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The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft is a non-profit research organization specializing in applied research and acting as a proponent of technology transfer between basic research and industry. With nearly 50 institutes in Germany, almost all aspects of science are covered. Part of the IITB (Institut für Informations- und Datenverarbeitung) specializes in applications of computer-based monitoring, control and diagnosis of industrial processes and equipment by means of signal and image analysis. As such, our group was involved in two projects requiring data acquisition and analysis in one of the German high speed trains, the InterCity Express (ICE). This article describes how the data acquisition was implemented using Linux.
Project UNRA (unrunde Räder) tried to discover the reasons wheels of high speed trains become out-of-round sooner than expected. As railway experts know, train and coach wheels become out-of-round, i.e., the difference between the minimum and the maximum radius of a wheel becomes non-negligible. For ICE wheels, DB-AG uses 0.6 mm as the threshold above which wheels must be changed. Despite being only 0.1% of the wheel radius, such differences induce low-frequency vibrations into the coach structure. They not only put additional stress on structural materials but also cause an unpleasant ride for passengers.
As part of this project, a measuring axle developed and patented by Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum der DB-AG (Minden, Germany) was installed in a regular running ICE to measure triaxial forces in the stand-up point of the wheel. In addition, four accelerometers were installed, three on the axes at the bearing and one in the coach measuring vertical acceleration. In addition, a resolver was attached to the axle. It delivers 1440 TTL-edges for one turn of the wheel. The edges are used to clock 90 A/D conversion for one turn of the wheel, resulting in a sampling rate dependent on the wheel's rotation speed but synchronous with its rotation.
With additional channels not mentioned above, a total of 17 channels had to be measured. Since the radius of an ICE-wheel is 460 mm, 1 km amounts to:
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of data every day.
The second project, called ICE-D, did not have such a great demand on bandwidth, but it required some data analysis to be computed on-line. Since the system is quite similar to the one used in the UNRA project, this project will not be described in such detail. Suffice it to say that another Linux computer will run for two years in a coach car with a new type of bogie (the assembly of four wheels on which the coach rests) to acquire and analyse 50 data channels.
The computer hardware used in both projects is not identical but not very exciting in either case. In UNRA we use a garden variety Pentium 90 system with Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller, a sufficiently large Quantum disk, which seems to have settled its disagreements with the SCSI controller, and an HP DAT streamer. For the ICE-D project very similar hardware is used. Comparatively expensive were the 19-inch cases which were necessary to mount the computer in a rack in the train.
Of more interest might be the measurement hardware. In UNRA there is an Analog Devices RTI-860, which is a 16-channel, 12-bit A/D (analog/digital) conversion board. What makes it particularly suited for use with Linux is its on board memory of 256K samples, relieving us from hard real-time constraints.
Another board, called ADCO, was developed along the specifications of IITB by CMS. It is basically a device to measure times with a 40 MHz clock driving a 16-bit counter. On external events, the counter is read into a FIFO of one kilometer word length and then reset to start again from zero. Consequently the FIFO collects counter values representing a sequence:
of times between events. The events are generated by the resolver mounted on the axle and happen once for every four degrees of wheel rotation. Knowing how much time the wheel needs to rotate four degrees, we can calculate the rotational speed of the wheel with high precision. The one kilometer sample FIFO on the ADCO is small compared to the buffer on the RTI-860 and actually proved to be too small for the first driver developed (see below).
Project ICE-D required another kind of measurement hardware because the task was not to acquire data at high speed but to measure up to 64 channels. We decided on an RTI-834 from Analog Devices because it can measure 32 channels and is probably the only board around with a useful programmer's manual. The manual is not free (approximately 250 DM) but, believe it or not, it contains almost all details about programming the hardware, including examples that made it comparatively easy to write a device driver.
In addition to these devices, a GPS (Global Positioning System) device was mounted on the coach. Position information was recorded with the data to be able to correlate it later with actual locations on the track.
