Tiredness, sickness, absence of motivation, hearing problem etc, can be the cause.
(b) Ambiguity: Listening failure may be caused by ambiguous expression. The material may be too vague to allow comprehension. This may be due diction, difficulty of subject matter, poor delivery of speech, defect in audio devices (eg microphone, radio, tapes).
(c) Unconducive Listening Atmosphere: This may occur due to the factors related to the environment in which listening is talking place. The atmosphere may be noise, the sitting arrangement may be poor and poor lightening and sound effect may contribute to listening failures.
Speaking involves the sue of speech sounds or the sounds of a language to communicate meaningfully. The speaking and listening exercise and the repetition or imitation of what is said is called oral drill.
Various definitions have been given about reading. But according to the new lexicon Webester's dictionary of English language, reading is defined as "to understand the meaning of symbols, signs, gesture etc, by looking at them and assimilating them mentally". A learner's ability to tell the difference between the printed symbol is the gateway to his understanding of the symbols. Effective understanding of those symbols shows that reading has taken place. Thus the aim of reading is to derive meaning from printed symbols or page.
Two types of reading are thus:
Intensive and extensive reading
i. Intensive reading: intensive reading places emphasis on improved reading skills with corresponding understanding of a text.
ii. Extensive reading: These concerns reading many kinds of texts, ie wide variety of materials are used over a period of time.
Meanwhile, there are two kinds of reading – techniques, namely skimming and scanning.
Skimming implies quick reading for the main idea of a text. The reader does not read everything in the text rather he strives to get the general points or ideas contained in the text. He skims the text by taking a purposeful look at the important elements.
Scanning as a technique of faster reading involves quickly searching for specific pieces of information in a text. The reader is only concerned in picking out certain items in a text. He is neither interested in details nor general idea.
Writing as a language skills concerns shaping the letters of the alphabet or knowledge of the right combination of letters to realize meaningful codes-words or expressions. Writing could be said to be the graphic representation of speech sounds of a language, using the alphabets of that language.
Punctuation is a vital aspect of writing which writers must not neglected. Because if a sentence or an essay is not well punctuated, expression is usually very poor. And the meaning many likely be distorted.
Punctuation is done, using some conventional marks or symbols called punctuation marks. Punctuation marks in English are:
Punctuation Mark or Symbol
i. Full stop (period) - .
ii. Question mark - ?
iii. Exclamation mark - !
iv. Comma - ,
v. Semicolon - ;
vi colon - :
vii hyphen - _
viii dash - ____
ix Ellipsis - …..
x Caret - ۸
xi Apostrophe - ۥ
xii Quotation marks - " "
xiii Parentheses - ( ) or { }
(a) The full stop. This indicates a long pause or a complete statement or the end of a sentence.
(b) The Questions marks end direct questions
(c) The exclamation mark ends expression of sudden feeling of happiness, of anger, of sorrow, or surprise etc.
(d) The comma generally shows a slight pause in speech. It also separates a relative/ subordinator clause which comes before the main clause.
(e) The semicolon is a lesser stop than the full stop.
(f) The colon is used to introduce a list
(g) The hyphen is used to form compound nouns. After certain prefixes. To form compound adjective.
(h) The dash is used to mark sudden change of thought before and after a phrase added to a sentence.
(i) Ellipsis are used to show that some words or expression are omitted from quoted or paraphrased ideas.
(j) The caret is used to show what is missing from a text. It is put in the gap where a word or an expression is missing
(k) The apostrophe is used to show the possessive case of nouns or indefinite pronouns.
(l) Quotation marks generally show the beginning and end of a quotated word, expression or passage.
(m) Parentheses are also called brackets in British English. They are put round a word or group of words which interrupts, explains or add to a sentence.
Drama is a genre of literature which thrives in action rather than narration. Drama could be tragedy, comedy, tragic-comedy, melodrama.
The major feature of drama is action. Then the basic elements of drama are plot, characters, actions, act scenes and setting other features of drama include cast, playwright, dramatist, dramatis personae, tragic flaw etc.


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"Aikido is a way to create a situation where it is difficult to attack. If an attack does not happen, defence is not necessary. I think this is the only way for peace."
— Doshu Yoshigasaki
What is Aikido?
All over the world people used to fight with sword, spears and other weapons. When they had no weapons at hand, they boxed or wrestled. These techniques of fighting were almost the same all over the world until the invention of guns. The use of guns for fighting completely changed the way wars were fought. The Portuguese imported guns into Japan in 1543. The Japanese quickly started to make guns for themselves. Around 1590 guns were being used for fighting in wars and were proving to be more efficient than traditional weapons. The use of guns was still limited because of limited fabrication.About 1600 Japan was dominated by the Tokugawa clan who succeeded in creating a system of domination by samurai. In order to stabilize their dominance, the production and use of guns was prohibited along with communication with the outside world. This gave an opportunity to develop fighting methods without the use of guns for approximately 250 years whilst, in Europe, guns were developed as the main weapon of fighting.
After 1800 Europeans started to colonize China. Europeans were not initially interested in Japan since it was small in comparison to China. The United States also wanted to participate in the colonization of China and planned to use Japan as a port before arriving in China. Around 1860 the US navy came to Japan and forced her to give them a port as their territory. Since European countries also wanted to use Japan as a port Japan was in danger of being colonized just like China. Japan decided to create a strong army in order to defend itself from the US and Europe. The use of the sword was prohibited and the army began to use guns.
Samurai clans, that kept the tradition of sword techniques, were unhappy with the ban and tried to preserve the practice. One way was to convert the traditions to a sport. This resulted in judo, kendo and later karate. University students supported these sporting types of martial arts. The martial arts that did not want to follow the sport way were called kobudo or jujitsu. One of the jujitsu was called Daitoryu Jujitsu and this is the technical basis of aikido. It is important to note that judo and karate techniques are derived from martial arts that do not use sword. That is why karate includes stick but not sword techniques. Kendo was based on sword techniques but became a sporting way. Daitoryu Jujitsu was created by someone who was good with sword techniques. He developed techniques without weapon using his ability of using the swords. Daitoryu Jujitsu techniques are therefore very different from judo or karate techniques while rather similar to kendo techniques.
As the techniques of Daitoryu Jujitsu were practiced the original sword basis were forgotten in favour of an emphasis to street fighting. After World War II, there was a general idea that Japan should not fight and people should have neither guns nor sword. People began to think more of how street fights would be fought without weapons or maybe just with a stick or a knife. This situation gave birth to the new name of Aikido. The idea of aikido was to control a situation without fighting. This mentality corresponded to the tendency in US and Europe after 1960 and aikido started to get supported philosophically. The idea of resolving a conflict without fighting became a part of the philosophy of aikido.
This led to the idea of self-defence. What is self-defence? There is no difference between attack and defence. When one does certain actions toward the other, it is called attack. When the other does the same thing, it is called defence. Defence is permitted only when one is attacked. If the attack comes without a weapon, it is possible to wait until the attack comes and then do something about it. However if the attack is done with a gun or another highly developed weapon, it is almost impossible to defend oneself after the attack has started. One would have to shoot before being shot.
The question of knowing the intention of others now becomes important. If a person has a gun in his hand, a policeman will doubt his intention and will immediately demand him to drop his gun and put both hands up. If it is dark what should the policemen do? A policeman might be obliged to shoot before the possibility of being shot. The question would then arise as to whether the policeman correctly judged the situation or not.
