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January 13, 2015
Alexa Meade is a painter, but she doesn't paint on traditional canvases or paper. Alexa paints on people and objects. After creating a 3D piece of art, by painting on people, she then photographs them and brings her art back to the 2D plane.
*A few of the paintings below contain female nudity.
Even knowing the people in her photographs are real people, it is still very tricky to tell when looking at the finished piece.
This whole project started with her fascination by shadows and the absence of light. She began by painting in shadows. Her painting would remain invisible until the light changed, and that's when her image would be revealed.
In her TED Talk, she talks more about how this all began with her friend Bernie: "I wanted to think about what else I could put shadows on, and I thought of my friend Bernie. But I didn't just want to paint the shadows. I also wanted to paint the highlights and create a mapping on his body in greyscale. I had a very specific vision of what this would look like, and as I was painting him, I made sure to follow that very closely. But something kept on flickering before my eyes. I wasn't quite sure what I was looking at. And then when I took that moment to take a step back, magic. I had turned my friend into a painting. I couldn't have foreseen that when I wanted to paint a shadow, I would pull out this whole other dimension, that I would collapse it, that I would take a painting and make it my friend and then bring him back to a painting."
"Grape Fruit"
After Bernie, she started painting on objects. It was difficult to get the paint to stick to all the foods she wanted to paint on, but she was nervous about asking people if she could paint on them. So then, she began painting on herself.
"Double Take"
A zoomed out shot of "Exposure."
Then, she began painting on other people.
She did an outdoor exhibit at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery titled "Camera-Ready Color." She set up two painted rooms that each had their own painted person in them. People could then pose behind cut out frames in the wall and be a part of the installation.
The two painted people intrude on each other's existence.
Here she interacts with her black-and-white painted man in: "Aligned With Alexa."
"Blue Print" and installation.
The old man below was one of her favorite models. He even didn't mind her taking him out in public to take pictures. If you have seen any of her work floating around the internet, even if you didn't know it was hers, it would be pictures of him, such as the two below titled: Transit. Pictures taken on the DC Metro.
"Spectacle" and installation.
Below, you can see the collaboration she did with Sheila Vand: "MILK: what will you make of me?" She talked about how it started in her TED Talk: "I was teaching myself how to paint in all these different styles, and I wanted to see what else I could do with it. I came together with a collaborator, Sheila Vand,and we had the idea of creating paintings in a more unusual surface, and that was milk. We got a pool. We filled it with milk. We filled it with Sheila. And I began painting. And the images were always completely unexpected in the end, because I could have a very specific image about how it would turn out, I could paint it to match that, but the moment that Sheila laid back into the milk, everything would change."
What she loved most about this project is how it was in constant flux and how she learned to embrace what was happening instead of controlling it. For "Unseen" / "Shape," the paint started coming off of Sheila's arms when she dropped down into the milk, so she hid her arms behind her back. Then the paint started coming off of her face, so she hid her face. After they were all done, they "ended up with something far more elegant than we could have imagined, even though this is essentially the same solution that a frustrated kid uses when he can't draw hands, just hiding them in the pockets."
"Shape" - this photograph shows her hiding both her arms and face since the milk took off the paint.
"Hesitate" / "Activate"
She finished her TED Talk with a great quote that seems to really sum up everything she does quite well:
"When we started out on the milk project, and when I started out, I couldn't have foreseen that I would gofrom pursuing my dream in politics and working at a desk to tripping over a shadow and then turning people into paintings and painting on people in a pool of milk. But then again, I guess it's also not unforeseeable that you can find the strange in the familiar, as long as you're willing to look beyond what's already been brought to light, that you can see what's below the surface, hiding in the shadows, and recognize that there can be more there than meets the eye."
§ Alexa Meade, Alexa Meade/Facebook, and Ted.com


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
We're all very thrilled to welcome the Sookhoo twins, Leah and Andrew to the family! Although they waited just three days after I left to come, I forgive them. Besides, I am pretty sure I can reasonably blame Obama.
Congratulations Kate and Steve!
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- Andrea said...
congrats...and may they be blessed with the ability to sleep.
- April 07, 2010 8:27 PM
How exciting. They are so precious.
- April 07, 2010 9:34 PM
- Anna Shaver said...
Yeah man! Just in time for my visit Monday!
- April 08, 2010 2:29 AM
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California Governor Jerry Brown met in Seattle with China's president this week to discuss the economy, the environment and trade.
Brown opened a California-China trade office in Shanghai in 2013. John Grubb is with the Bay Area Council, which runs the office. He says in that time the office has facilitated numerous partnerships, including a potential project between two prominent universities.
"Tsinghua University and UC Berkeley are talking about a major partnership," he says. "Tsinghua University is often considered the top university in China, it's in Beijing. And they are considering doing a joint campus both in China and here."
Grubb acknowledges the trade partnership between California and China was already well established. But he says the trade office has been able to assist with deals and develop relationships. Right now it has about 50 active clients, with half in China and half in the US. Grubb says the office is considering how to expand in China.


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Bonsoir from Paris. A freewrite, to work some stuff out.
I'd felt since about halfway through my second stint in Edinburgh that I'd been losing the thread of what I'm trying to do here. I'd spent a lot of time at the beginning of this trip writing and philosophizing and thinking and being alone, and then found people who were really sound and wonderful and had such a good time and didn't sleep enough and drank too much and I don't regret it and it was lovely.
And then went back to London, and that was strange, because for the first time since moving there in 2015, going back to London didn't feel like going home. I went to a friend's place, then another friend's place, back to my old local, saw so many old friends who really shouldn't feel like old friends yet, but it all just felt so distant and unreal even though it was right there in front of me. It was like these people didn't exist in the same way they used to. Like my reality had somehow shifted to somewhere else, or something else, and I could dip my toe back into the person I used to be and it all felt both comfortable and uncomfortable because I knew that I didn't want to go back there, to being that version of me.
I felt how easy that could be, to fall back into my old self. Easy, but not right.
I haven't written 'postcards' yet for Edinburgh Round 2 or London Round 98274382 (ok Round 2 of this adventure) because I don't know what to say and I haven't felt much like saying anything. I don't know what to say yet about Paris either, though I'm leaving it tomorrow. I have stories I could tell, things I have been pondering, about losing the thread of my goal and coming back to it, about facing reality outside of the bubble of my mind and finding how painful that is, about philosophy and language and authenticity and all the same things I keep writing about.
I just don't feel like saying any of it right now.
Right now, I don't know what to do. I'm watching Steve Bannon for all intents and purposes run my country. I had a serious Skype conversation with my parents three days ago about our plan as a family in case things get really bad back home. My family is white, non-Muslim, US-born, wealthy, and I'm still scared for them. I'm scared more for all the people I love who aren't. I'm scared for all the people I don't even know who aren't. There's a brutal genocide of the Muslim minority happening in Myanmar right now. Syrian refugees are being turned away everywhere. The world feels so, so dark. I want so badly to be a light in it and I don't know how.
I'm curled up in my bed writing because I don't know what else to do.
Writing, thinking, trying to write. Thinking, feeling, trying not to overthink. Trying not to cry. Trying to feel calm and grounded and satisfied and not so lonely.
