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The Monoprice 27" IPS LED WQHD 2560x1440 Monitor will make people stop and stare, so if you're using at work, make sure you're working. The panel is made by LG in Korea (the supplier for Apple's 27" iMac and Thunderbolt panels). For gamers, response time is 6ms. This monitor has been perpetually sold out, but you can finally stop reloading the page and just pre-order. At $390, it comes in hundreds of dollars under the cost of comparable products from companies like Dell and Apple. [Monoprice]
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Launch of Navaratna Platinum Collection
Platinum seems to be the rage when it comes to jewellery, what with both men and women looking to sport an impressive piece.
And, the metal gets a new twist in the hands of NAC Jewellers, Mylapore. They have launched the Navaratna Platinum Collection.
Coming as it does just in time for Akshaya Thrithiya, the collection is said to represent the coming together of nine planets.
The range comprises rings, pendants, studs and bracelets.
The collection was launched by actor-producer Rohini. She described platinum as simple and dignified, and believed that combining these nine gems could provide prosperity.
Customers can get a discount of five per cent on the collection. For Akshaya Thrithiya last year, NAC had introduced platinum coins.
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|In November 2005, I joined the staff of the School of Biochemistry & Immunology having secured an SFI principle investigator award to study the role of a transfer RNA modification in tyrosine biosynthesis. The scope and direction of the work has diversified since to include studies on cancer and immunology using cell based and transgenic models. I performed my postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Tsukuba, Japan where I gained expertise in mouse transgenics. My interest in transfer RNA arose from my time in Banyu Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Merck) in Japan where I worked with Dr. Susumu Nishimura, generating a knockout mouse for the seleocysteine tRNA gene. My PhD was performed in the laboratory of Prof. John Hayes, at the University of Dundee, Scotland. My project focused on characterizing the AFAR1 enzyme (an Aldo-Keto Reductase family member) and research on a novel related enzyme called AFAR2, which I discovered can produce the hypnotic gamma-hydroxybutyrate, a chemical that is vital for sleep and hibernation.
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|Our laboratory researches on RNA. In particular we are interested in modified nucleotides and their impact on basic metabolism. The research techniques that the laboratory use are varied and include cell culture, the generation of transgenic animals, HPLC and protein purification.
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|Q-base; an essential nutrient for tyrosine biosynthesis.Implications for the disease phenylketonuria and transfer RNA biology.
|Ireland has the highest incidence in the world of the metabolic disease phenylketonuria (PKU). Individuals with PKU have abnormally high levels of phenylalanine in their blood because their bodies cannot break down phenylalanine to tyrosine. Babies in particular are at risk of developing severe mental retardation, hence why this disease is routinely screened for in new-born infants. We are studying a molecule found in everyday food called queuine. Animals with no queuine are unable to convert phenylalanine to tyrosine in the same way as individuals with PKU. Understanding why this is true will open up a whole new understanding of the PKU disease and could provide novel drug targets. It is even possible that administering the queuine molecule itself to PKU sufferers could be of therapeutic potential.
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|Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Labortatory Sciences through a Virtual Learning Environment. in, editor(s)Marcus-Quinn A, Bruen C, Allen M, Dundon A, Diggins Y , The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland : Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service. , Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing,, 2012, pp181 - 194, [Robinson GA, Nic A' Bháird N, Kelly VP]
|Kawatani Y, Suzuki T, Shimizu R, Kelly VP, Yamamoto M., Nrf2 and selenoproteins are essential for maintaining oxidative homeostasis in erythrocytes and protecting against hemolytic anemia., Blood, 20, (1), 2011, p986 - 996
|Rakovich A, Rakovich T, Kelly VP, Lesnyak V, Eychmüller A, Rakovich YP, Donegan JF, Photosensitizer methylene blue-semiconductor nanocrystals hybrid system for photodynamic therapy., Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 10, (4), 2010, p2656-2662
|Boland C, Hayes PA, Santa-Maria I, Nishimura S and Kelly VP, Queuosine formation in eukaryotic tRNA occurs via a mitochondrial localized heteromeric transglycoslase. , Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, (27), 2009, p18218-18227
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Thursday at Second Annual YAPC (Yet Another Perl Conference) started and ended strong, with two great talks. Larry Wall opened the day with one of his humorous but penetrating talks relating larger issues in his life to his understanding of the importance of Perl. Damian Conway rocked the conference with a rollicking exposition of the application of quantum mechanics to Perl.
I really can't do justice to Damian's talk. It was too dense, too polished, and too hilarious to be summarized. It was one of those great moments that only the people who directly experienced it will be able to appreciate fully. I will tell you only that, in a little more than an hour, Damian gave a brief history of Quantum physics; related it to computer science; and suggested how it could be implemented in Perl with the addition of only three operators. Okay, since you asked, the operators are *any*, *all*, and *eigenstates*. You had to ask.
Damian's talk was part performance art, part intellectual synthesis, part college lecture, and part Perl Wizardry. It left people gasping from trying to keep up. Find someone who attended the conference; I can't reproduce its effect by reporting.
Larry's talk was typical of the kinds of presentations he makes at these conferences. He related his understanding of Pilgrim's Progress, a book he first read in his youth. Larry's talks don't dwell on the features of Perl or even its futures. He wants the Perl community to understand the philosophy and values behind the development of Perl.
Larry asserted that Christian, the Pilgrim in John Bunyan's book, shared many experiences similar to those faced by Perl programmers. First, Larry said, they need to acknowledge that they've got a problem. They need to seek the advice of their mentors. They need to look beyond the easy answers (the "quick and dirty"), sometimes taking a step back and considering a larger, more general solution that requires more effort.
Then Larry addressed, however obliquely, the controversy and discord that affects some parts of the Perl community. "I see signs of turbulent flow in the Perl culture," he said. Pilgrim's Progress stresses the value of ongoing friendship; Christian needs the help of his lifelong friends to attain his goals, just as Perl programmers rely on each other to use and improve Perl.
Larry's final advice was: "Live your life with a purpose. Life is an open-ended project, like Perl."
There were a number of informative talks throughout the day. Dick Hardt of ActiveState and Mark-Jason Dominus brought us up-to-date on the features of Perl 5.6. The major features include Unicode support and the implementation of fork () on Windows platforms. (Fork will also work in MacPerl.) Other improvements are weak references, 64-bit support, and greatly expanded and improved documentation and diagnostics.
Chris Nandor reported on the status of MacPerl. MacPerl's goal is to reach the same level of functionality as is available on Unix and Windows systems. For this goal to be reached, Apple has to update a POSIX library called Gusi. In the meantime, Nandor announced that MacPerl will soon be part of the Perl distribution.
