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Sometimes, honesty is the best policy. Toradora! takes what seems to be a typical anime conceit--two mismatched friends trying to help each other win love in high school--and plays it straight. The final product combines ensemble comedy, drama, and romance with pretty visuals, creating a touching and believable shounen romance.
Toradora! tells the story of Ryuuji and Taiga's friendship. The domestic, level-headed Ryuuji has fallen for the vivacious and optimistic Kushieda Minori, childhood friend to Aisaka Taiga. The tsundere Taiga, meanwhile, crushes on Ryuuji's upbeat buddy, Yuusaku. When Taiga and Ryuuji discover their coinciding interests, they form a friendship around gaining the affections of each other's friend. In the beginning, the series uses this alliance between Ryuuji and Taiga to establish a lively dynamic between five friends--Taiga, Ryuuji, Yuusaku, Minori, and Ami--that achieves a perfect equilibrium of comedy, animosity, and friendship. Just as in real life, however, the accumulation of events small and large changes the characters, and comedy gives way to drama.
Toradora! executes its drama with the same integrity and directness that it put into the comedy moments in the earlier part of the season, but occasionally falls short of the mark. Unfortunately, the writing and direction managed to somehow bungle what should have been Taiga's pivotal moment in the Xmas episode, and the execution of her final decision in the story left something to be desired. But that aside, every major emotional moment save the one mentioned above touched me in a way I hadn't expected, including one of the best kiss scenes I've ever seen in any visual medium ever.
J.C. Staff dropped the ball a little on consistency as some scenes appear rough around the edges. But the occasional quality blips won't stick in anyone's mind, since Toradora! also delivers some moments of genuine beauty. The character designs on the whole are simple but attractive, and each each character's animation helps to communicate his or her personality: Ryuuji's slumped posture, Minori's exuberance, and Ami's haughty cool can be read equally well from their body language as from their dialogue. Far and away, the most visual sugar gets sprinkled on Aisaka Taiga; whether she be sleeping, toweling her hair, or using a doughnut as a halo, she looks fantastic.
The extremely personal character drama demands a competent voice cast and Toradora!'s proves more than equal to the challenge. Each of the multifaceted leads requires exceptional attention to detail and sensitivity to character development, but three performances stand out in my mind. Aisaka Taiga is arguably the most complex tsundere lead attempted by Kugimiya Rie and the "Queen of Tsundere" expertly brings her character to life. Kugimiya navigates both the comedic set pieces of the series' first half and the later dramatic portions with equal skill. Horie Yui delivers the layered and effervescent Minori with perfect timing and energy, deftly transitioning from genki girl into neurotic semi-breakdown and back again. Lastly, Ryuuji's mother, Yasuko, gets an expert reading by Ohara Sayaka who ably shows both the childish and motherly sides of her character when called for by the script.
Of the pitch-perfect score, the first OP, "Pre-Parade" deserves special mention. Kugimiya Rie performs what I consider to be a spot-on tsundere J-Pop tune. The pattersong in the bridge gets stuck in my head for days despite my inability to sing along with it.
While none of these characters achieves a "perfect 10", the core group does come darn close to the mark. All five main characters develop in stellar fashion by making foolish mistakes for real reasons and then trying hard to deal with the consequences. Taiga, while a textbook tsundere, doesn't show Shana's (Shakugan no Shana) simple-mindedness or Nagi's (Hayate no Gotoku!) penchant for delusion. Instead, Toradora! features a female lead with a difficult (not troubled) past who wants desperately to love and be loved. Ryuuji isn't the typical doormat-tsundere-sidekick either. He struggles with an overprotective, indulgent (and self-indulgent) mother and wants only to bring happiness to those he cares about, regardless of the cost to his own well-being. Minori, far from the typical genki girl she appears to be, covers a boatload of neurosis with willpower and attitude.
While the Minori-Ryuuji-Taiga triangle forms the heart of Toradora!'s central plot, the two remaining group members, Yuusaku and Ami, complete the picture. Kitamura goes through his own personal ordeal midway through the series, showing a surprising amount of balls and undergoing an almost hysterically typical rebellion before regaining his footing and becoming simply some of the best comic relief in any series I've ever seen (and is as a result the only male anime character I prefer to see shirtless). Finally, Ami who all but withdraws from the group in the second half of the series, grows into the adult she never expected to become, demanding honesty from her friends and closure for herself in one of the most rewarding micro-scenes I've witnessed.
The people I've seen talk about Toradora! tend to get fixated on either half of the show, which is a horrible mistake. Taken as a whole, this work's honesty and humor paints a picture of high school romance and heartbreak that rings true. The loving, detailed visuals, laid back atmosphere and modest scope make the series a perfect introduction to the romance genre and a standout anime in its own right. No matter how angry it makes me at one moment, the next scene or episode has me singing its praises. In short, Toradora! is a lot like it's subject matter: In turns hilarious, rambling, confused, charming, and foolish, but ultimately a worthwhile and heartwarming experience.
Let me be honest here. I was really excited to start this anime. I had heard so many people say positive things about it. I heard that the relationships were portrayed in a very realistic way. I heard that it was touching enough to make someone cry. Topped with the fact that the premise of the show reminded me of Lovely Complex (a great romantic comedy), I thought for sure that I, like many other anime fans, would come to adore this popular anime and enjoy it immensely.
Unfortunately, that was not the case.
By episode 9, I realized that I wasn't really enjoying this anime as I kept getting annoyed with the characters. By episode 11, I decided to take a break from this show for a while because it was boring the heck out of me. Eventually I got back to it but I still wasn't happy about where the story or the characters were going so I marathoned my way through the rest of the show, just so I could get it over with.
I really do not like Toradora! It wasn't my thing and truthfully, I was very disappointed with it.
Story: 3/10
This is basically the same story you've heard over and over before. A boy and girl who fight often, learn that they secretly like each other's friend and make an agreement to help each other get with the person they like, then, after many disagreements and time alone, they fall in love with each other instead. Except, this time, it was decided that the female lead should fall into the tsundere trope and show off her massive tsundereness by doing whatever the heck she wants and have no one who is willing to stop her from becoming the next Haruhi Suzumiya. Besides Taiga, there is also Ryuuji, who can't think for himself or stand up for what he wants because he's too busy being a goodie-goodie-two-shoes, abiding by what other people want, and fulfilling his unrealistic obsession with cleaning everything and talking to germs. Then there's Kitamura, who is unhelpful and attention-whore. And there's Minori, who claims to be Taiga's best friend but does nothing to help her. And lastly, Ami, who takes advantage of the fact that she is a model so she can get away with being a bitch.