It is more complicated if the attack and defence is between two countries. If a country is attacked but doesn't know who attacked her then the country might assume that the attack is done by an enemy country and start to attack in the name of defence. Between two human beings, this would be called revenge and prohibited by law. Since the government punishes criminals, victims do not have to resort to revenge. Since there is no authority above two countries revenge is permitted. It is not easy to distinguish between revenge and defence. The whole problem comes because the act of attack, revenge, and defence are the same. It is only a matter of interpretation.
In aikido it is possible to create a completely new philosophy. Aikido does not have to be a self-defence. Defence is the same as attack. Aikido is a way to create a situation where it is difficult to attack. If an attack does not happen, defence is not necessary. I think this is the only way for peace.
Practising Aikido
One starts learning aikido techniques with a partner from the very beginning. This is a very good way to start because in this way human relationship becomes as important as the technique itself. Other martial arts start learning techniques disregarding the human relationship. When one only wants to practise techniques, one practises by oneself or with material. There was a great champion of Judo before the Second World War in Japan who practised Judo techniques against a tree. Many Chinese Kunfu masters practised their techniques against wooden doll or board. Another way of technical practise without human relationship is to practise a technique with a partner who does not react at all. This way one's partner is acting like a material. In sports one often practises techniques against a partner who resists but then again there is almost no human relationship when one's partner tries to resist all the time.
Practising techniques without human relationship might make oneself to behave like a weapon or a robot. Unconsciously one considers that one should use a technique to fight just like a man who uses a gun to fight or a government who uses the army or secret service to win a war. If one applies a material weapon on human life, this material weapon determines the destiny of human beings. This will lead to the destruction of humanity and human lives. The way of aikido practise maintains the humanity as basis of the world.
Most martial arts or sport starts by practise of techniques by oneself. If it is difficult to practise alone, one uses one's partner like a doll. They sometimes uses a material like a punch ball or a dummy as their partner. So they treat their partner like a material and there is no human relationship between them. However, it is impossible to practise aikido techniques against any materials as a partner. Aikido starts from the beginning with a practise of a couple and so one faces the difficulty of human relationship immediately and learns how to deal with it. Aikido techniques are not made to apply against materials but are a part of human relationships in real life. This is called Kumiwaza. Kumi in Japanese means a couple and waza means techniques. So aikido training starts with Kumiwaza. It means a practise of two human beings with human relationships.
In order to learn precise movements, it is convenient to practise the movements by oneself. This is called Hitoriwaza. Hitori means alone. Hitoriwaza can be used as a help to Kumiwaza. You can practise Hitoriwaza with a partner if your partner helps you. Practise of Hitoriwaza with a partner without human relationship is not Kumiwaza. Just like family life, there are many changes in human relationships and one must continue to live each situation. Kumiwaza is a practise of techniques in different situations of human relationship of a couple. When there is no real relationship, a technique becomes Hitoriwaza. It is like sitting alone time to time is helpful to your family life. There are aikido exercises and health exercises as predetermined sets of Hitoriwazas.
After one has learned many Kumiwaza, one should learn how to perform different techniques one after another. This way of practise makes one understand the relationship and meaning of techniques. It is possible to create groups of techniques in order to practise this way. This is called Tsuzukiwaza. Tsuzuki means continuity and Waza means techniques. Techniques in one group should create a harmonious continuity. Some of them became a part of aikido practise since 1975 and now it is time to update them. First the name is updated to Tsuzukiwaza. They should be harmonious and easy to remember. I have already made 33 harmonious Tsuzukiwazas but it is always possible to develop more Tsuzukiwazas. It is also possible to modify each Tsuzukiwaza in order to make it more harmonious or easier to perform.
Tsuzukiwaza 1 – 33: Details
Complete Tsuzukiwaza Set
1. Katatedori Tenkan
2. Katatedori Ryotemochi
3. Yokomenuchi
4. Ryokatadori
5. Suwariwaza
6. Ushirodori
7. Tsuki and Keri
8. Ryotedori
9. Shomenuchi
10. Taninzugake
11. Katatedori & Katatekosadori
12. Katatedori Ryotemochi
13. Yokomenuchi
14. Ryokatadori
15. Zagi Handachi
16. Ushirodori
17. Tsuki
18. Ushiro Ryokatadori
19. Katadori Menuchi
20. Jonage
21. Tantodori 1
22. Tantodori 2
23. Bokkendori
24. Jodori
25. Jo 1
26. Jo 2
27. Jo and Bokken 1
28. Jo and Bokken 2
29. Bokken 1
30. Bokken 2
31. Bokken Kumiwaza 1
32. Bokken Kumiwaza 2
33. Shinken
Tsuzukiwaza: A help to memorize
Tsuzukiwaza 1 to 10
No. 1 means one hand attack, which is Katatedori.
No. 2 means two hands attack, which is Katatedori Ryotemochi.
No. 3 is a triangle, which is formed by the Yokomenuchi attack.
No. 4 makes a square, which is formed by Ryokatadori. In Ryokatadori Uke's two arms always go to Nage's two shoulders and so they always create a square.
No. 5 is a square plus one. The square is formed by the Seiza position by the two knees and two feet. Then one's head is up there. In Seiza one initially does not have the intention of doing something with the hands. If one wants to work, one stands up. When one sits down, one intends to use one's head for eating, thinking, reading, writing, etc. That is why the Seiza position is a square plus one's head, which makes five.
No. 6 means two hands attack to two hands and legs. So Ushirodori. In Ushirodori Uke can attack Nage's neck, elbows, wrists, upper body, etc. with Uke's two arms. So Uke uses two arms and Nage uses two arms and two legs to perform techniques. Uke's attacking two hands and Nage's two hands and legs makes total six hands and legs.
No. 8 means two squares formed by four arms. So Ryotedori.
No. 3, 7 and 9 are uneven numbers. No. 5 is one unity and dedicated to the sitting position. So No. 3, 7 and 9 are hitting attacks. Shomenuchi is a more complicated attack than Munetsuki. So Munetsuki is No. 7 and Shomenuchi is No. 9.
No. 10 is the end of a set and so becomes the Many-men-attack.
Tsuzukiwaza 11 to 20
No 11 to No 20 becomes the second set. The ways to attack run parallel to the attacks of No. 1 to No. 10.
No. 20 Jonage is similar to No. 10 but one uses Jo instead of arms.
Tsuzukiwaza 21 to 33
No 21 to No 33 are weapon techniques.
