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iBeacon Now Works When the App Is Closed
Apple launched iOS 7.1 today and with it a major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon.
As of today, once an app is installed it will "look" for beacons even if your app is shut down or you've rebooted your phone.
We tested the functionality today to verify the new feature.
After opening an iBeacon app we hard closed it: not just putting it into the background tray but swiping it closed entirely. The phone still detected beacons and sent a message through the lock screen, something which in the past was reserved for apps that were at minimum running in the background tray.
The functionality even works if you reboot your device: after you power down your phone and start it up again, it will continue listening for beacons even if you don't open up the app again.
A Significant Change
The change is significant. When Apple launched iOS 7 and gave phones and tablets the ability to 'hear' Bluetooth LE powered beacons it opened up a new era in proximity-based experiences. Retailers could now send you a coupon when you're near the cookie aisle or background information about a painting in an art gallery.
But there was a problem: along with a few other glitches in the iBeacon SDK (the software used to create the apps on your phone) there was no way to listen for Bluetooth LE beacons unless your app was, at a minimum, on in the background.
Ostensibly this was to ensure that users had an easy way to prevent spam messages or to opt-out of your iBeacon "experience".
But with iOS 7.1 your application will listen for beacons even if it was hard closed. The user can still opt out by turning off "location permission" under settings, can turn Bluetooth off, or can delete your app entirely.
But the change is a major boon to iBeacon developers – and will mean you no longer need to find fancy ways to prompt your user to keep an app in background mode.
A Change in Responsiveness?
It's probably too early to tell from a few quick tests, but we also noted what seemed like a major improvement in responsiveness to Bluetooth LE signals. Region changes, exits, and beacon detection seemed to happen at a significantly faster rate than in iOS 7.0
In the past, for example, we'd see a delay of 1-2 seconds up to a minute on exiting a region. In iOS 7.1 we see it happen nearly instantaneously.
We're hoping other developers can chime in on this point – either anecdotally or otherwise, to let us know whether you're seeing a near lightning response to beacon detection (or is that, perhaps, too much to ask? It might just be a low level of radio interference at our offices today).
In any case, we're still doing a dance here at BEEKn to find that your app truly can see the world around it, and will find your beacons even if your app is off.
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In 1929 a peasant plowing his field 10 km north of Lattakia (Syria) unearthed a strange looking stone in an area called Ras Shamra. He immediately informed the authorities but little did he or the rest of the world know then about the magnitude of his discovery. French archeologist Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer(1898–1982) spent the rest of his life excavating the site. Ugarit was found.
Ugarit was an independent Canaanite kingdom that reigned over the eastern Mediterranean in the 18th century BC (3800 years ago). The Phoenicians, descendants of the Canaanites, built great palaces, temples and shrines in Ugarit between 1450 – 1200 BC. But most importantly they built libraries. They ruled the sea with their strong ships made from the cedars of Lebanon and became the greatest naval power in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. They traded silver, gold, textiles and ivory with coastal cities, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Ugarit had a population of 10,000 before she was destroyed and burnt down in 1200 BC by the Sea Peoples whose origins remain a mystery for today's scholars.
It is in Ugarit, among the thousands of tablets found within the walls of her great palaces and libraries that the first Alphabet in history was discovered by Schaeffer. Evidently the Canaanites and their descendants the Phoenicians realized that human speech consists of a finite number of sounds. They simply enough created a symbol for each of these sounds. Well not really that simple as it took civilization 2000 years to achieve this feat. All subsequent phonetic languages (i.e. Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, Aramaic, Arabic, Greek, etc.) utilized most of the original 30 symbols or letters. I find it interesting that the root of the word phonetic as per modern English dictionaries is considered Greek (from phōnētikós from phōneîn to speak). Is it really? Why stop there? Where did phōneîn come from? What was the name of those people living on the Eastern Mediterranean (in today's Syria and Lebanon)? Phoenicians :-) How convenient?
There was one more discovery of unimaginable consequence found in Ugarit. An unearthed clay tablet, one among the multitude, took a while to decipher. Not because it did not stare at archeologists straight in the face but because of inherent biases even in scientific pursuit. Finally in 1974, Anne D. Kilmer, professor of Assyriology at the University of California at Berkeley and after five years of hard work was able to interpret the cuneiform script as the lyrics and musical symbols of an Ugaritan song dating back to 3400 BC. The discovery revolutionized music history completely for it moved backward in time the first notated piece of music by 3,000 years. The origin of Western music is not the 400 BC papyrus which contained the Greek Euripides' play Orestes but a much older religious hymn from Ugarit.
Malek Jandali is a Syrian pianist who lives in the United States. He was born in 1972 in Germany and was raised in Homs, Syria after his parents returned to their hometown. He received his early schooling there and graduated from the Arab Conservatory of music in Damascus. Mr. Jandali is an accomplished and daring musician who has won several international awards. His greatest achievement, however, is the release of his 2008 album, Echos from Ugarit in which he rendered the first notated song in history with his eloquent piano. It took such an exceptionally inspired Syrian to remind the world of a simple fact of life: It all started in our backyard, a mere one-hour drive from where I am sitting right now listening to the oldest song in the world being played by a Homsi with an unlimited talent.
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Chakra (チャクラ, chakura) is essential to even the most basic technique; it is the moulding of the physical energy (身体エネルギー, shintai enerugī) present in every cell of the body and the spiritual energy (精神エネルギー, seishin enerugī) gained from exercise and experience. Once moulded, it can be channelled through the chakra circulatory system, which is to chakra as the regular circulatory system is to blood, to any of the 361 chakra points (called tenketsu) in the body. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, the chakra can then be manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire or creating illusions.
By moulding different ratios of the two energies, new types of chakra can be formed. Most ninja have a natural affinity to one type of chakra, but they have the capacity to create elemental chakra apart from their own affinity. There are five basic types, each stronger and weaker to another, but their relations, weaknesses, and strengths to each other are all explored. There is also the dealing of Yin and Yang and the balance of mental and physical energies. In addition to these five elements, certain kekkei genkai can mix elemental chakra to form new natures, for example it is possible to mix water and wind into ice. While many ninja can use more than one type of chakra, very few are able to use them simultaneously.
Normal Chakra
Normal chakra is a form of energy all living individuals naturally produce to some degree. Contained in the "chakra coils" that mainly surround and connect to each chakra-producing organ, the energy circulates throughout the body in a network called the "chakra circulatory system" (similar to the cardiovascular system). Certain groups, such as ninja, have learned to generate more chakra and release it outside their bodies through their "chakra points" (tenketsu) in order to perform special techniques (jutsu). Chakra is not normally visible to the human eye, though chakra can be seen in situations where a person releases as much of their chakra as possible. This is rarely seen due to the restrictions of certain chakra points (Eight Gates), limiting the amount of chakra an individual can release at a single given time. Chakra can also be visible when doing a specific techniques (such as the Rasengan) which take a high degree of chakra control to perform.
Of the many different types of techniques, ninjutsu, genjutsu, dōjutsu, and so on, all require the use of chakra. However, taijutsu is different, usually requiring no chakra use whatsoever; stamina is all that is needed. While the ninja still needs a set amount of chakra to live (i.e. life force energy), regular taijutsu doesn't require any active moulding or manipulation of chakra (with few exceptions). A standard attack like a punch or kick falls into this technique category.