The romance here was just too forced because there was no reason for ANYONE to like or even love ANYONE ELSE in the show. I felt that I was just going through awkward scene after awkward scene. In the beginning, I was trying to look past the awkwardness and look forward to the drama later on, but I soon realized that nothing would change. This continuous awkwardness made both the drama and comedy seem very forced. I never laughed during any of the jokes because I just didn't find them to be funny at all. It just made the characters seem like superficial brats who made a big deal out of the littlest things. I did not feel the least bit sorry for their little sob stories either. A strong character would have sucked it up and moved on, but these people find it necessary to shout about their problems for the world to hear in hope that Santa Claus will come and make everything right for them.
You see, before I even started this show, I had my own idea of what was going to happen. I thought that the story would begin with Ryuuji and Taiga having some sort of misunderstanding and hating each other because of it. Then, through a few accidental interactions, they would learn that they are both sick of the way their superficial classmates and irresponsible parents treat them. They would soon after, come to respect each other and decide to be true to themselves and to each other. Then they would become the rebels of the school and look their superficial classmates in the eye and say, "If you can't accept us for who we are, then we don't need you". They would go off together and do all of the fun things they want to do without a care of what anyone else thinks and fall in love. I think that the story would have been much better if it had went in this direction instead of having Ryuuji and Taiga be as superficial as their classmates and having them want to please everyone and have the "ideal" school life.
I mean seriously! What pissed me the most is that Ryuuji and Taiga don't have any ideals of their own. They are so obsessed with what others think of them. They are so willing to follow what everyone else wants and just can't say 'no'. If Taiga was reading this, she would probably deny everything I've said about her and kick me in the face but there were various scenes where she would cheerfully and willingly give gifts to people who have done nothing for her, force people to become friends with each other when one of them or both of them are acting like jerks, and without objections, takes the role of damsel in distress and offers herself as a prize to Ryuuji for winning a race at school. These are not the kinds of scenes that would make me root for a character that apparently I'm supposed to admire. Come on! Something similar to this was handled far better in Kare Kano. Yes, I am aware that in my review for Kare Kano, I criticized it more than I praised it despite liking the anime as a whole, so now I will tell you one thing I liked about it. After the main characters Yukino and Soichiro decide to be true to themselves, they do not simply look for another way to be what their classmates want them to be. They still hide their real personalities during the early part of the show due to Yukino's pride and Soichiro's insecurity, but eventually they become comfortable enough that their real personalities just come out naturally and they can still be happy at school even if they lost their previous popularity. Here, we had characters who could be who they are and not let the judgments of their classmates restrain them, they also had some decent character development. I cannot say that Ryuuji and Taiga have developed at all because they just conform to what others want them to do regardless of how unreasonable it may be.
So really, there's no place in the anime where I can say that I truly enjoyed story. It's a shame.
Animation: 6/10
Something I've noticed about myself is that when I watch anime, I tend to like a show's animation better if I like the anime and I usually hate the animation if I hate the anime. I don't want to rate the animation in Toradora! low because the animation is actually of good quality. So I'll give it 6 points out of 10. Hey, it's not perfect either.
Sound: 5/10
Another thing about me is that I tend to not like a character's voice if I don't like the character. I'm actually a fan of Rie Kugimiya, Eri Kitamura, and Yui Horie and I know that they were really doing the best that they could to make the characters engaging. But, because I lost any connection or care I had due to the faults of the characters, their beautiful voices were not enough to save them.
Character: 3/10
Minori is the show's "genki girl", she runs around screaming and shoving things in peoples' faces expecting them to be impressed. I'm not sure why Ryuuji liked her as he never gives a clear explanation. If I was a boy, I certainly would not like her.
Ryuuji might be considered the most tolerable character on the show but his lack of personality and obsession with germs and girly stuff both bored and disturbed me.
Yasuko is Ryuuji's mom. She claims to be a good and responsible mom, but all she does is laze around the house in little clothing and beg Ryuuji to cook her food that will make her breasts bigger so that she'll get more tips at the local strip club. Then she tries to dictate what he will do in the future without asking him what he thinks. Then again, since Ryuuji doesn't think much, maybe it was better for her to do that.
The only character that made it worth watching in my opinion was Inko but only because it taught me the Japanese word for 'shit'. But looking beyond an educational standpoint, there was nothing else to like about Inko, or the others for that matter. I tried really hard to like them, but it just never happened.
Overall: 3/10
I'm sorry. I really tried to like this show. I mean I really, REALLY tried to like this show. After reading so many reviews on just about every website, I tried to agree with all the people saying that this was one of the greatest animes they have ever seen. I even thought there was something wrong with ME for not seeing what everyone else seemed to see in this show. I'm not trying to bash any Toradora! fans out there, I'm sure you have good reasons for liking the show. Heck, I even have a friend who likes this show a lot. I think this just goes to show that there's no such thing as an anime or anything out there that EVERYONE is going to like. So, I'm standing by my opinion which I have written here in this review. As for all the Toradora! fans, if you would like, you can comment on my review and explain to me what you like about it. Then, maybe I'll have a better understanding on why Toradora! is so popular.
I'll end this with a few recommendations for better anime with romance in it:
Durarara!!: Not really a romance anime, but what little it had was well done and cute.
Mirai Nikki: Nice complex romance with more than one couple
Vampire Knight: A better protagonist involved in an interesting love triangle. The secondary love story was cuter though.
All I can say is I tried. I really really tried to love this romantic comedy that anime fans all over the world fawn over like ants at a picnic. They eat this up claiming it to be the next coming of anime god saying how great the story and characters are, but to me I could never properly digest it. It's like throwing up something that did not taste necessary bad, but you will never want to eat it again. That is basically my feelings towards this anime in a nutshell. Now before any of you get too upset let me explain my reasons.
Romance and comedy are two of my favorite elements and the main two reasons why I love to watch anime. I grew up loving Ranma1/2 and other Rumiko Takahashi works and in my opinion very few animes ever come close to blending these two genres as good as works by her. (and trust me I have seen a lot of romantic comedies) So I went into Toradora with and open mind. Not gonna lie the premise is intriguing. Two friends trying to hook each other up with their friends and eventually falling in love. Love it now, how do they go about telling this? With drama. Ok. Wait a lot of drama. Ok.... REALLY INTENSE DRAMA. Uhhh. Like every person has a tragic backstory. Wait. REALLY TRAGIC FIGHTS and EMOITION ALL AROUND. What??? Sorry Toradora, but you lost me.
Ok let's look at the characters now. Taiga looks so cute! Wait she a tsudere…the annoying kind of tsudere and...she has the most tragic story of all. They put her on a mountain and try to live off her throughout the entire show. Ok well now I'm not a big fan of her. NEXT!