I want to understand things in a new way, and the realizations and understandings so far have come faster and more mind-blowing than I ever thought they would. For years I felt on the brink of putting everything in place, of making it all make sense, and a few months ago it suddenly did. The further I dig the more I pull out of this strange box, the more things fit into place in a new way, the more sense everything makes. And it isn't flitting away like it has in the past, so far I can mostly hold onto the sense, the epiphanies. I can maybe start doing something with it. I've already changed the way I see the world, the way I see myself, the way I relate to myself. I'm changing the way I relate to others. I'm feeling out and understanding a whole new take on my own political philosophy because of it. It's happening so naturally and organically and every time I think I've lost the thread or I'm drifting away from my goals I swing right back.
And then this. Then genocide, then Islamophobia, then white nationalism, then apathy, then every tiny crack in the world's beauty opens up like a floodgate and it all goes dark. Then so much bad in the world that I don't know how to be good. I don't feel able to turn the fear and sadness into anger and action right now. I hope that changes. I hope I become inspired or at least more hopeful again.
Times like these, it all feels shattered. Not the understandings, not the way of seeing, but what to do with it. What the right move is. Not right in an objective sense, just right for me right now in this moment. I'm not asking to know more than that, but I don't feel like I even know what that is right now.
I know whatever's happening in me can't be rushed. It has its own timeline. It's served me incredibly well so far, and I trust it to continue doing so. But I am so scared. I feel so lost, so unsure of my place in all of this.
I find myself thinking on it like a mathematical problem. How can I maximize my benefit to the greatest number of people the fastest and most fully in a way that also tolerably satisfies myself?
But it's not like 2 + 2 = revolution. It doesn't work like that.
Everything being in its right place in me is a state of constant negotiation. The past couple of days I've spent wandering around looking at beautiful things and practicing my French and laughing at memes and making jokes at the world on social media because I don't know, I just felt like it. I had a couple of incredible conversations with some wonderful people today. I saw more beautiful things. I made more terrible puns and laughed at myself and the world and walked home smiling.
And now I'm just sitting in bed feeling, I don't know what. Just feeling. A lot. Feeling such a strong sense of urgency and anxiety about the future. Feeling scared, angry, sad, helpless, privileged, hopeless, hopeful, alone. Wishing I could shake the world and everyone in it and scream in their faces about how we're fucking this up and what we can do to fix it but I don't even know what that is yet. I have ideas, but I'm waiting to feel those out too. I want to scream at them that I'm here. Just that. Hi, hello, I'm right fucking here.
I just want someone to listen to me. I just want someone to be there. To be here. To care, about me, about what I think, about the world and fixing it or at least helping. To tell me I'm not alone, that there is hope.
I'm trying to satisfy my needs for myself, I've said that again and again. I'm here. I care about me, I care about the world. I'm trying to fix it or at least help in the way that feels right for me. I listen to myself. I have some hope left.
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The feud between Senator Ted Cruz and his arch rival, businessman Donald Trump over who is a conservative and who is being supported by the establishment, has attracted the attention of another GOP hopeful, Senator Marco Rubio. "I don't think Donald is running as a movement conservative," Rubio said according Politico. "I don't think he's ever said that. It's clear he's not. I mean, what he's running as is someone who's a populist, who's upset about the direction of this country as am I, as are millions of Americans." He further said that Cruz is "politically calculated."
Rubio rejects Cruz assertions, calls him politically calculated
Rubio slammed the billionaire businessman as someone who isn't a "movement conservative" and calling the Texas senator "incredibly calculated." Sen. Rubio rejected Cruz's assertion that the last two Republicans standing will be a conservative and an establishment moderate, being him (Cruz) and Trump. Rubio asserted that every position Cruz takes is politically calculated, and cited what he characterized as his rival senator's shifting stances on immigration, ethanol and trade. "So my point is, he's incredibly calculated," he continued. "And this thing now he's saying about Trump is part of that calculation."
Rubio offers Republicans real conservatism
Against the assertion of Sen Cruz that the contest is between him and Trump, Sen Rubio said he offers the Republican Party "consistent conservatism, real conservatism, but also the ability to beat Hillary Clinton." Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday told reporters that the establishment was dumping Rubio for Trump. "Right now, the Washington establishment is abandoning Marco Rubio," Cruz said. "They've made the assessment that Marco can't win the race and the Washington establishment is rushing over to support Donald Trump. We're seeing that happen every day, and Mr. Trump is welcoming that support." Donald Trump, Cruz and Rubio are the leading figures in recent polls.


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How to Prioritize Retirement Versus College Savings
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Many parents need to save for their own retirement while also helping their children pay for college. But it can be difficult to save for both at the same time. Here are some tips for coordinating your retirement and college savings goals.
Examine your priorities.
While some parents feel an obligation or desire to pay for college for their children, others think it's more important to improve their own finances so they won't become a burden to their children later. A recent T. Rowe Price survey of 2,000 parents with a retirement account found that about half would be willing to delay retirement or take on a second or part-time job to pay for college for their children. "Parents should save for their own retirement first before saving for a kid's college education," says Beth Kobliner, author of "Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You're Not)" and a member of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. "Kids can borrow for college, and they also have a range of options for costs when it comes to what school they go to, but parents can't borrow for retirement."
Get a 401(k) match.
A 401(k) match is likely to be the best return you will ever get on an investment. "If you've got an employer who will match your contributions dollar for dollar up to 6 percent, you can't beat that," says Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher of Edvisors.com. "It is effectively doubling your investment right then and there." In addition to the employer contribution, you will also get a tax break and investment returns on that savings.
Consider a 529 plan.
Once you have gotten your 401(k) match, you can do a side-by-side comparison of the benefits of saving more in your 401(k), contributing to an individual retirement account or Roth IRA or funding a 529 college savings plan. Make sure to examine the fees and tax implications of investing in each type of account. Contributing to a 529 plan won't qualify you for a tax deduction on your federal taxes, but it might get you a deduction on your state income tax bill. The money in a 529 plan grows tax-deferred, and distributions used to pay for college are tax-exempt.
Fund your retirement accounts.
Compare loan interest rates to your investment returns.
Consider your child's financial aid package.
Retirement account balances are not considered when calculating how much financial aid your child qualifies for. "The federal form does not look at retirement money," Kobliner says. "If you have money in a retirement account, it is not going to hurt you when the colleges are assessing you for how much financial aid you are eligible for." However, money in a 529 college savings plan is factored into financial aid eligibility. And withdrawals from retirement accounts, including Roth IRAs, are considered income and could reduce the amount of financial aid your child qualifies for in future years. "Distributions from retirement plans count as income on the FAFSA, and that includes tax-free distributions from a Roth IRA, which gets reported on the FAFSA as untaxed income," Kantrowitz says. "If you're going to take a distribution from a Roth IRA, you might want to wait until after the student's senior year in college, assuming they are not going on to grad school."


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Boman Farah Ki bike ride to the Radio City Office.
[Video Inside] Boman Farah Ki bike ride to the Radio City Office.
Dear all, Bollywood producers and directors every now and then are in always lookout for different ways to promote their movies to catch the eyeball of the media as well as the general public. Sometimes the venue may be a local gymnasium or a sub barn mall or might be a film studio. This time the promotion of SHIRIN FARHAD KI NIKAL PADI was taken into a very unconventional mannerism with stars of movie FARAH KHAN and BOMAN IRANI riding an old fashioned bike on the premises of RADIO CITY.
BOMAN IRANI looked in good humour while FARAH was responsive to the media as usual with her charming smile. BOMAN said that NATAK KARNA MERE AAAT HAIN. He praised his co-star Farah for being a Natural Actor.