Chakra is the resulting form of energy when two other forms of energy are mixed together. The two energies are referred to as "physical energy" and "spiritual energy". Physical energy is collected from the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual energy is derived from the mind's consciousness (i.e. the soul) and can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience. Having these two energies become more powerful will in-turn make the created chakra more powerful. Therefore, practising a technique repeatedly will build-up experience, building up one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more chakra to be created. As a result, the ninja is able to do that same technique with more power. This same cycle applies for physical energy, except this time, instead of doing things like meditation, the ninja could, say, do push-ups.
The general term for the source of chakra, the overall physical and spiritual energy an individual has, is called "total stamina". The maximum amount of chakra an individual can create and retain at a given time is called their "chakra level".
Chakra Control
In Naruto, chakra takes time and a great deal of training to gradually build up. Thus, the key is not actually having chakra, but being able to sufficiently control and conserve it. Everyone has chakra, but only skilled ninja can correctly "mould" and "manipulate" it to its fullest extent.
Moulding chakra involves the extraction of energies from both the body's cells and the mind's consciousness, then mixing them together within the individual. The amount of each energy will differ based on the type of technique the ninja wishes to execute. In other words, a ninja could create too much or too little chakra for a given technique, resulting in the chakra being used inefficiently. In addition, even if a ninja is able to mould the correct amount of chakra, if they cannot manipulate the chakra properly, the desired technique will not be as effective or will not execute at all. Wasting energy will also create weaknesses like early exhaustion, which would hinder the ninja's capacity to fight long-term battles. General training methods for improving one's moulding and manipulation of chakra are the Leaf Concentration, Tree Climbing, and Water Walking exercises.
As an in-between stage, some ninja can partially manipulate their chakra. This means they can use their chakra, but not effectively control it, which results in a poorly executed technique, a prime example is Naruto trying to use the Academy Clone Technique. To manipulate their chakra more easily, hand seals can be used. With these hand seals, users can control their chakra with higher efficiency, allowing them to execute their techniques more effectively. Different techniques also require the use of different hand seals.
When creating a ninjutsu, the two methods of manipulating chakra are referred to as Shape Transformation and Nature Transformation:
- Shape Transformation deals with controlling the form, movement, and potency of chakra.
- Nature Transformation usually deals with changing the physical properties of chakra into an element. There is also the Nature Transformation of Yin and Yang, which deals with changing the ratio of spiritual and physical energies within chakra.
These two methods can be implemented separately or together in order to create a technique.
The general term for the exact moulding and proper manipulation of chakra is called "chakra control". People with skilled chakra control are usually Medical-nin or Sensor-types, both of which requires extreme control over chakra to be effective. Genjutsu apparently also requires good chakra control.
A good way to build up chakra in the body is to spin it into a tight spiral. Whether to spin the chakra left or right is dependent on the way the user's hair grows, either to the right or left.[1][2] An opponent can negate a technique by absorbing it and reversing the spin of the chakra within their own body.[3]
Shape of Chakra
Main article: Shape Transformation Most techniques take a certain shape that is usually precisely controlled from one hand to another, through chakra. A good example of this is the Rasengan. Naruto uses one of his hands to control chakra, and moves it over the other in a circular motion, which eventually creates a sphere of pure chakra.
Elemental Chakra
Main article: Nature Transformation Based on which ninjutsu the ninja uses, the amount of chakra will be different, as would the element the ninja employs. The five main elemental types are also the names for the Five Great Shinobi Nations: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth and Water. Each ninja has the potential to better utilise one of these styles and potentially more. Rinnegan users somehow have the ability to more easily control all five elements.
Advanced elements such as Wood Release and Ice Release are created by combining different elemental chakra types. Doing this is only possible with a kekkei genkai or having a tailed beast with such an element in canon.
However, the first movie has shown that shinobi of the Land of Snow are able to perform Ice Release techniques without a bloodline by manipulating the ice around them. Kajika was also able to use a water technique that produces ice.
Other Types of Chakra
Tailed Beast Chakra
Main article: Tailed beasts In the Naruto world, there are nine tailed beasts, ancient demons with immense supplies of chakra. In fact, they are nothing more than concentrations of chakra that have taken on a corporeal form (mind and body). During the Great Shinobi Wars, each country's Hidden Village tried to make use of the tailed beasts for military purposes and competed for them. However, no one was ever able to truly bring the tailed beasts under control. The only way to partially control them is to seal them within a human with powerful sealing techniques. The hosts of the tailed beasts are called jinchūriki.
The jinchūriki can tap into the tailed beast's chakra for his or her own power; however, using such chakra can be harmful to the jinchūriki, with the host's body and mind being influenced or even taken over by his or her demon. In the case of Naruto Uzumaki, when he used the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's chakra and reached his four-tailed form, the chakra was so concentrated around his body that it constantly burned his flesh and repaired his body right away, shortening his lifespan. Tapping into such unnatural chakra is very harmful to the host, as the host's personality gets suppressed by the animalistic blood lust of the tailed beasts and the intensity of chakra will harm the host if used for extended periods of time. As an exception, where the jinchūriki has control over his tailed beasts, these ill-effects are not evident as in the case of Killer B, when he creates a chakra cloak by drawing on part of his tailed beast's power or fully releasing the Eight-Tails' body, no physical damage can be seen from his body. With Naruto having learned to control the Nine-Tails, such damage to his body may now be avoided, but this is yet to be seen.
Senjutsu Chakra
Main article: Senjutsu
Senjutsu chakra (仙術チャクラ, senjutsu chakura) is the chakra needed to perform senjutsu, which contains the energy found in nature itself. It is a powerful source of energy, able to grant a ninja increased strength, speed, and endurance for taijutsu, as well as enhancing the power of one's ninjutsu and genjutsu. Sage chakra is created through the three-way mixing and balancing of one's physical energy and spiritual energy, as well as the natural energy (自然エネルギー, shizen enerugī) from the atmosphere/air and terrain/ground. Since the three energies need to be equally balanced, the higher one's personal chakra capacity (physical energy and spiritual energy), the more natural energy they can add to the mix. Only those with a such large chakra capacity can gather the natural energy needed for entering a powerful state called Sage Mode. Also, only when a person remains "perfectly still", no longer disrupting the flow of nature around them like ripples in a pond, can they properly feel and harness natural energy. Remaining completely still for a period of time takes a great deal of concentration and patience, requiring a highly motivated and calm state of mind.
Star Chakra
Main article: Mysterious Peacock Method By using the chakra enhancing meteorite, shinobi from Hoshigakure can manipulate their chakra into a wide variety of skills at the cost of extreme damage to their bodies. Hoshigakure's method gets its name, Mysterious Peacock, from the chakra's raw manifestation as pinkish purple chakra tails similar to a peacock's tail feathers.
Gift of the Hermit Group
Main article: Gift of the Hermit Group The Gift of the Hermit Group (仙族の才, Senzoku no Sai, English TV: Gift of the Sages) is a special kind of chakra used by the ninja monks of the Fire Temple. It requires daily, unrelenting training to master. This chakra is required to unseal the Sealed Iron Wall granting access to the Fire Temple. It is also required for the technique Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder.
Dark Chakra
Main article: Zero-Tails Dark Chakra (闇のチャクラ, Yami no Chakura) is a special chakra formed from the negative emotions of the heart. Created by the Zero-Tails, as it feeds on the negative emotions of the people around it, it is shown to be extremely powerful, being used to power the Land of the Sky's Ancor Vantian and grants Shinnō powerful techniques with seemingly no drawbacks, though it eventually destroys the mind, and rots the soul of the user.