Minori is cute funny full of energy and awesome. Oh and she's loves our protagonist......which will never work out.....well thanks for that slap in the face anime. It's like if they took Dory from Finding Nemo and made her fall in love with Marlin and did not treat her with any respect. That is the treatment they give Minori, the only character I really like and it sucks all kinds of ass. No it's all about Taiga folks, Taiga is the only character everyone should care about and if you don't like her (as I did) you will not like this show (as I did). It's a lot like the anime sailor moon where if you are not a fan of Usagi and Mamo you will hate the show because it is all about their relationship (for the most part).
The only thing I could find to praise about this show is the animation, music and maybe one or two jokes. The openings are really good too.
So basically don't watch this show if:
But I suppose people are allowed to have different opinions and if anything this anime does get a two star in my book. It is far better than most romantic comedies out there and I can think of a lot worse. It just pisses me off that people can think that anyone can like this and take it as a personal insult if it is not in your top ten anime romances. So now I leave it up to you viewers. Watch the first episode or two at least (as I did) and if nothing satisfies or rings any bells, drop it (as I did). The pictures above should give you a good idea of what you are getting into. Some people may like this kind of romance, but not me. No matter how popular this show is I cannot deny my own personal taste because it will always override whatever else an anime has going for it. I would not ride this roller coaster again since I did not have fun the first time around. No matter how many people encourage me to do so.
by far the greatest anime ive ever seen but that may just be me personally but however the reasons for this are the animation, story and characters were all great, if you are looking for a romance anime that they dont start off instantly in love or already dating then this is the one for you, it goes through the development of becoming good friends with someone you met by circumstance, then proceeds the development of the relationship by making them realise their feelings and then finally start dating, a great way to show off an anime in my opinion.
This anime is soo amazing, it is a perfect anime to watch if your into relationships styled anime. The relationships portrayed in this anime are quite phenominal. Its all about how to overcome your fears and move on!!!
I love the layout of the whole plot and was just hoping to see what would become of Taiga. will she get married? Has she made up her mind on what she wants to do? Does Ryūji Takasu go to college eventually or not? All these questions are in my head after watching this anime. Its so amazing you all just need to watch it :)


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Last week I shared a letter from a 30-plus young woman who was very troubled over the challenges confronting singles. She felt the Jewish community was not sufficiently engaged in reaching out to and helping the many singles desperately looking for their soul mates.
"I feel that we, as a community, do not do nearly as much for shidduchim as we should," she wrote.
She bemoaned the apparent indifference to this problem. "I have e-mailed my personal information to so many people," she wrote. "More often than not, my calls are not returned and the e-mails are not answered."
She also complained about the insensitive, cavalier manner with which young married couples relate to them – asking them to baby-sit, as if they were high school students, never stopping to consider how hurtful this can be to someone who sees the years pass by with no prospect of marriage or of holding her own baby in her arms.
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My Dear Friend:
There is no doubt that one of the most vexing dilemmas in the Jewish community today is that of the ever-growing singles population. I appreciate all the fine suggestions you made that may help alleviate this problem, and I hope our readers will follow through and give serious consideration to your recommendations.
There are many organizations (including our own Hineni), congregation-sponsored committees and shidduch clubs where concerned women get together and network to set up shidduchim. Painfully however, the dilemma remains, indicating that more involvement is required.
Having said this, I believe it would be worthwhile to examine the other side of the coin and determine whether there are some problems in the singles world that exacerbate the situation and whether singles themselves, albeit unwittingly, contribute to the crisis.
Dealing with singles for many years, I have had, Baruch Hashem, the zechus to make many, many matches, but I have also encountered many sad situations. Unfortunately, I know countless singles who came to Hineni some thirty years ago searching for their basherts and today they are in their fifties or sixties and, tragically, still searching.
Now, mind you, I have introduced them to many potential candidates, but for one reason or another they never made a connection. There was always some excuse – the easiest of course, was to say, "He/she is very nice, but I don't think it's for me."
Obviously, there are times when such a response is legitimate, when there is no connection, but often there are those who are pursuing an unrealistic dream. They reject shidduch opportunities, and then, years later, they regret they did so. Many have confided to me that they now realize they made huge mistakes.
But even as they do so, they continue on the same unrealistic path, looking for an "image," failing to realize they are chasing a fantasy. To be sure, when challenged, they will tell you they have very modest requests – "just a good person" – but when I question them closely it quickly emerges that "just a good person" is just a small part of the equation. There are many other considerations that come into play: looks, money, etc.
On occasion, I have challenged some of the shidduch candidates and told them to look into the mirror and frankly ask, "Would I want to go out with me?"
I recall a very overweight man telling me he only wanted a thin girl. "Forgive me," I said, "I do not want to hurt you, but by that logic, why should a thin girl want you?" Unfortunately, such situations are not isolated incidents. Very often, singles just do not have realistic expectations. They chase a rainbow that is just not there.
There are, of course, many other factors that work against successful shidduchim. With the passage of time, many become comfortable in their own niche and develop commitment phobia. This is especially prevalent among men, though girls can suffer from it as well. None of them would admit to it – they sincerely believe they want to get married (and no doubt they truly do), but they just can't make that leap, so they date and date and the years fly by.
I do not say these situations are hopeless – I have, Baruch Hashem, made many shidduchim for such individuals – but in order to do so, I not only had to be a shadchan, I also had to undertake the role of a "life coach" – making endless phone calls, urging, encouraging and urging again and again – a task that can be consuming and takes an enormous amount of time and patience.
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Hi, Following Berin's habits of publishing seeds for public brainstorming, I'd like to hear your feelings about the need for component packaging in C2. A look at the evolution of the stock sitemap.xmap reveals a growing number of components. This is natural, and is a Good Thing(tm). C2 users are adapting C2 to a growing number of demands, and this is one of the paths to do it. It is just expectable that, as the user base grows, and C2 API stabilizes, more and more C2 components see the daylight. I see one problem, though. Currently, all components become part of Cocoon's codebase. This somewhat increases C2 complexity for developers, but unquestionably raises management problems. When it comes to componentized development, I like to think of a CPAN like scenario. Among perl's many virtues and defects, one undisputed excellent feature is the component repository. If an architecure has the ability to be extended through components, I think it should aim to have its own CPAN: distributed development and testing of components, with easy deployment mechanisms and a central component registry. If C2 ever reached the number of components perl has today, the number of commiters would be astonishing, and codebase management (permissions, QA, etc) would be a nightmare. Clearly, if the objective is to have a large number of components, components should be easily detachable from core cocoon. What would a component packaging system require? I guess an existing packaging format may be reusable for these needs. A component-contained configuration might be needed. Here I don't have a formed opinion, other than thinking component declaration shouldn't be in the sitemap. Please kick in and write back. -- Sergio Carvalho --------------- email@example.com If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, email: email@example.com
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Just Say No to Ice Cubes for Watering
Today at work I walked into a front office area, I saw a wilted poinsettia plant, crying out for help.