Tsuzukiwaza 1 – 33: Techniques
1. Katatedori Tenkan (LLL, RRR, LR, LR, LR)
1. Kokyunage
2. Kirikaeshi
3. Zemponage
4. Kaitennage
5. Shihonage
6. Ikkyo
2. Katatedori Ryotemochi (LLL, RRR, LR, LR, LR)
1. Kokyunage
2. Kokyunage
3. Kokyunage
4. Zemponage
5. Nikyo
6. Koteoroshi
3. Yokomenuchi (RRR, LLL, RL, RL, RL)
1. Sudori
2. Sudori
3. Kokyunage Irimi
4. Shihonage
5. Zemponage
6. Kokyunage
4. Ryokatadori (LLL, RRR, LR, LR, LR)
1. Zemponage
2. Kirikaeshi
3. Sudori
4. Kokyunage
5. Nikyo
6. Zemponage
5. Suwariwaza
1. Shomenuchi Ikkyo Irimi
2. Shomenuchi Ikkyo Tenkan
3. Katadori Menuchi Kokyunage
4. Shomenuchi Kokyunage
5. Tsuki Koteoroshi
6. Yokomenuchi Zemponage
6. Ushirodori
1. Ushirotori Zemponage
2. Ushirotekubitori Kubishime Uragaeshi
3. Ushirotekubitori Kubishime Zemponage
4. Ushirotekubitori Koteoroshi Irimi
5. Ushirotekubitori Koteoroshi Tenkan
6. Ushirotekubitori Sankyonage
7. Ushirotekubitori Ikkyo
7. Tsuki and Keri
1. Tsuki Kokyunage
2. Tsuki Ikkyo
3. Tsuki Zemponage
4. Keri Irimi
5. Mawashigeri
6. Tsuki Koteoroshi
8. Ryotedori (LLL, RRR, LR, LR, LR)
1. Tenchinage Irimi
2. Tenchinage Tenkan
3. Kokyunage
4. Kokyunage
5. Zemponage
6. Kirikaeshi
9. Shomenuchi (RRR, LLL, RL, RL, RL)
1. Ikkyo Irimi
2. Ikkyo Tenkan
3. Kokyunage
4. Shihonage
5. Zemponage
6. Kirikaeshi
7. Sankyo
10. Taninzugake
1. Niningake Zemponage(once)
2. Niningake Kokyunage (once)
3. Niningake Seiretsu
4. Niningake Shihonage
5. Sanningake Kokyunage
6. Yoningake free
11. Katatedori and Katatekosadori (LLL, RRR, RRR, LLL)
1. Katatedori Irimi
2. Katatedori Kokyunage
3. Katatedori Uchiwanage
4. Katate Kosadori Kokyunage
5. Katate Kosadori Makikaeshi
6. Katate Kosadori Kirikaeshi
12. Katatedori Ryotemochi (LLL, RRR, LR, LR, LR)
1. Irimi
2. Tenkan
3. Ikkyo
4. Nikyo
5. Zemponage
6. Zemponage
13. Yokomenuchi (RRR, LLL, RL, RL, RL)
1. Irimi
2. Jujinage
3. Atemi
4. Shihonage
5. Koteoroshi
6. Zemponage
14. Ryokatadori (LLL, RRR, LR, LR, LR)
1. Ikkyo Irimi
2. Sankyo Tenkan
3. Kokyunage
4. Kokyunage
5. Kirikaeshi
6. Yonkyo Tenkan
15. Zagi Handachi
1. Katatedori Zemponage
2. Katatedori Kaitennage
3. Shomenuchi Kokyunage
4. Ushirodori Zemponage
5. Tsuki Koteoroshi
6. Yokomenuchi Zemponage
16. Ushirodori
1. Ushirotori Koteoroshi
2. Ushirotori Sankyo
3. Hagaijime Kokyunage
4. Ushirotekubitori Uragaeshi
5. Ushirotekubitori Zemponage
6. Ushirotekubitori Shihonage Irimi
7. Ushirotekubitori Shihonage Tenkan
17. Tsuki
1. Irimi
2. Yokomenuchi
3. Uchiwanage
4. Sudori
5. Shomenuchi
6. Koteoroshi Hantai Tenkan
18. Ushiro Ryokatadori
1. Kokyunage
2. Kokyunage
3. Zemponage
4. Ikkyo
5. Koteoroshi
6. Sankyo
19. Katadori Menuchi
1. Irimi
2. Tenkan
3. Kokyunage
4. Nikyo
5. Sankyonage
6. Zemponage
20. Jonage
1. Kokyunage
2. Zemponage
3. Zemponage
4. Shihonage
5. Nikyo
6. Koteoroshi
7. Kirikaeshi
8. 3 men attack
21. Tantodori 1
1. Ushiro Tsuki Koteoroshi
2. Ushiro Tsuki Ikkyo
3. Shomenuchi Koteoroshi
4. Shomenuchi Kokyunage
5. Tsuki Zemponage
6. Yokomenuchi Irimi
7. Yokomenuchi Gokyo
22. Tantodori 2
1. Ushiro Kubishime Sankyo
2. Yokomenuchi Shihonage
3. Tsuki Menuchi
4. Tsuki Menuchi
5. Tsuki Koteoroshi
6. Tsuki Ikkyo
7. Tsuki Kaitennage
23. Bokkendori
1. Shomenuchi Sudori and Kokyunage
2. Shomenuchi Koteoroshi and Irimidori
3. Yokomenuchi Irimi
4. Yokomenuchi Shihonage
5. Tsuki Koteoroshi
6. Tsuki Zemponage
7. Tsuki Nikyo
24. Jodori
1. Yokomenuchi Zemponage
2. Yokomenuchi Shihonage
3. Tsuki Kaeshi
4. Tsuki Zemponage
5. Tsuki Kirikaeshi
6. Douchi Kokyunage
7. Yokobarai Kokyunage
25. Jo 1
1. Tsuki
2. Tsuki
3. Yokomenuchi
4. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
5. Ushiro Kaho Tsuki
6. Tzuki
7. Yokomenuchi
8. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
9. Ushiro Kaho Uchi
10. Gyaku Tsuki
11. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
12. Tsuki
13. Shomenuchi – UshiroTsuki
14. Joho Uchi
15. Sakate Tsuki
16. Tsuki
17. Kaho Shomenuchi – Ushiro Tsuki and left knee down
18. Ashibarai
19. Kaho Sakate Tsuki
20. Tsuki and step back
21. Joho Uchi
22. Gyaku Tsuki
26. Jo 2
1. Tsuki
2. Tsuki
3. Yokomenuchi and step back
4. Uchi Oroshi
5. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
6. Tsuki and step back
7. Koho Yokomenuchi and step back
8. Uchi Oroshi
9. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
10. Tsuki and step back
11. Koho Yokomenuchi
12. Left Koho Tsuki
13. Right Koho Tsuki
14. Turn and Tsuki
15. Koho Yokomenuchi
16. Yokobarai in a circle
17. Joho Uchi
18. Gyaku Tsuki
19. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
20. Tsuki and step back
21. Joho Uchi
22. Gyaku Tsuki
27. Jo and Bokken 1
In relation to Jo n.1, Uke moves with Bokken as follows:
1. Uke steps back and then Shomenuchi keeping right hanmi
2. idem
3. Uke steps back into right hanmi
4. Uke steps back into left hanmi
5. Uke puts Bokken down
6. Uke does nothing
7. idem
8. Uke puts Bokken behind Nage's back
9. Nage hits down Uke's Bokken
10. Uke steps back into right hanmi
11. Uke steps back into right hanmi
12. Uke steps back into left hanmi
13. Uke Yokomenuchi
14. Uke Shomenuchi and steps back into right hanmi
15. Uke steps back into right hanmi
16. Uke steps back into left hanmi
17. Uke Yokomenuchi
18. Uke Shomenuchi and steps back into right hanmi
19. Uke steps back into right hanmi
20. Uke steps back into left hanmi
21. Uke Shomenuchi and steps back into right hanmi
22. Uke steps back into right hanmi
28. Jo and Bokken 2
In relation to Jo n.2, Uke move with Bokken as follows:
1. Uke steps back keeping right hanmi
2. idem
3. Uke steps back into left hanmi
4. Uke Shomenuchi and Nage hits down Uke's Bokken
5. Uke steps back into left hanmi
6. Uke steps back into left hanmi
7. Uke puts Bokken down
8. Uke does nothing
9. idem
10. idem
11. Uke steps back into right hanmi
12. Uke does nothing
13. idem
14. idem
15. Uke steps back into right hanmi
16. Uke keeps distance
17. Uke Shomenuchi and steps back into right hanmi
18. Uke steps back into right hanmi
19. Uke steps back into left hanmi
20. Uke steps back into left hanmi
21. Uke Shomenuchi and steps back into right hanmi
22. Uke steps back into right hanmi
29. Bokken 1
1. Shomenuchi
2. Tzuki
3. Ushiro Shomenuchi
4. Tzuki
5. Hidari Shomenuchi
6. Tzuki
7. Ushiro Shomenuchi
8. Tzuki
9. Hidari Shomenuchi
10. Ushiro Shomenuchi
11. Hidari Shomenuchi
12. Ushiro Shomenuchi
13. Yokobarai with a complete circle
30. Bokken 2
1. Cut up
2. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
3. Yokomenuchi
4. Gyaku Yokomenuchi
5. Ushiro Shomenuchi
6. Tsuki
7. Ushiro Shomenuchi
8. Tsuki
9. Yokomenuchi Tobi Komi
10. Gyaku Yokomenuchi Tobi Komi
11. Gyaku Tsuki
12. Yokomenuchi
13. Yokobarai forward and step back
31. Bokken Kumiwaza 1
In relation of Bokken N. 2 Uke moves as follows:
1. Shomenuchi
2. Right step back
3. Left step back
4. Right step back
5. Uke puts down Bokken
6. Uke does nothing