Priestess Chakra
Main article: Mystic Safety Bell Priestess Chakra (尼僧·チャクラ, Mikö no Chakura) chakra is an aspect bright and unique. It can send pink rays of severing light at her opponents, create a light barrier to shield her from darkness, and transform her into an angelic form. She also used the mystical chakra of the bell to create a protective sphere around a designated target, as she did for Naruto Uzumaki, and use the chakra with Naruto to form the Super Chakra Rasengan.
- Although chakra is usually invisible, those with certain dōjutsu, like the Sharingan, Rinnegan or Byakugan, can see the colour of someone's chakra. Each person's chakra apparently has a different colour. It is also interesting to note the fact that sufficiently immense amounts of chakra are visible to the naked eye.
- It is said that the Sage of the Six Paths was the first to unravel the mysteries of chakra.
- People who are related share similar chakra signatures.[4]
- Chakra signatures also vary among different populations.[5]
- In Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower, Minato Namikaze and partially supported in the anime episode: Resonance, chakra with similar signatures resonate when they are near.


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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Trial version walkthru Intro: In this trial version, the voice acting is dubbed in Japanese although the subtitles are in English. The actual game will have everything in English. This is a very short walkthru for the demo version because the game itself is short. When you play it for the first time, the duration will be slightly over an hour as you will be seeing all the cutscenes. However, if you skip all of them, the game can actually last around 15 to 20 minutes, depending on how well you play or how many items you are neglecting. The replay value is very high because you will find yourself learning new tricks and moves everytime you play. Be warned that there are some spoilers and read it on your own risk. There are many small details and many of you will definitely see something or did something which I did not. Experiment around. I do not intend to make this a very comprehensive one and will not talk about the various moves. You can see and learn them yourself if you choose the 'Special' in the title screen. Snake can perform a lot of new moves. E.g. threaten soldier for item at gun point, peek over corners and hang and strafe on railings and even jump down on guards to knock them unconscious. Controls L2: Item select/ peek L1: Lock on to enemy (with weapon held) R2: Weapon select/ peek R1: First person view Right Analog stick: run Directional pad: walk Square: shoot 'O': use item 'X': crouch down Walkthru: (Note: different modes will have different items scattered around and the enemies will be tougher. This is based on the 'Very Easy Mode' in order to let you be familiarised with the gameplay). - Beginning: Snake is walking in the rain and smoking along George Washington Bridge. After a while, he breaks into a run and bungee jumps over the bridge. He sort of turns invisible and lands on a ship. Octacon (frequency 141.12 if I remembered correctly) calls and after briefing, shows you your equipment and how to use them. It seems like some elite soldiers have taken over the ship. Snake's objective is to determine the existence of the new Metal Gear weapon. The Russians are involved. - You are equipped with a 'M9' (tranquilizer gun) with a silencer attached. Note: where you aim will affect how fast the enemy soldier will be knocked out. If you shoot the head, the enemy will fall unconscious immediately, while areas like the legs or arms will take a longer time for the tranquilizer to work. - When you gain control, go to the back and take 'ration'. - Go to the right inner side to get 'Diazepam'. - The door on the left (next to stairs) is locked. - Go to left inner hull to get 'ration'. - At the left door (next to stairs), Octacon will call you and ask you to go through that door into the ship's interior. Press and hold 'triangle' or press it repeatedly to open the door faster if you are being attacked by soldiers. - If you prefer to explore around first, you will discover that the door on the second floor is 'locked'. - If you go to the third floor, you can get 'wet cupboard'. - If you sneak up and knock the soldier unconscious with 'square' button and drag him around, drop him and drag him again, he will drop items, e.g. ration, bullets and diazepam. - Alternately, you can enter the ship's interior from the right door on the second floor. - Deck A, Crew's quarters' port. - Call Octacon. - The handle on a door is spoilt. It is quite a funny scene. - Come down and enter locker room. Search the locker by pressing 'Triangle' button. If you press and hold either left/right (depending on which direction the locker is facing), you can hide in the locker. Press R1 to peek from the locker slits in first person mode. Note: you can destroy the lockers (even for those that are locked) by punching/kicking them. Now, the first complain about this game, when you come back here, the lockers are new again! - Take 'USP' (handgun). Note: with the hand gun, you risk being heard if you shoot them near soldiers. It is also not very good because the soldiers are wearing protective vests and carrying shields, so if you really want to shoot them, aim for their legs or other places that are not protected. - Call Octacon. Search lockers and get 'M9' bullets. - Get past the single guard. Try to do the sneak attack where Snake steps out quickly from the wall and shoots him. Cool! Otherwise, simply shoot the guard when his back is turned. Note: when he is unconscious, you can actually drag him into the locker room and dump him in the empty locker! Try waiting for him to regain consciousness! - Anyway, let's proceed to Deck A, Crew's lounge, starboard. - Take out the guards, get bullets behind the bar counter. - Get 'ration' on the left side (next to sofas). - If you go down the left stairs, you can get 'USP bullets x 15. - If you go down the right stairs, you can get 'Stun Grenade' - Go up the stairs (where the two soldiers were patrolling) and enter right door (the left door is locked). - Deck B, Crew Quarters, Starboard. - Head along down the corridors. - Get 'USP bullets' from locker. - Go to Deck C, Crew's quarters, Port. There is a surveillance camera. Call Octacon. - You can lean against the wall and sneak pass right under the camera's nose, use 'Chaft Grenade' if you have some or shoot it with the 'USP'. The tranquilizer gun will not work. - Take 'Chaft. G' from locker. - Go up the stairs. - Deck D, Crew's quarters. - Go to left door. You are in the canteen and the crew members are lying dead. - There is a surveillance camera. - Get 'ration' behind counter. - Crawl underneath the tables to get 'USP bullets' (left table) and 'M9 bullets' (right table). - Get 'USP bullets' in front of the camera. Do it fast without running too much forward and you will not be spotted. - Go out, then receive call from Octacon. There are infrared sensors and they are linked to explosives. If you rig them, it is game over immediately. Let's explore and have some fun first. - Go up into the room and get 'Cupboard Dry'. - A guard will automatically come into the room and take a nap. - Go past the sleeping guard and out of the door. It's time to get past the sensors. - Before the sensors, shoot the fire extinguisher behind. The coolants will spray wildly and reveal the trip lasers. - Crawl past the sensors, get rid of the guard. - Go up the stairs. - Deck E, the Bridge. - Cutscene. The crew members' throat are slitted. Snake sees several Russian choppers and soldiers landing on the ship. - Octacon calls and ask you where the ship is headed. - Cutscene. Spoilers! Olga! - Get 'USP bullets' on the right side of the bridge and 'ration' on the left. - Go out of the left door. Press 'triangle' button. - Cutscene. Olga talks to her father (the Russian general Snake saw earlier on) through the radio. She is pregnant and is being ordered to return. - Snake confronts her and a fight breaks out eventually. - First boss fight: Olga. Strategy: Change weapon to "USP' (handgun). Shoot out the spot light behind her if you want. Go to the left side and take cover behind some crates. This spot offers one of the best views. Aim and get ready to fire. When Olga peers out behind the crates, shoot her. Repeat and after a while, she will shoot the tarmac and it will fly about wildly and affect your view. However, remain where you are as this is still the best spot to see her clearly (at least to me). Continue to aim and shoot her when she peers out. Run away when she throws grenade over, then go back to the same spot after they explode. You can forget about throwing grenades at her as she is too far back. - Cutscene, Olga lies on the deck and we are not sure whether she is dead or unconscious. If she is dead, Snake has just killed her baby as well. There goes his image! Olga's father will also want to take revenge. When the actual game is released, you might want to change your weapon to 'M9' (tranquilizer gun) for the finishing shot. We just have to wait and see what difference it will make. Lastly, a hovering robot appears and seems to capture everything, including Snake's face on video. It is from Cypher. More will be revealed in the actual game. It flies off, leaving Snake in the background… - To be continued in MGS 2! See you there! Note: After