Co-worker: "Carol, what's wrong with this plant?" (They know I'm a gardener and I wouldn't turn my back on a plant in need.)
Me: "It needs water." (I would have known that even without a degree in horticulture.)
Co-worker: "No it doesn't. Feel the soil, it's damp." (They would question me?)
I felt the top of the soil and it was indeed slightly damp. Then I pulled the plant, rootball and all, out of the pot, quite dramatically and confidentally. As I suspected, the bottom three-fourths was as dry as dust.
Co-worker: "I don't understand, 'so-and-so' puts ice cubes on it every day."
Ice cubes? To water indoor plants? Think about it, how much water is in a cube of ice? Not very much. This plant was simply not getting enough water.
I proceeded to pick off all the dead leaves and bracts and told my co-worker to go water the poinsettia in a sink until the water came out the bottom of the pot.
That's how plants should be watered. Thoroughly.
Ice cubes... sheesh...
(The poinsettia above is from Garfield Park Conservatory. It isn't really sitting in water. It's on a pedestal that's in the water. I know they water these plants properly!)
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I have to admit that my husband waters one of our houseplants (a pothos inherited from his mother) with icecubes. We've had it for at least 5 years and it just soldiers on. I'm afraid if I actually paid attention to it (repot, fertilize, water adequately, etc.) it would die.
- Thu Dec 13, 10:17:00 PM 2007
- Bonnie said...
I've never heard this about watering with ice cubes. Very interesting. And funny, kind of an afterthought method of watering -"oh I have some ice left in my drink, I'll just pop it into the plant."
- Thu Dec 13, 10:34:00 PM 2007
- Gina said...
carol - i've never heard of this! maybe you could remind your coworkers that they give ice chips to hospital patients who they DON'T want to have any ACTUAL water.
- Thu Dec 13, 10:40:00 PM 2007
- Leslie said...
And here I always worry about the water being too cold for the poor roots...
- Thu Dec 13, 11:04:00 PM 2007
- MrBrownThumb said...
Isn't that crazy?
I admit I've done that on occasion usually with "outdoor" plants and not with my house plants because I know it isn't an effective way of watering and the cold water will shock the roots.
- Thu Dec 13, 11:53:00 PM 2007
- Frances said...
You did your good deed and saved a plant AND educated someone about proper houseplant watering. You are the superheroine of your workplace. Really.
- Fri Dec 14, 06:20:00 AM 2007
- Colleen said...
LOL You know, I know I've seen that tip on HGTV. I know I have! I just wish I could remember who recommended it :-)
I'm sure the poinsettia was relieved to get a real drink of water!
- Fri Dec 14, 06:37:00 AM 2007
- Lisa at Greenbow said...
I too have seen this method of watering discussed on tv. I think I have even read it someplace. I always thought it was an odd thing to do. Who wants cold feet?
This reminds me that I should give all my indoor plants a good watering. Excuse me I must go...
- Fri Dec 14, 07:04:00 AM 2007
- Kathy said...
What would you do if you were in a hotel room miles from home and had a lot of plants to take care of for the next couple of days? This is what I faced at the GWA symposium.
The trade show opened on Friday night. Of course, everyone picks up as many free plants as they can the first night, because they don't want to miss out on any of the good ones. Between my roommate and I, we had enough starts in small pots to line our entire hotel room window.
Our days were scheduled from sunup (well, 7am) to 9pm. We didn't have time to water each plant individually in the bathroom sink. Instead, my roommate, a veteran of these events, got ice from the machine in hallway and put some on the soil of each plant that seemed dry.
This is the only situation I can really see using ice cubes. These did not have a lot of soil. Many of them were closer to well rooted cuttings. We wanted them to stay in the sun and get watered at the same time. And it was temporary. After their ride home in the spare suitcase I had brought just for this purpose, they got a thorough watering--and a repotting for those that didn't go in the ground.
- Fri Dec 14, 07:13:00 AM 2007
- Christine said...
I agree, I have seen this on HGTV, but I believe it was for summer, and maybe for when you were going out of town. I remember the lady that said it, just not her name (sorry, guys). If my kids drop an ice cube on the floor, I used to tell them to put it in a plant, but that was to not waste the water, not a method of actually watering the plant!
- Fri Dec 14, 09:10:00 AM 2007
I've never heard of using ice cubes for watering either - ice water is just unfriendly - even we human people absorb warm water more readily! I'm sure that poor poinsettia is much happier under your green thumb. Carol, I've posted my GBBD pics a little early - find them here: (if I can make html work...) Blithewold
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- Fri Dec 14, 01:06:00 PM 2007
Pam @ Digging says:
I've heard of the ice-cube watering system, and it sounded daffy to me too. It would take a lot of ice to really water a plant, and that might freeze the stem to death.
My Bloom Day post is up a day early too, but I'll "renotify" you tomorrow.
- Fri Dec 14, 01:16:00 PM 2007
- Nickie said...
Ice cubes are better then what my co-workers did to my poinsettia! I came in after a week off and I found my poinsettia extreamly wilted that I HAD in the office. Well, they thought they were doing a good thing by watering it with soup, coffee, soda and everything else so they wouldnt have to dump thier leftovers in a sink! It was so nasty and killed the plant...it was floating in a stinky concoction of nastyness!!!
- Fri Dec 14, 01:42:00 PM 2007
- Mary said...
Well, after much deliberation on my part...I decided to comment.
I'm a Poinsettia killer. Year after year. One survived in my summer garden once, however.
Yes, I'm one of "those" who watered my poinsettias with ice :o/
- Fri Dec 14, 02:42:00 PM 2007
- gintoino said...
There's something I had never heard of...doesn't the low temperature of the ice cubes hurt the plants roots? And besides...,isn't it a lot easier to just water the plant with...how should I say this...plain water?
- Fri Dec 14, 07:09:00 PM 2007
I think soggy soil kills almost as many poinsettias as overly dry soil. Folks leave the foil on the plant and keep watering it and the foil holds the water in. The roots rot. The plant wilts.
Punch holes in the foil and put the pot on a saucer. Better yet water in the sink when the soil dries out.
I love those plants outside the hotel lobby where they fertilize the soil with cigarette butts. ;-7
- Sat Dec 15, 05:37:00 PM 2007
- lisa said...
Heh...I'll take my poinsettia "straight up", thanks! ;-)
- Thu Dec 27, 06:23:00 PM 2007
Chigiy at Gardener's Anonymous said:
There is a Steven Wright joke that goes like this: "I like to torture my plants. I water them with ice cubes."