Speaking on the occasion FARAH said that she was initially hesitant to do the movie when she was approached but it all worked out well. Working on the movie she said that she has lost a lot of weight and now that its done she is very relieved. On being asked about using the Scooter for promoting the movie Farah joked about the budget of the movie being too low for the studio to get them a decent vehicle.
SHIRIN FARHAD KI NIKAL PADI can be considered a fresh breath of air for audience around mid age couple, Quite a change from the young aged boring love story. Hope SHIRIN FARHAD KI THEATRES MEIN BHI NIKAL PADE when it hits the screens on the 24th of August.
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- Becoming Grateful Allies:An Interview with Dr. Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
feminism, omnigender, transgender, transreligious
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Virginia Ramey Mollenkott has worked toward universal kindness and justice at the nexus where issues of the Spirit interact with issues of human embodiment. Beginning with an early article condemning racism and defending black Americans' points of view in the 1965 Watts riots, she proceeded to feminism by demonstrating female-male equality in the Bible and the importance of utilizing biblical God-images and God-language that honors women as well as men. Finally, she has focused on sexual and gender diversities, including the [End Page 25] privilege of representing the Holy One in our physical relationships, whether our bodies be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, heterosexual, cisgender, fully abled, or disabled.
Born in 1932 in Philadelphia, Virginia endured a painful childhood in a fundamentalist family and a Plymouth Brethren Chapel that advocated sadistic parenting and patriarchal theology. Her father abandoned the family when she was nine years old. At age eleven, she fell in love with a twenty-one-year-old Christian woman. She learned that this love was called "homosexual." Desperately, she tried to find a kind word for this "condition," but all sources defined it as either arrogant sin or deviant sickness. As a high school sophomore, she was sent to a fundamentalist live-in academy in Florida, where the administration was told in advance that Virginia was attracted to women. There, after being warned repeatedly that God had no cure for homosexuals and no use for them either, she attempted suicide. At Bob Jones University, the only "Christian" school she could afford, she painstakingly hid her attraction to women. Hoping that marriage would cure her homosexuality, Virginia married Fred Mollenkott and in 1958, bore a son, Paul. Virginia received her PhD in English literature from New York University in 1964. The marriage dissolved in 1973. She was not able to marry a same-sex partner until 2013, when the US Supreme Court made marriage equality legal, at which time she married her partner of eighteen years, J. Suzannah Tilton.
For forty-four years Mollenkott taught English language and literature in Christian and state colleges, starting her teaching career at Shelton College and Nyack Missionary College. From 1967–97, she taught at William Paterson College in Wayne, New Jersey, after which she was awarded emeritus status. She published thirteen books and hundreds of articles on sexuality and spirituality. The title of her 1992 book, Sensuous Spirituality: Out from Fundamentalism provides a good summary of her basic themes: learning to love with bodily responsibility and heartfelt connection to see All That Is, and learning to read the Bible in a liberating fashion that sets the spirit free.1 Perhaps best known among Mollenkott's books are The Divine Feminine: Biblical Imagery of God as Female (1981) and (with Letha Dawson Scanzoni) Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? A Positive Christian Response (1978).2 In 2001, after she had become aware of transgender language and issues, Mollenkott wrote Omnigender: A Trans-Religious Approach.3 Currently, she is a lesbian/ [End Page 26] transgender/transreligious witness to her fellow residents at Cedar Crest Retirement Village in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, and teaches Elderhostel courses in English poetry.
Mollenkott was in demand outside of the classroom as well, speaking as a guest at churches, conferences, universities, and seminaries from every Protestant denomination as well as Catholic, Jewish, and Unitarian. She was a stylistic consultant for the American Bible Society's New International Version of the Bible. She also served on the translation committee for the Inclusive Language Lectionary published by the National Council of Churches in the 1980s. She co-led gay, lesbian, and Christian retreats and founded and led "Sisterly Conversations" for lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women for twenty-three years at the Kirkridge Conference Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania.
Although (after years of being) shunned by the fundamentalists of her youth and listening to her family tell her she would spend eternity in hell, Mollenkott persevered in her work and has received many...


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Bengal Cats & Other Pets
ABUNDADOTS Bengal cats are wonderful, smart and social cats. They get along with other cats, dogs, small pets and children. We often get inquiries from families that are concerned about how a Bengal will interact with the family. With the proper introductions, and a little patience, your new Bengal kitten will become a loving and cherished member of any family.
When bringing any new pet into the home, it is important to follow a few simple procedures. Make a room available to the new pet. Set the new kitten up with his own food and water bowls, and litter box. Pick a room that you will be spending some time in so that you can interact with the kitten and make the new pet comfortable while learning about you and the new house. Make sure and give equal amounts of affection between the new arrival and your existing family pets. Let the animals get to learn each other with safety under the door through smells and sounds.
Schedule monitored visits between your existing cat or dog, and your new Bengal kitten. Expect a small amount of resistance, some hissing or spitting or pouncing from either the new arrival or your existing pet. Your pet may see the new kitten as a possible threat to their territory. The new kitten however, is usually scared and feeling lonely and will look to the other pet for assurance and guidance. Each day allow for longer and longer visits until you are comfortable with leaving the new friends together while you are away from home or asleep. Generally, introductions can last from a matter of minutes to up to 3 or more weeks. Friendships do not often blossom over night, but rest assured the winning personality and persistence of your new Bengal kitten will eventually win the heart and love of your other pets.
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text: These two orchids have been recouping. One had a bite from a cat, but both plants were in distress due to lack of care from my neighbor, which after they finish blooming she discards them. One day she offered them to me and I gladly accepted them. One can see the bite on the mini one and 3 new leaves since a few months ago. The larger one also has 2 new leaves and a very long root. I can also see a new shoot coming out from the base of the plant.


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Oct.11.2017International Masters Games Association (IMGA) Board Meeting was held.
On October 9th (Mon), the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) Board Meeting was held for the first time in Japan. President Mr. Ido and Mr. Kinoshita, Secretary General of the organizing committee attended the board meeting to explain the preparation status of the WMG2021 KANSAI. And, we exchanged lively opinions with board of directors including Mr. Kai Holm, President of IMGA.
Also, Mr. Kai Holm and the director of IMGA, Mr. Sergey Bubka (a world record holder of the pole vault) gave us strong words, "It is the first challenge to hold Games in a wide area, however, if we can achieve 50,000 participants, it will be the world's largest event!" For the success of the WMG2021 KANSAI, the organizing committee will unite with IMGA and work hard for it.


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Ascension to the Throne is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements in which you play the role of Alexander, king of Airath who was banished beyond the borders of his country without relatives, friends, armies, or money. As the last offspring of the ancient family Illiar, which has ruled Eden for ages, you must fight to regain control of your land. In real-time turn-based battles, you must gather an army to crush the traitorous enemies who have slaughtered your family. Instead of giving orders and watching the battles from a safe place, you participate in the fight yourself.


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I finished the Korean clam boxes last week and they turned out great. I have been running into the same problem though with finishing. I haven't found the right varnish to finish them with. It's been really frustrating. I'm almost ready to buy some from my hanji teacher and have her send it over.
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This was just game one?
The American League Wild Card game was played on Tuesday night in Kansas City. The Oakland A's took on the Kansas City Royals in a winner-take-all, one game elimination game with the winner advancing to the American League Division Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The A's had the best record in the game for much of the season, but a drop of offensive production combined with costly injuries saw them fall out of the division lead in the American League West to the Angels, who ended the regular season with a 98-64 record, which was the best in all of baseball.