Nat Torkington gave two thougtful talks. I'm running out of space, so I'll only mention one of them today. He asked a series of interesting questions: Why does Perl lack CORBA support? Where is the Perl equivalent of Beans? Why does Perl XML development lag? Why has Unicode support been so difficult?
Nat believes that Perl hasn't needed to develop these kinds of technologies because (1) They are more complex now than their practical value justifies, and (2) Perl has simpler solutions to the same problems. He makes a good point; Perl development follows the needs of its users, and Perl programmers don't have problems that they can't solve in Perl (that these other technologies would solve, that is).
Damien Conway's talk yesterday made a similar point. Nobody who listened to Damian's talk today could imagine that he would shrink from complexity; but his point about Object Oriented programing in Perl was that it could be simple and easy. Talk of OO programming makes people furrow their brows and get out their computer dictionaries; but in Perl, according to Damian, a programmer needs to follow only three rules, to wit:
That's it: a simple solution that handles the problem without the baggage of more formal languages.
My one concern is that, although this simplicity suits the Perl community, it won't add adherents from people interested in XML and CORBA who are looking for a programming language. The number of Perl users grew exponentially because Web programmers wanted a language that worked well with CGI, and Perl was their choice. If XML catches on, will XML programmers bypass Perl to use other languages with more XML support?
In the post-dinner trivia contest run by the Philadelphia Perl Mongers, the team I was on, the Schrodinger Cats, came in second, aided by judicious use of Chris Nandor's WaveLAN and the Google search service. I won a baseball cap, a nice berry and tan one with a penguin on the crown. In Pittsburgh, that makes people assume I'm a hockey fan, but we know better, don't we?
Once again, I thank my co-correspondent O'Reilly associates, Joe Johnston and Tim Allwine, for their contributions to this report.
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- Publisher: EA Games
- Release Date: Feb 19, 2013
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Summary: Set in 2047, Prophet is on a revenge mission after uncovering the truth behind Cell Corporation's motives for building the quarantined Nanodomes. The citizens were told that the giant citywide structures were resurrected to protect the population and to cleanse these metropolises of the remnants of Ceph forces. In reality, the Nanodomes are CELL's covert attempt at a land and technology grab in their quest for global domination. With Alien Ceph lurking around every corner and human enemies on the attack, nobody is safe in the path of vengeance. Everyone is a target in Prophet's quest for retribution.… Expand
- Developer: Crytek
- Genre(s): Sci-Fi
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Positive: 29 out of 47
Mixed: 18 out of 47
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Jun 10, 2013You are an enhanced super-soldier, the ultimate killing machine developed through nanotechnology, and that fact is fleshed out during gameplay- you can do all the things that you would expect you could do. [April 2013]
Feb 25, 2013Crytek's last work is an excellent product. Crysis 3 on PC offers an awesome gaming experience, thanks to stunning graphics and a fast paced gameplay.
Feb 27, 2013On the PC, Crysis 3 is certainly better compared to the console versions, with Cry Engine 3 able to give the game true visual splendor, without asking for exorbitant hardware resources.
Feb 19, 2013A self-assured but largely unambitious game, content to refine the experience of the previous games in the series without deviating very far from the standard that they set.
Feb 19, 2013Crysis 3 is stunning to look at, successfully portraying an uneasy partnership of the natural and the artificial. As the story presses on, the conflict deepens and the visuals darken; it's as if you can feel the evil spreading throughout the city. As a piece of technology, Crysis 3 lives up to the series' legacy. As a game, it doesn't reach the same heights.
Mar 13, 2013Crysis 3 looks stunning and ticks all the right boxes, but the game doesn't do enough to distinguish itself in order to earn the higher marks.
Feb 25, 2013Crysis 3's campaign disappoints; its story isn't compelling, the storytelling itself doesn't help it, the level design remains an ordinary one, the difficulty is not well-balanced, and overall, there's no real risk taken creatively at any point in it. It's a game of appearances without substance; visually strong, but that's it. The multiplayer kind of saves the deal, most notably thanks to the Hunter mode.
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Positive: 111 out of 199
Mixed: 42 out of 199
Negative: 46 out of 199
Feb 19, 2013Awesome game!Greatest graphics and various gameplay.
Crysis series continued with prophet and Psycho.Most wonderful art design for levels and great lighting effect,very good textures,awesome dx11 effects and solid gameplay.
Welcome to next gen fps by crytek.… Expand
Feb 28, 2013Multiplayer is super addictive with insanely immersive visual, great sound effect. Personally nothing ;COD4, BF3, BFBC2, COD MW2 multiplayers; can even come close to C3 MP when it comes to its ability to make you immersed in gameplay. If you have powerful rig; fast quad core CPU, good DX11 GPU, over 4G ram, I can guarantee this could be the very best multiplayer FPS title for your life. If you have good to powerful rig, and if you like crazy competitive FPS multiplayer, I am telling you, this is THE MULTIPLAYER for you. Crytek put lots of effort to make MP solid, and one of the things they are doing aside from ever rebalancing ingame values are banning cheaters' origin accounts; this means the chance to meet cheater in MP is ultra rare.… Expand
Sep 13, 2014One of the best looking games to date, but certainly not groundbreaking. Everything has a superficial polish, but under the hood the game lacks anything truly great.
VISUALS: The graphics are amazing, but the FOV and hud mean that you can't see much of the world at any given time.
STORY AND CHARACTERS: The writing is by far the weakest part of the game. It tries to be much smarter than it is - the characters are always one step behind the player in terms of the twists and turns of the plot and you feel like the writers take you for an idiot when something telegraphed hours ago finally happens and everyone is in shock except for you. To put it simply - if they say something can't possibly happen, it's happens. And they try to tackle the ethics and morals of 'man vs machine' but it's handled so clumsily it's as if a high-school student wrote the dialogue. This isn't assisted by the fact that the characters are boring and you can't form emotional attachments to any of them because they don't think and act in any relatable way.
GAMEPLAY: The gunplay mechanics are smooth and fun and the seamless integration of the nanosuit technology makes this one of the game's strongest points. However, the battles have an episodic feel to them in the sense that the enemies only pop up once you reach a certain point on the map, and never exist dynamically in the world. So you kill a bunch of guys, move to the next area, kill a bunch of guys, etc, etc. On top of this, the use of vehicles is shoe-horned in and is completely redundant, and the game takes control away from the player for in-game cutscenes far too many times, and in completely unnecessary situations. If they had let you control the ship you're in rather than putting it on rails, or let you follow the characters actively and observe your surroundings, rather than watching passively the game could have had more life to it.