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"We are in the tech business, so therefore it made sense that any structure that we built was going to embrace the latest and greatest technology," says Chad Paul, BFTP's president and CEO.
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I was also receiving the error message in this post Error on line 423 when using the "Post again to Facebook" option
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The reason I did this is because I noticed that the app was pushing to facebook successfully ONLY when I was logged into the facebook admin account for the app at the same time I was on my WordPress site publishing the post to facebook. When I was logged out of facebook I would receive error messages.
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I feel like the use of second person is warranted. Most people who read the Slog probably have gone snowboarding at some point in their lives, and expecting them to be able to insert themselves into the retelling of this experience isn't too much of a stretch. Second person isn't a beast to fear; it's a tool that can be used to one's advantage, and using it in a little story about snowboarding for a blog seems entirely reasonable.
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Thanks, Aislinn; that's a very well thought out response. To me it seems like a very specific account, and the tense and case serve to make it seem more arty than it might have otherwise ("So this weekend I went snowboarding, but it rained; bummer!"), but that's about it. What you say makes sense, though.
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Cliff Thomas Statement on Richwood Police Chief Status
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Good morning, I have called this press conference as a result of numerous calls from community members and the media regarding the events surrounding my position as Chief of Police and the on-going Felony ...
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The town of Richwood has a history of being a close knit community with high Christian morals and values. Eventhough the community have issues with poverty and illiteracy it has always produced exceptional bright students who go on to make good American citizens. The foreparents were hard working exslaves and descendants of exslaves.
The heritage of the small but great community include Rhode Scholars, doctors, engineers. educators and etc. The present situation of the leaders of this town is embarrassing. Our foreparents are rolling over in their graves
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there are other good towns with the same situation, or at least, according to some, "proposed" same situation. dont be embarassed. just keep doing the right thing, and wait. patience is a virtue. this is not to say i have always practiced what i preach, only that i know it to be true..."what goes around comes around." Surround yourself with the ones you love this Christmas,and dont let your embarassment over others ill behavior worry you right now not one little bit...tis the season to be jolly, and it sounds like you have a great community full of other good people in which to do it with. Happy holidays.
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India's Stocks Rise for Fifth Day on Earnings, Monsoon Outlook
India's stocks advanced for the fifth day as the nation's biggest copper producer reported earnings that beat analysts' estimates, and after the weather bureau predicted normal monsoon rainfall.
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. rose the most in 11 weeks after its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it benefited from higher metal prices. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a tractor maker, climbed to a two-week high. Rains in the June-September monsoon season may be 98 percent of the 50-year average, the state forecaster said on April 23. That may ease inflation after an unexpected drought last year.
"The mood is very positive," said Alex Mathews, head of research at Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd. in Kochi. "A normal monsoon is a big plus for the economy. It will help the government control inflation. Also, most earnings have been in line with forecasts." Mathews advises investors to buy shares of tractor makers, carmakers and fertilizer companies.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index, or Sensex, gained 51.08, or 0.3 percent, to 17,745.28. The gauge's fifth-day advance is the longest stretch of gains since September. The S&P CNX Nifty Index on the National Stock Exchange rose 0.4 percent to 5,322.45. The BSE 200 Index increased 0.4 percent to 2,242.25.
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Sterlite jumped 6 percent to 842.6 rupees. Net income rose to 13.8 billion rupees ($311 million) in the three months ended March 31 from 5.98 billion rupees a year earlier, according to the company's filing to the stock exchange. The median estimate of 23 analysts in a Bloomberg survey was for profit of 11.1 billion rupees. Sales climbed 64 percent.
Rising demand for steel to build air conditioners and cars is boosting sales of zinc, used to rust-proof the alloy. Sterlite, part of London-based Vedanta Resources Plc., owns India's biggest zinc producer Hindustan Zinc Ltd., whose shares climbed 2.9 percent to 1,251 rupees.