completing the game, you will receive a 'clear code'. At Konami's website, you can key in this code and see your ranking. Credits: 1) To Gamefaq, as always. Thanks to CJAYC for this great site. 2) ADK, who encouraged me to send this walkthru. ADK is one of the few FAQ writers whom I admire because of the diverse walkthrus produced. Check them out! 3) To you, my readers, for whom this walkthru is for. Enjoy! Note to other websites: If you want to post this, please drop me a mail. I would want to know where this walkthru is being posted. Contact Comments, criticisms and questions can be posted to me at '[email protected]' However, I am extremely caught up with my work (I never even update my 'Onimusha' walkthru), so please do not send me any mails asking me about the game specifics (e.g. will the enemy disappear if you kill them?), or telling me 'Did you see that/know that…?' If you want to contact me, please wait til 20th Mar as I would have submitted my work then. Thanks, I really appreciate it. Urgent plea to diversify: As stated in my 'Aconcagua' walkthru (Urgent plea to diversify), it is my vision to see both present (and especially) aspiring FAQ writers to write about lesser know games if you are able to. There is no point in having tons of walkthrus for the same particular game. Look at FF9 for instance, count the number of them! There is no breakthrough at all. It is my dream for all gamers to be able to find a guide for the games that they are looking for. How many times have you wished that someone out there has written a guide to the game that you are stuck in or no one else seems to play? I am sure someone out there wants to have some guides for these games. Let me start with the DC games first. For example, Vermillion Desert, Imperial Fighter Zero (not 'Iron Aces' as there are some differences), Panzer Front, Advanced War World, TriColor Crisis, Rune Caster, Rune Jade, Despiria, Socerian, Sunrise Heroes…For PS2, Ring of Red, Velvet File … For PS1, Season of Twilight, Witch of Salzburg, Blade Arts, Khamrai, Bealphareth, Growlanser…more on this the next time…if anyone is bothered at all. Parting Note: I have said most of what I had in mind and thus, do not intend to update this walkthru. Let's look forward to the actual MGS 2! Til then, take care!


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Participants exchanged views on recent developments in the EU and Thailand. The discussion also covered political, trade, security, migration, development cooperation and environmental matters, including forest law enforcement (FLEGT), as well as human rights issues.
The European Union and Thailand underlined their willingness to enhance the level of bilateral engagement. The holding of general elections in March 2019, the subsequent constitution of a pluralistic parliament and the formation of an elected government represent important steps towards restoring a democratic form of governance in Thailand.
On 14 October 2019, the EU Foreign Affairs Council reiterated the EU's readiness to broaden its engagement with Thailand, including on issues of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic pluralism, by preparing for the signature of the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement. The EU Foreign Ministers also stressed the importance of taking steps towards the resumption of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with Thailand.
In line with the EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions, the EU underlined the importance of continued dialogue on the value-base of the relationship, the realisation of which will be followed closely.
The meeting noted substantial progress made by Thailand on important matters such as fight against illegal fishing (IUU), labour issues and the prevention of human trafficking.
The EU expressed appreciation for the role of Thailand as chair of ASEAN and for its support to further deepen ASEAN-EU relations.
The meeting was co-chaired by Ms Paola Pampaloni, Deputy Managing Director, Asia and the Pacific, European External Action Service, and by Mr Sasiwat Wongsinsawat, Director-General of the Department of European Affairs, Royal Thai Foreign Ministry.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Maryland wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been named to the 2014 Walter Camp Award Watch List, given to college football's player of the year, the Walter Camp Foundation announced Friday.
Diggs is one of 50 players and one of only eight wide receivers to be named to the watch list for the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.
In addition to the Walter Camp Award Watch List, Diggs has been named to three others during the preseason: the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, the Maxwell Award Watch List and Paul Hornung Award Watch List.
The Gaithersburg, Md., native finished second on the team in receptions and receiving yards last season despite missing the last five games with a leg injury. In seven games, Diggs had 34 receptions for 587 yards and three touchdowns and averaged 83.9 yards receiving per game.
Diggs enters the 2014 season averaging 156.0 career all-purpose yards per game, which is the second-most nationally among returning FBS players.
The watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists in mid-November. The 2014 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 125 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced live on ESPN SportsCenter on Thursday, Dec. 11. The winner will then receive his trophy at the Foundation's annual national awards banquet onJan. 17, 2015, at the Yale University Commons in New Haven.
For more information on the award and to see the complete watch list, visit waltercamp.org.


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(CNN) -- A Southern California woman was in jail Wednesday after allegedly drugging her husband, cutting off his penis, throwing it into the garbage disposal and turning it on, Orange County police said.
Catherine Kieu Becker put a drug or poison in her husband's dinner Monday evening to make him sleepy, according to the initial police investigation.
"The victim went to lie down and he woke up tied to the bed with his wife tugging his clothes off," police said. "The suspect grabbed the victim's penis and cut it off."
Becker told police he "deserved it" when they arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report said. The couple is going through a divorce.
Becker, 48, was arrested for aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning, and spousal abuse. She was booked into the Orange County Jail.
The 51-year-old victim, who hasn't been identified because he is an alleged victim of spousal abuse, underwent emergency surgery at the UCI Medical Center, police said.
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Mikel Arteta: A Statistical Analysis
Mikel Arteta is a player whose career I have followed closely since signing him from Barcelona on Championship Manager to his time on loan at PSG and during positive and negative spells in Glasgow and Sociedad. His arrival at Goodison was a pivotal moment in Everton's recent history and was a catalyst in changing the style of football we play. This article tells the story of Arteta's career, investigates the roles he has been deployed in and the impact he has made in terms of style and results during his time at L4. I am a big fan of Arteta but I have tried to be as objective as possible in writing this piece and in terms of the statistics used to supplement various arguments.
Arteta: Key Statistics last 3 years
Arteta: All Round Midfielder
Since Dessailly occupied the anchor role in Fabio Capello's Milan, midfield roles have delineated across world football into defensive and attacking. For example in the Premier League you will have Mikel who plays defensive for Chelsea with Arshavin at Arsenal almost exclusively attacking. Arteta is capable of playing in numerous positions across the midfield spectrum. He has worked with some great players who have been benchmark performers in defensive and attacking roles. In his early career he played alongside Guardiola, Figo and Rivaldo at Barca, whilst at PSG he played alongside Okocha and Ronaldinho. At PSG his game developed from being predominantly defensive with then coach Fernandez being instrumental in this development:
'I had a fantastic year in Paris, Until then I had been purely defensive minded, a [Claude] Makelele. But Fernandez made me think about what I did with the ball. I had Jay-Jay alongside me and Ronaldinho in front. 'I learned so much there but Fernandez almost did me in. It's no joke. He is a great guy but he wanted to control everything. He liked to push his players hard and he fell out with Ronnie as a result.' Source: Daily Mail Online
Following 2 productive years at Glasgow Rangers where he built on this new found attacking freedom yielding 14 goals in the process, he made the switch back to Spain with Sociedad. It was to be a disappointing spell though as the club employed Jose Amorrortu, Arteta's former coach at Bilbao as a youth. His new mentor still held a grudge about Arteta's defection to Barca's Academy and froze Arteta out of the first team picture , prompting his exit to Goodison. Initially used by David Moyes in his natural position in the central of midfield he quickly became a key cog in arresting our decline after an amazing start to the season had hit the buffers with Thomas Gravesen's departure to Real Mardid.