OVERALL: Somewhere along the line, Cryktek forgot what made the original Crysis so fun, and even though Crysis 2 bored me, this is my least favourite in the series for the simple fact that while number 2 felt like a corridor shooter compared to the original, it took place in the city streets so at least this feeling was contextualised. Crysis 3, on the other hand, tries to pretend it's much bigger and grander than it is. It has the corridor-shooter feel of the second game, but tries to hide this fact by adding some open fields for you to trudge through. That's all well and good if there's something interesting to see in the field, but the only interesting scenery is on the horizon, and the only place worth going is towards the objective.
I give this a 7 because the engine is amazing and the gunplay is genuinely good. But a qualitative rating would be an 'eh' out of 10.… Expand
Jul 27, 2014Years after release i gave Crysis 3 a try after this disaster in Crysis 2. But it seems they learned nothing! The only thing in what this game is any good are the graphics. Beside of that most of the time i receive (Crysis 3 is not working anymore...) WTF? My hardware is fine, no overheating etc. and works with every other game. After some research i found out that a lot of people are having the same problems. So what is this BETA version all about? Then i continued playing. Some kind of hunter kicked my ass and i was flying through the ground deeper and deeper till everything around was white and the level was like 2 km above me??! LOL Srsly? Such bugs years after the release? Sorry but i stopped playing at this point. This game is not even worth 5 bucks.… Expand
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In France, Aestheticism was associated with the work of Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Flaubert, and Stéphane Mallarmé. In England, its chief theorist was Walter Pater (1839—1894), who was a professor of classics at Oxford University. In contrast to the usual Victorian emphasis on work and social responsibility, Pater emphasized the fleeting nature of life and argued that the...
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As Massachusetts charities enter a fourth holiday season since the economic collapse, many families - especially those with children - are struggling to afford basic necessities, say those who work with the poor.
Calls to United Way's help line have doubled since 2008, with nearly 100,000 people so far this year looking for a way to make rent, put food on the table, or keep the power on. Catholic Charities, which five years ago distributed 5,000 pounds of food each month, is now up to about 48,000 pounds.


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ACLU of the Claremont Colleges
- Mission Statement: To raise awareness of civil liberties issues and to safeguard those civil liberties both on and off campus. These goals shall be accomplished through events organized by the ACLU-CC and through dialogues with the administrations of the Claremont Colleges, other campus organizations, and both the ACLU of Southern California and National American Civil Liberties Union.
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American Red Cross Club of the Claremont Colleges
- Mission Statement: There are currently three main components to the club: fundraising for disaster relief and health initiatives, informing students on how to live healthier, and hosting blood drives and CPR/First Aid training.
- Contact Info: firstname.lastname@example.com
Asian American Mentorship Program
- Mission Statement: AAMP began as an organization aimed at meeting the specific needs of first year Asian American students. AAMP fosters a growing and learning experience for both mentors and "mentees." dialogue about Asian Pacific American (APA) issues.
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Challah for Hunger
- Mission Statement: Challah for Hunger seeks to advance social justice in Darfur and Southern California by harnessing the resources of the Claremont Colleges to bake and sell about 400 loaves of challah bread each week
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Chiapas Support Committee
- Mission Statement: CSC is a collective composed of 5C college students allied with the Zapatista struggle of Southern Mexico since 1994. We hold political education workshops, and sponsor delegations to Chiapas every summer
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Community Engagement Center (CEC, Pitzer College)
- Mission Statement: CEC works in the community creating partnerships, not to dispense "expert" solutions to pre-defined needs, but to identify and engage resources — both human and material — within the community.
- Office Location: Bernard Core
- Contact Info: Telephone: 909.607.8183, Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Cultivating Dreams
- Website: www.cultivatingdreams.org
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Disability,Illness, and Difference Alliance
- Mission Statement: DIDA is a student-led group committed to creating safe spaces for discussions surrounding issues of disability, illness, and difference, promoting awareness of disability issues on campus through weekly discussions, events, and other programming.
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Empowered Latin@s in Action
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The Enlightenment - The Age of Reason
The Enlightenment (The Age of Reason)
In the wake of the Scientific Revolution came the Enlightenment, a period of intellectual achievement that lasted for approximately a century, from the English Revolution in 1689 to the French Revolution in 1789. The Enlightenment is also called the Age of Reason. This movement was a natural consequence of the Scientific Revolution, which had introduced a new thought process to the West. During the Age of Reason, intellectuals applied that new way of thinking to social and political questions. They argued against political and religious tyranny, against a fixed hierarchy of social ranks, against censorship, and against chattel slavery. They argued for freedom—freedom of individual thought, freedom of the press and the arts, freedom to have a say in one's own government, and freedom to rise in the world according to merit rather than the accident of birth and rank.
The Enlightenment was centered in France—specifically in Paris—for a variety of reasons. First, France was the dominant power in Europe because of its victory in the Thirty Years' War. Second, French was the common language of educated Europeans in the eighteenth century, just as Latin had been during the Renaissance. Third, the establishment of the French academies of arts, sciences, and letters had given a degree of official approval and sponsorship to intellectuals, although this was also true in other nations, and censorship still operated in France. Enlightenment thinkers viewed Britain as the ideal society; although it had many problems yet to overcome, Britain was a constitutional monarchy with a relatively representative government and relative religious tolerance, and therefore a haven from tyranny. Last and not least, France had a central geographical location on the European continent; the less restrictive conditions in Britain might make it appear a natural center for an intellectual movement, but it was an island on the other side of the English Channel.
The thinkers of the Enlightenment were men (and some women) of all European nations: Britain, Germany, France, Poland, and Italy. They achieved fame in various fields: there were poets, playwrights, political thinkers, non- fiction writers, scientists, novelists, philosophers, and economists. They were collectively known as philosophes—a French word that can perhaps best be translated as "critical thinkers." What united the philosophes as one group was this critical way of thinking—the habit of applying the same reasoning process to the problems and questions of their age. They came to a variety of conclusions—there were in fact some fierce disagreements among them—but all used the same method to arrive at them.
The Enlightenment marked a break with the past in two major ways. First, the Middle Ages and the period that followed had generally been a time of pessimism, or at best resignation. Many medieval Church officials and even scholars had believed the world would end in 1500; people made the best of life on earth only in the hope of achieving something better after death. By contrast, the Enlightenment was an era of optimism, in which the great intellectuals believed in the perfectibility of humankind. The philosophes believed that reasoning and knowledge could solve the problems of society, if properly applied. They believed that a world of peace, prosperity, and earthly happiness could truly be achieved. Their ideas about political theory were based on notions of individual liberty, which they and their followers expressed in the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the American Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.