HDFC Bank Ltd., the third-biggest lender, climbed 1.9 percent to 1,989.6 rupees, the highest level since its May 1995 listing. The bank's fourth-quarter profit rose 33 percent to 8.36 billion rupees ($188 million) on increased lending in an improving economy. That compares with the 8.34 billion-rupee average of 21 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
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Housing Development Finance Corp., the biggest mortgage lender, added 3.8 percent to 2,829.75 rupees, its steepest gain in two weeks.
Mahindra & Mahindra advanced 1.6 percent to 529.35 rupees. The India Meteorological Department's April 23 forecast of normal monsoon rainfall matches predictions by two government officials on April 21.
The rain forecast may further ease inflationary expectations, the Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor K.C. Chakrabarty said in Mumbai today. The pace of food-price increases accelerated to close to an 11-year high this year.
India overtook China as the world's biggest palm oil buyer and became the largest sugar importer after last year's weakest monsoon in more than three decades created shortages.
Jaiprakash Associates Ltd., a builder of dams, roads and bridges, gained 1.1 percent to 159.05 rupees, its highest since Jan. 19.
Reliance Industries Ltd., the nation's most valuable company, fell 1.6 percent to 1,071.25 rupees after its fourth-quarter profit rose 30 percent to 47.1 billion rupees, less than the 51.4 billion rupees mean estimate of 14 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
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Central Bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao last week estimated India's $1.2 trillion economy, Asia's largest after Japan and China, will expand 8 percent "with an upward bias" in the year ending March 31.
The rupee appreciated against the dollar for a third day on speculation foreign capital inflows may increase as seasonal rainfall boosts farm output that accounts for a fifth of the economy.
"Almost all factors are favorable for the rupee now because the economy is on a strong growth path, and a normal monsoon will strengthen the prospects further," said Sudarshan Bhatt, chief foreign-exchange dealer at state-owned Corporation Bank in Mumbai. "The continuing foreign inflows into the stock market are just one indicator."
Overseas investors bought a net 17.5 billion rupees of Indian stocks on April 22, taking their total purchases of the equities this year to 276.4 billion rupees, according to the nation's market regulator.
Inflows from overseas reached a record 834.2 billion rupees in 2009, exceeding the high set two years earlier in domestic currency terms, as the biggest rally in 18 years lured foreign funds. They sold a record 529.9 billion rupees of shares in 2008, triggering a record annual decline.
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Apollo Tyres (APTY IN) climbed 1.1 percent to 74.2 rupees. India's largest tire maker by value said the International Finance Corp. has agreed to provide $60 million of loans for a new tire factory it's building.
Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd. (CLRC IN) jumped 9.1 percent to 620.25 rupees, the highest since at least 1991. The unit of the world's biggest maker of printing-ink chemicals said first-quarter profit rose 26 percent from a year earlier.
Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. (NCS IN), an exporter of software for finance companies, retreated 2.8 percent to 156.75 rupees, after reporting quarterly profit that fell 4.3 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Religare Enterprises (RELG IN) declined 2 percent to 430.5 rupees. The financial services company owned by billionaire Malvinder Singh plans to enter the health insurance business alone after dropping plans to partner with a foreign company, the Economic Times reported. Religare Managing Director Sunil Godhwani wasn't immediately available at his office telephone for comment on the report.
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Sturge-Weber syndrome
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port-wine stain birthmark on their face, which is caused by blood vessel abnormalities. People with Sturge-Weber syndrome also develop blood vessel abnormalities in the brain called leptomeningeal angiomas. Other features of this syndrome include glaucoma, seizures, muscle weakness, paralysis, developmental delay, and intellectual disability. Sturge-Weber syndrome is caused by a mutation in the GNAQ gene. The gene mutation is not inherited, but occurs by chance in cells of the developing embryo.[1]Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare disorder that is present at birth. Affected individuals have a large
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- Shirley MD, Tang H, Gallione CJ, Baugher JD, Frelin LP, Cohen B, North PE, Marchuk DA, Comi AM, Pevsner J. Sturge-Weber syndrome and port-wine stains caused by somatic mutation in GNAQ. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(21):1971; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656586. Accessed 10/16/2013.