- Sun Dec 30, 04:51:00 AM 2007
Okay so I actually googled this exact topic "watering with ice" and am now quite discouraged. So all you expert gardeners out and especially May, how about some advice for a city dweller? I live in Baltimore, where the city is trying to increase the tree canopy, and have been enlisted to help water some newly planted trees near my children's school. It gets quite hot in the summer and we have had multiple summers of drought which makes tough conditions for baby trees. There is no near water supply. Just setting up the multiple hoses and getting the water turned on can take 30 minutes. I WAS hoping that dumping an entire store-sized bag of ice on the tree base in the early morning of a typical 90 + degree day would be an easy viable solution (and not torturem for me or the tree....). What do you think?
- Thu May 01, 09:04:00 PM 2008
Just to let you know, in our biology class we grew pea plants and watered them with ice cubes. And so far they are doing awesome!!!
- Fri Mar 18, 02:10:00 PM 2011
I have some plants on top of a very nice piece of furniture. I've had some problems with getting water on the furniture when I (or my kids) accidentally got just a tiny bit too much water in the pot, and it overflowed. I started watering with ice cubes. Plants are happy, and no more overflow onto the furniture. Works great!
This technique is also ideal for indoor hanging plants, since they absorb the water as it melts. No overflow onto the floor.
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Going this route..
1. Star Wars Galaxies (PRE NGE)
2. Dark Age of Camelot
3. Ultima Online
4. Anarchy Online
5. Shadowbane
Granted that the OP had a nice list as well,but I am not far from it. Asherons I dabbled into the game years ago during the EQ / DAoC days, however it would be 6 on my list.
I echo my fellow SWG Vets. Remake SWG Pre-NGE with modified content currently in game. Space, GCW, Theme Park Adveture lines with rewards fitting the Sandbox. The one aspect of Pre-CU was lack of content because of early start. That could be avoided a 2nd time. Now the real question; Who do you get to make it? SOE? lol. Cryptic? yeah, right. NCSoft? hmm. CCP? interesting. Trion? meh. BioWare? nay.
The majority may want to play a game... but give me a world to live in.
Originally posted by Ucil
Development of a new engine and new player experience for Anarchy Online has been a long time tease of the developers in that small corner of the Funcom Canada offices. Following this article, you should really chat up Colin Cragg for details on what would be a remake of AO, if Funcom would devote more than 2 people to the project.
Where's that article?
Godspeed my fellow gamer
Age of Conan needs to be remade - by someone other than Funcom. Imagine the game it would've been had Bioware made it.
It's good to imagine, trust me.
First time I think I've said this with one of your lists.... I completely agree.
Though I have another remake list for some "Should have never been made by that Dev" MMO's lol.
5. Age of Conan
4. Mortal Online
3. Champions Online
2. Star Trek Online
Err, I'm not sure why my post came out like that - anyhow I said: "Age of Conan needs to be remade - by someone other than Funcom. Imagine the game it would've been had Bioware made it.
It's good to imagine, trust me."
Nevermind, I see what your saying. Yeah definitely , would make for another good article here.
Last I heard it was because they didn't have the money for an engine that would run it.
Godspeed my fellow gamer
uo remade?why it sucked to begin with. the only mmorpg i deleted withing 10 min after i installed it.
create char,3 min walk outside and die,repeat rinse delete.yes what a joke bored high levels waiting outside of town to kill noobs.it was SOOO fun.
My list would be:
5) Anarchy Online
4) GemStone III, with the original (Rolemaster) mechanics but a modern interface and 3D graphics
3) Vanguard, with a stable development team and plan
2) Star Wars galaxies, without the Star Wars part
1) Dark Age of Camelot
They had two cracks at creating sequels to UO, nixed both. If they're going to do an Ultima game, Ultima 9 needs to be remade properly and the single player franchise continued. More Underworlds too. More System Shocks while we're at it.
1000 posts in 8 and a half years...
I honestly can't believe that Shadowbane did not make the list. The best political system and territory game ever. Also some brutal pvp. I've always said that if shadow bane was remade with a better engine, I'd play in a heart beat. I suppose archeage will be the closet I'll ever get to shadow bane.
Does an mmorpg ever really get "remade"? Id love to see sequels to any of the games on the list though, which in some cases is the same as a remake.
1 . Everquest 1
2. Daoc
I too would add Neocron to that list.
Hooray, DAoC moved up! Game had it all; even monotonous time consuming pve that actually payed off when you went to pvp. One thing DAoC had was equal partnership (prior to NF) between pve and pvp. It's a small thing, but it negates realm imbalance when you know you can go level up a bit and come back. Also; the ambiance of the three realms: from the medieval style of the Brits to the Viking longhouses- each side was shown equal care and love. You could very easily become immersed in the culture alone.
My list:
1. DAoC
2. Auto Assault
3. Vangaurd
4. Shadownbane
I would like to add Darkfall with more content and Lotro with the same content but upgraded models, but hey, your list is very good and if sequels can work for the movie industry they can work for the games industry.
A lot of these titles have significant goodwill and it is being wasted.
Playing: Diablo 3 and Black Desert
Other favourite games have been: UO, Lineage2, WoW, Darkfall, Lotro
not a bad list, I don't agree with the number five choice personaly, though: as AO was fail on relese: AoC was fail on relese...I'm not gonna touch SW after being let down heavily by the company: afterall, the majority of people I know refer to the company as failcom, ot funcom..ah well
I would bet you 10 bucks that any of these got remade and folks went to play the remakes they would all be going omg this is so bad, I can remember when you could do this and this.
The problem I see with remakes is folks have an expectation of how the game should play/would play and would never be happy with how it was remade.
Oh well, the only one I disagree with is lineage. I get spam mail from time to time saying reactivate your account here, lol I think I tried a free trial like forever and ago in another lifetime.
Oh well I think they should add vanguard in there if they could get soe to drop the license.
I have doubts about the other 4 games, but DAoC will have me won over if only they managed to get enough people to play, and update just the UI. It feels so uncomfortable now, after I am spoiled by the far superior UIs these days.
If they ever make Asheron's Call 3 with half as good gameplay and as either AC or even AC2 with modern graphics I would probably never play anything else. AC2 was my first love and I still miss it.
I didn't even have to open this article to know you'd be shilling for DAoC once again. It wasn't anything about the game that made the game great. It was the gamers that made it great. I love how the fan boys always trot out, "If it was 'done right' it would be huge" yet "done right" inevitabley translates to "put in the mechanics I like and leave out the rest."