The Royals have not made a postseason appearance since winning the 1985 World Series before their appearance this year. That's 29 long years of futility for a once proud organization that dominated the American League West in the 70's and 80's. But they finished 89-73 this season, one game out of the division lead in the American League Central. Needless to say, Kauffman Stadium was going insane as an entire generation of Royals' fans have never experienced this scene before.
James Shields and Jon Lester faced off in a battle of aces, and the A's got off to a fast start. Brandon Moss took a Shields' changeup into the seats in right to put the A's in front 2-0 early on. The Royals came right back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning on a Billy Butler single scoring Nori Aoki from second base to cut the A's lead to 2-1 after one.
The Royals would jump out in front by adding two runs in the bottom of the third. Mike Moustakas led off the inning with a single and was moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt by Alcides Escobar. Nori Aoki grounded out, but advanced Moustakas to third with two men out. Lorenzo Cain then doubled to left field to drive in the tying run and Eric Hosmer followed with a soft fly ball to left that fell in between the shortstop and left fielder. Cain was able to score from second on the play, and the Royals took a 3-2 lead.
The game remained 3-2 until the sixth. The A's got their first two men on base after a Sam Fuld single and a Josh Donaldson walk. Royals' manager Ned Yost, in a rather surprising move, pulled James Shields with 88 pitches and brought in rookie Yordano Ventura, who is a starting pitcher, into unfamiliar territory coming out of the bullpen and having to deal with two inherited runners. Brandon Moss was the first batter he faced, and he belted a three-run home run to straightaway center field to give the A's a 5-3 lead. The Royals saw their lead disappear and the city was left stunned. The A's would add on two more runs after Yost pulled Ventura and brought in Kelvin Herrera, but the damage was undoubtedly done. The Royals were retired in order in the bottom half of the sixth and the A's had a 7-3 lead going into the seventh.
The game remained this way into the bottom of the eighth. The Royals, a team that does not score many runs, needed to find at least four runs down to their final six outs. They needed a miracle to happen. Alcides Escobar singled to lead off the inning and then stole second base. Nori Aoki grounded out, advancing Escobar to third with one out. Lorenzo Cain then singled to center field, driving in Escobar to cut the deficit to three. Cain then stole second base and Eric Hosmer walked to put two men on for Billy Butler, who faced Luke Gregerson after A's manager Bob Melvin took Lester out of the game. Butler drove a single into right-center field, scoring Cain and sending Hosmer to third. The Royals trailed by two and had the bases cornered with one out. Terrance Gore pinch ran for Butler and stole second base on the first pitch to Alex Gordon. Then Gregerson threw a wild pitch, allowing Hosmer to score from third and Gore to move up to third. The score was 7-6. Kauffman Stadium was alive once again. Gordon walked to put the go ahead run on base, but Salvador Perez and Omar Infante both struck out so send the game into the ninth.
Greg Holland worked in and out of trouble without giving up a run. Josh Willingham pinch hit for Mike Moustakas and dropped a single into right and was pinch run for by Jarrod Dyson. Alcides Escobar bunted Dyson over to second to put the tying run in scoring position with one out. Dyson stole third base with Nori Aoki batting, and the place erupted once again. Aoki lifted a long sacrifice fly to right, scoring Dyson and tying the game at seven. Lorenzo Cain then lined out to short to end the inning, but we had a brand new ball game.
Brandon Finnegan was drafted by the Royals on June 5th with the 17th overall selection out of TCU. He pitched for the Horned Frogs in the College World Series and then flew up the Royals' minor league system. He entered the game in the tenth inning and retired the side in order, striking out Nick Punto to end the inning. Finnegan walked off the field screaming. This is a 21 year old kid who was in college four months ago. Now, he found himself thriving on the biggest stage in the game; a winner-take-all postseason game. Finnegan struck out two more batters in the eleventh and came out to pitch the twelfth.
Finnegan walked Josh Reddick to lead off the inning. Jed Lowrie proceeded to move him over with a sacrifice bunt. The A's had the go ahead run in scoring position with one out. Ned Yost yanked Finnegan from the game and brought in veteran Jason Frasor out of the bullpen. The TCU southpaw left to a standing ovation. Frasor threw a wild pitch that got Reddick over to third, and former Royal Alberto Callaspo drove him in with a single to left. The A's had the lead once again.
But the Royals refused to go away. After Lorenzo Cain grounded out to first base, Eric Hosmer belted a fly ball to left-center field. Jonny Gomes and Sam Fuld leaped at the wall, but neither could come up with it. The ball rolled and Hosmer stood up into third with a triple. The tying run was on third base. Christian Colon was up next. He chopped a slow ground ball toward third base. Josh Donaldson could not come up with it cleanly and everyone was safe. Hosmer scored from third and the game was tied. Again. 29 years of postseason hunger was let out at once and Kauffman Stadium was a sight to behold.
It came down to Alex Gordon, a Nebraska native who was one when the Royals last made the postseason. He grew up rooting for them and now he could be the hero. The A's went to Fernando Abad out of the bullpen, who held lefties to a .191 average this season. He got Gordon to pop put to third, and once again, there were two men out.
Melvin then replaced Abad with Jason Hammel, who is a starting pitcher. Salvador Perez was 0-5 with two strikeouts coming into this at-bat. He fell behind 1-2 in the count, and then Hammel pitched out as Colon was going on the next pitch. Catcher Derek Norris dropped the ball, and Colon was into second without a throw. Perez fouled the next pitch off, and then Perez gave the city a memory they will never forget. He took a slider down and away and pulled it past a diving Donaldson and into left field. Colon scored the winning run from second, giving the Royals a 9-8 victory in one of the best postseason games in history. The Royals were on their way to Anaheim and will play the Angels in the ALDS.
But the point of this story is how can you not love baseball? A fan base that has been waiting literally their whole lives to watch their team play in the postseason go back and forth for almost five hours in an elimination game, and they get treated with this. The wait was well worth it, and the Royals' postseason run has only just begun. This is what baseball is all about. So be sure to tune into the postseason, because you do not want to miss another emotional roller-coaster like this one.


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Finding Periodicals and Periodical Articles
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What are Periodicals?
Periodicals are continuous publications such as journals, newspapers, or magazines. They are issued regularly (daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly).
Finding Periodical Articles
Vertical Files contain newspaper article clippings arranged by specific topics. [ List of Topics ]
Periodical Indexes can be used to search for citations of periodical articles. The citations can be used to search for the article in the Periodicals Section of the library.
A citation is a reference to a published article and usually provides:
- the title of the article
- the name of the author or authors
- the title, volume and issue number of the periodical in which the article appears
- the date of publication
- the page numbers on which the article appears
» Computerized Index to Philippine Periodical Articles (CIPPA) is a web-based index to articles from newspapers, magazines and journals published in the Philippines.
» Index to Philippine Periodicals (IPP) consists of subject and author entries to articles from periodicals published in the Philippines. It is published annually in print format and each volume will contain citations to articles published in a particular year. IPP can be found in the Bound Periodicals Collection.
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Many women think that their doctors are testing them for STDs as part of their annual physical exams. However, that is not the case. Just because you're getting a Pap smear and a pelvic exam, it does not mean that you're getting tested for STDs.