7. Uke puts Bokken against Nage's Bokken
8. Left step forward
9. Turn facing Nage
10. Right step forward and turn facing Nage
11. Right step back
12. Left step back and Jodan
32. Bokken Kumiwaza 2
1. Kote Uchi
2. Do Uchi
3. Gyaku Do Uchi
4. Tsuki
5. Shomenuchi
6. Yokomenuchi – Gyaku Yokomenuchi
33. Shinken
1. Shomenuchi from Chudan
2. Shomenuchi from Gedan- Ushiro Shomenuchi
3. Kesagake – Yokobarai
4. Gyaku Kesagake – Yokobarai
5. Kesagake – Yokobarai on knee
6. Gyaku Kesagake – Yokobarai on knee
7. Yokomenuchi – Gyaku Yokomenuchi

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This is a series of posts discussing ten existing science fiction properties (from literature, animation, games and comics) that could serve as the basis for ground-breaking live-action VFX films and television shows. This time: Jean "Moebius" Giraud's 1976 graphic novel The Airtight Garage.
For an explanation of the choices for this list, see the first entry.
Number 7 of 10: The Airtight Garage (US title, comic, 1976), aka Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius, Le Garage Hermétique de Lewis Carnelian
In the Before Time, in the Long Long ago, in the late 1970s and 1980s, some movie execs decided it might be a good idea to make a few big-budget effects-heavy comic book movies. So we had two classic films based on DC Comics characters. The first was Richard Donner's 1978 Superman, a hammy cheese-fest that nonetheless managed to charm the audience, largely via Gene Hackman's movie-saving charisma and Christopher Reeve's unshakable determination to play a ridiculous character as seriously as possible. On the other hand, the producers spent literally one-third of the $60 million budget to hire Marlon Brando in a cameo; and Margo Kidder gave a performance as Lois Lane that should have tipped off any competent psychiatrist that she was suffering from bipolar disorder and needed help.
The other was Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, the first superhero film ever to capture the comic book fanboy's love for the source material (in this case the uncredited Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (1986), but that's a fanboy rant for another blog post). Burton, following Miller's lead, showed mainstream audiences that comic books can be dark, intellectual, weird, artistic and funny. And Jack Nicholson was a thespian ruminant, chewing the scenery and then chewing it again.
Over time, Hollywood gave us films of all the superheroes the mainstream public, unfamiliar with comic books, would surely recognize; after a steadily declining series of Superman and Batman films, we had Marvel's Spider-Man and The Hulk. Then the studios churned out films based on properties familiar to comic book fans but new to the general public; The X-Men, Iron Man, Hellboy, Blade, and The Fantastic Four amongst the box office successes; Howard the Duck, Judge Dredd, Mystery Men, The Punisher, Catwoman, Elektra, and Daredevil amongst the rest.
The next phase – comic book movies that weren't about superheroes. Some were still science fiction or fantasy – 300, 30 Days of Night, Constantine, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Others took place in the real world — Art School Confidential, From Hell, Ghost World, A History of Violence. But now the comic book world was completely wide open to film and TV adaptation – stories didn't have to feature Warren Ellis' "underwear perverts."
This was good news, because those comic book titles that are the most visually striking are usually not hero titles. Of course there have been great artists working in that medium, from Jack Kirby and Will Eisner back in caveman times to… I dunno, I stopped regularly reading superhero comics when they brought Jean Grey back from the dead in 1986. Yes, I am a grumpy old man. I like J. Scott Campbell, Kevin O'Neill and Howard Chaykin, off the top of my head.
For this series I have chosen an artist who has never worked in the traditional hero genre (except once, briefly), but made his name drawing Western serials in France. His art has influenced generations of artists and production designers, but has never been used as the basis for an entire film.
Jean Giraud became a working artist at age 18, in Paris in 1956. His most famous Western comic book, Blueberry, ran from 1962 to 1974 and earned Giraud his face on a French postage stamp. But he is best known in America for his science fiction and fantasy stories and art, done under the pen name "Moebius."
In 1974, Moebius and three others founded the seminal adult comics magazine Métal Hurlant; an American version was launched in 1977 called Heavy Metal, which is accidentally displayed in bookstores' music sections to this day.
One segment of the 1981 Canadian animated anthology film Heavy Metal, containing stories from the magazine, was "Taarna," inspired by Moebius' "Arzach" fantasy stories; but the art style was not based on his. (This is the segment parodied in the 2008 South Park episode "Major Boobage.")
He contributed to several feature film projects. The most notable were Alejandro Jodorowsky's aborted 1976 project to bring Frank Herbert's novel Dune to the screen as a ten-hour feature, with Moebius and Alien artist HR Giger doing original production art; and Luc Besson's 1997 The Fifth Element, perhaps the only live action film in which Moebius' elements (the Mondoshawan ships, the Flying Noodle Boat) appear recognizably as he designed them. Other films on which Moebius worked: Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982, uncredited), Tron (1982), Masters of the Universe (1987), Willow (1988) and The Abyss (1989).
His most famous creation is a bizarre, stream-of-consciousness science-fantasy graphic novel originally called Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius, released in the US as The Airtight Garage by Marvel under the Epic Comics imprint. The Airtight Garage was written, drawn and colored by Moebius, four pages at a time, as a game with himself to introduce irreconcilable plot strands in each segment, and then reconcile them later. As a result, the "story" does not exist as such, at least not until the final 15 pages, which were drawn all at once to bring the tale to a conclusion that parodies superhero comics and leaves the reader with more questions than answers.
In rough outline, the Hermetic Garage of the title is a large asteroid containing a much larger artificial world on the inside ("hermetic" in this case is used to mean both "airtight" and "esoteric"). The Garage was created by Major Grubert, an immortal human from Earth who is locked in ceaseless battle against another immortal, Lewis Carnelian. Eventually, these mortal enemies must join forces to prevent the destruction of the Hermetic Garage by an evil alien known as The Bakalite.