- Jasmin L. Sturge-Weber syndrome. Medline Plus. October 14, 2009; http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001426.htm. Accessed 4/18/2010.
- NINDS Sturge-Weber Syndrome Information Page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. February 14, 2007; http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sturge_weber/sturge_weber.htm. Accessed 4/13/2010.
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So we got an anonymous cash gift left on our door step with a ham and a gift card to a pizza place. The cold hard truth is my family wasn't going to do Christmas except for the traditional socks and underwear and PJ's because we are just buried in medical bills. SO, would you use that money for gifts OR would you use it to pay down a medical bill. I'm a practical holiday kind of person, my DH is more in the "its money we didn't plan for" club. So I'm asking the people who would get it the most what you think is the best?
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Valorie- Mom to Joseph, Hayden and Simon.
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Maybe a gift the kids can share like books or a game...
Even in the throes of debt, like we are too, one day should be a break from the worry if possible. For me, it will help me cope with the next days of stress to have taken a mental break for a few hours.
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I'd get each child something special and use the rest for bills. Thats such a wonderful surprise.
I am late chiming in on this - but I hope you used it for something fun and fantastic.
Personally we are struggling too. DH lost his job at the end of March while Kaity was hospitalized. He has been unable to find work. My 1 income makes it difficult. We would not have had Christmas except my parents sent money for their gifts and a friend loaned me money. We could not pay our cable or internet bill so that is now cut off. It was worth it to me as I wanted my kids to remember a really good day in the midst of many not so good ones.
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Thanks for everyone's input.
Beckamae-I'm sorry you guys are struggling so much. It is nice to have a good support system and we are lucky with our parents as well. I knew most people here could relate.
I kind of did a good bargain/practicalish things. I think you were all right, you need at least one day where you get to try and just enjoy without thinking about the responsibilities.
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im building a suse server. i have multiple copies of postgres running on it. i have the three instances running side by side just fine, the problem is when i try to get it to automatically start, i get this
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I have an API which I'm exposing via REST and I'm deliberating about where to place the authorities restrictions.
I've read that there is a best practice about securing the service layer as it is the one doing the work and you don't know where it's going to get called but I'm not sure what's the best practice with respect to the WS layer.
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Pro- You'll filter out as early as possible intruders (and save for example the conversion of parameters if you're using spring mvc)
Con- Duplication of configuration is a maintenance issue and is error prone => security issue
Place the authorization requirements only on the WS-
Pro- Filter as soon as possible if comming from the WS
Con- The service layer might be used from different contexts
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Pro- No Duplication
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"Mayonnaise is a food best made at home and almost never made at home. This has robbed us of something that is both healthy and an absolute joy to eat with gusto." Tamar Adler My favorite chapter in Tamar Adler's "An Everlasting Meal," was, hands down, "How to Teach an Egg to Fly," and before you click away because, this girl! she's always talking about Tamar Adler!, please bear with me because, I promise, I'm going somewhere good. So this chapter two of Tamar's book, the egg chapter, is 15 pages long and divided into six parts, each one dealing with a specific method in which to use an egg. She talks about boiled eggs, poached eggs, fried or scrambled, omelets, frittatas and, just when your mind is appropriately reeling, thinking of all the different things eggs can do, mayonnaise. Here is the part that hooked me: I keep my mayonnaise and aioli for two or three days in the refrigerator even though they contain raw eggs. I trust the freshness of my eggs, and the … [Read more...]
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"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you sow." Robert Louis Stevenson I hate to admit this but: I think the flowers on our front porch are dying. I know. I bought them back in March, for $7, on a hot and windy day where I had to hold my skirt down just to keep it from blowing, and I repotted them next to our welcome mat, in a place where you could see them from the road, hoping their bright pink buds would add just a tiny bit of color to the green landscape that surrounds our little house. Since then, there's been watering, sometimes, like when I've looked at them out our dining room window and realized it's been at least a few days of forgetting. But there's also been heat, lots of it, enough to make the edges of the flowers brown---just at the tips---prompting me to water them again, until I'd forget again; now, they're dry and crisp-looking. I'm a terrible gardener. And not just of flowers. In an email the other day, my friend Kendra … [Read more...]