If they redid DAoC the way it was at launch, you'd HATE it. It was origionally built for table top gamers who wanted an alternative to EQ. To the first generation of DAoC players the game wasn't about RvR and if you were around during those times you'd know that. It was about the journey. The adventure to get to level 50 and that included RvR. Then realm points came and the serpent entered the garden. The gamers were the ones who abandon the realm system in favor of the eight man system, not the game.
This touting of the three realm mechanic is a relatively new phenominon. People used it to explain why they thought Warhammer was a "failure". I think it's about time that this was place very high on the list of "games killed by the people who played it" and the game itself should be mercifully put down. The two thousand people stlll playing will find something else to do with the money they spend on three monthly account fees.
And now I'll wait for you to shilll for DAoC again, however, you won't do it again for another five articles because you think that makes you appear to not be a fanboi.
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
Eden Eternal, they stuffed it up by placing a captcha in-game, that apears randomly about every 30 minutes!
Archlord, now has that many bugs that it is no longer playable!
Rohan Online, remove the crafting system that requires item mall purchases but still only gives around a 30 percent chance of success!
d&d online, they stuffed this one up when they decided to implement a system that requires you to complete a quest so you get exp.
I think, when considering remaking a title, the primary focus should be an expanding the core ideals of the game. A lots of MMORPGs had some very good ideas behind them, but really needed to have those ideas "done right" first, which would be expanding on the idea, and then expanded some more.
I can see why you'd pick DAoC as number 1. Of all the "EQ Clones" (i.e. Diku) that game had my favorite setting, and lots of cool parts. As a Sandboxer, and if they did remake it, I'd hope they added a lot of mystery through the runes.
AC, I never played it, but it seems to me that that game also is a very worthy title to remake, if done right. Expanded on the original ideals.
But the top game for me would be UO. By far. The biggest issue here is "expanding" the open world PvP. They'd have to start with "done right" first. And that means a Justice System that really works. But much more than just the PvP, UO had that worldly thing going. Yet, it really needs to be expanded. A lot. Expanded in world interaction, in what players can make and build, in what critters do (AI), in politic systems and city building, expanded in Rare Items, and expanded in mysteries of it's marvelous past.
UO, in my mind, is the foundation of a truly great world to play in. One that, if done right and expanded, would hold it's players because there is no "end game".
Once upon a time....
Everyone KNEW Ultima would be on the list. God we'd all get a five week boner if Ultima Online 2 was announced. Yes, even the girls. That's how impressive it is.


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But like all players who have been around the block, he did not dwell on his luck, he made the most of it. He made England pay. Haddin should have been caught when he was five, he could have been run out when he was 17, he was out when he was 51 only to be reprieved when it was discovered that Ben Stokes had bowled a no-ball.
Haddin almost scored a hundred in the opening Test in Brisbane only to be run out six runs short after rescuing Australia's first innings and, it seems, turning the tide irrevocably his side's way. He was not at all disconcerted by all that happened to him yesterday, he merely bludgeoned another six in the direction of cow corner.
Together with his captain, Michael Clarke, Haddin put on 200, Australia's highest partnership for the sixth wicket at Adelaide. Clarke's innings was the work of a superior craftsman, mixing adept footwork with quick hands and confident decision-making.
"You can make a good argument for him being the best batsman in the world at the moment," Haddin said. "When he gets past 20 he seems to go on and score a big hundred.
"You have seen since Michael took over as captain his batting has gone to a new level. He has scored more than 1,000 runs at Adelaide and averages more than 100 here so I wasn't surprised by that."
Clarke has scored 3,221 runs as Australia's captain at an average of 64.42. The latter figure is inferior only to Don Bradman (101.52 in 24 matches) but Clarke has often played a lone hand in his 31 matches leading this side. It may be instructive that four of Australia's last five captains have all had batting averages above 50 when captain. The only exception was Mark Taylor and he is generally deemed to be the most astute leader.
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In order to identify new biomarkers to assess the status of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) we have assembled a team of 5 principal investigators with expertise encompassing clinical investigation, immunology, biomedical engineering and microvascular imaging. The overarching hypothesis underlying our proposal is that the severity of tissue injury in SCD is related to the state of inflammation and vascular perfusion. Our goals are to apply minimally invasive techniques for sensitively assessing inflammation and microvascular occlusion to the analysis of mouse and human SCD: 1) flow cytometry of patient blood to measure iNKT cell activation;and 2) contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEU) to measure vascular volume/perfusion in situ in mice and people. These are validated safe techniques borrowed from the fields of immunology and cardiology. We will relate these measures to other disease indices such as clinical status in people and pulmonary function and intravital microscopy in mice. We recently discovered that iNKT cells, which can be inhibited by activation of adenosine A2A receptors (A2ARs), are activated in mice or persons with SCD. We initiated an ongoing clinical investigation (NIH RC2HL101367) facilitated by the availability of the drug regadenoson, an FDA approved A2AR agonist. Another ongoing SCD clinical trial is evaluating GMI-1070, a pan-selectin inhibitor, to reduce leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells (EC) and vaso-occlusive episodes. To study leukocyte-EC interactions in greater depth we recruited an authority on adhesion molecules and intravital microscopy. In order to study microvascular perfusion in mice and people we recruited an expert in the technique of CEU to measure vascular perfusion in mouse and human studies. Millions of patients have undergone CEU to measure vascular perfusion in heart and other tissues. These methods will be used to assess three SCD drug candidates in mice and when possible, human studies. These are regadenoson;GMI- 1070;and ATL-801, a preclinical A2BR antagonist that inhibits RBC sickling. After they are validated, our goal is to transfer these techniques to SCD clinical trial sites. We hypothesize that the identification of new biomarkers, flow cytometric and CEU, will be more useful indices of drug effectiveness than currently used clinical outcome measures. In addition, these studies will provide new information about the cellular and molecular events that trigger vaso-occlusion and tissue ischemia in SCD.
This project will use ultrasound to measure tissue vascular perfusion, and will analyze white blood cells from patients with sickle cell anemia. These procedures will provide us with measures of abnormalities in blood flow and inflammation that will be used to better understand the disease, and also to help evaluate the effectiveness of new therapeutic approaches.
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Should I Stain All Sides of Boards or Just Exposed Sides?
A common question when it comes to staining a wood deck is whether or not you have to stain all the sides of the deck boards including underneath.
Normally a deck floor is only stained on the exposed side facing up. This helps protect the boards from UV fading and water damage. The underside of a deck obviously is not going to be subjected to any harsh UV rays but what about moisture?