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If you're concerned about STDs, you should have a comprehensive STD test because a Pap smear cannot scan for them. Pap smears are still very important for detecting cervical cancer early. Regular physical exams including Pap smears or STD testing — especially for women with multiple partners — is paramount to maintaining sound reproductive and sexual health.
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As Mount Zion, Which Cannot Be Moved
As Mount Zion, Which Cannot Be Moved
Everything around us changes from moment to moment. Loved ones get older and die. Babies are born and grow. Plants of all sorts show the changes of the seasons in their lifespan. Theories come and go. Inventions come and are replaced with something else.
We can count on getting older and dying. It's a fact of life.
And yet, there is something that never changes. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8) God is eternal and He is not wishy-washy about His definition of holiness, purity, and righteousness. Therefore, Psalm 125:1 says,
Those who trust in the LORD
Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
The Hebrew meaning of Zion is: conspicuous — a monument or guiding pillar — a sign, title, or waymark. Zion is a reference to God's eternal city, our heavenly home. The psalmist says Mount Zion cannot be moved. It will not change. God's eternal city abides forever. There is nothing that can change the way anyone will be able to enter that holy city. And — only those who trust in the LORD abide forever — because they cannot be moved away from their trust.
This Zion — this eternal city of God — is a conspicuous, guiding pillar throughout God's word to lead us to our heavenly home. It is a waymark throughout our travels on this earth and shows us what we should want to become at the end of our journey here. It's good to pay attention to road signs so we know where we are headed.
It is trusting in the LORD — faith in the LORD — that enables us to enter our heavenly home. Nobody can take our eternal home away from us when we staunchly trust in the LORD.
So, we need to ask ourselves a few questions.
- Am I trusting in the LORD?
- How does my life show that I am trusting in God?
- Am I easily moved by the opinions of this world?
- Am I solidly grounded in the word of God?
- Am I following the road signs in life that God has set up for me?
To learn to trust in God, we need to become grounded in His word, so that the "politically correct", wishy-washy, leanings of this world do not move us away from eternal salvation in Jesus Christ.
If we want to abide forever with the Lord, we need to trust Him for our every need. Nothing is more important than trusting the LORD of lords, and God of gods. Our life depends on it.
If something is trying to "move" us away from the LORD, we need to go to our Savior to get the help we need for standing firm in the truth. He alone is our strength. We draw near to God through prayer, studying His word to us, and living according to His ways.
When we stand with Jesus, nothing can move us and we say, "Hallelujah! Lord, You are our righteousness. Thank You for faithfully helping us to be strong in Your salvation and love."
A Christian devotional to glorify the LORD of lords and GOD of gods.
Pray for our country.
… Handel's Hallelujah Chorus …
The LORD made this day, let us rejoice and be glad in Him.
Psalm 118:24
The word of the LORD is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalm 18:30
Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming to the upright.
Psalm 33:1
How blessed are those who dwell in Thy house!
They are ever praising Thee.
Psalm 84:4
Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 107:1
Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
Psalm 105:3
Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:12
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Miracle Run
Miracle Run
Autism, Courage and Finding yourself
Every now and then we will see a movie that will really touch us because we can relate to the story and we feel sympathetic to the characters because we understand. We truly understand. It is not that often that we have such a connection but when we see what we have come to know and understand through our own personal experiences portrayed in a movie even though it is only a made for TV movie we feel a sense that we are not alone and that we have something in common with more people then we can possibly know. Autism is becoming increasingly more common today and the statistics are real sobering when you realize that approximately 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with a form of autism. We just don't truly understand why the numbers have increased so dramatically but we must put it into the proper perspective and try to deal with it as best we can and be the supportive, loving and caring parent for our child who needs us more than we could ever imagine.
Miracle run is a movie that teaches us about love and triumph. It is a feel good movie because it is about overcoming obstacles and having dreams. There is no greater love than that between a mother and her children. In the movie we can see this bond right from the beginning when Corinne Morgan-Thomas, played by Mary Louise Parker seeks a proper diagnosis for her twin boys, Philip and Stephen played by Bubba Lewis and Zac Efron as teenagers and by Jeremy Shada and Jake Cherry when they were young, who have been seen by many doctors but is not sure what to make of her sons odd behaviors and difficulties in establishing friendships and making progress in school. She is very devoted to her children and wants to help them and it is very heartwarming to see the relationship she has with them as they grow from young children to teenagers. There is a scene in the beginning of the movie that is very poignant because it reminds me of my son and his behaviors as a young boy. A superman cartoon is on the television which the young boy is watching intently and you hear him mimicking what he is watching. Another scene in the movie that made my heart sink was when the mother received the diagnosis of autism for her twin boys and seeing her reaction. I remember the very day my wife and I received the same diagnosis for our son and it is something I will never forget for as long as I live.
Autistic children are prone to having melt downs and the scene in the supermarket after Corinne received the diagnosis was a reality check and something all parents of autistic children have experienced. Unless you're there and living through it you just don't know what it is truly like to experience and not many people are understanding or sympathetic to the children going through it. Most people just think the parents can't control their children and that the children are undisciplined and unruly. This is not true because most autistic children don't seem to have control when they are overwhelmed and are on sensory overload. I could certainly relate to her experience because we have gone through it many times and we are very sympathetic to our son as he goes through it but we have to take control, be firm and make sure our son is protected from hurting himself.
The most important thing in anyone's life is family and you can see the love and strength Corinne has for her two boys. She is a single parent and she has a lot of heart and courage as she faces her life and the challenges she encounters with a spirit that is truly inspirational and very noble. In the beginning of the movie when she reveals the diagnosis to the man she is involved with he decides he does not want to take on the responsibility of the boys needs and he walks out. She is faced with the uncertainties in raising her two boys and finding a place to live and starting a life on her own with many challenges. She has to find work and stability so she can raise her boys and protect them. You really feel for her and you are rooting for her and her two boys to really make it. A scene that really will make you smile and cry is when Stephen says his very first word as they are eating pizza. He says "Pizza" and his mom cries with joy as she shouts you said your very first word, Pizza!
I was touched by the scene when Corinne peeks in on her boys in the classroom and she asks a girl classmate if she knew Philip and Stephen and receives the cold response that they are weird. It seems most autistic children are misunderstood and it is very common that they are considered outcasts and hence they struggle with developing friendships and socializing with others. The school determines that the boys are not being provided the support they need and Corinne trying desperately to find the necessary resources writes a letter to the state that reflects her sentiments and her wishes to find adequate schooling for her children. She also engages a woman to watch her children who she develops a bond and a wonderful friendship with. As a result of the letter she wrote she is provided a teacher to help the boys develop and learn who comes to their house and provides them the necessary speech and language skills to help them transition back to school.
Corinne also finds love and a good role model for her boys in Douglas Thomas, a handyman played by Aidan Quinn who has a daughter in real life who is diagnosed with autism. He develops a bond with the 2 boys and teaches Philip to play the guitar. The boys seem to connect with him and he enjoys spending time with them and their mom. He also provides moral support to the family and is very helpful when the boys need guidance and encouragement. It really warms your heart when you see the boys start to flourish and open up and express themselves and start to make friends and find interests.
A scene in the movie that I have a personal connection to is the obsession the boys have with Rocky and the inspiration they drew from his boxing and his desire to be the best. I remember as a kid being inspired by Rocky which influenced me and provided me the interest in running and pushing myself in sports and school and attracting the girls. When Stephen developed an interest in running and joined the cross country team it really was very real to me because I too was a cross country runner and I felt that was one of the best things I did during my days in school. It helped me to overcome my shyness and to learn to be competitive in a healthy way. I was very happy when Stephen found a connection to running because that was something very important to me also.