With him in midfield, we were able to maintain possession better and claim key victories, notably over Manchester United when Arteta played a deliciously whipped free kick for Duncan Ferguson to grab the winner and see us into the Champions League Qualifiers. David Moyes had doubts about his strength to cope with the brutality of some of the Premier League's hatchet men given his 11st frame and deployed him on the wing from the 2005/6 season. Arteta would occupy a wide brief for the next 3 seasons. It was a role Arteta was comfortable with, often playing as a 'ghost winger' cutting in from the right to create chances and score with great regularity. Indeed, the 2006/7 season was to be Arteta's most productive with 9 goals and 13 assists representing a great return.
"I have had few chats with David Moyes in the past about his vision for the team. He told me that he learnt from the movements of the full backs in La Liga (particularly Barcelona) and their tactical relationship with false wingers: the best way to utilise Arteta." Guillem Balague, 2008
Arteta was no longer a secret in the Premier League and the following campaign was to see him as a marked man, resulting in him taking the dubious honour of being the most fouled player in the league, fouled every 28.8 minutes in season 2007/8. It was another productive campaign though, with an average of 11 crosses per game giving him the second highest cross per game ratio in the league.
The close season was to provide a key moment in Arteta's positional shift at Everton, with Lee Carsley leaving the club the role of midfield anchor was available. Moyes tried various players in the role during a haphazard start to the campaign but non carried the control and heartbeat which Everton required. It was only after an injury crisis that Arteta was shifted inside at Spurs in October that he got his opportunity to prove to Moyes that he was capable of filling this role. It is a role he is more than capable of being deployed into. In this role he dictates the way Everton play and provides great technique, controlled passing, positional strength and the ability to pass and press accompanied by decent pace. The role is more restrictive and requires greater defensive awareness which is something which comes natural to Arteta due to the tuition he received from Guardiola.
Chalkboard Analysis 2007-8 (right wing) v 2008-9 (Midfield Anchor)
Playing in the holding midfield role does provide a restriction to someone of Arteta's ability going forward. This was evident in season 2008/9 and can be seen by the stats which show that despite still slotting 6 goals from his new central position, the bulk of these where from deadball positions and he had 50% less shots on goal than he had from the previous season when deployed on the flanks cutting inside. The central position he occupies does see him much more involved in the play though, as demonstrated in the Chalkboard analysis above comparing when he plays in a right sided role and from the centre. In the above games when playing out wide he misfired 23 of his 55 passes in contrast to the following season 2008/9 against Bolton playing centrally were he accurately shifted 72 of his 86 passes. The below Chalkboard's show his passing heatmap comparison from the 2008/9 season and the 2010/11 campaign. Notice how in the 2008/9 heatmap he distributes just 10% of his passes in the final third and is heavily involved from a defensive point of view, completing 8 out of 10 of his tackles. If you compare this to the chalkboard (below right) from our most reason game against Spurs he is much more offensive and his % goes up to 41% in the final third. In season 2008/9 Arteta really flexed his muscle as Everton's centre midfield hub, and he was instrumental in the Blues surge to 5th place in the league table and the FA Cup Final against Chelsea. In a cruel twist of fate his campaign ended prematurely in March as injury would rule him out for almost a year. Regular's at Goodison will concur that in the remaining games of this campaign and during the start of the following season Everton's approach was much more route one because of his absence.
Chalkboard Analysis 2008-9 v 2010-11 Season Far Left Shows defensive midfield role v Man City and high volume of tackles. Middle board shows passing heatmap in same season and far right from this season. Notice this season he is playing in a more advanced midfield role.
Since his return from injury in the 2009/10 season, Arteta has played as a more orthodox central midfielder with an anchor behind him and an attacking midfielder in front of him. The Spaniard is fundamental to the Everton strategy towards games. With him, they will dominate possession and play a controlled passing game, playing high up the pitch often drawing numerous free kicks around the opposition area. Without him we will adopt a much more direct approach. This is shown in the below chalkboard from Everton's game at West Ham this season with Arteta and the corresponding fixture last season without the Spaniard schemer. With him Everton made 429 passes while without him they registered just 246. Another interesting statistic to note between these games with and without Arteta is that goalkeeper Tim Howard's kicking is noticeably more direct in these fixtures, with him punting 100% more long kicks out of play in the fixture Arteta was absent compared to the corresponding game. The conclusion we can draw here is that with him in the side, Everton play from the back and into midfield whilst without him there is a greater emphasis to get the ball forward quickly.
Chalkboard Analysis Everton with Arteta/Everton without Arteta from Season 2009/10 v 2010/11 West Ham Away Games – More passes with Arteta and more long balls without him
Arteta Importance to Everton.
As discussed in this article Arteta provides a good barometer of how Everton play with his appearance directly affecting the level of possession Everton accrue in games. A look at the table below shows how vital he is to the Blue cause. Notice the direct correlation between the games Arteta appears and the outcomes of games season by season. The clearest representation of this is the Blues win percentage is 44% with him in the side and just 37% with him not in the side. There has been disillusionment this campaign from the Blues faithful on Arteta's output and this blog has reported on how often a lot of his passes this campaign have lacked penetration. Indeed, in the games Arteta has missed this campaign the Blues have more than held their own. This needs to be balanced by the fact that opponents will always look to press him more in possession than for example his central midfield partner whether that be Heitinga or Fellaini.
Everton with & without Arteta: Vital Statistics
Arteta: The future
This season has been a disappointing one thus far for Everton's number ten. The 3year table at the start of this article illustrates this point perfectly in that his tackle completion, chances created per 90 minutes and shots on target ratio's are all down on previous season figures although his passing accuracy continues to be steady on 83%. With a new contract signed it will be interesting to see where David Moyes sees Arteta fitting in for the following years. With Jack Rodwell knocking on the door for a regular spot in central midfield and Steven Pienaar's much expected departure it would leave Everton with an unbalanced midfield top heavy in central midfield but weak on the flanks. With no money in the Goodison coffers it could be that Arteta is switched out to the flanks where of course he enjoyed his most productive campaign output wise in the 2006/7 campaign. Whatever the future holds, the diminutive Spaniard has been a tremendous servant to the club and it is a pleasure to watch him on his game.
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Huntley Brown was born in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1932. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1955. His first job was as a buyer for Simpson Sears, but he soon landed an apprenticeship with Bruce Johnson who was running Fawcett Studios on Yonge St. in Toronto (above what is now the Brass Rail). (An interesting aside: Johnson was friends with Robert Fawcett and the 'Famous Artist' had given him permission to use his name in association with his studio).
Here's the earliest example I have of Huntley Brown's work. It's from a 1961 issue of Maclean's magazine.
Huntley Brown's next stop was Templeton studios, where he worked for eight years. Brown was keeping busy in those days: he taught one day a week at the Ontario College of Art & Design, worked the other four days at Templeton, and did freelance in the evening and on weekends. Another Toronto artist, Don Sinclair, who was also in the early days of his career back then met Huntley Brown at Templeton. "Huntley was a talented guy and produced some superb stuff," said Don.
When I spoke on the phone with Huntley he said, "illustration was a great business until television came along and killed it. That took all the ad dollars out of the magazines, as everybody knows."