Moisture and water damage can be a problem especially on the exposed side of a deck where rain constantly hits the boards and may even puddle up allowing it to be absorbed. On the underside of a deck, the boards are not being pelted with rain but they can get slightly wet during a good downpour. The problem with staining deck boards underneath is that it is almost more trouble than it is worth.Unless you are staining all the sides of each board as the deck is being built, staining the underside of an existing deck can be very labor intensive, time consuming, and expensive. In addition, some areas of the underneath boards will still not be stained. Anywhere a deck board rides above or comes in contact with a support beam or floor joist you can't even see, let alone stain.
There has also been some debate as to whether or not staining all sides of deck boards can actually trap moisture. There are various opinions about this but all boards by nature have moisture in them and should be able to breathe. So it makes the most sense to stain only the top exposed portions of a deck board where it is prone to sun and rain damage.
One reason you may want to stain all sides of deck boards is for aesthetic purposes especially on an upper level deck. When the underside of an upper level deck is exposed it can be more of an appearance issue when concerning yourself with staining the bottom side of a deck.
In our experience, staining only the exposed sides of deck boards is sufficient in protecting the wood from heavy traffic and weather. It is common however to stain the underside of any deck steps, exposed beams and supports they may be more noticeable. In some cases, if a deck owner is willing to do the work or pay for it, staining the underside of deck boards especially on elevated decks is more personal preference than anything and certainly is not necessary.
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Is your recommendation the same for a deck that is only about 2 ft off the ground. Our deck sits at the bottom of a slop against our house and is in the drainage path for our yard, so there is sometimes moisture on the ground. We were considering whether to seal the bottom of the boards before install. Thanks for any insight.
Our deck is elevated about 12'. I don't mind putting in the time if will extend the life of the deck. So is your rec time investment based or won't it extend enough to make it worthwhile.
I am replacing the top of the wood deck with cedar, and removing the treated wood. We will be staining with a transparent product. Would it be a good idea to stain the framework of the deck(treated and has been several years}, as long as it is all now exposed. This would be to just protect it again from the agents of rain and snow, or moisture in general.
We are removing sickens from our deck and staining with a penetrating stain. Should we remove the previous coatings from all sides?
Redwood deck that we have needs staining again. We do this about every 4 to 5 years. We are getting older and want to roll the stain on. We can't get it onto the sides of the boards. How can we do this? Is there a "roller" that has something on it to get in between the boards. Or deck is just over 25 years old.


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"I adapted another recipe to cut the calories in this banana bread. Sometimes I add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts." -Helen Oetjen, Burlington, VT
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1/2 cup sugar
5 tablespoons butter, softened
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (about 6 3/4 ounces)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 (6-ounce) carton vanilla low-fat yogurt
3/4 cup ripe mashed bananas (about 1 1/2 bananas)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and ground cloves. Add flour mixture and yogurt alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in bananas and vanilla. Pour batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
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Calories 204
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Fat 7.1 g
Satfat 4.1 g
Monofat 1.9 g
Polyfat 0.4 g
Protein 4.3 g
Carbohydrate 31 g
Fiber 1.2 g
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Prof's re-negotiations are for the entire month of August. He is trying for an extension to the 16 hour rule to allow for weekends away. Fingers crossed. That is the only one that I am very concerned about. Veto has been kind of been taken off the table, only to be used in bunny boiler situations. I am vegetarian, so unlikely to boil anyone's pet
No scootering this week due to the ankle, we had a 2 hour play session instead. Strictly play, no sex till after a dinner break. Prof has been taking lessons from a Pro-Domme in the city, and it shows. I helped him finish up the play room too. I get to go in 2 weeks to the Pro-Domme and I am really looking forward to it. Apparently she is going to blog about him and the sessions, should be an interesting read!
Wow, but that man eats late and cooks slowly, a great cook, and he always makes extras and bags them up for me but...I am used to cooking for kids, chop, chop, cook and on the table in 30 minutes or less. When I don't have the kids I eat cereal for dinner. I totally appreciate the leftovers that go for lunch and a second dinner. Yes, I can eat the same thing 3 times in a row, especially if I didn't make it myself!
I saw Kip this week too. He explained a little more about his discomfort with prof. Again, I let him talk and mainly listened. I am glad we are pretty much over the hump, it was smooth sailing before the 3some. He is being a little coy about scheduling, very busy time of the year and all that. I think he wants me to chase him a little...I can do that
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What is Beyond 12.12.12 & 12.21.2012..
12.12 is the sacred day of Ascension for Mother Gaia.
On that day, the network of energy is completed, which when completed , allows the flow of the energy of the Violet flare, and this energy was available on earth before, but not in its complete flow, it was in the Form of "Flame ", and now it shall start pouring in the Form of a " Flare" …
And the reason in increasing this flow of energy, { is the direct transformation in the nature of the Solar Interactions }, which in turn will begin preparing itself for the biggest transformation in the nature of the frequencies which will be sent from the Sun on the day of the alignment 21-12, where the Central Sun is going to work on supporting our sun through the energies it's going to send to it on that day.
The work of the Violet Flare on earth starting 12.12.12
1. Cleansing karma
The personal karma of the earth and how the Violet Flare is going to deal with it.
The energy of the Violet Flare is responsible in the first degree for : cleansing the personal karma of the earth {Mother Gaia} and her suns {it's residents} together, which will causes an escalation in the earth's movements through realigning and moving its continents and seas in terms of their energy networks, electromagnetic and energy currents as well as their chemical makeup in order to return them back to their original state.
This is going to occur in stages. Previously, all of these changes would occur in three days only, which is why they were accompanied by plenty of natural disasters, and this was how a new era was entered. However, these events are now going to occur in stages, and they are not to usher us into a new era but into another dimension.
These stages are going to take several years until the shift in polarity is complete; as well as a complete change in the nature of mountains, rivers, oceans, trees and plant forms into their new shapes.
The purpose of prolonging this period is to transform us to a new state of evolution and not to punish us, and so that there is no negative impact on the people as a result of this change…
So the first stage will be the lightest one in 2013; and this will continue on to the second stage which is the most difficult in 2015. From then on, the third stage is lighter and starts from 2016 until 2020... The stages afterwards get lighter and lighter until the earth reaches its prime state after the year 2032.
The results of this difficult stage in 2015 will be { the emergence of two continents: Lumoria and Atlantis. In later stages, the continent of Shirlanka shall appear as well as two other continents: one from under Australia and the other from the left of the northern American continent.
The changes are going to take place in two phases:
How the Violet is going to affect the average human and how it's going to cleanse his karma?
The presence of this energy shall work on gathering the forces of good and Evil , in thesame platform:
As for the individuals on their personal level, this energy is going to show and release all the confined feelings, rights and inner confessions of every person until he becomes completely naked in front of himself; and is unable to hide anything or deny his true nature. This is a kind of tough reconciliation between a person and himself.