Nearly every panel of the comic contains characters, images, references, jokes and invented words that hint at entire worlds, civilizations and conspiracies just beyond the frame's edge. Hardly anything is explained, not even the backgrounds or motivations of the two main antagonists.
An animated feature adaptation of The Airtight Garage, to be produced by legendary Japanese filmmaker Kurosawa Akira (!!!) and directed by Otomo Katsuhiro of Akira (1988) fame, fell through in the mid-1990s.
So why on Earth would you use The Airtight Garage as the basis for a big-budget, live action VFX film? Three reasons.
First, the non sequitur storyline provides a blank slate for the filmmakers, who are free to fill in the blanks however they wish; or, a la JJ Abrams, just leave the blanks blank. The Airtight Garage provides a firm skeleton on which to hang a dramatic sci-fi high adventure with a good dollop of comedy.
Second, The Airtight Garage is a cult classic with a large fan base. In 1999 the Metreon shopping mall in San Francisco opened with an Airtight Garage-themed attraction, which was hugely popular until the mall was shut down in 2007 (probably a Bakalite trick!).
And third, Moebius' artwork is beautiful, original, and unique. Many artists and filmmakers are inspired by him, but no one has produced an entire feature film that takes place in a Moebius universe. At one time, his vision could only have been realized through traditional animation, whether one was the director of The Seven Samurai or not. But with modern VFX, that has changed.
The mind-bending, multidimensional layout of the three levels of the Hermetic Garage; its vast alien vistas and retro-futuristic architecture; Grubert's trusty starship, the Ciguri; the Star Billiard, a colossal green humanoid robot that the Ciguri crew uses as an exploratory vehicle; the bizarre lifeforms of the Garage, such as the pink riding animals called Melvils – all of these could come to life.
And not only would Moebius' actual drawings provide inspiration for artists – I think that the incomplete nature of The Airtight Garage would give CG and VFX professionals an unprecedented world-building opportunity.
Jean Giraud is 72 years old, and hopefully has many years ahead of him, thanks to French cuisine and Socialized medicine. But it would be nice to finally produce an Airtight Garage adaptation that he would be alive to enjoy.
Previous: Wings of Honnêamise (anime, 1987); Erma Felna EDF (comic, 1983-2005); Appleseed (comic, 1985-89)
Next: Warhammer 40,000 game franchise (1987-present)
See a set of The Airtight Garage art on Flickr.


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We have expanded our season to take advantage of each of these great fisheries. Our packages begin on May 21 and run through September 3rd.
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I have a problem in auditing some user actions in Oracle. For example, how could I audit using of GRANT ANY PRIVILEGE privilege? I asked it for auditing:
AUDIT GRANT ANY PRIVILEGE BY ACCESS The following record has been appeared in the DBA_PRIV_AUDIT_OPTS view. But when I actually use this privilege nothing is audited. And I'm sure that I really use it because when I revoke this privilege from my user I can't grant any privilege.
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|Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:38
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VIJAYCOL B-60 is a functional guar gum powder. It has a mesh size of 200 with a viscosity of 6000 Cps. This product appears as a white, free-flowing powder, and it can be used in ice cream, meat products, breads, cakes, chocolates, jellies, salad dressings, etc.
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Shree Vijaylaxmi Enterprises is a supplier and exporter of guar gum products used in the Food, Beverage and Nutrition industry. This company utilizes its quality control system and trained personnel to create guar gum powder for use in noodles and pasta, bread and other baked foods, milk products, frozen food products, and more. These products are widely used as thickening and gelling agents in food.
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And the winners are? Results from JA's High School Pitch Fest Competition
Meet the Bright Future with the Teen Entrepreneurs from Grossmont, Poway, San Diego, Classical Academy, and San Dieguito School Districts at 2017 Pitch Fest Competition.
San Diego's teen entrepreneurs are celebrating this month because they scored 1st, 2nd, 3rd place for creating and pitching the "best start-up company" to a panel of judges at Junior Achievement's high-school competition, 2017 Pitch Fest. Congratulations to the following teen teams:
- 1st place winner is Coffishake from Canyon Crest Academy. The team designed and created a portable coffee-shaker that allows you to brew hot coffee or tea on the go.
- The 2nd place winner is VestraVerba from Westview High. The students created bracelets with a one-word messaging to inspire and empower young adults.
- The 3rd place winner is Hop Carpool from San Diequito High. The team created a solution to an over-crowded traffic problem at their school with no buses during drop off/ and pick up times with a new car-pool business.
First Place Winners, Coffishake from Canyon Crest Academy (left to right) JA Board Member and Mentor, Ken Schmitt, Studnets, Luca Novo, Gaurar Dixit, Victoria Chen, Nina Garcia with Teacher, Maureen Plumb.
Other business ideas featured at Pitch Fest include: digital apps to help you budget personal finance and explore local hot-spots; launching a Taekwondo school; and making used denim fun again with creative designs and jewels.
Hosted for the first time at SDG&E Innovative Center, teen groups had six-minutes to pitch their business idea, product and service to a panel of judges. The students are judged in five categories: ingenuity, marketability, clarity, outstanding individuals and market size.
Judges from Otterbox, i.d.e.a., PEERS Networking, and Pro Back Office at Pitch Fest.
"This event has been a remarkable learning experience for our team. It has taught us how to communicate effectively, delegate tasks and most importantly, make sure everyone on our team has a voice," said Canyon Crest Academy student and CFO of Coffishake, Gaurar Dixit. "We want to thank our Junior Achievement mentor, Ken Schmitt for providing us with the skills we need to manage our existing company and to understand business, as a whole, throughout this exciting 13 week competition."
The teams with the best potential to launch a marketable business take home capital funding from PEERS Network. With this money, the teams are responsible for creating and selling a product/service, marketing it to their classmates, family and neighbors, and carrying the responsibility of managing company finances.
"I would like to thank the judges from Otterbox, Peers Networking, i.d.e.a. and Pro Back Office for awarding our team with a microloan to continue our dream of making fun apparel from used clothing with our creative designs and hardware," said Taylor Mason, San Dieguito Academy student and Head Designer for Revitalize Apparel. "We are so proud of our team's success and look forward to the next competition."
The teens then head to The Next Big Thing: Entrepreneur's Showcase, sponsored by Otterbox and PEERS Networking on April 20 at the JA's campus in Mission Valley. The winners from the April event have a chance to complete nationally to be named "Student Company of the Year."
"As a JA mentor for CCA over the last 3 years, I can tell you students are amazed when they realize that starting a business can be a reality, " said Ken Schmitt, CEO and Founder of Turning Point Executive Search and JA Company Program Mentor for Coffishake, the first place winning company at the 2017 Pitch Fest. "The JA Company program is unique because it goes beyond the textbook and classroom, providing students the opportunity to turn their ideas into real, tangible businesses that generate real money. In my opinion there is no better way for young adults to learn than by actually doing and experiencing."
Quick Pitch 2015 is a part of Junior Achievement's Company Program. The JA Company Program, a hallmark of Junior Achievement (JA), dating back to 1919, lets students start and manage their own businesses.


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Sounds like you need a new SIM. Try contacting them on Facebook.com/straighttalkwireless
Those guys really stick to a script, no matter how many times I was transferred I kept getting the same message no matter what I said and telling them I heard all of this already. Seriously, I think I spent a solid hour on the phone with them. Anyone else have problems activating their E71? Everytime I put the sim card number in, it would not register it, went through 3 people until some guy finally apparently got it to work, honestly I am still skeptical, I will believe it when I see it actually work. I am porting a number over so I got about 48 hrs before I have a bad feeling that I will be calling back saying it didn't work.