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by the way,I would like to ask a question to Mushishi fans/viewers.Which episode is your favourite episode of Mushishi so far ??? The episode I like most is the one with a green-haired girl in it.She lived with a inland river so long and her hair became green color.
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I can think of at least 4 off the top of my head that I'd consider for that position. I just don't remember the episode numbers of most of them, mainly because it's been a while since I watched them. Hopefully someone can help me out with the ep numbers. Favourite if I had to pick just one would be the one with the guy that can see the future or something(episode 4 I think). Then there's the one about Ginko's past, the one with Ginko's love interest/future wife(at least I'm hoping she is) ep 20 I believe and the one with that floating lady.
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Anyways, saw episode 24.
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That episode 21 was one I really liked
Just having the feeling Mushishi could mix with humans, learn from them, live like them and not raising suspicion is fantastic ^^
It's almost like a higher form of mushi evolution
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I've had problems getting 23, but I grew impatient and took a glimpse at the 2 eps I have (24 and 25). I only skipped through 24 but for 25, I was goin to skip through it at first yet... I couldn't help but continue watching and before I realised it there I was, watching the whole thing. I liked this story quite a bit in the manga too, because for once I felt Ginko had a strong sense of respect and sadness at the same time for Amane (all very subtle, of course). I liked the last bit the most, but the scene Muir Woods mentioned was also quite poignant - it was very striking, and the scene itself somehow made you feel uncomfortable at first but at the same time a strange feeling of "Ginko's one of the few who really understands things" ... very mysterious feeling.
One scene that was very effective, though, was Ginko's earliest memories.
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....and I swear, I couldn't believe it when I saw Amane was played by Maaya Sakamoto. Makes sense given the singing but... I couldn't recognize it!!! Perhaps it's because the character she's playing here is quite different from her usual ones in general. She sounds so serious and less sweet, and you can feel a bit of the melancholy coming through. I suppose this is closer to what her real voice is like.
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Duh, it's been weeks since I stock the Mushishi episodes on my hard drive while not having enough time to watch them (I don't want to watch them in a rush)...
I watched ep.23 though, it wasn't perhaps the best episode of the series, but the scene near the end with the golden sunset/sky was gorgeous. Oh, and a beautiful beach at the very end, too.
Now the question is : will I skip ep.24 and 25 to watch ep.26, just in order to be in the debate ?
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I just watched 23 and then 26. 23 was pretty good to me - personally I liked the original story, I think Shige and Tetsu made a very nice pair and I don't know why, I just found the story itself enjoyable.
As for 26, well it's not as good as episode 20 I'm afraid, and the animation isn't as good either (to me, anyway) ... But, they did the story very well. I think there was something about the scenes and pacing that kind of kept your attention and had you notice the feelings of Taku.
And it's one of those very few non-Ginko centered episodes, he's really in a largely minor role here, but it's interesting to know just a tad bit about what happened to him after episode 12 (it's hinted at, anyway).
I enjoyed it more than the manga chapter, anyway. I really could feel
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It's been a great effort from the production team; thank goodness people still make shows like these.
Someday maybe they'll do another 13 eps if there's enough books out and if they're given enough time and funding... I wouldn't mind seeing the more recent chapters
EDIT: Oh, and I guess for the seiyuu nuts - there's Ami Koshimizu in this episode with a pretty surprising performance of Isaza. Quite a good performance, IMO. I've always kind of been impressed by her since she swung from Tenma to ... ANEMONE. Wow.
EDIT2: There was also a voice credit for teh role of a "Watari" in the credits. Is that the name of the
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Saw episode 26, the final episode.