2. Decoding our DNA
As you all know, the human being on this earth has gone through several stage of evolution, one of those stages was working on coding his DNA into 2 DNA which has led to limiting many of his abilities and realizations as well as separating him from the Divine.
In 12.12.2012 the Violet flare shall start decoding the DNA and establishing its connection to the 12 DNA; also, the 7 chakras shall transform into 12 chakras. This does not necessarily mean that you would be able to gain the full abilities of the 12 DNA...
The purpose of this is as follows:
Previously, you were limited in your abilities to the 2 DNA, and if you were to complete their advancement of consciousness and wanted to advance to the Third DNA and above, you wouldn't have been to do that in a direct and physical manner
However, you are able to achieve this at the level of developing your inner bodies, by raising the level of your consciousness until you reach full enlightenment; and your natural physical powers remain limited to the consciousness of 2 DNA …
However, after the decoding process, everyone is going to gain his/her supply of consciousness to be activated physically through DNA. Meaning, if you were not evolved consciously above 2 DNA; your DNA would decode and only two would be activated while the rest would be on standby pending on your future development.
So whenever your consciousness advances in accordance to the Third DNA, you would gain its abilities, and if you carry within you the consciousness of the 6th DNA, the 6th DNA would be activated immediately in its physical form for you, all in the span of a year, in order for you to gain all the powers that come along with it
For your information, all true activation of the level of DNA and whatever consciousness it carries automatically elevates you to a different dimension, as the dimensions are linked to DNA, up until 12 DNA and 12 dimensions.
The year 2013 is going to be the year of awakening that, in turn, is going to work on decoding your DNA
21st of Dec. 2012
ON that day, the Blue Flare and the Violet Flare are going to combine with the golden energy sent from the heart of the galaxy, in order to open up the gateway...
The beginning of its birth in the fifth dimension (in terms of energy)
The beginning of the immediate activation of the fourth
dimension of its surface.
"The Warriors of the Rainbow"
On that day, "The Warriors of the Rainbow" would have completed their mission in building the new bridge which will link between earth and sky to allow the flow, graduation and ascension of the new class of spiritual masters from the earth into the fifth or seventh dimension. And the other way around: to allow those from the skies such as all the ascended spiritual masters, higher councils and The Galactic Federation of Light to have a presence here on earth.
Of course, this does not mean that "First Contact" would be established, but i mean that the doors would be fully opened and the atmosphere on earth is ready for the fifth dimension and for their presence here on earth.
As for the First "apparent and official" Contact , preliminary steps are needed before it occurs such as: { The new economic system, new technologies, disclosure.}.. And these steps would be completed between 6 to 9 months from the beginning of the New Year.
On this day; every person would have his own world according to his level of awareness:
{ Everyone would be categorized in accordance with his or her level of awareness, level of ascension, and the dimension that supports his or hers consciousness credit.}
The arrangements scheduled to occur in year 2013 " that we'd previously talked about" before first contact, are going to help all of those who find difficulty in ascension up until The First Contact comes to call, which in turn will prepare our presence in the Inner Earth with our brothers [The Agarthians], and then support us through Biotechnology that would activate the powers of those who were not able to do so on their own before "The First Contact" , so as to be on the First Step of full consciousness.
From 21st of Dec. until the 23rd Dec. 2012:
Three days for the Gate to be completed, accompanied by three kinds of Eclipse, those 3 days are very valuable, for they have come to you with love and absolute light after a wait that lasted 26.000 years {26 thousand years}...
So don't let those days pass you by, without establishing direct connection between you and your higher self, by entering deep into yourself through
{ Meditation and inner communication with the higher councils of Angels, and asking them to prepare you for Ascension. You must have dialogue with the Divine; this is not just something that comes implicitly from within you. You must explicitly ask for it and clarify your choices. Try to assign to these holy days a special celebration that symbolises your reception to the new era}.
All in all, the year 2013 is going to be filled with surprises and events...
I would like to point out a very important point: the right way of doing this is for the human being to prepare himself to receive his full consciousness within the first three months of opening the doorway, without waiting for anything else, and for himself to help others who were unable to complete ascension on their own, and thus ensuring himself a place among those who are in the top lines in joining with the forces of light to help the people of earth.
The right way is to not sit down and wait for help from the forces of light when they restore order in the fourth dimension on earth. What I mean is, starting from the 21st of December 2012 the connection between you and the sky would have been opened, and you would not need anyone's help in that, because you could ask from the Divine who would materialize by activating your powers of creativity through returning these abilities to you.
An example of this:
Why to wait for new technology such as anti-gravity cars (that are really arriving) but need time, when you could teleport through your Mind. Why wait for The Funds to build a new modern house when you could create it by yourself. Why wait for new technology to cure you from difficult diseases when you could heal yourself and others...
My dear brothers, you have not yet realized that you are among the most precious, skillful and advanced life forms created by God... stop this waiting and be among the first class of ascenders to regain their full consciousness... be among those who descended from the Divine to watch over and help others who could ascend.
Your brother
The Enlightened Master
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Dear Ruo Xing Antoinette Loh,
to find an answer for your question { what about the 3 days of darkness } there is an answer in the article as that happened before on earth and it will never happened again,
i would like you to watch this movie as an answer :
I am American. I do not believe the American people in general have a clue about the collider in Europe. They had begun building one in Fort Worth Texas over twenty years ago. The public 'allegedly' put a stop to it. And from what I understand, moved production over to EU. Unfortunately so many americans have become indolent, full of melancholy and pathetic. I have been that periodically. NOW I am BETTER. I agree with the fact that whatever is being done with the collider is irresponsible, simply because it is not made public awareness a priority. Peace.
First of all why should such people want to do a thing like this and destroy the world? They are being foolhardy and irresponsible. Furthermore why didn't they warned the world? So irresponsible! They are not right. Who do they think they are to put us in danger for no good reasons. Are they out of their minds? Who are they anyway? Americans?
I like it. It makes sense. It resonates with my One. Peace Brother.
Dear Brothers and sisters, thank you so much for your trust , and kind comments..
TO Daniela Flores:
We mentioned in the article that the violet flare is already exist in the atmosphere , but in 12.12.12 it will flow intensive & powerful ..
love, light and Peace to all
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and very pleased to have contact with you
Thank you Ibrahim Sharing for your Valuable knowledge which really clear confuse mind
here is one explanation of it
What about the 3 days of darkness in which there is no supply of electricity and the demons from hell that will walk on the Earth causing panic, fear and terror and even events of natural catastrophe like earthquakes and rains of fire? How are we to prepare and cope with such horrors and terrors that will overcome and engulfed over Earth and all earthlings? Please comment.


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