Sounds like you need a new SIM. Try contacting them on Facebook.com/straighttalkwireless
Take a look at this link that documents problems with some of them similar to yours...
Good luck. I bought an e71 from Walmart and it was defective, so instead of waiting 5 days for a box to arrive from Straight Talk and then wait up to 3 weeks for Straight Talk to send the replacement I just ordered another e71 from Walmart and will return the defective one when the new one arrives.
Really hope your porting works in a timely maner. One positive thing is that you can get in touch with a live Straight Talk rep quickly.
the port actually worked! I am now enjoying HSPA+ speeds on my new galaxy note!
I feel lucky. I bought a refurbished E71 for a family member and had to call the activate. The number ported... waited overnight but the SIM would still not get signal. So I called and they answered immediately, and that very same lady (which could easily pass for an American; had slight accent) immediately knew what the problem and asked for the serial number and SIM card number so they could match up. Within five minutes I had full bars on the E71.
Glad to hear you got it working.
I have a refurbished Nokia E71. I tried to activate on the web but it kept deleting my SIM card number when I clicked submit on the registration page. After failing to activate on the website, I called in to phone support. The first support rep had trouble activating my phone, so he transferred me to a different rep. The second rep activated the phone no problem. I believe that this "bad SIM card" issue might simply be incompetent support reps. It might not always be necessary to have a new SIM card sent out. I had the same symptom as people who had to get a new SIM card, perhaps their phones would have activated if they had gotten the right support rep?
I have a E71 and ordered a 6790 for my wife.I asked for a port from Page Plus somehow while doing the port they changed my number from the E71 to her new 6790 plus did the port which says sim card activation failed.How they can screw up things like that!I took the sim out of her 6790 and put it in the e71 to get my phone working.Wife is mad at me of course because she dosn't have her phone &number.
They say they have to send a new sim so will have to wait to see how that turns out.
Same issue with my e71 trying to port my number to a new ST account using their activation webpage and phone support. Been on the phone and FB support since yesterday afternoon. They keep mentioning a 'system error' and keep 'escalating' my ticket. Every time I try to get a status update, they mention that the ticket is closed and they will reopen it after attempting to activate my sim/phone. This time they have 'forwarded' the issue to their 'analyst'. Wish I knew exactly what is needed to activate these phones when having this issue.
When I had this problem, the facebook help was useless. Basically what happened is they thought my phone shipped out with sim number XXXXXXXXXXXXX when in fact it was YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Instead of updating the system to activate the sim I actually had, the facebook email guy was like, "I have confirmed this is the SIM that shipped with the phone, please be sure you haven't swapped sims..." #douchebag
I called them up and explained things, and the guy put the right SIM# into the system and the phone activated right away. Been smooth sailing ever since.
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Update: Still is giving them a "system error" today like it was on Saturday.....lol
This is getting ridiculous. I tried activating my phone several times now, and have received a new sim card - still no go. I am trying to get a refund from them now but it's the most difficult process just to get a hold of the refund department. Waited on hold for 1.5+ hrs last night, only finding out that the department was closed and yet I was still on hold? Tried holding for almost 30 minutes for refund department till I got fed up.
You can also submit a ticket on Facebook:
(instead of waiting on a phone)
I just had to activate 2 phones, both which have not been active since January and March of this year. That was pain, I had to wait for 2 new sims (which they said would/could take up to 14 days!!) Thankfully the sim cards arrived the same day I lost service on AT&T contract.


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Three Area Men Charged with Federal Crimes
|U.S. Attorney's Office March 27, 2013
PITTSBURGH—Three Pittsburgh-area residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on March 26, 2013, on charges of violating federal drug and firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
The seven-count superseding indictment named Richard Bush, 49, of 132 Madonna Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Willis Wheeler, 41, of 217 5th Avenue, Rankin, Pennsylvania: and Mayank Mishra, 32, 1407 Middle Road, Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, as defendants.
According to the superseding indictment presented to the court, from August 2011 to March 2012, in the Western District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, Bush, Mishra, and Wheeler conspired with one another and with others to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. Also, on March 14, 2012, Bush and Wheeler possessed with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Bush also possessed firearms in furtherance of these offenses, as well as an unregistered firearm. Both Bush and Wheeler have previous felony convictions, and federal law prohibits anyone who has been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year from possessing a firearm. The superseding indictment alleges that both Bush and Wheeler possessed firearms after having been convicted of felony offenses.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence of not less that 10 years and up to life in prison, for all three defendants. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendants.
Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force consisting of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police; Allegheny County Sheriff's Office; Wilkinsburg Police Department; Allegheny County Police Department; Oakdale Police Department; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Administration; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation leading to the superseding indictment in this case.
A superseding indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


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Street sweeping is conducted weekly to improve the cleanliness, health and safety of the City. Street sweepers remove debris from our streets and prevent it from entering our storm drains. Storm drains lead straight to the ocean and are meant for rainwater only.
Street sweeping also helps the City comply with state and federal stormwater quality requirements. The City sweeps approximately 160,000 miles of streets and removes approximately 11,000 tons of debris each year.
There are two types of street sweepers used in Long Beach. The Elgin Pelican broom sweeper and the Johnston 7000 vacuum sweeper. These street sweepers are not designed to pick up large pieces, piles or wet debris. Here's how you can improve the cleanliness of your street:
Storm drains are meant to divert storm water from our streets and prevent flooding. They lead straight to the ocean without filtration. It's against the law to throw anything into the gutter - like litter, leaves, pet waste, or auto fluids like motor oil. If these items are in the gutter, they will wash into a storm drain and eventually pollute our ocean.
So please, help keep our ocean clean by not washing materials into the streets and gutters.
Call the City at 570-2890 if you see any large or hazardous items in the street or gutter, or go to Contact us for online reporting.
For more information on storm drains, see Our Storm Drain System on the Hazardous Waste pages.
Street Sweeping
Holiday Schedule
Street sweeping parking regulations are meant to keep vehicles off the street so that street sweeping services can be more effective. Parking regulations are clearly posted, and are enforced throughout the year except on the following days:
Red, white and blue curbs are always enforced, even on holidays.
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If a parking meter is labeled exempt on holidays, it means enforcement does not occur on the actual holiday only. Exemptions do NOT occur on observed holidays. Parking meter citations will not be issued on the following holidays only:
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Red, white and blue curbs are always enforced, even on holidays. Hourly time zones are enforced on an observed day if it is different from the actual holiday.


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What Pokemon would you like to pre/evolve in Generation 5?
I'd like a stronger Farfetch'd and Skarmory...
And a Prevoloution of Kangashkhan and a Prevoloution Tauros/Miltank Boy evolves into Tauros Girl into Miltank...
What Pokemon would you like to pre/evolve in Generation 5?
I'd like a stronger Farfetch'd and Skarmory...
And a Prevoloution of Kangashkhan and a Prevoloution Tauros/Miltank Boy evolves into Tauros Girl into Miltank...
Id love to see a Miltank baby, and that Kashkangkan (or w/e) baby has gotta be available soon! Also I think that maybe their should be one for Pisir, Ditto or Aerodactyl
I'm thinking Skarmory and Absol may get pre-evos.