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And with the anime over, it's time for my final thoughts. I will avoid going into detail analyzing the good qualities of Mushishi, because that would only repeat what many others have said before (and some have articulated well). The praises has been consistent and strong, and I'll let the thread speak for its eminence. So I'll keep it short: Mushishi has been a transcendent experience. I watch anime fundamentally for entertainment. Mushishi is indeed high calibre entertainment, but it goes beyond that. It stimulates the mind, and touches the heart, and does it without pretension nor fatigue. An anime close to perfection, and I'm hard pressed to find its faults. It easily earns a spot in my top three anime, no, shows in general of all time. Ginko is an entity that ranks and belongs with the immortals, and he has earned a permanent place in my memories.
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I finally didn't download ep.26 yet - because my current free disk space is 600MB...
Nevertheless, if I too would comment on this series - apart from the fact that the art is strikingly beautiful and animation is detailed, and the sound fits nicely - I would say that this series makes you think. But not in a tiring way, when for example you have to watch the show twice to get an idea of what's happening. Neither in a "hey, look, we are dealing with deep philosophical issues ! man we rock for being intellectual !" way. It's simpler than that. You watch the episode, and everything is obvious. Behind the simple story, you can naturally find issues connected to real life, which leave you thinking.
Oh, and another thing is that Ginko is über-cool. It's funny how sometimes a simple line, a slight grin make this calm character insanely appealing.
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I suppose you could say it's like nature itself - it's just the way it is, an everyday thing, and, in general, apparently obvious. But if you pay attention to it - like people of days gone by who lived closer to nature, or even like Mushishis - you'll realise there are many checks and balances and intricate
little differences that make things happen the way they do. It's not trying to prove a point or anything - it just is. But yet it makes you think.
...Something like that.
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My goodness. Are we writing obituaries now?
In my imperfect words: It makes you feel. For the people who have their lives changed by Mushi, indirectly, or directly - they are the main characters of each episode, not Ginko. Their actions, their reactions, their tones, their expressions, their tears, their eyes. All touch you, and convey to your heart what they must have had in theirs.
Because of that (and together with the music, and the VA -- especially the VA, of which I must say that I've heard the best in Mushishi -- and the background art) it brings me to a level of immersion as never before. In no other Anime (not even Kino no Tabi) have I been taken along and been able to totally drown myself in an episode, such that even the room around me, the sounds from outside, the sofa I sit on, my ever-present mental to-do list, all disappears. This is the closiest that Watching an Anime has come to Reading a Book for me.
In no other Anime too, am I happier to let my feelings go and be taken whereever the episode chooses to lead it, whether tragic or happy. Honestly, in no other Anime do look forward to an episode as much as in Mushishi.
About what you've all written about thinking, yes, thats very true. It doesn't take much effort to really roll the episode over in your mind, its so simple that you can actually savour the nuances and intricacies of that particular episode, and all within the ED sequence. I swear, the music helps you think, and feel. Like I've said before, it doesnt end with the credits. The music carries so much feeling that you are again carried along as you ponder over the episode.
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Aggressively quirky but lacking any real wit - unless you consider a lengthy monologue about the taste of semen to be side-splittingly funny - the film based on David Gilbert's satirical novel is a non-starter.
The satire - about religion, medicine, TV culture - is larded unevenly, the homage overly obvious.
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For the circuit shown, find the maximum power that can be deliveredto a load connected across terminals a andb.
Circuit parameters are Vs = 630 +j0 V, R1 = 600 Ohms, R2 = 60Ohms, Xc = -220 Ohms, and a = 1.
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Well, we don't play in Petco, which is why I said I wish we had that power potential. Also, half of the games played are away....
Padres making serious moves, they have a boom or bust offense but they are going to go one some serious power streaks throughout the year.
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Looks like Ned has a lot of say in the new front office, we got trade raped. #ClassicNed
Shoulder inflammation. per dodgers.com
LOL at Pau claiming he can bang with the bigs, Pau that's part of the problem you are a weak big. I am so sick of his me first attitude, he just admitted that if the offense isn't running through him...