(Above and below: two Huntley Brown pieces included in the 1965 Canadian Art Directors Annual)
In the mid-60s, Brown did quite a bit of work for McClelland & Stewart's Canadian Illustrated Library, including this impressive cover for the "Heroes" volume.
In the "Historic Headlines" volume, Brown illustrated the story of the famous 1960s FLQ mailbox bombing. In the three panel opening spread, he employed a very upbeat colour palette - but the imagery is absolutely chilling - A powerful juxtaposition that creates a jarring effect on the viewer.
Also interesting: as mentioned, Brown chose to use sequential storytelling, giving us a "before-during-and-after" view of that terrible moment in Canada's history. It's not what one typically expects from a story illustration, but perhaps Brown was in a sequential art frame of mind at the time...
For the "Heroes" volume he created a series of four page narratives in comic book art - totalling twenty pages - recounting the stories of various famous Canadian heroes in a sort of "Classics Illustrated" format.
Brown recalled, "I did all the colour separations for that job as well and they were a mess!"
He remembered working in a comic strip format only one other time.
Brown did a full page strip about the moon landing for Star Weekly magazine, which he completed in one overnight rush deadline. Despite the speed at which he had to turn the job around, "That one turned out pretty good," he recalled.
Huntley Brown taught illustration at the Ontario College of Art & Design for 33 years. Don sinclair said, "We met again when we were teaching at OCAD."
Former students Dan Milligan and René Milot, now two of the finest illustrators working in Canada, described Huntley Brown as a tough and intimidating task master who demanded the best from his students. Milligan said, "I had Huntley early on in my OCAD days. The guy kicked my ass [on] every assignment. In the end he took me to lunch and told me I was going to be fine."
Milot concurred; "Huntley 'ripped me a new one' [the] first week into my last year at OCA. As difficult as it was to accept, [his] comments opened my eyes and helped me so much."
Huntley Brown received the Lifetime Achievement Award from C.A.P.I.C. in 1997. Today he lives in the quiet community of Uxbridge, Ontario and paints landscapes, figurative work and portraits for himself or through word-of-mouth commissions.
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Huntley Brown, Canadian Illustrator
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Huntley became a good friend that I met through my wife. What a gifted artist and communicator. I have several of his originals both in oils and watercolours. I enjoy them even more today.ReplyDelete
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If you're still there, are you willing to talk to an old friend known as Barbara and "Uncle Les" Allan?
If you are still on this earth I'd love to speak to you about your life as it stands now.
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Many developers say with a sarcastic tone "You can fix any problem with another layer of abstraction". The question is if there is any truth to this. While abstraction can increase reuse, flexibility and testability it comes with a cost of complexity in readability and maintainability. If a developer has to spend a week learning how all the pieces of an application are put together there better be a payoff. Always ask yourself "what do we gain" when adding a new factory or dependency injection? Is there a proper return on investment? I'm not saying don't add abstraction layers. Be pragmatic about it.
Every pattern has its place, but don't overuse them. If the requirement of your application is to be able to dynamically plug in a nearly infinite number of modules then a set of interfaces and a generic dependency injection approach might be the way to go, but don't start there. If that requirement isn't there don't use patterns and abstraction layers because you "could, possibly, maybe" need it at some point in the future. Live by the rule "You're not going to need it".
I don't know how many times I have seen code where there is a layer in between your business and data layer that does nothing but call the data layer and pass it back to the business layer without adding any value. Each piece of code needs to have a purpose. If you can't explain what that purpose is then you need to refactor it out.
Walk through your code and see how many times you need a cheat sheet to know what object you are referencing or what the business purpose of a piece of code is. If you are confused by your own code you may have gone too far. Have someone else walk through your code and see what questions they have and how long it takes them to understand what you have built.
At some point in the future your code will have to be maintained either for enhancements or bug fixes. Consider how much effort those changes will cost in time and effort. Do those costs fit with the requirements of your business? The lesson I would hope to impart is that abstractions should be used and not abused. Keep this in mind as you design and it may just save your sanity.
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Sheldon IngramReporter
Sheldon Ingram is from Atlantic City, N.J. He is a proud graduate of Atlantic City High School who went on to study journalism at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, where he continued to play football, sang in the gospel choir, taught adult literacy and served as Student Government president and vice president.
Ingram was an intern-reporter for CNN in Atlanta, then moved on to his first reporting and anchoring job with WRCB in Chattanooga, Tenn. After 11 months, he became a reporter and fill-in anchor at WVEC in Norfolk, Va., spending four years there before coming to WTAE in May 1992.
Since then, Ingram has covered a wide variety of high-profile stories about Pittsburgh's growth, weaknesses and strengths -- from race relations to Pittsburgh's evolving industry structure and politics. Some high-impact stories include a three-part series on juvenile boot camps, the controversial Jonny Gammage death while in police custody, the fiercely controversial stadium issue behind Heinz Field and PNC Park, the impeachment of former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen and the drastic changes of US Airways. He was also the talk show host of "Inside Pittsburgh."
Ingram strongly believes that Pittsburgh's Action News 4 is, hands down, among the elite news operations in the country.
"I believe we possess the best news minds anywhere," he says. "From top to bottom, we are very deep and focused in our approach to news -- aggressive, but sensitive too. We believe in the interest of our viewers, and we want our viewers to believe in our devotion to news."
Ingram embraces diversity and community involvement. He is on the board of advisers for The Homeless Children Defense Fund, Every Child Adoption Agency. He is a member of the community council for Big Brothers Big Sisters and chairs their annual Bowl For Kids' Sake fundraising project. He also volunteers at The Children's Institute.
Ingram is extremely proud of his son, Sheldon Lamark Ingram Jr., who he affectionately calls "Little Shel" (although he's as big as his dad).
As a born-again Christian, Ingram is devoted to good health and fitness. He is active with weightlifting, aerobics, spinning, salsa dancing, roller blades, skiing, flag football, cooking and Spanish lessons.
Ingram also has two exotic Bengal cats, Diego and Cezar. They are five generations removed from the Asian Wild Leopard Cat.


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Temple Newsam House
This magnificent Tudor-Jacobean house, was the birthplace of Lord Darnley, infamous husband of Mary Queen of Scots, and for 300 years the home of the Ingram family until it was bought by Leeds from Lord Halifax in 1922.
Temple Newsam is home to outstanding collections of fine and decorative arts. Over thirty interiors display great paintings, renowned furniture including masterpieces by Chippendale; sumptuous textiles, silver, porcelain, and Leeds pottery.
The House runs regular tours and activities for families.
This venue has a Designated Collection of national importance.
Venue Type:
Historic house or home, Heritage site
March to Sunday 1 November 2015; Tues to Sun 10:30 to 17:00
November 2015 to February 2016; Pre-booked visits and tours
House: Adult £3.50, Child (age 5-16) £2.50, Child (under 5) Free, Family Ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) £9.00
House & Farm Joint Ticket: Adult £5.75, Child (age 5-16) £3.50, Family Ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) £14.50
- Museums Association
- International Council of Museums
In 1997 Temple Newsam's decorative art collections were listed as Designated Collections of national importance.
Temple Newsam is justly celebrated for its sumptuous collections of fine and decorative arts, especially paintings, furniture, silver, ceramics, textiles and wallpapers. The collection has been built up since 1923 when the estate was bought from the Hon Edward Wood (later Earl Halifax) by the city of Leeds and developed as a country house museum.
Despite the sale of many of the furnishings in 1922, the basis of the contents of Temple Newsam today is still the family collection. To this has been added over the years what now makes up one of the finest publicly owned collections of English decorative art outside London.