I love my cute little Machop!
Come on, you know Machop is cute! I mean, who couldn't love those endearing eyes? That adorable face? That loving embrace?
Just don't call it cuddly or else it will hurt you.
Not another thread like this.....
absol,skarmory,farfetched need evolutions.kangaskhan pre evelution,and male evolution of that
Boredom is boring
i dont really want to see any more generation 1 , new evolution pokemon , but if i had to choose i would choose an evo of lapras
another evolution from tyrogue
it just me against the world
Spoiler:- Current Doubles Team:
Spoiler:- Current Singles Team:
This is not a HG or SS team for the many people who thought that. I only use one team for every game that's why it hasn't changed much since Gold Version. Espeon should have a permanent spot on the doubles team but until a worthy replacement comes in the future, Espeon will be on both teams.
Mawile evo plz.
<---Mah SS team, which is clearly superior to all of yours. Credit goes to Gladeshadow of the Dark Valley Request Shop.
Put this in your sig if you agree that Zoroark and his prevo are super ugly. (Started by GolemGuy)
Put this in your signature if you think Ruby and Sapphire deserve remakes (started by Flare 64!)
Secondly I would like to see Skarmory, Donphan, Marowak, Sandslash, Eevee evolutions and a split staryu evolution.
And I am sorry for saying this but I am sick and tired of people saying "I'd like Farfetch'd to evolve. It NEEDS one." I reckon that even if it did get an evolution, they might not even make it good or even look nice. Also, the kangaskhan ore-evolution and Miltank/Tauros split prevo has been said dozens of times, and I am finding it to get annoying because again, lots of people say it (I also don't like pre-evolutions very much). Sorry if I sound like I am insulting you but lots of people say this and I just felt like saying. Sorry if I made you feel that I was insulting you.
Even if we get a Farfetch'd evolution that doesn't look nice, we can't really complain after what they did to Tangela.
Spoiler:- Current Doubles Team:
Spoiler:- Current Singles Team:
This is not a HG or SS team for the many people who thought that. I only use one team for every game that's why it hasn't changed much since Gold Version. Espeon should have a permanent spot on the doubles team but until a worthy replacement comes in the future, Espeon will be on both teams.
loved girafarig since Gen 2, and would love to see an evo for it.
haha hitmonnorris funny
it just me against the world
No more baby Pokemon would be nice.
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A Marowak evolution into a badass samurai themed Steel/Ground type. X3 That would really make my Gen5.
Skarmory wants a Jet Plane evo. Manectric, Sableye, Luvdisc, Zangoose and Seviper could do with evos.
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Well, there was that fake scan of the evolutions for Farfetch'd and Delibird.
Farfetch'd had this really neat looking evolution in it. I'd like Nintendo to take note of that, because it looked awesome.
Other-wise, I can't really think of any others. I'm sure there will be quite a few regardless though.
or how about making a generation with no pokemon related to any of the other pokemon, it will be like starting again
it just me against the world
I think that they should create a baby pokemon which depending on what move you teach it at level 10 or something evolves either into Chatot or Farfetch'd and to then give each of those an evolution also.
Thinking back I'm thinking of pokemon I think DESERVE an evolution, I think Banette and Kecleon need to get evolutions for sure! Skarmory and Mawile also need to have evolutions I feel.
I deffinately think that there should be a gender evolution for Mime Jr and for Goldeen, a female Mr mime or Seaking are just irritating, whenever I see them I flinch lol Oh And Luvdisc I think really deserves more power, its cute but completely pointless at the moment.
PACHIRISU!!! I WANT A CUTE EVOLUTION OF PACHIRISU!!!!! Ahem... Sorry just I want a cute evolution of Pachirisu! lol
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I'd like to see...
* Kangaskhan
* Lickitung
* Tauros/Miltank
* Onix
* Skarmory
* Lapras
* Kangaskhan ♂ - Or a male equivalent, like Gallade
* Rapidash - Basically a Pegasus, Fire/Flying type
* Farfetch'd - Flying/Fighting
* Stantler
* Mawile
* Delibird
* Banette
* Sableye
* Torkoal
* Dragon type eeveelution
* Normal type eeveelution
* Corsola
* Luvdisc
* Qwilfish
I'd like evolutions of Dunsparce, Qwilfish, Farfetch'd, Heracross, Luvdisc, Marowak, Stantler, Sudowoodo, Pachirisu (perhaps a flying squirrel evo), Buneary (male evolution), Teddiursa (Dark type alt evoution), Shellder (alt evolution) and pre-evolutions of Lapras, Skarmory, Stantler, Tauros/Miltank and Kangaskhan. Seriously, isn't it about time Kangaskhan's baby was made a pokemon?
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Prevolutions are annoying, but I'd put up with them if they allowed you to get new evolutions (like a prevo that splits into either an existing Pokemon or a new one, which they did with the Hitmons).
That or give the prevo a move the base form can't learn, and if it levels up in the base form with that move, it evolves (or just make something that can only evolve if it passes through the baby form first).
In other words: Make A Reason for new Prevos, or don't make them.
As for what should evolve/get a baby form (if the baby form has a purpose), Absol, Mawile, Sableye, and Torkoal come to mind. I think they'll only make Prevos for things that give 2 effort points in their base form. Most things give effort points based on their evolution level baby/base form w/o a baby typically give 1, the first evolution gives 2, final evos and ledgends give 3(with Paras giving 1 and Parasect giving 3 being the only exception that comes to mind).
Based on that, I'd say only things that give 2 effort points in their base form could get prevos (Absol, anyone?). An evolved Sableye/Mawile would be cool, though.
And useless things like Luvdisc are in need of improvement.
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I'd like to see...
* Skarmory
* Tropius
* Delibird
* Torkoal
* Dunsparce to Dragon/Normal type eeveelution
* Corsola
* Qwilfish
* Starmie or Staryu


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For Immediate Release –April 19, 2012
Media contact: Heather Trela - (518) 443-5831 or firstname.lastname@example.com
States' Revenues Rise Above Peak Levels after Two Straight Years of Growth
But Rockefeller Institute report finds growth softening, local governments struggling
Albany, N.Y. — States' tax collections grew for the eighth straight quarter at the end of 2011, for the first time topping peak revenue levels seen at the beginning of the Great Recession, according to Rockefeller Institute research and Census Bureau data.
States' tax revenues grew by 3.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to a year ago. The gains were 3.0 percent and 7.4 percent higher than during the same quarters of 2007 and 2008, respectively. Nonetheless, tax collections in 17 states remain lower in the final quarter of 2011 than they were four years before.
With the exception of the Far West, all regions of the country saw gains in tax revenue during the fourth quarter of 2011, the report shows. The Plains region had the largest gain, at 12.5 percent, followed by the Great Lakes states at 8.9 percent. The Far West showed a decline of 3.9 percent in tax collections — led by an 8.3 percent decline in California alone.
Preliminary figures for the first two months of 2012 suggest the trend in rising revenue will continue, with 45 early reporting states showing a 4 percent gain in revenues over January and February 2011. Gains in state tax collections overall appear to be softening, however, writes report author Lucy Dadayan.
Local governments are not faring well. Local tax collections had remained strong for most of the period during and after the recession, but trends are shifting due in part to the lagged impact of falling house prices on property tax revenues, according to the report. Local property tax revenues grew by a modest 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter, but declined in inflation-adjusted terms.