Please, do not trade Kemp!!
I will hate Ned even more, if that's even possible!
Ethier and cash for Middlebrooks would make me very happy.
Malcom Lee is from UCLA and is a longer PG, I would take a flyer on him.
Please!!!! :clap:
Everytime we have someone "learn" the outfield they end up injured. I don't like this.
Does Ryu have a no trade clause?
Ryu, Joc, B prospect for Price I would do in a heartbeat....IF Price agrees to an extension first.
Kobe mentoring him is only going to help him!
3 hours is the deadline right?
Trumbo Borjous and Kendrick are on the block
I'd love Trumbo manning 3b for us although he isn't a great glove guy over there, we could use his pop though.
I think it is clear to all, we will not be able to re-sign Kap and we will bring back Alex after his 2 year deal is over in KC and repeat the grooming process with our next future QB :P
I would like to see us fill some badly needed role players with some pop and we also need to build into the strategy and philosophy that Don likes to use. For example we all know DM loves to make...
Cano for 305 million or Gurrero for 30+? LOL
Exactly how he looked in the super bowl in the first half unfortunately he didn't re-gain his composure.
I think he was kidding.....but not 100% sure.
Mark Reynolds was cut, I would be interested in kicking the tires on him.
It's funny that they call him a traitor but it's not like the SF front office was like, "Brian thank you for your significant contributions during our championship runs, we wants to offer you a...
I wonder what it would take to get Willie Middlebrooks from BoSox, Bogarets is going to get called up soon making Middlebrooks the odd man out.
He is struggling with his avg and obs but his power...
Matt is a buddy of mine, I especially hope he pitches well. 2 birds.....haha


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 22, 2013)—Producer-songwriter Wayne Haun and performers Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman lead the Dove Awards nominations for gospel and Christian music excellence this year.
Haun is up for 15 awards and Tomlin and Redman are up for nine.
The nominations were announced Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.
Ben Glover, The Isaacs and The Gaither Vocal Band have eight nominations each.
Tomlin is nominated for top honor artist of the year with Francesca Battistelli, Lecrae, Tamela Mann and TobyMac.
Haun, Glover and Redman are up for songwriter of the year with Benji Cowart and Toby McKeehan.
The Gospel Music Association's 44th annual award show will be held Oct. 15 in Nashville, after two years in Atlanta.


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Thank you very much for the compliments you gave to my guide. I am glad that it help you a bit/ you liked it as that is basically the reason why I created this guide.
I've been out of the internet for 2-3 weeks due to my mid semester exams, and thus this slow reply. So sorry about it.
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I have read all guide, i was searching for Soulcraft success/fail table rates; i have seen one for enhancement and its ok, although its not accurate at all it rates might be similar to this table, i wanted to know rates for soulcrafting this way but i have never find em; but i also had the opportunity to read all your guide wich is really really nice, im not Warmage, im Gladiator 38 actually, its a ****ing pain to lvl up cuz find parties is too hard, maybe bcuz of our crappy way of life bugged in 6 of our best skills, also noobiez with hammer spam, dunno the exact reason, i would like to have the opportunity to show my gladiator play.
I honestly have no clue about the enhancement/ soulcraft success rates. I seldom do enhancement or soulcrafting myself. I usually buy my desire items from the market or from friends. Like I mention before, I didn't spend a single cent(RL cash) on this game before, thus it hold me back in terms of soulcrafting and enhancement above +5
All I know is, (as of now) +1 to +4 of refining does not break you item when fail. +4 to +5 degrades the refine stats of item back to 0 when failed. Items will start to break when refinement goes beyond +5
As for Soulcraft, Regular to Advanced would break the item when failed at a very low chance, to the extend IS isn't worth the use to protect it, whereas refinement of Advanced and onwards will break the item when failed at a higher chance.