Collection details
Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Architecture
Key artists and exhibits
- The English 18th century furniture collection is one of the finest in the country and feature work by Thomas Chippendale including his Library Writing Table commissioned for Harwood House. There are approximately 400 paintings on display, highlights include The Temptation of St Jerome by Giorgio Vasari and Portrait of a Child with a Rattle attributed to Paul van Somer.The magnificent collection of silver consists of 200 objects dating between Elizabethan and modern times and include the Mostyn and Thirkleby Flagons (1601 and 1646) and the Paul de Lamerie Tea Equipage (1735). The musuem also houses extensive collections of wallpapers and textiles that can be viewed through appointment.
- Designated Collection
A Chinese Handling box for Temple Newsam House, Leeds
A handling box for schools of Chinese objects from Leeds museums, selected by artist Suna Xie. Objects cover puppetry, Cloisonne,embroidery,calligraphy and astrology.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Chinese Women´s Group create textiles
A group of Chinese women create a textile wallhanging inspired by the collections of Temple Newsam, with video clips of the group working.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Hamara Muslim Women´s Group create textiles
The processes a Muslim women's group went through to create a collaborative textile work inspired by Temple Newsam House, Leeds. Video clips of women talking about the importance in their culture of giving birth to sons.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
The Tudors - Teacher Resource Pack
Resource pack designed to support a class visit to Temple Newsam House for Tudors or local history study. The pack includes suggested activities and background information and can be borrowed from the Education Office. Call 0113 390 1082 for details.
Tudor Clothing
Discover Temple Newsam's Tudor Heritage. Investigate the Tudor outfits in our portraits. Compare the clothing of rich and poor in Tudor times. Dress up in our replica outfits.
Half-day activity for one class of key stage two pupils. Available Tuesday to Friday
Tudor Evidence
Discover Temple Newsam's Tudor Heritage by investigating a range of sources of evidence. Through artefacts, portraits and furniture discover more about Tudor life. Make an inventory of the Bretton Room and handle replica objects surrounded by the bare Tudor brickwork of Miss Scott's Room.
Half-day activity for one class of key stage two pupils. Available Tuesday to Friday.
Temple Newsam House
Temple Newsam Rd
Off Selby Rd
West Yorkshire
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Hope for Latvia works with families in the Baltic state of Latvia to enable them to break the cycle of poverty in their lives through practical and sustainable support.
The situation is stark; outside of the tourist centre of Riga live hundreds of thousands of people excluded from participating in society because of poverty. Families are struggling to survive in single rooms without adequate heating and suitable sanitation. Generations of Latvians are currently growing up with dreams of a better future but with few opportunities to realise them.


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The Politics of Joyce
"Consciousness" denotes the movement of the mind both in recognizing its own shape and in maintaining that shape in the face of attack or change. James Joyce's consciousness declared itself in certain initial choices. The first came when, encountering pomp and pretense, he elected nakedness. At a point in early adolescence, he saw surrounding him an array of spiritual and secular satraps, whom he called "Intensities" and "Bullockships." Rather than accept the patterns of behavior they endorsed, he sought a primal accuracy of response, the "utter nakedness" of which Richard speaks in Exiles. To keep a kind of stripped-down innocence when worldly wisdom, sanctioned by a time-worn creed and crown, was the fashion, required faith in himself and his intention. This was the faith of which he wrote at the age of twenty to Lady Gregory, "I have found no man yet with a faith like mine."
Joyce was not the only young man in the late Victorian period to quarrel with established powers; socialists and atheists were common enough. But for him these were adjectives rather than nouns, the term they modified being "artist." "It is a mistake for you to imagine that my political opinions are those of a universal lover: but they are those of a socialistic artist," he wrote his brother in 1905. He had a considerable sympathy for large ideas, so long as they could be subsumed under art.
Joyce's rebellion against the Church was the first outward act of his inner resolution. As a boy he had been outraged when the Catholic clergy, weak-kneed in politics and stiffnecked in religion and morality, aided English Gladstone in toppling Irish Parnell. He had then from the start a political concern. He was motivated also by a conviction—no less intense though it took him longer to express it—that there could be no substitute for "the individual passion," a large term that included sexuality, "as the motive power of everything—art and literature included." The point at which religious and secular morality impinged directly upon him was its demand that he restrain his sexual impulses, or, as he interpreted the doctrine, that he masturbate rather than copulate. The whole conception of sin became repugnant to him. He allowed instead for "error." To quarrel with the Church, as at first, according to the original draft of A Portrait of the Artist, he did outwardly, led him to quarrel with his mother and by extension with his motherland, in which he saw a secret collusion of Catholic and British authorities threatening hell or jail.
Aesthetics Without Aesthetes
During the period in Irish history when Joyce was coming of age, the usual political gestures, such as voting in Parliamentary elections, had no meaning. The word "political," however, as Roland Barthes says, describes "the whole of human relations in their real, social structure, in their power of making the world." Joyce is not often recognized…
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"It's funny because before I started acting and I was doing different sports and everything, I would invest a lot of time and effort into it, as well as my parents," Steinfeld said at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where she received a Virtuoso award for her performance. "I'd get good at whatever it is and I'd say, 'Okay. I want to do this for the rest of my life,' and it'd change the next day."
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She's also picked up plenty of professional lessons from her top-caliber co-stars, including Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin. "There's a lot, but I have to say that the first thing that comes to mind that every actor on the set of 'True Grit' was just so happy to be there and they brought such joy to their work. That's just so contagious, and I see exactly where I want to be when I'm at that stage. They've set such great examples for me, and the actors and the Coen Brothers have given me the advice to have fun and not take anything too seriously. They've all given me the perfect example of that."


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Fiorina has made a strong case for the need to fight deficits and cut federal spending. But she had a disastrous TV appearance over the weekend where she couldn't explain what cuts she'd vote for (She talked instead vaguely about some kind of commission on entitlements). Yesterday, she held a press conference at a former car dealership in San Bernardino, where she suggested that Boxer was responsible for its demise.
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If you missed the movie, "Passion of the Christ," log onto Utube and watch the beating a young Black male child was given when he was sent to a Florida juvenile lockup on the first day.
The eight minute video caught on the Boot Camps' surveillance camera was enough to put everyone seen in the video away for a long time. But, Florida justice is done another way—there's no value attached to a young Black child's life.
Martin Lee Anderson, 14, sent away for "stealing" his grandmother's car, through the cruelty of some wannabe youth officers and a nurse, never got to celebrate his January 15th, Earthday, which was just nine days away. Anderson was pronounced dead from oxygen deprivation, an over use of ammonia capsules; from the video, he's clearly being dropped on his face at least twice and excessive use of physical force is applied.
However, Charles F. Siebert Jr., a Florida Medical Examiner, in Panama City, ruled out foul play and reported Anderson, "Died a natural death caused by complication of sickle cell trait."
Siebert has a recorded approximately 35 negligent autopsies out of 698 cases. The video speaks for itself and this Examiner to attribute "Sickle cell trait," as a cause of death is dangerous and criminal at best. His license should be revoked and criminal charges should be filed against him. His report is an affront to all African Americans who have
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An investigation was stymied by Guy Turnell, the Camps' commissioner, who sent emails to the current Bay County Sheriff, Frank McKeithen to withhold the video tape, which was later made public.
Steven Meadows, the State Attorney of the 14th Judicial Circuit, supposedly "disqualified himself and requested the executive assignment of another state attorney to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest or impropriety in this case." State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Mark A. Ober, took over the case and removed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) from the investigation; he sent then Governor Jeb Bush a 19 page report.