Second, human society had always accepted that human beings were God's creation; people had always dedicated their endeavors to the glory of God and had prayed for God's assistance when going into battle or danger. This attitude even persisted during the Scientific Revolution. During the Enlightenment, the philosophes began openly questioning the relevance, if not the existence, of God. They focused on human achievement as the product of a particular individual's merit, and honored that person rather than God.
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Arkansas has an approximate equine population of 160, 000. Sixty thousand households have horses. A combination of horse maintenance costs, capital investment, and support costs makes this a $3.5 billion industry. Recreation is the number one reason for horse ownership, with trail riding, weekend horse shows, and rodeo events the leading pastimes. Although there is a thoroughbred race track that contributes to the local economy seasonally through training facilities and on-site wagering, there are a number of thoroughbred breeding farms that operate year-round in the state.
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Hello All
When I FTP files to one particular host that I use, the files always end up on the host server as zero byte files. But the problem is with one specific host. I can upload files to other hosts with no problems.
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium. The FTP client software I have tried was RhinoSoft FTP Voyager, FireFTP plugin for Firefox, and Filezilla. All work fine for the other hosts to which I upload. But just with one particular host, every upload results in the file being transferred being saved as a 0 byte file on the host. .I've tried the transfers at home, where I have U-verse, and also at work, via my employer's network. I get the same results, successful transfers to all hosts except one particular host.
I tested logging into the host using the ftp command in the Windows Command Prompt and using the "put" command. When I do that, the files transfer successfully.
Does the fact that the files transfer correctly via the Windows command prompt, but transfer as 0 byte files via the ftp clients offer any clues as to what might be wrong?
Thanks in advance for any ideas on this.
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I would say that there is a problem on the HOST end and they need to look into it.
Contact the failing host and see what they have to say.
Now running HP Pavilion a6528p, with Win7 64 Bit OS.
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Thanks for the response. I think the problem lies with host as well. However, the host server administrator has told me that he and another user have connected successfully using FTP clients, so they are at a loss for what is causing the problem. Since it worked for them, I think they feel the problem must be on my end..
I tested further this afternoon and learned that entering the ftp address in the Windows Explorer address window and connecingt that way, allows me to upload files - similar to how I have no problems uploading via a command prompt. I don't know enough about networking to know what elements an FTP client can introduce that transferfing files direclty from Windows does not.


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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
In Pursuit Of Elegance by Matthew E. May - Book review
In Pursuit of Elegance
Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing
By: Matthew E. May
Published: May 19, 2009
Format: Hardcover, 224pp
Publisher: Broadway Business
"The full power of elegance is achieved when the maximum impact is exacted with the minimum input", writes innovative thinker Matthew May in his thought provoking book In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing. The author takes the reader on a journey toward simplicity and elegance in unexpected places, that changes the way a person looks at the world.
Matthew May, a long time consultant with innovation leading Toyota, brings a holistic and Eastern tinged philosophy, to his quest for elegance. Instead of examining problems in isolation, the author considers the entire environment as a whole. By placing the problem in a larger context, unessential elements within the problem can be removed and simplified. The resulting elegant solution may require no further action be taken, or perhaps, even more subtraction may be necessary to achieve a more elegant result.
Matthew May (photo left) understands that Western values and business theory include the powerful dictum that doing something is always better than doing nothing. The author takes a different approach to problem solving. Very often, the best solution is to take no action, or if action is taken, to subtract any unessential components to the problem. Reducing a problem to its very essence instills a powerful and deeply felt human need to fill in the details in a very personal way. Very often, the pursuit of elegance uncovers certain symmetries and balances within the solution, that are pleasing to the human eye and brain as well.
For me, the power of the book is its own internal simplicity of message, that is at the same time complex and worldview changing. We often hear people say that less is more or that the best way of doing things is also the easiest technique. All too often, that approach to life and especially to business problem solving is lost. Instead of developing products that are easier to use, and processes that are easier to understand, the opposite is often the result. Products get more unneeded and difficult to use features, processes become more complicated and fill multi-volume manuals, and the end results are lower sales and decreased productivity. This book turns that thinking around, and presents a powerful alternative mode of thought.
I highly recommend the brilliant and important book In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing by Matthew May to anyone seeking more simple and human level solutions to problems. The real world examples, described in detail in the book, provide evidence that the journey toward elegance and simplicity is not only effective, but profitable as well.
Read and discover the holistic approach found in the book In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing by Matthew May, and find yourself seeking symmetry, simplicity, and elegance in all of your problem solving sessions. Learn how subtraction really means addition, but involving the observer to fill in the crucial details, and find their own personal satisfaction in its completion.
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What if despair broke Harry, taking away his magic? What if his despair was so deep it took away the surrounding magic as well? Post-OotP AU fic
by malko050987
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, you would wish I wouldn't. Trust me on that.
A/N: Cheers to LunaMoon224 for looking this over, and to John for giving me a very constructive overview of what I did wrong. Some of them I corrected, some I did not.
Harry was in his bed, the sheets soaked with cold sweat. His hands were clenching and unclenching, out of his control as he shook his head in denial. His lower lip trembled and he began muttering.
He isn't dead! He isn't dead! He can't be - dead! Sirius! Don't go! You're not dead! Sirius, come back! Sirius?"
With a muted sob, Harry awoke and rolled over, burying his head in his pillow. He cried silently, hiding any noise with practiced efficiency. It wouldn't please the Dursleys to be woken up. He fell asleep after a few hours, and the nightmares began again, following the pattern that had begun the night he had arrived at the Dursleys.
The small office was the same as ever. Spindly tables filled with mysterious devices, a large bookcase and the large desk dominated the round room. An old man sat behind the desk, his wand in his hand. Slowly, he touched the tip of the short stick to his temple, letting it rest there for a brief moment. Without any expression, he pulled the wand away.
A strand of smoky substance was attached to the tip of the wand, connecting it to his temple. The man pulled until the strand was a few inches long, when, with a small pop, it came free of his temple, dangling from the wand. With the barest hint of tiredness, the man let the strand fall into a small, shallow stone basin that rested on the desk. Runes marked the edge of the basin, some of them half-obscured by the swirling mass of smoky substance that filled it. After the new strand was in, the man gave a small sigh and leaned back in his chair.