Anyway... i liked your guide i really would like to have a Myrmidon guide like this, i also have an acolyte so this guide helps me a bit, i guess the best part of it was the MM rewards cuz i have been searching also, and the boss attacks(still searching a way to unfreeze ****ing mole in candecent cavern, i use to press everything in my mind for unfreeze but also want to know how to).
Please take time to make guide for other char i would be glad to read it.
Sadly, I'm not able to make any Myrmidon guide as I have no experience in playing one before. But I do have to admit that training a gladiator at the lower levels could have been a tough job as they do not really contribute much to the combo systems (that's what I heard). But fear not, myrm comes into good use when they reaches level 55+, when the main training areas becomes Chaos Ocher Forest and/or Chaos Smoldering Swamp.
PvP wise, I've heard many people complaining about the weakness of myrm. In my opinion, a myrm's job in PvP is to burst damage. Given that they are the highest ATK class in-game, it is crucial for them to knock out important classes like Oracle, Warmages in 1 combo, preventing them from running away to heal. This will also means you need to be rich to pump your equipment up to a "God-like" status.
As for CC's MM. Bahamole's freeze attack could be easily avoided. Heres the trick:
Always hit the mole on his back. Noticed Bahamole have a slow casting animation whereby he will raise his right paw up before striking down to unleash the freeze attack? Jump to his back while you see this(good timing is needed for this) and start whacking his back. Continuously repeat this until he is down.
NICE JOB and please keep playing,
hackers will be everywhere but the most important thing is to have fun playing
Totally agreed with you
P.D. I would like to know how to make lavalon weapon, what are these "aram" stuff, if possible the formulas for crits,evade, acc, def(cuz str,vit,agi adds def), etc any formula will be fine.
Lavalon Weapon is crucial for you as it surpass other Weapons in terms of ATK from level 49 to 55.
Lavalon Weapon can be forged by obtaining 3 Lavalon heart Fragments (pretty rare items) by defeating Lavalon at level 40 and above.
Aram is the next dungeon boss after Lavalon which gives the Titan Weapon. The 2nd "God" weapon in the game. It requires 50 Jewel of Truth and 5 Lifetree branches to be forged with the 20k cash recipe. (above requirements apply for IAH)
The possible soulcraft stats obtainable from Lavalon and Titan weapons can be found here:
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Cheyenne Jackson Tells Me About Playing An Adult Film Star
The Performers is the imminent Broadway play that has various old friends reuniting at the Adult Film Awards in Las Vegas.
No, it's not another Arthur Miller revival.
At a meet-and-greet at the Hard Rock in Times Square yesterday, Cheyenne Jackson--who plays the porn-again Mandrew--divulged to me why he's jumped atop this sexy, pecsy project.
"It's a love story that's set in the adult world," the Tony nominated actor/singer told me.
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"It poses the question, 'Are you what you do for a living? Does it define you?'
"I interviewed some adult stars for research."
He declined to say which ones.
But Cheyenne found that some of them are quite introspective most of the year, while on the awards night, it's their big moment to shine.
Will they show an actual clip from a porn movie his character has done when they announce the nominees?
Cheyenne said that's quite probable.
And how about the outfits? The gladiator one (see below) is rather eye-popping.
"Adult stars are very comfortable with their bodies," he said.
"Their body is their costume.
"In the play, my body is my costume.
"And there will be some outfits with even less material!"
"This is a long way from Finian's Rainbow, isn't it?" I remarked.
"Yes," agreed Cheyenne, grinning.
"It's a long way from Rainbow Valley."
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DUMAS - Jim Price, 89, died Thursday, May 30, 2002.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. David Carrington, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in 10:30 a.m. Monday in Chapelwood Gardens Cemetery in Texarkana. Arrangements are by Morrison Funeral Directors.
Mr. Price was born Jan. 13, 1913, in Camp County. He was a Dumas resident since 1992.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; two daughters, Lillian Varnell of Mesquite and Ann Langston of Tulia; three sons, Thomas Price of Springfield, Mo., Ronnie Price of Mount Vernon and Don Price of Dumas; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second St., Dumas, TX 79029.
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