I really thought this movie was wonderful and I would love for my son to see it and be inspired by it. Another scene that I thought was touching was when Philip tried to play guitar in front of a panel judging his talent but he was unable to and he broke down and had to leave. Douglas conveyed to the panel that Philip was autistic and they were understanding but they could not evaluate his talent. What really was extraordinary was when Philip called one of the administrator's on the panel to listen to him perform over the phone and he really did remarkable and had been given the approval to perform and showcase his musical talents at school.
The most emotional part of the movie for me was when Stephen won his race setting a course record and in the end making a wonderful speech at a Miracle Run Foundation ceremony praising his mother for her love, devotion and courage in inspiring him and his brother and in founding the organization. It was very touching and it is what makes us appreciate our autistic children because they truly are very special and deserve all the love, support and encouragement we can give them. I highly recommend this movie for all families to see with their children. It will enlighten you and also make you cry and appreciate your kids. We all must teach our children and show them the way.
Dedicated to my son Matty.
Edward D. Iannielli III
Miracle Run
My son, who has Autism, had a very strong positive reaction to this movie. He felt like he understood both of the boys - the one who loves to run, and the one who is musically gifted. This movie prompted him to share thoughts about himself and his feelings. I highly recommend this movie to any parent of a child with Autism. thanks so much for the hub!


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More older people working
Labour participation rates among the over-50s in the Netherlands rose substantially in the period 1997-2002. Older women, especially, more often had a paid job. Over the age of 65, however, the proportion of people with a paid job remains very low.
Exodus at sixty
In 2002, 70 percent of people aged 50-54 years had a paid job. Among 55-59 year-olds this percentage was already substantially lower at 54t. Past the age of sixty the share of people who still work drops very quickly: only 17 percent of the age group 60-64 years, and only 4 percent of the over-65s have a paid job.
Labour participation among the over-50s
Considerable increase in over-50s with a job
Labour participation among older people rose in all age categories up to 65 years in the period 1997-2002. The increase was largest for the age group 55-59 years, where the proportion of people with paid work rose from 42 to 54 percent. Labour participation rates for the over-65s remained low in this period.
Men stay in work longer
For men the increase in labour participation was mainly visible in the age category 55-59 years: from nearly 60 to over 70 percent. There was hardly any increase in the other age categories. The increased participation rates for men in the period may be connected with the favourable economy.
Labour participation: men aged 50-69 years
Large increase in participation by women up to 60
For the over-50s the difference in labour participation between men and women is diminishing. The number of working women aged between 50 and 59 years rose strongly. While fewer than 40 percent of women aged 50-54 worked in 1997, this had risen to more than 50 percent in 2002. In the age category 55-59 years, too, labour participation by women rose by more than ten percent points.
For women the increase is mainly the consequence of a generational difference: women from younger generations more often have a job than women from older generations. This also means that the difference in labour participation will decrease further as new generations of women enter the older age categories.
Labour participation: women aged 50-69 years
Who works after 65?
Only a very small part of the age group 65-69 years still have a paid job. Most of them are men; many are self-employed; and relatively many have a flexible job.
Cees Maas


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Conveners message
Message of G. Jhansi, Convener, DSS
Dalit women are victims of universal violence and their rights are violated right from her family to the society at large by one and all. My experience of working with the dalit women made me realize that, despite all the development that the country boasts of, caste and gender prejudices continue to be as dominant as ever before and even today, in the so called era of modernization, there is wide spread prejudice based on caste and patriarchy against dalits and women in general and dalit women in particular. Undoubtedly, it is the prevailing caste and secondary status of women in the society that is largely responsible for violation of human rights of dalit women. It is an unfortunate, stark reality that a large number of dalit women are still engaged in unclean, inferior occupations such as sweeping, scavenging and working in dumping grounds, rag picking and also in prostitution. The incapacity of dalit women to assert their rights is at the root of the problem. Dalit women bodies are considered as a free terrain of colonization.
The Government provided reservation for dalit women to occupy positions of power in the Panchayat Raj Institutions, but alas, we have seen this reservation for dalit women is accepted in form, not in substance. We had to fight against the rural elites who are unable to accept the power of dalit women.
As a woman hailing from an ordinary dalit family, father being an elementary school teacher and mother a house wife and having grown among all the ordinary dalits in a dalit colony, I had the opportunity of observing how the ordinary dalit women face the worst kind of hardships like, burden of house hold work, domestic violence and universal subjugation. I had the opportunity of my father, who belonged to the Marxist tradition, attend to the owes of the people around and resolve their disputes and problems every day. I watched how it is so common for the drunken husbands to beat their wives brazenly with all the ideological authority of the prevailing patriarchic order. All this experience provided me, in later years, enough inspiration to work in a leftist women organization, for over a decade, which provided me a rich experience of organizational abilities. Nevertheless, I always felt that something was lacking, due to various factors like, the front organizations always working in tandem with the leftist parties to fulfill their immediate agenda rather than with a long term vision of women liberation, over emphasis of 'class' theory to the exclusion of 'caste' etc. which led me to work for a 'dalit human rights' organization.
"Dalit organizations did a commendable work for the human rights of dalits. Several NGOs, academicians, activists and large number of supporters spearheaded the campaign for inclusion of the issue of caste and untouchability based discrimination in the Durban Conference and successfully brought the issue of caste and untouchability based discrimination on the agenda of UN Conference in Durban ( The World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) related to racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance held in Durban, South Africa in 2001)."
However, specific problems of dalit women were not acknowledged by these movements. It is a sad fact that even dalit literature constructed dalit woman in the similar patriarchal framework of overall subjugation of women. Similarly dalit politics also looks at the issues of empowerment of women as a non-issue. All important and visible positions in dalit sector also are dominated by men. In this context, with the support of likeminded people, I took initiative to establish Dalit Sthree Sakthi, as an exclusive dalit women platform, the first of its kind in A.P. Ever since, there was no looking behind and all these five years we were able to turn out a large quantity of work and take a qualitative leap, as the stories presented reveal.
To strengthen the dalit women movement it is necessary to intervene right from childhood stage and to make the dalit girl children a potential citizen, DSS is fully geared up during these years to focus attention on dalit girl children.
The pages that follow narrate the success stories of the dalit women. The real heroes are the ordinary dalit women who exhibited their extra-ordinary strength in standing up to the cause. All along, the DSS team, men and women, worked tirelessly to achieve the targets and reach the goals. I owe a very special thanks to the entire DSS team for all their hard work.
I should acknowledge the unstinted support extended to me by my partner in life who not only provided the necessary inspiration and guidance, but also shouldered the work to the extent possible and my son who has always been encouraging my work, at the cost of missing me, at times for weeks along.
G. Jhansi, Convener.


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No! It's time for a MegaMan review, only this time, it's a MegaMan clone! And a damn good one! But no imitation can ever be as good as the original right? Well lets find out with this Rule 63 variant of our favorite blue bomber and jump right in with RokkoChan.