His hands went to his eyes and he rubbed them tiredly. Suddenly, a short musical trill cut into the silence, and the man seemed to draw strength from it.
"Thank you, Fawkes," the man said. "I -" he trailed off as one of the many devices in his office began to make a chiming noise. Dumbledore's face lost the tired expression at once. With great, flowing strides, he crossed to the fireplace and threw a pinch of green powder in it. He stepped into the green flames and said, in a clear but worried tone, "Arabella Figg's residence."
The plan fell apart the moment it began. They were supposed to Apparate in, capture their target and vanish with as little fuss as possible. Instead, the found themselves unable to Apparate to the provided coordinates.
Bellatrix swore. There had been no problem with Apparition the previous week, when she had scouted the area. Before any of the five Death Eaters she had with her had any chance to question her, she vanished.
"Quickly, go to the park. Apparition is still possible there," she instructed them after coming back.
With curious looks, they listened to the numbers she listed and vanished with a series of pops. Muttering another curse, Bellatrix followed them. Once they were regrouped, they Disillusioned each other and began moving towards their target. The trip was quick and they went unnoticed in the dark streets.
Bellatrix whispered her commands to Dolohov, her second-in-command, and moved to her position in front of the door to the house. A minute later, all the Death Eaters were in position as well, surrounding the house. Only she was going to enter the house.
"Aloho-" she began, but stopped and tried the door. It was unlocked. Thinking about the stupidity of Muggles, she pushed it open and entered the house, as silent as a ghost.
A quick check proved that the bottom floor was empty, and she began climbing the stairs, taking each one with extreme slowness, lest a creak wake - or worse, warn - her target. Half-way up the stairs, she saw her reflection in one of the many pictured on the wall and paused. Hadn't she been Disillusioned? Frowning, she touched her head with her wand, concentrating on the charm. She felt the magic forming, leaving her wand, but nothing happened. Her frown deepened and she tried again, whispering the charm. This time she felt a brief sensation of coolness on her head, but it was gone in a second, leaving her just as visible as before.
Any attempts she would have made were prevented by the opening of a door on the landing above her. Before she could do anything, a head came into view, and her reflexes jumped into play.
"Stupefy," she chanted, at the same time as her target.
To her astonishment, no spell came from his wand and he dropped it the moment her spell hit him. But it had no effect. With a sinking feeling in her gut, Bellatrix looked at her target.
Eyes that had once been a brilliant emerald green were now dull, blank. There was no expression on his face, except a trace of deep sadness she had only seen on victims tortured beyond breaking.
The only difference between them and Harry James Potter was that the victims were dead, while the boy was very much alive and descending the stairs towards her.
Albus Dumbledore didn't pause to rouse Arabella Figg. It was almost three in the morning, after all. Stepping quickly, he walked to number four, Privet Drive. As he advanced towards the door, a Death Eater shot a curse towards him from his side. He noticed with curiosity that, altough the aim had been right, the curse curved in the air, hitting the wall of the house. It was easy to dispatch the gob smacked man after that.
With a speed that bellied his age, Dumbledore cast a few dozen spells, taking care to aim them at the ground for maximum efficiency. A few short minutes later, the remaining four Death Eaters were captured and secured by a variety of plants and animals he had transfigured and animated.
Satisfied that the exterior of the house was secure, he pushed open the door. There were sounds coming from the living room, so he walked there, wand at the ready. What he saw there made him gasp.
"Crucio, Imperio, Avada Kedavra, Stupefy, Crucio, Avada Kedavra! Why don't you die?!"
Bellatrix was crouched in a corner, shouting spells. Her voice was hoarse and she sounded desperate and terrified. Advancing towards her with small steps was Harry. His eyes were lacking the spark of determination that Dumbledore had come to associate with him. There were dark shadows under his eyes, and his hair was matted and tangled. He looked like he hadn't washed at all in the month he had spent in the Dursley residence. His lips were moving, but his voice was so weak that Dumbledore had to strain to hear what he was saying.
"You killed Sirius. Bring him back? He is dead. You killed him. Why did he have to die? Can you bring him back? I want him back. Sirius..."
Dumbledore's heart broke when he heard what Harry was saying. Despite his pleading words, his tone was almost flat, save for a trace of the despair Dumbledore knew that the boy had felt.
"I'm afraid Sirius cannot be brought back, Harry," he said, shooting a stunner towards Bellatrix, who hadn't noticed his presence until then. However, instead of striking her, the beam of the spell curved and hit Harry. He didn't show any sign of being affected by the spell. Instead, he turned his eyes to Dumbledore.
"You're the greatest wizard alive. Will you bring Sirius back? I miss him. I want to go flying with him. He liked flying. But he's dead. Can you bring him back? He fell through the veil. He didn't come back. Can you bring him back? You're the greatest wizard."
There was a hint of hope in Harry's eyes, and Dumbledore was loath to answer. Instead, he turned to Bellatrix, just in time to see her clutch at something in her robes and vanish.
With a sad sigh, he turned to Harry. He was still voicing his pleas, although the hope was gone from his eyes. He put an arm over the boy's shoulder, the gesture foreign to him, and frowned in concentration, picturing a house he had only seen once. Gripping Harry's shoulder tighter, he Apparated to the Granger residence.
Hermione rolled over and sighed. Reading that book hadn't been a good choice. She punched the pillow into a more fluffy state and buried her head in it. Five minutes later, she was in the kitchen, warming a glass of milk. The book she'd been reading rested on the kitchen table, and she was tempted to pick it up, but she knew that she would never be able to go back to sleep if she did that.
With a glass of warm milk in her hand, she threw one last glance at the book and took a step towards the stairs leading to her bedroom. The moment her foot touched down, all hell broke loose.
With a loud pop, Dumbledore and Harry appeared behind her. A ringing alarm punctuated their arrival, and a shower of red sparks erupted from the walls of the room, moving towards Harry. They melted before reaching him, vanishing. Once the last spark was gone, the alarm stopped.
Two sets of running feet entered the kitchen and stopped short at the sight of Dumbledore.
For a few moments, a complete silence dominated the room. A crash broke the silence as Hermione let her glass fall to the ground and rushed to hug Harry; once she let him go, she blushed at his state of undress and began speaking quickly.
"Professor, good morning! Please, have a seat. Is something wrong? What happened? Why is Harry here? Not that I mind, but I thought he was mad at me. I sent him a lot of letters, but he never replied, so I thought..." she trailed off and pushed Harry into a seat. In the cornet of her eye she saw her mother wiping the mess off the floor. Her father had already set a glass of fine brandy in Dumbledore's hand.