President Select Bush's brother, Jeb, had returned to his office April 19, 2006, after a trip to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan to find local college students staging a sit-in. They took over his waiting room, which lasted to the next day.
There was a demand for Bush to issue a public apology for the cover-up of the investigation and the arrest of the guards who were responsible for the murder of Anderson while in their care. Schools such as, Tallahassee, Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and Tallahassee Community College came together to bring attention to Anderson's case.
Anderson's parents, Robert Anderson and Gina Jones, met with Governor Bush, April 20, 2006, with four students and lawmakers and he supposedly promised to keep an "open dialogue," about the matter. Commissioner Turnell, resigned the next day.
However, last year when the family returned to Tallahassee on September 22nd, to meet with Bush, he refused their visit, and a public apology was never made.
The seven guards seen in the video, Henry Dickens, Charles Enfinger, Patrick Garrett, Raymond Hauck, Charles Helms Jr., Henry McFadden Jr., Joseph Walsh and the nurse, Kristin Schmidt were charged with aggravated manslaughter of a person under 18. "This evidence will show that by what these eight defendants did and by what they failed to do, that boy lost his life," declared Pam Bondi, Assistant State Attorney who prosecuted the case. Each defendant was found not guilty after a Florida jury trial.
There are some serious problems with the case of Anderson's death, which should be investigated by the Department of Justice. "Should the U.S. Attorney's office and the Civil Rights Division determine that there is sufficient evidence to establish a prosecutable violation of any federal criminal civil rights statues, appropriate action will be taken," explains Gregory Robert Miller, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida in a October 23, 2007 memorandum.
Any legal minded person watching the video can see something very wrong is going on here. These well-built guards restrained Anderson – they grabbed then shoved him to the ground and as his face made contact very hard – one of the guards fell on top of him making the impact that much greater. This young child was knocked cold. There was no need for seven guards to handcuff him. These guards and the nurse were in the wrong line of work.
Clearly from the video these guards tortured Anderson and treated him less than an animal while trespassing on his Human Rights. His family trusted this justice system and must feel horrible for their son. No matter what Anderson did or did not do, there is no place for cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment to the United State Constitution is alive and well and it must be applied to Anderson's investigation.
The family filed a wrongful death suit for $40-million against the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Bay County Sheriff's office. An offer was made to settle with the Sheriff for $3-million the maximum allowed under the agency's insurance, which was refused due to an open investigation.
However, when the video was made public, the Bay County agreed to pay the family $2.4-million.
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Ozzie, as he has been lovingly referred to by fans the past 20 years, has been my favorite player for as long as I can remember. As I write this, I am trying to hold back the tears that have already been flowing for a day, while I try to do him some form of justice. Nothing I ever write would be enough though. I love and respect Ozzie so much mainly because throughout his career, he has faced so many obstacles and critics around the league. One of the biggest being his height- he is only 5'10". The height of the goalies has transformed drastically since Ozzie came into the league. But, he worked with goalie coach Jim Bedard to change his playing style. He has more heart and love for the game than any other goalie, and possibly player, I have ever seen. Whether it be his pregame interview bombing with Ken Daniels, or his off ice charity work, he is the ideal definition of what a Red Wing player is all about. Character, Courage, Determination, Ethics, Loyalty, Perseverance, and Team.
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Ozzie was born November 26th, 1972 in Peace River, Alberta. He was obsessed with hockey. His favorite pro team was the Edmonton Oilers. He was drafted 54th overall by the Red Wings in the 1991 NHL draft.
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1993-1994: This was Ozzie's first season with the Red Wings. During the playoffs, he was made the starting goaltender due to Bob Essensa's performance in the regular season. In game 7 of the quarterfinals against the San Jose Sharks, Ozzie went to clear the puck and ended up giving it away. The heavily favored Wings were eliminated from the playoffs due to it.
1995-1996: On March 6th, 1996 Ozzie became one of only nine goaltenders to score a goal. He led the NHL with 39 wins and a 2.17 goals against average. He received his first Vezina trophy nomination.
1996-1997: Ozzie helped bring the Stanley Cup back to Hockeytown after a long awaited 42 years.
1997-1998: This is one of my favorite seasons for Ozzie. Besides having an epic goalie fight, he led the wings to back to back Stanley Cup championships.
2001-2002: In the summer of 2001, Ken Holland received a phone call from Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Reiger. The Wings ended up acquiring Dominik Hasek. Holland had to call Ozzie, who he considers a son, and tell him. Ozzie was picked up on waivers by the New York Islanders. Ozzie had this to say…"Things happen in sports. I'm not leaving on a sour note because too many positive things have happened to me in Detroit… Who knows? Maybe one day, when I'm a free agent, I can come back."
2002-2003: March 11th, 2003 Ozzie was traded from New York to St. Louis.
2005-2006: On August 8th, Ozzie did the unthinkable and signed a two year contract with the Wings.
He was injury plagued for a lot of the season.
2007-2008: Ozzie battled for the starting position with Dominik Hasek for the majority of the season. Hasek ultimately won the position and was set to start the playoffs. After poor performance in game 4 of the quarter finals, Hasek was pulled and Ozzie was sent in. Ozzie then led the Wings to a Stanley Cup Championship. During the offseason, Ozzie and Captain Norris took the Cup on Jay Leno's tonight show. I will never think of the song "sexy back" in the same way ever again.
2008-2010: Ozzie was plagued with injuries once again and struggled during the regular and post seasons.
2010-2011: December 27th, Ozzie won his 400th career game against the Colorado Avalanche. While Adam Foote was the only player left on the Av's from the 90's rivalry, I see it so fitting that Ozzie won this milestone against the team that was basically enemy number one of the Red Wings franchise throughout his career. January 4th, Ozzie would play and win his last game against his favorite team growing up, the Edmonton Oilers. His father was in attendance.
On Tuesday June 19th, rumors started surfacing that Ozzie would be holding a conference call to announce that he would be returning for one more year. USA Today, NHL.com, the Detroit Free Press and Yahoo sports all had reports to this effect. About ten hours later, there were completely new reports stating the exact opposite. At noon, Ozzie had officially announced his retirement and stated that he would be working to mentor the young goalies in the Red Wings organization.
Now the Hall of Fame debate truly gets underway. While every other site out there feels the need to compare him to other players and say why it is or isn't that he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, I'm just going to state the obvious. He deserves to be in there among the greats. He has over 400 wins, which is tenth in all of NHL history. That alone should be enough. On top of that, add three Stanley Cups, with him being the starter for two of them. He is sixth all time in winning percentage with .539% and two of the goalies ahead of him are still active. So, there is a very good chance that he will even move up on the list. Ozzie's amazing stats go on and on. As far as him playing among greats, didn't most successful goalies? (Patrick Roy, cough, cough.)
You more than likely already have your own opinion on the subject and I'm sure I cannot change that. (Especially if your name is Ryan Lambert.) But, consider the statistics and it's obvious where he belongs.
2011-2012: Ozzie will continue what he's been doing for the past twenty years or so, just not playing. He will continue helping mentor Howie and any other goalie that needs or asks. He will continue being a leader on and off ice. He will continue his shenanigans with Draper right by his side. He will continue to make us laugh by probably interview bombing every once in a while during pregame warm-ups. He will continue to make us so happy that we are fortunate enough to be Red Wings fans.
Have a great retirement Ozzie and you will truly be missed.
Ally and the rest of the Hockeytown Family
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