RokkoChan (Flash)
Developed & published by: King Soukutu
Released in: 2011
MegaMan is a game that defined a genre, if not invented it's own, The run
to the right and shoot crap genre. MegaMan's pacing is well executed, the controls are tight, and the game itself as a whole is well crafted in every aspect. The premise is simple, and the formula works. It works so well in fact that even after the success of the X series and subsequent spin-off series connected to the original, and the sequels for the SNES and Playstation; MegaMan 7 and 8 respectively, they even went back and continued making MegaMan games in the 8-bit format because Capcom loves to sell you a game you've already played. All Capcom jabs aside, MegaMan is just a game you can play and play and play and it will always be fun. That's probably why every Classic series game is the same game on the same engine with just a few tweaks here and there, retaining the same core gameplay.
This brings us to RokkoChan. Like many successful classic games, such as Mario and Sonic, MegaMan is prone to a few clones here and there.
RokkoChan is a MegaMan clone almost in a literal sense. The story is pretty simple. A scientist creates a robot named RokkoChan, and conveniently at the time of her activation, another, more evil scientist comes on TV and threatens the world with his powerful robots.
RokkoChan, knowing that she has powerful abilities of her own, volunteers to head out and defeat the evil doctor and his six evil creations.
Aside from being female, this almost mirrors the origin story of MegaMan exactly.
Rock was a simple household robot and lab assistant to Dr. Light, whose robots were stolen and reprogrammed for evil. Rock volunteers to be upgraded into a Super Fighting Robot (admit it, you love saying that) and heads out to defeat his six stolen brothers and Dr. Wily to bring the world to everlasting peace.
Moving right along, let's start with first impressions. RokkoChan is a great game visually. All the graphics look true to the 8-bit generation they pay homage to, while also being extremely well crafted and animated. It makes me wonder why this same kind of animation couldnt be done on an NES back in the day, but if I had to guess, it had something to do with cartridge space. Luckily, this isnt a problem with the infinite power of the internet.
If you've played a MegaMan game before, you know exactly what to expect from RokkoChan. You hit start, go to a stage select screen, and there's even that awesome "she looks at who you're highlighting" thingy that I know you all loved to mess with and spaz on your controllers to make MegaMan freak out.
Before I go any further, I want to stress I have not beaten RokkoChan. This game is hard. Not impossible, but certainly difficult and requires a bit of skill (of which I have plenty, I swear!). Not to mention I had fallen victim to a terrible trend in today's gaming. After playing for a whole day and making a lot of progress on the game, I had closed the window for the night, expecting to return right where I picked up, seeing as this is a flash based game and most games nowadays have an auto-save feature. Not so in RokkoChan. Yes. That's right. This game is so legit, they forgo the auto-save and boot your ass back to 1987 and make you use a password. At the very least, you can screencap your passwords as I have below and save them instead of writing them out in little grids on notebook paper. GOD I can only imagine how frustrating that must have been. It's like MegaMan games are supposed to be frustratingly hard in EVERY aspect...
Dont get your hopes up, I only beat one boss and he's the wuss of the group in every MegaMan game
The controls in RokkoChan are pretty much EXACTLY like in classic MegaMan, the only difference in controls being that RokkoChan has a dash ability, just like in MegaMan X. This however is the only carry-over from the X series I know of in the game. According to Dr. Butler, the game also includes Ride Armors, but I have not come across those in any of the progress I have made in all 6 stages. The gameplay is crisp, smooth, refreshing, and low in carbs. It plays just like the MegaMan you grew up with (unless it was Battle Network, in which case, buy an NES) and the only differences in movement I can find, besides dashing, is that because the game is based in flash, RokkoChan has a much tighter hit box. For instance, in a classic MegaMan game, everything is run on "tiles" as a basis. MegaMan is one tile big. He can only jump on a tile if his tile completely clears the tile he's jumping on or against. In RokkoChan however, I've noticed a few tiny occasions where if you jump as a corner of a tile, you may sometimes push into or onto the corner of it, which in some cases has either saved or killed me. Honestly this happens so rarely it doesn't really effect gameplay, but for a MegaMan nut like me, I did notice it, and it's a subtle reminder that you are indeed playing a flash game, something you can easily forget while playing RokkoChan. (You know...aside from all the banner ads in your browser window selling you Asian hair care products...)
But onto the meat of things. RokkoChan's 6 bosses include, HockeyMan, ForestMan, RollingMan, LightningMan, VolcanoMan, and JetMan. Each one of these bosses is well designed and memorable and I'll cover each in length as we go on.
Starting off with HockeyMan, you'll find his stage has many of the paradigms of a MegaMan ice stage, specifically the endless amount of sliding you will be doing. However, Rokko's dash feature helps alleviate some of the tension in this because it instantly turns you around on the spot. Then again, jumping does too, but you'll quickly become attached to the dash more than anything.
And with the dash comes another nifty feature you will also become addicted to.
Right about here you would expect those fucking annoying invisible D'WOOOOOP blocks to appear. I know right about in this section is where they pop up in IceMan's stage. However, Rokko seems to have an advantage over Rock here. She can DASH JUMP RIGHT OVER THAT SHIT.
Thats right! It may take some getting used to if you've never played a X series game before, but Rokko can easily leap across certain gaps her male counterpart would often times have a hard time getting across. No more tip toe'ing to the edge and balancing on one pixel. Rokko can just dash jump right across! But that doesnt always mean it's the best thing to do. The game surprisingly provides a lot of areas where slow and steady are the preferred method of progressing, but who am I kidding? It feels so fucking good to just leap across those anoying gaps like it aint' no thang....
Another staple of RokkoChan are mini-bosses! The mini-bosses are well made, cleverly programmed, and are just a blast to fight. They aren't frustratingly hard like some of Vanilla MegaMan's mini-bosses were, and I feel they offer a nice break to the action for a small test of skill (usually involving timed jumps and shooting...wait...thats like the whole game...).
Did I mention, each one is very detailed? The amount of work put into these sprites is really impressive and it's hard to believe this is a fan game sometimes.
And what MegaMan game would be complete without jumping through boss doors? I dont want to play the game that disallows that....
Not quite as good, but also acceptable
Finally! Onto the boss! HockeyMan is pretty sweet, eh? He's got an ice-floor'd boss room, so you'll be doing a lot of slipping and sliding all over the place, while he glides effortlessly on his ice skates. His attacks are pretty standard fare. He creates an ice shield around his body and charges at you. When he hits the wall, the shield breaks and fires off ice shards in 8 directions. If he DOESNT create an ice shield and charges at you, he bounces off the wall and slides. This brings me to an interesting point. Being that this is a flash game, there are certain things it can do that an NES game cant. On an NES, physics had to be simulated. In flash, they can be programmed. As such, when he hits that wall and bounces off, he moves smoothly across the floor and bounces properly off the wall. That is, he isnt moving based on a pre-set pattern. How far he bounces is entirely determined by the physics. This brings me to his next attack, where he smacks hockey pucks at you. They too move just like real pucks and are effected by physics.
This is both a blessing and a curse. Well not really, but it's awesome to look at, but then it reminds you once again you aren't playing an NES game. My point being, if it weren't for these innovative little flash-only features, I would be totally sold I am playing a long lost MegaMan sequel....But on with the game!
Having covered most of the game's features in the first stage, the remaining stages will focus mostly on stage specific features.
JetMan is pretty cool and has a fun stage, though you'll quickly become tired of all the ups and downs in difficulty, and no that wasn't a flight pun. The stage itself is interesting and has plenty of neat set pieces such as fans that blow you in different directions on air currents, but some of the enemies can be pretty annoying.
(If you see where those fans are blowing, and whats around, you know this next part is gunna suck.)