"Harry? Harry!" she exclaimed, for the first time that night looking at him properly. He was barely recognizable. The last time she had seen him - a mere month had passed since then - he had been healthy. Grieving, but healthy. He'd been quiet, but it was to be expected. She had known that he wasn't dealing with his grief properly, but nothing could have prepared her for what she was seeing.
She stared at him for a few minutes, trying to adjust to the idea that she was looking at Harry, her best friend. His lips were moving, and it took a while to catch what he was saying. She listened to him with horror and glanced at Dumbledore, hoping against hope that he would tell her it was all a sick joke, that it wasn't Harry there. But the old man just sighed and moved his tearful eyes to Harry. Hermione screamed.
"Molly, always a pleasure," Dumbledore said accepting his offered seat at the table, but waving away the offer of tea. "I'm afraid I do not have much time for tea. I am on an errand. A most urgent errand. Is Ronald here?" he asked.
Biting back many questions, Molly called for Ron. While he was making a rather loud descent from his room, she poured herself a cup of tea. Seconds later, Ron, followed by Ginny, entered the room at top speed, stopping short at the sight of Dumbledore sitting at their table.
"Good evening, Professor," they chorused, taking seats at the table.
"Ginny, Dumbledore needs to talk to Ron," Molly began, intending on letting the two have a quiet talk, but Dumbledore stopped her.
"No need, Molly. What I have to say concerns you all."
Once he had their full attention, he began talking. "Two days ago, at three AM, one of the devices monitoring number four Privet Drive notified me that there were Dark Marks inside the house. I moved there as soon as possible. There was five Death Eaters outside the house, and I bound them. Inside, I encountered Bellatrix. She was attempting to curse Harry, but her curses seemed to have no effect. She managed to escape, and I took Harry to the Granger residence. The Grangers have agreed to keep Harry for a while, until we manage to find out what is wrong with him. I came to tell you, because I would like Ron to go live there as well, at least for a few days. I am hopeful that it will help."
"But Professor, why didn't you bring Harry here? What is wrong with him?" Ron stopped firing questions at the Headmaster's raised hand.
"Please keep what I am going to tell you to yourselves. It would do us great harm if followers of Voldemort were to find out about Harry's situation." He paused and sighed. "When a witch or wizard suffers powerful emotions over a longer period of time, they run the risk of making permanent changes to their magic. In the case of negative emotions such as sorrow, they risk losing their magic entirely. Such is the situation of an Animagus from Africa who no longer has the ability to transform, after his wife died in quite violent circumstances. A witch in London cannot cast any spell that needs to be spoken after she saw her home go up in flames, killing her entire family."
"Are you saying that Harry can't speak?"
"No. Believe me, I wish it were so. I'm afraid that what has happened to Harry is much, much worse."
His three listeners froze. What could be worse?
"I'm afraid that Harry cannot perform magic anymore."
Molly seemed close to fainting, Ginny gave a small shriek and Ron gasped.
"What do you man, he can't do magic anymore?" Ron demanded after a few moments of stunned silence.
"I mean that no matter what he says and what wand movements he makes, nothing happens," responded Dumbledore, a bit sharply. "Moreover, no magic can affect him, and nothing magical can function in his proximity."
He ran his hand over his eyes, and they could see how tired he was. "I have tried everything, and nothing works. Spells don't have any effect on him, Floo doesn't work if he is in the home, wards collapse the moments I erect them.
"Harry has let his grief for Sirius' death overcome him, and I do not know what else to try. I hope that the presence of his friends will help somewhat."
He stood and nodded at Molly. "May Ron com join Harry?" he asked formally.
Molly nodded, standing. "I will go as well. The poor boy must have a mother near him."
Surprising everyone, Ginny spoke. "Mum, you can't go! Harry hated the way you talked to Sirius, and I don't think he will appreciate your presence."
Dumbledore nodded, forestalling Molly's protests. "You could be right, Miss Weasley. Severus was there yesterday, and Harry's reaction was extremely negative. It would be best if you were to remain here, Molly."
Dumbledore was watching Ginny with a thoughtful expression as Ron came downstairs with a pack. He took the basket of food from his tearful mother and looked questioningly at Dumbledore.
"Perhaps Ginevra should come too," Dumbledore said. "Would that be possible, Molly?" he asked. "If, of course, Ginevra is wiling to come." At Ginny's blushing nod, he turned back to Molly, who was biting her lip in indecision.
"Mum, can I go? I know Harry pretty well and I might be able to help. I want to help him, Mum!" Ginny said when it was apparent that no answer was forthcoming from her mother.
"You may go, Ginny," she said at last, and Ginny dashed upstairs to pack.
Ten minutes later they were ready to go. Dumbledore held out a quill. "This Portkey will take you to the Granger residence. They are waiting for you. I shall meet you there in the morning."
Ron and Ginny arrived in the middle of a battlefield. The outer wall of the Granger's kitchen had been blown away and the contents were mostly destroyed. Only splinters remained of the table, and their many electric appliances were obviously not going to function again. There was nobody actually in the kitchen, but random spells had hit it, and the broken light bulbs in the ceiling shot sparks every few seconds.
With reflexes faster than Ginny, Ron pushed the girl behind a broken cupboard and drew his wand. A second later, Ginny was beside him, her wand draw as well. Any protest that Ron might have had was stopped by the look on her face. He nodded to her and they stepped outside, through the broken wall.
Hermione was holding something that shot small pellets at any Death Eater that came near her, making large stains on their clothes. Next to her, her mother and father had pieces of a broken chair that seemed to give their attackers pause.
The attacking Death Eaters were spread out on the Granger's lawn, most of them shooting curses at something in the middle of the lawn. Ron and Ginny couldn't see what it was because of the light from so many spells. To the side, Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks were facing a huge Death Eater. The battle between the three lacked magic. Remus, aided by his werewolf strength was grappling with the man, the two rolling on the ground while Tonks dove in from time to time, adding her dagger to the mix. All three were bleeding.
However, before Ron and Ginny could get near enough to be of any help, a tremendous CRACK sounded, halting all battle as everybody turned to see what had happened.
In the middle of the street stood Voldemort. His thin, almost lipless mouth was stretched in a triumphant sneer as he surveyed the combatants; his red, glowing eyes stopped on the figure in the middle of the lawn. Ginny's gasp went unheard as Harry said:
"You said you could bring my parents back. Can you bring Sirius back? She killed him. She works for you? You're evil. It's your fault, not my fault. Sirius is dead and it's your fault. You're evil. Sirius wasn't evil. Sirius is gone. She killed him. Can you bring him back?"