"Services and functions that are largely funded by local governments, such as education and public safety, are likely to be under severe fiscal pressures for some time if current trends continue," Dadayan writes.
For a full copy of the report, visit www.rockinst.org.
About the Rockefeller Institute of Government
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, at the University at Albany, is the public policy research arm of the State University of New York. The Institute conducts fiscal and programmatic research on American state and local governments. Journalists can find useful information on the Newsroom page of the Web site, www.rockinst.org.
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Perry Smith and Richard Hickock's character and how they are portrayed by Capote in 'In Cold Blood' The Hangings Richard Hickock Richard Hickock Richard Hickock Psychiatric Evaluation Richard Hickock "... Hickock did not write with his companion's intensity. He often stopped to listen to the questioning of a prospective juror... " " ...My School years went quite the same as most other boys my own age. I had my share of fights, girls, and other things that go with a growing boy... " Perry Smith "...There was no rule or discipline, or anyone to show me right from wrong. I came & went as I pleased..." "...I Loved my father but there were times when this love and affection I had for him drained from my heart like wasted water, whenever he would not try to understand my problems..." "... Hickock worked with a pen and Smith with a pencil..." Autobiographical Statements Perry Smith Perry Smith "... 'I just want to say I hold no hard feelings. You people are sending me to a better world that this ever was': then as if to emphasise the point he shook hands with the four men mainly responsible for his capture & conviction..." "... The body, placed on a litter and shrouded under a blanket, was carried to the hearse and out into the night..." "... It would be meaningless to apologise for what I did. Even inappropriate. But I do. I apologise..." "... Dewey shut his eyes; he kept them shut until he heard the thud-snap that announces a rope- broken neck... And when Dewey now opened his eyes, that is what he saw the same childish feet, tiled, dangling..." Perry Smith "...He seems to have grown up without any direction, without love and without ever having absorbed any fixed sense of moral values..." "... During moments of actual violence, they often felt separated or isolated from themselves, as if they were watching someone else... " "...I didn't want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman...." "...He is alert to what is happening around him, and he shows no sign of mental confusion or disorientation... he seems to be in good contact with reality..." "... He knew what he was doing and still went ahead with it ..." "... Although he professes usual moral standards he seems obviously uninfluenced by them in his actions ..." THE END (Pages 265-271) (Pages 331-334) (Pages 285-294) "...Perry smith shows definite signs of severe mental illness..." INTRODUCTION The Autobiographical statements – The difference in the how content was expressed by Perry and Dick and their attitudes to the task
The Psychiatric evaluation- The difference between Perry and Dick's character and mental health
The hanging of Perry and Dick- A comparison of Perry and Dick's final words and how Capote illustrated the event. "...Was finished before the court adjourned for the day..." ..Then because Dr Jones had told him he must have the statement that very afternoon, Smith skipped forward to early adolescence...
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sarah muirheadon 25 January 2013
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Author has written 14 stories for Crossing Jordan.
Hey everybody!
This is supposed to be something about me. Let's see...
About series: First of all, I am a Crossing Jordan fan. I also like the CSI series, but not that much. When CJ was cancelled, I started to watch Bones, but it´s not the same, although I like it much more than CSI. However, Criminal Minds is much better than CSI and Bones all together I also enjoy Law & Order SVU and LA
Dexter, that's one of my favorites, I absolutely love Dexter, is the best crime-forensic show on the screen for the time being. As long as I've been watching season two, I can tell that this is one of the best shows I ever watched, where you can see deep and well developed characters, horrifing revelations of human nature, and the caring side of men, all put inside of a lovely psycho killer. Lovely, lovely Dexter.
Now, I think that the best ongoing shows are Modern Family and Breaking Bad. Sofia Vergara and Bryan Cranston create great characters, and the entire crew of both series are magnificent. However, what I like the most are the stories. Modern stories, relevant, deep, beautiful, horrible, true, hilarious, just great.
When I was younger I loved to watch Mad about you and then The Wonder Years. I like The Simpsons, a classic. And belive it or not, I used to watch Drake and Josh (That because of my sons, who were fans of that show). Home Improvement was a blast.
I'm also a SciFi fan, and one of my favorite shows was Sliders. You see? What I like the most on a series is the character developing and the originality on stories.
About literature: I like to read, and I have been reading since I was six years old. I love Science Fiction (I became a reader after I discovered Verne's books), Spanish Literature (mostly Realismo mágico), English Literature (I was a big fan of Sherlock Holmes when I was a kid), Universal Literature, I love Poe, Wilde, Tolstoi, Unamuno, Dickens, Borges, Rulfo, Kafka... I adore poetry. I'll stop here, since there is not enough space for my list.
About music: Rock! U2 is the best. I like so many bands... I'll list just a few: Radiohead, The Beatles of course, Dylan (I know he's not a band, but he is The band), Santana, Pink Floyd!, The Police, Yes, Marillion, Rush!, Led Zeppelin, Queen!!, Van Halen, Metallica, The Who (That´s why I started to watch CSI), Bon Jovi, PEARL JAM!, Green Day, The Killers, The Raconteurs. Some bands in spanish: Café Tacuba, Fobia, Soda Estéreo, Caifanes, Molotov, Calle 13. There are a lot more... I also cherish Serrat, a Spanish poet and singer.
About movies: Movies are my biggest vice. I love all kinds: from Hollywood, European, Classics, Sundance films, Cannes awarded films…. Horror, romance, adventure, SciFi, author films, light films ... I just don't like those silly ones about nothing. I just re-discovered why I loved Woody Allen's motion pictures so much. I love the guy, he's a genious.
About Life: I like kids, but just for a while (borrowed, as says my mom). I worship teaching young people, they find everything exciting! I love urban life as I love Nature. I think Life is such a thrilling journey, and you have to get the best of it. I admire people that propose new and stimulating stuff, who are congruent to what they believe. I find tolerance the most effective way of life, humans aren't made alike and diversity is our strength.
About me: I'm married, two kids, three dogs. I'm a Chemist, I'm Mexican and my name is Aurora. You can visit my livejournal named auruspurus.
Amelia Bianca Black and I are developing a new writing project together. This project is named Joyce Quinn. As a Crossing Jordan fan, you may know that she is the ME that Jordan performed at one Cavanaugh-representation of a crime on the episode of second season, Strangled. But to myself, this name has a further implication. I'm also a SciFi fan, and before my beloved Woody Hoyt appeared on the screen, there was Quinn Mallory (Q-ball), from the series Sliders (one of the best SciFi series). So...
Final Update: Sorry for that, I don't think Misterious Ways is going to be finished. This project is just forgotten.


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I really need to stop giving away the entire post in the headline, but…yeah. So Jeremy Piven, he of PCU and "Entourage" fame, had some thoughts on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup in north Texas Sunday. Instead of seeing the Steelers and the Packers, Piven was pulling for a Jets-Bears matchup in the big game.
"Jets-Bears would have been the greatest Super Bowl. Now it's Rapist-Berger and the Cheeseheads. The Cheesy Rape Burger. Did you just videotape that?
Come on, Jeremy. It's Rapelisberger. We also would have accepted Roethlisrapist, Rapelisrapist, or Throwin' Polanski. It's as if Piven never forced himself on a 20-year-old in a rural Georgia bathroom. I believe it was Jesus who said "Let he who is without a chubby for newly matured ass cast the first stone." Or maybe it was the apostle Paul. Some Jews just know their way around a rape charge.