Ahhh fuck. This is one of those stages you grow to hate. It's fun, but mostly frustrating. This stage has plenty of conveyor belts, and lots of traps to keep you on your toes.
One of the more annoying sections of the stage has you jumping through electrical walls as seen in MegaMan 3. Unfortunately, there's not much ground to navigate on to find some good footing to jump through it. It's a tad difficult to get the timing down, but maybe that's just me.
So once you get through that, they toss another set of conveyor belts at you, which seems fine at first until they start dropping BOXES on your head. The boxes can be destroyed and it's pretty standard fare, but one clever thing I noted is that the boxes can actually stack on one another. As the boxes go down the conveyor belts, they drop to lower belts and now and then have other boxes land on them. On an NES they may have just clipped through one another. This poses a bit of a challenge because now the suckers are way too high for you to jump over so you gotta blast your way through, all while balancing on these moving, not very long, conveyor belts.
As if this stage didn't have enough gimmicks, it even comes with a blackout section,
a'la Spark Mandrill from MegaMan X1.
In this area, the screen goes black, except for you, and is only lit up by light bulbs on the ground which turn on when a certain enemy charges up and sends balls of lightning across the floor and over them. Otherwise, the path and pitfalls ahead are totally hidden. Proceed with caution! If you kill them prematurely, its *sunglasses*, Lights out for you...
GOD am I still doing this stage? It may as well be a Wily Fortress! While it is one of the more frustrating stages, it does have a lot of neat gimmicks to offer. One of which of course is the spinny-platform stepper of death, with an up and down spike trap for seasoning.
Yeeaaahh...you know exactly what this is...
Now, if you can believe it, I actually got to the boss door, and I was literally about to go in, until I discovered the Ice Shield I was using to protect myself from the enemies coming at me from the sides of the screen, can be shot off of you. I accidentally did this, lost the shield, and bumped into one of the fuckers and fell to my death....
Pics or it didn't happen
Next is VolcanoMan. I don't know why, but this sounds like it could be a bitchin pro-wrestler name.
Okay, so I got passed the invisible blocks, and I'm greeted with lots and lots of fire. Makes sense considering this is a volcano themed stage. In this section, your patience is tested with lots of flames that shoot from these pipes.
Honestly they weren't all that hard and the damage they do isnt terrible. Apparently, there is a merciful God in 20xx. However he smites your ass because on the very next screen you do everyone's "favorite" kind of stage. A "Chase" stage, where one side of the screen constantly moves in one direction, and you have to escape it or face insta-pewpew. Luckily, Rokko is not only fast on her feet, but ladders too as you can pretty easily climb away from the lava. It's not advised to go TOO fast though because lurking on the next area to be scrolled, like a 4chan troll, is more of those fire headed biker-jouster guys like in the above screenshot, and not a whole lot of footing to catch yourself. Fall down and you're basically screwed since you don't have any robot dogs to launch springs from your backs to save you.
Up next is ForestMan. Since I just beat VolcanoMan (the second of the two bosses I beat, first being HockeyMan), I figured this guy was next in line to go. But if there's anything Captain Planet has taught us, it's that mother nature will whoop your ass and make you listen to a Ted Turner sponsored moral about recycling.
This stage also features a mini-boss though it's admittedly a little strange and definitely garnered a laugh from me with it's Team Rocket-esque charm.
Even Rokko has an implied facepalm here
This is apparently a two-headed dragon in the middle of a water-area at the start of the stage which lasts until about the middle. I find it impressive that they could work in such a different kind of setting into the game. For a short while I actually forgot this stage was forest based. The under water segment was well crafted enough to feel like a totally new stage, but the forest feel kicks right back in once you proceed to...
Fuck yes. Vine swinging. This was actually really cool. I reached a part of the stage with a gap that even Rokko's mighty dash jump couldn't reach, but then I saw a vine dangling. With a bit of common sense, I grabbed it like it was a ladder and wham! I started swinging! Simple left and right buttons control the swing, and you can build up moment enough to swing yourself and jump off the vine, keeping a tiny bit of your momentum as well. A little odd feeling for a MegaMan game where you could always control your trajectory mid-jump, but it isn't an unwelcome sensation as you start swinging from vine to vine to complete the stage like GutsMan of the Jungle.
Remember when I said all the bosses were well made? Well RollingMan is the derp of the bunch. He's got an odd design, but it all makes sense when you finally fight him. Unfortunately I dont have a screencap of it since that was on my first playthrough and I didnt save my password.
What I do have though is trippy level flipping!
One of the cool features of RollingMan's stage is the awesome level flipping platforms that turn the whole stage around (or is it merely you that turns?) and forces you to tackle areas you've just traversed from a whole new point of view, literally. It isn't as confusing as it seems, but man let me tell you. Some of the enemies in this stage can go die in a pixelated fire. Claw thingies that grab your ass, UFOs that shoot Magnet Missile-esque lasers at you. Shit gets bananas.
BONUS: By the way, if you've looked at these screenshots and seen the controls, I'm sure you can figure out what does what. I mean the game tells you anyways and there's even a language chooser. However, one button they dont tell you about is the escape key which is explained only in Japanese. Now, I don't speak Japanese, but I'll save you the trouble of finding out the hard way. Shift if pause, and it most definitely isnt the Escape key. That my friends, is the SELF DESTRUCT BUTTON. In one fine play through I tried to pause the game to look over my screencaps, and I tapped escape, and instantly pew-pew'd all over my screen. I suppose it's handy to have a kill-button, but wouldn't it be easier to just make that the "I give up, take me to the stage select screen" button?
|I swear my finger slipped and I hit the kill button right when I was about to make that jump.
Over all, RokkoChan is an expertly crafted, well animated game with faithful MegaMan gameplay and a few twists of it's own. Did I happen to mention the soundtrack? Oh yeah. This game has a bangin' soundtrack. It fits right in with tunes like MetalMan, FlashMan, SparkMan, SnakeMan, and reminds me a lot of the tracks from MegaMan 9 and 10 specifically. This game really is the long lost sequel to MegaMan you never heard of. As a die hard MegaMan fan who heavily scrutinizes fan additions and stupid fan fics and other crappy third party MegaMan content, I give this game my stamp of approval. It makes me think that maybe MegaMan isnt the only Super Fighting Robot out there trying to save the world. He's just the one that set the trend for the rest to follow.
(See? It's fun saying Super Fighting Robot isnt it? Go on and sing it. You know you want to...)


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Colin Farrell hasn't been on a date in four years.
The actor, 38, is famous for his dalliances with many A-list women including Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie and Lindsay Lohan but insists those days are now far behind him as he's much more interested in raising his two sons, James, 11 and five-year-old Henry.
Colin said: "I am a good boy these days. There is not one (woman in my life) – zilch, nada. I have not dated for, ooh, four years now. It's just not happening, what with the work, the kids and my life. I know it's not what people expect to hear, but that's the honest truth."
The Phone Booth star also puts his children down as the reason for him overcoming his drug addiction and living up to "those old expectations," especially James – whom he has with Canadian model Kim Bordenave – as he was born with a developmental disorder called Angelman syndrome, which causes severe intellectual and physical disability.
Speaking to Style magazine, Colin said: "(When you have children) it's not all about you any more, which is a relief. It's about a bigger world, and helping them find their place in it. It's not about 'me, me, me, the loudmouth' any more – and that takes the pressure off me to live up to those old expectations."