Ron watched in horror as the Death Eaters assembled in a circle around Harry and Voldemort.
"I can bring him back, Harry," Voldemort said, taking a few steps towards Harry, who gave no sign of having heard him. He was talking about Sirius.
Voldemort was a yard from Harry and Ron was about to yell a warning when something happened.
The red eyes of the Dark Lord widened in surprise and he tried to back away, but it as too late. Small bit and piece of Riddle's magical body began falling, vanishing. First bits of skin, followed by a finger, and after that in larger parts, Voldemort disintegrated, in front of the horrified eyes of his followers and enemies. For a few moments, a dark wraith could be seen, where the body had been, but it, too, was unable to escape and was destroyed.
The moment it vanished, all Death Eaters fell to their knees in pain, holding their forearms. But Ron and Hermione didn't see that. All they saw was a spurt of blood coming from Harry's forehead. Without making any sound, he fell to the ground, face-first.
Dumbledore eased the slim, long package through the door and propped it against the bed. With slow movements he closed the door behind him and moved to the chair next to the bed.
"Sirius is dead, Sirius is dead, Sirius is dead, why are you dead? I need you, Sirius, come back to me! Sirius!"
With a gasp, the only other occupant of the room awoke. Dulled green eyes looked at the figure of the Headmaster.
"Sirius is gone. I need Sirius. Why is he gone? The bad man can't hurt him anymore. I need Sirius.
"I know you need him, Harry. I wish I could bring him back to you. But it cannot be done. Meanwhile, I have brought you something."
When it was clear that Harry wasn't going to ask about anything except Sirius, tumbledown lifter the long package and placed it across Harry's lap.
"I'm sure you will be delighted by the contents of the package," Dumbledore said.
Harry didn't react. He was still murmuring about needing Sirius, and Dumbledore sighed.
The "Final Battle", as people were calling it, had taken place two days before. He and the rest of the Order had arrived mere seconds after Harry's collapse. The Death Eaters had been captured and were in the Hogwarts dungeons, much to Filch's delight.
The Granger residence had been fully repaired and Harry was back in the guest room had had occupied since arriving there. He had slept through the first night, when everybody had been celebrating, but the nightmares had returned after that.
Shaking himself out of his reminiscing, Dumbledore undid the string holding the wrapping closed on the package. As the golden letters came into view, Harry finally reacted. With rushed, clumsy and weak gestures he unwrapped the broom.
"Sirius gave me this, he paid for it from his vault. Did you know that? Hermione said he was bad, but he wasn't. The bad man killed him. Sirius is dead." He paused in his muttering and pulled the broom to his chest. "But Sirius gave me this. He gave me this. It was my present from him. He sent it to me."
With a frown - the first real expression Harry had shown in weeks - he set the broom back on the bed and raised his hand over it.
To Dumbledore's astonishment, the broom rose shakily. A moment later, he smiled at Harry and patted his shoulder. A few surreptitious spells proved that Harry was still unaffected by magic, but he didn't seem to suck the magic out of his surroundings anymore. After a few more minutes, he exited the room to give Harry's friends the good news.
A/N: Originally, I planned this to be a summer fic, with Harry's friends helping him deal with his issues, bringing him out of his funk and helping him use his new found ability of absorbing magic to destroy Voldemort (who dies before the new school year). But I don't have the energy to start a new project. I already have two WIPs, one of them with 9 chapters up, the other with the first chapter at my Beta. If anybody is willing to help me with turning this story into a longer fic, I'll gladly take the help. Having to do only half the work sounds good. :)


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As a child growing up in Maine and Boston, her mother told young Eileen she brought home whatever accent belonged to the children she was playing with.
Years later, history writer Eileen Hallet Stone has compiled a book's worth of local accents in The History Press book "Hidden History of Utah," a compilation of 58 columns first published in The Tribune.
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"With Eileen, the bottom line is that she knows how to listen to people, to really hear them, and capture their stories and memories and joys and heartaches for her readers," says Peg McEntee, the former Tribune editor who hired Stone to contribute to the paper's "Living History" column in 2005. "Her attention to detail is phenomenal; she once wrote a history column about a canning plant that had me marveling at the intricacy of the machines as well as the tomatoes."
Getting the voices right is important to Stone, whether she has researched her subject's life by reading between the lines of an oral history or interviewed a survivor some years on. "It's almost like trying to listen with a third ear, to hear the real story, and to not put myself into it," Stone says.
In reading Stone's columns compiled into a book, "one story leads fluidly to another, capturing darkness and light in equal measure," McEntee says.
The book has sold steadily, says Catherine Weller, co-owner and book buyer at Weller Book Works. "Hidden History" has been in the top 10 books sold at The King's English Bookshop for the past four or five weeks. "We're always thrilled when people get excited about a local book," says Anne Holman, store manager.
The book includes stories of prostitution dens and frontier businessmen, of Pony Express riders and highway builders, of peach growers and celery farmers. Readers are likely to have heard of Utahns like Samuel Newhouse, who in 1907 bankrolled the Boston and Newhouse buildings on the south end of Salt Lake City's Main Street, or Simon Bamberger, the German immigrant who became Utah's first and only Jewish governor in 1916.
Yet among book's most vivid stories are those that have been more buried in Utah's history, like the women profiled in the "Headstrong" section.
Here, Stone tells the story of Uintah County's Josie Bassett (nee McKnight Ranney Williams Wells Morris), who was notable for her many last names and husbands, after being widowed and four times divorced (some believe she may have killed one of those husbands). Back when she was a teenager, Josie was remembered to have flirted with Butch Cassidy, when he worked at her father's ranch. But in 1914, Josie, then 40, homesteaded her own property, clearing brush and building a log house, where she lived for most of 50 years. As a 70-year-old grandmother, she took third place in a local horse race.
"She was so gutsy, it kind of threw me when I first heard about her," Stone says. She was kind to people, and very independent — in a way that's like the West. She exemplified Western life."
And then there's the story of Marie Ogden, who in 1933 founded a religious colony near Monticello, known as the Home of Truth. She turned to the occult as a way to remember her beloved husband, who had died of cancer. "She fascinates me," Stone says. "Here's a woman who had to find another way to live. She got into spiritualism, and believed God was speaking to her through her typewriter keys."
"Hidden History" also includes columns about life in Utah's west desert's Topaz Interment Camp, where Japanese-American citizens were imprisoned during World War II, and stories of Holocaust survivors, like Ernst Gunter Beier, a Jewish German immigrant who was captured during the Battle of the Bulge, and sent to the notorious German prison camp, Stalag 9B. Some instinct inspired him to quote from his beloved Faust, which he believed caused a feared Gestapo officer to save his life.
"Her columns on immigrants are particularly important in giving voice to all the people from all over the world who somehow made it to Utah and made Utah a better place with their presence," McEntee says.
Stone moved to Utah some 30 years ago, but it was when she started uncovering the distinctive and diverse characters in the state's history that she began to find a place for herself. "People say that they can see themselves in some of these stories," says Stone, also the author of "A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember" and co-writer of "Missing Stories: An Oral History of Ethnic and Minority Groups in Utah."
And Holman adds another piece to the puzzle of why Utahns are so interested in reading about local history. Living here often feels like we are living in Small Lake City: In Utah, all of us seem to know somebody who knows somebody who once knew the person Stone is writing about.
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Any good single player mods for HL2 thats are not posted on Moddb?
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Mar 08
Posts: 264
stompmyduke says:
The case for unsafe levels of radiation at Motegi has yet to be made. Therefore, it is odd that Stoner and Lorenzo are stating they are not going. Whether the running of the GP is a slap in the face for the japanese is another question that should be decided by the Japanese and the Japanese only. To openly say at this moment that they are not going is absurd, and suggests that, in reality, they just want a weekend off. If for some reason one or the other drops down the ratings, then come October, will we see them rushing towards the rising sun?
Apr 11
Posts: 21
DucatiMatty1974 says:
I'm struggling with why the riders are being this way if the levels are safe then they are safe end of. It also makes a mockery of the support Japan badges they have on their bikes. I hope they are all made to go!!! Just don't eat the beef!!!!!
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Bultoboy says:
Want a weekend off!!
I've never read such a daft comment on this site and there have been a few.
That aside, I'm still struggling to see how this race will help the Japanese people who have lost their homes, relatives, possessions, jobs and whatever else. How many of them even know what Motogp is.
What exactly does 'showing support' mean. It's situations like this that prompt all sorts of public 'I'm going to say the right thing' hypocritical crap about what people should do to help. If people feel that strongly about it, give up your jobs, go out to Japan and offer your manual labour to help clean the mess up.
It is just a motorcycle race, it will change nothing whether it goes ahead or not.
Jul 11
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Oct 08
Posts: 262
LaughingGas says:
I can see where they are coming from but "it looks like" they're failing to look at the fact that' it's not a disaster zone, people live there and aren't suffering, and they'll only be there for a few days.
if it was a race around Chernobyl I could understand the concern.
May 10
Posts: 427
X2Glider says:
Going on with the race will change nothing for the people of Japan. They only people that will benefit is Dorna and the race venue. Far too many families are still homeless, living in shelters and are struggling to get working again and are living off meager handouts. The drama is over so the big news is over in the press. A friend of mone has family there and he has limited contact with them. He knows they are alive but has no idea when he'll hear from them again. They couldn't give a damn about the motoGP race. They care more about wether they'll get to eat that day.
The comments on here are mainly pure selfishness of people who simply want to sit in the comfort of their homes, several thousand miles away, and be entertained for a meager hour. The comments are also from the same people who bitch and moan week after week about GP being a boring procession. If you're so bored, quit watching and whining. Then you wouldn't have to care if the race goes on or not either. No matter your reason, you're not the one who health is on the line.
As for radiation, apparently none of you have ever lived near a place that has had a meltdown. When I was 10, Three Mile Island (I lived 100 miles away) had a meltdown on reactor #2. There's a lot to it about the damage inside reactor #2, but evidence got out that contaminated cooling water leaked through the containment area and pressure from hydrogen spikes was vented to the atmosphere. It took 14 years to clean it up. Reports said that everything was at safe levels even the day it happened. The truth that came out a couple years later was that residents got their annual dose of radiation in 1 day, mostly in the form of iodine. It wasn't until 10 years ago that cases of thyroid cancer started cropping up in people who don't have a family history of it. Birth defects are more difficult to nail down. Reports from different sides had different findings. The firm that minitored TMI after the incident had different reports from what those that were monitoring a couple hundred miles away were. Where the inconsistencies came from, I don't know.
The thing is, governments lie. The Japanese government included, if it suits their purposes. They can heavily influence those who prepare the report with the power they wield. They depend on tourist dollars for their economy to thrive. Why wouldn't they lie to keep them flying in and spending their money? In the end, the Japanese as a whole will not benefit from a single MotoGP race proceeding.
You can still be emotionally supportive but not be present. If you think there is more to showing support, they you need to either send lots of your own money or get on a plane and help rebuild with your own 2 hands.
As for the rider's contracts, there's likely nothing in there that says they have to submit themselves to environmental risks beyond their control. If all else fails, they can claim illness that week from lactose intolerance due to a large bowl of ice cream.
Jun 11
Posts: 2559
PaceyCasey says:
This situation that has nothing to do with racing/contracts/employment/support for the earthquake victims etc etc etc. This is a personal decision OUTSIDE of racing that needs to be made by all riders AND CREW!!!!!!!!! Sorry if i've missed it but nobody appears to have mentioned that fact yet. This is'nt just about the riders on the grid this is about a large community.
We don't have to agree should they choose to boycott the race but WE SHOULD respect their decision.
Mar 07
Posts: 276
bigbashbonanza says:
It is up to the individual riders, mechanics and engineers if they wish to go to Motegi. No matter what they arm chair pundits on here say about 'them' being pussies and paid to race wherever.
This is serious shit. The radiation will last for many years to come and no amount of cleaning up will get rid of the radiation. It will be everywhere. In the food chain, water sources, the trees........ in fact all over the place and no matter what the government state or stay, the place will not be clear and clean.
Good on the people who have shown their cards and said no. This is not a lack of respect to the Japanese but a value of their own and their teams health. If somewhere isn't safe, then they shouldn't compete. Dorna are the twats who are only after the money and will end up twisting the media to make out that it is the riders who are in the wrong.
To Dorna, have some respect for those who are living there, dealing with the everyday hardship and stop saying this place is safe.
To the losers on here who are slagging off those who wish not to race, get an education and realise what a terrible situation that country is in.
Aug 02
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cheekymonkey says:
VR says he will wait until the results of an independent test on the area before deciding whether or not to go.
Dec 03
Posts: 28
ninja12 says:
Why don't Dorna cancel Japan GP and Dorna and the riders make a donation to the people of Japan
Then every body's happy?
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